Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Tokimitsu, Uchiha Kamon, and Hatake Sakumo rejected Mitokado Homura’s objections to their victory and defied the Hokage’s orders to transfer their forces. Homura left with the dispute unresolved, while the commanders stood together against the village leadership.

• Uchiha Kamon presented headquarters’ proposed rewards and promotions, but Mitokado Homura refused to accept the document.
• Hatake Sakumo declared that he had not disappointed Konoha’s comrades, then defended the force’s actions against Iwagakure as necessary to protect the border.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo rejected Homura’s accusations and argued that retreat would not secure peace.
• Mitokado Homura read edicts ordering Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu’s troops to the Land of Rain and stripping Uchiha Kamon of command.
• Uchiha Kamon invoked the Jonin’s Right of Veto, and Hatake Sakumo refused to redeploy his exhausted, injured troops.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu, Uchiha Kamon, and Hatake Sakumo mocked Homura and sent him away to report their refusal to the village.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Kamon defied the Hokage’s authority by rearranging border forces, while Konoha’s leaders struggled to contain the Uchiha’s growing influence as war approached. Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo returned to Konoha, where Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to receive them under Anbu guard.

• Mitokado Homura left the Garrison Camp for Konoha after realizing he could not challenge Uchiha Tokimitsu, Hatake Sakumo, and Uchiha Kamon there.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu sent Uchiha Kamon a confidential order to transfer the Fifth Detachment north to replace the Uchiha First Detachment, and Kamon issued the transfer overnight.
• The Hokage’s Office ordered Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo to return to Konoha, and Tokimitsu left his Tokimitsu Red Force behind in the Land of Grass.
• On the journey back, Tokimitsu confirmed to Hatake Sakumo that Sarutobi Ribee’s Fifth Detachment had replaced the Uchiha garrison in Crushed Stone City.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu discussed the Uchiha’s growing military power, the coming war, and Uzumaki Mito’s condition.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke reported that the Mobile Unit was nearing Konoha, and Hiruzen ordered Anbu to meet the returning forces and bring Tokimitsu and Sakumo to him without alarming villagers.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo were summoned to the Hokage, who ordered the Mobile Unit to undertake a mission against Sunagakure and Amegakure. In Amegakure, Hanzō of the Salamander rallied the Rain ninjas and declared war on the great nations, including Konoha.

• Sarutobi Shinnosuke escorted Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo to the Hokage's Office despite their exhaustion, while Tokimitsu sent the Mobile Unit home to rest.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised the victory over Iwagakure, said it could not yet be publicized, and assigned the Mobile Unit a mission targeting Sunagakure and Amegakure near the northern border of the Land of Rivers.
• Hanzō of the Salamander addressed Amegakure's ninjas and villagers, describing the suffering and sacrifices of the Land of Rain.
• Hanzō rallied the Rain ninjas to fight to the death against the great nations and declared war on Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Konoha.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo delayed their Mobile Unit’s departure to rest and secure supplies before rushing to reinforce Konoha’s western front. While the Rain and Sand forces traded victories and the wider Ninja World erupted into war, the Mobile Unit reached the Land of Rivers and joined Mimura Hamaki and Kunugi Mokume’s Western Border Defense Force.

• After the Hokage assigned the Mobile Unit a support mission, Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo agreed to delay their departure so their troops could rest and replenish supplies.
• Hanzō of the Salamander led more than three thousand Rain ninja to defeat four thousand Sand Ninja in the western Land of Rain, prompting Sunagakure to send Chiyo and Ebizo with reinforcements.
• As Hanzō moved east to confront Konoha, Sunagakure defeated the Rain forces left in the west and reclaimed the western border of the Land of Rain.
• After securing supplies, including one hundred thousand Explosive Tags, Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo led the Mobile Unit toward the Land of Rivers.
• Kumogakure attacked Iwagakure, while Sunagakure renewed its offensive against the Rain ninja, forcing Hanzō to return west and leaving Konoha’s forces relieved of his immediate pressure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo arrived in the Land of Rivers and joined the Western Border Defense Force commanded by Mimura Hamaki and Kunugi Mokume.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo organized a purge of the Sand Ninja attack squad harassing the depleted Western Border Defense Force. Tokimitsu’s team encountered six Sand Ninja and their puppets, and he exposed the hidden puppeteers before leading his Jonin into the fight.

• Mimura Hamaki and Kunugi Mokume told Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu that Sunagakure’s attacks and troop transfers had left the Western Border Defense Force severely depleted.
• Tokimitsu and Sakumo split their forces into search teams to hunt the Sand Ninja squad operating around the Land of Rivers.
• After two days of searching, Tokimitsu’s team received a flare from the Support Troops, then came under attack as six Sand Ninja ambushed them.
• Tokimitsu identified the enemy’s plan to lure away his flanking teams and fought back with his Uchiha Jonin while their Sensor Ninja’s signal flare was shot down.
• The Sand Ninja used six puppets to absorb the Uchiha’s fire attacks, but Tokimitsu saw through their disguises and revealed two masked puppeteers beneath the ground.
• Tokimitsu charged the exposed puppeteers with his sword as his Uchiha Jonin followed.

Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces fought the Sunagakure Assault Squad, killing four of its six jonin while two puppeteers escaped. After Tokimitsu’s unit tracked the wounded pair down and surrounded them, the two Sand Village ninja destroyed their supplies and took their own lives.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu fought two Sand Village puppeteers, destroying six of their puppets and severing the male puppeteer’s arm, but they escaped underground.
• Tokimitsu’s unit pursued the pair, killed two other Sand Village jonin, and lost the puppeteers’ trail at a river after finding two abandoned puppets.
• Tokimitsu ordered reports sent to Hatake Sakumo and the Garrison Camp, then divided his forces to search for the remaining enemies.
• The wounded female puppeteer carried her one-armed lover through the Stone Forest, evading Hatake Sakumo’s search force and other Konoha teams until Tokimitsu’s forces blocked their route.
• The two Sand Village puppeteers destroyed a scroll and their remaining supplies, then pierced their own hearts with wind blades.
• Tokimitsu ordered his men to collect their bodies and left the scene.

After Uchiha Tokimitsu’s unit defeated Sunagakure’s rear-guard squad, Konoha sent Anbu to claim the enemy remains, but Tokimitsu handed them jars of ashes. He then joined Hatake Sakumo in a mission to harass Amegakure, where their unit easily beat a group of Rain ninja and released the survivors.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s unit eliminated Sunagakure’s elite squad, and Konoha identified two of the dead as relatives of Advisor Elder Chiyo.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu gave the Anbu six jars of ashes instead of the requested bodies, then sent Hatake Sakumo to receive a Hokage order to attack Amegakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo led their Mobile Unit into the Land of Rain and sent twenty-one Combat Jonin to defeat a group of seventy-seven Amegakure ninja.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu killed Zejirou after he refused to yield information, then Hatake Sakumo and Tokimitsu released the other five prisoners.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu broke an Amegakure kunai with an ordinary Konoha kunai and questioned how Amegakure had resisted the great nations.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo were summoned to the Land of Rain Expeditionary Force camp, where Danzo accused them of misconduct and tried to remove Tokimitsu from command. The confrontation ended with Tokimitsu, Sakumo, and the Mobile Unit drawing their weapons against Danzo’s faction.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo traded food with Rain ninja for chakra metal while wandering the southern Land of Rain.
• Root messengers delivered Danzo’s arrogant summons and conscription order, and Uchiha Tokimitsu had them released and thrown out.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo brought twenty-nine Jonin-level fighters to the Expeditionary Force camp and attended Danzo’s Military Affairs Meeting.
• Danzo accused the Mobile Unit of poor performance and Tokimitsu of trading supplies with Amegakure, neglecting missions, and releasing captured Rain ninja.
• Danzo proposed removing Uchiha Tokimitsu from command and detaining him, prompting the Uchiha Jonin and the Mobile Unit to draw their weapons.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo drew their swords and faced Danzo after he accused them of betraying the village.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Shimura Danzō’s confrontation erupted into violence at the Expeditionary Force camp, leaving a Nara Jonin crippled and their relationship beyond repair. Hatake Sakumo led the Mobile Unit south to resume its mission, while Tokimitsu requested reinforcements from the Red Force in the Land of Grass.

• Tokimitsu rejected Danzō’s accusation of defection, and Hatake Sakumo publicly backed him as Tsunade and other Jonin tried to ease the mounting tension.
• Danzō ordered his faction to seize the Mobile Unit, and Uchiha and Root barrier teams clashed, destroying the Main Command Tent.
• A Nara ninja restrained Tokimitsu with a Shadow Secret Technique, but Tokimitsu burned the shadow and crippled Nara Masatake with Yin Fire.
• Tokimitsu and Danzō traded threats as Tsunade and the other Jonin left, and Hatake Sakumo led the Mobile Unit south to continue its mission.
• Tokimitsu told his Uchiha Jonin not to attack Danzō before the war ended, then ordered an urgent request for a squad from the Red Force in the Land of Grass.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo openly defied Danzo’s command, while Tokimitsu warned Sakumo that Konoha was unprepared for a wider war. Jiraiya tried to persuade Sakumo to reconcile with Danzo and seek the Third Hokage’s support, but Sakumo defended his alliance with the Uchiha and left Jiraiya frustrated.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu deployed the Red Force as backup and warned Hatake Sakumo that Konoha’s poor preparation could bring heavy losses in a war involving several villages.
• A trusted Jonin told Hatake Sakumo that Jiraiya had come to see him, while Tokimitsu refused to attend and went back to sleep.
• Jiraiya questioned Sakumo’s public clash with Danzo, but Sakumo explained that Konoha’s clans and ninja had many grievances and needed change.
• Jiraiya urged Sakumo to discuss his reforms with the Third Hokage, but Sakumo declined and said the Uchiha were the only clan likely to support change.
• Jiraiya asked to meet Tokimitsu and learned from Sakumo that Tokimitsu was sleeping.

Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu planned to enter the Land of Rain under the Hokage’s edict, using the Western Border Defense Force as the visible main force and keeping the Red Force in reserve. At the Rain front, Hanzō learned that Konoha’s Root had been raiding his supply lines and ordered his forces to prepare for battle before withdrawing to attack Konoha.

• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu discussed the Hokage’s edict, which concealed the recent dispute between Konoha’s forces and ordered them to support Sunagakure against the Rain shinobi.
• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed to enter the southern Land of Rain, with the Mobile Unit at the operation’s core, the Western Border Defense Force drawing attention, and the Red Force held in reserve.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo finalized the plan with Mimura Hamaki and Kunugi Mokume, then led their forces back into the Land of Rain.
• A Rain shinobi reported to Hanzō that Konoha’s Root, under Shimura Danzō, had attacked the Rain shinobi’s supply line.
• Hanzō ordered full provisions issued and prepared his army to fight Sunagakure, then planned to withdraw and attack Konoha after the battle.

Hanzō of the Salamander led Amegakure's remaining western-front forces in a desperate surprise attack on Sunagakure's camp. The battle continued after Hanzō wounded Elder Chiyo and returned to slaughtering Sunagakure ninja.

• Hanzō of the Salamander rallied Amegakure's army and led a stealthy charge toward Sunagakure's camp.
• Hanzō summoned Salamander Ibuse to spread poison mist while he and the twelve clan ninja launched powerful Water Style attacks against the camp.
• Amegakure's forces stormed the camp and used Explosive Tags as Hanzō fought through Sunagakure's ranks and clashed with Elder Chiyo.
• Elder Chiyo used her Chikamatsu puppets to counter the poison and pin Hanzō down, but Hanzō triggered an Explosive Flame Formation that seriously injured her.
• Amegakure and Sunagakure continued fighting as Hanzō charged back into the enemy crowd and resumed his slaughter.

Hanzō of the Salamander led Amegakure's night assault on Sunagakure's camp, but the Sand forces regrouped and surrounded him. He unleashed a poison-based secret technique that broke the encirclement and forced both armies to retreat, leaving Chiyo to halt further fighting until Sunagakure could counter his poison.

• Hanzō of the Salamander charged through the Sand Ninja ranks while Amegakure's forces pressed their attack despite heavy casualties.
• Ebizo rallied Sunagakure's forces, and Chiyo joined sixteen Sand Village Jonin in trapping Hanzō as the Amegakure assault began to falter.
• Chiyo prepared the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets' killing formation, and Hanzō used Salamander Ibuse's poisoned blood to unleash Poison World Soil and Poison World Rain Kill.
• The poisonous rain killed Sand and Rain shinobi alike, broke the encirclement, and forced Chiyo's forces to retreat as Hanzō attacked them with poisonous Rain Senbon.
• Hanzō withdrew with roughly 1,500 of the 2,700 Rain shinobi, while Chiyo ordered the Sand army to stop fighting until they could counter his poison.

After Hanzō of the Salamander defeated Sunagakure, he returned to the Eastern Front and led Amegakure’s exhausted final army into a desperate attack on Konoha. As the forces faced off in a torrential storm, Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo held back with their Mobile Unit, and Hanzō launched the battle by charging at the Konoha formation.

• Hanzō returned from the Western Front after defeating Sunagakure, while Danzō’s raids continued to devastate the Rain shinobi’s supply lines.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo scouted the depleted Rain shinobi, and the Western Border Defense Force began advancing east to threaten their flank.
• After several days of rest, Hanzō’s forces attacked Konoha, and the ensuing squad battles restored Konoha’s confidence.
• Hanzō led 2,300 Amegakure shinobi through a storm toward Konoha’s 4,900 ninja, knowing the Rain army had little chance to retreat.
• Danzō prepared Konoha’s forces to meet Hanzō, while Tokimitsu and Sakumo watched from five kilometers behind the Rain formation and waited.
• Hanzō removed his gas mask, used the Water Body Flicker Technique, and charged the Konoha army.

Hanzō of the Salamander led Amegakure’s outnumbered forces against Konoha, inflicting heavy losses while trying to reach Shimura Danzō. As Amegakure began withdrawing, Hanzō fought Danzō and his Root forces, ending the chapter after severing Danzō’s right leg and right hand.

• Hanzō of the Salamander cut through Konoha’s ranks, killing several Jonin and using a water dragon and Salamander Ibuse’s poison gas to disrupt the enemy siege.
• Shimura Danzō joined the battle with sixteen Root ninja, but Hanzō used Water Clones and Ibuse to break through their attacks.
• Hanzō estimated that fewer than a thousand of the more than 2,300 Amegakure ninja remained, so he ordered them to withdraw while he stayed behind to face Danzō.
• Danzō and his Root ninja fought Hanzō as Tsunade and Jiraiya led troops toward Amegakure’s flanks and summoned a Great Toad and a Great Slug to confront Ibuse.
• Hanzō used a decoy Shadow Clone to lure Danzō into an attack, then struck from underground and severed Danzō’s right leg and right hand.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu laughed as he heard a Byakugan ninja describe the fight, while Hatake Sakumo watched eagerly.

Hanzō of the Salamander drove back Danzo’s rescue party, then fought Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya while the remaining Rain ninja retreated. He spared the three after their clash and named them Konoha’s Legendary Sannin, while Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo prepared to enter the battlefield.

• Root ninja sacrificed themselves to protect the badly wounded Danzo, and other subordinates carried him and his severed limbs away as Hanzō escaped their explosive-tag feint.
• Hanzō ordered Kanzō to retreat with the Rain ninja while Ibuse used venom to force the Konoha forces back, leaving Hanzō surrounded by Konoha’s Jonin.
• Hanzō killed a Sarutobi clan Jonin with a Water Clone, then battled Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya with their ninjutsu and sword techniques.
• Hanzō unleashed a massive wave and water dragons, but Tsunade countered with Water Style; after the clash injured all three, she treated Orochimaru and Jiraiya.
• Hanzō declared that he would not kill the three and named them Konoha’s Legendary Sannin, while Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo prepared to take the stage.

Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit into battle against Hanzō of the Salamander, but the exhausted Hanzō withdrew after their sword duel. After Uchiha Tokimitsu killed Nara Seiji for accusing them of treason, Sakumo left with him and suggested revisiting the Jonin Squad Leader position after the war.

• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit to surround Hanzō of the Salamander as Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya recovered nearby.
• Tokimitsu and Sakumo attacked Hanzō with their sword techniques, and Sakumo nearly struck him with a Shadow Clone ambush before Hanzō escaped using the Water Body Flicker Technique.
• Hanzō ended the duel and departed after warning that the Konoha fighters lacked an antidote to Salamander Poison.
• Nara Seiji arrived and accused Sakumo and Tokimitsu of colluding with Amegakure, so Tokimitsu beheaded him and called for an investigation into his possible ties to spies.
• Sakumo left with Tokimitsu and proposed holding another Jonin Council vote on replacing the Jonin Squad Leader after the war.

After the Land of Rain war, Konoha consolidated its gains and signed a ceasefire agreement that made Amegakure a subordinate ally, while Sunagakure mobilized against Konoha’s territory. Uchiha Tokimitsu backed Hatake Sakumo’s bid to become Jonin Squad Leader as the village appointed Torifu Akimichi to command the reduced Expeditionary Force.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu dismissed Hatake Sakumo’s concerns about the backlash over killing Nara Seiji and argued that they should build support for Hatake Sakumo’s bid for Jonin Squad Leader.
• Mitokado Homura signed the Comprehensive Ceasefire and Friendly Alliance Agreement with Hanzō of the Salamander, giving Konoha the right to station forces in eastern and southern Land of Rain.
• Elder Chiyo mobilized the Sand Ninja Army toward Konoha-held territory in the Land of Rain and the Land of Rivers.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo courted support among Jonin, and Uchiha Tokimitsu promised the Uchiha Clan’s votes for Hatake Sakumo.
• Torifu Akimichi returned as Supreme Commander of the Expeditionary Force, whose numbers were reduced to about three thousand.
• Hatake Sakumo chose to defeat Sunagakure before pursuing the Jonin Squad motion, and Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed.

Torifu Akimichi met Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo in the Land of Rivers to discuss Sunagakure's movements and the theater's defenses. After Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed to deploy two divisions of his Red Force, the group considered launching a preemptive attack on Sunagakure.

• Torifu Akimichi visited the Land of Rivers and summoned Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo to a military meeting with Mimura Hamaki and Kunugi Mokume.
• Torifu Akimichi learned that the Mobile Unit had no separate intelligence on Sunagakure and declined to promise reinforcements for the understaffed Land of Rivers theater.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu predicted that Sunagakure would target the Land of Rivers, citing the deaths of Elder Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, and Hatake Sakumo supported his assessment with strategic reasons.
• Torifu Akimichi asked Uchiha Tokimitsu to deploy his Red Force and offered support for Hatake Sakumo's advancement and Tokimitsu's future Military Police Force reforms.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed to send two divisions totaling more than two hundred Uchiha elites to the Land of Rivers.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed attacking Sunagakure first, and Torifu Akimichi, Mimura Hamaki, and Kunugi Mokume considered the plan.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo prepared to attack Sunagakure while Sarutobi Hiruzen sought Danzō’s advice about the campaign and the growing influence of the Uchiha. Danzō proposed a ruthless battlefield scheme, then received reassurance that Root remained his; elsewhere, a White Zetsu arrived to report intelligence to Lord Madara.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo prepared the Western Border Defense Force for an offensive, while Torifu Akimichi arranged a feint from the Land of Rain and the battle plan was sent to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen visited the recovering Danzō, who complained about his damaged limbs and warned that Torifu Akimichi’s alliance with the Uchiha threatened Konoha’s leadership.
• Danzō urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to suppress the Uchiha and other ninja clans, but Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected his proposals to purge or forcibly conscript them.
• After reading the battle plan, Danzō advised Sarutobi Hiruzen to withdraw Orochimaru’s forces from the Land of Rain after the feint and move them toward the Land of Rivers to exploit the fighting.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen left after telling Danzō that Root remained under his control and that its ranks needed to grow for the Anbu expansion.
• A White Zetsu escaped a beating and reported that it had important intelligence for Lord Madara.