Chapter Summaries

The Third Great Ninja War ended, Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down, and Minato became the Fourth Hokage. Asuma told Duke he planned to leave Konoha for a long-term mission, but Duke’s teasing about marrying Kurenai made him reconsider.

• The Five Great Nations negotiated an end to the war, and Hiruzen Sarutobi resigned before Minato became the Fourth Hokage and married Kushina.
• Duke served as Minato’s best man, while Kakashi joined the Anbu and Rin, Kurenai, and Might Guy pursued their paths after the war.
• Asuma told Duke he had requested a long-term assignment with the Land of Fire daimyo’s guardian force to prove himself apart from his father’s expectations.
• Duke joked that he would marry Kurenai while Asuma was away, provoking Asuma to abandon his plan to leave Konoha.
• Duke warned Asuma that he would make Kurenai pregnant if Asuma joined the Twelve Guardian Ninja, leaving Asuma in tears.

Asuma returned with a beard, and Kurenai admitted she liked his new, rugged appearance, bringing the two together. Later, Orochimaru defected after his forbidden experiments were exposed, and Jiraiya also left Konoha after asking Duke to join him.

• Asuma appeared before Duke and Kurenai with a beard and cigarette, and Duke teased him about looking middle-aged.
• Kurenai told Asuma that he seemed manly and dependable, and they went to see a movie together.
• After the Third Great Ninja War, Orochimaru's human experiments were exposed, but Hiruzen Sarutobi let him escape during his capture mission.
• Konoha issued Orochimaru an S-rank wanted order after he defected.
• Jiraiya left Konoha, urged Minato to become a great Hokage, and asked Duke to come with him, but Duke refused.

Duke refused Minato’s offer to join the Anbu and prepared for the approaching Nine-Tails incident, uncertain whether Obito would attack. In the Unknown Space, he encountered two newcomers, including a giant Ice Dragon whose identity was revealed as the Blue-Ice White Night Dragon card.

• Minato gained authority as Hiruzen Sarutobi handed power back to him, while Shimura Danzō increased his influence.
• Duke comforted Anko after Orochimaru defected, and Anko became close friends with Kurenai.
• Minato asked Duke to join the Anbu and eventually replace Zixiao, but Duke declined and recommended Kakashi.
• Duke worried that Obito might control the Nine-Tails and attack Konoha, so he refused missions and stayed home to recuperate.
• Duke entered the Unknown Space and found the Dukes gathered around an enormous Ice Dragon and another newcomer.
• Dead Fish Eye Duke merged memories with the Ice Dragon and revealed its card name and effects as Blue-Ice White Night Dragon.

A new Duke joined the Transmigrator Squad, sympathized with the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duke’s empty existence, and introduced himself to Detective Duke. His ordinary-seeming Yanhuang world might hide secrets, but his plan to get rich depended on a whole-life financial insurance policy.

• The Dukes discovered that the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duke had become an emotionless, desireless shell and then discussed their favorite Monster Cards.
• The newcomer Duke approached the Blue-Ice White Night Dragon, learned about the Unknown Space, and met Detective Duke.
• Detective Duke and the newcomer compared their backgrounds, and the newcomer explained that his world in Yanhuang Nation’s H City seemed peaceful and ordinary.
• The newcomer revealed his goal of becoming wealthy through investments, and Detective Duke warned him that business and investing required expertise and connections.
• Detective Duke learned that the newcomer’s investment was a whole-life financial insurance policy meant to make him rich over fifty years, provided he lived that long.

Duke took Hades for a walk, tried to reward him for his supposed training, and learned that the lazy dog had never managed to get up early. The chapter ended with Duke dragging Hades to his laboratory to modify him, while Hades desperately tried to escape.

• Duke took Hades for a walk and decided to make up for neglecting him by offering him a better dinner.
• Hades asked for grilled meat, but Duke questioned whether he had practiced the Garurumon Taijutsu Manual.
• Hades confessed that his diligent side had been beaten to death by his lazy side, and Duke canceled his extra meal.
• Duke decided to take Hades to the laboratory so he could rely on mutation instead of hard work.
• Hades broke free and fled, but Duke used the Body Flicker Technique to catch him and drag him toward the laboratory.

Duke halted Hades's Digimon evolution at Garurumon and attempted to strengthen him with the First Hokage's cells before Naruto's birth. As Kushina went into labor, Obito and Pain's Six Paths arrived to seize the Nine-Tails, but Duke appeared to confront them.

• Duke stopped Hades's modification at the Garurumon level because advancing further would kill him, then decided to implant the First Hokage's cells despite the risks.
• One month later, Kushina went into labor in a sealed room beneath Hokage Rock while Minato and Mrs. Biwako stayed with her.
• Obito and Pain's Six Paths killed the Anbu guarding the delivery room and prepared to control the Nine-Tails.
• Obito asked Deva Path Yahiko to kill Minato and Mitarashi Duke, but Yahiko refused to expose the Akatsuki to Konoha's retaliation.
• Duke arrived before Obito and the two Paths and greeted Obito by name.

Duke confronted Obito and Pain during Kushina’s delivery, recognizing Obito despite his denial and battling Deva Path. When Obito escaped with Kushina, Duke abandoned Pain to pursue him.

• Duke exposed Obito’s identity, but Obito denied it and hardened himself against memories of Rin and his friendship with Duke.
• Obito left through the barrier to attend to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s birth, while Duke failed to stop him with ice kunai.
• Duke recognized Pain’s Rinnegan and attacked Deva Path with Ice Beam, but Shinra Tensei deflected the strike and drove Duke back.
• Minato appeared with Naruto, then vanished; Obito emerged from the delivery room carrying Kushina as flames burst through the barrier.
• Duke abandoned his fight with Deva Path and chased Obito after seeing him carry Kushina away.

Duke and Minato faced Pain’s Six Paths and their summoned beasts, but Minato left to save Kushina while Duke stayed to fight. Duke flooded the battlefield and froze it into an ice field, then woke Hades and prepared him for battle.

• The Animal Path summoned a horde of beasts and the remaining bodies of Pain’s Six Paths, while Minato returned to Duke after hiding Naruto.
• Minato and Duke summoned their allies, but Minato left to follow the Nine-Tails’ chakra and save Kushina, leaving the three giant toads with Duke.
• Duke unleashed a massive Water Release that swept away the summoned beasts without seriously injuring them.
• Duke froze the flooded battlefield with Ice Age, and Gamabunta, Gamakichi, and Gamahiro jumped clear of the rising ice.
• Hades woke after a sneeze knocked him down, and Duke grabbed him by the scruff and told him it was time to perform.

Obito used the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and unleash him on Konoha, while Minato rescued Kushina and brought her to Naruto. Hiruzen and the arriving Konoha ninja fought back, and the chapter left the Nine-Tails pinned down after Hiruzen struck him into the ground.

• Obito extracted the Nine-Tails from Kushina and used the Sharingan to fill him with hatred and murderous intent.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Kushina, but Minato rescued her and brought her to Naruto before leaving to confront the threat.
• Obito summoned the Nine-Tails in central Konoha, where the beast devastated the village and killed civilians and ninja.
• Hiruzen recognized the Sharingan controlling the Nine-Tails and stood his ground to defend the Hokage Building.
• Hiruzen knocked the Nine-Tails down with Enma's Golden-Hooped Rod, and Konoha ninja arrived to restrain and attack the beast.

The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, but Minato transported it away before its Tailed Beast Ball could destroy the village. While Minato confronted masked Obito, Duke’s summoned toads fought Pain’s beasts and Duke forced Hades to swallow a mysterious pill.

• The Nine-Tails overcame Konoha’s attacks and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Minato absorbed it with the Space-Time Barrier and sent it exploding into distant mountains.
• Minato transported the Nine-Tails out of Konoha, then fought masked Obito, whose control sent the beast charging back toward the village.
• Minato escaped Obito’s attempt to suck him into his Sharingan, and Obito disappeared soon after.
• Duke watched three giant toads slaughter Pain’s immobilized summoned beasts while Hades cowered instead of transforming.
• Duke forced Hades to swallow a special pill developed specifically for him.

Duke's Hades transformed into Garurumon Duke and battled Pain's Six Paths amid the ruined ice field. After Hades tore through Pain's summoned beasts, Duke exploited the Deva Path's cooldown and rushed toward one of the Paths, aiming to cripple the group by targeting the Naraka Path.

• Hades swallowed the medicine, transformed into Garurumon Duke, and emerged from the ice after the Deva Path's Shinra Tensei shattered the battlefield.
• The Animal Path summoned more beasts, but Hades slaughtered them with his claws, jaws, and wooden spikes until the summons vanished in clouds of smoke.
• Duke launched repeated One-Horned White Whale attacks, forcing Pain's Six Paths to evade while the Deva Path's repulsive force was on cooldown.
• Duke used Six Powers: Shave to rush one of Pain's bodies, intending to find and destroy the Naraka Path.

Duke used Sage Mode to turn the Preta Path’s chakra absorption against him, then outsmarted Pain’s Six Paths and killed the Naraka Path. With the Paths’ ability to revive one another broken, Duke faced the remaining four with the advantage.

• Duke attacked one of the Six Paths, but the Preta Path absorbed his chakra and restrained him.
• Duke entered Sage Mode and flooded the Preta Path with natural energy, petrifying him before smashing him apart.
• The Asura Path unleashed a barrage at Duke while the Naraka Path approached the Preta Path’s remains to attempt a revival.
• Duke revealed himself from a disguised stone and killed the Naraka Path with Ice Release: Rasengan.
• The Deva Path suspected Duke had learned the Six Paths’ abilities, while Duke recognized the remaining bodies and felt the battle turning in his favor.

Duke used his knowledge and Sage Mode to overwhelm Pain’s summons and disable the Human and Asura Paths. He faced the remaining three Paths, unaware that Nagato had ordered the Deva Path to hold back so Duke could be captured alive and interrogated.

• The Human and Asura Paths joined the Animal Path’s summons in surrounding Duke, but Duke used Ice Wings to evade their attacks and Water Severing Wave to destroy four summoned creatures.
• Duke surprised the Asura Path with an ice spike, but the mechanical puppet seized him and prepared to fire its weapons as the Human Path closed in.
• Duke unleashed freezing wind and a blizzard, immobilizing the Human Path and freezing the Asura Path before shattering the Asura Path with a punch.
• The Animal Path summoned the Human Path away from Duke, who took the severed arm and challenged the Deva Path and the two remaining Paths.
• Nagato remained suspicious of Duke’s intelligence and had ordered the Deva Path to avoid killing him so he could be captured and interrogated.

Duke fought Deva Path Pain and the Animal Path, destroying the Human Path before Pain nearly killed him with a mutual impalement. Minato rescued Duke at the last moment, and the arrival of Masked Obito left the confrontation unresolved.

• Duke sent Hades against Pain, then used Ice Beam during Shinra Tensei’s cooldown to freeze and destroy the Human Path.
• Deva Path Pain summoned the Splitting Dog and pulled Duke toward him with Banshō Ten'in as the Animal Path prepared Black Receivers.
• Duke revealed the Black Receivers he had taken from Uchiha Madara and tried to pierce Deva Path Pain and the Animal Path, but they wounded Duke first.
• Minato teleported Duke away before Duke could strike Pain, leaving Duke with three bloody wounds and Pain unharmed.
• Masked Obito appeared beside Deva Path Pain, who had only the Animal Path left among his Six Paths.

Duke disrupted the alliance between Masked Obito and Pain by exposing doubts about Obito’s identity and claiming he had already defeated the real Uchiha Madara. Pain withdrew from Konoha, and Obito accidentally confirmed he was not Madara while cursing Duke.

• Minato suspected Masked Obito was Uchiha Madara, but Duke insisted he was Obito, prompting Pain to question where Duke’s Black Receiver had come from.
• Duke claimed Uchiha Madara had given him the Black Receiver and said he had recently dug Madara up, fought him, and killed him.
• Duke told Pain that the masked man was Uchiha Obito, and Pain asked who Uchiha Obito was before demanding that Masked Obito reveal his identity.
• Pain and the Animal Path flew away from Konoha, suspending their cooperation with Obito until he disclosed who he was.
• Obito cursed Duke, then froze when Duke recalled Obito once begging to become his little brother, realizing he had exposed his identity.

Duke recognized Obito and realized Uchiha Madara had manipulated him with a transplanted Sharingan, while Minato chose to confront his former student alone. Duke rode Hades toward the Nine-Tails and arrived in Konoha’s devastated center, where rescuers struggled to treat the wounded.

• Obito removed his mask and blamed Minato and Duke for Rin’s death, insisting that the Rin in Konoha Hospital was a fake because the real Rin could not have been so ugly.
• Duke noticed the Mangekyō Sharingan in Obito’s left eye and concluded that Madara had controlled him; Minato asked Duke to leave their confrontation to him.
• Obito masked his face again and prepared to fight Minato, while Duke mounted Hades and headed toward the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• Minato and Obito vanished as their teacher-student battle began, and Duke raced toward central Konoha on Hades.
• Duke reached the ruined district, where a shortage of Medical Ninjas hampered rescue efforts, and a Jonin spotted him atop Hades and asked for his ninja registration number.

Duke summoned Katsuyu to heal Konoha’s wounded, then created a colossal ice dragon and sent it toward the Nine-Tails. At the battlefield perimeter, Yūhi Shinku ordered the gathered young shinobi to return to the village.

• Duke summoned Katsuyu, who split into countless smaller slugs and began treating the wounded throughout Konoha.
• Duke identified himself to a Jonin as Konoha Jonin Mitarashi Duke and used Sage Art to summon a hundred-meter ice dragon.
• The ice dragon flew toward the Nine-Tails as Konoha’s shinobi watched in shock.
• Yūhi Shinku ordered Kakashi, Might Guy, Yūhi Kurenai, and the other young shinobi to evacuate and stay out of the battle.

Konoha’s exhausted defenders tried to hold back the Nine-Tails until the Fourth Hokage arrived, while Zixiao and Yūhi Shinku saw Duke riding the Blue-Ice White Night Dragon toward the battlefield. Hades reached the Nine-Tails first and began a fierce battle with the tailed beast.

• Yūhi Shinku ordered the young ninjas to stay out of the fight and urged Kurenai to carry on the Will of Fire.
• Zixiao arrived searching for Duke, and he and Yūhi Shinku spotted Duke atop the Blue-Ice White Night Dragon and followed it toward the Nine-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha defenders struggled to keep the Nine-Tails from advancing while repeated barriers failed.
• Hades charged across Konoha’s position, bit the Nine-Tails, froze its forelimb, and dragged it away from the village.
• The Nine-Tails broke free and fought Hades, and Hiruzen Sarutobi watched in shock at the summoned beast’s power.

Hades fought the Nine-Tails but began to lose as his stamina ran out, so Duke joined the battle and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to restrain it. Hades passed out, and Duke reached Hiruzen Sarutobi, who mistook him for the First Hokage.

• Hades battled the Nine-Tails with fangs, claws, and Cold Qi, but the Nine-Tails gradually overpowered him with its nine tails and greater stamina.
• The Blue-Ice White Night Dragon appeared, and Duke arrived to support Hades after the Konoha ninja recognized him as their contractor.
• Duke linked his chakra with Hades and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to bind the Nine-Tails in thick roots and branches.
• Hades shrank back into his Husky form and fainted, while Duke sent an Ice Clone to carry him away.
• Duke approached Hiruzen Sarutobi, who saw Duke's markings and Wood Release and tearfully mistook him for the First Hokage.

Duke’s Ice Clone raised a massive ice wall to separate the Nine-Tails from Konoha’s wounded, then dispersed after summoning Katsuyu to heal them. As the Nine-Tails broke free of Obito’s control and rampaged, Duke prepared to restrain it again.

• Duke’s Ice Clone gave Hades to Zixiao, raised a huge ice wall to contain the Nine-Tails, and summoned Katsuyu to treat the injured before shattering.
• Zixiao refused Inuzuka Shigechika’s offer to buy Hades back and demanded one million ryō per breeding session.
• The Nine-Tails regained its own will after Minato defeated Obito, then raged against its Wood Release restraints while shouting Uchiha Madara’s name.
• Duke recognized that the complete, uncontrolled Nine-Tails was far stronger than he had expected and prepared to use another technique to pin it down.