Chapter Summaries

Duke unleashed a gigantic ice meteor on the Hidden Mist forces, but the Third Mizukage survived and the impact broke the seal holding the Six-Tails. As the rampaging beast tore through the camp, Duke tried to leave, only to be stopped by the battered Third Mizukage.

• Duke created a vast water sphere high above the battlefield, froze it into an ice meteor, and sent it crashing toward the Hidden Mist forces.
• The Third Mizukage fired a Tailed Beast Ball that split the meteor, but its fragments struck the ground and devastated the battlefield.
• Duke summoned Katsuyu to cushion his fall, and the impact triggered the Six-Tails’ escape from its seal beneath the ice.
• The Six-Tails emerged and began slaughtering Hidden Mist Ninjas while Duke and Katsuyu avoided joining the fight.
• Katsuyu withdrew, and Duke tried to slip away before the Third Mizukage reached from beneath the shattered ice and grabbed his ankle.

Duke refused the Third Mizukage’s plea to help seal the Six-Tails, but returned to the battlefield after Orochimaru appeared and ordered him to take a piece of the beast. He helped the Third Mizukage trap the Six-Tails and wounded and partially froze it, leaving the beast immobilized for the moment.

• The Third Mizukage recovered his strength briefly, rallied the Hidden Mist Ninja, and went to restrain the Six-Tails while Duke tried to escape.
• Orochimaru arrived, recognized Katsuyu, and ordered Duke to cut off one of the Six-Tails’ tails while he handled the sealing.
• Duke returned to the battlefield and saved Terumi Mei from a stray kunai before telling her to stay behind him.
• Duke and the Third Mizukage used giant One-Horned White Whales to pin down the Six-Tails as the Hidden Mist Ninja attacked.
• Duke struck the Six-Tails with his Hard Whirlpool Water Blade, carving away a large chunk of its body.
• Duke froze the water droplets and encased half of the Six-Tails, including its right leg, in ice.

The Third Mizukage sealed the Six-Tails into a Hidden Mist Anbu, then died after Orochimaru attacked him. Orochimaru and Duke escaped with the Mizukage’s corpse as the enraged Hidden Mist Ninja pursued them.

• The Third Mizukage restrained the Six-Tails, allowing Duke to cut off two of its tails, which Orochimaru sealed in a scroll.
• The Third Mizukage transferred the Six-Tails into a Hidden Mist Anbu and collapsed from the effort.
• The dying Third Mizukage offered Duke the future position of Fifth Mizukage in an attempt to drive a wedge between him and Konoha.
• Orochimaru poisoned and killed the Third Mizukage, then summoned a giant three-headed python to hold back the Hidden Mist Ninja.
• Duke sealed away the Third Mizukage’s corpse, and Orochimaru used Summoning Jutsu to escape with him.

After Kirigakure’s operation ended in disaster and the Third Mizukage’s body was taken, Orochimaru brought Duke to a secret base in the ruins of Hidden Eddy Village to study the corpse. Duke discovered and secretly collected the village’s Evil Ghost masks, while Orochimaru said he intended to take Anko as his disciple and watched Duke with keen interest.

• Terumi Mei picked up Duke’s slashed Hidden Mist forehead protector and stared toward the Land of Fire as Kirigakure searched for the Third Mizukage’s body.
• Duke and Orochimaru emerged from a giant python in the ruined Land of Whirlpools, where Orochimaru explained the destruction of Hidden Eddy Village and the Uzumaki Clan.
• Orochimaru took samples from the Third Mizukage’s corpse in his secret laboratory, then sent Duke outside while he worked.
• Duke found a shrine filled with Evil Ghost masks, recognized their possible value, and secretly sealed them all into a scroll.
• Orochimaru told Duke he had agreed to take Anko as his disciple, and Duke challenged him with a threatening display of cold chakra.
• Orochimaru reassured Duke that he had no ulterior motive in training Anko, but his feverish interest in Duke remained.

Might Duy arrived to save Guy, Ebisu, and Genma from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. He faced the seven alone after ordering the others to flee, leaving Guy torn between escaping and staying with his father.

• Guy, Ebisu, and Genma stopped running and prepared to fight the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, who had been using them to lure out Konoha reinforcements.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi attacked the three, but Duy burst in and kicked them away with the Konoha Hurricane.
• Duy revealed that he had opened six gates, and Guy realized his father had arrived to save him.
• Duy told Guy, Ebisu, and Genma to run while he held off the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, but Guy refused to accept his father's sacrifice.
• Duy faced the seven swordsmen and declared that a ninja could unleash limitless power when protecting what he loved.

Might Guy’s Father prepared to sacrifice himself with the Eighth Gate to save his son and the others, but Duke interrupted him and Orochimaru arrived to confront the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Orochimaru revealed that he held the Third Mizukage’s corpse and used it to provoke the swordsmen into a fight.

• Might Guy’s Father opened the Seventh Gate and prepared to break through to the Gate of Death so he could defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and let the others escape.
• Duke arrived and kicked Might Guy’s Father into the mud, interrupting his attempt to open the Eighth Gate; Ebisu and Genma joined Duke as Might Guy helped his father.
• Duke claimed he had brought someone stronger, and Orochimaru emerged from the forest, prompting the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to take defensive positions.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist regained their confidence and plotted to kill Orochimaru, but Orochimaru claimed Duke had killed the Third Mizukage.
• Orochimaru produced a sealing scroll containing the Third Mizukage’s corpse and told the Seven Ninja Swordsmen that it held Hidden Mist’s classified intelligence, leaving them determined to seize it.

Duke, Orochimaru, and Might Guy's Father turned the battle against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, with Might Guy's Father defeating Kushimaru Kuriarare and Duke killing Hiramekarei's wielder. The chapter ended with Might Guy's Father catching his breath beside Duke and preparing to face Munashi Jinpachi.

• Might Guy's Father volunteered to help Orochimaru, and Duke revealed that he could kill everyone present within a minute at full strength.
• Duke warned Might Guy's Father to use only the Seventh Gate, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist attacked first.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare pierced Might Guy's Father with Nuibari, but Might Guy's Father evaded him and battered him with the Reverse Lotus.
• Orochimaru and Duke blocked the other swordsmen from reaching Kushimaru Kuriarare, and Duke froze Hiramekarei's wielder with a beam of frigid energy.
• Might Guy's Father finished Kushimaru Kuriarare with the Front Lotus, then stood beside Duke and turned his attention to Munashi Jinpachi.

Duke overwhelmed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with his immense chakra, while Orochimaru countered their Hidden Mist Jutsu and explained how snakes could track prey. The battle continued in the fog, with Orochimaru closing in on Juzo Biwa and striking at his eyes.

• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist identified Duke as a Yuki Clan defector, and Suikazan Fuguki attacked him with Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
• Duke matched Suikazan Fuguki's Water Release and used his greater chakra reserves to overwhelm the opposing wave, flooding the battlefield.
• Juzo Biwa cloaked the survivors in mist, but Orochimaru's Great Breakthrough dispersed much of it and revealed their positions.
• Orochimaru entered the fog to confront Juzo Biwa, while Duke and Might Guy's Father pursued the other swordsmen.
• Orochimaru explained how snakes used vibrations, smell, and heat to locate prey, then stabbed toward Juzo Biwa's eyes.

Orochimaru defeated Juzo Biwa and battled Raiga Kurosuki after Raiga used lightning to attack him. Raiga’s lightning techniques struggled to hold back Orochimaru’s ever-growing sea of snakes.

• Orochimaru overwhelmed Juzo Biwa with the Kusanagi Sword, breaking the Kubikiribōchō and leaving Juzo with only its hilt and a small piece of blade.
• Orochimaru walked away from Juzo, who tried to attack him from behind but collapsed from the venom in his body and sank beneath the water.
• Raiga Kurosuki struck Orochimaru with lightning, then revealed himself and admitted he had let Juzo die to lower Orochimaru’s guard.
• Orochimaru survived the lightning strike and attacked Raiga with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, then summoned countless snakes with Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes.
• Raiga used Raging Thunder Snake and Lightning Dragon Tornado to blast through the advancing snakes, but Orochimaru’s snake swarm kept closing in.

Orochimaru killed Raiga Kurosuki with the Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes while Duke fought Suikazan Fuguki and Samehada. Duke left Suikazan badly wounded with Needle Hell, but the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Orochimaru’s snakes overwhelmed Raiga Kurosuki, and Orochimaru collected Raiga’s and Juzo Biwa’s corpses.
• Duke and Suikazan Fuguki matched each other’s Water Release techniques before Suikazan attacked with Needle Senbon and Samehada.
• Suikazan used Samehada to drain much of Duke’s chakra, but Duke recovered some while keeping his distance and launching an Ice Release whale.
• Suikazan blocked Duke’s whale and destroyed Duke’s Ice Clones, then scattered many Shadow Clones with a blow from Samehada.
• Duke froze Suikazan’s foot and attacked with Ice Release: Rasengan, but Suikazan escaped the strike and ran into Duke’s Needle Hell.
• Duke emerged from the water as Needle Hell pierced Suikazan and freezing cold qi weakened Samehada.

Duke fought Suikazan Fuguki while Orochimaru returned with news that Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki had fallen. Might Guy's Father unleashed the Daytime Tiger to kill Munashi Jinpachi and Jinin Akebino, leaving Fuguki as the last surviving member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

• Duke wounded Suikazan Fuguki with a Rasengan, but Samehada transferred chakra to heal him.
• Orochimaru arrived with sealing scrolls and revealed that Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki had been killed.
• Suikazan Fuguki claimed Munashi Jinpachi and Jinin Akebino would defeat Might Guy's Father and turn the battle around.
• Might Guy's Father unleashed the Daytime Tiger, devastating the sea and fatally injuring Munashi Jinpachi and Jinin Akebino.
• Might Guy's Father collapsed after the attack, while Suikazan Fuguki realized the rest of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had been wiped out.

Orochimaru rejected Suikazan Fuguki’s offer of Kirigakure intelligence and chose to kill him rather than risk compromising his path to becoming Hokage. After Suikazan Fuguki fused with Samehada and fled into the sea, Duke unleashed Ice Release: Ice Age.

• Suikazan Fuguki surrendered and offered Orochimaru secret Kirigakure intelligence in exchange for his life.
• Orochimaru refused the offer, prioritizing Suikazan Fuguki’s death over intelligence that could help Konoha win the war.
• Suikazan Fuguki fused with Samehada, transformed into a fishlike giant, and threatened Orochimaru before plunging into the sea to escape.
• Duke revealed that he had anticipated Suikazan Fuguki’s retreat and used Ice Release: Ice Age.

Duke and Orochimaru defeated Suikazan Fuguki after Duke froze him and Fuguki's own poison weakened him. Fuguki died after signaling Hidden Mist to retrieve the Seven Ninja Swords, and Duke's group escaped to the Konoha encampment, where Might Guy and his father resumed their strenuous training.

• Duke froze Suikazan Fuguki's escape route, but Fuguki escaped by inflating and releasing venom that melted the ice.
• Fuguki weakened after poisoning himself with his own toxin, and he praised Duke before throwing Samehada into the water and setting off a signal flare.
• The Seven Ninja Swords vanished through a Hidden Mist summoning technique, and Orochimaru warned that Hidden Mist reinforcements would arrive.
• Duke's group escaped to the Konoha encampment, where Duke treated Might Guy's Father's injuries while Might Guy carried him.
• Might Guy's Father scolded and punched Might Guy, then reconciled with him and challenged him to run five hundred laps around the encampment.

The Ninja World War slowed as Kirigakure and Sand Hidden Village withdrew from the fighting, while rumors made Hiruzen Sarutobi infamous as a scheming mastermind. Back at the front, Duke remained a Chunin but learned Orochimaru’s research techniques so quickly that Orochimaru regretted not taking him on sooner.

• Kirigakure’s reports about Orochimaru, Mitarashi Duke, and Might Duy convinced other villages that Hiruzen Sarutobi had stolen bloodline powers and orchestrated the war.
• After the Third Raikage died fighting Iwagakure, Ōnoki and Sand Hidden Village blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for the war’s disasters, and even Konoha’s elders and Shimura Danzō feared his supposed schemes.
• Kirigakure descended into a struggle over the Fourth Mizukage’s position and abandoned conquered territory, while Sand Hidden Village made peace with Iwagakure and redirected its forces toward Konoha and Kumogakure.
• Might Duy was promoted to Jonin, and Might Guy, Genma, and Ebisu became Chunins, while Hiruzen Sarutobi delayed Duke’s promotion.
• Orochimaru kept Duke beside him as an assistant and taught him forbidden research, which Duke quickly mastered and improved with practical suggestions.
• Orochimaru regretted rejecting Duke as a student after seeing his talent, while Duke continued learning techniques he could use as a backup plan.

Duke struggled to survive in Brooklyn after his adoptive father, Old York, died and a crooked real estate dealer took the family clinic. Convinced that Butt had arranged Old York’s death and unable to get justice, Duke resolved to seek revenge; as he fell asleep, a strange gray path appeared in his dream.

• Duke returned to his Brooklyn apartment exhausted and reflected on his precarious life in the Marvel World.
• Duke recalled that Old York had adopted and raised him, but after Old York died, the government seized the dental clinic and sold it to Butt.
• Duke suspected Butt had arranged Old York’s fatal car accident and used his influence to take the clinic, but Duke’s lawyers and warnings from police and thugs left him powerless.
• Duke decided to buy a gun and take revenge on Butt, accepting that he might spend the rest of his life in jail.
• Duke closed his eyes and dreamed of an endless gray path stretching through a dark space.

Marvel Duke and Saiyan Hedgehog-haired Duke discovered that they were alternate versions of the same person and joined the other Dukes in Unknown Space, where they exchanged memories and abilities. Marvel Duke woke in New York with powers from the other worlds and set out that night to pursue revenge against Butt.

• Marvel Duke and Saiyan Hedgehog-haired Duke shared memories and realized they were alternate versions of each other.
• Naruto World's Duke welcomed them alongside twelve other Dukes, and the group exchanged memories and gained one another's abilities.
• The Dukes discussed the potential of the Dragon Ball and Marvel worlds, including Saiyan ki and the Infinity Stones.
• Marvel Duke woke in Brooklyn and found that he could use supernatural powers from the other worlds.
• Marvel Duke decided to notify the others that their plans needed to change, then flew into the night to seek revenge against Butt.

Duke broke into Butt’s villa and used his mental powers to control the guards, bodyguards, and women inside. He forced Butt to arrange equipment and funding for the clinic, then hypnotized him into confessing his crimes at a public press conference and killing himself.

• Duke entered Butt’s villa, frightened away two pit bulls, and hypnotized guards into erasing evidence of his arrival.
• Duke waited for Butt, then froze Butt’s companions and took control of the bodyguards when Butt returned.
• Butt threatened Duke and offered money and women, but Duke demanded research equipment, funding, and the clinic’s property transfer.
• Duke ordered Butt to publicly confess his crimes and name his accomplices with evidence at a widely broadcast press conference.
• Duke hypnotized Butt into accepting the plan and shooting himself after his confession.

After Mr. Butt’s confession and suicide triggered a sweeping political scandal, Duke concluded his revenge and joined his alternate selves to discuss whether they could use powers across worlds. They began planning biological modification and resurrection while pursuing technology and information that could help, leaving their larger plans underway.

• Mr. Butt confessed to his crimes, donated his fortune, and shot himself, prompting mass arrests and political upheaval across New York and the United States.
• Duke dismissed the scandal’s political cleanup and tested how his ki and magic power reacted when combined, finding that they canceled each other out.
• The Dukes debated whether Marvel World could let them use powers from other worlds, and Naruto World's Duke proposed transforming a husky into Garurumon and pursuing genuine resurrection.
• Duke from Marvel World agreed to help investigate biological modification and resurrection, while Duke from Soul Society promised to obtain the necessary technology.
• Duke from Dragon Ball World agreed to look for Yardrat and its technique, while the others pressed Dead Fish Eye Duke to find the Tesseract’s location.

Duke treated Hisana at the Kuchiki Estate and then went drinking with Matsumoto Rangiku, who confided her worries about Gin Ichimaru and mentioned a gifted child in Rukongai. The night ended when Rangiku accused Duke of groping her in front of Retsu Unohana.

• Kuchiki Byakuya thanked Duke for helping suppress Hisana's soul-related illness, and Duke suggested Squad 12 might find a permanent solution.
• Duke avoided Kenpachi Zaraki before Matsumoto Rangiku invited him out drinking.
• Duke and Rangiku got drunk, and Rangiku lamented that Gin Ichimaru seemed to ignore her.
• Rangiku told Duke about the white-haired child Tōshirō, whom she had encouraged to enroll at Shino Academy.
• Retsu Unohana found Duke escorting Rangiku back, and Rangiku hugged her before accusing Duke of groping her ass.

Duke left Soul Society to respond to reports of Hollow attacks on Shino Academy students, but at the Human World location he found a group of eight strangers instead of the training site. Their presence and the earlier dispatch of Aizen and Gin Ichimaru left him wary of a possible trap.

• Retsu Unohana sent Duke to provide medical aid after Hollows attacked Shino Academy students during a training exercise, while Rangiku stayed behind and suspected Duke and Unohana were more than captain and lieutenant.
• Duke learned that Aizen and Gin Ichimaru had already gone to the scene, then carried two 12th Division members at high speed to the Senkaimon.
• Duke entered the Human World through the Senkaimon and emerged in an abandoned industrial factory.
• Eight unfamiliar people confronted Duke from the factory's third floor, and he reached for his Zanpakuto as Hiyori argued with one of them.