Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya held off A’s forces until he learned that Kumogakure had sent reinforcements to another front, prompting him to move to Minato’s position. On the eastern coast, Nawaki faced a new threat when White Zetsu revealed it could use Wood Release and urged him to meet its lord.

• A withdrew his Kumogakure forces from Jiraiya’s line after failing to break through, but Jiraiya learned they had sent reinforcements elsewhere.
• Jiraiya ordered his subordinates to monitor Kumogakure and went to assist Minato.
• Nawaki’s Wood Release and Orochimaru’s strength kept Kirigakure’s forces under pressure, while Nawaki survived several targeted ambushes.
• Nawaki sent Genma Shiranui, Might Guy, and Ebisu away before facing four squads of Kirigakure Anbu alone.
• White Zetsu emerged from underground, asked Nawaki to meet its lord, and demonstrated a Wood Clone that shocked Nawaki.

Nawaki refused Madara’s offer of power and explained that he wanted to become Hokage through the village’s recognition. The chapter ended with Madara revealing his Sharingan and Nawaki realizing that he had transplanted Hashirama’s cells.

• Nawaki rejected White Zetsu’s invitation to meet its superior and refused to be tempted by the promise of Wood Release.
• Madara appeared and criticized Nawaki’s abilities, then asked what he wished for.
• Nawaki declared that he wanted to become Hokage through the recognition of the village, not by relying on Madara’s power.
• Nawaki sensed Hashirama’s Chakra in Madara and deduced that he had transplanted Hashirama’s cells.
• Madara revealed his Sharingan, opening two crimson eyes with three tomoe each beneath his white shell.

Nawaki recognized the elderly man as Madara Uchiha, who revealed that Kirigakure’s Anbu were under his genjutsu and offered Nawaki power in exchange for acting as his agent. Nawaki refused, so Madara erased his memories of their meeting, leaving him to fight the approaching Anbu unaware of what had happened.

• Nawaki connected the man’s Sharingan and the Senju clan’s hidden history to identify him as Madara Uchiha.
• Madara revealed his face and explained that Kirigakure’s Anbu were under his genjutsu and that his creations had been attacking alongside them.
• Madara offered Nawaki power rivaling Hashirama’s in return for becoming his agent and finding a young man to carry out a task.
• Nawaki refused Madara’s offer, insisting he would not act as anyone’s agent or rely on power Madara granted him.
• Madara used his Sharingan to erase Nawaki’s memories of their meeting, then Nawaki awoke surrounded by Kirigakure’s Anbu and began fighting them.

Nawaki sensed an immense, violent chakra while searching for Genma and the others, who had been cornered by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Might Dai arrived to protect the young Konoha ninja and opened the Eighth Gate, preparing to fight the swordsmen with his life.

• After defeating half of the Kirigakure ANBU, Nawaki pursued Genma and the others and sensed a powerful chakra nearby.
• Genma Shiranui, Might Guy, and Ebisu encountered all seven of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen and prepared to fight.
• Might Dai arrived with his three subordinates, ordered the young ninja to withdraw, and opened the Seventh Gate.
• Dai used Daytime Tiger, but the Seven Ninja Swordsmen survived the attack.
• Dai opened the Eighth Gate and declared that he would kill the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

Might Duy defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen by opening the Gate of Death, but the technique left his body ruined and his life force nearly exhausted. Satoru froze him and brought him to Tsunade, who concluded that saving him might require soul transfer into a replicated body, though Dai would lose his original strength.

• Nawaki found Might Duy near death after he had killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with the Eight Gates Formation.
• Nawaki used a special Arcane Crystal to summon Satoru, who froze Dai in an Ice Barrier and took him to Tsunade.
• Tsunade said Dai’s body and life force had been devastated, and that recovery would require repairing his body or replacing it.
• Satoru proposed transferring Dai’s soul into a replicated body made from his tissue, with Orochimaru’s help.
• Tsunade said the replicated body could let Dai live, but he would be ordinary and could never use the Eight Gates Formation again.

Satoru and Sarutobi Hiruzen planned how Konoha would end the war, while Akatsuki’s battle against Sunagakure and Iwagakure ended in a costly stalemate. Yahiko declared the Land of Rain permanently neutral and asserted Akatsuki’s right to mediate the conflict.

• Satoru told Tsunade that Dai’s restoration would have to wait until after the war, and Tsunade prepared to support the front lines.
• Satoru told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Sunagakure and Iwagakure would have to be defeated on the battlefield before the war could end.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen authorized Satoru to take command from Uchiha Fugaku and drive the allied forces out of the Land of Fire.
• The battle in the Land of Rain left Rasa unable to fight, Chiyo depleted, Ōnoki, Rōshi, and Han seriously injured, and Akatsuki and Satoru exhausted.
• Yahiko declared the Land of Rain permanently neutral and asked the gathered nations to recognize Akatsuki as qualified to mediate the war.

Yahiko established the Land of Rain as a neutral nation, but Ōnoki and Rasa refused to abandon their conflicts with Konoha. After Rasa returned to Sunagakure, he visited Bunpuku and demanded that the elderly One-Tail Jinchuriki fight for the village.

• Yahiko declared the Land of Rain permanently neutral and offered it as a place to mediate disputes, with Nagato's strength backing the policy.
• Ōnoki learned that the Third Raikage had attacked the eastern coast of the Land of Earth, while Rasa agreed to a temporary truce and Ōnoki withdrew with Rōshi and Han.
• Satoru warned the Kages that they would have to rely on their own abilities, then departed as Rasa left with Chiyo.
• Rasa went to the temple where Bunpuku was imprisoned and asked him to lend Sunagakure his power.
• Bunpuku refused to use Shukaku for war, but Rasa insisted that fighting to protect the village was the Jinchuriki's duty.

Satoru visited Nonō’s orphanage, recognized Kabuto’s potential, and promised to make him his direct disciple after the war if he understood a book on enchantment. He rejected Nonō’s feelings and then met Fugaku in a private spacetime reception room to hear what Fugaku wanted to discuss.

• Satoru found the amnesiac Kabuto at Nonō’s orphanage and gave him a copy of Enchantment Basics, promising to take him as a direct disciple after the war if he understood it.
• Satoru told Nonō he had to pursue his goals alone, and she accepted his decision despite her tears.
• Mikoto confronted Satoru about rejecting Nonō, then asked him to help Fugaku with something that had been troubling him.
• Satoru agreed to meet Fugaku, explaining that his father’s position among Konoha’s higher-ups might complicate their conversation.
• Fugaku entered Satoru’s private spacetime reception room, where Satoru invited him to sit and explain what he wanted.

Uchiha Fugaku urged Satoru to accept Uchiha support for becoming Hokage after the war, arguing that Satoru’s strength and achievements made him a leading successor. Fugaku hoped Satoru’s rise would improve the Uchiha Clan’s relationship with the village and leave its younger generation less isolated.

• Uchiha Fugaku praised Satoru’s abilities and thanked him for helping moderate the village’s attitude toward the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku offered the Uchiha Clan’s full support if Satoru would become Hokage after the war.
• Satoru questioned whether the Third Hokage would need to retire, since Konoha was winning the war decisively.
• Fugaku listed Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, Nawaki, and Satoru as qualified Hokage candidates, then argued Satoru’s accomplishments made him the strongest choice.
• Fugaku admitted that he could not pursue the position himself because he accepted responsibility for his failed defense, and said he hoped a new Hokage would help the Uchiha Clan integrate with the village.

Satoru explained to Fugaku that he had no interest in becoming Hokage because the office would hinder his research, which he believed could benefit the village and the Shinobi World more. He left Fugaku surprised by saying he was interested in the affairs of the Uchiha Clan.

• Satoru inferred that Fugaku’s confidence in his Hokage prospects might come from possessing the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Satoru told Fugaku he had no interest in becoming Hokage, overturning Fugaku’s expectations for the Uchiha Clan’s future.
• Fugaku asked why Satoru did not want the office, and Satoru explained that he preferred to devote his time to research.
• Satoru rejected the idea of becoming an advisor after a new Hokage took office, but said he was interested in the affairs of the Uchiha Clan.

Satoru explained to Fugaku that the Sharingan’s mind-linked chakra caused the Uchiha’s descent into darkness and the clan’s rift with the village. He proposed that separating the special chakra from mental stimulation could remove the Sharingan’s drawbacks, leaving Fugaku stunned by the possibility of changing the Uchiha Clan’s fate.

• Satoru asked Fugaku whether he wanted to discuss the Uchiha Clan and identified the Sharingan’s awakening and growth as the root of the clan’s divide with the village.
• Fugaku said past Uchiha ancestors and Tobirama Senju had found no way to change the Sharingan, but Satoru insisted its drawbacks could be eradicated.
• Satoru connected the Sharingan’s higher forms, including Susanoo, to the village’s fear of the Uchiha and noted that Madara Uchiha had used that power against the village.
• Satoru explained that emotional stimulation caused the brain to produce special chakra that awakened the Sharingan, while the resulting power and darkness reinforced each other.
• Satoru reasoned that the eyes could produce ocular power after awakening and proposed separating the special chakra from the mind to create a safer way to produce or strengthen it.
• Fugaku realized that Satoru’s theory could change the fate of the entire Uchiha Clan.

Satoru completed preparations for a portal to transport troops and tried to summon Atiesh as its positioning medium. Instead, the sentient staff Aluneth hijacked the ritual and appeared in his personal space.

• Mikoto thanked Satoru for helping Fugaku regain his confidence, then explained that she supported bringing Itachi to the battlefield to learn from war.
• Satoru advised Mikoto to have Itachi take the cat with him for protection, and she thanked him.
• Satoru finished preparing the portal, which required him to maintain it for unrestricted troop transport to multiple destinations.
• Satoru used the Chakra Metal Staff as a coordinate and began an interdimensional ritual to summon Atiesh from Archmage Khadgar.
• An unfamiliar presence diverted the ritual away from Atiesh, and Satoru summoned Aluneth, who announced that it had escaped a place filled with goblins and gold coins.

Satoru’s summoning ritual unexpectedly brought forth Aluneth, the conscious staff once wielded by Aegwynn. After Aluneth tried to persuade him to restore its power, Satoru infused it with Arcane Power and took control of the revived artifact.

• Aluneth appeared in Satoru’s cross-dimensional summoning ritual and warned him that Khadgar might trace the spell back to him.
• Satoru dismissed the ritual, concealed his location with anti-detection spells, and recognized that Aluneth had little power left.
• Aluneth flattered Satoru and urged him to restore its strength so they could accomplish great deeds together.
• Satoru offered to fulfill Aluneth’s wish in the future, then gripped the staff and flooded it with Arcane Power.
• Aluneth regained its advanced form and welcomed the chance to create miracles with Satoru.

Satoru prepared to open portals from Konoha to all four major fronts, giving the village a way to end the war with fewer casualties. The portals opened at Training Ground Zero, where Tsunade joined the forces ready to advance.

• Satoru showed Sarutobi Hiruzen Aluneth and explained that its power would let him anchor portals to every major battlefield.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved the plan and chose Training Ground Zero as the portal site, while Satoru said he could keep the portals open for about a week.
• Satoru drew a large teleportation circle at Training Ground Zero as Anbu and Root guarded the area.
• Satoru raised Aluneth and opened four enormous portals to fronts where Uchiha Fugaku, Hizashi Hyuga, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Orochimaru, and Nawaki waited with their forces.
• Tsunade appeared in enchanted battle gear and declared that she was ready to take the field and end the war.

Konoha used its unlimited portals to unite its forces and crush the invading armies, while the Third Mizukage was captured by Madara Uchiha after fleeing home. Sunagakure then attacked Konoha’s line, where Scorpion revealed that he had turned the missing Third Kazekage into a Human Puppet and intended to use it against Hatake Sakumo.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru led Konoha’s forces in a surprise attack that severely wounded the Third Mizukage and routed Kirigakure’s army.
• The Third Mizukage returned to the Land of Water, where Madara Uchiha revealed himself and used his Sharingan to bring the Mizukage under his control.
• Konoha swept through the Kumogakure and Iwagakure armies, while Sunagakure launched an all-out attack against Konoha’s defensive line.
• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Fugaku arrived through a portal and fought Chiyo and Rasa, respectively.
• Scorpion appeared on the battlefield, summoned the Third Kazekage as a Human Puppet, and admitted that he had killed him.

Scorpion revealed that he had killed the Third Kazekage and challenged Hatake Sakumo, the Konoha White Fang, to settle his hatred. Sakumo faced Scorpion and Chiyo while Fugaku agreed to let him fight, and Scorpion launched an iron-sand attack.

• Rasa recognized the Third Kazekage as Scorpion's Human Puppet and declared Scorpion a rogue ninja after Scorpion admitted to killing him.
• Chiyo realized she would have to treat her grandson as an enemy, while Fugaku and Rasa discussed Sunagakure's internal crisis.
• Sakumo told Fugaku that Scorpion's target was him and chose to face Scorpion and Chiyo rather than flee from the past.
• Fugaku agreed to Sakumo's request but said he would put safeguards in place.
• Chiyo summoned the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets as Scorpion used the Third Kazekage Puppet to unleash the Iron Sand World Method at Sakumo.

Satoru's Mirror Image Clone joined the battle as Rasa brought Bunpuku and the One-Tail to the front lines. When Bunpuku refused to unleash Shukaku, Rasa destroyed his seal, and the enraged tailed beast appeared on the battlefield.

• Satoru's Mirror Image Clone arrived to support Fugaku while Hatake Sakumo fought Chiyo and Sasori.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure ninja to bring Bunpuku forward, and Satoru recognized him as the One-Tail's Jinchuriki.
• Rasa demanded that Bunpuku use Shukaku's power to break Konoha's defensive line, but Bunpuku refused.
• Rasa pierced Bunpuku with gold dust and destroyed Shukaku's seal.
• Shukaku emerged and went berserk after losing Bunpuku, whom he regarded as a friend.

Satoru used his War Machine to hold Shukaku back while the battle against the Sand continued, and four-year-old Itachi confronted the harsh realities of war on the front lines. Satoru invited Itachi to help him change the world as the conflict approached its end.

• Satoru stopped Uchiha Fugaku from stepping forward and summoned a War Machine to hold Shukaku back, while Fugaku prepared to face Rasa.
• Satoru assured Fugaku that Hatake Sakumo could handle the other front and predicted the war would end by sunrise.
• Itachi fought a Sand ninja with help from his Flame Cat, Xiao Huo, and questioned why people killed one another in war.
• Satoru's Mirror Image Clone appeared beside Itachi, said the situation would soon end, and asked whether Itachi wanted to change the world with him.

During the battle against Iwagakure, Zetsu found the young Uchiha Shisui and decided he could become Madara's proxy. Zetsu began trying to draw Shisui toward the darkness in his heart.

• Satoru led Itachi away from the battlefield and noticed Shisui fighting nearby.
• Shisui reflected on how Satoru's intervention against Shukaku had changed his view of him, then moved to support his comrades.
• Zetsu appeared before Shisui, who challenged him and identified himself as Uchiha Shisui.
• Zetsu decided that Shisui suited Madara's plans and told him he had come to show him the darkness in his heart.

Madara’s agent Zetsu tried to recruit Uchiha Shisui by claiming that the Sharingan grew stronger through hatred, but Satoru intervened and teleported Shisui away. Satoru vowed to confront the force behind Zetsu later, while Zetsu was left wondering how Satoru knew about it.

• Madara had Zetsu monitor the Uchiha Clan and choose the gifted Shisui as a potential target.
• Zetsu told Shisui that darkness and hatred fueled the Sharingan and promised a peaceful world if Shisui joined him.
• Shisui began doubting himself, but Satoru’s Mirror Image Clone froze Zetsu’s lower body and interrupted the recruitment.
• Satoru protected the dazed Shisui, warned Zetsu to tell his master to stay underground, and teleported them away.
• Zetsu wondered how Satoru had learned about the force behind him.