Chapter Summaries

Zetsu warned Hiruko that Konoha’s growing strength made the Land of Rivers unsafe, prompting Hiruko to prepare to relocate. Hiruko gave Zetsu his improved Impure World Reincarnation technique, and Zetsu said he would return the next day to take him to the allies’ base.

• Zetsu met Hiruko in the Land of Rivers and learned that Hiruko had fused Wood Release and Ice Release using his secret technique.
• Zetsu warned Hiruko that Nawaki and Mitokado Satoru were powerful, and that Konoha’s mass-transportation ninjutsu had destroyed three invading armies and threatened Sunagakure.
• Hiruko realized he could not remain in the Land of Rivers and began packing, while resolving to complete his research and rule the Shinobi World.
• Zetsu asked about Impure World Reincarnation, and Hiruko explained its limits and handed over a scroll describing his improved version.
• Zetsu said he would return the next day to take Hiruko to the allies’ base, and Hiruko wondered whether the mysterious allies would finally reveal themselves.

Madara abandoned his plan to use Obito as a proxy after Satoru disrupted his schemes, and decided that relying on his own strength would be more dependable. He ordered Zetsu to infiltrate the Akatsuki and investigate Satoru’s knowledge and intentions regarding Nagato and the Rinnegan.

• Madara compared Shisui with Obito and concluded that Obito was a better target for manipulation because his closest bonds were beside him.
• Madara blamed Satoru’s portals for ruining his plans to lead Obito into darkness and doubted that he could manipulate or defeat Satoru.
• Madara gave Zetsu Hiruko’s improved Impure World Reincarnation scroll and ordered him to practice the technique.
• Madara decided to seek a better method than using a proxy and told Zetsu to infiltrate the Akatsuki without contacting Nagato yet.
• Madara ordered Zetsu to discover what Satoru knew about Nagato and the Rinnegan, and what Satoru intended to do in the Land of Rain.

Konoha’s reinforcements arrived through a massive portal and overwhelmed Sunagakure’s remaining forces, leaving Rasa to choose between surrender and annihilation. Rasa surrendered to Konoha, ending the Third Shinobi World War.

• Uchiha Fugaku returned to Konoha’s ranks as the wounded Rasa, Chiyo, and Scorpion watched Hatake Sakumo withdraw.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade arrived through Satoru’s portal and helped suppress Shukaku alongside their Summoning Animals.
• Uchiha Fugaku offered Rasa surrender and a withdrawal, while Scorpion renewed his vow to kill Hatake Sakumo and then left the battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze reported that Kirigakure and Kumogakure’s forces had been annihilated, Iwagakure’s army had been wiped out, and the Third Raikage A had died.
• Rasa surrendered Sunagakure to Konoha, bringing the Third Shinobi World War to an end.

After Konoha's decisive victory ended the Third Shinobi World War, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced a village-wide election for a new Hokage Candidate. Satoru questioned his father, Mitokado Homura, about the plan but was told the decision was final.

• Konoha's forces defeated the Four Nations' invading armies, forcing them to end the war and accept severe losses.
• Konoha replaced its border forces with standard defensive troops, relying on Satoru's completed portal to send reinforcements quickly.
• At the homecoming ceremony, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Konoha would hold an election for a Hokage Candidate.
• The village's leaders set out a process in which qualified jonin would be selected and voted on by all adult residents, with the result submitted to the Land of Fire Daimyo.
• Mitokado Homura told Satoru the election plan was settled and its results could not be changed.

Mitokado Homura, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Utatane Koharu discussed the Hokage Candidate Election and Satoru’s refusal to become Hokage. Homura feared Satoru was preparing to leave the village and persuaded the others to support the election as a way to deepen his ties to Konoha.

• Mitokado Homura argued that Satoru was the most suitable Hokage and that the village would lose out if he refused the role.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu questioned whether forcing Satoru to become Hokage would make him leave or interfere with his research.
• Homura revealed that he feared Satoru would eventually disappear from public life and leave the village, as his mother had done.
• Homura explained that Satoru’s rejection of the Hokage position and Nonō’s pursuit made him seem as if he were preparing for a long journey.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu agreed with Homura that making Satoru Hokage might strengthen his bond with the village and delay his departure.

Satoru and Uchiha Fugaku secretly began researching the Sharingan’s awakening and evolution with Obito and Shisui as test subjects. While Satoru remained absorbed in the research, the Hokage candidate vote ended with him far ahead of the other candidates.

• Uchiha Fugaku suppressed his clan’s anger when he was left off the Hokage candidate list and approached Satoru to resume their research into the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku brought Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Shisui to Satoru’s Private Space under the guise of closed-door training.
• Obito asked whether the research could awaken his Sharingan, while Shisui described the pain behind his own awakening and three tomoe.
• Satoru and Aluneth prepared to investigate the Sharingan’s evolution and its possible connection to authority.
• Mitokado Homura announced the candidates and started a public election while Satoru remained away researching.
• After ten days of voting, Satoru won by an overwhelming margin, and Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Minato discussed the result and doubted the election would affect him.

Satoru was dragged from his private space to the village’s Hokage Candidate election, where he discovered the others had arranged for him to lead the vote. After his father confronted him about Danzo’s death and insisted he take responsibility, Satoru challenged his five competitors to defeat him if they wanted him to become a candidate.

• Uchiha Fugaku warned Satoru that the Third Hokage might issue a warrant, and Satoru sent Obito and Shisui away after ending his experiments.
• Nawaki and Minato used their abilities to bring Satoru to the election venue, where villagers cheered his arrival.
• Satoru objected to being nominated, while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato urged him to accept the Hokage Candidate position.
• Mitokado Homura privately confronted Satoru about Danzo’s death and argued that Satoru had to take responsibility for the loss to the village.
• Satoru summoned Aluneth and challenged his five competitors to defeat him, promising to accept the candidacy if they succeeded.

Satoru refused the Hokage position and proposed fighting Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Minato, and Nawaki to prove he should not be bound by the office. Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted his decision, and Satoru teleported the six of them away to begin the match.

• Satoru told Mitokado Homura and the others that he would not become Hokage and challenged the five candidates to fight him together.
• Mitokado Homura worried about Satoru's confidence, while Satoru explained that the contest would settle his position under the next Hokage.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Minato each agreed to fight Satoru, despite their doubts or past experience with him.
• Satoru told Sarutobi Hiruzen the decision was personal, and Hiruzen agreed to handle pressure from the daimyo.
• Satoru activated a teleportation array and vanished with the five fighters, leaving Mitokado Homura to complain to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Satoru faced Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Minato in a battle on an uninhabited coast, where all five Chakra Nature Transformations could be unleashed. After the five coordinated their attacks and Satoru used Blink and Invisibility to evade them, he detonated a powerful spell beside them, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Satoru teleported himself and the five shinobi to a remote coast, where they prepared to fight at full strength.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Nawaki, and Minato entered Perfect Sage Mode and readied their attacks while Tsunade relied on her immense strength.
• The five attacked Satoru in coordination, but he redirected Jiraiya through a portal, slowed Minato, and used Mass Silence before they broke free with Sage Chakra.
• Tsunade struck Satoru after he appeared to be caught in their combined attack, but he used a genjutsu disguise and bound her with Slow.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Nawaki, and Minato unleashed coordinated Sage Arts at Satoru, who escaped with Blink and Invisibility.
• Jiraiya sensed Satoru's lingering aura on the ice, and the four shinobi regrouped beside Tsunade just as Satoru cast Magic Explosion Technique.

Satoru overwhelmed Minato, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Nawaki with powerful magic, forcing them to coordinate their attacks and escape together. Minato transported the group away just before Satoru’s Comet Storm and Arcane Ring devastated the coast, creating Guardian Bay.

• Satoru’s Magic Explosion Technique injured Minato, while Tsunade protected him and healed herself with the Strength of a Hundred Seal.
• Nawaki, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Minato combined their senjutsu and attacks to trap Satoru in a blazing Wood Dragon assault, but Satoru survived with Ice Barrier.
• Satoru summoned a flaming meteor, which Minato redirected with Flying Thunder God - Guiding Thunder, then cast Comet Storm while fighting the others.
• As Sage Mode ran out for Minato and Nawaki, Satoru formed an Arcane Ring, and Tsunade supplied chakra to Minato and Nawaki.
• Nawaki used Wood Release: Four Pillar Prison Technique to enclose the group, and Minato transported them away before the Comet Storm and Arcane Ring devastated the coast and formed Guardian Bay.

After Satoru defeated five powerful opponents, he proposed creating an independent Guardian organization to stop top-tier threats before they could plunge the Shinobi World into war. His plan left Nawaki torn between joining the organization and pursuing his dream of becoming Hokage.

• Nawaki, Minato, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru admitted defeat after witnessing the devastation of Satoru's battle techniques.
• Satoru explained that the threat of powerful individuals and schemers could drive wars, and proposed a Guardian organization to stop them by force.
• Nawaki realized the organization would operate beyond Konoha, while Satoru acknowledged that its independence was one reason he would not become Hokage.
• Minato questioned whether other countries would accept an organization willing to kill their Kage, and Satoru said its strength would make them consider the proposal.
• Nawaki eagerly wanted to join until Tsunade pointed out that members could not become village leaders, leaving him conflicted between the organization and his Hokage dream.

Nawaki withdrew as a Hokage Candidate, and Minato accepted the role with Satoru's encouragement. As the Guardian Project gained approval, Sarutobi Hiruzen considered the threats behind Satoru's plans and chose to leave matters to the younger generation.

• Nawaki relinquished his Hokage candidacy and encouraged Minato to take his place, while Tsunade knocked Satoru and Minato away for teasing her.
• Satoru persuaded Minato to accept the Hokage Candidate role and promised to support his reforms.
• The Konoha Sannin and Nawaki withdrew as candidates, leaving twenty-three-year-old Minato as the confirmed Hokage Candidate.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reviewed Satoru's Guardian Project and wondered whether it was intended to confront existing threats connected to the Rinnegan and Nagato.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen considered Satoru's influence over Akatsuki and the Land of Rain, then decided to let the younger generation handle their affairs.

Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared Minato Namikaze for the Hokage candidacy while Satoru continued researching the Sharingan’s chakra properties. Satoru completed his extrapolation and began considering a gradual, safer way to activate the Sharingan without destabilizing a person’s personality.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen organized Minato Namikaze’s training and planned to strengthen his connection with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Satoru entrusted Nawaki with confidential preliminary preparations for the Guardian Project, then returned to his research.
• Satoru and Aluneth concluded that the Sharingan was a mutated organ that produced independent ocular power from spiritual energy and could retain some abilities when transplanted.
• Aluneth suggested using transplanted eyes and a Kekkei Genkai Formation to stimulate Sharingan activation, but Satoru warned that the shortcut could prevent inheritance and cause dangerous personality changes.
• Satoru completed his spell model and proposed making Sharingan activation a gradual process like learning spells.

As Satoru and Aluneth continued analyzing the Sharingan, Sarutobi Hiruzen called his disciples and Nawaki to prepare for a Five Kage Summit to demand war reparations from the defeated nations. Tsunade agreed to lead the negotiations for a share of the extra gains and went to recruit Satoru, while Minato learned that protecting Konoha’s interests meant increasing the demands.

• Satoru and Aluneth finished analyzing the Sharingan with The Book of Medivh and continued developing the spell model.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Nawaki from pursuing their plans and reminded them of the upcoming negotiations.
• Minato explained that Konoha would convene a Five Kage Summit to demand war reparations, and that the four would join the delegation.
• Nawaki noted that Konoha still held Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Blades, which could be used as bargaining chips.
• Tsunade demanded a commission for securing extra reparations, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to give her a share if she brought Satoru along.
• Minato asked Sarutobi Hiruzen about the demands, and Sarutobi ordered the original plan increased by thirty percent.

Satoru tested his Sharingan research by transforming Obito’s Chakra, and Obito successfully awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan without suffering gloomy emotions. The chapter left Obito eager to challenge Kakashi, while Satoru ordered him to stay in training until he reached three tomoe.

• Satoru used his Private Space to monitor Obito’s Chakra transformation with help from Aluneth, while Fugaku and Shisui watched nervously.
• Obito’s Chakra transformation progressed far faster than expected, and he reported excitement rather than sadness, despair, or hatred.
• Obito felt a new power in his eyes and opened them to reveal an awakened Sharingan with one tomoe.
• Shisui congratulated Obito, and Satoru explained that the Sharingan had improved Obito’s dynamic vision.
• Obito shouted that he would defeat Kakashi, so Satoru struck him and forbade him from going out until he trained to three tomoe.

Satoru explained the Reincarnation Seal Technique, which cultivated Uchiha ocular power while slowing the mental effects of Sharingan evolution. He then used an illusion to give Obito intense, harmless stimulation intended to advance his Sharingan to Three-Tomoe.

• Satoru described how spiritual-power cultivation and a protective magic array could make Sharingan evolution safer, and named the method the Reincarnation Seal Technique.
• Satoru explained that the technique would prevent removed Sharingan from generating ocular power, while still allowing its cultivation to support Mangekyō use.
• Obito begged Satoru not to repeat the previous stimulation, but Satoru used an illusion array to knock him unconscious.
• Satoru showed Fugaku and Shisui an illusion in which Obito kissed Kakashi's face on a photograph, only for Rin to catch him doing it.
• Satoru judged that the shock had provided enough stimulation for Obito to approach Three-Tomoe, while Fugaku worried about his son Itachi.

The Five Kage Summit began in Amegakure as Yahiko and Nagato welcomed the delegations. The Fourth Raikage and Fourth Kazekage arrived first, and the chapter left Yahiko maintaining Amegakure’s neutrality while the summit awaited the other Kage.

• Konan guided A and Dodai to Amegakure’s central tower, where Yahiko and Nagato welcomed them.
• A complained about the rain and demanded to know whether Ōnoki had arrived, still angry over the Third Raikage’s death.
• Yahiko assured A that Amegakure would remain neutral but would stop anyone who acted excessively, and A entered the meeting room.
• Nagato sensed Rasa approaching, and Konan guided the Fourth Kazekage and Chiyo to the tower.
• Rasa reacted coldly to Yahiko and saw the Kumogakure delegation, but neither delegation started a conflict as they entered the meeting room.
• Konan disapproved of Rasa’s arrogance, while Yahiko’s response pleased her before she returned to guide the remaining delegations.

As the Five Kage Summit began, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki confronted the Kumogakure delegation and learned Kirigakure’s Third Mizukage could not attend. Karatachi Yagura revealed himself as the Fourth Mizukage, and Nagato discovered that he was a Jinchuriki.

• Ōnoki arrived with Kitsuchi, dismissed the Kumogakure delegation, and privately reflected on his victories and concerns about Sarutobi Hiruzen and Satoru.
• Nagato sensed Kirigakure’s delegation approaching, and Ōnoki questioned why the Third Mizukage had not come to the summit.
• Karatachi Yagura introduced himself as the Fourth Mizukage and confirmed that the Third Mizukage could not attend.
• Yahiko recognized Ao and identified the Byakugan in his eyepatch, while Ōnoki taunted Kirigakure over its losses to Konoha.
• Nagato told Yahiko that Yagura’s chakra resembled that of Iwagakure’s Rōshi and Han, revealing that the Fourth Mizukage was a Jinchuriki.

Yahiko and Nagato hosted the Five Kage Summit as the Kage debated the Land of Rain’s claim to neutrality, and the Fourth Mizukage Yagura voiced support for its peace efforts. Sarutobi Hiruzen, Minato Namikaze, and Mitokado Satoru arrived through a portal, leaving the other Kage surprised by Minato’s apparent status as Hiruzen’s successor.

• Ōnoki worried that Iwagakure lacked a suitable successor and recalled that Rōshi had left the village.
• Yahiko and Nagato entered the conference room, where Yahiko invited the Kage to make reasonable requests.
• Yagura defended the Land of Rain’s peace efforts, and A accepted the hosts’ status after Dodai urged him to let the matter pass.
• Yahiko opened a portal, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, Minato Namikaze, and Mitokado Satoru arrived from Konoha.
• The four Kage interpreted the flame patterns on Minato’s coat as a sign that Hiruzen had chosen him as Hokage successor, and Satoru asked whether anyone objected to Konoha’s delegation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen opened the Five Kage Summit by demanding that the Four Nations answer for the damage they inflicted on Konoha during the Third Shinobi World War. Rasa asked him to state Konoha’s terms, leaving negotiations poised to begin.

• Yahiko confirmed that Minato Namikaze could attend as Konoha’s Hokage Candidate and Mitokado Satoru as a guard, while Ōnoki reluctantly accepted the arrangements.
• Satoru mocked Ōnoki, brought Konoha’s delegation through a portal, and left with them after introducing Minato as the successor he had forced to take the Hokage burden.
• Yahiko formally opened the summit, and Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Konoha would not dismiss the wartime damage caused by the Four Nations.
• Ōnoki challenged Hiruzen’s blunt demands, but Hiruzen defended his stance as the victorious Hokage, and Satoru’s presence made Ōnoki wary of Konoha’s strength.
• Rasa asked Hiruzen to state Konoha’s demands so the Five Kage could discuss them.