Chapter Summaries

Chiyo manipulated Kumogakure into uncovering a planned attack on Iwagakure, then used the intelligence to destroy an Iwa spy stronghold and frame the conflict between the two villages. After Kumogakure’s investigation squad disappeared, the Third Raikage set out to investigate personally.

• Chiyo used Genjutsu on Cloud Ninja to make them discover the battle site, then learned that Kumogakure planned attacks on Konoha and Iwagakure in three days.
• Chiyo obtained a Scroll listing Iwagakure spies, confirmed the intelligence with several Jonin, and killed them with Lava Release.
• Chiyo and Shisui transformed into Cloud Anbu and attacked the Iwa Stronghold, killing its defenders while two spies escaped.
• Chiyo destroyed most of the underground chamber with a Lava Release Rasengan and said he would let Iwagakure and Kumogakure fight.
• The Third Raikage learned that his investigation squad had gone missing and rushed out to the location himself.

Chiyo and Shisui entered Kumogakure in disguise to gather information, and Chiyo defended Yugito Nii when the restaurant patrons insulted her for being a Jinchuriki. After Yugito thanked him and asked to meet again, Chiyo learned that the system had assigned him a mission to intercept her.

• Chiyo used Genjutsu to get past Kumogakure's gate guards, then entered the village with Shisui in ordinary clothes.
• Chiyo and Shisui went to a crowded barbecue restaurant and sat beside Yugito Nii, whom the other diners avoided because she was a Jinchuriki.
• Chiyo confronted the diners for insulting Yugito and reminded them that Jinchuriki fought for Kumogakure.
• Yugito thanked Chiyo outside the restaurant, asked his name, and suggested they meet again; Chiyo left with Shisui without agreeing.
• Chiyo told Shisui that Yugito was Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki, then received a system mission to intercept her.

Chiyo and Shisui settled into a house in Kumogakure, where Chiyo met their neighbor Samui and was taken to breakfast by Yugito Nii. As Yugito opened up about her father and her loneliness as a Jinchuriki, Chiyo agreed to spend the day with her and offered to tell her about a friend with a similar experience.

• Chiyo and Shisui rented a house near the outskirts of Kumogakure, and Chiyo sensed a Chunin training next door.
• Chiyo met Samui on their balconies, then Yugito Nii came looking for him and pulled him along to a pastry shop.
• Yugito told Chiyo that she had visited the shop with her late father, and thanked him for defending her as a Jinchuriki.
• Chiyo reassured Yugito that Jinchuriki deserved respect, and she invited him to go shopping with her.
• Chiyo decided he wanted to take Yugito with him when he left Kumogakure and offered to tell her about a friend with a similar experience.

The Third Raikage retaliated against Iwagakure for attacks on Cloud Ninja strongholds, charging into the Land of Earth and battling the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki. As their fight escalated, Ōnoki arrived and erased a Tailed Beast Ball with a beam of white light.

• The Third Raikage learned that Iwagakure shinobi had attacked Cloud strongholds and led an elite unit toward the border.
• Following Stone Ninja tracks, the Third Raikage killed multiple Iwagakure squads and advanced ten li into the Land of Earth.
• The Third Raikage confronted Rōshi and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, and exchanged attacks with both of them.
• Rōshi transformed into the Four-Tails and unleashed lava while the Five-Tails Jinchuriki formed a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Ōnoki appeared and used a white light to make the Tailed Beast Ball disappear.

Ōnoki convinced the Third Raikage to cooperate against Konoha by presenting evidence that Iwagakure had been framed and warning that Chiyo Uchiha could become another Madara Uchiha. The Raikage took Kitsuchi hostage and withdrew, while Ōnoki planned a joint attack on the Uchiha in half a month.

• The Third Raikage led Ōnoki, Rōshi, and the other man to charred ground near the border, where Rōshi denied causing the Lava Release damage.
• The Third Raikage revealed an Iwagakure contact ledger, and Ōnoki sent his son Kitsuchi to Kumogakure as a hostage while insisting Iwagakure had no reason to sabotage the alliance against Konoha.
• Ōnoki showed the Third Raikage intelligence on Konoha's defenses and Chiyo Uchiha, warning that Chiyo's Mangekyo abilities resembled Madara Uchiha's power.
• The Third Raikage agreed to cooperate against the Land of Fire and took Kitsuchi with him, while Ōnoki asked him to join an attack on the Uchiha in half a month.
• As the Kumogakure forces withdrew, Kitsuchi looked back and saw Ōnoki unfold a Scroll bearing the Uchiha Clan Crest.

Chiyo grew closer to Yugito and promised to take her away, while Samui awkwardly accepted his offer of Dorayaki. After Shisui revealed that Kumogakure was gathering troops and secretly cooperating with Iwagakure, Chiyo decided to leave the next morning and take Yugito with him.

• Chiyo took Yugito to watch the sunset, told her he was kind to her because she was herself, and promised to stay with her.
• Chiyo escorted Yugito home, agreed to meet her again the next day, and later overheard her wondering whether he would take her away.
• Chiyo caught his neighbor Samui lurking by his door and gave her warm Dorayaki, which she accepted before hurrying home.
• Shisui told Chiyo that Kumogakure was assembling troops against the Uchiha Clan on the Northern Battlefield and gave him intercepted Cloud Anbu intelligence about secret cooperation with Iwagakure.
• Chiyo decided to leave Kumogakure the next morning and take Yugito with him, while Shisui began packing.

Chiyo asked Yugito to leave Kumogakure with him, and she agreed despite learning he was Chiyo Uchiha, Clan Leader of Konoha's Uchiha Clan. They escaped the village with Shisui Uchiha, leaving Kumogakure's leaders to discover that their Jinchuriki had vanished.

• Chiyo told Yugito he was leaving and asked her to come with him, and she eagerly accepted.
• As Chiyo and Yugito headed for the village exit, three Anbu confronted them, but Chiyo used Genjutsu to stop them at Yugito's request that he spare their lives.
• Matatabi recognized Chiyo's Sharingan, and Yugito realized he was Chiyo Uchiha, Clan Leader of Konoha's Uchiha Clan, but remained determined to go with him.
• Shisui Uchiha joined Chiyo and Yugito, and the three used Genjutsu to pass the guards and leave Kumogakure.
• About half an hour later, Kumogakure's higher-ups learned that Yugito had vanished and sent Anbu to search the village.

The Third Raikage learned that Konoha had taken Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, and ordered preparations for a major assault on the Land of Fire. Minato Namikaze received warning of Kumogakure’s troop buildup and readied himself and Coral Uzumaki as the war threatened to escalate.

• The Third Raikage learned that Yugito Nii had followed Chiyo Uchiha into the Land of Fire and ordered that she be recovered or killed, while also targeting Minato Namikaze.
• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure’s troops to support Kirigakure on the Eastern Battlefield, sent three hundred elite ninja to join Killer B and A, and readied the Lightning Release Unit.
• The Third Raikage accepted Ōnoki’s plan for a joint assault, increasing each village’s force to seven thousand ninja and setting a full-scale attack on the Land of Fire for three days later.
• Minato Namikaze told Coral Uzumaki that Kumogakure’s movements seemed unusual while they held the defense line, stabilized logistics, and sought intelligence.
• An Anbu reported Kumogakure’s elite troop buildup, so Minato ordered the warning sent to every battlefield, especially the Northern and Eastern Battlefields, and told Coral to prepare for battle.

Kumogakure and Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen overwhelmed Konoha’s Eastern Battlefield, while simultaneous attacks threatened two other fronts. Minato Namikaze split the response and left to find the one who could end the war.

• Hyuga Sakon’s forces were shattered by the combined assault, and Hyuga Tokuma and Inuzuka Tsume were killed.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen confronted Hyuga Sakon as Munashi Jinpachi attacked him.
• Minato Namikaze received reports that Konoha’s eastern, northwest, and southwest battlefronts were in danger.
• Minato ordered combat forces to reinforce the east and supplies sent to the southwest and northwest.
• Minato set out to find the one who could end the war, while Coral Uzumaki led the supply escort toward the southwest.

Yugito stayed in Rōran Town while Chiyo returned to Konoha after learning that the Four Nations Alliance was attacking on all three fronts. He proposed drawing the enemy forces to the Northern Battlefield with a force led by Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hiruzen agreed to lead it, prompting Danzo to volunteer too.

• Yugito refused to return to Konoha with Chiyo, and Chiyo promised to stay with her in Rōran Town when the war ended.
• Shisui Uchiha brought Chiyo intelligence that Konoha's three fronts were in crisis and the Four Nations Alliance had united.
• At the Hokage's Office, Danzo confronted Chiyo, who trapped him in a genjutsu and subjected him to repeated rounds of Death by a Thousand Cuts.
• Chiyo proposed luring the enemy nations toward the Northern Battlefield with a formidable force, then gathering Konoha's strength to defeat them.
• Hiruzen agreed to lead the force, and Danzo volunteered before Chiyo told him he was not qualified because he was not the Hokage.

Chiyo helped Hiruzen and Danzo settle on a wartime strategy, then returned to the Uchiha Compound for a warm reunion with Mikoto, Kushina, and Sara. After explaining the looming invasion, he told Kushina she could join the battlefield in a few days.

• Danzo reconsidered his rivalry with Hiruzen, then agreed to have Root support Hiruzen’s unit by harassing the enemy under Chiyo Uchiha’s plan.
• Hiruzen approved Chiyo’s proposal for clan successors and civilian ninja representatives to share responsibility for Konoha’s internal affairs.
• Chiyo returned to the Uchiha Compound, where Kushina and Sara competed for his attention before Mikoto welcomed him home.
• At dinner, Chiyo told Kushina, Sara, and Mikoto that the Allied Forces of four nations were advancing and asked them to remain in the village.
• Chiyo told Kushina she could go to the battlefield in a few days, and she eagerly accepted.

Chiyo sent Minato Namikaze to serve as bait on the battlefield, giving him a Scroll containing the Rasengan before he left to join Hiruzen Sarutobi. When Minato arrived and declared that his mission matched the Hokage's, Danzo reacted with fury at being passed over.

• Minato Namikaze visited Chiyo at night and asked what he should do next as the Northwest Battlefield stabilized.
• Chiyo explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi was drawing away enemy forces and proposed that Minato act as bait to lure enemies toward the Northern Battlefield.
• Minato agreed to risk his life for Konoha, and Chiyo gave him a Scroll containing the Rasengan before sending him to meet the Third Hokage.
• The next day, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo led an elite force toward the Eastern Battlefield, where Minato arrived to join them.
• Minato told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his mission was the same as the Hokage's, prompting Danzo to angrily complain that Chiyo had chosen Minato instead of him.

Chiyo visited Nonō at Konoha Orphanage, reassured her about the war, and took Yakushi Kabuto as his disciple. After leaving, he received the system reward for completing the mission: the Mangekyo Sharingan eye technique Amaterasu.

• Chiyo visited Nonō at the orphanage, embraced her, and promised he would return safely from the war.
• Nonō introduced Chiyo to the orphanage children, including Kabuto, who was studying medical ninjutsu.
• Chiyo offered to make Kabuto his disciple, and Kabuto eagerly accepted.
• Chiyo promised to teach Kabuto after the war and then left the orphanage as Nonō and Kabuto saw him off.
• Chiyo claimed his mission reward from the system and received Amaterasu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō rescued Konoha’s Eastern Battlefield and drove back the allied Cloud and Mist forces. Hiruzen then began a decoy plan that put his life at risk, while Danzō vowed to claim the spotlight himself.

• Hyuga Sakon’s forces faced defeat as the Cloud and Mist armies overwhelmed Konoha’s line.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Root and Anbu, and his forces joined with Shimura Danzō’s to reverse the battle.
• Hiruzen and Danzō’s combined attacks drove the enemy back, and Konoha survived the day’s fighting.
• Hiruzen announced a plan to serve as a decoy, and the clan leaders accepted that the mission would begin the next day.
• Hiruzen led a conspicuous force north while Anbu spread word that he had won the Eastern Battlefield and would head to other fronts.
• Shimura Danzō watched Hiruzen depart and vowed that this time he would take the spotlight.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo confronted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, defeating most of them in a fierce battle. Their planned decoy drew the Kirigakure force’s attention, and the surviving witnesses spread news of Konoha’s strength.

• Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had reached the front and rushed out to attack him without waiting for a battle plan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo were ambushed in the fog, but Hiruzen escaped their trap with an Earth Clone Technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo counterattacked with ninjutsu, Enma, and Baku, overwhelming the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Danzo killed Munashi Jinpachi, while Enma smashed Kushimaru Kuriarare; Biwa Juzo and Raiga Kurosuki fled.
• Danzo reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi that their decoy plan had succeeded, and the surviving Kirigakure ninjas spread news of the battle across the front.

After hearing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had killed five of Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the Third Raikage rallied Kumogakure’s forces and set out for the Eastern Battlefield. The Third Mizukage paused attacks on Konoha and planned to let Kumogakure and Konoha weaken each other before intervening, while a scarlet Sharingan appeared in his eyes.

• The Third Raikage learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s troops were heading toward the Northern Battlefield and ordered Kumogakure’s army to gather.
• The Third Raikage rejected notifying Iwagakure and led Kumogakure’s elite forces toward the Eastern Battlefield.
• Kirigakure’s upper ranks argued over Konoha’s killing of five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and the Third Mizukage ordered them to halt attacks on Konoha temporarily.
• The Third Mizukage sent an envoy to contact Kumogakure and decided to wait until Konoha and Kumogakure had both suffered heavy losses.
• The Third Mizukage’s eyes opened with a scarlet Sharingan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo fought the Third Raikage with Enma and Baku, breaking through his Lightning Release Armor and making him believe he could be defeated. They retreated toward Konoha's prepared Northern Battlefield, drawing the Raikage and his Cloud reinforcements into the trap as Chiyo Uchiha's Shadow Clone watched.

• The Third Raikage mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, then sent Hiruzen flying with a punch and easily countered Danzo's Wind Release.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo summoned Enma and Baku, then coordinated their attacks to crack the Raikage's Lightning Release Armor and wound him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo exploited the Raikage's weak points with combined techniques, while Danzo taunted him.
• When Cloud reinforcements arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered a full retreat, and the Raikage pursued with his forces toward the Northern Battlefield.
• Chiyo Uchiha's Shadow Clone observed the retreat and noted that the prey had taken the bait, while the Third Raikage continued into Konoha's trap.

Chiyo arrived at the Southwest Battlefield with Kushina, then investigated Sunagakure's unusual silence and discovered that Pakura had been sent on a mission to negotiate with Kirigakure. He warned Pakura that her village had abandoned her and offered to go with her so she could see the truth.

• Chiyo brought Kushina to the Southwest Battlefield, and Tsunade allowed her to stay in camp under strict orders.
• Tsunade and the frontline Commanders reported that Minato had scattered enemy forces and that Konoha could begin secretly moving elite troops north.
• After learning Sunagakure had remained unusually quiet, Chiyo left to investigate the village.
• Chiyo followed Pakura out of Sunagakure and correctly guessed that she was heading to negotiate peace with Kirigakure.
• Chiyo told Pakura that Sunagakure's upper ranks had sent her on a mission she could not survive, then offered to accompany her.

Pakura and Chiyo were ambushed in a ravine, where a Kirigakure envoy revealed that Sunagakure had sacrificed her for political gain. After Chiyo rescued her and offered her a place with him, Pakura embraced him and went with him to a cave.

• Pakura and Chiyo met a Kirigakure envoy in a misty ravine, and the envoy led them into an ambush.
• The envoy attacked Pakura and revealed that Sunagakure's leaders had traded her life for temporary peace.
• Chiyo revealed himself as Uchiha Chiyo, defeated the hidden Kirigakure ninja with Fire Style, and killed the envoy.
• Chiyo healed Pakura and explained that Sunagakure's leaders had seen her as a threat, then asked her to leave with him.
• Pakura said she would not attack the Land of Wind, and Chiyo told her he wanted her to live.
• Pakura embraced Chiyo and suggested they rest in a cave, and they went there together.

Chiyo and Pakura infiltrated Sunagakure and uncovered that its leaders had planned to sacrifice Pakura to Kirigakure in exchange for a temporary ceasefire. Pakura left the village with Chiyo, resolved to follow him, but hurried toward the sound of her disciple Maki crying.

• Chiyo and Pakura entered Sunagakure in disguise, using Genjutsu to evade its guards and patrols.
• Chiyo interrogated the Kazekage's secretary and learned that Sunagakure's leaders had offered Pakura to Kirigakure as a gift.
• Chiyo and Pakura found Scrolls documenting the conspiracy and Sunagakure's plan to wait for Konoha and Iwagakure to weaken each other.
• Chiyo left a warning for Sunagakure's leaders sealed in ice, then he and Pakura escaped the Kazekage Building.
• Pakura said she had no regrets about leaving Sunagakure and agreed to follow Chiyo.
• Pakura heard Maki crying and used the Body Flicker Technique to rush toward her, with Chiyo following.