Chapter Summaries

Pakura and Chiyo took Maki from Sunagakure, but Maki initially believed Pakura had betrayed the village. After Pakura revealed that Sunagakure’s leaders had traded her life to Kirigakure, Maki understood and chose to leave with her teacher.

• Pakura reunited with Maki, but Maki recoiled when she recognized Chiyo and accused him of being an enemy.
• Chiyo knocked Maki unconscious and carried her away with Pakura to protect her from Sunagakure’s leaders.
• When Maki woke and continued protesting, Chiyo used Genjutsu to put her back to sleep, then dispelled it so Pakura could explain.
• Pakura told Maki that Sunagakure’s leaders had traded her life for peace with Kirigakure and showed her the village’s intelligence Scroll.
• Maki apologized to Pakura and agreed to leave with her, and the three continued across the desert.

Chiyo led Pakura and Maki to the Southwest Battlefield, where he destroyed an Iwagakure surprise force with Susanoo and Amaterasu. After learning Jiraiya was safe and reading Minato's update that the plan had drawn in Kumogakure and Kirigakure, Chiyo prepared to move the Southwest elites north that night and received a mission to defeat the Four Great Shadow Villages.

• Chiyo spotted Iwagakure's attack on Konoha's medical forces, captured a ninja with Genjutsu, and learned that fifty elites had been sent to exploit Tsunade's treatment of an important figure.
• Chiyo unleashed Susanoo and Amaterasu, annihilating all fifty Iwagakure attackers as Pakura and Maki watched in fear and awe.
• Chiyo reached Tsunade, who told him Jiraiya had been badly wounded by a Jinchuriki but was now out of danger.
• Chiyo read Minato's Scroll, which reported that the Northwest teams and Danzo's maneuvers had drawn Kumogakure and Kirigakure into the plan.
• Chiyo and Tsunade agreed to send the Southwest Battlefield's elites to the Northern Battlefield that night, and Chiyo received a mission to defeat the Four Great Shadow Villages for Indra's Chakra.

Chiyo arrived at the Northern Battlefield, where the Uchiha and Kurama clans had held off repeated enemy attacks. Shisui revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and as Iwagakure and Minato Namikaze's team approached, Chiyo ordered the forces to carry out their plan.

• Chiyo entered the Northern Battlefield and learned from Tekka that the Uchiha and Kurama clans had successfully defended it.
• Chiyo noticed a change in Shisui's aura, and Shisui revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan three days earlier after a clan member died protecting him.
• Chiyo warned Shisui to use his Mangekyō abilities carefully, and Shisui promised to protect others with his power.
• Chiyo explained that they would lure the allied enemy forces together and defeat them in one decisive push.
• A scout reported that Iwagakure and Minato Namikaze's team were approaching, and Chiyo ordered Shisui to notify everyone to proceed according to plan.

Chiyo’s plan drew the full Iwa-Kumo Allied Forces to the Northern Battlefield, including the Third Raikage, Ōnoki, and two Jinchūriki. Chiyo revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, turning the seemingly hopeless battle into a clash with the two Kage.

• Minato arrived and reported that all seven thousand Iwagakure ninja had followed the bait, then Hiruzen and Danzō joined him and Chiyo.
• The Third Raikage and Ōnoki led a combined force of sixteen thousand against Konoha, with the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki among them.
• As the allied forces charged Konoha’s defensive line, Chiyo stepped forward and manifested a half-bodied Susanoo with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Third Raikage attacked Susanoo twice, but Chiyo’s defenses stopped him and left the enemy forces shaken.
• Chiyo raised Susanoo’s sword to strike, and the Third Raikage called on Ōnoki to use Dust Release: True Original Body Stripping Technique.

Chiyo Uchiha reflected Ōnoki’s Dust Release, withstood the Raikage and two Jinchuriki, then revealed a Complete Susanoo and devastated the allied forces. The battlefield fell silent as Chiyo challenged the survivors and no one dared answer.

• Ōnoki’s Dust Release struck Chiyo’s Susanoo, but Chiyo’s Karma Cycle reflected it and erased Ōnoki’s left arm.
• The Raikage attacked Chiyo with his strongest Nukite strikes, but Chiyo’s Susanoo endured them and repaired its damage.
• Ōnoki sent the Five-Tails and Four-Tails Jinchuriki to attack, but Chiyo’s Susanoo emerged unharmed from the explosion.
• Chiyo transformed his Susanoo into a towering, winged Complete Susanoo and cut down the Jinchuriki, defeated the Raikage, and trapped Ōnoki in Tsukuyomi.
• Chiyo’s Susanoo swept through the Stone and Cloud forces, killing over a thousand ninja with a slash, then asked who else would challenge him.

Chiyo Uchiha defeated the Allied Forces, captured the Third Raikage and Ōnoki, and forced the surviving Cloud and Iwagakure Ninja to surrender. He ordered the other Kage villages to submit to Konoha within three days or face his personal attack.

• Chiyo used Susanoo to seize the Third Raikage and unconscious Ōnoki after crushing the Ninja who tried to stop him.
• Chiyo used Amaterasu to kill defiant Allied Forces soldiers, prompting the surviving Cloud and Iwagakure Ninja to surrender.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha Ninja to secure prisoners and treat the wounded while Konoha celebrated its victory.
• Chiyo handed the captured Kage to Tekka, Shisui, and Coral Uzumaki’s sealing squad, then ordered the four Kage villages to submit within three days.

After Chiyo Uchiha's victory forced Konoha's enemies to reckon with his power, Sunagakure tried to surrender while Kirigakure dismissed the reports and planned another attack. A disguised figure posing as Minato sent Kakashi, Obito, and Rin on a secret mission outside the village.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to report the battlefield's outcome truthfully, and Chiyo Uchiha used Tsukuyomi to force Shimura Danzō to his knees.
• Sunagakure's leaders chose unconditional surrender and sent envoys to Konoha, but Sasori intercepted and killed them, destroying their letter and gifts.
• Kirigakure's leaders doubted Konoha's victory reports, and the Third Mizukage ordered an infiltration mission while keeping a surprise attack on Konoha scheduled.
• A figure posing as Minato Namikaze recruited Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara for an urgent, secret reconnaissance mission.
• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin trusted their apparent teacher, gathered their Ninja Tools, and left Konoha with him.

Mikoto Uchiha confronted Hozuki Mangetsu’s Kirigakure squad as it slaughtered people along the Land of Fire border and approached Konoha. After revealing her Mangekyō Sharingan, she combined Amaterasu with her Fire Style and overwhelmed the invaders’ Water Release, leaving them engulfed in black flames.

• Hozuki Mangetsu led Kirigakure ninja in massacring Konoha sentries and civilians along the Land of Fire border.
• Mikoto Uchiha attacked the squad with a Great Fireball Technique, and Konoha ninja emerged from the forest behind her.
• Hozuki Mangetsu mocked Mikoto and ordered his squad to kill her and the Konoha defenders.
• Mikoto formed three fire dragons and awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, covering the dragons in Amaterasu Flames.
• The Kirigakure ninja tried to counter the black flames with Water Release, but the flames consumed the water and attacked its casters.

Mikoto Uchiha led Konoha forces to annihilate Kirigakure’s assault team and capture Hozuki Mangetsu. After ordering his interrogation and a village lockdown, she wondered why Chiyo and Obito had not returned.

• Mikoto used Amaterasu to overwhelm Kirigakure’s defenses, while the black flames devastated the assault team.
• Mikoto coordinated Konoha squads to surround the enemy, disrupt their attacks, and block their escape routes.
• Hozuki Mangetsu and surviving Kaguya and Yuki ninjas charged Mikoto, but she evaded Mangetsu, wounded his sword hand, and ordered coordinated attacks against the remaining enemies.
• Konoha forces defeated the assault team, and two Uchiha pinned Hozuki Mangetsu while Mikoto ordered him captured for interrogation.
• Mikoto ordered a battlefield search and the highest-level village warning, then wondered when Chiyo would return and why Obito was absent from the Training Ground.

Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were lured into a foggy ravine by someone impersonating Minato and ambushed by Kirigakure ninja. Obito awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan while saving Rin, and the team fled as the Kirigakure Leader ordered a pursuit.

• Kakashi questioned the vague mission details, but the fake Minato told the team to wait in the ravine before disappearing.
• Kirigakure ninja ambushed Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, revealing that Minato had been an impostor and focusing their attacks on Rin.
• Obito took a Senbon meant for Rin and awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan as he fought to protect her.
• Obito used his Sharingan to spot and kill a Kirigakure ninja who was about to attack Kakashi.
• Obito led Kakashi and Rin toward Konoha, while the Kirigakure Leader ordered his forces to pursue them and capture Rin first.

Kakashi, Obito, and Rin were trapped in a cave by a Kirigakure force after realizing that someone had impersonated Minato to lure them into an ambush. Mikoto Uchiha arrived and slaughtered the attackers, then prepared to lead the injured children to safety.

• Kakashi suspected that the Minato who had led them there was an impostor and realized someone had lured them into a Kirigakure trap.
• More than twenty Mist Ninjas cornered the children in the cave, and Kakashi and Obito struggled to protect Rin.
• Mikoto appeared just as a Kirigakure ninja attacked Obito, severed the attacker’s arm, and revealed her Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Mikoto defeated the Mist Ninjas and killed their leader with Amaterasu as Kakashi, Obito, and Rin watched.
• Mikoto checked the children, confirmed Obito was alive, carried him on her back, and told Kakashi and Rin to stay close as they left.

After Sunagakure and Kirigakure ignored Chiyo Uchiha’s ultimatum, Chiyo ordered the Konoha forces and led Tsunade, Shisui, and Kushina toward Sunagakure. Kushina’s Nine-Tails Chakra Mode overwhelmed the Sand Ninja they encountered, and Chiyo confronted Kazekage Rasa at the village gates, declaring that silence meant war.

• Chiyo assigned Fugaku and Hiruzen to escort the Raikage and Tsuchikage prisoners, left Tekka in command of the Northern Battlefield, and ordered Danzo and Hiruzen to stabilize Konoha.
• Chiyo set out for Sunagakure with Tsunade, Shisui, and Kushina after the Sand and Mist villages failed to answer his ultimatum.
• Kushina activated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and swiftly defeated a Sunagakure patrol, then swept through other scouts and resistance squads on the way to the village.
• Rasa learned that Chiyo was approaching and hurried to organize Sunagakure’s defenses, insisting that his village had sent an envoy carrying documents of submission.
• At Sunagakure’s gates, Rasa tried to explain that the envoy had been sent three days earlier, but Chiyo said he had received no word and declared that silence meant war.

Chiyo forced Sunagakure to surrender by crushing its defenses, then headed toward Kirigakure with Tsunade, Kushina, and Shisui left to oversee the village. Meanwhile, Mikoto pursued a mysterious attacker away from Konoha Hospital, where a white figure emerged beneath Obito’s bed and reached for him.

• Chiyo overwhelmed Rasa’s Gold Dust Great Funeral with Susanoo and destroyed Sunagakure’s gates and walls with a single punch.
• Rasa and the surviving Sunagakure shinobi knelt and submitted, and Chiyo warned Rasa that the village’s future depended on its conduct.
• Chiyo ordered Shisui to supervise Sunagakure and set off toward the Land of Water with Tsunade and Kushina.
• After returning to the Uchiha Compound, Mikoto sensed a provocative, unfamiliar Chakra and pursued its source toward the Forest of Death.
• A white figure rose from the ground beneath Obito’s hospital bed and silently reached toward the sleeping boy.

Obito woke imprisoned in darkness, where a mysterious old man tried to turn him against the Will of Fire and tempt him with power, but Obito refused to listen. Meanwhile, Chiyo, Tsunade, and Kushina reached the waters near the Land of Water, where Chiyo prepared to attack Kirigakure.

• Obito woke in a cramped, dark stone enclosure and realized he had been captured after passing out.
• A mysterious old man told Obito that everything he cherished would betray him and urged him to seek strength through pain and hatred.
• Obito rejected the old man's claims and demanded to return to Konoha, after which the voice fell silent and left him trapped.
• Chiyo, Tsunade, and Kushina raced across the sea toward the Land of Water as Chiyo warned that Kirigakure would resist them.
• Chiyo formed his Complete Body Susanoo near Kirigakure and announced that he would strike the village as an appetizer before the war.

Chiyo devastated Kirigakure with Susanoo and forced the village to surrender to Konoha, but the Third Mizukage was missing and Chiyo found traces of Aoki Uchiha in the Mizukage's Office. As Chiyo left with Tsunade and Kushina, his system assigned him a mission involving Mei Terumi, whom he took with him.

• Chiyo used Susanoo and Amaterasu to crush Kirigakure's defenses, but could not find the missing Third Mizukage.
• Chiyo discovered a faint trace of Aoki Uchiha's chakra in the Mizukage's Office and wondered how Aoki was connected to Kirigakure.
• Elder Genji declared Kirigakure's defeat and offered the village's submission to Konoha.
• Chiyo noticed Mei Terumi, and the system triggered the mission to intercept her.
• Chiyo ordered Mei Terumi to follow him, and she left Kirigakure with Chiyo, Tsunade, and Kushina.

Chiyo, Tsunade, Kushina, and Mei Terumi rested on an uninhabited island after escaping Kirigakure. Tsunade confessed she feared Chiyo’s growing power would change him, and he reassured her before Kushina called them back for dinner.

• Chiyo, Tsunade, Kushina, and Mei Terumi made camp on an uninhabited island, where Kushina prepared fish soup.
• Tsunade led Chiyo behind a reef and admitted she feared his power would make him cold and turn him into someone like Madara Uchiha.
• Chiyo told Tsunade he remained himself and used his strength to protect Konoha and her.
• Chiyo teased Tsunade, but Kushina’s call for dinner interrupted their private moment.
• The group gathered around the bonfire to eat, while Chiyo and Tsunade exchanged glances of shared anticipation.

Mikoto's search for Obito yielded no clues, while Chiyo returned to Konoha's northern battlefield camp after forcing Sunagakure and Kirigakure to submit. The stunned Konoha leaders and commanders prepared to discuss peace and a new postwar order under Chiyo's authority.

• Mikoto ordered the search for Obito expanded after patrols found no clues to his disappearance.
• Chiyo arrived at the northern battlefield camp with Tsunade, Kushina, and Mei Terumi, drawing the attention of Konoha's forces and leaders.
• Hiruzen asked Chiyo about his mission, and Chiyo reported that Rasa had accepted Konoha's terms and Genji had sworn Kirigakure's submission after Chiyo destroyed its defenses and Mizukage's Office.
• The gathered Konoha shinobi reacted with shock and relief, recognizing Chiyo's overwhelming power.
• Chiyo called for discussions about peace, an alliance of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and the postwar order.

Madara Uchiha let Obito leave, expecting the boy’s return to the world to make him embrace the Infinite Tsukuyomi. At Konoha’s command tent, leaders debated ceasefire terms and a proposed Five Kage Summit until Chiyo Uchiha suggested that Iwagakure and Kumogakure ransom their captured Kage.

• Madara Uchiha told Obito that the world was beyond saving, but let him escape through a passage when Obito insisted on returning to Konoha.
• Madara watched Obito leave and muttered that reality’s despair would reveal the truth and that an eternal dream would save the Shinobi World.
• An intelligence ninja reported that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had requested ceasefire negotiations, with Kumogakure proposing a Five Kage Summit.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi argued for lasting peace while Shimura Danzō demanded harsh terms and refused to release the captured Raikage and Tsuchikage.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Chiyo Uchiha for his opinion, and Chiyo proposed that the villages pay money to ransom their Kage.

Chiyo Uchiha persuaded Konoha’s leaders to ransom the captured Raikage and Tsuchikage instead of holding them indefinitely, arguing that the payments would fund Konoha and weaken its enemies. Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the proposal, and Konoha began planning the ransom terms.

• Chiyo Uchiha explained that prolonged captivity could destabilize Kumogakure and Iwagakure and fuel future revenge, while ransoming their leaders could secure peace and strategic advantages.
• Chiyo Uchiha argued that the ransom would provide Konoha with funds for recovery, compensate fallen ninjas, and slow the enemy villages’ recovery.
• The Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, and Hyuga representatives supported Chiyo Uchiha’s proposal, and Shimura Danzō agreed if the ransom was large enough to cripple both villages for decades.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the plan and ordered Konoha to tell Kumogakure and Iwagakure to bring enough money to ransom their Kage.
• Konoha’s leaders began discussing the ransom amount, payment method, and political conditions, while Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Chiyo Uchiha as Konoha’s future.

A and Kitsuchi accepted that they had to raise ransom money to bring back their fathers, while Obito returned to the Uchiha Compound and Mikoto asked him about his mysterious disappearance. The chapter ended with Obito yet to explain where he had gone.

• A and Kitsuchi discussed Konoha's ransom demand and agreed that paying was their only feasible way to recover the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage.
• A decided to convene Kumogakure's Elder Council to raise money, while Kitsuchi prepared to leave for Iwagakure as the war wound down.
• A wished Kitsuchi a safe journey, and the two exchanged a fist bump in a silent show of solidarity.
• Mikoto welcomed Obito back to the Uchiha Compound and offered him tea and dumplings.
• Mikoto asked Obito where he had gone after disappearing from the hospital.