Chapter Summaries

Chiyo ordered Konoha and Black Zetsu to search for unusual sources of energy while seeking a way to summon Ōtsutsuki Kaguya without harming Kushina and Yugito. He spent the rest of the chapter training with Mirai and Chiemi and sharing a warm family lunch, reaffirming what he wanted to protect.

• Chiyo ordered Shikaku Nara and Minato Namikaze to deploy sensory teams and investigate unusual energy, while Black Zetsu independently searched for places linked to immense energy or other dimensions.
• After finishing his morning work, Chiyo went to the Uchiha clan's private Training Ground and watched Mirai and Chiemi spar.
• Chiyo advised his daughters on their fighting styles and sparred with them using only Taijutsu.
• Chiyo returned home with Mirai and Chiemi, where Tsunade and Mikoto had prepared lunch and the older daughters greeted their younger selves.
• Chiyo, Tsunade, Mikoto, and their daughters shared a lively family meal, with everyone offering food to Chiyo.

After Hiruko killed Konoha scouts and revealed his five Kekkei Genkai, Chiyo assigned Mirai and Chiemi to investigate him despite concerns about their safety. Hiruko completed the fusion of all five abilities and declared that he would attack Konoha.

• Shikaku reported that Hiruko had killed two scouts and wounded a third while threatening Konoha.
• Mirai and Chiemi volunteered to handle Hiruko, and Chiyo gave them a provisional S-rank mission to investigate him and gather information.
• Chiyo warned his daughters that Hiruko was dangerous and promised he would be behind them.
• Hiruko decided to complete his Chimera Technique fusion after learning Konoha had discovered his base.
• Hiruko stabilized Nether, Storm, Explosion, Steel, and Swift Release within his body, then left his base and announced his return.

Mirai and Chiemi confronted Hiruko in the Land of Soup and defeated him through their coordinated combat skills. Chiyo emerged from hiding and praised his daughters as they stood together, exhausted but proud.

• Mirai and Chiemi followed the unstable energy trail to Hiruko and challenged him on a rocky wasteland.
• Hiruko attacked with his Kekkei Genkai, but Mirai evaded and countered while Chiemi disrupted his techniques with her Sharingan genjutsu.
• Chiemi used chakra threads and Ice Release to support Mirai as the sisters pressed their attack and wounded Hiruko.
• Hiruko charged at Chiemi, but she slowed him with genjutsu and defended herself with an Ice Wall before the sisters set up their final strike.
• Chiemi's Mirror Cage tricked Hiruko into stalling his Nether Release, allowing Mirai to shatter his Steel Release arms with Trembling Mountain.
• Chiyo appeared beside his exhausted daughters and told them they had done well.

Mirai and Chiemi recovered Hiruko’s research and delivered it to Orochimaru before stopping to watch Izumi and Hikari train young Uchiha children. Hikari grew suspicious of the two visitors, but Chiyo arrived and told the gathered children that they were not outsiders.

• Chiyo defeated Hiruko, read his memories, and sent Mirai and Chiemi to retrieve the research materials from his base.
• Mirai and Chiemi secured the Scrolls, experiment records, and Hiruko’s corpse, then delivered everything to Orochimaru at the Konoha Academy of Sciences.
• On their way back, Mirai and Chiemi stopped at the Uchiha Training Ground to watch Izumi and Hikari teach the children.
• Mirai offered a correction to a child’s shuriken technique, while Chiemi helped a girl sense Chakra, making Hikari more wary of them.
• A curious boy questioned Mirai about her clan and strength, but Chiyo appeared and told everyone that Mirai and Chiemi were not outsiders.

Chiyo visited the Uchiha children at their training ground and taught them that shinobi grew strong to protect others. His trust and kindness toward Hikari stirred unfamiliar affection in her, and the chapter ended with her quietly recognizing her growing feelings for him.

• Chiyo arrived at the training ground, praised the children for practicing, and taught them that strength meant protecting their families, companions, and Konoha.
• The children promised to become strong and protect everyone, then resumed their exercises with renewed determination under Izumi's guidance.
• Chiyo thanked Hikari for helping with the children and told her to trust Mirai and Chiemi as she trusted him.
• Hikari felt her guarded feelings for Chiyo soften as they met each other's gaze, and she quietly said that she understood.
• After Chiyo left, Mirai teased Hikari about their conversation, and Hikari blushed and hurried away to help Izumi dismiss the children.

Uchiha Hikari’s feelings for Chiyo deepened during a late-night training session, but Black Zetsu interrupted them with news that the Box of Paradise was awakening in the Land of Grass. Chiyo ordered Shikaku, Minato, and Hikari to report to the Hokage’s Office, setting a dangerous mission in motion.

• Hikari trained in the forest, and Chiyo found her unsettled and pointed out a flaw in her Taijutsu.
• Chiyo demonstrated Hikari’s opening, caught her as she fell, and left her flustered by their closeness.
• Black Zetsu appeared, questioned Chiyo’s priorities, and reported that the Box of Paradise was awakening in the Land of Grass.
• Black Zetsu warned that Kusagakure might open the Box and that its Dark Chakra could threaten the Land of Grass and Chiyo’s plans.
• Chiyo summoned Shikaku and Minato to the Hokage’s Office and ordered Hikari to come with him.

Chiyo and Hikari confronted the Box of Paradise in Kusagakure, where Mui was consumed and the monster Gū emerged. After Chiyo vanished into the box, Hikari used her Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue Gū, and Chiyo returned, leaving the two ready to deal with the box.

• Chiyo and Hikari reached the Ancestral Hall, where Mui poured his Chakra into the Box of Paradise and was devoured.
• The Box of Paradise's suction pulled Hikari toward its vortex, so Chiyo hurled her to safety before he and the box vanished.
• The box reappeared and transformed Mui's remains into Gū, which attacked Hikari and proved immune to her physical and energy-based attacks.
• Chiyo spoke to Hikari from within her mind and explained how to use Yachihoko to connect with Gū's consciousness.
• Hikari trapped Gū in her Inscribed Tsukuyomi, and Chiyo emerged beside her and said he would accept the Box of Paradise as a gift.

Chiyo entered the Box of Paradise to investigate its immense dark energy and found an ancient Demonic Blade at its core. The blade awakened a hostile armored figure, which struck Chiyo’s Susanoo and began a dangerous battle.

• Chiyo healed Hikari’s shoulder, sent her back to Konoha, and prepared to enter the Box of Paradise at the Valley of the End.
• Black Zetsu warned Chiyo that the box chose and devoured Hosts, but Chiyo entered it to reach its core while Black Zetsu monitored the seal.
• Chiyo resisted the Box of Paradise’s corrosive darkness and destroyed its illusions of Hikari, Tsunade, Mikoto Uchiha, Mirai, and Chiemi with Shinra Tensei.
• Chiyo found an ancient Demonic Blade embedded in a stone platform, and its scabbard cracked apart as a dark-red armored figure formed around it.
• The armored figure attacked Chiyo, and its Demonic Blade cracked his skeletal Susanoo and forced him backward.

Chiyo defeated the Demonic Blade incarnation, sealed the blade, and discovered that the Box of Paradise had been its scabbard. He and Black Zetsu agreed to prepare for reviving Ōtsutsuki Kaguya by gathering more energy, beginning with capturing the wild Tailed Beasts.

• Chiyo used Kagutsuchi, Ice Release, Steel Release, and Dust Release to defeat the Demonic Blade incarnation and break down part of its body.
• Chiyo suppressed the blade’s will and sealed it, after which the Box of Paradise transformed into a scabbard and sheathed the Demonic Blade.
• Chiyo estimated that the Demonic Blade held energy comparable to the Ten-Tails, and Black Zetsu celebrated that it could help revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Chiyo said the blade’s energy needed purification and that he would first capture the wild Tailed Beasts, while Black Zetsu offered to provide their locations.
• Chiyo returned to Konoha and ordered an Anbu to convene a meeting of Konoha’s upper ranks the next day.

Chiyo ordered Konoha to capture the free Tailed Beasts and traveled to the Land of Wind with Mirai and Chiemi to seize Shukaku. He effortlessly sealed the One-Tail and left with his daughters to pursue the next target.

• Chiyo ordered the capture of all free Tailed Beasts, and Shikaku and Minato agreed to plan the operation.
• Chiyo told Mirai and Chiemi that they would accompany him but must not act without his orders.
• Chiyo used intelligence from Black Zetsu and Root to locate Shukaku, which Sunagakure had confined in a rift in the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo ordered the Uzumaki shinobi to maintain the barrier and made Mirai and Chiemi wait outside before entering the rift alone.
• Chiyo used the Rinnegan's attraction and Chibaku Tensei to seal Shukaku inside a stone sphere.
• Chiyo stored the sealed One-Tail in Kamui Space and left with Mirai and Chiemi to pursue the next target.

Chiyo captured the Three-Tails, Isobu, and then reunited with Mei Terumi in Kirigakure. He told her he planned to capture every wild Tailed Beast, and she pledged Kirigakure’s support while sharing intelligence about the Six-Tails.

• Chiyo used Susanoo to split the sea and awaken Isobu, then bound and extracted the Three-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains and the Rinnegan.
• Chiyo arrived in Kirigakure with Mirai and Chiemi, and Mei Terumi welcomed him and sent the girls sightseeing with Ao.
• After Mirai and Chiemi left, Chiyo told Mei Terumi he intended to capture every wild Tailed Beast.
• Mei Terumi revealed that she had suppressed a plan to make Utakata the Six-Tails’ Jinchuriki and had tracked Saiken to five possible locations.
• Mei Terumi pledged Kirigakure’s support, and Chiyo reassured her before they shared an intimate reunion.

Chiyo gained the Byakugan, then led Mei Terumi, Mirai, and Chiemi to find the Six-Tails Saiken. After Mirai and Chiemi severely wounded the beast through coordinated attacks, Chiyo prepared to step in and finish the hunt.

• Chiyo received the Byakugan and treated Mei Terumi before Mirai and Chiemi joined them in the Mizukage's office.
• The four left Kirigakure and searched the locations identified by its intelligence network before finding Saiken in a fog-covered valley.
• Mei Terumi persuaded Chiyo to let Mirai and Chiemi fight Saiken so they could gain experience, and Chiyo warned them about its acid and mucus.
• Mirai attacked Saiken while Chiemi used Ice Release, Storm Release, and her Sharingan to support her and identify its weaknesses.
• Mirai and Chiemi coordinated to wound the base of Saiken's tail, then retreated as the beast went into a frenzy.
• Chiyo watched approvingly and stepped forward, ready to end the hunt himself.

Chiyo Uchiha sealed the Six-Tails with the Adamantine Sealing Chains after Mirai and Chiemi weakened it, then shared a peaceful evening with Mei Terumi and his daughters in Kirigakure. Alarmed by Chiyo's growing pursuit of Tailed Beasts, Kumogakure and Iwagakure agreed to form an alliance and seek support from other powers.

• Chiyo Uchiha restrained the Six-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains and sealed it inside a scroll.
• Chiyo praised Mirai and Chiemi for their teamwork, and the group traveled to Kirigakure with Mei Terumi.
• Mei Terumi and Chiyo shared a quiet moment, then gathered Mirai and Chiemi for a family dinner.
• The Fourth Raikage learned that Chiyo had captured the Six-Tails and feared that Kumogakure's Eight-Tails would be next.
• Kitsuchi arrived on Ōnoki's behalf and proposed an alliance between Iwagakure and Kumogakure against Konoha and Chiyo.
• The Fourth Raikage accepted the alliance and ordered envoys sent to Sunagakure, the Land of Iron, and other powers.

Chiyo’s daughters were pulled back to their own time, and he resolved to proceed with Kaguya’s resurrection despite an emerging alliance against Konoha. He traveled with Black Zetsu to the moon and reached the Giant Tenseigan, while the Anti-Konoha Alliance prepared to oppose him.

• Mirai and Chiemi began fading as time and space sent them back to their original timeline, and Chiyo comforted them before they vanished.
• Black Zetsu warned Chiyo that Iwagakure, Cloud, and other forces were forming an Anti-Konoha, Anti-Chiyo Uchiha Alliance.
• Chiyo decided to use the Giant Tenseigan as the primary energy source for Kaguya’s resurrection ritual, with the Tailed Beasts and Demonic Blade as reserves.
• Chiyo used Kamui to take himself and Black Zetsu to the moon, where they sensed Hamura’s presence and found the Giant Tenseigan above an ancient palace.
• The Anti-Konoha Alliance continued preparing on the Shinobi World, unaware of Chiyo’s plans on the moon.

Chiyo Uchiha began a ritual on the moon to revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, using the Tenseigan, several Tailed Beasts, and the Demonic Blade’s alien energy. Kaguya awakened and recognized Chiyo with deep affection, while Black Zetsu wondered whether she knew him.

• Chiyo sealed off the lunar area and summoned Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s body and the Ten-Tails.
• Black Zetsu pierced the Tenseigan and channeled its power into the ritual.
• Chiyo fed Shukaku, Isobu, and Saiken to the Ten-Tails, then extracted the Demonic Blade’s destructive energy and added it to the mixture.
• Black Zetsu merged with the Ten-Tails and condensed its gathered power into a sphere that entered Kaguya’s chest.
• Kaguya awakened, opened her Byakugan, and called to Chiyo with affection as she floated toward him.
• Black Zetsu watched their reunion and wondered whether Kaguya knew Chiyo Uchiha.

Chiyo reunited with Kaguya on the moon, where she declared that Black Zetsu must obey Chiyo’s will. Meanwhile, attacks on Konoha’s border outposts prompted its leaders to activate battle readiness and prepare a measured counterattack.

• Kaguya embraced Chiyo and told him she remembered the Cowherd and Weaver Girl story and had missed him.
• Kaguya ordered Black Zetsu to treat Chiyo Uchiha’s will as her own and obey it absolutely.
• Black Zetsu accepted Kaguya’s command and left to monitor the Shinobi World.
• Iwagakure and Cloud forces attacked Konoha’s Outpost "Wu" as three border outposts came under coordinated probing attacks.
• Shikaku Nara, Teuchi, and Minato Namikaze agreed to evacuate border residents, secure supplies, and prepare a controlled counterattack.
• Shikaku issued a Level One battle readiness order and activated Operation Protect Konoha.

Konoha mobilized under Chiyo’s leadership to repel the Allied Forces’ attacks, with Minato Namikaze and Hatake Sakumo leading the defense at Sliver of Sky Ravine. Reinforcements joined the fierce battle as Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other former leaders confronted an enemy unit elsewhere in the Land of Fire.

• Shikaku Nara and Teuchi coordinated Konoha’s response, while Minato Namikaze received approval to defend Sliver of Sky Ravine with Hatake Sakumo.
• Uchiha Hikari organized the clan’s defenses, Fugaku Uchiha ordered Shisui to hunt infiltrators, and Tsunade prepared medical teams and field support.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura joined Konoha’s forces, while Minato, Sakumo, and their troops established defenses at the ravine.
• Kakashi, Obito, Guy, Genma, and Raidou fought back the Allied Forces as Minato destroyed a stone giant and Sakumo cut down attacking Jonin.
• Fugaku’s Anbu and Tsunade’s medical forces arrived at the ravine, helping Konoha repel the Allied Forces’ mounting assault.
• Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura stopped another Allied Forces unit in the Land of Fire, and Hiruzen reflected on how long it had been since he fought alongside them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura held off the Allied Forces with their powerful techniques while Hatake Sakumo broke through the enemy rear and destroyed its command post. With Konoha’s morale rising and the special Kunai scattered among the enemy ranks, Minato Namikaze began the next phase of the plan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura defeated the Allied Forces’ assault and forced the survivors to hesitate.
• Hatake Sakumo led an Anbu squad into the enemy rear while his teammates cleared the perimeter.
• Hatake Sakumo cut through the Allied Forces, killed the guards, and slew the Iwagakure Elder and Cloud elite Jonin in the command tent.
• Hatake Sakumo’s raid rallied the Konoha Ninja, and Minato Namikaze received the signal on the main battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze ordered the Konoha Ninja to scatter special Kunai among the enemy ranks, then vanished as the plan began.

Minato Namikaze fought Killer B at the Sliver of Sky Ravine and redirected the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball into the Allied Forces’ reserve troops before entering Sage Mode to counterattack. Meanwhile, Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha’s ambush on the northeastern border encountered the Third and Fourth Raikage, leaving a battle about to begin.

• Minato Namikaze exploited the Allied Forces’ confusion to cut through their ranks with Flying Thunder God Jutsu and Rasengan.
• Killer B arrived in his Tailed Beast cloak, challenged Minato, and attacked him with his seven-sword Acrobat technique.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to redirect the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball into the Allied Forces’ rear reserve area, devastating their troops.
• Killer B fully transformed and attacked Minato with the Eight-Tails’ tentacles and Chakra cannons, but Minato activated Sage Mode and began striking back with Sage Art: Rasengan.
• Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha waited with an Uchiha ambush on the northeastern border until the Third and Fourth Raikage arrived with Cloud Elite Ninjas.
• Shisui, Itachi, and the Uchiha revealed themselves and confronted the two Raikage as the battle was about to erupt.

Shisui Uchiha defended Konoha’s border by battling the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage A, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo to defeat them. The Cloud forces retreated, but Shisui knew the war was only beginning and his Teacher had yet to return.

• Shisui Uchiha used his Sharingan, swordsmanship, and Body Flicker to hold off the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage A as the Uchiha and Cloud forces clashed nearby.
• The Raikage launched their combined Calf Killer Lightning Plow Hot Blade, and Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned a ribcage Susanoo to block it.
• Shisui expanded his Susanoo and defeated both Raikage in a direct clash, leaving the Third Raikage injured and Fourth Raikage A wounded.
• The Third Raikage ordered the Cloud forces to retreat, and Itachi Uchiha supported the exhausted Shisui as the Uchiha celebrated holding the line.
• Shisui reflected that the war had only begun and resolved to follow his Teacher’s ninja way.