Chapter Summaries

Tsunade and Chiyo reached Konoha’s main camp, where Hatake Sakumo learned that Chiyo had defeated hundreds of elite Sunagakure ninja and killed Ebizo. As Sakumo honored Chiyo’s achievement, Tsunade left to inspect the wounded camp, troubled by the price Chiyo had paid.

• Tsunade and Chiyo traveled to Konoha’s relocated headquarters and met Commander-in-Chief Hatake Sakumo.
• Tsunade gave Sakumo the casualty report and he assigned her to coordinate the camp’s medical supplies and Medical Ninja.
• A Jonin reported Konoha’s victory over Sunagakure, and a young Medical Ninja revealed that Chiyo had defeated hundreds of elite Sand Ninja and killed Ebizo.
• Sakumo realized Chiyo had been responsible for the extraordinary victory and solemnly praised him for his achievement.
• Tsunade left to inspect the wounded camp while Chiyo watched her go.

Tsunade confronted Chiyo Uchiha about the danger of overusing his Mangekyō Sharingan, then gave him medicine and urged him to be careful. In a Root laboratory, Danzo and Orochimaru pursued experiments with Hashirama Cells and learned that Chiyo had survived, drawing Orochimaru’s interest.

• Sakumo warned Chiyo that other villages might target him because of his achievements, and Chiyo followed Tsunade to the medical tent.
• Tsunade dismissed the Medical Ninja, confronted Chiyo about overusing his Mangekyō Sharingan, and checked his condition.
• Chiyo promised to avoid using his eyes unless necessary, and Tsunade prepared medicine and ordered him to take it before bed.
• Danzo and Orochimaru discussed the unstable experiments with Hashirama Cells and the arrival of more test subjects in three days.
• Danzo told Orochimaru that Chiyo Uchiha had survived the squad’s destruction, and Orochimaru became intrigued.

At Konoha’s frontline camp, Tsunade and Chiyo trained Medical Ninjas while Hatake Sakumo received orders appointing them temporary strategists. At Sunagakure’s camp, Chiyo Yang and Chiyo Liu volunteered to infiltrate Konoha’s medical forces and kill as many medics as possible.

• Tsunade supervised Konoha’s Medical Ninjas as they treated wounded soldiers.
• Chiyo taught Medical Ninjas to prepare antidotes, and one trainee successfully made a dose.
• Hatake Sakumo received orders assigning Tsunade and Chiyo medical-logistics duties and temporary strategist positions.
• Sunagakure’s leaders discussed their battlefield losses and decided to target Konoha’s Medical Ninja forces.
• Chiyo Yang and his wife, Chiyo Liu, volunteered to infiltrate the medical camp during a feigned frontal attack.

Sunagakure launched a nighttime assault on Konoha’s camp, but Chiya, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo repelled the attack. Chiya and Tsunade then caught two elite Puppet Masters trying to infiltrate the Medical Team’s camp, and Hatake Sakumo called them to a meeting the following day.

• Sunagakure attacked Konoha’s camp with combined Wind Release and Fire Style, and Hatake Sakumo ordered the combat units to engage.
• Chiya identified the main attack from the east, while Tsunade protected the Medical Team and Chiya joined Hatake Sakumo on the battlefield.
• Chiya and Tsunade helped break Sunagakure’s assault, forcing the attackers to retreat.
• Chiya spotted Chiyo Yang and Chiyo Liu approaching the Medical Team’s camp and, with Tsunade, captured them.
• Hatake Sakumo recognized the captives as elite Puppet Masters and ordered Kunugi Mokume to escort them away as bargaining chips.
• Hatake Sakumo told Tsunade and Chiya to attend a temporary meeting at noon the next day.

At Konoha’s frontline command meeting, Hatake Sakumo learned that Iwagakure and Kumogakure were making suspicious moves while Tsunade prepared to counter Chiyo’s poison. Chiyo Uchiha accepted Danzo’s mission to intercept Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Fuka, and prepared to go to the Root base for details.

• Hatake Sakumo told the gathered shinobi that Sunagakure’s Chiyo had joined the fighting and asked Tsunade to develop an antidote to her poison.
• Tsunade promised to analyze the poison within three days and recommended training specialized Medical Ninja.
• Root operative Chicken reported that roughly five hundred Iwagakure shinobi were approaching Amegakure in disguise and that Kumogakure reconnaissance squads had entered the Land of Rain’s border.
• Chicken relayed Danzo’s order for Chiyo Uchiha to intercept and kill Fuka, Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and Chiyo accepted the mission.
• Tsunade gave Chiyo a bottle of antidotes and Soldier Pills, and he arranged to meet Chicken at the Root base.

Chiyo and Orochimaru received orders from Danzō to infiltrate Kumogakure and unleash the Eight-Tails by killing its Jinchuriki, Fuka. After reaching the village, they met their Root contact Yakushi Nonō and learned Fuka was isolated in Cloud-Thunder Gorge, leaving them to prepare for the mission before dawn.

• Danzō ordered Chiyo and Orochimaru to use Sharingan Genjutsu to release Fuka from the Eight-Tails and gave them Dream Eater Summoning Scrolls.
• Chiyo and Orochimaru traveled toward Kumogakure on Orochimaru's giant snakes after discussing Chiyo's survival of Hanzō's battlefield.
• Orochimaru summoned Yakushi Nonō, who gave them Fuka's recent movements and a defensive map of Cloud-Thunder Gorge.
• Nonō warned that Kumogakure had increased border patrols and asked them to spare civilians if they released the Eight-Tails.
• Chiyo agreed to avoid civilians where possible, and he and Orochimaru set their sights on Cloud-Thunder Gorge.

Chiyo and Orochimaru infiltrated Cloud-Thunder Gorge to obtain material from the Eight-Tails, using Fuka’s capture to trigger the beast’s rampage. They collected powder from one of its horns and escaped before Kumogakure’s reinforcements arrived.

• Chiyo and Orochimaru silently killed the eight Kumogakure guards and approached Fuka.
• Orochimaru attacked Fuka, who transformed and fought back with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Chiyo ambushed Fuka with his Sharingan, and Orochimaru removed the Iron Armor Seal, releasing the Eight-Tails.
• Kumogakure ninja arrived as the Eight-Tails rampaged, and a youth cut off one of its horns.
• Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone collected powder from the horn, then Orochimaru and Chiyo left with the sample.

Chiyo, Orochimaru, and Yakushi Nonō staged Nonō’s death after she worried that leaving Kumogakure would put the children who had helped her in danger. The Third Raikage suspected Konoha had caused the Eight-Tails’ rampage and ordered a sweeping investigation.

• Yakushi Nonō hesitated to leave Kumogakure because she feared the children who had saved her would be punished if her spy identity came to light.
• Chiyo proposed faking Nonō’s death amid the Eight-Tails’ rampage, and Orochimaru agreed to the plan.
• Orochimaru summoned a Kumogakure ninja under Genjutsu, altered his face to resemble Nonō’s, and killed him so the body could pass as hers.
• Cloud Jonin reported to the Third Raikage that Fuka was dead, eight elite Jonin had been killed, and Cloud-Thunder Gorge had been destroyed.
• The young ninja who had severed the Eight-Tails told the Third Raikage that suspicious Chakra traces suggested an infiltrator had deliberately triggered the rampage.
• The Third Raikage suspected Konoha and ordered investigations of suspicious newcomers and stronger patrols near the Land of Fire.

After reporting the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s death, Chiyo refused Danzo’s offer to join Root and left the base. Danzo then ordered Orochimaru to transplant a Mangekyō Sharingan into his empty eye socket, despite the need to remove necrotized tissue first.

• Orochimaru reported that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had died and Kumogakure had suffered heavy losses.
• Danzo praised Chiyo and tried to recruit him into Root, but Chiyo declined so he could remain on the front lines.
• Yakushi Nonō requested time to rest and left the secret chamber, followed by Chiyo.
• Danzo asked Orochimaru about Sharingan research, and Orochimaru said Hashirama Cells would likely be needed to support a transplant.
• Danzo revealed a Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered Orochimaru to perform the transplant.
• Orochimaru warned that necrotized tissue around Danzo’s empty eye socket needed to be removed, and Danzo told him to proceed.

After earning Ice Release by killing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Chiyo found an Iwagakure squad preparing to attack Konoha and disguised himself as a Kirigakure ninja. He decimated the squad and let a few survivors escape so Iwagakure would believe Kirigakure had entered the war, then headed for the front lines as a watcher observed him.

• Chiyo received Ice Release from the system and discovered that his Chakra had increased to 15 cards.
• Chiyo spotted twenty Iwagakure ninja discussing an attack on Konoha while the village was occupied with Sunagakure.
• Chiyo disguised himself as a Kirigakure ninja and attacked the squad with Ice Release, killing most of them.
• Chiyo deliberately let two or three Iwagakure ninja escape to spread the impression that Kirigakure had joined the conflict.
• Chiyo reverted to his original appearance and sprinted toward the front lines, while a white-headed observer emerged from the ground, commented on his Ice Release, and disappeared.

Chiyo returned to Konoha’s frontline camp and reunited with Tsunade, who described her plans to develop combat ninjutsu for Medical Ninja. As Konoha’s position strengthened and Sunagakure faced mounting losses and pressure from its Daimyo, Chiyo proposed one final all-out assault.

• Chiyo reported to Hatake Sakumo that Iwagakure ninja might have infiltrated the border, and Sakumo said Konoha would leave them to Root.
• Chiyo reunited with Tsunade at the medical camp, and she told him she had neutralized Sunagakure’s poison in half a day.
• Tsunade said she planned to develop ninjutsu that would let Medical Ninja fight on the front lines.
• Sunagakure’s leaders learned that Konoha had killed a hundred combatants, Tsunade had neutralized the poison, and the Daimyo was demanding an end to the war.
• Chiyo urged Sunagakure to gather its forces for one final all-out assault, saying they had to gamble to avoid defeat.

Sunagakure launched a night assault on Konoha, but Hatake Sakumo defeated Chiyo’s Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu while Qianye and Tsunade repelled attacks on the medical camp. By dawn, Sunagakure had ordered a full retreat, and Hatake Sakumo sensed the war on their side was nearing its end.

• Sunagakure’s forces attacked Konoha’s frontline watchtowers, and Chiyo confronted Hatake Sakumo on the battlefield.
• Hatake Sakumo severed Chiyo’s arm, but she replaced it with a puppet arm and summoned the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu.
• Hatake Sakumo adapted to the puppets’ attacks and destroyed them, forcing Chiyo to retreat.
• Qianye killed Sunagakure attackers near the medical camp, while Tsunade’s strike sent a group of enemies flying and rallied Konoha’s defenders.
• At dawn, Sunagakure’s commander ordered a full retreat, and Hatake Sakumo watched the fleeing troops and reflected on the cruelty of war.

After Konoha received surrender offers from Sunagakure and Amegakure, Chiyo went to check on Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato. He found them being attacked by Iwagakure ninja and intervened, leaving the other children’s fate unresolved.

• Hatake Sakumo told the gathered Konoha ninja that Sunagakure had surrendered and Amegakure had offered to surrender if Konoha compensated its war losses.
• Chiyo and Tsunade discussed the war’s likely end, and Chiyo said he would check on the three Amegakure children.
• Chiyo found the children’s hut empty and followed their trail to a river, where Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato were trying to catch fish.
• Five Iwagakure ninja attacked the children, injuring Nagato, pinning Yahiko down, and holding Konan at kunai-point while demanding information.
• Chiyo appeared, severed the lead Stone Ninja’s wrist, and killed another Iwagakure ninja as the rest reacted in alarm.

Chiyo rescued Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato from Iwagakure ninjas and sheltered them in a cave. When the children chose to stay in Amegakure and change it, Chiyo gave them ninjutsu scrolls, then wondered whether he should destroy Nagato’s still-dormant Rinnegan.

• Chiyo killed the five Iwagakure ninjas, hid their bodies in the river, and erased the traces of the battle.
• Chiyo led Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato to a cave, treated their wounds, and gave them food.
• Konan explained that Jiraiya had left and that the children had been attacked while fishing for food.
• Yahiko and Nagato chose to remain in Amegakure, and Konan decided to stay with them rather than go to Konoha.
• Chiyo gave the three children scrolls containing basic ninjutsu and encouraged them to grow stronger.
• After the children fell asleep, Chiyo considered whether to destroy Nagato’s Rinnegan.

Chiyo trained Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato in Amegakure after deciding not to take Nagato’s Rinnegan, then learned the war was ending and prepared to return to Konoha. At Root Base, Orochimaru and Danzo discussed reports that Hanzō had been dead for some time, and Orochimaru suspected Chiyo had killed him using the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Chiyo continued training Yahiko and Konan while Nagato described sensing life in the earth, trees, and air.
• Chiyo learned Sunagakure and Amegakure had surrendered to Konoha and signed a ceasefire agreement.
• Jiraiya arrived, thanked Chiyo for caring for the children, and took charge as Chiyo left for Konoha.
• Jiraiya wondered whether Chiyo was the black-haired boy from the Great Toad Sage’s dream, while a white figure watched before disappearing underground.
• Danzo told Orochimaru that Hanzō may have been dead for some time, prompting Orochimaru to suspect Chiyo and consider the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Chiyo Uchiha returned to Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi praised his war service and was moved by his words about the Will of Fire. The Uchiha Elders then named Chiyo their new Clan Head, and he accepted while warning that he expected their cooperation.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Chiyo about helping Jiraiya's disciples and asked for his thoughts on the war.
• Chiyo spoke of fallen comrades nourishing a stronger future, moving Hiruzen, who compared him to Kagami Uchiha.
• Chiyo returned to the Uchiha Compound, where Yashiro Uchiha led him to a gathering of the Elders and clan members.
• The Elders praised Chiyo's Smile Enforcement reforms for improving the Uchiha's reputation and nominated him as Clan Head.
• Chiyo accepted the position but told the Elders he expected their cooperation and would not tolerate refusal.

After becoming Clan Leader, Chiyo hosted Konoha’s delegations and asked Mikoto to become his personal secretary. That night, Tsunade told him a Senju child had gone missing, and Chiyo promised to investigate the case through the Guard Unit archives.

• Chiyo welcomed representatives from the Hyuga Clan, the Senju Clan, the Hokage, and other clans at the Uchiha compound.
• Chiyo asked Mikoto to become his personal secretary, and she agreed before kissing him on the cheek.
• Tsunade slipped into Chiyo’s residence after the guests left and asked about the Guard Unit, which was now under his command.
• Tsunade told Chiyo that a child belonging to a deceased Senju relative had gone missing and that her investigation pointed to spies from another village.
• Chiyo suspected the disappearance had more to it and said he would investigate the Guard Unit archives the next day.

Chiyo searched the Guard Unit archives for records about the missing children but found nothing, then confronted the Great Elder over his warning to avoid the Senju Clan. Suspecting trouble during the afternoon patrol, Chiyo went to meet Tsunade, where they encountered Kushina Uzumaki.

• Chiyo searched months of Guard Unit patrol records but found no information about the missing children.
• The Great Elder warned Uchiha patrol members to stay away from Senju territory, and Chiyo questioned him about the Senju Clan and the Hokage Faction.
• The Great Elder refused to explain, so Chiyo ordered two Uchiha to keep him in the lounge for the afternoon.
• Chiyo hurried to the Senju Clan and told Tsunade that something might happen during the afternoon patrol.
• Kushina Uzumaki returned from a mission, and Tsunade invited her and Chiyo to eat barbecue, joking that Chiyo would grill the meat.

At a barbecue restaurant, Kushina mistook Chiyo and Tsunade’s closeness for betrayal of Mikoto and fled, while Chiyo and Tsunade noticed suspicious masked figures nearby. Elsewhere, Kumogakure spies prepared to abduct Kushina from Konoha that evening.

• Kushina saw Chiyo and Tsunade feeding each other and worried that Chiyo was deceiving Mikoto.
• Kushina left the restaurant abruptly, and Chiyo and Tsunade wondered why she had rushed off.
• Chiyo and Tsunade spotted three masked figures moving from the direction of the Orphanage and suspected a connection to crimes they had been investigating.
• Chiyo told Tsunade he had mostly figured out what was happening but withheld the details, and Tsunade agreed not to press him.
• Five Kumogakure spies watched the dessert shop Kushina frequented and planned to capture her that evening, using a confirmed blind spot in Konoha’s barrier.

Chiyo investigated the disappearance of a child, found no immediate leads, and used the crisis to reform the Uchiha Guard Unit. After discovering red hair and drag marks near a weak point in Konoha’s barrier, he entered the woods to track the trail while sending word to the Guard Unit and Tsunade.

• Tsunade and Chiyo waited for signs of suspicious activity, but the Guard Unit reported that its surveillance points had found nothing.
• Chiyo confronted the Great Elder with his Sharingan and summoned the Guard Unit, where he awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and condemned the clan’s complacency.
• Chiyo announced Guard Unit reforms, ordered immediate reporting of unusual activity and daily training, and warned that he would investigate concealed information within the clan.
• While patrolling near families with children, Chiyo found red hair and drag marks by a weak point in Konoha’s barrier and inferred that someone had been taken.
• Chiyo sent Shadow Clones to alert the Guard Unit and Tsunade, then followed the trail into the woods as a blond-haired boy watched him leave.