Chapter Summaries

Kakashi and Konoha’s new generation repelled an Iwagakure and Cloud assault by breaking its command structure, while Minato defeated Killer B at Sliver of Sky. Konoha secured both battlefields as the Allied Forces retreated.

• Fugaku assigned Kakashi and his teammates to defend a valley where the Allied Forces had launched a surprise attack.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurenai, Anko, Obito, Rin, Genma, and Raidō held off the enemy despite being outnumbered.
• Kakashi led Obito in a strike on the enemy command point, where Obito used Kamui to kill an Iwagakure Commander and Kakashi defeated two Cloud Jonin.
• With the enemy command in disarray, Konoha’s forces counterattacked and routed the Allied Forces from the valley.
• Minato used Sage Mode and Flying Thunder God to defeat the Eight-Tails and capture the unconscious Killer B.
• The Allied Forces’ commander ordered a retreat, and Minato declared that Konoha had upheld the will of protection.

Rasa debated whether Sunagakure should attack the Land of Fire, but a report of Konoha’s decisive victory over the Allied Forces destroyed his hopes and left him fearing retaliation. Mei Terumi welcomed the victory, reaffirmed Kirigakure’s alliance with Konoha, and awaited Chiyo’s return.

• Rasa heard Sunagakure’s elders argue over whether to exploit Chiyo Uchiha’s absence and join the war against Konoha.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure to wait for a frontline report before deciding whether to march on the Land of Fire.
• A Sunagakure Anbu delivered news that Konoha had crushed the Allied Forces, with Minato Namikaze capturing Killer B and Shisui Uchiha defeating the Third Hokage and Fourth Raikage.
• Rasa abandoned his plans as he realized Sunagakure could face Konoha’s retaliation.
• Mei Terumi ordered Ao to spread the victory report, recall Kisame and the others, and send Konoha a congratulatory letter reaffirming their alliance.
• Mei Terumi reflected on Chiyo and waited for him to return to Kirigakure.

After the Allied Forces suffered a crushing defeat, Ōnoki collapsed in shock as Iwagakure descended into panic. On the moon, Chiyo comforted Kaguya, discussed new ways to resist the Otsutsuki Clan, and used Yomotsu Hirasaka to take her back to the Shinobi World.

• Ōnoki read that the Allied Forces had been defeated and their command headquarters destroyed, then collapsed after spitting blood.
• Chiyo listened as Kaguya explained her fear of the Otsutsuki Clan, her reasons for creating the White Zetsu army, and her painful conflict with Hagoromo and Hamura.
• Chiyo reassured Kaguya and showed her Nature Energy and the possibility of using senjutsu against the Otsutsuki Clan.
• After another half month, Chiyo opened a portal with Yomotsu Hirasaka, and he and Kaguya returned through it to the Shinobi World.

Chiyo returned to Konoha with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and announced his plan to establish a Ninja Federation. He devastated the Anti-Konoha Allied Forces with Susanoo and gave the resisting nations three days to submit or perish.

• Chiyo arrived at the Hokage's Office with Kaguya, heard Shikaku report the war's aftermath, and received a mission to establish a Ninja Federation.
• Chiyo ordered Shikaku to issue an ultimatum demanding that the resisting nations surrender unconditionally and join the federation within three days.
• Chiyo introduced Kaguya as Konoha's protector, and she declared that she would follow his will.
• Chiyo flew to the border in his Complete Body Susanoo and unleashed a devastating strike that destroyed the Allied Forces and carved a vast ravine toward the Land of Earth.
• Chiyo warned the Shinobi World to submit within three days or perish and declared that the Ninja Federation's order began that day.

Chiyo Uchiha convened the Shinobi World’s representatives and announced the creation of a Ninja Federation under his supreme authority. The former nations and villages submitted, and the chapter ended with the new government formally established and private warfare forbidden.

• Representatives from the great villages, smaller factions, and neutral nations gathered in Konoha for the Federal Establishment Conference.
• Chiyo Uchiha appeared at the central seat, and his overwhelming presence frightened the assembled delegates.
• Shikaku Nara read the Federation’s laws, placing military affairs, diplomacy, missions, resources, and supreme authority under Chiyo’s control.
• When a representative questioned the mission system, Shikaku said the conference was a notice, not a discussion, and Chiyo warned that everyone had only one chance to comply.
• Rasa, Ōnoki, the Kumogakure Elder, Mifune, Mei Terumi, Konan, and the other representatives pledged their factions’ submission to the Federation.
• Chiyo formally established the Ninja Federation, forbade private warfare, and declared that those who defied its orders would be executed.

After the Ninja Federation’s founding, Chiyo appointed Mei Terumi to lead the Federal Maritime Department and Konan to lead the Federal Supervisory Department, then encountered growing signs of his authority across Konoha. That night, Kaguya sensed Otsutsuki approaching the Shinobi World, and Chiyo prepared to face them alongside her.

• Chiyo assigned Mei Terumi to lead the Federal Maritime Department and join the Standing Council.
• Chiyo appointed Konan to lead the Federal Supervisory Department and authorized both women to act first on difficult matters and report afterward.
• Chiyo walked through Konoha, where people from across the Federation bowed to him, then visited Tsunade as she organized the medical system.
• At night, Kaguya told Chiyo that powerful spatial fluctuations were approaching faster than when she had come to the Shinobi World.
• Chiyo detected Otsutsuki Chakra in the distant sky, and Kaguya warned that the Otsutsuki would arrive within a few years.
• Chiyo and Kaguya vowed to face the approaching enemy together, and Chiyo promised that anyone who harmed her would never return alive.

Chiyo received the Karma Divine Technique and used its information-transmission principles to awaken Haku’s Ice Release and Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku. Kaguya cured Kimimaro’s bloodline disease, and Chiyo gained Explosion Release and Magnet Release as he prepared for the Otsutsuki’s eventual arrival.

• Chiyo received and mastered the Karma Divine Technique, which could implant his data into another person for resurrection or vessel creation.
• Chiyo welcomed his disciples Haku and Kimimaro and guided them as they awakened Ice Release and Shikotsumyaku.
• Kaguya detected Kimimaro’s bloodline disease and cured it with a touch of Chakra.
• Chiyo received Explosion Release and Magnet Release as rewards for guiding his disciples.
• Chiyo checked his expanded abilities and resolved to keep growing stronger before the Otsutsuki arrived.

After finishing his Federation work, Chiyo visited Yakushi Nonō at the flourishing Konoha Orphanage, then took Chiemi and Mirai to the Seventh Training Ground. There, Uchiha Hikari shyly grew closer to him, and the chapter ended with her answering his wish to know her better.

• Chiyo visited the expanded Konoha Orphanage, where Yakushi Nonō showed him the improved facilities and told him about Kabuto's success as a medical ninja.
• Chiyo returned home, reunited with paint-smeared Chiemi and Mirai, and took them to visit Uchiha Hikari and Izumi Uchiha at the Seventh Training Ground.
• Chiyo praised Uchiha Hikari's strengths and reassured her that she did not need to match Shisui and Itachi at sealing jutsu.
• Uchiha Hikari touched Chiyo's cheek, and Chiyo called her gesture cute before brushing hair from her forehead.
• Chiyo told Uchiha Hikari he would visit often and wanted to know her better, and she shyly agreed.

Chiyo brought Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to Orochimaru’s underground laboratory, where research into artificial Kekkei Genkai and weaponized senjutsu had advanced. Kaguya declined to absorb Nature Energy because it could destabilize her powers, but a distant Ōtsutsuki presence soon observed the world, making the Federation’s preparations more urgent.

• Orochimaru showed Chiyo and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya progress on studying Kekkei Genkai and a theoretical method for weaponizing senjutsu Chakra.
• Jugo told Chiyo he felt safe in the laboratory, where its barriers helped him control his Sage Transformation.
• Kaguya sensed Nature Energy in Jugo and recognized similar, stronger auras from Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest.
• Kaguya explained that adding Nature Energy to her Chakra and foreign energy could disrupt their balance, and Chiyo accepted her judgment.
• Chiyo and Kaguya detected a cold spatial fluctuation from beyond the Shinobi World, and Chiyo vowed to help Kaguya face the observers as they prepared for the approaching threat.

Chiyo spent a snowy day with Uchiha Hikari and his daughters, then found Hinata Hyuga waiting alone in the cold and brought her home for a meal. Hinata was welcomed by Kushina and Mikoto, leaving her surrounded by warmth and new friends.

• Chiyo took Mirai and Chiemi to the Training Ground, where Uchiha Hikari taught them Taijutsu and shared a bashful, affectionate moment with him.
• As Chiyo walked his hungry daughters home, he found Hinata Hyuga alone in the snow after a Hyuga Clan elder left her waiting.
• Chiyo sent an Anbu ninja to notify the Hyuga Clan and invited Hinata to dine at his home with Mirai and Chiemi.
• Kushina and Mikoto welcomed Hinata warmly, and Hinata shyly accepted Kushina's hand as the household prepared to share a meal.

Hinata experienced warmth and affection at Chiyo’s residence, then faced Hiashi’s harsh criticism when he took her home. As Hinata broke down in the snow, Chiyo appeared beside her and told her to go home early.

• Kushina, Mikoto, Mirai, and Chiemi welcomed Hinata with food and affection, giving her a glimpse of a warm family life.
• Hiashi arrived at Chiyo’s residence and ordered Hinata to leave with him, dismissing Chiyo’s advice about patience and care.
• On the walk home, Hiashi scolded Hinata for leaving her post and said her timidness made her unfit to lead the Hyuga Clan.
• Hinata tried to show concern by pointing out snow on Hiashi’s hair, but he condemned her for focusing on trivial matters and threatened to replace her as heir if she failed to improve.
• Hiashi walked away, leaving Hinata crying in the snow, and Chiyo appeared beside her and told her to go home early.

Hinata found the resolve to grow strong enough to change the Hyuga Clan, while Chiyo discovered that the Demonic Blade could absorb the Time Tree’s power and revealed its potential as a weapon against the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Chiyo encouraged Hinata to reject blind obedience, become strong, and pursue a warmer future for herself and the Hyuga Clan, and she returned home with renewed determination.
• Chiyo met Kaguya atop Hokage Rock and brought her to the sealed forest to show her the Time Tree.
• The Demonic Blade awakened and violently absorbed the Time Tree’s special spatial energy despite Chiyo and Kaguya trying to stop it.
• After the blade turned Void Black, Chiyo sensed that it contained chaotic space-time, and Kaguya judged it to be a foreign object from beyond their world.
• Chiyo realized he could use the transformed Demonic Blade, and Kaguya said it could serve as a trump card against the Otsutsuki Clan.

Hinata Hyuga trained with new determination to become strong enough to change the Hyuga Clan, while Uchiha Hikari confessed her love to Chiyo. Chiyo accepted Hikari’s feelings, and they began their relationship.

• Hinata repeatedly practiced the Hyuga Style Fist, getting back up after falls and vowing to change her clan.
• The Hyuga Clan nanny reported Hinata’s unusually diligent training to Hyuga Hiashi, who ordered her to keep watching Hinata.
• Chiyo visited Uchiha Hikari at Training Ground 7, and she told him she was glad he was in Konoha.
• Hikari invited Chiyo to her home, prepared lunch for him, and confessed that she loved him and wanted to stay by his side.
• Chiyo accepted Hikari’s confession, took her hand, and asked her to take care of him from then on.

Chiyo tested the Demonic Blade’s space-tearing power against Kaguya at the Valley of the End, then reassured her and grew closer to her. Later, he gave Orochimaru a new approach to immortality based on turning consciousness into data, leaving Orochimaru eager to pursue it.

• Chiyo unleashed the Demonic Blade against Kaguya, erasing her All-Killing Ash Bones and forcing her to defend against spatial attacks with Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Chiyo ended the trial and sheathed the blade, and Kaguya admitted that its unfamiliar power had unsettled her before embracing and kissing him.
• Chiyo visited Orochimaru’s laboratory and questioned him about his research into the essence of life and his goal of eternity.
• Orochimaru explained his body modifications and Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Chiyo criticized their flaws while promising him more White Zetsu clones.
• Chiyo suggested that Orochimaru encode his consciousness, memories, and power into a mark that could transform a vessel into his eternal residence.
• Orochimaru embraced the idea of datafication and perfect overwrite as a new path to immortality.

Chiyo spent a candlelit evening with Uchiha Hikari, then gained the Shikotsumyaku reward after completing his mission involving her. He unified the Federation’s ninja under a new forehead protector and left for the Land of Demons after receiving a letter from Miko Miroku.

• Chiyo brought Hikari a honey mille-feuille cake, shared a dinner she had prepared, and spent the night with her.
• Chiyo woke to the system’s notification that his mission involving Hikari was complete and received the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai.
• Chiyo announced that Federation ninja would wear standardized forehead protectors bearing the word “Ninja,” and the gathered representatives accepted the change.
• An envoy delivered a letter from Miko Miroku requesting help with trouble caused by wandering ninja and expressing a wish to meet Chiyo.
• Chiyo assigned Shikaku to lead a meeting with Kusagakure and traveled through Yomotsu Hirasaka toward the Land of Demons.

Chiyo Uchiha reunited with Miko Miroku after she summoned him to investigate a treasury robbery in the Land of Demons. He traced the thief’s Chakra and identified the rogue shinobi Kakuzu, then set off to pursue him.

• Chiyo appeared in Miroku’s chamber and comforted her after she rushed into his arms.
• Miroku explained that a thief had broken into the royal treasury and stolen about eight hundred million ryo while ignoring its artifacts and valuables.
• Chiyo examined the damaged treasury doors with his Mangekyō Sharingan and followed the lingering Chakra traces toward the south.
• Chiyo identified the thief as Kakuzu, reassured Miroku, and left to pursue him.

Chiyo Uchiha defeated Kakuzu after catching him with money stolen from the Land of Demons. Rather than execute him, Chiyo recruited him to manage the Ninja Federation’s finances, and Kakuzu accepted.

• Kakuzu counted 835 million ryo in stolen banknotes when Chiyo emerged from a spatial vortex and attacked him.
• Kakuzu recognized Chiyo Uchiha and unleashed his masks, ninjutsu, and Earth Grudge Fear tendrils against him.
• Chiyo used Shinra Tensei to repel Kakuzu’s attacks, shatter his tendrils, and send him crashing into a rock wall.
• Chiyo bound Kakuzu with sealing chains and offered to make him the Ninja Federation’s chief financial officer.
• Kakuzu accepted Chiyo’s offer, eager to manage the Federation’s wealth and earn a share of the savings.

Chiyo returned to the Land of Demons with Kakuzu and restored the stolen treasury funds, then appointed Kakuzu temporary chief of the Ninja Federation Finance Department. He stayed with Miroku, who asked him to spend the night with her.

• Chiyo and Kakuzu appeared in the Miko Palace, surprising the guards and Miroku.
• Chiyo identified Kakuzu as the treasury thief, and Kakuzu returned the untouched stolen funds for verification.
• Miroku dismissed the guards and officials, and Chiyo appointed Kakuzu temporary chief of the Ninja Federation Finance Department, directing him to meet Shikaku Nara in Konoha.
• Kakuzu accepted Chiyo's order and left for Konoha.
• Chiyo reassured Miroku that he would stay, and they shared dinner and a private evening together.
• Miroku asked Chiyo to stay in the palace that night, and he responded by kissing her.

After joining the Federation as a finance official, Kakuzu pursued Evil God Cult followers who had massacred civilians and captured the immortal Hidan. He returned toward Konoha with Hidan as a potential research asset, wondering how much the Academy of Sciences could earn from him.

• Kakuzu arrived in Konoha, and Shikaku Nara processed his employment in the Ministry of Finance.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Evil God Cult followers had slaughtered civilians near the Land of Fire border, and Kakuzu volunteered to pursue them.
• Kakuzu and an elite Anbu squad tracked the cultists to Hidan and his followers, then fought them.
• Kakuzu defeated Hidan, sealed his abilities, and ordered the Anbu to take him into custody as a research subject.
• Kakuzu asked an Anbu ninja how much the Academy of Sciences could earn by studying Hidan.

Miroku confirmed she was pregnant with Chiyo’s child, and she and Chiyo upgraded the alliance between the Land of Demons and the Ninja Federation. In Konoha, Kakuzu tightened financial oversight and pressed Orochimaru to study Hidan while reporting the research’s value for funding.

• A miko physician confirmed Miroku was carrying Chiyo’s child, and Miroku ordered the news kept secret.
• Chiyo comforted Miroku and proposed deepening the alliance between the Land of Demons and the Ninja Federation.
• Miroku announced that the alliance treaty would be upgraded, opening the Land of Demons to Federation trade and shared defense.
• Chiyo and Miroku agreed to incorporate the Land of Demons’ prophetic abilities into Federation intelligence and provide it with permanent ninja protection and technical support.
• Kakuzu ordered financial officers to provide infrastructure expenses and began arranging a Federation-wide audit.
• Kakuzu visited Orochimaru’s laboratory, demanded research into Hidan’s unusual abilities, and told Orochimaru to submit a value assessment for future funding.