Chapter Summaries

Chiyo used Tsukuyomi to put Mikoto through extreme emotional pain in an attempt to awaken her Mangekyō Sharingan. Mikoto succeeded after experiencing an illusion in which Chiyo rejected her for Kushina, and the chapter ended with a dark hue emerging in her new eyes.

• Chiyo confirmed Mikoto was determined to risk the pain of Mangekyō awakening and sealed off the Training Ground before beginning.
• In the first Tsukuyomi illusion, Mikoto found Chiyo dead and was stabbed by a girl who claimed to be her daughter, but her Sharingan did not evolve.
• Chiyo tried again, showing Mikoto an illusion in which he left her and became Kushina's lover.
• Mikoto's Three Tomoe Sharingan transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan as she broke down over Chiyo's rejection.
• Mikoto clung to Chiyo after he assured her the illusion was false, while a dark hue appeared in her Mangekyō Sharingan.

After Mikoto awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, Kushina visited Chiyo’s home for dinner, and Mikoto struggled to separate her memories of a Genjutsu world from reality. Chiyo helped calm both women, and the three ended the evening sharing a warm meal and conversation.

• Chiyo prepared a celebratory dinner for Mikoto, and Kushina arrived hoping to join them.
• Mikoto’s Mangekyō Sharingan opened when she saw Kushina, unsettling Kushina and drawing Chiyo’s explanation that Mikoto was still adjusting after training.
• At dinner, Mikoto’s gaze made Kushina uneasy until Chiyo pulled both women into his arms and helped Mikoto steady her emotions.
• Chiyo explained Mikoto’s new Sharingan was still taking time to adapt, and Mikoto softened toward Kushina and offered her food.
• Kushina shared homemade Three-Color Dumplings and calming incense with Mikoto, and the three spent the evening talking and cleaning up together.

Chiba and Hyuga Sakon discussed the rising border attacks and the risk of a coming war, while Chiba rejected internal power struggles. In Sunagakure, Pakura failed to stop the elders from preparing to declare war on Konoha and left the meeting in protest.

• Hyuga Sakon told Chiba that Sand Ninja attacks had injured Hyuga patrols and that the major clans’ border losses were worse than reported.
• Hyuga Sakon proposed cooperation between the Uchiha and Hyuga, but Chiba warned that the villages could not afford internal strife as a wider war approached.
• Grandma Chiyo told Sunagakure’s leaders that they had three days to declare war on Konoha or face an alliance of Cloud, Stone, and Kirigakure.
• Pakura argued that war would serve Cloud’s interests and worsen Sunagakure’s crisis, but the elders dismissed her objections and prepared a declaration of war.
• Pakura condemned the plan, saying Sand Ninja blood had always benefited only true enemies, and left the conference room.

Chiyo and Rasa used accusations against Konoha to rally Sunagakure and formally declare war, launching attacks across the Land of Fire border. Konoha’s forces struck back at a sabotage team in Sandstone Canyon, where Anbu discovered the wounded Captain Shinro Yuhi.

• Chiyo announced that Konoha spies had murdered the Third Kazekage, and Rasa claimed Konoha had also orchestrated Kirigakure’s attack.
• Pakura challenged Rasa’s evidence, but Chiyo cast suspicion on her before Rasa defended her loyalty.
• Chiyo formally declared war on Konoha, and Rasa ordered Sunagakure’s forces to march on the Land of Fire.
• Sunagakure attacked Konoha’s border outposts and besieged Kikyo Castle, where Shinro Yuhi ordered the defenders to prepare for first-level combat.
• Konoha Anbu ambushed Sunagakure’s Explosion Corps in Sandstone Canyon and found Captain Shinro Yuhi among the survivors.

At an emergency meeting after Sunagakure declared war, Chiyo Uchiha presented a detailed plan and won support to command Konoha’s campaign. Danzo confronted Hiruzen afterward, demanding to know why he trusted Chiyo with full command.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi called Konoha’s clan leaders and elite jonin together after Sunagakure escalated its border clashes into war.
• Hyuga Sakon urged Konoha to strike back and offered the Hyuga Clan as the vanguard, but Chiyo explained Sunagakure’s strengths and weaknesses and proposed a defensive strategy using several clans.
• Hatake Sakumo, Tsunade, and multiple clan leaders supported Chiyo as supreme commander, and Hiruzen granted him full command of the campaign.
• After the meeting, Danzo went to Hiruzen’s office and demanded to know why he trusted Chiyo with authority over the war.

Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s distrust of the Uchiha and ordered him to organize the Shimuro Clan’s elite for the war. Chiyo kept the Uchiha focused on protecting Konoha, then asked Shisui whether he had seen the Stone Tablet beneath Naka Shrine.

• Hiruzen defended the Uchiha’s record when Danzo accused them of hiding their true intentions.
• Hiruzen told Danzo to organize the Shimuro Clan’s elite as the war began, and Danzo left in anger.
• Chiyo warned the Uchiha that the conflict could expand and assigned them village security and intelligence duties instead of sending them to the front.
• Chiyo ordered the Uchiha to protect Konoha and its clan members, then distributed patrol and investigation assignments.
• Chiyo kept Shisui behind, brought him to his residence, and asked whether he had seen the Stone Tablet beneath Naka Shrine.

Chiyo explained the Mangekyō Sharingan, Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the Stone Tablet’s corrupted teachings to Shisui, who said he preferred reality over dreams. Chiyo planned to give Shisui a carefully supervised chance to experience war, while Mikoto worried about his safety.

• Shisui told Chiyo he could only read the Stone Tablet’s teachings up to the Three Tomoe Sharingan, so Chiyo revealed his Mangekyō and explained its awakening and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Shisui rejected living in a dream and said he preferred the real world, while Chiyo warned him that parts of the Stone Tablet had been altered to mislead the Uchiha.
• Chiyo told Shisui that Madara Uchiha had been deceived by the Stone Tablet and advised him to judge its teachings for himself.
• Chiyo decided to arrange for Shisui to witness war firsthand through less dangerous missions, and Shisui accepted his guidance.
• After Shisui left, Mikoto voiced concern about sending him to the battlefield, and Chiyo said the Uchiha’s younger generation had to learn to rely on themselves.

After Chiyo exposed Danzo’s alleged crimes, Hiruzen appointed Tsunade to command the front against Sunagakure. As the other hidden villages mobilized against Konoha, Hiruzen declared a state of full-scale war.

• Hiruzen announced that Chiyo’s forces had contained Sunagakure’s offensive and defended Kikyo Castle.
• Danzo proposed taking command of the battle, but Chiyo accused him of conducting forbidden experiments and supporting Orochimaru, presenting an Anbu investigation report.
• Hiruzen appointed Tsunade as the temporary commander against Sunagakure, and she accepted after Chiyo encouraged her to use the role to advance Medical Ninja.
• After the other hidden villages mobilized toward the Land of Fire border, Root intelligence reached Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen ordered the major clans informed and declared Konoha was entering a state of full-scale war.

Hiruzen Sarutobi finalized Konoha’s wartime deployments, assigning Chiyo Uchiha to command the Uchiha on the northern battlefield against Kumogakure. Chiyo rallied the clan, chose Shisui to accompany him, entrusted Mikoto with protecting their home, and ordered the Uchiha to move out.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Konoha’s war deployment, placing Tsunade on the southwestern front, Hyuga Sakon on the eastern front, Chiyo Uchiha on the northern front, and Hatake Sakumo on the northwestern front.
• Tsunade warned Chiyo to avoid taking unnecessary risks, and Chiyo left to organize the Uchiha.
• Chiyo addressed the Uchiha clan, demonstrated his Fire Style, and urged them to defeat their enemies while minimizing losses.
• Chiyo ordered Shisui to accompany him to the Northern Battlefield and entrusted Mikoto with protecting the clan’s home.
• Chiyo ordered the Uchiha to gather at the village entrance and move out.

Chiyo Uchiha and the Uchiha reinforcements rescued Konoha’s battered border patrol and decisively defeated the attacking Kumogakure force, shocking the Kurama Clan with their strength. The allies established a temporary camp as a Konoha ninja hawk arrived.

• A Kumogakure force cornered Konoha’s injured border patrol after destroying its outpost and shooting down its messenger hawk.
• Chiyo Uchiha and the Uchiha reinforcements arrived, and Chiyo ordered his clan to engage the Cloud Ninja.
• The Uchiha used their Sharingan, Fire Style, and genjutsu to overwhelm the Cloud force and kill its last Jonin.
• Kurama Murakumo watched in awe as Chiyo invited the Kurama Clan to help clean up, treated the wounded, and urged everyone to prepare for further attacks.
• The Uchiha and Kurama ninja built a temporary camp at the former outpost, and a Konoha ninja hawk swooped down from the sky.

Chiyo left the Northern Battlefield to reinforce Hatake Sakumo after Rōshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, devastated Konoha’s defenses in the northwest. He confronted Rōshi with Susanoo, blocking the Jinchuriki’s attack and striking back.

• Chiyo received word that a Jinchuriki had pushed Hatake Sakumo’s forces to the brink on the Northwest Battlefield.
• Chiyo put Tekka Uchiha in command of the Northern Battlefield, told Shisui to assist him, and secured Kurama Murakumo’s cooperation.
• Chiyo reached Hatake Sakumo’s camp as Konoha’s troops retreated before Rōshi’s rampage.
• Chiyo confronted Rōshi on the battlefield and used Susanoo to block the Four-Tails’ chakra claw.
• Chiyo’s Susanoo grew into a half-body skeleton and swung its massive palm at Rōshi.

Chiyo defeated Rōshi and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki with his Susanoo, forcing the Iwagakure forces to retreat. After turning the battle in Konoha’s favor, he left the remaining work to Hatake Sakumo.

• Rōshi attacked Chiyo with Lava Release and the Four-Tails’ power, but Chiyo’s Susanoo blocked his attacks and overwhelmed him.
• The Five-Tails Jinchuriki arrived and joined Rōshi, but their combined Tailed Beast Balls failed to break through Chiyo’s defenses.
• Chiyo transformed Susanoo into its armored form, then cut through the Five-Tails’ attack and crushed Rōshi’s Tailed Beast Ball.
• After the Iwagakure retreat signal sounded, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki carried Rōshi away, but Chiyo struck them with Eight Shaku Magatama and blasted them into distant mountains.
• Chiyo returned to the Konoha camp and entrusted the aftermath to Hatake Sakumo as Konoha’s ninjas celebrated his victory.

Sunagakure’s Elders learned that Kumogakure had ambushed their eastern border while their forces were already strained by Konoha, Kirigakure, and Chiyo Uchiha. Rasa took command of the response, while Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to hold back from Konoha and watch for an opportunity amid the conflict between Sunagakure and Kumogakure.

• An Anbu ninja reported that Konoha’s defenses and medical support were draining Sunagakure’s forces, then a messenger revealed that Kumogakure had broken through three layers of defenses on the eastern border.
• Rasa refused to move the forces facing Kirigakure and volunteered to stop Kumogakure’s advance with his trusted troops.
• Grandma Chiyo approved Rasa’s plan but ordered the main force to remain at the Land of Fire front.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s front to halt its attack on Konoha after learning that Chiyo Uchiha had defeated Rōshi and another jinchuriki.
• After hearing of Kumogakure’s ambush, Ōnoki ordered the Explosion Corps to assemble and directed his forces to monitor the borders between the Land of Wind and the Land of Lightning.

A and Killer B led Kumogakure forces into the Land of Fire, where Minato Namikaze and Coral Uzumaki intercepted them. Minato escaped A’s lightning-fast attack with Flying Thunder God and counterattacked, but Killer B’s octopus limbs intervened before Coral restrained them with Adamantine Sealing Chains.

• A ordered Kumogakure’s forces to advance into the Land of Fire after defeating Sunagakure and Iwagakure squads.
• A and Killer B ambushed and wiped out a Konoha reconnaissance squad, then continued deeper into the Land of Fire despite a retreat signal.
• Minato Namikaze received word of the invasion and led Coral Uzumaki and nearby support forces toward the signal’s source.
• Minato recognized A and used Flying Thunder God to evade A’s charge and strike from behind.
• Killer B blocked Minato’s attack with an octopus leg, and Coral bound the limbs with Adamantine Sealing Chains, revealing that she was from the Uzumaki Clan.

After receiving a mission to take Yakushi Kabuto as a disciple in exchange for Amaterasu, Chiyo left the Northwest Battlefield and encountered Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko in the war-torn Land of Rain. He advised them to gather allies and build strength through strategy, then departed as their resolve to pursue peace returned.

• Chiyo received a mission to take Yakushi Kabuto as his disciple, with Amaterasu as the reward, and decided to seek him out.
• Chiyo told Hatake Sakumo he was heading to the Southwest Battlefield, then traveled through the Land of Rain.
• Chiyo found Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko disheartened by Amegakure's chaos and their inability to protect its people.
• Chiyo urged the three to avoid direct confrontation, gather people opposed to war, and build a new organization in the shadows.
• Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko accepted Chiyo's advice and regained their resolve to pursue peace.
• Chiyo praised their potential, promised to return after the war, and left to continue his journey.

Chiyo visited Tsunade at the Konoha camp, then reunited with Yakushi Nonō, who was caring for war-orphaned children. He asked Nonō about the children, hoping to learn more about them.

• Chiyo met Tsunade in her tent, and they spent time together before he asked her where Yakushi Nonō was.
• Chiyo found Nonō feeding soup to a boy and reunited with her among five children she had rescued.
• Nonō explained that she had taken in children orphaned or abandoned by the war, though many had died before she could save them.
• Chiyo comforted Nonō and learned that other children had been sent to shelters in the rear.
• Chiyo asked Nonō to tell him the names and stories of the children.

Chiyo helped Konoha repel a Sunagakure attack on Kikyo Castle, then accompanied Nonō to search a destroyed village for survivors. They found an injured, amnesiac child whom Nonō named Kabuto and welcomed into their family.

• Chiyo arrived at Kikyo Castle and helped break the Sand Ninja assault, forcing their commander to order a retreat.
• Nonō told Chiyo that nearby villages had been destroyed, and he went with her to look for survivors.
• Chiyo found an unconscious child beneath a collapsed house, and Nonō healed him.
• The child could not remember his name, so Nonō named him Kabuto and said she and Chiyo would be his family.
• Nonō embraced Chiyo and wept over the cruelty of war.

Chiyo comforted Kabuto and Nonō after finding the village’s children dead, then discussed the war with Tsunade and proposed a surprise strike on Kumogakure. Tsunade agreed to support the operation with feints while Chiyo and Shisui prepared to attack the Land of Lightning.

• Chiyo and Nonō searched the ruined village and found Kabuto as its only surviving child.
• Chiyo decided not to ask Kabuto to become his disciple until he had recovered from the trauma of war.
• Chiyo reviewed intelligence with Tsunade and learned that Minato Namikaze and Coral Uzumaki had stopped Kumogakure’s A-B Combo.
• Chiyo proposed attacking the Land of Lightning while Kumogakure was weakened, and Tsunade agreed to coordinate feint attacks and hold the other fronts.
• Chiyo planned to lead only Shisui in the surprise attack, and Tsunade led him to the resting tent.

Chiyo left Tsunade and Nonō before joining Shisui on a secret mission to surprise Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning. After avoiding an Iwagakure patrol, they heard an explosion and discovered that Cloud ninja had set a trap for the Iwagakure squad, suggesting someone else was also attacking the Land of Lightning.

• Chiyo promised Tsunade he would return safely, and Tsunade resolved to strengthen her medical ninjutsu and become stronger.
• Chiyo said goodbye to Nonō and reassured Kabuto that Nonō would take him to safety in Konoha.
• Chiyo met with Tekka and Shisui at the Northern Battlefield camp, then ordered Tekka to prepare an offensive while he and Shisui headed for the Land of Lightning.
• Chiyo and Shisui spotted an Iwagakure reconnaissance squad and changed their route to avoid alerting it.
• An explosion revealed that Iwagakure ninja had triggered a trap set by Cloud ninja, so Chiyo and Shisui went to investigate.

Chiyo ambushed the Iwagakure envoys and Kumogakure patrol, killing them with Susanoo to prevent their countries from cooperating. He then sealed the Iwagakure bodies and used Lava Release to make the forest look like an Iwagakure attack on the Land of Lightning.

• Chiyo recognized Kari, an Iwagakure Explosion Release ninja, leading envoys toward Kumogakure while Shisui watched from the treetops.
• Chiyo confronted the envoys and patrol, then used Susanoo to force the Cloud Ninja into the fight.
• Kari attacked Chiyo with Explosion Release, but Susanoo blocked his blows and crushed him.
• Chiyo’s Susanoo killed the remaining Iwagakure and Cloud Ninja, including a Jonin who tried to escape underground.
• Chiyo sealed the Iwagakure bodies and detonated a Lava Release Rasengan to fabricate evidence of an Iwagakure raid.