Chapter Summaries

Rōshi attacked the Konoha envoys to prevent Iwagakure from cooperating with Konoha, but Han stopped him and the two fought until Ōnoki intervened. Rōshi then defected, leaving Ōnoki to manage the damage and proceed with cooperation with Konoha.

• Rōshi attacked the Konoha envoys with Lava Release, but two Mist Ninja blocked his first assault and Han rescued Nara Suzaku and the others from his follow-up attack.
• Rōshi fought Han until Ōnoki threatened to use Dust Release, forcing the two Jinchuriki to stop.
• Rōshi announced that he was leaving Iwagakure and fled west, and Ōnoki declared him a missing-nin.
• Ōnoki rejected the idea of pursuing Rōshi and ordered Kitsuchi to repair the crater and handle the damage to the Konoha envoys’ quarters.
• Han told Ōnoki what had happened, and Ōnoki accepted responsibility before sending Han to rest and seek treatment for his broken nose.
• Ōnoki watched Kitsuchi and the others repair the crater and concluded that Iwagakure had to continue cooperating with Konoha.

After Rōshi attacked Konoha’s envoys and Han saved them, Nara Suzaku learned that Iwagakure had chosen to ally with Konoha against the Cloud Ninja. Ōnoki approved the alliance, a prisoner exchange, and a supply-for-ore deal, then ordered Iwagakure to prepare while keeping the Cloud Ninja unaware.

• Ebisu realized that Rōshi’s attack and Han’s rescue showed the Stone Ninja leadership favored cooperation with Konoha.
• Kitsuchi apologized to Nara Suzaku and told him the Stone Ninja leadership had decided to cooperate.
• Ōnoki met with Nara Suzaku and agreed that Konoha and Iwagakure would ally against the Cloud Ninja and divide the spoils by contribution.
• Nara Suzaku proposed exchanging captured spies and citizens, and Ōnoki accepted in exchange for Konoha supplying goods for ore.
• Ōnoki assigned Kitsuchi to negotiate with Konoha and Wenya to manage the Cloud Ninja envoys as Iwagakure began preparing for the alliance.

Uchiha Sōken visited Killer B, explained Konoha’s recent battlefield advantage, and used his Sharingan to suppress the Eight-Tails. Unable to read the beast’s memories, he handed Killer B over to Konoha’s Intelligence and Sealing Squads for research.

• Killer B remained imprisoned, unable to use Hachibi’s Chakra without risking his life, and worried about the war’s progress.
• Sōken entered Killer B’s tent and told him that Konoha had held the upper hand in recent small-scale clashes with the Cloud Ninja.
• Sōken used his Sharingan to enter Killer B’s consciousness space and overpower the Eight-Tails, but he could not read its memories.
• Sōken ordered Uchiha Itachi to summon the Intelligence and Sealing Squads to research Killer B and the Eight-Tails.
• Sōken instructed the squads to investigate how the Cloud Ninja created Perfect Jinchuriki and to report any other classified information.

Sōken received Jiraiya’s report that the fighting in the Land of Grass had ended and that reinforcements were on their way. He gathered the commanders to prepare for their arrival and prevent the Cloud Ninja from learning of it, leaving the coalition ready to act against them.

• Sōken had Dōkaku’s decryption unit remove the seal from Jiraiya’s coded letter and deciphered its message.
• Sōken summoned the commanders and told them Jiraiya’s forces would arrive in the Land of Hot Water within two or three days, with the Stone Ninja possibly joining them against the Cloud Ninja.
• Sōken ordered Nara Shiosui to prepare camps and receive Jiraiya’s troops.
• Sōken ordered Hyuga Hiashi and Aburame Shibi to eliminate Cloud Ninja scouts so they could not report the coming reinforcements.
• Sōken assigned Shiquan and the Hot Water Ninja to help Nara Shiosui with logistics.

The Cloud Ninja struggled to understand Konoha’s defensive shift while A and Dodai debated the risks of launching an attack and guarding against the Stone Ninja. A decided to take Yugito to the front line, and she reluctantly accepted his order despite her growing revulsion toward war.

• Konoha’s scouts, led by Hyuga Hiashi and Aburame Shibi, killed nearly all the Cloud Ninja scouting teams, leaving A and Dodai without reliable intelligence.
• A and Dodai considered whether Uchiha Sōken or Uchiha Shisui could become another Madara Uchiha, then discussed Yugito’s unexplained condition and Konoha’s unusual tactics.
• A decided to attack Konoha to rescue Killer B or capture important figures, while Dodai warned that the Stone Ninja might betray them as they had during the Third Shinobi World War.
• A ordered Dodai to assemble the troops and went with Mabui to Yugito’s residence to tell her she had to return to the front line.
• Yugito objected to returning to war, but she submitted to A’s order because of her loyalty to Kumogakure.

Itachi Uchiha, Kimimaro, and Yamanaka Aoi discovered that the Cloud Ninja main force was advancing and tried to retreat while warning Konoha. As C’s vanguard pursued them, Itachi and Kimimaro fought through the encirclement, and C called for reinforcements to capture the two prodigies alive.

• Itachi Uchiha and Kimimaro finished off a Cloud Ninja squad while Yamanaka Aoi searched the area for enemies.
• After the Ninja Crows warned of danger, Yamanaka Aoi sensed the Cloud Ninja main force approaching, and Itachi sent a signal flare and a message before retreating with his teammates.
• Itachi ordered Yamanaka Aoi to run ahead for reinforcements while he and Kimimaro covered her, and Itachi broke a Cloud Ninja Genjutsu that had briefly stopped Kimimaro.
• Kimimaro killed a Cloud Ninja with his Ten Finger Drilling Bullets, while C recognized Itachi and Kimimaro as valuable targets and ordered his force to surround them.
• Itachi killed three Cloud Ninja with Genjutsu and his sword, while Kimimaro crushed the enemies on his side; C then requested Jonin or Special Jonin reinforcements so he could capture them alive.

After Cloud Ninja launched a large-scale attack, Sōken ordered the allied forces to counterattack immediately, despite the Stone Ninja’s absence. As the commanders advanced toward the battle, Nara Suzaku’s efforts to limit Sōken’s influence and the Mist Ninja’s eagerness to fight surfaced, while Shisui reassured Fugaku about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki left at camp.

• Sōken learned that Cloud Ninja had committed their forces, including the Fourth Raikage and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and declared the coming clash the final battle.
• Nara Suzaku raised concerns about the missing Stone Ninja, but Sōken ordered the allied forces to follow their plan and attack; Jiraiya and the Mist commanders agreed.
• Sōken summoned his Crimson Susanoo and led the advance while the commanders split their forces into separate groups.
• Jiraiya rebuked Nara Suzaku for putting political interests ahead of defeating Cloud Ninja, and Suzaku privately recalled his efforts to curb Sōken’s rising influence.
• Hozuki Mangetsu and Momochi Zabuza settled command of the Mist force with rock-paper-scissors, leaving Zabuza in charge after he lost.
• Uchiha Shisui assured Fugaku Uchiha that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki left at camp was safe and could be captured again if he escaped.

Sōken used Susanoo to devastate the Cloud Ninja as the Fourth Raikage pressed on with a plan that depended on preserving the Two-Tails. Elsewhere, Itachi Uchiha and Kaguya Kimimaro fought alongside arriving reinforcements, and Itachi faced the Magnet Release Ninja Toroi as his square Shuriken pursued him.

• The Fourth Raikage sent an Earth Release Squad to trap Susanoo, but Sōken cut through the Cloud Ninja before their planned combination attack could begin.
• A watched more Cloud Ninja rush to their deaths and forced himself to keep directing the battle, hoping Dodai and the others would turn the fight around.
• Itachi Uchiha and Kaguya Kimimaro stopped retreating after reinforcements arrived, and Itachi killed a Cloud Ninja who had attacked him with a Lightning Release blade and an explosive Shadow Clone.
• Itachi Uchiha recognized Toroi and deflected his oversized square Shuriken, then used thrown Shuriken to answer Toroi's demand for surrender.
• Toroi raised four square Shuriken with Magnet Release and sent them chasing Itachi Uchiha across the battlefield.

Itachi Uchiha defeated and killed Toroi by using a puddle and a crow to cast Genjutsu, then sealed Toroi’s body and reclaimed his sword. As the battle continued, Kimimaro showed his own growth, while C ordered the remaining Cloud Ninja squads to capture Itachi or kill him.

• Toroi attacked Itachi with magnetized Square Shuriken, but Itachi used Water Fang Bullets to deflect them and form puddles.
• Itachi used a crow’s reflection in the water to cast the Dragon Sleep Technique on Toroi, then killed him with a Shuriken and sealed his body in a Scroll.
• The nearby Konoha Ninja and Cloud Ninja were stunned that Itachi had killed the renowned Magnet Release user in just over six minutes.
• Kimimaro, inspired by Itachi, resolved to surpass him and used Shikotsumyaku to kill a Cloud Ninja while a layer of bone protected him from a blade.
• C ordered the Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Squads to prioritize capturing Itachi and to destroy him if capture failed.

Hozuki Mangetsu confronted Dodai on the sprawling battlefield and began a dangerous duel, with each fighter testing the other's abilities. After Mangetsu's first volley failed to defeat Dodai, they prepared to continue the fight.

• Dodai captured five Konoha Jonin with his rubber-based Lava Release and refused to rest because the Cloud needed valuable hostages to bargain for the Eight-Tails.
• Hozuki Mangetsu arrived with Flatfish and Halibut, and Dodai recognized him as the Mist prodigy.
• Mangetsu attacked first with Chakra projectiles, but Dodai used a rubber decoy and an underground ambush to smash Mangetsu's leg.
• Mangetsu restored his leg with the Water Transformation Technique and struck the ground with Flatfish and Halibut, while Dodai endured the blow using Earth Style: Hardening Jutsu.
• Dodai realized Mangetsu's water-based defense made physical attacks and capture difficult, while Mangetsu asked Dodai's name and then launched another volley of Chakra spikes.

Jiraiya was pinned down by Cloud Ninja while Konoha’s forces struggled against their superior numbers. After learning that Uchiha Sōken had ordered headquarters to wait and see, Jiraiya destroyed the Cloud force surrounding him and headed to another threatened battlefield.

• Cloud Ninja used clones and their numerical advantage to keep Jiraiya and Gamabunta occupied while Konoha’s lines came under pressure.
• Jiraiya learned headquarters had already informed Hokage Assistant Uchiha Sōken, who had ordered them to wait and see, and told his contacts to follow Sōken’s orders.
• Jiraiya ordered Gamabunta to flood the area with toad oil and ignited it with Fire Release: Flame Bullet, killing dozens of Cloud Ninja and wiping out that section’s command structure.
• Jiraiya urged Gamabunta to leave the burning battlefield and move to another front, where outnumbered Konoha forces were close to being overwhelmed.

Shisui received Sōken’s order to destroy the Cloud Ninja command post, while Yakushi Nonō’s elite team tracked it through the battlefield. After the Cloud Ninja discovered them, Chihaya and Ameyuri defeated an approaching squad, and Nonō ordered the team to pursue the moving command post without delay.

• Shisui received Sōken’s order to attack the Cloud Ninja command post and leave their large army without central command.
• Yakushi Nonō’s team—Kakashi, Juri, Chihaya, and Ameyuri—located the moving command post and sent its position to Sōken.
• Juri discovered that the Cloud Ninja had found the team and that fifteen enemies were approaching.
• Nonō chose to hold their position, and Chihaya and Ameyuri killed all fifteen Cloud Ninja in under a minute.
• Juri reported that the command post was moving, so Nonō assigned her to track it while the others prepared to fight through any blockers.

Yugito Nii volunteered to stop the Konoha squad pursuing the Cloud Ninja command post, then attacked them in a partial Two-Tails transformation. The squad counterattacked, and Yugito charged at Uchiha Chihaya as the fight continued.

• Cloud Ninja strategists argued over how to handle the Konoha pursuers after three teams sent against them failed to return.
• Yugito offered to deal with the Konoha ninja, and the strategists sent her with two Cloud Ninja squads.
• Uchiha Chihaya urged Yakushi Nonō to attack, but Nonō insisted they focus on tracking the command post and warned her not to act recklessly.
• Juri received new intelligence and warned the squad, but Yugito burst through the snow and smashed Kakashi's Earth Flow Wall while attacking her.
• Kakashi, Uchiha Chihaya, and Rinji Ameyuri attacked Yugito with earth, fire, and lightning techniques, but she dodged and charged at Chihaya.

Uchiha Chihaya and Rinji Ameyuri struggled against Yugito Nii and the Cloud Ninja until Uchiha Shisui arrived. Shisui defeated Yugito Nii by suppressing her and the Two-Tails with his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving him poised to turn the battle against the Cloud Ninja.

• Uchiha Chihaya and Rinji Ameyuri fought Yugito Nii, while Cloud Ninja kept Yakushi Nonō and Hatake Kakashi occupied.
• Two Cloud Ninja intercepted Rinji Ameyuri, and Yugito Nii wounded Uchiha Chihaya in the shoulder with her claw.
• Uchiha Shisui arrived, shielded Uchiha Chihaya with Susanoo, and drove her out of the fight.
• Shisui used the Sky Blade to wound Yugito Nii's calf, then met her gaze and entered her mind with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui suppressed Yugito Nii and the Two-Tails inside the spiritual world, then resolved to end the war with the Cloud Ninja.

Shisui captured Yugito Nii and overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja guarding their headquarters, then confronted the Cloud advisors. The chapter ended with one advisor choosing to surrender so the Cloud army could stop fighting and limit its losses.

• Shisui used Illusionary: Sharingan to control the Two-Tails and capture Yugito Nii, then killed the Cloud Ninja around them.
• Shisui asked Yakushi Nonō to treat Yugito Nii and checked on Uchiha Chihaya, Kakashi Hatake, and Rinji Ameyuri.
• Shisui led the group toward the Cloud headquarters, then raced ahead and defeated its guards.
• Shisui entered the headquarters cabin and killed an advisor who argued against surrendering.
• An older advisor agreed to surrender, hoping to end the fighting and preserve the Cloud Ninja army.

Uchiha Sōken overwhelmed the Fourth Raikage and forced the Cloud Ninja to withdraw, ending the war in the Land of Hot Water. Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu watched from hiding, then left to consider how they might deal with Sōken in the future.

• Uchiha Sōken used the Bashosen and Uchiha Gunbai to defeat the Cloud Ninja while the Fourth Raikage suffered severe injuries.
• The Fourth Raikage received a message that further darkened his mood, then ordered the Cloud Ninja to cease hostilities and withdraw.
• Uchiha Sōken demanded surrender and reparations, and the Fourth Raikage agreed to end the war and began issuing withdrawal orders.
• Obito Uchiha told Black Zetsu that he had avoided attacking because Sōken might have been baiting him.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed waiting for Nagato to master the Rinnegan and keeping Madara Uchiha's revival as a possible backup plan.

After the Cloud Ninja surrendered, Jiraiya refused to join the reparations negotiations and was summoned to Mount Myōboku, where he learned that the Great Toad Sage had received a new prophecy. Meanwhile, Sōken prepared Konoha’s demands, including Cloud Ninja techniques and Turtle Island, which he believed could help create perfect Jinchūriki.

• Jiraiya declined Nara Suzaku’s request to attend the Cloud Ninja negotiations, saying his work was finished and he would return to the village after the front settled.
• Jiraiya used the Reverse Summoning Technique to reach Mount Myōboku, where Sage Fukasaku told him that the Great Toad Sage had received a new prophecy.
• Sōken began planning negotiations with Hyuga Hiashi, Aburame Shibi, and Nara Suzaku, promising that Konoha would demand substantial reparations.
• Sōken presented a list demanding Cloud Ninja techniques, including Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Hell Stab, and the Black Lightning Technique, as well as Turtle Island.
• Sōken explained that intelligence work linked Turtle Island to Kumogakure’s two perfect Jinchūriki, though owning it would not guarantee producing another.

Konoha and Kumogakure remained deadlocked over Turtle Island, with A and Dodai weighing the cost of surrendering it as the Cloud Ninja’s position weakened. The negotiations were interrupted by urgent news that the Stone Ninja had attacked Kumogakure.

• Shisui told Sōken that Dodai still refused to yield Turtle Island, and Sōken said the Cloud Ninja would not recover the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails without it.
• Sōken and Shisui discussed the Stone Ninja’s unreliable cooperation and the Cloud Ninja’s apparent lack of interest in the Amber Purifying Pot.
• A worried that the prolonged negotiations and Kumogakure’s defeat would provoke unrest, while Dodai urged him to accept losing Turtle Island.
• Dodai rejected A’s ideas for keeping Turtle Island or changing Konoha’s negotiator, explaining that Kumogakure lacked the leverage to resist Konoha’s demands.
• C rushed into the room with news that the Stone Ninja had attacked Kumogakure.

Ōnoki ordered the Stone Ninja to withdraw from Kumogakure after raiding the village, while A learned of the attack and chose to concede Turtle Island to Konoha in exchange for the release of his captured ninja. The Stone Ninja prepared to leave with their loot as the Cloud Ninja rushed to negotiate and return home.

• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to withdraw from Kumogakure before the Cloud Ninja army returned, despite Kitsuchi wanting to keep searching for escaped defenders.
• Kitsuchi apologized and accepted Ōnoki’s order, while Ōnoki complained about his son’s stubbornness.
• A learned that the Stone Ninja had raided Kumogakure, flew into a rage, and destroyed the Cloud Ninja’s base in the Land of Hot Water.
• Dodai urged A to end negotiations and return to Kumogakure quickly, and A agreed to give Turtle Island to Konoha in exchange for the release of Killer B, Yugito Nii, Darui, and the other captured ninja.
• Dodai went to negotiate with Konoha while A prepared to return to his village.

Darui clung to hope in Konoha’s prison despite learning that the Cloud had lost the war, while Kakashi came to take him away. Meanwhile, Sōken began removing the seals on Killer B and Yugito Nii and dispelled the Genjutsu keeping the Eight-Tails unconscious, leaving the Tailed Beast stunned that it might soon be free.

• Darui rejected suicide, trained in his cell, and believed the prisoners might still have a chance to survive after learning the Cloud had lost the war.
• Kakashi arrived at the makeshift prison and ordered Darui to come out.
• Sōken told Killer B and Yugito Nii that negotiations had ended and that they would soon be free, then had the Sealing Squad remove their seals.
• Killer B found that he still could not contact the Eight-Tails and entered his mental world, where he saw Sōken beside the unconscious beast.
• Sōken dispelled the Genjutsu, waking the furious Eight-Tails, and told it to wait and see whether it would be freed.