Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya found Tsunade in Tanzaku Town and tried to persuade her to help Naruto, the Fifth Hokage, realize his vision of transforming the ninja world. Tsunade remained wary, but Jiraiya gave her Naruto’s medical plans for treating the dangerous side effects of Hoshigakure’s Peacock Secret Technique.

• Jiraiya found Tsunade and Shizune outside a casino in Tanzaku Town and invited them to share a meal.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Naruto Uzumaki had become the Fifth Hokage after Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death and described the changes in Konoha.
• Jiraiya explained Naruto’s plans to unify the ninja world, abolish the Daimyo system, and reshape how chakra and ninjutsu were used.
• Tsunade rejected the plans as naive and warned that pursuing them would cause a devastating war.
• Jiraiya described how Naruto’s ideals were improving life in the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea, but Tsunade struggled to trust in change again.
• Jiraiya handed Tsunade Naruto’s scroll, which outlined a possible cure for the dangerous effects of Hoshigakure’s Peacock Secret Technique and future medical plans.

After reading Naruto Uzumaki’s medical research, Tsunade agreed to travel with Jiraiya and Shizune to Hoshigakure in the Land of Bears to verify its claims, while insisting she was not committing to Naruto’s ideals. The three left Tanzaku Town the next morning, and Tsunade remained curious about Naruto and the future he envisioned.

• Tsunade read Naruto’s scroll and was shocked by its advanced analysis of the Star’s Chakra and proposed medical treatments.
• Jiraiya explained that Naruto wanted them to stop Akahoshi’s dangerous cultivation method and save Hoshigakure’s ninjas.
• Tsunade asked Jiraiya what Naruto was like, then agreed to visit Hoshigakure and judge the scroll’s claims for herself.
• Tsunade told Shizune to prepare for the journey to the Land of Bears, and she spent much of the night rereading Naruto’s scroll.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune left Tanzaku Town the next morning.

Naruto approved a plan to send Konoha teams to help rebuild Sunagakure under Gaara’s covert direction, then checked on Hinata and Neji’s training with the new kunai launchers. After sensing a familiar chakra outside Konoha, Naruto used the Flying Thunder God to go meet it.

• Naruto learned that Gaara had become the Fifth Kazekage and approved Shikaku’s plan to send Konoha personnel to Sunagakure.
• Neji and Hinata tested their Byakugan-customized kunai launchers and noted their range, accuracy, and limited power against skilled opponents.
• Naruto visited the training ground, praised the team’s progress, and asked them to report problems with the weapons to the Research Department.
• Naruto sensed a familiar chakra outside Konoha and used the Flying Thunder God to reach it.

Naruto confronted Black Zetsu and White Zetsu outside Konoha, suspecting their organization’s plans and abilities. He sealed Black Zetsu in a scroll and turned to capture White Zetsu for study.

• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu discussed Naruto’s intelligence, his possible use of Shadow Clones across the world, and the losses Akatsuki had suffered.
• Naruto appeared behind them and attacked before they could escape, striking White Zetsu with a Rasengan and leaving him badly damaged.
• Black Zetsu separated from White Zetsu and tried to sink underground, but Naruto used a Flying Thunder God mark to intercept him with a second Rasengan.
• Naruto used a specialized Fuinjutsu barrier to restrain Black Zetsu, then sealed him and the barrier inside a scroll.
• Naruto told Black Zetsu that Obito would soon join him, then turned to the injured White Zetsu and said he intended to study him.

Naruto confronted Kakuzu and Hidan alone in the Land of Lightning and overwhelmed them with his Nine-Tails Chakra, speed, and knowledge of their abilities. He destroyed four of Kakuzu’s hearts and restrained Hidan, telling him that Jashin could not save him.

• Hidan attacked Naruto with his scythe, but Naruto dodged the strike and kicked the weapon away.
• Kakuzu’s combined Fire and Wind Release attacks failed to penetrate Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra cloak.
• Kakuzu unleashed five elemental attacks, but Naruto blocked them with a golden Chakra arm.
• Naruto moved at blinding speed and destroyed the four masked creatures containing Kakuzu’s hearts.
• Hidan charged at Naruto again, but Naruto bound him with golden Chakra chains and declared that Jashin could not save him.

Naruto subdued Kakuzu and Hidan with his golden Chakra and sealing techniques. He left Kakuzu bound and began sealing Hidan, whose power and voice vanished as panic overtook him.

• Kakuzu hardened his body and attacked Naruto, but Naruto caught his fist with a golden Chakra arm and repelled his thread-strike with his Chakra cloak.
• Naruto bound Kakuzu with Adamantine Sealing Chains, suppressing his Chakra and leaving him unable to escape.
• Naruto decided sealing was the most effective way to deal with Hidan and considered Kakuzu’s love of money a weakness he could exploit.
• Naruto formed seals and covered Hidan with black runes, cutting off his Chakra and preventing him from speaking.
• Hidan struggled in terror as he realized Naruto’s sealing had stripped away his power.

Naruto buried Hidan and knocked Kakuzu unconscious before returning to Konoha’s affairs. His Shadow Clone delivered White Zetsu to Orochimaru in Otogakure, where Naruto directed him to prioritize researching its unusual body and potential use in forbidden techniques.

• Naruto sealed Hidan and buried him deep underground, then knocked Kakuzu unconscious and left with him using the Flying Thunder God.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clone arrived at Otogakure’s research building carrying a restrained White Zetsu and went to meet Orochimaru.
• Naruto explained White Zetsu’s origins and its connection to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Hashirama Cells.
• Naruto instructed Orochimaru to focus on researching White Zetsu, including its potential to replace living sacrifices and bear the cost of forbidden techniques.
• Orochimaru agreed to change his research priorities, and Naruto’s Shadow Clone dispelled itself.

Uchiha Hikari arrived at the Land of Bears border with the unconscious Akatsuki member Deidara and told Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune that she would attack Hoshigakure alone. She flew ahead in her Complete Body Susanoo, leaving the others stunned as the plan to capture Akahoshi and begin the Daimyo Purge Plan moved forward.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune waited at the Land of Bears border until Uchiha Hikari arrived, dragging the unconscious Deidara behind her.
• Hikari identified herself as their teammate but refused to explain her origins, surprising Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune by revealing her Sharingan.
• Hikari told Jiraiya to find Natsuhi and bring her to Hoshigakure while Hikari exposed Akahoshi's scheme and captured him alive.
• Jiraiya warned Hikari that poisonous gas in Hell Valley protected Hoshigakure, but she tossed Deidara to the group and said they had no time to waste.
• Hikari awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, formed her Complete Body Susanoo, and flew toward Hoshigakure as Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune watched in shock.

Uchiha Hikari defeated Hoshigakure’s forces and demanded the village submit, leaving its leaders unconscious as she waited for Jiraiya and the others to arrive.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Naruto’s unification of the ninja world was inevitable, but Tsunade told him to stop talking and lead her to Natsuhi.
• Uchiha Hikari flew Susanoo over Hell Valley’s poisonous mist and landed in the center of Hoshigakure, throwing the village into chaos.
• Hikari crushed Akahoshi, Night Hawk, Death Burial, and the other Hoshi ninja with Susanoo, leaving them injured but alive.
• Akahoshi offered Hikari the Star, but she said she wanted Hoshigakure to give up resisting and submit instead.
• Hikari used her Mangekyō Sharingan to make Akahoshi, Night Hawk, Death Burial, and the other jonin lose consciousness, then waited for Jiraiya and the others.

Uchiha Hikari defeated Hoshigakure’s leaders and forced the village to submit without killing anyone, then guarded the Star until the others arrived. She proposed Natsuhi as the village’s new leader.

• Hikari ordered Subaru to maintain order and keep watch over the unconscious Akahoshi, Night Hawk, and Death Burial.
• Hikari entered the training ground, inspected the Star with her Sharingan, and stayed to guard it.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune, Deidara, and Natsuhi arrived and found the village devastated but with no deaths.
• Hikari told Natsuhi that Akahoshi had been defeated and that Hoshigakure needed a new leader who could see the bigger picture.

Natsuhi exposed Akahoshi’s harmful rule over Hoshigakure and agreed to help lead the village toward a new future. As Tsunade organized treatment for the villagers and ninja harmed by the Mysterious Peacock Method, Hikari revealed that Naruto had not yet been notified.

• Natsuhi thanked Hikari, Jiraiya, and Tsunade for defeating Akahoshi and said she would help lead Hoshigakure.
• Natsuhi told the crowd how the Star’s Chakra had killed Fire Fly and how Akahoshi knowingly forced villagers and ninja to practice the harmful method, while Subaru realized she was his mother.
• Tsunade examined an injured ninja, confirmed severe damage from the Mysterious Peacock Method, and ordered Shizune and Natsuhi to organize treatment.
• Hoshigakure’s survivors began cooperating with Shizune and Natsuhi as Tsunade considered how many people needed care.
• Jiraiya explained Naruto’s plans to Natsuhi, while Hikari told Tsunade she had not notified Naruto and began channeling Chakra into a Flying Thunder God kunai.

Naruto coordinated preparations for the Daimyo Elimination Plan while reviewing Konoha’s finances, clan readiness, and weapons research. He then ordered a medical team to report to his office, with his thoughts turning to the impending conflict in Kirigakure and Obito and Nagato noticing Zetsu’s disappearance.

• Hikari sent Naruto a message indicating that the matter in Hoshigakure had been resolved.
• Shikaku reported that Gaara had helped begin reforms in Sunagakure and that Katasuke’s weapons research had made progress.
• Shikaku told Naruto that Konoha had funding for only three more months and that the clans supported the plan but felt uneasy.
• Naruto told Shikaku to help the clan heads explain the plan’s benefits and to monitor the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth.
• Naruto ordered a medical team to report to his office within ten minutes.

Naruto arrived in Hoshigakure with Konoha’s medical team after Uchiha Hikari and Jiraiya secured the village, and Tsunade began treating the wounded. Uchiha Hikari gave Naruto a sealed scroll containing Sasori’s core, while Deidara lay captured nearby.

• Uchiha Hikari reported that the mission in Sunagakure was complete and that Hoshigakure had surrendered under Natsuhi’s temporary leadership.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that Tsunade had been moved by the scroll and was willing to treat the wounded, though she still needed time to accept his plans.
• Natsuhi introduced herself to Naruto, while Tsunade met Karin and agreed to begin comprehensive treatment for Hoshigakure’s wounded.
• Shizune led Karin and the Konoha Medical Ninja to the injured, easing Natsuhi’s doubts about Jiraiya’s promises.
• Uchiha Hikari showed Naruto the captured Deidara and gave him a sealing scroll containing Sasori’s core.

Naruto praised Hikari for capturing Sasori and Deidara, then arranged for Deidara to be taken to Konoha as he assessed Hoshigakure’s recovery. He left the village’s control in progress and turned his attention to studying the Star.

• Naruto sealed Sasori’s core away and told Hikari that Akatsuki had lost two more members.
• Deidara began to wake, but Hikari disrupted his attempt to mold Chakra with another Genjutsu.
• Deidara recognized Naruto as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and learned that he and Sasori would be kept alive for now.
• Naruto ordered Hikari to take Deidara to Konoha, where he would be handled and she could rest.
• Natsuhi calmed Hoshigakure’s villagers while Tsunade, Shizune, Karin, and the Konoha medical team treated the sick ninja.
• Naruto agreed that Hoshigakure could be brought under initial control and asked Jiraiya to call Natsuhi over to discuss the Star.

Naruto removed Hoshigakure’s Star, arranged for the village’s recovery under Natsuhi, and tasked Jiraiya with bringing the Land of Rivers’ forces under control. As Naruto prepared to move against the wider ninja world, Akatsuki’s leaders confronted their losses and demanded answers from Obito.

• Naruto sealed the Star into an orb for Konoha to study and promised Natsuhi that Konoha would support Hoshigakure’s reconstruction, with her serving as acting leader.
• Naruto gave Jiraiya intelligence on Raiga and told him to bring the Land of Rivers’ forces under stable control by recruiting or eliminating them as he judged best.
• Tsunade praised Karin’s medical talent, agreed to leave Shizune in Hoshigakure to report, and said she would decide after visiting Konoha.
• Naruto concluded that it was time to upend the ninja world before other villages could react.
• In Amegakure, Konan and the Deva Path discussed Akatsuki’s missing members and crippled intelligence network when Obito appeared.
• The Deva Path asked Obito where the tailed beasts he had promised were.

Obito confronted Nagato and Konan over Akatsuki’s losses and decided to investigate Konoha himself, while Nagato ordered Amegakure to raise its alert level. The chapter then shifted to the Land of Fire’s daimyo, whose anxiety over Naruto’s intentions grew until a foreign affairs minister arrived with news.

• Obito argued that Nagato’s leadership had failed as Akatsuki’s members vanished, and Konan pointed to Konoha and Naruto Uzumaki as possible causes.
• Obito proposed entering Konoha to investigate the enemy, while warning Nagato and Konan that Amegakure might be targeted.
• Nagato told Konan to activate Amegakure’s highest alert and avoid confronting the unknown enemy until they learned more.
• The Land of Fire’s daimyo worried over Naruto’s distance, rumors of his plans to unify the Shinobi World, and the future of the existing national order.
• A foreign affairs minister hurried into the daimyo’s courtyard with a strange expression.

The envoys from the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea told the Land of Fire's Daimyo that Dawn Shipping had ended the payments that sustained their daimyo and nobles and had gained the commoners' loyalty. The Daimyo was left stunned by the company's influence and the loss of the nobles' authority.

• The Foreign Minister told the Land of Fire's Daimyo that envoys from the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea had arrived, and the Daimyo agreed to receive them.
• The envoys explained that Gato Shipping had bought control of shipping, trade, and ports in their countries in exchange for payments to their rulers.
• The envoys said Gato had died, the company had become Dawn Shipping, and its new owners had replaced their revenue-sharing deal with a meager fixed payment.
• The envoys said their countries could not defeat Dawn Shipping's armed forces, which included rogue ninja, samurai, and local commoners.
• The envoys complained that Dawn Shipping's jobs, hospitals, and free schools had won commoners' support and encouraged them to resist taxes.
• The Land of Fire's Daimyo reacted with shock as he realized that Dawn Shipping had displaced the daimyo and nobles in the eyes of the commoners.

The Land of Fire's Daimyo heard the envoys from the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea plead for help against Dawn Shipping, whose influence threatened the authority of daimyos. He promised to consult the Fifth Hokage before deciding whether to send Konoha ninja, leaving the envoys without a firm answer.

• The envoys from the Land of Waves and the Land of Sea begged the Land of Fire's Daimyo to send Konoha ninja against Dawn Shipping.
• The Daimyo weighed the risk of helping the two countries against giving the Fifth Hokage an excuse to expand Konoha's influence.
• The Daimyo assured the envoys that he would not ignore Dawn Shipping's challenge to the established order.
• The envoys described Dawn Shipping's trained commoner forces and repeated an uncertain rumor that a rogue ninja from Kirigakure directed them.
• The Daimyo asked about Dawn Shipping's funding, but the envoys could only speculate about taxes and shipping profits.
• The Daimyo said he would first consult the Fifth Hokage and told the envoys to return home and wait for his decision.

The Land of Fire Daimyo tried to manage threats from Dawn Shipping while avoiding a premature confrontation with Konoha. Obito Uchiha then secretly approached him, offering a deal to obtain intelligence about Konoha and the Fifth Hokage.

• The Land of Fire Daimyo reprimanded the envoys from the Lands of Wave and Sea, then ordered them to provide everything they knew about Dawn Shipping.
• The Daimyo invited Dawn Shipping's owner to talks and told his ministers to stabilize relations with Konoha while investigating Naruto Uzumaki and the company.
• Obito Uchiha, wary of Konoha and Naruto Uzumaki, decided to use the Daimyo's uncertainty to secure intelligence safely.
• Obito controlled the guards and servants with his Sharingan Genjutsu, then appeared before the Daimyo after the ministers had left.
• The Daimyo called for guards, but Obito told him they could not hear and said he had come to make a deal.

Obito, posing as Madara Uchiha of Akatsuki, approached the Land of Fire daimyo to trade intelligence about Konoha and Dawn Shipping. The daimyo feared both Naruto’s growing power and Dawn Shipping’s influence, and Obito began revealing what Akatsuki knew about the company.

• Obito identified himself as Madara Uchiha of Akatsuki and proposed cooperating with the daimyo over their shared concerns about Naruto Uzumaki and Konoha.
• Obito said Akatsuki’s agents sent to investigate Konoha had disappeared, and suggested Naruto might eventually view daimyo as obstacles to his rule.
• The daimyo admitted he knew little about Naruto and worried Dawn Shipping could undermine daimyo authority in other nations.
• The daimyo asked Obito who led Dawn Shipping and whether it threatened the Land of Fire, while Obito sought information about Konoha in return.
• Obito revealed that Momochi Zabuza secretly commanded Dawn Shipping’s armed forces and said the company appeared to be implementing a new order.