Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi visited the Uchiha compound to demand troops for the Kumogakure battlefield, but Uchiha Fugaku told him that Uchiha Akira had become clan head and was now the one to approach. As Hiruzen left to meet Akira, he encountered Uchiha Itachi sharing tea respectfully with his father.

• Uchiha Yanhuo stopped Hiruzen Sarutobi at the compound entrance and instructed the guards not to let anyone barge in.
• Uchiha Fugaku received Hiruzen in his courtyard, where Hiruzen urged the Uchiha Clan to deploy and promised to clear its grievances and grant it new clan lands.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Hiruzen that Uchiha Akira was now the clan head and the authority on Uchiha Clan matters.
• Hiruzen accepted that he would have to speak with Uchiha Akira directly and left Fugaku's courtyard.
• Hiruzen saw Uchiha Itachi, who entered the courtyard and respectfully praised the tea Uchiha Fugaku had brewed.

Uchiha Akira collected a billion ryo from Hiruzen Sarutobi in exchange for teaching Asuma Perfect Sage Mode. Just after Hiruzen paid, Akira sensed trouble in Amegakure and left to investigate, postponing his help for Asuma.

• Uchiha Akira joined Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and Sasuke for tea, then teased Fugaku about his conversation with Mikoto.
• Akira reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi that his Anbu salary was unpaid and offered to teach Asuma Perfect Sage Mode for one billion ryo.
• Hiruzen agreed to pay the billion, then returned with a Scroll containing the money and asked Akira to keep his promise.
• Akira sensed something had happened in Amegakure, told Fugaku to bring the others, and vanished before starting Asuma's training.

Uchiha Akira learned that Yahiko had been killed and Hanzo of the Salamander had been framed, then healed Hanzo and ordered him to search for Nagato and Konan. At the northeastern frontline, the Raikage challenged Asuma Sarutobi, who could maintain Sage Mode for only two minutes.

• Uchiha Fugaku assured Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha Clan would honor its agreement, while reminding him of his past mistreatment of the clan.
• Hanzo of the Salamander told Uchiha Akira that Yahiko had been killed and that Nagato and Konan blamed him before a poison-immune Yahiko attacked and defeated him.
• Uchiha Akira recognized that Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu had likely killed Yahiko to drive a wedge between Hanzo and the youths, then healed Hanzo with his blood.
• Uchiha Akira ordered Hanzo of the Salamander to keep searching for Nagato and the others so he could settle the matter himself.
• At the northeastern frontline, Asuma Sarutobi reflected on his two-minute Sage Mode limit as the Raikage challenged him and threatened Konoha's army.

Asuma Sarutobi fought Yugito Nii and the Two-Tails Matatabi, but his Sage Mode expired before he could break through her defenses. As Yugito prepared to finish him, Asuma called for his teacher to save him.

• The Raikage sent Kumogakure forces into battle, where Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails and overwhelmed Konoha's ninjas.
• Asuma entered Sage Mode and used large-scale attacks to force Yugito to confront him.
• Yugito's Tailed Beast defenses withstood Asuma's attacks until his Sage Mode ran out.
• Yugito struck Asuma, shattered his ribs, and prepared to kill him with a fireball.
• Asuma smiled and shouted for his teacher to save him as Yugito's attack closed in.

Uchiha Akira arrived to rescue Asuma and faced the Raikage and Yugito, whose Tailed Beast warned that Akira was a natural enemy of Tailed Beasts. After the Raikage shrugged off Akira’s illusion and struck his armored Susanoo without effect, Akira prepared to counterattack with the Spear of the War God.

• Uchiha Akira appeared beside Asuma in a blue-gold skeletal Susanoo and scolded him for being too weak.
• Yugito recognized Akira’s Flying Thunder God and powerful Dojutsu, then retreated to the Raikage after Matatabi warned that he was dangerous to Tailed Beasts.
• The Raikage dismissed Yugito’s warning and charged Akira, confident that his lightning-enhanced Chakra could resist illusion techniques.
• Akira’s Mangekyō illusion failed against the Raikage’s lightning training, and the Raikage attacked with a Heavy Stone Bullet elbow strike.
• Akira’s Susanoo formed a blue-gold Crow Tengu armor that endured the Raikage’s blow, leaving him shocked and Akira ready to attack with the Spear of the War God.

Killer B saved the Raikage from Uchiha Akira’s lightning spear, while Gyuki warned that Akira’s Mangekyō Sharingan rivaled Uchiha Madara’s power. Akira gained a mission to seal all nine Tailed Beasts and obtain an Alchemy Technique, then faced the Raikage, Killer B, and Yugito as they attacked together.

• Killer B rushed to rescue the Raikage, but Gyuki warned him that Uchiha Akira’s Mangekyō Sharingan was terrifyingly powerful.
• Uchiha Akira received a mission to seal all nine Tailed Beasts, with an Alchemy Technique as the reward.
• The Raikage called on Killer B and Yugito to fight Uchiha Akira together.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails, and Yugito launched a Tailed Beast Bomb at Uchiha Akira.
• Uchiha Akira’s Susanoo knocked the Tailed Beast Bomb into the sky, while Gyuki’s attack closed in on him.

Uchiha Akira countered the Raikage, Killer B, and Yugito with Vector Control and Flying Thunder God, then seized Yugito and extracted the Two-Tails. Matatabi fled, leaving the Raikage facing Akira alone.

• Uchiha Akira used Vector Control to shred the Eight-Tails Gyuki's fist and force it to retreat.
• The Raikage ordered Yugito to support him and Killer B, but Uchiha Akira teleported behind them with Flying Thunder God.
• The Raikage and Killer B dodged, while Uchiha Akira struck Yugito and left her gravely wounded.
• Uchiha Akira seized Yugito with Susanoo, pulled the Two-Tails Matatabi from her body, and declared that the beast was only the beginning of his evolution.
• Matatabi threatened Uchiha Akira and fled, while the Raikage watched in shock.

Uchiha Akira used Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release to trap Matatabi and began sealing her, prompting the Raikage and Killer B to attack him together. Akira turned their assault against them, leaving Matatabi gravely injured and the Raikage unconscious.

• Matatabi fled from the Raikage, but Uchiha Akira summoned Sage Art: Gate of the Great God and pinned her down with seven torii gates.
• Matatabi realized Akira had Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release, while the Raikage and Killer B understood that he was capturing Tailed Beasts.
• The Raikage charged Akira with Lightning Style: Violent Water Surface as Killer B and Gyuki launched a Tailed Beast Bomb from behind.
• Akira used Susanoo to shield himself with Matatabi and struck the Raikage with the Spear of the War God.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb blasted away half of Matatabi’s head, and Akira’s strike severed the Raikage’s arm and knocked him unconscious.

Uchiha Akira sealed Matatabi and Gyuki after defeating the Raikage and Killer B, using his Flying Thunder God: Third Stage to corner them. He spared Killer B by leaving him some Eight-Tails chakra, and Killer B fled with the Raikage while Gyuki warned that Akira might discover their deception.

• Uchiha Akira sealed the Two-Tails Matatabi in a gourd, leaving Asuma Sarutobi and Killer B shocked by his strength.
• Killer B escaped with the wounded Raikage, but Uchiha Akira pursued them using Flying Thunder God marks on short blades circling the battlefield.
• Uchiha Akira explained his Flying Thunder God: Third Stage and pinned the Eight-Tails Gyuki to the ground with Susanoo's Spear of the War God.
• Uchiha Akira sealed Gyuki and left Killer B enough of its chakra to preserve his life.
• Killer B regained his strength and fled with the Raikage as Gyuki warned him that Akira might detect their severed-tail decoy.

Uchiha Akira discovered that Killer B had escaped with the Raikage and Yugito by leaving a weak Eight-Tails decoy, then led Konoha’s counterattack against the leaderless Kumogakure forces. The Raikage revealed that he expected Iwagakure and Sunagakure to join the war, while Akira suspected Kumogakure’s repeated retreats concealed an alliance.

• Uchiha Akira noticed that the mission to seal the Tailed Beasts remained at 1/9 and realized Killer B had used a weak Eight-Tails decoy to escape with the Raikage and Yugito.
• Uchiha Akira ordered Konoha to pursue, and Asuma Sarutobi led the shinobi in a counterattack that overwhelmed the leaderless Kumogakure forces.
• Killer B regrouped with the Raikage, who admitted that Uchiha Akira had changed the rules of battle and claimed that Ōnoki of Both Scales could oppose him with Dust Release.
• The Raikage told Killer B that he had arranged for Iwagakure to attack alongside Kumogakure and planned to wait for Ōnoki while the Kumogakure forces retreated.
• Asuma complained that Kumogakure kept retreating without fleeing, and Uchiha Akira suspected they had allied with another village and ordered the pursuit to continue to the Land of Fire’s border.

Uchiha Akira drove Kumogakure’s forces to the Land of Fire’s border, but the Raikage staged a retreat and escaped across the sea. Akira ordered Konoha to pursue them and fight until Kumogakure surrendered, sending the victorious but grieving ninja charging after the enemy.

• The Raikage ordered Kumogakure’s ninja to feign a retreat, then cross the sea toward their ships and return to Kumogakure.
• Asuma watched Kumogakure escape and asked Uchiha Akira what Konoha should do.
• Uchiha Akira declared that Konoha would pursue Kumogakure and force them to surrender and pay compensation.
• Asuma relayed Akira’s order, urging Konoha’s ninja to make Kumogakure pay for starting the war.
• Konoha’s ninja, stirred by grief and anger, cheered for Akira and charged toward the sea in pursuit.

The Raikage tried to lure Konoha into a trap and planned to seize the Land of Fire, but Uchiha Akira pursued Kumogakure across the sea with the Flying Thunder God Net. As Kumogakure’s shinobi dismissed the Raikage’s warnings, Akira appeared in a giant lightning form and brought his spear down upon them.

• The Raikage ordered Killer B and Kumogakure’s shinobi to head for their ships and wait until Konoha faced Ōnoki’s attack before striking.
• A sensory shinobi detected a vast force approaching, and Konoha’s pursuing shinobi appeared, shouting support for Akira.
• The Raikage charged the Konoha force, while Killer B transformed into Gyuki and prepared to attack.
• Akira’s short blades formed a Flying Thunder God Net, prompting the Raikage to order a retreat, but Kumogakure’s shinobi trusted their advantage at sea and refused to flee.
• A short blade appeared before the Raikage, and Akira manifested a giant lightning form and swung its spear down toward Kumogakure’s shinobi.

Uchiha Akira overwhelmed the Kumogakure forces with Susanoo as the Raikage and Killer B tried to protect them. After they briefly resisted, Akira redirected the Eight-Tails Gyuki’s Tailed Beast Bomb into the fleeing Kumogakure ninja, leaving fewer than three thousand alive.

• Susanoo swept through the paralyzed Kumogakure ninja, forcing the Raikage to stand between them and Akira.
• The Raikage’s Lightning Release Armor broke through, and Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails Gyuki to help him fight Akira.
• The Raikage and Killer B briefly held off Susanoo and launched a combined attack, but Akira armored Susanoo into a towering four-armed war god.
• Akira used Flying Thunder God Transfer to move Susanoo and the Eight-Tails Gyuki’s Tailed Beast Bomb away from himself.
• Akira reappeared and sent the Tailed Beast Bomb into the fleeing Kumogakure ninja, annihilating everyone within a thousand meters.
• Akira taunted the Raikage and Killer B over the destruction caused by their own Tailed Beast Bomb.

Uchiha Akira psychologically broke Killer B after his Tailed Beast Bomb killed thousands of Kumogakure ninja, while the Raikage ordered a retreat. After learning that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had attacked Konoha, Akira persuaded Asuma to return with reinforcements while he stayed to deal with Kumogakure.

• Akira described the deaths caused by Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb, driving Killer B into a breakdown of guilt and terror.
• The Raikage blamed Akira and ordered his forces to retreat with Killer B while he stayed behind to hold Akira off.
• Asuma summoned Enma, who reported that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had attacked Konoha from the front and rear.
• Akira argued that Kumogakure remained the greatest threat and told Asuma to take some ninja back to defend Konoha while he crushed Kumogakure’s ambitions.
• Asuma agreed to return with the ninja and left the battle against Kumogakure to Akira.

Uchiha Akira ordered Konoha’s ninja to pursue Kumogakure into its own territory, while Hiruzen Sarutobi faced pressure from the Land of Fire’s Feudal Lord and learned Akira would not return to defend Konoha’s western front. Enma blamed Hiruzen’s treatment of the Uchiha Clan and his trust in Shimura Danzō, as Iwagakure and Sunagakure threatened Konoha.

• Uchiha Akira urged Konoha’s ninja to continue pursuing Kumogakure and invade its territory, and they rallied behind him.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire threatened to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage and cut off support if he failed to repel Iwagakure and Sunagakure within a month.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi hoped Uchiha Akira could use the Flying Thunder God Technique to turn the war around.
• Enma reported that Uchiha Akira would not return and considered Kumogakure the greater threat, angering Hiruzen as Iwagakure and Sunagakure advanced toward Konoha.
• Enma told Hiruzen that his tolerance of Shimura Danzō’s actions had pushed the Uchiha Clan away from Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi divided Konoha’s forces to confront Sunagakure and Iwagakure, sending Might Guy and Naruto Uzumaki against Rasa and Maruboshi Kosuke against Iwagakure. Kosuke arrived at the battlefield and faced an overwhelming enemy force, leaving his outnumbered troops asking what to do.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Might Guy to lead six thousand ninja against Sunagakure, defeat Rasa, and then join Kosuke against Iwagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Maruboshi Kosuke to lead six thousand ninja and hold back Iwagakure’s army.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Naruto Uzumaki with Might Guy despite Utatane Koharu’s objections, citing Naruto’s control of the Nine-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Hyuga Clan to join Kosuke’s force, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Kosuke arrived at the Iwagakure battlefield and saw a vast army facing his outnumbered troops, whose ninja asked what they should do.

Hyuga Neji offered the frightened Hyuga Branch Family ninja a powerful technique he learned from Uchiha Akira, while Nagato declared his plan to gather the Tailed Beasts and dismissed Akira as a useful helper. After the Raikage returned to the Land of Lightning with fewer than three thousand Kumogakure ninja, Uchiha Akira appeared and attacked them.

• Maruboshi Kosuke ordered Konoha’s forces to set an ambush in the forest as Hyuga Branch Family ninja feared being targeted on the battlefield.
• Hyuga Neji proposed teaching the Branch Family members a technique that differed from their clan’s methods, then formed a glowing blue longbow.
• In Amegakure, Zetsu warned Nagato that Uchiha Akira was collecting Tailed Beasts and had the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, and that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was Akira’s disciple.
• Nagato vowed to gather every Tailed Beast and claimed Akira was merely helping a god achieve his goal.
• The Raikage returned to the Land of Lightning with fewer than three thousand Kumogakure ninja and told Killer B he did not regret fighting for his village.
• Uchiha Akira appeared before the Kumogakure survivors and sent countless short blades flying at them.

Uchiha Akira invaded the Land of Lightning and forced the Raikage to surrender, then took the Eight-Tails Gyuki from Killer B. Akira began making the Raikage loyal to him through his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Akira arrived with a fleet and a massive Susanoo, causing the remaining Kumogakure ninja to flee in terror.
• The Raikage surrendered and begged Akira to spare Kumogakure, while Akira blamed him for the village's suffering.
• Akira demanded the Eight-Tails Gyuki, but Killer B refused and ran away to protect his friend.
• The Raikage returned half an hour later with a dying Killer B, and Akira sealed Gyuki in an immortal gourd while sparing Killer B's life.
• Akira told the Raikage that his next condition was loyalty, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to begin controlling him.

Uchiha Akira appeared before Shisui and the Akatsuki recruits, asserted his authority, and took Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami while granting him the ability to use Susanoo freely. He left to recruit the Raikage, leaving Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakuzu astonished and eager to test the Raikage’s strength.

• Uchiha Akira appeared before Shisui, Kisame Hoshigaki, Juzo Biwa, and Kakuzu, and his Mangekyō Sharingan frightened Juzo Biwa into paralysis.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakuzu attacked Akira to test whether he deserved to lead them, but he vanished from their attacks and reappeared beside Shisui.
• Akira asked for Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, and Shisui willingly agreed to give it to him.
• Akira used Myriad Laws Revered to take Kotoamatsukami, then empowered Shisui so he could freely use Susanoo.
• Akira told the group to wait while he went to recruit the Raikage, and Kisame Hoshigaki voiced interest in challenging him.

Uchiha Akira used Kotoamatsukami to make the Raikage and Kumogakure’s top ninja completely loyal to him, then ordered them to attack Konoha again in a month. As Kakashi prepared to return to Konoha with the allied ninja, Akira raised a question about Rin Nohara and Uchiha Obito, while Juzo Biwa struggled to believe Shisui served someone stronger than himself.

• Juzo Biwa regained consciousness and learned Uchiha Akira had disappeared, while Kakuzu doubted Akira’s claims about subduing the Raikage.
• Uchiha Akira returned to the Raikage and explained that he had found a way to secure the Raikage’s complete submission.
• Uchiha Akira used Kotoamatsukami on the Raikage, Killer B, Yugito, Mabui, Samui, and Darui, making them swear absolute loyalty to him.
• Kumogakure’s ninja and Konoha’s forces celebrated Akira, and he told Kakashi to lead the ninja back to Konoha without rushing.
• Uchiha Akira asked Kakashi whether Rin Nohara or Uchiha Obito mattered more to him, then ordered the Raikage to attack Konoha again in one month.
• Juzo Biwa questioned Shisui’s loyalty to Akira, and Shisui said he was not one ten-thousandth as capable as Akira.