Chapter Summaries

Shikaku Nara uncovered Kirigakure’s plan to seize the peninsula and expand its control across the surrounding islands, prompting Jiraiya’s forces to prepare a response. Minato Namikaze confirmed the enemy’s position, while the allied villages gathered and prepared for the coming battle.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiraiya to watch the eastern sea after Kirigakure and Iwagakure withdrew from the Land of Waves.
• After studying intelligence for four days, Shikaku Nara concluded that Kirigakure was targeting the southeastern peninsula and had secretly sent Earth Release users to build defenses there.
• Jiraiya ordered Minato Namikaze to scout the peninsula, and Shikaku urged the village to contact nearby island nations because Kirigakure might be targeting their territories too.
• Minato Namikaze spotted the assembled forces and returned to report, while Tamura Hiroshi and the other commanders discussed their plans to defend the excavation and waterways.
• Pakura arrived with Sunagakure reinforcements, and Tamura Hiroshi explained that the allied forces were resting before the coming battles.

Tamura Hiroshi’s forces launched a surprise attack on Jiraiya’s Konoha camp, combining Susanoo, lightning strikes, and Tailed Beast Bombs to overwhelm the defenders. The chapter ended with Konoha’s shinobi trapped in a sea of lightning and fearing they would die.

• Pakura asked Tamura Hiroshi to take Yashamaru away if she died, and he agreed while privately considering how her death could sever her ties to Sunagakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi examined Izumi Shimura’s growing fusion with the little Three-Tails and used Tsukuyomi to immerse her in a sword-training story.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that he had an Impure World Reincarnation army and planned to lure Kumogakure into a trap while dealing with the Senju.
• Jiraiya’s forces reached the peninsula’s defenses, where Nara Shikaku wondered why the enemy had landed on the western side.
• Uchiha Hikari teleported Tamura Hiroshi’s force into the Konoha camp, where Susanoo split the tent and the Raijin Clone called down lightning.
• Jiraiya redirected one Tailed Beast Bomb with his Lava Giant, and Minato Namikaze transported another away from the camp, but their explosions fed the Raijin Clone’s lightning assault as the defenders struggled to hold their ground.

After the Four Village Allied Forces drove Konoha’s army from the stormy region, they began digging a vast river channel to create a defensive line. Konoha learned of the project and prepared a desperate frontal assault, while Hatake Sakumo privately reflected on the village’s internal troubles.

• Uchiha Hikari used the Raijin Clone to summon a lightning dragon, devastating Jiraiya’s camp and forcing the Konoha Ninja Army to withdraw more than three hundred kilometers.
• Jiraiya ordered Minato Namikaze to investigate the enemy’s intentions, while Hatake Sakumo explained that countering the lightning technique would require an enormous amount of specialized chakra.
• Karatachi Yagura and the Four Village Allied Forces began digging a river channel, with three thousand Iwagakure ninjas excavating ten kilometers in a day.
• Tamura Hiroshi urged Pakura to ask the Third Kazekage to use the Iwagakure force to redirect the Land of Rivers’ waterways into the Land of Wind after the battle.
• Konoha learned that the channel would stretch more than six hundred kilometers and ordered an immediate attack; Jiraiya and his commanders decided to prepare for a frontal assault.
• Gekko Genpu asked Hatake Sakumo to return his sword to his child if he died, and Sakumo silently considered whether Kumogakure might offer a better future than Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi went to the southeastern Frontline under the Daimyo’s ultimatum, while Tamura Hiroshi plotted to prevent him from claiming the Four-Tails. As Might Duy opened the Gate of Death to attack Konoha’s enemies, Tamura Hiroshi redirected him to a deserted island and opened the gate himself to fight him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Sarutobi Sasuke to approach the Daimyo’s third son as a contingency, then traveled to the Frontline with Tsunade and Orochimaru.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu planned to keep Hiruzen from obtaining the Four-Tails and discussed sending it to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Tamura Hiroshi left camp to find an island where he could fight Might Duy, while Hiruzen ordered the attack before the Daimyo’s deadline expired.
• Might Duy opened the Gate of Death and charged Raijin, but a Space Gate sent him to a deserted island where Tamura Hiroshi was waiting.
• Tamura Hiroshi revealed that he had opened the Gate of Death too, and he and Might Duy began a fierce fight that left Duy’s arms torn and bones cracked.

Tamura Hiroshi and Might Duy survived their fight, but Duy was sealed away for treatment while Hiroshi returned to the battlefield. The war ended with Konoha’s exhausted forces retreating, leaving the allied armies to claim victory and collect the fallen Hyuga Ninja’s Byakugan.

• Tamura Hiroshi sealed the badly injured Might Duy inside the Sealing Space for treatment, then returned to the battlefield with the Raijin Clone.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan freed the Four-Tails from Rōshi, but a Wood Release user captured it in a clay pot and carried it away.
• Shimura Danzo escaped with Karatachi Yagura, while Uchiha Hikari abducted Ao, other retreating fighters, and the men carrying Rōshi.
• The battle intensified, and Tamura Hiroshi killed Gekko Genpu while the combatants suffered heavy casualties and injuries.
• With Konoha’s fighters exhausted and the Raijin Clone still standing, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Minato Namikaze to retreat with the survivors.
• Tamura Hiroshi collapsed after the retreat, and Yozuki A ordered the battlefield cleanup, with the allies dividing the recovered Byakugan.

After the camp is found destroyed and its occupants missing, Shikaku Nara and Minato Namikaze consider who was responsible while Konoha’s survivors return for treatment. Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly revives Rōshi to extract Four-Tails chakra, while Madara Uchiha absorbs the Four-Tails and begins cultivating more White Zetsu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others return to find their camp destroyed with no survivors, bodies, or clues, and Shikaku Nara concludes that a village insider, the Four Village Allied Forces, or a third party may be responsible.
• Shikaku Nara urges Minato Namikaze to grow stronger as Konoha’s future, while the survivors return to the village for treatment and Orochimaru takes cells and bone samples from Jiraiya’s transplanted leg without anesthetic.
• Tsunade confronts Orochimaru about the stolen bodies of her relatives, and he tells her that someone may have reincarnated and sealed the First Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly uses Impure World Reincarnation to revive Rōshi, extracts and seals the remaining Four-Tails chakra, and considers using it to help his son Shinnosuke.
• White Zetsu Tobi brings the Four-Tails to Madara Uchiha, who feeds it to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and uses the statue to begin cultivating more White Zetsu.

Tamura Hiroshi recovered from the consequences of opening the Eight Gates while Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Hikari tormented him, then discussed the political fallout from the battle with Yozuki A and Fukai. He remained bedridden to study the Eight Gates, while Kumogakure investigated suspicions that Hiruzen Sarutobi had arranged the Fire Daimyo’s collapse.

• Tamura Hiroshi explained to Uchiha Hikari that he had risked opening the Eight Gates to break through the limits of bodily cultivation and prepare for the Otsutsuki.
• Uzumaki Kushina drew nine pigs on Tamura Hiroshi, and she and Uchiha Hikari tickled and tormented him while he was paralyzed.
• Uzumaki Kousou returned with Raikage-jumping soup, and Tamura Hiroshi discovered the pig markings would take months to fade.
• Yozuki A and Fukai arrived, found the silver-needle prank, and reported that Kirigakure and Iwagakure were continuing their operations while the Fire Daimyo had vomited blood and fallen into a coma.
• Tamura Hiroshi suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi had engineered the Fire Daimyo’s collapse and said he would remain bedridden to study the effects of the Eight Gates.
• The Third Raikage and Dodai ordered an investigation in the Land of Fire’s capital to uncover evidence against Hiruzen Sarutobi.

After the peninsula conflict stabilized, the Fire Daimyo died and his third son took the throne amid a violent succession struggle. Tamura Hiroshi trained his speed by chasing Uchiha Hikari, then caught and humiliated her, leaving her furious and vowing revenge.

• Work on the peninsula’s river channel resumed with Kirigakure’s shinobi and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki supporting Iwagakure’s remaining forces.
• The Fire Daimyo died, his eldest and second sons were injured or killed in their succession struggle, and his third son became the new Daimyo.
• Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru discussed the Hokage’s ruthlessness, the risks of the Box of Paradise’s Dark Power, and Kumogakure’s likely next moves.
• After recovering, Tamura Hiroshi challenged Uchiha Hikari on a deserted island and pursued her at extreme speed while she evaded him with her Dojutsu and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tamura Hiroshi drained Uchiha Hikari’s chakra and Dojutsu power, caught her, and subjected her to physical and illusory humiliation.
• Uchiha Hikari recovered on the sofa, furious at Tamura Hiroshi and determined to make him pay.

Tamura Hiroshi used Shinnosuke’s imprisonment and the secrets surrounding Shimura Danzō to provoke Izumi Shimura, while the Third Kazekage weighed Sunagakure’s looming war and its succession struggle. Hiruzen Sarutobi began a plan to break his son out of prison, unaware that Black Zetsu was reporting the plan to Tamura Hiroshi.

• Tamura Hiroshi told Izumi Shimura that Shinnosuke had betrayed Shimura Danzō and offered her a chance to rescue him, but Izumi vowed to stop his scheme.
• The Third Kazekage confronted Sarutobi Shinnosuke about Danzō’s Susanoo and Three-Tails, then ordered him returned to harsh confinement when he had no further intelligence.
• The Third Kazekage learned that Pakura had concealed her strength and considered her a threat to Rasa’s path to becoming Fourth Kazekage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent a miniature shadow clone to tell Sarutobi Shinnosuke that he would use resurrected Sunagakure ninja and a sandstorm to help him escape.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Shinnosuke that Shimura Danzō had stolen Uchiha Sharingan power and was preparing Izumi to become a Three-Tails Jinchuriki, leaving Shinnosuke shaken by the possibility that she had deceived him.
• A Black Zetsu split entity monitored Hiruzen Sarutobi’s rescue preparations and relayed them to Tamura Hiroshi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rescued Sarutobi Shinnosuke from Sunagakure with help from Izumi Shimura, while Tamura Hiroshi watched and manipulated events. After Shinnosuke stabbed Izumi in the Land of Fire, she realized Tamura had set the situation in motion and that Shinnosuke’s betrayal had destroyed her last hope.

• Tamura Hiroshi sent Izumi Shimura to intercept Sarutobi Shinnosuke near Sunagakure and warned her to obey his instructions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi created chaos in Sunagakure, distracted the Third Kazekage, and arranged Shinnosuke’s escape from the dungeon.
• Sunagakure ANBU caught up with Shinnosuke, but Izumi used her Tailed Beast Transformation to defeat them and carried him toward the Land of Fire.
• After Izumi left Shinnosuke on the southern coast, he stabbed her in the heart and back, accusing her of conspiring with Shimura Danzō to seize the Hokage’s position.
• Tamura Hiroshi revealed that he had not directed Shinnosuke’s choice, while Izumi concluded that ninjas were liars and her faith in Shinnosuke was gone.

Tamura Hiroshi revived Shimura Izumi by replacing her crushed heart with the Little Three-Tails’ heart, then tormented her with dumplings made from the heart Shinnosuke had minced. After Uzumaki Kousou suspected Izumi had split into two personalities, Tamura entered her mind to seek out the other self.

• Tamura Hiroshi fused Shimura Izumi with the Little Three-Tails and replaced her crushed heart with its heart.
• Tamura sent Shimura Danzō a report blaming Sarutobi Shinnosuke for crushing Izumi’s heart, and Danzō resolved to kill Shinnosuke while reconsidering his war plans.
• Tamura served Izumi dumplings made from her crushed heart, and she became furious after learning what she had eaten.
• Uzumaki Kousou noticed a change in Izumi’s gaze and suggested that she had developed a split personality after fusing with the Little Three-Tails.
• Tamura agreed to bring Uzumaki Kushina, Uchiha Hikari, and Kousou into his illusionary training realm, then tied Izumi up to question her about her other self.
• Izumi invited Tamura to meet her other personality, and he entered her mind using his ocular technique.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated and subdued Izumi Shimura’s Dark Side in her Spiritual Space, then learned that her fusion with the little Three-Tails had begun evolving her toward the Ōtsutsuki Clan. As Tamura Hiroshi drew Izumi and the others into an illusion for the night, Dark Izumi took control of Izumi’s body and considered trying to devour him.

• Tamura Hiroshi used the Guanyin Dharma Image and his sword intent to defeat Izumi Shimura’s monster-like Dark Side and force it into a miniature form of Izumi.
• Tamura Hiroshi examined Dark Izumi and left to plan a horror-movie illusion for Izumi Shimura, who freed herself after his seal stopped suppressing her chakra.
• Izumi Shimura sparred with Uchiha Hikari and the others, learned how their nightly cultivation worked, and received Uzumaki Kushina’s forgiveness for her part in the Uzushio Hidden Village’s destruction.
• Izumi Shimura discussed her swordsmanship and her transformation after fusing with the little Three-Tails, while Tamura Hiroshi confirmed that her body was evolving toward the Ōtsutsuki Clan and considered using the process to strengthen Kumogakure’s shinobi.
• Tamura Hiroshi brought the four women into an illusion, but Dark Izumi took control of Izumi’s body and weighed her hunger to devour him against her fear of being destroyed.

Tamura Hiroshi recovered enough to rejoin the allied forces and discussed the coming campaign and Konoha’s mysterious Four-Tails captor. The chapter left him spending the evening with Pakura, who worried about his injuries as he flirted with her.

• Uzumaki Kousou noticed Izumi Shimura had not eaten breakfast, while Izumi suspected Tamura Hiroshi had secretly shared his life force with her.
• Tamura Hiroshi visited the excavation site, where Kitsuchi and Genji welcomed his recovery and discussed the alliance’s plans to finish the waterway before heading to the Land of Rivers.
• Genji offered Kirigakure support for Sunagakure’s coming campaign, and Tamura Hiroshi agreed to leave once the waterway was complete.
• Pakura exposed Tamura Hiroshi’s Transformation Jutsu and laughed at the pig drawings on his face.
• Kitsuchi, Pakura, and Fukai discussed the mysterious Konoha shinobi who had removed Rōshi’s seal and captured the Four-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi joined Pakura in her bath, and she asked about his injuries while he flirted with her.

Shimura Danzō argued with Jiraiya over Konoha’s orders to defeat the Four Village Allied Forces, denied taking the Three-Tails, and traded some of its flesh and blood to Orochimaru for research. Tsunade confronted Danzō about the stolen Senju remains, then told Jiraiya that Konoha would need its Tailed Beasts and Kushina to join the war; later, Danzō learned that Izumi was recovering but had gone to Kumogakure with Kushina.

• Shimura Danzō angrily rejected Hiruzen’s order to wipe out the Four Village Allied Forces, while Jiraiya urged him to make a new Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shimura Danzō denied capturing the Three-Tails, and Tsunade demanded to know whether he had dug up her relatives’ graves; Danzō and Orochimaru both denied responsibility.
• Shimura Danzō gave Orochimaru some Three-Tails flesh and blood in exchange for research on bloodline fusion.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya that the war could not be won unless Konoha deployed the Three-Tails and Four-Tails and brought Kushina to assist.
• Jiraiya ate a boxed meal made by Teuchi and learned from Minato that Ichiraku Ramen had struggled against Food Entertainment City.
• Hiroshi Tamura reported to Shimura Danzō that Izumi was recovering, but had gone to Kumogakure to stay near Kushina and atone for her past actions.

Shimura Danzō discussed Might Duy’s strength and Tamura Hiroshi’s ambitions before the allied forces launched a surprise attack on Konoha’s camp. The assault left Shimura Danzō apparently burned to ashes by Pakura’s Sage Art, while the battle continued around them.

• Tamura Hiroshi told Shimura Danzō that his speed had surpassed the speed of sound and claimed he could help unite the Ninja World by taking control of Kumogakure.
• Raijin, Tamura Hiroshi, and their allies agreed to attack Konoha’s camp for one minute, then used Rasa’s sand and Tamura Hiroshi’s Space Gate to reach it at night.
• The allied forces attacked Konoha’s shinobi; Uzumaki Kushina and her partner restrained Jiraiya’s Lava Giant while Rasa and Kitsuchi used sand to disrupt Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Tamura Hiroshi fought Hatake Sakumo, Raijin fought Shimura Danzō, and Pakura prepared a powerful Sage Art attack while the other battles raged.
• Uchiha Hikari teleported Pakura above Shimura Danzō, who used Wood Release: Hōbi Technique to defend himself, but Pakura’s Rasengan Shuriken burned through the shield and apparently incinerated him.

Tamura Hiroshi captured Tsunade and brought her to Kumogakure, where he tried to recruit her and secure help for Senju Nawaki and the surviving Senju. After Tsunade agreed to guide Nawaki’s medical recovery, she asked Uzumaki Tamayou whether the Senju women and children should join Kumogakure.

• Tamura Hiroshi severed Tsunade’s limbs, sealed her away, and escaped with his allies before returning to Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi confirmed to the Third Raikage’s Shadow Clone and Dodai that he had captured Tsunade, then took her to the Summoning Realm.
• Tsunade fought Tamura Hiroshi, learned that Senju Nawaki was alive, and saw him preserved in a Nutrient Can.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained how he had schemed against the Senju, and Tsunade agreed to guide the research aimed at giving Nawaki a body.
• Tsunade asked Uzumaki Tamayou whether the Senju women and children should join Kumogakure.

Tsunade accepted that Kumogakure could be a refuge for the surviving Senju and confirmed her confidence in the Third Raikage after witnessing his strength. Tamura Hiroshi discussed recruiting Hatake Sakumo and advancing Lightning and Wind Release before discovering that the Third Raikage had sealed his Spear of Hell inside his abdomen.

• Uzumaki Tamayou reassured Tsunade that Kumogakure would welcome the Senju, and Tsunade considered bringing the surviving clan members there if their situation worsened.
• Tsunade ambushed Tamura Hiroshi with the Flying Thunder God Technique, beat him, and told the Third Raikage she would persuade the Senju to join Kumogakure if the clan failed.
• Tsunade explained that Tamura Hiroshi's modifications had helped her fuse Second Uncle's cells and awaken the talent to use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the Third Raikage discussed Hatake Sakumo's Purple Lightning, Tamura Hiroshi's Black Lightning, and possible ways to combine the powers with Senjutsu.
• Tamura Hiroshi said he planned to visit Turtle Island to improve his Wind Release swordsmanship and Zangetsu, then noticed the Third Raikage had sealed the Spear of Hell inside his abdomen.

The Third Raikage explained his weapon-fusion method to Tamura Hiroshi, who planned to pursue Yin-Yang Release and Bloodline Fusion. After training on Turtle Island, Tamura fought his manifested Dark Side at the True Waterfall, while Konoha’s battered camp struggled after losing Shimura Danzō and Lady Tsunade.

• The Third Raikage told Tamura Hiroshi how he sealed the Spear of Hell inside himself and linked it to his life force, and they discussed Yin-Yang Release, bloodline training, and his temporary use of Hiruzen Sarutobi's cells.
• Tamura Hiroshi visited the Island Turtle, which said it had stopped growing from Greer Energy and would need chakra to grow further; Tamura planned to help it develop Ice Release after training its Wind Release and Water Release.
• Tamura Hiroshi trained at the True Waterfall against a Dark Side who took the form of Ichigo Kurosaki and wielded Zangetsu.
• At Konoha’s southwestern camp, Hatake Sakumo and Minato Namikaze trained together to address their weaknesses after Shimura Danzō was killed and Lady Tsunade was captured.
• Minato Namikaze asked Hatake Sakumo to teach him swordsmanship, but Hatake Sakumo and Mitarashi Shiyo cautioned him against taking on more training, while Kurenai Yuhi suggested the Uchiha style.

Senju Chōsu pursued secret ties with Kumogakure while Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Ōtsutsuki Sari’s offer to defeat the Four Village Allied Forces in exchange for Hashirama Senju’s Impure World Reincarnation. The chapter ended with Hiruzen warning Sarutobi Shinnosuke that Shimura Danzō had faked his death and might target him.

• Senju Chōsu decided to send Tsunade’s belongings to Kumogakure and establish a secret connection, arguing that it could ease pressure on the Senju Clan and divert Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attention.
• Senju Chōsu reassured the clan elders that Impure World Reincarnation could not control Hashirama Senju or Tobirama Senju, and noted that the Senju had begun creating weakened Wood Release shinobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers worried about Danzō’s apparent death and the Four Village Allied Forces’ expected attack on the southwestern front.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari appeared through a controlled ANBU shinobi and offered to defeat the Four Village Allied Forces if Hiruzen gave her Hashirama Senju’s Impure World Reincarnation; she also revealed that Hyuga Hiashi had fought her at the Valley of the End.
• Hiruzen agreed to arrange for Hyuga Hiashi and the village’s shinobi to go to the southwestern front in a month, then handed Hashirama’s reincarnated body to Ōtsutsuki Sari.
• Hiruzen visited Sarutobi Shinnosuke, told him to stay inside because Danzō had faked his death, and discussed Shinnosuke’s difficulty fusing with the Four-Tails’ chakra.

Ōtsutsuki Sari defeated Hashirama Senju and absorbed his Wood Release and Senjutsu Chakra, strengthening his incomplete Ten-Tails and Tenseigan Chakra Mode. After Tamura Hiroshi learned Getsuga Tensho and returned from the True Waterfall illusion, Black Zetsu warned him of Sari’s plans, and Hiroshi began preparing to fuse with Swift Release before the coming confrontation.

• Ōtsutsuki Sari revived Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation and challenged him, threatening to destroy Konoha and explaining that he wanted revenge on the Hyuga Clan.
• Hashirama Senju fought Sari with Wood Release and Sage Mode, but Sari cut down his wooden golem, restrained him, and absorbed his Senjutsu and Wood Release Chakra until Hashirama’s reanimated body crumbled.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari gained Wood Release, improved his incomplete Ten-Tails and Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and vowed to destroy the Ninja World and kill Hyuga Hiashi.
• Tamura Hiroshi defeated his Dark Side in the True Waterfall illusion with Getsuga Tensho, then returned to his body and merged the Dark Side’s sword spirit into Zangetsu.
• Black Zetsu told Tamura Hiroshi that Ōtsutsuki Sari and Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to lure Hyuga Hiashi from Konoha and kill him, prompting Hiroshi to prepare to fuse with Swift Release.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to the village and began the Bloodline Fusion procedure while Tsunade and the Third Raikage monitored his data.