Chapter Summaries

Tamura Hiroshi fused Lightning Release and Wind Release chakra to create Swift Release, while Tsunade monitored the dangerous process and confirmed it had succeeded. After recovering, Hiroshi discussed his plans for Pakura and his relationship with Karura, who had regained cloned legs.

• Tsunade injected Tamura Hiroshi with potions to strengthen his organs and gave him twelve hours to complete the fusion.
• Tamura Hiroshi combined Lightning Release and Wind Release chakra, with Black Zetsu secretly assisting and Karura supplying stored chakra.
• After ten hours, Tamura Hiroshi tested his transformed chakra on Chakra Paper, which crumpled and split, confirming the Swift Release fusion worked.
• Tsunade refused Tamura Hiroshi's challenge to spar, then left to analyze the data; she later revealed she had tricked the Third Raikage into thinking she had found Hiroshi's manuscripts.
• Karura told Tamura Hiroshi that Tsunade had helped them clone and transplant her legs, and Hiroshi reassured her that he had arranged protection for Pakura.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Karura discussed Kushina's resentment and their relationship before Hiroshi began teasing Karura.

Tamura Hiroshi tested his newly fused Swift Release in a fierce spar with the Third Raikage, reaching a top speed of 1.8 times the speed of sound before his chakra ran low. He then defeated Tsunade in a prolonged brawl and retaliated for her earlier treatment by paralyzing and humiliating her, leaving the story with him planning to perfect Swift Release by incorporating more Wind Release and Lightning Release transformations.

• Tamura Hiroshi sparred with the Third Raikage, and his Swift Release pushed his speed past the Raikage’s to 1.8 times the speed of sound.
• Uzumaki Tamayou said the Nine Yang Seal had been completed, but attempts to develop a Twelve Yang Seal had failed.
• Tamura Hiroshi challenged Tsunade, and they fought for hours using their fused Vajra Ape physiques until her chakra ran out.
• Tamura Hiroshi paralyzed Tsunade with black lightning and carried her to an emergency room, where he inserted medical tubes as revenge for her earlier treatment of him.
• Karura released Tsunade and tended to her, while Tamura Hiroshi returned to dinner and said he would focus on refining Swift Release with more Wind Release and Lightning Release transformations.

Tamura Hiroshi continued honing his speed before Tsunade and three allies ambushed him in a desperate spar. After Tsunade unleashed the full Gate of Death and nearly died, Hiroshi defeated the group and took her to the emergency room for treatment.

• Tamura Hiroshi sparred with the Third Raikage and steadily improved his Swift Release speed, while Tsunade recruited Mikoto Uchiha, Izumi Shimura, and Uchiha Naori to challenge him.
• Tsunade attacked Tamura Hiroshi with the Gate of Death partly open, and Mikoto Uchiha, Izumi Shimura, and Uchiha Naori joined the fight against him.
• Tamura Hiroshi knocked down the three women in turn, then countered Tsunade's attacks with Starfall Fist and Comet Fist as she used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade him.
• Uchiha Naori reinforced Tsunade's final, full-power punch with Susanoo while Izumi Shimura grabbed Tamura Hiroshi, but he answered with Getsuga Tensho and overwhelmed their attack.
• Tamura Hiroshi stabilized Tsunade with Greer Energy, carried her to the emergency room, and helped Karura treat her with diluted Water of Life.

Tamura Hiroshi prepared to ambush Ōtsutsuki Sari after learning that Uchiha Fugaku had reawakened his Mangekyo and Hyuga Hiashi had grown stronger. When Sari attacked Hiashi, the two clashed in a remote mountain range, where Sari’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion overwhelmed Hiashi’s counterattack.

• Tamura Hiroshi stabilized Tsunade, treated Uchiha Naori’s injuries, and spanked Tsunade, Izumi Shimura, Mikoto Uchiha, and Uchiha Naori as punishment.
• Black Zetsu told Tamura Hiroshi that Uchiha Fugaku had reawakened his Mangekyo and was heading toward the southwestern front, while Shimura Danzō was hiding on a southern island.
• Tamura Hiroshi planned to weaken Hyuga Hiashi and have Hiruzen Sarutobi remain Hokage, then asked Black Zetsu to sense Ōtsutsuki Sari and Hyuga Hiashi across the continent.
• Tamura Hiroshi, the Third Raikage, and Uchiha Hikari waited in the Land of Rivers until Black Zetsu sensed two powerful chakra signatures erupting.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari appeared before Hyuga Hiashi, whose Tenseigan he coveted, and followed him through Space Dojutsu to a desolate mountain range.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion tore through Hyuga Hiashi’s counterattack and disrupted his ability to escape through space.

Hyuga Hiashi escaped Ōtsutsuki Sari’s attack after losing an eye, while Tamura Hiroshi, the Third Raikage, and Uchiha Hikari defeated Sari and seized his eyes. The chapter leaves Hiashi recovering and suspecting Hiruzen Sarutobi had conspired with Sari, as Tamura Hiroshi prepares to help Princess Kaguya evolve using the gathered Byakugan.

• Ōtsutsuki Sari caught Hyuga Hiashi, sealed his chakra, pierced his heart, and gouged out one of his eyes, but the Giant Tenseigan carried Hiashi away.
• Tamura Hiroshi, the Third Raikage, and Uchiha Hikari ambushed Ōtsutsuki Sari, shattered his Tenseigan Chakra cloak, and took his remaining eyes before Hamura’s power removed Sari, his corpse, and the incomplete Ten-Tails.
• The trio collected the scattered Byakugan, and Tamura Hiroshi learned from Black Zetsu that Hamura had empowered Sari and that Princess Kaguya’s eyes were already evolving.
• Tamura Hiroshi anticipated obtaining Uzumaki Nagato’s Rinnegan power to further restore Princess Kaguya, while wondering whether Hyuga Hiashi had survived and thinking about Hinata Hyuga’s future.
• Hyuga Hiashi repaired his heart with Yin-Yang Release and lamented losing an eye, then suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi had collaborated with Ōtsutsuki Sari.

Tamura Hiroshi recuperated after fighting Ōtsutsuki Sari and reported that Kumogakure had secretly crippled her, while revealing his newly fused Swift Release. As Konoha’s decisive battle approached, Rasa grew jealous of Pakura’s rising fame and resolved to kill her rather than let her block his path to becoming the Fourth Kazekage.

• Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Hikari painted Tamura Hiroshi with humiliating pictures while he recovered, and Uzumaki Kousou, Yozuki A, and Fukai arrived to witness the results.
• Tamura told his companions that he had defeated Ōtsutsuki Sari, taken her Tenseigan, and concealed Kumogakure’s strength so the Four Village Alliance could continue opposing Konoha.
• Tamura and the others discussed Konoha’s formidable fighters, Fugaku Uchiha’s potential, and the approaching decisive battle, while Fukai reported that Minato Namikaze had taken Jiraiya away from the enemy camp.
• Tamura explained that Tsunade had opened the Gate of Death against him and was recovering, then confirmed that he had successfully fused Swift Release.
• Rasa brooded over Pakura’s fame after she killed Shimura Danzō and decided that anyone who threatened his bid to become the Fourth Kazekage would have to die.

Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha for a decisive battle while questioning Jiraiya and Orochimaru about the village’s future and Shimura Danzō. At Kikyō Mountain Castle, Tamura Hiroshi explained his deals with the Senju and Uchiha to Pakura, and the chapter ended with her noticing Kushina’s prank marks on him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Jiraiya to join the coming decisive battle, and Jiraiya agreed while asking whether their forces could afford another defeat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Orochimaru about Shimura Danzō, and Orochimaru said he wanted to pursue power without becoming Hiruzen Sarutobi’s tool.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya that the village’s future hinged on a handful of people and the conflict over the Hokage Position, including Hyuga Hiashi.
• Konoha prepared to march with more than one hundred million Explosive Tags as Tamura Hiroshi recovered at Kikyō Mountain Castle.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Pakura that Kumogakure had made deals with the Senju and Uchiha, and explained why the Uchiha had fought Kumogakure.
• Pakura noticed pig-shaped marks on Tamura Hiroshi’s body and asked whether he had offended Kushina again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi led Konoha’s forces to Kikyō Mountain Castle, expecting Ōtsutsuki Sari to destroy its defenses, but she never appeared. When the allied villages launched a probing attack, Konoha was forced into battle, leaving Hiruzen weighing whether to use Impure World Reincarnation to survive.

• Hanzō, Tamura Hiroshi, and the allied commanders prepared to defend the castle, while Hanzō described the enhanced poison Ibuse could unleash.
• Konoha reached the castle and waited for Ōtsutsuki Sari to act, but she failed to appear as daylight faded into night.
• Chiyo questioned Tamura Hiroshi about keeping Scorpion in Kumogakure, and he said the boy was talented and could strengthen ties between their villages.
• Tamura Hiroshi sent a probing force through a Space Gate, and Hanzō summoned Ibuse to release poison gas behind Konoha’s army.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha to secure its retreat route, and the ensuing battle saw Jiraiya’s Lava Giant clash with Tamura Hiroshi’s Heavenly Buddha Statue while Pakura fought Orochimaru.
• Hiruzen realized Ōtsutsuki Sari might not come and considered using Impure World Reincarnation to prevent Konoha’s defeat.

Hiruzen Sarutobi unleashed the Impure World Reincarnation army as the allied forces faced attacks from Sunagakure and Hanzō. The battle escalated into a clash between resurrected Kage and the living villages, while Hiruzen remained hidden underground and worried about Ōtsutsuki Sari and Shimura Danzō.

• The Third Kazekage ordered Sunagakure ninjas to bombard Konoha’s position with explosive-tag arrows and poison, while Hanzō established a toxic gas barrier behind the Konoha forces.
• After learning that Hanzō was cutting off their retreat, Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned hundreds of coffins and unleashed the Impure World Reincarnation army, including Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, the Third Mizukage, and the Third Kazekage arrived with their forces, and the village leaders engaged their resurrected predecessors.
• The allied forces discovered that sealing techniques could suppress the regenerating dead, but Hiruzen countered by preparing Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and directing the resurrected ninjas to target sealing specialists.
• Chiyo sent Rasa into battle, while Pakura fought fiercely with Scorch Release Rasenshuriken and the Cloud Ninjas used Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou’s sealing chains to hold back the dead.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed hidden underground with Sarutobi Sasuke guarding him, worrying that Ōtsutsuki Sari might intervene and that Shimura Danzō remained beyond his reach.

Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Impure World Reincarnation army drove the Allied Forces into a brutal night-long battle, but reinforcements and mounting exhaustion forced both sides to agree to a ceasefire. The Kage learned that the dead could be resurrected using sacrificial bodies and debated how to destroy Konoha without provoking retaliation from its space-time ninjas and tailed beasts.

• Fugaku Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, and a young girl each reacted to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s army and Tamura Hiroshi’s Heavenly Buddha Statue, while Tamura and Yozuki A fought the Raijin Clone and the reanimated forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces targeted Sunagakure as Hanzō’s poison gas blocked escape, and the battle continued through the night until both armies were exhausted at sunrise.
• The Third Kazekage secured support from the Third Raikage, Ōnoki, and the Third Mizukage, and four hundred Kumogakure sealing and medical ninjas arrived as Hiruzen struggled to control the reanimated Kage.
• The Third Kazekage called a ceasefire, and Jiraiya led Konoha’s forces away while Hiruzen escaped underground; the Allied Forces collected battlefield tools and returned to Kikyō Mountain Castle.
• The Kage discovered that the sealed dead had been released and replaced with sacrificial bodies, and Uzumaki Kushina explained that spirit-suppressing seals could prevent their resurrection.
• The Allied Kage resolved to intensify their campaign against Konoha while fearing retaliation, and the Third Raikage explained how Kinkaku and Ginkaku had killed the Second Hokage using the Six Paths Ninja Tools.

Tamura Hiroshi took Natsuhi Star captive and forced her to join Kumogakure, while Hiruzen Sarutobi explained his choices to Jiraiya and prepared him to inherit Dust Release and Senjutsu. The chapter left Jiraiya offering to share his Senjutsu power so Hiruzen could become stronger.

• Tamura Hiroshi comforted Pakura after the battle and anticipated that Rasa-kun would try to eliminate her through underhanded means.
• Tamura Hiroshi found Natsuhi Star, a Hoshigakure kunoichi who had sneaked into his room to retrieve the Star Meteorite’s energy, and forced her to join Kumogakure by threatening her village and Fire Fly.
• Tamura Hiroshi branded Natsuhi Star with the Yachihoko Seal, warned that she had to reach Kage level within three years, and left Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Kushina to guide her.
• Uchiha Hikari warned Natsuhi Star that her companions might endanger Hoshigakure if they came after Tamura Hiroshi, while Uzumaki Kushina tried to reassure her about staying in Kumogakure.
• At the Konoha Camp, Hiruzen Sarutobi defended his actions to Jiraiya, recounted the friendship between the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha, and gave Jiraiya a Dust Release cultivation scroll.
• Jiraiya accepted the scroll and offered to seal some of his Senjutsu power inside Hiruzen Sarutobi to help him master Senjutsu.

Senju Chōsu infiltrated Kumogakure to seize the Eight-Tails, while Dodai and Tamura Hiroshi arranged for Shimura Danzō to claim the fleeing Two-Tails. Danzō returned with the Two-Tails and approved a plan to seal it inside the Dark Phoenix as he prepared to reenter the conflict.

• Senju Chōsu ordered the Senju to prepare an Impure World Reincarnation army and chose to target Kumogakure's Eight-Tails instead of Iwagakure's Five-Tails.
• Uzumaki Tamayou detected Chōsu at Cloud Thunder Gorge, and Dodai alerted the Third Raikage; Tamura Hiroshi arranged for Danzō to pursue the Two-Tails if it escaped.
• Chōsu broke the World Tree cage with Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands, escaped an enormous Explosive Tag blast, controlled the injured Eight-Tails, and sealed it inside himself before fleeing.
• The Two-Tails escaped toward the sea, where Shimura Danzō found it with his Dark Susanoo, controlled it with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and brought it to the overseas base.
• Yakushi Nonō proposed sealing the Two-Tails inside the Dark Phoenix so it could absorb the beast's chakra gradually, and Danzō agreed.

The Four Village Alliance prepared for its decisive battle against Konoha as the Third Raikage convinced its leaders that the Ōtsutsuki and evolved Byakugan posed a threat. Back in Konoha, Shimura Danzō returned as the Dark Phoenix’s jinchūriki, and he traded Two-Tails flesh with Orochimaru for Ryūchi Cave senjutsu.

• The Third Raikage told Ōnoki, the Third Kazekage, and the Third Mizukage that Kumogakure had lost the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, then blamed Konoha for the theft.
• The Third Raikage described the Byakugan-wielding Ōtsutsuki who had attacked Kumogakure, prompting the village leaders to agree to strengthen their alliance and bring the Six-Tails and Five-Tails jinchūriki to the front.
• Shimura Danzō returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi after becoming the Dark Phoenix’s jinchūriki, and Hiruzen asked him to tell Orochimaru to use his full strength in the next battle.
• Orochimaru explained that he was studying the Byakugan and needed one from the Hyuga Main Family to continue his experiments.
• Shimura Danzō offered Orochimaru Two-Tails flesh in exchange for true senjutsu, and Orochimaru began imparting the Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode cultivation medium.

The Four Village Allied Forces invaded the Land of Fire as Konoha prepared for a decisive battle, while Hiruzen warned Minato to protect Konoha if defeat became unavoidable. As the armies faced off, Pakura revealed a powerful Sage Art Scorch Release form, and the allies immediately sealed the Second Tsuchikage to prevent him from supporting Konoha.

• The Land of Wind sent one hundred thousand samurai into the Land of Fire, while the other great nations launched invasions from their own fronts.
• Hiruzen told Minato to preserve Konoha and carry out Mito’s mission if the village lost, and Minato agreed.
• The reincarnated Kage discussed their villages’ strengths and failures as the Four Village Allied Forces approached Konoha’s army.
• Pakura transformed with Sage Art: Scorch Release Chakra Mode and fixed her murderous attention on Shimura Danzō, who answered by transforming into a giant black bird.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Hikari seized and sealed Second Tsuchikage Mu before he could support Konoha, allowing Ōnoki to prepare to fight freely.

The Four Village Allied Forces fought Konoha in a devastating battle, with Pakura overwhelming Shimura Danzō until Uchiha Fugaku, Senju Chōsu, and Hyuga Hiashi joined the conflict. The allied forces retreated, leaving Konoha’s surviving leaders facing a new power bloc and Minato Namikaze declaring his loyalty to the village rather than any faction.

• Pakura’s enormous Senjutsu Rasenshuriken battered Shimura Danzō’s Dark Phoenix, while Ōnoki helped pin him down and forced him to use Izanagi to survive.
• The battle grew deadlier as both armies took heavy casualties, Hanzō spread poison gas around the field, and Tamura Hiroshi used forming thunderclouds to pressure Konoha’s fighters.
• Uchiha Fugaku, Senju Chōsu, and Hyuga Hiashi entered the fight, shattered and sealed many of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Kage-level Impure World Reincarnation fighters, and attacked the allied forces.
• The three powerful newcomers shifted the battle, prompting the Third Raikage to order a retreat; Tamura told Pakura to withdraw as well.
• After the retreat, Senju Chōsu asked Minato Namikaze to choose a side, and Minato said he would serve the village and uphold Grandma Mito’s Will of Fire.

The factions at the battered Konoha Camp stripped Hiruzen Sarutobi of the Hokage position and appointed Orochimaru as Acting Hokage to hold the village together through the war. Orochimaru then traded Senjutsu power with Hiashi Hyuga, who revealed new information about Ōtsutsuki Sari and Shimura Danzō.

• Fugaku Uchiha accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of stealing Uchiha Naka's Mangekyō Sharingan and betraying the Uchiha forces, and the gathered leaders voted to remove Hiruzen from office.
• Hiashi Hyuga proposed Orochimaru as Acting Hokage, and the factions agreed while Jiraiya abstained; Orochimaru warned them not to undermine one another during the war.
• Fugaku Uchiha questioned Shimura Danzō about the plot against the Uchiha and the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shimura Danzō said Orochimaru had obtained Uchiha Kagami's eyes in a deal.
• Senju Chōsu asked the Slug Sage about Shimura Danzō's dark power, and she identified it as possibly linked to the demon Go and a sealed magical tool.
• Orochimaru traded Senjutsu training for Hiashi Hyuga's cells and information; Hiashi awakened a stronger Tenseigan Chakra Mode and revealed that Shimura Danzō had taken a woman from Ōtsutsuki Sari's clan grounds.
• Hiashi Hyuga asked Orochimaru to cultivate a pair of eyes using his cells, and Orochimaru agreed.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Third Raikage discussed Konoha’s political upheaval, their plans for the Four Village Alliance, and ways to exploit the coming battle. At Kikyō Mountain Castle, the allied leaders committed reinforcements and debated how to weaken Konoha, leaving them resigned to a costly fight against its united forces.

• Tamura Hiroshi and the Third Raikage agreed that Orochimaru’s appointment as acting Hokage strengthened Konoha and served the alliance’s plans, while they discussed using Hiruzen Sarutobi to undermine Konoha from within.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed using the eyes fused with Samehada to guide the evolution of a Hyuga child’s Byakugan, and the Third Raikage approved Hizashi Hyuga’s unborn child as a candidate.
• Yozuki A reported that the Senju shinobi army was moving south, and the Third Raikage, Third Kazekage, Third Mizukage, and Ōnoki arranged troop support for the coming battle.
• The Third Raikage explained that Konoha’s Mangekyō Sharingan users could repair their eyes with First Hokage’s cells, while Ōnoki recalled how far Madara Uchiha surpassed them.
• The Third Raikage concluded that the alliance had to fight and weaken Konoha, since Konoha’s power could otherwise grow faster than the other villages could match.

Orochimaru persuaded Uzumaki Kuuhina to undergo transplants of Sharingan and a heart made from Hashirama’s cells, helping her fuse her chakra with the Nine-Tails’ and Mito Uzumaki’s. He then gave Minato similar transplants and prepared a more perfect Uzumaki clone for himself.

• Orochimaru convinced Kuuhina to undergo an experiment to gain strength and support Minato, and Mito Uzumaki and Yang Kurama agreed to help.
• Orochimaru transplanted Three Tomoe Sharingan and a Hashirama-cell heart into Kuuhina, who fused several kinds of chakra and gained Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and a new form of power.
• Minato arrived during Kuuhina’s surgery, comforted her afterward, and agreed to receive transplants of his own.
• Orochimaru gave Minato Three Tomoe Sharingan and a heart made from Hashirama’s cells, but Minato did not develop Yin-Yang Release.
• Orochimaru injected Mito Uzumaki’s chakra into a clone grown from her cells, transforming it into a more vital, perfect vessel.

Hiroshi Tamura admired Princess Kaguya’s evolved blue Reincarnation Eyes, reflected on the limits of the Otsutsuki bloodline, and wondered how far he could develop his Yang Seal. After slipping into Konoha’s camp disguised as a Root ninja, he found Minato Namikaze attempting to fuse three chakra natures and left Jiraiya reconsidering Danzō’s motives.

• Princess Kaguya’s Byakugan evolved into blue Reincarnation Eyes with a faint golden glow, and Hiroshi Tamura considered how they might develop further.
• Black Zetsu left the Sealing Space to monitor Madara Uchiha and Nagato Uzumaki while Hiroshi pondered whether he could advance his Twelve Yang Seal into an eighteen-seal or Six Paths form.
• Hiroshi bullied Natsuhi Star by threatening Hoshigakure and headbutting her forehead, then departed while the others tended to her injury.
• Disguised as a Root ninja, Hiroshi entered Konoha’s camp and watched Minato Namikaze practice combining Fire and Lightning Release with another nature transformation.
• Hiroshi argued to Jiraiya that Minato’s conservative thinking could not end the cycle of wars, and Jiraiya recognized that Danzō also sought peace despite his extreme methods.
• Jiraiya warned Minato not to rush into creating a Kekkei Tōta, encouraged him to develop a suitable Kekkei Genkai, and advised him to seek Sakumo’s help with Lightning Release.

Tamura Hiroshi traded Minato Namikaze’s eyes to Orochimaru and helped Shimura Danzō plan Pakura’s assassination by exploiting Rasa’s ambition. Orochimaru successfully grew an embryo from the Ōtsutsuki woman’s cells, while Rasa arranged to lure Pakura into a trap without exposing himself.

• Orochimaru traded Minato Namikaze’s eyes to Tamura Hiroshi in exchange for help obtaining a powerful Byakugan user’s bone marrow cells.
• Uchiha Kagami guided Orochimaru in fusing Yin Release chakra with the dojutsu power in his eyes, improving Orochimaru’s control.
• Tamura Hiroshi recommended that Shimura Danzō use Rasa to eliminate Pakura, and Danzō decided to contact him.
• Orochimaru traded the Tenseigan chakra to Shimura Danzō for the Ōtsutsuki woman’s cells and chakra, then grew a stable embryo using a Hyuga kunoichi’s egg cell.
• Rasa agreed to cooperate with Shimura Danzō and arranged to lure Pakura to a laboratory, planning to use a trusted associate so he would not be implicated.