Recaps

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.

Rasa lured Pakura into an ambush, where Haruko’s explosive betrayal left her gravely injured, but Tamura Hiroshi secretly rescued her and brought her to Tsunade and Karura for treatment. Pakura learned that Hiroshi had engineered the events to sever her ties with Sunagakure; she remained furious as she recovered in his care, though their bickering gradually softened her hatred.

• Rasa’s plan led Pakura and her companions into a Root ambush, where Haruko poisoned Pakura and detonated over a thousand Explosive Tags, apparently killing them all.
• The Yachihoko Seal teleported Pakura’s remains to Tamura Hiroshi, who preserved her life force and sent her to the Summoning Realm for treatment by Tsunade and Karura.
• Tamura Hiroshi admitted that he had provoked Rasa into targeting Pakura so she would break with Sunagakure and become a citizen of Kumogakure; Pakura awoke and vowed to kill him.
• Tsunade, Karura, and Hiroshi treated Pakura’s severe burns and broken bones, restored her face, and began rebuilding her back while Hiroshi repeatedly provoked her.
• Hiroshi carried Pakura to Karura’s dormitory and continued caring for her as they argued about his schemes, Swift Release, and his plans to marry her and have children.
• As Pakura recovered, her hatred of Hiroshi gradually ebbed into anger, and she instinctively leaned against him.

Tamura Hiroshi completed a transformation that let his body continuously absorb Natural Energy and remain in Sage Mode, then prepared to reclaim Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Initial Sphere Space. Ye Cang confronted him at his villa, newly empowered by the Star Meteorite's energy and joined by Natsuhi Star, and the chapter ended before their long-awaited fight began.

• The Third Kazekage, Rasa, and Chiyo investigated the destroyed base and found no clear evidence of what had happened to Ye Cang, while Chiyo privately suspected Rasa and Rasa worried Ye Cang might still be alive.
• The war's samurai armies plundered and slaughtered civilians across the Land of Fire, while Tamura Hiroshi remained unaware and trained in the Summoning Realm.
• Tamura Hiroshi inscribed Senjutsu runes into every cell in his body, giving him a Sage Body that absorbed Natural Energy and converted refined chakra into Senjutsu Chakra.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu discussed the Sage of Six Paths' aging and Tamura Hiroshi's plans to develop lightning- and fire-based Senjutsu before reclaiming Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Initial Sphere Space.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to his villa to rest, but Ye Cang arrived with Star Meteorite-powered wings and Natsuhi Star, ready to fight him.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Tsunade and the other women despite their preparations, then punished them by inserting tubes before explaining that his training had raised his speed to three times the speed of sound. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Fugaku Uchiha worked to awaken Uchiha Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly prepared for the coming decisive battle.

• Tsunade, Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Naori, Izumi Shimura, Pakura, and Natsuhi Star tried to trap Tamura Hiroshi in a Four Red Yang Formation, but he dislocated their limbs with his speed.
• Tamura Hiroshi inserted tubes into the defeated women, then told Tsunade that his Sage Body had raised his maximum speed to three times the speed of sound.
• Karura told Tamura Hiroshi that the Frontline remained quiet, while the Land of Fire suffered heavy losses, lost nearly half its territory, and saw its Daimyo killed.
• Orochimaru examined Uchiha Kagami as Fugaku Uchiha used an illusion about Naori to try to awaken Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Orochimaru discussed Jiraiya’s Dust Release and their concern that Hiruzen Sarutobi might also have mastered it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi continued trying to fuse Dust Release on a remote island while preparing his Mangekyō Sharingan and Impure World Reincarnation forces for the expected decisive battle.

Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu awakened Princess Kaguya and Little Ten-Tails’ Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, opened the Initial Sphere Space, and absorbed it into Tamura’s Sealing Space. The effort left Tamura gravely injured, and Tsunade and the others took charge of his treatment, leaving him helpless in their hands.

• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu removed Nagato Uzumaki’s Rinnegan, extracted its powers, and returned the eyes before escaping to the Summoning Realm.
• Princess Kaguya and Little Ten-Tails evolved into wielders of the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, fused into the Jade Rabbit, and opened a path into the Initial Sphere Space.
• Princess Kaguya regained her consciousness by absorbing chakra in the Initial Sphere Space and recognized Tamura Hiroshi as her little brother.
• Tamura Hiroshi studied Madara Uchiha’s Dojutsu Power while Black Zetsu spent two months laying a sealing array, then drew the Initial Sphere Space into Tamura’s Sealing Space.
• The absorption left Tamura Hiroshi’s body badly twisted, and Tsunade carried him to her laboratory and began treating him as Mikoto Uchiha, Pakura, Uchiha Naori, and Izumi Shimura joined in.

Dark Izumi transformed after consuming Tamura Hiroshi’s flesh, prompting Tsunade and the others to take some of him to evolve their own bodies. While recovering, Tamura Hiroshi worked with Black Zetsu to develop the Initial Sphere Space, then challenged the newly strengthened group to a serious fight.

• Dark Izumi’s body mutated as she devoured Natural Energy, and Tsunade ordered Mikoto Uchiha and the others to bind her while she examined the transformation.
• Tsunade offered Tamura Hiroshi’s flesh to help the girls evolve, and Karura accepted a portion before taking him back to the villa to recover.
• Tamura Hiroshi discussed modifying the Initial Sphere Space with Black Zetsu, then planted a World Tree seed there and began planning to add plants, animals, and Natural Energy.
• After recovering, Tamura Hiroshi equipped the Vajra Wish-Granting Dragon Armor and summoned Tsunade and the others for a decisive fight.
• Tsunade, Mikoto Uchiha, Uchiha Naori, Izumi Shimura, Pakura, and Senju Nawaki used their new abilities to face Tamura Hiroshi, who attacked without holding back.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Tsunade and the others, then subjected them to painful Evil God Rituals and hair-pulling before learning that five Pocket Dimensions surrounded their world. He planned to recover and then join the approaching war between Konoha and the Four Village Allied Forces.

• Tsunade, Nawaki, Mikoto Uchiha, Uchiha Naori, and Pakura combined their attacks to trap Tamura Hiroshi and drive a powerful Rasengan into him, but he broke free with Getsuga Tensho and defeated them.
• Tamura Hiroshi took the group to Karura's research area, reattached their limbs, sealed their chakra, and performed the Evil God Ritual on Nawaki and Tsunade before tormenting them with tape and hair-pulling.
• Karura and Uzumaki Tamayou brought food to Tsunade and the others, while Tamura Hiroshi and Dodai discussed the Pocket Dimensions he had discovered and the threat they might contain.
• Dodai reported that the Four Village Allied Forces had strengthened their Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and Kage, who were preparing for an all-out attack.
• Tamura Hiroshi said he would rest for a few days before going to the battlefield, and Dodai agreed to notify the Third.

Tsunade and the others recovered in the hospital after enduring the Evil God ritual, while Karura explained that it had granted them heightened senses and an immortal body. Tamura Hao prepared to return to the war after four days of rest, then visited the hospital and provoked the women with his teasing, confessions about his erotic novels, and threats against the Sand Village.

• Tsunade learned from Karura that the Evil God ritual had permanently heightened their senses and made them nearly immortal, though the women remained furious with Tamura Hao.
• Tamura Hao considered the strengthened four-village alliance and its senjutsu-enhanced fighters, developed Purple Lightning, and prepared to leave after his hair grew back.
• Tamura Hao visited the hospital and teased Pakura and Tsunade, then carried Uchiha Mikoto into their bed despite her protests.
• Tamura Hao told Tsunade, Uchiha Juri, and the others how he had written erotic novels after working at bathhouses and studying the books he found.
• Uchiha Juri confronted Tamura Hao about the trouble his stories had caused the Uchiha clan, and Pakura warned him that his novels could make him enemies throughout the ninja world.
• Tamura Hao threatened to wipe out the Sand Village, and Pakura angrily insisted that he would not dare.

Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kikyō Mountain Castle, revealed that he had cultivated a Sage Body, and helped his companions undergo a weaker transformation using serum made from his cells. After Uchiha Hikari asked how to evolve her Mangekyō Sharingan, Tamura agreed to test his secret technique on her and cast Limited Tsukuyomi.

• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kikyō Mountain Castle and told the Third Raikage, Yozuki A, and Fukai that he had cultivated a human Sage Body.
• Tamura gave his companions Sage Body serum, and they used Senjutsu Chakra to aid their bodily transformations.
• Tamura noticed Uchiha Hikari’s Three Lightning Sage Jutsu Curse Marks and discussed how Swift Release and other bloodlines might enhance physical combat.
• Uchiha Hikari pressed Tamura to reveal how to evolve the Mangekyō Sharingan, and she kissed him and declared herself his woman in exchange for his secret technique.
• Tamura explained that his technique drew on Tsukuyomi to increase Dojutsu Power, then used Princess Kaguya’s Six-Tomoe Rinnegan as the basis for Limited Tsukuyomi on Hikari.

Uchiha Hikari and her blonde counterpart spent a century ruling an illusion world before merging into one person and returning to reality with stronger eyes. Tamura Hiroshi then returned to Konoha Camp, where Orochimaru showed him Kurenai Yuhi’s experimental eyes and sought help with their lingering rejection.

• Uchiha Hikari and the blonde Hikari joined forces in the Limited Tsukuyomi, conquered the Ninja World, and ruled the Empire of Light while Tamura Hiroshi served as their consort.
• After a century in the illusion, the two Hikari fused their chakra and Dojutsu Power, returned to reality, and perfected Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tamura Hiroshi overpowered the two girls after they returned, then went to Konoha Camp and was welcomed by Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru showed Tamura Hiroshi that Kurenai Yuhi’s eyes had gained Dojutsu Power by combining the Sharingan and Ketsuryūgan, though rejection remained.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked whether Orochimaru knew the Uchiha Clan’s Transcription Seal, and Orochimaru explained that it stored ocular techniques temporarily rather than fusing them with an eye.

Tamura Hiroshi traded Orochimaru information on Minato Namikaze’s Light Release for samples of Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails flesh, while Orochimaru created a genjutsu-enhancing Cursed Seal for Kurenai Yuhi. As the Four Village Allied Forces prepared to attack, Minato remained unable to gain Nine-Tails’ trust, and Orochimaru announced that the decisive battle would begin within days.

• Orochimaru sealed his Dojutsu Power into a new Cursed Seal on Kurenai Yuhi, allowing her to amplify her genjutsu with Yin Release Chakra.
• Tamura Hiroshi refused Orochimaru’s offer to join him and traded records of Minato Namikaze’s Light Release for samples of Hyuga cells and Chakra, promising to obtain flesh from the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi read Orochimaru’s records, learned how Minato had developed Light Release, and concluded that Nine-Tails’ Chakra had helped Minato survive dangerous bloodline fusions.
• Minato Namikaze failed to persuade Nine-Tails to share its perfect Chakra Mode, while Jiraiya warned him not to bear the burden of ending the war alone.
• Orochimaru told Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya that the Four Village Allied Forces were nearly ready and the decisive battle would begin within days.

Tamura Hiroshi studied Minato Namikaze’s Light Release and used it to guide his own development of a silver Light Release, surviving a dangerous bloodline transformation. As Uchiha Hikari prepared to leave the coming decisive battle because she was pregnant, Yozuki A and Fukai began their own chakra fusions, while Hikari considered another way to help.

• Tamura Hiroshi discovered that Uchiha Hikari was pregnant and told her to avoid the decisive battle and train Wind, Fire, and Yang Release instead of transforming her bloodline during pregnancy.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that he would use Light Release to challenge Minato Namikaze, then went to the Third Raikage’s residence to develop it.
• Tamura Hiroshi combined Swift Release and Fire Release into silver Light Release and endured a day-long, painful transformation with Black Zetsu’s secret help.
• After recovering with Nutrient Solution, Tamura Hiroshi estimated that Light Release had raised his burst speed from three to four times the speed of sound.
• Yozuki A began fusing Lightning and Earth Release, and Fukai began fusing Wind and Lightning Release into Swift Release.
• Uchiha Hikari watched Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou and began considering how she could contribute despite being unable to fight.

Tamura Hiroshi discussed the limits of combining Kekkei Genkai and the coming war with the Third Raikage, while Uchiha Hikari returned to the Summoning Realm after revealing she was pregnant. There, Hikari saw Karura’s formidable new weapons and reunited with the others, who worried about the war and their allies’ survival.

• Tamura Hiroshi explained that preserving Swift Release interfered with evolving Light Release, and he and the Third Raikage discussed how Kumogakure and Konoha might approach the war.
• Uchiha Hikari sealed enough of her chakra and Dojutsu Power into Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou to let each manifest a Perfect Susanoo for half an hour, then Tamura Hiroshi sent her to the Summoning Realm.
• Uchiha Hikari met Karura, who demonstrated her Mobile Flying Blades, Thousand Blades sword, and Magnet Release techniques before learning that Hikari was pregnant.
• Karura hosted a dinner where Uchiha Hikari told the others about her pregnancy and answered questions about her age, Uchiha Kagami, and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Mikoto Uchiha hoped that Uchiha Fugaku and the others would survive the war, and Karura called everyone to dinner.

Konoha launched a surprise assault on Kikyō Mountain Castle during a thunderstorm, and Tamura Hiroshi joined the Allied Forces as the battle spread across the city and battlefield. The chapter left Tamura facing Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze as Orochimaru opened with Sage Art: Deep Forest Emergence.

• Konoha used Tailed Beast Bombs to disperse the storm clouds and began its surprise attack, while Tamura Hiroshi sent the Raijin Clone back to Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi sensed a Flying Thunder God formula inside the city as Fugaku Uchiha, Uchiha Kagami, and Senju Chōsu appeared with Susanoo-clad wooden golems.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou formed a Perfect Susanoo and helped the Allied Forces hold off the three wooden golems, while Yozuki A and Fukai fought Konoha’s shinobi outside the city.
• Tamura Hiroshi clashed with Jiraiya and spoke with Minato Namikaze before Orochimaru arrived and challenged him with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Orochimaru used Sage Art: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to send a flood of rapidly growing trees toward Tamura Hiroshi.

Tamura Hiroshi overwhelmed Minato Namikaze despite Jiraiya and Orochimaru’s efforts, forcing Orochimaru to unleash a life-draining Wood Release technique. Hiroshi dismantled the giant Buddha, and the chapter left him facing Minato and Jiraiya while they took his apparent fatigue as a possible weakness.

• Tamura Hiroshi evaded Jiraiya’s Senjutsu Dust Release and fought Minato Namikaze, whose Mangekyō Sharingan and Light Release still could not keep up with him.
• Orochimaru used Hero Water to unleash Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, creating a giant wooden Buddha at the cost of his life force.
• Tamura Hiroshi severed the Buddha’s neck and began dismantling it, forcing Orochimaru to withdraw and abandon the technique.
• Minato Namikaze returned to Jiraiya and noticed Hiroshi’s labored breathing and dimmed silver glow, believing his chakra reserves might be limited.
• Tamura Hiroshi continued holding Minato and Jiraiya at bay while concealing how much strength he still had.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Uchiha Kagami’s attempt to blind him and held Minato at bay as the battle across the city continued. When Ōtsutsuki Sari raided the battlefield for Jinchuriki, Tamura intercepted him and claimed the captured Tailed Beast Clone Jinchuriki, bringing Little Ten-Tails close to completion.

• Minato entered Kurama Mode and combined it with Sage Mode, but he still could not land a hit on Tamura Hiroshi.
• Uchiha Kagami tried to blind Tamura Hiroshi with Mokumokuren, but the technique affected the Twin Dragons instead, and Tamura beheaded Kagami.
• Minato and Tamura Hiroshi remained locked in a standoff while the battle inflicted heavy losses on both sides.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari attacked the Jinchuriki, captured the Tailed Beast Clone Jinchuriki, and failed to take the three main Jinchuriki.
• Tamura Hiroshi pursued Ōtsutsuki Sari, forced him to retreat, and sent the captured Jinchuriki into Initial Sphere Space for Little Ten-Tails to absorb.