Chapter Summaries

Tamura Hiroshi returned from a temporal disappearance and fought Ōtsutsuki Shibai, who destroyed the Ninja World Planet before Hiroshi killed him with the Golden Finger. With the planet shattered and the Ōtsutsuki Clan alerted, Hiroshi chose to stay and rebuild his strength rather than flee.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other hidden survivors learned Kabuto had become the Seventh Sage Ninja and decided to retreat farther into the ocean, while Uchiha Obito vowed to recover the missing Tailed Beasts and carry out the Moon Eye Plan.
• While Tamura Hiroshi fused Time Power into his bloodlines, an interruption to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Time Dojutsu caused him to vanish from her sight.
• Ōtsutsuki Kaguya killed the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura, then devoured Ōtsutsuki Isshiki before Ōtsutsuki Shibai awakened and tried to claim her as a vessel.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned, severed Ōtsutsuki Shibai's arm, and battled him as both fighters summoned future selves and wielded Space-Time Power.
• Ōtsutsuki Shibai shattered the Ninja World Planet and bound Tamura Hiroshi with his final attack, but Tamura Hiroshi's Golden Finger destroyed Shibai's soul and will.
• Princess Kaguya urged Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu to flee before the Ōtsutsuki Clan arrived, but Tamura Hiroshi stayed to gather Power of Destiny and protect his family.

Tamura Hiroshi and Ringo Yuri survived a battle with Konoha Ninja, then found their squad leader, Jonin Moy, dead from poison. After collecting weapons and chakra from Moy’s bone sickles, they headed back toward Kirigakure, where Yuri demanded that Tamura carry her.

• Tamura Hiroshi used poison and traps to kill the surviving Konoha Ninja, while Ringo Yuri was knocked unconscious by an Explosive Tag and slapped him after he revived her with CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Ringo Yuri searched for Jonin Moy and found him dead from poison, with his Shikotsumyaku bone sickles still in his hands.
• Tamura Hiroshi absorbed the remaining chakra in Moy’s body into the bone sickles and sealed away his corpse.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Yuri that Kirigakure’s war was being used to weaken its internal factions, and Yuri warned that ANBU might question him for saying so.
• Ringo Yuri put on Tamura Hiroshi’s pack, jumped onto his back, and threatened to tell ANBU everything unless he carried her back.

Tamura Hiroshi built a bone-reinforced spider armor using a spider’s remains and Kaguya Moi’s Shikotsumyaku, then showed it to Yuri and Ringo Jasmine. Jasmine offered him a place in the Ringo Clan and explored turning his armor-making technique into a clan asset, while Tamura saw a chance to gain protection and resources.

• Tamura Hiroshi fashioned a Chakra Core from Kaguya Moi’s remains and used it to create a spider armor reinforced with Shikotsumyaku bones.
• Tamura tested the armor, struggled to free one of its legs from a wooden pillar, and adjusted the suit until it fit and moved more smoothly.
• Yuri tried on the armor and agreed that Tamura could make her a custom set if she told her father about his work.
• Ringo Jasmine arrived, offered Tamura a place in the Ringo Clan, and joked that he could pursue Yuri after proving his worth.
• Tamura explained which creatures could be used to make more armor, and Jasmine asked whether its spider legs could fold away.

Tamura Hiroshi developed bone armor for the Ringo Clan and gave Yuri a custom suit, while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist arrived at the camp. The chapter ended with Ringo Jasmine asking Yuri to demonstrate how to put on the armor as Yuri continued to distrust Tamura.

• Ringo Jasmine approved a plan to make a hundred suits of bone armor and promised Tamura Hiroshi materials and support.
• Ringo Jasmine told Yuri to keep Tamura close because the Clan needed his skills to help with its secret technique’s harmful side effects and to protect the armor project.
• Ringo Jasmine sent Tamura a batch of Kaguya bones and research scrolls, and he crafted ten suits of armor before suitable Summoning Beasts ran short.
• Yuri warned Tamura that seven powerful, bad-tempered ninjas had arrived at the camp, and Tamura recognized them as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Tamura gave Yuri a custom spider-themed armor suit made from Kage-level Kaguya bones, then they fought after Yuri bit his arm and he restrained and tickled her.
• Ringo Jasmine entered, sent Tamura to treat his bite, and asked Yuri to demonstrate putting on the armor, but Yuri demanded that Tamura leave or cover his eyes.

Tamura Hiroshi and Yuri followed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to the front, where they encountered Might Duy fighting the seven. Tamura captured Might Guy and used him as a hostage just as Might Duy opened the Gate of Death.

• Tamura Hiroshi finished demonstrating the puppet armor to Ringo Jasmine, then resumed studying ways to improve it.
• After receiving a compulsory mission, Tamura Hiroshi and Yuri followed the main force toward the front and collected Konoha headbands along the route.
• Tamura Hiroshi sensed trouble, rushed ahead with Yuri, and ambushed Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu; Yuri killed Ebisu while Tamura paralyzed Genma and subdued Guy.
• Tamura Hiroshi carried Might Guy and Genma Shiranui toward the battle, hoping to use them to protect the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist from a powerful opponent.
• Might Duy opened the Gate of Death as Tamura Hiroshi appeared with Might Guy held hostage, prompting Might Duy to prioritize his son's safety.

Tamura Hiroshi helped divert the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s attack from Might Duy and later watched them turn the tide against Konoha’s forces. As Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Enma tried to escape, Tamura’s group ambushed them, and Tamura branded a Contract Seal onto Enma in his Adamantine Staff form.

• Tamura Hiroshi’s Water Clone convinced Might Duy to take the poisoned Might Guy and leave, then blew up Genma Shiranui’s body to conceal evidence.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen suspected someone had set them up but continued toward the battlefield; Tamura Hiroshi returned to collect fragments of Kubikiribōchō’s broken tip.
• Kirigakure launched an assault, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen attacked Konoha from behind, forcing Sarutobi Shinnosuke to order a retreat.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen surrounded Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who summoned Enma and tried to escape with him.
• Enma transformed into the Adamantine Staff and struck Juzo Biwa, breaking through the encirclement, but Tamura Hiroshi’s armored group ambushed them.
• Tamura Hiroshi leaped onto Enma’s staff and imprinted a Contract Seal formula on it.

Tamura Hiroshi captured Enma and the Monkey Clan, then learned that the pregnant Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could become a future opportunity against Konoha. As both armies regrouped after heavy losses, Ringo Hyakujin arrived at the front, and Tamura presented him with a customized Spider Armor before Kirigakure’s planned assault.

• Juzo Biwa died after his Water Clone beheaded Sarutobi Shinnosuke, while Karatachi Yagura ordered Kirigakure’s forces to pursue Konoha and take its camp.
• Tamura Hiroshi collected the Kubikiribōchō fragments, captured Enma, and used the Monkey Clan’s contract scroll to help Ringo Jasmine’s forces capture the clan.
• Tamura Hiroshi learned from Enma’s memories that Uzumaki Kuuhina was pregnant and warned Ringo Jasmine that the Nine-Tails might break free and leave Konoha vulnerable.
• Kirigakure broke through Konoha’s second defense line, but Jiraiya arrived with three toads and halted its advance as both armies regrouped.
• Ringo Hyakujin joined Karatachi Yagura’s forces and agreed to attack Konoha’s third defense line the next day.
• Tamura Hiroshi showed Ringo Hyakujin a custom Spider Armor fitted with blood-absorbing strips made from the Kubikiribōchō.

Ringo Hyakujin and the Kirigakure forces defeated Jiraiya’s summoned toads and broke the Konoha defensive line, while Tamura Hiroshi harvested the toads’ remains and studied their Senjutsu memories. After nearly a month of training and research in the rear, Tamura Hiroshi learned that the war had suddenly ended and wondered what had happened.

• Ringo Hyakujin tested the Spider Armor, then told Tamura Hiroshi to help seal the toads’ summoning contracts in the next day’s battle.
• Jiraiya summoned the three Gamabunta brothers, but Ringo Hyakujin struck them with natural lightning while Tamura Hiroshi applied Contract Seals to them.
• The Kirigakure forces overwhelmed the Konoha line, and Shikaku Nara coordinated Jiraiya’s escape while leaving the incapacitated toads behind.
• Tamura Hiroshi dissected the toads, recovered memories of their Senjutsu training, and made three enormous Chakra Cores from their flesh and hearts.
• Ringo Hyakujin returned to guard the rear as Tamura Hiroshi trained and researched; nearly a month later, he was informed that the war had ended.

Minato Namikaze infiltrated the Kirigakure camp but was injured and poisoned after the Ringo Clan countered his Flying Thunder God Technique and resisted his Rasengan. He returned to Konoha for treatment as the Ringo Clan destroyed the marked armor formulas and prepared to remain on the battlefield.

• After learning Minato had entered the camp, Tamura Hiroshi alerted Ringo Hyakujin and moved Yuri to safety while Ringo Jasmine fired a signal flare.
• Minato attacked the armored Ringo Clan members with Flying Thunder God and Rasengan, but their armor blocked his strikes and a poisoned Magnet Release blade wounded him.
• A Ringo Clan member explained how the Flying Thunder God formulas on Minato's kunai could be used to track his movements, and Minato retreated to treat the poison.
• Tamura Hiroshi examined the captured armor, found Minato's formulas on it, and destroyed them after Ringo Jasmine rejected using them to trap him.
• Ringo Jasmine planned to use the Mizukage succession conflict as cover for the clan to stay on the battlefield and prepare to move to the Land of Lightning front.
• In Konoha, medical ninja warned Minato might suffer lasting nerve damage, Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to summon Tsunade, and Minato considered how to counter Kirigakure's armor and abilities.

After upgrading the Ringo Clan’s armor, Tamura Hiroshi and his allies infiltrated Konoha as the Nine-Tails rampaged through the village. The chapter ended with Tamura Hiroshi and Ringo Hyakujin reaching the sealed room that held the Scroll of Seals.

• Minato Namikaze reported that the Ringo Clan’s armor had resisted his Rasengan, while one enemy had countered his Flying Thunder God Technique with Magnet Release.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Jiraiya and Konoha’s forces to counterattack, prompting Karatachi Yagura to retreat and seek a ceasefire with Kirigakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi replaced the bones in his Shikotsumyaku with titanium alloy, then prepared to upgrade the Ringo Clan’s armor and plan an infiltration of Konoha.
• On October tenth, the Nine-Tails broke loose inside Konoha, and Ringo Hyakujin ordered his group to move in during the chaos.
• Tamura Hiroshi discovered numerous hidden Explosive Tags beneath Hokage Cliff, while Ringo Iwagato left a Stone Clone there to await an opportunity.
• The Ringo Clan entered the Hokage Building in Anbu disguises, and Tamura Hiroshi and Ringo Hyakujin reached the sealed room containing the Scroll of Seals.

Hiroshi Tamura and the Ringo ninja raided Konoha during the Nine-Tails attack, stealing valuable scrolls and artifacts before escaping as the village was devastated. After masking their memories of the operation, Hiroshi studied Senju Tobirama’s sensory technique and planned to find Kumogakure’s moving turtle island as a secret base.

• Hiroshi Tamura used Minato Namikaze’s blood to open the Hokage Building’s barriers while Ringo Hyakujin and the others looted its stores and Kakashi’s home.
• The group entered the Senju Clan Land, opened its sealed rooms with Tsunade’s blood, and discovered a hidden storehouse after the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb shattered its underground barrier.
• Hiroshi and the others seized the storehouse’s contents and escaped Konoha, which had been heavily destroyed by the blast.
• Back aboard their vessel, Hiroshi hypnotically masked the group’s memories of the raid, and he also masked his own.
• Hiroshi studied Tobirama’s sensory ninjutsu and began training in it while planning to locate Kumogakure’s turtle island as a concealed base.

After half a year at sea, Tamura Hiroshi and the Ringo Clan discovered Turtle Island, a giant sea turtle used by Cloud ninja, and launched an attack. As they slaughtered the defenders, a Cloud sensory ninja tried to send a warning by dolphin, but Tamura Hiroshi killed it before it could escape.

• The Third Mizukage redirected Karatachi Yagura to the Land of Wind and explained that Shimura Danzō and Root made the Land of Fire front too dangerous.
• Karatachi Yagura asked for the Ringo Clan's support, but the Third Mizukage said Ringo Hyakujin intended to remain neutral.
• After drifting at sea for half a year, Tamura Hiroshi sensed Cloud ninja and guided Ringo Hyakujin's fleet toward the Ice Sea.
• Tamura Hiroshi spotted Turtle Island, a giant sea turtle, and Ringo Hyakujin ordered the Ringo ninja to kill every Cloud ninja there.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Yuri pursued a fleeing Cloud sensory ninja, who sent a coded message to a dolphin before Tamura Hiroshi killed it.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Ringo ninja seized Turtle Island, drove it to warmer waters, and rebuilt its barrier as a hidden base. Ringo Hyakujin returned mortally wounded after the failed assault on Kumogakure, leaving his family gathered around him as he made his final arrangements.

• Tamura Hiroshi pursued and captured a Kumogakure ninja, then returned to Turtle Island after Yuri retrieved the dolphin and its scroll.
• The Ringo ninja wiped out the Kumogakure forces and animals on Turtle Island, spared three jonin for interrogation, and discovered the True Waterfall.
• Tamura Hiroshi tried to fight his dark side at the True Waterfall but was quickly defeated, while Yuri began her own trial.
• Ringo Hyakujin ordered Tamura Hiroshi to clear Turtle Island, establish contact with its giant turtle, and hide the island from Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi removed Kumogakure's seals, guided the island turtle away from the icy sea, and upgraded its barrier for sensing, invisibility, concealment, and submergence.
• Ringo Hyakujin returned gravely injured after Kumogakure ambushed his group during their attempt to seize the Kaguya patriarch's body, and Yuri and the Ringo ninja gathered at his side.

After Ringo Hyakujin died, Tamura Hiroshi became the Ringo Clan’s new head and began planning to challenge for the position of Mizukage by strengthening the clan and its armor. He led a party to the Land of Snow, where they captured Nadare Rōga and Kazahana Dōtō and seized the Chakra Armor research and materials.

• Ringo Hyakujin named Tamura Hiroshi the twentieth head of the Ringo Clan, and the clan members accepted him before Hyakujin died.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Ringo Jasmine he intended to change Kirigakure and compete for the Mizukage position, then asked for the clan’s support in obtaining armor technology and materials.
• Tamura Hiroshi, Ringo Jasmine, Yuri, and the clan ninja traveled to the Land of Snow and learned that Nadare Rōga had gone to the capital with Kazahana Dōtō.
• Tamura Hiroshi and his companions infiltrated the capital’s castle, captured Nadare Rōga, and subdued Kazahana Dōtō.
• Tamura Hiroshi interrogated Kazahana Dōtō and seized his Chakra Armor laboratory, including its materials, notes, blueprints, and unfinished suits.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Ringo ninja looted Takumi Village’s ultimate ninja-tool blueprints and captured Shen Nong while raiding Sky Ninja Village. They seized Zero-Tails and dismantled the airborne fortress, then left with its valuable components and technology.

• Tamura Hiroshi led the group to Takumi Village, where they stole its ninja-tool techniques and found Seimei’s blueprints and body in his tomb.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the others attacked Sky Ninja Village, defeated its defenders, and captured Shen Nong before he could reach Zero-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi used a Sharingan-powered genjutsu to read Shen Nong’s memories and discovered information about Sky Ninja Village’s technology and unfinished medical techniques.
• Ringo Jasmine reported that the group had secured the airborne fortress, Zero-Tails, flying-tool materials, and Chakra Metal.
• Tamura Hiroshi decided to dismantle the fortress, study Zero-Tails and its seal, and take the valuable components back to Turtle Island.
• The Ringo ninja dismantled the base over five days, sealed away its useful contents, and destroyed the ruins before leaving.

Tamura Hiroshi found and absorbed the Gelel Ore Vein by building a massive sealing array inside the Island Turtle, then used its energy to advance his research and create the Bone Demon. He left the Bone Demon unfinished, aiming to add Senjutsu and the Steel Release Bloodline.

• Tamura Hiroshi found an ancient ruin in the Land of Rivers and confirmed that a powerful Gelel Ore Vein lay beneath it.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the Ringo clan built a huge sealing array inside the Island Turtle and used it to draw up, refine, and contain the Gelel Energy.
• Ringo Jasmine's group caught an old man and a snow ferret spying near the ruins, and Tamura Hiroshi learned that the ferret had lived for countless years before dissecting it for research.
• Tamura Hiroshi used Gelel Energy to advance his research, separated the destructive power behind the Shikotsumyaku, and created the Bone Demon from the Kaguya Clan Head's corpse and other materials.
• Tamura Hiroshi identified Senjutsu and the Steel Release Bloodline as the two missing elements needed to perfect the Bone Demon.

Tamura Hiroshi pursued the Tsuchigumo Clan’s secret technique while discussing the Great Ninja War and the political tensions within Kirigakure. He then infiltrated Kumogakure and Konoha, raided their research facilities and stores, and escaped with valuable materials as Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected a former student was behind the attack on Root Base.

• Tamura Hiroshi explained that the Tsuchigumo Clan’s secret technique could strengthen the Bone Demon and the Chakra Cannon, and Ringo Jasmine agreed to intensify the search.
• Ringo Jasmine briefed Tamura Hiroshi on the shifting war alliances, and he ordered her to watch for a chance to break Kirigakure’s alliance with Iwagakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to infiltrate Kumogakure, steal research materials and the Chakra Cannon, and empty its guarded treasury before escaping amid explosions.
• Tamura Hiroshi reached Konoha, confirmed that Minato Namikaze’s and his wife’s graves were empty, and raided Root Base for research, bodies, and other materials.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived after Tamura Hiroshi escaped, suspected his former student, and ordered the Anbu to leave Root Base to Danzō’s people.

Tamura Hiroshi raided the Temple of Fire, Sunagakure, and Hoshigakure for techniques and resources, then brought Kazuma’s son back and had Ringo Jasmine adopt him as Ringo Kyo. After rescuing Guren and his teammates from a failed mission against Iwagakure, Hiroshi exposed Kirigakure’s internal strife and considered recruiting Guren; the chapter ended with Guren asking whether Hiroshi planned to leave the village.

• Shimura Danzō learned that his Root Base had been raided and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi, but decided to let the attack go to avoid destabilizing Konoha during the war.
• Tamura Hiroshi studied the Temple of Fire’s Sage’s Talent, found Kazuma’s son Kū carrying sealed Nine-Tails Chakra, and took the baby away.
• Tamura Hiroshi stole scrolls and books from Sunagakure before blowing up the Kazekage Building, then took Hoshigakure’s Star Meteorite and Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that Kū was a False Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Ringo Jasmine adopted him as Ringo Kyo.
• Ringo Jasmine brought Guren and his injured teammates Suiren and Shunsai to Turtle Island, where Tamura Hiroshi treated them and explained that Kirigakure’s internal conflict had led Iwagakure to attack them.
• After Suiren and Shunsai recovered enough to wake, Guren asked Tamura Hiroshi whether the Ringo Clan intended to use the incident as a chance to leave Kirigakure.

Tamura Hiroshi recruited Guren and his companions to support his bid to become the Fourth Mizukage, then acquired the Tsuchigumo Clan’s secret treasure and took in Hotaru. Back on Turtle Island, he learned the Third Mizukage had ordered the Ringo Clan to retaliate against Iwagakure, forcing them toward a wider war.

• Tamura Hiroshi explained his plans to reform Kirigakure, and Guren, Suiren, and Shunsai pledged their loyalty to him.
• Tamura Hiroshi assigned Guren to return to Kirigakure as a covert ally, gave him training resources, and set out to find the Tsuchigumo Clan.
• Tamura Hiroshi traded the Temple of Fire’s Sage’s Talent for the Tsuchigumo Clan’s secret jutsu and treasure, and agreed to take En no Gyōja’s granddaughter Hotaru as his disciple.
• Tamura Hiroshi brought Hotaru to Turtle Island, where Ringo Jasmine offered to raise her.
• Ringo Jasmine told Tamura Hiroshi that the Third Mizukage had ordered the Ringo Clan to avenge Kumogakure’s losses against Iwagakure, risking conflict with both villages.

Tamura Hiroshi’s forces joined the battle between Kirigakure and Iwagakure, turning the fight with advanced weapons and armor after Rōshi’s Tailed Beast Bomb devastated both armies. The chapter left Tamura restraining Steel Golem and Rōshi with golden chains while Gari faced him.

• Tamura Hiroshi refused to ally with the Ninja Clan factions, while the Third Mizukage secretly maneuvered to draw Iwagakure into a decisive battle.
• Gari, Steel Golem, and Rōshi launched an attack on Kirigakure, and Rōshi’s Tailed Beast Bomb killed Hozuki Jagetsu and Kirigakure’s elite jonin while leaving Yuki Shimo badly injured.
• Rōshi struck down Yuki Shimo, and Gari ordered Iwagakure to finish off the collapsing Kirigakure forces.
• Tamura Hiroshi and nearly one hundred Ringo ninjas arrived, bombarded Iwagakure with explosive iron balls, and attacked its disorganized ranks.
• Tamura Hiroshi restrained Steel Golem and Rōshi with golden chains as Gari prepared to face him.