Chapter Summaries

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Gari, the Steel Golem, and Rōshi with sealing techniques, poisoned weapons, and his Heavenly Seven-Ringed Shield, forcing the Iwagakure shinobi to retreat. After collecting valuable bodies and memories, he left the battered forces to withdraw while Kumogakure pursued Iwagakure; Tamura Hiroshi secretly followed, still intent on capturing Rōshi.

• Tamura Hiroshi used Adamantine Sealing Chains and poisoned blades to incapacitate the Steel Golem and impale Gari with the Chiyou Sword.
• Tamura Hiroshi sealed Rōshi’s Tailed Beast Chakra, blocked his Tailed Beast Cannon with the Heavenly Seven-Ringed Shield, and severed both his legs as he fled underground.
• Gari ordered the Iwagakure shinobi to retreat, and Tamura Hiroshi read the memories of Mizunuki Shimo, Gari, and the Steel Golem before sealing their corpses and Rōshi’s legs.
• The Iwagakure shinobi withdrew after the battle, while the Ringo ninja gathered bodies and Tamura Hiroshi returned to his clan without approaching the wary allied forces.
• The remaining shinobi of the three clans retreated from their destroyed camp, and Kumogakure sent troops after the fleeing Iwagakure forces.
• Tamura Hiroshi secretly followed the forces while collecting corpses, determined to capture Rōshi and obtain the Four-Tails.

Tamura Hiroshi and the Ringo ninja recovered Rōshi’s corpse before returning to Turtle Island, where Hiroshi completed the Bone Fiend and strengthened the island, their armor, and his weapons. Meanwhile, rival villages and factions sought the Ringo Clan’s puppet armor, and Yuri chose a sword design that Hiroshi claimed carried a curse.

• Tamura Hiroshi’s group bombarded the legless Rōshi from the air, and Rōshi sank into magma and killed himself rather than surrender the Four-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi used an Adamantine Sealing Chain to retrieve Rōshi’s corpse, then escaped with the Ringo ninja as Cloud Ninjas approached.
• The Third Mizukage, Rasa, Chiyo, and Shimura Danzō responded to reports of the Ringo Clan’s puppet armor by seeking to acquire it, while Rasa and Chiyo agreed to keep Sasori away from the Land of Wind.
• Tamura Hiroshi fused the Steel Golem’s body and the Tsuchigumo treasure into the Bone Fiend, integrated it into Turtle Island, and upgraded the island’s defenses and the puppet armor.
• Tamura Hiroshi forged a stronger Chiyou Sword and offered Yuri a choice of sword designs; Yuri chose his gold-plated Excalibur imitation despite his warning that it would stunt her growth.
• Yuri asked Tamura Hiroshi to modify her Eight Spider Blades, and he demanded personal services as payment, prompting her to swing the sword at him.

Tamura Hiroshi finished a lightning-powered sword for Yuri, then traveled to rescue Uzumaki clan members and recruit Uzumaki Kushina. He returned to Turtle Island with Kushina, Honoka Uzumaki, and Kousou, preparing his clan to face Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.

• Tamura Hiroshi created Lightning Spider Armor and shaped the Excalibur from a Lightning Blade and the Sword of the Thunder God, but Yuri snatched it and tested its golden lightning blade.
• Tamura Hiroshi traveled to the Land of Grass, found Honoka Uzumaki and Kousou, and rescued them from Kusagakure before raiding Summoning Island for its research and Ultimate Summoning Beast.
• Tamura Hiroshi went to Cloud Thunder Gorge, defeated the guards, and invited Uzumaki Kushina to join the Ringo Clan.
• Uzumaki Kushina read records linking Hiruzen Sarutobi to Uzushio Hidden Village's destruction and agreed to leave after learning two clan members were alive.
• Tamura Hiroshi brought Uzumaki Kushina, Honoka Uzumaki, and Kousou back to Turtle Island, where he explained that he wanted to prepare against Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.

Tamura Hiroshi treated Uzumaki Kousou and brought the Ringo clan members to Turtle Island, where he rallied them to support his bid for Mizukage and his plan to cultivate children with bloodline powers. After Kushina took his Chiyou Sword in exchange for the Adamantine Transfer Seal, Hiroshi inspected a powerful but fragile Bone Scythe and left it sealed away.

• Tamura Hiroshi replenished Uzumaki Kousou's life force with a Gelel Stone, then sealed stones into Kushina and Honoka as a safeguard.
• Tamura Hiroshi brought the Ringo clan members out of Kirigakure, exposed and executed traitors, and told the clan about his contributions and the village's threats.
• Tamura Hiroshi persuaded the Ringo clan to support his bid for Fourth Mizukage and invited volunteers to provide reproductive cells for cultivating children with bloodline powers.
• Tamura Hiroshi paired donated reproductive cells in the laboratory, while Kushina questioned him about Uzumaki samples and cursed Konoha after he blamed Root for obtaining them.
• Kushina took Tamura Hiroshi's Chiyou Sword and gave him the Adamantine Transfer Seal, which he decided to use to strengthen his Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Tamura Hiroshi inspected a fragile Bone Scythe carrying destructive Shikotsumyaku power and resealed it because it was dangerous and unusable in battle.

Tamura Hiroshi abducted Hatake Kakashi, showed him evidence implicating Konoha and Kirigakure’s leaders in past tragedies, and recruited him to Kirigakure. After replacing and enhancing Kakashi’s eyes and body, Tamura revealed evidence that Uchiha Obito might still be alive and had attacked Konoha; Kakashi’s Sharingan evolved as he struggled to accept it.

• Tamura Hiroshi anesthetized Hatake Kakashi at Uchiha Obito’s grave and carried him to an island laboratory in Kirigakure.
• Kakashi read files documenting surveillance and autopsies of his family, teachers, and friends, then accepted a Kirigakure forehead protector and agreed to join Tamura.
• Tamura explained that Obito’s grave contained no body and that the Mangekyō Sharingan suggested Obito might still be alive.
• Tamura described Kakashi’s body modifications and presented the Amaranthine Blade and Lightning War Spear, weapons designed for his enhanced abilities.
• Tamura gave Kakashi records indicating that a one-eyed Mangekyō wielder had released the Nine-Tails, and Kakashi recognized Obito’s Mangekyō pattern as his Sharingan evolved to Two Tomoe.

Tamura Hiroshi broke through to Kage-level strength and went to Kirigakure to monitor the village’s factional conflict, where he clashed with Orochimaru and seized two Kusanagi Swords. After warning Kakashi that Obito might be controlling Karatachi Yagura, Tamura prepared for the coming confrontation over the Mizukage succession.

• Tamura Hiroshi defeated his dark side in the True Waterfall illusion, then learned from Ringo Jasmine that Karatachi Yagura had become the Three-Tails’ Perfect Jinchuriki and the ninja clan faction was growing desperate.
• Tamura Hiroshi hid the island turtle near the Land of Water’s main island and sensed an unfamiliar, powerful chakra near Kirigakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi attacked Orochimaru, sealed two Kusanagi Swords, and killed Orochimaru’s summon Manda with a bomb of one million explosive tags, though Orochimaru escaped.
• Kirigakure ANBU found evidence of the battle, and the Third Mizukage decided to accelerate his plan against the ninja clan faction.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to the island turtle with Manda’s remains and told Kakashi that Obito might be controlling Karatachi Yagura with the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Tamura Hiroshi intercepted Kisame and warned him that Karatachi Yagura might be controlled by an outsider, then recruited Kisame, Mei Terumi, and Zabuza Momochi to support his bid to become Fourth Mizukage. He left Mei Terumi and Zabuza agreeing to back him in exchange for equipment, while he continued preparing to challenge Kirigakure’s factions.

• Tamura Hiroshi defeated Kisame, removed a White Zetsu spore from him, and suggested that Karatachi Yagura might be controlled by someone wielding the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kisame accepted Tamura Hiroshi’s warning as plausible, hid the sealed White Zetsu spore inside his stomach, and continued toward Kirigakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi confronted Mei Terumi and Zabuza Momochi and asked them to support his bid for Fourth Mizukage.
• Tamura Hiroshi defeated Zabuza and Mei Terumi with his flying swords, and Zabuza agreed to support him in exchange for the Seven Kill Sword.
• Mei Terumi agreed to support Tamura Hiroshi if he provided her with armor and a Ninja Sword before asking for her aid.

Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kirigakure with the Ringo Clan and accused the Third Mizukage of betraying the village, then launched an assault to bring him to justice. As the battle turned against the Mizukage faction, Uchiha Obito finally made his move against Tamura Hiroshi.

• Mei Terumi received her blue flying armor and scythe, while Zabuza grew envious and considered marrying into the Ringo Clan to obtain equipment of his own.
• The Third Mizukage led Karatachi Yagura and his forces against the three clans, whose defenses collapsed after Yagura transformed into the Three-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi arrived above Kirigakure with the Ringo Clan, publicly accused the Third Mizukage of causing deaths and fomenting conflict, and declared a death sentence against him.
• Kushina, Mito, and Rin used Adamantine Sealing Chains to capture Karatachi Yagura, while Kakashi removed Obito's control from him and realized Obito had been behind it.
• Kakashi attacked the Third Mizukage, and Ringo Iwagato and the other Ringo ninja overwhelmed the Mizukage faction as Kisame watched from the outskirts.
• Uchiha Obito twisted space behind Tamura Hiroshi and launched an attack, intending to seize the Ringo Clan Head and retake control of Karatachi Yagura.

Tamura Hiroshi defeated Orochimaru’s four reincarnated fighters and crushed the Third Mizukage’s rebellion, then led Kirigakure through a public trial of the Blood Mist Policy’s perpetrators. The chapter ended with Hiroshi announcing that the policy was over.

• Tamura Hiroshi escaped Obito’s Kamui ambush, and Kakashi entered Kamui Space to confront Obito.
• Genji, Zabuza, Guren, and Kisame joined the fighting, helping Kushina’s group defeat the Mizukage faction and capture the Third Mizukage.
• Orochimaru sent Mu, Rōshi, Gari, and Steel Golem to kill Tamura Hiroshi, but Hiroshi defeated them and escaped their attacks with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Hiroshi ordered Genji to arrest those responsible for the Blood Mist Policy and sent Gō and Zabuza Momochi to secure the forces at the Frontline.
• Kirigakure publicly interrogated the Third Mizukage and other accused officials, and Hiroshi declared the Blood Mist Policy over.

Tamura Hiroshi consolidated his rule as the Fourth Mizukage and traveled secretly to Konoha, where he offered Hizashi Hyuga a way to free Branch Family children from the Caged Bird Seal. Hizashi remained cautious after Tamura demonstrated his cultivated Byakugan, asking why he still wanted the Hyuga children.

• Konoha's elders discussed suppressing the Uchiha and Hyuga, recalling Danzo from Kirigakure, and obtaining a Ringo Clan puppet armor.
• Tamura Hiroshi imposed merit-based assessments and strict anti-corruption rules in Kirigakure, while offering custom puppet armor commissions to appease the Ninja Clans.
• After learning Kumogakure had sent a peace delegation to Konoha, Tamura Hiroshi traveled there covertly with Kakashi, Yuri, and Mei Terumi.
• Tamura Hiroshi secretly collected unrotted bodies from Konoha's ninja cemetery, while Kakashi visited Rin Nohara's grave and spoke of seeing Obito alive.
• Tamura Hiroshi entered the Hyuga compound and offered Hizashi Hyuga a chance to send his son and other Branch Family children to Kirigakure without the Caged Bird Seal.
• Tamura Hiroshi showed Hizashi a mass of cultivated Byakugan, and Hizashi asked why he still wanted the Hyuga children if he could produce Byakugan himself.

Hizashi Hyuga helped Tamura Hiroshi remove more than three hundred Branch Family children from Konoha, while the Hyuga Clan and Konoha faced a crisis over a Kumogakure abduction attempt. Tamura also rescued Kakashi and Minato's child, then traveled to Kumogakure to gather materials from its ninja cemetery.

• Hizashi Hyuga gathered the Branch Family children who had not received the Caged Bird Seal, and Tamura Hiroshi teleported them outside Konoha before taking them to Kirigakure with Mei Terumi and Yuri.
• Hizashi Hyuga and his wife died, and the Main Family discovered the missing children; Hyuga Hiashi later killed a Kumogakure intruder who had tried to abduct his daughter, only to find a doll in his arms.
• Kumogakure demanded that Konoha hand over Hyuga Hiashi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi warned the Hyuga Clan that its Main Family would have to fight if war resumed.
• The Hyuga Clan tried to offer Hizashi Hyuga's corpse in Hiashi's place, but discovered that Hizashi and his wife's bodies had disappeared; Tamura Hiroshi had taken them.
• Kakashi brought Might Guy and Minato's neglected child out of Konoha, and Tamura Hiroshi transported them to safety before traveling with Mei Terumi and Yuri to dig up graves in Kumogakure.

Might Guy read Kakashi’s files and learned that the Third Hokage’s son had arranged the deaths of his father, Genma, and Sō, then followed Kakashi to Kirigakure. Meanwhile, Tamura Hiroshi negotiated with Oyashiro En to bring the surviving Chinoike Clan out of Hell Valley and into Kirigakure.

• Kakashi defeated Might Guy after he opened the Sixth Gate, then gave him life fluid and files to read.
• Might Guy discovered evidence that the Third Hokage’s son had arranged his father’s death and chose to go to Kirigakure with the files.
• Kakashi explained to Might Guy that Naruto was Minato’s child and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and that he had taken Naruto in after finding him neglected.
• Tamura Hiroshi entered Hell Valley with Mei Terumi and Yuri, killed the Chinoike clansmen who had gone mad, and called for a representative.
• Oyashiro En agreed to gather clansmen willing to submit to Kirigakure, then returned with fewer than one hundred survivors.
• Tamura Hiroshi sent the Chinoike survivors toward Kirigakure aboard a ninja hawk, with Mei Terumi and Yuri protecting them with a barrier.

Tamura Hiroshi freed Nine-Tails from Uzumaki Naruto, arranged to restore the other half of Nine-Tails’s soul, and revived Minato Namikaze so he could face his family and the truth about Naruto. Minato learned that Naruto had been mistreated and questioned whether the masked man was truly Obito.

• Tamura Hiroshi visited the displaced Hyuga and Chinoike clans, urging Oyashiro En and Neji Hyuga to help their clans settle into Kirigakure and reassuring Neji about Hinata.
• Tamura Hiroshi entered Uzumaki Naruto’s Spiritual Space, broke the Eight Trigrams Seal, and released Uzumaki Kuuhina’s chakra while Kushina showed her memories of Naruto’s treatment to her.
• Tamura Hiroshi negotiated with Nine-Tails, who agreed to leave Naruto and cooperate with Kirigakure in exchange for freedom and help recovering his sealed soul.
• Tamura Hiroshi extracted Nine-Tails from Naruto, placed a protective seal in its Spiritual Space, and used the Reaper Death Seal to release Minato Namikaze’s soul from the Death God.
• Tamura Hiroshi revived Minato Namikaze through the Impure World Reincarnation, and Kakashi showed him memories of Naruto’s suffering and the masked man.
• Minato Namikaze recognized Kakashi and Naruto, expressed guilt, and asked whether the masked man was really Obito.

After freeing the Nine-Tails and sealing Minato Namikaze’s soul, Tamura Hiroshi took Uzumaki Naruto as his disciple and began dealing with Kirigakure’s finances and the demands of its Tailed Beasts. He then advanced plans to transform Kirigakure into a shinobi nation, building a vast force from war orphans and preparing to seize resources from the Five Great Nations.

• Minato Namikaze released the Nine-Tails’ soul, and Tamura Hiroshi sealed Minato’s soul to prevent Orochimaru from controlling him.
• Tamura Hiroshi offered to train Uzumaki Naruto, who accepted after Kakashi assured him that Tamura was powerful enough to help him defeat the Nine-Tails.
• Tamura Hiroshi paid the Nine-Tails an advance for protecting Kirigakure, then agreed to pay the Three-Tails and Six-Tails as well and ordered a review of village salaries.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Genji discussed a plan to seize the Five Great Nations’ reserves and establish a shinobi nation, while Genji warned they would need fifty thousand troops and extensive supplies.
• Tamura Hiroshi revealed that Kirigakure had secretly taken in nearly one hundred and forty thousand war orphans and ordered Genji to raise the total to one million, proposing that they borrow supplies from the Land of Fire.

Konoha’s leaders decided to renew the war with Kumogakure after the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki disappeared, while the other villages made plans to exploit the conflict. Tamura Hiroshi and Genji watched the war spread as Kirigakure stayed isolated and Tamura Hiroshi continued his research.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed with Shimura Danzō to secretly launch a renewed war against Kumogakure and sent forces toward the Land of Hot Water.
• Rasa decided to open an eastern front against Konoha after Chiyo revealed that Tsunade might be unable to fight, while Ōnoki prepared to investigate Orochimaru’s resurrection technique.
• Dodai told Night A that Konoha was using Kumogakure to weaken the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, and the Fourth Raikage recognized that Kumogakure was being used as a blade.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Genji reviewed the spreading conflict and continued Kirigakure’s plan to develop quietly while the other villages weakened one another.
• Tamura Hiroshi continued cultivating Yin Release and Water Release and researching how to fuse Dark Release.

Tsunade’s return to the front ended in disaster when Chiyo exploited her hemophobia, forcing Konoha to abandon Kikyō Mountain Fortress. As the war with Kumogakure dragged on for more than three years, Jiraiya learned that Konoha had launched the conflict without certainty about the kidnapping of Minato’s child or the other alleged crimes, and confronted Shimura Danzō over the enormous losses.

• Tsunade arrived at Kikyō Mountain Fortress and agreed to provide medical support while Mitarashi Shiyo prepared to face Chiyo’s army.
• Rasa joined Chiyo’s attack, and Chiyo used bloodied puppets resembling Nawaki, Dan Katō, and Tsunade’s relatives to trigger Tsunade’s hemophobia.
• Katsuyu rescued Tsunade, and Mitarashi Shiyo ordered a retreat as the Sand Ninja captured Kikyō Mountain Fortress and inflicted heavy losses.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Utatane Koharu to support the front and discussed the worsening war on other fronts as Konoha’s conflict with Kumogakure continued for more than three years.
• Jiraiya confronted Shimura Danzō, who revealed that Kumogakure was suspected of kidnapping Naruto but that Konoha lacked certainty and had also considered the Mangekyo behind the Nine-Tails Incident.
• Jiraiya condemned Shimura Danzō for continuing a costly war on uncertain grounds, while Shimura Danzō insisted that Konoha needed to capture the Fourth Raikage or the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki to secure Naruto’s return.

Uchiha Shisui revealed his Mangekyo while trying to help Jiraiya capture Killer B and end the war, but Killer B killed himself and the Eight-Tails died with him. After the Cloud forces drove Konoha into retreat, Dodai asked Yuzuki to become the next Raikage.

• Uchiha Shisui felt troubled by his clan’s gloating over Konoha’s losses, while Itachi asked what was weighing on him.
• Jiraiya visited the Great Toad Sage, who sent Fukasaku and Shima to help capture Killer B and learn whether Kumogakure had taken Minato’s child.
• Jiraiya attacked the Eight-Tails with a Wind-and-Fire Rasengan, but Killer B killed himself before Konoha could capture him, and the Eight-Tails died with him.
• Yozuki A charged at Jiraiya, but Uchiha Shisui used his Mangekyo to make the Fourth Raikage kill himself and then protected Jiraiya with Susanoo.
• The Cloud forces attacked with Tailed Beast Bombs, and Jiraiya ordered a retreat before a giant snake swallowed him and Shisui and carried them underground.
• Dodai asked Yuzuki to become the next Raikage, and she agreed to help stabilize Kumogakure.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Shisui stabilized Shisui’s Hashirama-cell transplant and traced Konoha’s prolonged war to the abduction of Minato’s child and the Hyuga clan head’s daughter. As the group planned a trip to Kirigakure to investigate Tamura Hiroshi and the possibility that Kushina was alive, Tamura continued developing his power and relaxed on the beach with the tailed beasts and his comrades.

• Tsunade treated Jiraiya’s injured arms, while Orochimaru used Shisui’s and his relatives’ Mangekyo Sharingan to suppress the Hashirama cells transplanted into him.
• Jiraiya revealed that Minato’s child had been abducted alongside the Hyuga clan head’s daughter, and Orochimaru suspected that Fourth Mizukage Tamura Hiroshi had used the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Orochimaru said he had seen Uzumaki ninja using Adamantine Sealing Chains during the Kirigakure coup, prompting Tsunade to wonder whether Kushina was still alive.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Shisui agreed to travel to Kirigakure in three months, while Orochimaru said Takigakure had been destroyed and the Seven-Tails had disappeared.
• Tamura strengthened his Senjutsu Dark Release by cultivating chakra in an expanded Kamui Space and completed his aptitude for all seven chakra natures.
• Tamura found the Nine-Tails, Seven-Tails, Six-Tails, Four-Tails, and Three-Tails enjoying the beach with Kakashi and the others, then asked Kisame to exchange weapons so he could try Samehada.

Tamura Hiroshi gave Kisame a Boil Release-powered trident, transformed Samehada into a growing summoning creature, and confronted Orochimaru’s team when they infiltrated the Land of Water. The battle ended with the Toad Sages dead and Tsunade cut in two.

• Tamura Hiroshi replaced the trident’s Explosion Release core with a jonin-level Boil Release core and modified it for Kisame, who found it better suited to him than Samehada.
• Tamura Hiroshi merged an Ultimate Summoning Beast’s body into Samehada, gave it Gelel Stone, a Summoning Contract, and Flying Thunder God Technique, then released it to grow in the sea.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Uchiha Shisui infiltrated the Land of Water and discovered that Kirigakure had purged the nobles and wealthy merchants and taken control of the country.
• Tamura Hiroshi and his allies confronted the group; Tsunade reunited with Kushina, while Jiraiya mistakenly identified Kisame as the Fourth Mizukage.
• Orochimaru summoned twelve shinobi through Impure World Reincarnation, but Tamura Hiroshi destroyed them and harvested their souls as Yuri attacked Orochimaru.
• Tamura Hiroshi severed Jiraiya’s connection to the two Toad Sages and killed them, Kisame wounded Jiraiya with his trident, and Mei Terumi cleaved Tsunade in two.

Tamura Hiroshi killed Orochimaru and Jiraiya, stole the Great Toad Sage’s treasures, then returned to Kirigakure to battle Obito’s forces. He captured Nagato Uzumaki after taking one Rinnegan, while Obito escaped with the other and Nagato was left despairing.

• Tamura Hiroshi sealed Orochimaru’s soul in the Bone Demon Scythe, then pursued Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku and took him away from the Great Toad Sage.
• Tamura Hiroshi harvested Jiraiya’s soul, absorbed the Sage’s Talisman, and stole the Great Toad Sage’s orb before returning to Kirigakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi helped repel Obito’s assault, took Nagato Uzumaki’s left Rinnegan, and recovered Konan’s body after her explosive attack.
• The Tailed Beasts destroyed most of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but it escaped after Tamura Hiroshi found a remaining arm.
• Tamura Hiroshi tracked Obito after he took Nagato Uzumaki into Kamui Space, but Obito escaped with Nagato’s remaining Rinnegan.
• Tamura Hiroshi found Nagato Uzumaki alive and considered keeping him in Kirigakure, while Nagato despaired over the deaths of Konan and Yahiko and the loss of his dream.