Chapter Summaries

Mito Uzumaki accepted the invitation in the stolen library letter as a possible escape route for the Senju clan, while Tamura Hiroshi’s group defeated Jiraiya, captured three giant toads, and returned to Kumogakure with Mikoto Uchiha. There, Tamura revealed to the Third Raikage that chakra could be purified, but their discussion left him wary of hidden powers and Tamura’s plans for Konoha.

• Mito Uzumaki read the letter offering the Senju clan an escape route and decided it was worth preparing for, despite doubting the clan would be destroyed.
• Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru discussed the failed plan involving Mikoto Uchiha, while Jiraiya confronted Tamura Hiroshi’s group on the road.
• The Third Raikage defeated Gamabunta and two other giant toads, and Tamura Hiroshi sealed them away for Little Ten-Tails to devour and probe for memories.
• Tamura Hiroshi threatened Mikoto Uchiha with the prospect of leaked photographs, then his group continued to Kumogakure; Tsunade arrived too late to stop them and learned Jiraiya had escaped.
• Tamura Hiroshi used the Yachihoko Seal to extract and purify the Third Raikage’s chakra, revealing that something had resisted the process before Little Ten-Tails consumed it.
• The Third Raikage questioned Tamura Hiroshi about Mikoto Uchiha, heard the full account of his actions in Konoha, and suspected he had manipulated Lord Dodai as well.

Tamura Hiroshi purified Kumogakure shinobi and gave the Third Raikage a Sage Jutsu Curse Mark that strengthened him but caused a toad-like mutation. In Konoha, Orochimaru and Tsunade transplanted a Lava Release shinobi’s leg onto Jiraiya, while Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly ordered Orochimaru to resume research on a forbidden jutsu.

• Dodai confronted Tamura Hiroshi over his soaring bounty, then let him purify and mark Dodai and other trusted Kumogakure shinobi.
• Tamura Hiroshi implanted Gama Ken’s heart in the Third Raikage, whose new Sage Jutsu Curse Mark boosted his physical power and grew toad arms across his back.
• The Third Raikage urged Yozuki A and Fukai to train in Lightning Release so they could develop Black Lightning.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha grieving Gamabunta’s death, and Tsunade and Orochimaru transplanted a Lava Release shinobi’s leg onto him without anesthesia.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade that enemies had learned about his Sage Jutsu Curse Mark research and that Uchiha Hikari’s Sharingan had nearly killed him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Orochimaru and gave him a scroll ordering him to resume secret research on a forbidden jutsu.

Fugaku Uchiha destroyed Takigakure, took the Seven-Tails and Hero Water, and returned to his experiments with the power of his Mangekyo. Tamura Hiroshi took the Box of Paradise and arranged to conceal its use while the shinobi villages investigated Takigakure’s fall, leaving him among the teams searching for the culprit.

• Fugaku Uchiha slaughtered Takigakure, absorbed the Seven-Tails’ chakra, and used it to strengthen his Susanoo before leaving with the Hero Water.
• Black Zetsu brought Tamura Hiroshi to Takigakure, where Tamura examined the Sacred Tree and devised a plan to move it to Kumogakure for research.
• Tamura Hiroshi infiltrated Hozuki Castle, sealed away the Box of Paradise, and had the Little Ten-Tails devour Gū, gaining a more precise perception of emotions.
• Tamura Hiroshi filled the Box of Paradise with negative power and planned to gather more, while he and Black Zetsu agreed to disguise their actions as Onmyoji work.
• The destruction of Takigakure and the loss of the Seven-Tails drew investigation teams from the Five Great Shinobi Villages, including one led by Tamura Hiroshi.
• Rasa, Kitsuchi, and Tamura Hiroshi shared what they had learned, while Rasa suspected Kumogakure because it possessed the Uzumaki Sealing Technique.

Tamura Hiroshi awakened the Sacred Tree in Takigakure and brought it to Kumogakure, where it became the World Tree and the foundation for a village-wide barrier. As Kumogakure developed its defenses, Tamura Hiroshi began planning a future Genjutsu World but learned that it would require a powerful Genjutsu specialist and a Mangekyō Sharingan with Tsukuyomi.

• Tamura Hiroshi and the other village representatives found the Konoha squad dead from gaseous poison, with one member missing, and suspected Konoha had stolen information from Takigakure.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Yi to investigate Hozuki Castle and retrieve the rumored weapon linked to the Sage of Six Paths.
• Tamura Hiroshi used the Little Ten-Tails' chakra to awaken the Sacred Tree, and the Third Raikage brought reinforcements to help move it to Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi signed a Summoning Contract with the Sacred Tree and summoned it to Kumogakure, where its roots spread across the village and the Uzumaki Ninja began building a barrier around it.
• Tamura Hiroshi and his allies completed a Sage Jutsu Curse Mark using Katsuyu, transforming the Sacred Tree into the World Tree and filling Kumogakure with Natural Energy.
• Uchiha Hikari said a Genjutsu World would need a Mangekyō Sharingan with Tsukuyomi, and Tamura Hiroshi planned to approach Miss Mikoto about helping.

Tamura Hiroshi helped Kumogakure use the World Tree for defense and sought permission to train at Turtle Island’s True Waterfall. After returning home, he awakened Sharingan in Uzumaki Kousou and spent a relaxing day discovering that several of his fellow Kumogakure ninjas had begun dating.

• The Third Raikage praised the World Tree, and Tamura Hiroshi explained that he could use its chakra for Wood Dragon Jutsu and Wood Golem Jutsu but could not control them freely or leave the roots’ reach.
• Dodai reported that other villages had noticed the World Tree, but their reactions remained limited while Kumogakure used it only for defense and the war continued.
• The Third Raikage approved Tamura Hiroshi’s request to train at Turtle Island’s True Waterfall after a few days of rest.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned home, invited the women there to join him at Turtle Island, and answered Mikoto Uchiha’s threat to kill him by encouraging her to awaken a genjutsu-type Mangekyo ability.
• Tamura Hiroshi used chakra and the Little Ten-Tails’ and Princess Kaguya’s power to awaken a basic Sharingan in Uzumaki Kousou, then explained how training could develop her awakened abilities.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Uzumaki Kousou strolled through Kumogakure, where he spotted Teacher Fukai, Yozuki A, and Dodai dating, while the village promoted clan integration and intermarriage.

Tsunade and Konoha's leaders learned that Kumogakure's giant tree barrier might be connected to an Ōtsutsuki threat, while Tamura Hiroshi empowered the Island Turtle and uncovered clues about its ancient past. The chapter left Tamura intent on finding the Gelel Stone and Book of Gelel after learning of the turtle's vanished homeland and the ruins on its shell.

• Tsunade concluded that Kumogakure's sacred tree was not true Wood Release but could absorb chakra and power a vast defensive barrier.
• Shimura Danzō revealed that Kumogakure had fought five flying Byakugan wielders from the Ōtsutsuki Clan, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to classify the intelligence as top secret.
• Tamura Hiroshi traveled to Turtle Island with Kumo shinobi and his companions, then gave the Island Turtle chakra and taught it to refine more.
• Tamura Hiroshi formed a chakra link with the Island Turtle, named it a friend, and learned that it predated the moon and had survived the destruction of its homeland.
• The Island Turtle told Tamura Hiroshi that life-energy-rich material had once helped it and its companions grow, leading him to suspect the Gelel Ore Vein and plan to seek the Gelel Stone and Book of Gelel.
• The Island Turtle recalled that monks had settled on its back after the moon appeared, built structures, and left ruins before Kumogakure later discovered the island.

Tamura Hiroshi studied ancient monk and Onmyoji teachings at the True Waterfall while the others trained against their Dark Sides and awakened new powers. He entered his own Spiritual Space to face a Dark Side that challenged him to a decisive sword battle atop Hokage Cliff, where Tamura sought to reach Unity of Man and Sword.

• Tamura Hiroshi explored the True Waterfall’s hidden chamber and spent three days reading scrolls about Sage’s Talent, Natural Energy, and the monks’ methods of training the mind.
• Uchiha Hikari and the others repeatedly fought their Dark Sides, refining their Spiritual Power and swordsmanship; Uchiha Hikari’s Dark Side urged her to pursue revenge, but she rejected it.
• After nearly a month of studying the statue heads, Tamura Hiroshi advised the others to practice Sword Zen and pursue true Senjutsu after reaching Unity of Man and Sword.
• Mikoto Uchiha awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and tried Tsukuyomi on Tamura Hiroshi, but he resisted and paralyzed and spanked her; Uchiha Hikari challenged him to a spar, but he refused.
• Tamura Hiroshi entered his Spiritual Space and met a Dark Side resembling Sephiroth, who transformed their surroundings into Hokage Cliff and attacked with an oversized saber and stacked combat enhancements.
• Tamura Hiroshi fought his Dark Side on the virtual Hokage Cliff, seeking a breakthrough to Unity of Man and Sword while refining his swordsmanship.

Mito Uzumaki transferred the Nine-Tails into Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina before dying, while the Third Raikage stole its severed tails and Black Zetsu took the bodies of Mito Uzumaki, Hashirama Senju, and his brother. Hiroshi Tamura awoke from his long training having comprehended the Unity of Man and Sword, then learned that Uchiha Hikari had awakened the Ōkuninushi Dōjutsu.

• Black Zetsu sent news of Mito Uzumaki's impending Nine-Tails transfer to Uchiha Retsuyō, who relayed it to Kumogakure, and the Third Raikage set out alone to seize the Nine-Tails' tails.
• Mito Uzumaki released the Nine-Tails, lectured Tsunade, and prepared to split its power between Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina using the Reaper Death Seal.
• The Third Raikage severed and took the Nine-Tails' nine tails, but Mito Uzumaki and the others subdued the beast, sealed its soul into Minato Namikaze and its remaining body into Uzumaki Kuuhina, and Mito died after strengthening both seals.
• After Mito Uzumaki was buried beside Hashirama Senju and his brother, Black Zetsu stole all three bodies and the Death God masks.
• Hiroshi Tamura awoke after thirty-six days of training, announced that he had comprehended the Unity of Man and Sword, and agreed to spar with Uchiha Hikari after she revealed her Ōkuninushi Dōjutsu.

Tamura Hiroshi explained his sword intent and planned to use Uchiha Mikoto’s ocular technique to help his allies cultivate it, while the Nine-Tails’ tail strengthened the Little Ten-Tails and expanded his perception. After learning of Mito Uzumaki’s death and the divided Nine-Tails, he prepared schemes involving the Death Gods, the Sky Ninja Village, and the search for an ancient source of powerful life energy.

• Uchiha Mikoto revealed that Subtle Hands could manipulate one person’s perceptions, and Tamura Hiroshi considered forging a legendary blade to enhance it.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained how he had gained sword intent through years of combat in Spiritual Space and proposed using Mikoto’s time-altering ocular technique to help the others train.
• Yozuki A brought the Amber Purifying Pot containing a severed Nine-Tails tail, which Tamura Hiroshi fed to the Little Ten-Tails, expanding its size and his perception across Turtle Island.
• Tamura Hiroshi learned that Mito Uzumaki had died after splitting the Nine-Tails between Uzumaki Kuuhina and Minato Namikaze, and he planned to spread the news to provoke the other ninja villages.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Black Zetsu to search for the isolated survivors of an ancient empire that had possessed powerful life energy, then discussed using Death God materials to forge weapons against Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tamura Hiroshi chose the Sky Ninja Village as a candidate for his Death God scheme, intending to use its ambition to help conceal the operation and seize its chakra technology.

Tamura Hiroshi repaired the paired Meow blades, then forged a new Lightning Release legendary sword using a dark-side sword spirit and rare alloys. As Kumogakure celebrated the success, the Third Raikage ordered Yozuki A and Fukai to lead its forces into the escalating war while Tamura coordinated with the Uchiha.

• Tamura Hiroshi reforged little Meow and big Meow, improving both blades, then gave little Meow to Uzumaki Kousou and big Meow to Uzumaki Kushina.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Yozuki A that he could not upgrade the tri-affinity Kubikiribōchō, and Yozuki A chose to keep using it.
• Tamura Hiroshi used rare conductive alloys, Amaterasu flames, and a dark-side sword spirit to forge a Lightning Release legendary sword; the Third Raikage and Dodai watched as it succeeded.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that the sword spirit would bind the blade to a compatible wielder, but he had not yet found a way to pass the sword on after its owner died.
• The Third Raikage said the war was escalating after the Tsuchikage demanded greater frontline deployments, and assigned Yozuki A and Fukai to lead Kumogakure's forces while he stayed behind.
• The Third Raikage told Tamura Hiroshi to coordinate secretly with the Uchiha and help draw Konoha's army into the fighting; Mikoto Uchiha and Karura worried about their former kin.

Tamura Hiroshi lost his duel with Uchiha Hikari, then forged weapons for her and Uchiha Mikoto before Black Zetsu led him to a vast Gelel Ore Vein. After absorbing its energy and sharing some with the Island Turtle, Tamura Hiroshi discussed the next stage of strengthening it.

• Uchiha Hikari used teleportation to overwhelm Tamura Hiroshi, stole the Masamune Sword, and defeated him with her space-cutting Heavenly Cloud-Cutting Sword.
• Tamura Hiroshi admitted defeat, and Uchiha Kousou and Uzumaki Kushina tended to his wounds as the others praised Uchiha Hikari's Kage-level strength.
• Tamura Hiroshi forged a Wind Release Ninja Sword and began making signature swords for Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Mikoto, using their Mangekyo energy as blade spirits.
• Black Zetsu reported finding the Gelel Ore Vein, and Tamura Hiroshi traveled to the ruin, absorbed the vein's energy into the Little Ten-Tails, and received the Book of Gelel.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Turtle Island and gave the Island Turtle some of the Gelel energy, then discussed advancing its enhancement plan.

Tamura Hiroshi strengthened the island turtle and inspected Kumogakure’s advanced weapons before submitting a plan to capture the Reaper by drawing out the Sky Ninja Village. He then recruited Scorpion for the operation and began modifying Enma, hoping to create a powerful fighter.

• Tamura Hiroshi used Manda’s flesh, the Sage Jutsu Curse Mark, and Greer energy to give the island turtle a purple snake-headed tail and greatly increase its size and strength.
• Tamura Hiroshi visited Kumogakure’s firearm laboratories, where researchers tested firearms and developed ninja-gun techniques and gun-taijutsu; he encountered Mikoto Uchiha and warned her to keep the village’s weapons secret.
• Tamura Hiroshi returned to Kumogakure and submitted his Reaper Capture Plan to the Third Raikage and Dodai, who selected the Sky Ninja Village as the target for a military operation.
• Tamura Hiroshi invited Scorpion to join the operation and learned that Scorpion was building the Black Hawk IV, a faster aircraft designed to break through an air wall.
• Tamura Hiroshi modified Enma with the little Ten-Tails, hoping to enhance the monkey’s physical strength and realize his idea for a powerful battlefield fighter.

Tamura Hiroshi arranged research to fuse the three kinds of Senjutsu for Enma and learned that Mikoto Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari had received their new swords. After deciding to take Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou to the battlefield, he developed a new idea for expanding the Yang Seal, and Uzumaki Tamayou left to test it.

• Tamura Hiroshi asked Karura to study whether White Zetsu cells could help fuse the Senjutsu powers of the Three Great Sage Lands, while Enma remained at the laboratory.
• Tamura Hiroshi saw that Mikoto Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari had successfully sealed their Susanoo spirit artifacts into their swords, and considered giving Uchiha Hikari's Lightning Blade to Hatake Sakumo.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Kousou asked to join Tamura Hiroshi on the battlefield, and he agreed on the condition that they not act independently.
• Uzumaki Tamayou brought Tamura Hiroshi a method for combining three Yang Seals, and he drew a nested, expandable seal structure inspired by the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Uzumaki Tamayou judged that the new structure was promising and said she would need four days to refine and test it.

Tamura Hiroshi used Enma’s transformation and splitting techniques to create a flexible, durable Adamantine Battle Armor, then planned to fuse Enma with his Sage Jutsu Curse Mark. The women asked for armor of their own, and the group left the laboratory with further research and battlefield preparations ahead.

• Karura showed Tamura Hiroshi White Zetsu cells absorbing and fusing with cells from Katsuyu, Gamabunta, and Manda, creating a less corrosive medium for the Sage Jutsu Curse Mark that could be used by people around Kage Level.
• Karura reported that Enma’s body had developed snake scales, greater strength, weak healing, and an internal circulation that might eliminate his need for food or Nutrient Solution.
• Tamura Hiroshi used Enma’s Multiple Splitting Technique to divide him into 365 physical bodies, then transformed them into a flexible suit of gold-and-purple armor.
• Uchiha Hikari tested the armor with the Heavenly Cloud-Cutting Sword, but Tamura Hiroshi stopped her and explained that the blade could cut through it.
• Uzumaki Kushina, Uzumaki Kousou, Uchiha Hikari, Mikoto Uchiha, and Karura showed interest in getting their own armor, and Tamura Hiroshi offered to teach them the techniques using monkeys from the Monkey Clan.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Karura he planned to use the Chimera Technique and Sage Jutsu Curse Mark to fuse Enma into his Twin Dragons, strengthening them and potentially transferring the Curse Mark’s mutations onto the armor.

Tamura Hiroshi presented Kumogakure with his self-repairing Adamantine Staff armor and a proposal to develop it using monkey summons and resources from the Land of Snow. He then outlined a scheme to help Shimura Danzō found a ninja country, leaving the Third Raikage and Dodai to plan how Kumogakure could exploit the opportunity while building its strength.

• Tamura Hiroshi showed his new armor at the Raikage Office, and the Third Raikage tested it with the Spear of Hell, leaving only a shallow mark that slowly healed.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave the Third Raikage a scroll proposing armor research with Enma and other monkey summons, and Dodai agreed to pursue the Land of Snow's Chakra Armor project and toolmaking resources.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained plans to strengthen Enma and create symbiotic armor partners, prompting Yozuki A and Fukai to leave and choose monkeys of their own.
• Tamura Hiroshi said he could learn the Heavenly Transfer Technique with the aid of the Sage Jutsu Curse Mark and Little Ten-Tails.
• Dodai described Kumogakure's plan involving the Chinoike Clan, but Tamura Hiroshi proposed helping Shimura Danzō establish a ninja country and provoking a wider conflict that would let Kumogakure found the Thundercloud Ninja Country.
• The Third Raikage asked Tamura Hiroshi to design armor for him, then ordered Dodai to improve his strength and develop the Shimura Danzō connection while acknowledging the need to prepare for hidden powers in the Ninja World.

Shimura Danzō sought a vessel for the Box of Paradise’s corrosive power, while Ōtsutsuki Sari plotted to master his transformed eyes and claim the Ten-Tails. In the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura prepared for their mother’s return, as Madara Uchiha searched for a successor before falling back into slumber.

• Shimura Danzō learned the Box of Paradise held ownerless dark energy that required a vessel stronger than a Tailed Beast, and wondered whether the Ōtsutsuki clan’s forbidden treasure could contain it.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari resolved to seek a Main Family woman, the Giant Tenseigan, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to perfect his eyes and become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ōtsutsuki Hamura and the Sage of Six Paths agreed to wait for their mother’s clansmen and planned to use this era’s Indra reincarnation and the Nine Tailed Beasts to restrain their mother after her resurrection.
• Madara Uchiha reviewed White Zetsu’s intelligence, dismissed the Uchiha who had awakened their Sharingan, and ordered them to find a young Uchiha with a kind heart as a potential successor.
• Madara Uchiha heard reports about Takigakure’s destruction, Kumogakure’s transplanted tree, and Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then ordered White Zetsu to find a suitable target and returned to sleep.

Tamura Hiroshi and the women created Three Tomoe Yang Seals and Sage Jutsu Curse Marks using Karura’s cultivated pericardiums. After the new abilities proved stable, the group discussed the threat posed by research into the First Hokage’s cells, while Karura reassured Mikoto Uchiha that Tamura Hiroshi would protect the Uchiha clan.

• Uzumaki Tamayou presented Tamura Hiroshi with the revised Three Tomoe architecture and explained that the Six Tomoe design had been deduced but still needed testing against future expansions.
• Tamura Hiroshi and the women went to the hive base, where Uzumaki Tamayou carved the array and Tamura Hiroshi shaped the first Three Tomoe Yang Seal; Uchiha Hikari and the others then made their own.
• Karura showed the group pericardiums cultivated from White Zetsu cells, and Uzumaki Kushina became the first to seal one into a Sage Jutsu Curse Mark and confirm that it safely enabled sensing and absorbing natural energy.
• Uzumaki Kousou, Uchiha Hikari, Mikoto Uchiha, Karura, and Uzumaki Tamayou each formed a Sage Jutsu Curse Mark before Uzumaki Tamayou left to rest.
• Mikoto Uchiha worried that the First Hokage’s cells could produce powerful Wood Release users, and Karura assured her that Tamura Hiroshi would find the Uchiha a way to survive.

Tamura Hiroshi used Gelel Energy and the World Tree to begin building an Eternal Well that could produce life energy continuously, while easing the strain on Little Ten-Tails. As he traveled with his team to the Frontline, a discussion of railway security led Yozuki A to reflect on the village’s internal power struggles and the ruthless choices needed to maintain order.

• Tamura Hiroshi decided to use the Amber Purifying Pot and the World Tree to create an Eternal Well and relieve Little Ten-Tails’ excess Gelel Energy.
• Tamura Hiroshi expanded the Amber Purifying Pot inside the World Tree, fed it Gelel Energy, and used a sealing array to strengthen the tree and create a potent life-energy mixture.
• Tamura Hiroshi added the Sword of Totsuka to the array so the World Tree could infuse it with spiritual energy for his future plans.
• Yozuki A led Tamura Hiroshi and the others toward the Frontline by train, where Uzumaki Kushina raised concerns about railway sabotage.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed stronger railway defenses and harsh punishment for saboteurs, prompting Yozuki A to discuss the execution of clan members who had abused their power.
• Yozuki A acknowledged that his father, the Third Raikage, would punish even family members for serious wrongdoing, and accepted that they had to keep moving forward.

Tamura Hiroshi investigated hostility within the Cloud camp, then met Uchiha Fugaku in secret to discuss their alliance, the Uchiha’s internal opposition, and the threat of Impure World Reincarnation. Fugaku resolved to eliminate Hiroshi and destroy the Cloud forces on the front, while Hiroshi sensed Fugaku’s murderous intent.

• Tamura Hiroshi searched the Cloud camp with emotion sensing and identified more than a thousand people harboring varying degrees of hostility toward Yozuki A.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Uchiha Hikari teleported to a town, where Hiroshi met Uchiha Fugaku at a hot spring bathhouse.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked Fugaku for a list of opponents within the Uchiha and the ninja troops, and Fugaku handed him a list naming four Mangekyo users, including Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Naori.
• Tamura Hiroshi warned Fugaku that Hiruzen Sarutobi might use Impure World Reincarnation, and Fugaku feared the technique could summon the First and Second Hokage.
• After Hiroshi left, Fugaku recognized that Hiroshi had reached Kage Level and resolved to kill him and wipe out the Cloud Ninja Army on the front.
• Fugaku dispelled his Shadow Clone, unaware that Hiroshi had sensed his killing intent and guessed his thoughts.

Tamura Hiroshi discussed Fugaku Uchiha’s intentions and the coming battles with his allies, then revealed his theory for creating Swift Release and advancing bloodline fusion. The group planned to investigate the Jashin Cult while Hiroshi continued training toward his broader goal of fusing chakra natures.

• Tamura Hiroshi told Yozuki A and Fukai that Fugaku Uchiha’s hostility had increased and handed them intelligence on thirty-seven Uchiha, including four Mangekyō users.
• Tamura Hiroshi warned the group to leave Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Naori to him and Uchiha Hikari, then distributed Manda-cornea contact lenses infused with Senjutsu Chakra to help resist visual genjutsu.
• Tamura Hiroshi proposed using combined Tailed Beast power to force Konoha’s army into open combat, while Yozuki A and Fukai left to deal with other threats.
• Tamura Hiroshi invited Uchiha Hikari, Uzumaki Kushina, and Uzumaki Kousou to investigate the Jashin Cult in the Land of Hot Water.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that he was practicing Wind Release to create Swift Release and described his plan to fuse more chakra natures toward a higher form of bloodline evolution.