Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Jin learned that Konoha faced a combined enemy force of about ten thousand and explained how Shimura Danzō’s scheme had caused the crisis. As Konoha’s defenders prepared for an imminent assault, the Iwagakure vanguard arrived with a Tailed Beast Ball.

• Mimura Hamaki reported that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had sent at least five thousand and four thousand troops, and estimated their armies would arrive within half an hour.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Kumogakure troops had attacked Kikyo Mountain after he pursued the envoy who tried to free the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Jin blamed a Konoha leader’s plan to use the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki as bait for drawing the allied armies into attacking Konoha, and Mimura Hamaki concluded that the leader was Shimura Danzō.
• Hizashi Hyuga reported that the defenders had used up more than half their Exploding Tags and had lost many ninja tools.
• Hizashi Hyuga spotted a Tailed Beast Ball approaching Kikyo Mountain Fortress and identified the Iwagakure Army’s vanguard.

Uchiha Jin deflected two Tailed Beast Balls and devastated the Iwagakure Vanguard with his Great Brahma technique, but surviving Iwagakure Ninja remained. As he headed toward Kikyo Mountain Fortress, a tall figure suddenly attacked him.

• Hizashi Hyuga warned Uchiha Jin that an incoming Tailed Beast Ball was too powerful to redirect safely, and Jin used Susanoo to bat it into distant mountains.
• Hizashi Hyuga spotted Iwagakure's Vanguard preparing another Tailed Beast Ball, so Uchiha Jin flew toward them and knocked the second attack aside.
• Uchiha Jin unleashed Fire Style Secret Art · Character Buddha Seal · Great Brahma, sweeping Han and hundreds of Iwagakure Ninja into a vast explosion.
• Uchiha Jin replenished his Chakra while dozens of surviving elite Iwagakure Ninja emerged from underground, then headed toward Kikyo Mountain Fortress.
• A tall figure suddenly appeared beside Uchiha Jin and punched at his head.

Uchiha Jin was cornered by Han and the Iwagakure Ninja after exhausting much of his stamina and chakra. Just as Jin prepared to release a cursed seal, Might Duy arrived and knocked Han away, leaving Jin safe for the moment.

• Han's steam-powered punch struck Uchiha Jin, but Jin escaped with the Substitution Technique.
• Jin sensed that surviving Iwagakure Ninja had located him and realized his exhausted body could not hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• Jin began activating a cursed seal as Han charged and broke the tree where he was hiding.
• Might Duy opened the Seven Gates and kicked Han away before Jin released the seal.
• Jin thanked Duy for arriving in time, and the chapter revealed that Jin had supported Duy and helped him strengthen his body.

Uchiha Jin was rescued by Konoha reinforcements after Might Duy forced the Iwagakure vanguard to retreat. Back at Kikyo Mountain Fortress, the commanders prepared for an expected assault while waiting for Minato Namikaze, Nara Shikaku, and Orochimaru to arrive.

• Might Duy protected Uchiha Jin as Konoha reinforcements arrived, forcing Han and the Iwagakure vanguard to withdraw.
• Hatake Kakashi told Uchiha Jin that Hyuga Hiashi had brought 1,034 reinforcements, with the main force close behind.
• Hyuga Hiashi arrived, and the Konoha forces regrouped with troops sent by Hyuga Hizashi and Mimura Hamaki before returning to Kikyo Mountain Fortress.
• Hyuga Hizashi and Mimura Hamaki reported that Iwagakure and Kumogakure were encamped nearby and likely waiting for Sunagakure before attacking.
• Uchiha Jin urged the commanders to maintain their defenses and increase scouting until the remaining Konoha reinforcements arrived.

Uchiha Jin tried to escape Uzumaki Kushina’s anger after she learned he had hidden Uchiha Obito’s survival from her. When Jin revealed that Nohara Rin was alive too, Kushina redirected her fury toward Hatake Kakashi, who admitted he had seen Rin.

• Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku arrived at Kikyo Mountain Fortress with a large force, and Uzumaki Kushina confronted Uchiha Jin with her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Uzumaki Kushina accused Jin of hiding Obito’s survival and rejected his explanation that secrecy had been necessary.
• Jin promised to reveal a secret about Kushina and told her that Rin was alive and had been in the village.
• Jin escaped Kushina’s punch with a substitution and pointed out that Kakashi and Obito had also known Rin was alive.
• Kushina pursued Obito and Kakashi, but Obito escaped while she bound Kakashi and dragged him aside after he admitted seeing Rin.

Uchiha Jin rested after handing Kikyo Mountain Fortress’s defenses to Minato Namikaze, then joined Konoha’s war council as the village prepared to face the allied forces of Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure. The council ended with Nara Shikaku urging the gathered ninja to unite and hold the enemy back to protect Konoha.

• Minato Namikaze postponed demanding an explanation from Uchiha Jin about Obito and Rin until after Jin had rested.
• Uchiha Jin and the others handed the fortress defenses to Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku before Jin slept for nearly ten hours.
• Uchiha Jin attended a war council with Konoha’s leading ninja as the allied armies prepared to attack.
• Nara Shikaku reported that Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure had assembled over ten thousand troops, including several powerful leaders and Jinchuriki.
• Nara Shikaku called on the council to set aside past grievances and defend Konoha and the people in the village.

Nara Shikaku explained Konoha’s plan to defend Kikyo Mountain Fortress against the Three Villages Allied Forces while Kirigakure and Kumogakure tried to draw off reinforcements. The chapter ended as he prepared to assign the defense’s specific tasks.

• Nara Shikaku asked the clan leaders to set aside their rivalries, and they agreed to put the village first.
• Nara Shikaku said 4,500 defenders at Kikyo Mountain Fortress faced an allied force of 10,000, which intended to commit everything in its first assault.
• Nara Shikaku revealed that Kumogakure had sent 3,000 troops toward the Land of Hot Water and that Kirigakure ninja had landed along the Southern Coastline.
• Nara Shikaku explained that Jiraiya’s border-defense ninja and Konoha’s coastal preparations could handle those threats, while Orochimaru’s 2,000 troops had infiltrated the allied army’s rear flanks.
• Nara Shikaku proposed extending the defensive line across several mountaintops to draw the allied forces into a full commitment, and then began preparing to assign tasks.

The leaders of the Three Villages Allied Forces argued over whether Uchiha Jin or Minato Namikaze posed the greater threat to their planned assault on Kikyo Mountain Fortress. They left the meeting without agreeing on whom to prioritize.

• A warned that Uchiha Jin’s large-scale Fire Release and unknown Mangekyō Sharingan ability could devastate the allied forces if left unchecked.
• Han argued that Minato Namikaze was the greater threat and claimed Uchiha Jin had been weakened by his earlier battles.
• A explained that Uchiha Jin had annihilated Kumogakure’s envoy, defeated two thousand Cloud Ninja, and then fought Iwagakure’s vanguard after traveling without rest.
• A worried that Kumogakure’s smaller army and his own injuries left his village with little influence over the alliance.
• Rasa argued that Minato could use a decapitation operation to kill allied leaders and break the morale of their troops.

The allied leaders planned how to counter Minato Namikaze by targeting Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while assigning Roshi and Kitsuchi to fight Uchiha Jin. They left the meeting with their forces arranged to confront both threats.

• A challenged the leaders to explain how they could restrain Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Chiyo Elder proposed targeting Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki because Minato Namikaze would be vulnerable while protecting her, and the leaders accepted.
• Rasa volunteered to suppress the Jinchuriki with Magnet Release, Han agreed to serve as the assault fighter, and Chiyo Elder took responsibility for supporting them with poison.
• Roshi volunteered to fight Uchiha Jin, arguing that his Four-Tails Chakra and Scorch Release would withstand Jin’s Fire Style.
• A warned that Roshi was not a Perfect Jinchuriki and that Jin possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, so Kitsuchi joined Roshi against Jin.

Kitsuchi, Rasa, and A planned the Three Villages Allied Forces’ assault on Kikyo Mountain Fortress, where Konoha had about four thousand troops. After learning Konoha was building defensive positions on nearby mountaintops, A insisted on keeping his surprise attack plan, and Kitsuchi ordered the allied forces to launch their offensive in one hour.

• Kitsuchi estimated that Konoha could send only about two thousand additional troops to Kikyo Mountain Fortress and that they would not arrive before ten in the morning.
• Rasa proposed successive attack waves, while A suggested an elite assault squad create a gap for a two-to-three-thousand-strong Surprise Attack Force to push toward Konoha.
• An Iwagakure Ninja reported that Konoha troops had left the fortress and begun building defensive positions on nearby mountaintops.
• Chiyo Elder suggested Konoha was expanding its strategic depth to slow the allied advance and buy time for reinforcements or supplies.
• A argued that the Surprise Attack Force plan should proceed with the first and second formations merged, and Kitsuchi ordered the allied forces to assemble and attack in one hour.

Uchiha Jin and Hizashi Hyuga led Konoha's defense as the Three Villages Allied Forces attacked the hills outside Kikyo Mountain Fortress. Jin's assault drew out Kitsuchi and Four-Tails Jinchuriki Roshi, who combined their attacks and left Jin facing a dangerous fight.

• Hizashi Hyuga spotted the approaching enemy and identified the hill defended by Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi as the main attack route.
• Jin unleashed Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation as the Konoha Garrison and Three Villages Allied Forces clashed across the hills.
• Jin entered Fire Release Chakra Mode and cut down enemy ninja until Kitsuchi blocked his attack.
• Roshi attacked Jin with magma, and Jin joked that he had mistaken him for Akainu.
• Kitsuchi trapped Jin with Earth Dragon Spear while Roshi struck him in Lava Release Chakra Mode, leaving Jin wary of the two Iwagakure fighters.

Nara Shikaku realized the Three Villages Allied Forces were using the attack on Kikyo Mountain as a feint to blitz Konoha, and he began directing Konoha’s forces to counter their advance. He ordered Minato to return and prepared Orochimaru’s force to attack.

• Nara Shikaku learned that the enemy had committed six thousand troops across the four mountains while keeping more than four thousand in reserve.
• The Hyuga ninja reported that Hiashi’s Fourth Mountain defense line was collapsing and that three thousand enemy reserves were advancing toward it.
• Nara Shikaku ordered Yamanaka Inoichi to tell Hiashi’s force to retreat while fighting and to track the enemy’s movements.
• After seeing the three thousand troops advance without stopping to reinforce the assault, Nara Shikaku concluded that the allied forces intended to blitz Konoha.
• Nara Shikaku ordered Choza to replace Minato at the First Mountain, told Uchiha Obito to break through and draw the remaining enemy reserves toward the Third Mountain, and signaled Orochimaru to prepare to attack.

Nara Shikaku used Uchiha Obito’s attack on the Third Mountain to create a breakthrough while ordering Konoha’s rear forces to retreat toward Kikyo Mountain Fortress. When Kushina drew out the enemy’s hidden leaders, Minato arrived, and Han transformed to lead an assault on the fortress.

• Nara Shikaku ordered the five hundred Konoha defenders to retreat toward Kikyo Mountain Fortress while holding off the Three Villages Allied Forces.
• Uchiha Obito unleashed Susanoo on the Third Mountain and routed the enemy forces there.
• Nara Shikaku asked Uzumaki Kushina to fire ten Small Tailed Beast Bombs toward the pursuing Surprise Attack Force.
• Rasa, Chiyo, and Han revealed themselves by intercepting Kushina’s Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Minato Namikaze appeared beside Kushina as Rasa, Chiyo, and Han advanced toward the fortress.
• Han transformed into Kokuō and charged Kikyo Mountain Fortress with Horn Break.

The Fourth Raikage A received reports that powerful Uchiha had turned the battles at Bing Mountain and Yihao Mountain against the Three Villages Allied Forces. He sent the remaining reserves to delay them, but grew uneasy after learning how quickly Kitsuchi and Roshi had been defeated by Uchiha Jin.

• An Iwagakure Ninja reported that an unknown Uchiha had routed the allied force at Bing Mountain with a Chakra Giant and killed hundreds of soldiers.
• A recognized the technique as Susanoo and ordered five hundred Reserve Force soldiers to reinforce Bing Mountain.
• A second Iwagakure Ninja reported that Kitsuchi and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki had been defeated at Yihao Mountain.
• A ordered the remaining forces to reinforce Yihao Mountain and delay the Uchiha rather than confront them directly.
• A realized Kitsuchi and Roshi had likely fought Uchiha Jin for less than ten minutes and wondered whether Jin had concealed his strength.

Uchiha Jin fought Roshi and Kitsuchi on Second Mountain, using Zanka no Tachi and the Fire Release Secret Art Acala to overwhelm them. As Roshi charged at the giant flaming figure, Jin struck him with a Flame Greatsword and sealed him in place.

• Uchiha Jin used Zanka no Tachi: East: Rising Sun Blade, burning Roshi's hand when he attacked with Underwater Needle.
• Kitsuchi interrupted Jin's pursuit with Earth Release attacks while Roshi launched lava techniques, forcing Jin to defend with a pillar of fire.
• Uchiha Jin summoned Acala with his Fire Release Secret Art and smashed Kitsuchi's Earth Return defense, apparently crushing him.
• Roshi considered releasing the Four Tails, but Kitsuchi refused because it would endanger Iwagakure's own ninja.
• Uchiha Jin destroyed Kitsuchi's Earth Flow Rampart with a colossal fireball, and Roshi charged through the flames with his defense enhanced.
• Uchiha Jin impaled Roshi with Acala's Flame Greatsword, and golden-red Sealing Runes formed around him.

Uchiha Jin used his incomplete Acala technique to kill Roshi and seal the Four Tails before it could fight back. He then turned on Kitsuchi, who fled, while Jin prepared a powerful flaming arrow to stop him.

• Uchiha Jin explained that Acala was an S-rank, Susanoo-replacing technique built from his Flame-Flame Fruit ability and Chakra transformations.
• Kitsuchi tried to pull Roshi from Acala's flaming blade with Earth Release, but his rocky hand melted into lava.
• Uchiha Jin sealed and killed Roshi and the Four Tails with One-Blade Cremation.
• Uchiha Jin faced Kitsuchi, who used Earth Flow Wave to flee after realizing he could not win in a direct fight.
• Uchiha Jin formed a flaming bow and arrow with Acala and aimed it at Kitsuchi as he retreated.

Minato Namikaze killed Han by trapping his head in the Flying Thunder God Barrier and crushing it, then joined the fight to break the Three Villages Allied Forces’ morale. Kushina confronted Chiyo Elder and Rasa while Nara Shikaku watched for Orochimaru’s next move.

• Han charged Kikyo Mountain Fortress, but Minato Namikaze redirected him through the Flying Thunder God Barrier and severed his head above the Allied Forces.
• Minato Namikaze explained the name of his new technique to a bewildered Nara Shikaku as Konoha cheered and the Allied Forces panicked.
• Chiyo Elder rallied the Allied Forces and led them, alongside Rasa, in a renewed assault on Kikyo Mountain Fortress.
• Nara Shikaku ordered Minato Namikaze to attack the ordinary enemy ninja while Kushina held Chiyo Elder and Rasa back.
• Minato Namikaze swept through the Allied Forces, while Chiyo Elder and Rasa headed for the fortress and found Kushina blocking their way.
• Nara Shikaku watched the distance, waiting to see what Orochimaru would do.

Orochimaru examined Uchiha Itachi during their covert march and explained that the Hashirama Cell treatment might give him Wood Style and all seven chakra attributes. He offered to help awaken more Kekkei Genkai, then suggested that infinite life would let Itachi master every ability, leaving Itachi to question Orochimaru’s meaning of life.

• Orochimaru ordered the two thousand Konoha soldiers to rest in hiding and sent out reconnaissance squads.
• Orochimaru examined Uchiha Itachi and drew a blood sample, noting that Reagent No. 7 was strengthening Itachi without causing rejection.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Itachi that the completed transformation might awaken Wood Style and give him chakra in all seven attributes.
• Orochimaru offered to help Uchiha Itachi awaken additional Kekkei Genkai, but Itachi declined because he did not want to divide his attention.
• Orochimaru proposed that infinite life would give Uchiha Itachi time to master every ability, and Itachi asked whether that was Orochimaru’s meaning of life.

Itachi explained Jin’s views on life and enthusiasm to Orochimaru, prompting Orochimaru to reconsider how he pursued knowledge. When the Three Villages Allied Forces advanced on Kikyo Mountain Fortress, Orochimaru led his hidden Konoha force into action to support the garrison.

• Itachi recalled meeting Orochimaru as a child and explained how Jin’s advice had shaped his understanding of life’s value and finite time.
• Orochimaru reflected on Itachi’s words and Jin’s warning that curiosity, enthusiasm, and imagination helped scientists discover knowledge beyond laboratories and books.
• After a reconnaissance ninja reported the enemy’s advance, Orochimaru ordered his two-thousand-strong force to move toward Kikyo Mountain Fortress while concealing its presence.
• When the Allied Forces and Konoha garrison were locked in battle, Orochimaru received Nara Squad Leader’s plan to draw away the enemy reserve force.
• Orochimaru split his army, sending one thousand soldiers to Second and Third Mountain and leading the remaining thousand toward First Mountain.

Uzumaki Kushina overwhelmed Rasa and Chiyo Elder during their battle, forcing Rasa to recognize the vast difference between the Nine-Tails and Shukaku. As the Three Villages Allied Forces began to falter against Konoha, Kushina smashed Chiyo Elder's puppets and seized her, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Uzumaki Kushina shattered Rasa's gold dust defenses and launched tailed beast balls, while Rasa realized he could barely keep up with her.
• Rasa saw Minato Namikaze's assassinations turning the larger allied force's advantage into signs of collapse and concluded that the forces needed to retreat.
• Chiyo Elder used Three Treasures Absorption to pull Uzumaki Kushina off balance, then sent her Lion's Roar sealing puppet to attack.
• Uzumaki Kushina repelled the sealing puppet with Adamantine Sealing Chains and used a hand from the ground to seize Chiyo Elder.
• Uzumaki Kushina hurled Chiyo Elder into the three puppets, smashing them and leaving the battlefield obscured by smoke and dust.