Chapter Summaries

Kagura reached the battlefield and found Tsunade overwhelming Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi with her tremendous strength. The two Seven Ninja Swordsmen insisted they could not be killed, while Tsunade challenged them to stop running.

• The chapter explained that Orochimaru had become a world-famous scientist, Tsunade was little known as a fighter, and Jiraiya had gained the greatest public renown among the three.
• Kagura sensed a battlefield obscured by dust and mist and heard powerful impacts drawing near.
• Tsunade chased Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi, smashing enormous craters into the ground with her punches.
• Munashi Jinpachi warned Tsunade that he and Kushimaru Kuriarare could not be killed and told her to stop wasting her strength.
• Tsunade brushed dust from her hand and told the two men to stop running if they had the guts.

Tsunade confronted the reanimated Seven Ninja Swordsmen Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare, who hoped to avenge themselves on Kagura through his wife. She overwhelmed them and chased them down, leaving the once-feared pair terrified despite their immortal bodies.

• Munashi Jinpachi challenged Tsunade, while he and Kushimaru Kuriarare prepared to attack her.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare rushed Tsunade with Nuibari, but she smashed his head with a punch and broke his sword before sending him flying with a blow to the abdomen.
• Munashi Jinpachi swung Exploding Blade Shibuki at Tsunade, but she kicked a hole through his abdomen and hurled him into a boulder.
• Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare fled as Tsunade pursued them, repeatedly breaking and splitting their bodies over the next dozen minutes.
• The two reanimated swordsmen became afraid of Tsunade despite their immortal bodies.

Tsunade defeated Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare by smashing them together, and Kagura sealed their fragments in scrolls. As the pair finished, two familiar figures appeared in the distance.

• Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare attacked Tsunade together, with Kushimaru letting her punch through his chest so he could restrain her.
• Tsunade used Kushimaru as a weapon and smashed him into Munashi Jinpachi, scattering both enemies into fragments.
• Kagura arrived, and Tsunade asked whether the Impure World Reincarnation enemies could be smashed again after they recovered.
• Kagura used sealing scrolls to gather and contain the fragments of Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare.
• Kagura asked where the others were, and two familiar figures appeared in the distance.

Tsunade and Kagura watched as Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi arrived with three captured Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Sakumo had already defeated two enemies, while Kakashi controlled his fight against Raiga Kurosuki, who changed tactics and trapped himself behind a storm of lightning.

• Tsunade and Kagura recognized Hatake Sakumo and Hatake Kakashi as they approached with three sealed captives.
• Hatake Sakumo defeated two opponents by severing their limbs with his Silver Short Blade, sealed them, and went to support Kakashi.
• Hatake Sakumo found Kakashi dominating his battle against Raiga Kurosuki, who wielded the Lightning Blade: Kiba.
• Kakashi used his speed and Lightning Style techniques to evade Raiga's attacks and keep control of the fight.
• Raiga unleashed Lightning Style: Kiba in a wide-ranging storm of lightning, and Kakashi escaped the electric net and waited nearby.

Kakashi defeated Raiga Kurosuki by using a Shadow Clone and Thunder Transmission to cut him in half, then sealed him away. After Hatake Sakumo praised his son, Kakashi suggested they hurry to support the others, including the Samurai.

• Raiga Kurosuki used Lightning Burial: Feast of Lightning against Kakashi, but the Kakashi it struck was a Shadow Clone.
• Kakashi and a Shadow Clone used Thunder Transmission to cut Raiga Kurosuki in half and knock away his swords.
• Kakashi explained how he had used the thunderstorm to conceal his movements, then sealed Raiga Kurosuki with a scroll.
• Hatake Sakumo appeared and praised Kakashi, who smiled at his father's approval.
• Kakashi asked Hatake Sakumo if they should hurry to support the others, including the Samurai.

Kakashi learned from Hatake Sakumo that Mifune was a formidable Samurai, then saw the aftermath of Mifune’s victory over Juzō Biwa. Defeated and dismembered, Juzō reflected on why he had joined Akatsuki before scrolls wrapped around him.

• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi that Mifune was powerful enough to pose a serious challenge even to him.
• Mifune defeated Juzō Biwa, cutting off all four of his limbs and breaking Kubikiribōchō.
• Mifune praised Juzō’s strength but said his heart was not firm enough, explaining that he fought only to protect those he cherished.
• Juzō wondered whether admiration for Uchiha Madara and jealousy of Kagura had driven him to leave Kirigakure and join Akatsuki.
• Juzō called himself a weak person as several scrolls wrapped around him.

Might Guy confronted Suikazan Fuguki, who taunted him about his father and claimed his immortal body made him unbeatable. Guy opened the Sixth Gate and used nunchaku to strike Suikazan Fuguki in the face, leaving their fight underway.

• Suikazan Fuguki taunted Guy about Might Dai, Guy’s training, and the limits of his strength.
• Guy ignored the taunts and opened the Sixth Gate, choosing not to risk the Seventh Gate’s dangerous aftereffects.
• Guy drew two nunchaku and rushed Suikazan Fuguki, who blocked his first strike with Samehada.
• Guy spun around Samehada and used the nunchaku’s chained ends to curve past Suikazan Fuguki’s defense and hit him twice in the face.

Guy fought Suikazan Fuguki, using the Sixth Gate and a series of taijutsu techniques to overcome Fuguki’s ninjutsu. The chapter ended with Guy striking Fuguki into the ground with Front Lotus.

• Guy struck Suikazan Fuguki across the face, and Fuguki’s Impure World Reincarnation body began healing the damage.
• Suikazan Fuguki attacked Guy with Needle Hair Senbon, but Guy deflected the needles with his nunchaku.
• Suikazan Fuguki trapped Guy with his hair and sent a Water Dragon Bullet Technique at him, but Guy unleashed Morning Peacock from inside the water dragon.
• Guy rushed Fuguki as the fireballs faded, kicked him into the air, and bound him with his bandages.
• Guy used Front Lotus to spin Suikazan Fuguki into the ground.

Guy defeated Suikazan Fuguki and sealed him, then joined the others as they organized their next moves. Meanwhile, Kagura’s group entered the cave where Danzo was hiding and encountered Sasori.

• Guy used the Sixth Gate and the Front Lotus to immobilize Suikazan Fuguki, then sealed him with scrolls.
• Guy corrected Fuguki’s claims about his father and said he would make any genius his lifelong rival before carrying the sealed Fuguki away.
• Guy rejoined Tsunade and the others, and Hatake Sakumo divided the group to stabilize the Allied Forces and confront the remaining Kekkei Genkai Quartet.
• Kagura, Orochimaru, and the three Uchiha Fugaku searched for Danzo’s hiding place, found the cave, and entered it.
• Obito followed Fugaku and Shisui into the cave, where they came face-to-face with Sasori.

Uchiha Fugaku, Obito, and Shisui confronted Sasori and his army of puppets in the cave. Grandma Chiyo and Hyuga Hiashi arrived to hold Sasori off, allowing the three Uchiha to continue deeper into the cave on their mission.

• Danzo stayed to face Fugaku and the two younger Uchiha after learning they were coming, and he told Sasori to prepare for them.
• Sasori summoned hundreds of unique puppets, surrounding Fugaku, Obito, and Shisui inside the cave.
• Fugaku ordered Obito and Shisui to reach Sasori while he held back the puppets.
• Grandma Chiyo and Hyuga Hiashi arrived and offered to handle Sasori, telling Fugaku and the others to continue their mission.
• Fugaku, Obito, and Shisui charged deeper into the cave while Sasori let them pass.

Chiyo confronted Sasori and learned that he had followed Madara in pursuit of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, believing it would restore his parents and create a perfect world. She resolved to stop him and unleashed the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu, while Hiashi remained frozen in shock as the battle began.

• Chiyo asked Sasori why he had killed the Kazekage, and Sasori explained that he followed Madara to help create an eternal world where his parents could return.
• Sasori argued that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would let Chiyo become Sunagakure’s guardian again, but Chiyo rejected his reasoning and decided to settle matters herself.
• Chiyo summoned the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu and told Hiashi to get close to Sasori while she fought the surrounding puppets.
• Chiyo’s ten puppets attacked the hundreds of red-robed puppets, crushing and destroying many with their varied abilities.
• Chiyo noticed that Hiashi had not moved and was staring in shock and disbelief.

Chiyo and Hiashi fought Sasori’s hundreds of puppets, but Hiashi’s Byakugan revealed that Sasori had remade himself into a puppet. With Chiyo’s forces dwindling and her chakra running low, Hiashi joined the fight against the remaining puppets.

• Chiyo’s Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu destroyed nearly a hundred of Sasori’s puppets, but the red-robed puppets overwhelmed them and destroyed five of Chiyo’s ten.
• Hiashi froze after his Byakugan showed that Sasori lacked a human chakra network and had only a chakra source at his heart.
• Sasori removed his robe and revealed his puppet-like body, explaining that he had discarded his physical body to achieve immortality.
• Sasori intensified his attacks, leaving Chiyo with five puppets and her chakra nearly depleted.
• Hiashi and Chiyo exchanged a glance, and Hiashi charged into the remaining puppets.

Hiashi and Chiyo fought Sasori in the cave, destroying his puppets before he deployed the Third Kazekage puppet and its Iron Sand. Hiashi engaged the Kazekage puppet while Chiyo charged Sasori directly.

• Hiashi used Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin to destroy Sasori’s puppets alongside Chiyo’s White-Robed Puppets.
• Chiyo and Hiashi destroyed the remaining puppets and charged Sasori, but Iron Sand jammed Chiyo’s puppets.
• Hiashi recognized the Third Kazekage puppet and told Chiyo to pursue Sasori while he confronted it.
• Hiashi dodged the Kazekage puppet’s Iron Sand spears but was wounded in his right arm.
• Chiyo cut her Chakra Threads to abandon her puppets and charged toward Sasori.

Chiyo fought Sasori in the cave and killed him with the paired puppets modeled after his parents. His death stopped the Third Kazekage puppet’s attack on Hiashi, while Chiyo suspected Sasori had allowed himself to die by her hand.

• Sasori charged Chiyo with blades extended, and Chiyo revealed that she had modified her own arms into weapons.
• Sasori attacked Chiyo with flames from his palm, but Chiyo used the Father puppet’s Machine Light Shield Seal to protect herself.
• Chiyo reminded Sasori that the Father puppet came as a pair, and the Mother puppet stabbed him through the chest.
• Sasori died, causing the Third Kazekage puppet to fall and end its assault on Hiashi.
• Chiyo sat beside Sasori’s body, mourned him, and concluded that he had deliberately let her kill him.

Fugaku and two Uchiha reached Danzo in the cave and discovered that he had transplanted Sharingan eyes. Danzo explained his hatred of the Uchiha and his plan to destroy Konoha and rebuild it under Uchiha Madara, then revealed three figures waiting behind him.

• Fugaku and the other Uchiha entered the cave and confronted Danzo, who showed them his transplanted Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Fugaku demanded to know where Danzo had obtained the eyes, and Danzo denounced the Uchiha as a threat to Konoha.
• Danzo revealed that he had long wanted to eradicate the Uchiha and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for choosing Kagura over him.
• Fugaku questioned why Danzo cooperated with Uchiha Madara, and Danzo said he planned to destroy Konoha and rebuild it as Hokage.
• Fugaku and the other two Uchiha drew their weapons, and Danzo revealed three figures emerging from behind him.

Danzo prepared his Impure World Reincarnation bodyguards to fight Fugaku's group, including Shisui's grandfather, Kagami Uchiha. After Danzo sealed Kagami and Torifu Akimichi's wills, he ordered all three revived men to attack, and the battle began.

• Danzo stood behind his three bodyguards: Aburame Ryūma, Torifu Akimichi, and Kagami Uchiha.
• Shisui recognized Kagami as his grandfather, and the two briefly spoke about Shisui's father and his upbringing.
• Danzo used a rune-covered kunai to turn Kagami into a fighting puppet despite Kagami's appeal to their past companionship.
• Danzo silenced Torifu with the same control seal, while Ryūma remained uncontrolled after assuring Danzo of his loyalty.
• Danzo ordered the three bodyguards to kill Fugaku's group, and they charged the Uchiha fighters.

Fugaku, Shisui, and Obito fought Torifu Akimichi, Kagami, and Aburame Ryūma in the cave. As Fugaku and Shisui were driven off by their opponents, Obito faced Torifu alone and insisted that Kagura’s training had made him strong.

• Torifu used the Human Bullet Tank, forcing Fugaku, Shisui, and Obito to dodge his charge.
• Kagami struck Shisui with his kunai and pursued him after sending him flying.
• Fugaku used the Great Fireball Technique to burn away some of Aburame Ryūma’s Kikaichū before retreating from the swarm.
• Obito found himself alone against Torifu, who attacked him with the Spiked Human Bullet Tank.
• Torifu’s charge narrowly missed Obito, and he called Obito a coward, prompting Obito to boast about his training with Kagura.

Danzo used Torifu Akimichi to provoke Obito, then attacked him with the Akimichi clan’s Butterfly Mode. Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan at the last moment and made Torifu disappear, leaving Obito convinced he had defeated the powerful opponent.

• Danzo provoked Obito through Torifu Akimichi, and Obito dodged several of Torifu’s attacks using battle instincts gained during Kagura’s illusionary training.
• Danzo stopped holding back, and Torifu Akimichi entered Butterfly Mode and gathered his Chakra into a powerful punch.
• Obito removed his goggles and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan as Torifu’s punch neared him.
• Obito used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make Torifu vanish, then celebrated what he believed was his victory.

Obito used Kamui to send Torifu Akimichi into another dimension, while Shisui found Kotoamatsukami useless against Kagami Uchiha, whose consciousness Danzo had erased. Shisui fought Kagami with his Phantom Body Flicker Technique, but Kagami’s Ash Pile Burning swallowed him in an explosive cloud of gray mist.

• Obito used Kamui to send Torifu Akimichi into the Other Dimension.
• Shisui realized he could not use Kotoamatsukami on Kagami Uchiha because Danzo had erased Kagami’s consciousness.
• Shisui attacked Kagami with his Phantom Body Flicker Technique, but Kagami used his Sharingan to identify Shisui’s real body.
• Shisui met Kagami’s Katana strike, then followed with Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson.
• Kagami countered with Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning, and the explosive gray mist swallowed Shisui.

Shisui defeated Kagami with his Susanoo and regained his grandfather’s awareness. Kagami asked Shisui to seal him before Danzo could control him again and urged him to do his best to win the war.

• Kagami attacked Shisui with Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning, but Shisui emerged unharmed inside his green Susanoo.
• Shisui struck Kagami with Susanoo: Tsukumo, pinning him to a wall and shattering his body with a barrage of arrows.
• Shisui released his Susanoo and approached Kagami as his scattered body began to heal.
• Kagami regained awareness, praised Shisui, and learned that Uchiha Kagura had helped him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kagami asked Shisui to seal him, told him to apologize to his father, and urged him to win the war.
• Shisui opened the Sealing Scroll to seal Kagami.