Chapter Summaries

Kakuzu accepted a bounty from the Uchiha Clan to hunt Kirigakure shinobi, while Uchiha Ren arranged for Uzumaki Minako and her daughter Karin to be sheltered. Ren and Black Cat prepared to use Kirigakure’s invasion as a pretext to secure a permanent Uchiha military presence in Mugen City, leaving the city poised as a trap for the invading army.

• Black Cat offered Kakuzu bounties for Kirigakure Chunin and Jonin, and Kakuzu accepted before heading to recruit desperate fighters.
• Uchiha Ren and Uchiha Shisui arrived in Mugen City, where Minako bowed to them and Ren assured her that she and Karin were safe.
• Shisui spoke with Minako while she fed Karin, and Ren asked Black Cat about their condition and Kakuzu’s mission.
• Ren and Black Cat discussed using the invasion to eliminate hostile nobles, rescue Mugen City’s residents, and petition for the Uchiha Clan to station troops there permanently.
• Black Cat reported that the Ginza Trading Group’s Security Team had grown to ten battalions, and Ren ordered a false report that Mugen City held one hundred million ryo in war supplies to lure Kirigakure into a trap.

Uchiha Ren promised to take Minako and Kaori to the Land of Whirlpools after the battle, seeking Uzumaki records and survivors. Meanwhile, Uchiha Taohuo and Hizashi Hyuga defeated the wielder of Twin Blades: Hiramekarei and three Kirigakure Jonin, then sent word of their victory to the general.

• Ren told Minako that he planned to search the Land of Whirlpools for clan records and surviving Uzumaki after the battle with Kirigakure.
• Ren reassured Minako and promised to take her and Kaori to her former homeland, while Black Cat arranged for their care.
• Taohuo's scouting squad ambushed and killed a four-person Kirigakure scouting squad before Hizashi detected four stronger enemies approaching.
• Taohuo and Hizashi confronted the wielder of Twin Blades: Hiramekarei and three Kirigakure Jonin, then killed all four in a brief battle.
• Taohuo ordered his squad to take Hiramekarei and the enemy commander's head as trophies and send the news to the general.

Ren and Mikoto discussed how the Red-Armored Army would use the fighting between Konohagakure and Kirigakure to preserve its strength and secure leverage. Meanwhile, Kumogakure prepared to exploit a disputed attack on its patrol, and Sunagakure appealed to the other villages for help as Konohagakure renewed its offensive.

• Ren returned to the Red-Armored Army camp, checked its patrol arrangements with Fugaku, and told Shisui to rest while staying alert.
• Ayan brought intelligence that Taohuo and Hizashi had wiped out a Kirigakure squad led by one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and Ren ordered the heads sent to Konohagakure with exaggerated casualty claims.
• Ren and Mikoto agreed that the Red-Armored Army should avoid requesting aid from Konohagakure and instead wait for the Eastern Shinobi Army to demand reinforcements before acting at the right moment.
• The Third Raikage, A, decided to use an attack on a Kumogakure patrol as a pretext to pressure Iwagakure, ordered Matatabi and AB toward the borderlands, and vowed to confront Shimura Danzō.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure to send appeals to Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure, warning that Sunagakure would withdraw if they refused to act and that the One-Tail might enter the battlefield.

Uchiha Ren awakened a Digi-Egg and encountered Tsunade and Shizune on their way to Mugen City. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled to manage Konoha’s war fronts and ordered reinforcements as the Uchiha’s battlefield success threatened to raise their prestige.

• Ren summoned a glowing Digi-Egg from the Cyan-White Stone Gate, celebrated, and surprised Uchiha Mikoto with a kiss before inspecting the egg.
• Ren learned the Digi-Egg needed a pure emotion to awaken, then held it close as he went to sleep.
• Tsunade and Shizune headed toward Mugen City, discussed their dwindling money, and dismissed the danger posed by Kirigakure’s offensive.
• Mitokado Homura delayed securing military funds at the Daimyo Palace while enjoying its lavish gathering.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Shinnosuke to reinforce Orochimaru and Jiraiya, told Minato to watch for an opening, and demanded that Danzo hold the northeastern front.

Uchiha Mikoto and Ren reviewed the armies’ movements as the Uchiha prepared to face Kirigakure, while Ren’s trading group strengthened its position in Mugen City. Tsunade arrived in the city and lost her money gambling, and Ren planned to capture her and use the city’s corrupt nobles as test subjects.

• Hazuki briefed Mikoto on the previous night’s reports, and Ren summarized the battles involving Konohagakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure.
• Mikoto reported Kirigakure’s advance under Suikazan Fuguki and Biwa Juzo, and Ren ordered Taohuo’s squad to stay alert while he sent a Shadow Clone to Mugen City.
• Tsunade and Shizune reached Mugen City, lost their money gambling, and Tsunade decided to attack the Uchiha for their wealth.
• Ren used Sharingan genjutsu on a corrupt noble, ordered the trading group to take the noble’s goods, and arranged for the manor and its nobles to appear to perish at Kirigakure’s hands.
• Ren met the ten young Security Team captains, who had been rescued and trained by the trading group, and instructed them to prepare for action.
• After learning Tsunade had arrived, Ren considered capturing her and using the nobles as test subjects, while also contemplating a deal with Suikazan Fuguki over Samehada.

Kirigakure’s main force overwhelmed Konohagakure’s eastern camp, while Tsunade and Shizune broke into the Ginza Trading Group vault and found a cup of blood that left Tsunade stunned. Uchiha Ren caught the two intruders and took them away unconscious.

• Suikazan Fuguki led Kirigakure’s army in an assault that broke through Konohagakure’s eastern defenses, while Biwa Juzo killed the camp commander.
• The remaining Konohagakure defenders withdrew into the core camp, and Suikazan Fuguki ordered his forces to surround them and prevent anyone from escaping.
• Hizashi Hyuga and Uchiha Inabi observed the battle from a hillside, and Taohuo sent a report to the Red-Armored Army with a Big Gray Cat.
• Tsunade and Shizune infiltrated the Ginza Trading Group headquarters, coerced a manager into guiding them to the vault, and opened its sealed metal door.
• Tsunade opened a marked wooden box and found a cup of blood, which triggered painful memories and left her unable to stand.
• Uchiha Ren confronted Tsunade and Shizune, knocked them unconscious, and took them away.

Uchiha Ren and Uchiha Mikoto let the Mist surround Konoha’s eastern forces while preparing to defend Mugen City, and Ren reassured Mikoto that he wanted Tsunade for her medical expertise. In the Land of Rivers, Konoha’s attack on Sunagakure unleashed Shukaku, turning the battle into a three-way clash and leaving the armies’ movements uncertain.

• Uchiha Mikoto reported that Suikazan Fuguki had surrounded Konoha’s eastern forces, and Ren ordered the other units to withdraw while watching for Sarutobi Hiruzen’s plans.
• Mikoto told Ren that Sheriff had captured Tsunade and her student, and Ren said Tsunade could be killed if Mikoto considered her dangerous, explaining that he wanted her to research a virus.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke joined Orochimaru and Jiraiya in the Land of Rivers, and Konoha launched a major attack that drove back Rasa’s Sunagakure forces.
• Rasa released Shukaku from the Black Tea Kettle, and the One-Tail rampaged through both armies as Sunagakure retreated.
• Jiraiya, Gamabunta, Orochimaru, and Manda fought Shukaku until Rasa returned and attacked Konoha with Gold Dust Rain, beginning a three-way battle.

Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled to respond as the Land of Fire faced threats on multiple fronts, while Kirigakure planned to attack Mugen City for its wealth and the Uchiha Red Guard prepared to defend it. In the chapter’s final scene, Tsunade woke in captivity beneath the Ginza Trading Group’s headquarters and urged Shizune to eat.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to convene a Konoha Shinobi meeting to discuss saving the eastern shinobi army and ordered Jiraiya and Shinnosuke to reinforce the northwestern border.
• Suikazan Fuguki decided to lead fifteen hundred Mist Ninja toward Mugen City to seize its supplies and attack the Uchiha, while Biwa Juzo stayed behind to contain the Konohagakure remnants.
• Uchiha Ren ordered the Uchiha Red Guard to enter Mugen City in disguise, map its streets and defenses, and coordinate with the Merchant Group’s Security Team.
• Shizune waited in a hidden chamber beneath the Ginza Trading Group’s headquarters, believing the untouched meal before her was a prisoner’s last meal.
• Tsunade woke, assessed her chakra-suppressing chains, and told Shizune to eat so she would have the strength to fight back.

Uchiha Ren revealed that he had captured Tsunade to ask for her help studying an unknown virus, then showed her how it transformed a Kirigakure captive into a monster. Tsunade refused to assist, even under threat of death.

• Tsunade woke in chains and reunited with Shizune, who tried to defend her when Uchiha Ren entered the chamber.
• Ren subdued Shizune and told Tsunade he was the commander of the Uchiha Clan's Red-Armored Army and its future clan head.
• Ren said he wanted Tsunade's help with a small matter and introduced a syringe containing an unknown substance.
• Uzumaki Minako brought in a captured Kirigakure ninja, and Ren injected the captive with blood from the [Corpse].
• The captive mutated into a violent monster, and Ren asked Tsunade to analyze the virus from an unknown realm.
• Tsunade rejected Ren's request and declared that she would never help him study something that desecrated life.

Ren threatened Shizune to pressure Tsunade into cooperating, then tried to manipulate Tsunade’s memories and emotions with his Sharingan. Tsunade resisted the genjutsu and agreed to help on her own terms, but Ren rejected her demands and began punishing her.

• Ren held Shizune before the Corpse and used her safety to force Tsunade to reconsider refusing his research.
• Ren released Shizune and had Minako take her to safety, while warning that her treatment depended on Tsunade’s cooperation.
• Ren used his Sharingan and mental manipulation magic to tempt Tsunade with relief from her painful memories and the chance to see her loved ones again.
• Tsunade broke free of the influence, rejected the false comfort, and said she would face her hemophobia while helping with the experiments if Ren respected her status and terms.
• Ren angrily dismissed Tsunade’s conditions, tore her haori, and began punishing her as the chains rattled in the chamber.

Ren kept Tsunade captive and threatened Shizune to prevent her from resisting, then ordered Minako to escort Tsunade to rest. Tsunade learned more about Minako’s loyalty to Ren and was left in a courtyard room, still determined to rescue Shizune while Ren prepared to lead the Red-Armored Army against Kirigakure.

• Ren loosened Tsunade’s restraints while sealing about half her Chakra and warned that Shizune would suffer if Tsunade tried to escape or attack him.
• Tsunade followed Ren out of the secret chamber and secretly killed the Corpse with a precise strike.
• Ren ordered Minako to take Tsunade to wash and change, and Minako confirmed that Shizune was unharmed and resting.
• Minako challenged Tsunade’s assumptions about Konohagakure and the Uzumaki Clan, mentioning Kushina and the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Minako brought Tsunade to a secluded courtyard room and said Ren would lead the Red-Armored Army against Kirigakure that night, instructing Tsunade not to wander.

Suikazan Fuguki led Kirigakure’s army into Mugen City, believing its warehouses were weakly guarded, while Uchiha Ren prepared an ambush. The false supplies and warehouse district erupted in flames, and more than a hundred Uchiha unleashed Majestic Dragon Flame Technique on the scattered Kirigakure forces.

• A Kirigakure scout reported that Mugen City’s western warehouses appeared lightly guarded, and Suikazan Fuguki ordered fifteen hundred ninja to seize the supplies and kill the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Ren received reports of Kirigakure’s approach, positioned the Red Guard Unit and Security Team, and told Uchiha Mikoto that Tsunade could join their forces.
• Suikazan Fuguki’s army infiltrated the city under Hidden Mist, silently killing some Uchiha watchers as it advanced on the warehouses.
• Kushimaru sent Kirigakure ninja into the warehouses, then a signal from Ginza Building exposed the army and set off explosions throughout the district.
• Suikazan Fuguki realized the warehouses were a trap and ordered a retreat as more than a hundred Uchiha appeared and unleashed Majestic Dragon Flame Technique on Kirigakure’s forces.

Kirigakure and the Uchiha Red-Armored Army fought a brutal battle through fire, steam, lightning, and flooding in Mugen City. Uchiha Fugaku confronted Suikazan Fuguki, but Kisame Hoshigaki engaged him while Fuguki ordered more Kirigakure ninja to attack.

• Suikazan Fuguki ordered the Kirigakure forces to stand and counter the Uchiha fire dragons with coordinated Water Style techniques.
• The Uchiha Red-Armored Army used wind and lightning attacks through the steam, killing many Kirigakure ninja.
• Kisame Hoshigaki flooded the battlefield with Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, turning the streets into a lake and giving Kirigakure an advantage.
• Uchiha Fugaku stepped onto the lake and challenged Suikazan Fuguki, who sent Kisame to fight him.
• Kisame attacked Fugaku with Water Shark Bullets and disappeared underwater, while Fugaku broke apart the sharks and threw explosive-tagged kunai.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered three Jonin to kill Fugaku and commanded the remaining Kirigakure ninja to charge the Uchiha.

Uchiha Mikoto led the Red-Armored Army and the Ginza Security Team against the Mist Ninja in Mugen City, while Suikazan Fuguki tried to escape by taking civilians hostage. Uchiha Ren ended the threat with a devastating Lightning Style attack, leaving the surviving Mist Ninja and allied forces stunned.

• Uchiha Mikoto ordered the Red-Armored Army to attack, and Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Yashiro, and their comrades broke through the Mist Ninja encirclement.
• Mikoto summoned the Ginza Security Team, which advanced on the Mist Ninja’s flanks and rear.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered his troops to flee into nearby districts and seize civilians and nobles as hostages.
• Uchiha Ren appeared atop the Ginza Building and unleashed Lightning Style: Azure Dragon Break, destroying more than a third of the Mist Ninja force.
• The surviving Mist Ninja and the Uchiha forces fell silent and bowed their heads toward Ren’s rooftop.

After the Uchiha defeated Kirigakure’s forces in Mugen City, Ren and Mikoto reviewed their losses and planned the city’s reconstruction while Mikoto rested in his arms. Ren’s Digi-Egg then cracked open, revealing a newborn Botamon.

• Uchiha Ren and Uchiha Mikoto reviewed the battle’s outcome: Kirigakure suffered overwhelming losses, while the Uchiha had no deaths and the Ginza Security Team lost forty-six men.
• Uchiha Mikoto reported that Tsunade had treated the wounded, and Ren said he would thank her and put Suikazan Fuguki and Kisame Hoshigaki to use.
• Uchiha Ren ordered burials and family support for the fallen, strict guards for the prisoners, and discreet relief and reconstruction efforts for Mugen City.
• Uchiha Mikoto fell asleep in Ren’s arms, and he used his Sharingan to take her to their inner chamber before returning to the rooftop.
• The Digi-Egg cracked open, and Botamon pushed its head through the shell.

Uchiha Ren welcomed Botamon as a new companion, ordered preparations for a concealed teleportation base in Mugen City, and considered items drawn from other worlds. Outside the city, Biwa Juzo destroyed Konoha’s eastern force and requested guidance, prompting Kirigakure to mobilize its remaining troops, including the surviving Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Botamon climbed onto Ren’s shoulder and bonded affectionately with him, while Black Cat returned and learned that Botamon was Ren’s new companion.
• Black Cat reported that Mugen City was secure and its assets inventoried; Ren ordered it to keep Suikazan Fuguki and Kisame Hoshigaki alive, watch Inabi Squad, and begin renovating an underground base.
• Ren planned a concealed teleportation node in Mugen City to bring Uchiha children and elders out of Konoha, then examined a safety helmet and a mercenary longsword drawn from other worlds.
• When no word came from Mugen City, Biwa Juzo led Kirigakure forces in wiping out Konoha’s eastern force and sent a report requesting urgent guidance and reinforcements.
• After Black Zetsu returned to the Mizukage Building, the remaining four thousand Kirigakure shinobi mobilized, including the surviving Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

Konohagakure publicized the Uchiha’s costly victory at Mugen City, then learned the Eastern Shinobi Army had been annihilated, deepening grief and panic. In the Uchiha compound, the Old Clan Head and his allies decided to use the clan’s rising public support to recruit more shinobi and strengthen the eastern front.

• The Uchiha Police Force posted a notice portraying the battle at Mugen City as a tragic victory, and villagers discussed the Uchiha’s sacrifices and loyalty.
• An Uchiha student challenged a Sarutobi Clan instructor over the Will of Fire and left the classroom after being told to leave.
• A report announced the complete annihilation of the Eastern Shinobi Army, prompting villagers to praise the Uchiha for holding Mugen City.
• Uchiha Setsuna defended Mikoto’s public notice as a way to guide opinion, while Huoke questioned its approach and the Old Clan Head said the clan needed to build on its public momentum.
• The Old Clan Head planned to recruit more Uchiha forces under the pretext of supporting the east, expecting the Hyuga Clan and other clans to respond; he also allowed clan children to withdraw from school.

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to manage Konoha’s political and military crises as the Uchiha’s victory strengthened their position. Meanwhile, Ren reunited with Mikoto in Mugen City, and Daju’s play with Botamon triggered an evolution glow.

• Utatane Koharu warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that Uchiha actions, school withdrawals, clan resistance to taxes, and delayed compensation were destabilizing Konoha, and Hiruzen ordered academy instructors who insulted students dismissed and sent to Danzo’s command.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen acknowledged he could not restrain the Uchiha after their victory and instructed Utatane Koharu to visit the clan grounds and the Uchiha Red-Armored Army in Mugen City.
• Higashi Shinin ordered Iwagakure to fortify its camp against Namikaze Minato, while Jiraiya and Sarutobi Shinnosuke arrived at the northwestern border and the Raikage ordered an investigation of the One-Tail.
• Ren entered Mikoto’s apartment, embraced her, and carried her into the bathroom after she asked him to bathe first.
• Daju kneaded Botamon while it responded happily, and a glow of evolution began to pass from Daju into Botamon.

Botamon evolved into Koromon, who bonded with Ren as he bathed and put it to bed. Meanwhile, Yashiro used his Sharingan to expose nobles’ true feelings about the Uchiha and their Petition of Ten Thousand People, leaving the petition’s supposed unanimous gratitude under suspicion.

• Botamon evolved into Koromon, frightening Daju with its sudden transformation.
• Ren bathed Koromon, learned that it remembered only fragments of its birth, and heard it promise to stay with him forever.
• Ren put Koromon to sleep in Daju’s room, then continued training in the Summoning Technique.
• Yashiro used genjutsu to make nobles confess their true thoughts about the Uchiha Clan and the Petition of Ten Thousand People.
• Yashiro’s Sharingan revealed that some nobles feared or resented the Uchiha, and the Red-Armored Army dragged away a young noble who vowed to betray them.

Uchiha Ren directed the clan’s political and military plans while sharing a peaceful morning at home with Mikoto and the cats. The chapter left the Uchiha forces preparing to expand their influence across the eastern lands and step into the open.

• Mikoto woke to find Ren already reading the Petition of Ten Thousand People, then joined him for breakfast with Daju, Ayan, Koromon, and the Silver-spotted Cat.
• Ren ordered Hazuki to arrange a public escort for the petition and instructed Yakumi to accompany it with a small Red-Armored Army unit while watching Konoha’s military funding request.
• Ren sent Shisui to join Inabi’s squad and eliminate Kirigakure’s scouts, weakening Biwa Juzo’s reconnaissance network.
• Ren told Fugaku to help recruit within Konoha and prepare the Red-Armored Army, while arranging for a Hyuga Branch Family member to return to the Hyuga clan grounds.
• Ren formed the Volcano Army under Yashiro and the Wind-Forest Army under Tekka, assigning them defensive and mobile-assault roles.
• After the meeting, Ren and the Ninja Cat stewards discussed the Ginza Trading Group’s plans while Mikoto and Hazuki reviewed intelligence.