Chapter Summaries

Mei Terumi used intelligence from Kushimaru Kuriarare to ambush and annihilate a fifty-person Uchiha Oniwaban unit at Falling Maple Valley, securing a victory for Kirigakure. Ren revealed that the attack had been engineered to manipulate both Kirigakure and the Konohagakure clans, and ordered the next stage of the plan.

• Mei Terumi ordered Kushimaru Kuriarare and Jinin Akebino to lead an ambush on the Oniwaban, while Utakata guarded against unexpected threats.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare and Jinin Akebino attacked the Oniwaban in Falling Maple Valley, and Utakata helped prevent the Nara-led trio from escaping.
• Kirigakure's forces killed all fifty Oniwaban members, and Mei Terumi burned Kushimaru's map to erase evidence of their intelligence exchange.
• Ren watched the battle through Uchiha Chiyao's vision and explained that he had used the Oniwaban as a gift to bolster Mei Terumi's authority and build her trust in Kushimaru.
• Ren told Mikoto to inform Suikazan Fuguki that the Shogunate was investigating the Oniwaban attack, giving Fuguki a reason to seek military achievements; Mikoto then took Chiyao with her.

Uchiha Ren learned that the Weapon Sealing Site lay near the Land of Rivers and checked on the Uzumaki Clan’s new settlement. At the West City Underground Laboratory, Tsunade and Shizune tested a life-energy extract that rapidly healed a mouse’s wound but left it behaving like a corpse, so they planned further experiments.

• Uzumaki Minako reported that her clan had deciphered the Weapon Sealing Site’s location and that its seal drew power from a Ryumyaku node.
• Ren praised Minako, discussed the Uzumaki Clan’s settlement and supplies with her, and told her to prepare for another expedition after they heard back from the Land of Rivers.
• Tsunade injected a wounded mouse with the concentrated extract while Shizune held it down, and its wound rapidly healed.
• The mouse then lost its vitality, stopped breathing, and began moving mechanically, leading Tsunade to conclude that an unknown force interfered with the extract’s regenerative effects.
• Tsunade instructed Shizune to expand the tests, establish control groups, and use Yang Release Chakra to refine and analyze the extract.

Kushina arrived at the southwestern front and confronted Killer B’s Eight-Tails while Minato and Jiraiya fought Kumogakure’s assault. Kushina gained the upper hand, and Minato’s attacks helped turn the enemy’s charge into a rout, but Gyūki, the two-tailed cat, and a stirring Iwagakure threatened to intensify the battle.

• Orochimaru ordered his intelligence ninja to keep watch on Sunagakure’s movements and capture rogue ninjas for questioning.
• Kushina arrived at the command post, and Minato reluctantly agreed to let her face the Eight-Tails when Kumogakure launched a direct attack.
• Kushina entered her eight-tail state and clashed Tailed Beast Bombs with Killer B, sending him flying and gaining the upper hand.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta to hold off the Fourth Raikage while Minato used Flying Thunder God to cut down Kumogakure ninjas and break their formation.
• Killer B transformed into Gyūki to fight Kushina, the two-tailed cat joined the battle, and Iwagakure began to stir.

Uchiha Ren and his team found Uchiha Hikari sealed inside Ryumyaku energy beneath an ancient altar in the Land of Rivers. Minako could not safely release her alone, so Ren sent for Uzumaki sealing experts while considering the Ryumyaku and Orochimaru's forces in the Land of Roran.

• Uchiha Ren, Uchiha Hazuki, and Uzumaki Minako traveled to the altar after Kakuzu located it.
• Kakuzu received payment for finding the altar and left to pursue another Ginza Trading Group mission.
• Minako used the Uzumaki Secret Scroll to open the altar's entrance, and Ren led the group into the underground cavern.
• Ren found Uchiha Hikari preserved inside an amber-like Ryumyaku seal and ordered Minako to free her without damaging the seal.
• Minako could not separate Hikari from the seal alone, so Ren ordered Hazuki to bring the Imperial Guard Ali and Uzumaki sealing experts to the site.
• Seven Uzumaki experts gathered at the altar, while Ren studied the map's locations of the Ryumyaku and Orochimaru's forces in the Land of Roran.

Ren ordered an intelligence probe into the Country of Roran and a purge and rebuilding of the Konoha Military Police Force. In Kirigakure, Mei Terumi chose to leak a patrol route to Suikazan Fuguki in exchange for information, sacrificing one division’s security to preserve the intelligence channel.

• Ren told the Black Cat to activate sleeper agents in Roran and uncover what Sunagakure was doing there.
• Ren ordered the Black Cat to review Police Force personnel within seven days, remove the unfit, and develop recruitment and training plans with Mikoto and Fugaku.
• Mei received Suikazan Fuguki’s demand for battle achievements or a safe return, and summoned Raiga Kurosuki, Jinin Akebino, and Kushimaru Kuriarare to discuss it.
• Kushimaru proposed leaking a patrol route to help Suikazan gain standing, and Jinin and Raiga supported the plan.
• Mei approved leaking the Third Division’s route and shift schedule to Suikazan, and wrote to Genji about her predicament.

Uchiha Ren approved a coordinated attack on Kirigakure after learning its forces had accepted a plan involving Kushimaru Kuriarare. As allied clans argued over whether the Uchiha had sacrificed their men at Falling Maple Valley, Kushimaru Kuriarare discovered the Guiyi Army had attacked a second patrol unit and realized Kirigakure had been lured into a trap.

• Uchiha Ren welcomed Yaoyao into the clan guard, gave her a Blessing Peach, and urged her to train under the clan’s care.
• After Mikoto reported Kushimaru’s intelligence, Uchiha Ren ordered Suikazan Fuguki to proceed and directed three armies to prepare a simultaneous strike against Kirigakure.
• Representatives from Konohagakure’s clans disputed whether the deaths of fifty Oniwaban at Falling Maple Valley were an accident or an Uchiha plot, then agreed to remain outwardly united while secretly consulting their clans.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare watched Suikazan Fuguki’s Guiyi Army attack a Kirigakure patrol unit, believing the unit was bait in his plan to earn Kirigakure’s trust.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Biwa Juzo led Guiyi Army elites against a second Kirigakure patrol unit, prompting Kushimaru Kuriarare to realize Kirigakure had been trapped.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare fired an emergency signal flare into the sky to warn Kirigakure.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Biwa Juzo killed Kushimaru Kuriarare and seized the opening to attack the Kirigakure Second Patrol Squad. Mei Terumi arrived with the main force, found her squad being slaughtered, and launched a furious assault as the Guiyi Army formed a defensive line.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare led Kirigakure reinforcements toward the Guiyi Army, but Kisame Hoshigaki broke Nuibari’s thread and pinned him down.
• Biwa Juzo struck Kushimaru Kuriarare, and Kisame Hoshigaki disarmed him before Juzo decapitated him with Kubikiribōchō.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Biwa Juzo turned to attack the Second Patrol Squad as Mei Terumi saw the emergency flare and ordered the main force toward it.
• Mei Terumi arrived to find the Second Patrol Squad being slaughtered and Kushimaru Kuriarare dead, then attacked the Guiyi Army with Lava Style: Lava Monster Technique.
• Jinin Akebino and Raiga Kurosuki led Kirigakure troops into the enemy flank while Biwa Juzo ordered the Guiyi Army to form a defensive line with Water Walls.

Kisame Hoshigaki and the Guiyi Army fought a delaying action against Mei Terumi, Raiga Kurosuki, and Jinin Akebino while withdrawing toward Suikazan Fuguki. As the forward Space Teleportation Array neared completion, Ren ordered Fugaku to prepare the troops waiting in Mugen City.

• Kisame Hoshigaki flooded the battlefield and used Thousand Feeding Sharks to disrupt Kirigakure's attack, giving Biwa Juzo time to lead the Guiyi Army into an orderly retreat.
• Mei Terumi and Raiga Kurosuki attacked Kisame while Biwa Juzo fought Jinin Akebino, and the Guiyi Army withdrew toward its rendezvous point with Suikazan Fuguki.
• Suikazan Fuguki's shinobi assembled the forward Space Teleportation Array, which was intended to bring Mugen City troops to the battlefield for a surprise attack.
• The Black Cat reported that the array's framework was nearly complete, and Ren reviewed its live image with Mikoto, Hazuki, Chiyao, and the Uchiha Elders.
• Ren ordered Hazuki to tell Fugaku to prepare, and Fugaku received the signal while nearly two thousand troops waited beside the array.

Biwa Juzo, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Suikazan Fuguki’s Guiyi Army faced Mei Terumi’s encircling Kirigakure force as Suikazan challenged Mei’s accusations and urged the shinobi to join Mugen City. A blue spatial pillar began bringing the Shogunate’s forces onto the battlefield, and the two armies clashed before it fully opened.

• Biwa Juzo and Kisame Hoshigaki joined Suikazan Fuguki’s troops and formed a defensive line against Mei Terumi’s encirclement.
• Mei Terumi accused Suikazan of betraying Kirigakure, while Suikazan countered that Mei had leaked patrol locations and sacrificed comrades for control.
• Suikazan denounced the Bloody Mist and invited Kirigakure’s shinobi to join Mugen City, but Mei restored their resolve by warning they would die alongside the Guiyi Army.
• A blue spatial pillar activated behind the Guiyi Army, and Suikazan revealed that Kirigakure had been surrounded instead.
• Mei Terumi’s force attacked as Biwa Juzo led the Guiyi Army’s defense; Kisame Hoshigaki held off Jinin Akebino and Raiga Kurosuki while Suikazan disrupted Mei’s Lava Style attack.
• The pillar’s blue light parted as the spatial distortion peaked, just as both sides continued fighting.

The Shogunate Shinobi Army overwhelmed Kirigakure with a coordinated assault, trapping Utakata’s Six-Tails and killing Jinin Akebino as Kirigakure’s resistance collapsed. As the Shogunate’s leaders watched the battle, the Third Mizukage appeared behind Suikazan Fuguki and attacked him with Water Severing Wave.

• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Tekka, and Uchiha Yashiro led the Red-Armored, Wind-Forest, and Volcano Armies in a coordinated attack that split and battered Kirigakure’s forces.
• Utakata released the Six-Tails, but Uchiha Fugaku’s sixteen Sharingan-bearing guards trapped it in successive Four Red Yang Formations and wore down its resistance.
• Mei Terumi tried to hold the Kirigakure line with Lava Release and Boil Release, but Uchiha Tekka killed Jinin Akebino and Kirigakure’s morale collapsed.
• At Mugen City, Uchiha Chiyao and his advisers watched the battle and discussed the imminent victory and the fate of Kirigakure’s prisoners.
• The Third Mizukage emerged from Suikazan Fuguki’s shadow and fired Water Severing Wave at him.

The Third Mizukage and Genji arrived on the battlefield, killing Kushimaru and Biwa Juzo and restoring Kirigakure’s morale. The Volcano Army continued its overwhelming advance, and Uchiha Ren faced the Third Mizukage while introducing himself as the acting head of the Shogunate.

• The Third Mizukage killed Kushimaru with Water Style: Water Severing Wave, prompting surviving Kirigakure shinobi to rally around his arrival.
• Genji killed Biwa Juzo with a precise two-sword strike, and Mei Terumi recognized her teacher as Kirigakure’s fighting spirit rose.
• Kisame overpowered Raiga Kurosuki, and Yashiro killed Raiga with Great Dragon Fire Technique as Kiba fell to the ground.
• Yashiro ordered the Volcano Army to maintain formation and advance, and its combined ninjutsu overwhelmed Kirigakure’s countercharge.
• Uchiha Ren stood with Mikoto before the Third Mizukage, introduced himself, and stated that he was acting head of the Shogunate and governor of the eastern Land of Fire.

Uchiha Ren offered the Third Mizukage a chance to lead Kirigakure in submitting to Mugen City, but the Mizukage attacked and fought Ren and Uchiha Mikoto. Their battle remained deadlocked as the Kirigakure Shinobi Army neared collapse.

• Uchiha Ren asked the Third Mizukage to submit Kirigakure to Mugen City, and the Mizukage answered with a Water Severing Wave attack.
• Uchiha Ren and Uchiha Mikoto coordinated sword techniques to break through the Mizukage’s water defenses and destroy his water dragons, but he escaped their finishing attack with Water Substitute.
• Uchiha Ren and Uchiha Mikoto recognized the Third Mizukage’s Sharingan and space-time ninjutsu, then joined forces to kill him.
• The Third Mizukage counterattacked with fast Water Style techniques and seasoned close-combat skills, repeatedly deflecting Ren and Mikoto’s attacks.
• Uchiha Ren and Uchiha Mikoto maintained their coordinated assault, leaving the duel at a stalemate while the Kirigakure Shinobi Army neared collapse.

Genji and the Uchiha forces faced defeat as Black Zetsu released Three-Tails, Isobu, onto the battlefield. Watching his clansmen about to be crushed, Uchiha Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, which braced against Isobu.

• Setsuna and Koh drove Genji into an exhausting two-on-one fight, while Fugaku overwhelmed Mei Terumi and the Red-Armored Army killed her guards.
• Black Zetsu disrupted the battle by throwing a sealed jar onto the battlefield, releasing Three-Tails, Isobu.
• Isobu fell toward the interlocked armies, forcing both sides to flee; Fugaku's attack pierced Mei Terumi's shoulder as she retreated.
• Uchiha Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after seeing clansmen sacrifice themselves to save one another.
• Shisui used Space Jump to reach the clansmen beneath Isobu and summoned an emerald Susanoo that braced against the falling beast.

Shisui awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and used Susanoo to overturn Isobu, then subdued both tailed beasts and helped break Kirigakure’s resistance. As Genji surrendered and Mei Terumi was captured, Ren and Mikoto killed the Third Mizukage, bringing the battle to a close.

• Shisui formed a complete upper-body Susanoo, lifted Isobu, and used his Mangekyo Sharingan to bring the Three-Tails under control.
• Fugaku ordered his forces to pursue the fleeing Kirigakure shinobi, and his soldiers captured the unconscious Mei Terumi.
• Shisui used Isobu’s Tailed Beast Ball to destroy the Four Red Yang Formation, killing Utakata, and subdued the freed Six-Tails Saiken.
• Genji surrendered to Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Koh, who restrained him and accepted the remaining Kirigakure troops’ surrender.
• Ren and Mikoto disrupted the Third Mizukage’s footing with a coordinated attack, then struck him down and severed his head.

Madara watched the Mugen City Shogunate’s victory over Kirigakure and decided to send Obito out into the world while having White Zetsu monitor him. Alarmed by the Shogunate’s growing power, Ōnoki arranged an alliance with Sunagakure, and Rasa accepted, preparing to join Iwagakure in attacking Konohagakure’s forces.

• Madara praised the new generation of Uchiha, then ordered White Zetsu to let Obito leave, follow him without interfering, and spread news of the Shogunate’s victory.
• Ōnoki summoned Kitsuchi and showed him a report detailing Kirigakure’s crushing defeat and the Shogunate’s control of the Land of Fire and much of Kirigakure.
• Ōnoki ordered Higashi Shinin to maintain pressure, recalled Roshi, and directed Kitsuchi to lead two thousand shinobi against Orochimaru’s forces if Sunagakure agreed.
• Rasa reviewed Ōnoki’s proposal to join forces against Konohagakure and inspected Sunagakure’s Ryumyaku-powered puppet army in Rōran.
• Rasa agreed to Iwagakure’s alliance, intending to help attack Konohagakure and expand Sunagakure’s power.

Uchiha Ren reviewed the victory over Kirigakure with the shogunate’s leaders, heard the armies’ gains and heavy losses, and ordered generous compensation for the fallen. He reorganized and expanded the shogunate’s forces, then dismissed the attendees except Uchiha Shisui.

• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Tekka, and Uchiha Mikoto reported their armies’ battlefield results and casualties.
• Uchiha Setsuna urged the younger Uchiha to accept necessary sacrifices in battle to secure the clan’s survival.
• Uchiha Ren ordered generous compensation, family support, and honors for everyone killed while fighting for Mugen City.
• Uchiha Ren ordered the Red-Armored Army, Volcano Army, and Wind-Forest Army expanded and made the Guiyi Army a fourth regular force.
• Uchiha Ren appointed Kisame Hoshigaki commander of the Guiyi Army and ordered him to select recruits from the Kirigakure prisoners.
• Uchiha Ren ended the meeting and told everyone except Uchiha Shisui to leave and carry out the military arrangements.

Fugaku encouraged Inabi to reorganize the Oniwaban, while Uchiha Ren guided Shisui after his Mangekyo Sharingan awakening and urged him to explore pairing Susanoo with the Three-Tails and Saiken. After Shisui revealed Kotoamatsukami and Ren reassured him, Ren invited him to the hospital and asked whether he wanted a wife.

• Fugaku urged Inabi to reorganize the Oniwaban and promised to petition for his transfer to the Red-Armored Army if he later wanted battlefield command.
• Inabi said Mikoto intended for him to lead the soon-to-be-established Shogunate Konoha Military Police Force, while Yashiro asked Fugaku to help the Wind Forest and Volcano Armies recruit clan members.
• Yashiro asked Fugaku about Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan, and Fugaku insisted Shisui would not be easily swayed by others.
• The Old Clan Head, Koh, and Setsuna discussed Shisui's loyalty and the danger that overusing his Mangekyo Sharingan could make him blind.
• Ren asked Shisui about the suppressed Three-Tails and Saiken, then encouraged him to explore using Susanoo as armor for a Tailed Beast and seek their cooperation.
• Shisui revealed that his Mangekyo Sharingan granted Kotoamatsukami, and Ren reassured him before asking if he wanted a wife and offering to find him a match.

Ren took Shisui through East City Hospital, where the wounded strengthened Shisui’s resolve to protect his people, and encouraged him to pursue a connection with Yaoyao. Ren then joined Tsunade at a laboratory to examine twenty-three soldiers kept alive by a trial Life Potion.

• Ren showed Shisui the wounded Uchiha and Red Vanguard soldiers, reminding him that their suffering proved the clan was still weak and asking what he was fighting for.
• Ren, Shisui, Shizune, and Rin found Tsunade resting with Yaoyao, and Tsunade teased Ren before leaving the room with Shizune and Rin.
• Shisui blushed when he remembered Ren asking whether he wanted a wife, and Yaoyao laughed and recognized him as Body Flicker Shisui.
• Ren told Yaoyao to heal Shisui, and her touch restored his stamina and eased the strain from his Sharingan; Ren arranged for Shisui to keep visiting her for recovery.
• Ren encouraged Shisui to make the most of his opportunity with Yaoyao, then left with Tsunade for the laboratory.
• Ren and Tsunade examined twenty-three unconscious soldiers whose lives had been stabilized with the first-generation trial Life Potion extracted and purified from Corpses.

Ren examined the abnormal Chakra in comatose warriors with Tsunade, then began testing his Summoning Technique on the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s corpses. His attempts to bind three remnant souls to their blades failed, but Biwa Juzo’s soul manifested with its intelligence intact and recognized Ren.

• Tsunade explained that increased medicine dosage could accelerate flesh regeneration but risked irreversible coma and Corpse-ification, and Ren observed abnormal Chakra gathered around a warrior’s brain.
• Ren teased Tsunade before carrying her to the laboratory’s private rest room.
• Ren summoned Kushimaru Kuriarare’s remnant soul and tried to bind it to Nuibari, but the weak soul dispersed before possessing the blade.
• Ren summoned Jinin Akebino’s and Munashi Jinpachi’s remnant souls, but their unstable rage and destructive impulses caused both possession attempts to fail.
• Ren summoned Biwa Juzo’s remnant soul, which retained its intelligence, recognized Ren, and asked why it was dead.

Ren bound Biwa Juzo’s soul to Kubikiribōchō and helped Suikazan Fuguki reside in Samehada, then returned home to Mikoto and their household. The next morning, Ren drew C4 plastic explosive from the Sharingan space and wondered whether he could obtain a biochemical virus as well.

• Ren offered Biwa Juzo the choice of passing on or residing in Kubikiribōchō, and Biwa Juzo chose to remain so he could watch Kirigakure’s future.
• Ren used a formation and his technique to bind Biwa Juzo to Kubikiribōchō; Biwa Juzo discovered he could move only about five meters from the blade.
• Ren used the same method to summon Suikazan Fuguki, who chose to reside in Samehada, and told both souls he would take them to the Guiyi Army soon.
• Ren returned home, where Agumon ate a late-night meal and Daju served Ren the dinner Mikoto had saved; Ren ordered a late-night food counter for staff working overtime.
• Ren spent the night beside Mikoto and woke to her teasing him before she left for work; afterward, he drew C4 plastic explosive from the Sharingan space and considered whether he could draw a biochemical virus.