Chapter Summaries

Kiyohara brought Konan to the Anbu, where he learned her Paper Release techniques with startling speed. Later, Hyuga Hiashi offered the Hyuga Clan’s support in the Hokage selection and asked Kiyohara to teach his unborn child; Kiyohara accepted and chose the name Hyuga Hinata.

• Kiyohara took Konan to the Anbu, where Kakashi and Might Guy greeted the new arrival.
• Konan demonstrated Paper Release, and Kiyohara quickly copied her paper kunai and Dance of the Shikigami.
• Kiyohara received an invitation from the Hyuga Clan and attended a banquet hosted by Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered the Hyuga Clan’s support in the Hokage selection in exchange for Kiyohara’s protection.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Kiyohara to become his unborn child’s teacher, and Kiyohara accepted.
• Kiyohara named the unborn child Hyuga Hinata before leaving the Hyuga Clan compound.

Kiyohara studied Nagato’s weakened cells and promised Konan a treatment plan, then defeated Orochimaru in a spar using his perfected Eight Branches Technique. As Uchiha Madara’s life ebbed away, Black Zetsu sensed Indra’s Chakra leaving him and considered Kiyohara as a possible vessel for reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Kiyohara told Konan that Nagato’s vitality had been overdrawn and that restoring his body would take time and materials, while Konan agreed to help make Explosive Tags as payment.
• Kiyohara met Orochimaru in the Forest of Death and accepted his challenge to spar.
• Kiyohara’s defenses stopped Orochimaru’s snakes, and he used the Eight Branches Technique to overwhelm Orochimaru, who conceded defeat.
• Kiyohara gave Orochimaru a scroll describing his optimized technique and later examined Orochimaru’s blood, explaining to Konan that Orochimaru had modified himself with snake traits for regeneration.
• Uchiha Madara felt his life fading and sensed something being drawn from his body as Black Zetsu observed Indra’s Chakra departing.
• Black Zetsu realized a new reincarnation was approaching and considered whether Kiyohara could become a vessel for the Ten-Tails and Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Uchiha Madara considered replacing Obito with Kiyohara if Obito failed, while Orochimaru and Danzō discussed ways to increase Kiyohara’s power. With the Hokage selection still undecided, Hiruzen sent Kiyohara and Minato on separate missions to deal with Mōryō in the Land of Demons; Kiyohara’s group arrived at the border and made camp.

• Black Zetsu warned Uchiha Madara that his body was weakening, and Madara told him to watch Obito closely because Kiyohara could replace him.
• Orochimaru told Shimura Danzō that he had conceded to Kiyohara and that Kiyohara had perfected the Eight Branches Technique; Orochimaru named Shinnō and the Zero-Tails as a possible path to greater power.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Mitokado Homura discussed choosing between Namikaze Minato and Kiyohara for Hokage before receiving the Shrine Maiden’s request for help against the escaped Mōryō.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned separate teams led by Kiyohara and Namikaze Minato to the Land of Demons, where their performance could affect the Hokage selection.
• Kiyohara persuaded Tsunade to join his team, then flew west with Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shizune on a clay White Dragon while Minato traveled with Kakashi and Nohara Rin.
• Kiyohara’s team reached the Land of Demons’ border by evening, and Kiyohara and Tsunade set up camp as he planned to seek the Shrine Maiden’s Chakra to defeat Mōryō.

Kiyohara and his companions reached the Land of Demons to help deal with Mōryō, while Miroku foresaw a golden giant defeating the demon. When Miroku met Kiyohara, she recognized him as the man from her vision, leaving Tsunade suspicious of her attention.

• Kiyohara built an earthen shelter against the wind, and Kurenai Yuhi later joined him in his room and shared rice balls she had made.
• Miroku learned that the Daimyo of the Land of Demons had been missing for half a month, gave Shion a bell containing her Chakra, and worried about the fate awaiting her daughter.
• Miroku foresaw a man surrounded by black mist as a golden giant seized Mōryō, but she could not identify the man.
• Kiyohara and his companions arrived at the shrine in the Land of Demons and met Miroku, who recognized Kiyohara from her vision.
• Tsunade questioned Kiyohara about Miroku's attention, and Kiyohara suspected the shrine maiden had foreseen something about him.

Kiyohara joined the shinobi gathered in the Land of Demons after the Shrine Maiden warned that Mōryō’s seal was failing and the Daimyo had disappeared. The daimyo appeared with Mōryō’s Terracotta Army and corrupted followers, and Kiyohara struck him before the confrontation escalated into battle.

• Miroku told Kiyohara and Tsunade that the Daimyo of the Land of Demons had gone missing and might be helping Mōryō escape its seals.
• Namikaze Minato, shinobi from other villages, and Mei Terumi arrived, while Miroku recounted a prophecy of Kiyohara’s golden giant and asked him to serve as her guard.
• Kiyohara scouted the Land of Swamps and found a cave where at least a thousand Terracotta Army puppets were marching outward.
• The gathered shinobi reached the Terracotta Army and found the Daimyo of the Land of Demons leading it, claiming Mōryō had given him power and immortality.
• The Daimyo offered Kiyohara a place as his guard, and Kiyohara slapped him with compressed air before the daimyo turned to Miroku and threatened the group.
• Yomi empowered the mutated ninja with Mōryō’s purple light, and Kiyohara activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to examine their chakra.

Kiyohara used Kirin to devastate the Land of Demons’ forces and force Mōryō to manifest, then revealed Susanoo’s fourth form and overwhelmed the spirit. Mōryō offered him power and immortality, but Kiyohara rejected the offer and continued attacking.

• Yomi ordered the mutated Land of Demons ninjas and Terracotta Army to attack, and the Five Great Nations’ forces struggled against their regeneration.
• One Land of Demons ninja transformed into a powerful monster, and the Five Great Nations’ casualties mounted as more followed.
• Kiyohara summoned Kirin, scorching the Terracotta Army and monsters and causing Mōryō to emerge through the Daimyo of the Land of Demons.
• Namikaze Minato struck Mōryō with a Big Ball Rasengan, but its dragon body regenerated almost immediately.
• Kiyohara manifested Susanoo’s fourth form, seized Mōryō, and repeatedly punched its body apart.
• Mōryō offered Kiyohara power, an empire, and eternal life, but Kiyohara refused and smashed it into the ground.

Kiyohara used Miroku’s shrine maiden chakra and his own powers to defeat and seal Mōryō. He proposed taking the sealed spirit to Konoha, while Miroku hesitated and the Daimyo of the Land of Demons called to her.

• Mōryō escaped Kiyohara’s grasp and fled to merge with its body, while Kiyohara brought Miroku into Susanoo and asked for her chakra.
• Miroku lent Kiyohara her chakra, which gave his Susanoo pinkish-purple patterns and let his fire overwhelm Mōryō’s attack.
• Kiyohara enhanced Susanoo with Senjutsu Chakra and, with Miroku’s help, sealed Mōryō inside a fist-sized sphere.
• The Terracotta Army collapsed and the mutated Land of Demons ninja died after Mōryō was sealed.
• Kiyohara proposed taking Mōryō to Konoha and invited Miroku to come, but she hesitated and said they needed to separate Mōryō’s body and soul first.
• Kiyohara argued that Konoha could guard Mōryō more safely, and the Daimyo of the Land of Demons called Miroku’s name.

Kiyohara sealed Mōryō, brought Miroku and her guards to Konoha, and arranged an alliance with the Land of Demons. Reports of his golden giant alarmed Ōnoki and Rasa, while the chapter ended with Kiyohara reporting the mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Miroku rejected the Daimyo of the Land of Demons after he regretted touching Mōryō, and she agreed to leave with Kiyohara for Konoha.
• The Land of Demons guards pledged to follow Miroku, and Kiyohara agreed to bring them to Konoha after the other villages' ninja departed.
• Kiyohara proposed an alliance with the Land of Demons, and its Daimyo accepted while Kiyohara offered Konoha's medical help.
• Gari reported Kiyohara's strength to Ōnoki, who ordered Iwagakure to reform and train young ninja more intensely; Baki reported to Rasa, who ordered a meeting about sending Sunagakure genin to Konoha's Chunin Exams.
• Kiyohara arrived in Konoha with Miroku, Shion, and the guards, then reported Mōryō's sealing to Sarutobi Hiruzen and placed the sealing scroll on his desk.

Kiyohara arranged for Miroku and Shion to settle in Konoha, then began researching how to turn Mōryō’s chakra into an artificial Tailed Beast and use it to safely contain the Ryūmyaku’s power. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village elders held their final discussion about who would become Hokage.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen welcomed Miroku to Konoha and arranged for a Shrine Maiden Shrine to be built on the rear mountain.
• Kiyohara showed Tsunade his proposal for a casino district near the shrine, then kissed her before she pulled away and went to bathe.
• Kiyohara extracted some of Mōryō’s chakra into a Chakra Magnet, interrogated him with Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu, and sealed him again.
• Kiyohara considered using an artificial Tailed Beast as a chakra vessel for the Ryūmyaku and planned to seek information from Shinnō.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen met with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to make their final discussion about the next Hokage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other advisers chose Kiyohara over Namikaze Minato and Orochimaru as the Fourth Hokage. After Kiyohara’s election, he considered using his new authority to access Konoha’s Sealing Jutsu records.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu agreed that Kiyohara’s strength, leadership, and potential to bridge the Uchiha and Konoha made him their choice for Hokage.
• Nara Shikaku and other jōnin speculated that Namikaze Minato would win as the candidates gathered for the selection meeting.
• Namikaze Minato gave a speech promising to protect Konoha, while Orochimaru shocked the assembly by offering immortality and was told by Sarutobi Hiruzen to step down.
• Kiyohara promised economic reforms, better support for ninja, and peaceful lives for children in Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced Kiyohara as the Fourth Hokage, prompting congratulations and anger from Shimura Danzō.
• Kiyohara realized his new position could let him access Konoha’s Sealing Jutsu collection and pursue the History of Warring States Sealing.

After becoming the Fourth Hokage, Kiyohara obtained the History of Warring States Sealing and absorbed Uzumaki Kiyohara, gaining a major increase in Chakra, physical strength, and healing. He tested his growing abilities, trained Uchiha Izumi, and sent Uzuki Yugao and Hayate Gekko to search the ninja world for Chakra-holding materials, then considered visiting Uchiha Hikari.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen showed Kiyohara Konoha's sealing-jutsu inventory, and Kiyohara took the History of Warring States Sealing scroll.
• Uzumaki Kiyohara read the scroll before dissolving into light that merged into Kiyohara, strengthening his Chakra, body, and healing and advancing his Wood Release.
• Kiyohara tested his new strength and Wood Release, then welcomed Uchiha Izumi and watched her demonstrate her improved Fire Release at Training Ground 3.
• Kiyohara assigned Uzuki Yugao and Hayate Gekko to search the ninja world for ores, metals, and crystals capable of holding large amounts of Chakra.
• Kiyohara read the sealing scroll and wondered when he should visit Uchiha Hikari.

After becoming Hokage, Kiyohara celebrated with Tsunade and his friends, then experimented with Mōryō’s Yin Release chakra and its effects. He ended the chapter at Kurenai Yuhi’s home, where she noticed Tsunade’s fragrance on him and questioned him about it.

• Kiyohara studied the sealing record for Uchiha Hikari and planned to prepare before seeking her out, wary of her hatred for the Uchiha clan.
• Tsunade and Kiyohara kissed at her home, but Shizune returned and interrupted them before things went further.
• Kiyohara tested Mōryō’s Yin Release chakra on a white mouse, then used his chakra mixed with Asura’s Yang Release power to suppress its frenzy and restore it.
• Kiyohara celebrated becoming Hokage with Tsunade, Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Nohara Rin, and others.
• Kurenai invited Kiyohara to her home that night and asked why he smelled like a woman; Kiyohara blamed the scent on Xiyin or Tsunade and changed the subject.

Kiyohara considered the possibility of the Nine-Tails Incident and began reforming the Anbu to secure its loyalty. He then visited the Kumogakure prisoners to demand classified technical data and took Samui away after she apologized for insulting him.

• Kiyohara enhanced Kurenai Yuhi's senses with Yin Release Chakra, then left her a breakfast note the next morning.
• While handling Hokage duties, Kiyohara decided he had to prepare for a possible Nine-Tails Incident despite the changes to events.
• Kiyohara expanded the Anbu with new special operations divisions led by Might Guy and Hatake Kakashi, and promised higher pay and extensive benefits funded from his own pocket.
• The Anbu members cried their loyalty to Kiyohara, who praised Sarutobi Shinnosuke for speaking frankly.
• Kiyohara offered to release one Kumogakure captive in exchange for the village's technical data, and Samui reluctantly apologized to him.
• Kiyohara rejected Samui's apology as insufficient and ordered her to come with him, leaving Mabui worried.

Kiyohara forced Samui to wear a maid outfit and serve him before sending her back to Mabui, who agreed to return to Kumogakure the next morning. Later, Kiyohara developed a Yin Release Chakra Mode and tested a Complete Body Susanoo powerful enough to cut through mountains.

• Kiyohara made Samui wear a maid outfit, massage him, and pour tea as punishment, then sent her back to the dungeon in her prison uniform.
• Mabui chose to return to Kumogakure because she understood its technology and could decide which materials to hand over; Kiyohara said he would send her the next morning.
• Kiyohara considered expanding Konoha’s scientific research by moving the orphanage into the village and using its facilities to pursue chakra technology and cloning research.
• Kiyohara combined Mōryō-derived Yin Release chakra, Asura’s chakra, and Sharingan ocular power to create a black Chakra Armor that enhanced his senses and increased his Mangekyō Sharingan’s capacity.
• Kiyohara used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to a deserted mountain range and manifested a golden Complete Body Susanoo.
• Kiyohara swung the Susanoo’s sword and shaved peaks from multiple mountains, then concluded that he could survive the Fourth Shinobi World War unless he faced an opponent at the Six Paths level.

Kiyohara demonstrated the scale of his complete Susanoo, then was inaugurated as the Fourth Hokage. Konan returned to the Akatsuki, where Kakuzu asked her to arrange a meeting with Kiyohara, while the chapter ended with Kiyohara finding Nohara Rin asleep in his hospital office.

• Kiyohara expanded his complete Susanoo to two hundred meters and considered ways to overcome the Mangekyō Sharingan’s blindness curse.
• Konan told Kiyohara she was returning to the Land of Rain, and he gave her a Flying Thunder God Kunai so he could reach her if trouble arose.
• Kiyohara was formally inaugurated as the Fourth Hokage, while Namikaze Minato congratulated himself on having more time with Kushina and promised to protect her during childbirth.
• Konan returned to the Akatsuki and met Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakuzu, who expressed interest in Kiyohara and asked her to introduce them.
• Konan went to speak with Yahiko, while Kiyohara found Nohara Rin asleep on a sofa in his hospital office.

Kiyohara promoted Nohara Rin to deputy director of Konoha Hospital and accepted her invitation to barbecue before learning that Sasuke had been born. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Shinnō agreed to target Kiyohara for blood samples, and Kiyohara received a new Last Words Book as the chapter ended.

• Kiyohara visited Nohara Rin, praised her research on White Zetsu Cells, kissed her, and appointed her deputy director of Konoha Hospital.
• Tekka Uchiha told Kiyohara that Fugaku Uchiha had invited him to a banquet celebrating the birth of Sasuke, and Kiyohara agreed to attend.
• Orochimaru offered Shinnō the Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique and proposed that they work together to obtain Kiyohara's blood and study his Kekkei Genkai.
• Shinnō agreed to help Orochimaru attack Kiyohara while disguised as an enemy ninja.
• Kiyohara returned home, received the new Last Words Book, and saw a new ash urn appear in his mind.

Kiyohara met a future version of himself who had the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and half Ōtsutsuki blood, and agreed to fulfill his requests in exchange for inheriting his power. Meanwhile, Obito trained with Kakuzu and felt an unexplained sense of loss before heading to Konoha, where Kiyohara found Nohara Rin at Yakiniku Q.

• Kiyohara examined a new Ash Box and met a silver-haired future version of himself with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and three distinct eye techniques.
• Mangekyo Kiyohara revealed that Kaguya Otsutsuki had killed him with All-Killing Ash Bones after he refused to let her reclaim his Chakra, and that he had half Ōtsutsuki blood.
• Mangekyo Kiyohara asked Kiyohara to kill Shimura Danzō and learn Yin Release and Yang Release secret techniques, and Kiyohara agreed.
• Obito sparred with Kakuzu, then offered to strengthen him later by transplanting Hashirama Cells.
• Obito felt an unexplained restlessness and went to Konoha with White Zetsu's approval.
• Kiyohara arrived at Yakiniku Q and found Nohara Rin sitting by the window.

Kiyohara and Nohara Rin shared a meal, and he accompanied her home, where she invited him inside. After they both bathed, Kiyohara found Rin had retreated to her bedroom and went to her door.

• Kiyohara met Nohara Rin at Yakiniku Q, where they ate grilled meat and discussed her deputy director position.
• Kiyohara draped his robe over Nohara Rin when she felt cold, and she invited him to sit at her home because no one else was there.
• At Rin's home, Kiyohara noticed photographs of Rin with her parents and of the two of them at Training Ground 3.
• Rin went to bathe, and Kiyohara later took a bath as well while she waited outside and watched him undress.
• After Kiyohara finished bathing, he found the living room empty and walked to Rin's bedroom door.

Kiyohara helped Nohara Rin begin sensing Senjutsu Chakra, then attended Sasuke’s birth banquet and discussed Danzō’s collection of Sharingan with Fugaku Uchiha. Shisui Uchiha revealed that Danzō had tried to recruit him as a source of clan intelligence, and Kiyohara said he would handle it.

• Kiyohara helped Nohara Rin complete her Youth-Preserving Jutsu training and infused her with Senjutsu Chakra to lay the foundation for learning senjutsu.
• Kiyohara visited Fugaku Uchiha’s home, gave Uchiha Itachi an A-rank Fire Style scroll, and presented a gold bracelet for newborn Sasuke.
• Kiyohara sensed Indra’s Chakra within Sasuke and reflected on how the Six Paths Chakra passed between reincarnations.
• Kiyohara asked Fugaku to list Uchiha members who had died or gone missing without their bodies being recovered so he could verify which Sharingan Danzō possessed.
• Shisui Uchiha told Kiyohara that Danzō had asked him three months earlier to report intelligence on the Uchiha clan, and Kiyohara promised to handle the matter.

Kiyohara tested his Yin Release Chakra Mode and found it could repel even Shisui's Mangekyō Genjutsu, then spent the night with Nohara Rin. Obito secretly witnessed Rin and Kakashi at his grave and began forming a plan, while Shinnō demonstrated Zero-Tails to Danzō and Kiyohara announced plans for economic reform.

• Kiyohara had Shisui test his Yin Release Chakra Mode, which repelled successive Genjutsu attacks, including those from Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kiyohara returned to Nohara Rin with sweets, eased her discomfort with Yang Release Chakra, and promised to stay with her that night.
• Obito hid near his grandmother's grave and overheard Rin tell Kakashi about Kiyohara's Hokage appointment and her promotion at Konoha Hospital; Kakashi mentioned Kushina's approaching due date, prompting Obito to form a plan.
• Shinnō defeated attacks from Shigaraki and Aburame Ryoma by using regeneration, then revealed Zero-Tails to Danzō and agreed to teach Root in exchange for Konoha's research materials.
• Kiyohara told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that he had funded improved Anbu benefits himself and announced that he planned to carry out economic reform.