Chapter Summaries

Kiyohara advanced economic reforms, prepared a trip to Kumogakure, and visited the orphanage to inspect research materials and encourage its children. After Konan told him Kakuzu wanted to spar, Kiyohara agreed to meet him at the Land of Fire border and then headed toward the Yamanaka Clan with Tsunade.

• Kiyohara ended the discussion with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, saying he would present his economic reform plan at the next jonin meeting.
• Uzuki Yugao reported that Kumogakure would discuss terms if the Raikage was released, and Kiyohara told her he would visit the Land of Lightning in a month.
• Kiyohara gave Yakushi Nonō materials to test, praised Guren's Crystal Release, encouraged Shion and Uchiha Izumi, and left a Shadow Clone to teach the orphanage children.
• Yakushi Nonō told Yakushi Kabuto that Kiyohara had commissioned research on the materials, and a few days later Konan returned to report that Kakuzu wanted to spar.
• Kiyohara agreed to meet Kakuzu at the Land of Fire border and promised Konan he would keep seeking medicine for Nagato.
• Kiyohara decided to pursue the Yamanaka Clan's secret Yin Release techniques, then ran into Tsunade and invited her to visit a flower shop with him.

Kiyohara and Tsunade visited the Yamanaka Flower Shop, where Kiyohara offered to take baby Ino as his disciple and asked to study the Yamanaka Clan's secret techniques in exchange for a new Yin Release technique. After demonstrating his plant-growing ability to Tsunade and teasing her, Kiyohara waited as Yamanaka Inoichi went to retrieve the clan scrolls.

• Kiyohara and Tsunade entered the Yamanaka Flower Shop and met Yamanaka Inoichi with his newborn daughter, Ino.
• Kiyohara used Wind Release to cut a Chinese rose and float it to Tsunade, impressing Yamanaka Inoichi with his precise control.
• Kiyohara offered to take Ino as his disciple, then asked Yamanaka Inoichi to share the Yamanaka Clan's secret techniques.
• Kiyohara offered Yamanaka Inoichi his Yin Release: Yin Switch Technique in exchange, and Yamanaka Inoichi agreed to fetch the clan scrolls.
• Kiyohara made Tsunade's Chinese rose bloom larger, hinting that he was developing Wood Release and asking her for its secret scrolls.
• While they waited, Kiyohara touched Tsunade's thigh beneath the table, and Tsunade let him continue after he promised to go to the casino with her.

Kiyohara obtained the Yamanaka Clan’s secret techniques and agreed to take the infant Ino as his disciple. At the Land of Fire border, he fought Kakuzu and used the Mind Body Switch Technique to make Kakuzu injure himself, leaving Kakuzu to change tactics.

• Yamanaka Inoichi gave Kiyohara an old scroll of Yamanaka Clan secret techniques, and Kiyohara promised to take Ino as his disciple when she was older.
• Several days later, Kiyohara and Konan used the Flying Thunder God Technique to meet Kakuzu at a desolate valley on the Land of Fire border.
• Kiyohara and Kakuzu agreed to wager Earth Grudge Fear and a technique on the outcome of their fight.
• Kakuzu unleashed his five hearts and four elemental masks, then attacked Kiyohara with a vast wave of Fire Release.
• Kiyohara blocked the flames with Susanoo and used the Mind Body Switch Technique to control Kakuzu, turning Kakuzu’s own fire attack against his chest.
• Kakuzu recovered, admitted he had underestimated Kiyohara, and covered his face with black tendrils to rely on perception in the fight.

Kiyohara defeated Kakuzu and obtained the complete Earth Grudge Fear technique after verifying it with Genjutsu. He returned Konan to Konoha with medicine for Nagato, leaving her flustered by their closeness, before settling back into his daily routine.

• Kakuzu revealed that he had transplanted Hashirama Cells and attacked Kiyohara, who overcame his techniques and buried him beneath Gold Dust.
• Kakuzu unleashed Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot, but Kiyohara countered with Storm Release: Storm Dragon Bullet, forcing Kakuzu to surrender.
• Kakuzu wrote down and recited Earth Grudge Fear, and Kiyohara used Mangekyo Genjutsu to verify the technique and question him about other ninjutsu.
• Kakuzu left the valley while Konan joined Kiyohara, who used Flying Thunder God to take her back to Konoha and gave her medicine to ease Nagato's symptoms.
• Konan thanked Kiyohara and left with her heartbeat quickened, while Kiyohara returned to his regular duties and completed his mastery of the Yamanaka Clan's secret techniques.

Kiyohara balanced his relationships with Tsunade, Nohara Rin, and Kurenai Yuhi while preparing to inherit part of the Otsutsuki bloodline. The chapter ended with him asking Akimichi Chōza for the Akimichi Clan’s Yang Release secret techniques in exchange for a technique from his collection.

• Tsunade visited Kiyohara, asked about the casino’s progress, and showed resentment over his closeness with Rin before leaving.
• Kakuzu returned to the Akatsuki base injured and told Obito that Kiyohara had defeated him without seeming to get serious.
• Obito learned that Madara had died and decided to proceed with the plan to seize the Nine-Tails when Kushina’s seal weakened.
• Kiyohara visited Nohara Rin, and they spent the night together before Kurenai Yuhi arrived and found Rin flustered; Rin turned down Kurenai’s invitation to go shopping.
• The next morning, Kiyohara gave Kurenai cosmetics at the Hokage’s office, where she mentioned that Rin had seemed prettier lately.
• Kiyohara asked Akimichi Chōza for the Akimichi Clan’s Yang Release secret techniques and offered a technique in exchange, noting that Inoichi had already traded the Yamanaka Clan’s techniques for a Yin Release secret technique.

Kiyohara negotiated with Akimichi Chōza for the Akimichi Clan’s Yang Release techniques, then visited Ryūchi Cave with Kurenai Yuhi to learn Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation and give her a Yin Cursed Seal. He later offered Tagitsuhime his blood to help her grow stronger and claimed his white-snake ancestry came from Xu Xian and a snake demon.

• Kiyohara told Akimichi Chōza he wanted Yang Release secret techniques to build his foundation and agreed to discuss increasing the Akimichi Clan’s share in Konoha Hospital.
• Kiyohara brought Kurenai Yuhi to Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage gave him a scroll for Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
• Kiyohara quickly used Inorganic Reincarnation to animate a stalactite, surprising Kurenai Yuhi, Tagorihime, Tagitsuhime, and the White Snake Sage.
• Kiyohara planted a Yin Cursed Seal on Kurenai Yuhi, who endured the procedure and returned home to rest and adapt to its power.
• Kiyohara gave Tagitsuhime a drop of his blood, which strengthened her chakra, and claimed that his pure white-snake bloodline came from an ancestor named Xu Xian who married a snake demon.

Kiyohara persuaded Tagitsuhime to help him take control of Ryūchi Cave, then trained in Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation and considered using it to create an artificial Tailed Beast vessel. After Akimichi Chōza exchanged the Akimichi Clan’s Yang Release secrets for access to a Forbidden Jutsu, Kiyohara absorbed Mangekyo Kiyohara’s power and awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Kiyohara proposed making Tagitsuhime the master of Ryūchi Cave, and she agreed to serve him as her master.
• Kiyohara practiced Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, bringing stalactites to life and considering how the technique could help create an artificial Tailed Beast vessel.
• Akimichi Chōza gave Kiyohara the Akimichi Clan’s Yang Release secrets in exchange for permission to choose a Forbidden Jutsu.
• Kiyohara absorbed the clan’s secret techniques and Mangekyo Kiyohara’s power, greatly strengthening his spiritual energy and chakra.
• Kiyohara’s Mangekyo Sharingan transformed into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and a new ocular technique surfaced in his mind.

Kiyohara tested the new abilities he gained from the Otsutsuki Lineage, then agreed to meet Kurama Yakumo and consider taking her as a disciple. He arrived at the Kurama estate and saw Yakumo painting on the hillside.

• Kiyohara tested Amaterasu and Narakayomi, noting their effects and considering how Narakayomi could provide fear for Dark Chakra.
• Kiyohara discovered his body and chakra had changed, tested a Chakra Receiver in the Hokage Office Building, and found that his Byakugan could see twice as far.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Kiyohara that the Kurama clan had asked her to tutor Kurama Yakumo, a frail girl with exceptional genjutsu talent.
• Kiyohara offered to visit Yakumo and take her as his disciple, then went with Kurenai Yuhi to the Kurama estate.
• Kurama Yakumo's parents led Kiyohara and Kurenai Yuhi to the rear mountain, where Kiyohara saw Yakumo painting a tree.

Kiyohara treated Kurama Yakumo’s frail body and took her as his disciple, planning to train her in Yin Release and the Spirit Transformation Technique. When Kushina went into early labor, he postponed his trip to the Land of Lightning and assigned Kakashi to guard her; on the third night, Obito attacked the delivery site.

• Kiyohara sensed Kurama Yakumo’s powerful Yin Release talent, gave her medicine to restore her vitality, and accepted her as his disciple.
• Kiyohara told Kurenai Yuhi he planned to teach Yakumo the Spirit Transformation Technique so she could fight without relying on her weak body.
• Namikaze Minato told Kiyohara that Kushina might give birth early, so Kiyohara postponed the trip to the Land of Lightning and ordered Kakashi to reinforce security against Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• On the third night, Kakashi stood guard outside the village when Obito emerged from distorted air and attacked him with a chain.
• Kakashi fought back with Kiba-maru and Purple Electricity, but Obito phased through his strike and knocked him away as the Anbu raised the alarm.

Kiyohara attacked the White Zetsu assault on Konoha while Obito infiltrated Kushina’s delivery cave and used his Sharingan to draw out the Nine-Tails. As the beast began to emerge, Kiyohara arrived and cut down half of it.

• Might Guy and the Anbu fought Sasori, Kisame Hoshigaki, and the White Zetsu attacking Konoha’s eastern side.
• Kiyohara sensed the assault, told Nohara Rin to organize treatment, and fired a Gold Dust Bullet that destroyed at least a hundred White Zetsu.
• Kisame Hoshigaki fought Might Guy, while Sasori repaired his damaged puppet body and Kakashi battled Obito.
• Obito left Kakashi behind, killed Anbu guards, and entered the cave where Namikaze Minato was protecting Kushina and their newborn son.
• Obito used his Mangekyo Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and pull it from Kushina, collapsing the cave as the beast emerged.
• Kiyohara appeared in the cave and cut down half of the Nine-Tails before it had fully taken shape.

Kiyohara separated half of the Nine-Tails from Kushina and confronted Obito after he summoned the beast inside Konoha. The village mobilized its clans and barriers, and Kiyohara deflected the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb before towering over it with Susanoo.

• Kiyohara reinforced Kushina’s seal, separated half of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and kept her and Naruto safe as Obito escaped with control of the beast.
• Obito summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha, where Shisui Uchiha and the village forces raised barriers and evacuated civilians while Sarutobi Hiruzen and the clans mobilized.
• Obito launched a Tailed Beast Bomb at Kiyohara, who used Ashihara-no-Yosei to redirect it into the sky and make it explode far from the village.
• Obito questioned how Kiyohara had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, replenished his Chakra from the Nine-Tails, and faced Kiyohara’s enormous golden Susanoo.

Kiyohara overwhelmed Obito and the Nine-Tails with his Complete Body Susanoo, Mangekyō abilities, and Wood Release. Obito moved the Nine-Tails with Kamui, but Kiyohara bound it again, leaving Obito to realize Kiyohara had not yet fought seriously.

• Kiyohara struck the Nine-Tails with Susanoo, interrupted its Tailed Beast Bomb, and burned it with Amaterasu.
• Kiyohara used Narakayomi to trap the Nine-Tails in memories of Uchiha Madara, then unleashed Wood Release and bound the beast.
• Obito and Black Zetsu reacted with shock when Kiyohara revealed Wood Release, while Kisame and Might Guy continued fighting outside the village.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Orochimaru, and the gathered ninja watched Kiyohara's battle, while Nohara Rin returned to her medical duties.
• Obito used Kamui to move the Nine-Tails, but Kiyohara cast Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and restrained it again.
• Obito felt his Chakra running low and realized Kiyohara had never been serious.

Kiyohara freed the Nine-Tails from Obito’s control and negotiated a temporary seal before sealing it inside the newborn Naruto. The village’s immediate crisis ended, and Itachi awakened his Sharingan while holding Sasuke.

• Kiyohara used Wood Release and his Complete Body Susanoo to restrain the Nine-Tails as Obito tried to move it with Kamui.
• Kiyohara’s lightning and sealing technique broke Obito’s control, and Obito abandoned the Nine-Tails and escaped.
• Kiyohara offered the Nine-Tails a twenty-year term inside a Jinchuriki, and the Nine-Tails accepted the deal.
• Minato and Kiyohara decided to seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, and Kiyohara used the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to complete the seal.
• Minato led ninja to fight the remaining Akatsuki and White Zetsu outside the village, while Itachi awakened his Sharingan as the battle ended.

Kiyohara sealed the Nine-Tails, repelled Akatsuki’s attackers, and used Wood Release to rebuild damaged houses while Konoha’s ninja marveled at his power. Shimura Danzō returned expecting to exploit the attack against Kiyohara, only to learn that Kiyohara had saved the village and gained even greater prestige.

• Might Guy fought Kisame Hoshigaki until Obito arrived and ordered Kisame and the retreating White Zetsu to withdraw.
• Kakashi halted the pursuit, and Kiyohara told Miroku that the Nine-Tails had been sealed, the civilians were safe, and only ninja had been injured.
• Kushina arrived exhausted but alive, revealing to the watching ninja that a Jinchuriki could survive having part of a Tailed Beast extracted.
• Kiyohara used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique to rebuild damaged homes, astonishing Konoha’s ninja and prompting Tsunade to recall his earlier display of Wood Release.
• Shimura Danzō returned with Root, expecting to use the attack against Kiyohara, but Mitokado Homura told him Kiyohara had subdued the Nine-Tails with Wood Release and that there had been no civilian casualties.

After Kiyohara suppressed the Nine-Tails and rebuilt Konoha, Shimura Danzō tried to implicate the Uchiha, but Utatane Koharu dismissed his claims. News of Kiyohara’s Wood Release alarmed the other villages, prompting Iwagakure and Sunagakure to plan their responses.

• Shimura Danzō suggested that the Uchiha had caused the Nine-Tails’ rampage, but Utatane Koharu argued that Kiyohara’s strength made the accusation untenable.
• Shimura Danzō returned to Root, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu doubted his methods would work against Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara finished rebuilding Konoha, dismissed Uzuki Yugao’s report of suspected spies, and planned an Anbu meeting to deal with Shimura Danzō and his subordinates.
• Ōnoki learned that Kiyohara had used Wood Release to seal the Nine-Tails, ordered Iwagakure ninja to avoid conflict with Konoha, and doubled Deidara’s training before promising to take him to the Chunin Exams.
• Rasa assessed the threat posed by Konoha’s growing power and decided to send an envoy to seek cooperation while Sunagakure prepared to grow stronger.

After Kiyohara exposed Danzō’s crimes and ordered Root’s bases seized, Shisui survived Danzō’s attempt to steal his eyes and lured him into a confrontation. Kiyohara overwhelmed Danzō’s defenses and began a Fire Style attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Mei Terumi received uncertain intelligence that Kiyohara had Wood Release and decided Kirigakure would wait until next year to send observers to Konoha’s Chunin Exams.
• Kiyohara ordered Kakashi’s squads to surround Root’s bases, cited Danzō’s flight during the Nine-Tails attack and experiments on infants, and sent Shisui to lure Danzō out with Amaterasu sealed in his eye.
• Kakashi’s Anbu seized Danzō’s residence and documents while Shisui visited Root Base, where Danzō and Aburame Ryoma immobilized him with insects and tried to take his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kiyohara’s sealed Amaterasu burned Danzō, and Shisui escaped after the stored ocular power freed him from the insect toxin; Danzō pursued him with Root ninja and revealed the Sharingan implanted in his arm.
• Shisui fought Danzō with Susanoo until Kiyohara arrived, confronted Danzō over his crimes, and repelled his Wind Release shuriken without injury.
• Kiyohara sent a wave of Gold Dust at Danzō and his Root forces, but Danzō summoned Baku, whose suction dragged at the gold, the Anbu, and Shisui’s Susanoo; Kiyohara walked through the wind and began Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame.

Kiyohara defeated and killed Shimura Danzō, then absorbed the legacy of his alternate self and gained new power from his Otsutsuki lineage. The next morning, as Konoha investigated Root’s crimes, Tsunade told Kiyohara that Danzō’s death was not why she had come to see him.

• Kiyohara trapped Shimura Danzō with the Water Boundary Technique, used Narakayomi to incapacitate him, severed his Sharingan-bearing arm, and escaped his Reverse Four Symbols Sealing with the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving Danzō dead.
• Kiyohara ordered the remaining Root forces captured and investigated, then received documents listing evidence recovered from Danzō’s residence.
• On Hokage Rock, Mangekyo Kiyohara confirmed that his last wish was fulfilled and dissolved into Kiyohara, increasing his power and awakening the ocular techniques Sotama Sonogyo and Takamusubi.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu reviewed evidence of Root’s human experiments and other crimes, while Kiyohara ordered Root’s records, assets, and prisoners processed.
• Tsunade asked Kiyohara why he had acted against Danzō; after he showed her the evidence, she agreed Danzō deserved to die and said that was not why she had come.

Kiyohara finished the casino, exposed Shimura Danzō’s crimes, and pressured Kumogakure into accepting resource concessions and a Konoha military base. He placed an Earth Cursed Seal on Samui in exchange for influence over her assignment, then demonstrated his progress with a massive Sage Art Wood Release technique.

• Tsunade demanded that Kiyohara finish the casino, and he agreed after she accepted a qipao as his condition before he kissed her.
• Orochimaru learned that Shimura Danzō was dead and planned to seek Kiyohara’s cooperation to secure funding for his research.
• Evidence of Shimura Danzō’s crimes spread through Konoha, prompting Uchiha clan members and villagers to praise Kiyohara for dealing with him.
• Kiyohara sent Kumogakure a proposal for a military base in the Land of Lightning, and Dodai persuaded its leaders to accept the terms while seeking to retrieve A and Yugito.
• Kiyohara released Samui, negotiated changes to Kumogakure’s proposed base, removed Atsui from its recommended personnel list, and placed an Earth Cursed Seal on her before healing her hidden injuries.
• Kiyohara practiced Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode in the Forest of Death and successfully summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

Kiyohara trained his Wood Release, gave Tsunade a qipao, and arranged for the Uchiha Clan to consider transplanting weakened White Zetsu Cells. He then found the hidden seal imprisoning Uchiha Hikari, entered the chamber, and removed one of the talismans on her body.

• Kiyohara assessed Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands and continued practicing the technique.
• Konan brought Samui to her new residence, while Obito told Kakuzu to adapt to his new White Zetsu hearts and began planning to recruit more allies against Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara gave Tsunade a green qipao, which she tried on, and she agreed to visit a hot spring with him after they played cards.
• At Konoha Hospital, Kiyohara discussed experiments to weaken White Zetsu Cells and offered the Uchiha Clan the chance to volunteer for transplants; Tekka Uchiha and Inabi Uchiha agreed to try.
• Kiyohara used Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to expose a hidden Uzumaki sealing barrier in the mountains, then entered the chamber where Uchiha Hikari lay sealed.
• Kiyohara removed a sealing talisman from Uchiha Hikari's body.

Kiyohara freed Uchiha Hikari from a seal, brought her to Konoha, and introduced her to a life beyond warfare. He then helped Tekka Uchiha receive a successful Hashirama Cells transplant and considered using an Artificial Tailed Beast to capture Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Uchiha Hikari awoke and attacked Kiyohara, but stopped when he revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and explained that he was the current Hokage in an era long after her own.
• Kiyohara told Uchiha Hikari that the clan wars had ended and offered her a place in Konoha; she gave her name as Hikari and went with him to the village.
• Kiyohara left Konan to show Hikari around Konoha, and Konan bought Hikari taiyaki after learning she had only eaten compressed rations before.
• Kiyohara and Nohara Rin prepared for Tekka Uchiha's operation, and Kiyohara transplanted White Zetsu tissue containing Hashirama Cells into Tekka's chest.
• Tekka woke from the successful operation with increased Chakra reserves and ocular power, despite the Hashirama face that formed on his chest.
• Kiyohara considered combining Tailed Beasts with the Artificial Tailed Beast and sealing it as a possible way to capture Kaguya Otsutsuki.