Chapter Summaries

Torifu and his friends enjoyed Konoha’s bonfire celebration as Hashirama tried to interfere with Tsunade and Dan before Mito stopped him. The evening ended with Kosuke and Torifu spotting Shinku shyly talking to a woman in a floral dress.

• Torifu lit the bonfire with a flame crane, and the villagers cheered as it danced above the flames.
• Torifu joined Hashirama, Mito, and Chirori, and Hashirama tried to confront Dan after seeing him kiss Tsunade’s forehead, but Mito held him back.
• Torifu and Chirori took a photo by the bonfire and wandered through the festival, but they skipped Teuchi’s stall because its line was too long.
• Torifu and Chirori ran into Kosuke, who had been looking for Shinku, and they spotted Shinku talking shyly with a woman in a floral dress.

Torifu and Chirori ended Konoha’s bonfire celebration by declaring it an annual holiday called the Carnival. Three days later, Torifu visited the Interrogation Department and learned that the captured enemy was a trusted subordinate of Hanzo from Amegakure.

• Kosuke teased Torifu and Shinku about their romantic prospects before leaving to find someone to walk with.
• Torifu and Chirori agreed to make the bonfire celebration an annual Konoha holiday called the Carnival.
• Torifu extinguished the bonfire, announced the celebration’s end, and said it would return the following year.
• Three days later, Torifu visited the Interrogation Department to ask Elando about the captive’s interrogation.
• Elando told Torifu that the captive was from Amegakure, served Hanzo, and refused to reveal more.
• Torifu praised Elando and decided to watch as the interrogation continued.

Torifu observed Elando torturing an Amegakure prisoner for information, but the man refused to betray Lord Hanzo. Torifu stopped the interrogation and declared that Amegakure would never rise by using Konoha as a stepping stone.

• Torifu followed Elando into the Interrogation Room, where Elando warned the captive to reveal what he knew.
• Elando burned the prisoner’s wounds and used Wind Release: Thin Wind Blade to inflict more pain, but the man stayed silent.
• Elando summoned swarms of venomous ants, whose bites overwhelmed the prisoner with agony.
• The captive said he would never betray Lord Hanzo, while Torifu decided to call off the interrogation and seek other methods.
• The prisoner proclaimed that Amegakure would rise to power, and Torifu vowed it would not rise by defeating Konoha.

Torifu learned from a captured Amegakure ninja that Hanzo had fed his men mysterious red fruits that raised them to Kage Level. The intelligence pointed to a hidden force making Chakra fruits from children, and Torifu planned to consult the other Kage.

• Torifu killed the captured Amegakure leader and sent for Yamanaka En to retrieve his memories.
• Yamanaka En and Elando discovered that Hanzo had ordered children with Chakra to be captured and that the leader had stumbled upon children being turned into red fruits.
• Yamanaka En revealed that Hanzo had forced several ninja to eat the fruits, raising their strength to Kage Level.
• Torifu concluded that the fruits were likely connected to the Otsutsuki and ordered Yamanaka En to keep the intelligence secret.
• Torifu told Elando he would contact the other Kage, while Elando was given time to rest.

After obtaining information from an interrogation, Torifu sent letters to Sunagakure and Iwagakure proposing a meeting to share information and eliminate the threat. He returned to the Yunzhong Clan Grounds after lunch and met Minato, who had just finished a mission.

• Torifu left the Interrogation Department after reassuring the interrogator and reflecting on the threats posed by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Amegakure.
• Torifu wrote two letters inviting the Kage of Sunagakure and Iwagakure to visit Konoha, then ordered a Puppet to deliver them within a week.
• Torifu visited the opening of Teuchi's Ichiraku Ramen shop before going to the Barbecue Restaurant, where he asked the owner to keep an eye on Teuchi's business.
• Torifu ate twenty plates of meat and asked Minato about his mission when they met at the Yunzhong Clan Grounds.
• Minato said he would patrol around Konoha with Sakumo the next day, then went to bathe while Torifu settled down for an afternoon nap.

Torifu prepared for the Kazekage and Tsuchikage to visit Konoha and discuss Amegakure’s attack on Iwagakure as the Second Shinobi World War approached. Sakumo departed with Minato and two other children for a month-long mission in the Land of Waves, while Torifu awaited the visiting Kage’s stance on Amegakure.

• Torifu received word that the Kazekage and Tsuchikage would arrive in Konoha the next day and approved preparations for their reception.
• Sakumo told Torifu that his squad had accepted a mission to clear bandits in the Land of Waves and would miss the Kage’s visit.
• Torifu encouraged Sakumo to visit the Land of Iron and, if he met Mifune, pass along his praise for the samurai.
• Sakumo explained that the mission would take over a month, and Torifu told him to withdraw if the squad faced danger and to put their lives first.
• Torifu considered Konoha’s possible response to Amegakure, which he believed was preparing for war alongside Hanzo and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s subordinates.

The Kazekage and Ōnoki arrived in Konoha, where Torifu welcomed them before arranging their rest and a meeting about Amegakure. Torifu then spoke with Hashirama, who learned that another force might be behind Amegakure and offered to join the fight if war broke out.

• Torifu welcomed the Kazekage and Ōnoki at Konoha's entrance, and they exchanged formal greetings.
• Torifu led the two Kage through Konoha as villagers cheered, then arranged for them to rest before lunch and promised to discuss their letter.
• Torifu visited Hashirama and told him that a force behind Amegakure might be connected to the earlier chaos in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Torifu said Konoha would fight back if Amegakure declared war, and Hashirama volunteered to join the battle, partly to vent his frustration over losing games.

Torifu met with Hashirama, who trusted him to lead Konoha and agreed to take a walk with Mito. Torifu then hosted the Kazekage and Ōnoki at a banquet, where they discussed the Rain shinobi’s failed invasion and questioned why one attacker had not been made a suicide soldier.

• Hashirama told Torifu that he and Tobirama would respond if Rain declared war, while Mito would oversee Konoha.
• Mito urged Hashirama to leave the house and take a walk, and he agreed to go with her.
• Torifu spent time wandering Konoha before welcoming the Kazekage and Ōnoki to a secluded banquet hall.
• Torifu recounted how the Rain shinobi died during their attack, including how Hashirama destroyed two of them before they could be captured.
• The Kazekage questioned why Rain had left one attacker as a normal shinobi if the others had been prepared to die.

Torifu and the Kazekage and Ōnoki discussed Amegakure’s attack and agreed to form an alliance against the Land of Rain. After the banquet, Torifu returned home and learned that Amado’s Second-Generation Appliances would be ready the next day.

• Torifu, the Kazekage, and Ōnoki considered whether Amegakure planned to seize the Land of Lightning, which the four great nations had secretly divided among themselves.
• Torifu said he would demand an explanation from Hanzo, and he agreed with Ōnoki and the Kazekage to form an alliance and sanction the Land of Rain.
• After the banquet, Ōnoki went to the Senju Clan compound to visit Hashirama and Tobirama, while Torifu returned home.
• Torifu asked Amado about the Second-Generation Appliances, and Amado said the first batch would be ready the next day.
• Torifu decided to put the appliances on sale the following day, offering returns or exchanges if testing revealed problems.

Amado arranged extra production and the next-day launch of Konoha’s Second-Generation Appliances, while Torifu warned him that Amegakure’s push for war made conflict inevitable. Amado announced the Trade-in Program to villagers, offering credit for usable first-generation appliances.

• Torifu told Amado that Amegakure’s ambitions were clear and war was inevitable after his negotiations at the banquet.
• Torifu asked Amado to announce the Second-Generation Appliances, then went to rest.
• Amado visited the Back Mountain factory and told Kato Heng to increase production with overtime pay ahead of the launch.
• Amado inspected a finished washing machine and approved the packed goods for distribution to shopkeepers the next morning.
• Villagers crowded around Amado to ask about the new appliances, and he explained the models and the Trade-in Program.

Konoha villagers rushed to buy Amado’s second-generation appliances, while the Kazekage and Ōnoki approached Torifu to negotiate sales for Sunagakure and Iwagakure. Torifu agreed to increase production for the two villages, though he warned that the price would be higher.

• Amado announced a trade-in offer and told villagers that the first batch of second-generation appliances would go on sale the next morning.
• Villagers lined up early as shop owners delivered the limited stock of appliances.
• The Kazekage and Ōnoki visited the bustling market, then decided to ask Torifu about purchasing the appliances for their villages.
• Torifu welcomed the Kazekage and Ōnoki at the Hokage Building and heard their request to buy appliances for Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Torifu agreed to have the Factory increase production, and Ōnoki said the higher price would not be a problem.

Torifu finalized the alliance with Ōnoki and the Kazekage for war against Amegakure, then learned Kakuzu had failed to recruit Hanzo and barely escaped their fight. After Torifu warned Kakuzu about a powerful figure behind Hanzo, Kakuzu asked to join the war.

• Torifu agreed to increase appliance production for Iwagakure and Sunagakure at higher prices, and the three leaders planned to send their forces to confront Hanzo.
• The Kazekage and Ōnoki toured Konoha before departing, agreeing to Torifu's request that their shinobi spare civilians in the Land of Rain.
• Torifu returned home, sensed Kakuzu contacting him through the mark, and spoke with him from a damp cave.
• Kakuzu told Torifu that Hanzo had overpowered him with help from Ibuse's poison, forcing him to flee.
• Torifu shared intelligence about a mysterious woman behind Hanzo, and Kakuzu asked to join the war to challenge Hanzo.

Torifu prepared Konoha for war while Kakuzu withdrew from the Land of Rain, but Amegakure stayed quiet for a month as Sakumo’s squad returned. The system then revealed that Hanzo had launched the Second Shinobi World War against the Lands of Wind, Fire, and Earth.

• Torifu told Kakuzu to leave the Land of Rain with their organization’s members before war broke out, then returned his consciousness to his own body.
• Torifu formed the Sharp Blade Squad, assigned Medical Ninja to squads, sent seventy percent of Konoha’s forces toward the Land of Rain, and ordered intensive survival training.
• After a month without fighting, Sakumo returned with Minato and two other children, reporting that they had found Mifune near death and left him a note.
• Minato demonstrated his improved Flying Thunder God Technique, and Torifu praised him and the other children before ordering them to remain in the village when war began.
• The system announced that Hanzo had declared war on the Lands of Wind, Fire, and Earth to seize territory from the Land of Lightning.

After Hanzo declared war on the Land of Fire and two other great nations, Torifu prepared Konoha for the coming conflict while keeping the news quiet. At home, he warned Minato about war’s dangers, and Minato hoped to fight one day even as he wished war would never come.

• Torifu learned that Hanzo had launched the Second Shinobi World War and assigned Sakumo to train with Jiraiya and the others.
• Torifu delayed announcing the war, planning to wait until Konoha’s shinobi had completed their training.
• Torifu returned home and watched Minato practice the Flying Thunder God, encouraging his progress.
• Minato asked whether war was frightening, and Torifu explained that he feared becoming numb to killing.
• Torifu urged Minato to remember why he fought, and Minato resolved to keep that lesson in mind while hoping for a future chance to fight and for war never to come.

Minato learned that Konoha would soon go to war against Amegakure and resolved to grow strong enough to maintain peace. Torifu prepared Amado and the village for the coming conflict before leaving the laboratory.

• Torifu told Minato that Konoha's forces would leave for war in about half a month and that Minato would remain in the village.
• Minato asked why people waged war, and Torifu urged him to become strong enough to maintain the Shinobi World's fragile peace.
• Minato promised to work hard, and Torifu left to check on Amado.
• Torifu told Amado that Amegakure had declared war and ordered him to pause Factory production to make weapons and look after Minato.
• Amado agreed to help manage the village while Torifu went to war, then returned to his experiment.

Torifu mobilized Konoha after Amegakure reached the Land of Fire’s border five days earlier than expected. He assigned the shinobi to five units and left Mito in charge of the village, then prepared to depart for the battlefield with Hashirama and Tobirama.

• Torifu learned that Amegakure’s shinobi had reached the border of the Land of Fire ahead of schedule.
• Torifu gathered Konoha’s shinobi, announced that the war had already begun, and ordered shinobi below Chunin rank to remain in the village.
• Torifu placed Mito in charge of the village and divided ten thousand shinobi into five units led by himself, Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō.
• Torifu warned the shinobi not to underestimate Amegakure and ordered them to set out at one o’clock after spending lunch with their families.
• Hashirama and Tobirama discussed leading units and agreed to go home for a meal before the campaign.

Torifu left Konoha with a ten-thousand-strong army to confront Amegakure, stopping near the Land of Rain border after capturing a scout. Yamanaka En searched the dead man’s memories and discovered he was not from Amegakure.

• Torifu handed Konoha’s affairs to Mito and the secretary, then shared a meal with Minato and Amado before departing for war.
• Torifu led ten thousand ninjas toward the Land of Rain, traveling at the head of the army as a Cloud Crane.
• Torifu intercepted and killed a grayish-purple-robed ninja who had tried to attack the army with a fireball.
• Torifu asked Yamanaka En to search the dead scout’s memories near the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain.
• Yamanaka En emerged from the memory search confused and said the dead man was not from Amegakure.

Torifu’s forces discovered that Kusagakure shinobi were disguised as Amegakure troops, confirming that Hanzo had outside support. After scouts reported Amegakure’s numbers and positions, Torifu prepared Konoha for a cautious assault the next day and anticipated the enemy would try to wear them down.

• Yamanaka En identified the captured disguised shinobi as a Kusagakure shinobi, and Tobirama concluded Kusagakure was covertly supporting Hanzo.
• Torifu ordered the troops to rest, scout Amegakure’s position, and end Konoha’s partnership with Kusagakure.
• A Hyuga scout and his teammates found Amegakure forces near the border, intercepted infiltrators, and estimated the enemy at five to seven thousand shinobi, including about twenty Kage Level fighters.
• Torifu discussed Amegakure’s Secret Drug and warned the squad leaders that the enemy might use retreats and harassment to exhaust Konoha’s forces.
• Torifu told the shinobi to prepare for a direct battle the next day and promised to help them after defeating his own opponent.

Torifu led Konoha’s army into battle against Amegakure and quickly overwhelmed the force led by a blond ninja. After the enemy retreated, Torifu ordered Konoha to pursue, knowing a larger conflict still lay ahead.

• Torifu led Konoha’s army to the Land of Fire border, where it faced Amegakure’s forces and a blond, masked commander.
• The blond commander taunted Torifu, but Torifu ordered Konoha’s ninja to attack.
• Torifu fought the blond commander with crystal techniques and froze his Water Dragon Bullet, then bound him with White Cloud Chains.
• The blond commander escaped with the Substitution Technique and ordered Amegakure’s ninja to retreat.
• Torifu stopped Konoha’s attack and ordered the army to pursue the fleeing Amegakure forces.

Konoha's army advanced through the Land of Rain while Torifu weighed the dangers of the terrain and the other great nations' ambitions. After Amegakure's forces escaped ahead, Torifu had Kagami use his Mangekyō Sharingan to find a villager who could guide them toward Amegakure.

• Torifu, Hashirama, and Hiruzen discussed the Land of Rain's resources and how the Land of Wind and Land of Earth might seek to claim it.
• Torifu refused Kagami's suggestion to help the Kazekage and Tsuchikage, agreeing with Hashirama that unfamiliar terrain made a rescue too dangerous.
• Amegakure's guerrilla fighters ambushed Konoha's army, and Torifu sent Cloud Birds to find and kill the hidden shinobi.
• The Amegakure forces led by the blond man used the terrain to escape, so Torifu slowed Konoha's advance and sought a local guide.
• Kagami used his Mangekyō Sharingan to learn that a young villager had been to Amegakure, and Torifu promised to release him there and gave the other villagers Military Ration Pills.