Chapter Summaries

Jiogan mastered the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, practiced making Flying Thunder God Kunai, and received orders from Hiruzen Sarutobi to take medical supplies to the Western Front and assist Sakumo against Sunagakure. He collected the supplies and teleported toward the front.

• Jiogan adapted the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to his Origin Power, sensed Konoha and Mito Uzumaki, and exchanged sensing techniques with her.
• Jiogan made all five hundred Flying Thunder God Kunai Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent him and spent the next two days resting and cultivating.
• An Anbu Ninja summoned Jiogan to the Hokage's Office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned him to deliver medical supplies to Tsunade on the Western Front and support Sakumo.
• Jiogan collected the medical Supply Scroll at Konoha Hospital and placed a Flying Thunder God Seal beneath Kurama Feiyun's chair.
• Jiogan sensed the Flying Thunder God Kunai on the Western Front and teleported away.

Jiogan arrived at the Western Front Command to deliver supplies, but Hatake Sakumo mistook his sudden teleportation for an attack and the resulting clash wrecked the commander's tent. After they cleared up the misunderstanding, Jiogan handed over the supplies and was left facing Tsunade's promise to settle their old grievances.

• Hatake Sakumo discussed Sunagakure's poisons and the front's need for reinforcements with Tsunade and the medical-nin, then revealed that Jiogan had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique and was coming to help.
• Jiogan teleported into the commander's tent just as Hatake Sakumo slashed at him, so Jiogan unleashed a huge burst of water that blasted Sakumo, Tsunade, and the others out of the tent.
• Kurama Feiyun recognized Jiogan, and the group realized that Sakumo had mistaken him for an enemy while Jiogan had thought he was under attack.
• An hour later, Jiogan gave Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade the medical supplies sent by Hiruzen Sarutobi and joked about Sakumo nearly cutting him down.
• Kurama Feiyun pulled Tsunade away to inventory the supplies, while Tsunade warned Jiogan that she would settle their old scores with him later.

Jiogan planned a solo nighttime strike against Sunagakure after learning about Chiyo's poison and mapping the enemy camp. He left for the camp at two in the morning, secretly intending to destroy its poison supplies and launch a decapitation strike.

• Jiogan assured Hatake Sakumo that he could counter Chiyo and used his sensory ability to map Sunagakure's camp.
• Jiogan proposed a solo surprise attack to destroy Sunagakure's poison reserves, and Hatake Sakumo approved while warning him to return safely.
• Jiogan visited Kurama Feiyun, reunited with her, and slept beside her before leaving at two in the morning.
• Jiogan departed for Sunagakure's camp, keeping his plan to carry out a decapitation strike secret from Hatake Sakumo and Kurama Feiyun.

Jiogan infiltrated the Sunagakure encampment and used staged explosions to discover and destroy its poison storage. After his clone captured Chiyo and two guards with a Water Palm, Jiogan prepared to kill Ebizo while Chiyo was trapped.

• Jiogan infiltrated the Sunagakure camp disguised as one of its ninjas and planted Explosive Tags while searching for the poison storage.
• Jiogan detonated a strategist's tent and used the ensuing chaos to make Sunagakure reveal which locations it was protecting.
• Jiogan set off more explosions near the troops' tents, distracting Chiyo and Ebizo while Chiyo led trusted subordinates to inspect the storage room.
• Sunagakure captured Jiogan's first clone and Chiyo took it to the interrogation room, allowing Jiogan's third clone to enter and destroy the poison supplies.
• When the poison storage exploded, Chiyo attacked the captured clone, which transformed into a Water Palm and sealed her and two guards.
• Jiogan planned to use the five minutes Chiyo was sealed to kill Ebizo.

Jiogan destroyed Sunagakure’s poison reserves, killed Ebizo, and flooded much of the encampment before escaping back to Konoha. After reporting the damage, he urged Hatake Sakumo to launch an offensive, as Sunagakure’s stronger forces were likely to join the coming decisive battle.

• Jiogan trapped Ebizo and the guards in a Water Palm Prison, killed them, and took Ebizo’s head as Sunagakure’s forces pursued him.
• Chiyo escaped Jiogan’s Water Palm Prison and rushed to avenge Ebizo after learning he had been killed and the poison reserves destroyed.
• Jiogan lured Sunagakure’s forces to the river and unleashed the Great Exploding Water Wave, flooding more than half the encampment.
• Jiogan identified himself to Chiyo and returned to the Konoha camp with the Flying Thunder God Technique after evading her attack.
• Jiogan reported the operation to Hatake Sakumo and urged Konoha to attack Sunagakure after dawn; Hatake Sakumo agreed to convene a meeting.

After Jiogan’s raid killed Ebizo, Konoha’s Western Front forces defeated Sunagakure and drove them out of the Land of Rivers. Jiogan’s fame spread across the Ninja World, drawing the attention of its leaders and Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu.

• Jiogan visited Kurama Feiyun after telling Tsunade that his operation against Sunagakure would be discussed at Hatake Sakumo’s meeting.
• Hatake Sakumo revealed Jiogan’s special operation and Ebizo’s death to the commanders, prompting Konoha to launch an all-out offensive.
• Three days later, Konoha defeated Sunagakure’s forces and drove them back into the Land of Wind.
• Jiogan used the Flying Thunder God Technique to deliver the operation and battle reports to Konoha, and news of his victory spread throughout the Ninja World.
• The Third Kazekage prepared to fight Konoha personally, while Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, and the Third Mizukage assessed Jiogan’s strength.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root’s Hashirama Cells research accelerated, and Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu took notice of Jiogan.

Jiogan returned to the Western Front to prepare for Konoha’s decisive battle with Sunagakure and persuaded Hatake Sakumo to move the battlefield to terrain that favored Konoha. As Sunagakure advanced despite the retreat, Jiogan sought Tsunade’s help in sealing the One-Tail and returned to Konoha to retrieve sealing tools.

• Madara Uchiha heard Black Zetsu’s report about Jiogan but dismissed him as a minor threat and prioritized protecting the Rinnegan Vessel.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Jiogan, ordered him to join Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade on the Western Front, and gave him Supply Scrolls to transport.
• Jiogan delivered the supplies to Hatake Sakumo and recommended moving the decisive battle from the open desert to favorable terrain in the Land of Rivers; Hatake Sakumo approved a seventy-kilometer retreat.
• The Third Kazekage rejected the idea of delaying the fight, declared that Sunagakure had to gamble on a decisive battle, and led its army toward Konoha’s chosen battlefield.
• Jiogan asked Tsunade about her Sealing Jutsu, learned she could seal the One-Tail if she had suitable tools, and teleported to Konoha to obtain them from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Jiogan and Tsunade defeated Monk Bunpuku and sealed Shukaku during Konoha’s battle against Sunagakure. With the One-Tail secured and Sunagakure’s forces faltering, Jiogan left Tsunade guarding the sealing scroll and went to aid Ino-Shika-Cho.

• Jiogan advised Hatake Sakumo to wait for Sunagakure to attack and explained how Konoha’s fighters should face the enemy’s strongest combatants.
• When Sunagakure launched its attack, Hatake Sakumo fought the Third Kazekage while Ino-Shika-Cho faced Chiyo, and Jiogan and Tsunade targeted Monk Bunpuku.
• Jiogan and Tsunade battered Shukaku until Bunpuku began undoing his Tailed Beast Transformation, then Jiogan broke Bunpuku’s seal and knocked him unconscious.
• Tsunade activated the Four Symbols Seal as Jiogan used his Origin Power to help her suppress and seal Shukaku inside the scroll, killing Bunpuku in the process.
• The sight of Shukaku’s sealing lifted Konoha’s morale, while the Third Kazekage failed to reach the scroll and Ino-Shika-Cho struggled against Chiyo.
• Jiogan asked Tsunade to protect the scroll and teleported away to support Ino-Shika-Cho.

Jiogan rescued the poisoned Ino-Shika-Cho team and defeated Chiyo by trapping her puppets and cutting off both her arms. He spared her, declaring Sunagakure’s defeat certain, while Chiyo was left despondent.

• Jiogan knocked back Chiyo’s puppets, then sent the wounded Ino-Shika-Cho members to headquarters for treatment.
• Jiogan fought Chiyo, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to make her puppets destroy five of their own, and trapped the remaining five in a Water Prison.
• Chiyo tried to free her puppets and attack Jiogan, but he teleported to a seal beneath her feet and cut off both her arms.
• Jiogan spared Chiyo and vanished, telling her that Sunagakure’s defeat was certain and that he would accept another challenge after the battle.
• Sunagakure ninja withdrew with Chiyo, who lamented that Jiogan had left her alive because her fate no longer mattered to him.

Jiogan fought the Third Kazekage after Hatake Sakumo withdrew, and the two powerful shinobi battled to a standstill. With Sunagakure’s forces devastated and the Third Kazekage exhausted, he called a retreat, leaving Konoha victorious on the Western Front.

• Jiogan replaced Hatake Sakumo in the fight against the Third Kazekage and told Sakumo to help Tsunade protect the One-Tail’s Sealing Scroll.
• The Third Kazekage attacked with Iron Sand techniques, while Jiogan used Water Release, Flying Thunder God, and explosive-tagged kunai to counter him.
• Jiogan held back a newly developed ability and continued trading attacks with the Third Kazekage, who could neither overcome Jiogan’s evasions nor break through his defenses.
• The Third Kazekage fired a retreat signal, acknowledged Sunagakure’s defeat, and led his remaining forces away.
• Konoha won the Western Front as Sunagakure withdrew from the battlefield.

Jiogan-kun returned to Konoha after defeating Sunagakure and handing over the sealed One-Tail, while Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to negotiate the terms of peace. After the war’s western front was settled, Jiogan-kun trained in Konoha and discussed his likely next deployment to the Eastern Front with Kurama Feiyun.

• Jiogan-kun gave Hiruzen Sarutobi the scroll containing the One-Tail and advised him to demand a heavy price from Sunagakure in peace talks.
• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to use the One-Tail to create a controllable Jinchuriki, but Hiruzen refused and insisted Konoha uphold the balance of the Tailed Beasts.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated with the Third Kazekage, and Sunagakure paid a heavy price, withdrew from the war, and received the One-Tail back.
• Konoha reassigned its western forces: Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to the northern front, Hatake Sakumo took command of the Northeastern Front, and Jiogan-kun stayed in Konoha as mobile support.
• Jiogan-kun brought grilled fish to Kurama Feiyun and told her he expected to go to the Eastern Front to fight Kirigakure, where he planned to reveal his new ability.
• Kurama Feiyun reacted with surprise after Jiogan-kun whispered what his new ability was, and Jiogan-kun returned to training.

Jiogan developed a stable Flying Thunder God seal that let him transport living creatures, then successfully carried Hiruzen Sarutobi through space-time. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha identified Jiogan as a possible future asset and ordered Black Zetsu to recruit him after Mito Uzumaki died.

• Jiogan spent half a month training in seclusion while Hiruzen Sarutobi kept him away from the battlefield, and he learned that Dan Katō's death and Tsunade's hemophobia had still occurred.
• Black Zetsu brought Madara Uchiha basic intelligence about Jiogan, and Madara ordered him to guide Jiogan toward their cause after Mito Uzumaki's death.
• Jiogan designed an improved Flying Thunder God seal that stabilized travel through space-time and tested it successfully on small animals.
• Jiogan received Hiruzen Sarutobi's approval to use death-row prisoners for experiments and learned to transport up to four people without harm.
• Jiogan transported Hiruzen Sarutobi from the Hokage's Office to Konoha Back Mountain, where Hiruzen recalled his last space-time journey with the Second Hokage.

Jiogan upgraded his Lightning Seals and sought Mito Uzumaki’s guidance, then comforted Tsunade after Dan Katō’s death. After sharing drinks and stories, he urged Tsunade to carry on, and she watched him leave with clear eyes.

• Jiogan upgraded his Lightning Seals, visited Mito Uzumaki for sealing advice, and later mastered his first Sealing Jutsu.
• Two months after the Western Front’s victory, news arrived that Dan Katō had died, and Tsunade returned to the village.
• Jiogan found Tsunade drinking alone, joined her, and accepted her request to call her sister before she mistook him for Nawaki and cried in his arms.
• Tsunade told Jiogan about her hemophobia and her relationship with Dan Katō, while Jiogan shared how he and Kurama Feiyun fell in love and planned to marry.
• Jiogan urged Tsunade to honor Dan Katō’s and Nawaki’s memories by living well, then left; Tsunade drank once more with clear eyes.

Jiogan discovered Ichiraku Ramen, sampled its seafood and tonkotsu ramen, and met its young owner, Teuchi. After returning home, he was invited by Tsunade to walk with her around the Konoha Ninja Academy.

• Mito Uzumaki heard that Jiogan had helped Tsunade and said she owed him a favor.
• Jiogan brought breakfast to Kurama Feiyun at the hospital and told her about Tsunade's grief over Nawaki and her lover's deaths.
• Jiogan found Ichiraku Ramen, tried two bowls, and learned from Teuchi that he had moved to Konoha with his family to escape the war.
• Tsunade visited Jiogan and asked him to accompany her to the Konoha Ninja Academy, and he agreed.

Tsunade proposed introducing medical ninja training earlier at the Konoha Ninja Academy, and Jiogan helped her gain support for reform. The proposal passed at the Jonin Meeting with more than seventy percent support, and Tsunade smiled at Jiogan afterward.

• Tsunade told Jiogan she wanted to train more medical ninja by teaching children medical knowledge earlier, and Jiogan outlined how the plan could give less combat-talented children another path.
• Jiogan spotted a smiling blond boy at the Academy and told Tsunade he wanted to become an Instructor Jonin so he could teach the boy after he graduated.
• Tsunade prepared her reform proposal while Jiogan went to train, then formally presented it at a Jonin Meeting two days later.
• When the Ninja Clan representatives stayed silent, Jiogan argued that training more medical ninja would benefit both the clans and Konoha, persuading the representatives to support the plan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and other wavering representatives raised their hands, and Tsunade's proposal passed with more than seventy percent support.

Jiogan discussed Konoha’s war and the Hokage succession with Hiruzen Sarutobi, then learned he would be sent to the Eastern Front to fight Kirigakure. Before departing, he visited the Senju Clan compound with Kurama Feiyun and promised to protect himself.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Jiogan whether he wanted to become Hokage and whom he would support among Sakumo and the Sannin; Jiogan favored Orochimaru if Tsunade did not want the position.
• Jiogan advised Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha should win a swift victory on the Eastern Front and force Kirigakure out of the war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiogan to leave for the Eastern Front the next day and arrange to collect his Supply Scrolls from the Logistics Department.
• Tsunade thanked Jiogan for helping her reform plan, asked whom he supported for Hokage, and said she did not want the position.
• Jiogan told Tsunade he was heading to the Eastern Front, and she invited him and Feiyun to the Senju Clan compound for a send-off.
• Kurama Feiyun stayed at Jiogan’s residence that night, and they promised to take care of themselves.

Jiogan arrived at the Eastern Front, where he refused to take command and waited for a chance to strike Kirigakure. During a storm, he killed hundreds of Kirigakure forces and triggered a full-scale battle, while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen prepared to face him.

• Jiogan delivered supplies to Fuyou Uchiha, met the Eastern Front officers, and said he would fight alone without changing the command structure.
• Jiogan spent two days cultivating in his tent, then donned his Fish Mask when a storm swept across the front.
• Jiogan ambushed a twenty-person Kirigakure squad at Konoha's Sixteenth Defense Line and killed them with the Water Needle Technique.
• Jiogan used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to hunt across the front, killing at least three hundred Kirigakure forces in half a day as Konoha units launched a counterattack.
• Suikazan Fuguki and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen learned that Jiogan was on the battlefield, and Jūzō Biwa and members of the Kaguya and Yuki Clans volunteered to confront him.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered every Kirigakure combat unit to launch a full-scale assault against Konoha.

Lord Jiogan devastated Kirigakure forces with overwhelming Water Release, then faced Izumi Kaguya and his clan in battle. He defeated them by suppressing their Chakra with Water Prisons and killed Izumi after evading his ultimate Shikotsumyaku technique.

• Lord Jiogan learned Konoha had begun a full-scale war against Kirigakure and ordered Senior Fuyou Uchiha to wait for his signal before launching the full offensive.
• Lord Jiogan overwhelmed a fifteen-man Kirigakure elite squad with Great Exploding Water Wave, leaving only three survivors and flattening nearly three kilometers of forest.
• Izumi Kaguya arrived with Kaguya Clan fighters, and they attacked Lord Jiogan with Bone Claws, ranged bone projectiles, and Bone Blades, but he defeated them and trapped them in Chakra-suppressing Water Prisons.
• Lord Jiogan killed the captured Kaguya Clan ninja after their Shikotsumyaku defenses failed, then faced Izumi Kaguya alone.
• Izumi Kaguya used Dance of the Larch and Early Fern Dance, but Lord Jiogan avoided the bone forest and killed him with a Water Palm.

Jiogan defeated Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Yuki Clan fighters, prompting Suikazan Fuguki to order a retreat. As Kirigakure’s forces tried to escape by sea, Jiogan unleashed the Water God Palm and devastated their fleet.

• Jiogan killed Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare, then took their swords and signaled Konoha to begin its full-scale assault.
• Jiogan overpowered the Yuki Clan’s fighters with Water Release and Origin Power, leaving Yuki Sora alive but shaken.
• Yuki Sora returned to the Command Post, where Suikazan Fuguki judged the war lost and began planning Kirigakure’s retreat.
• Konoha won the battle as Kirigakure’s army withdrew toward the coast and boarded ships.
• Jiogan summoned the enormous Water God Palm over the fleeing forces, destroying many and capsizing countless ships.

After Kirigakure’s defeat, Jiogan explained the soul-freezing Ice Release techniques he had developed and declined to take part in negotiations. He reunited with Might Duy over grilled fish, then began seclusion, anticipating a breakthrough in his Origin Power.

• Jiogan recovered at the Eastern Front command post as news spread of Kirigakure’s defeat and the destruction of most of its forces.
• Jiogan named his soul-frosting technique Frozen Seal and its complete form Mysterious Ice Seal, then told Fuyou Uchiha he would leave the aftermath and negotiations to others.
• Jiogan met Might Duy and invited him to catch up away from camp.
• Jiogan and Might Duy grilled fish by a river, discussed their years apart, and shared news of Duy’s pregnant wife and Jiogan’s plans to marry Feiyun.
• Jiogan used Flying Thunder God to return Might Duy to camp, then entered seclusion expecting his Origin Power to break through.