Chapter Summaries

Tsunade asked Takenaka Kaguya to send Uzushiogakure troops to help Konoha, which was fighting on several fronts, but he refused because Konoha had betrayed Uzushiogakure. He also rejected her request to persuade Amegakure and Kirigakure to withdraw, and Tsunade began arguing that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had been more responsible for the attack on Uzushiogakure.

• Tsunade met Takenaka Kaguya and asked Uzushiogakure to help Konoha in its war against several hidden villages.
• Takenaka Kaguya refused, citing Konoha's betrayal and his responsibility to protect Uzushiogakure's people.
• Tsunade appealed to Takenaka Kaguya's past compassion for civilians, but he remained unwilling to send troops for Konoha.
• Tsunade asked him to persuade Amegakure and Kirigakure to withdraw in exchange for Konoha's payment, but he refused again.
• Takenaka Kaguya warned that Uzushiogakure might aid Amegakure and Kirigakure if they requested help.
• Tsunade asked Takenaka Kaguya to consider Konoha's position against Kumogakure and Iwagakure, arguing that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō had acted without the rest of Konoha's knowledge.

Tsunade persuaded Takenaka Kaguya to let willing Uzushiogakure ninja join her on the battlefield, and his sons Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka chose to go with her. Takenaka Kaguya also announced that Mingyue Takenaka would succeed him as village leader, while Konoha’s camp learned that Tsunade was bringing the brothers to the war against the Land of Earth.

• Takenaka Kaguya refused to send troops to help Konoha but allowed Tsunade to recruit any Uzushiogakure ninja willing to follow her.
• Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka asked to go to the battlefield with Tsunade, and Takenaka Kaguya gave them permission.
• Takenaka Kaguya announced that he would step down as village leader and that Mingyue Takenaka would succeed him.
• Tsunade recruited more than twenty Uzushiogakure ninja, including Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka, and left by ship for the battlefield.
• A white figure informed Konoha’s camp that Tsunade had brought the brothers, surprising the unfamiliar middle-aged man in command.

Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Black Zetsu’s request to leave Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka to die, while Lord Takenaka secretly arranged their protection. After Hanzo of the Salamander requested aid, Mingyue Takenaka led Uzushiogakure’s forces into the Land of Rain and encountered Yahiko and Konan.

• White Zetsu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka had joined Tsunade, and Hiruzen rejected Black Zetsu’s suggestion that they be killed.
• Lord Takenaka identified Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru as Konoha’s wanted fugitives and ordered Wanghun to protect Changge and Muge.
• Hanzo of the Salamander requested aid from Uzushiogakure, and Mingyue Takenaka decided to fight Sunagakure while preparing to inspect the Konoha-Iwagakure battlefield afterward.
• Mingyue Takenaka assembled Uzushiogakure’s troops and led them into the Land of Rain, where she stopped a Ninja from attacking Yahiko and Konan.
• Mingyue Takenaka introduced herself to Yahiko and Konan as an ally and offered them food, but the children remained wary.

Mingyue Takenaka met Hanzo of the Salamander to coordinate Uzushiogakure’s aid in the war against Konoha and Sunagakure. Hanzo accepted her plan to focus on Sunagakure after Takenaka Kaguya agreed to witness a ceasefire with Konoha, and the allies prepared to assign combat missions.

• Mingyue Takenaka gave food to Yahiko and Konan and left to meet Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Yahiko told Konan he wanted to become a ninja and bring peace to the Land of Rain, and Konan agreed to follow him.
• Hanzo of the Salamander explained that Konoha and Sunagakure had joined forces against Amegakure and proposed fighting both villages at once.
• Mingyue Takenaka suggested concentrating on driving Sunagakure back and negotiating a ceasefire with Konoha, with Takenaka Kaguya as witness.
• Hanzo of the Salamander accepted Mingyue Takenaka’s plan, and she ordered Si She to send a message to her father.

Uzushiogakure and Amegakure surrounded Sunagakure’s headquarters, where Chiyo faced Mingyue Takenaka and was offered a choice between surrender and a duel. After Mingyue’s forces revealed overwhelming strength and One-Tail Chakra, most Sunagakure Ninja surrendered, leaving Chiyo to decide what to do.

• Uzushiogakure Ninja eliminated Sunagakure’s scouts throughout the Land of Rain, and Chiyo learned that every dispatched team had vanished.
• Hanzo of the Salamander and Mingyue Takenaka’s forces surrounded Sunagakure headquarters, and Chiyo realized Uzushiogakure had joined the war.
• Chiyo traded insults with Mingyue, who attacked with Shusui before proposing a duel with Sunagakure’s freedom at stake.
• Mingyue and thirteen Kage-level experts released their Chakra, and Chiyo recognized One-Tail Chakra among them.
• Sunagakure Ninja surrendered in large numbers, and Hanzo asked Chiyo whether she would fight or surrender.

After Sunagakure surrendered to Uzushiogakure, Tsunade’s Konoha forces prepared to negotiate peace with Amegakure while Orochimaru left to pursue immortality. Takenaka Kaguya intercepted Orochimaru, recruited him to Uzushiogakure, and accepted his challenge, ending the chapter as he used Ice: Ice Age against Orochimaru’s snake attack.

• Mingyue Takenaka forced Chiyo and the Sunagakure forces to surrender in the Land of Rain.
• Tsunade decided Konoha should withdraw and assigned Jiraiya to negotiate peace with Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade he was leaving to pursue immortality and warned her that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō had secretly helped plan the siege of Uzushiogakure.
• Takenaka Kaguya intercepted Orochimaru, invited him to lead Uzushiogakure’s research department, and Orochimaru agreed in exchange for a chance to test his strength.
• Orochimaru unleashed Mandara no Jin, and Takenaka Kaguya countered with Ice: Ice Age.

Takenaka Kaguya defeated Orochimaru in their confrontation and persuaded him to join Uzushiogakure by offering him access to its laboratories. He then revealed that his strange powers came from Devil Fruits and left Orochimaru eager to investigate them and Kaguya's blood.

• Takenaka Kaguya froze Orochimaru's snakes and Triple Rashomon, then pierced Orochimaru's wrist when he attacked with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Takenaka Kaguya countered Orochimaru's Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique without moving, and Orochimaru admitted defeat and promised to obey him.
• Takenaka Kaguya lifted the sealing Barrier, returned the Kusanagi Sword, forgave Orochimaru for attacking Uzushiogakure, and offered him access to its laboratories.
• Takenaka Kaguya sent a clone to the signing ceremony between Sunagakure and Amegakure, then explained that he had recruited Orochimaru for his research talent.
• Takenaka Kaguya used the Soru Soru no Mi to give a stone a soul, and Orochimaru deduced that his abilities came from Devil Fruits.
• Takenaka Kaguya told Orochimaru about Kaguya Otsutsuki and the God Tree Fruit, then offered to consider giving him a blood sample if he satisfied him.

After securing a ceasefire in the Land of Rain, Takenaka Kaguya refused Chiyo’s request to return Sunagakure’s One-Tail Jinchuriki. Mingyue Takenaka then confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi at Konoha’s front, forcing him to defend his past actions while postponing his punishment until after the war with Iwagakure.

• Takenaka Kaguya oversaw the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Konohagakure, Sunagakure, and Amegakure, ending the fighting in the Land of Rain.
• Chiyo asked Takenaka Kaguya to return Bunpuku, Sunagakure’s One-Tail Jinchuriki, but he refused and told her to discuss an exchange in twenty years.
• Chiyo and Ebizo returned to the Land of Wind, and Sunagakure and Konohagakure delivered the agreed compensation to Hanzo of the Salamander.
• White Zetsu warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Mingyue Takenaka was coming to confront him over his plot against Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka.
• Mingyue Takenaka arrived at Konoha’s headquarters and challenged Hiruzen to kill himself in exchange for Uzushiogakure’s help against Iwagakure.
• A Nara Clan Jonin asked Mingyue to postpone Hiruzen’s punishment until after the war, and she agreed to return and take his head once the conflict was decided.

Mingyue Takenaka arrived at Konoha’s camp, threatened to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi after the war, and reunited with her younger brothers, Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka. After sharing their mother’s cooking, the siblings discussed the brothers’ plans to travel rather than lead the village, and Mingyue asked them to recount their recent experiences.

• Mingyue Takenaka told Hiruzen Sarutobi that she would return to kill him once the war was over, then ordered Uzushiogakure’s forces to camp beside Konoha’s main camp.
• Mingyue explained to Si She that she wanted revenge for Uzushiogakure’s losses and Hiruzen’s plot against her brothers, and ordered him to keep Hiruzen from escaping after the war.
• Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka entered Mingyue’s tent, and she knocked them down before embracing them and scolding them for risking their lives.
• Mingyue shared food their mother had prepared and sealed in a scroll, and the three siblings ate while catching up on home and battlefield matters.
• Mingyue learned that both brothers had become Kage-level experts and offered to give up the village leader position, but they said they wanted to travel instead.
• Mingyue agreed to let her brothers choose their own paths and asked what they had experienced in recent days.

Mingyue Takenaka, Changge Takenaka, and Muge Takenaka planned to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi after learning he had used their brothers as bait, while Takenaka Kaguya's clone encountered young Sasori in the desert. The clone revealed his identity, leaving Sasori terrified.

• Mingyue Takenaka learned how Hiruzen Sarutobi had endangered Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka and vowed to help them kill him.
• Changge Takenaka and Muge Takenaka confirmed they had already decided to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Wanghun agreed that he deserved to die.
• Mingyue Takenaka assigned Wanghun to watch Hiruzen Sarutobi and prevent him from escaping.
• Takenaka Kaguya's clone found young Sasori beside the unearthed corpse of the Third Kazekage and questioned him about it.
• Sasori claimed he had dug up the corpse to burn it because the Third Kazekage's death had led to his parents' deaths, though he secretly planned to turn it into a puppet.
• Takenaka Kaguya's clone gave his name, and Sasori recognized him as the New Generation God of Shinobi and reacted with terror.

Takenaka Kaguya recruited Sasori and Pakura from Sunagakure, while Konoha and Uzushiogakure routed Iwagakure on the battlefield. Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly proposed a deal to Ōnoki, offering Iwagakure what it wanted in exchange for help with a problem and promising a great gift.

• Takenaka Kaguya invited Sasori to leave Sunagakure and train under him, and Sasori agreed after asking why he had been chosen.
• Pakura confronted Sasori, but he restrained her with Chakra Threads and knocked her unconscious so she could be taken along.
• Sasori sealed the Third Kazekage's corpse in a scroll and hid Pakura inside a puppet before departing with Takenaka Kaguya.
• Sunagakure Ninja later discovered that Sasori and Pakura had disappeared and informed Chiyo, while Uzushiogakure's Kage-level fighters overwhelmed Iwagakure on the battlefield.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Ōnoki a chance to withdraw safely, then privately proposed helping Iwagakure obtain what it wanted in return for assistance with a problem and promised him a great gift.

Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly brought Uchiha Hikari and Black Zetsu to meet Ōnoki and proposed an alliance, while concealing his real target. After Ōnoki rejected a plan against Uzushiogakure, Hiruzen began to explain a different scheme by asking about the Rinnegan.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure's Ninja to retreat, and Mingyue Takenaka stopped Uzushiogakure's forces from pursuing them.
• Mingyue Takenaka agreed to give Hiruzen Sarutobi more time before taking him to Uzushiogakure, after he promised to help end the war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left a Shadow Clone in his tent and went with Black Zetsu to meet Ōnoki, bringing Uchiha Hikari along.
• Uchiha Hikari used Tsukuyomi on Ōnoki, and Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that he wanted Ōnoki's help with a plan related to Uzushiogakure.
• Ōnoki refused to oppose Takenaka Kaguya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi asked him whether he had heard of the Rinnegan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki formed an alliance to seize the Rinnegan, but their target, Wanghun—revealed as Kagami Uchiha—confronted them. Wanghun exposed their past grievances and overwhelmed their attacks, leaving Ōnoki facing the consequences of attacking Uzushiogakure.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Ōnoki a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan in exchange for helping obtain the Rinnegan, and Ōnoki agreed.
• Black Zetsu warned that their target had arrived, and a collapsing mountain forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to shield the group.
• Wanghun appeared with the Rinnegan, and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized him as Kagami Uchiha, whom he had believed dead.
• Wanghun accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of betraying Konoha and starting the war, while Hiruzen blamed Kagami and demanded that he hand over the Rinnegan.
• Wanghun used Shinra Tensei to devastate the area, then repelled Hiruzen Sarutobi's combined ninjutsu.
• Ōnoki attacked with Dust Release, but Wanghun absorbed it with the Preta Path and challenged Ōnoki over Iwagakure's hostility toward Uzushiogakure.

Wanghun, Kagami Uchiha, fought Uchiha Hikari, Black Zetsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Ōnoki as they tried to seize his Rinnegan. After he countered their attacks and unleashed a meteor with Tengai Shinsei, Ōnoki abandoned the fight and said he no longer wanted the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Wanghun neutralized Ōnoki's Dust Release, but Black Zetsu and Uchiha Hikari emerged and joined the battle against him.
• Uchiha Hikari and Wanghun each summoned a Susanoo, while Black Zetsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Ōnoki coordinated attacks against Wanghun.
• Black Zetsu's Wood Release and Uchiha Hikari's blade damaged Wanghun's Susanoo, and Ōnoki's Dust Release erased half of it before Wanghun escaped.
• Wanghun used Chibaku Tensei, but Hiruzen Sarutobi prompted Ōnoki to destroy its core with Dust Release.
• Wanghun followed with Tengai Shinsei, summoning a massive meteor, and Ōnoki declared he would abandon the fight and give up on the Mangekyō Sharingan.

After Ōnoki, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Black Zetsu, and Uchiha Hikari fled Wanghun, Takenaka Kaguya learned of their attack and demanded an explanation from Konoha. Uzushiogakure withdrew while Tsunade read the evidence that Hiruzen had allied with Black Zetsu, leaving her furious and determined to confront him.

• Ōnoki fled the battle, and Uchiha Hikari ordered a retreat as Mingyue Takenaka and Uzushiogakure’s forces approached; Hiruzen Sarutobi, Black Zetsu, and Uchiha Hikari escaped.
• Wanghun reversed the meteor, then reported the battle to Mingyue Takenaka, who agreed to inform Takenaka Kaguya.
• Takenaka Kaguya made Sasori and Pakura his disciples, then sent messages to Mito Uzumaki and Tsunade demanding Konoha’s explanation and ordering Mingyue Takenaka to return with her people.
• Mito Uzumaki promised to consider Takenaka Kaguya’s proposal and give him an answer within a month.
• Tsunade apologized to Mingyue Takenaka as Uzushiogakure prepared to withdraw, then sent Jiraiya to seek a ceasefire with Ōnoki.
• Tsunade read Takenaka Kaguya’s letter, learned Hiruzen Sarutobi had allied with Black Zetsu, and vowed to kill Hiruzen herself.

Takenaka Kaguya gathered promising young shinobi to train as a way to unify the Shinobi World and ended the Second Shinobi World War after Mito Uzumaki agreed to give Uzushiogakure the Nine-Tails. Years later, he traveled to Konoha with Kushina to receive the Nine-Tails’ seal as Mito neared death, leaving Kushina unaware of the purpose of their trip.

• Takenaka Kaguya identified gifted children across the villages for his training program and planned to reshape the Shinobi World with them.
• Mito Uzumaki offered Uzushiogakure the Nine-Tails before her death, and Takenaka Kaguya agreed to end Kirigakure and Kumogakure’s attacks on Konoha in return.
• Kurama withdrew Kirigakure’s forces, and the Third Raikage withdrew Kumogakure’s troops, ending the Second Shinobi World War despite Dan Katō’s fatal injuries.
• In Konoha Year 38, Takenaka Kaguya buried Yuko Kaguya in the Kaguya Clan’s ancestral land as she had wished.
• In Konoha Year 39, Takenaka Kaguya chose Kushina to receive the Nine-Tails’ seal after Mingyue Takenaka declined the role, then took Kushina to Konoha.
• During the flight, Kushina admired the view and asked Takenaka Kaguya why they were going to Konoha.

Kushina Uzumaki chose to become Mito Uzumaki’s successor as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Takenaka Kaguya agreed to honor her decision. As Mito gave Tsunade final instructions and warned her about Hiruzen Sarutobi and Nawaki’s growing hostility toward Uzushiogakure, Takenaka and Kushina arrived in Konoha to visit her.

• Takenaka Kaguya explained that he had brought Kushina to Konoha to succeed Mito Uzumaki as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but Kushina insisted on accepting the risks so she could become stronger and lead Uzushiogakure.
• Mito Uzumaki told Tsunade and Nawaki to look after each other, preserve the alliance with Uzushiogakure while Takenaka lived, and remain wary of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Mito urged Tsunade to build ties with the Hyuga and Uchiha clans and suggested that Nawaki should not succeed her as Hokage.
• Nawaki accused Tsunade of submitting to Uzushiogakure and threatened war, so Tsunade struck him, warned him not to provoke Takenaka, and ordered Anbu to monitor him and investigate who was influencing him.
• Takenaka Kaguya and Kushina Uzumaki reached Konoha, where Jiraiya greeted them; Takenaka saw through Jiraiya’s Sage Chakra cultivation and asked to visit Mito.

Takenaka Kaguya reunited with the dying Mito Uzumaki in Konoha and prepared to transfer the Nine-Tails to Kushina Uzumaki. After reassuring Mito and warning Jiraiya and Tsunade not to doubt his restraint, he entered Mito’s body to handle the transfer when the Nine-Tails erupted from her seal.

• Jiraiya respectfully escorted Takenaka Kaguya and Kushina Uzumaki to Mito Uzumaki’s courtyard as Konoha’s clans heard of their arrival.
• Takenaka Kaguya visited the dying Mito Uzumaki, who expressed regret over Konoha’s fate and asked to speak with Kushina about becoming the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Mito Uzumaki spoke privately with Kushina, while Takenaka Kaguya told Tsunade that Hiruzen Sarutobi had caused the rift between Konoha and Uzushiogakure.
• Jiraiya invoked the Great Toad Sage’s invitation, but Takenaka Kaguya saw through his attempt to intimidate him and said he might visit Mount Myoboku.
• Kushina reported that Mito was ready to begin the Nine-Tails’ transfer, and Takenaka Kaguya entered Mito’s body after the fox’s chakra emerged from her seal.

Takenaka Kaguya transferred the Nine-Tails from Mito Uzumaki to Kushina Uzumaki, then left Konoha with Kushina after Mito died. Hatake Sakumo challenged Takenaka to test his strength, but his attacks failed to injure him.

• Takenaka Kaguya subdued the Nine-Tails inside Mito Uzumaki and made it agree to help Kushina if she faced danger.
• Takenaka inscribed the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style on Kushina and sealed the Nine-Tails inside her as Mito passed away.
• Takenaka sealed Mito's corpse after her funeral and left Konoha with Kushina, while Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and others saw them off.
• Hatake Sakumo followed Takenaka and challenged him, wagering that he would serve Takenaka for three years if he could not wound him.
• Hatake Sakumo attacked with his short blade and Wind Release techniques, but Takenaka blocked him effortlessly and his Armament Haki left the blade unable to mark his neck.

Takenaka Kaguya brought Hatake Sakumo to Uzushiogakure, where Sakumo agreed to stay for three years and Sasori vowed to kill him before he left. Kaguya arranged for Sakumo to train with the Twelve Earthly Branches Anbu, then returned home to reunite with his grandchildren, May and June.

• After Hatake Sakumo failed to hurt Takenaka Kaguya, he admitted defeat and agreed to follow him for three years.
• Kushina worried that Sasori would seek revenge on Sakumo, but Kaguya said their rivalry could help both men grow stronger.
• Two days later, Sasori confronted Sakumo in Uzushiogakure and agreed to wait until he could kill him within three years.
• Kaguya sent Sakumo to the Twelve Earthly Branches Anbu and ordered them to share every technique he could learn.
• Chen Long reported that the Third Mizukage Kurama might retire and that Takenaka Kaguya's sons were traveling abroad.
• Takenaka Kaguya returned home and picked up his grandchildren, Satsuki Uzumaki and Mutsu Uzumaki, whom he called May and June.