Recaps

At the Land of Fire–Land of Rain border, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō prepared Hiroki to take on greater leadership as Konoha’s Shadow Candidate. Hiroki deflected their expectations by teasing Orochimaru, just as Ōnoki and A arrived.

• Hiroki’s group reached Konoha’s front-line camp, where Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō were waiting.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen briefed Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade on the coming fight against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s corpse puppets and asked Hatake Sakumo about the western front.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Hiroki to learn the responsibilities of leadership, while Danzō stressed that Hiroki’s status had changed and he should learn from the Third.
• Hiroki realized they were preparing him to become Hokage, then jokingly asked Orochimaru to explain how his identity had changed.
• Ōnoki and A approached the camp with their chakra signatures undisguised.

Sarutobi Hiruzen met with Ōnoki and the Third Raikage to discuss how to stop Uchiha Madara, whose growing control of the Tailed Beasts threatened the villages. After the Kage agreed to invade the Land of Water, the Third asked Hiroki to weigh in as a Shadow Candidate.

• Hiroki stopped teasing Orochimaru when Ōnoki and the Third Raikage arrived to discuss Uchiha Madara.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed sending three elite squads to attack the Land of Water, while Ōnoki revealed that the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was missing and Roshi had defected from Iwagakure.
• Danzo argued that Madara's attempt to kill Hiroki suggested Hiroki threatened his plans, and the Kage speculated that Madara might intend to use Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained the forbidden technique and its limitations, but the Third Raikage urged the villages to invade the Land of Water and destroy Madara.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Ōnoki agreed to the invasion, then the Third asked Hiroki what he thought of their decision.

The allied forces led by the Third, Hiroki, and the other Kage sailed toward the Land of Water while Uchiha Madara prepared to defend its coast with controlled ninjas and Tailed Beasts. As the ships approached, the Hyuga clan detected a likely Tailed Beast Bomb, and the battle began with opposing attacks colliding.

• Hiroki accepted the Third's judgment and joined the allied forces as they set out for the Land of Water.
• Uchiha Madara learned that Sunagakure would send no reinforcements and ordered Pain, the Tailed Beasts, and his controlled fighters to defend the shore.
• Uchiha Madara prepared to fight personally, intending to demonstrate the power of the Uchiha clan and Susanoo.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya discussed Hiroki's past treatment of Orochimaru as the fleet neared the coast.
• Tsunade relayed Hyuga intelligence that enemy jonin had sealed the landing ports, and the ship's alarm warned of a likely Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The allied ship fired the Five-Style Great Barrage Jutsu and Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu as a black beam shot in from shore, and the attacks collided.

Jiraiya and the allied shinobi were overwhelmed by the enemy’s blast, tsunami, and impenetrable fog until Sawada Hiroki coordinated them through mental communication and shared images. The chapter ended as Jiraiya and other shinobi launched a wind-amplified fire attack against the approaching waves.

• Sensei’s Five-Style Great Barrage clashed with Ōnoki’s Dust Release, and the resulting shockwave shattered the fleet’s decks and left the shinobi unable to hear.
• Jiraiya ordered everyone to abandon ship, then saw a massive tsunami created by the enemy puppet’s Shinra Tensei approach across the sea.
• Orochimaru and nearby shinobi tried to dispel the heavy fog with Wind Release, but the puppet absorbed their techniques and the fog remained.
• Sawada Hiroki contacted the shinobi mentally, projected images of their surroundings, and gave them coordinated instructions for countering the waves.
• Jiraiya and several other shinobi released Fire Release while their allies raised strong winds to drive the flames toward the tsunami.

Sawada Hiroki coordinated the Allied Shinobi Forces through shared Byakugan vision and Genjutsu, turning the mist-covered battlefield against Uchiha Madara’s forces. As the allies advanced and Hiroki introduced a coordinate grid for locating the wounded, he continued directing the battle.

• Uchiha Madara realized Sawada Hiroki was coordinating the Allied Shinobi Forces, whose members worked together to rescue one another and counter the waves despite the fog and noise.
• A Kaguya Clan shinobi tried to ambush a Konoha shinobi, but Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill him with Hiroki’s shared Byakugan vision guiding him.
• Jiraiya recognized that Hiroki was using Genjutsu to share Byakugan vision and coordinate allies, and considered how the method could be adapted with Yamanaka telepathy.
• Cloud Village shinobi struck a Pain attacking an Iwa Ninja, while the Allied Shinobi continued advancing without communicating directly.
• Hiroki announced that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Ōnoki had pinned down the enemy Tailed Beasts and that the Third Raikage had reached the coast, then ordered everyone to advance and injured shinobi to report their locations.
• Hiroki displayed a Cartesian coordinate grid through Genjutsu so personnel could identify their positions, then ordered all forces to charge.

Hiroki coordinated the battlefield through shared Byakugan vision and map coordinates, enabling Minato to strike enemies with Flying Thunder God and Tsunade to rescue the wounded. As the fighting pushed the allied forces toward shore, Hiroki warned everyone to brace for Pain’s second impact.

• Minato used Hiroki’s coordinate updates and Genjutsu support to rapidly ambush and kill enemies with Flying Thunder God.
• Hiroki assigned Minato real-time battlefield support and marked rescue requests for Tsunade.
• Tsunade rescued a wounded Cloud Village ninja, drove off Pain’s summoned beast, and treated the soldier’s injuries.
• Tsunade followed Hiroki’s coordinates to treat more casualties and saw Minato cutting down enemies across the battlefield.
• Hiroki ordered all units to prepare for landing and warned that Pain’s second impact was approaching.

Uchiha Madara watched the Allied Shinobi Forces turn the battle against his forces and personally entered the fight. After Hiroki coordinated the shinobi’s safe landing from a massive wave, Madara descended in Susanoo and challenged him.

• Uchiha Madara saw Hiroki command the Allied Shinobi Forces and noted that the battle had collapsed across the battlefields.
• Uchiha Madara rose to act alongside White Zetsu, while Hiroki warned the shinobi that a nearly fifty-meter wave was about to fall.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces survived the wave’s crash onto the Land of Water coastline, and Tsunade began treating the wounded.
• Hiroki suspended coordinated command as the six Pains continued attacking him, supported by Danzo and Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Madara appeared in an enormous Susanoo, fixed his gaze on Hiroki, and declared that it was his turn.

Hiroki and Danzo exploited Uchiha Madara’s difficulty controlling his Susanoo and the Six Paths of Pain at once, while Madara fought the Kage. After Hiroki’s side crippled the Pains, Madara sent a signal challenging him to a Genjutsu battle.

• Madara appeared with Susanoo activated through his Rinnegan, and Danzo urged Hiroki to ignore his intimidation and attack the sluggish Six Paths of Pain.
• Hiroki and Danzo coordinated their attacks to kill the Preta Path Pain, while Jiraiya relayed Hiroki’s discovery to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Madara repelled attacks from Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen with Susanoo and the Rinnegan’s absorption ability.
• Hiroki killed the Naraka Path and realized Madara seemed to be waiting for something as the battle turned against him.
• A White Zetsu emerged from the water beside the Pains with an aged figure, and Madara sent Hiroki a signal challenging him to a Genjutsu battle.

Uchiha Madara tried to trap Sawada Hiroki with Sharingan Genjutsu, believing it was the only way to stop him. Hiroki’s Firewall blocked the attack, and he redirected Madara’s Genjutsu onto Kirigakure ninja before using it against Madara himself.

• Uchiha Madara decided to target Sawada Hiroki with Genjutsu rather than risk a physical fight.
• Sawada Hiroki’s Firewall intercepted Madara’s Sharingan and Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Sawada Hiroki recognized the attack as a DDoS and redirected its junk data onto enemies caught in his Earth Grudge Fear.
• Sawada Hiroki used his Byakugan to make Madara’s controlled Kirigakure ninja fall into Genjutsu.
• Sawada Hiroki sent Madara a message and made Madara’s vision blur with his own Genjutsu.

Hiroki entered Madara’s mental world, revealed the secrets behind the Eye of the Moon Plan, and challenged Madara’s belief that his scheme could bring peace. Madara offered Hiroki his legacy and urged him to defeat him, while a system notification began downloading Madara’s knowledge.

• Madara opened his mental world to Hiroki and asked about his plan, but Hiroki already knew about the Eye of the Moon and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara assumed Hiroki had come from the future, and Hiroki said Madara was destined to fail and challenged him with the name Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Hiroki questioned why the Uchiha tablet recorded the Infinite Tsukuyomi and proposed a deal: access to Madara’s knowledge in exchange for resurrection and peace in the Shinobi World.
• Hiroki said he would unify the Shinobi World through force and establish one nation, even if he had to kill those who resisted.
• Madara offered Hiroki his ninjutsu, Rinnegan, corpse, and White Zetsu, warned that future enemies and allies would betray him, and told him to hold his funeral.
• A notification announced a temporary connection to Madara and began calculating a download expected to take over 72 hours.

Sawada Hiroki prioritized downloading Uchiha Madara’s abilities, then watched Madara battle the Kage and pass his Rinnegan to him before dying. Hiroki ended the war and declared that he wanted to become Hokage and change the Shinobi World.

• Sawada Hiroki prioritized downloading Uchiha Madara’s combat experience and abilities, while Madara absorbed chakra from captured Kirigakure ninja to restore his strength.
• Uchiha Madara summoned a meteor with Tengai Shinsei, but Ōnoki weakened its fall as Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Third Raikage counterattacked.
• The Third Raikage broke Susanoo’s defense, but Madara repelled him with Shinra Tensei and then used Chibaku Tensei as the three Kage attacked.
• Madara gouged out his Rinnegan and threw the eyes to Sawada Hiroki, who used Shinra Tensei to stop the charging Third Raikage.
• Uchiha Madara died, and Sawada Hiroki declared the war over before announcing that he wanted to become Hokage and change the Shinobi World.

After the battle ended with Uchiha Madara’s death, Hiroki reviewed the abilities and files he had acquired before entering a tense Allied command tent. Sarutobi Hiruzen invited him to weigh in on the victors’ plans for the Land of Wind, and Hiroki asked where the One-Tail Jinchuriki was.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces regrouped after Uchiha Madara died and the meteor was destroyed.
• Hiroki reviewed his rewards, including new Lightning and Earth Release abilities, Ice Release, Madara’s files, and knowledge related to Tailed Beast Control and the Rinnegan.
• The Third Raikage demanded territory in the Land of Water, while Ōnoki demanded a share of its mineral resources.
• The Third Raikage and Ōnoki proposed that their villages jointly take over Sunagakure, and Ōnoki asked when Hiroki would become Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Hiroki to join the discussion about the Land of Wind, and Hiroki asked where the One-Tail Jinchuriki was.

After the war, Hiroki returned home with Madara’s Rinnegan and told Kushina how he had defeated Uchiha Madara. Madara’s warning about future enemies made Hiroki question whether the timeline had changed, while unseen figures planned to kill him once their lives were anchored in the present.

• Hiroki proposed surveying the Land of Wind for resources and suggested building factories if none were found, while the Kage left detailed negotiations for later.
• The Third told Hiroki to return home while Minato stayed behind, and Hiroki used the Flying Thunder God Technique to go back.
• Hiroki placed the Rinnegan in a culture dish, relaxed, and recounted the battle and Madara’s death to Kushina.
• Kushina asked whether Hiroki could now change the Shinobi World, but he recalled Madara’s warning about future enemies and began questioning the timeline.
• Unseen figures discussed Madara’s time loop and planned to wait until their lives were anchored before moving against Sawada Hiroki, insisting they would win.

After defeating Madara, Hiroki considered how to begin changing the Shinobi World, and Kushina chose ensuring everyone had enough to eat as their first priority. Konoha faced a severe food shortage, and Mitokado Homura learned that Hiroki was on his way to the Hokage’s office.

• Hiroki woke refreshed after his battle with Madara and reflected on his new strength and uncertainty about how to reform the Shinobi World.
• Hiroki and Kushina discussed their plans, and Kushina chose making sure everyone had enough to eat as their first problem to solve.
• Mitokado Homura reviewed reports showing Konoha had only three days of supplementary food supplies remaining as war damage disrupted supply routes.
• Mitokado Homura ordered an emergency meeting, a crackdown on hoarding, repairs to transport routes, and a request for aid from the Land of Fire’s daimyo.
• An Anbu ninja informed Mitokado Homura that Sawada Hiroki was on his way to the Hokage’s office.

Hiroki returned from the Land of Water front and went to Mitokado Homura to address the village’s shortage of food. After Homura said the supply problems had no solution, Hiroki decided to investigate the source himself.

• Mitokado Homura wondered why Hiroki had come to the logistics office, then let him in.
• Hiroki told Homura the war was over and explained that he had returned to deal with the village’s food shortages.
• Homura said the village had enough staple food but lacked vegetables, fruit, meat, and dairy because of war-related transport and farm disruptions.
• Hiroki reassured Kushina that he was working on the problem, then told Homura he would find a solution himself.
• Hiroki asked Homura for the address so he could inspect the situation personally.

Hiroki went to Konoha First Livestock Farm to investigate its problems, despite Mitokado Homura expecting him to give up after seeing the logistical difficulties. After hearing about the farm’s losses and harassment, Hiroki headed to inspect the pigpens, considering whether his muscle auto-growth script could help the livestock.

• Mitokado Homura gave Hiroki a map to Konoha First Livestock Farm in the eastern outskirts, and Hiroki left with Tanaka Kenta.
• Yamada Naka initially expected aid from a senior official, but was dismayed when Tanaka Kenta introduced the young Hiroki as the inspector.
• Hiroki reassured Yamada Naka that he would not have his family wiped out, then unnerved him with the eerie eyeballs and severed hand he wore.
• Yamada Naka explained that a red, four-tailed monster had flattened the farm months earlier, killing most of its adult livestock, and that bandits and drifters still harassed them.
• When Yamada Naka hesitated to mention internal extortion, Hiroki named Uchiha and Nara, then said they could deal with them later and asked to see the pigpens.

Hiroki inspected a pig farm and used his Muscle Growth Script to improve the piglets, then turned his attention to the Uchiha and Nara figures who were extorting the farmer. When an Uchiha ninja arrived to demand pigs and attacked Hiroki, Hiroki knocked him unconscious and ordered Tatsushi to bring him the patrol squad captain.

• Hiroki walked through the pigpen, secretly injecting the piglets with his Muscle Growth Script, and told Yamada Naka to double their feed.
• Hiroki asked Yamada Naka about the Uchiha, Nara, and Hokage Building officials involved in extortion, then correctly named Uchiha Tekka and Nara Yi.
• Hiroki told Tanaka Kenta to fetch a guest, but an Uchiha Police Force ninja arrived demanding a security fee and two piglets.
• The Uchiha ninja tried to grab Hiroki and collapsed unconscious before reaching him.
• Hiroki summoned Tatsushi and ordered him to bring the Uchiha patrol squad captain.

Sawada Hiroki summoned Uchiha Fugaku after uncovering evidence that Uchiha Tekka had extorted money from Yamada Naka. Fugaku arrived ready to defend the Uchiha, but recognized Hiroki and greeted him respectfully, leaving Tanaka Kenta stunned.

• Hiroki ordered Anbu Tatsushi to bring the captain of the patrol squad and reviewed evidence from Uchiha Tekka's memories that the patrol had extorted money from Yamada Naka.
• Tanaka Kenta feared the Uchiha would retaliate, while Yamada Naka hoped Hiroki would protect him.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived with two clan members, prepared to punish whoever had detained Tekka and assert the Uchiha's authority.
• Fugaku recognized Sawada Hiroki, remembered warnings not to provoke him, and realized he needed to manage the consequences rather than retaliate.
• Fugaku addressed Hiroki as “Lord Hiroki” with deference, shocking Tanaka Kenta.

Sawada Hiroki forced Uchiha Fugaku to confront evidence of Uchiha Tekka’s abuse and secured swift punishment and compensation for the livestock farm. As Hiroki prepared to inspect the southern greenhouses, an Anbu summoned him to a meeting with the Third, where he learned he was being considered to succeed as Fourth Hokage.

• Uchiha Fugaku saw Hiroki’s copied memories of Tekka extorting civilians and attacking Hiroki, then promised the Uchiha would handle the matter.
• Fugaku apologized to Yamada Naka and punished Tekka by dismissing him, fining him, and ordering him to work at the farm without pay for a month.
• Fugaku assigned a clansman to guard the farm for a week, and Hiroki approved his response before preparing to visit the southern greenhouses.
• An Anbu told Hiroki that the Third had returned and was summoning the jonin for a meeting, but Hiroki said he already knew and would go himself.
• Hiroki learned that the Third wanted to discuss him inheriting the Hokage position and becoming the Fourth Hokage.

Sawada Hiroki arrived at a Konoha meeting where Sarutobi Hiruzen announced he would step down and named Hiroki as his successor. The chapter ended with the room staring at Hiroki as Hiruzen invited objections.

• Sawada Hiroki left Tanaka Kenta behind to assist with the Uchiha clan's compensation matters and brought Uchiha Fugaku to the Hokage Building using Flying Thunder God.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen gathered Konoha's leaders and announced that he would step down as Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura and other attendees questioned Hiruzen's timing and failure to discuss the succession beforehand.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that the younger generation had grown strong enough and said he would help with the transition.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen named Sawada Hiroki as the next Hokage and asked the room who supported or opposed the decision.

At the Hokage succession meeting, Nara Ruzan challenged Sawada Hiroki to prove he could govern Konoha by solving a concrete problem. Hiroki chose logistical supplies and promised visible results within three days, leaving the jonin wondering whether he could make Flying Thunder God work at scale.

• Nara Ruzan asked Hiroki to explain his plans for Konoha and the Land of Fire, then warned that delegating everything to specialists could leave him a powerless Hokage.
• Hiroki accepted Ruzan's challenge to solve an existing problem and chose the village's logistical supplies.
• Hiroki asked Sarutobi Hiruzen about buying produce from the Land of Water and the Land of Rain, then identified transportation as the main obstacle.
• Minato realized Hiroki was considering Flying Thunder God, while Hiroki thought about using the Nine-Tails or another method to let others operate the technique.
• Hiroki promised Ruzan that the village would see changes within three days, leaving Ruzan and the jonin uncertain about his plan.

Hiroki developed a system that let chakra-infused mice use the Flying Thunder God to teleport cargo between marked locations, astonishing Minato. After the successful test, the Third offered Might Duy a new D-rank mission to try.

• Hiroki comforted Kushina after she worried that she was useless, then decided to pursue his backup plan using white mice.
• Hiroki modified the Flying Thunder God code so a mouse could teleport to another mouse’s location when its raised tail was pressed.
• Minato arrived at the testing ground and watched Mouse B teleport itself and a fruit basket to Mouse A.
• Hiroki demonstrated the system to Minato, who injected chakra and pressed the mouse’s tail to teleport with it.
• The Third told Might Duy that a new, simple D-rank mission was available and asked if he wanted to try it.

Might Duy accepted a highly paid mission that used chakra-reactive mice to transport him between Konoha and the Land of Rain, where Minato assigned him to carry vegetables and fruit. Duy returned with an enormous cargo, and Aburame Torune began reconsidering his opposition to Hiroki.

• Might Duy accepted a lucrative mission and followed an Anbu's instructions to inject chakra into a mouse and press down its raised tail.
• The mouse transported Might Duy to the Land of Rain, where Minato explained that he was to carry vegetables and fruit back to Konoha.
• Might Duy opened the first two Eight Inner Gates, lifted the massive cargo, and used a second mouse to return to Konoha with it.
• Aburame Torune witnessed Might Duy's success and considered pledging allegiance to Hiroki and informing on those opposing him.

Nara Ruzan visited Sawada Hiroki to apologize after learning that Hiroki’s innovations had rapidly improved Konoha’s logistics and food production, but found the clans already lined up to pledge allegiance. As Hiroki prepared to become Hokage, time-traveling enemies began planning to kill Uzumaki Kushina to delay his plans.

• Nara Ruzan learned that Might Duy had transported produce across the border in minutes and that Hiroki’s inspected pigs had gained extraordinary amounts of lean meat.
• Ruzan arrived at Hiroki’s home and found representatives from several clans waiting with gifts and apologies.
• Tatsushi announced that Hiroki would not receive the visitors or pursue past disputes, and told them to take their gifts back and serve Konoha at the succession ceremony.
• Ruzan decided to return home and consider how the Nara Clan could contribute under the new Hokage, while Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the scene and reflected on Hiroki’s impending succession.
• A group of time travelers discussed killing Uzumaki Kushina, believing her death would delay Hiroki’s unification efforts by at least three years.

Minato and Obito visited Konoha fifteen years in the past, where Obito discovered the messy realities behind the history books’ accounts of Sawada Hiroki’s reforms. After seeing the village’s changes, Obito reaffirmed his resolve to act, and Minato revealed that Kushina would walk with Hiroki that night.

• Minato showed Obito the livestock farm, where failed experiments and Orochimaru’s forced pig-production work contradicted the history books’ account of an agricultural miracle.
• Minato explained how Hiroki handled Sunagakure’s losses and pushed ahead with school reforms, while Obito learned that compulsory education had kept children away from battlefields.
• Obito watched Might Duy and other genin operate the early Flying Thunder God logistics line and heard how its dangerous work helped impoverished families survive.
• Obito refused to abandon his plan despite the possibility that changing history could erase or kill people they knew, and he and Minato returned to the slope.
• Minato asked if Obito was ready to fight, then said Kushina would leave the tower that night to walk with Hiroki, and they prepared to act.