Chapter Summaries

Ōnoki attacked Konoha from the sky with Dust Release, but Sarutobi Hiruzen countered him with the Five Elements Great Barrage. After Ōnoki escaped, Hiruzen raised the village’s alert and summoned Hiroki to a jōnin meeting, while Hiroki feared a larger threat was coming.

• Ōnoki’s Dust Release pierced Konoha’s barrier, but Sarutobi Hiruzen countered it with the Five Elements Great Barrage.
• Ōnoki accused Konoha of provoking war, then attacked again and forced Hiruzen to counter with another barrage.
• Ōnoki fled after deciding not to prolong the fight, and Hiruzen ordered the village to its highest alert and recalled the front lines.
• Hiroki watched Ōnoki disappear and suspected the attack was a diversion for something more serious.
• Anbu Tatsushi delivered Hiruzen’s order for Hiroki to attend a jōnin meeting.

Hiroki joined an emergency jōnin meeting where Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that the Second Shinobi World War had begun, with four nations attacking Konoha across multiple fronts. The chapter ended with Hiruzen asking Hiroki which battlefield he was best suited to face.

• Anbu Tatsushi summoned Hiroki to the Hokage's office, and Hiroki told Kushina to stay safe in the tower.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen placed Hiroki at the front of the meeting, signaling his standing as the likely next Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that the Third Raikage had attacked Konoha's forces in the Land of Rain while Ōnoki attacked Konoha, and that the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth had declared war.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reported that Pakura had attacked Konoha's border and that Kirigakure had begun striking coastal areas.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned that Konoha might face a four-front war and asked Hiroki which battlefield suited him best.

Hiroki weighed Konoha’s three battlefronts and chose the Land of Water, where Kirigakure’s unknown forces offered both a strategic threat and opportunities to gather intelligence. The Third approved his assignment and ordered Konoha to prepare for battle.

• Hiroki assessed the Rain and Wind fronts as poor fits for him and judged the Water border the best place to use his abilities and learn about Kirigakure.
• Hiroki told the gathered jōnin that he chose the Land of Water battlefield, citing his limits against the Rain front’s Kage-level enemies, the known threat posed by Pakura, and Kirigakure’s unknown motives and strength.
• Hiroki explained that his bloodline ability and Byakugan would help him gather intelligence while staying safe on the Kirigakure front.
• The Third assigned Hiroki to Kirigakure, promised about two companies of reinforcements, and ordered Konoha to enter battle readiness.

Sawada Hiroki led an elite squad toward a coastal village, then entrusted reconnaissance to the more experienced Aburame Torune and Inuzuka San. When Kirigakure’s Mist Technique covered the forest, Hiroki used his Byakugan to spot the Seven Ninja Swordsmen approaching with a Jinchuriki, while Kurama refused to help him fight.

• Sawada Hiroki told Aburame Torune and Inuzuka San to rely on their expertise while he supported them.
• Inuzuka San assigned Torune to wide-area sensing and led a team to track scents and conduct close reconnaissance.
• A chakra-infused Mist Technique swept in from the sea and disrupted the squad’s senses.
• Hiroki activated his Byakugan and saw seven figures racing over the waves toward them.
• Hiroki identified the figures as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and spotted a Jinchuriki behind them.
• Kurama called the Jinchuriki an old friend and refused to help Hiroki in the fight.

Hiroki detected the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and an unidentified Jinchuriki approaching, and his squad prepared to sacrifice themselves so he could escape and report to Konoha. As the enemies entered the Byakugan’s range, Hiroki activated Brain Overload.

• Hiroki warned the squad that eight enemies were approaching, including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and a Jinchuriki.
• Inuzuka San and the other shinobi realized they could not retreat without leaving the Land of Fire’s civilians exposed.
• Hiroki ordered the squad to send word to the Third and split up, saying he would try to kill the enemies.
• Aburame Torune and Inuzuka San refused to let Hiroki face the enemies alone and prepared to cover his retreat.
• Hiroki considered escaping underwater with the Water Body Flicker Technique but stayed as the enemies entered the Byakugan’s range.
• Hiroki activated Brain Overload.

Hiroki’s mental attack disrupted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s ambush, but the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Huaiyao, rallied them and helped them recover. Hiroki’s Muscle Collapse Script inexplicably failed to kill them, and he launched a barrage of attacks as the Mist assassins advanced.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi fell into the sea after Hiroki’s jutsu disrupted their thoughts, while Jinin Akebino and Raiga Kurosuki also lost consciousness.
• Suikazan Fuguki warned the group about Hiroki’s mental and sensory abilities, and Huaiyao urged them to close their eyes and fight by hearing.
• Huaiyao transformed into a Six-Tails cloak and used acid to shock Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi awake, though strange white patches appeared on their bodies.
• Juzo Biwa and Suikazan Fuguki prepared to use Kirigakure’s Silent Killing Technique as the group closed in on Hiroki.
• Hiroki realized the Muscle Collapse Script had not killed the attackers and struck at them with Water, Wind, and Fire Release techniques and an Unnamed Sonic Blade.

Hiroki and the Konoha squad attacked the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, but the Six-Tails Jinchuriki Huaiyao transformed and revealed signs of White Zetsu and Sharingan control. As Hiroki struggled to evade repeated Tailed Beast Bombs, Suikazan Fuguki suspected that Kirigakure’s leadership had also been compromised.

• Hiroki disrupted the Kirigakure Ninja with a sound-wave attack, then joined the Konoha squad’s assault on the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Hiroki killed the Hiramekarei wielder and injured Juzo Biwa before Huaiyao transformed into the Six-Tails and attacked him.
• Huaiyao’s transformation revealed a spinning Sharingan, while White Zetsu emerged from the dead swordsman’s body and directed attacks toward Hiroki.
• Inuzuka San identified White Zetsu’s scent on Hiroki, but Huaiyao’s acid attack severely injured her and took her arm.
• Suikazan Fuguki noticed White Zetsu spreading across his comrades and suspected that the Third Mizukage and Kirigakure might be under control.

Hiroki struggled to survive the Six-Tails Jinchuriki’s relentless attacks, but Kurama refused to help him. Suikazan Fuguki offered Hiroki Samehada and a chance to escape, and Hiroki seized the sword and charged his opponent.

• Hiroki found that his scripts could not affect the Six-Tails Jinchuriki and that his dwindling chakra left him with few options.
• Kurama refused to help Hiroki, insisting that Hiroki was a greater threat to him than the Jinchuriki was.
• Suikazan Fuguki opened a connection to Hiroki and offered to help him obtain Samehada in exchange for Hiroki exposing the mastermind controlling the Mizukage.
• Hiroki sent Fuguki the name Madara Uchiha, then used Water Body Flicker Technique to take Samehada as a Tailed Beast Bomb exploded behind him.
• Hiroki connected to Samehada and charged the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, binding him with Earth Grudge Fear tendrils as Samehada bit into him.

Hiroki fought the controlled Six-Tails, using Samehada to replenish his chakra and unleashing a rapid series of copied techniques. His attacks failed to harm the beast, and he prepared to try something else as another Tailed Beast Bomb came at him.

• Samehada drained chakra from the Six-Tails, and Hiroki used Rotation to deflect its acid attack.
• White Zetsu realized Hiroki might copy the experience behind techniques and ordered the Six-Tails to kill everyone.
• Hiroki blew the Six-Tails' acid gas back over the sea with four simultaneous Wind Release: Great Breakthrough techniques.
• Hiroki trapped half the Six-Tails in Hanzo's Infinite Poison Swamp and followed with combined fire and wind attacks, but the beast remained unharmed.
• White Zetsu mocked Hiroki and launched another Tailed Beast Bomb as Hiroki checked his chakra and prepared to act.

Sawada Hiroki summoned Ibuse and joined the attack on the Six-Tails, while Madara learned the fight was not going as expected and ordered the Jinchuriki killed. Hiroki’s ninjutsu still failed to damage the beast, and a mysterious connection from the computer world appeared as he considered using Wood Release.

• Hiroki summoned Ibuse, stunning the Konoha ninja and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen who recognized Hanzo’s legendary beast.
• White Zetsu told Madara that Hiroki had not fled, had taken Samehada, and was now fighting the Six-Tails with Ibuse; Madara ordered Hiroki killed and said Karatachi Yagura should join the fight if needed.
• Ibuse charged the Six-Tails as Hiroki used its body for cover, climbed onto the beast, and unleashed a barrage of Fire, Wind, Scorch, and Water Release techniques.
• Hiroki saw that his attacks had done almost no damage and considered trying Wood Release despite never having used it.
• A notification announced a temporary connection to a new human from the computer world, Beautiful World, as Hiroki reacted to the name White Zetsu.

Sawada Hiroki copied Wood Release from White Zetsu and used Deep Forest Emergence to restrain the Six-Tails, but the Three-Tails arrived as a second Tailed Beast Bomb began forming. Hiroki warned everyone to flee, leaving the battlefield in immediate danger.

• Sawada Hiroki discovered White Zetsu attached to him, copied its Wood Release.dll file, and deleted its other files, killing it.
• Sawada Hiroki countered the Six-Tails’ attacks while the Konoha ninja prepared to protect him.
• Sawada Hiroki used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, but the jutsu drained most of his chakra and only began to restrain the Six-Tails.
• Madara Uchiha realized Sawada Hiroki had obtained Wood Release from White Zetsu and learned that the Three-Tails was approaching.
• Sawada Hiroki detected the Three-Tails and shouted for everyone to flee as trees bound the Six-Tails and a Tailed Beast Bomb formed in the distance.

Hiroki’s squad barely survived a Tailed Beast Bomb, leaving him to seek a desperate escape from the two pursuing Tailed Beasts. He decided to absorb chakra with Samehada while copying White Zetsu’s Wood Release: Root Concealment, hoping to reach Konoha and warn the village.

• A Hyuga Branch Family ninja spotted a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Aburame Torune ordered the Konoha Ninja to scatter.
• The Tailed Beast Bomb obliterated the ground and sent the fleeing squad tumbling, leaving several ninja injured.
• Hiroki ordered everyone to flee and said he would replenish his chakra with Samehada, while Aburame Torune questioned his plan.
• Hiroki reasoned that Madara Uchiha had trapped him with pursuing Tailed Beasts and possible White Zetsu ambushes, leaving him few places to escape.
• Hiroki decided to hold White Zetsu for ten minutes and copy Wood Release: Root Concealment while using Samehada and his existing techniques to survive.

Sawada Hiroki escaped two Tailed Beasts by using Wood Release: Root Concealment and returned to Konoha gravely wounded. His arrival went undetected by the village barrier, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen to suspect a powerful enemy was targeting Hiroki and Konoha.

• Sawada Hiroki downloaded Wood Release: Root Concealment, vanished underground as Karatachi Yagura and the White Zetsu watched, and escaped the battlefield.
• Madara learned Hiroki had used the White Zetsu technique to escape, suspected he was connected to Senju Tobirama, and ordered preparations for his funeral and the plan to cultivate the red-haired boy.
• Sawada Hiroki traveled underground to Konoha, emerged near the Memorial Stone, and collapsed unconscious from his injuries.
• Hyuga Daitokuji found Sawada Hiroki and rushed him to Konoha Hospital, while an Anbu informed Sarutobi Hiruzen that Hiroki had returned seriously injured.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned Konoha’s sensory barrier had not detected Hiroki’s arrival and ordered the hospital secured and information about Hiroki sealed.

Hiroki woke in a Konoha hospital, and reports of his battle at the Land of Water border led Ōnoki and the Third Raikage to suspect Madara Uchiha was manipulating Kirigakure. Ōnoki called for a summit to unite the remaining villages against the threat, but he and A realized only three Kage might be available.

• Hiroki woke in the hospital, where Sarutobi Hiruzen told him his return had been kept secret and asked what had happened to him and the others.
• Ōnoki learned Hiroki had fought at the Land of Water border and studied a battlefield sketch showing devastation and signs of Wood Release.
• The Third Raikage brought Ōnoki a report from Suikazan Fuguki claiming the Third Mizukage was a puppet and that Madara Uchiha had attacked Hiroki with a Tailed Beast and white monster ninja.
• Ōnoki and the Third Raikage treated the report as a possible threat to the entire Shinobi World, and Ōnoki ordered the invasion of the Land of Rain called off.
• Ōnoki called for a Five Kage Summit, but A pointed out that it would be a Four Kage Summit, and they realized there might be only three Kage left to join them.

At Konoha Hospital, Hiroki used his Bullet Screen Window to secretly copy medical knowledge while an impostor posing as Inuzuka San visited him. When the impostor attacked, Hiroki exposed and captured the White Zetsu, preparing to study it.

• Inuzuka San reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Kirigakure enemy had controlled a Kage and a Tailed Beast, and warned that the villages might need to unite against the mastermind.
• Hiroki used the Bullet Screen Window while pretending to sleep, copying the hospital’s medical knowledge as he recovered.
• A White Zetsu disguised as Inuzuka San entered Hiroki’s room and claimed the rest of her team had died.
• The disguised White Zetsu suddenly attacked Hiroki with a kunai, but Hiroki seized its wrist before it could strike.
• Hiroki broke the White Zetsu’s wrist, forced it out of its disguise, and grabbed it by the throat for further study.

Hiroki captured a White Zetsu assassin disguised as Inuzuka San and uncovered evidence that Madara Uchiha was targeting him. Sarutobi Hiruzen defended Hiroki to his advisers, then received news that Ōnoki had proposed a Five Kage Summit to discuss Madara Uchiha.

• Hiroki subdued White Zetsu in his hospital room, ordered Anbu to report to the Third, and began downloading the creature’s knowledge and techniques.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that White Zetsu had impersonated Inuzuka San and that Hiroki had recognized and captured it.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura accused Hiroki of lying about surviving an encounter with two Tailed Beasts, but Sarutobi Hiruzen defended him and revealed that Madara Uchiha was behind the attacks.
• A messenger reported that Ōnoki had invited Sarutobi Hiruzen and A, the Third Raikage, to a Five Kage Summit about how to deal with Madara Uchiha.

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura brought Konoha experts to verify Sawada Hiroki’s report, but the White Zetsu’s memories confirmed it was true. As Yamanaka Gōshō uncovered evidence linking Madara Uchiha to the events, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the ward.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura went to Konoha Hospital with Yamanaka shinobi and the Torture and Interrogation Force to inspect Hiroki’s captive White Zetsu.
• Hiroki let the group examine the restrained creature while he continued chatting with Kushina through the Bullet Screen Window.
• Koharu accused Hiroki of fabricating his report and ordered Yamanaka Gōshō to probe the White Zetsu’s memories.
• Gōshō confirmed that the Third Mizukage had been controlled and that Madara Uchiha was the mastermind, while also finding that Hiroki had faced two Tailed Beasts.
• Hiroki noticed Sarutobi Hiruzen returning to the ward.

Sarutobi Hiruzen told Hiroki that the Five Kage Summit posed dangers whether he stayed in Konoha or went with him, and offered to take him only if he mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique in three days. Hiroki chose to go, while Namikaze Minato had already learned the technique and planned to place marks around Konoha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at the hospital and told Hiroki that the Tsuchikage and Raikage had proposed a ceasefire and a Five Kage Summit about Madara Uchiha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained the risks of Hiroki staying in Konoha or traveling to the summit, including the possibility that Ōnoki and the Third Raikage would target him.
• Mitokado Homura defended Hiroki and urged him to remain in the village, having changed his mind about the boy's importance.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said Hiroki could come to the summit if he mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique within three days.
• Hiroki immediately chose to go, while Namikaze Minato revealed that he had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique on his first attempt and planned to leave marks in the hospital and elsewhere.

Hiroki chose to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique within three days, alarming the Third and the advisors as they questioned his growing abilities. While the Third investigated Hiroki’s knowledge of the technique and grew wary of his ambitions, Hiroki installed both the Flying Thunder God Technique and Kushina’s Adamantine Attacking Chains.

• Hiroki rejected the advisors’ doubts and agreed to meet the Third again in three days after claiming he could master the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Hiroki messaged Kushina, who gave him permission to copy her Adamantine Attacking Chains.
• The Third left the hospital and ordered Anbu to investigate who had accessed the Scroll of Seals and who had chosen the Flying Thunder God.
• Anbu reported that Namikaze Minato had only just learned the Flying Thunder God and had told no one, leading the Third to suspect Hiroki had discovered it by reading minds.
• The Third considered Hiroki’s growing power and ambitions, then decided to visit Namikaze Minato about the danger posed by the Third Tsuchikage and Third Raikage.
• Hiroki installed the Adamantine Attacking Chains and Flying Thunder God Technique files.

Hiroki studied Adamantine Attacking Chains, understood how it could suppress a Tailed Beast by compressing its chakra, and used it to seal Kurama in his mental world. After overcoming Kurama’s attempt to hide by searching for its chakra’s file size, Hiroki left Kurama trapped in a secure archive and turned his attention to Flying Thunder God.

• Hiroki examined Adamantine Attacking Chains and learned that its sealing process compressed a target’s chakra, though its Uzumaki bloodline enhancement could not activate for him.
• Hiroki launched nine golden chains at Kurama, but Kurama escaped into the My Documents folder and caused the initial seal to fail.
• Hiroki used Kurama’s scanned chakra size to search every folder, locating it disguised as a video file in the Videos folder.
• Hiroki locked onto Kurama’s new handle and compressed it into a sealed Kurama.zip archive despite its pleas and offers to help.
• Hiroki questioned why Kurama had tried to kill him, then looked toward the code for Flying Thunder God.