Chapter Summaries

Kakashi and Might Guy fought Jugo and Uzumaki Rii, while a bug gave Jugo a Tailed Beast-like cloak before Guy's attack seemingly defeated them. The Allied Shinobi Forces then engaged Simu’s forces, and Jiraiya confronted Simu as the battle began in earnest.

• Kakashi severed Jugo’s arm, but Jugo regenerated it and evolved while fighting back with natural energy.
• A white bug infused Jugo with red chakra, and Might Guy used the Sixth Gate to strike him down alongside Uzumaki Rii, leaving two charred bodies behind.
• Two powerful enemies arrived on the battlefield, and Nara Touya directed the Allied Shinobi Forces to counter the poisonous fog, meat mountain, and giant eye.
• Jiraiya accused Simu of turning civilians into war monsters, but Simu blamed the great nations’ treatment of them and left Jiraiya speechless.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and attacked Simu with the three brothers of Mount Myoboku as Simu unleashed black iron sand, while Ebizo sent puppets toward the giant eye.

The Apostle of Fear’s giant Sharingan incapacitated much of the Allied Shinobi Forces until Yamanaka Hexi sacrificed himself to disrupt its control. Masked Simu then battled Ebizo, who ultimately trapped Simu’s Susanoo in a pyramid with the Great Burial Seal.

• Masked Simu used the Apostle of Fear’s giant Sharingan to cast Genjutsu over the battlefield, leaving many shinobi vulnerable to the monsters.
• Yamanaka Hexi used the Mind Body Switch Technique against the giant eye and died, but his brief interference dispelled the Genjutsu.
• Ebizo attacked Simu with puppets and traps, but Simu’s Susanoo resisted his attacks and crushed two of his prized puppets.
• Simu mentioned Sasori, prompting Ebizo to ask where his former relative was, but Simu refused to disclose his location.
• Ebizo used cables, explosive kunai, quicksand, and sealing scripts to trap Simu’s Susanoo in a pyramid with the Great Burial Seal.

Might Guy and Kakashi helped turn the battle against the Jashin Cult, but Simu defeated Jiraiya’s toad summons before Jiraiya finally struck him down. Simu sealed himself away after revealing the Jashin Temple’s supposed treasure, and Rasa’s attack on Konoha’s forces left the alliance in ruins.

• Might Guy used Daytime Tiger to blast the Apostle of Fear away from Simu’s seal, while Kakashi caught Guy after his strength gave out.
• Jiraiya fought Simu with Sage Art: Goemon and a Massive Rasengan, but Simu used Hyuga techniques and Iron Sand to batter the toad summons.
• Jiraiya and the sages used Toad Chant to freeze Simu, allowing Jiraiya to hit him with a Rasengan and leave him near death.
• Simu told Jiraiya that the Jashin Cult’s defeat did not mean Konoha had won, then claimed the Jashin Temple held everything needed to rule the Shinobi World.
• Simu sealed himself away in a sphere of Iron Sand and curse markings, prompting Jiraiya to worry that Konoha and Sand Village would stop cooperating.
• Rasa appeared and unleashed Gold Dust pellets that attacked Jashin Cult monsters and Konoha ninjas alike.

Rasa and the Sand Shinobi betrayed Konoha on the battlefield to seize the Jashin Cult’s spoils, forcing Jiraiya to evacuate a small group of survivors. Jiraiya collapsed after confronting the cycle of hatred, while Rasa entered the Shrine and fixed his attention on the Blood Pool.

• Rasa attacked the battlefield with Gold Dust, and Jiraiya realized the Sand Shinobi had planned to betray Konoha.
• Sage Shima and Fukasaku persuaded Jiraiya to survive for Konoha, and he escaped with them inside a frog.
• Ebizo attacked Kakashi and Might Guy with puppets as the Sand Shinobi overwhelmed Konoha’s forces.
• A frog swallowed Kakashi and Might Guy and carried them to Jiraiya, who told the gathered Jonin that the Sand Shinobi had betrayed Konoha and that they were fleeing toward Mount Myoboku.
• Jiraiya apologized to the survivors and urged them to preserve their strength, then collapsed as he contemplated the growing hatred between Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Rasa and Ebizo entered the Jashin Cult’s Shrine to claim its treasures, and Rasa focused on the Blood Pool.

Rasa discovered that the Blood Pool could greatly increase a ninja’s power, while Simu revealed that he had manipulated Sand Village into preparing for war. As the great nations moved against the Land of Fire, Tsunade operated on Jiraiya, but Danzo learned that the Cloud Shinobi had already entered the Land of Fire.

• Rasa ordered Green Scorpion into the Blood Pool, where curse markings entered his body and tripled his Chakra.
• Rasa classified the Blood Pool as an S-rank Sand Village secret, while Simu and Nagato watched from outside the shrine and Simu revealed that he had used Izanagi to fake his sealing.
• Simu planned to use the Blood Pool to strengthen Sand Village and provoke war; Sand Village then occupied the Land of Rivers as Kumogakure and Iwagakure advanced into neighboring small countries.
• Jiraiya arrived in Konoha critically ill, and Tsunade overcame her hemophobia to operate on him successfully before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Danzo learned that Konoha’s forces had suffered a crushing defeat at the border and that the Fourth Raikage Ai had led the Cloud Shinobi into the Land of Fire.

The Fourth Raikage Ai led a Cloud Shinobi assault on Konoha’s border defenses, where he faced Shimura Danzō and the Wood Release he had mastered. Their first clash ended with Ai and Danzō’s giant Wood Human trading powerful blows, leaving both sides ready to continue fighting.

• Ai ordered five thousand Cloud Shinobi to attack the Land of Fire, and he raced ahead to break through Konoha’s defenses at Rido.
• Ai destroyed the border wall and defeated the Konoha shinobi who ambushed him as Cloud Shinobi poured through the breach.
• Mabui caught up with Ai and warned him against recklessly leading the attack, but Ai sensed Danzō’s arrival.
• Danzō used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to bind and crush Cloud Shinobi inside the town.
• Ai struck Danzō, but the body turned out to be a wooden substitute, and Danzō revealed a giant Wood Human.
• Ai activated his Strongest Lightning Release Armor and punched the Wood Human, whose returning fist left Ai’s arm numb.

Danzo fought Ai to a draw, while Konoha prepared for a worsening three-front war. Pain assigned Akatsuki teams to capture the Tailed Beasts, and Simu secured the mission to go to Kirigakure with Hidan.

• Danzo used Wood Release against Ai, but Ai's speed kept the two Kage-level fighters locked in a stalemate until Konoha reinforcements arrived and Ai withdrew.
• Jiraiya learned of Danzo's strength in Konoha Hospital, while Tsunade said she would overcome her hemophobia and go to the front; she refused to let the still-injured Jiraiya leave.
• Pain announced that the Fourth Shinobi World War had begun and ordered Akatsuki to seize the Tailed Beasts while the nations were at war.
• Pain first assigned Itachi and Biwa Jūzō to target Kirigakure, but Simu asked to go there with Hidan instead, and Pain approved.
• Pain assigned Itachi and Biwa Jūzō to target the Two-Tails, Sasori and Orochimaru to target the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and reserved the Nine-Tails for himself.

Simu and Hidan traveled toward the Land of Water, where Hidan slaughtered a gang of boatmen and rogue ninja who tried to rob them. Their journey ended with Zabuza Momochi confronting them, and Simu declared that they intended to kill the Mizukage.

• Simu tricked Hidan into eating a foul-tasting worm as they crossed the Land of Waves.
• Simu and Hidan boarded a boat whose crew poisoned their tea and tried to rob them at sea.
• Hidan killed the boatmen and their leader, Hido, after revealing his devotion to Jashin.
• Simu identified the last surviving boatman as Zabuza Momochi, who asked why they were heading to the Land of Water.
• Simu told Zabuza that they intended to kill the Mizukage.

Simu and Hidan confronted Zabuza and tested whether he would join their goal of killing the Mizukage and ending the Blood Mist Policy. Zabuza’s Hidden Mist was countered by their implanted Byakugan, and the chapter ended with Hidan activating a Tailed Beast transformation to fight him.

• Simu told Zabuza that he intended to kill the Mizukage, and Zabuza attacked him alongside Hidan before Simu blocked both strikes with his crimson armor.
• Zabuza covered the ship in Hidden Mist and stabbed Hidan, but Hidan bound him with spider silk and cut down a Water Clone.
• Simu used his Byakugan to track Zabuza through the mist, countered his water techniques, and blocked his blade attack.
• Hidan revealed his own Byakugan and fought Zabuza through the mist, gradually gaining the upper hand with his heavy scythe and rapid healing.
• Hidan ate a red bug and unleashed dark-red Tailed Beast Chakra, shocking Zabuza as he prepared to test Hidan’s power.

Hidan defeated Zabuza with Tailed Beast Chakra and his Jashin ritual, but Simu intervened before Hidan could kill him. Simu offered Zabuza a path to freedom from the Bloody Mist, and Zabuza accepted as Simu awakened his soul and transformed his body.

• Hidan overwhelmed Zabuza with Tailed Beast Chakra, wounded him in a mutual strike, and used his Jashin ritual to inflict matching injuries on Zabuza.
• Simu stopped Hidan from killing Zabuza, then beheaded Hidan to prove that Hidan depended on the Byakugan to locate attacks in the mist.
• Simu healed Zabuza and explained that lineage and genes shaped the body, which bound the soul.
• Simu revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, Magnet Release, and Tailed Beast Chakra, convincing Zabuza that transcending the body's limits could bring freedom.
• Zabuza accepted Simu's offer, and Simu placed his hand on Zabuza's head as power awakened his soul and changed his body.

Yagura ordered the Kaguya Clan exterminated, while Obito planned to recruit or kill Simu. Simu reached the Kaguya settlement with Zabuza and Hidan as Kirigakure forces attacked, and he sent Zabuza to protect Ringo Ameyuri.

• Yagura ordered Fuguki Suikazan and Ringo Ameyuri to destroy the Kaguya Clan after ANBU reported they were preparing a rebellion.
• Obito dismissed Black Zetsu's warning and decided to recruit Simu in Madara Uchiha's name or kill him if he refused.
• Ringo Ameyuri challenged the order to attack the Kaguya Clan, but Yagura pressured her into obeying and Fuguki threatened her.
• Three days later, Zabuza brought Simu and Hidan to the Kaguya settlement and revealed Yagura had ordered him to help eliminate the clan and Ameyuri if she hesitated.
• Kirigakure's forces and the Kaguya Clan clashed, and Simu told Zabuza to keep Ringo Ameyuri alive.

Kirigakure’s campaign against the Kaguya Clan turned into a battle among the Mist shinobi when Ringo Ameyuri protected a wounded white-haired Kaguya child and challenged Fuguki Suikazan. Zabuza joined Fuguki against her, and Fuguki appeared poised to kill her after blocking her surprise strike.

• Kirigakure’s Water Release assault failed to stop the Kaguya clansmen, who broke through the defenses and killed Mist shinobi with their bone techniques.
• Fuguki Suikazan killed a Kaguya clansman with Samehada, while Ringo Ameyuri used Thunder Sword: Kiba to disable her opponents without killing them.
• Fuguki Suikazan attacked the white-haired Kaguya child, drained his Chakra with Samehada, and wounded him, but Ringo Ameyuri intervened to protect him.
• Ringo Ameyuri questioned the Mizukage’s orders and the Bloody Mist Policy, so Fuguki Suikazan threatened her; Zabuza then arrived and attacked her.
• Ringo Ameyuri fought Fuguki Suikazan with Lightning Release, but he blocked her attempt to stab his throat and swung Samehada at her.

Zabuza defeated Fuguki Suikazan with borrowed Tailed Beast Chakra, and Simu used Genjutsu to bring Fuguki and Ringo Ameyuri into his plans. After arranging a covert base near the Land of Water border, Simu learned the white-haired boy’s name: Kimimaro.

• Zabuza saved Ringo Ameyuri from Fuguki Suikazan, then challenged Fuguki and unleashed Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Samehada betrayed Fuguki and went to Zabuza, forcing Fuguki to surrender and offer to spy on Yagura.
• Simu arrived with Hidan and the white-haired boy, used Genjutsu to control Fuguki, and took possession of Samehada.
• Simu invited Ringo Ameyuri to join his cause, and she agreed to help locate the Six-Tails.
• Zabuza and Fuguki reported Ringo’s supposed death and the Kaguya Clan’s destruction, while Simu established a base near the Land of Water border.
• Simu asked the white-haired boy his name, and the boy answered that he was Kimimaro.

Yagura prepared a new purge of Kirigakure while Mei Terumi, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Ao sought Elder Genji’s help to use the Six-Tails against him. Simu prepared to capture the Six-Tails, and Zabuza secretly contacted him from his post guarding Utakata before sensing danger.

• Fuguki Suikazan reported Ringo Ameyuri’s death and the red-cloud-cloaked men to Yagura, who ordered him to compile a list of opponents to the Bloody Mist Policy and assigned Zabuza to watch the Six-Tails.
• Obito and Black Zetsu decided they would use the Six-Tails to draw out Simu and Hidan, since their tracking spores kept disappearing from Simu and Hidan.
• Mei Terumi, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Ao planned to use the Six-Tails against Yagura, and Hozuki Mangetsu persuaded Elder Genji to help them find Utakata.
• Simu analyzed the Kaguya Clan’s hereditary illness and Kimimaro’s unusually powerful but damaging Kekkei Genkai, then left with Hidan to capture the Six-Tails.
• Zabuza began guarding Utakata’s lakeside cabin, secretly released Black Beetles to alert Simu, and discovered that his squadmates had vanished.

Mei Terumi, Ao, and Hozuki Mangetsu attacked the wooden house where Yagura had imprisoned Utakata, while Zabuza let them pass without joining their rebellion. They freed the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, but Fuguki Suikazan and Kisame Hoshigaki arrived to stop them, leaving Mei fighting Fuguki as the others faced the reinforcements.

• Mei Terumi attacked Zabuza with Lava Release, but he stepped aside, pointed out where Utakata was held, and promised not to expose the operation.
• Mei, Ao, and Hozuki Mangetsu fought through the ANBU guarding the wooden house, defeating Blood Mist loyalists with their Kekkei Genkai and Ninja Blade techniques.
• Mei and Mangetsu reached Utakata and told him that Elder Genji had sent them to rescue him.
• Fuguki Suikazan and Kisame Hoshigaki arrived, but Utakata used his Bubble Technique to blast the reinforcements and escape the damaged house in a bubble.
• Mei held Fuguki back while Mangetsu and Utakata moved to leave, and Fuguki used Samehada to absorb the Chakra from Mei's Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

Mei Terumi, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Kisame Hoshigaki fought across the battlefield until Yagura Karatachi appeared and attacked Utakata. Mei Terumi, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Ao moved to protect the Six-Tails, and Mangetsu blasted Yagura away with Hiramekarei.

• Mei Terumi paralyzed Fuguki Suikazan with Lightning Release and struck him with corrosive Lava Release, but he escaped with a badly burned arm.
• Kisame Hoshigaki trapped Hozuki Mangetsu in a water sphere, but Mangetsu used Nuibari to escape and Exploding Blade Shibuki to destroy Kisame’s shark attack.
• Yagura Karatachi arrived and was immediately attacked by Utakata’s explosive bubbles, but he transformed partially and struck Utakata into the lake.
• Mei Terumi ordered the others to protect Utakata, and she, Hozuki Mangetsu, and Ao confronted Yagura.
• Yagura dodged Mei Terumi’s acid and rushed her, but Hozuki Mangetsu released Hiramekarei’s stored Chakra and blasted him away.

Hozuki Mangetsu struck Yagura Karatachi, but Yagura transformed into the Three-Tails and overwhelmed the resistance. As the battle intensified, Simu reached Utakata and confronted the Six-Tails, Saiken, in Utakata’s spiritual world.

• Hozuki Mangetsu blasted Yagura Karatachi into the lake, but Yagura transformed into the Three-Tails and attacked him and Mei Terumi.
• Mei Terumi fought Yagura while Ao and Hozuki Mangetsu searched for Utakata, and she was nearly killed before Fuguki Suikazan intervened.
• Ringo Ameyuri and Zabuza joined Mei Terumi against Yagura, while Obito realized that several of Kirigakure’s elite shinobi had betrayed him.
• Yagura prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb as Ao and Hozuki Mangetsu found Utakata, where Simu had already begun speaking with Saiken.
• After Saiken rejected his offer to become a summoned beast and attacked him, Simu activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Simu freed the Six-Tails and used it to restrain Yagura, allowing Kirigakure's forces to turn against the Blood Mist Faction. Obito confronted Simu and asked him to stop destabilizing the village, but Simu answered with a question.

• Simu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Six-Tails and broke the seal on Utakata, while Mei Terumi and the others barely survived Yagura's Tailed Beast Bomb after the Six-Tails struck it into the sky.
• The Six-Tails fought Yagura in his Three-Tails form, and Mei Terumi rallied Kirigakure's forces to eliminate the Blood Mist Faction while Yagura was occupied.
• Kisame Hoshigaki agreed to join Mei Terumi's side, and Kirigakure's forces began purging the Blood Mist Faction throughout the village.
• Obito blamed Simu for ruining his plans, then went with Black and White Zetsu to confront him while Simu and Hidan watched the Tailed Beasts fight.
• Obito admitted that he had controlled Yagura and asked Simu to stop overturning Kirigakure, but Simu replied, "Why?"

Simu rejected Obito’s Eye of the Moon Plan and fought him after Obito tried to silence him. Their battle ended in a tense standoff, while Hidan challenged Black and White Zetsu to fight.

• Obito revealed the Eye of the Moon Plan and explained how gathering the nine Tailed Beasts would revive the Ten-Tails and enable Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Simu questioned whether Obito could be trusted to control the illusion and proposed controlling the Ten-Tails himself, causing Obito to attack.
• Simu summoned Susanoo to withstand Obito’s fire dragons, and Black Zetsu recognized Simu as the one who had stolen Fugaku’s Sharingan.
• Obito and Simu traded attacks, but Obito’s intangibility let him evade Simu while Simu’s electrical currents prevented Obito from safely attacking.
• Simu and Obito settled into a psychological standoff, and Hidan challenged Black and White Zetsu to a match.

Simu defeated Obito’s attempt to escape with the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, survived their colliding Tailed Beast Bombs with Time Ring, and left with both Jinchuriki and Hidan. In Kirigakure, Mei Terumi reported the destruction and casualties as the purge of the Blood Mist Faction concluded.

• Hidan attacked Black and White Zetsu, who trapped him in spores until Simu cut off Kara’s Tailed Beast Chakra supply.
• Obito and Simu launched opposing Tailed Beast Bombs, devastating the battlefield and damaging Kirigakure, but Simu returned unharmed using Fugaku Uchiha’s Time Ring.
• Obito tried to leave with Yagura Karatachi, but Simu’s Lightning Release: Heavenly Radiance forced him to retreat into his alternate dimension.
• Simu recovered Hidan from beneath the ruins, then departed with Hidan, Yagura Karatachi, and Utakata after securing the Three-Tails and Six-Tails.
• Mei Terumi reported that Kirigakure had purged 324 core Blood Mist Faction members, lost 867 ninja, suffered damage to about one-quarter of its buildings, and lost both Tailed Beasts.