Chapter Summaries

Natsuki killed the Third Raikage and nearly three thousand Kumogakure ninja, then gained the Laxus Dreyar template. Kumogakure chose A as its new Raikage and declared war on Konoha, while Natsuki's forces prepared to advance.

• Natsuki sent Terumi Mei back to Kirigakure, took the Third Raikage's body, and awakened the Laxus Dreyar template with lightning abilities tied to Kumogakure.
• Natsuki caught up with Tsunade and Nawaki and revealed that he had killed the Third Raikage and nearly three thousand Kumogakure ninja.
• Dodai learned of the defeat, withdrew his surviving force, and told A that Kumogakure faced a crisis after the Third Raikage's death.
• Dodai urged Kumogakure to select a new Raikage, and the ninja looked to A as the strongest and most qualified candidate.
• Natsuki told Tsunade and Nawaki that he had learned Lava Release from Roshi's memories.
• Kumogakure chose A as the Fourth Raikage and declared war on Konoha, while Tsunade and Nawaki noted that Natsuki's strength had made the village cautious.

Natsuki brought Uzumaki Kushina to the Land of Water battlefield and arranged for Uchiha Shisui to graduate early and become his student. After joining the Konoha camp in the Land of the Moon, Natsuki reviewed the war situation and relied on the Three Snake Princesses to find opportunities for his plans.

• Natsuki read Tagorihime's intelligence on Kumogakure and sent Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime to the battlefield while Tagorihime stayed in Konoha as an Anbu deputy captain-commander.
• Natsuki ordered Uchiha Shisui's early graduation assessment and told Uzumaki Kushina she could join the war, provided she only fought if Kumogakure's jinchūriki entered the battle.
• Natsuki and Kushina met Tsunade's group near Kirigakure, then traveled with them to the Konoha camp on the eastern coast of the Land of the Moon.
• Uchiha Shisui passed his graduation assessment, accepted Natsuki as his teacher, and joined Might Guy, Shizune, and Yuhi Kurenai's team.
• At a jonin meeting, Namikaze Minato reported that Konoha had repelled several Kumogakure attacks with fewer casualties, and Natsuki ordered the camp to maintain its position until they learned more.
• After the meeting, Natsuki went to Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime's tent to seek opportunities for his plans through them and the snakes of Ryūchi Cave.

Natsuki replaced the White Zetsu spying on the Konoha camp and sent two squads to attack a Kumogakure supply convoy. When Dodai and reinforcements ambushed them, Might Duy opened the Seventh Gate and defeated Dodai with Morning Peacock, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Natsuki arranged for Uzumaki Kushina to locate the White Zetsu near camp, then replaced all five with Orochimaru’s clones and sent the captured originals back to him.
• Natsuki ordered Namikaze Minato’s and Might Duy’s squads to destroy or capture a Kumogakure supply convoy, while a White Zetsu reported that Dodai and eight jonin were heading toward them.
• Namikaze Minato’s squad ambushed the convoy, and Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Shisui killed several Kumogakure ninja before Shisui detected the approaching reinforcements.
• Dodai and his eight jonin joined the fight, forcing Namikaze Minato to order a retreat as the Kumogakure ninja surrounded Might Duy, Might Guy, Shizune, and Uchiha Shisui.
• Might Guy opened the Fourth Gate, while Might Duy opened the Seventh Gate and struck Dodai with Morning Peacock, shattering his Rubber Wall and knocking him unconscious.

Might Duy and Might Guy led Konoha's forces to defeat Dodai and the Kumogakure squad, while Natsuki thwarted Uchiha Madara's ambush. Back at camp, Natsuki publicized the victory and promised to help Nawaki develop a reputation through Wood Release.

• Might Guy opened the sixth gate and killed a Kumogakure jonin who attacked the exhausted Might Duy, then the Konoha team defeated the remaining Kumogakure ninja without casualties.
• Natsuki confronted Uchiha Madara near the battlefield, forcing him to withdraw before he could attack Namikaze Minato's team.
• Namikaze Minato reported the suspicious encounter to Natsuki, who had Elephant spread news of the victory and name Might Duy and Might Guy the Blue Beast of the Hidden Leaf and Minato the Yellow Flash.
• Fourth Raikage A mourned Dodai's death and designated Might Duy and Might Guy as priority threats, while Killer B and Blue B discussed the defeat.
• Nawaki complained that Might Guy had earned a title, so Natsuki offered to help him gain one by learning Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique and promised to address his chakra shortage.

Natsuki prepared Nawaki to capture the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, by giving him a special White Zetsu to strengthen his Wood Release. Nawaki defeated Yugito at a concealed Kumogakure outpost, leaving her unconscious and in his custody.

• Natsuki gave Tsunade a second bracelet and told her about White Zetsu, then ordered White Zetsu to locate Yugito Nii.
• Natsuki bonded a special White Zetsu to Nawaki and planned a mission for him to make his name by defeating the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• After Nawaki mastered Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique, Natsuki took him and Tsunade through a Spatial Gate to a Kumogakure outpost and concealed the battle with a barrier.
• Nawaki fought Yugito Nii with his wooden golem, overcoming her partial and complete tailed beast transformations.
• Nawaki used Samehada's chakra to strengthen the wooden golem, which blocked Yugito's Tailed Beast Ball and then defeated the Two-Tails.
• The Two-Tails vanished, leaving Yugito Nii unconscious.

Nawaki captured Yugito Nii and earned the title Tiger of Konoha, while Kumogakure planned to trap Natsuki with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and the Amber Purifying Pot. Natsuki learned of the plan and brought Konan to Konoha, appointing her commander of the Anbu and overseer of its intelligence work.

• Natsuki returned to Konoha's Main Camp with Tsunade and Nawaki after Nawaki captured Yugito Nii alive.
• Tsunade suggested the title Tiger of Konoha for Nawaki, and he accepted it.
• Fourth Raikage A and Blue B decided to lure Natsuki into a trap using the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and the Amber Purifying Pot.
• Natsuki received intelligence about Kumogakure's plan and decided to delay the final battle until Uchiha Shisui and Hatake Kakashi had earned titles.
• Ōnoki and Kitsuchi discussed Kumogakure's likely defeat after news spread that Yugito Nii had been captured.
• Natsuki brought Konan to Konoha's camp and appointed her commander of the Anbu and overseer of Konoha's intelligence work.

Natsuki awakened the Satoru Gojo template after his students gained renown, then planned a raid on a supposed Eight-Tails Jinchuriki base to draw Kumogakure into a trap. The chapter ended as he announced the surprise attack to Konoha’s senior ninja.

• Natsuki bet Tsunade that he would end the war before the New Year, and she agreed to grant him one favor if he succeeded.
• Konan reported that Uchiha Shisui and Hatake Kakashi had earned the titles Body Flicker Shisui and Konoha Thunder Fang.
• Natsuki awakened the Satoru Gojo template, unlocked the Six Eyes, and considered how to meet the conditions for its locked abilities.
• Natsuki learned from White Zetsu that Blue B was staying with Fourth Raikage A, while Kumogakure used decoy bases to conceal him.
• Natsuki devised a plan to raid a decoy base and lure Kumogakure into surrounding his force, then called a meeting of Konoha’s senior ninja.
• Natsuki told Tsunade, Namikaze Minato, Nawaki, Uchiha Mikoto, Hizashi Hyuga, and the other jonin that he would lead a surprise attack on the base.

Natsuki led Tsunade and Nawaki to attack Blue B's outpost, only to find that Kumogakure had set a trap with thousands of ninja. He unleashed a devastating burst of Conqueror's Haki that knocked out more than seven thousand enemies, then prepared to take the remaining leaders into an alternate dimension.

• Natsuki arranged a surprise attack on Blue B and secretly encouraged Kumogakure to prepare an ambush, while Uchiha Madara learned of the plan from a replacement White Zetsu.
• Natsuki, Tsunade, and Nawaki entered Blue B's outpost, where Kumogakure's forces used lightning genjutsu and Earth Release to separate them.
• Fourth Raikage A and Blue B attacked Natsuki, but he returned through a Spatial Gate to Tsunade and refused to abandon her and Nawaki.
• Natsuki released a terrifying shock wave that knocked more than seven thousand Kumogakure ninja unconscious, leaving Fourth Raikage A, Blue B, and a handful of elites standing.
• Natsuki challenged Fourth Raikage A over abandoning his incapacitated forces and proposed fighting the remaining leaders in an alternate dimension.

Natsuki fought Fourth Raikage A, Blue B, and the Kumogakure forces inside Unlimited Blade Works, killing the Raikage and defeating the Eight-Tails. He extracted the Eight-Tails from Blue B, leaving Kumogakure’s upper ranks nearly wiped out.

• Natsuki overwhelmed the Kumogakure force with Goryū Tenmetsu and Lightning Explosion, killing more than half the jonin.
• Natsuki killed Fourth Raikage A with a single enhanced punch and unlocked Thunder Dragon King Mode.
• Blue B fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Natsuki, then surrendered control to Gyuki when it failed.
• Natsuki defeated Gyuki with Crimson Lightning and Excalibur, destroying the remaining Kumogakure forces caught in the blasts.
• Natsuki used the Black Holy Grail to extract the Eight-Tails from Blue B, killing him.

After defeating Kumogakure, Natsuki embraced Tsunade and unlocked the Dragon Slayer Magic and Emiya Shirou templates. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu considered resurrecting Madara early so he could confront Natsuki.

• Natsuki sent Nawaki to summon Minato and the others to clean up the battlefield, then asked Tsunade for a hug as his reward for their victory.
• Natsuki embraced Tsunade and unlocked Dragon Slayer Magic and an S-Class Emiya Shirou Template with Projection Magic and several locked abilities.
• Natsuki told Tsunade he planned to take the defeated Kumogakure ninja back to their village while preserving the Five Great Villages and controlling them from the shadows.
• Uchiha Madara learned that Natsuki had defeated Fourth Raikage A, Blue B, and over seven thousand Kumogakure ninja, and judged Natsuki a match for him and Hashirama at their peak.
• Black Zetsu proposed having Nagato use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect Uchiha Madara before collecting the Nine Tailed Beasts, and Madara agreed to consider the plan.

Natsuki defeated Kumogakure, killed Fourth Raikage A and Blue B, and captured seven thousand ninja before leading Konoha’s forces to the village. He took control as acting Raikage and began the process of choosing a new leader, unlocking a new ability in the process.

• Nawaki reported that Natsuki had killed Fourth Raikage A and Blue B and captured seven thousand Kumogakure ninja, so Namikaze Minato led Konoha’s forces to the outpost.
• Natsuki used Illusion to place the captured Kumogakure ninja under his control and marched toward Kumogakure with Konoha’s forces.
• Ōnoki learned that Natsuki was advancing on Kumogakure, while Mabui persuaded Furuka and the other Kumogakure jonin to preserve the village rather than fight to the death.
• Natsuki reached Kumogakure, returned the captured ninja, demanded the Heavenly Transfer Technique scroll, and studied it in the Raikage’s Office.
• Natsuki told Kumogakure’s jonin that the village would be preserved and that he would serve as Raikage until a new one was chosen, unlocking Laxus Dreyar’s Forbidden Magic: Thunder Palace.

Natsuki arranged a Five Kage Summit in Kumogakure to establish new rules for the Ninja World, while the other villages prepared to attend. Kumogakure chose Mabui as its Fifth Raikage, and Natsuki told her the summit would be held in six days.

• After Natsuki left the Jonin Meeting, Furuka and the Kumogakure jonin nominated Mabui as Raikage because of her intelligence and youth, and she accepted the role.
• Natsuki told Tsunade and the others he planned to convene a Five Kage Summit, then ordered Konan to invite the ninja villages and set the meeting for seven days later.
• Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, and the leaders of Sunagakure agreed to attend, while Uchiha Madara dismissed the summit's promise of lasting peace but decided to observe it.
• Yahiko and Nagato supported Natsuki's efforts to bring peace, and Jiraiya agreed to attend the summit with them.
• Natsuki confirmed Mabui as the Fifth Raikage, told her the summit would be held in six days beside a mountain near Kumogakure, and asked her village to cooperate with Konoha's Anbu.

Natsuki convened the Five Kage Summit, demonstrated his overwhelming power, and proposed a Ninja Village Alliance with himself above its Five Elders. After awakening the Saint Nerona Imu template, he began reshaping the villages through shared administration and paid civilian work.

• Ōnoki, Pakura, Mabui, Terumi Mei, and delegations from other villages gathered outside Kumogakure and waited for the summit to begin.
• Natsuki arrived and used Minazuki to destroy a mountain and flatten the surrounding land, leaving the assembled ninja stunned.
• Natsuki awakened the Saint Nerona Imu template and learned that its abilities could be unlocked by defeating a hidden nonhuman mastermind and establishing an alliance ruled from behind the scenes.
• Natsuki proposed the Ninja Village Alliance, and Pakura, Terumi Mei, Mabui, Ōnoki, and the smaller villages agreed to join.
• Natsuki appointed the four other Kage and Nawaki as the Five Elders, placing himself above them as the alliance’s ruler.
• Konan distributed Natsuki’s plan for the villages to retain necessary armed forces and assign other ninja to paid production work, creating economic ties with Konoha.

At the Five Kage Summit, Natsuki imposed a new Ninja Village Alliance order that placed the other villages under Konoha’s authority and required them to surrender their Tailed Beasts. After returning to Konoha, he unlocked a new Imu-template ability and took Uchiha Mikoto home.

• Natsuki announced that Konoha would reclaim all Tailed Beasts, demonstrated that Yugito Nii had survived extraction, and gave the other villages a month to comply.
• Natsuki decreed that he must approve future replacements of the Five Kage and that the Ninja Village Alliance’s offices would be based in Konoha; the Kage accepted his terms.
• Natsuki ended the summit and arranged for the villages to send representatives to Konoha after the New Year, while Jiraiya left to visit Mount Myoboku.
• Natsuki returned to Konoha with the others and unlocked the third ability of the Saint Nerona Imu template, Lord’s Weapons.
• Uchiha Mikoto stayed with Natsuki at the Hokage Office, and he later took her home through a Spatial Gate before returning to the Senju Clan compound.

During Konoha’s New Year celebration, Natsuki kissed Tsunade, who fled afterward but kept thinking about the kiss. After the holiday, Natsuki welcomed Pakura and Sunagakure’s delegation to the new Ninja Village Alliance headquarters, where Pakura invited him into her office and began an intimate encounter.

• Natsuki celebrated the New Year with Konan, Yahiko, Nawaki, and the others, then asked Tsunade for a good-luck kiss and kissed her on the lips instead.
• Tsunade left the tavern flustered, while Konan told Natsuki she would stay in Konoha as Amegakure’s representative to the Ninja Village Alliance.
• Natsuki spent the rest of the celebration with his companions, and Tsunade visited him the next morning after a sleepless night thinking about their kiss.
• After the holiday, Natsuki welcomed Pakura and Sunagakure’s delegation to Konoha and showed them the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters, where Li would represent Sunagakure.
• Pakura chose Sunagakure’s offices and drew Natsuki into her office, where she undressed and bent over the desk.

Natsuki used the Hōgyoku to awaken Uchiha Mikoto’s Mangekyō Sharingan and strengthen Uzumaki Kushina, then attended Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kae’s wedding. He used the Hōgyoku on the newlyweds and on Tsunade and Nawaki, leaving Tsunade and Nawaki with newly awakened Wood Release.

• Natsuki tested the Hōgyoku’s power, mastered All-Killing Ash Bones and the Six Red Yang Formation, and unlocked Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void.
• Natsuki used the Hōgyoku to awaken Uchiha Mikoto’s Mangekyō Sharingan and enhance Uzumaki Kushina’s physical strength.
• Natsuki received Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kae’s wedding invitation and planned to use Nagato to draw out Black Zetsu after the wedding.
• Natsuki, Tsunade, Nawaki, Uzumaki Kushina, and Yakushi Nonō attended Minato and Kae’s wedding and celebrated with the guests.
• Natsuki used the Hōgyoku to evolve Minato and Kae, then enhanced Tsunade and Nawaki, causing them to expel the First Hokage’s cells and awaken true Wood Release.

Natsuki lured Black Zetsu out by sending Nagato on a mission, then killed Black Zetsu before confronting and defeating Uchiha Madara. The chapter ended with Natsuki destroying Madara and Nagato safe, still able to use the Rinnegan.

• Natsuki completed the Reverse Life Technique with Tsunade, and his template unlocked Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Natsuki told Nagato that Uchiha Madara had transplanted the Rinnegan into him and asked him to act as bait.
• Black Zetsu possessed Nagato through Mui at Kusagakure, but Natsuki arrived, freed Nagato, and killed Black Zetsu with the Void Sword.
• Natsuki sent Nagato back to Amegakure, then found Uchiha Madara in his underground chamber.
• Uchiha Madara attacked with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Natsuki defeated the statue and used All-Killing Ash Bones to destroy Madara.

After killing Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu, Natsuki absorbed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, unlocked new abilities, and began planning how to prepare the Ninja World for the Ōtsutsuki Clan. He reforged Madara’s fan as a gift for Konan and ended the chapter assessing the threats posed by Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Natsuki killed Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu, absorbed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Black Holy Grail, and unlocked Projection Magic-Jeweled Sword Zelretch.
• Natsuki awakened the Yhwach Template, whose advanced abilities required him to defeat Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and whose Almighty required him to give the Ninja World the power to resist the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Natsuki recovered Uchiha Madara’s Flame Gunbai and began reforging it into a flower-shaped birthday present for Konan.
• Natsuki returned home, shared dinner with Uzumaki Kushina and Yakushi Nonō, and spent the evening with them before visiting Tsunade the next morning.
• Natsuki listed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and Otsutsuki Toneri as threats to the Ninja World, then focused on Kaguya and Isshiki because Toneri had not yet been born.

Natsuki planned to find Jigen while bringing order to the Ninja World, and he established a police force to suppress outlaws. After the force began its first cleanup in the Land of Snow, Natsuki searched for Jigen from the sky but found no sign of him, then promised to celebrate Konan’s birthday in Amegakure.

• Natsuki decided to search for Jigen himself and called a Ninja Village Alliance meeting to address disorder in the Ninja World.
• Natsuki proposed the Ninja World Police Force, appointing Namikaze Minato and Nagato to lead it with personnel from the major villages.
• Pakura and Uchiha Mikoto spent the night with Natsuki, and Pakura later returned to the Land of Wind while Natsuki reassured Uchiha Mikoto.
• A week later, Natsuki, Konan, Uchiha Shisui, Namikaze Minato, Nagato, and the police force began clearing out the Land of Snow.
• Natsuki searched the Land of Snow for Jigen using his Byakugan and Observation Haki but found no trace of him.
• Natsuki promised to take Konan to Amegakure for her birthday and agreed to follow her plans.

Natsuki celebrated Konan’s birthday with the Akatsuki, then spent the afternoon shopping with her in Konoha. As they returned to Amegakure, Konan kissed him for the first time and hurried through the Spatial Gate.

• Natsuki gave Tsunade liquor from the Land of Snow, and she kissed his cheek before leaving.
• Natsuki proposed raising the Ninja Academy graduation age from twelve to eighteen and gave Nara Shikaku the plan to implement.
• Natsuki explained to Konan that economic development could prevent Rogue Ninja and bandits from returning, then took her to Amegakure for her birthday celebration.
• Natsuki used the Hōgyoku to strengthen the Akatsuki members, while Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato reached Kage Level.
• Natsuki gave Konan a Rose hair ornament that could reflect attacks and took her shopping for clothes in Konoha.
• Konan kissed Natsuki before hurrying through the Spatial Gate back to Amegakure.