Chapter Summaries

Mū learned that Kumogakure had sent Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and their troops to the Land of Iron, apparently to capture the Nine-Tails, and told the Anbu to inform the Hokage. He then discovered that the system had locked his reproductive ability until he completed the main quest, and resolved to pursue his plan to unify the Naruto World.

• Mū received an Anbu report that Kumogakure had sent Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and troops to the Land of Iron to capture the Nine-Tails.
• Mū ordered the Anbu to tell the Hokage about Kumogakure's operation.
• Mū considered the Nine-Tails' strength and concluded that it held little interest for him.
• Mū asked the system why none of his women had become pregnant, and it charged him 10,000 points for the answer.
• The system revealed that it had locked Mū's reproductive ability until he completed the main quest.
• Mū restrained his anger and reassured himself that unifying the Naruto World would eventually unlock his ability to have children.

Senju Hashirama told Shin about his secret plan to gather all Nine Tailed Beasts and make Konoha powerful enough to deter wars between nations. Shin questioned whether Hashirama’s successors could be trusted with that power, and left considering how the plan might shape the future.

• Senju Hashirama asked Shin what he thought about Kumogakure sending Kinkaku and Ginkaku to capture the Nine-Tails.
• Hashirama showed Shin his secret peace plan, which called for Konoha to gather the Tailed Beasts and act as an enforcer against war.
• Hashirama explained that Konoha’s overwhelming strength would deter other villages from fighting, even after he and his contemporaries were gone.
• Shin warned Hashirama that his descendants might use the Tailed Beasts’ power to start wars, but Hashirama proposed choosing pacifist Hokage and leaving a will against war.
• Shin considered that Hashirama’s future Hokage successors might honor the will and use the Nine Tailed Beasts to maintain peace.

Xuan accepted Hashirama’s mission to retrieve the Nine-Tails but decided to prevent Hashirama’s plan to enforce peace through Konoha’s supremacy. He left Konoha and reached the Land of Iron, where a team searching for the revived Nine-Tails stopped at a likely location.

• Hashirama assigned Xuan to keep the Nine-Tails from falling into Kumogakure’s hands, and Xuan learned that Tobirama, the Hyuga Clan Head, and the Nara Clan Head already knew about Hashirama’s peace plan.
• Xuan accepted the mission and left Hashirama’s office, then reflected at Hokage Cliff on how Hashirama’s plan threatened his own aims and revealed a growing rift between them.
• Xuan said he would bring back the Nine-Tails but would not let Hashirama’s vision of peace come to pass, then vanished from Konoha.
• In the snowy Land of Iron, a team of figures stopped in a forest, and one of them checked a map and identified the spot where the Nine-Tails was most likely to be.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s unit waited in the Land of Iron for the Nine-Tails to revive, hoping to capture it and strengthen their standing in Kumogakure. When the beast appeared, they attacked, but it survived their opening assault as a mysterious figure watched from a nearby hill.

• Kinkaku ordered his ninjas to search likely locations for the Nine-Tails while keeping a low profile in the Land of Iron.
• Ginkaku urged Kinkaku to capture the Nine-Tails to secure his claim to become Second Raikage, but Kinkaku warned that Leinuo was favored by the Raikage.
• Two days later, a sensory ninja detected the Nine-Tails’ chakra gathering, and Kinkaku prepared his unit to attack the beast at its weakest moment.
• Kinkaku unleashed the Bashosen’s tornado as the unit’s ninjas struck with their techniques, but the newly revived Nine-Tails countered with a sweeping blast of black chakra.
• The Nine-Tails destroyed the tornado and killed three Elite Jonin while injuring a Peak Jonin, as a figure with spinning Three Tomoe watched from a distant hill.

Shin watched the Nine-Tails defeat the Kumogakure force and chose not to interfere, sending a Shadow Clone away as the black-robed Owl. The surviving ninja regrouped and decided to return to Kumogakure to report to Lord Raikage.

• Shin decided not to capture the Nine-Tails or kill Kinkaku and Ginkaku, then sent a black-robed Shadow Clone away as Owl.
• Ginkaku struck the Nine-Tails with Lightning Style, but the beast hit him with its tail and sent him flying.
• Kinkaku and the Kinkaku and Ginkaku Unit used the Golden Gate Seal and golden chains to restrain the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails snapped the chains, swallowed Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and routed the Kumogakure force.
• Shin observed the Nine-Tails' tactics and vanished from the mountain.
• The surviving Kinkaku and Ginkaku Unit regrouped and chose to return to Kumogakure to report to Lord Raikage.

Shin pursued the Nine-Tails through the Land of Iron and trapped it inside an Onmyo Barrier before fighting it with his mature Susanoo. The Nine-Tails recognized Shin’s sword from Indra’s ancient battles and fought back, leaving their clash underway.

• The Nine-Tails fled through the Land of Iron after Shin overwhelmed it in their first fight.
• Shin used the Flying Thunder God to intercept the Nine-Tails and summoned his mature Susanoo.
• Shin planted the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi in the ground and raised an Onmyo Barrier spanning dozens of miles.
• The Nine-Tails recognized Indra’s sword and charged Shin, striking the Susanoo with its claw.
• Shin’s Susanoo repelled the Nine-Tails, and the two fought with fists and tails.

Shin fought the Nine-Tails in the Land of Iron and used its own Tailed Beast Bomb against it. He forced the fox to vomit out Kinkaku and Ginkaku, then attacked the brothers, who tried to counter his slash with lightning techniques.

• Shin battled the Nine-Tails with Susanoo and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to send its Tailed Beast Bomb back at it.
• Shin defeated the Nine-Tails and punched it in the stomach, making it vomit out Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Shin revealed that he had fought the Nine-Tails to free the brothers, whom he intended to use as pawns.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku recognized Shin and panicked when they saw the wounded Nine-Tails beside him.
• Shin struck at the brothers with an invisible Wind Style sword, and they answered with Lightning Style techniques.

A mysterious figure called Owl rescued Kinkaku and Ginkaku from Uchiha Shin, then vanished after bringing them to the Land of Iron. Shin turned back to the Nine-Tails and began binding it with sealing chains.

• The Black-Robed Man used Water and Earth Style techniques to deflect Shin’s Invisible Sword and rescue Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• The Black-Robed Man teleported the brothers to a snowy mountain range in the Land of Iron, identified himself as Owl, and disappeared after saying he had a request for them later.
• Kinkaku decided that he and Ginkaku would return to Kumogakure and tell the Raikage that Uchiha Shin had captured the Nine-Tails, including how Owl had helped them escape.
• Shin stopped fighting the Nine-Tails and used the Uzumaki Clan’s Heavenly Chain Seal to bind it.
• Shin prepared to use Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands on the restrained Nine-Tails.

Shin subdued the Nine-Tails and questioned it about Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths, and Indra, confirming Indra’s goal and that his Infinite Tsukuyomi had only been a prototype. After returning to Konoha, Shin left home in the middle of the night through a space-time vortex.

• Shin entered the Nine-Tails’ mental space and restrained it with crimson chains formed from his Eternal Mangekyo and a Sealing Technique.
• Shin questioned the Nine-Tails about Kaguya and Indra, learning details that helped him confirm Indra’s goal.
• Shin recalled Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and rode the controlled Nine-Tails toward Konoha.
• Senju Hashirama welcomed Shin back, but Shin declined the celebratory banquet and went home to sleep.
• Shin woke in the middle of the night, put on a black robe, and disappeared into a space-time vortex.

The First Raikage learned that Kinkaku and Ginkaku had failed to capture the Nine-Tails and concluded Kumogakure had to avoid confronting Konoha. Owl then secretly met with him and tried to persuade him that Konoha posed a threat, ending by presenting a file about Senju Hashirama’s peace plan.

• Kinkaku and Ginkaku told the First Raikage that Uchiha Shin had captured the Nine-Tails and that Owl had rescued them.
• The First Raikage dismissed Kinkaku and Ginkaku, then decided Kumogakure had to accept Konoha’s dominance for now.
• Owl appeared behind the First Raikage, whose lightning-charged punch passed through him.
• Owl said he had come to help Kumogakure and warned that Konoha might invade despite the peace agreement.
• Owl threw a file onto the table and identified it as Senju Hashirama’s plan for peace using the Nine Tailed Beasts.

Shin persuaded the First Raikage that Kumogakure should join a coalition against Konoha by exploiting fears about Hashirama’s Tailed Beast Plan. After securing the Raikage’s letter of support, Shin visited the Tsuchikage, Mizukage, and Kazekage’s villages that night to seek their cooperation.

• Shin showed the First Raikage a document about Hashirama’s plan and argued that Konoha’s growing power would threaten Kumogakure.
• The First Raikage objected that Kumogakure could not defeat Konoha alone, and Shin offered to persuade the other three great villages to join an attack.
• The First Raikage agreed to consider war if the other villages joined and wrote Shin a letter expressing his willingness to attack Konoha.
• Shin collected the First Raikage’s letter and visited Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure that night.

Shin persuaded the First Kage of the four great villages to unite against Konoha, then returned to Konoha and began preparing to use their threat for his own purposes. He asked Hyuga Tamamo to warn Senju Hashirama about unusual activity in seven days, leaving his plan to manipulate both sides in motion.

• Shin recalled how he had convinced the First Kage that the other villages would join them in moving against Konoha.
• Shin went to Anbu and asked Hyuga Tamamo what Senju Hashirama had been doing.
• Hyuga Tamamo reported that Hashirama was handling Hokage duties and considering how to use the Tailed Beasts' power.
• Shin studied a map of Konoha's outposts across the Land of Fire.
• Shin told Hyuga Tamamo to report in seven days that Anbu had detected unusual activity among the four great villages and recommend that Hashirama stay alert.
• Hyuga Tamamo agreed to report the warning, while Shin kept his plan to use the villages as pawns to himself.

Shin arranged a secret meeting between the First Kage of the four great villages, who discussed a joint assault on Konoha. The First Tsuchikage called for a detailed plan, and Shin offered a map of Konoha’s outposts in the Land of Fire.

• Shin planned to have Tamamo inform Senju Hashirama about the other villages’ war preparations seven days later, while keeping his own role unobtrusive.
• Shin brought the First Mizukage, Byakuren, to a secret meeting with the First Raikage Ai, the First Tsuchikage Ishikawa, and the First Kazekage Retto.
• Ai proposed that the four villages attack Konoha before Hashirama could use the Tailed Beasts to strengthen its dominance.
• Retto backed Ai, while Byakuren offered Kirigakure’s help; Ishikawa agreed to act but insisted they first make a detailed plan.
• Shin handed Ishikawa a map showing the locations of Konoha’s outposts in the Land of Fire.

Shin gave the First Kage of the other four great villages a map of Konoha’s strongholds and helped them arrange a secret attack for seven days later. Hyuga Tamamo delivered Shin’s warning to Senju Hashirama, who learned that Root had found no signs of the invasion as enemy squads crossed into the Land of Fire.

• Shin gave the four First Kage copies of a map showing Konoha’s strongholds, and they agreed to attack in seven days.
• The First Kage planned to strike Konoha’s border outposts with elite squads and use them as forward bases for an invasion.
• Hyuga Tamamo delivered Shin’s intelligence letter to Senju Hashirama, whose expression turned grave as he read it.
• Hashirama summoned Senju Tobirama and Senju Xiangyang, then asked Xiangyang whether Root had received any useful intelligence.
• Xiangyang reported that Root had detected no unusual activity in the four great villages, while enemy shinobi squads crossed into the Land of Fire from all four borders.

The First Tsuchikage led an Iwagakure strike force against a Konoha border stronghold and attacked it alone. After the defenders’ messengers were intercepted, he prepared to unleash Dust Release against the gathered ninja.

• The First Tsuchikage reviewed a map of Konoha’s border defenses and ordered his twenty-seven companions to block escapes while he attacked the stronghold.
• Two Konoha guards spotted the First Tsuchikage flying toward their watchtower and raised a Level One alert.
• The First Tsuchikage deflected the guards’ attacks, collapsed their watchtower, and crushed them beneath a boulder.
• Konoha’s defenders gathered at the stronghold, but Iwagakure ninja intercepted the War Hawks and carrier pigeons sent to summon help.
• The First Tsuchikage faced the stronghold’s ninja as they launched a barrage of techniques, then began forming Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Glass Technique.

The four great villages launched simultaneous attacks on Konoha’s border outposts, and Uchiha Shin’s warning reached Konoha just as the war began. Senju Hashirama ordered the village to mobilize and prepare for the invasion.

• The First Tsuchikage and Mū destroyed a Konoha outpost and split their forces to attack more outposts along the border.
• The First Raikage, Retto, and Byakuren led attacks from the Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Water, causing heavy losses to Konoha’s outposts.
• Senju Hashirama ordered Senju Xiangyang to investigate Uchiha Shin’s warning about a possible attack by the four great villages.
• An Anbu Ninja delivered a northwest outpost report reading, “Enemy attack. Danger!”
• Senju Hashirama declared that the war had begun and ordered a meeting, the War Bell, and the mobilization of Konoha’s troops.
• More reports arrived from outposts in other directions, confirming the attacks across Konoha’s borders.

The War Bell summoned Konoha’s leaders after attacks struck its frontline outposts, and Senju Hashirama announced that the four great ninja villages had begun a coordinated war against Konoha. The leaders agreed to prioritize a swift response, though the cause of the war remained unknown.

• The War Bell rang for the first time since Konoha’s founding, summoning the village’s ninja and leaders.
• Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, the clan heads, Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Shin assembled in the Hokage Office Building.
• Senju Hashirama announced that Konoha was at war with the Earth, Lightning, Wind, and Water villages.
• Senju Hashirama explained that reports of unusual activity had been followed by near-simultaneous attacks on Konoha’s frontline outposts.
• Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Shin urged the leaders to focus on fighting back before investigating the war’s cause.

Konoha organized its forces to face attacks from the four great shinobi villages in the First Shinobi World War. After Hashirama assigned four divisions and sent them toward the borders, the war began.

• Hashirama ordered Konoha’s 37,200 shinobi divided into four divisions and kept the Tailed Beasts sealed in the village for the time being.
• Hashirama rallied Konoha’s assembled shinobi, who vowed that Konoha would win.
• Madara and Shin noticed that Hashirama seemed less trusting of them than before.
• Konoha spent two days preparing, then sent Hashirama, Madara, Shin, and Tobirama’s divisions to face Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure, respectively.
• Hashirama reinforced Tobirama’s division and ordered it to delay Iwagakure until support arrived; the four divisions then marched to war.

Shin led Konoha’s force toward Donglin Camp to stop Kirigakure from taking its supplies, but arrived after the camp had fallen. He planned to draw Kirigakure’s shinobi out and use marked kunai to retake it without destroying the depot.

• Shin and Uchiha Zhan discussed how Konoha’s years of peace had changed the Uchiha Clan as their force marched east.
• Uchiha Ten reported that the Feudal Lord had treated him well, and Uchiha Zhan estimated Kirigakure would reach Donglin Camp first.
• Shin ordered the nine thousand shinobi to hasten their march toward Donglin Camp.
• Shin’s force reached Donglin Camp at dusk and found it occupied by Kirigakure’s shinobi.
• A Hyuga Jonin detected about three hundred Kirigakure shinobi, including thirteen Jonin or stronger, and Shin ordered an equal force to draw them out while he prepared marked kunai.

Uchiha Shin captured Donglin Camp and prepared it as Konoha’s eastern front line. Byakuren learned of the defeat and planned to attack once Kirigakure’s second wave arrived, while Shin woke at dawn.

• Shin defeated all three hundred Kirigakure ninjas at Donglin Camp and ordered the camp expanded, the dead buried or burned, and supplies counted.
• Uchiha Ten reported that the camp held supplies for nine thousand people for twenty days, along with weapons and armor.
• A Kirigakure intelligence ninja reported Donglin Camp’s fall to Byakuren, who learned that Shin had arrived with at least five thousand ninjas.
• The Hozuki Clan Head warned Byakuren that Senju Hashirama had been overwhelmingly powerful, prompting concern that Shin might be similarly dangerous.
• The Suikazan Clan Head argued that Kirigakure’s numbers and elite fighters could overcome Shin, and Byakuren decided to attack after the second wave arrived in two days.
• At dawn, Shin emerged from his tent.