Chapter Summaries

Kirigakure launched a surprise attack on Konoha's camp under cover of thick sea fog, throwing the defenders into chaos. Shin used a powerful Wind Style jutsu to clear the mist and revealed the surrounding attackers before unleashing black flames as they began to retreat.

• Shin ordered Konoha's Wind Style shinobi to blow away the fog, but Kirigakure chakra made it grow thicker.
• Konoha's shinobi attacked a sensed chakra source, then Uchiha Zhan ordered them to form back-to-back and defend themselves against Kirigakure's assassination tactics.
• Kirigakure shinobi infiltrated the camp and attacked, causing confusion and casualties among Konoha's forces.
• Shin ordered Uchiha Ten to regroup the troops and cast Wind Style: Divine Wind Descent, clearing the fog.
• Shin revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and spread black flames over the Kirigakure attackers, whose leader ordered them to retreat.

Shin repelled Kirigakure’s probing attack and prepared his defenses while considering using the war to kill Senju Tobirama. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara met the First Raikage on the battlefield, and their forces launched into a major clash.

• Shin cut down a Mist ninja with Wind Style and used Amaterasu to drive Kirigakure’s attackers back.
• Shin ordered Uchiha Zhan to build defenses and locate Kirigakure’s main camp, then considered taking the opportunity to kill Senju Tobirama.
• Uchiha Madara led his forces toward Kumogakure, eager to avenge his earlier defeat, while Senju Hashirama hoped to avoid fighting if possible.
• Uchiha Madara taunted the First Raikage and attacked with Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• The First Raikage countered with Lightning Style: Lariat as the Uchiha and Kumogakure forces charged into battle.

Uchiha Madara fought the First Raikage and reclaimed the ability to manifest Susanoo without both Mangekyo eyes. The Raikage recognized Susanoo’s powerful defenses and ranged attacks, then ordered the Heaven Cloud Unit to restrain Madara with Heavenly Lightning Chains.

• Uchiha Madara and the First Raikage traded attacks above the battlefield while Uchiha Yujian fought Kumogakure shinobi below.
• Leinuo confronted Uchiha Yujian and struck his sword with a Lightning Style punch.
• Uchiha Madara amplified his Fire Style dragons, but the First Raikage shattered them and countered with Lightning Blade attacks.
• Uchiha Madara manifested a Mature Susanoo, which cut down Kumogakure shinobi and withstood the First Raikage’s assault.
• Uchiha Madara attacked the First Raikage with Susanoo’s swords and chakra magatama, but the Raikage dodged them.
• The First Raikage assessed Susanoo’s strengths and ordered the Heaven Cloud Unit to restrain Uchiha Madara with Heavenly Lightning Chains.

Uchiha Madara broke the Heaven Cloud Unit’s restraints and repelled the First Raikage with a devastating Susanoo sword strike. Kumogakure retreated, and Madara ordered his forces to prepare defenses while hiding how badly the attack had drained him.

• Seven Heaven Cloud Unit shinobi bound Madara’s Susanoo with Thunderbolt chains while the First Raikage charged with Purple Lightning Ray.
• The First Raikage’s attack met Madara’s Susanoo sword strike, which shattered the chains, wounded the seven Peak Jonin, and sent the Raikage crashing into the earth.
• Leinuo dug the injured First Raikage out, and the Raikage ordered Kumogakure’s forces to retreat.
• Madara’s Susanoo vanished as his Mangekyo reverted to Three Tomoe, and Uchiha Yujian moved to support him.
• Madara told his forces to build defensive fortifications, warning that the Raikage would return.

Senju Hashirama overwhelmed Sunagakure’s forces with Wood Style while trying to stop the battle, then trapped the First Kazekage with a Wood Clone and a barrage of wooden spears. The Kazekage escaped the apparent killing blow by turning his body into sand.

• Senju Hashirama used Deep Forest Bloom to ensnare Sunagakure ninja and knock many unconscious with pollen while Konoha’s troops watched from behind.
• Retto, the First Kazekage, scattered the pollen with a wind technique, but Hashirama’s vines continued to attack Sunagakure’s forces.
• The First Kazekage attacked Hashirama with powerful wind blades and a God Sword, but the target was a Wood Clone.
• Hashirama bound the First Kazekage with vines and sent countless wooden spears at him while maintaining Deep Forest Bloom.
• The First Kazekage’s body turned into sand and scattered as the wooden spears struck.

Senju Hashirama defeated the First Kazekage’s attacks and drove Sunagakure from the western battlefield, then ordered Konoha to pursue. On the northwestern front, Senju Tobirama held the line against the First Tsuchikage as Iwagakure retreated, while Shin prepared to act on the eastern front.

• Senju Hashirama destroyed the First Kazekage’s tornado with a Wood Dragon, absorbed much of his sand, and weakened him.
• The First Kazekage ordered Sunagakure to retreat under cover of a sandstorm, and Senju Hashirama ordered Konoha’s troops to pursue.
• Senju Tobirama and the clan heads watched the exhausted Iwagakure forces retreat after the First Tsuchikage withdrew from the battlefield.
• Senju Tobirama ordered the troops to rest and Root to monitor Iwagakure’s movements.
• Shin looked toward the fog-covered eastern front and decided it was time to make his move.

Shin held Kirigakure at bay while monitoring the shifting battles across the other fronts of the First Shinobi World War. As Konoha’s forces faced setbacks and reinforcements were sent to Tobirama, Madara scored a major victory against Kumogakure.

• Shin drove back the First Mizukage and Kirigakure’s main force with a devastating sword strike, then chose not to pursue them.
• Shin reviewed intelligence showing Madara’s forces stalemated against Kumogakure and Tobirama’s forces struggling against Iwagakure, while Hashirama routed Sunagakure.
• Hashirama pursued Sunagakure into the Land of Wind, but the First Kazekage repeatedly harassed him and kept his forces pinned down.
• Tobirama’s first defensive position fell after two months, so he retreated in good order and requested reinforcements; Konoha sent five thousand ninja to support him.
• Madara ambushed Kumogakure’s supply line and killed the Lei Yan Clan Head, the first Kage-level Expert to die in the war.

Shin kept the Kirigakure front quiet by presenting the stalemate as a deliberate strategy, while the other battlefronts grew more intense. He summoned the First Kazekage to a secret meeting with the other First Kage, where the First Raikage demanded to know why they had been called.

• Uchiha Zhan complained that the Kirigakure battlefield had remained quiet, and Shin argued that the position was wearing down the enemy and would allow Konoha to strike later.
• Uchiha Zhan accepted Shin's explanation and returned to arrange the watches.
• The fighting intensified on the other fronts, especially between Uchiha Madara and the Raikage.
• Mr. Owl appeared at the First Kazekage's camp and told him that the other Kage were waiting.
• Shin transported the First Kazekage to a hidden hut where the remaining First Kage had gathered.
• The First Raikage demanded that Shin explain the meeting, saying he had to fight Uchiha Madara the next day.

Shin gathered the four First Kage to share battlefield intelligence and coordinate their war against Konoha. After hearing that the Earth front held the advantage while the others were stalled or struggling, he proposed making a move against Senju Tobirama, and the First Tsuchikage asked how.

• Shin told the First Raikage and First Kazekage to stop arguing, and the First Tsuchikage cooled their tempers.
• The First Mizukage reported a stalemate against Uchiha Shin, while the First Raikage described his ongoing conflict with Uchiha Madara.
• The First Kazekage admitted that Senju Hashirama had forced his forces back into the Land of Wind and that they might hold out for only another month.
• The First Tsuchikage said he had pushed Senju Tobirama back to Konoha's fortified second line of defense.
• Shin summarized the fronts as roughly even overall and proposed targeting Senju Tobirama; the First Tsuchikage asked how to do it.

Shin gave the four Kage intelligence and advice to help them defeat Senju Tobirama and negotiate over the Tailed Beasts. After the meeting, he returned to Donglin Camp, believing his goals of disrupting Senju Hashirama’s plan and killing Senju Tobirama were nearly achieved.

• Shin gave the First Tsuchikage a report detailing three Konoha supply routes to Senju Tobirama’s position.
• The First Tsuchikage shared the report with the other Kage, and Shin urged them to hold Konoha forces in place while Iwagakure led the Stone Blade operation.
• Shin advised the Kage to announce that they wanted the Tailed Beasts divided equally, giving Konoha room to negotiate.
• Shin used Space-Time Ninjutsu to send the Kage back and returned to his tent at Donglin Camp.
• Shin lay down after his Shadow Clone vanished, judging that his plans to disrupt Senju Hashirama’s Tailed Beast Plan and kill Senju Tobirama were nearly complete.

Mishima Kaze led a Konoha supply convoy into an ambush by the First Tsuchikage and Iwagakure's Demolition Squad. The First Tsuchikage deliberately let Tano escape as bait to draw out a more important target.

• Mishima Kaze escorted nearly a hundred supply wagons toward the Northwest Battlefield, carrying ninja tools and Explosive Tags.
• The First Tsuchikage appeared outside the forest, and Mishima Kaze ordered the convoy to take positions before attacking with Wind Style: Air Cannon.
• The First Tsuchikage blocked the attack and trapped the convoy inside a stone prison with Earth Style: Rock Lodging Destruction.
• Iwagakure's Demolition Squad attacked with powerful Explosive Tags, killing Konoha ninjas as Mishima Kaze opened an escape route for Tano.
• Tano fled to seek help, and the First Tsuchikage revealed he had allowed the messenger to escape so he could use him as bait.

Kamihara Tano reported that the Tsuchikage had ambushed Konoha’s logistics unit, and Senju Tobirama suspected a trap but led an elite rescue force anyway. As Mū prepared a major assault on Konoha’s position, Senju Hashirama continued the campaign against Sunagakure in the Land of Wind.

• Kamihara Tano reached Senju Tobirama’s camp and reported that the Tsuchikage had ambushed the logistics unit, leaving everyone but him trapped.
• Senju Tobirama and the Inuzuka Clan Head suspected the report concealed a trap, but Tobirama chose to attempt a rescue and ordered reinforcements requested from Konoha.
• Senju Tobirama left with around thirty elite ninja, while the Inuzuka Clan Head sent a warning to Konoha using a Thunder Hawk Beast.
• Mū learned that Senju Tobirama was heading to the rescue and ordered Iwagakure to launch an all-out assault on Konoha’s position in thirty minutes.
• In the Land of Wind, Senju Hashirama surveyed the desert as a Peak Jonin said Sunagakure was nearing its limit.

Senju Hashirama received a report that Tobirama was in danger and rushed to the Iwagakure Battlefield, leaving Senju Xiangyang to defend against Sunagakure. As Konoha and Iwagakure began a major battle, Tobirama confronted the First Tsuchikage while a hidden figure watched from the trees.

• A masked Root ninja named Yan told Senju Hashirama that Tobirama was in danger and the Iwagakure Battlefield was close to falling.
• Hashirama ordered the troops to withdraw and form a defensive line against Sunagakure under Senju Xiangyang, then headed north with Yan to reinforce Tobirama.
• The Inuzuka and Aburame clan heads prepared Konoha's position as Iwagakure launched a full-scale assault.
• Senju Tobirama reached the reported ambush site with Kamihara Tano and confronted the First Tsuchikage, demanding the return of Konoha's people and supplies.
• A black-robed figure appeared on a distant tree and said the show had begun.

The First Tsuchikage fought Senju Tobirama and nearly thirty elite ninja, using Earth Style to counter their attacks and kill Kamihara Tano. As the battle intensified, the Tsuchikage began preparing a massive technique against the assembled force.

• The First Tsuchikage ordered his forces to attack, but Senju Tobirama and his allies used Water Style to extinguish the explosions and form a lake.
• The First Tsuchikage reshaped the battlefield with Earth Style and destroyed the lake, while the Sarutobi and Shimura clan heads defended the group from his stone attacks.
• Kamihara Tano sneaked behind the First Tsuchikage and beheaded him, but the Tsuchikage revealed it was an Earth Substitution and killed Tano with a powerful punch.
• Senju Tobirama ordered a coordinated assault, and he and the elite ninja bombarded the First Tsuchikage with powerful jutsu.
• The First Tsuchikage defended himself with Earth Style, then rose into the sky and lifted an enormous boulder from the ground with Earth Style: Ten Thousand Pound Giant Rock.

Senju Tobirama and his allies fought off the First Tsuchikage’s assault while Konoha’s commanders learned that the Iwagakure front was in danger and sent Ino-Shika-Cho reinforcements. The force encountered an unfamiliar group in the woods, and a black-robed figure with red clouds emerged from hiding.

• The First Tsuchikage dropped a massive boulder on Tobirama’s unit, but Tobirama, Sarutobi, the Shimura Clan Head, and other ninjas shattered it and counterattacked.
• At Konoha’s operations room, the Nara Clan Head received a report that the Tsuchikage had ambushed a supply convoy and Tobirama had gone to reinforce the threatened position.
• The Nara Clan Head ordered an early Ino-Shika-Cho support mission, and the Hyuga Clan Head entrusted Konoha to his care as the force departed.
• Ino-Shika-Cho set out with more than two hundred clan members for the Iwagakure front.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head detected an unfamiliar group lying in ambush, and a figure in a black robe patterned with red clouds stepped out.

Kakuzu and two Akatsuki members confronted the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads, while five captured Senju test subjects attacked them with Wood Style. Far away, the First Tsuchikage unleashed a powerful Earth Style technique against Senju Tobirama, and Xuan wondered what he had been waiting for.

• The Nara Clan Head questioned Kakuzu, who warned the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads to stop, and the three attacked him.
• The Yamanaka Clan Head failed to control Kakuzu, while the Akimichi Clan Head's strike hit only the trees.
• Kakuzu revealed that he was not the only obstacle as five missing Senju ninjas attacked with Wood Style, including Senju Linkong.
• Xing Ruluo explained that the five were Akatsuki test subjects implanted with Senju Hashirama's cells and sent to fight for combat data.
• The First Tsuchikage used Earth Style: Ultimate Technique: Earth Dragon Turnover against Senju Tobirama, while Xuan wondered what the Tsuchikage had been waiting for.

The First Tsuchikage unleashed a sustained Ultimate Technique that devastated the battlefield, forcing Senju Tobirama and his allies to fight for survival. Tobirama prepared a counterattack and hurled a deadly water spear at the Tsuchikage, whose defenses began to break apart.

• The First Tsuchikage tore open the ground and attacked fleeing ninjas with rocks, Stone Spears, and Earth Spikes.
• Senju Tobirama recognized the Tsuchikage's technique as a strategic-level Ultimate Technique and judged that its user was vulnerable while channeling chakra.
• Tobirama called on the Sarutobi Clan Head and Shimura Clan Head to clear the attacks and protect him for ten seconds.
• Tobirama formed and hurled his Water Style Ultimate Technique, Piercing of Death, toward the Tsuchikage.
• The Tsuchikage raised prepared rock walls, but the spear shattered them.

Senju Tobirama struck the First Tsuchikage with his Spear of Death, but the Tsuchikage survived by using a treasured stone statue to take the blow. Gagada, Iwagakure’s Explosion Release founder, arrived to support him as Tobirama ordered his allies to retreat and prepared to hold off both enemies.

• Senju Tobirama pierced the First Tsuchikage with the Spear of Death, destroying his left shoulder and stopping the Tsuchikage’s earth attacks.
• Shin watched from a distance as the First Tsuchikage survived by using the last stone statue treasure to absorb the fatal strike.
• The First Tsuchikage prepared a powerful attack, but Gagada arrived on a flying clay bird and interrupted him.
• Gagada surveyed the battlefield and revealed that he had delayed his arrival by dropping C3 bombs on the way.
• After learning that seventeen shinobi had died and the Tsuchikage was still fit to fight, Senju Tobirama ordered Sarutobi and Shimura to lead the others west.
• Gagada made a clay doll and announced that he would welcome the fleeing shinobi with a C3 bomb.

Senju Tobirama was ambushed by the First Tsuchikage and Gagada, but escaped after learning that a mysterious man called Owl had manipulated the war. The Tsuchikage revealed he had deliberately shared the information, hoping Konoha would turn against Owl.

• Gagada detonated a massive clay puppet, devastating the forest while Senju Tobirama survived behind a curtain of water.
• Senju Tobirama used Water Style to hold off Gagada and the First Tsuchikage as Sarutobi and the Shimura Clan Head escaped with fewer than ten survivors.
• The First Tsuchikage and Gagada pursued Senju Tobirama until Dust Release cut off his path and clay spiders surrounded him.
• Senju Tobirama asked how the Tsuchikage learned the supply route, and the Tsuchikage named Owl as the informant who had also manipulated the war and revealed Senju Hashirama's Tailed Beast Peace Plan.
• Senju Tobirama escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique just before a boulder struck, while the Tsuchikage explained that he had shared Owl's identity to draw Konoha into dealing with him.

Senju Tobirama learned that a mysterious figure called “Owl” might have access to Konoha’s most secret plans, then was ambushed by the black-robed Shin. Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Technique was sealed, leaving him trapped and facing an enemy who knew his moves.

• Senju Tobirama retrieved his marked kunai and escaped deeper into the forest, planning to warn Big Brother about “Owl” and the stolen intelligence.
• A black-robed figure emerged from a spatial vortex, and Tobirama attacked with his Flying Thunder God Slash and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• The figure absorbed the explosions and identified himself as “Owl,” then used chains and a sealing formula to bind Tobirama.
• Owl struck Tobirama with an explosive-tag kunai, but the bound figure was revealed to be a Shadow Clone as Shin watched from beneath the robe.
• Tobirama reappeared after his Flying Thunder God Technique was sealed by a barrier, and Shin refused to reveal his identity.