Chapter Summaries

Itachi and Sasuke visited Shisui, who told them about Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan ending up with Nagato and taught them how shinobi had endured and outlasted the samurai. The brothers left the conversation with ideas to consider as they shared breakfast with Shisui and Konan.

• Itachi asked Shisui whether Obito had been caught, and Shisui revealed that he had seen Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan on Nagato.
• Itachi inferred that Nagato had likely defeated Obito before he could destroy his own eyes, and Shisui consoled him by asking how shinobi had surpassed the samurai.
• Shisui explained Bushido’s virtues and contrasted the samurai code with the shinobi ability to endure, conserve strength, and strike when an opportunity arose.
• Itachi understood Shisui’s lesson from his own dangerous missions, while Sasuke struggled to follow the discussion.
• Konan brought breakfast, and Shisui told the brothers they could reflect on his words over time before they began eating.

By Konoha Year 61, Shisui Uchiha had reached a training bottleneck as Konoha’s growing dominance unsettled the other villages. When Kumogakure attacked Kirigakure, Shisui sent Itachi Uchiha with reinforcements while staying behind with Konan.

• Shisui Uchiha’s bloodline and physical development had improved over two years, but he found that personal training alone could no longer greatly increase his strength.
• Kumogakure attacked Kirigakure to seize a strategic base, while Iwagakure explored beyond the Ninja Continent amid Konoha’s growing power.
• Shisui Uchiha had Fugaku Uchiha lead Uchiha elites to govern Kirigakure and help rebuild its Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Shisui Uchiha dispatched Itachi Uchiha, Kimimaro’s group, Uchiha elites, and Konoha Military Police Force ninja to reinforce Kirigakure.
• Sasuke Uchiha waved goodbye as Itachi Uchiha led the reinforcements away.

Kumogakure’s fleet approached Kirigakure, while Fugaku Uchiha prepared to defend the coast until reinforcements arrived. Hozuki Suigetsu agreed to help hold off the invasion, and the fleet was about an hour from landing.

• Shi reported that Kumogakure’s fleet would reach the coast in about an hour, and the Fourth Raikage ordered him to guide the landing and watch for ambushes.
• Fugaku Uchiha learned that nearly a hundred Cloud ships were approaching and that three hundred Kirigakure reinforcements would arrive within a day.
• Fugaku Uchiha asked Hozuki Suigetsu whether he was confident about holding the coast, and Suigetsu eagerly accepted the fight.
• The chapter noted that the Uchiha Clan had helped Hozuki Suigetsu reforge the Kubikiribōchō, which had been shattered in this life.

Fugaku Uchiha prepared Kirigakure’s defenses against Kumogakure’s approaching fleet, planning to hold the coast until reinforcements arrived. As the ships neared land, Shi and Samui noticed no sign of an ambush, but stayed on guard.

• Fugaku Uchiha learned that Kumogakure’s fleet was about an hour from the coast and that roughly three hundred reinforcements would arrive within a day.
• Fugaku Uchiha asked Hozuki Suigetsu if he was ready to fight, and Suigetsu confidently agreed.
• Shi surveyed the coastline with a telescope but spotted no Kirigakure forces.
• Samui told Shi she had already arranged for the fleet to stay alert and said Kumogakure would punish any ambush.
• Shi left to organize his units as the fleet prepared to land.

Shi and Samui led Kumogakure’s forces ashore near Kirigakure, where the lack of resistance made them suspect the landing might be too calm. The troops stayed alert as they considered the danger posed by Kirigakure’s Water Release in the surrounding sea.

• Shi surveyed the coastline with a telescope and worried that Kirigakure had not discovered their approach.
• Samui said she wished they were attacking Konoha and admitted she still wanted revenge for her detention there.
• Shi cautioned Samui that Kirigakure might have an ambush prepared, and she assured him that she had made arrangements.
• Shi left to organize his troops while Kumogakure’s forces landed without encountering an attack.
• Kumogakure’s ninja recognized that Kirigakure could use the surrounding seawater to make its Water Release techniques especially dangerous.

The chapter described the histories, abilities, and legacies of Kirigakure’s first four Mizukage. It ended with a catalogue of Karatachi Yagura’s techniques and powers as the Three-Tails’ Jinchuriki.

• Byakuren founded Kirigakure and attended the First Five Kage Summit, where the Kage distributed the Tailed Beasts and made a peace agreement.
• Hozuki Gengetsu developed Kirigakure’s institutions and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, then died fighting his rival Mu.
• Kabuto revived Hozuki Gengetsu during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and Gaara sealed him after defeating him with gold dust.
• The Third Mizukage served as Byakuren’s guard and later joined the deceased Kage in returning Team 7 and the Tailed Beasts from another dimension.
• Karatachi Yagura became the Fourth Mizukage and Three-Tails Jinchuriki while Obito Uchiha’s genjutsu kept Kirigakure isolated.

The chapter recounted the histories and abilities of Kumogakure’s Raikage, from the First Raikage’s founding of the village to the Fourth Raikage’s rise. It left the Fourth Raikage leading an invasion of the Land of Water and Kirigakure.

• The First Raikage founded Kumogakure and attended the first Five Kage Summit, where the Five Great Nations divided the Tailed Beasts and established peace.
• The Second Raikage succeeded the First and formed an alliance with Tobirama Senju, while the Third Raikage later led Kumogakure into prosperity and raised his son A as a successor.
• The Third Raikage fought the Eight-Tails, mentored A and Killer B, and died after holding off ten thousand enemy shinobi for three days and nights.
• Yakushi Kabuto revived the Third Raikage during the Fourth Shinobi World War, but Naruto exploited the scar on his chest to make him pierce himself and the Shinobi Allied Forces sealed him.
• The Fourth Raikage became supreme commander of the Shinobi Allied Forces and later led an invasion of the Land of Water and Kirigakure.

The chapter recounts Sunagakure’s history and the abilities and legacies of its first three Kazekage, Reto, Shamon, and the Third Kazekage. It ends with the Third Kazekage’s disappearance explained: Sasori murdered him and turned him into a human puppet.

• Reto united the desert’s warring powers, founded Sunagakure, and demanded land and funds at the First Five Kage Summit.
• Shamon succeeded Reto and strengthened Sunagakure’s military by researching Shukaku, developing puppet techniques, and advancing sand manipulation.
• The Third Kazekage gained renown as the strongest Kazekage for his Iron Sand Magnet Release techniques.
• The Third Kazekage disappeared, leaving Sunagakure leaderless as the village searched for him.
• Sasori murdered the Third Kazekage and transformed him into a human puppet equipped with Iron Sand techniques and added weapons.

The chapter described the Land of Fire and Konohagakure, including the village’s history, Hokage, departments, and prominent clans. It ended by noting that in this lifetime Shisui Uchiha firmly controlled the expanded Konoha Military Police Force.

• The chapter recounted how the Senju and Uchiha alliance founded Konohagakure and how the village became the Land of Fire’s military center.
• It described Konoha’s Hokage, Hokage Rock, and the village departments, including the Anbu, Root, Medical Department, Academy, and Military Police Force.
• It explained that Tobirama Senju established the Anbu, Academy, and Military Police Force, while Tsunade advanced Konoha’s medical system.
• The chapter stated that Shisui Uchiha controlled the Konoha Military Police Force in this lifetime and had expanded its strength.
• The chapter listed Konoha’s prominent clans, including the Hyuga, Uchiha, Senju, Aburame, Inuzuka, Akimichi, Nara, Yamanaka, Sarutobi, and Uzumaki.

The chapter presented a reference-style overview of Konoha’s clans, emergency procedures, customs, and major historical events. It ended with Tobirama naming Hiruzen as his successor and sacrificing himself so his subordinates could escape.

• The chapter described Konoha’s major clans, their abilities, traditions, and notable descendants.
• It outlined Konoha’s emergency response and recounted key events from the village’s founding through the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Hashirama Senju founded Konoha, fought Uchiha Madara, and became the First Hokage before Tobirama succeeded him.
• Tobirama Senju established the Ninja Academy, Chunin Exams, Anbu, and Konoha Military Police Force while serving as the Second Hokage.
• When the Kinkaku Force pursued Tobirama and his subordinates, Tobirama chose to act as bait, appointed Hiruzen as the next Hokage, and died covering their escape.

The chapter gave a reference-style account of Hashirama Senju’s abilities, history, family, and role in founding Konohagakure. It ended with Hashirama and Madara’s childhood plan for a village threatened by their fathers’ orders to kill each other.

• The chapter described Hashirama Senju as Konoha’s First Hokage, the God of Shinobi, and a master of Wood Release and Sage Mode.
• It listed Hashirama’s techniques, including his Wood Release attacks, Sage Art, healing, and the Four Red Yang Formation.
• The chapter outlined Hashirama’s family and bonds, including Tobirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, Tsunade, and Uchiha Madara.
• After Kawarama Senju and Itama Senju were killed in the Warring States Period, Hashirama and Madara met by the river and shared their grief.
• Hashirama and Madara began training together and imagined building a village and school to protect children from war.
• Butsuma Senju ordered Hashirama to kill Madara, while Tajima Uchiha also planned to kill Hashirama, and both sides secretly followed the boys.

Hashirama and Tobirama fought to contain the Ten-Tails while Madara tried to control Obito and revive himself with the Rinne Rebirth Technique. Unable to leave the Four Red Yang Formation, the Hokage prepared a limited number of clones to stop Madara’s plan.

• Hashirama defended the Four Red Yang Formation from the Ten-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb and used Wood Clones to bring the allied shinobi inside the barrier.
• Hashirama suppressed the Ten-Tails with the Gate of the Great God, while Madara’s Susanoo destroyed Hashirama’s clone.
• Madara used Black Receivers to control Obito and force him to perform the Rinne Rebirth Technique.
• Hashirama asked Naruto and Sasuke to stop Obito, while Sasuke rode Aoda toward him and Minato realized Madara’s plan.
• Hashirama and Tobirama created a limited number of clones to stop Obito because maintaining the barrier weakened their ability to make more.

The chapter recounted the Fourth Shinobi World War, from the Hokage’s attempts to stop Obito and Madara through the Sage of Six Paths’ intervention and the Hokage’s return to the Pure Land. It then shifted to a detailed account of Tobirama Senju’s life, abilities, and the childhood conflict that shaped Hashirama and Madara’s bond.

• Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, Naruto, and Sasuke tried to stop Madara from using Rinne Rebirth, but Obito absorbed the Ten-Tails and became its jinchuriki.
• Tobirama and Hashirama attacked Obito, while Hashirama fought Madara; Naruto and Minato later linked their chakra to move the Allied Shinobi Forces beyond Obito’s barrier.
• Black Zetsu used Obito to revive Madara, who stole Hashirama’s senjutsu chakra before the Sage of Six Paths and the deceased Five Kage returned Team 7, the Tailed Beasts, and Madara to the shinobi world.
• The Sage of Six Paths released the Impure World Reincarnation, and the four Hokage’s souls returned to the Pure Land.
• The chapter described Tobirama’s accomplishments and sacrifice, then recounted how young Hashirama and Madara tried to protect their younger brothers during the Senju-Uchiha feud.

The chapter recounts Tobirama Senju’s many techniques and weapons, then describes the Senju and Uchiha clans’ brutal conflict during the Warring States Period. It ends with Madara choosing to sever his bond with Hashirama after both boys protect their younger brothers from their fathers’ ambush.

• The chapter lists Tobirama Senju’s space-time, Water Release, sensory, and other ninjutsu, along with his weapons and forbidden techniques.
• During the Warring States Period, Kawarama Senju and Itama Senju were killed in clan battles, and Butsuma Senju beat Hashirama when he challenged the violence.
• Butsuma ordered Tobirama to watch Hashirama’s meetings with Madara and later followed Hashirama to an arranged confrontation with Madara, while Tajima Uchiha set a matching ambush.
• Hashirama and Madara avoided fighting at first, but their fathers and younger brothers confronted one another across the water.
• Butsuma and Tajima attacked Tobirama and Izuna, but Hashirama and Madara blocked the blows and declared they would protect their brothers.
• Madara awakened his Sharingan, declared that he would sever his bond with Hashirama, and then withdrew with Tajima and Izuna after admitting Hashirama was stronger.

The chapter recounted Tobirama Senju’s rise from a famed warrior to Hokage, his policies and inventions, and his death while protecting his comrades. It ended with the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki Obito breaking the Four Red Yang Formation as Tobirama’s Shadow Clones vanished.

• Tobirama wounded Uchiha Izuna with the Flying Thunder God Slash, helping shift the war in the Senju Clan’s favor before the Senju and Uchiha founded Konohagakure.
• Tobirama served as Hashirama’s political partner, helped distribute the tailed beasts among the five nations, and developed forbidden techniques including Impure World Reincarnation.
• After succeeding Hashirama as Hokage, Tobirama established the Anbu, the Konoha Military Police Force, and the Konoha Ninja Academy.
• When the Kinkaku Force pursued Tobirama and his students, Tobirama appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as his successor and died covering the others’ escape.
• During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Tobirama helped the other Hokage maintain the Four Red Yang Formation and sent two Shadow Clones to stop Madara.
• Obito became the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki, broke Hashirama’s Gate of the Great God, and tore apart the Four Red Yang Formation, causing Tobirama’s Shadow Clones to disappear.

Tobirama fought alongside the Allied Shinobi Forces against Obito and Madara, helping rescue comrades and support Naruto and Sasuke before the Sage of Six Paths sent them back from the other dimension and released the Hokage from Impure World Reincarnation. The story then shifted to Kumogakure’s troops on the Land of Water coast, where the Fourth Raikage ordered his forces to stay prepared despite seeing no Kirigakure enemies.

• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God and Naruto’s senjutsu to injure Obito, then helped evacuate the Allied Shinobi Forces from the Six Red Yang Formation and protect them from the God Tree.
• Tobirama tried to help Sasuke attack Madara, preserved Sasuke’s soul after Madara stabbed him, and later sent Sasuke back to battle after Kabuto treated him.
• After Madara activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi and died, Hashirama and the other Hokage met the Sage of Six Paths, who explained events and helped return Team 7, the tailed beasts, and Madara to the shinobi world.
• The Sage of Six Paths released Impure World Reincarnation, allowing Tobirama and the other Hokage to return to the Pure Land.
• At a Kumogakure camp on the Land of Water coast, Samui complained that no Kirigakure ninja had appeared, while Shi and Mabui urged caution.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered his troops to prepare for an attack and remain ready as they waited in the darkness by the coast.

The chapter examined how the Third Mizukage’s rise and persecution of the Hozuki Clan drove Kirigakure into the Village of the Bloody Mist and a civil war between civilian and Kekkei Genkai factions. It then traced the succession of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and their swords across four generations, ending with the fourth generation imprisoned by Kirigakure’s leaders.

• The First Mizukage chose Hozuki Gengetsu over the Nameless One as Second Mizukage, and the Nameless One later seized power after Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu killed each other.
• The Nameless One imposed the Village of the Bloody Mist and used isolation to conceal a purge of the Hozuki Clan, deepening conflict between the Kekkei Genkai and civilian factions.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen, including Chojuro, Zabuza Momochi, and Suikazan Fuguki, defected or changed sides, helping bring the civil conflict toward an end.
• Kirigakure’s swords passed among the first three generations of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Yakushi Kabuto later revived seven former members during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• After the war, Chojuro gave Hiramekarei to Karatachi Kagura, and Shizuma Hoshigaki and Karatachi Kagura’s group stole six swords before Kirigakure imprisoned the fourth generation.

The chapter described Konoha’s elemental chakra releases, village institutions, and prominent clans. It ended by noting that in this life Shisui Uchiha controlled an expanded and strengthened Konoha Military Police Force.

• The chapter explained the five elemental chakra releases, their interactions, and how fusing chakra natures could create Kekkei Genkai.
• It described Konoha’s Hokage monuments, village system, and major departments, including the Anbu, Root, and Medical Department.
• It outlined the Education Department, Analysis Unit, Interrogation Department, and Konoha Police Department and their duties.
• The chapter stated that Shisui Uchiha firmly controlled the Konoha Military Police Force, whose strength had grown.
• It listed Konoha’s prestigious clans, including the Hyuga Clan, Uchiha Clan, Senju Clan, and several secret technique clans.

The chapter reviewed Orochimaru’s Hashirama Cell experiments and the origins of Wood Release users, then catalogued Naruto’s Kekkei Genkai, their users, abilities, and techniques. It ended with an explanation that talented ninja could develop new Kekkei Genkai by fusing chakra natures.

• Orochimaru secretly continued Hashirama Cell experiments, and one of the sixty infant subjects, Yamato, survived and gained Wood Release.
• The chapter explained how Orochimaru used Shin’s unusual constitution for cloning and cell transplants, and noted that Obito Uchiha also gained Wood Release after receiving Hashirama Cells.
• The chapter described Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, including White Zetsu’s origins in Hashirama Cells and Black Zetsu’s connection to Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• The chapter listed nature-transformation Kekkei Genkai, including Scorch Release, Boil Release, Lava Release, Magnet Release, Ice Release, and Wood Release, along with their users and techniques.
• The chapter catalogued ocular and constitution-type Kekkei Genkai, including the Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan, Shikotsumyaku, and Dragon Life Reincarnation.
• The chapter concluded that talented ninja could create new Kekkei Genkai by combining chakra natures after birth.

Four Kumogakure ninja kept watch near their camp while the chapter outlined Kirigakure’s history and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. It then began examining how Karatachi Yagura became the Fourth Mizukage, arguing that the Hidden Mist’s attempt to use Rin Nohara against Konoha had been part of Uchiha Madara’s plan.

• Qin and three Kumogakure ninja joked during their night watch until Yuntian and another companion warned them not to underestimate Kirigakure.
• The chapter described the Anbu and Kirigakure’s assassination forces, then recounted the generations of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and their swords.
• The narrator posed six questions about Karatachi Yagura, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and the Hidden Mist’s history, then focused on the Three-Tails’ changing status.
• The narrator placed Rin Nohara’s sealing with the Three-Tails in Konoha Year 47 and explained that her death returned the beast to the wild.
• The narrator began analyzing Yagura’s rise to power and cited Uchiha Madara’s claim that Rin Nohara’s death had been his plan, not the work of Hidden Mist ninja.