Chapter Summaries

Fugaku used the attempt on Yohei to build support among Konoha’s clans against Danzo, exposing that Root had targeted the Mangekyō Sharingan. After a week of investigation, the clans confirmed Fugaku’s claim and agreed to stand with the Uchiha if necessary.

• Fugaku questioned Hiruzen about Yohei’s ambush, while Hiruzen said the attackers were suspected Root members and promised an investigation.
• A clash broke out within the Uchiha Clan, and Danzo’s report blamed the attack on a rogue Root ninja who had died before he could be questioned.
• Hiruzen showed Fugaku the report and confession but declined to punish Danzo beyond blaming him for poor supervision.
• Fugaku visited Hyuga Hiashi and other clan heads, warning that Root had tried to steal Yohei’s Mangekyō Sharingan and could target their clans’ Kekkei Genkai next.
• The clan heads withheld the matter from Hiruzen and gathered intelligence from the front line; after a week, they confirmed Fugaku had told the truth.

Fugaku Uchiha united Konoha’s clans to demand punishment for Danzo’s attempt to steal Yohei Uchiha’s Sharingan, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to strip Danzo of his elder position and compensate Yohei. With the dispute temporarily settled, Taiichi turned his attention to the quieter Northern Front and continued research alongside Orochimaru.

• Fugaku Uchiha won the support of Konoha’s bloodline and secret-technique clans, compelling Hiruzen Sarutobi to reopen the case of Root’s attack on Yohei Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated with Fugaku Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, and Inoichi Yamanaka, agreeing to remove Danzo as an elder, promise Root would not repeat the offense, and promote Yohei to Jonin with a choice of ninjutsu from the Scroll of Sealing.
• Fugaku Uchiha accepted the terms, and an official notice announced Danzo’s demotion as the unrest subsided.
• Danzo learned of the decision at the Western Front, realized Fugaku had likely received advice from someone, and vowed to destroy the Uchiha after dealing with Iwagakure.
• Taiichi read Orochimaru’s report, then focused on the Northern Front, where Konoha and Cloud Village had resumed smaller-scale fighting after Cloud Village withdrew to the Land of Moon.
• Taiichi worked with Orochimaru using Shadow Clones and medical ninjutsu, while criticizing Orochimaru’s human experiments and eventually giving up on persuading him to change.

Taiichi completed his Adamantine Sealing Chains and traveled to Cloud Village’s frontline camp to challenge Killer B. He learned Killer B had been transferred away, then provoked A and the others from the sky.

• Orochimaru studied snake anatomy and discussed body modification with Taiichi, who urged him to conduct human experiments more carefully.
• Taiichi finished developing Adamantine Sealing Chains, tested its escalating sealing power, and confirmed he could control four chains at once.
• Taiichi asked Orochimaru for news of Killer B and took his suggestion to wait at Cloud Village’s frontline camp.
• Taiichi flew to the camp and attacked its barrier with a Fire Dragon Flame Bullet to announce his arrival.
• A ordered Shi, Dodai, Kaina, Raishin, and Raiyo to meet Taiichi while the camp activated its defenses, and Taiichi taunted them for Killer B’s absence.

Taiichi provoked A into a fight outside the Cloud Village camp, then escaped with Kaina after the Cloud Ninja tried to capture him. Back at Konoha’s camp, Orochimaru ordered Kaina sent for interrogation and told the Intelligence Department to monitor the war between Stone Village and Cloud Village.

• Taiichi and A fought at close range until four Cloud Jonin sprang a trap, but Taiichi blocked their Lightning Nets with a Water Wall and bound Kaina with sealing chains.
• Taiichi flew off with Kaina and refused to release her unless Cloud Village withdrew from the Land of Moon, while A’s men argued against launching an attack on Konoha.
• Taiichi returned to Konoha’s camp and explained to Orochimaru that his chains were a technique he had redeveloped using Adamantine Sealing Chains as a reference.
• Orochimaru identified Kaina as a Cloud Village Jonin, ordered her sent to the Interrogation Department, and instructed the Intelligence Department to track the war between Stone Village and Cloud Village.

Taiichi learned that Danzo had sent Nonō on a dangerous mission deep in the Land of Earth and used the Spirit Transformation Technique to find her. After learning that Root was watching her and that the mission could help Konoha against Stone Village, he let her continue but urged her to call for help if she faced danger.

• Intelligence revealed that Stone Village was losing ground to Cloud Village, while Mist Village and Sunagakure had joined forces against Konoha in the Land of Rivers.
• Rasa told Sawa that Sunagakure would only feign an attack and leave the fighting to Mist Village, despite suspicions that Pakura had been betrayed.
• Taiichi tracked Nonō’s Flying Thunder God Kunai and found her alone in a city in the Land of Earth, with two suspicious figures following her.
• Taiichi created Shadow Clones to guard his body, then used the Spirit Transformation Technique to enter Nonō’s Mind World and reveal himself.
• Nonō explained that Root’s follower was monitoring her important mission, and Taiichi agreed not to stop her but asked her to summon him if she encountered danger.

Taiichi returned to the Northern Camp and began human experiments with Orochimaru while the northern front remained quiet. On the Western Front, Danzo used Nonō’s intelligence to defeat Stone Village’s forces in the Land of Grass and ordered his troops to push into the Land of Earth.

• Taiichi returned to the camp after Nonō completed her mission, and Orochimaru told him Killer B had left the battlefield for Cloud Village.
• Taiichi and Orochimaru began the next stage of Soft Physique Modification experiments as the Northern Front settled into minor skirmishes.
• Danzo launched a surprise attack during Stone Village’s troop rotation and routed its main force in the Land of Grass.
• Danzo’s forces captured Stone Village’s burning Camp, while Danzo accepted the loss of supplies as a minor setback.
• Danzo ordered his troops to pursue the Rock Ninja fifty kilometers into the Land of Earth and establish a new Camp near the border.
• Danzo dismissed Mimura Hamaki’s cautions and led the Konoha Ninja toward the front lines to continue the advance.

Danzo celebrated Konoha’s advance into the Land of Earth while overlooking the low Iwagakure casualty count, and Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected a renewed push to restore Danzo’s elder position. Iwagakure then launched a surprise nighttime raid that shattered Konoha’s defenses, and Danzo’s signal flare drew scattered Konoha forces toward Han’s assault.

• Danzo praised the Jonin for their victory and had Mimura Hamaki read the battle report, which listed 264 Iwagakure deaths and 148 Konoha deaths.
• Danzo ordered Terai to complete the casualty tally, while he continued pressing the Konoha forces to attack Iwagakure.
• Utatane Koharu questioned the low Iwagakure losses, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura accepted the report and Hiruzen refused to restore Danzo’s elder position before the war ended.
• Iwagakure broke its days-long defensive posture and launched a nighttime raid, using a Tailed Beast Bomb to destroy the camp’s Defense Barrier before its squads attacked vital areas.
• Han led Iwagakure Jonin squads toward the Central Army Tent while Konoha’s command structure collapsed and fighting spread through the camp.
• Danzo drove back attackers with Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves, ordered Terai to send a signal flare, and called Konoha’s scattered ninja to rally as Han welcomed their gathering.

Taiichi arrived at Konoha’s besieged Medical Camp and rallied the defenders after Danzo’s signal flare drew Konoha ninja into a disastrous gathering. He wounded Han and restored the Konoha forces’ morale, but Han escaped with the retreating Iwagakure army while much of the camp remained in chaos.

• Danzo attacked the Iwagakure forces with Wind Release while ordering Konoha ninja to converge on his position, leaving the Medical Camp’s wounded and Medical Ninja unable to join safely.
• After an explosion devastated the central command area and Danzo fled, Nonō summoned Taiichi with the Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Taiichi created six Shadow Clones to defend the Medical Camp and rally scattered Konoha ninja, then flew to the central battlefield.
• Taiichi’s Flame Slash severed two of Han’s tails and killed two Jonin, breaking Han’s momentum and raising Konoha’s morale.
• Han ordered the Iwagakure forces to retreat, then transformed into the Five-Tails and fled as Taiichi pursued the battle.

After Danzo abandoned the Konoha Camp during Iwagakure’s surprise attack, Taiichi tracked him down and killed him in a battle in the forest. Taiichi left Danzo crushed between two slabs of rock, having been recognized just before the end.

• Han fled in Five-Tails form while Taiichi exposed Danzo’s abandonment of the Konoha Ninja, and Mimura Hamaki resumed command of the Camp.
• Mimura Hamaki organized scouts, supply recovery, and casualty searches, while Taiichi sent his Shadow Clone to treat the wounded and followed Danzo with his true body.
• Taiichi ambushed Danzo as he fled with Terai; Terai took the sword strike meant for Danzo, and Taiichi killed him before attacking Danzo.
• Taiichi matched Danzo’s Wind Style and close-combat skills, then buried Baku and Danzo in a pit filled with mud and Earth Release spears.
• Danzo recognized Taiichi as Taichi Matsushita and accused him of betraying the village, but Taiichi cut his throat and crushed him with the Mountain Earth Technique.

Taiichi killed Danzo and helped the shattered Western Front survive by treating its severely wounded before leading the retreat. After delivering the military report to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Taiichi recounted Danzo’s abandonment of the camp, leaving the Hokage and elders to confront the crisis.

• Taiichi confirmed Danzo’s Reverse Four-Symbols Sealing trap had triggered, then concealed his trail and returned to the Konoha camp.
• Taiichi summoned the Slug and used the Yin Seal’s chakra to stabilize the camp’s severely wounded, allowing Mimura Hamaki to begin the retreat toward the Land of Grass.
• Taiichi signed Mimura Hamaki’s report and used Flying Thunder God to deliver it to Hiruzen Sarutobi at his home.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, and Taiichi described the Western Front’s collapse and Danzo’s flight with the Root members.
• Utatane Koharu urged the group to prioritize support for the Western Front, while Taiichi noticed Hiruzen Sarutobi briefly relax.

Taiichi secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order for reinforcements and permission to travel between battlefields, then returned to the retreating Western Front forces. As Stone Village pursued the battered Konoha troops, Taiichi stayed behind alone to delay them and prepared for their arrival.

• Taiichi clashed with Mitokado Homura over Danzo’s disappearance, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered him to mobilize the Border Troops and support any battlefield he chose.
• Taiichi gathered the Border Troops’ support, returned to the Western Front, and told Mimura Hamaki that reinforcements were on the way and he would stay with them.
• Higashishinin learned from Han that Taiichi had struck Kokuō and killed two Jonin, but he ordered Stone Village’s forces to pursue the retreating Konoha ninja.
• Taiichi’s Shadow Clone spotted the pursuit, and Taiichi left the retreating force to buy time while Nonō urged him to be careful.
• Taiichi meditated beneath a tree as Stone Village’s scouting squad approached within range of his Chakra Perception.

Taiichi ambushed Stone Village’s forces and delayed their advance alone while Konoha’s main force escaped. After holding them for four hours with repeated attacks and Shadow Clones, he disappeared, leaving Higashishinin to continue the pursuit with his troops’ morale badly shaken.

• Taiichi eliminated six Stone Village scouting squads, then ambushed the main force with Majestic Destroyer Flame and Flying Thunder God attacks.
• Higashishinin ordered his troops to regroup, but Taiichi kept them advancing slowly by retreating and striking whenever they tried to speed up.
• Higashishinin sent Han and four Jonin to draw Taiichi away while Stone Village split into four units and marched onward.
• Taiichi created four Shadow Clones to harass the advancing units, using Attribute Points to replenish his chakra as he fought Han and the Jonin.
• Taiichi held off Han and successive groups of Jonin for four hours, then vanished after his Shadow Clones reported joining the reinforcements.
• Higashishinin decided Stone Village would still pursue Konoha’s forces and reclaim the Land of Grass, despite his troops’ battered morale.

Taiichi reunited the Western Front troops with reinforcements and forced Stone Village to retreat without another battle. Meanwhile, Root discovered evidence that Danzo had died, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's elders began to suspect his death had a hidden cause.

• Mimura Hamaki and Tanaka joined forces with Taiichi, who estimated Stone Village would arrive in about five hours.
• Taiichi confronted Higashishinin and threatened Stone Village with a frontal fight, prompting Higashishinin to retreat.
• Mimura Hamaki organized the camp and treatment for the wounded while Root waited for Danzo at Outpost No. 8.
• Tuju returned with Terai's corpse and reported evidence of Danzo's fight and the Reverse Four-Symbols Sealing, leading Root to conclude Danzo was likely dead.
• Akatora led the Root members back to Konoha, where they reported Danzo's death to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Mitokado Homura and Koharu Utatane joined Hiruzen Sarutobi, and they questioned whether Stone Village had really killed Danzo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took control of Root after Danzo's death and arranged for Mitokado Homura to oversee it temporarily. On the Western Front, Taiichi helped Konoha withstand Iwagakure and then turned the Eight-Tails loose on Cloud Village before A restored Killer B's control and led a retreat.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Akatora to search the site of Danzo's death and recalled Root members to their base.
• Utatane Koharu proposed folding Root into Anbu, but Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to let Mitokado Homura oversee it temporarily after the investigation.
• Iwagakure's reinforcements pressed Konoha's Western Front, while Taiichi's healing and the arrival of Konoha reinforcements helped stabilize the line.
• Taiichi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to join Orochimaru against A and Killer B, then bound Killer B with Adamantine Sealing Chains and wounded Gyuki's eye.
• Gyuki broke the chains and went berserk, allowing Taiichi to lure the Eight-Tails into Cloud Ninja and kill more than a hundred with a Tailed Beast Bomb and its rampage.
• A struck Gyuki to help Killer B regain control, then ordered a retreat; Taiichi landed beside the injured Orochimaru and offered to heal him.

Kirigakure declared war on Konoha and sent the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to attack the Land of Fire’s east coast. With Konoha short on troops, Hiruzen gathered the clans to form a defense force and considered recalling Tsunade and transferring Taiichi, leaving the Western Front’s needs unresolved.

• The Third Mizukage agreed to declare war after Kirigakure’s clan heads urged him to exploit Konoha’s weakness.
• Kirigakure sent the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to land on the Land of Fire’s east coast and disrupt Konoha’s supply lines.
• Hiruzen asked Konoha’s clans to provide troops, and Fugaku pledged two hundred Uchiha ninja and offered to lead them himself.
• Hiruzen and the clan heads gathered enough pledges to field a force of about two thousand ninja, but they could not decide who should command it.
• Hiruzen told his Advisors he wanted to bring Tsunade back and transfer Taiichi to the eastern front, while they warned that the Western Front also depended on him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi told Taiichi that Konoha faced a dangerous four-front war and urgently needed Tsunade to command the force against Kirigakure. Taiichi persuaded Tsunade to take command without returning to Konoha, and the assembled troops departed for the front.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained Konoha's precarious wartime position to Taiichi and asked him to bring Tsunade back to lead the force against Kirigakure.
• Taiichi found Tsunade gambling in the Land of Waves and urged her to return after explaining Konoha's crisis.
• Tsunade refused to return to Konoha but agreed to command the troops and wait for them on the East Coast.
• Taiichi reported Tsunade's decision to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the higher-ups announced her as commander.
• The force assembled from Konoha's ninja families joined Taiichi and departed for the front the next morning.

Narita was killed by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, who followed his fleeing captain to lure Konoha forces into revealing themselves. Taiichi’s reinforcements reached the frontline camp, where Tsunade arrived and began preparing to plan the battle against the Mist Village.

• Narita stopped to face the pursuing Mist Ninja and was killed by Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning, while his captain continued fleeing.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare proposed following the surviving Konoha captain as bait, and Suikazan Fuguki agreed to the plan.
• Taiichi marched east with more than a thousand Konoha Ninja, and Fugaku Uchiha asked him to protect the Uchiha while Yuki Hyuga mocked the request.
• Fugaku challenged Yuki over relying on Taiichi’s medical skills, and Yuki rebuked Hizashi Hyuga before Taiichi stopped the argument.
• Taiichi’s force reached the frontline camp and learned Tsunade had not yet arrived; he sensed that she was nearby and ordered the camp prepared.
• Tsunade arrived with Shizune, said Mist scouts had appeared in the Land of Waves, and led the clan leaders to the central tent to discuss the battle.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen continued attacking Konoha’s supply lines while Tsunade took command of the front-line camp and assigned Taiichi to deal with them. The chapter ended with Tsunade ordering Hyuga scouts to watch the coastline for the Mist Village’s main force.

• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen realized a fleeing Konoha Ninja had led them away from other squads, and Munashi Jinpachi chased him down and mutilated him before Juzo Biwa killed him.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen noticed another presence in the forest and prepared to attack.
• Tsunade opened a command meeting, warned the clans to work together, and heard Mokujun report the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s attacks on Konoha’s patrols and supply convoys.
• Tsunade assigned Taiichi to take care of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and he accepted.
• Tsunade ordered Yuki Hyuga to send fifty scouts along the coastline to track the Mist Village’s main force and report its movements.

Taiichi searched for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and realized they had crossed toward Guy’s mission area, where Guy, Genma, and Ebisu were overwhelmed by the Mist ninja. Just as Kushimaru Kuriarare was about to kill them, a green-clad figure intervened and kicked him away.

• Tsunade ordered Mokujun and Fugaku Uchiha to reorganize the camp’s ninja into teams and told Taiichi to deal with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Taiichi gathered intelligence and searched for the Mist squad, but followed their trail from the north side of the camp to the south without finding them.
• Guy, Genma, and Ebisu encountered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen beside a dead Konoha ninja and fled when the Mist squad began arguing.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen caught the three Genin, and Kushimaru Kuriarare defeated Guy and pierced his shoulder with Nuibari.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare charged at the injured Konoha team, but a green-clad figure kicked him in the face and sent him spinning backward.

Might Duy fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to protect Guy, nearly opening the Gate of Death before Taiichi arrived and took over. Taiichi attacked the remaining Mist ninja, killing Jinin Akebino and driving the others into panic.

• Might Duy opened the Gate of View, then the Gate of Wonder, and battled the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while Guy and his companions escaped.
• Badly injured and surrounded, Might Duy prepared to open the Gate of Death, but Taiichi protected him with Water Formation Wall and persuaded him to withdraw.
• Taiichi sent a Shadow Clone to carry Might Duy away, then attacked the five surviving swordsmen despite Suikazan Fuguki proposing they end the fight.
• Taiichi used lightning conducted through water to stun Jinin Akebino and Suikazan Fuguki, killed Jinin Akebino, and blasted Fuguki away with a Rasengan.
• Taiichi charged Munashi Jinpachi, while the two swordsmen on the outskirts fled and abandoned him.