Chapter Summaries

Key plot points

• Obito’s poor battlefield tactics have helped bring the White Zetsu army close to defeat. Kabuto resents Obito’s incompetence, while Obito angrily confronts him.
• Hiruzen steps in to stop their infighting and argues that Obito should surrender command of the army to him. Obito resists, but Danzō also warns that their lack of unity is ruining their last chance.
• Hiruzen proposes summoning Uchiha Madara as the only available force powerful enough to change the war’s course. Kabuto cautions that Madara may break free of Impure World Reincarnation’s control.
• Accepting that defeat seems otherwise inevitable, Hiruzen argues that unleashing Madara is worth the risk. Obito eventually agrees, with Black Zetsu supporting the decision.
• To keep Madara from learning that he has a Rinnegan and forcing him to resurrect him, Obito removes the eye and hides it in the Kamui Dimension. He plans to let Madara do the fighting, then seize the opportunity to claim victory himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Hiruzen shifts from peacemaking to decisive, desperate leadership. His past defeat has taught him that, when victory seems impossible, ruining the opponent’s chances may be preferable to accepting defeat.
• Obito is exposed as insecure beneath his bluster. Though he resents Hiruzen’s challenge and remains self-interested, he recognizes that his own position is failing and agrees to summon Madara. He keeps a secret plan to take advantage afterward.
• Kabuto openly distrusts and despises Obito, but remains pragmatic. He warns the group that Madara may not be controllable and leaves the decision to Obito.
• Danzō watches the infighting with grim realism, emphasizing that divided leadership and insufficient power make success unlikely.
• Black Zetsu urges Obito to proceed, while privately relying on a backup plan against Madara.

Significant themes

• Desperation and escalation: With defeat looming, the characters choose to unleash a threat they may not be able to control.
• Power and control: Madara may overwhelm the group, while Obito’s hidden Rinnegan and Kabuto’s jutsu each represent competing attempts to control events.
• Self-interest and mistrust: The alliance is held together by necessity, not loyalty; nearly everyone is protecting their own path to power.
• Unity versus infighting: The group’s internal conflict is as dangerous as the enemy, and their lack of coordination has already weakened their army.

Key plot points and events

• Kabuto completes the Impure World Reincarnation ritual, summoning Uchiha Madara in a prepared White Zetsu body. Wary of Madara’s reputation and power, Kabuto retreats underground rather than risk confronting him.
• Madara emerges furious at being revived through Tobirama’s technique and at finding himself reanimated rather than truly alive. He believes he has only part of his former strength and cannot use Limbo: Border Jail.
• Seeing Obito, Mu, Danzō, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, Madara assumes Hiruzen has defected from Konoha. He is privately delighted, interpreting the former Third Hokage’s defection as proof that Tobirama’s judgment was flawed.
• Obito explains that the plan went awry because a powerful Uchiha rose in Konoha, crushed opposition, and became Fifth Hokage. Madara recalls his own failed hopes for the Uchiha and his conviction that Konoha’s peace was temporary.
• Madara still expects Obito to capture the tailed beasts and ultimately revive him with the Outer Path’s Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, allowing him to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Madara is immediately established as domineering, arrogant, and impatient, but also fixated on his old conflict with Tobirama and his vision of permanent peace. The news of an Uchiha Hokage briefly stirs his youthful dream of the position.
• Obito is unnerved by Madara’s presence. Though he retains Kamui and believes he should be safe, he approaches cautiously and reports the setback with visible tension.
• Kabuto shows strategic caution: he completes the summoning but withdraws before Madara can become a threat.
• Hiruzen reacts fearfully to Madara and appears ashamed of his new allegiance. Madara mistakes his presence and rogue-ninja protector for evidence that he has defected.
• Madara’s contempt for Tobirama shapes his interpretation of events: Hiruzen’s supposed defection delights him, while Obito’s account redirects his attention to the new Uchiha Hokage.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: Madara’s reputation and presence overwhelm others before he even uses his abilities.
• The fragility of peace: Madara believes Konoha’s stability depended on his and Hashirama’s strength, not lasting understanding.
• Ideology versus reality: Madara sees Infinite Tsukuyomi as the route to permanent peace, while the chapter presents his belief as inseparable from his bitterness and rigid certainty.
• Legacy and betrayal: Madara’s old grievances against Tobirama and disappointment in the Uchiha continue to guide how he reads the present.

Plot points and events

• Madara recalls the history that shaped his resentment, then dismisses the past: his only concern now is completing the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• He demands an update from Obito, expecting the tailed beasts to be collected. Obito admits the Akatsuki has captured none: the Three-Tails was lost, and attempts to capture the beasts—including an attack on Konoha—failed because of Uchiha Genya’s interference.
• Madara learns the Akatsuki was nearly destroyed in the Konoha attack, Nagato was captured, and the Rinnegan was lost. Kabuto recovered one eye, but the organization is reduced to a handful of survivors.
• Kabuto adds that the Allied Shinobi Forces, with fifty thousand troops, are pushing back the White Zetsu and reanimated armies.
• Madara demands to know why Kabuto thinks the modified reanimation body is stronger than his prime self. The chapter ends as Madara confronts Obito and releases overwhelming chakra, shaking the cave.

Character developments

• Madara shifts from controlled resolve to mounting disbelief and fury. His confidence remains intact, but he realizes Obito has left him with a far worse situation than expected.
• Obito is exposed as defeated and demoralized. He accepts Madara’s contempt, knowing he cannot overcome Genya and fearing that even Konoha’s other shinobi may now challenge him.
• Kabuto presents himself as Obito’s collaborator and controller of the reanimated shinobi, but Madara regards him with contempt.

Character interactions

• Madara interrogates Obito, who tries to explain his repeated failures and Genya’s role in them.
• Madara’s criticism grows sharper as each setback is revealed; Obito makes little effort to defend himself.
• Kabuto supplies further bad news and boasts about his modifications, prompting Madara to challenge his authority to judge Madara’s former strength.

Significant themes

• Failure and responsibility: Obito’s accumulated losses undermine the plan Madara entrusted to him.
• Pride and power: Madara rejects Kabuto’s claim to understand his prime strength and refuses to be impressed by the reanimated body.
• Plans undone by circumstance: Madara returns expecting the final stage of his plan, only to find the organization weakened, the tailed beasts uncaptured, and the world united against him.

Plot points

• Prime-era Uchiha Madara appears and overwhelms Obito, grabbing him before he can react.
• Obito tries to escape with Kamui, but Madara’s Mangekyō technique prevents it. Obito realizes he knows nothing about Madara’s eye ability.
• Madara nearly strangles Obito, accusing him of being a disappointment and questioning why he chose him for the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito insists the world has changed: Konoha is stronger, technology has advanced, and the current Ninja World is unlike Madara’s era. Madara dismisses this as a lie.
• Black Zetsu confirms Obito is telling the truth and persuades Madara to spare him, arguing that Obito’s experience with Uchiha Genya could prove useful.
• Madara throws Obito aside. Obito hides his anger and reminds himself that the Rinnegan gives him leverage.
• Mu warns that the allied forces are nearing their last base and asks Madara to show his true strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Obito is exposed as physically outmatched and frightened, but he suppresses his humiliation and resentment. He believes his Rinnegan still protects him from being discarded.
• Madara shows contempt for Obito’s perceived cowardice and incompetence. He is also unable—or unwilling—to accept how much the world has changed.
• Black Zetsu intervenes pragmatically, not out of sympathy: he sees Obito as expendable but potentially useful against Genya. He also fears Madara’s arrogance could endanger their plans.
• Hiruzen watches tensely, reluctant to intervene because the group is already short on allies. Mu observes Madara’s ability and later stresses the urgency of the approaching enemy.
• The exchange between Madara and Obito establishes a stark imbalance of power and trust: Madara treats Obito as disposable, while Obito quietly resents him.

Significant themes

• Generational change: Madara’s disbelief in modern technology and the stronger contemporary Ninja World reflects the gap between his era and the present.
• Power and vulnerability: Obito’s reliance on Kamui fails against an unknown Mangekyō ability, leaving him helpless.
• Manipulation and usefulness: Obito is kept alive not because he is valued, but because others believe he may still serve a purpose.
• Pride and misjudgment: Madara’s contempt for Obito and Black Zetsu’s fear of Madara’s recklessness suggest that arrogance may threaten their survival.

Key plot points and events

• Kabuto is more courteous to Madara than Obito was, calming Madara somewhat. Obito uses Kamui to transport them, then privately decides to stay in the shadows and let Madara fight the Allied Shinobi Forces, hoping both sides will weaken each other.
• Kabuto, controlling Mū, guides Madara toward the allied forces’ location.
• The five-village alliance—led by Ōnoki and A—is preparing a final assault on the White Zetsu forces. Konoha’s absence has left the alliance with only five Kage-level fighters.
• The leaders discuss potential enemies and postwar spoils: Mei wants revenge on the Uchiha who tormented Kirigakure and covets his space-time Mangekyō; Rasa wants to eliminate Hiruzen, whom they mistakenly believe is responsible for the Reanimations.
• Ōnoki announces plans for a decisive attack the next day. Before he can assign deployments, a shinobi reports that an unknown attacker is slaughtering allied troops and is nearing command.

Character developments and interactions

• Obito becomes cautious after seeing Kamui fail. He hides his true intentions and plans to exploit the conflict rather than confront Madara directly.
• Madara remains confident and eager to test the strength of the modern shinobi world.
• Ōnoki is buoyed by the alliance’s victories and his command role, though memories of his captive former student Deidara reveal a softer, forgiving side.
• A remains wary, especially of Uchiha, after losing an arm to Genya.
• Mei is more composed as Mizukage but remains driven by hatred and a desire for revenge—and by interest in the enemy’s Sharingan.
• Rasa seeks to prove himself and strengthen Sunagakure’s standing through the war.
• The alliance leaders present a united front, but their rivalry and self-interest show through as they discuss revenge and dividing the spoils. Mifune remains reserved, representing the Land of Iron’s reluctant involvement.

Significant themes

• Unity versus self-interest: The villages cooperate out of necessity, yet each leader pursues revenge, power, or political advantage.
• Overconfidence and misjudgment: The commanders treat victory as nearly certain and misunderstand who is behind the Reanimations, just as an unknown threat approaches.
• Caution and opportunism: Obito chooses to wait for others to weaken each other, while Madara and the alliance move toward confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• After regaining his ancestral Uchiha Gunbai, Uchiha Madara is carried toward the Allied Shinobi Forces’ camp by Mu, using the Light-Weight Rock Technique. Kabuto controls Mu through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Madara dismisses the allied shinobi as a disorganized rabble and threatens Kabuto not to manipulate him. Kabuto claims he is acting to support Madara’s Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Madara breaks free of Mu’s technique and drops directly into the allied camp, creating a crater and scattering nearby shinobi.
• When the soldiers fail to identify their commander, Madara attacks. He kills and maims with ease, using his Sharingan, battlefield experience, and minimal movements to evade attacks and break through the encirclement. After more than a hundred casualties, the shinobi resort to coordinated Earth and Fire Release techniques.
• News of a lone attacker overrunning the camp alarms the Kage. Mei Terumi and A remember Genya’s earlier devastation, while Ōnoki insists they must face the threat themselves.

Character developments and interactions

• Madara is portrayed as supremely arrogant, contemptuous of the modern shinobi, and unwilling to be treated as Kabuto’s pawn. His confidence is backed by formidable abilities, enhanced by Hashirama’s Yang Release, and he refuses to use the Gunbai against opponents he considers unworthy.
• Kabuto remains composed in the face of Madara’s threats, presenting his actions as service to the Eye of the Moon Plan; Madara neither trusts nor openly accepts this explanation.
• Mei and A react with fear shaped by their past experience of Genya’s attacks. Ōnoki counters their alarm with resolve, reminding them of their duty as Kage.
• Madara’s contempt for Kabuto’s hidden control evokes his hatred of Obito’s failures and Tobirama’s Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and arrogance: Madara sees the allied forces as beneath him, and his effortless slaughter initially seems to confirm it.
• Fear shaped by trauma: Mei and A interpret the new threat through memories of Genya’s destruction.
• Cooperation against individual strength: The shinobi eventually abandon close combat for coordinated techniques, though the chapter ends just as their counterattack begins.

Chapter summary

• Madara overwhelms the Allied Shinobi Forces. He easily counters their combined Fire Release with his own Majestic Destroyer Flame, then continues cutting through the army in close combat. He seems more interested in enjoying the fight than ending it quickly. Kabuto watches from above in Mū’s body, impressed by Madara and noting that the Shogun’s next plan can now begin.
• The Five Kage confront him. Rasa’s gold dust separates Madara from the ordinary shinobi, and the Kage gather to face him. Ōnoki recognizes Madara from his childhood and is overwhelmed by memories of how effortlessly Madara defeated and humiliated his teacher. He warns the others not to look into Madara’s eyes.
• Rasa attacks too soon. Unfamiliar with Madara’s power, Rasa sends gold dust at him, hoping to seal his reanimated body. Ōnoki tries to stop him, but Madara summons Susanoo, scatters the gold dust, and complains that the Kage are standing too high above him.
• The Kage begin a coordinated assault. Ōnoki orders everyone else to keep their distance, recognizing that ordinary shinobi cannot survive this battle. A charges with his One-Finger Nukite, a piercing Lightning Release technique developed to counter Susanoo. He punctures Madara’s defense, but only makes a hole, which Madara can repair. Madara acknowledges A’s skill. While A occupies him, Ōnoki fires Dust Release at Madara inside Susanoo.

Character developments and interactions

• Madara is confident, cruel, and exhilarated by combat. He dismisses the Allied forces as weak and appears eager for opponents who can challenge him.
• Ōnoki is visibly shaken by Madara, but his experience makes him the most cautious and knowledgeable of the Kage. He tries to prevent Rasa’s rash attack and directs the others to spread out.
• Rasa acts decisively but underestimates the danger, attempting to seal Madara before Ōnoki can stop him.
• A channels the humiliation of losing an arm to Uchiha Genya into his determination to defeat Susanoo, and succeeds in piercing it.
• Kabuto remains an observer, treating Madara’s rampage as an opportunity to advance the Shogun’s plan.

Significant themes

• The gulf between legend and the present: Madara’s memories and reputation leave even powerful leaders struggling with fear.
• Power and overconfidence: Madara’s contempt for his opponents contrasts with the Kage’s need to coordinate carefully.
• Individual skill versus massed forces: The Allied army is helpless against Madara, while the Kage’s specialized techniques offer the first meaningful resistance.
• Preparation and adaptation: A’s technique shows how past defeats can drive a fighter to develop a countermeasure, even against a formidable opponent.

The four Kage coordinated an attack that pierced Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo and sealed him in gold dust, but Madara broke free using his Rinnegan. He repaired his armor and lost interest in the fight, while the Kage stared in horror at the face on his chest.

• Ōnoki struck Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo with Dust Release while A drew his attention.
• Rasa used Magnet Release: Sandstorm Funeral to seal Madara in a pyramid of gold dust.
• Madara tore through the seal with Susanoo, mocked the four Kage, and revealed that his Rinnegan could absorb ninjutsu.
• Ōnoki recognized Madara’s Rinnegan, while Madara blamed Obito for losing it and wondered about Uchiha Genya.
• The four Kage saw a human face appear on Madara’s chest and reacted with horror.

Uchiha Madara overwhelmed the four Kage with Tengai Shinsei, forcing them to work together to destroy the first meteor. As a second meteor fell, he ordered them to tell Uchiha Genya to bring him all the tailed beasts, leaving the Kage facing another desperate struggle.

• Uchiha Madara revealed that he had implanted Hashirama's cells and said he had mastered Wood Release.
• Uchiha Madara summoned a meteor and threatened to pursue the Kage's subordinates if they fled.
• Ōnoki, Rasa, A, and Mei Terumi combined their abilities to break apart the first meteor.
• Uchiha Madara summoned a second meteor and told the Kage to tell Uchiha Genya to surrender all the tailed beasts.

Kabuto’s forces routed the leaderless Allied Shinobi Forces, and he sent a report to Konoha. Xuanye took Konan to visit Nagato in the Prison, where Nagato realized she had become Xuanye’s partner and raged as they left.

• Kabuto used Obito, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and reanimated fighters to crush the Allied Shinobi Forces, abducting senior officers and Mifune before reporting the victory to Konoha.
• Xuanye brought Konan to the Prison to visit Nagato, who had begun submitting to his confinement and treatment.
• Konan saw Nagato during his exercise and was embarrassed, while Xuanye reassured her that Nagato was being cared for.
• Nagato realized Konan had given herself to Xuanye and demanded to know what he had done to her.
• Xuanye told Nagato he would look after Konan and promised to resurrect Yahiko if she had a child for him.
• Xuanye left with Konan as Nagato shouted insults and pleaded from behind the Prison bars.

Uchiha Genya prepared Konoha’s reanimated shinobi to seize the small countries surrounding the Land of Fire during the Fourth Shinobi World War. He left them with a plan to blame the Impure World Reincarnation on the Akatsuki Organization and the defected Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Xuanye sent Konan back to the Explosive Tag factory after receiving confidential intelligence from Kabuto.
• Kakashi reported that Kabuto had summoned Uchiha Madara and that the Allied Shinobi Forces had suffered heavy losses in the Land of Rivers.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon powerful Konoha shinobi, including Senju Tobirama, Namikaze Minato, and Hatake Sakumo.
• Xuanye assigned the reanimated shinobi to eliminate leaders and rulers in the small countries surrounding the Land of Fire so Konoha could take control.
• Hatake Sakumo worried that the killings would ruin Konoha’s reputation, and Xuanye explained that the reanimated bodies could be blamed on the Akatsuki Organization and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Xuanye organized reanimated shinobi to exploit the war, seize small nations, and blame their destruction on Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Akatsuki Organization. He assigned missions to Minato and Tobirama, while Tobirama stayed behind to speak with him privately.

• Xuanye explained that Konoha would condemn the Akatsuki Organization and Sarutobi Hiruzen, then occupy the small nations devastated by the reanimated shinobi.
• Kakashi questioned the plan to expand Konoha's territory, and Orochimaru argued that the other major nations would be too weakened after the war to stop them.
• Xuanye distributed mission scrolls and explosive tags to the reanimated shinobi.
• Xuanye ordered Minato to cripple Takigakure's main fighting force and bring back the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki intact.
• Xuanye ordered Tobirama to deal with Kusagakure and recover the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• The other shinobi departed, but Tobirama remained behind with his scroll, prompting Xuanye to realize he wanted a private conversation.

Xuanye defended his rule to Tobirama by arguing that Konoha’s prosperity and the Land of Fire’s expansion proved he served the bigger picture. Tobirama acknowledged Xuanye’s achievements but was left fuming at his shameless claim that he had no selfish motives.

• Xuanye insisted that his expansion of the Land of Fire was for Konoha and that Tobirama should set aside their personal differences.
• Tobirama reflected on how Xuanye had strengthened Konoha, absorbed bloodline clans, reclaimed tailed beasts, and brought the village’s shinobi under his authority.
• Tobirama judged Xuanye an exceptionally effective Hokage despite his personal misconduct and Tobirama’s prejudice against the Uchiha.
• Tobirama asked whether Xuanye had acted without any selfish intent, and Xuanye declared that the Land of Fire and Konoha belonged to him, so he could not be selfish.
• Tobirama nearly exploded with rage at Xuanye’s answer and concluded that this Uchiha was especially evil.

Tobirama confronted Xuanye over his role in Danzō and Hiruzen’s downfalls, then demanded to know whether he was inferior to Madara. Xuanye argued that Hashirama had been the better Hokage because his strength had kept the Ninja World in check, leaving Tobirama to object that Madara’s extremism made him dangerous.

• Tobirama asked whether Xuanye had orchestrated what happened to Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Xuanye admitted that he had driven one to his death and the other to defect.
• Xuanye said Konoha’s elders knew enough about his actions, while Tobirama accepted that the benefits to Konoha outweighed the deaths of Danzō and Hiruzen.
• Tobirama demanded an answer about whether he was inferior to Uchiha Madara, refusing to yield on a question tied to his claim to the Second Hokage’s position.
• Xuanye asked whether Hashirama or Tobirama had been better suited to lead Konoha, and Tobirama answered that Hashirama had been.
• Xuanye said Tobirama had surpassed Hashirama in many respects but lacked his combat strength, which had helped keep the Ninja World from erupting into war.
• Tobirama objected that Madara might have started a war as Hokage, and Xuanye characterized Madara as an extremist pacifist.

Xuanye explained to Tobirama why Hashirama should have let Uchiha Madara become Hokage, then said he would deal with Madara himself. He took Kakashi to the Land of Demons to bring Miroku and confront Moryo, while also seeking to incorporate the country into Konoha.

• Xuanye argued that Hashirama could have kept peace by giving Uchiha Madara the Hokage title while retaining real authority, and Tobirama admitted Xuanye had a broader perspective.
• Tobirama asked whether they would need to summon Hashirama to face Uchiha Madara in the Land of Rivers, but Xuanye said he would handle Madara himself.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to leave, and Xuanye ordered Kakashi to accompany him to the Land of Demons.
• Xuanye told Kakashi that he planned to bring Miroku, the Miko, back to Konoha because she and the sealed monster Moryo were closely connected.
• Kakashi suspected Xuanye had ulterior motives, but went along with his order.

After Uchiha Madara defeated the Allied Shinobi Forces, terrorist bombings devastated the small nations, and Tsunade used the attacks to condemn Sarutobi Hiruzen and expand Konoha’s influence. At the Akatsuki camp, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo realized Uchiha Genya had framed them for the bombings.

• Uchiha Madara severely injured the Four Kage and routed the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Kabuto and Sarutobi Hiruzen pursued the retreating army with White Zetsu.
• Human Bomb attacks struck Daimyo and nobles across several small nations, and the attackers’ bodies regenerated after explosions.
• Tsunade condemned Sarutobi Hiruzen and sent Konoha Shinobi to protect the targeted nations, while Anbu staged bombings in Konoha to clear it of suspicion.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that he had been blamed for the attacks and accused Uchiha Genya of slandering him.
• Danzo agreed that Uchiha Genya had framed them, recalling how he had blamed Danzo for Shisui’s eye.

Kabuto ignored Sarutobi Hiruzen’s demand to clear his name, while Danzo tried to make Hiruzen accept their situation. Uchiha Genya arrived in the Land of Demons and demanded Moryo and the province, leaving Miroku to warn him that the demon could not be controlled.

• Kabuto used Organic Reanimation to escape underground, leaving Hiruzen’s accusation unanswered.
• Danzo told Hiruzen that his reputation could not get worse and urged him to accept the coming Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• After the Allied Shinobi Forces suffered repeated defeats, Ōnoki sent Konoha a plea for help.
• Uchiha Genya and Kakashi arrived in the Land of Demons, where Miroku ordered her guards to stand down.
• Genya told Miroku he would take Moryo and incorporate the Land of Demons into Konoha.
• In private, Miroku offered herself to Genya but warned him that Moryo’s power was too dangerous for humans to control.

Xuanye forced Miroku to accept his terms by revealing the danger her daughter faced, then captured Moryo’s soul with the Death God and bound it through the Animal Path. He told Miroku she would remain the nominal leader of the Land of Demons, but his final “however” left his remaining condition unstated.

• Xuanye told Miroku he knew the bond between the mikos and Moryo, and warned that her daughter would likely inherit the same fate.
• Miroku agreed to let Xuanye deal with Moryo after her bronze bell’s prophecy showed no one would die.
• Xuanye broke Moryo’s seal and summoned the Death God, which restrained Moryo’s soul despite its desperate resistance.
• Xuanye used the Animal Path to imprint a contract on Moryo’s soul and draw it into his Rinnegan.
• Xuanye told Miroku that she would remain the Land of Demons’ nominal leader and could keep the title of miko, then began to state an additional condition.

Miroku pledged herself and the Land of Demons to Xuanye’s Konoha, while Xuanye prepared to confront Uchiha Madara in the Land of Rivers and ordered Konan to bring the Land of Rain peacefully into the Land of Fire. The chapter left Tsunade uneasy about Xuanye’s plans and his ties to other women.

• Miroku asked Xuanye to let her and her daughter join Konoha, and he agreed that they could bring servants and receive good treatment.
• After Xuanye left, Miroku told her aide to remain loyal to the Shogun and suggested she might become a leader in the Land of Fire.
• Tsunade reported that the Four Great Ninja Villages had requested help, but Xuanye dismissed their appeal and asked about the missions to capture the Seven-Tails and Satori.
• Xuanye decided to go to the Land of Rivers with Guang and Might Guy to deal with Uchiha Madara and ordered Konoha’s forces to follow their established plan.
• Xuanye sent Konan to the Land of Rain to rally the Akatsuki’s remaining members and peacefully bring the country into the Land of Fire, relying on Nagato’s presence to keep her from fleeing.
• Tsunade grew jealous and worried about Xuanye’s other women as she recalled her plan to settle their marriage after Nawaki’s resurrection.

Tsunade tried to give Genya the Senju heirloom necklace as a sign of her intention to marry him after the war, but he refused, convinced it was cursed. Genya then set out for the Land of Rivers with a small Konoha team while Ōnoki gathered the other Kage to discuss confronting him.

• Tsunade found Konan asleep in Genya's bed and abandoned her marriage plans for the time being.
• Tsunade gave Genya the Senju heirloom necklace, but he refused to wear it because its previous owners had died.
• Genya departed for the Land of Rivers with Uchiha Hikari, Might Guy, and Kakashi.
• Ōnoki gathered the other Kage and accused Konoha of becoming ruthless under Genya's leadership.
• Ōnoki provoked A by reminding him that Genya had severed his arm and extorted five billion ryō, and the two Kage began squaring off.