Chapter Summaries

Namikaze Minato demonstrated that he had learned to use the Flying Thunder God technique, and half a year later Hyuga Shinichi’s team was patrolling the border while Konoha and Sunagakure remained deadlocked against Amegakure. The chapter ended with Pakura bringing her badly wounded captain to a cave, where he told her he could not be saved.

• Namikaze Minato showed Hyuga Shinichi that he could teleport to a Flying Thunder God mark within ten meters.
• Hyuga Shinichi encouraged Minato, who admitted he had not yet fully mastered the technique.
• Half a year later, Hyuga Shinichi, Aburame Tomohiro, Inuzuka Gai, and Black Charcoal patrolled the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers as the war with Amegakure continued.
• Inuzuka Gai asked when the war might end, and Hyuga Shinichi predicted that Konoha would remain caught up in it for about another year.
• Pakura carried her injured captain into a secluded cave, where he told her he was beyond saving.

Pakura mourned her captain and prepared to avenge her squad by strengthening her flames with Wind Style as Amegakure ninja cornered her. On the main battlefield, Rasa discovered that he had awakened Magnet Release while fighting an Amegakure ninja.

• The captain died after telling Pakura to recover the intelligence, and Pakura collapsed in grief over her dead squadmates.
• Amegakure ninja entered the cave to kill Pakura, who resolved to avenge her companions and began combining Wind Style chakra with her flames.
• Amegakure ninja ambushed Sunagakure's flank, but Ebizo's forces quickly responded.
• Rasa was injured while dodging an attack, then used shuriken to fight back as he realized he could redirect them with Magnet Release.
• An Amegakure ninja attacked Rasa while he wondered why his Magnet Release did not control the shuriken as smoothly as the Third Kazekage's iron sand.

Rasa awakened Magnet Release by controlling gold dust from a river, defeated an Amegakure ninja, and learned that Chiyo and Ebizo planned to report him to the Third Kazekage for personal instruction. The story then returned to Pakura, who woke in a cave surrounded by fallen Amegakure ninja and wondered what had happened.

• Rasa used Magnet Release to gather river gold dust into a sphere, then tightened it around an Amegakure ninja until the man collapsed.
• Chiyo arrived with reinforcements and recognized Rasa's ability as Magnet Release, while the Amegakure ninja withdrew from the battlefield.
• Chiyo and Ebizo questioned Rasa and discovered that he could control gold dust, which Ebizo realized could bring strategic wealth to Sunagakure.
• Ebizo and Chiyo told Rasa they would send him to Sunagakure to receive instruction from the Third Kazekage, and Rasa eagerly welcomed the news.
• Pakura woke in the cave, formed a small fireball, and saw Amegakure ninja sprawled across the ground.

Pakura discovered that her altered fireballs drained moisture from living bodies and named the new ability Scorch Release before setting out to deliver the intelligence scroll. At the Land of Fire border, Hyuga Shinichi noticed Uchiha Fugaku and other Uchiha ninja in camp, then went to collect food for his sleeping teammates and Black Charcoal.

• Pakura examined the dried corpses in the cave and realized her fireball had become hotter as the cave’s water and moisture disappeared.
• Pakura tested her fireball on a rat and watched it shrivel into a dried corpse, leading her to suspect she had awakened a Kekkei Genkai.
• Pakura named the fused fire-and-wind ability Scorch Release and vowed to deliver the intelligence scroll for her captain.
• Hyuga Shinichi returned to camp with Inuzuka Gai, Aburame Tomohiro, and Black Charcoal after their patrol and noticed unfamiliar ninja there.
• Hyuga Shinichi later saw Uchiha Fugaku leading Uchiha ninja around camp, then went to get food for his sleeping companions.

In Konoha Year 39, Sunagakure trained Rasa while Pakura grew stronger on the battlefield, and Konoha advanced into the Land of Rain until Hanzo intervened. Hanzo fought Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade as he recognized that Amegakure was nearing defeat.

• Sunagakure's leaders trained Rasa as a future Kazekage, while Ebizo concealed from Chiyo that her son and daughter-in-law had died fighting Hatake Sakumo.
• Pakura refused to return to Sunagakure for training and reached Jonin-level strength after a year of fighting, while Rasa's combat strength barely increased.
• Hatake Sakumo's supply missions helped Konoha push into the Land of Rain, prompting Hanzo to take the field and halt their advance near Amegakure.
• Hanzo attacked Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade with Explosive Tag kunai, but Tsunade blocked them and Jiraiya's interference spoiled Hanzo's follow-up.
• Salamander Ibuse knocked Jiraiya away, and Hanzo assessed that Amegakure was faltering against Konoha's superior resources and faced defeat.

Hanzo spared Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru and named them the Legendary Sannin before withdrawing from the battle. Later, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan found the three Konoha ninja and asked them to teach them ninjutsu, but Orochimaru suggested killing the children.

• Hanzo declared a ceasefire, spared Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, and named them the Legendary Sannin.
• In a cave, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru discussed the war’s end and Jiraiya’s plans after it.
• Orochimaru noticed Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan hiding nearby, and Yahiko explained that the war had killed his parents.
• Jiraiya shared his dry bread with the children, and Konan gave the group a paper flower in return.
• Yahiko asked Jiraiya and the others to teach them ninjutsu, but Orochimaru proposed killing the children.

Jiraiya stayed in the Land of Rain to care for Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan after Konoha’s war with Amegakure ended. As the children settled into life together, Yahiko revealed his hatred of war and asked Jiraiya to teach them ninjutsu, leaving Jiraiya troubled by how vengeance shaped his ideals.

• Jiraiya told Orochimaru and Tsunade he would stay with the three children and asked Tsunade to tell Shinichi to continue Minato’s training.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted a ceasefire with Amegakure, and Konoha’s forces withdrew from the Land of Rain as the war continued between Amegakure and Sunagakure.
• Jiraiya moved Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan into an abandoned house and helped them make it a home.
• Nagato cried over his family, and Yahiko angrily blamed the war and the Land of Rain’s weakness for their suffering.
• Yahiko told Jiraiya he wanted to change the country and protect everyone, then asked to train in ninjutsu; Jiraiya recognized that Yahiko’s desire for peace was rooted in revenge.

Hyuga Shinichi attended Uzumaki Kushina’s graduation after returning to Konoha, while the war between Sunagakure and Amegakure dwindled and ended with Sunagakure’s withdrawal from the Land of Rain. After learning that her son and daughter-in-law had died in a raid on the Land of Fire, Chiyo stormed into a meeting to confront the Sunagakure leadership.

• Jiraiya reflected that understanding and trust offered a better path to peace than Hanzo’s and Yahiko’s methods, though he did not know how to achieve it.
• Hyuga Shinichi attended Uzumaki Kushina’s graduation ceremony and celebrated her award by taking her for ramen.
• Hyuga Shinichi’s presence had changed Kushina’s home life, leaving her cared for by Uzumaki Mito, Tsunade, Nawaki, and Zhenyi.
• Sunagakure and Amegakure’s forces weakened after prolonged fighting, and Sunagakure withdrew from the Land of Rain.
• Chiyo learned that her son and daughter-in-law had died in a raid on the Land of Fire and that the village had concealed their deaths for nearly two years.
• Chiyo kicked open the meeting room doors to confront the village leadership, and the Land of Wind’s daimyo and the others looked to the Third Kazekage.

Chiyo persuaded Sunagakure to launch another surprise attack on the Land of Fire, and the Third Kazekage sent her to lead it. As Konoha dispatched reinforcements, Hyuga Shinichi realized Tsunade and Dan Katō were already at the border and rushed to support them.

• After learning that her son and daughter-in-law had died, Chiyo proposed another surprise attack on the Land of Fire, and the Third Kazekage approved the plan.
• The Third Kazekage assigned Chiyo to lead the mission after intelligence revealed that fewer than a hundred Konoha ninja guarded the border.
• Chiyo secretly led Sunagakure ninja across the border at night, where they attacked the lax Konoha outpost.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Hyuga Shinichi and other Jonin after news of the invasion arrived, and Shinichi learned that Tsunade and Dan Katō were already at the border.
• Hyuga Shinichi rushed toward the border with Inuzuka Gai and Aburame Tomohiro as Dan Katō urged Tsunade and Kime Kōtō to reinforce the front.

Chiyo launched a tunnel ambush against Konoha’s border outpost while Tsunade and Mokume Kōtō rushed to the battlefield. Tsunade confronted Chiyo, who demanded that Konoha hand over Hatake Sakumo, and the chapter ended with Tsunade charging into battle.

• Dan Katō began using the Spirit Transformation Technique as rain gathered over the battlefield.
• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure’s main force through a tunnel into the Konoha camp, where they burst out and threw the defenders into chaos.
• Chiyo summoned her Chikamatsu Ten Puppets and attacked the defensive line to keep Konoha’s Jonin from returning to the camp.
• Tsunade struck Chiyo’s Ox-Head Puppet with a punch, badly damaging it, and Chiyo revealed she wanted revenge on Hatake Sakumo for killing her son and daughter-in-law.
• Tsunade refused to surrender Hatake Sakumo, then charged at Chiyo with Mokume Kōtō and another Jonin supporting her.

Dan Katō’s soul supported Konoha’s counterattack while his body lay exposed in the camp. A Sunagakure captain nearly killed him, but a young man rushed from the forest and cut off the captain’s head, leaving Dan’s fate unresolved.

• Dan Katō possessed Sunagakure ninja, helping Konoha regroup and counterattack as the battle in the camp became a melee.
• Three Sunagakure ninja retreated toward the woods under fire, and their captain spotted Dan Katō’s unguarded body in the rain.
• The captain sent his two subordinates to stall their pursuers and approached Dan’s body with a kunai, hoping to earn glory.
• Tsunade briefly sensed danger to Dan while fighting Chiyo, but Konoha Jonin blocked Chiyo’s attack and Tsunade refocused.
• As the captain’s kunai reached Dan’s chest, a powerful pressure and mental dizziness stopped him, and a young man emerged from the forest and beheaded him.

Hyuga Shinichi recovered from using Byakugan: Pressure and joined two Konoha ninjas rushing back to the camp after learning it was under pressure. At a distant border outpost, Uchiha Setsuna killed Uchiha Kaori, who died in Uchiha Shin's arms blaming Setsuna for destroying their family.

• Hyuga Shinichi realized his body could no longer support Byakugan: Pressure at full strength and suspected the Sunagakure attack meant the defensive line had been breached.
• Two Sunagakure ninjas fled to their captain, found him decapitated, and were killed by the Konoha ninjas pursuing them.
• Hyuga Shinichi learned the camp was under pressure and hurried there with the two Konoha ninjas, who carried Dan Katō's body.
• At a distant border outpost, Uchiha Setsuna stabbed Uchiha Kaori while Uchiha Shin watched in disbelief.
• Uchiha Kaori recalled her sons' childhoods, blamed Uchiha Setsuna for making their family oppressive, and died in Uchiha Shin's arms.

Uchiha Setsuna revealed that he had killed Uchiha Kaori to provoke Mangekyō Sharingan awakenings in his descendants, but Uchiha Shin failed to awaken his. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yoho pursued Sunagakure ninja until they triggered a trap.

• Uchiha Setsuna explained that prison had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and that its abilities enhanced his attacks and concealed his presence.
• Uchiha Setsuna told Uchiha Shin that Kaori’s death was part of his plan to force Fen and Zhuo to awaken their Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Setsuna admitted he had intended to use Shin as a safeguard for Fen’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and declared Shin’s life expendable.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yoho pursued Sunagakure ninja through the woods, and Fugaku killed several with his Great Fireball.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yoho noticed Explosive Tags on trees after their passage triggered them.

Uchiha Yoho saved Uchiha Fugaku from a massive Explosive Tag blast, but Sunagakure ninja ambushed them when they emerged from the crater. Yoho was stabbed by a concealed puppet while protecting Fugaku, and Fugaku froze in shock as Yoho urged him to run.

• Uchiha Yoho used the Body Flicker Technique and layered Earth Release defenses to shield Uchiha Fugaku from the Explosive Tag blast.
• Uchiha Yoho and Uchiha Fugaku survived the explosion and started climbing out of the crater to return to the defensive line.
• Sunagakure ninja attacked them with shuriken, senbon, and ninjutsu after spotting them in the open.
• Uchiha Fugaku twisted his ankle on a rock and fell, so Uchiha Yoho rushed to block the attacks aimed at him.
• A hidden Sunagakure puppet stabbed Uchiha Yoho through the chest and abdomen, and he warned Uchiha Fugaku to run.

Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan while surrounded by Sunagakure ninja and used its power to unleash Amaterasu. The black flames spread among the attackers, leaving them burning and unable to extinguish the fire.

• Uchiha Yoho fell into Uchiha Fugaku's arms after the puppet's hidden blades forced him back, and Fugaku stayed to protect him.
• Sunagakure ninja taunted the brothers and prepared to kill them, while Uchiha Fugaku's Three-Tomoe Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku used Amaterasu on one Sunagakure ninja, igniting black flames that water could not put out.
• Sunagakure ninja tried to help the burning man and attack Uchiha Fugaku, but the flames spread to them as they struggled.

Uchiha Fugaku awakened Susanoo and used Tsukuyomi to trap the last Sunagakure puppeteer, leaving him to suffer under Amaterasu in the illusion. Fugaku remained in severe pain while promising to get the dying Uchiha Yoho medical treatment.

• Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan awakened Susanoo, whose skeletal hand crushed the Sunagakure puppeteer's puppet.
• Uchiha Yoho recognized Susanoo from the Uchiha Clan's records and worried about the toll Fugaku's powers were taking on him.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Yoho he would defeat the last enemy and take him to the Uzumaki Clan for treatment.
• The terrified Sunagakure puppeteer tried to flee, but Uchiha Fugaku trapped him in the Tsukuyomi World.
• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Amaterasu beneath the puppeteer and multiplied him into a hundred suffering copies within the illusion.

Uchiha Fugaku defeated the Sand shinobi but could not save Uchiha Yoho, who died after entrusting him with the Uchiha Clan and Mikoto. Meanwhile, Hyuga Shinichi and Dan Katō helped Konoha hold the camp against the Sand shinobi.

• Uchiha Fugaku killed the Sand shinobi puppeteer with Tsukuyomi and confirmed the other Sand shinobi had been consumed by Amaterasu.
• Uchiha Yoho told Uchiha Fugaku not to lose himself in the pursuit of power, urged him to lead the Uchiha Clan, and offered his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yoho asked Uchiha Fugaku to care for and marry Mikoto, and Fugaku promised to treat her well.
• Uchiha Yoho died in Uchiha Fugaku's arms, and Fugaku knelt motionless in the rain until several Konoha Ninja arrived.
• Earlier, Hyuga Shinichi returned to the battered Konoha camp with Dan Katō's real body and helped fight the Sand shinobi with his Listen-to-Wind Sword.

Dan Katō returned to his body after using the Spirit Transformation Technique and learned that Hyuga Shinichi had saved it. As the Konoha camp’s defenses stabilized, Shinichi drove back the Sunagakure force but let them retreat rather than risk severe casualties.

• Dan Katō woke after his soul returned to his body and learned that Hyuga Shinichi had protected him from three Sunagakure ninja.
• Dan Katō reaffirmed that he would have chosen to protect his Konoha comrades even if doing so endangered his body.
• Konoha ninja told Dan Katō that the first wave of reinforcements had stabilized the defensive line and praised him for saving their lives.
• Hyuga Shinichi used Wind Barrier and Great Breakthrough to push the Sunagakure ninja back from the camp’s center.
• Hyuga Shinichi judged that Konoha could not hold the stronger Sunagakure force without heavy losses, so he let the enemy retreat.

Konoha’s reinforcements arrived as Sunagakure withdrew, and Orochimaru halted the pursuit after learning Sunagakure had offered compensation to end the conflict. As Konoha returned to the border, Hyuga Shinichi reflected that the Second Shinobi World War was ending and planned to rest during the coming peace.

• Orochimaru arrived with the second wave of reinforcements and ordered the Konoha ninja to pursue Sunagakure’s retreating forces.
• Dan Katō thanked Hyuga Shinichi for saving him, while Shinichi warned him to prepare for Tsunade’s anger.
• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to withdraw after learning Konoha’s reinforcements were approaching, and the two sides fought as Sunagakure retreated toward the Land of Rivers.
• Sunagakure raised earthen walls to block Konoha’s pursuit, and a messenger told Orochimaru that Sunagakure had offered compensation and wanted to end the war.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha to stop pursuing and return to the border, while Hyuga Shinichi reflected on the coming seven years of peace and his own strength.

Hyuga Shinichi returned toward the Land of Fire border with Inuzuka Gai and Aburame Tomohiro, reflecting that the war was finally over and discussing what awaited them in Konoha. When they went to find Dan Katō, Shinichi discovered him holding Tsunade, who had rushed to him after learning he had nearly been killed.

• Hyuga Shinichi rejoined Inuzuka Gai, Aburame Tomohiro, and Black Charcoal, and said he thought the war was finally over.
• Aburame Tomohiro reminded Hyuga Shinichi and Inuzuka Gai that two new Eye-Nose-Ear Teams were nearly ready for missions and might be assigned to them.
• Hyuga Shinichi speculated that he and his teammates would be promoted to Jonin and joked that he would lead Kushina and Minato instead of taking a rookie team.
• Hyuga Shinichi, Inuzuka Gai, Aburame Tomohiro, and Black Charcoal returned to camp and went to find Dan Katō.
• Tsunade embraced Dan Katō after learning he had nearly been killed, and he held her while she blushed and called him sly.