Chapter Summaries

Mori revealed his Spirit ability, which let him absorb the spirits of attacks and use their powers, while Orochimaru fought the Iwagakure force with snake clones and pseudo-Jinchuriki. Mori then broke Han’s seal and released the Five-Tails.

• Ōnoki attacked Mori with Dust Release and Earth Style, but Mori survived the atomic dismantling and used his Spirit ability to absorb the power of the attacks.
• Mori explained to Orochimaru that Spirit let him absorb the spirits of things and gain their abilities, and that chakra had greatly expanded its potential.
• Orochimaru sent his snake swarm and derived clones against the Iwagakure Shinobi, then used stored Tailed Beast Chakra to create three pseudo-Jinchuriki.
• Han defeated Orochimaru’s three pseudo-Jinchuriki, and Orochimaru withdrew his clones from the battlefield.
• Mori appeared before Han, punched through his seal, and released the Five-Tails.

Mori freed the Five-Tails before sacrificing himself, and Orochimaru drove Ōnoki’s forces from the battlefield by revealing the God of Shinobi. Meanwhile, Kakashi and Obito fought through Cloud Ninja while rushing to find Rin, as Black Zetsu and Yao prepared to delay the Yellow Flash.

• Mori freed the Five-Tails from Han and vanished after blocking Ōnoki’s attack, while Orochimaru summoned reanimated shinobi to stop Iwagakure from pursuing it.
• Orochimaru revealed the God of Shinobi in a coffin, prompting Ōnoki and the Iwagakure Shinobi to retreat.
• Kakashi and Obito defeated the Cloud Ninja blocking their route and continued toward the Konoha camp to search for Rin.
• Obito awakened three tomoe and killed a Cloud Village jonin with Binding Illusion after the man threatened to mention Rin.
• Black Zetsu and Yao watched Kakashi and Obito leave, then set out to arrange a delay for the Yellow Flash and his forces.

Kakashi and Obito returned to Konoha's locked-down camp to ask Minato for help finding Rin, but Utatane Koharu refused to let them interrupt the preparations for the decisive battle. As the two searched separately, Kakashi realized they had been lured away and was attacked by Yao, leaving Obito in danger.

• Obito and Kakashi passed the camp inspection and rushed to Minato's tent, hoping he could locate Rin with Flying Thunder God.
• Utatane Koharu told Obito that Minato could not be disturbed and promised to send a squad to search for Rin; Obito challenged her, then left with Kakashi.
• Obito and Kakashi set out to search for Rin, and Obito split off from Kakashi to cover more ground.
• Kakashi noticed that the roads were deserted and realized the enemy's target was likely Obito.
• Yao ambushed Kakashi, who fought back with Lightning Release and intensified his attack with Thunderclap Style.

Kakashi fought Uchiha Yao using his newly developed Thunderclap Style, but Yao used the timing of Kakashi’s technique to trap him with powerful Fire Release. The Automatic Scribe activated Zeroing to erase the fireball’s offensive power, letting Kakashi wound and paralyze Yao before Yao vanished.

• Kakashi used Thunderclap Style to boost his speed and strength, knocking Yao through several trees.
• Yao tracked the weakening arcs around Kakashi and trapped him in a Dragon Fire Technique cage before launching a Great Fireball.
• The Automatic Scribe activated Zeroing, erasing the Great Fireball’s offensive power and allowing Kakashi to charge through the flames.
• Kakashi struck Yao with Thunderclap Blade, cutting his left shoulder and disrupting his muscles and Chakra flow with lightning.
• Kakashi failed to capitalize on Yao’s paralysis, and Yao vanished without a trace.

Obito was overwhelmed by Black Zetsu’s Cloud Ninja ambush and captured, while Black Zetsu betrayed Yao to provoke his Sharingan into evolving. Yao’s three tomoe began to merge as his ocular power broke through a limit.

• Obito fought three Cloud Ninja while exhausted, sensed hidden chakra, and killed one before the remaining two incapacitated him.
• Black Zetsu used Spore Techniques to drain Obito and empower the Cloud Ninja, then intervened to capture him and killed the two attackers with White Zetsu matter.
• Yao arrived without treating his wounds, and Black Zetsu told him Obito’s Sharingan was his to take.
• Black Zetsu stabbed Yao from behind and admitted he wanted the power of the Sharingan.
• Yao’s ocular power surged under Black Zetsu’s provocation, and his three tomoe began to merge.

Yao’s attempt to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan failed, and Black Zetsu stole his eyes before escaping with the wounded Obito. Three days later, Konoha attacked the Cloud Ninja, and Minato entered Sage Mode to join the battle while keeping watch over Kakashi.

• Yao used genjutsu on himself to provoke his Sharingan’s evolution, but Black Zetsu exposed his plan and trapped him among disguised White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu immobilized Yao, took his Sharingan, and escaped with the wounded Obito as a hawk watched from above.
• Kakashi returned to camp without finding Obito, concealed his concern from Minato, and hurried away; Minato realized Obito was in danger and could no longer sense his Flying Thunder God mark.
• Three days after Obito’s abduction, Minato insisted that Konoha attack the Cloud Ninja and began gathering Natural Energy while the elders watched over him.
• Minato entered Sage Mode in one minute, then used its enhancement to send his Flying Thunder God marks moving rapidly across the battlefield.

Sage Minato defeated A with a series of Flying Thunder God attacks and crippled him with a Natural Seal. He then left A behind and went to support the other Konoha ninja.

• A charged at Minato, who used a Flying Thunder God kunai to lure him into an attack.
• Minato struck A with a Sage Art: Rasengan, then hit him with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• A endured the Rasenshuriken with his Lightning Armor, but the attack drained his chakra and stamina.
• Minato used a hidden Flying Thunder God mark to reach A and cast Sage Art: Natural Seal, causing A's body to begin toadifying and petrifying.
• Minato left A incapacitated and vanished to support the other Konoha ninja.

Jiraiya fought the Third Raikage with a newly optimized Sage Mode that let him switch between speed and strength, but neither could overcome the other’s defenses. As Minato prepared a decisive attack, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu separated from Uzumaki Tiezhu to carry out their own plan.

• Jiraiya drew the Third Raikage away and battled him with help from the two sages, switching Sage Mode enhancements to match his attacks.
• Jiraiya struck the Third Raikage with a Sage Art Rasengan, but it failed to break through his Lightning Armor, and the Raikage counterattacked.
• Jiraiya dodged the Raikage’s strike and used enhanced strength to drive him into the ground, but still could not penetrate his defense.
• Jiraiya and the Third Raikage became locked in a prolonged melee, each unable to land a decisive blow.
• Minato sensed Jiraiya’s stalemate, reduced his Flying Thunder God usage, and gathered Natural Energy for a planned decisive attack.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu exchanged glances with Uzumaki Tiezhu, then separated to prepare their plan.

Minato’s side prepared to end the battle by distributing Flying Thunder God kunai while Uzumaki Tiezhu held off Killer B and Nii Yugito. After Minato launched his decisive attack on the Cloud ninja, Tiezhu seized Yugito and began sealing her.

• Mitokado Homura and the others split from Uzumaki Tiezhu and prepared Flying Thunder God kunai for Minato’s next plan.
• Killer B and Nii Yugito rushed to protect the defeated A, but Tiezhu blocked their path with his chains.
• Killer B wounded a Tiezhu clone before realizing it was a sealing trap, and Tiezhu used Earth Clones to keep the two Jinchuriki occupied while studying their seals.
• After Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke, Minato received the signal and threw a rain of kunai across the battlefield.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God Second Stage: Natural Seal to strike at the Cloud ninja, while Tiezhu emerged beneath Yugito, slammed her down, and began releasing a sealing technique.

Minato crippled most of the Cloud forces with a sealing attack, while Tiezhu restrained Killer B and the Two-Tails. Jiraiya continued fighting the Raikage despite his dwindling chakra and appeared ready to sacrifice himself as the Raikage closed in.

• Minato used Flying Thunder God kunai to seal away eighty percent of the Cloud Ninja, leaving himself nearly depleted and close to Frog Transformation.
• Homura and another elder reached Minato, who confirmed that he had completed his mission while worrying about Kakashi's missing shadow clone.
• Tiezhu bound Killer B and the Two-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains as the Raikage turned away from Jiraiya to respond to the Two-Tails' roar.
• Jiraiya blocked the Raikage's path with Sage Art: Goemon, then used Needle Jizo and White Needle Prison before the Raikage escaped the sealing array.
• The Raikage resumed attacking Jiraiya, who used Frog Kata to hold him off as his chakra ran out and the Sage markings vanished.
• Jiraiya saw Tsunade in his thoughts as the Raikage attacked, believing his tale had reached its end.

Tsunade arrived on the battlefield and used Sage Art Chakra to fight the Raikage, while Katsuyu explained how Emiya Shiro had helped her access that power. The Raikage’s blood revealed that Tsunade’s hemophobia had not been cured; Orochimaru and Emiya Shiro had temporarily altered her optic nerves so she could not see red.

• Tsunade arrived just in time to stop the Raikage from killing Jiraiya, and Jiraiya noticed the Sage Art Chakra patterns on her face.
• Tsunade attacked the Raikage with Sage Art-enhanced strength, while Katsuyu explained that Emiya Shiro had taught her a technique for sharing Katsuyu’s Sage Art Chakra.
• Katsuyu told Jiraiya and the sages that Tsunade’s condition had been resolved by Orochimaru and Emiya Shiro, though she did not explain how at first.
• Tsunade struck the slowed Raikage in the chest, making him spit blood, and Jiraiya saw that she did not recoil.
• Katsuyu explained that Tsunade’s hemophobia was not cured; Orochimaru and Emiya Shiro had temporarily altered her optic nerves so she could not see red.

Tsunade overcame her Hemophobia long enough to drive Raikage away, while Kakashi followed suspicious traces and realized they might lead into a trap. Kakuzu and Meichuan waited to ambush him, with Kakashi’s teammates potentially in danger.

• Tsunade used the medicine and Magecraft illusion prepared by Shiro and Orochimaru to suppress her Hemophobia temporarily.
• Tsunade defeated Raikage but let him escape, and he withdrew in a burst of lightning.
• Kakashi received battlefield information and continued searching the forest for his teammates.
• Kakuzu and Meichuan waited near the Konoha–Land of Lightning battlefield to ambush Kakashi for his twenty-million bounty.
• Kakashi found fresh squad markings, sensed that they had been deliberately laid as a trap, and feared for Rin and the others.

Kakashi discovered that the underground tentacles and the altered code pointed to a trap, and he tried to stall until Minato could rescue him. Kakuzu and Meichuan charged at him, and Kakashi struck first by destroying Kakuzu’s tentacles with lightning.

• Kakashi used sensory ninjutsu to realize the underground tentacles had sealed his retreat and that he would need to wait for Minato.
• Kakashi cautiously examined the planted codes to buy time, but Kakuzu interpreted his behavior as proof they had been exposed.
• Kakuzu rushed toward Kakashi with Meichuan following and prepared the nearby tentacles to attack.
• Kakashi sensed the duo’s approach, used Lightning Release: Earth Flash, and destroyed many of Kakuzu’s underground blood vessels.
• Kakuzu warned Meichuan that Kakashi seemed to know more about them than expected.

Kakashi used a corpse clone carrying the Reverse Four-Symbols Sealing Technique to catch Kakuzu in a trap. The seal vanished, but Kakuzu's tendrils and two masks appeared beside Meichuan before Kakashi could celebrate.

• Kakuzu used Chakra-wrapped Shuriken to destroy the explosive tags Kakashi had hidden around the clearing.
• Kakashi attacked Kakuzu with a Lightning Release clone and an underground Earth Release feint, but Kakuzu anticipated the tactics and escaped unharmed.
• Kakuzu struck what appeared to be Kakashi, only for it to transform into a corpse marked with the Reverse Four-Symbols Sealing Technique.
• The seal enveloped Kakuzu and disappeared, leaving Meichuan staring blankly at the scene.
• Kakashi saw a mass of tendrils and two masks appear beside Meichuan.

Kakashi fought Kakuzu and Meichuan after Kakuzu survived the Reverse Four-Symbols Seal and trapped him with tentacles. As Kakashi struggled to hold out, Shiro asked Orochimaru to delay the Immortal Duo until Minato could arrive.

• Kakuzu revealed that he had kept several hearts in reserve, then injured Kakashi with Earth and Lightning Release attacks.
• Meichuan blocked Kakuzu's False Darkness, stabbed Kakuzu, and persuaded him to trap Kakashi while claiming Jashin had ordered the sacrifice.
• Meichuan and Kakashi clashed, while Kakuzu questioned Meichuan about Jashin and the prophecy that Kakashi was important to the future.
• Kakashi fought on despite his injuries and Meichuan's immortality, hoping to survive until Minato arrived.
• Shiro learned of Kakashi's danger through Mystic Eye Hawk No. 1 and asked Orochimaru to stall the Immortal Duo until Minato could reach them.
• Shiro and Orochimaru confirmed that their respective plans were nearly ready.

Orochimaru’s support brought Doma Umaru into the fight, but the revived fighter lost control and unleashed a dangerous underground Explosion Release. Orochimaru stopped the blast and sealed Doma Umaru, while Meichuan’s Jashin Ritual left Kakashi barely alive; Minato arrived as Kakuzu struck Meichuan through the heart.

• Orochimaru’s Earth walls separated Kakashi and Meichuan from Kakuzu’s fire attack, and Doma Umaru confronted Kakuzu.
• Doma Umaru used threads to puppet his frail body and fought Kakuzu with erratic movements, then prepared an underground Explosion Release.
• Kakuzu and Kakashi fled the threatened blast, but Meichuan’s Jashin Ritual linked his self-inflicted wounds to Kakashi.
• Orochimaru stopped the explosion and swallowed Doma Umaru, while Meichuan continued tormenting Kakashi.
• Kakuzu returned and found Kakashi barely alive, then Minato arrived and Kakuzu threw a kunai through Meichuan’s heart.

Minato rescued Kakashi from Kakuzu and Meichuan, while Shiro prepared to attack Kirigakure and target the Three-Tails Jinchuriki. As Shiro set out, his repaired system rebooted its mission system and offered him a mission to capture the Three-Tails.

• Minato severed Kakashi's connection to the Jashin Ritual, then teleported him to the Konoha camp for treatment.
• Kakuzu healed Meichuan enough to flee with him before Konoha and the Cloud Village could respond.
• Shizune and Katsuyu brought Kakashi out of life-threatening danger, and Konoha's leaders renewed their resolve to deal with the Akatsuki.
• Madara Uchiha trained Obito in Fire Release and genjutsu while secretly trying to reshape his thinking and loyalty.
• Shiro ordered Azu to prepare the God Hunt plan, instructed him to monitor Kirigakure, and set out to capture the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shiro's repaired system rebooted its mission system and offered him the mission to capture the Three-Tails.

Shiro accepted the system’s revised mission to kill the Three-Tails, rejecting the more dangerous option of letting the system absorb it. He launched an assault on Kirigakure to draw out the Three-Tails’ Jinchuriki, leaving the Mizukage at Taichi’s mercy.

• Shiro refused the system’s initial mission, but accepted its revised offer after learning that killing the Three-Tails would earn him permanent ownership of the database.
• Shiro decided to kill the Three-Tails to disrupt Madara’s plans and weaken Kirigakure before forcing it to surrender.
• Shiro summoned Blue Snake and sent it charging into Kirigakure’s camp, where its attack set off traps and triggered a fierce response.
• The Mizukage confronted Shiro and Taichi, but Taichi appeared beside him with lightning at his throat and demanded to know where the Three-Tails’ Jinchuriki was.

Shiro tested whether he could defeat a Tailed Beast with a beam-type Noble Phantasm after the Three-Tails emerged on the battlefield. He bound it with Enkidu and prepared to strike with Excalibur Morgan, leaving the attack’s result unresolved.

• Taichi confronted the Mizukage, who realized how formidable Konoha’s fighters had become.
• The Three-Tails' Jinchuriki released the Three-Tails, and Shiro ordered Blue Snake to keep other ninja away.
• The Three-Tails fled from Shiro and Enkidu by digging underground, but Shiro tracked its route and prepared to intercept it.
• Enkidu caught the Three-Tails as it burst back above ground, suppressed its strength, and dragged it toward Shiro.
• Shiro projected Excalibur Morgan and raised it to strike the restrained Three-Tails.

Shiro killed the Three-Tails and forced Kirigakure to accept Konoha’s surrender terms. After the Mizukage signed the treaty, Shiro announced the war’s end to Kirigakure, frustrating Danzo, who had just begun attacking the village.

• Shiro cleaved the Three-Tails in half with a black beam, then flew over the Mist shinobi and filled the sky with controllable Explosive Tags.
• Shiro told the Mizukage that Kirigakure could surrender or die, and revealed that the Hokage had destroyed Kumogakure; the Mizukage accepted defeat.
• Shikaki presented Konoha’s terms: twenty percent of Kirigakure and the Land of Water’s future profits for twenty years, marriage alliances from every bloodline clan, and a military alliance allowing Konoha to mobilize up to thirty percent of Kirigakure’s forces.
• After the Mizukage signed the treaty, Shiro learned that Danzo and his forces had begun attacking Kirigakure.
• Shiro projected a massive stone pillar toward Kirigakure and used it to announce that the war had ended and Danzo’s mission was complete, enraging Danzo.