Chapter Summaries

Shiro searched for talented candidates to teach magecraft and chose Sakura as his first disciple. He visited Sakura’s parents to ask their permission and waited for her to return home.

• Shiro reviewed his plans with Orochimaru, then searched Konoha for potential magecraft disciples.
• Shiro decided Sakura’s learning ability made her an ideal student and went to her home to recruit her.
• Sakura’s parents revealed that a friend had once joked about taking Sakura as a disciple if she became a Jonin.
• Shiro told Haruno Kizashi that he had foreseen Sakura’s potential, and Haruno Mebuki went to call Sakura home.

Shirou Emiya took Sakura as his disciple and arranged for her to begin training the next day. He then found Tenten at a ninja tool shop and asked her to become his second disciple, waiting for her parents to return.

• Shirou reassured Sakura that she could still play with Ino and agreed to let Ino study alongside her if their training schedules allowed.
• Shirou and Sakura's parents agreed to skip a formal acceptance banquet, and he arranged a Space Gate between their homes and his place for Sakura's lessons.
• After leaving Sakura's home, Shirou used Clairvoyance to observe Tenten at a ninja tool shop, prompting nearby people to report him as suspicious and the Police Force to surround him.
• Shirou explained that he had been observing the future and asked the Police Force captain to register Tenten as his disciple if she agreed.
• Shirou introduced himself to Tenten and asked her to become his disciple, then chose to wait for her parents to return.

Shiro began training Sakura and Tenten as his new disciples, outlining their magecraft studies and giving them introductory scrolls. He then took Naruto to the backyard and watched him practice Baji Quan.

• Tenten's parents agreed to let Shiro take her as his disciple, and he planned for her to specialize in Replacement Magecraft while Sakura focused on Age of Gods Magecraft.
• Naruto arrived at Shiro's house, was surprised to find Sakura and Tenten there, and learned they would train alongside him.
• Shiro explained that taijutsu would be required for all his disciples and described Sakura's research-oriented magecraft studies and Tenten's Replacement Magecraft training.
• Shiro gave Sakura and Tenten scrolls containing basic magecraft knowledge, then led Naruto to the backyard.
• Shiro watched Naruto practice Baji Quan without interrupting him.

Naruto asked Shiro how he could become strong enough to clear the second floor of the Illusion Trial, but Shiro told him he needed to grow older and rely on steady training. Shiro taught Naruto the assassination style Venomous Snake Arts, and Naruto learned its trick while realizing his small height limited its use.

• Naruto asked Shiro if he could pass the Illusion Trial's second floor, and Shiro explained that Naruto was too young and physically weak to defeat its ninja opponents.
• Shiro told Naruto to keep practicing Baji Quan and explained that learning other boxing styles would help Naruto develop his taijutsu talent.
• Shiro introduced the Venomous Snake Arts and demonstrated its shifting left-hand attacks and lethal right-hand strike against Naruto.
• Naruto blocked Shiro's changing attacks until Shiro caught him by the neck, then Naruto recognized the style's surprise-attack strategy and its weakness against prepared experts.
• Naruto realized the Venomous Snake Arts depended on reach and would only work against opponents around his own height, but he still trusted Shiro's instruction.

Over the year, Sakura and Tenten advanced in magecraft while Naruto made little progress, and Shiro and Orochimaru prepared a Greater Grail ritual. Yue revealed that a wish-granting ritual would begin in three months and discussed revival and cloning with Obito.

• Sakura and Tenten learned basic magecraft, and Tenten managed to replace one E-rank sword-type Noble Phantasm before her later attempts failed.
• Naruto still could not pass the second level of the Illusion Trial, though he began arriving early at Shiro's place.
• Shiro and Orochimaru inspected a Greater Grail magic circle in the Land of Rain and discussed influencing which Heroic Spirits it could summon.
• Yue examined a Leyline on a remote island and told Obito that a special wish-granting ritual would take place in three months.
• Obito asked Yue about cloning, and she explained that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was an adjusted person rather than a clone and questioned whether Obito could use a clone to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Orochimaru summoned Hassan of the Hundred Faces and used all three Command Spells to force the Assassin to divide, then captured the weakened selves for experimentation. Yue summoned a Grand Duke, while a blond Servant rescued the pursued Two-Tails Jinchuriki Yanhu from Kirigakure and healed her with a golden scabbard.

• Orochimaru summoned Hassan of the Hundred Faces and spent all three Command Spells to maximize Delusional Illusion and weaken the divided Assassins.
• Orochimaru bound every Assassin with black Incantations, sealed them in containers, and prepared to experiment on them.
• Yue summoned the Grand Duke on an isolated island and asked him to help complete the prepared territory.
• The Third Mizukage confronted the fleeing Yanhu, struck her down with a Water Dragon Bullet, and ordered his Anbu to stand back as he questioned her betrayal.
• A blond young man appeared, cut down the surrounding Anbu, and healed Yanhu by merging a golden scabbard into her body.
• The blond Servant introduced himself to Yanhu and apologized for arriving late.

Miroku and Rider prepared to travel to Konoha to discuss merging the Land of Demons with the Land of Fire, while Kid Gil became Haku’s Servant and refused to let Zabuza take him away before he could make his own choices. Shiro summoned Enkidu as the war’s Ruler, who said he had come to help resolve a problem Shiro could not tolerate.

• Miroku told Rider that two Servants had appeared and identified one as a powerful blond swordsman, then explained that the Land of Demons planned to merge with the Land of Fire.
• Miroku apologized that she might have to forfeit the Holy Grail War if Konoha had a Master, and Rider accepted her decision to prioritize her people’s future.
• Haku’s ice Kekkei Genkai emerged, and Zabuza arrived to take him to Kirigakure while the villagers regarded him with hostility.
• Kid Gil appeared, introduced himself as Haku’s Servant, and explained the Holy Grail War to Haku and Zabuza.
• Kid Gil insisted that Haku remain with him until he could decide for himself where to go, and Zabuza agreed to return to the village with them.
• Shiro summoned Enkidu as the war’s Ruler, and Enkidu said he had come to help Shiro resolve a trouble he could not tolerate.

Shiro learned that Enkidu had become Ruler to protect him until their plan was complete, while he worried about facing the Hero King. Meanwhile, Naruto mistook Shiro’s unnamed fist technique for a peerless secret manual, then stunned Sakura and Tenten by smashing through sandbags with his raw strength.

• Shiro asked Enkidu whether Orochimaru’s capture would affect their plan, and Enkidu said it would not implicate Shiro.
• Enkidu vanished before Shiro left, telling him to call if anything happened and agreeing to call him Shiro.
• Naruto sneaked out of Shiro’s study with an unnamed fist technique, convinced it was a peerless secret manual, and brought Sakura to find Tenten.
• Sakura and Tenten explained that Shiro had casually written the fist technique and that Naruto had not been tricked.
• Naruto stomped on the book and vented his anger by smashing sandbags, leaving Sakura and Tenten shocked by his physical strength.

After Naruto learned that Shiro’s supposed peerless secret manual was a Chakra Refinement Technique, he fought Shiro and then used his special ability to discover where the technique was hidden. Shiro explained Naruto’s ability to Sakura and reassured her that her own talent could take her even further.

• Sakura told Shiro that Naruto had wrecked the backyard after learning the supposed secret manual was only a Chakra Refinement Technique.
• Naruto charged Shiro, but Shiro calmly blocked his attacks until Naruto ran out of stamina.
• Shiro told Naruto he could begin preliminary chakra training and would also need to learn ninjutsu from Minato.
• Naruto used his special ability to find the hidden Chakra Refinement Technique after Shiro refused to hand it over.
• Shiro explained Naruto’s ability to Sakura and encouraged her by saying her talent could surpass Naruto’s.

Shiro helped Tenten rethink how to displace Noble Phantasms and introduced her and Sakura to Analysis and Empathy. Naruto refined a tiny amount of chakra and visited the Nine-Tails, who agreed to restrain its influence after Naruto provoked it with stories.

• Tenten showed Shiro her displacement records, and he suggested that she study Noble Phantasms' structures instead of relying only on compatibility.
• Shiro explained Analysis and Empathy to Tenten and Sakura and taught them the techniques during their training.
• Naruto spent a full day refining only a tiny amount of chakra because the seal and complete Nine-Tails limited his chakra.
• Naruto visited the Nine-Tails and teased it with stories about a nine-tailed fox, angering it by suggesting it might be female or enjoy dressing as a woman.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that it was slowing his chakra refinement and promised to restrain its influence, while Naruto offered to tell it another story.

Shiro helped Miroku, the Shrine Maiden of the Land of Demons, deal with wandering ninja and discussed Konoha’s plans with her and Rider. After showing them Konoha, he learned how heavily Miroku weighed the Land of Demons’ survival and her feelings for him.

• Miroku asked Minato and Shiro for help with wandering ninja threatening the Land of Demons, and Minato sent Shiro to handle the matter discreetly.
• Shiro used an Archer’s ability and a Noble Phantasm to eliminate the threat almost immediately, then revealed that Konoha would not interfere in the Holy Grail War.
• Miroku apologized for hiding Rider, and Shiro asked that her wish not obstruct Konoha’s plans if she won the war.
• Minato asked Shiro to show Miroku around Konoha, and Shiro took her and Rider on a tour of the village.
• At the relay station, Miroku told Rider that Konoha could absorb the Land of Demons without force and revealed that she had remained unmarried because she had once met Shiro and he had never married.

Shiro visited Miroku and Rider to warn them about the Holy Grail War, then challenged Rider to gauge his strength. Their fight revealed Rider to be Achilles, and Shiro escalated the battle with Reinforcement and Heracles's axe-sword.

• Shiro told Miroku to take the Holy Grail War seriously and warned that several Servants were exceptionally powerful.
• Shiro asked Rider to fight him, and Rider agreed after confirming the battle would not affect relations between their countries.
• Shiro led Miroku and Rider through a Space Gate to a strange research shelter where they could fight without worrying about damage.
• Shiro and Rider exchanged rapid blows; after Kanshou shattered, Shiro restored it and countered Rider's attacks with Reinforcement.
• Shiro recognized Rider as Achilles and identified his Dromeus Cometes ability.
• Shiro projected Heracles's axe-sword, raised all four of his parameters to A, and announced the start of the next round.

Shiro and Achilles escalated their spar into a clash of Noble Phantasms after Shiro unleashed Bankai and struck Achilles with Nine Lives. Achilles took to the sky in his chariot, and Shiro pursued him with a bow-projected Nine Lives as Achilles prepared to counter with Aias.

• Shiro and Achilles fought at tremendous speed, and their clashes shattered the ground near Miroku until Enkidu protected her with golden chains.
• Shiro announced that Achilles had forced him to use his strongest move and activated Bankai, surrounding himself with blue flames and greatly increasing his power.
• Shiro charged Achilles and used the axe-sword form of Nine Lives, landing four strikes after Achilles evaded five and sending him crashing to the ground.
• Achilles recognized Shiro’s Divinity and Heracles-derived technique, then summoned his flying chariot with Troias Tragōidia.
• Shiro projected a bow and fired nine homing dragon-shaped beams with Nine Lives, and Achilles turned his chariot toward them and deployed Aias.

Shiro and Achilles fought until Shiro conceded defeat, but each believed the other had won. Enkidu then revealed that another eighth Servant had appeared, forcing Shiro to consider using the Command Spell reserved for the Holy Grail War.

• Shiro conceded after Achilles pressed his spear to Shiro’s neck, and Achilles collapsed from exhaustion after dismissing his Noble Phantasm.
• Shiro used his Command Spell and Green Sprite to heal Achilles, who suspected Shiro was Heracles’s vessel and argued that Shiro had won.
• Shiro explained that he could not use another Bankai and that his three Command Spells were already committed, so he accepted that Achilles had won.
• Enkidu and Miroku arrived, and Enkidu identified himself as the eighth Servant, Ruler.
• Enkidu told Shiro to use the Command Spell reserved for the Holy Grail War and revealed that another eighth Servant, Lancer, had appeared.

Shiro learned that an illegally summoned Lancer threatened to trigger the final battle and prepared to mobilize the Masters against him. Meanwhile, Yue betrayed the Grand Duke, used all three Command Spells to transform him and expand his territory, and left Lancer unleashing his Noble Phantasm.

• Enkidu told Shiro that an abandoned Master had illegally summoned a second Lancer, and ordered him to mobilize the Masters with rewards and penalties for participation.
• Shiro agreed to send the warning and asked what would happen to Masters who had already spent their Command Spells; Enkidu said their Servants would be forcibly repatriated.
• Yue reassured the Grand Duke that the captured humans would not be harmed, then told Obito that the large-scale captures had ended and discussed striking first.
• Yue confronted the Grand Duke in the palace, where both revealed they had anticipated each other's plans and hidden defenses.
• Yue immobilized the Grand Duke with black Incantations and used all three Command Spells to make Lancer release Legend of Dracula, turn the territory's humans into vampires, and expand his domain.
• The Grand Duke roared as the transformation took hold, while Yue bowed and wished for his territory to spread across the Shinobi World.

Shiro ordered the Masters and Servants to hunt down the illegal Lancer on a solitary island within seven days or face forced repatriation. The other factions prepared to join the mission, while Nagato and Konan discussed Caster’s usefulness and whether the Holy Grail could fulfill their wish for resurrection.

• Shiro sent the Masters and Servants a contract-backed kill order, promising a Command Spell for killing Lancer and threatening penalties for refusing or failing.
• Saber confirmed the order was genuine and persuaded his Master to go, explaining that she still needed the Holy Grail to resolve flaws in her body.
• Orochimaru sent his five-nature Kekkei clone to the island to test his unfinished pseudo-Kekkei Mōra.
• Killer Bee and his Servant set Turtle Island in motion toward the battlefield, while Gil, Zabuza, and Haku discussed whether to join the fight or wait for the others to weaken each other.
• In the Land of Iron, the young Master and Berserker agreed to fight together despite his fear of losing her.
• Nagato sent Caster to prepare for the mission, then told Konan he would rely on Caster’s belief in the Holy Grail and its promise of resurrection.

Miroku visited Shiro’s residence and met Naruto and Sakura, whose magecraft prank highlighted Konoha’s advantages over the Land of Demons. Miroku left more determined to pursue her goals, while Shiro’s view of peace rejected Madara’s dream-based plan in favor of a world that kept striving.

• Miroku arrived at Shiro’s residence to discuss official matters and found him cooking while Naruto and Sakura waited in the living room.
• Naruto teased Miroku about dating Shiro and tried to arrange for Sakura to take him home, but Sakura punched him and apologized to Miroku.
• Naruto tried to hug Sakura, but she used Displacement Space to evade him and revealed she had affected him with Suggestion Magecraft.
• Miroku compared Konoha’s children with those in the Land of Demons and became more resolved about the path ahead.
• Shiro’s ideals held that a strong country would not need children to fight, and he viewed Madara’s Eye of the Moon Plan as a path to humanity’s destruction.

Shiro transferred Miroku’s consciousness into a doll body to protect her during her upcoming mission to the isolated island, then sent her off with her original body safely sealed. Afterward, Shiro resumed training and Magecraft research, now preparing to fight the Hero King, until an invitation from Hyuga Hiashi interrupted him.

• Shiro offered Miroku a technique that would let Rider remain out of spirit form without draining stamina.
• Shiro brought Miroku, Rider, Naruto, and Tenten to the Workshop and showed Miroku a doll intended as her body for the upcoming mission.
• Shiro explained that the doll would protect Miroku and had an emergency device to return her consciousness to her real body if it was severely damaged.
• Shiro transferred Miroku’s consciousness into the doll, and Miroku sealed her original body in a storage device.
• Shiro sent Miroku and Rider off for their mission, then returned to training the children and researching Magecraft with Ayue.
• An invitation signed by Hyuga Hiashi disrupted Shiro’s routine.

Shiro and Naruto visited the Hyuga clan, where Hiashi asked Shiro to help remove the Caged Bird seal and Shiro agreed to research it. Shiro then arranged a full-strength spar between Naruto and Neji, and the group headed to the training field.

• Shiro and Naruto arrived at the Hyuga estate and met Hiashi and Hizashi in the reception room.
• Hiashi told Shiro that the Hyuga clan had decided to restore the Caged Bird seal to its original purpose and asked him to remove it.
• Shiro agreed to research the seal through his Research Department, warning Hiashi that progress would be slow.
• Shiro asked Hizashi to let Neji spar with Naruto, promising that Neji would benefit if he won and face no consequences if he lost.
• Hizashi agreed and confirmed that Neji was training with Hinata at the training field.
• Shiro and Naruto set out with the Hyuga brothers, and Shiro told Hizashi to let Neji use his full strength.

Shiro received an invitation from the Hyuga clan and brought Naruto back to the village, telling him they would fight Neji over something that could make Naruto stronger. Naruto agreed to the match, though Shiro said losing would not have much effect on Neji.

• Shiro received an invitation from the Hyuga clan and suspected Neji was unusually talented.
• Shiro told Ayue to watch over things and opened a portal back to the village.
• Shiro called Naruto away from Sakura’s training and gave him a combat outfit.
• Shiro told Naruto they would fight for something that could make him stronger and warned him he could only win.
• Naruto identified Neji as his opponent and questioned whether the mystical method would work; Shiro said it had many examples and that a loss would not greatly affect Neji.