Chapter Summaries

Qingcheng promised to help Tsunade awaken Wood Release, then showed her Konoha’s propaganda praising his victory over the Hidden Mist Village and condemning Hiruzen Sarutobi. Tsunade objected to his public attacks on the former Hokage.

• Tsunade threatened to have Tomoki take the Senju name unless Qingcheng helped her awaken Wood Release, and Qingcheng agreed to guide her through the final step.
• Qingcheng recalled that Tsunade had safely fused with three Uchiha Enhancement Vaccines, including the Hashirama Vaccine, and believed she needed more Yang Release Chakra or stronger Wood Release factors.
• Qingcheng claimed that the Hidden Mist Village’s ninjas knew of his saintly heart because he had made them Konoha’s friendly village and lackeys.
• Tsunade looked outside and saw Konoha’s newspapers and announcements celebrating Qingcheng’s victory over the Hidden Mist Village and criticizing Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tsunade asked Qingcheng to stop smearing Hiruzen, saying he had worked diligently for Konoha for decades.

Qingcheng refused to clear Hiruzen Sarutobi’s name, reminding Tsunade that Hiruzen had also been responsible for Nawaki’s death. He then took Tsunade to the Uchiha Clan’s backyard to train her to awaken Wood Release, but said he would soon have to leave for the border between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire.

• Qingcheng refused Tsunade’s request to defend Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Kurenai Yuhi, Anko Mitarashi, and Yugao discussed the dangers of his coup and criticized Hiruzen.
• Tsunade mourned Hiruzen’s disgrace, but Qingcheng reminded her that Hiruzen had allowed Danzo to kill Nawaki with Explosive Tags, turning her anger against the Third Hokage.
• Qingcheng offered to guide Tsunade in awakening Wood Release, and she agreed to his request to wear black stockings if she succeeded.
• Sasuke asked to join their Wood Release training, but Qingcheng told him to wait until next time.
• Qingcheng used Flying Thunder God to take Tsunade to the Uchiha Clan’s backyard, where he promised to help her awaken Wood Release within three days.
• Qingcheng told Tsunade that he had to leave for the border between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire after Genma Shiranui finished the Flying Thunder God Mark.

Qingcheng taught Tsunade how to awaken Wood Release, and she succeeded after balancing her chakra and releasing the Yin Seal. Tsunade then sensed Nine-Tails power within Qingcheng and asked him what was going on.

• Tsunade agreed to accompany Qingcheng to help reduce Konoha Ninja casualties, then objected when he groped her and changed the subject to Wood Release.
• Qingcheng explained how to combine Yang, Water, and Earth Release Chakra and gave Tsunade his Wood Release training manuscript.
• At Qingcheng's insistence, Tsunade learned Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet, and Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet.
• Tsunade and her Shadow Clones fused chakra after she released the Yin Seal, awakening her Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.
• Qingcheng urged Tsunade to train with powerful Wood Release techniques, but she criticized his suggestion and asked why she sensed Nine-Tails power within him.

Sasuke resented how Tsunade had changed Qingcheng and insisted that he had no interest in girls, while Toraji teased him about his repeated kisses and fights with Naruto. Toraji recalled their recent tumble down the Academy stairs, and Sasuke left determined to defeat Naruto.

• ANBU arrived at the Uchiha Clan seeking the Hokage, and Yamahuku directed them to the Senju Clan, where Tsunade was likely to be.
• Sasuke complained that Qingcheng had changed because of Tsunade and called women a burden as he got ready for the Ninja Academy with Toraji.
• Toraji argued that the Uchiha Clan needed heirs and teased Sasuke about Naruto, Naruko, and Karin, making Sasuke vomit in disgust.
• Toraji recalled Sasuke and Naruto tumbling down the Academy stairs and accidentally kissing while students watched.
• Sasuke denied liking Naruto and vowed to teach him a lesson at the Academy.

Qingcheng and Tsunade fought after he used Kotoamatsukami on her to help strengthen her resistance to genjutsu. After receiving word that Flying Thunder God Marks had been placed along the route to the Land of Lightning, Qingcheng prepared to confront the Cloud Shinobi, but he pinned Tsunade down as the chapter ended.

• Tsunade woke Qingcheng and confronted him for using genjutsu to control her, but recalled that she had asked him to help her become immune to it.
• Qingcheng teased Tsunade about the outfits he had made her wear, and she sent him flying through a wall with a punch.
• ANBU shinobi found Qingcheng outside in his boxer shorts and delivered an intelligence report while tactfully denying what they had seen.
• Qingcheng returned to the Senju Clan Compound and showed Tsunade Genma Shiranui's message that Flying Thunder God Marks had been placed along the route to the border of the Land of Lightning.
• As Tsunade examined the message, Qingcheng pressed her to the ground, and she asked if he believed she would call for help.

Shizune took Tomoki away from the noisy Senju compound and met Kanako, while Shouhon Yihan led Police Force and ANBU troops toward the Land of Lightning border. Qingcheng convinced Tsunade to join him at the front lines, and they departed using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Shizune carried sleeping Tomoki to the Uchiha Clan and spoke with Kanako, who said she and Karin were settling into Konoha.
• Shouhon Yihan led the First and Third Squads of the Police Force and a large ANBU force toward the Land of Lightning border, leaving Yamanaka Fu's Second Squad behind.
• Qingcheng offered Tsunade two million ryo and prepared to leave for the front lines.
• Tsunade agreed to accompany Qingcheng after demanding half of any spoils they seized.
• Qingcheng carried Tsunade and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to set out for their destination.

Qingcheng appeared in the Hokage Building and gave Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Taoyuan instructions for keeping Konoha stable during the war. After ordering pressure on the Land of Fire for funding and handing out Uchiha Enhancement Vaccines, he left with Tsunade for the border.

• Qingcheng teleported into the Hokage Building with Tsunade and told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to keep Konoha running normally, maintain spending, and hunt spies.
• Mitokado Homura reported that Captain Taoyuan had arranged secret arrests and that the Land of Fire was withholding war funds; Qingcheng ordered threats and possible raids to force payment.
• Tsunade objected to Qingcheng's plan to rob the Land of Fire's capital, but Qingcheng overruled her and threatened to let Mountain Barbarians raid the country if its officials refused to pay.
• Qingcheng ordered Taoyuan to crack down on spies and rogue ninja, left Uchiha Enhancement Vaccines for Taoyuan and Yamato, and learned that Shouhon Yihan had gone to the border with two Police Force units.
• Qingcheng picked up Tsunade and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to head for the Land of Fire's border.

Taoyuan received an Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine from the Hokage, while Mitokado Homura narrowly avoided suspicion after lamenting Hiruzen Sarutobi and then loudly denouncing him. Meanwhile, Qingcheng transported Tsunade through the Land of Fire using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Tsunade asked whether they had arrived.

• Taoyuan gratefully accepted the Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine and told the ANBU ninjas Konoha would prosper under the Fifth Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura asked Taoyuan for a vaccine, but Taoyuan told him to request one from the Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura said he missed Hiruzen Sarutobi, then hurriedly claimed he hated him and blamed him for Konoha's troubles.
• Utatane Koharu and the ANBU ninjas urged Mitokado Homura to prove his loyalty by condemning Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Qingcheng carried Tsunade across the Land of Fire with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Tsunade asked if they had arrived.

Kakashi and Dodai prepared their forces for a confrontation at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, each weighing the threat posed by Yugito and the Two-Tails. Konoha's troops renewed their resolve to fight Hidden Cloud Village, though Dodai could not understand their sudden enthusiasm.

• Dodai asked Yugito whether she could defeat Kakashi with a Tailed Beast Transformation, and she recalled that Kakashi had swallowed her Tailed Beast Ball with Kamui.
• Kakashi warned Kumo-ma and Hyuga Changchun to retreat if Yugito became uncontrollable, and cautioned them against letting personal grudges dictate their actions.
• Kumo-ma suggested that Kakashi subdue Yugito so Konoha's smaller force could gain the advantage, and Kakashi joked about recommending him for a border captain post.
• Kakashi told the Konoha Ninja that the Fifth Hokage planned to crack down on corruption and expand work opportunities outside the village.
• Konoha's troops rallied to defeat Hidden Cloud Village and practice in its village, leaving Dodai puzzled by their renewed fighting spirit.

Achina charged toward the Konoha forces, prompting Yugito to transform into the Two-Tails and fire a Tailed Beast Bomb. Kakashi absorbed the attack with Kamui, and both sides launched a large-scale assault that left Dodai raising a defensive wall.

• Achina ignored Dodai's warnings and used the Body Flicker Technique to charge toward the Land of Fire's border.
• Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails Matatabi to protect Achina and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Konoha ninjas.
• Kakashi used Kamui to transfer the Tailed Beast Bomb away, while Kumo-ma attacked Matatabi with Water and Lightning Release.
• Konoha ninjas launched Fire and Wind Release attacks, Air Palm, and Explosive Tag Shuriken at the Hidden Cloud forces.
• Dodai ordered the Hidden Cloud ninjas to evade and used Dissolution Release: Protective City Wall Technique to form a defensive barrier.

Kakashi used Kamui to protect the Konoha forces from the Cloud Shinobi’s attacks while Yugito’s Two-Tails battled Kumo-ma. As Kakashi exhausted his ocular power and prepared to fight directly, Darui attacked him with Storm Release.

• Kakashi swallowed the Cloud Shinobi’s Ninjutsu with Kamui, prompting the Konoha Ninja to launch a barrage of Explosive Tag Shuriken and other attacks.
• Kumo-ma combined Water Release and Lightning Release against Two-Tails Matatabi, but Yugito countered with her flaming paw and fired a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Kakashi transported the Tailed Beast Ball away and worried that his nearly depleted ocular power would leave the Konoha forces vulnerable.
• Explosions and Ninjutsu caused heavy casualties among the Hidden Cloud Village ninja, and Achina died after being struck by Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere.
• Dodai ordered Yugito to charge the Konoha Ninja, while Kakashi saved a jonin from Darui’s Black Panther attack and then prepared to fight without using Kamui.
• Iruka identified Kakashi as the key obstacle, and Darui attacked him with Storm Release: Lightning Light Wave.

Kakashi fought Darui and the Two-Tails, using Purple Electricity and Kamui while his Chakra and ocular power dwindled. As a Tailed Beast Ball threatened him, Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Chōza Akimichi arrived and prepared to teleport it away.

• Kakashi blocked Darui’s Storm Release: Lightning Pillar with an Earth Wall, then countered his Black Panther with Purple Electricity: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang.
• Kakashi’s Hashirama Vaccine replenished his Chakra as Kumo-ma praised his renewed stamina.
• The Two-Tails landed among the Konoha Ninja, and Kakashi used Kamui to nearly twist off its head before it fired a Tailed Beast Ball at him.
• Kakashi ran out of ocular power and warned the Konoha Ninja to flee, while Kumo-ma shouted that the Tailed Beast Ball was about to explode.
• Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Chōza Akimichi arrived and combined their Chakra as Genma began Flying Thunder God Technique Stage Two: Space Transfer.

The Flying Thunder God Squad joined Kakashi’s fight against the Two-Tails, and Konoha’s ninjas used Water Release to weaken the fiery beast. Kakashi severed one of its tails with Purple Electricity and urged the others to keep attacking.

• Kakashi recognized the technique that had teleported the Tailed Beast Ball, and Genma Shiranui arrived with the Flying Thunder God Squad.
• Genma Shiranui attacked the Two-Tails with Fire Release while Kakashi countered its flames with Purple Electricity.
• Konoha’s ninjas struck the Two-Tails with Water Release, blasting it into the swamp and reducing its mobility.
• Kakashi threw a Purple Electricity Lightning Spear at the Two-Tails, severing one tail and badly injuring another.
• Kakashi praised the Hokage’s trump-card technique and told everyone to continue using Water Release.

Konoha forces drove Two-Tails Matatabi back with water and lightning attacks, but Darui’s Cloud Shinobi rescued Yugito and fought their way out of the encirclement. As Cloud Shinobi suffered heavy losses, Dodai sent Toroi to reinforce Darui and ordered the deployment of Laser Cannons against Konoha.

• Konoha Ninja and the Flying Thunder God Squad combined water, lightning, and wind techniques to wound Two-Tails Matatabi and paralyze it.
• Darui led Cloud Shinobi to rescue Yugito, who ended her Tailed Beast Transformation and was carried away by a Hidden Cloud Village jonin.
• Darui used Lightning Release to help the Cloud Shinobi break through Konoha’s encirclement, but Konoha’s Wind Release attacks killed many retreating Cloud Shinobi.
• Dodai blamed Achina for the losses, and Toroi led more than two hundred Cloud Shinobi to reinforce Darui and rescue the Jinchuriki.
• Dodai ordered the Cloud Shinobi to attack Konoha from range and commanded the logistics unit to bring out all their Laser Cannons.

Konoha and Hidden Cloud fought a fierce battle as Konoha’s pursuit was interrupted by Dodai’s Laser Cannons. Both sides returned to their camps, and the exhausted Hidden Cloud Ninja considered ending the war while Dodai awaited the Raikage and Killer B.

• Dodai ordered the Hidden Cloud logistics troops to fire more than thirty Laser Cannons at Konoha’s position as Konoha Ninja pursued the retreating Cloud Ninja.
• Kakashi, Genma Shiranui, and Kumo-ma attacked the fleeing Cloud Ninja with Wind Release and Fire Release techniques, inflicting heavy losses before Darui’s troops extinguished the flames with Water Release.
• Dodai’s Laser Cannons struck Konoha Ninja and blasted craters into the battlefield; Kakashi warned his troops and counterattacked with Purple Electricity: Senbon.
• Darui joined Toroi’s Magnet Release ninja squad, ending Kakashi’s pursuit, and Kakashi ordered Konoha to return to camp and leave a squad to clear the battlefield.
• Dodai blamed Achina for the Hidden Cloud’s losses, while Darui and Yugito described Konoha’s powerful techniques and the Hidden Cloud Ninja voiced support for ending the war.
• Dodai urged his troops not to fear and said the Raikage and Killer B would soon arrive with elite ninja.

Kakashi counted Konoha’s losses after repelling the Cloud Shinobi and organized the recovery of the fallen and care for the wounded. As Konoha prepared for the next battles, Kumo-ma eagerly set his sights on killing Dodai.

• Kakashi counted more than five hundred Konoha Ninja killed, while Hyuga Changchun found more than nine hundred Cloud Shinobi corpses.
• Kakashi ordered the Sealing Squad to seal the Two-Tails’ severed tail and collect Konoha’s fallen for burial.
• Kumo-ma reminded Kakashi that Konoha had killed at least seventeen hundred Cloud Shinobi, and Kakashi still blamed himself for the casualties.
• Genma Shiranui told Kakashi that three thousand Konoha Ninja led by the Ino-Shika-Cho trio were defending the Land of Earth's border, while Kakashi predicted Ōnoki might attack the weakened Hidden Cloud Village instead.
• Kakashi ordered supplies distributed, disabled injured ninja registered for treasury support, and hot meals prepared for the troops.
• Kumo-ma vowed to kill Dodai for a chance at an Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine, and Genma Shiranui warned him about the danger before wishing him victory.

Qingcheng tracked three White Zetsu spying on him near the border and captured them after using his Tailed Beast Cloak to pursue them underground. He sealed them away to use in reviving Danzo, while Tsunade waited alone in the forest.

• Qingcheng sensed someone underground, left Tsunade behind, and burrowed beneath the earth in his Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Three White Zetsu discussed Madara’s orders to watch Qingcheng and their hope that the Raikage would kill him.
• Qingcheng caught the White Zetsu with chakra hands and controlled them with Kotoamatsukami.
• A White Zetsu explained the Earth Release: Mayfly Technique, and Qingcheng learned they intended to use the Hidden Cloud Village to weaken Konoha.
• Qingcheng sealed all three White Zetsu in a scroll and stored them in Yomi Space, planning to use them to revive Danzo and kill him again.

Uchiha Qingcheng showed Tsunade a White Zetsu made with Hashirama’s cells and explained Madara’s plan, then led her and Konoha forces toward the Land of Lightning. Tsunade condemned Qingcheng for encouraging his troops to loot and demanded that he step down as Hokage.

• Tsunade angrily waited for Qingcheng, but he returned with a sealed White Zetsu and told her he had been capturing informants.
• Qingcheng explained that Madara had used Hashirama’s cells to create a hundred thousand White Zetsu for his plan to conquer the Shinobi World.
• Tsunade threatened to replace Qingcheng as Hokage, while Qingcheng mocked her Wood Release and ordered her to join him on the way to the front lines.
• Shouhon Yihan and other Konoha forces caught up with Qingcheng, who promised them loot if they invaded Kumogakure.
• After Shouhon Yihan admitted he wanted to abduct Kumogakure kunoichi for himself, Qingcheng told his troops to act on their own, prompting Tsunade to call him a bandit chief and demand a Hokage election.

Qingcheng took Tsunade to the Land of Fire’s front lines using the Flying Thunder God Technique while she complained about his influence over Konoha and his jokes about former Hokage. At the camp, Kakashi was surrounded by ninja eager to see beneath his mask, but Qingcheng and Tsunade arrived before he removed it.

• Shouhon Yihan, Hayakumo Sōma, and Konoha’s ninja denounced Tsunade’s proposed Sixth Hokage election and praised Qingcheng’s leadership.
• Qingcheng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Tsunade to the front lines, and she complained that he had made the village loyal to the Uchiha.
• Qingcheng and Tsunade joked about the former Hokage as they traveled between Flying Thunder God Markers.
• At the border camp, Kumo-ma, Genma Shiranui, and other ninja pressed Kakashi to eat so they could see his face beneath his mask.
• Qingcheng and Tsunade appeared at the camp just as Kakashi was about to remove his mask, and the ninja greeted them as Hokage and Lady Tsunade.

Qingcheng arrived at the Konoha camp, where Kakashi reported heavy losses in the war with Hidden Cloud Village and handed over a tail from Two-Tails Matatabi. After learning that Kakashi’s Kamui had only partly recovered, Qingcheng injected him with a powerful Hashirama Vaccine, but Kakashi immediately lost control of the cells.

• Qingcheng teased Kakashi about removing his mask, and the Konoha Ninja praised his appearance.
• Kakashi reported that Konoha had lost more than five hundred ninja fighting Hidden Cloud Village, and he gave Qingcheng a sealed tail from Two-Tails Matatabi.
• Qingcheng promised ten million ryo in compensation for each fallen ninja’s family and priority benefits for their descendants.
• Kakashi told Qingcheng that Dodai led more than twelve thousand Hidden Cloud forces and that the Raikage had gone to the front lines.
• Qingcheng learned that Kakashi’s Kamui had recovered only halfway and injected him with a third-generation Hashirama Vaccine.
• Kakashi saw saplings growing from his right hand and warned Qingcheng that he could not control the cells.