Chapter Summaries

Kakashi visited the captured Charlotte Clan women and Samui, where he tried to calm the Police Force and persuade the prisoners to reconsider their ties to the Hidden Cloud Village. Samui refused to acknowledge Konoha, and the Police Force decided to imprison her.

• Kakashi went to the holding cells, where the captured Charlotte Clan women and Samui discussed the Police Force's claims that they belonged to Konoha.
• Charlotte Reiko recognized Kakashi and introduced herself, while Kakashi was struck by her appearance.
• The Police Force threatened the prisoners, but Kakashi told its members to treat them more politely.
• Samui rejected Konoha and accused its Police Force of extortion, fraud, and kidnapping, while Reiko and the other women urged her to reconsider.
• Kakashi stopped the Police Force from punishing Samui and ordered them to take her aside and lock her up; a member threatened to put her in a pig cage later.

Kakashi reassured the Charlotte Clan that Konoha was not as cruel as its Police Force, while the Police Force pressured the Fourth Raikage into signing a peace agreement. The Hidden Cloud Village agreed to pay ten billion Ryo in war reparations, with the final terms allowing installment payments at interest.

• Kakashi told Charlotte Reiko and the other women that Konoha was kind to its own villagers and that peace with the Hidden Cloud Village was coming.
• Shouhon Yihan threatened the Fourth Raikage with further abuse of his subordinates and Jinchuriki until the Raikage offered ten billion in compensation and promised to protect them.
• Shouhon Yihan presented a peace agreement, and the Fourth Raikage signed it and promised there would be no more border conflicts.
• Shouhon Yihan told the tearful Fourth Raikage that Konoha would delete his nude photos and agreed to let the Hidden Cloud Village pay the reparations in installments with interest.

Qingcheng collected Tsunade’s promised share and finalized a costly peace agreement with the Hidden Cloud Village. As the two villages parted at the border, he announced that Konoha’s next target was Ōnoki and the Hidden Stone Village.

• Tsunade pounced on Qingcheng and demanded money, and he offered her one billion Ryo while refusing to let her join the Fat Water Plan.
• A Police Force member told Qingcheng that the Fourth Raikage had signed the peace and reparations agreements, including annual payments of fourteen billion Ryo for ten years.
• Qingcheng ordered the captured Hidden Cloud Village ninja released and told Tsunade he intended to unify the Shinobi World and subdue the Hidden Stone Village.
• At the Land of Fire border, the Fourth Raikage and Qingcheng exchanged farewells as Killer B thanked Qingcheng for undoing his seal.
• Qingcheng claimed Konoha would reform other villages with love, enraging the Fourth Raikage, then declared that Konoha would deal with Ōnoki next.

After defeating the Hidden Cloud Village, Uchiha Qingcheng led Konoha toward the Land of Earth, intending to subdue the Hidden Stone Village despite Tsunade's objections. The Hidden Cloud leaders instead planned to send a female ninja to obtain Uchiha bloodline through Qingcheng.

• The Fourth Raikage considered stepping down, but Dodai and Killer B urged him to remain and rebuild the Hidden Cloud Village.
• Yugito suggested the Sharingan could counter Qingcheng's power, and the Fourth Raikage wondered how the village could obtain Sharingan blood without restarting a war.
• Dodai proposed sending female Cloud Shinobi to marry or seduce Qingcheng and return pregnant, and the Raikage approved the plan.
• Dodai named Samui as a possible candidate for the mission.
• Qingcheng led Konoha Ninja toward the Land of Earth and argued that Ōnoki's peace agreement did not bind him.
• Tsunade warned that attacking the Hidden Stone Village could damage Konoha's reputation, but Qingcheng said its peace was only temporary and that other villages would strike if Konoha seemed weak.

The Fourth Raikage returned to find Hidden Cloud Village devastated by the Konoha Police Force’s thefts and abuses, then fainted after learning the village’s economic assets were gone. Meanwhile, Konoha and Hidden Stone faced off at their border as Konoha prepared to welcome Qingcheng.

• The Fourth Raikage returned to Hidden Cloud Village, discovered the Scroll of Seals and clan treasures were missing, and collapsed in despair.
• Villagers and clan heads accused the Konoha Police Force of stealing their money, ninjutsu, and female ninjas, while Killer B blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for the disaster.
• The Meitou clan head reported that Konoha had taken the clan’s Dark Release techniques after torturing him.
• A Cloud Shinobi reported that the Kamizuru and Kuroki Clans had been lured away and that the village’s cattle and sheep were gone, causing the Fourth Raikage to faint.
• Konoha and Hidden Stone shinobi patrolled their border without attacking, while Konoha’s Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads prepared to welcome Qingcheng after receiving his letter.

Qingcheng’s group approached the border as Konoha and Iwagakure continued their explosive standoff across a destroyed bridge. After Konoha’s bombardment drove the Iwa ninja to retreat, Shikamaru Nara headed to welcome the arriving Hokage.

• Tsuchikawa ordered the Iwa ninja to attack with Chakra Bombs, but learned their artillery platform had been destroyed and the shells could not reach Konoha.
• Konoha launched a barrage of Explosive Tag shuriken, and the Iwa ninja’s earth walls failed to protect them from the blasts.
• Tsuchikawa ordered a retreat, while a stranded Iwa medical ninja called for the fleeing troops to take her with them.
• Nara Shikadai counted more than three hundred thousand Explosive Tags used and sent a team to welcome the Hokage.
• Shikamaru Nara discussed the costly standoff with Yamanaka Inoichi, then led Konoha ninja toward the Land of Fire’s interior.

Qingcheng and Tsunade reached the Land of Fire border as fighting began between Konoha and Hidden Stone Village. After learning that Konoha had won the exchange of insults, Qingcheng asked Shikadai to repeat what Hidden Stone had said about the First Hokage for Tsunade.

• Qingcheng led Tsunade and Konoha forces toward the camp while reflecting on Konoha's economic strength and the advantages clan ninja had over civilian ninja.
• Qingcheng sensed explosions at the border and argued with Tsunade about her Perception Technique and the fighting.
• Qingcheng urged Tsunade to develop her bloodline and strength, partly because he expected her progress to bring him system rewards.
• Nara Shikadai arrived with Konoha border ninja and reported that the two sides had exchanged ninjutsu, Explosive Tags, and insults.
• Qingcheng learned Konoha had won the verbal battle and asked Shikadai to repeat Hidden Stone's insults about the First Hokage for Tsunade.

Tsunade considered leaving Konoha after hearing how its shinobi reacted to Iwagakure’s insults, but Qingcheng persuaded her to stay and watch over him. After Qingcheng’s followers forced the gathered shinobi to praise him, he set out with Tsunade to investigate trouble at the border.

• Shikadai told Tsunade that Iwagakure’s ninjas had cursed every Hokage, and Konoha’s shinobi angrily vowed to retaliate.
• Tsunade said Konoha no longer felt like her home and threatened to leave with Shizune and Tomoki, whom she planned to rename Senju Yuuki.
• Qingcheng insisted Tsunade repay the money he had given her if she left, and Tsunade agreed to stay to prevent him from causing trouble.
• Qingcheng’s followers praised his supposed kindness toward the Hidden Mist Village, while Shouhon Yihan ordered reluctant shinobi to clap and cheer.
• Tsunade criticized Qingcheng’s coercive leadership, and Qingcheng proposed they go to the border to investigate the Loess Plateau bandits.

Uchiha Qingcheng arrived at Konoha's border camp and prepared its forces for war against the Hidden Stone Village. Across the border, Ōnoki told his troops they would not start a war with Konoha, whose strength had grown too much.

• Qingcheng rallied Konoha's border ninja and promised rewards before ordering them to prepare to make the Hidden Stone Village submit.
• Shouhon Yihan and the Police Force distributed Explosive Tags, Shuriken, and Soldier Pills to Konoha's ninja.
• Qingcheng spoke with Tsunade, Kakashi, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza about the coming campaign and their clans' achievements.
• Choza told Qingcheng that Naruto was learning Gale Palm and Sealing Jutsu, while Sasuke had mastered Chidori and the Great Fire Dragon Flame Jutsu.
• Ōnoki arrived at the Hidden Stone Village camp with Roshi, Han, Kitsuchi, Gari, and elite Stone Ninja.
• Ōnoki accepted Tsuchikawa's report of defeat and said the Hidden Stone Village would not start a war because Konoha had grown too strong.

Ōnoki and Tsunade were enraged as Konoha and Iwagakure ninja traded insults across the border, with Qingcheng encouraging the verbal provocation. The chapter left Tsunade calling for an attack on Iwagakure while Qingcheng praised her Hokage-like resolve.

• Konoha ninja used loudspeakers to insult Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Kurotsuchi, enraging the Iwagakure camp.
• Han reminded Ōnoki to follow the Will of Stone, and Ōnoki realized Konoha was trying to provoke Iwagakure into attacking.
• Konoha's insults continued, and Roshi lost his temper and ran toward the Konoha position.
• Qingcheng arrived with Tsunade, Kakashi, and others, praised the insults, and told Tsunade that Iwagakure had insulted Hashirama and his granduncle.
• Tsunade became furious and called for an attack, saying she would use Wood Release to build a bridge, while Qingcheng praised her resolve.

Qingcheng and Tsunade discussed Iwagakure’s insults against Konoha’s Hokage before a Jinchuriki launched a Tailed Beast Ball at them. Kakashi absorbed it with Kamui, prompting Shouhon Yihan to beg Qingcheng for a Sharingan.

• Qingcheng told Tsunade that Iwagakure had insulted four Hokage, including Minato Namikaze and Qingcheng himself, and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s reparations for the insults.
• Kakashi vowed to defend Minato Namikaze’s memory, and Qingcheng said he would kill the Iwagakure ninja who insulted Uchiha Yongcheng.
• An Iwagakure Jinchuriki fired a Tailed Beast Ball at the Konoha group, and Kakashi used Kamui to send it away.
• Shouhon Yihan begged Qingcheng for a Sharingan because his eyesight was worsening, while Kakashi warned him that a Sharingan drained Chakra.

Uchiha Qingcheng prepared to invade the Land of Earth, dismissed Ōnoki’s objections over the peace agreement, and used Wood Release to create a forest bridge across the border chasm. Ōnoki confronted Qingcheng as the two forces faced each other, leaving the war on the verge of beginning.

• Shouhon Yihan complained that his kidneys could withstand the Sharingan, but Qingcheng kicked him and warned that they were not strong enough yet.
• Qingcheng ordered the Konoha Ninja to prepare for a full-scale assault on the Hidden Stone Village and announced that he would build a wooden bridge.
• At the border chasm, Kakashi used Kamui to swallow Son Goku’s Tailed Beast Ball as Ōnoki and the Hidden Stone Ninja appeared.
• Ōnoki challenged Qingcheng for provoking war and breaking the peace agreement, while Qingcheng blamed the Hidden Stone Village for conspiring with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Qingcheng used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to create a vast forest bridge across the chasm, and Ōnoki angrily denied responsibility for the Konoha Crush Plan.

Qingcheng used Wood Release to intimidate Ōnoki and the Hidden Stone forces, then accused Ōnoki of inciting Hiruzen Sarutobi to launch the Konoha Crush Plan. Ōnoki admitted exchanging letters with Hiruzen about peace agreements, but Qingcheng twisted the admission into proof of guilt and rallied Konoha against the Stone Ninja.

• Qingcheng's Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence stunned Ōnoki, Son Goku, and the Hidden Stone forces, while Roshi promised to give Son Goku his body after the war.
• Konoha's Ninja accused Ōnoki of secretly inciting Hiruzen Sarutobi and colluding with the Hakkaku Clan, and Shouhon Yihan urged them to make the Stone Ninja take responsibility.
• Tsunade recognized that Qingcheng was shifting blame and using the accusation to raise Konoha's morale.
• Qingcheng demanded that Ōnoki swear he had never written to Hiruzen Sarutobi, threatening Ōnoki's granddaughter if he lied.
• Ōnoki admitted that he had exchanged letters with Hiruzen about peace agreements, but Qingcheng interrupted him and declared the letters proof that Ōnoki had instigated the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Shouhon Yihan told the Konoha Ninja that Ōnoki was responsible and claimed the evidence against the Hidden Stone was conclusive.

Uchiha Qingcheng threatened Ōnoki into making Iwagakure surrender and pay for Konoha’s losses while casually bantering with Tsunade. The confrontation remained unresolved as Qingcheng mocked Ōnoki and claimed he could defeat him with one hand.

• Qingcheng rejected Ōnoki’s explanation about his letter to Hiruzen Sarutobi and demanded Iwagakure surrender and compensate Konoha, threatening to destroy the village and the Two-Day Flat Family.
• Qingcheng released a massive surge of Chakra, prompting the Konoha Ninja to cheer for him and Konoha.
• Tsunade wondered why Qingcheng’s Chakra and Sage Body felt like her own, then asked whether he had copied her bloodline.
• Tsunade used the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to sense Qingcheng’s affection and lecherous thoughts, embarrassing him while he confronted Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki angrily accused Qingcheng of humiliating him by flirting with Tsunade during their confrontation, and Qingcheng mocked his height and called him a dirt bandit.

Qingcheng fought Ōnoki in the air using a Wood Dragon, Flying Thunder God techniques, and a barrage of kunai, while Ōnoki countered with Dust Release. On the ground, Tsunade and Kakashi expected the fight to come down to endurance as Shouhon Yihan played an endlessly looping battle song.

• Qingcheng sent a Wood Dragon at Ōnoki and taunted him, while Ōnoki recognized the technique and attacked it with Dust Release.
• Qingcheng threw Flying Thunder God Kunai and used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, but Ōnoki dodged the barrage from the air.
• Qingcheng used Flying Thunder God Space Transfer to appear behind Ōnoki with the Wood Dragon and launched another swarm of kunai at him.
• Ōnoki erased the incoming kunai with Dust Release and fired at the Wood Dragon as it lunged toward him.
• Shouhon Yihan played the Konoha Battle Song, while Tsunade and Kakashi discussed Ōnoki's flight, Qingcheng's greater Chakra reserves, and the likely length of the fight.

Qingcheng relentlessly attacked Ōnoki from atop a Wood Dragon, demanding that Iwagakure admit responsibility for the Konoha Crush Plan and pay compensation. Ōnoki rejected his demands and continued defending against the barrage as Iwagakure’s forces considered how to help.

• Ōnoki destroyed Qingcheng’s Yasaka Magatama with Dust Release, while Qingcheng taunted him and launched another barrage.
• Ōnoki proposed peace negotiations, but Qingcheng demanded an admission of Iwagakure’s role in the Konoha Crush Plan and compensation, threatening to attack the village.
• Ōnoki refused to pay, and Iwagakure’s ninjas worried as Qingcheng pursued him through the sky with the Wood Dragon and Susanoo.
• Tsuchikawa asked Han to attack Qingcheng with a Tailed Beast Ball, but Han said he would wait for an opening, while Son Goku warned Roshi about Qingcheng’s genjutsu and Wood Release.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release at Qingcheng, who dodged with the Wood Dragon and retaliated with Cutting Sprigs and Yasaka Magatama.
• Ōnoki defended against the incoming wooden spikes and energy magatama with Dust Release.

Qingcheng defeated Ōnoki with Yomotsu Hirasaka and the Mutual Exploding Tag Technique, leaving the Third Tsuchikage badly wounded. As Tsunade treated Ōnoki, Qingcheng and the Konoha forces pressed their attack against Iwagakure.

• Qingcheng provoked Ōnoki, then opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka rift behind him and sent Explosive Tags through it with the Mutual Exploding Tag Technique.
• Ōnoki countered with Dust Release, but the explosions badly injured him and sent him falling from the sky.
• Iwagakure's Four-Tails Jinchuriki and Han attacked Qingcheng, who used the Flying Thunder God Technique to redirect their four projectiles into a forest.
• Tsunade caught Ōnoki with Wood Release and began treating him while Kakashi ordered the Konoha Ninja to attack Iwagakure.
• Shouhon Yihan led the Police Force into the charge, and Hayakumo Sōma and Hayaiwa Sōsuke flew Konoha Ninja toward the battle on an Ink Release Giant Bird.

Konoha’s forces advanced on the Hidden Stone Ninja after Tsunade captured Ōnoki, while Kitsuchi ordered a retreat and sent Roshi and Han to cover it. Uchiha Qingcheng faced the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and answered their attacks with Wood Release.

• Yamanaka Inoichi stayed behind with Shikamaru Nara and Akimichi Choza to support the Konoha army, while the Konoha Ninja charged the Hidden Stone forces.
• Tsunade bound Ōnoki with vines, asked Yamanaka Inoichi to have his Chakra sealed, and rode a Wood Dragon toward the battlefield.
• Kitsuchi ordered the Stone Ninja to retreat after seeing Ōnoki captured, and his troops dragged Gari away as he tried to fight Qingcheng.
• Kitsuchi asked Roshi and Han to cover the retreat, while the Stone Ninja planted Explosive Tags along their escape route.
• Son Goku and Kokuō attacked Qingcheng with Lava Missiles and Tailed Beast Balls, but Qingcheng redirected the Tailed Beast Balls with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Qingcheng used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and the Wood Dragon swept aside Son Goku’s Lava Missiles with its tail.

Qingcheng used Wood Release to trap and subdue the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, then cut off their tails with Purple Electricity. The Tailed Beasts feared facing him again, while Roshi tried to reassure the Four-Tails.

• Qingcheng unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, trapping Five-Tails Kokuō while Four-Tails Son Goku evaded the trees.
• Son Goku attacked the forest with lava, but Qingcheng summoned Wood Dragons that resisted the lava and bound him.
• Qingcheng drained Son Goku's Chakra with the Wood Dragons and cut off his four tails with Purple Electricity: Lightning Spear.
• Qingcheng used the Lightning Spear on Kokuō and cut off two of his tails.
• Son Goku complained that Qingcheng had cut off his tails and begged Roshi not to send him to fight Uchiha again, while Roshi began to reassure him.

Uchiha Qingcheng captured the Five-Tails and cut off all five of its tails, while Konoha's forces secured the Four-Tails and Roshi. Shouhon Yihan prepared to fine Roshi, and Kakashi began sealing the Chakra inside him.

• Uchiha Qingcheng used his Sharingan to control the Five-Tails and cut off its five tails with Purple Electricity: Lightning Spear.
• Kakashi and the Konoha Ninja arrived, and Kakashi ordered the Four-Tails' severed tails sealed away.
• Shouhon Yihan and the Police Force joked about keeping or selling the Four-Tails, prompting it to revert to Roshi.
• Shouhon Yihan demanded Roshi's ninjutsu and a fine, and Roshi offered his techniques in place of money.
• Kakashi began sealing the Chakra inside Roshi with the Four Symbols Seal.