Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kangetsu took his place above the gathered leaders in Konoha Plaza while Sarutobi Hiruzen was forced to sit below him and the other village Kage. Kangetsu recognized that the four great shinobi villages had formed an alliance, setting the stage for the Second Shinobi World War.

• Kangetsu arrived at Konoha Plaza, where the crowd respectfully greeted him as Lord Blood Shadow.
• Kangetsu took the central seat above the gathering, while Sarutobi Hiruzen sat below with the Kage of the other four villages.
• Uchiha Eiko and Uchiha Zongye took their seats beside Kangetsu, intensifying Sarutobi Hiruzen's resentment and fear.
• The four village Kage exchanged glances and silently confirmed their alliance as Kangetsu realized the Second Shinobi World War was next.

Kangetsu presided over Tsunade’s birthday banquet as the assembled guests feared his authority. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire gave Tsunade Tanzaku Street, and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning presented a pair of special fighting gloves.

• Kangetsu thanked the guests and declared Tsunade’s birthday banquet open.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire transferred Tanzaku Street, a famous gambling town, to Tsunade.
• Kangetsu praised the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, displeasing the other daimyo of the Five Great Nations.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning presented Tsunade with a pair of vivid red, cicada-wing-thin gloves made from special materials.

Kangetsu learned that the other four shinobi villages were preparing to attack Konoha, setting the stage for his next plan. He revealed to White Zetsu that he intended to surpass Kaguya Otsutsuki and carry out the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while insisting he had planned for the sacrifices it would require.

• At the banquet, Kangetsu toasted as the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages mingled, and he smiled at the groundwork being laid for his plan.
• That night, Kangetsu met White Zetsu, who reported that the other four villages were forming an alliance and discussing an attack on Konoha.
• Kangetsu said he wanted to become the essence and will of the world's chakra, surpassing Kaguya Otsutsuki rather than merely obtaining the Ten-Tails' power.
• White Zetsu realized Kangetsu planned to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi and worried that shinobi would have to be sacrificed to create a Chakra Fruit.
• Kangetsu reassured White Zetsu that he had planned everything and had the situation under control.

Kangetsu planned to make his future grandsons stronger by having his cells overwhelm the Senju and Hyuga cells in their bodies, while arranging enemies for them to face. He then set out to visit the Uchiha Clan and prepare for their future.

• Kangetsu told White Zetsu that his cells would gradually replace the Senju and Hyuga cells in his future grandsons, and dismissed concerns that the children might die.
• Kangetsu privately thought that Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke would also inherit their grandmother's Uzumaki bloodline and have his support.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to prepare for the plan and secretly send more infants into the ninja villages during the Second War to serve as future stepping stones.
• Kangetsu said he would visit the Uchiha Clan to arrange everything in advance, then vanished.

Kangetsu explained that seals had suppressed Fugaku’s potential and said he would give his son a happy life. He persuaded Uchiha Zongye to move most of Konoha’s Uchiha women and some promising youngsters to the Blood Ninja Village.

• Uchiha Zongye urged Kangetsu not to abandon Fugaku despite the seals’ effects.
• Kangetsu said Fugaku retained pure Uchiha blood but had little chance of achieving greatness, and that he would rely on Fugaku to have children.
• Uchiha Zongye offered to find Fugaku a suitable wife, but Kangetsu said he would handle the match himself.
• Kangetsu argued that Konoha’s Uchiha women and promising youngsters should relocate to the Blood Ninja Village to preserve the clan’s pure bloodline.
• Uchiha Zongye agreed to Kangetsu’s proposal while Fugaku slept in Kangetsu’s arms.

Kangetsu tasked Jiraiya’s hidden personality with investigating Mount Myoboku, training, preparing for the coming war, and carrying out missions involving Tsunade and Senju Nawaki. After Kangetsu left, Jiraiya reverted to his sleeping personality, while beneath Konoha a one-armed man asked Hanzo where he had obtained something.

• Jiraiya told Kangetsu that Mount Myoboku seemed ordinary aside from Gamamaru’s ability to see the future.
• Kangetsu ordered Jiraiya to keep investigating Mount Myoboku and train for the Second Shinobi World War.
• Kangetsu assigned Jiraiya students to teach, ordered him to kill Senju Nawaki when necessary, and told him to protect Tsunade.
• Kangetsu vanished, and Jiraiya’s black hair turned white as he lay down and began snoring.
• Beneath Konoha, a one-armed man asked Hanzo where he had gotten something.

Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that news about Root had spread, worsening the conflict between Konoha’s two major powers. The four Second Kage agreed to exploit Konoha’s unrest, then left to see off Lord Blood Shadow as Uchiha Kangetsu departed.

• A Root subordinate told Danzo that an agent had exposed information before dying, and Danzo suspected Hiruzen was trying to take over Root.
• A subordinate told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the information had spread after Root discovered its planted agent, and Hiruzen sent him away.
• The Second Raikage, Second Kazekage, Second Tsuchikage, and Second Mizukage discussed using Konoha’s turmoil to prepare an attack and seize resources from smaller villages.
• Chiyo wondered whether the convenient timing of the turmoil was suspicious.
• A Cloud ninja told the four Kage that Lord Blood Shadow of the Blood Ninja Village planned to leave Konoha, and the Kage went out to see him off.

Kangetsu threatened Sarutobi Hiruzen, then left Konoha with more than two hundred followers. At the Blood Ninja Village, White Zetsu reported that Konoha had descended into chaos over Senju Hashirama’s cells while Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen clashed and the great villages prepared troops along the Land of Fire’s borders.

• Kangetsu warned Sarutobi Hiruzen not to use Tsunade as a shield and threatened to destroy him and his clan.
• Kangetsu left for the Blood Ninja Village with more than two hundred people, and Konoha’s relief turned to excitement over the ongoing struggle for Senju Hashirama’s cells.
• Kangetsu asked White Zetsu whether fighting had begun in Konoha.
• White Zetsu reported that Kakuzu had fought ninja from other villages and scattered the Senju cells he still possessed, intensifying the chaos in Konoha.
• White Zetsu said Konoha had blocked small villages from leaving, while the four great villages secretly sent aides home to mobilize troops along the Land of Fire’s borders.
• White Zetsu reported that Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen had repeatedly clashed as fights over the cells and mysterious deaths spread through Konoha.

White Zetsu used Kangetsu’s modified Impure World Reincarnation to slaughter Ancient Moon Village, then hinted that he would accelerate his operations and bring out something dangerous. The next day, unrest and killings erupted in Konoha, where Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the arrest of the outsiders responsible.

• White Zetsu entered Ancient Moon Village and summoned three shinobi from the Warring States Period with Impure World Reincarnation.
• White Zetsu ordered the three reanimated shinobi to kill everyone in the village, and they slaughtered its residents.
• White Zetsu noted that dozens of similar places remained and said he would move faster and bring out something else.
• The following day, Konoha fell into chaos as killings and unrest spread through the village.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the arrest of everyone from the shinobi villages who was causing unrest and slaughter.

The four great shinobi villages concluded that Konoha and Sarutobi Hiruzen had slaughtered the small villages to seize Hashirama Cells. After learning the cells could grant Wood Release or greatly increase a person’s strength, the Kage feared a sudden rise in Special Jōnin and began considering their response.

• The Second Raikage mocked the Third Hokage for supposedly wiping out the small shinobi villages to obtain the First Hokage’s cells.
• The Second Kazekage said the slaughter had confirmed Konoha’s involvement and predicted that small villages would attack Konoha.
• Ōnoki reported that the Second Hokage’s scroll described the potential benefits of integrating the First Hokage’s cells, and that every village that obtained them had been killed.
• Mū warned the other Kage that the cells could produce many Special Jōnin, threatening the four great shinobi villages.
• Hozuki Gengetsu looked puzzled as the other Kage reacted to Mū’s warning.

Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to manipulate the fate of Uzumaki Ziyan’s descendants and prepare a child as a possible future Rinnegan user. He left the younger daughter in Amegakure undisturbed for now, planning to set Madara’s scheme in motion after she gave birth.

• Kangetsu assigned Inoue to stay beside Hanzo and help him during the war.
• White Zetsu reported that he had found Uzumaki Ziyan’s two daughters, who had been abandoned in the Land of Snow and the Land of Rain.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to take the older daughter’s son and the daughter herself to the Blood Ninja Village, let Konoha find her daughter, and kill the girl’s husband.
• Kangetsu told White Zetsu to leave the younger daughter in Amegakure alone until she gave birth, then have Madara assess the child as a potential Rinnegan user.
• Kangetsu privately thought of Nagato and considered the child a pawn for the future.

Orochimaru planned to combine Yamata no Orochi’s flesh with the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon’s flesh to evolve and master a new technique. Meanwhile, Hanzo and the leaders of thirty small shinobi villages gathered fifty thousand shinobi and debated how to challenge Konoha.

• Danzo gave Orochimaru a fragment of the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon that Uzumaki Ziyan had transformed into during the First War.
• Orochimaru reasoned that Yamata no Orochi’s flesh would let him master the Eight Branches Technique, while the dragon flesh could help him evolve into the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon.
• Danzo went to look for Sharingan while Orochimaru examined the flesh in his laboratory.
• Kangetsu watched Hanzo address the forces gathered in the Land of Rain.
• A village Kage said that thirty villages had gathered fifty thousand shinobi, but the Kusakage warned that Konoha’s training and organization made victory uncertain.

Hanzo launched the small villages' guerrilla campaign against Konoha, beginning the Second Shinobi World War. In Amegakure, Kangetsu learned that the four great villages had halted their movements and planned to control their Kage to drive them into war.

• Hanzo convinced the assembled Kage that guerrilla warfare would weaken Konoha and leave it vulnerable to the other four great villages.
• The shinobi split into more than thirty teams and marched toward the Land of Fire, shouting for revenge.
• Kangetsu listened to the rain in Amegakure as White Zetsu reported that the four great villages had assembled forces but then halted their movements.
• Kangetsu said he intended to control the Raikage, the Tsuchikage, and possibly the Kazekage to make the villages fight.
• White Zetsu reflected that the Kage were becoming pieces in a game played by the Uchiha Clan.

Kangetsu confronted Shamon and revealed that he had orchestrated events to drive the great ninja villages into conflict over Konoha. He used his powerful eyes to try to control Shamon, who resisted to protect Sunagakure.

• Kangetsu watched Chiyo challenge Shamon’s plans and realized her political insight threatened his scheme.
• Shamon left the discussion and lamented Sunagakure’s harsh desert conditions before Kangetsu appeared in his office.
• Kangetsu told Shamon that he had arranged events to provoke a struggle among the great ninja villages over Konoha.
• Kangetsu revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and declared that Shamon would suffer the same fate as the First Kazekage.
• Shamon recognized Kangetsu’s Rinnegan and fiercely resisted being controlled, insisting he had to protect his village.

Kangetsu used his Rinnegan to revive Shamon as a servant with the Preta Path’s abilities and placed a black sword in his heart to control him and lend him chakra. With the Second Kazekage secretly under his absolute control, Kangetsu headed toward the next village to target the remaining Kage.

• Kangetsu summoned Shamon’s soul from the Preta Path and returned it to his corpse, reviving him with the power to absorb chakra.
• Kangetsu ordered Shamon to follow the plan stored in his memories and warned him not to use the Preta Path’s power.
• Kangetsu pierced Shamon’s heart with a small black sword, giving himself control over Shamon in battle and allowing Shamon to draw on his chakra.
• Shamon entered the darkness, unaware Sunagakure’s people that their Second Kazekage was now under Kangetsu’s absolute control.
• Kangetsu set out to control the remaining Kage, the Tsuchikage, Mū, and the Raikage, A.

Mū confronted Kangetsu about the plot behind the turmoil among the shinobi villages and pleaded for Iwagakure to be spared. He believed Kangetsu intended to eliminate the second-generation Kage and replace them with leaders less likely to start wars.

• Mū sensed Kangetsu’s arrival because he had inherited Uchiha Meigetsu’s chakra through the Dust Release scroll.
• Kangetsu acknowledged that Mū had inherited Meigetsu’s chakra and praised his insight.
• Mū asked Kangetsu to spare Iwagakure, offering to give up everything.
• Mū explained that he believed Kangetsu was provoking conflict among the villages to eliminate their second-generation Kage and install more compliant successors.

Kangetsu assigned Mū a mission to kill the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, and injure or kill Uchiha Izuna. He gave Mū nature chakra to help him, promising to assist when the time came.

• Mū accepted Kangetsu’s mission, believing it could protect Iwagakure’s future.
• Kangetsu asked Mū why he had not controlled the Mizukage, and Mū guessed that Uchiha Izuna was controlling him.
• Kangetsu confirmed that Uchiha Izuna controlled the Mizukage and ordered Mū to kill Hozuki Gengetsu and injure or kill Izuna.
• Kangetsu infused Mū with nature chakra and told him to use it in battle.

Kangetsu watched Kumogakure's leaders fail to devise a strategy, then followed the Second Raikage home and confronted him. He stopped the Raikage's lightning-charged attack and left him facing a deadly threat.

• The future Third Raikage proposed killing the enemy villages' leaders, and the Second Raikage praised the plan.
• Idamu kicked the future Third Raikage and called the assembled leaders idiots, but they ultimately agreed to deal with events as they came.
• Kangetsu followed the Second Raikage into his home and emerged from the void.
• The Second Raikage charged Kangetsu with black lightning, but Kangetsu caught his fist after his Sharingan changed into the Rinnegan.
• The Second Raikage recognized Uchiha Kangetsu, who warned him that he would die if he could not understand why Kangetsu had come.

Chapter Summary: “Controlling the Raikage”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Kangetsu transforms the Raikage through Asura Space, turning him into an Asura with enhanced physical strength and a blood-red aura.
• The transformed Raikage pledges loyalty to Kangetsu and is given orders to:
  1. Kill the Kazekage.
  2. Join forces with the Tsuchikage.
  3. Kill the Mizukage.
• Kangetsu returns to his hidden base, where White Zetsu reports that Hanzo’s attacks have devastated Konoha. More than half of Konoha’s forces have been eliminated.
• Although Konoha is close to destruction, Kangetsu orders White Zetsu not to let the village fall, since he considers Konoha strategically useful.
• Kangetsu instructs White Zetsu to activate the agents they secretly raised within Konoha and help them rise into positions of influence.
• White Zetsu reveals that several of these agents have grown up, including Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, Fire Demon, Lei Jian, and others.
• Kangetsu accepts that many of these operatives may die, declaring that only the strongest and most talented survivors matter.
• The chapter’s events are repeated almost verbatim in the provided text.

Character Developments

• Kangetsu is shown as a calculating mastermind manipulating multiple villages and controlling key figures. He views both people and entire villages as tools in a larger plan.
• The Raikage loses his independence after being transformed and controlled by Kangetsu. His enhanced body and Asura power make him a formidable weapon.
• White Zetsu acts as Kangetsu’s informant and subordinate, monitoring the war and managing the hidden agents within Konoha.
• Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, Fire Demon, and Lei Jian are revealed to be individuals secretly cultivated by Kangetsu’s faction since Konoha’s founding, suggesting their future importance.
• Hanzo is indirectly established as a major force in the assault on Konoha, having helped cause massive casualties.

Significant Themes

• Control and manipulation: Kangetsu controls the Raikage physically and mentally while also manipulating entire villages and political structures.
• Power through transformation: The Asura power enhances the Raikage’s physical abilities but comes at the cost of his autonomy.
• Strategic warfare: Kangetsu does not seek simple destruction; he preserves Konoha because it may be useful later.
• Human lives as expendable resources: Kangetsu values elite survivors rather than the lives of the many operatives likely to die.
• Infiltration and long-term planning: Secretly raised agents embedded in Konoha demonstrate Kangetsu’s extensive preparation and influence.

Character Interactions

• Kangetsu commands the transformed Raikage, who responds with complete obedience and refers to him as “Master.”
• Kangetsu and White Zetsu discuss the progress of the war and the weakening of Konoha.
• White Zetsu informs Kangetsu about the hidden Konoha agents, while Kangetsu decides how they should be deployed.
• Kangetsu’s orders place the Raikage in opposition to the Kazekage and Mizukage, while requiring cooperation with the Tsuchikage.

Kangetsu named the infant Uchiha Obito and planned to send him to the Uchiha Clan in Konoha to awaken his Sharingan and become Izuna’s successor. He explained that Obito would eventually take Izuna’s place in the plan, allowing Kangetsu to delay the Ten-Tails’ resurrection until he was ready.

• White Zetsu explained that Obito’s seal could only be broken by awakening his Sharingan, which would require overwhelming emotion.
• Kangetsu named the infant Uchiha Obito and ordered White Zetsu to send him to the Uchiha Clan in Konoha with a letter.
• Kangetsu told White Zetsu that he planned to have the Second Kazekage, the Tsuchikage, and the Raikage severely injure Izuna to prevent him from advancing Madara’s plan during a period of peace.
• Kangetsu said the Ten-Tails could not be resurrected yet because he and his preparations were not ready, and the next generations of Asura and Indra had not reincarnated.
• Kangetsu said Obito would take Izuna’s place and help him delay the plan until the time was right.