Chapter Summaries

Chiyu and Kakashi fought a swarm of Hidden Mist ninja, with Chiyu using Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Kakashi pushing himself to unleash Fire Thunder God. Chiyu rescued Kakashi when his Chakra ran out and carried him away to recover, leaving Chiyu to handle the battle.

• Chiyu activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and cut down many Hidden Mist ninja with Thunder Breathing: Sixth Form - Electric Roar, Thunderclap.
• Kakashi used Shadow Clones and Chidori: Lightning Transmission before joining Chiyu in the fight with his Sharingan active.
• As the battle continued, Kakashi’s thoughts turned to Hatake Sakumo, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara, and he fought with growing intensity despite his dwindling Chakra.
• Kakashi unleashed Thunder Breathing: Seventh Form - Fire Thunder God, but ran out of Chakra halfway through and began to collapse.
• Chiyu intercepted the weapons and attackers threatening Kakashi, then carried him away and told him to rest while Chiyu took over the fighting.

Chiyu drove back the Hidden Mist shinobi with powerful Water Release techniques, but the Third Mizukage joined the fight and used the Water Mirror Technique to create a copy of him. Chiyu dispelled Myriad Rejection and battled the equally capable copy, while Kakashi watched in shock.

• Chiyu used Water Severing Wave and Water Bullet to slaughter the Hidden Mist shinobi, nullifying their Ninjutsu with Myriad Rejection.
• The Third Mizukage attacked Chiyu with Ice Release techniques, and Chiyu blocked them with Water Formation Wall before escaping an attempt to freeze him.
• The Third Mizukage used Water Mirror Technique to create a copy of Chiyu that could match his abilities and techniques.
• Chiyu dispelled Myriad Rejection and fought the copy with Ninjutsu and breathing techniques, while Kakashi watched them reach a standstill.

Chiyu defeated his Water Mirror mimic with his Mangekyō Sharingan technique, Myriad Rejection, but the Third Mizukage summoned two more. Chiyu revealed Susanoo’s second form, leaving the Hidden Mist Ninjas and the Third Mizukage awed and afraid.

• Chiyu used Hidden Mist to conceal himself while fighting his mimic, but the Third Mizukage repeatedly interrupted the battle with attacks.
• Chiyu’s mimic injured him with his own techniques, so Chiyu used Myriad Rejection to dispel it.
• The Third Mizukage created two more Chiyu mimics, while Chiyu’s Shadow Clone explained to Kakashi that Myriad Rejection countered them.
• Chiyu summoned his second-form Susanoo, equipped with the Three Bright Swords, and the Hidden Mist Ninjas stared in disbelief.
• The Third Mizukage recognized Susanoo from having witnessed Madara Uchiha’s on the battlefield and felt afraid of Chiyu’s power.

Chiyu fought through the Hidden Mist ninja and used Unseen Peak to devastate Kirigakure, leaving the Third Mizukage badly injured. After the Mizukage defended his brutal policies, Chiyu killed him.

• Chiyu summoned Susanoo, broke free of the Third Mizukage's ice technique, and advanced toward Kirigakure despite the Hidden Mist ninja's attacks.
• As Susanoo weakened, Chiyu used Unseen Peak to record the incoming ninjutsu, then unleashed Technique Reversal and destroyed nearly half of Kirigakure.
• Chiyu's Shadow Clone protected Kakashi, while the Third Mizukage survived the blast inside ice but emerged severely injured.
• The Third Mizukage defended the Bloody Mist Policy and said Kirigakure had to be ruthless to survive.
• Chiyu struck down the Third Mizukage before he could finish forming hand seals.

Chiyu killed Kirigakure's Third Mizukage, then learned that Kumogakure and Sunagakure had joined forces to invade the Land of Fire. He joined Konoha's forces as an independent operative, and the allied armies clashed with Konoha at Kikyō Pass.

• Chiyu noticed the future Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, then carried the exhausted Kakashi away from the battlefield.
• Orochimaru told Chiyu that Kumogakure and Sunagakure were preparing to invade Konoha, and assigned him to operate independently behind enemy lines.
• Chiyu and Kakashi returned to the Land of Fire with Konoha's main force, but Kushina Uzumaki had already gone to face the invaders.
• Chiyu visited Danzo at Root before heading to the battlefield, and Danzo approved of his independent mission.
• Two days later, Konoha's main force met the combined armies of Kumogakure and Sunagakure, and Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and others held the fighting at Kikyō Pass.

Konoha held Kikyō Pass against the allied armies of Kumogakure and Sunagakure, whose supply lines were strained by Chiyu and Minato Namikaze. Chiyu met Shisui Uchiha on the battlefield and left after challenging him to consider whether the Uchiha Clan deserved to be targeted.

• Kumogakure and Sunagakure joined forces to attack Konoha, while Chiyu and Minato Namikaze harassed their supply lines and weakened the alliance.
• Chiyu noticed Shisui Uchiha fighting with Mangekyō Sharingan and placed a Transcription Seal: Myriad Rejection on his eyes to guard against Kotoamatsukami.
• Shisui Uchiha used the Body Flicker Technique to defeat the ninja surrounding him, then quickly appeared before Chiyu.
• Shisui Uchiha asked why Chiyu targeted the Uchiha Clan so fiercely, and Chiyu challenged him to consider whether the clan deserved to be restrained.
• Chiyu said Shisui might someday understand his actions, then used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

After Konoha won the long war, Chiyu returned home with Kakashi and Kushina, then watched Hiruzen announce the victory celebration. Chiyu dismissed the Uchiha’s resentment and predicted Orochimaru would not become Hokage as the celebration continued without them.

• Shisui Uchiha concluded that Konoha High Command had authorized Chiyu to target the Uchiha and resolved to stop the conflict.
• Uchiha Masaki died in battle, and Uchiha Fugaku became the new clan head as Konoha gained the advantage at Kikyō Pass.
• Sunagakure withdrew from the war, and Kumogakure followed; the war ended when Chiyu was twenty-three.
• Chiyu and Kakashi returned to Konoha, where they reunited with Kushina Uzumaki amid the victory celebrations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Konoha’s victory and opened the celebration, while the Uchiha resented Chiyu for their losses and lack of recognition.
• Chiyu told Kakashi that Orochimaru would not become Hokage because of Konoha’s factions, then left the celebration with Kakashi and Kushina.

After Konoha and Sunagakure formed an alliance, Ōnoki agreed to a peace treaty with Konoha, and Hiruzen decided to resign as Hokage. Danzo urged Orochimaru to become the Fourth Hokage, but Orochimaru said he had no particular interest in the position.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi secured an alliance treaty with Rasa after Sunagakure agreed to compensate Konoha with gold dust.
• Shikaku Nara delivered Hiruzen’s peace proposal to the Stone Ninja, but Rasa intervened and forced them to retreat before fighting began.
• Ōnoki agreed to Konoha’s alliance request after considering the setbacks caused by Blood-Eyed Asura and the Yellow Flash.
• Kakashi ignored Might Guy’s invitation and walked alone, dwelling on Obito and Rin and resenting the sacrifices made in the war.
• Hiruzen announced that he would resign as Third Hokage and hand the position to the Fourth, prompting Danzo to recommend Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Danzo that he did not care whether he became Hokage and would accept only if the role helped his experiments.

Danzo secured Orochimaru’s consent to be nominated as Fourth Hokage, hoping to use the position to expand his own power. Chiyu later argued that the Third Hokage would reject Orochimaru and choose Minato Namikaze, prompting Orochimaru to ask why.

• Danzo visited Orochimaru and offered to handle the Hokage succession and provide research materials if Orochimaru agreed to be nominated.
• Orochimaru told Danzo he did not care about becoming Hokage and agreed to let Danzo arrange things before returning to his research.
• Chiyu visited Orochimaru, learned his experiments had stalled, and offered to help obtain test subjects if needed.
• Orochimaru told Chiyu that Danzo had asked him to become Hokage, but he had no interest in the position.
• Chiyu explained that the Third Hokage would likely reject Orochimaru because of his secretive experiments and ties to Danzo, and predicted Minato Namikaze would succeed instead.
• Orochimaru asked Chiyu why he thought the Third Hokage would choose Minato Namikaze.

Chiyu predicted that Minato Namikaze would become the next Hokage and told Orochimaru that he planned to marry Kushina. At the daimyo’s mansion, Hiruzen rejected Orochimaru as a candidate and recommended Minato, leaving Danzo unable to make Chiyu a countercandidate because Chiyu was occupied with the Uchiha Clan.

• Chiyu explained to Orochimaru why Minato Namikaze was a likely Hokage candidate, while admitting that he would eventually leave Konoha with Kushina and Kakashi.
• Chiyu revealed that Danzo’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal was only an empty shell and asked Orochimaru to officiate his planned wedding to Kushina.
• At the daimyo’s mansion, Danzo recommended Orochimaru for Hokage, but Hiruzen rejected him as too ambitious.
• Hiruzen recommended Minato Namikaze, citing his achievements in the Third Great Ninja War, and Danzo objected that Minato was too young.
• Danzo argued that Chiyu was at least as qualified as Minato, but Hiruzen pointed out that Chiyu was handling matters concerning the Uchiha Clan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi secured Minato Namikaze's appointment as Fourth Hokage and privately briefed him on Konoha's political dangers. Minato accepted the role and agreed to proceed cautiously with the Uchiha Clan, Root, Danzo, and Chiyu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded the Land of Fire's daimyo and the other leaders to appoint Minato Namikaze as Fourth Hokage over Danzo's recommendation of Chiyu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Minato Namikaze and asked him to accept responsibility for Konoha's future, and Minato agreed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze to appease the Uchiha Clan without making substantive promises, while he and Danzo continued their plan to resolve the clan's problem.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi advised Minato Namikaze to build his own team, bring Root under Hokage control, and watch Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Minato Namikaze that Chiyu was dangerous and stressed that Kushina's arrangements could help keep Chiyu loyal to Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze promised to remember Hiruzen Sarutobi's advice and devote himself to Konoha.

Minato returned home and told Miyuki that the Third Hokage wanted him to become the Fourth Hokage. At Chiyu’s home, Chiyu proposed to Kushina and she accepted, while Orochimaru and Danzo discussed restarting Hashirama Cell research and eventually seizing control of Konoha.

• Minato told Miyuki that the Third Hokage had asked him to become the Fourth Hokage, and Miyuki hurried out to buy ingredients for a celebratory dinner.
• Chiyu served Kushina and Kakashi a meal he had cooked, then asked Kushina to marry him; Kushina accepted and hugged him in tears of joy.
• Chiyu and Kushina discussed having Orochimaru officiate their wedding and considered whom to invite, while Kakashi slipped away from their home.
• Danzo told Orochimaru the result of the Hokage decision and complained that Hiruzen was trying to make Minato a puppet.
• Orochimaru said he planned to resume Hashirama Cell research and suggested they could use force to seize Konoha, while Danzo insisted the time was not right.

Danzo refused Orochimaru’s proposal to resume Hashirama Cell experiments because a successful test subject, Yamato, already existed and renewed disappearances could attract Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attention. Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, while Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki that they would eventually leave Konoha.

• Danzo stopped Orochimaru from restarting the Hashirama Cell experiments, wary that the new Hokage would not tolerate his actions.
• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki read the notice announcing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s resignation and Minato Namikaze’s appointment as Fourth Hokage.
• Chiyu explained to Kushina Uzumaki that Minato had been chosen to continue Hiruzen’s policies, then said they would eventually leave Konoha.
• Kushina Uzumaki stayed home while Chiyu attended Minato Namikaze’s succession ceremony and watched Hiruzen hand him the Hokage hat.
• Minato Namikaze asked Chiyu to work with him, but Chiyu declined to offer guidance and used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki finalized a small wedding guest list and set their wedding for seven days later. Chiyu delivered invitations to Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzo, then headed to the Hokage Office with two invitations left.

• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki settled on about ten guests and chose to hold their wedding seven days later.
• Kushina Uzumaki left to deliver invitations while Chiyu went to invite Orochimaru, who agreed to officiate and spoke warmly about his disciple.
• Chiyu invited Hiruzen Sarutobi and Biwako Sarutobi, and Hiruzen encouraged him to build more social connections after marriage.
• Chiyu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had invited Danzo and planned to invite Minato Namikaze as well.
• Chiyu invited Danzo to the wedding, and Danzo accepted before Chiyu headed toward the Hokage Office with two invitations remaining.

Chiyu invited Minato Namikaze to his and Kushina Uzumaki's wedding, then encouraged Kakashi as he struggled with the deaths of Obito and Rin. After learning that Kakashi's Sharingan had advanced to three tomoe but drained more Chakra, Chiyu considered ways to help him manage its cost.

• Chiyu delivered Minato Namikaze an invitation to his and Kushina Uzumaki's wedding, and Minato Namikaze agreed to attend.
• Chiyu found Kakashi brooding about Obito and Rin and urged him to use his grief to grow stronger.
• Chiyu gave Kakashi a wedding invitation and asked about his Sharingan.
• Kakashi revealed that his Sharingan had become a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and consumed more Chakra.
• Chiyu considered the Tailed Beast Sealing Technique and Orochimaru's future Cursed Seal as possible ways to help Kakashi sustain combat.

Chiyu planned to address Kakashi's Chakra shortage by having him learn the Tailed Beast Sealing Technique before attempting Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode. Seven days later, Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki held their Shinto wedding at Inari Shrine, where they completed the ceremony and received their guests' blessings.

• Chiyu told Kakashi to learn the Tailed Beast Sealing Technique from Kushina before he could hear about the second solution to his Chakra problem.
• Chiyu and Kakashi returned to Chiyu's home, and Chiyu planned to check on Yahiko's Owl Organization and visit Ryūchi Cave after the wedding.
• Seven days later, Orochimaru and Kakashi welcomed guests to Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki's wedding at Inari Shrine.
• Chiyu reassured a nervous Kushina Uzumaki before they entered the shrine and began the Shinto ceremony.
• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki completed the purification, prayers, sake exchange, vows, and tamagushi offering.
• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki toasted with their guests, who congratulated them on their wedding.

After marrying Kushina Uzumaki, Chiyu reassured Danzo that he remained aligned with him and prepared to discuss the Uchiha Clan plans. The morning after their wedding, Chiyu contacted Yahiko about gathering the Owl Organization in Tanzaku Town, then went to Root to learn Danzo’s next move.

• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki toasted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Biwako Sarutobi, Danzo, Minato Namikaze and Miyuki Uzumaki, Orochimaru and Kakashi, and Kushina’s three friends.
• Chiyu told Danzo he would visit Root the next day to discuss important matters, and Danzo took this as reassurance that Chiyu was still on his side.
• After the wedding, Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki returned home, and the next morning they slept late before Chiyu offered to make her sukiyaki.
• Chiyu bought the ingredients and used his ring to contact Yahiko, telling him to bring the new companions to Tanzaku Town.
• After lunch, Chiyu went to Root to ask Danzo about his plans for the Uchiha Clan, while considering Shisui Uchiha a better fit for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s restrained approach.

Chiyu apologized to Danzo for inviting Minato Namikaze and warned that Hiruzen might abandon their wartime plan against the Uchiha Clan. Danzo asked how they could keep targeting the clan, and Chiyu proposed creating a new department to do so.

• Chiyu told Danzo that the Third Hokage had ordered him to invite Minato Namikaze to his wedding, and Danzo blamed Hiruzen for favoring Minato over Orochimaru.
• Chiyu agreed with Danzo's anger and asked how to proceed against the Uchiha Clan now that the war had ended.
• Chiyu argued that Hiruzen might suspend the plan against the Uchiha because Uchiha Fugaku had made the clan more restrained and the village needed stability.
• Chiyu told Danzo that Shisui Uchiha could help Fugaku build a bridge between the clan, Minato Namikaze, and Hiruzen.
• Danzo asked how to stop that rapprochement, and Chiyu suggested proposing a new department to continue targeting the Uchiha Clan if Hiruzen or Minato refused other measures.

Chiyu proposed that Danzo create a new department to target the Uchiha Clan and use it to build support for his ambitions. Danzo said he would consider the plan, while Chiyu left determined to take revenge on the Uchiha Clan before its future destruction.

• Chiyu proposed a new department that would provoke the Uchiha Clan into pressuring Minato Namikaze, allowing Danzo to take control after the department was split apart.
• Chiyu explained that high benefits and Root ninja trainers could attract recruits and strengthen Danzo's influence in Konoha.
• Chiyu praised Danzo as more suited to become Hokage than Hiruzen Sarutobi, reinforcing Danzo's resentment over losing the position.
• Danzo told Chiyu he would consider the proposal, and Chiyu left the Root base.
• Chiyu remembered how the Uchiha Clan had driven out and mistreated his family, and resolved to take revenge before the Clan Annihilation Night.

Chiyu met new Owl Organization members Pakura and Raiga Kurosuki, who doubted the group’s independence because he was Konoha’s Blood-Eyed Asura. He explained that he founded the organization because his own sacrifices for Konoha had not been worth it, leaving Yahiko and the newcomers stunned by his past.

• Yahiko brought Pakura and Raiga Kurosuki to meet Chiyu, and both recognized him as Konoha’s Blood-Eyed Asura.
• Pakura and Raiga introduced themselves as rogue ninja who had joined after Yahiko saved them from pursuit by their villages.
• Pakura and Raiga threatened to leave if the Owl Organization served Konoha, so Chiyu asked whether their past struggles had been worth it.
• Pakura and Raiga said their villages had betrayed or oppressed them, and Chiyu agreed that his own fight for Konoha had not been worth it.
• Chiyu revealed that Konoha had driven his family to their deaths and that he had been bullied there, shocking Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga.