Chapter Summaries

White Rose led her group through the Land of Water army to their destination, then used a teleportation scroll to escape with most of them. Meanwhile, Jin awoke in an unknown place with Fire Phoenix before falling back asleep.

• The Land of Water commander ordered ten thousand soldiers to attack White Rose's circular formation, and the group countered with ninjutsu scrolls despite running low on supplies.
• Whale Child and Kirigakure's elite ninjas caught up, but White Rose threatened them with Jin's SSS-rank scroll and used SS-rank Ancient Fire Dragons to drive them back.
• White Rose directed her group through the remaining two hundred meters, using scroll attacks to hold off their pursuers until they reached their destination.
• White Rose opened a teleportation scroll and the group vanished, leaving one person behind as Whale Child and Kirigakure's elite ninjas watched.
• Jin regained consciousness in an unknown place, confirmed that Fire Phoenix was safe, and fell asleep again.

Red Rose used Jin’s scroll to devastate the Land of Water’s troops, while Whale Child’s survivors prepared to continue their campaign against Konoha. White Rose’s group returned to Jin’s castle, and Jin woke to find his strength restored and Fire Phoenix inside his body.

• Whale Child recounted the destruction she had witnessed as the Land of Water’s troops arrived, and Red Rose unleashed the Intense Earth Pulse scroll on them.
• Red Rose’s technique buried seven or eight thousand soldiers, while Whale Child and the surviving high-ranking ninja escaped beyond the earthen wall.
• Whale Child learned the technique came from a scroll and announced that the Land of Water would keep attacking Konoha and seek revenge.
• Red Rose reunited with White Rose and the others, and Kisame asked whether his younger sister had survived before he and Itachi departed.
• Three days later, White Rose’s group delivered the gold bricks to Meiko at Jin’s castle and set off for Konoha.
• Jin woke with his mental energy and physical strength restored, then heard Fire Phoenix say it was inside his body.

Fire Phoenix explained that she had fused with Jin, giving him powerful Fire Release benefits while using his chakra to recover, and the two planned to return to Konoha. As Jin finally left the island, the chapter revealed that three nations had launched a massive assault on the Land of Fire and that Jiraiya’s northern forces were close to their last line of defense.

• The Third Naruto sent Red Rose to steal the sealing scroll and assigned White Rose to reinforce Tsunade against the Land of Water.
• Fire Phoenix told Jin how she escaped sealing by fusing with him and explained that he had become an indirect jinchuriki with enhanced Fire Release abilities.
• Jin learned that Fire Phoenix would recover that night and planned to leave for Konoha, but a storm delayed their departure for a week.
• The Land of Lightning, the Land of Water, and the Land of Earth launched coordinated attacks on the Land of Fire while the Land of Wind sent reinforcements.
• The Raikage and the Eight-Tails jinchuriki broke through the northern front’s first defense line, leaving Jiraiya to hold the second line with only one remaining line behind him.

As the Fourth Mizukage and Isobu overwhelmed Tsunade’s forces, the Third Naruto faced the Land of Lightning’s army and ordered a retreat to defend Konoha. Iwagakure’s surprise attack and the collapse of Tsunade’s defenses left all three fronts in retreat.

• The Fourth Mizukage unleashed Isobu against Tsunade’s forces, and Tsunade ordered her army to fall back to the second line of defense.
• The Third Naruto arrived at the northeastern front, confronted the Third Raikage, and fought alongside Jiraiya, Kakashi, and their summons against Kumogakure’s forces.
• The Third Naruto persuaded the Raikage to postpone the battle until morning, then ordered Konoha’s army to return home and sent Kakashi to target the enemy supplies.
• Uchiha Fuchiu learned that Iwagakure ninjas had destroyed the western army’s third defensive line and ordered a retreat and a new defense at a strategic mountain pass.
• Tsunade ordered a retreat from the southeastern front as Isobu and the Fourth Mizukage overwhelmed her forces, leaving all three fronts’ defenses collapsed.

The three great nations surrounded Konoha and demanded reparations, but Uchiha Jin returned and was appointed the Fifth Naruto. As the enemy leaders prepared to attack, Jin summoned Naruto and began using him as a trial against the three Tailed Beasts.

• The Third Naruto returned to Konoha after the Raikage let him leave, and three days later the armies of three great nations surrounded the village.
• The Third Raikage demanded three billion ryō from each nation, while Hinata spotted Jin flying toward Konoha and confirmed he was approaching.
• Jin landed beside Hinata and his companions, and the Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Fourth Mizukage decided to attack despite his return.
• The Third Naruto appointed Jin as the Fifth Naruto, and Jin warned the enemy leaders that he would target whichever nation attacked first.
• The Raikage released Gyūki and Matatabi, and the Fourth Mizukage released the Three-Tails.
• Jin used Spatial Transfer to bring Naruto from the shelter, then Naruto lost consciousness as Jin declared the battle would begin with a trial.

Jin forced the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox to submit and displayed Konoha’s overwhelming strength before the allied armies. He accepted the enemy Kage’s challenge to ten one-on-one battles, with the war’s outcome depending on the results.

• Jin trapped the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox in his genjutsu and won its submission by revealing the Fire Phoenix, which the beast chose to fight alongside.
• Jin created nine clones, while Jiraiya and Tsunade summoned their allies, leaving Konoha with a powerful lineup that alarmed the enemy Kage.
• The Third Tsuchikage proposed ten Kage-level duels to decide whether the allied armies would attack or withdraw, and Jin agreed that fighters could battle consecutively.
• The Third Hokage announced that Uchiha Jin held full authority as the Fifth Hokage, and Jin ordered Konoha’s forces to prepare for victory and pursue the enemy armies to their borders.

Jin challenged the allied troops and defeated Killer B with his physical clones, then repeatedly sent clones against the Raikage. After switching places with one clone, Jin attacked the Raikage with two S-rank ninjutsu, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Jin sent his clones to fight Killer B, who destroyed most of them with his Eight-Sword Style before a clone stabbed him in the upper right back.
• The Raikage carried the wounded Killer B away, and Jin challenged the other nations’ fighters to face him.
• The Raikage attacked Jin’s physical clones and shattered their swords, then destroyed another wave of clones with his speed and strength.
• Jin switched places with one of his clones and joined the next charge toward the Raikage.
• Jin unleashed Fivefold Lightning-Wind-Water-Fire-Earth Dragon Bullet and Lightning Slash against the Raikage.

Jin defeated the Raikage in their duel and challenged the allied armies to send eight fighters against him. The other nations agreed to assemble their champions, and Jin began preparing with nine clones as the next battle was about to start.

• Jin evaded most of the Raikage's Five Great Dragon Bullets, then struck his shoulder blade with Lightning Slash while the Raikage stabbed Jin beneath the arm.
• The Raikage admitted defeat and was taken away for treatment, while no one else answered Jin's challenge to fight him one-on-one.
• Jin declared that he would fight the remaining eight opponents alone, shocking both armies and putting pressure on the Tsuchikage and Fourth Mizukage to respond.
• Killer B committed Gyūki and Matatabi to the battle, the Fourth Mizukage volunteered himself and the Three-Tails, and the Tsuchikage named himself, the Five-Tails Penghou, its jinchūriki, and other fighters for the alliance.
• When the Fourth Mizukage conceded a one-on-one match, Jin accepted and summoned nine clones, giving each two Rasengan.

Jin overwhelmed the allied forces of the Land of Lightning, Land of Water, and Land of Earth with his techniques, forcing their leaders to surrender in exchange for payments. After accepting the Tsuchikage’s terms, Jin secretly absorbed part of the souls of the fallen Three-Tails and Four-Tails.

• Jin used his clones and Three Thousand Weak Water to pressure the Fourth Mizukage and scatter the Raikage, Tsuchikage, and their tailed beasts.
• Jin trapped the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails underground with composite techniques, and the Raikage agreed to pay one hundred million for each beast to secure their release.
• Jin used elemental clones and further techniques to free the tailed beasts, then drained chakra gathered inside Lava Cavern.
• Jin’s shadow clones battered the Three-Tails and Four-Tails, and he attacked the Tsuchikage and the red-clad warrior until they could no longer fight.
• The Tsuchikage withdrew the Land of Earth and agreed to pay three hundred million, after which Jin dispelled Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.
• Jin secretly used Soul Absorption on the fallen Three-Tails and Four-Tails.

After defeating the three nations’ champions, Jin led Konoha’s forces into pursuit and discovered that his physical clones had upgraded to use ninjutsu. He then confronted Madara, whose mental strength outlasted his in their Tsukuyomi contest, and Madara departed after promising they would compete again in seven years.

• Jin defeated the Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Fourth Mizukage in turn, accepting 300 million and 200 million from the Raikage and Mizukage to end their fights.
• Jin announced that Konoha would pursue the three nations’ armies in fifteen minutes, and the Raikage, Fourth Mizukage, and Tsuchikage ordered their troops to retreat.
• Jin summoned nine physical clones and joined Konoha’s forces as they set out after the retreating armies; golden light revealed that his clones had upgraded and could use ninjutsu.
• Jin left the Third Hokage and met the masked Tobi, whom he called Madara Uchiha, atop the Hokage mountain.
• Jin and Madara repeatedly attacked each other with Tsukuyomi until Jin’s mental energy nearly ran out; after Jin used Fallen Netherworld, Madara vanished and said they would compete again in seven years.

After Konoha’s victory, Uchiha Jin negotiated a peace settlement, officially became the Fifth Hokage, and built a ring of fortresses around Konoha. He ended the chapter burdened by paperwork and wishing his clones could use his special abilities or handle his duties.

• Konoha’s forces drove the armies of the three great nations back, and Jin became renowned as the ninja world’s strongest person.
• At the peace negotiations, Jin secured compensation from the three great nations and agreed to a ten-year peace; the five great nations signed the agreement.
• One month later, the Third Hokage stepped down, and the villagers unanimously elected eight-year-old Jin as the Fifth Hokage.
• Jin proposed a defensive line around Konoha, and six fortresses were built in a hexagonal formation over the following three months.
• Jin complained about Konoha’s weak young shinobi and his overwhelming paperwork, then considered asking Tsunade to take over for a while.

Jin tricked Tsunade into signing a ten-year contract to serve as his assistant and teach medical ninjutsu, but the Third Naruto revealed he had sent her to collect six million ryo. Jin then learned Tsunade was gambling with the money at his casino and prepared to turn the tables on his rivals.

• Jin offered Tsunade gambling money and a five-million-ryo salary, then won a bet about which foot a visitor would enter with and claimed her as his assistant for ten years.
• Jin assigned Tsunade to manage Konoha's affairs and teach medical ninjas at the academy, believing she would return after gambling.
• Jin tried to leave Konoha with Kimimaro and the others, but the Third Naruto arrived and said he had sent Tsunade to help Jin manage the village.
• Jin told the Third Naruto that Tsunade had taken six million ryo on his orders to donate to gambling, and the Third Naruto hurried off to find her.
• Jin confirmed that his casino was Konoha's only casino, then vanished with his companions as the Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Mizukage admitted that Jin had outplayed them.

Jin trained to prepare for another confrontation with Madara while political changes reshaped the great ninja villages and Konoha expanded its power. Three years later, he announced a world ranking tournament at Jin's Castle and planned to use its profits to expand the Six-Pointed Star Bounty Guild.

• Tsunade lost six million ryo gambling, then remembered her agreement with Jin and rushed to the Hokage's office after the Third Hokage ordered her to repay the money by assisting him.
• Kumogakure villagers protested after the Raikage's theft from the treasury was exposed, and Yugito Nii succeeded the Third Raikage as the Fourth Raikage.
• Kirigakure's ninja forced the Fourth Mizukage to flee and raised Whale Child as the Fifth Mizukage, while Iwagakure named Deidara its next Tsuchikage and the Fourth Kazekage targeted Gaara for assassination.
• Jin completed Konoha's six castles, relocated the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, and became principal of the expanded Ninja Academy at age nine.
• After three years of peace and economic recovery, Jin invited powerful ninja worldwide to a ranking tournament at Jin's Castle, intending to use its profits to expand the Six-Pointed Star Bounty Guild.

Jin organized the First World Ninja Conference to make money, build prestige, and bring the world’s ninjas under his influence as he prepared to oppose Madara. After training and inspecting his subordinates, he overheard Red Rose and White Rose confessing their feelings for him, leaving him troubled by romance as well as money.

• Jin planned to use the ninja conference and the Hexagram Bounty Guild to control Akatsuki’s finances and gradually bring ninjas worldwide under his command.
• Jin’s conference drew ninjas to Jin’s Castle with five hundred million ryō in prizes and assessments that would enroll participants in his guild.
• Jin told White that he feared Madara’s power and might need to become the Ten-Tails jinchūriki, then White dragged him from bed to train.
• White trained independently as a quasi-Kage with her fourth-stage bloodline ability, while Kimimaro advanced to quasi-Kage level and developed the Seven-Bone Soul-Locking Dance.
• Jin overheard Red Rose and White Rose admit that they liked him, and he worried that matters of the heart were another source of trouble.

Jin brought Karin into his family, then visited Hiashi to take Hinata home and discuss marrying several women. After escaping Tsunade’s orders with Hinata, Jin sensed someone watching them from above.

• Jin found Karin training, praised her sensory abilities, and promised to take care of her.
• Jin told Red Rose and White Rose that the five women were family, leaving White Rose moved and Red Rose laughing.
• Jin found Hinata training, tested her Eight Trigrams Palm, and then told her he would take her home after speaking with Hiashi.
• Jin told Hiashi he wanted to marry several more wives, and Hiashi advised him to keep the arrangements private.
• Jin took Hinata to Konoha, heard Tsunade ordering Izumo to do chores, and teleported with Hinata to Naruto’s house.
• Jin sensed a pair of eyes watching them from the sky as he and Hinata walked toward the street.

Jin learned that Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara were approaching Konoha, then confronted them west of the village. Sasori challenged Jin to another match, wagering a secret about the First World Ninja Tournament against Jin’s life.

• Jin ordered Tsunade to send a jōnin squad west to investigate a black eagle, then gave her money to gamble at his casino.
• Jin and Hinata ate ramen and walked through Konoha before returning to the Hokage’s office to review documents.
• An ANBU member reported that Sasori of the Red Sands was twenty kilometers from Konoha, accompanied by Deidara.
• Jin told Hinata to help his clone manage Konoha’s affairs, then left to confront Sasori and Deidara.
• Sasori challenged Jin to a rematch, promising to reveal a secret about the First World Ninja Tournament if Jin won and threatening to kill him if Jin lost.

Jin defeated Sasori of the Red Sands after countering his hundred Third Kazekage puppets with rapid attacks. Sasori revealed that Akatsuki had been hired to sabotage the First World Ninja Ranking Tournament, and Jin took Sasori and Deidara toward Konoha while preparing to investigate the unknown client.

• Sasori of the Red Sands challenged Jin and unveiled one hundred puppets modeled on the Third Kazekage, each capable of using his unique ninjutsu.
• Jin summoned the Fire Phoenix and fought alongside eight solid clones, countering the puppets’ iron sand attacks with aerial maneuvers and powerful ninjutsu.
• Jin overwhelmed Sasori’s puppets with rapid attacks and withdrew his flames when Sasori stopped resisting.
• Sasori told Jin that Akatsuki had been hired to ambush and kill ninjas attending the First World Ninja Ranking Tournament.
• Jin invited Sasori and Deidara to Konoha for a meal and ordered his ninjas to investigate the surrounding area for signs of the planned attack.

Jin brought Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sands to Ichiraku Ramen and asked them to keep Akatsuki from disrupting his World Ninja Ranking Tournament. After hearing about Jin’s dream of world peace, Deidara admitted he opposed peace because he wanted to keep destroying things and experimenting with explosions.

• Konoha ninja reported Jin’s arrival with two Akatsuki members to the Third Hokage, who dismissed their concerns.
• Jin ordered ANBU to stand down while he ate ramen with Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sands, then asked why they had joined Akatsuki and whether he could recruit them.
• Deidara explained that he joined Akatsuki to pursue explosive art, while Sasori said he would serve Jin if Jin destroyed Konoha.
• Jin asked Sasori to invite Pain to discuss Akatsuki’s possible interference with the World Ninja Ranking Tournament, and Sasori agreed to help.
• The Ichiraku Ramen owner praised Jin’s work for Konoha, prompting Sasori to ask about Jin’s dream.
• Jin declared that he would strive for world peace, and Deidara and Sasori said it matched Pain’s dream before Deidara confessed that he obstructed peace so he could keep fighting and destroying things.

Jin left Sasori and Deidara after discussing peace and considered recruiting them and Itachi if Pain refused to back down. Back at his castle, he gave the Rose sisters new names and comforted Karin before Kimimaro’s urgent call interrupted their gathering.

• Jin concealed Deidara’s identity from the crowd and gave Sasori a check for Itachi, saying Konoha welcomed him back.
• Jin considered recruiting Sasori, Deidara, and Itachi to help against Pain, while avoiding a confrontation with Madara.
• Jin gave Tsunade a raise and an advance, then returned to his castle with Hinata.
• White Rose and Red Rose asked Jin for new names, and he named them Zi Ruoyou and Zi Ruoran.
• Karin described how Jin had rescued her from a lonely life, and Jin comforted her as Hinata welcomed the idea of them all being together.
• Kimimaro called out that something terrible had happened, interrupting Jin’s plans for a game.

Jin learned that Kimimaro and Yakumo were expecting a child, then responded to a bounty targeting people near his castle by assigning his companions new duties and ordering countermeasures. When nine chakra signatures appeared, he recognized Akatsuki had arrived and put everyone on alert.

• Kimimaro told Jin that Yakumo was pregnant, and Jin promised to arrange a secret place for them.
• Jin reflected on the businesses and enemies he had accumulated over the past three years before White reported a bounty targeting people near the castle.
• Jin assigned Hinata, White Rose, White, Red Rose, and Karin responsibilities, then ordered counter-bounties and a ban on unauthorized fighting near the castle.
• Jin said he might recruit most of Akatsuki, but nine chakra signatures appeared and he warned everyone that Akatsuki had arrived.