Chapter Summaries

Muzan escaped Motoi’s pursuit while the Cloud Ninja force attacked Konoha’s camp, unaware that the retreat was part of Muzan’s plan. As the last Konoha defenders withdrew, A discovered Explosive Tags around the camp, leaving the trap poised to spring.

• Muzan used fire and wind techniques to break through Motoi’s pursuit, then escaped through traps he had prepared in advance.
• Killer B, A, and the main Cloud Ninja force regrouped and pursued Konoha’s retreating troops toward the camp.
• Aburame Koji ordered the Konoha forces to abandon the camp and used his insects to hinder the Cloud Ninja while the defenders withdrew.
• Muzan rejoined Sakumo Hatake and watched the battle, while Sakumo waited for Aburame Koji and the last Konoha forces to escape.
• After the Konoha defenders withdrew, A prepared to seize the camp’s supplies, but a subordinate warned him that Explosive Tags were everywhere.

Muzan’s plan to destroy the Cloud Ninja camp with hidden Explosive Tags devastated Kumogakure’s forces and gave Konoha a chance to counterattack. After Konoha’s troops entered the ruined camp, Muzan revealed that he had proposed and carried out the plan, leaving many to admire his willingness to risk himself.

• Killer B used his Tailed Beast Transformation to shield A and a few survivors as Explosive Tags destroyed the Cloud Ninja camp.
• Aburame Koji ordered Konoha’s ninjas to counterattack after the explosion, and they found the camp filled with charred bodies and wreckage.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived with Muzan, and the Konoha troops credited Sakumo with leading them to victory.
• Sakumo asked Muzan to speak, and Muzan admitted that he had proposed and carried out the plan.
• Konoha’s ninjas reacted to Muzan’s confession with fleeting hostility, but many admired him for risking himself as part of the scheme.

Muzan’s plan devastated the Cloud Ninja camp and secured Konoha’s border, shifting the course of the Third Ninja War. Konoha’s leaders recognized his achievement, while Danzo considered bringing him into Root.

• Muzan’s allies reorganized Konoha’s defenses after the explosion destroyed the camp.
• Dodai found the wounded A and Killer B, ordered the Cloud Ninja to retreat, and faced the loss of most of their forces.
• Konoha’s elite Jōnin recaptured the lost territory and occupied the abandoned Cloud Ninja camp, while Aburame Koji established a defensive line.
• Sakumo Hatake sent most of the forces, including Ino-Shika-Cho, to reinforce the Land of Wind.
• The Third and Konoha’s leaders confirmed the victory reports and discussed Muzan’s role in the plan.
• Danzo admired Muzan’s methods and considered recruiting him into Root, while the Third watched him warily.

After returning to Konoha as a celebrated war hero, Muzan met young Shisui Uchiha and taught him that strength should protect the weak rather than enable bullying. The chapter left Shisui considering Muzan’s words about his clan and the responsibility that came with power.

• Mari told Muzan that people were calling him Muzan the Destroyer for wiping out a third of Hidden Cloud Village’s fighting force, making him a target for Hidden Cloud.
• Muzan returned to Konoha with wounded ninja and avoided the crowded main road as villagers celebrated his victory.
• Muzan found young Shisui Uchiha training with a kunai near the Uchiha Clan and stopped him when Shisui charged at him.
• Shisui recognized Muzan and apologized, explaining that the Uchiha used the gesture when apologizing to their clan’s elders.
• Muzan told Shisui that people often apologized to the Uchiha because they were oppressed by the clan’s power, then urged him to use his abilities responsibly.

Muzan gave Shisui his blood and urged him to grow stronger without trusting others too easily, then investigated how different parts of sunlight affected him. While Muzan was absorbed in his experiments, Konoha ninja searched for him because the Hokage was waiting, and Anko found him at the hospital laboratory.

• Muzan encouraged Shisui to become strong and cautious, then gave him a sealed container of his blood to use in a life-or-death crisis.
• Muzan left the Uchiha territory and tested ultraviolet light on himself, concluding that it affected him but was not fatal.
• Muzan became absorbed in research on sunlight while Konoha ninja searched for him to deliver a reward from the Hokage.
• Anko guessed Muzan might be at Konoha Hospital, found him there, and interrupted his experiment.

Muzan received rewards for his battlefield contributions and asked to join the forces heading to the Land of Wind. The Third Hokage approved with conditions and assigned Anbu to protect him, while Danzo remained behind after the meeting.

• Anko misunderstood Muzan's teasing and was pinned to a bench, and Mari mistakenly thought she had interrupted an intimate moment.
• Muzan took Anko and Mari to the Hokage Office, where the Third Hokage praised his plan and awarded him two S-rank mission payments and a ninjutsu from the Sealing Scroll.
• Muzan asked to accompany the main force to the Land of Wind, despite warnings that Kumogakure's bounty had drawn dangerous bounty hunters.
• Danzo offered Root shinobi as Muzan's protection, but the Third Hokage chose Anbu and ordered Muzan to obey Orochimaru's commands.
• The Third Hokage sent a letter to Orochimaru with a shinobi bound for the battlefield, then stopped Danzo after the meeting ended.

Danzo told the Third Hokage he still wanted Muzan to inherit Root, while Muzan tried to avoid Kushina Uzumaki after returning to Konoha. Kushina discovered Kakashi’s Make-Out Paradise, and Minato burned it before she could read it, leaving her furious at both men.

• The Third Hokage warned Danzo to stop pursuing Muzan, but Danzo insisted that Muzan was suited to inherit Root.
• Muzan tried to avoid Kushina Uzumaki and planned to leave Konoha with the ninja once they had rested.
• Kushina smashed through the Hatake Household’s gate and confronted Muzan for hiding from her.
• Kakashi returned with Make-Out Paradise hidden behind him, and Muzan drew Kushina’s attention to it.
• Minato arrived, caught Kakashi, and burned the fallen book with a Fireball Jutsu.
• Kushina accused Minato and Kakashi of keeping secrets and punched Minato in the face.

Muzan received a secret mission from the Third Hokage to stop a Sunagakure ninja from reaching Kirigakure, with Minato and Kakashi assigned to accompany him toward the Land of Wind. Before they set out, Muzan warned Kakashi about the danger and urged him not to rush into battle.

• Minato and Kakashi covered up the contents of Jiraiya's book, and Muzan backed their explanation so Kushina would forgive them.
• Minato gave Muzan a letter from the Hokage ordering him to sabotage Sunagakure's plan to send a powerful ninja to Kirigakure.
• Muzan told Minato that he and Kakashi would travel together toward the Land of Wind, while Muzan and the Anbu would handle the later part of the mission.
• Muzan dragged Kakashi out of the Hatake Household, teased him about reading Make-Out Paradise, and beat him after Kakashi tried to fight back.
• Muzan warned Kakashi that the mission could involve war and told him not to charge recklessly, but Kakashi insisted he had plenty of combat experience.

Muzan joined Minato Namikaze's group as they traveled to Konoha's frontline in the Land of Wind, where Orochimaru commanded the war effort. Muzan noticed Danzo's agents were moving against him, while Orochimaru warned him not to take reckless risks.

• Muzan sensed Shanye Song and realized Danzo had sent Root members to make a move against him, but Shanye Song was under Muzan's control.
• Orochimaru led Minato Namikaze, Muzan, and their group through the Land of Rivers toward Konoha's frontline in the Land of Wind.
• The group arrived at Orochimaru's camp, where Konoha's ninja welcomed Muzan as a powerful medical ninja and inventor of the Blood Typing Machine.
• Orochimaru told Muzan he would ensure his safety as a medical ninja and warned him not to make reckless charges.

Muzan planned to approach Pakura and asked Orochimaru for information about her movements. After learning that Danzo had sent Root to protect him, Muzan discovered Shanye Song's new Blood Demon Art and prepared to use a child disguise.

• Muzan asked Orochimaru for Pakura's location and departure time, and Orochimaru agreed to help him gather the information.
• Muzan learned that Danzo had ordered Shanye Song and the Root members to protect him rather than assassinate him.
• Shanye Song showed Muzan the eyes covering his body and demonstrated his Blood Demon Art, Demon Eye: Predictive Kill, which enhanced his senses and let him predict opponents' movements.
• Muzan decided to keep Shanye Song nearby as a sensory ninja and asked him to find a set of children's clothes for the plan to approach Pakura.

Muzan prepared to pursue Pakura and asked Orochimaru about learning Senjutsu, with Orochimaru directing him to Jiraiya or offering future experiments. Muzan set out for the port city in the Land of Wind, where his mission continued under Anbu protection.

• Orochimaru warned Muzan that he could abort the mission if danger arose, while Anbu secretly followed to protect him.
• Muzan told Orochimaru he wanted to use his S-rank reward to learn Senjutsu, and Orochimaru suggested asking Jiraiya or experimenting together after the war.
• Muzan explained that he favored Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu and thanked Orochimaru for his advice.
• Muzan left for the port city as Shanye Song led the Anbu trailing him.
• Muzan arrived in the Land of Wind's poor, sparsely populated port city.

Pakura rescued the child Muzan after Shanye Song staged an attack that left him wounded, then grew suspicious of the Hidden Sand ninjas’ insistence that she continue her diplomatic mission. Unable to find Muzan’s parents, she brought him aboard the ship bound for the Land of Water.

• Muzan wore an expensive outfit in a port town, where Pakura noticed him while questioning the purpose of her mission to the Hidden Mist Village.
• Shanye Song attacked Muzan, and Pakura killed him after he drove a kunai through the child’s arm.
• Pakura treated Muzan and grew suspicious when two Hidden Sand ninjas urged her to leave immediately for the Land of Water.
• Pakura took Muzan to a clinic, but the search for his parents found no wealthy visitors in town.
• Pakura brought the unconscious Muzan aboard her ship, believing he would be safe as long as he did not reach the Hidden Mist Village.

Muzan traveled with Pakura toward the Hidden Mist Village, intending to recruit her as one of his Twelve Kizuki and establish the Blood Moon organization. Pakura entered the village alone, and Muzan disappeared from the clinic where she had left him.

• Konoha's Anbu worried that Muzan had escaped aboard the ship and feared the consequences if their mission failed.
• Muzan revealed that he planned to recruit Pakura and use her conflict with the Hidden Mist Village to bring her into his organization.
• Shanye Song boarded the ship, pledged to help Blood Moon make its debut in the Land of Bloody Mist, and asked Muzan what the organization would be called.
• Muzan named the organization Blood Moon and instructed Shanye Song to go ahead to the Hidden Mist Village and await him.
• Pakura left Muzan at a clinic near the Land of Water and entered the Hidden Mist Village after warning him to return if she had not come back in seven days.
• The old captain discovered that Muzan had vanished after Pakura and her escorts disappeared into the fog.

Muzan entered Kirigakure and killed three scouts while Pakura discovered that her village had betrayed her and sent her to die. As the Seven Ninja Swordsmen overwhelmed her, an attack with Explosive Tags interrupted Jūzō Biwa’s attempt to kill her.

• Muzan entered Kirigakure’s mist and killed three Genin who tried to stop him.
• Pakura realized Kirigakure had betrayed her when the Seven Ninja Swordsmen confronted her.
• Pakura killed the two guards who tried to stab her from behind.
• Pakura fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, but their coordinated assault left her badly injured.
• Shanye Song watched Pakura’s battle and waited for the moment to reveal Blood Moon’s strength.
• Several kunai carrying Explosive Tags interrupted Jūzō Biwa as he moved to kill Pakura.

Shanye Song, a Man-Eating Demon of the Blood Moon Organization, attacked the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and tried to recruit the wounded Pakura while fighting Jūzō Biwa. As Shanye Song unleashed a battlefield-changing Earth Release, a voice called him out and stopped him.

• Shanye Song emerged from the fog in his demon form and attacked Jūzō Biwa, whose Executioner's Blade cut him in half before his body healed.
• Shanye Song rescued Pakura, introduced himself as Lower Six of the Twelve Kizuki, and offered her a place in the Blood Moon Organization.
• Jūzō Biwa fought Shanye Song, but Demon Eye let Shanye Song anticipate his attacks, and his wounds healed after Jūzō struck him.
• Shanye Song used Earth Release: Earth Flow River, burying part of the injured Pakura in mud as he tried to prove himself to the approaching presence.
• A cool voice addressed Shanye Song and warned that he was going too far, causing him to stop his ninjutsu.

Muzan transformed Pakura into a Man-Eating Demon and named her Lower Rank Two of the Twelve Kizuki. Pakura joined Shanye Song in fighting the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, whose assault began a brutal battle of attrition.

• Shanye Song protected the wounded Pakura and welcomed Muzan as he emerged from the mist.
• Muzan fed Pakura his blood, healing her injuries and transforming her into a Man-Eating Demon.
• Pakura recovered, discovered her new strength, and thanked Muzan for saving her.
• Muzan named Pakura Lower Rank Two and ordered her to bring terror to the Hidden Mist Village.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen joined forces to attack Pakura and Shanye Song, while Muzan watched from outside the battle.

Muzan fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen inside Jūzō Biwa’s Hidden Mist Technique, then broke the fog with a powerful Fire Release. The battle continued with Jūzō Biwa and Terumi Mei facing Muzan, while Jūzō suspected he was a Konoha ninja hiding behind the Blood Moon name.

• Muzan unleashed Black Blood Brambles, forcing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to break their encirclement and preventing Jūzō Biwa from reaching him.
• Jūzō Biwa approached Muzan through the Hidden Mist Technique, but Muzan tracked his position with whipping attacks and struck from underground with chakra-coated hands.
• Muzan’s attack threatened Jūzō Biwa in midair, but Terumi Mei intervened with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet and blasted Muzan into the ground.
• Muzan answered with Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, evaporating the mist and revealing Terumi Mei as his attacker.
• Terumi Mei called Muzan handsome, and Jūzō Biwa scolded her before admitting he did not know how they could defeat him.
• Jūzō Biwa suspected Muzan was from Konoha and that the Blood Moon identity was a cover.

Muzan turned Terumi Mei’s acid against the Hidden Mist forces, then used medical ninjutsu to disrupt Jūzō Biwa’s nerves and overpower both opponents. As he sensed a powerful presence approaching, Pakura recognized the Three-Tails Isobu’s aura.

• Muzan ordered Terumi Mei to attack with Lava Release, and her acid corroded his thorns.
• Muzan used Wind Release to scatter the acid into the air, forcing nearby Hidden Mist ninjas to flee before Terumi Mei blocked the rain with Boil Release.
• Muzan disrupted Jūzō Biwa’s nerves with medical ninjutsu, causing him to drop the Executioner’s Blade.
• Muzan defeated Terumi Mei in close combat but left her alive as he sensed a powerful presence approaching.
• Pakura and another fighter sensed danger, and Pakura recognized the Three-Tails Isobu.

Muzan confronted Yagura Karatachi and his fully transformed Three-Tails, Isobu, in the Hidden Mist Village, using his giant flesh-and-blood form to fight back. As their battle devastated the surrounding area, Muzan remained confident that he had already achieved his goals and intended to make the Blood Moon Organization known across the Shinobi World.

• Pakura moved closer to Muzan as Yagura Karatachi and the Three-Tails threatened them, while Shanye Song remained unconcerned.
• Yagura Karatachi transformed completely into Isobu, and Muzan expanded into a giant form before the watching Hidden Mist shinobi.
• Isobu struck Muzan and tore open his arm, but Muzan regenerated and fused part of Isobu's body into his own.
• Isobu rolled forward inside his shell, and the giants' battle crushed houses, cracked the ground, and flooded the area.
• Muzan produced flesh-like thorny vines to bind Isobu, while Yagura Karatachi continued meeting him head-on.

Muzan survived Yagura Karatachi’s Tailed Beast Ball and led the Twelve Kizuki out of Hidden Mist Village, making Blood Moon known to the Shinobi World. After the Mist forces blamed Konoha and prepared to attack it, Muzan told Pakura to establish Blood Moon’s headquarters in the Land of Waves.

• Yagura Karatachi struck Muzan with a Tailed Beast Ball, but Muzan rapidly regenerated and escaped with the Twelve Kizuki before dawn.
• Yagura Karatachi ordered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and other elites to attack Konoha after Jūzō Biwa claimed the operation was a Konoha plot.
• Muzan assessed Blood Moon’s debut and said the Twelve Kizuki needed more powerful members.
• Shanye Song warned Muzan that other forces would investigate Blood Moon and seek its healing ability.
• Muzan decided Blood Moon should lie low and instructed Pakura to use his money to establish a business foothold in the Land of Waves.