Chapter Summaries

Shikaku and Darui negotiated whether the Allied Forces should enter Amegakure’s drainage pipes to clear out its defenders, while Nagato prepared to seal the Tailed Beasts into Deidara, Kisame, and Orochimaru’s chosen candidate. The fighting underground intensified, and the Allied Forces stalled near the core zone where Nagato was conducting the sealing.

• Shikaku explained that the Hyuga Clan would not participate and arranged for Shibi Aburame to map Amegakure’s underground pipes.
• Darui objected to sending Hidden Cloud troops underground, and he and Shikaku agreed to let the other three commanders vote, with Konoha joining any Cloud Shinobi who entered the pipes.
• Deidara, Kisame, and Orochimaru discussed their readiness to become Jinchuriki, and Nagato led them away to begin the sealing.
• Orochimaru reported that Iwagakure’s strength was giving Nagato’s forces trouble and predicted that Amegakure’s defenders might not last until nightfall.
• Allied Forces ninja fought Amegakure’s elites in the drainage pipes, where the defenders used their knowledge of the tunnels to counter the invaders’ attacks.
• Kotetsu Hagane reported that the three vanguard units had been stopped and the scouting teams had found no alternate passages, leaving Shikaku concerned.

Shikaku realized the Allied Forces were in danger when Inoichi sensed a massive chakra source beneath the tunnels, and Kitsuchi helped the troops escape to the surface. Nagato emerged with the seven newly sealed Jinchuriki, where a hidden agitator urged the Allied Forces to attack, and Deidara offered to handle the standoff.

• Inoichi sensed a massive chakra source underground, and Shikaku ordered the Allied Forces to retreat in case Akatsuki released the Tailed Beasts.
• Kitsuchi and hundreds of Iwagakure shinobi opened a route to the surface with Earth Release, allowing the Allied Forces to escape as seven roars sounded from below.
• Inoichi could not determine what was happening underground, and scouts reported that the roars were approaching the surface.
• Nagato emerged from the tunnel with the seven Jinchuriki, while a hidden shinobi stirred the Allied Forces to attack.
• Nagato frowned as the Allied Forces began to move, and Deidara offered to handle the situation.

Nagato confronted the Allied Forces and demanded another Five Kage Summit, hoping to secure Amegakure recognition as a sixth great nation. After the commanders rejected his terms, Orochimaru explained why negotiation would fail and Nagato asked what he should do instead.

• Nagato noticed a hidden provocateur among the Allied Forces, and Deidara used his new K-Series Beetle to travel underground and explode among the shinobi.
• Orochimaru appeared beside Deidara and said he was watching the Jinchuriki who had taken his place.
• Shikaku Nara approached Nagato as the Allied Forces commander, and Nagato revealed that he had sealed seven Tailed Beasts inside the people behind him.
• Nagato demanded another Five Kage Summit and wanted Amegakure to participate as the sixth great nation, but Shikaku refused.
• Nagato threatened to release all seven Tailed Beasts into Konoha, while Baki rejected his demands and Deidara urged him to attack.
• Orochimaru told Nagato that the Five Great Nations would not accept his terms, and Nagato asked for his advice.

Nagato’s attempt to secure negotiations with the Allied Forces stalled, so Orochimaru proposed demonstrating Akatsuki’s strength while offering to help in exchange for studying Deidara’s new Earth Release. The allied commanders brought Gaara and Mei Terumi into the dispute, and the chapter ended with Darui suggesting the two Kage hold an informal preliminary talk with Akatsuki.

• Nagato asked Orochimaru for a way to make the Five Great Nations negotiate, and Orochimaru said Akatsuki would need to hurt and frighten them without provoking a fight to the death.
• Deidara pointed out that Orochimaru wanted a reward, and Orochimaru asked to study Deidara’s new Earth Release for a few months; Nagato agreed if it helped reconvene the Five Kage Summit.
• The Allied Forces commanders debated whether to involve Gaara and Mei Terumi, and Shikaku Nara argued that the Five Kage should make the decision.
• Gaara rejected negotiations with Akatsuki and promised Hidden Sand would keep fighting, while Mei Terumi argued that talks could prevent a wider war.
• Shikaku and Kitsuchi tried to ease tensions between the Kage, and Darui suggested Gaara and Mei Terumi hold an informal preliminary talk with Akatsuki.

Gaara and Mei Terumi agreed to hear Nagato’s terms, and Nagato proposed making Amegakure the sixth great nation in exchange for distributing the Tailed Beasts. Gaara rejected the proposal and challenged Nagato over Akatsuki taking Shukaku from him.

• Mei Terumi persuaded Gaara to hear Akatsuki’s terms, and Temari prepared to record them.
• Gaara and Mei Terumi approached Nagato, who recognized Gaara and introduced himself as Nagato.
• Nagato proposed distributing the Tailed Beasts among the Five Great Nations in exchange for recognition of Amegakure as the sixth great nation.
• Gaara objected that Akatsuki had taken the Tailed Beasts and demanded that Nagato answer for taking Shukaku from him.

Nagato offered the Rinnegan to Hidden Sand and Hidden Cloud as compensation for peaceful coexistence with Akatsuki, leaving Gaara torn between the reward and the danger of provoking Konoha. When Mei Terumi challenged Akatsuki over its crimes, Nagato said he would commit suicide and apologize to the Five Kage before giving up his eyes, stunning everyone.

• Nagato offered one Rinnegan each to Hidden Sand and Hidden Cloud as atonement for the conflict.
• Mei Terumi and Gaara considered the political risks and temptations of accepting the Rinnegan, while Gaara struggled to choose between his convictions and Hidden Sand’s interests.
• Mei Terumi accused Akatsuki of sheltering rogue ninja and directing terrorist acts, pointing to Kisame Hoshigaki as an example.
• Nagato announced that he would commit suicide and apologize to the Five Kage before handing over the Rinnegan.
• Deidara protested Nagato’s decision, but Nagato told him to trust that he had his own plans.

Nagato offered to atone for Akatsuki's actions by surrendering the Rinnegan and his life, in exchange for a Five Kage Summit to discuss Amegakure's future. The Allied Forces agreed to withdraw temporarily while their representatives sought instructions, and the chapter ended with Tsunade confronting a daydreaming Shizune in Konoha.

• Nagato proposed surrendering the Rinnegan and committing suicide as atonement, and Mei Terumi and Gaara supported withdrawing the Allied Forces from Amegakure while a Five Kage Summit was arranged.
• Darui, Ao, Baki, Shikaku Nara, and Kitsuchi each stated their positions, and the commanders agreed to withdraw to River Country while seeking their Kage's instructions.
• The assembled leaders noticed that Iwagakure and Konoha appeared to be quietly aligning, while Akatsuki watched the political maneuvering.
• Tsunade asked Shizune to bring her a file, but Shizune remained lost in thought until Tsunade stood up and prepared to reprimand her.

Tsunade learned that Konoha was spreading rumors that she and Hyuga Yuun, known as White Gale, had broken up, despite her insistence that they had never been involved. She realized the gossip had spread throughout the village and was left furious and stunned.

• Tsunade caught Shizune spacing out and made her explain what was troubling her.
• Shizune told Tsunade that rumors claimed she and White Gale had broken up.
• Tsunade denied ever having a relationship with Hyuga Yuun and smashed her desk in anger.
• Shizune cited Yuun’s patience with Tsunade and recent changes in the Hyuga Clan as evidence behind the rumors.
• Tsunade asked whether everyone was saying it, and Shizune confirmed that the whole village was gossiping behind her back.

Tsunade learned that the Hyuga Clan was quietly relocating people and supplies, raising fears that the clan might be distancing itself from Konoha. Before she could meet with Hiashi, a report about Nagato’s offer to the Five Great Nations revealed a plan likely to drive them into conflict over the Rinnegan.

• Shizune told Tsunade that the Hyuga Clan had moved some clan members and supplies, though Yuun’s efforts to conceal the relocation had left only faint clues.
• Tsunade considered the Hyuga Clan’s influence over Konoha’s ninja clans and economy and decided the village could not risk a rupture with them.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to request a meeting with Clan Head Hiashi.
• A Cipher Team ninja delivered intelligence from Lord Shikaku Nara about Nagato’s proposed Five Kage Summit and offer of the Rinnegan.
• Tsunade realized Nagato had assigned one Rinnegan to Hidden Cloud and one to Hidden Sand, excluding Konoha and setting the Five Great Nations against one another.

Tsunade tried to uncover why the Hyuga Clan was evading the village’s requests for help, but Hanabi’s rehearsed excuses and silence kept her from learning anything. Shizune investigated the clan’s purchases and discovered evidence of a hidden plan involving transplant medicine and Root’s exchange for Sharingan.

• Tsunade learned that Hiashi had retired and Hanabi had become the Hyuga Clan head, then authorized Shikaku to handle negotiations for the Allied Forces.
• Tsunade confronted Hanabi at the Hyuga Estate, but Hanabi repeated Yuun’s prepared response and avoided revealing the clan’s secrets.
• Tsunade left without an explanation and told Shizune that the Hyuga Clan was hiding something from Konoha.
• Shizune investigated the Hyuga Clan’s purchases and found reduced luxury spending and an unusually large supply of medicine used to treat organ-transplant rejection.
• Shizune traced the medicine purchases to the Hyuga Clan’s exchange with Root for Sharingan and uncovered further clues.

Hiashi learned that Tsunade had decided to attend the Five Kage Summit, prompting him to prepare to return to Konoha and assess the risk of war. Yuun remained at the base, relieved that Hiashi would be leaving even as he continued recovering from his injuries.

• Yuun coughed from the lingering effects of his bloodline fusion and took another vial of medicine despite Hiashi's concerns about its side effects.
• Linxuan Hyuga arrived at the base with urgent intelligence from Hanabi and reported that Tsunade had agreed to attend the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Hot Water.
• Hiashi was shocked by the decision and considered how the summit and a possible war threatened the Hyuga Clan, whose relocation and preparations he had already begun.
• Hiashi decided he needed to return to Konoha ahead of schedule to take control and judge the likelihood of war.
• Yuun sighed with relief at the prospect of Hiashi leaving the base, though his injuries still limited his movement.

The Five Kage Summit began with the Kage arguing over whether to suppress the Akatsuki Organization and allow Amegakure to become a nation. Tsunade declared that Konoha would pursue Akatsuki regardless of the summit’s decision, leaving the other Kage to face the risk of a wider conflict.

• Mei Terumi failed to commit Hidden Mist to Konoha’s side during her private talks with Tsunade.
• At the summit, Gaara provoked the Third Tsuchikage by pointing out that Deidara, his disciple, belonged to Akatsuki, and the two nearly fought until Mei Terumi intervened.
• The Fourth Raikage called for an immediate vote, and Gaara supported voting to stop suppressing Akatsuki because Amegakure’s rise could threaten Hidden Sand.
• Tsunade opposed the proposal and vowed that Konoha would keep pursuing Akatsuki over the Nine-Tails attack and the attack on Konoha orchestrated by Orochimaru.
• Mei Terumi argued that Tobi had acted alone in the Nine-Tails attack and that Akatsuki was not responsible for Orochimaru’s actions after he defected.
• Tsunade rejected Mei Terumi’s argument and threatened to expose information about the Underground Bounty Station.

The Five Kage debated whether to end the slaughter of Amegakure, and Tsunade learned that Deidara had been used to pressure Ōnoki into supporting the other Kage. After the four Kage voted to stop the slaughter, Tsunade demanded the Seven-Tails for Konoha, provoking Ōnoki as the summit continued.

• Mei Terumi argued that Akatsuki should not be held responsible for Orochimaru’s actions, and Tsunade threatened the other nations over Konoha’s past attack on Amegakure.
• Ōnoki reluctantly sided with Gaara, the Raikage, and Mei Terumi, and the Kage adjourned the meeting for half an hour.
• Shizune reminded Tsunade that Deidara was Ōnoki’s disciple, and Tsunade realized the other Kage had pressured Ōnoki through Deidara.
• The four Kage voted against continuing the motion to exterminate Amegakure, leaving Tsunade to cast the deciding vote.
• Tsunade demanded the Seven-Tails for Konoha, and Ōnoki angrily objected because it had been promised to Iwagakure and was sealed inside an Iwagakure Jinchuriki.

Tsunade withdrew Konoha from the Five Kage Summit after demanding the Seven-Tails, forcing the other Kage to reconsider their plans. The negotiations collapsed into a confrontation between the Raikage and Gaara, which the Third Tsuchikage stopped while warning the Raikage that he could side with Konoha.

• Tsunade declared that Konoha would take the Seven-Tails and walked out of the summit when the other Kage refused to grant Konoha a share.
• Gaara reminded the Raikage that Akatsuki required the consent of all Five Great Nations for its agreement with Hidden Rain Village to proceed.
• The Raikage and Mei Terumi traded accusations over the Tailed Beasts and Hidden Cloud's refusal to compensate Konoha.
• The Raikage challenged Gaara, who accepted and readied his sand as the two prepared to fight.
• The Third Tsuchikage raised a rock wall to stop the Raikage's punch and warned that he could cooperate with Tsunade unless the Raikage honored their agreement over the Seven-Tails and Deidara.

The East Sea Team arrived in the Naruto world as the Five Kage Summit approached and war threatened the Shinobi world. Captain Miyata Kuraki learned that the West Sea Team would arrive in fifteen days, and his team began planning how to survive the team battle and make contact with Konoha.

• The narration explained why Konoha could afford to pursue Tailed Beasts while the Land of Wind struggled to support even one, and described the dangers of securing and sealing them.
• Miyata Kuraki awoke and read the Main God's missions, including surviving three months, eliminating the Akatsuki Organization, preventing the Ten-Tails' revival, and facing the West Sea Team in fifteen days.
• The priest Jingu and the other veterans awakened; Quan Zhenxiong showed signs of rejecting his demon bloodline, then leered at the girl, who aimed her pistols at him.
• Otsuka explained the Main God and Naruto world to the newcomers, but Miyata Kuraki interrupted him and gathered the team to discuss the mission.
• The girl inferred that the East Sea Team had been placed on Konoha's side and urged the team to consider how to establish contact with Konoha.

The East Sea Team debated how to use its early arrival and money to prepare for the much stronger West Sea Team, while the girl secured recognition as the team’s planner. Otsuka secretly transformed himself using a dangerous Polyjuice Potion, and the girl led Miyata Kuraki and four newcomers to accept a Konoha mission as she began investigating their identities.

• The girl argued that the East Sea Team should contact Konoha and use its money to buy supplies or hire protection, while warning that exploiting the opportunity too much could raise the Main God’s evaluation of them.
• The room’s protective barrier vanished, and Otsuka left the group; Old Jingong assigned a Shikigami to watch him while Miyata Kuraki let him go.
• The girl reasoned that the Main God may have given them advantageous identities because the West Sea Team was far stronger, and Old Jingong formally entrusted her with planning for the team.
• Otsuka secretly drank a modified Polyjuice Potion made with orange-yellow hair, then injected himself with an anesthetic as his body began an irreversible transformation.
• The girl and Miyata Kuraki took four newcomers to Konoha’s mission office, where Kotetsu Hagane assigned them to maintain order at a fireworks festival with Team Three.
• After leaving the mission office, the girl told Miyata Kuraki that she thought she had made a new discovery.

At the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade accepted a compromise over the Tailed Beasts, and the nations approved Amegakure’s founding as a sixth great nation. Meanwhile, Yuun and Hinata reconciled after she confronted him about his secrets, while Sora Kurai warned the East Sea Team that the West Sea Team might be a powerful farming team.

• Gaara and Mei Terumi offered Konoha a choice of other Tailed Beasts and compensation, and Tsunade agreed to stop insisting on the Seven-Tails.
• The Five Great Nations unanimously approved Amegakure’s founding and its entry as the sixth great nation.
• Yuun demonstrated his recovering strength, and Hinata Hyuga confronted him about concealing his injuries and his feelings for Hana.
• Hinata Hyuga made Yuun promise not to lie or leave alone again, and he accepted her feelings about Hana.
• Sora Kurai told Miyata Kuraki and the others that the Main God’s repeated advantages suggested the West Sea Team was unusually powerful, possibly a farming team.
• Sora Kurai said the East Sea Team could hire enough shinobi to defeat the West Sea Team if they spent heavily.

Sora Kurai's team considered seeking protection from the Land of Fire's nobles against the approaching West Sea Team, while Otsuka used a potion to disguise himself as Naruto and approached Konoha's former classmates. Otsuka learned that Hinata had married someone called White Gale, leaving his plans unsettled as Asuma remained drunk and the group took him home.

• Sora Kurai agreed that Tanaka Shigure's proposal to seek noble protection might work and welcomed him as an official East Sea Team member.
• Otsuka tested his new disguise as Naruto, then headed toward the Hyuga Clan compound to advance his plan.
• Otsuka encountered Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, and Asuma, and helped Choji carry the drunk Asuma home.
• Otsuka asked about Hinata, and Shikamaru told him that she had married White Gale and rarely saw their former classmates.
• Shikamaru noted that Sasuke, Kiba, and Shino had also been missing, while Asuma woke up and talked about drinking more and Kurenai.

Otsuka, disguised as Naruto, used his mistaken identity to gather information in Konoha and tried to reach Hinata Hyuga as part of a plan to seize the Hyuga Clan. The chapter left him rejected at the Hyuga Estate gates while the other characters prepared for the fireworks festival and their separate mission.

• Otsuka passed himself off as Naruto to Shikamaru, Asuma, and Choji Akimichi, then left before his disguise raised more suspicion.
• Shikamaru and Choji Akimichi handed the unconscious Asuma over to the Sarutobi Clan and went to look for a mission.
• At the fireworks festival, Sora Kurai and Miyata Kuraki discussed sending Quan Zhenxiong with Tanaka Shigure, while Sora Kurai warned that Might Guy could be a problem.
• Otsuka found the Hyuga Estate and asked the guards to let him meet Hinata Hyuga, claiming Naruto Uzumaki had an important message for her.
• The Hyuga Clan head refused to see Otsuka and ordered the guards to throw him out if he kept harassing Hinata Hyuga.

Otsuka’s attempt to meet Hinata failed, leaving him to devise a new plan while Hanabi continued managing the Hyuga Clan. At the East Sea Team base, Sora Kurai learned that the Naruto world had diverged from their expected plot and ordered the team to gather intelligence cautiously before acting.

• Xianying Hyuga and Yuanfeng Hyuga forced Otsuka, disguised as Naruto Uzumaki, to leave the Hyuga Estate without seeing Hinata.
• Otsuka recognized that his plan had failed and, while leaving, began forming a new scheme using his disguise and the items he possessed.
• Hanabi declined to record Naruto’s visit and returned to handling the Hyuga Clan’s overwhelming paperwork.
• Sora Kurai reviewed intelligence gathered by Old man Jingong and Nogawa Maki, finding that Jiraiya and Asuma were alive, Second Pillar had not defected, Hinata had married, and Hanabi led the Hyuga Clan.
• Sora Kurai halted the East Sea Team’s plan to attack the Akatsuki Organization and rejected buying intelligence or sending Paper Ghosts to scout, directing the team to gather public information cautiously.