Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Tianyi trained Minato Namikaze and repeatedly avoided Kushina Uzumaki’s requests to spar. After Minato asked Kushina to arrange for him to become Tianyi’s disciple, Tianyi overheard the conversation and quietly considered the request.

• Minato Namikaze used his modified Body Flicker Technique and shuriken to challenge Tianyi, who praised his growing speed and precision after ending their spar.
• Kushina Uzumaki demanded her turn to train, but Tianyi vanished and left her furious over another broken promise.
• Minato Namikaze asked Kushina whether she had spoken to Tianyi about becoming his disciple.
• Kushina agreed to talk to Tianyi and then sparred with Minato on the training ground.
• Tianyi watched the pair from a window and considered Minato’s request to become his disciple.

Footpan Chicken Country announced a more aggressive military posture and a joint deterrence agreement with Bald Eagle Nation, prompting a wave of online comments in Rabbit Nation. After Rabbit Nation’s leaders agreed to act swiftly and strike first, an encrypted order went out to military units, leaving war imminent.

• Footpan Chicken Country’s spokesperson announced a defense budget increase, counterstrike capabilities, and a joint response with Bald Eagle Nation to any attempt to alter the status quo.
• Chen Yuan watched the press conference clip and saw commenters repeatedly post “Deal,” then added the same comment before falling asleep.
• Seven senior leaders met in a top-secret room and discussed how spatial transportation technology from another world had strengthened Rabbit Nation.
• The leader in the Mao suit called for Rabbit Nation to strike quickly and hard, and the elders agreed.
• The secretary departed, and a highest-priority encrypted radio signal reached units across the country.

Tian Jianguo briefed the Flying Thunder God Group and Thunderbolt Group on missions in Jingdong and Taiwan, urging them to defend the country as tensions escalated. The teams prepared to infiltrate their targets the next morning, with the Thunderbolt Group tasked with capturing or eliminating Lai Wa and disabling a command center before coordinated strikes.

• Tian Jianguo addressed the gathered teams, recalled his long service, and declared that the time had come to act.
• Tian Jianguo ordered the nine members of the Flying Thunder God Group to enter Jingdong as ordinary tourists, gather at a safe guesthouse, and wait seven days for weapons and further orders.
• Tian Jianguo ordered the Thunderbolt Group to enter Taiwan through a special channel and assigned one team to disable a wartime command center while Wang Qiang led a strike on Lai Wa at the Beitai Villa District.
• Tian Jianguo told the Thunderbolt Group to complete both objectives within fifteen minutes before synchronized air strikes began, and Wang Qiang acknowledged the target and capture-or-eliminate order.
• Tian Jianguo warned that the operation had no official codename or way back and demanded a fast, precise, and ruthless mission.

Rabbit Nation’s repeated declaration that it was “already aware” fueled public anger and foreign claims that it had backed down. On the sixth night, Wang Qiang and eleven others began a covert operation against a villa where their target was staying.

• For five days, Rabbit Nation’s spokesperson answered questions about Footpan Chicken’s threat only by saying, “We are already aware.”
• Chen Yuan watched videos of people criticizing the response and expressing disappointment, then fell asleep thinking about the phrase “the time has not yet come.”
• On the sixth day, overseas media and Footpan Chicken’s right-wing groups portrayed Rabbit Nation as having retreated.
• Wang Qiang’s team received satellite intelligence confirming that target LW was in a villa’s master bedroom and reviewed the guards and patrols.
• Wang Qiang recalled the words “Let them throw a hundred punches. What harm in breaking them open with one punch?” and ordered all twelve figures to move.

Wang Qiang led the Thunder Squad in a covert raid on Lai Wa’s villa district, using fog to blind surveillance and killing all twenty-three ww agents. The squad captured Lai Wa and a woman and regrouped at the extraction point, where Wang Qiang signaled for pickup.

• Wang Qiang ordered two Thunder Squad members to blanket the villa district in mist while twelve operatives took their positions.
• Wang Qiang infiltrated the surveillance room, killed its three agents, and disabled the villa district’s alarms and cameras.
• The Thunder Squad killed the remaining ww agents and erased evidence of the raid.
• Wang Qiang injected Lai Wa and the woman beside him, and two squad members carried them away in restraint bags.
• Wang Qiang regrouped with the squad at the extraction point and sent an infrared signal into the sky.

Su Xiao and the other eight received weapons and mission instructions in Jingdong, then learned they were to plant nuclear devices at three major targets. The chapter ended with Commander Li ordering them to prepare to deploy, while Su Xiao accepted the mission.

• After seven tense days posing as tourists, Su Xiao and the eight others gathered with Commander Li as the Flying Thunder God Formation delivered military cases into their basement.
• Zhao Gang activated a signal jammer, and Li Qin sensed the area to confirm that no suspicious people were nearby.
• Commander Li showed the team routes to sewer access points near Yasukuni Shrine, the Prime Minister's Office, and Combat Command Headquarters, and explained that the devices had a thirty-kilometer blast radius.
• Su Xiao and the others realized the devices were nuclear weapons, and Su Xiao asked Commander Li whether they would really use them.
• Commander Li invoked his grandfather's memories of the 1937 Jinling massacre to argue that the team should carry out its orders, while acknowledging that civilians could die if the devices were used.
• Su Xiao said she understood, and Commander Li ordered everyone to prepare to leave in thirty minutes.

Su Xiao and Zhang Lei traveled through the sewers beneath Yasukuni Shrine and installed a nuclear device. They vanished after completing the mission, leaving the weapon in place beneath the shrine.

• Commander Li assigned Su Xiao and Zhang Lei to plant a device at Yasukuni Shrine.
• Su Xiao and Zhang Lei entered a sewer and followed the planned route toward the shrine.
• Zhang Lei checked their position and confirmed they were beneath the target.
• Su Xiao summoned the iron sphere and reflected on its destructive power and the Nanjing Massacre of 1937.
• Su Xiao and Zhang Lei installed the sphere on a platform and vanished.

At a packed press conference, Mr. Wang announced that Rabbit Nation had found and arrested Leader L on suspicion of manufacturing weapons of mass destruction and endangering national security. The announcement left reporters in an uproar as he began to reveal Rabbit Nation's position.

• Reporters gathered at Rabbit Nation's press conference amid reports that LQD had vanished and agents and surveillance systems had been destroyed.
• Yamada Ichiro suspected Rabbit Nation had waited until its affairs were settled before speaking, while Bald Eagle reporters dismissed the possibility of major news.
• Mr. Wang arrived at the podium, and his presence unsettled reporters including the CN reporter and Yamada Ichiro.
• Mr. Wang announced that Rabbit Nation had discovered Leader L, lawfully arrested him, and would soon hold judgment, prompting an uproar.

Mr. Wang announced that Huaxia would bring the child back to its mother's embrace within one week and warned other countries that Huaxia would decide when any intervention ended. As the announcement shook the world, Li Wei saw the public’s jubilant reaction online.

• Mr. Wang dismissed the Liberty Times reporter’s accusations and told Reuters that Huaxia welcomed Footpan Chicken and the Bald Eagle’s intervention, but would decide when it ended.
• Mr. Wang announced that the child would return to its mother’s embrace within a week and repeated his warning to countries watching the livestream.
• Mr. Wang ended the press conference, and news outlets reported the declaration as global markets and governments reacted.
• Li Wei opened an official video on Musical Note Platform and read jubilant comments celebrating Huaxia’s announcement.
• Li Wei returned to the homepage and saw that Musical Note Platform had been flooded with reactions.

Rabbit Nation’s Eastern Theater forces completed their preparations for a massive operation against the island. General Yang Weiguo urged troops to remain focused, then ordered the operation to begin.

• A young soldier at Position Three learned that fifty missile waves were planned over seven days and waited eagerly for orders.
• General Yang received reports that missile units, aircraft, rocket launchers, and electronic warfare forces were ready and that island communications were largely severed.
• General Yang opened all-channel communications and reminded the forces that their advantage did not mean victory until the land was recovered.
• General Yang told the troops to stay clear-headed and focused, and they answered that they understood.
• General Yang ordered the operation to begin, and the liaison officer directed all units to commence according to the plan.

Rabbit Nation launched a surprise attack on North Terrace, destroying its radar station and plunging the city into chaos. The island’s deputy leader and other officials tried to flee by plane, but the aircraft was intercepted and destroyed over the sea.

• A DF-17 missile destroyed the Beitai Radar Station after a strawberry soldier spotted hundreds of hostile targets approaching.
• Air-raid sirens sent North Terrace residents scrambling for supplies, fuel, and escape routes as explosions struck the city.
• The deputy leader, several legislators, and two ministers boarded a G650 business jet and fled toward the strait.
• Rabbit Nation’s Air Force ordered the plane to return, but the deputy leader refused and claimed the aircraft carried Bald Eagle citizens.
• After a fire-control radar locked onto the jet, the plane was hit by air-to-air missiles and its occupants fell into the sea.

A drone swarm destroyed the island’s military airfield and installations as Wang Qiang’s squad secured the underground command center. The next morning, a red flag rose over North Terrace City as the island returned to Rabbit Nation.

• Tens of thousands of drones attacked the island airfield, destroying its last intact F-16 and leaving the strawberry pilot dead.
• The command center lost contact with military units as explosions drew near and the blast door was blown open.
• Wang Qiang’s twelve-man squad killed the guards, captured the commanders, and secured the underground command center.
• Wang Qiang reported that the target was absent and learned that intelligence had confirmed the target had crashed into the sea.
• The next morning, a red flag was raised atop Beitai Yao-01 Tower as North Terrace City’s citizens watched.

After Rabbit Nation completed its operation in twelve hours, the Bald Eagle president convened allied leaders to discuss the threat and ordered intelligence gathering, a unified response, and preparations for a Joint Fleet. The meeting ended with the allies uncertain about Rabbit Nation’s capabilities and what it might do next.

• The Bald Eagle president reviewed the reports showing that Rabbit Nation had completed its operation in twelve hours and ordered a detailed timeline, options assessment, and real-time military map.
• The Bald Eagle president opened an urgent meeting with allied leaders, and the Footpan Chicken prime minister asked whether Article Five of the Eagle-Chicken Treaty applied.
• The Bald Eagle president told the Footpan Chicken prime minister that the treaty required an attack on her homeland and did not cover the place Rabbit Nation had taken.
• The Kangaroo Nation and John Bull prime ministers warned that Rabbit Nation’s military capabilities and speed posed a threat beyond the operation just completed.
• The Bald Eagle president called for intelligence on Rabbit Nation, a coordinated public response, and a Joint Fleet to pressure it.
• After the meeting, the Kangaroo Nation prime minister warned the Bald Eagle president that Rabbit Nation’s threat to decide when an intervention ended now sounded credible.

Rabbit Nation celebrated the return of the island after its forces secured it, while Footpan Chicken's prime minister ordered the formation of a multinational Joint Fleet in response. The fleet was set to assemble within ten days, raising the prospect of a standoff.

• Rabbit Nation's evening news confirmed that the island's military targets had been controlled or destroyed and its temporary administrative authority had begun work, showing the red flag atop North Taiwan 01 Building.
• Viewers across the country celebrated; Li Wei joined people setting off firecrackers outside his home.
• Footpan Chicken's prime minister told her cabinet that Rabbit Nation had achieved its objective in twelve hours and proposed forming a Joint Fleet with its allies.
• After the defense minister warned that Rabbit Nation might retaliate, the prime minister argued it would not risk war with half the world if Footpan Chicken did not fire first.
• Footpan Chicken's cabinet approved the Joint Fleet, with assembly ordered to be completed within ten days.

A massive Joint Fleet entered Huaxia’s territorial waters, bringing both sides to the brink of armed conflict. After the fleet ignored Huaxia’s warning and refused to withdraw, General Yang ordered the Jingdong Plan activated.

• Footpan Chicken’s prime minister watched an eight-carrier joint naval exercise and declared that they feared no one.
• The Joint Fleet advanced into Huaxia’s waters as Huaxia’s three carrier fleets deployed to stop it, but the joint force ignored repeated warnings.
• General Yang gave the Joint Fleet five minutes to withdraw before ordering the Jingdong Plan.
• Admiral Smith ordered the Joint Fleet to prepare for combat, and both sides armed their weapons and moved into attack positions.
• After the five minutes expired with the Joint Fleet still in Huaxia’s waters, General Yang ordered the Jingdong Plan activated.

As the Joint Fleet and Huaxia Fleet faced off, Footpan Chicken’s prime minister ordered the country to prepare for war. In a guesthouse outside Jingdong, Captain Li and Su Xiao activated the Jingdong Plan, leaving its outcome pending.

• An aide informed the prime minister that the Joint Fleet and Huaxia Fleet were confronting each other with fire-control radars active.
• The prime minister declared a Level One alert and ordered Footpan Chicken’s forces to mobilize, monitor Huaxia, and prepare the public for an emergency.
• Captain Li received the message “Operation commenced” and told Su Xiao the plan was beginning.
• Su Xiao asked Captain Li to let her press one of the buttons, and he agreed.
• Captain Li opened the case containing two buttons, and he and Su Xiao pressed them simultaneously.
• A sequence of beeps sounded, and the case’s red light came on.

Three simultaneous fireballs devastated Jingdong, destroying the government center and killing tens of millions as the city became ruins. General Yang received confirmation of the destruction and watched the Joint Fleet, waiting to see what it would do next.

• Three fireballs ignited over the Prime Minister's Office, Combat Command Headquarters, and Yasukuni Shrine, then merged into one enormous blast that annihilated central Jingdong.
• The blast and shock wave destroyed buildings and swept through the city, while people across a wide area were killed or injured.
• Three hikers on Mount Fuji saw the light and mushroom cloud; one had his eyes burned, while the other two watched Jingdong burn.
• An assistant told General Yang that Jingdong City and its core targets had been destroyed, with the estimated death toll in the eight figures.
• General Yang watched the Joint Fleet and said they would see what it did next.

After Jingdong was destroyed by an unknown Peace Weapon, the Joint Fleet withdrew in fear while the Footpan Chicken fleet stayed behind and was destroyed by Huaxia missiles. The chapter ended with Tianyi reacting in surprise to the word “peace.”

• Yamada Ichi told Smith that Jingdong, including its capital and command centers, had been destroyed, and demanded permission to attack Huaxia.
• The president ordered Smith to withdraw the Joint Fleet and prevent the Footpan Chicken fleet from opening fire as allied fleets fled.
• General Yang explained that the Joint Fleet feared their own homelands could suffer the same attack, then ordered the remaining Footpan Chicken fleet taken out.
• Huaxia launched Yingji-21 missiles that sank the Footpan Chicken fleet in under three minutes.
• General Yang ordered the fleet’s destruction recorded as a self-destruction for unknown reasons.
• Tianyi exclaimed, “What, peace?”

Tianyi received the First-Class Merit Medal and promotion to major for his contributions to the Firmament Project and the Flying Thunder God Squad. Months later in Konoha, he trained Minato in Flying Thunder God and encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming Hokage, while assigning him a training summary.

• Commander Tian awarded Tianyi the First-Class Merit Medal and promoted him from captain to major.
• In Konoha, Tianyi admired the medal and pinned it to his chest before a mirror.
• Several months later, Tianyi and Minato practiced Flying Thunder God at the Senju Clan Training Ground, where Minato showed remarkable progress.
• Tianyi told Minato to strengthen his fundamentals, including chakra control and taijutsu, alongside Flying Thunder God.
• Minato asked whether he could become Hokage, and Tianyi said he could after completing his training summary.

Kakashi Hatake graduated from the Ninja Academy at age five, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to weigh potential Hokage successors as Hatake Sakumo prepared to return from an S-class mission. Shimura Danzō saw the situation as a chance to advance his own claim to leadership and resolved to force Hiruzen’s hand.

• Konoha residents discussed Kakashi Hatake becoming the village’s youngest graduate after Hiruzen Sarutobi personally tested and certified him.
• Hiruzen considered Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo as possible successors, but questioned whether Sakumo could make the ruthless decisions the Hokage might need to make.
• A Root ninja reported Kakashi’s graduation to Shimura Danzō and said Hatake Sakumo was expected back from a classified S-class mission in three days.
• Danzō concluded that Kakashi and Sakumo could strengthen Hiruzen’s succession dilemma and resolved to push events forward to prove that he was the one suited to inherit Konoha.