Chapter Summaries

Enkō used stolen Wood Release and Fire Release to drive Hashirama into a massive battle along the shore and sea. Hashirama survived Enkō’s attacks, but Enkō ended the chapter unleashing five flaming Wood Dragons at him.

• Enkō summoned a towering Wood Human and admitted that copying Hashirama’s Wood Release had nearly drained his ocular power.
• Enkō attacked Hashirama with the Wood Human, but Hashirama blocked its punch with Earth Release.
• Enkō pursued Hashirama with Deep Forest Emergence and Great Fireball Technique, driving him toward the sea and blasting him into the air.
• Hashirama countered with Water Severing Wave, piercing the Wood Human’s arm, but Enkō’s Wood Dragon seized him and hurled him into the sea.
• Hashirama broke free and landed on the water as Enkō revealed five flaming Wood Dragons and sent them charging at him.

Enkō fought Hashirama with an adaptable sword style, wounded him to obtain his cells, and was nearly defeated by Hashirama’s counterattack. Enkō revealed that he had used a Wood Release Clone to escape, then launched a near-full-power slash at Hashirama.

• Enkō’s five Wood Dragons clashed with Hashirama’s Water Dragons, and Enkō scattered the remains into a barrage of wooden spikes.
• Hashirama blocked the spikes with a greatsword, but Enkō appeared behind him and used Cold Edge’s flexible blade to pressure him in close combat.
• Enkō cut Hashirama’s shoulder to obtain his cellular tissue, but Hashirama countered with a devastating sword strike and chakra-enhanced blow that left Enkō apparently unconscious.
• Hashirama grabbed Enkō’s body, only for it to turn into a Wood Release Clone that bound him with branches.
• Enkō burst from the sea with Cold Edge in hand and unleashed a near-full-power slash that passed through Hashirama’s side.

Madara received a letter from the Land of Earth and prepared the Uchiha Clan for a possible move toward the Land of Fire after sensing Hashirama’s chakra. Meanwhile, Enkō ended his fight with Hashirama, who healed his grave wound, but Enkō stopped him as he was about to leave with the Uzumaki Clan.

• Uchiha Rai delivered Madara a letter from the Land of Earth, whose demands Madara rejected.
• Madara explained that the Uchiha Clan’s strength had grown and ordered Rai to assemble the remaining men after sensing Hashirama’s chakra near Enkō.
• Enkō finished his exhausting fight with Hashirama after using most of his ocular power to seize Hashirama’s Wood Release.
• Hashirama’s wound healed rapidly, and he prepared to leave with the Uzumaki Clan once Enkō agreed to stop fighting.
• Enkō called out to Hashirama to wait as he was about to depart.

Enkō demanded that the Uzumaki Clan leave its valuables behind, threatening to attack the Land of Fire if Hashirama refused. Uzumaki Ashina agreed to surrender the clan’s resources to protect Konoha, and as the fleet departed he warned Hashirama that war was coming soon.

• Enkō told Hashirama that the Uzumaki Clan could leave, but its valuables had to remain behind.
• Enkō threatened to return to the Land of Flame and attack the Land of Fire, knowing Hashirama could not quickly return to Konoha.
• Uzumaki Ashina emerged and agreed that the clan would leave its belongings behind to avoid bringing trouble to Konoha.
• Hashirama led the Uzumaki Clan away while Enkō’s people inventoried and carried off the clan’s spoils.
• As the fleet sailed toward the Land of Fire, Uzumaki Ashina warned Hashirama to prepare for the war that was soon to come.

After the Uzumaki Clan abandoned its homeland, Funato Tenzui’s men ransacked the estate while Enkō assessed the spoils and warned that the Funato Clan would have to hold Water Country at sea. Enkō ordered an immediate return to the Land of Flame as the other great nations began to take notice.

• Funato Tenzui directed his men to strip the Uzumaki estate of valuables and secretly kept a risqué book he had confiscated from a subordinate.
• Enkō learned that the Uzumaki Clan’s wealth could help the Funato Clan challenge Water Country, but warned that their new strength only gave them a chance to fight.
• Enkō told Funato Tenzui to stall Water Country for one month once it entered the war, or the Land of Flame would abandon the maritime battlefield.
• Uchiha Hono arrived with Kagami and Akane and reported that he had secured the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu and Barrier Jutsu for the Land of Flame.
• Enkō identified Tobirama Senju as a greater strategic threat than Hashirama and ordered Huo He to return to the Land of Flame immediately.

Tobirama welcomed Hashirama and the Uzumaki Clan back to Konoha and urged Hashirama to avoid war with the Land of Flame. After ordering a spy to keep investigating its plans, Tobirama wondered which great nation the Land of Flame intended to attack.

• Tobirama met Hashirama and Uzumaki Ashina at Konoha's gate and arranged for the Uzumaki Clan to settle in the village.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that the Land of Flame had assembled troops at the border and that the daimyo had summoned him to discuss war.
• Tobirama advised Hashirama not to attack the Land of Flame and to strengthen Konoha's border defenses, and Hashirama agreed.
• Tobirama sent Hashirama to reunite with his family, then asked a masked spy about the Land of Flame's military movements.
• Tobirama ordered the spy to keep monitoring the Land of Flame and wondered which great nation it planned to target.

After returning from Whirlpool Country, Enkō was scolded by Madara and Izuna for risking his life against Hashirama. He showed them a piece of Hashirama’s flesh and asked Tian Yuan to extract its cells, hoping to pursue the legend of the Rinnegan, but Tian Yuan called the attempt a pity.

• Madara sparred with Enkō to reprimand him for challenging Hashirama alone, while Izuna watched and teased him.
• Madara called Izuna onto the training platform too, but Enkō used Tian Yuan’s arrival to end the sparring.
• Enkō brought Madara, Izuna, and Tian Yuan to the Flame Shadow’s office and revealed a fragment of Hashirama’s flesh.
• Enkō asked Tian Yuan whether he could extract cells from the fragment after explaining his interest in awakening the Rinnegan.
• Tian Yuan examined the flesh and said it was a pity.

Enkō and his allies abandoned plans to extract cells from Hashirama's decayed flesh and turned to negotiating with the Land of Earth, which demanded half their territory for an alliance. Madara decided to lead the negotiations himself, while Enkō and Izuna prepared the troops.

• Tian Yuan said Hashirama's decayed flesh would yield too few cells, then proposed testing it as medicine, and Enkō let him take it.
• Madara and Izuna warned Enkō against obsessing over the uncertain Rinnegan legend.
• Madara showed Enkō the Land of Earth's reply, which demanded half the territory in exchange for cooperation.
• Enkō rejected an invasion because of the Land of Earth's mountain defenses and proposed sending Kakuzu to negotiate with Madara providing a show of force.
• Izuna volunteered to go, but Madara overruled both brothers and chose to lead the negotiations himself.
• After Madara left to prepare, Enkō and Izuna began making marching preparations and anticipated deploying troops after he returned.

Madara and Kakuzu arrived in Iwagakure to discuss cooperation, but Ōnoki tried to make them wait and assert the village’s authority. Madara destroyed the gate and confronted Ōnoki, who challenged him to fight.

• Madara and Kakuzu approached Iwagakure, where guards questioned their unannounced visit.
• Kakuzu explained that they had come from the Land of Flame to discuss cooperation with the Tsuchikage.
• Ōnoki dismissed concerns about offending the Land of Flame and decided to delay the visitors to establish Iwagakure’s authority.
• Madara attacked the gate guards, sending one flying toward Ōnoki and his escort.
• Ōnoki and the guard reached the gate, found it wrecked, and saw Madara holding a shinobi by the throat.
• Madara flung the captive toward them, then dismissed Ōnoki as a child; Ōnoki erupted with chakra and challenged him.

Madara and Kakuzu arrived at Iwagakure to discuss cooperation, but Ōnoki challenged Madara and was quickly defeated. Ishikawa rescued Ōnoki from Madara’s final blow and escorted the visitors into the village to discuss the matter.

• Ōnoki attacked Madara with his Earth Release techniques, but Madara blocked his blows and crushed his rock fist.
• Madara broke Ōnoki’s wrist and his killing intent froze the guard, who recognized him as Uchiha Madara.
• Ishikawa arrived and intercepted Madara’s punch, saving Ōnoki while Madara deliberately gave him time to intervene.
• Ishikawa apologized and invited Madara and Kakuzu to his office to discuss cooperation, then sent Ōnoki for treatment.
• Kakuzu followed Madara into Iwagakure while considering the potential market for stone and how Enkō’s Flying Thunder God might help with transport.

Madara and Kakuzu negotiated with Iwagakure over the Lonely Mountain Wasteland, and Kakuzu secured a one-year lease deal for transit rights through Land of Grass territory. Later, the Land of Flame broke its peace agreement and marched on the Lightning Country.

• Madara threatened to seize the Land of Earth’s territory by force when Ishikawa objected to exchanging it for Land of Grass.
• Kakuzu proposed leasing transit rights instead, and the sides agreed to a one-year term at a costly price for the Land of Earth.
• After Madara and Kakuzu left, Ishikawa told Mu to wait for the best opportunity to make use of Land of Grass territory.
• In the fifth year of Flame Hidden Village, the Land of Flame raised an army of 150,000 soldiers and 20,000 shinobi and advanced on the Lightning Country.

The Second Raikage took command of Kumogakure’s ninja at Thunderlight City after the Land of Flame declared war and amassed a huge army outside its walls. After reinforcements brought the defenders to more than eighty thousand, Enkō led an army of one hundred thousand into an attack on the city.

• The Second Raikage completed his training, learned that the Land of Flame had declared war, and was ordered to lead Kumogakure ninja to Thunderlight City.
• The Second Raikage arrived with five thousand ninja and agreed with General He Wu to defend the city against the Land of Flame’s army.
• The Land of Flame’s camp swelled to nearly two hundred thousand troops while its forces delayed attacking, prompting He Wu and the Second Raikage to request reinforcements.
• After seven days, reinforcements raised Thunderlight City’s defenders to more than eighty thousand, and the Second Raikage grew suspicious of the enemy’s delay.
• Enkō arrived before Thunderlight City with an army of one hundred thousand and ordered his troops to siege the city.

Izuna and Enkō brought the Land of Flame’s army to Thundercloud City, catching its defenders off guard, and prepared to test the newly built Uchiha Cannons against the city’s barrier. The chapter left Funai Naoki uneasy as one cannon charged and Enkō ordered it to fire at the city wall.

• Funai Naoki spotted a 150,000-strong Land of Flame army approaching Thundercloud City, which had only 50,000 defenders after sending troops to Thunderlight City.
• Funai Naoki ordered the city put on full alert and sent word to the Daimyo Palace to recall reinforcements.
• Izuna and Enkō revealed four Uchiha Cannons, siege weapons powered by Dragon Vein Chakra, and prepared them beyond the city’s attack range.
• Enkō directed a cannon crew to charge the leftmost cannon and aim its first shot at Thundercloud City’s wall.
• Funai Naoki and his guard watched uneasily as purple patterns appeared on the cannon, and Enkō commanded it to fire.

Enkō tested the Uchiha Cannon and used its devastating chakra lasers to breach Thundercloud City's defenses. The Land of Flame army stormed the city, and after two hours of fighting, a soldier sounded the battlefield's final horn.

• Enkō fired the Uchiha Cannon at Thundercloud City, piercing its barrier and blasting a hole through the city wall.
• Enkō ordered the remaining three cannons to destroy the gate and further breach the walls, while Izuna stayed behind to command the main force.
• Enkō led the vanguard in a charge, and the Taketori Clan and Uzuki Clan fighters joined the assault on the walls.
• Funai Naoki rallied the defenders, but the Land of Flame troops poured through the ruined gate and fought their way into the city.
• After two hours of battle, a Land of Flame soldier sounded the final horn atop the blood-soaked wall.

After capturing Thundercloud City, Enkō planned to seize Thunderwind City and cut off reinforcements while Izuna led the advance. At Thunderlight City, news of the defeat reached He Wu and the Second Raikage, who discovered the Land of Flame’s camp had vanished.

• Enkō explained to Izuna that Thunderlight City’s forces would likely travel through Thunderwind City to reinforce Thunderstorm City, and asked him to capture it.
• Enkō warned Izuna that Kumogakure’s ninja might oppose him and set a one-month limit for holding Thunderwind City before regrouping.
• Enkō and Izuna agreed to hold a victory banquet before Izuna departed with troops.
• At Thunderlight City, He Wu refused the Second Raikage’s suggestion to attack the Land of Flame’s encampment, insisting they defend their city.
• A carrier hawk brought He Wu news that Thundercloud City had fallen, and the Second Raikage rushed to the enemy camp.
• The Second Raikage returned to report that the camp was empty and three hundred thousand people had disappeared overnight.

After learning that the Land of Flame had captured Thundercloud City using a small force and a deception involving Clone Technique, He Wu and the Second Raikage planned to reinforce Thunderstorm City. A mysterious stranger appeared and revealed that the Land of Flame had already occupied Thunderwind City, then claimed to be both an enemy of the Uchiha Clan and an ally.

• He Wu and the Second Raikage examined a plea for aid and struggled to understand how the Land of Flame had taken Thundercloud City.
• The Second Raikage realized the Land of Flame had used Clone Technique to make a small force look like hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
• He Wu ordered Kumogakure and forty thousand troops to hurry to Thunderstorm City and stop the Land of Flame's advance.
• A hooded stranger appeared in the conference hall and announced that the Land of Flame had already occupied Thunderwind City.
• The stranger identified himself as an enemy of the Uchiha Clan who had come to help them.

Enkō prepared to march on Thunderstorm City while Chikuma’s hereditary illness left him unable to fight. Concerned by the missing Lightning Country reinforcements, Enkō left Uzuki Riten in charge of Thundercloud City and advanced with an uneasy feeling.

• Enkō visited the gravely ill Chikuma, who insisted he would fight despite Enkō’s orders to rest.
• Enkō told Chikuma to recover and promised to let him rejoin the ranks after Thunderstorm City fell.
• Enkō assigned Uzuki Riten to defend Thundercloud City because no Lightning Country troops had appeared to reinforce Thunderwind City.
• Enkō left Uzuki Riten an Uchiha Cannon and led his troops toward Thunderstorm City.
• Enkō looked back at Thundercloud City, felt a faint unease, and continued onward after finding no clear cause for it.

Feidian recruited Leiyan, Mariko, and Yeren to infiltrate the Land of Flame army’s camp and destroy its siege weapons. The team found three Steel Behemoths, but an unseen speaker greeted them before they could act.

• Feidian told Leiyan, Mariko, and Yeren that the city lord had offered two hundred million ryo to destroy the Land of Flame army’s weapons, and all three agreed to join him.
• Feidian led the team through the rain and into the army camp, where they searched the rear camp for the long, tubular weapon.
• The four discovered a tent containing three Steel Behemoths and prepared to destroy them.
• An unseen speaker said, “Good afternoon,” and Feidian turned toward the voice with his hand at his ninja tool pouch.

Enkō intercepted four Lightning Country infiltrators targeting Uchiha Cannon and killed them before they could escape. He returned to the command tent, while the mystery of the missing reinforcements remained unresolved.

• Enkō noticed four intruders had breached the barrier and confronted them in the rain.
• Feidian ordered the group to attack, but Enkō disarmed Yeren and burned him alive with his Blazing Flame technique.
• As soldiers surrounded the area, Leiyan tried to clear a path with lightning while Feidian and Mariko fled.
• Enkō killed Leiyan, Feidian, and Mariko with Cold Edge before they could escape.
• Enkō ordered the bodies cleared and returned to the command tent, where Mad Fang teased him about killing Mariko.

The Land of Flame used the Uchiha Cannon to break Thunderstorm City's defenses and capture the city with little resistance. As Enkō dealt with the aftermath, the gravely injured Uzuki Riten arrived and reported that Thundercloud City had fallen.

• A military supervisor tried to calm Thunderstorm City's defenders, but the Uchiha Cannon struck the wall and killed soldiers, spreading panic.
• Enkō criticized the cannon's aim and ordered another shot at the city gate, after which the Land of Flame army charged and overwhelmed the defenders.
• Thunderstorm City's lord fled with his wealth and sister-in-law, and the remaining Lightning Country troops lost the will to fight.
• The Land of Flame captured the city and began taking control while following Enkō's order not to harass civilians.
• Uzuki Riten collapsed near the ruined gate, and after Enkō summoned medical help, he reported that Thundercloud City had fallen before losing consciousness.