Recaps

Konoha rescued the surviving Uzumaki as Kumoi fought the Four Kage and Hiruzen defended the fleet from Ōnoki. The allied forces withdrew after Konoha’s victory, but the Four Kage pursued the Uzumaki treasury and discovered that a forbidden scroll had been stolen.

• Zhi disabled Kirigakure’s trap nodes, allowing Kagami’s squad to seize the command ship and clear the eastern blockade while Shui Yuan sacrificed himself to help the Uzumaki escape.
• Kumoi rescued Shui Yuan from the Raikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage, then fought them while Konoha evacuated 243 Uzumaki survivors.
• Kumoi defeated the three Kage with Kirin, but Ōnoki ambushed him, forcing him to teleport himself and Shui Yuan to safety.
• Hiruzen refused Ōnoki’s demand to surrender the Uzumaki and their sealing texts, then drove back the Allied Forces fleet with a combined attack and Enma’s aid.
• The Four Kage entered the Uzumaki treasury, where Danzō escaped after stealing knowledge of the Binding Soul Forbidden Seal.
• Danzō gave Hiruzen an account of his northern mission, while Hiruzen suspected that Danzō had concealed the truth about his unit’s casualties.
• The Four Kage learned that a forbidden scroll had been stolen and agreed to divide the remaining vault contents, while the Mizukage demanded Kagami’s head.
• Kumoi reviewed the completed evacuation, addressed the Konoha shinobi, and declared their victory as the fleet headed home.

After the Land of Whirlpools fell, Nangō Kumoi brought its survivors to Konoha and laid plans for their settlement and a new industrial district. Konoha’s clans began responding to the village’s reforms as rival nations pursued sealing research, while Mito prepared to meet Shui Yuan about the Uzumaki Clan’s future.

• The Ninja World Daily’s report of Kumoi’s battle against three Kage spread across the Ninja World, raising his bounty and prompting smaller nations to seek Konoha’s protection.
• Konoha welcomed Shui Yuan Uzumaki and the surviving Uzumaki clansmen, and Kumoi proposed settling them in the West District and involving them in an industrial park and university courses.
• Shui Yuan accepted his responsibility as clan head and vowed to revive the Uzumaki name, while Kumoi asked Kagami Uchiha to help the clan and address the Uchiha’s distance from Konoha.
• Kumoi launched plans for a villagewide university teacher examination and a West District industrial district, while Kagami presented new university and construction opportunities to the Uchiha.
• The Hyuga debated joining Konoha’s reforms, and Nitten won support in principle for preparing clan members to seek university faculty positions.
• Kumoi discovered that Might Duy had unusually narrow, fragile chakra meridians and encouraged him to pursue Taijutsu, giving him a training guide and a chance to earn Kumoi’s instruction.
• Madara ordered White Zetsu to monitor Kumoi and declared that the Eye of the Moon Plan would begin, while the Raikage, Ōnoki, and the Third Kazekage ordered sealing research for controlling Tailed Beasts.
• Mito taught Tsunade the Yin Seal and explained its powers before preparing to meet Shui Yuan and discuss the Uzumaki Clan’s future.

Kumoi spoke with Kurama and began building ties between Konoha and the surviving Uzumaki Clan. As Konoha expanded its public programs and research, Orochimaru proposed a precision energy weapon that Kumoi placed under strict security controls.

• Mito comforted Shui Yuan over the fall of the Uzumaki Clan, and Shui Yuan pledged the clan’s loyalty to Konoha and promised to rebuild with its support.
• Kumoi persuaded Mito to let him speak with the Nine-Tails, then entered its sealed realm and fought Kurama before urging it to reconsider its hatred of humans.
• Mito pulled Kumoi from the sealing space when his time ran out, and Kurama resolved to ask him more about the revelations when they met again.
• Kumoi asked Mito to allow further conversations with Kurama, while Mito said she would first assess the effects on the seal and Kumoi’s mind.
• After an experiment exploded at the Research Institute, Orochimaru proposed turning electrical energy into weapons, and Sousuke agreed to prepare a research proposal and risk report.
• Kumoi presented Hiruzen with a telegraph machine design and proposed involving the Uzumaki Clan in its production, while Konoha’s teacher recruitment drew applicants and attention from clans and merchants.
• Orochimaru developed a precision weapon concept using chakra-triggered Thunder Orbs and a rune-guided launch tube, then submitted it for preliminary review.
• Kumoi classified Orochimaru’s project as Class A-3, restricted its research and testing, assigned Torifu to supervise the laboratory, and planned an emergency assessment with senior officials.

Kumoi advanced the Thunder Halberd project, approved Sora as a qualified teacher, and watched Konoha University open as its first students formed teams. He then sent Hiruzen and Team 7 toward the Land of Hot Water to find Uzumaki survivors, while Kumogakure and Madara’s forces moved toward the same region.

• Yusuke urged Sora to support Kagami’s efforts to integrate the Uchiha into Konoha, and Sora pledged to help the clan flourish within the village.
• Kumoi approved a tightly controlled proof-of-concept phase for Orochimaru’s Thunder Halberd-α, which passed its first live-fire tests before Kumoi authorized confidential pilot production preparations.
• Sora passed the genjutsu teacher qualification examination, and Konoha University opened with Hiruzen and Kagami assigned as instructors for their student teams.
• Hiruzen trained Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru in teamwork, then passed them in a bell test as Kagami’s students bonded with them over dinner.
• Shui Yuan told Kumoi that the Bloodline Resonance Technique had detected Uzumaki survivors in the Land of Hot Water, and Kumoi assigned Hiruzen and Team 7 to bring them home and begin trade discussions.
• Kumoi secretly tasked the Dark Crow Unit with protecting Team 7, while the Third Raikage sent a squad to retrieve the survivors and Madara ordered Black Zetsu to move the Incubator’s people toward the Land of Grass.
• Hiruzen and Team 7 traveled toward the Land of Hot Water, where Jiraiya explored Drunken Fragrance House, Tsunade lost her money at a casino, and Orochimaru visited the Fire Temple and encountered Jigen.
• Hiruzen attended a banquet with the Daimyo, addressed his concerns about Konoha’s growth, and recorded their conversation to report to Kumoi.