Chapter Summaries

Konoha’s leaders debated Kirito’s actions, then agreed to send Hatake Sakumo and Homura Uchiha after Chiyo. As the operation orders went out, an Anbu ninja arrived to meet Homura Uchiha, while an unrelated passage about Bai Ze and the Pokemon World appeared at the end.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura argued over Kirito’s alleged crimes until Momoka Senju urged the leaders to wait for fuller intelligence, and the Third agreed.
• Momoka proposed capturing or killing Chiyo, and the leaders settled on letting her leave Konoha before ambushing her on the road.
• Mitokado Homura proposed involving Homura Uchiha, and the Third, Utatane Koharu, and Momoka agreed to send him with Hatake Sakumo and twenty Elite Jonin.
• Konoha’s leaders issued orders for the mission, while a white-haired Anbu ninja appeared before Homura Uchiha at Chizuru’s Home with a scroll.
• The chapter ended with an unrelated passage saying Bai Ze had entered the Pokemon World, awakened Sacred Aura, and learned that mutation was the way to approach the realm of legends.

Homura Uchiha accepted the mission to help the Anbu assassinate Chiyo after learning that Kirito had killed the Third Kazekage, and he began considering how to use the opportunity to change the Uchiha Clan’s position in Konoha. Meanwhile, Chiyo and the Sunagakure delegation learned of the Kazekage’s death and sought a way to escape Konoha, with Kurosu proposing outside help.

• Hatake Sakumo delivered the Third’s mission scroll to Homura Uchiha, who accepted the assassination mission on the condition that he command it.
• Homura Uchiha trapped Hatake Sakumo in a genjutsu and forced him to reveal that Kirito had killed the Third Kazekage, making Chiyo Sunagakure’s only Kage-level Expert.
• Homura Uchiha released Hatake Sakumo and resolved to use the mission to strengthen the Uchiha Clan’s standing, while considering how the clan could reform itself.
• Chiyo told the Sunagakure delegation to focus on escaping Konoha after they learned of the Third Kazekage’s death; she rebuked an angry young ninja, whom Kurosu knocked unconscious.
• Kurosu suggested seeking outside help to escape, and Chiyo pressed him to explain his plan.

Kurosu proposed using a feigned surrender to Konoha to pressure other villages into supporting Sunagakure, while Chiyo arranged to contact them and make the Land of Wind pay. The Third Hokage's council agreed to accept Sunagakure's surrender, but Momoka insisted that Chiyo and her supporters be eliminated.

• Kurosu argued that other villages needed Sunagakure to counter Konoha and proposed pretending to surrender to Konoha to pressure Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure into offering support.
• Chiyo accepted Kurosu's plan, agreed that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind should pay for outside assistance, and authorized the scheme despite the delegation's anger at the idea of surrender.
• Kurosu met with the Third Hokage, while Chiyo spread rumors in Konoha that most of the delegation favored surrender and secretly sent requests for support to the other villages.
• The Third Hokage convened his advisors to discuss Sunagakure's offer, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu supported accepting it.
• Momoka agreed to accept Sunagakure's surrender but demanded that Chiyo and the Sunagakure ninja allied with her be eliminated.

Konoha’s leaders debated how to secure Sunagakure’s surrender, while Ōnoki decided to support Chiyo to prevent Sunagakure from falling under Konoha’s influence. The chapter ended with the Third Raikage learning that an unidentified force, likely from an island nation, had ambushed Kumogakure near Amegakure.

• Momoka, the Third, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura weighed Kurosu against Shayun as Konoha’s prospective partner in Sunagakure.
• The Third chose Shayun for immediate gains while keeping Kurosu as an alternative, and the leaders settled on terms for Sunagakure’s surrender.
• Kurotsuchi urged Ōnoki to mediate between Konoha and Sunagakure and prepare to rescue Chiyo; Ōnoki agreed to support her and notify Kumogakure.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that an unidentified force of over a thousand ninja had helped Amegakure repel Kumogakure’s assault.
• The Third Raikage questioned his intelligence chief about the ambush and learned the force had emerged from a nearby river and likely included island-nation ninja using the Hozuki Clan’s Water Transformation Technique.

The Third Raikage weighed Kumogakure’s faltering war effort, its weakened alliance with Sunagakure, and the danger posed by Konoha before deciding to go rescue Chiyo. Meanwhile, Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Kirito’s victory in the Land of Wind, then confronted an unexpected intruder in their camp.

• The Third Raikage learned that Kirigakure had disrupted Kumogakure’s assault on Amegakure and that Kirito Tonsaka had killed the Third Kazekage and more than two thousand Sunagakure ninja.
• Kumogakure’s commanders urged the Third Raikage to defeat Amegakure and withdraw, while he worried that their depleted morale and Kirito’s strength made a war against Konoha dangerous.
• Blue B admitted that the Eight-Tails was becoming harder to suppress, and the Third Raikage encouraged him not to risk his life for the war.
• Eruyi argued that Kumogakure should aid Sunagakure to build trust with other villages, so the Third Raikage decided to go to the Land of Fire and rescue Chiyo himself.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Kirito’s victory and its impact on peace talks with Sunagakure, then noticed someone hiding in the room and moved to confront them.

Hattori Masanari secretly visited Tsunade and Jiraiya to seek Konoha’s help for Amegakure, but Tsunade refused to violate her orders. After he left, Tsunade considered how she would act if she were Hokage, and a voice answered her thought.

• Hattori Masanari entered Konoha’s military camp and tried to ease Tsunade and Jiraiya’s suspicion by offering them wine.
• Hattori explained that Amegakure was in dire danger and that he had come secretly because Kumogakure might attack if it learned he had left.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya refused to let Hattori stay or promise aid, citing Konoha’s rules and orders to protect the border.
• Hattori departed underground, and Jiraiya confirmed with a Byakugan user that he had left before keeping watch outside Tsunade’s room.
• Tsunade privately wished Konoha would support Amegakure and wondered what she would do if she were Hokage.
• An unseen voice told Tsunade that it would be wonderful if she truly were Hokage.

Kirito used concealed Spore Clones to contact Tsunade and offered intelligence about Root while trying to persuade her to consider an alliance between Amegakure and Konoha. Tsunade remained wary, but Kirito’s warning about Konoha’s future conflicts left her listening as he argued that Amegakure could help Konoha endure them.

• Kirito contacted Tsunade through a voice in her mind and revealed a Spore Clone hidden in her wine bottle, which Tsunade immediately destroyed.
• Kirito told Tsunade that the Old Root was connected to Konoha’s New Root and mentioned the Wood Style Plan, alarming her about the threat to Nawaki.
• Tsunade refused to involve Kirito Tonsaka in Amegakure’s dispute with Kumogakure and urged Kirito to negotiate with the Third Hokage instead.
• Kirito warned Tsunade that Konoha’s victories and Kirito Tonsaka’s strength would provoke other ninja villages to unite against Konoha.
• Kirito argued that Konoha should make allies and proposed that Amegakure become its friend, while Tsunade considered his analysis of Konoha’s future.

Kirito persuaded Tsunade to seek Konoha’s support for Amegakure, offering Chakra Metal and evidence of Root’s inhumane Wood Style experiments as leverage. Tsunade agreed to pursue reinforcements, while a masked stranger appeared among the Kirigakure forces near Amegakure and vanished before Karatachi Yagura could react.

• Kirito argued that an alliance with Amegakure would benefit Konoha and urged Tsunade to use her influence with the Third Hokage.
• Kirito offered Tsunade a massive block of Chakra Metal and promised future help against Root, then showed her a scroll describing Root’s Wood Style human experiments.
• Tsunade was shaken by the evidence and agreed to do everything she could to bring Konoha reinforcements to Amegakure, while warning Kirito that Konoha would not accept threats.
• Kirito watched Tsunade from afar and reflected that she had begun to lose faith in the Third Hokage.
• Karatachi Yagura noticed a black-robed man wearing a white spiral mask among the hidden Kirigakure ninja, and the man vanished as their eyes met.

Madara Uchiha planted Transcription Seals on Karatachi Yagura and other Kirigakure ninja, then traveled to Amegakure to inspect Nagato, his intended vessel. While Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan evacuated civilians through the sewers, Madara sensed someone watching him and went to meet a Masked Man at a lake outside the village.

• Karatachi Yagura and Ao searched themselves and the Kirigakure ninja for signs of the Black-Robed Man, while Yagura weighed whether to withdraw from the war despite the consequences for Kirigakure.
• Madara Uchiha revealed that he and Black Zetsu had used the conflict in the Land of Rain to shape conditions for Nagato, and that Madara had placed Transcription Seals on many mist ninja.
• Madara Uchiha traveled with Tobi and Black Zetsu to Amegakure, where Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan were escorting civilians through the sewers as part of the village's evacuation preparations.
• Yahiko noticed an apparent extra person among the civilians, but Madara Uchiha concealed himself; Black Zetsu explained Yahiko's importance to Nagato and urged Madara to use his death to influence Nagato.
• Madara Uchiha sensed a cold gaze, left the sewers, and confronted a Masked Man clad in Samurai Armor at a lake east of Amegakure.

Kirito confronted Madara Uchiha in Amegakure and tested his strength against Madara’s Susanoo. The fight escalated as Kirito’s Sage techniques countered Madara’s attacks, but Madara cut Kirito in half at the end.

• Kirito revealed himself to Madara Uchiha, and Madara attacked him with Susanoo’s Chakra arm.
• Kirito shattered the arm with Gentle Fist: Divine Sky Fist, then struck Madara’s Susanoo with Sage Art and Lightning Style attacks.
• Madara expanded Susanoo and used a powerful Yin Release force to hinder Kirito, who escaped with Sage Chakra and Water Body Flicker Technique.
• Kirito’s Earth Style Mask Monster broke two of Madara’s Chakra Katanas with Sage Art: Earth Style: Rock Fist Technique.
• Kirito and Madara exchanged praise, but Madara suddenly cut Kirito in half with a Chakra Katana.

Kirito’s White Zetsu Clone battled Madara Uchiha with four Earth Grudge Fear Clones while Kirito’s real body raced to the lake. Madara finally drew on Hashirama Senju’s power and unleashed Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, transforming the lake into a sea of flowers.

• Kirito’s Earth Style and Storm Release attacks shattered Madara Uchiha’s second-stage Susanoo, and a Sage Art: Wind Style: Spiraling Shuriken forced Madara to defend himself against its waterspout and the Two-Headed Mask Monster’s lasers.
• Kirito’s four Earth Grudge Fear Clones continued attacking while his hidden White Zetsu Clone watched for an opening and waited for his real body to arrive.
• Madara Uchiha sensed approaching Chakra signatures and decided to end the fight, while Kirito recognized that Madara was activating Hashirama Senju’s power through White Zetsu Tobi.
• Kirito surfaced too late to stop Madara Uchiha from using Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, which filled the lake with enormous vines and flowers.

Kirito fought Madara Uchiha and managed to wound him by exploiting the pollen immunity of his White Zetsu Clone. Madara withdrew after Black Zetsu reminded him that his life was essential to the Moon Eye Plan, leaving Kirito victorious in the battle but still facing Madara’s threat.

• Madara used Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom to overwhelm Kirito and destroy his Earth Grudge Fear Clones, but Kirito broke free with a Sage Chakra-powered Divine Sky Fist.
• Kirito emerged badly injured, and Madara explained that he intended to kill him and uncover his identity.
• Madara paralyzed Kirito with the flower pollen and bound him, but Kirito feigned helplessness and ambushed Madara with Wood Style: Insertion Technique.
• Black Zetsu warned that Madara’s injury was worsening his fragile condition, but Madara summoned his Fourth Stage Susanoo in anger.
• Black Zetsu persuaded Madara to preserve his strength for the Moon Eye Plan, and Madara dismissed his Susanoo and threatened Kirito before escaping with a Wood Clone.
• Kirito’s Divine Sky Fist struck Madara’s clone, and the battle ended with Madara gone and Kirito left at the scene.

Kirito escaped Madara Uchiha with a sample of his blood, giving him both Indra's and Ashura's Chakra, then destroyed the battlefield with Sage Art. The Third Raikage investigated the blaze and ordered Kumogakure to conceal what it had learned, while the chapter ended with Hiruzen Sarutobi questioning Tsunade's decision to support Amegakure.

• Kirito collected Madara Uchiha's blood and sealed it with the Ashura's Chakra already in his White Zetsu Clone.
• Kirito and his clone used Sage Art to burn the sea of flowers and erase the battlefield.
• The Third Raikage and the future Fourth Raikage reached the blazing field and sensed Sage Chakra.
• The Third Raikage ordered the Fourth Raikage to seal off information about the two mysterious experts, but insisted Kumogakure would continue its attack on Amegakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read an encrypted message from the front lines and wondered why Tsunade was helping Amegakure after speaking with Hattori Masanari.

The Third Hokage agreed to Tsunade’s request to support Amegakure and arranged for Sunagakure’s peace delegation to leave Konoha, while secretly using the conflict to remove threats. As Chiyo escaped toward the Land of Waves, Homura Uchiha confronted her and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• The Third Hokage decided to approve Tsunade’s intervention in the Amegakure–Kumogakure war and sent Hatake Sakumo to deliver his sealed letter to Elder Momoka.
• News that Kirito Tonsaka had killed the Third Kazekage spread across the Shinobi World, and Konoha ordered Chiyo’s peace delegation to leave.
• Chiyo divided the delegation using Shadow Clones and sent the groups along separate routes, while Kurosu secretly tracked her with Aburame Clan insects for the Third Hokage.
• Chiyo took a route through the Land of Waves to evade Konoha, but Homura Uchiha trapped her in Genjutsu at a ferry crossing.
• Chiyo broke free by disrupting her own Chakra flow, and Homura activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to face her.

Homura Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan technique, Kagutsuchi, to overwhelm Chiyo and nearly kill her. As Chiyo attempted suicide, a hidden enemy ambushed Homura and another mysterious ninja confronted Hatake Sakumo, leaving both Konoha shinobi fighting for their lives.

• Chiyo recognized Homura Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, but he attacked with Kagutsuchi-enhanced flames that destroyed her puppets and trapped her in boiling water.
• Hatake Sakumo watched Homura’s battle and realized the Uchiha Clan Head’s power and Genjutsu posed a danger even to him.
• Chiyo tried to stab herself rather than be captured, so Homura ended Kagutsuchi, but her corpse vanished and a Water Gun ambushed him.
• Homura summoned Susanoo to survive the Water Gun, then faced a browless youth whose blade struck Susanoo as a powerful Water Dragon shattered his flames.
• A masked ninja wearing Warring States period-style armor blocked Hatake Sakumo and attacked with Gentle Fist techniques, including Eight Trigrams Empty Palm and Rotation.

Hatake Sakumo subdued an immortal Hyuga puppet with Kirito’s sealing talisman, but its controllers sent another puppet to stop him. Homura Uchiha tried to retreat from the immortal wielder of Steaming Danger Tyranny, only for a huge blue chakra arm to knock down his Susanoo.

• Hatake Sakumo outmaneuvered the Hyuga puppet, discovered it was an immortal reanimated corpse, and sealed it with a talisman from Kirito.
• Rat and Rabbit revealed that Old Root had sent four Impure World Reincarnation puppets to sabotage the mission and kill Homura Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo.
• Rat recalled the sealed Hyuga puppet into a coffin as another reanimated Uchiha attacked Hatake Sakumo with flames.
• Homura Uchiha recognized the kimono-clad enemy’s Steaming Danger Tyranny and transformed his Susanoo into its Third Stage to retreat.
• A huge blue chakra arm burst from the ground and slammed Homura Uchiha’s Susanoo to the earth.

Madara Uchiha ambushed Homura Uchiha to take his Mangekyō Sharingan, overpowering him while Root’s Edo Tensei forces intervened. Madara killed Rabbit with Genjutsu and discovered the stitched corpse used to strengthen the Edo Tensei Puppet, while Homura remained in danger.

• Madara Uchiha emerged from hiding and trapped Homura Uchiha’s Susanoo, revealing himself as the long-presumed-dead Uchiha clan leader.
• Homura accused Madara of betraying the Uchiha Clan, and Madara rejected the accusation while concealing his desire to obtain Homura’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Homura attacked Madara with Fire Release and Kagutsuchi, but Madara matched his technique and proved stronger.
• A kimono-clad youth attacked Homura, and Madara cut down the youth and the masked controller, who reformed as an Edo Tensei Puppet.
• Rabbit controlled the Second Mizukage to attack Madara, but Madara trapped her in Sharingan Genjutsu and killed her.
• Madara observed the Second Mizukage’s Edo Tensei dissolve and identified the revealed sacrifice as a Stitched Corpse Monster.

Madara Uchiha defeated Homura Uchiha and used Izanagi to survive Homura’s counterattack, while Black Zetsu took control of Homura to claim his Mangekyō Sharingan. In the Land of Wind, Chizuru Uchiha suddenly felt an inexplicable sorrow while training.

• Madara Uchiha recognized Root’s Chimera as a means of strengthening the sacrifices used for Impure World Reincarnation, while Homura Uchiha used Nightmare to escape.
• Madara Uchiha caught up with Homura Uchiha, destroyed Homura’s Susanoo, and restrained him with Wood Style: Silent Killing Restraint Technique.
• Madara Uchiha used Izanagi to survive Homura Uchiha’s strike, and Homura’s own Izanagi failed against Madara’s Wood Clone Jutsu.
• Black Zetsu possessed Homura Uchiha and took control of him to secure his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chizuru Uchiha continued training against a Sunagakure Jonin in the Land of Wind, then felt a sudden, deep sorrow.

Madara Uchiha took Homura Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, killed him, and hunted down Root spies who had learned he was alive. Hatake Sakumo went to support Homura and confronted Madara, ending trapped before Madara’s exploding Fire Clone Technique.

• Madara Uchiha implanted Homura Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, awakened Susanoo, and ordered Black Zetsu to summon Homura’s missing Summoned Beast.
• Black Zetsu failed to summon the beast, so Madara Uchiha killed Homura Uchiha, whose final words accused him of hiding from the world.
• Madara Uchiha detected Rat spying through a Kikaichū, tracked him to his cave, and used Sharingan Genjutsu to subdue him before ordering Black Zetsu to extract Root intelligence.
• Hatake Sakumo escaped his fight with the masked ninja when the opponent’s movements slowed, then headed toward Homura Uchiha’s last known location.
• Madara Uchiha caught Hatake Sakumo and questioned why he had not fled; Hatake answered that Konoha ninjas never abandoned comrades and pierced Madara’s Fire Clone, only to be immobilized as it exploded.

Kirito remotely took control of Hatake Sakumo after Madara Uchiha’s attack nearly killed him, then used a replicated Chili Pill and sealing techniques to survive Madara’s assault. As Hatake Sakumo’s borrowed body began to fail, Kirito opened the Eight Gates Formation and faced Madara’s Susanoo.

• Madara Uchiha’s Fire Release Clone exploded near Hatake Sakumo, but a powerful chakra shockwave emerged from the flames and cracked Madara’s Susanoo.
• Madara’s Sharingan Genjutsu rebounded when Kirito, controlling Hatake Sakumo, blocked it with a sealing barrier in his eyes and swallowed a replicated Chili Pill.
• Madara recognized the presence of Sage Chakra, raised his Susanoo to its Third Stage, and pressed the wounded Hatake Sakumo with repeated attacks.
• Kirito revealed through his thoughts that he controlled Hatake Sakumo using a Soul Seed planted as a contingency, but the borrowed body could not withstand the strain for long.
• Kirito evaded Madara’s Susanoo, used a Six Lantern Array to briefly bind it, and then unleashed the Eight Gates Formation.