Chapter Summaries

The Third Hokage confronted Danzo over Root’s operations in the Land of Rain and compelled him to accept a cursed seal and conditional control of Root. Danzo remained imprisoned, but he gained permission to use a Shadow Clone, and the Third Hokage left him with orders concerning Hattori Masanari’s deals.

• The Third Hokage overwhelmed Danzo with his chakra, and Hatake Sakumo killed ten elite Root ninja who moved to attack.
• The Third Hokage ordered Danzo to stop Root’s activities in the Land of Rain and threatened to eliminate Root if it obstructed Konoha’s transaction with Hattori Masanari.
• Danzo presented intelligence about Sunagakure’s warehouses and battle plans, then offered to resume gathering intelligence if the Third Hokage let him leave prison.
• Danzo warned the Third Hokage about the Night Organization and the Uchiha Clan, then proposed sending a Shadow Clone outside to direct Root.
• The Third Hokage agreed to Danzo’s Shadow Clone proposal, placed a remotely lethal Adamantine Seal on him, and ordered him to protect Konoha’s transaction while secretly sabotaging Hattori Masanari’s deal with Iwagakure.
• The Third Hokage and Hatake Sakumo left Danzo in his cell, where Danzo collapsed and flooded the room with darkness.

Kirito transplanted Byakugan into a White Zetsu Clone and found that Wood Release and Sage Chakra enhanced its vision and abilities. He then transplanted Ketsuryūgan into himself, used Sage Chakra to overcome their rejection, and tested their blood-control power, ending with Orochimaru noticing a distant creature’s death.

• Kirito transplanted a pair of Byakugan into the White Zetsu Clone and found that Wood Release Chakra nourished and activated them.
• Kirito used the Byakugan to observe Wood Release Chakra and suspected that Nawaki and Tsunade might inherit the power through Ashura's Chakra.
• The White Zetsu Clone entered Sage Mode, and its Byakugan gained greater range, sharper vision, and mental pressure.
• Kirito set Madara Uchiha as his target for obtaining Indra's Chakra and anticipated testing the enhanced Byakugan during a future battle tied to his Iwagakure transaction.
• The White Zetsu Clone transplanted Ketsuryūgan into Kirito, and he used Sage Chakra to overcome their rejection and conceal their activation.
• Kirito enhanced the Ketsuryūgan with Wood Release and Sage Chakra, then used them to kill a distant venomous snake; Orochimaru noticed the snake's death from his laboratory.

Kirito tested the Ketsuryūgan’s blood manipulation and prepared to use the Byakugan against the dangerous forces gathered near the Land of Rain. After meeting Kitsuchi through a Water Clone, he discovered that Kakuzu and Chiyo were also involved in the looming transaction and considered how to deal with them.

• Orochimaru investigated his dead summoned snake but could not identify what had killed it, while Kirito realized he needed to avoid killing chakra-bearing animals.
• Kirito found that infusing blood with Blood Dragon Eye Chakra made it easier to control and hardened it into weapons, then stored the blood away.
• Kirito sent a White Zetsu Clone toward the Land of Rain and left for Konoha Hospital to seek Tsunade’s medical instruction.
• Kirito’s Water Clone met Kitsuchi, agreed to give Iwagakure Earth Style techniques including an S-Rank jutsu, and revealed a new transaction location before dispelling itself.
• Kirito’s Byakugan detected Kakuzu monitoring Kitsuchi and Chiyo maintaining puppets in the border town; Chiyo sensed surveillance and left, while Kirito resolved to track her and seek help to kill her.

Kirito returned to Amegakure, helped Hanzō continue the purge, and persuaded him to support a dangerous trade with Iwagakure that could benefit the Land of Rain. At the trade, Chiyo attacked, but Kirito’s apparent presence was only a Shadow Clone, while a masked warrior confronted Konoha’s Skull Squad nearby.

• Kirito met Hanzō at Amegakure’s tower, urged him to hide the executions, and gave him a Torture Ninjutsu inheritance to aid the purge.
• Kirito explained to Hanzō that Earth Style Ninjutsu might help improve the Land of Rain’s climate and persuaded him to secretly support the Iwagakure transaction.
• Three days later, Kitsuchi brought twelve Iwagakure ninja to an abandoned village and began trading Earth Style Ninjutsu for Sarada and Akasa, whom Kirito presented as captives.
• Chiyo attacked the trade from several kilometers away with puppets, and the Kirito she struck turned out to be a Shadow Clone.
• Chaos discovered that Kirito was absent from the trade site, then a masked warrior appeared before the Skull Squad and broke Chaos’s Mind Disturbance Jutsu with a katana.

Kirito used the Byakugan-enhanced White Zetsu Clone to defeat Root’s Skull Squad and then turned to eliminate Kakuzu, an unforeseen obstacle to his plan against Chiyo. The chapter ended as Kakuzu’s combined elemental attack engulfed Kirito, only for a spinning ball of chakra to appear in the flames.

• Kirito used the Byakugan to destroy a Yamanaka ninja’s Yin Release technique and fought off the Skull Squad’s coordinated attacks, including Gluttony’s Butterfly Mode assault.
• Kirito evaded the squad with a Wood Clone and Mayfly Technique, then pursued the fleeing Root elites with Lightning Surge and killed them; Yamanaka Yun brought him Gale’s head.
• Kirito surveyed the battle between Iwa and Sunagakure, confirmed Chiyo had rescued Akasuna and Sarada, and decided to remove Kakuzu before proceeding with his plan.
• Kirito attacked Kakuzu, who survived the first Lightning Flash with a substitution and countered with combined Wind, Fire, and Lightning techniques.
• Kakuzu believed his elemental explosion had killed Kirito, but a spinning ball of chakra appeared in the flames.

Kirito defeated and captured Kakuzu, then headed for the ongoing battle between Iwagakure and Sunagakure to target Chiyo. On the battlefield, Chiyo rescued Akasuna from a barrage of rocks, just as two water dragons surged toward Akasuna and Sarada.

• Kirito countered Kakuzu’s attacks, exploited the limits of his control over the mask monsters, and destroyed the Lightning Style and Water Style monsters.
• Kirito used Chakra Threads to stop Kakuzu’s escape, then disabled and sealed him before knocking him unconscious to prevent his Earth Grudge Fear technique from killing him.
• Hanzō’s Shadow Clone watched Kirito capture Kakuzu, chose not to interfere, and then dispelled itself when Kirito noticed it.
• Kirito hid Kakuzu, disguised himself as Hattori Masanari, and headed toward the battle between Iwagakure and Sunagakure, intending to attack Chiyo.
• Kitsuchi’s forces drove the Sunagakure ninja into a desperate retreat, and Chiyo’s weakened son and daughter-in-law, Akasuna and Sarada, came under heavy attack.
• Chiyo saved Akasuna from the falling rocks, but two enormous water dragons suddenly rushed toward Akasuna and Sarada.

Chiyo struggled to protect her son Akasuna, Sarada, and the retreating Sunagakure ninja while Kirito, disguised as Hattori Masanari, fought alongside Iwagakure. After Akasuna was grievously wounded, Chiyo faced an agonizing choice and fled with Sarada, leaving Kirito to take the unconscious Akasuna.

• Chiyo used her puppets to defend Akasuna and Sarada from Iwagakure's attacks, giving the Sunagakure ninja a chance to retreat.
• Kirito appeared and attacked Akasuna and Sarada, but Sarada gave Akasuna her remaining chakra before fainting.
• Kirito severed Akasuna's limbs, and Chiyo broke away from the battle to reach her son as Iwagakure attacked.
• Akasuna begged Chiyo to save Sarada and Sasori, so Chiyo fled with Sarada while Iwagakure pursued her.
• Kirito rescued the gravely wounded Akasuna from the Rock Golem and treated him with the Mystical Palm Technique.

Kirito completed his deal with Kitsuchi and returned toward Amegakure with Hanzō, while Jiraiya reported the encounter to Konoha. The Third Hokage reviewed the intelligence and rejected Nawaki’s early-graduation application before a Root ninja appeared.

• Kitsuchi stopped his Iwa Ninja from attacking Kirito, then met him alone in a cave and traded an S-rank ninjutsu scroll for the living captive Akasa.
• Kirito questioned Hanzō about not attacking Chiyo, and Hanzō explained that Amegakure could not risk war with Sunagakure; they then set out to rebuild Amegakure and the Land of Rain.
• Jiraiya emerged from a Green Toad after Kirito and Hanzō left, sent his intelligence report to the Third Hokage, and learned that Lord Shima wanted him to return to Mount Myōboku.
• The Third Hokage read Jiraiya’s report, rejected Nawaki’s early-graduation application, and considered Konoha’s prospects before a Root ninja appeared in his office.

The chapter followed Konoha’s war with Sunagakure and Kirito’s growing medical and pharmaceutical work, while Danzo concealed what he knew about Sunagakure’s new source of funds and planned to rebuild Root. After winter passed, Mito saw new buds on the tree she had planted with Hashirama, prepared herself, and died peacefully; Kirito began crying on his way to the hospital.

• The Third Hokage received Root intelligence that Sunagakure had gained substantial funds and ordered Danzo to investigate their source, while Danzo withheld what he knew and resolved to let the war weaken his enemies.
• Konoha destroyed several Sunagakure supply warehouses and pushed its forces back, but Sunagakure later counterattacked and reclaimed territory.
• At nine years old, Kirito developed medicines with Tsunade, expanded Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company and the Night Organization, and used Death Soul Flower poison to strengthen his soul.
• Nawaki trained in the Eight Gates Formation and fought Kirito in the courtyard until Mito scolded them; Kirito noticed that Mito’s soul flame had weakened.
• When spring arrived, Mito saw new buds on the tree she had planted with Hashirama, dressed herself, and died peacefully in bed.
• Kirito suddenly burst into tears while walking to the hospital.

After Mito’s funeral, Kirito discovered a mysterious tree in the Senju Clan cemetery and strengthened the seals protecting Hashirama and Mito’s remains. He then killed Kakuzu after failing to recruit him, gaining two Enhancement Points and considering how to use them.

• At Mito’s secret funeral, Hiruzen grieved with Tsunade, Nawaki, and Kirito and resolved to protect the young shinobi and Kushina.
• Momoka led Kirito and the others to the Senju Clan cemetery, where Kirito sensed powerful Natural Energy and Wood Release within a seemingly dead tree.
• Kirito used Magnet Release to make a bridge across the dangerous lake, and Tsunade and Nawaki placed Mito beside Hashirama in his coffin.
• Kirito set up a Reverse Four Symbols Seal and a Nine Lamp Array on Lake Heart Island to protect the coffins, then left the cemetery with the others.
• In the prison beneath Gojo Shin’s residence, Kirito failed to persuade Kakuzu to join his organization and killed him.
• The system awarded Kirito two Enhancement Points for changing Kakuzu’s fate, and Kirito pondered where to spend them.

Kirito spent his Enhancement Points raising his Wisdom Attribute, gaining five-way multitasking and a Memory Library while his Yin Release also advanced. He planned to build a Lightning Release Clone and powerful puppets before heading to the battlefield, while his White Zetsu Clone traveled toward the Land of Lightning.

• Kirito weighed enhancing his Sage Mode, elemental Chakra Natures, and other abilities, then decided to use a clone and Earth Grudge Fear to develop his Lightning Style talent instead of spending Enhancement Points on it.
• Kirito chose Puppet Technique and Wisdom Attribute as ways to increase his combat power, then spent two Enhancement Points to raise Wisdom Attribute from 8 to 9.
• Kirito passed out from the enhancement, then discovered the Memory Library and gained the ability to divide his mind five ways at once.
• Kirito demonstrated simultaneous control of five Chakra Natures, cast Sealing Technique: Fivefold Lamp Array in under a second, and saw his Yin Release rise to level four.
• Kirito left the Orphanage for the Hokage's Office Building and planned to create a Lightning Release Clone and powerful puppets before going to the battlefield.
• In the Land of Waves, the White Zetsu Clone assigned Uzumaki Ryoko to gather puppet materials, then used the Mayfly Technique to head toward the Land of Lightning.

Kirito asked the Third Hokage for permission to delay joining the war against Sunagakure until he turned ten, claiming he needed time to improve his Spirit Transformation Technique and finish medical research. The Third Hokage agreed, while Danzo secretly planned to continue researching Impure World Reincarnation and sought a substitute for Mito's corpse.

• Kirito visited the Hokage's Office, set up a shielding Barrier Seal, and requested permission to join the battlefield after his tenth birthday.
• Kirito demonstrated a new ability to move objects with soul power, convincing the Third Hokage that his Spirit Transformation Technique was nearing a breakthrough.
• The Third Hokage approved Kirito's delayed deployment and urged him to prepare to help Konoha against Sunagakure.
• Danzo learned that Kirito was meeting privately with the Third Hokage and feared they had discovered his attempt to retrieve Mito and Hashirama's corpses.
• Danzo decided to move his Impure World Reincarnation research outside Konoha and began searching for another sealing expert and a source of Wood Release.

Kirito reassured Tsunade that he would not go to war before turning ten, then explained why he had agreed to watch over Nawaki on the battlefield. Meanwhile, his White Zetsu Clone infiltrated Kumogakure to collect the Third Raikage’s tissue cells, and Kirito found Blue B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, as a possible opening.

• Tsunade warned Kirito that the Third Hokage was watching him and trying to send him against Sunagakure’s puppet forces, while Kirito said he had delayed that prospect until he was ten.
• Kirito urged Tsunade to pursue the Hokage Position, but she rejected the idea and told him not to interfere in her decision.
• Tsunade objected when Kirito revealed his agreement to go to the battlefield at ten, but he explained that he wanted to protect Nawaki, and she accepted his reasoning with gratitude.
• Kirito’s White Zetsu Clone infiltrated Kumogakure, where Kirito watched the Third Raikage defeat thirty jonin and saw him leave the Training Ground with Eruyi.
• After the Third Raikage left, Kirito used his Byakugan to locate Blue B in Cloud-Thunder Gorge, where the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki sensed a watcher and the Eight-Tails urged him to release his anger.

Kirito infiltrated Kumogakure by taking over Medical Ninja Kasan and learned how to drug Blue B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. While treating the Third Raikage, Kirito obtained an opportunity to study his body, but the Raikage recognized that Kasan was an impostor and seized Kirito by the neck.

• Blue B suppressed the Eight-Tails and continued meditating at Cloud-Thunder Gorge while Kirito observed him and planned to provoke a rampage.
• Kirito possessed the Medical Ninja Saka, searched the hospital for Blue B’s records, then took over Kasan and read her memories to learn about Blue B’s medicine and Kumogakure’s secrets.
• Kirito learned that Blue B’s next medicine delivery was due soon and planned to make an anesthetic that could immobilize him.
• The Third Raikage summoned Kasan to treat an old chest injury, and Kirito accepted the summons after reviewing Kasan’s memories.
• Kirito treated the Third Raikage by cutting away necrotic tissue and healing the wound, secretly examining his extraordinary body in the process.
• The Third Raikage suddenly grabbed Kirito in Kasan’s body and demanded to know who he was and where the real Kasan was.

Kirito escaped detection in Kumogakure, obtained the Third Raikage’s tissue, and used it to grow a Lightning Release clone while manipulating tensions between Kumogakure and Iwagakure. After the conflict intensified, Madara Uchiha awoke and asked Black Zetsu for news about his Rinnegan, Hattori Masanari, and a newly discovered ninja and organization.

• Kirito released his control of Kasan after the Third Raikage struck her, while Eruyi identified the clue that exposed the impostor and the Raikage ordered a search for the attacker.
• The Third Raikage suspected Konoha, then discussed Iwagakure with Eruyi and ordered measures to disrupt trade between the Land of Earth and the Land of Rain.
• Blue B entered an Eight-Tails rampage but the Third Raikage and Cloud Ninja suppressed him before the beast escaped its seal.
• Kirito used the Third Raikage’s tissue to cultivate a clone with Sealing Technique: Poison Pot Prison, while a White Zetsu Clone observed Blue B’s suppression.
• A mysterious Lightning Style ninja attacked Iwagakure’s forces, worsening tensions between Iwagakure and Kumogakure without either village openly declaring war.
• Madara Uchiha awoke after half a year and asked Black Zetsu about his Rinnegan, Hattori Masanari, and the interesting ninja and organization he had discovered.

Black Zetsu briefed Madara Uchiha on Hattori Masanari, the Night Organization, a rogue Lightning Style ninja, and Danzo’s activities. Madara ordered Black Zetsu to investigate Night, then demanded to know whether Danzo had taken Hashirama Senju’s corpse.

• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Hattori Masanari had built the Abyss Organization and authored the Will of Rain, which urged Rain ninja to grow stronger to protect their homeland.
• Madara Uchiha judged Hattori Masanari too strong-willed to recruit as a puppet and considered destroying Amegakure to make him serve.
• Black Zetsu reported that Nagato had mastered all five basic Chakra Natures under Jiraiya and that a rogue Lightning Style ninja had devastated Iwagakure forces; Madara refused to contact the rogue and set a one-year survival test.
• Black Zetsu described the Night Organization’s partnership with Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company and its growing network and forces, so Madara ordered him to find its leader.
• Black Zetsu reported that Danzo was stealing corpses, and Madara erupted with killing intent as he asked whether Danzo had taken Hashirama Senju’s corpse.

Madara Uchiha learned that Kirito Tonsaka had created a powerful seal protecting Hashirama Senju’s tomb and ordered Black Zetsu to use Danzo and other villages against the young prodigy. Meanwhile, Kirito advanced his Lightning Release training and fought off Cloud Ninja Anbu in the Land of Hot Water before the chapter shifted to his duel with Tsunade in Konoha.

• Madara Uchiha inspected the seal protecting Hashirama Senju’s tomb and learned that nine-year-old Kirito Tonsaka had created it.
• Black Zetsu described Kirito’s talents and strength, and Madara Uchiha ordered him to have Danzo and other ninja villages target Kirito rather than intervening himself.
• Kirito used his Lightning Release Clone to endure natural lightning and advance his Lightning Style training in the Land of Hot Water.
• Two Cloud Ninja Anbu ambushed Kirito, but he killed one and forced the other to self-destruct and signal his comrades to retreat.
• Kirito left the battlefield, and the chapter ended with him facing Tsunade in a duel at the Senju Clan Compound while riding a turtle beneath a Crimson Firebird.

Kirito tested his new Sacred Beast Puppets in a spar with Tsunade, showing her their power and his Ketsuryūgan. As he prepared to leave for the battlefield with Nawaki, Tsunade remained worried and gave him her necklace after asking him to return alive.

• Tsunade questioned Kirito about his powerful puppets and Puppet Technique, and he demonstrated the Vermillion Bird Puppet’s flight.
• Kirito and Tsunade sparred, with her attacks testing the Black Tortoise Puppet’s defenses and the Vermillion Bird Puppet’s durability.
• The Vermillion Bird Puppet combined Wind and Fire Release attacks, but Tsunade survived and struck it down with Painful Heavenly Kick.
• Kirito revealed that the puppets were built from rare Chakra Metal and explained their sealing safeguards, then used the Ketsuryūgan to briefly trap Tsunade in genjutsu.
• Kirito asked whether his display had eased Tsunade’s worries about him and Nawaki going to the battlefield, but she warned him to stay alert.
• Tsunade kissed Kirito’s forehead, asked him to bring Nawaki back alive, and placed her gemstone necklace around his neck.

Tsunade gave Kirito the First Hokage's Necklace, and he tested his defensive puppets against Nawaki and Chizuru before preparing to leave for the battlefield. At the squad’s first gathering, Hatake Sakumo appeared as their Jonin Instructor and named Kirito captain.

• Tsunade gave Kirito the First Hokage's Necklace as a birthday keepsake and wished him safe return from the battlefield.
• Nawaki tested Kirito's Black Tortoise Puppet after opening the Fourth Gate, and Kirito explained how the puppet could protect him when the Eight Gates' side effects took hold.
• Chizuru attacked the Black Tortoise Puppet with her Curse Mark Chakra and Lightning Flash Fierce Battle, but its defenses stopped her strike before it reached Kirito.
• Kirito considered how to activate the power sealed in the First Hokage's Necklace and wondered whether he could experiment on fragments without damaging Tsunade's keepsake.
• At the squad's meeting place, Kirito identified Hatake Sakumo, who introduced himself as their Jonin Instructor and appointed Kirito squad captain.

Hatake Sakumo challenged Kirito, Chizuru, and Nawaki to take two bells from him, using the test to assess their strength and teamwork. Kirito united the team and helped Chizuru secure a bell, but the outcome of the test remained unresolved as the bells rang in front of Hatake Sakumo.

• Hatake Sakumo appointed Kirito squad leader, then offered two bells as prizes in a team challenge.
• Nawaki attacked with shadow clones, Earth Style, Water Style, and ninja tools, but Hatake Sakumo evaded and destroyed his clones.
• Chizuru used Water Flow Whip and Sharingan Genjutsu to try to take the bells, but Hatake Sakumo's Lightning Clone thwarted her.
• Kirito linked Nawaki and Chizuru's minds, persuaded them to work together, and helped them locate Hatake Sakumo.
• Nawaki's clones and Kirito pressured Hatake Sakumo into moving, while Chizuru disrupted his Body Flicker and caught him in Genjutsu.
• Kirito and Chizuru each held a bell and rang them in front of Hatake Sakumo.