Chapter Summaries

Kirito, Chizuru, and Nawaki passed Hatake Sakumo’s bell test and officially formed the White Fang Squad. After accepting a dangerous mission to sabotage an enemy supply line, they encountered an ambush and defeated the attackers in their first battle.

• Kirito and Chizuru split their bells with Nawaki, and Hatake Sakumo declared that all three had passed and formed the White Fang Squad.
• Danzo studied his failed attempts to improve the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then learned that Hatake Sakumo and the three young ninjas were heading to the battlefield and began plotting against them.
• Hatake Sakumo treated the squad to an expensive meal, then accepted a mission from the Third Hokage to infiltrate enemy territory and disrupt its supply line.
• The White Fang Squad set out toward the Land of Fire’s border with the Land of Wind, and Kirito sensed twenty-one masked enemies approaching.
• Hatake Sakumo killed the enemy leader, Nawaki’s Konoha Dragon God wiped out the Chunin, and Kirito and Chizuru combined their ninjutsu to kill two more Jonin.
• Nawaki tricked the Yellow-haired Jonin with a Shadow Clone and then killed him with a kick to the chest.

Kirito discovered that an enemy Insect Master had planted parasitic worms in Nawaki, while a Root-backed assassination attempt against the group continued to unfold. The elderly Saen Jiro escaped the Rabbit Mask and Root’s Aburame pursuer, but Root planned to capture his insect techniques.

• Kirito learned from the dead attackers that they had been ordered to kill Nawaki and had carried lethal poison-coated weapons.
• Kirito found parasites in Nawaki and made him vomit them out, then explained that the insects had entered through Chakra when Nawaki kicked the enemy jonin.
• Chizuru burned the dead jonin’s body after Kirito confirmed that only he and Nawaki had been exposed to the insects.
• Saen Jiro refused the Rabbit Mask’s demand to continue the assassination and escaped using an Insect Clone and his summoned Five-Star Ladybug, Mushi-no-suke.
• Saen Jiro poisoned and destroyed the pursuing Aburame Root ninja’s Kikaichū, while the Rabbit Mask and Rat Mask said Tori would continue the pursuit and Root would seek Saen Clan insect techniques.

The White Fang Squad entered the Land of Rain and encountered Amegakure border guards, while a masked Kurama Clan ninja used Genjutsu to kill most of them. As the squad crossed the border river, a lightning strike and eight tentacles attacked them, leaving Nawaki in immediate danger.

• Hatake Sakumo changed the squad's route through the Land of Rain and warned Kirito, Chizuru, and Nawaki to avoid provoking Amegakure.
• Kirito sensed twenty Amegakure guards across the river, so Hatake Sakumo led the squad away to find another crossing point.
• Kizō ordered his guards to signal the border, but Hatake Sakumo and a Pig Mask ninja attacked them; Genjutsu made the guards slaughter one another and Kizō kill himself.
• Rabbit Mask disposed of the dead guards in the river, while Kirito sensed their deaths and Hatake Sakumo ordered the squad to cross immediately.
• A lightning bolt struck near the squad midway across the river, and eight tentacles surged from the water toward Nawaki.

Kirito, Chizuru, and Hatake Sakumo fought off Kirigakure assassins targeting Nawaki, including an Ice Release swordsman and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. The battle ended with four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen dead, while Suikazan Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki escaped; Kirito gained four Enhancement Points.

• Nawaki used shadow clones to fend off a giant octopus's tentacles, but lightning struck him, and Kirito pulled him to safety with the Black Tortoise Puppet.
• Chizuru severed the octopus's tentacles and evaded a hidden Kirigakure ninja, while Kirito destroyed the beast and Chizuru defeated the Ice Release ninja.
• Kirito blocked Raiga Kurosuki's lightning attacks and coordinated with Hatake Sakumo, who was battling six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Kirito and Hatake Sakumo created an opening that let Kirito kill Jūzō Biwa, then Kirito trapped the remaining swordsmen in a Blood Dragon Eye genjutsu and Chizuru killed four of them.
• Suikazan Fuguki escaped after breaking free of the genjutsu, and Raiga Kurosuki fled with his Summoned Beast; Kirito received four Enhancement Points for changing the fates of the swordsmen.

After the White Fang Squad entered the Land of Rain, Hanzō investigated their mission while the Third Mizukage learned how Kirito Tonsaka had defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. At night, Kirito prepared to spend his four Enhancement Points on Sage Mode, uncertain whether his Wisdom Attribute had reached its limit.

• Kirito received four Enhancement Points after defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and he considered using them to strengthen Sage Mode.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered the White Fang Squad to seal the ninja swords and corpses before they crossed into the Land of Rain and entered a border town in disguise.
• Kirito learned that Amegakure's intelligence agents had determined the White Fang Squad was not responsible for Kizō's death, then ordered them to watch for suspicious Yin Release users without engaging them.
• Hanzō suspected the White Fang Squad's young members were the real target, sent Murasaki back to observe Hattori Masanari, and ordered Shindata to find Hatake Sakumo and identify his companions.
• Suikazan Fuguki blamed Kirigakure's Intelligence Division for the failed assassination, revealed Kirito's hidden abilities to the Third Mizukage, and defected to the Mizukage's faction.
• Kirito noticed that his Wisdom Attribute had reached 10 without a further upgrade option, then considered spending his four points on Sage Mode.

Kirito used three Enhancement Points to raise Sage Mode to Level 3, triggering a bodily transformation that strengthened his cells, increased his chakra reserves, and produced powerful pale-golden Sage Chakra. As he considered where to spend his last point, he noticed that an unexpected skill on his Attribute Panel could now be enhanced.

• Kirito reasoned that possessing a Tailed Beast might let him experience the nature of its chakra, but postponed improving his Spirit Transformation Technique until his soul grew stronger.
• Kirito suppressed the temptation to kill others for Enhancement Points and spent three points to raise Sage Mode from Level 2 to Level 3.
• Kirito's body expelled impurities and absorbed natural energy, while Hatake Sakumo and Chizuru guarded his sealed room; Kirito's expanded perception revealed three vast energy vortices near the Summoned Beast sacred lands.
• At Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage dreamed of a Golden Sage in a blood-soaked world, and Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima disagreed over whether to investigate the figure.
• Kirito's transformation raised his strength and speed to Level 8 and his Spirit attribute to Level 7, increasing his chakra reserves to the Elite Jonin level.
• Kirito produced pale-golden Sage Chakra that boosted his physical abilities and extended his Natural Energy Perception to eleven kilometers, then spotted an unexpected skill that could be enhanced with his final point.

Kirito reasoned that his talent reduced the Enhancement Points needed to improve techniques, prioritized sealing techniques, Puppet Technique, and Sage Art, and upgraded Adamantine Sealing Chains to level four. After testing the improved chains against Jiraiya with the Thunder God Puppet, Kirito revealed his identity and asked Jiraiya to help the White Fang Squad, whose members were being targeted.

• Kirito concluded that his aptitude made techniques in his strongest fields easier to enhance, and decided to focus on sealing techniques, Puppet Technique, and Sage Art.
• Kirito spent one Enhancement Point to raise Adamantine Sealing Chains to level four, gaining lower chakra consumption, hand-seal-free activation, and stronger restraint.
• Kirito sent the Thunder God Puppet to test the upgraded chains against Jiraiya, who fought back and realized the opponent was a puppet.
• Kirito revealed himself to Jiraiya, apologized for attacking him, and explained that he had wanted to test his technique.
• Kirito told Jiraiya about the attacks on the White Fang Squad, and Jiraiya offered to help protect them.

Kirito arranged for Jiraiya and Gama Goro to help the White Fang Squad evade the forces tracking them, then led the squad into the Land of Wind to attack Sunagakure’s supply routes. At Mount Myōboku, Sage Fukasaku learned that Kirito possessed Sage Chakra and considered befriending him while questioning whether he matched a dangerous figure in prophecy.

• Kirito asked Jiraiya to use the Toad Hiding Technique to help the White Fang Squad escape their pursuers, and Jiraiya summoned Gama Goro to carry them in his pocket space.
• Kirito recalled the Thunder God Puppet after Tori and other pursuers lost sight of it, while Rabbit’s Scent-Seeking Bug failed to track the squad’s decoy shadow clones.
• Gama Goro carried Kirito and the White Fang Squad to the Land of Wind, where Nawaki lamented that Gama Goro had refused his request for a summoning contract.
• Hatake Sakumo led the White Fang Squad into the desert to destroy Sunagakure’s supply transport routes.
• Gama Goro reported Kirito’s Sage Chakra to Sage Fukasaku, who considered inviting Kirito to Mount Myōboku while wondering whether he was the Golden Sage from the prophecy.

Root pursued the White Fang Squad and interfered with Jiraiya, while Jiraiya urged Nagato to become strong and seek peace through understanding. The Third Hokage confronted Danzo over the betrayal, but Danzo used his hidden records of the Hokage’s crimes to prevent him from acting freely.

• Rabbit exposed and attacked Jiraiya’s Shadow Clone, then discussed the danger of targeting Jiraiya with Ino-shi.
• Jiraiya reported Root’s interference to the Third Hokage and comforted Nagato, who resolved to become strong enough to protect his friends.
• Ino-shi interrogated Jiraiya’s Anbu liaison and learned about the children, then considered using them to pressure Jiraiya.
• The Third Hokage received Jiraiya’s report and confronted Danzo in prison, torturing him over Root’s attack on the White Fang Squad.
• Danzo accused the Third Hokage of acting against the Senju Clan and threatened to expose records of the Hokage’s secret crimes, forcing the Third Hokage to ask what he wanted.

The Third Hokage confronted Danzō over the threat to Nawaki and the White Fang Squad, but Danzō turned his attention to the Sarutobi Clan’s growing power and its possible betrayal of the Senju. After seeing the clan’s expansion and hearing Biwako’s account of its control over key departments, Hiruzen was left questioning the clan’s future and his own responsibility.

• The Third Hokage rejected Danzō’s attempt to persuade him to target Nawaki, while Danzō accused him of favoring the Sarutobi Clan and revealed that its elders had hired bounty hunters to attack the White Fang Squad.
• Danzō warned the Third Hokage that the Sarutobi Clan’s actions could bring conflict with the Senju, prompting Hiruzen to leave the prison and return to his clan compound.
• The Third Hokage noticed the Sarutobi compound’s expansion and met with Aoishi Sarutobi, Kenta Sarutobi, and Shō Sarutobi, but concealed his suspicions from them.
• After the elders left, Hiruzen asked Biwako whether he had indulged the Sarutobi Clan too much, and she told him its members held senior positions across Konoha’s key departments.
• The Third Hokage realized that the clan’s influence depended heavily on his power and worried about whether it could endure after he stepped down.

Kirito arranged a secret alliance with Momoka and Homura Uchiha to eliminate Danzo, while the White Fang Squad hunted Sunagakure supply carriers in the desert. The chapter ended as a mysterious guest landed on the shore of the island where Konoha Prison stood.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi fell asleep from exhaustion as his wife urged him to stop taking on every burden alone.
• Kirito told Momoka that Root had attacked the White Fang Squad and asked the Senju Clan to support a plan to kill Danzo; Momoka agreed and warned him about hidden spies and other forces.
• Kirito sent Tom to deliver his plan to Homura Uchiha, who agreed that the Uchiha Clan would take part and then dispatched ninja cats across the Shinobi World.
• Kirito and the White Fang Squad used the Vermillion Bird Puppet to find Sunagakure supply carriers, killing two enemies and collecting a storage Sealing Scroll.
• Kirito told Nawaki that the squad had collected twenty-one Sealing Scrolls and killed twelve Sunagakure Jonin in two days, while wondering why Minato's squad had disappeared from his sensing range.
• Momoka hosted Konoha clan leaders, including Homura Uchiha, and an uninvited guest landed beside Konoha Prison on Lake Heart Island.

Kirito attacked Konoha Prison as the Mysterious Samurai, broke through its defenses, and killed Danzo with a combined assault from the Earth Grudge Fear Mask Monsters. The Third Hokage arrived too late to save Danzo and witnessed the prison attack from outside the barrier.

• Kirito infiltrated Konoha Prison while the White Zetsu Clone and the Earth Grudge Fear Mask Monsters destroyed its defenses and fought the guards.
• Danzo restrained Sarutobi Takashi with his new Dark Binding Technique, but a massive fire attack killed nineteen Anbu and Root jonin around him.
• Kirito confronted Danzo with the four Mask Monsters, and Danzo recognized the Mysterious Samurai as a powerful enemy who had mastered senjutsu.
• Kirito began entering Sage Mode while Danzo attacked him, but the Water Style and Earth Style Mask Monsters blocked the attack.
• The Third Hokage reached the prison barrier and watched Kirito's combined Wind, Fire, and Lightning Style attack engulf Danzo, killing him.
• Kirito confirmed Danzo's death and received three Enhancement Points for changing Danzo's fate.

Kirito used the Sage Mode-enhanced White Zetsu Clone to defeat Danzo and battle the Third Hokage, overpowering him while sparing Konoha's ninja. As Tsunade and other ninja rushed to intervene, Kirito escaped on a flying monster formed from the four masks.

• The Third Hokage broke Kirito's barrier, and Kirito returned Hiruzen Sarutobi to him after the Uchiha Jonin withdrew.
• Kirito's Sage Mode-enhanced White Zetsu Clone defeated twenty Konoha Jonin, then fought the Third Hokage and his summoned ally Enma.
• Kirito pierced Enma's weakness and forced the Third Hokage to dismiss him, then suppressed the Hokage with rapid sword attacks.
• Momoka Senju, Homura Uchiha, and Kazuma Hyuga arrived; Kazuma recognized the White Zetsu Clone's powerful Byakugan and feared its bloodline.
• Tsunade charged in to help the Third Hokage, but Kirito dodged her attack and knocked her away.
• Kirito used the mask monsters to hold back the Konoha ninja, then escaped through the air on a birdlike creature formed from the four masks.

After Kirito escaped, Tsunade rallied Konoha’s ninja to rescue the wounded and treated the Third Hokage. As the Third Hokage confronted the consequences of Danzo’s death and Root’s uncertain future, Momoka arrived, leaving him to face her with a complicated expression.

• Tsunade urged the Konoha ninja to rescue their wounded comrades, and they followed her lead.
• Momoka praised Tsunade’s ability to unite the village, while Homura Uchiha resolved to address the Hawk Faction within his clan.
• Kazuma Hyuga worried about the mysterious Byakugan-wielding expert and returned to consult his clan’s elders.
• Tsunade treated the Third Hokage’s wounds and learned that his opponent had used Sage Mode.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu asked the Third Hokage to take control of Root, but he dismissed them until later.
• Tsunade stopped Utatane Koharu from pressing the matter, and Momoka arrived as the Third Hokage looked at her with mixed feelings.

Momoka confronted the Third Hokage over Danzo’s killing and presented evidence of Danzo’s crimes, while Tsunade intervened before the dispute could force a public verdict. The Third Hokage left for the hospital, and news of the clash between him and the Senju Clan began spreading through Konoha and beyond.

• Momoka warned the Third Hokage that Danzo’s crimes outweighed his contributions and challenged his threat to punish the attacker.
• Momoka implied that the Third Hokage had secretly helped Danzo evade prison, but he denied it and claimed he had placed a lethal Cursed Seal on Danzo.
• Momoka presented five preserved heads belonging to Root’s Skull Squad and said their memories could prove Danzo had ordered the murders of Konoha comrades.
• Tsunade asked Momoka to postpone examining the evidence and escorted the injured Third Hokage to the hospital, ending the confrontation without a public ruling on Danzo.
• Kirito decided not to escalate against the Third Hokage, while reports of the attack and the Senju Clan’s discord with him spread through Konoha and the wider Shinobi World.

The Third Hokage, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu discussed Root’s disappearance and the threat it posed to Konoha. The Third Hokage forced Homura and Koharu to help rebuild Root, then decided to recall Hatake Sakumo from his mission.

• The Third Hokage told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that they had found no trace of Root’s core members, and they worried that an unknown successor had taken control.
• Utatane Koharu blamed Momoka Senju for Danzo’s death and accused the Senju Clan of colluding with the Mysterious Kage-level Expert, prompting the Third Hokage to rebuke her and warn her not to divide Konoha.
• The Third Hokage ordered Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to take over Danzo’s work, and he forced them to agree by threatening to expose their misuse of authority.
• The Third Hokage announced that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hatake Sakumo would help establish the new Root, and Utatane Koharu urged him to recall Hatake Sakumo from his mission with Nawaki, Chizuru, and Kirito.
• The Third Hokage decided to bring Hatake Sakumo back to Konoha, determined to be ready if the Mysterious Kage-level Expert returned.

Tsunade learned that the Third Hokage had enabled Danzo’s attempts to endanger Nawaki, forcing her to reconsider her loyalty as Momoka urged her to lead the Senju Clan. Meanwhile, the Hyuga Clan debated how to handle a powerful outsider with the Byakugan and chose to report him to the Third Hokage.

• Momoka told Tsunade that the Third Hokage had allowed Danzo to target Nawaki, and Kirito’s Soul Clone confirmed the White Fang Squad’s account and explained the operation against Danzo.
• Momoka urged Tsunade to challenge the Third Hokage and become the next Hokage, but Tsunade left without making a decision.
• Kirito advised Momoka to give up some Senju Clan interests to gain allies, and she considered his proposal as he departed.
• The Hyuga Clan’s elders argued over whether to expose or recruit the mysterious Kage-level Byakugan user, while Hyuga Yama privately hoped the outsider might inspire Karen.
• Kazuma Hyuga sided with reporting the Byakugan user to the Third Hokage and seeking his help to recover the Byakugan.

Sunagakure’s leaders debated how to respond to Danzo’s death, Konoha’s weakened intelligence network, and the threat of the White Fang Squad. The Third Kazekage chose to restore the front’s supply lines, strengthen the village’s defenses, and pursue limited attacks, while Chiyo prepared a sealing weapon to target the White Fang Squad.

• Shayun waited at an emergency meeting, unaware of the crisis and resentful that the Conservative Faction remained excluded from Sunagakure’s real decision-making circle.
• The Third Kazekage arrived with Chiyo, Ebizo, Rasa, Pakura, and Karura, then distributed intelligence about Konoha that shocked the elders and prompted Kurosu to show fear.
• Martial Faction elders urged a full-scale offensive against Konoha, while Shayun and the Conservative Faction argued that Sunagakure lacked supplies and needed to guard against the mysterious Kage-level Expert.
• The Third Kazekage rejected a full-scale offensive and ordered Sunagakure to restore supply lines, reinforce its defenses, and seek victories through smaller attacks.
• After the elders departed, the Third Kazekage asked whether Chiyo could eliminate the White Fang Squad, and Chiyo said she was developing a powerful weapon using a Sealing Jutsu.

Ōnoki weighed Konoha’s potential revival after Danzo’s death and sought to restrain both Konoha and Amegakure through diplomacy and trade. In Kumogakure, the Third Raikage ordered troops moved to the Land of Fire’s border after reading an intelligence report.

• Ōnoki read reports about Danzo’s death and concluded that the Senju Clan and Konoha could grow stronger without Danzo suppressing them.
• Ōnoki sent a scroll to the Kazekage and agreed to increase Iwagakure’s Chakra Metal exports to Amegakure by 50 percent in exchange for medical supplies.
• Ōnoki instructed Kurotsuchi to have Kitsuchi secretly deliver another scroll to Salamander Hanzō.
• The Third Raikage raged over Ōnoki’s refusal to increase Chakra Metal exports and announced he would attack Iwagakure.
• Eruyi handed the Third Raikage an intelligence report, and he ordered troops to move from the Land of Earth’s border to the Land of Fire’s border and told her to prepare Blue B.

The Third Raikage changed Kumogakure’s war plans after learning of Danzo’s death and considered attacking Konoha, while Kirito used his hidden control of Kasan to uncover Kumogakure’s movements. Kirito suspected Konoha might soon face an attack and resolved to grow stronger as the chapter left him keeping watch in the Demon Desert.

• Eruyi advised the Third Raikage to secretly infiltrate Konoha, build a pretext for war, and seek an alliance with Sunagakure, so he sent his son with Dodai and Kabuto to negotiate.
• Kasan returned home after work, unaware that Kirito’s Soul Seed had let him secretly control her and read the intelligence she had gathered.
• Kirito learned through Kasan that Kumogakure was moving medical supplies and noticed that Anbu surveillance around her had unexpectedly intensified.
• Kirito reasoned that Kumogakure might be preparing to attack Konoha rather than Iwagakure, especially after Danzo’s death destabilized the village.
• While on watch in the Demon Desert, Kirito killed a bat with a Chakra needle and opened his Attribute Panel, determined to become strong enough to suppress future dangers.