Chapter Summaries

After becoming Konoha's Fifth Hokage, Kazan learned that Madara Uchiha had captured the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails. Kazan called the Third Five Kage Summit in Konoha as the shinobi villages prepared to confront Madara.

• Kazan became Konoha's Fifth Hokage, then received reports that Madara Uchiha had captured the Four-Tails and Five-Tails and attacked Kumogakure for the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails.
• Kazan ordered letters sent to the Sand Shinobi, Rock Shinobi, Mist Ninja, and Cloud Shinobi, convening the Third Five Kage Summit in Konoha.
• Kazan asked Kurama about Kinkaku and Ginkaku's Nine-Tails chakra and considered whether Madara would revive them through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Mei Terumi agreed to attend the summit, trusting Kazan and honoring her agreement with Konoha.
• Rasa accepted the summit summons and ordered the Sand Shinobi to gather, while the Fourth Raikage agreed to attend and sought revenge for Killer B.

Ōnoki agreed to attend Konoha’s Five Kage Summit so the Rock Shinobi could join forces against Madara Uchiha. Madara learned of the summit and assessed Kabuto Yakushi’s reanimated army as he prepared for the coming war.

• Ōnoki accepted Konoha’s invitation to the Third Five Kage Summit and ordered the ANBU to confirm the Rock Shinobi would attend.
• Madara learned the Five Great Shinobi Villages planned to form the Allied Shinobi Forces, but he remained committed to the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan.
• Madara summoned Kabuto Yakushi and asked how many reanimated ninja he could provide.
• Kabuto, controlling Mu, displayed an army of reanimated ninja from the Mist, Sand, Cloud, Rock, and other villages, and proposed assembling reanimated Jinchūriki.
• Kabuto said he joined the war to find meaning in being alive, and Madara mocked his goal while comparing it unfavorably with his own ideals.

Uchiha Fugaku organized Konoha’s security as the Fourth Raikage’s party and then Ōnoki’s party arrived for the Five Kage Summit. Konoha’s villagers and shinobi reacted to the visitors while the chapter ended with Sasuke explaining that surviving an encounter with Kazan proved a Kage’s strength.

• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the Uchiha to patrol Konoha and enforce the village’s rules during the summit.
• The Fourth Raikage and Darui arrived, and the Raikage glared at villagers who compared the Third Raikage unfavorably to Kazan.
• An Uchiha squad escorted the Kumogakure delegation to its accommodations after Darui let go of his sword.
• Kitsuchi carried Ōnoki into Konoha alongside Kurotsuchi, who asked what kind of person Kazan was.
• Kitsuchi described Kazan as more terrifying than the evil gods in stories, while Kurotsuchi looked toward Kazan’s unfinished carving on Hokage Rock.
• Sasuke told Naruto that Ōnoki was one of the few Kage to fight Kazan and survive, and Naruto questioned whether that counted as an achievement.

Rasa and Mei Terumi arrived in Konoha ahead of the Five Kage Summit, which was scheduled for the next day. Kazan struggled to work while his predecessors played cards, but Hikari scolded them all before Shikaku reported that the visiting Kage had arrived and Kazan ordered Konoha's forces to treat them as usual.

• Rasa entered Konoha with Baki and another ninja, admired the village's recovery, and mourned his unfulfilled dream of escaping the sand.
• Mei Terumi arrived with the Mist Ninja, and she explained Konoha's Hokage statues to Chojuro while warning the group to avoid the Forest of Death.
• Ao used his Byakugan to detect powerful creatures in the Forest of Death, and Mei Terumi told her companions to support Konoha in forming the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hikari caught Kazan and the former Hokage playing cards in the Hokage's Office and scolded them for neglecting their duties.
• Shikaku Nara reported that the Kage from the Four Great Shinobi Villages and Mifune had arrived, and Kazan ordered the ANBU and Military Police Force to do their jobs as usual.

Kazan opened the Five Kage Summit by rejecting attempts to make him answer for past wartime deaths and warning that the coming conflict with Madara Uchiha would demand unity. The summit remained tense as the Kage prepared to debate the Allied Shinobi Forces and its supreme commander.

• Sasuke argued that he would apply to fight in the coming war, while Sakura Haruno and Shikamaru Nara defended the younger generation’s fear of battle.
• Anko and the other veteran ninja discussed whether the Five Great Shinobi Villages could trust one another, then put their faith in the Hokage.
• Kazan arrived at the summit with Hikari and Itachi, and Mifune formally opened the meeting.
• Ōnoki tested the other Kage and considered how to challenge Konoha’s claim to supreme command, but Hikari recognized his scheme.
• Kazan taunted Ōnoki, then rejected the Fourth Raikage’s, Rasa’s, and Mei Terumi’s complaints about leaders he had killed in past wars.
• Kazan warned the Kage that the coming war would surpass the previous three and that Madara Uchiha would not listen to reason.

Kazan confronted the leaders over forming the Allied Shinobi Forces and explained that they would face the White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation armies while he fought Madara Uchiha. When the Fourth Raikage challenged him, Kazan attacked and overwhelmed him, leaving the summit on hold as Hikari restrained the Cloud Shinobi guards.

• Kazan reminded Ōnoki that the Rock Shinobi had lost their Four-Tails and Five-Tails and had asked Konoha for help, then called for the villages to form the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• The Fourth Raikage objected and said he could not trust Konoha, so Kazan told the leaders that only he could fight Madara Uchiha and assigned them to face the White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation armies.
• The Fourth Raikage's guards moved to intervene, but Kazan told Hikari and Itachi to stand down before challenging the Raikage's claims.
• Kazan flashed across the room, kicked the Fourth Raikage through a wall, and pursued him outside.
• Hikari used Yachihoko to drain Darui and Cee's chakra, warning the other leaders not to act as Kazan struck down the Fourth Raikage.
• Kazan broke through the Fourth Raikage's Lightning Armor and stomped him into the ground, telling him he lacked the composure of the Third Raikage.

Kazan forced the Five Kage to set aside their disputes and unanimously establish the Allied Shinobi Forces. Madara contacted the summit through the reincarnated First Tsuchikage, Ishikawa, and declared the Fourth Shinobi World War after Kazan refused to join him.

• Kazan returned the Fourth Raikage to his seat and resumed the talks as Rasa and Ōnoki argued over black-market missions and village military spending.
• Rasa and Ōnoki prepared to fight, but Kazan suppressed them and explained that the alliance was for the entire Shinobi World.
• All five Kage raised their hands in unanimous approval to form the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• White Zetsu appeared in the conference room, and Hikari pinned him with an arrow formed from her Dōjutsu Power.
• Madara used the reincarnated Ishikawa to speak to Kazan and demanded that he hand over the Nine-Tails and join his plan.
• Kazan refused Madara's proposal and said he intended to kill him, prompting Madara to declare the Fourth Shinobi World War.

The Fourth Shinobi World War began as Kazan and the allied forces prepared to face Madara, while Kazan revealed the truth behind the Infinite Tsukuyomi and the Ōtsutsuki Clan. The chapter ended with Tobirama concluding that Madara would not listen to anyone, even if they tried to warn him that his plan was doomed.

• Tobirama Senju trapped the First Tsuchikage in a water prison, and Kazan sealed him with the Heavenly Ten Fists.
• Madara ordered Black and White Zetsu and Kabuto Yakushi to prepare for the final war after reaching the Sage of Six Paths' level of power.
• Kazan took command of the allied forces and told the other Kage to return to their villages and prepare for war.
• Kazan explained that White Zetsu were ancient humans transformed by the Infinite Tsukuyomi and revealed the Ten-Tails' connection to Earth and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Kazan revealed that the Sage of Six Paths was an Ōtsutsuki and that the Eye of the Moon Plan would release Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Hyuga Hiashi confirmed the moon clan's role in guarding Kaguya's seal, and Tobirama concluded that Madara would refuse to believe the truth.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages mobilized for the Fourth Shinobi World War while Kazan kept Sasuke, Naruto, and the other young ninja in Konoha. Kazan led Konoha’s forces toward the battlefield as Madara learned of the allied army’s departure and declared the war had begun.

• Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and Kazan agreed to hide White Zetsu’s origins and arranged for the daimyō to relocate under ninja escort.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages assembled an Allied Shinobi Forces army of one hundred thousand, while Kazan refused Sasuke and Naruto’s requests to join the fighting.
• Guy said goodbye to Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten, urging his students to remain strong as he prepared to leave for war.
• Kazan ordered Konoha’s gathered forces to move out, and Sasuke stayed behind with his mother as Itachi had asked him to protect her.
• The allied forces departed together, and Madara Uchiha received word of their movement before declaring, “Let it begin!”