Recaps

Uchiha Kagami returned to Konoha after the war with the subdued Two-Tails, Matatabi, as his Summoning Beast. He reunited with his Shadow Guard and entered the village to a jubilant welcome.

• Uchiha Kagami arrived at Konoha with Matatabi, who said she liked the village and would fight for him.
• Uchiha Tsukiyama, Shizuya Hyuga, Genichi Senju, and Hayama Shirakumo met Kagami at the gate and reproached themselves for not accompanying him to battle.
• Kagami reassured his Shadow Guard, promised to take them along next time, and stopped Hayama from attempting seppuku.
• Kagami introduced Matatabi as the Two-Tails and said she would be part of Konoha as his Summoning Beast.
• Kagami and his companions entered the village amid cheers and praise for his victories, then headed toward the Hokage Building.

Kagami Uchiha returned to Konoha with Matatabi, causing the Nine-Tails sealed inside Kushina to stir. After Minato and Kushina asked Kagami about it, he reassured them and left Kurama cowering in fear.

• Kushina sensed the Nine-Tails stirring during training with Minato, while Kurama and Matatabi separately sensed each other in Konoha.
• Minato and Kushina hurried to the Hokage Building after hearing that Kagami Uchiha had returned victorious.
• Minato told Kagami that the Nine-Tails had stirred, and Kagami looked into Kushina's sealing space, frightening Kurama into silence.
• Kagami told Minato and Kushina that Kurama had become excited after encountering an old friend, then reassured them that all was well.
• Matatabi noticed Kurama's fear and congratulated herself for pledging allegiance to Kagami.

Kagami Uchiha returned to Konoha and told High Command that he had subdued Kumogakure’s Two-Tails, which would live freely in the village as his summoning beast. When Homura warned that taking the tailed beast could provoke war, Kagami and his allies dismissed the threat, leaving Homura worried that Konoha’s leaders were too eager for conflict.

• Shimura Danzō greeted Kagami Uchiha at the Hokage Building, and Kagami entered the Meeting Room with Minato, Kushina, the Shadow Guard, and Matatabi.
• Kagami told Konoha High Command that he had subdued the Two-Tails and declared that she would belong to Konoha, live freely as his summoning beast, and receive a dedicated habitat.
• Shikata Nara accepted Kagami’s order to arrange a habitat for the Two-Tails, while the assembled leaders reacted with astonishment.
• Mitokado Homura warned that Kumogakure might retaliate, but Shimura Danzō, Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru voiced their readiness for war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi calmed the argument and asked whether Kumogakure had tried to stop Kagami; Kagami said the Third Raikage had led the force and declared that he was no match for him.
• Konoha’s younger leaders praised Kagami, while Mitokado Homura worried that the Hokage’s forcefulness could lead the village into war.

At Konoha’s meeting, Kagami Uchiha rejected Shimura Danzō’s proposal to claim the One-Tail and Four-Tails and proposed letting the Shinobi World judge them instead. He announced plans to host a second Five Kage Summit in Konoha, inviting the small nations as well as the great ones.

• Utatane Koharu asked Kagami Uchiha how Konoha would handle the captured Jinchūriki of the One-Tail and Four-Tails.
• Shimura Danzō urged Konoha to extract the Tailed Beasts and place them in new vessels, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tokuma Hyuga warned that doing so could provoke more war.
• Tokuma Hyuga’s remarks about respecting Hashirama’s distribution of the Tailed Beasts angered Uchiha Setsuna, Hatake Sakumo, Hiruko, Orochimaru, and Tsunade.
• Kagami Uchiha said the Shinobi World should judge the One-Tail and Four-Tails, then called on Konoha to focus on its economy and scientific research.
• Kagami Uchiha proposed holding the second Five Kage Summit in Konoha and requiring the small nations to attend alongside the Five Great Nations.

Kagami Uchiha declared that he would propose public trials for Shukaku and Son Goku and oversight of jinchūriki at the Five Kage Summit. After Danzo revealed Kagami’s overwhelming strength, the meeting shifted toward conquering the other villages, with Hiruzen Sarutobi proposing a surprise attack on their Kage.

• Orochimaru realized Kagami Uchiha planned to raise the One-Tail and Four-Tails’ crimes at the Five Kage Summit, and Kagami confirmed he wanted them publicly tried.
• Kagami said he would also call for education and oversight of jinchūriki, while Matatabi feared the consequences for tailed beasts.
• Shikata Nara warned that the other villages would resist Konoha’s proposal and that negotiations could trigger a major war.
• Shimura Danzō urged the meeting to trust Kagami’s strength, revealing that Kagami had defeated the One-Tail and Four-Tails with a single strike.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi supported Kagami and proposed killing the other villages’ Kage when they arrived in Konoha, then conquering their villages.

Kagami Uchiha organized Konoha’s preparations for an All-Shinobi World Conference and assigned key roles to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō. He then forced Tokuma Hyuga to retire and appointed Branch Family member Shizuya Hyuga in his place, leaving Tokuma alarmed about the Hyuga clan’s future.

• Jiraiya mistook Hiruzen Sarutobi for an impostor until Hiruzen identified himself and threatened to publicize Jiraiya’s exploits.
• Kagami Uchiha ordered Shimura Danzō to invite the nations and Ninja Villages to an All-Shinobi World Conference in Konoha three months later, while Hiruzen handled its organization.
• Kagami named Shikata Nara Hiruzen’s deputy and formed a Conference Planning Group with the assembled leaders and elders.
• Kagami dismissed the meeting and told Tokuma Hyuga to stay behind, then challenged Tokuma’s age and urged him to retire from leadership.
• Tokuma asked Kagami to choose his successor, but Kagami appointed Shizuya Hyuga, a former Shadow Guard member from the Branch Family, prompting Tokuma to realize the change had been arranged in advance.

Konoha issued an ultimatum inviting the Shinobi World’s leaders to a Five Kage Summit in three months, where it planned to address postwar borders, peace, and Tailed Beast crimes. Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure resented Konoha’s demands but recognized they could not challenge its strength, while smaller villages viewed the summit as a show of power.

• Konoha sent a notice summoning the Four Great Ninja Villages, national Daimyo, and smaller village leaders to a summit in September of the thirty-seventh year of Konoha, warning that absences would provoke consequences.
• Third Kazekage Sajie raged that Kagami Uchiha had taken Shukaku and intended to judge Tailed Beast crimes, but Niuji urged him to restrain himself and Sajie decided Sunagakure had to attend.
• Ōnoki condemned Konoha’s ultimatum and Kagami Uchiha’s power, then decided Iwagakure would attend and seek to recover its Tailed Beast, possibly by joining with other villages to pressure Konoha.
• Third Raikage A smashed his desk in anger over Kagami Uchiha capturing Kumogakure’s Two-Tails, while his officials acknowledged that Kumogakure could not confront Konoha directly.
• Leaders of Kirigakure and the smaller villages received the notice, and the smaller villages suspected Konoha would use the summit to dictate the Shinobi World’s future.

The Third Mizukage refused Konoha’s invitation to the Five Kage Summit, determined to keep Kirigakure out of the dispute over the captured Tailed Beasts. After reading Kagami Uchiha’s proposal, the Land of Fire’s Daimyo embraced the summit as a chance to expand his dominion, agreed to attend, and ordered generous support for Kagami.

• The Third Mizukage rejected Kirigakure’s invitation to the summit, arguing that Kagami Uchiha’s conflict with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure did not involve Kirigakure.
• Genji warned the Third Mizukage that Kagami’s power might surpass Madara Uchiha’s, but the Mizukage insisted Kirigakure should stay neutral and focus on the Blood Mist Policy.
• The Land of Fire’s Daimyo read Kagami Uchiha’s letter proposing a Five Kage Summit in Konoha to establish rules for the Shinobi World.
• The Daimyo decided the summit could help the Land of Fire dominate the other nations and ordered letters inviting their Daimyo to attend.
• The Daimyo arranged to travel to Konoha himself, cover the summit’s expenses, and give Kagami five hundred million ryo as a personal gift.

Kakuzu explained why Konoha had invited the Akatsuki to the Five Kage Summit and declared that the Akatsuki should rule the Land of Rain. In private, Nagato accepted that the Rinnegan had been implanted in him and decided to return the eyes after the summit, leaving him resolved to train and protect his companions.

• Kakuzu praised the Hokage’s notice of the Five Kage Summit and argued that Konoha recognized the Akatsuki as an independent power.
• Kakuzu declared that the Akatsuki, rather than Hanzō’s Amegakure, was the rightful authority in the Land of Rain and said they would settle the issue at the summit.
• Kakuzu sent Yahiko and Konan away so he could speak privately with Nagato, who said the Rinnegan had never belonged to him.
• Nagato decided to return the Rinnegan to the person behind the scheme after the Akatsuki returned from Konoha.
• Kakuzu warned Nagato that the eyes endangered him and the Akatsuki, then urged him to rely on his own talent; Nagato resolved to train hard and protect everyone.

Kagami Uchiha and Shimura Danzō discussed using the Five Kage Summit to establish Konoha’s authority through rules rather than immediate conquest, while preparing to watch for threats. Around them, Konoha’s younger generation and their families enjoyed a peaceful gathering, leaving the village prosperous and confident in its future.

• Shimura Danzō praised Konoha’s young talents and proposed killing the other villages’ Kage at the upcoming Five Kage Summit before launching a campaign.
• Kagami Uchiha told Danzō that Konoha should use the summit to establish rules and a just cause, and said they would bring the Shinobi World under Konoha’s authority gradually.
• Kagami assigned Danzō to oversee external campaigns and unrest, and ordered him to monitor the summit arrangements Hiruzen was handling.
• Hatake Sakumo stood beside Uchiha Yukiho as she held baby Kakashi, and Tsunade teased her about having a child of her own.
• Jiraiya offered to train Kakashi, while Orochimaru mocked him and Jiraiya angrily retorted.
• Minato and Hiruko discussed training and research as the gathering continued peacefully.

The Second Five Kage Summit opened in Konoha, whose prosperity and modern development impressed the visiting leaders and delegations. The leaders of Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure arrived, but Konoha villagers’ insults provoked their anger as they headed to the summit venue.

• Konoha prepared to host the summit with orderly streets, modern buildings, and extensive security, while its leaders and shinobi welcomed the arriving delegations.
• The Daimyo of the great and smaller nations arrived at Konoha’s Martial Arts Arena and took their places on the VIP viewing platform.
• Ōnoki, the Third Raikage, and Sajie led their respective Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure delegations into Konoha; Kirigakure did not attend.
• The visiting leaders compared Konoha’s strength and prosperity with their own villages, while Ōnoki and Sajie resented Kagami Uchiha and Kumogakure’s A reflected on past tensions.
• Konoha villagers mocked the three visiting leaders, who heard the insults, suppressed their anger, and hurried toward the summit venue.

At the Five Kage Summit, Hanzō and Kakuzu nearly came to blows after Caomang provoked Hanzō and challenged his rule over the Land of Rain. Danzo and the Third Raikage stopped the confrontation, and the chapter ended with Kagami Uchiha appearing as the summit’s central figure.

• Shinoda and Hanzō’s allies insulted Akatsuki, while Ōnoki and others mocked Hanzō’s defeat and Caomang taunted him on Danzo’s behalf.
• Caomang declared Akatsuki the legitimate authority in the Land of Rain, prompting Kakuzu to challenge Hanzō and the two to unleash their Kage-level auras.
• The Third Raikage A ordered them to stop, and Danzo threatened anyone who disrupted the summit; Hanzō and Kakuzu withdrew their auras.
• Kagami Uchiha stepped out in his Hokage’s Haori, and the Konoha attendees rose to salute him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the Five Kage Summit with Konoha’s first military parade, showcasing artificial Kekkei Genkai troops, heavy battle tanks, and long-range Tailed Beast missiles. The other nations’ leaders realized the display was a declaration of Konoha’s overwhelming supremacy, while Kagami Uchiha watched and claimed the future Shinobi World for himself.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the summit’s opening and introduced Konoha’s military parade as a demonstration of its resolve to defend peace.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi presented the Steel Shield and Swift Release artificial Kekkei Genkai armies, shocking Ōnoki and Third Raikage A.
• Konoha’s Heavy Battle Tank Corps entered, and Hiruzen Sarutobi described its battlefield firepower and armor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi introduced the Long-Range Strategic Tailed Beast Missile Corps, which could strike targets across the Shinobi World without Jinchūriki.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire celebrated Konoha’s strength, while the other three great nations’ Daimyo feared their countries would be left behind.
• Kagami Uchiha surveyed the stunned crowd and privately declared that the future Shinobi World belonged to Konoha and himself.

Kagami Uchiha opened the Five Kage Summit by proposing a joint organization to maintain peace, then called for a public trial of Sunagakure’s and Iwagakure’s jinchūriki for wartime atrocities. The summit was left tense as Sajie and Ōnoki faced pressure from the assembled leaders.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi called on Kagami Uchiha to inspect Konoha’s troops, and the assembled army roared its approval.
• Kagami Uchiha concluded the military review and officially opened the Five Kage Summit.
• Kagami Uchiha proposed a joint organization in which nations would support and restrain one another to preserve peace.
• Kagami Uchiha warned that powers refusing to unite for peace could be treated as enemies of it, prompting attendees to think of the absent Kirigakure and Third Mizukage.
• Kagami Uchiha accused Sunagakure’s Monk Bunpuku and Iwagakure’s Roshi of causing civilian and shinobi deaths by unleashing their tailed beasts, then asked what punishment they deserved.
• Sajie and Ōnoki grew furious as Kagami Uchiha placed their villages under the scrutiny of the summit.

Kakuzu, Hanzo of the Salamander, and the village representatives argued over who was responsible for the war and its civilian deaths. Kagami Uchiha declared Hanzō the culprit, and Hanzō confessed and begged to live, but Kakuzu demanded his execution and claimed the Akatsuki would protect the Land of Rain.

• Kakuzu condemned the Jinchūriki Bunpuku and Roshi for the destruction they caused in the Land of Rain and asked Lord Hokage to judge them.
• Hanzo of the Salamander blamed Iwagakure and Sunagakure for invading the Land of Rain, while Ōnoki and Third Kazekage Sajie accused Hanzō of starting the war and killing Second Kazekage Shamon.
• Representatives from Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Amegakure erupted into mutual accusations as Third Raikage A silently resented Kagami Uchiha and Konoha.
• Kagami Uchiha silenced the assembly and told Hanzō that the Kazekage and Tsuchikage were right to call him the culprit who sparked the Second Shinobi World War.
• Hanzō knelt before Kagami Uchiha, confessed to causing countless tragedies, and begged for his life so he could atone and protect the Land of Rain.
• Kakuzu rejected Hanzō’s plea, demanded that he die for his crimes, and declared that the Akatsuki would safeguard the Land of Rain.

Kagami Uchiha spared Hanzō but stripped him of his authority and ordered Amegakure’s ninja to join the Akatsuki. He also refused Ōnoki and Sajie’s requests to take their Jinchūriki home, leaving Bunpuku and Roshi imprisoned in Konoha and shocking the assembled leaders.

• Kagami Uchiha spared Hanzō on condition that Amegakure be disbanded, its ninja led by the Akatsuki, and Hanzō remain in Konoha for ideological education.
• Hanzō accepted Kagami Uchiha’s terms and submitted to losing his authority and positions.
• Ōnoki admitted Iwagakure’s failures and pleaded to take Roshi home, while Sajie made the same plea for Sunagakure’s Bunpuku.
• Kagami Uchiha said the Jinchūriki deserved death for their crimes but spared their lives in the interest of peace.
• Kagami Uchiha ordered Bunpuku and Roshi permanently imprisoned in Konoha until they reformed, and forbade Ōnoki and Sajie from taking them home.
• The assembled leaders watched Ōnoki and Sajie accept Kagami Uchiha’s decision, wondering whether Konoha would dominate the future Shinobi World.

Kagami Uchiha established the Shinobi Federation under Konoha’s dominance and laid down strict rules against war and misuse of tailed beasts. After the summit, he planned to use Kirigakure’s persecution of its bloodline clans to draw them to Konoha, setting up a confrontation with the Third Mizukage, Unnamed.

• Kagami Uchiha proclaimed the Shinobi Federation and announced its rules, threatening any village that let tailed beasts or Jinchūriki cause devastation with invasion by Konoha’s Heavenly Army.
• The Daimyo and village leaders signed the federation treaty, and the Second Five Kage Summit ended as representatives departed Konoha.
• Danzo and Hiruzen praised Kagami, then raised concerns about Kirigakure’s absence from the summit and the Third Mizukage, Unnamed.
• Kagami proposed sending Orochimaru and Shizuya Hyuga to visit Kirigakure’s Kaguya Clan and invite its members to settle in Konoha.
• Kagami declared that Konoha would welcome Kirigakure’s bloodline clans and would treat any attempt by Unnamed to stop them as a provocation against the federation and Konoha.

Kagami Uchiha urged Hiruko to research a Natural Energy-powered weapon and sent Orochimaru and Shizuya Hyuga on a diplomatic mission to Kirigakure. The mission departed with a crystal locator that could guide Konoha’s Tailed Beast Missiles to them in an emergency.

• Kagami Uchiha summoned Hiruko, praised his work, and proposed using Natural Energy as the power source for a new weapon.
• Hiruko described how a Natural Energy warhead might trigger a vast eruption, then raised the dangers of containing and controlling it.
• Kagami Uchiha directed Hiruko to establish a research base at the Valley of the End and consult Jiraiya about Natural Energy.
• Orochimaru and Shizuya Hyuga arrived with the assembled mission team, and Kagami instructed Shizuya to build ties with the Kaguya Clan and other Kirigakure kekkei genkai clans.
• Hiruko gave Orochimaru a crystal linked to Konoha’s long-range Tailed Beast Missiles, and Kagami sent the team off with Konoha’s support.

Kaguya Masao weighed Konoha’s Hyuga Clan’s request to visit against the danger of provoking the Third Mizukage, then agreed to welcome the visitors while reporting the letter. The Third Mizukage accused Masao of collusion but, after hearing his assurances, revealed he intended to seize the Hyuga’s Byakugan.

• Kaguya Masao and the clan elders debated whether to receive the Hyuga visitors, fearing both the Mizukage’s suspicion and the loss of Konoha’s goodwill.
• Masao ordered the Kaguya Clan to prepare guest quarters and send the letter to the Third Mizukage.
• The Third Mizukage read the letter, became furious that Konoha had contacted the Kaguya directly, and summoned Masao.
• The Third Mizukage accused Masao of secretly colluding with Konoha, and Masao denied it and pledged to follow the Mizukage’s orders.
• The Third Mizukage accepted Masao’s explanation and said Kirigakure should take the Hyuga’s Byakugan.

Kaguya Masao confronted the Third Mizukage over his plan to target the Hyuga and condemned the blood mist policy as a purge of Kirigakure’s clans. Genji stopped their confrontation from turning violent, but Masao left convinced the Kaguya Clan must prepare to abandon the village.

• The Third Mizukage demanded that Kaguya Masao help him target the Hyuga for their Byakugan, but Masao warned that attacking Konoha’s clan could provoke a war.
• The Third Mizukage accused Masao of putting Konoha before Kirigakure, and Masao angrily denounced the blood mist policy and the Mizukage’s control over the village’s clans.
• The Third Mizukage unleashed his chakra, and Masao summoned bone spikes and dared him to kill him.
• Genji intervened, urged both men to stand down, and reminded the Third Mizukage that Masao had handed over Konoha’s letter without acting independently.
• Masao accused the Third Mizukage of using the blood mist policy to purge rival clans, then left to return to the Kaguya Clan.
• The Third Mizukage called the clans cancers that needed eliminating, while Genji silently questioned whether the blood mist policy was right.

Orochimaru led a Konoha delegation to Kirigakure, claiming they had come to visit the Kaguya Clan while privately considering whether to recruit talented shinobi. At the village entrance, the Third Mizukage accused Konoha of having ulterior motives, and Orochimaru defiantly invited him to attack.

• Orochimaru and the Hyuga clansmen reached the Land of Water and rested at a fearful restaurant under the Blood Mist Policy.
• Karatachi Yagura arrived on the Third Mizukage’s orders and escorted the Konoha delegation toward Kirigakure.
• Orochimaru mistook the young-looking Yagura for a promising child recruit, then learned that Yagura was an adult Jonin.
• Yagura led the delegation through the mist to Kirigakure, where the Third Mizukage and dozens of Jonin awaited them with open hostility.
• Orochimaru said the visit was a private exchange between the Hyuga and Kaguya Clans, but the Third Mizukage accused Konoha of plotting after the Five Kage Summit.
• Orochimaru challenged the Third Mizukage to attack the delegation, leaving the Kirigakure ninja stunned.

Orochimaru led the Konoha delegation into Kirigakure to visit the Kaguya Clan, while the Third Mizukage restricted their stay to three days and kept them under watch. Kaguya Masao revealed that his clan wanted to escape Kirigakure and join Konoha, and Orochimaru was ready to help.

• Orochimaru challenged the Third Mizukage to either let the delegation visit its relatives or face the Shinobi Federation, so the Mizukage allowed them to stay for three days under surveillance.
• Yagura escorted Orochimaru, Shizuya Hyuga, and the Hyuga clansmen through Kirigakure to the heavily guarded Kaguya compound.
• Kaguya Masao welcomed the delegation and listened as Orochimaru described the Kaguya Clan's oppression under the Blood Mist Policy and invited them to join Konoha.
• Kaguya Masao admitted that his clan wanted to leave Kirigakure and join Konoha under Kagami Uchiha, despite the Mizukage's surveillance.

Orochimaru fabricated evidence that Kirigakure had killed a Konoha envoy, then used the resulting confrontation to activate a locator signal. Hiruko launched a Tailed Beast Fusion Missile at Kirigakure, leaving the village engulfed in catastrophic destruction.

• Orochimaru told Kaguya Masao to prepare the Kaguya and Yuki Clans to flee Kirigakure in three days.
• Orochimaru created a fake Hyuga corpse with wounds and Kirigakure senbon, then accused the Third Mizukage of murdering a Konoha delegate.
• Orochimaru crushed a locator crystal wafer, sending its coordinates to Konoha despite the Third Mizukage's demands.
• Hiruko ordered the Tailed Beast Missile launched at the coordinates with a triple dose, targeting Kirigakure's Mizukage Building.
• The missile struck Kirigakure, destroying buildings and walkways as massive waves and fires engulfed the village.

Konoha’s devastating attack crippled Kirigakure and enabled the Kaguya and Yuki Clans to escape by sea with Orochimaru. The next day, the Shinobi Federation demanded a public apology from the Third Mizukage and ordered Kirigakure not to pursue the clans, stirring an uproar across the Shinobi World.

• Konoha’s attack destroyed the Mizukage Building and gravely wounded the Third Mizukage, while chaos spread across Kirigakure.
• Kaguya Masao contacted the Yuki Clan, and both clans escaped Kirigakure with Hyuga ninjas covering their retreat.
• The Third Mizukage discovered the clans had fled, blamed Orochimaru and Konoha, and ordered a pursuit, but Orochimaru had already escaped.
• Kaguya Masao told the clanspeople they would start a new life in Konohagakure, while Orochimaru dismissed Xue Cang’s concerns about war with Kirigakure.
• Konoha issued a Shinobi Federation notice demanding that the Third Mizukage apologize and forbidding Kirigakure from pursuing the Kaguya and Yuki Clans.
• The notice provoked an uproar throughout the Shinobi World.

After Konoha’s attack crippled Kirigakure, the other Great Village leaders recognized that Konoha had become too powerful to challenge. The Third Mizukage summoned the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and sent them to secretly raid the Land of Fire, leaving the swordsmen to set out on their mission.

• Ōnoki, Sajie, and the Third Raikage assessed Konoha’s Tailed Beast Missiles and concluded that opposing Konoha was no longer viable.
• The Third Mizukage read the Shinobi Federation’s demands, suffered a collapse of rage, and ordered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist summoned.
• The six swordsmen assembled before the Third Mizukage, who ordered them to infiltrate the Land of Fire and kill ninja and civilians without revealing their identities.
• Suikazan Fuguki warned the others to follow his orders, but Jinin Akebino and Munashi Jinpachi mocked and threatened him before Juzo Biwa intervened.
• Fuguki ordered the group to assemble at the harbor in an hour, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen scattered to prepare for their covert raid.