Chapter Summaries

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.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist secretly landed on the Land of Fire’s coast, where Might Duy intercepted them. Duy swiftly incapacitated Munashi Jinpachi and Juzo Biwa, then wept with joy at finally having a chance to repay Lord Hokage.

• Suikazan Fuguki led the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist across the sea toward the Land of Fire and ordered them to land secretly.
• Might Duy confronted the six Kirigakure ninja on the shore and identified himself as a Jonin and captain in Konoha’s Eastern Ninja Army.
• Might Duy removed his weights, revealing their crushing force, then struck Munashi Jinpachi and sent him flying with a single blow.
• Might Duy shattered Juzo Biwa’s Kubikiribōchō with one punch and hurled him into a cliff.
• Might Duy reflected on his service to Kagami Uchiha and his longing for Might Guy, then cried with joy at finding enemies he could defeat.

Might Duy unleashed the Sixth Gate and defeated the remaining members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist on the beach. Suikazan Fuguki died as he tried to escape, while Mr. Pleasure Boat fled offshore, leaving the battle behind.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare tried to ambush Might Duy with Nuibari, but Might Duy stopped the attack with a punch.
• Suikazan Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki combined Water Release and Lightning Release against Might Duy as Jinin Akebino prepared to attack.
• Might Duy opened the Sixth Gate, kicked Kushimaru Kuriarare into the sea, and struck Jinin Akebino and Raiga Kurosuki with Morning Peacock, incapacitating them.
• Suikazan Fuguki launched a Water Dragon Bullet Technique and fled, but Might Duy caught up with him and killed him with a finishing punch.
• Mr. Pleasure Boat saw the fighting from his boat and turned away from the coast to escape.

Might Duy defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and returned safely, while Kagami Uchiha considered how to expand Konoha’s scientific research. The chapter left Kagami imagining a cybernetic Shinobi World and a future beyond the planet.

• Might Duy deactivated the Eight Gates after Konoha reinforcements arrived and told them he had defeated the Kirigakure ninja who landed on the coast.
• The Konoha ninja recognized the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist’s blades and praised Duy for defeating them alone.
• Kagami Uchiha read the Eastern Ninja Army’s report and decided that Might Guy should also receive Hashirama cells.
• Shikata Nara presented the Chunin Exams plan, and Kagami suggested ending the exams with matches between young ninja.
• Kagami promised Shikata that Shikaku could join his staff department after graduating.
• Kagami identified Katasuke Tōno as a valuable scientific talent and imagined combining Konoha’s researchers to build a cybernetic Shinobi World.

Kagami Uchiha studied Impure World Reincarnation and decided to summon Tobirama Senju to help Konoha’s research efforts. After Kagami performed the jutsu with Danzo present, Tobirama rose from the array and asked whether Konoha faced a major crisis.

• Kagami Uchiha visited the Research Institute, where Orochimaru reported that he had stabilized and mastered Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kagami studied the jutsu in Konoha’s Scroll of Seals and told Danzo he intended to summon Tobirama Senju for Konoha’s sake.
• Danzo objected to using the forbidden jutsu on his former teacher, but then supported Kagami and offered to perform it himself.
• Three days later, Kagami used a White Zetsu body as the sacrifice and performed Impure World Reincarnation in a sealed underground chamber.
• Tobirama Senju rose from the array, recognized the jutsu, and asked Kagami and Danzo whether Konoha had encountered a major crisis.

Kagami Uchiha revived Tobirama Senju and showed him Konoha’s peaceful prosperity and advanced research institute. Tobirama agreed to lead the institute and prepare Konoha to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

• Tobirama Senju learned that Konoha had won the Second Shinobi World War, captured three tailed beasts, and that Mito had died.
• Tobirama insisted on seeing the village before discussing Kagami Uchiha’s request, and Kagami took him and Shimura Danzō out of the secret chamber.
• Tobirama saw Konoha’s modern infrastructure and peaceful residents, praised Kagami’s leadership, and recognized the village’s prosperity as the goal he and Hashirama Senju had pursued.
• Tobirama visited the Ninja Science Research Institute and examined its advanced weapons, equipment, and research operations.
• Kagami asked Tobirama to coordinate the institute’s researchers and overcome technological bottlenecks, then warned him that the Ōtsutsuki Clan regarded the world as prey.
• Tobirama vowed to protect Konoha from the Ōtsutsuki Clan and accepted responsibility for helping the village.