Chapter Summaries

Eiji slaughtered hundreds of Sunagakure ninja while Saki watched, shaken, and prepared to use Chiyo’s deadly poison gas bomb. Elsewhere, Tsunade arrived in the woods to aid Konoha ninja fighting Sunagakure.

• Eiji killed Bisk and fought his way through the surrounding Sunagakure forces, cutting down wave after wave of attackers.
• Eiji used the double-ended blade and Kusanagi Sword to kill hundreds of Sunagakure ninja in minutes.
• Saki, terrified by Eiji’s continuing untouchable state, considered retreat but decided to use the poison gas bomb Chiyo had given him.
• Saki recalled Chiyo warning that the poison gas had no antidote and urging him to use it even at the cost of his life if he met Eiji.
• Tsunade burst into a battle between Konoha and Sunagakure in the woods and killed one Sunagakure ninja with a punch.

Tsunade and the Konoha forces faced the Third Kazekage, who threatened to kill her and revealed a wider Sunagakure offensive. At the Land of Wind’s border, Eiji survived a combined Wind Release attack and emerged from the dust ready to continue fighting.

• Konoha reinforcements arrived, turning the battle against Sunagakure, but the Third Kazekage ambushed Tsunade with iron sand and wounded her calf.
• The Third Kazekage explained that he intended to turn Tsunade into a human puppet, then used his magnetic powers to pull the Konoha ninja’s weapons away from them.
• The Third Kazekage told Tsunade that more than two thousand Sunagakure ninja were attacking Konoha’s undermanned camp, and he launched iron sand and weapons at her forces.
• At the Land of Wind’s border, Saki ordered more than fifty Sunagakure ninja to attack Eiji with combined Wind Release, even though their assault also struck their own troops.
• Eiji sent Wind Release shuriken out of the dust, killing several Sunagakure ninja, then walked out unharmed and remarked that Danzo’s ninjutsu was useful.

Eiji overwhelmed the Sunagakure forces by severing their puppet strings and turning their puppets against them. Saki charged Eiji and trapped them both in Chiyo’s poison gas, believing he had found a way past Limitless.

• Eiji studied the puppeteers’ Chakra Threads, severed them, and took control of nearly a hundred puppets.
• Eiji sent the puppets against the Sunagakure ninja, killing many as the survivors dwindled to around five hundred.
• Saki charged Eiji with his ninja blade, but Limitless stopped the blow just before it reached him.
• Saki struck the poison sac at his waist, releasing dense purple gas around himself and Eiji.
• Saki explained that the gas could bypass Eiji’s defenses because he still had to breathe, while the poison began consuming Saki’s body.

Eiji defeated Saki and the remaining Sunagakure ninja, then arrived just in time to save Tsunade from the Third Kazekage's iron sand attack. He held Tsunade safely in midair as his Limitless blocked the iron sand.

• Saki's poison gas failed to harm Eiji, who explained his defensive technique before Saki died in despair.
• Eiji defeated the fleeing Sunagakure ninja with Full Output Azure and stored several intact puppets in scrolls.
• The Third Kazekage used Magnet Release and iron sand to overpower Tsunade and the Konoha ninja.
• The Third Kazekage trapped Tsunade in an iron sand net after she dodged his massive Iron Sand Wings.
• Eiji arrived, caught Tsunade in midair, and protected her from the iron sand with Limitless.

Ryuuzaki Eiji arrived to rescue Tsunade and claimed he had already wiped out the Sunagakure force attacking Konoha's main camp. He faced the Third Kazekage, who rejected the claim and prepared to fight, while Eiji effortlessly evaded a surprise attack and subdued its attacker.

• Eiji arrived on the battlefield, rescued Tsunade, and faced the Third Kazekage in the air.
• Tsunade warned Eiji that Sunagakure's army was advancing on Konoha's main camp, and Eiji said he had already dealt with them.
• The Konoha and Sunagakure ninja stopped fighting as Eiji's claim spread, but the Third Kazekage refused to believe him and threatened an attack.
• Eiji told Tsunade to treat the wounded and asked the Third Kazekage whether Magnet Release could be learned through training; the Kazekage said it could not.
• A Sunagakure ninja launched a surprise sword attack on Eiji, but Eiji dodged and pinned him beneath his foot.

Eiji overwhelmed the Third Kazekage with his speed and strange powers, leaving both armies stunned by the battle. The Kazekage remained alive after Eiji’s devastating attacks, while Tsunade wondered how Eiji had become so strong.

• Eiji swiftly defeated several Sunagakure ninja and challenged the Third Kazekage to fight him directly.
• Eiji appeared behind the Third Kazekage and repeatedly slammed him into rocks and trees, while iron sand softened the blows.
• The Third Kazekage hurled an iron sand block at Eiji, but Eiji sent it back and used gravity to bury the Kazekage inside a giant sphere of earth and stone.
• The Third Kazekage broke free inside a shell of iron sand, but Eiji intercepted him with a series of rapid punches and kicks before hammering him into a crater.
• The Konoha and Sunagakure ninja watched in shock, while Tsunade compared Eiji’s sudden movements to Tobirama Senju’s Flying Thunder God.

Eiji overwhelmed the Third Kazekage after breaking through his Iron Sand World Method, leaving the Kazekage battered and helpless in midair. Eiji prepared a powerful Azure attack to end the battle.

• The Third Kazekage rose from the crater and used Iron Sand World Method to trap Eiji in a bramble-like iron sand net.
• Eiji stopped the iron sand brambles from reaching him and tore open the net with Cursed Technique Lapse "Azure".
• Eiji teleported around the Third Kazekage and struck him repeatedly, shattering his jaw and leaving him dazed as the spectators watched.
• Eiji appeared beneath the falling Kazekage and gathered a dangerous red light at his fingertip with Cursed Technique Reversal: Maximum Output Blue.

Eiji defeated and killed the Third Kazekage, then returned to the Konoha camp as word spread that his actions had crippled Sunagakure’s ability to fight. Jiraiya returned from the front, and Eiji said he did not care whether he became Hokage.

• The Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand shield failed to stop Eiji’s Maximum Output Blue, which pierced his chest and killed him; Eiji sealed the corpse in a scroll for Orochimaru.
• Eiji swept away the remaining Sunagakure ninja with a huge azure-blue sphere, then offered to help Tsunade with medical care.
• Konoha’s ninja praised Eiji’s victories over Kumogakure and Sunagakure, while Nara Rokui judged the clan leader’s support for Eiji to have been wise.
• Jiraiya rushed back to the peaceful, upbeat camp and learned from Tsunade that Eiji had defeated the Third Kazekage and saved the camp.
• News reached the front that Hatake Sakumo had stopped Sunagakure’s invasion, and Tsunade asked Eiji about becoming Hokage; Eiji said he would accept the role if offered but did not care who became Hokage.

Ryuuzaki Eiji tried to approach Black Zetsu, but Black Zetsu fled before they could speak. In Sunagakure, Chiyo and Ebizo learned that the Third Kazekage had been killed and the frontline forces destroyed, leaving Chiyo desperate to protect her son and stop Eiji from becoming Hokage.

• Black Zetsu watched Ryuuzaki Eiji and fled underground when Eiji suddenly appeared behind him.
• Eiji considered working with Black Zetsu to release Kaguya and use White Zetsu labor, then decided he needed another way to deal with Black Zetsu.
• Chiyo read a report that Ryuuzaki Eiji had devastated the Sunagakure camp and wondered whether Saki had used her poison.
• Ebizo urged Chiyo to rely on the Third Kazekage to turn the war around.
• A messenger delivered news that the frontline forces had been nearly wiped out and the Third Kazekage had been killed.
• Chiyo feared for her son and daughter-in-law and vowed to stop Ryuuzaki Eiji from becoming Konoha's Hokage.

Chiyo learned that Sunagakure’s surprise-attack force had been wiped out and collapsed after deciding to seek peace with Konoha and explore obtaining Ryuuzaki Eiji’s bloodline. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki struggled with the news of Eiji’s strength and the Shinobi World’s debates comparing them, while Kitsuchi revealed that people were discussing whether a hundred Ōnokis could defeat him.

• Chiyo and Ebizo discussed Sunagakure’s losses, Rasa’s suitability as Kazekage, and the need to negotiate peace with Konoha.
• Ebizo proposed sending talented Sunagakure girls to Konoha so Eiji’s children might become loyal to Sunagakure, and Chiyo agreed to explore the idea.
• A messenger reported that Hatake Sakumo’s Konoha Ninja had ambushed and annihilated Sunagakure’s surprise-attack force, and Chiyo collapsed.
• Ōnoki read that Ryuuzaki Eiji had killed the Third Kazekage and two thousand Sunagakure Ninja, then worried about what the report meant for Iwagakure.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Shinobi World debaters argued Eiji could defeat him and were now discussing whether a hundred Ōnokis could beat Eiji.

Ōnoki and Hanzō ordered their forces to withdraw after learning of Ryuuzaki Eiji’s devastating strength. Ōnoki began plotting a marriage alliance with Konoha, while the chapter ended with Kushina and the other girls receiving instruction from a senior lady.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s forces to retreat and told Kitsuchi that continuing the war against Ryuuzaki Eiji was too dangerous.
• Ōnoki decided Iwagakure should prepare for peace negotiations and considered arranging a marriage between Ryuuzaki Eiji and an Iwagakure girl.
• Hanzō verified the intelligence about Ryuuzaki Eiji and ordered Amegakure’s forces to withdraw so the village could focus on rebuilding its strength.
• Kushina and the other girls gathered by a stream and listened to a senior lady from the Fire Daimyo’s household instruct them.

The girls began their mountain training, where Kushina excelled by helping the others while Shinka resented her and vowed the Land of Wind would win. In Konoha, Koharu complained about the new medical ninja and Homura urged Hiruzen to recall Eiji from the front, but a message from an Anbu left Hiruzen stunned.

• The training instructors barred servants from the camp and warned the girls that their performance would affect their future status as wives.
• Kushina quickly adapted to camp life and taught struggling girls to carry water, wash clothes, and cook, earning their gratitude and a high score.
• Shinka made a branch-family girl wash her clothes and prepare lunch, then vowed to defeat Kushina and Sayuri in the Land of Wind’s name.
• Koharu complained to Hiruzen that the new medical ninja ignored her authority because they wanted to learn from Tsunade and Eiji.
• Homura asked Hiruzen to recall Eiji from the front, claiming his power and unpredictability threatened Konoha’s plans, and Hiruzen read an Anbu message that made him freeze.

Konoha celebrated reports that Ryuuzaki Eiji had slain over two thousand Sunagakure ninja and the Third Kazekage, while Hatake Sakumo had defeated another Sunagakure force. As villagers and clans weighed the two men as future Hokage candidates, the Uchiha clan debated where to place its support.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read reports of Eiji's victories and Sakumo's defense of Konoha, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura reacted in shock.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi spread news of the victories throughout Konoha, where residents celebrated and argued over whether Eiji or Sakumo was better suited to become Hokage.
• Akimiichi Chōza, Shikaku, and Inoichi Yamanaka discussed their clans' support for Eiji, and Shikaku said the Nara Clan had already chosen to back him.
• Uchiha Somei called an emergency clan meeting to discuss the growing division over the Hokage candidates.
• Fugaku declared his support for Eiji, and a young Uchiha clan member challenged the clan's focus on supporting someone else instead of becoming Hokage themselves.

News of Konoha’s victory over Sunagakure spread, Shinka learned her father planned to marry her to Ryuuzaki Eiji, and peace talks were arranged. Orochimaru returned to camp and exchanged the Third Kazekage’s body for a Kusanagi Sword from Eiji.

• Uchiha clan members discussed Ryuuzaki Eiji’s victory over the Third Kazekage and wished they could record battles.
• Shinka Shinazugawa heard that Ryuuzaki Eiji had killed the Third Kazekage and questioned her father about the reports.
• Shinka’s father told her he intended to marry her to Ryuuzaki Eiji, even as a concubine, and she collapsed in dismay.
• The major shinobi villages agreed to withdraw their forces and attend peace talks on the Land of Wind’s border.
• Eiji began repairing puppet parts in camp after hearing about the ceasefire.
• Orochimaru returned to Konoha’s camp, and Eiji gave him a scroll containing the Third Kazekage’s corpse in exchange for a Kusanagi Sword.

Eiji discussed his plans to pursue immortality and help Orochimaru develop Konoha, then spoke with a sleepless Tsunade about becoming stronger and protecting those he loved. Tsunade felt guilty that she had not supported him, but Eiji reassured her that he considered her and Nawaki his family.

• Eiji told Orochimaru he had found a direction for researching eternal life and offered to share his results, prompting Orochimaru to volunteer his help.
• Eiji planned to use Orochimaru's technical knowledge and his own past-life knowledge to help Konoha advance after the Third Shinobi World War.
• Tsunade, unable to sleep, changed into her younger form and found Eiji working on puppet parts by the campfire.
• Eiji told Tsunade he wanted to become stronger and learn Senjutsu at Shikkotsu Forest after the war.
• Tsunade apologized for failing to help Eiji against the Kazekage and said she was unfit to be his older sister or teacher.
• Eiji reassured Tsunade that she and Nawaki were important family to him and that the Senju Ancestral Home was his home.

Kushina rejected Shinka Shinazugawa’s plan to become Eiji’s concubine, while Eiji and Tsunade shared a quiet moment. Two months later, leaders from the major villages gathered for peace talks, where Ōnoki and Chiyo pushed for Eiji to join the negotiations and the Fourth Raikage confronted him over the deaths of his people.

• Tsunade rested her head on Eiji’s lap and asked him to let her stay beside him for a while.
• Shinka Shinazugawa apologized to Kushina and Sayuri, then revealed her father wanted her to marry into the Ryuuzaki family as Eiji’s concubine.
• Kushina shouted that she did not agree, frightening Shinka into fleeing.
• Two months later, leaders and guards from the major villages assembled at the Land of Wind border for peace negotiations.
• Ōnoki and Chiyo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to let Eiji join the negotiating table.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Eiji to sit down and angrily declared he would never forgive him for killing his predecessor.

At the village negotiations, the leaders argued over Sunagakure’s defeat and Kumogakure’s tailed-beast incident. The Fourth Raikage accused Ryuuzaki Eiji, who denied involvement and warned that provoking him could cost the Raikage his life.

• Ōnoki taunted the Fourth Raikage, who restrained himself after Dodai intervened.
• Ōnoki demanded war reparations from Sunagakure, while Chiyo disputed that Sunagakure had lost to the other villages and Rasa offered to address Konoha’s compensation.
• Dodai reported that Kumogakure had found a toxin linked to a tailed-beast rampage, and the Fourth Raikage accused Eiji of causing it.
• Hiruzen and Hanzō asked for evidence and a chance to hear Konoha’s response, but the Raikage insisted Eiji prove his innocence.
• Eiji denied the accusation, threatened to demonstrate his power, and warned the Raikage not to let his temper cloud his judgment.
• Ōnoki, Chiyo, Hiruzen, and the other leaders prepared for a possible fight, but Ōnoki concluded they should not attack Eiji there.

Chiyo proposed sending Pakura to Konoha as Ryuuzaki Eiji’s wife, but the offer sparked objections and rival marriage proposals from the other villages. Eiji’s insult about the Raikage marrying Chiyo set off a fierce argument, which Hanzo stopped so the meeting could continue.

• Chiyo offered Pakura, a Scorch Release user, as Eiji’s wife in exchange for Sunagakure’s cooperation, while privately expecting Pakura to learn his weaknesses.
• Hiruzen and Tsunade opposed using marriage to bind the villages, and Pakura refused the Raikage’s offer to marry her.
• Ōnoki offered a nonaggression pact if Eiji married a girl from Iwagakure, while Hiruzen considered proposing his own son as a match.
• The Raikage proposed marrying a Hyuga woman himself, then said an Uchiha woman would also do when his offer was rejected.
• Eiji mocked the Raikage and suggested he marry Chiyo, prompting both to argue and derailing the meeting.
• Hanzo of the Salamander ordered the leaders to stop arguing and resume the meeting.

Danzo appeared with Black Zetsu at the peace meeting, revealing that he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation. Black Zetsu summoned two figures from coffins marked “First” and “Second,” leaving the assembled Ninja shocked by their identities.

• Masked Danzo and Black Zetsu appeared on a cliff above the meeting and confronted the gathered leaders.
• Danzo revealed himself, claimed death no longer mattered to him, and dismissed Chiyo after her poisoned needles failed to harm his reanimated body.
• Danzo challenged Ryuuzaki Eiji, who mocked him and welcomed the chance to fight his immortal body.
• Black Zetsu performed Impure World Reincarnation at Danzo’s command, raising two coffins marked “First” and “Second.”
• The coffins opened to reveal two men in Warring States-era armor, and the gathered Ninja reacted in shock.

Danzo used an improved Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama and Tobirama and intended to use them to kill Eiji and the gathered shinobi. Black Zetsu left Danzo in control of the situation, while Danzo planned to seize Eiji’s eyes and dominate the Shinobi World.

• Hiruzen, Tsunade, Ōnoki, Chiyo, and the others recognized Hashirama and Tobirama and realized Danzo and Black Zetsu controlled them through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama questioned Danzo, while Hashirama focused on Tsunade and then learned that war had broken out among the villages again.
• Danzo declared that he would purge the Shinobi World, and Tobirama failed to free himself from the improved jutsu.
• Black Zetsu ordered Hashirama and Tobirama to kill Eiji and everyone present, then vanished into the ground after warning Danzo not to rebel.
• Ōnoki tried to withdraw with his subordinates, but Danzo declared that all the gathered shinobi had to die.
• Danzo believed Wood Release would let him defeat Eiji, take the Eyes of the Blue Sky, escape Black Zetsu’s control, and rule the Shinobi World.