Chapter Summaries

Pakura and Karura led Sand Ninja to Kirigakure to negotiate peace, hoping to end the war before returning to lead Sunagakure. Pakura expected to meet her husband, Uchiha Yin, across the negotiating table after the talks.

• Pakura and Karura looked toward Kirigakure from a cliff and questioned whether peace talks would succeed.
• Karura said she believed they could negotiate peace, while the two prepared to return and lead Sunagakure.
• Pakura said Sunagakure’s forces had fled the Konoha front because their husband was too strong.
• Karura recalled that Rasa and Ebizo had pushed for an attack on Konoha, and Pakura and Karura agreed Sunagakure could no longer sustain the war.
• Pakura looked forward to meeting Uchiha Yin after they finished negotiating with Kirigakure.

Pakura and Karura sought peace with Kirigakure as Sunagakure weakened, but loyalists of Rasa had secretly betrayed them to prevent their return. Yagura prepared an ambush, acting on orders tied to the Third Mizukage’s unexpected decision to accept peace.

• Sunagakure’s leaders lacked anyone capable of taking charge, so Pakura and Karura pursued peace negotiations with Kirigakure.
• Yagura received a top-secret report that Sunagakure had sent Pakura and Karura as bargaining chips and prepared an ambush to capture them.
• Mist Ninja discussed the women and learned they were associated with Uchiha Yin.
• Sunagakure loyalists of Rasa had sold out Pakura and Karura to keep them from returning and taking power.
• Kirigakure agreed to peace because the Third Mizukage had ordered it.

Pakura and Karura entered a canyon in the Land of Water, unaware that Kirigakure had filled it with neurotoxin-laced mist. As they grew dizzy, Kirigakure’s ambushers attacked the Sand Ninja.

• Pakura and Karura reached a mist-filled canyon while discussing the damp weather and its effects on their techniques.
• Pakura and Karura gradually sensed something was wrong as the mist made them dizzy.
• Kirigakure’s neurotoxic mist began disrupting Pakura and Karura’s Chakra.
• Kirigakure ninja sprang their ambush and began killing the Sand Ninja.
• Pakura and Karura reacted to the attack but could not protect their teammates.

Kirigakure’s 110 ambushed the Sunagakure delegation in a canyon, using poison mist to overwhelm the Sand Ninja. Pakura and Karura fought back, but they suspected a traitor in Sunagakure had revealed their plans.

• Kirigakure’s 110 attacked the Sand Ninja, whose resistance was weakened by poison in the mist.
• Karura unleashed a powerful wind technique that cleared much of the mist and killed several Mist Ninja.
• Pakura praised Karura and used Scorch Release fireballs to kill more Mist Ninja.
• Pakura demanded to know why Kirigakure had attacked a Sunagakure delegation seeking an alliance.
• Pakura and Karura suspected a traitor in Sunagakure had exposed their movements and plans.

Pakura and Karura fought to escape Kirigakure’s ambush, but Yagura blocked their way and revealed that Sunagakure’s elders had betrayed them to secure peace between the nations. He launched another Water Release attack against them.

• Pakura and Karura ordered the Sand Ninja to retreat as Kirigakure’s elite forces attacked them with Water Release techniques.
• A Kirigakure ninja unleashed a massive wave that overwhelmed the Sand Ninja’s escape route.
• Yagura appeared before Pakura and Karura, and they recognized him as the one blocking their path.
• Yagura told Pakura and Karura that Sunagakure’s elders had sold them out to secure peace between the nations.
• Yagura used Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave against Pakura and Karura.

Pakura and Karura fought Kirigakure while poison weakened them, and realized their own elders had betrayed them. With their allies dead and the Mist closing in, they called on Uchiha Yin through their Bracelets, leaving Yagura’s forces unaware of what they had done.

• Pakura and Karura grew hazy as poison seeped into their bodies, while Kirigakure continued attacking them.
• Yagura said the poison had been prepared to keep the two powerful Sunagakure ninja trapped.
• Pakura and Karura watched their Sand Ninja allies die and refused to believe they had already lost.
• Karura touched her Bracelet, and Pakura regretted having to trouble Uchiha Yin again.
• Pakura and Karura poured Chakra into their Bracelets as the Mist Ninja mistook the gesture for surrender.

Uchiha Yin appeared and instantly killed the Kirigakure ninja who had cornered Karura and Pakura. Yagura recognized Yin and grew uneasy despite having more than a thousand ninja with him.

• The Kirigakure ninja mocked Karura and Pakura after they surrendered and prepared to kill them.
• Uchiha Yin appeared and swept through the Kirigakure ninja with lightning and wind blades, killing them all.
• Yagura recognized Uchiha Yin and remembered his victory over Sunagakure and the deaths of Rasa and Ebizo.
• Yagura feared Yin’s strength despite being surrounded by more than a thousand Kirigakure ninja.

Uchiha Yin rescued poisoned Pakura and Karura from the Mist Ninja and treated them. He reassured them afterward, while the surrounding enemies remained present.

• Uchiha Yin arrived using Space-Time Ninjutsu after sensing Pakura and Karura call for help.
• Uchiha Yin recognized that Pakura and Karura had been poisoned and began treating them.
• Uchiha Yin explained that their Space Bracelets could not protect them from poison.
• Karura and Pakura thanked Uchiha Yin, and he comforted them with playful teasing.
• Uchiha Yin continued talking with Pakura and Karura as the Mist Ninja watched from around them.

Uchiha Yin calmly treated Karura and Pakura while Yagura and a thousand Mist Ninja watched, then faced their coordinated attack. As a huge torrent of Water Release techniques descended on him, Yin summoned two identical ninja and ordered them to leave no one alive.

• Uchiha Yin ignored the Mist Ninja and continued healing Karura and Pakura.
• Yagura hesitated to attack, fearing Yin's strength and the dwindling time to stop him.
• Yagura ordered Kirigakure's forces to attack Yin with everything they had.
• The Mist Ninja combined their Water Release techniques into a torrent aimed at Yin.
• Yin summoned two identical ninja and ordered them to leave no one alive.

Uchiha Yin’s Wood Clones stopped Kirigakure’s Water Release barrage and unleashed Wood Release across the battlefield. The Mist Ninjas were left shocked as trees transformed the canyon into a forest.

• Yagura watched the Wood Clones block the Water Release attacks with a storm of Chakra.
• Uchiha Yin grew angry that Karura and Pakura had been injured and sent his Wood Clones into battle.
• The Wood Clones formed hand seals and used Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees.
• Trees filled the canyon, leaving the Mist Ninjas stunned that Uchiha Yin’s clones could use Wood Release.

Uchiha Yin’s Wood Clones shocked the Kirigakure ninja by revealing Wood Release. Yagura warned his forces to retreat, but the clones’ attack impaled many Mist Ninja across the valley.

• The Kirigakure ninja recognized Uchiha Yin’s Wood Release and stared in disbelief.
• Yagura reacted to the Wood Clones’ abilities and shouted for everyone to get back.
• A Wood Clone wrapped its arm in rock and wooden spikes, then punched the ground.
• The impact sent trees blasting through the valley as spikes spread across the ground.
• The spikes pierced the Mist Ninja, killing many as branches grew through their bodies.

Uchiha Yin’s Wood Clones devastated the Mist Ninja forces while he treated Karura and Pakura, leaving Yagura desperate. Black Zetsu reported that the third stage of the plan had succeeded and prepared to act while Yin was occupied.

• Uchiha Yin’s Wood Clone used a combination of Wood Release, the Cutting Technique, and Earth Release: Petrification to torment the Mist Ninja.
• Karura praised Uchiha Yin’s strength, while Pakura admitted the gap between them remained wide and took pride in him.
• Black Zetsu appeared in the canyon and told Madara Uchiha that the third stage of the plan had succeeded.
• Black Zetsu said Uchiha Yin’s engagement gave them their best chance to proceed.
• The Wood Clones slaughtered the Mist Ninja, leaving Yagura sweating and the battlefield littered with corpses and blood.

Uchiha Yin’s Wood Clones overwhelmed the Mist Ninja, leaving Yagura with no choice but to order a retreat. The Mizukage appeared beside Yagura and told him to leave the rest to him.

• Uchiha Yin’s Wood Clones slaughtered the Mist Ninja while Yagura realized Kirigakure’s mission had failed.
• Karura and Pakura discussed how powerful Uchiha Yin was as they watched him fight.
• Yagura ordered the Mist Ninja to retreat to prevent further casualties.
• The Mizukage appeared behind Yagura, caught his staff, and told him to leave the rest to him.

Madara Uchiha revealed that he had taken control of the Third Mizukage and admitted he had drawn Uchiha Yin to the battlefield. Karura and Pakura realized they had been used as pawns in his plan.

• The Third Mizukage ordered Yagura to return to Kirigakure while he confronted Uchiha Yin.
• Uchiha Yin asked whether the Third Mizukage was actually Madara Uchiha and questioned his motives.
• Madara Uchiha took control of the Third Mizukage and confirmed Uchiha Yin had identified him.
• Karura and Pakura realized Madara Uchiha had used them to lure Uchiha Yin to the battlefield.

Uchiha Yin comforted Karura and Pakura after Madara Uchiha had used them to lure him, then asked Madara why he wanted to meet. Madara wondered why Yin was unsurprised by his existence.

• Uchiha Yin reassured Karura and Pakura that they were not to blame for being defeated by Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yin asked Madara Uchiha why he had wanted to see him.
• Madara Uchiha controlled the Third Mizukage and asked Uchiha Yin why he did not seem surprised that Madara existed.

Uchiha Yin rejected Madara Uchiha’s Infinite Tsukuyomi plan and argued that Madara had been wrong from the start. He believed forceful unification might have prevented war, though lasting peace would still have been difficult to govern.

• Madara Uchiha invited Uchiha Yin to help realize world peace through the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Uchiha Yin refused Madara Uchiha’s offer and told him he had been wrong from the beginning.
• Uchiha Yin considered that he and Hashirama Senju might have united the Shinobi World by force if they had worked together.
• Uchiha Yin noted that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had disagreed, fought, and died, after which war broke out.

Madara Uchiha accepted that Uchiha Yin would not help him and decided to continue his plan through Obito. After Obito was pinned beneath a boulder and gave Kakashi his Sharingan, White Zetsu’s transformed clones lured Kakashi and Asuma away so they could take Obito.

• Madara Uchiha controlled the Third Mizukage and concluded that Uchiha Yin was too powerful to control, so he continued with his plan.
• Pinned beneath a boulder, Obito gave Kakashi his left Sharingan and asked him to avenge him and protect Rin.
• Kakashi promised to honor Obito’s wishes, while Asuma grieved and condemned the Stone Ninja.
• Black Zetsu told White Zetsu to find a way to take Obito away, and White Zetsu agreed.
• White Zetsu’s clones, disguised as Stone Ninja, mocked Obito and fled after Kakashi and Asuma attacked them, drawing the two away.

Black Zetsu abducted Obito after White Zetsu clones tricked Kakashi and Asuma, who returned too late to recover him. Obito woke up in White Zetsu’s hideout with a replacement right hand and learned the White Zetsu did not need food or toilets.

• White Zetsu disguised as Stone Ninja lured Kakashi and Asuma away while Black Zetsu took Obito underground.
• Kakashi realized the Stone Ninja had been impostors and rushed back with Asuma, but Obito’s body was gone.
• Black Zetsu said Obito had been brought back and that only one piece of the plan remained.
• Obito woke in bed with White Zetsu cells replacing his right hand and asked how long he had been there.
• White Zetsu joked that they needed no food and had no need for toilets, leaving Obito sweating awkwardly.

Obito learned that White Zetsu had been ordered to monitor him while Madara slept, and he resolved to escape despite being trapped in the cave. Meanwhile, Konoha continued fighting on multiple fronts after Sunagakure sought peace, and Tsunade sent reinforcements toward the Iwagakure front.

• Obito argued with the two White Zetsu about their differences and demanded to know how they were more advanced than he was.
• The White Zetsu said they would monitor Obito and help examine his fitness to carry out Madara's orders.
• Obito learned that Madara had blocked the cave exit with a huge rock and grew embarrassed when White Zetsu teased him about calling for Rin in his sleep.
• Sunagakure approached Konoha to negotiate peace, but the war continued as Konoha faced three enemies.
• Tsunade received the Hokage's urgent request for reinforcements on the Iwagakure front and redeployed ninja to the border.

Anko, Rin, Kurenai, and Shizune left the Sunagakure front with Kushina to gain combat experience on the Iwagakure border, while Uchiha Yin stayed behind, confident he could protect them using their bracelets. Black Zetsu declared that the second step of his plan had succeeded, and White Zetsu then reported that Kakashi and Asuma were in danger from pursuing Kirigakure ninja, alarming Obito.

• Anko persuaded Rin, Kurenai, and Shizune to join the fighting on the Iwagakure border.
• Uchiha Yin let them go, relying on their bracelets as protective barriers and spatial coordinates.
• Kushina led Rin and the others toward the Stone Ninja front while Uchiha Yin remained at the Land of Wind's border.
• Black Zetsu hid underground and said the second step of his plan had succeeded.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Kakashi and Asuma were in serious trouble as Kirigakure ninja pursued them.