Chapter Summaries

Hashirama and Madara fought at full force, with Hashirama's Rinnegan revealing that two Madaras were both somehow real. As Madara threatened to reclaim his eye and take revenge on Konoha, Hashirama summoned the Ten-Tails to turn the battle around.

• Madara destroyed Hashirama's True Several Thousand Hands and severed Hashirama's control over his last Limbo Clone, while Hashirama's chakra neared its limit.
• Madara ambushed Hashirama from beneath the statue, but Hashirama dodged and recognized both the Madara before him and the one inside the Susanoo as real.
• Hashirama revealed that his forehead Rinnegan was Madara's eye, returned to Konoha by Nagato, and explained that it showed both Madaras as genuine.
• Madara declared that he would reclaim his eye and take revenge on Konoha, citing Izuna's death, while Hashirama challenged his reasoning.
• Madara claimed he had not used half his strength, and Hashirama responded by summoning the Ten-Tails.

Hashirama absorbed the Miniature Ten-Tails and revealed his Six Paths transformation before fighting Madara. Their weapons clashed with enough force to shake space-time, while Menma and his companions watched and prepared to leave as the First Shinobi War neared its end.

• Hashirama summoned the malnourished Miniature Ten-Tails and revealed that he had completed his transformation into a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hashirama absorbed the Miniature Ten-Tails, gaining Six Paths power and transforming his appearance and eyes.
• Hashirama reflected on the suffering of jinchūriki and regretted involving Mito, while Madara dismissed his remorse.
• Madara attacked Hashirama with Sage Art: Fire Calamity Cloud, and the two prepared to continue their fight with powerful weapons.
• Madara's Susanoo Blade clashed with Hashirama's Amenonuhoko, shaking space-time and producing a sound heard across the planet.
• Menma and his masked companions discussed the clash and prepared to leave as the First Shinobi War approached its conclusion.

Kakashi tasked Linduo with persuading the Five Great Nations to send all their troops into the Shinobi War’s second round by telling them Konoha would field only two contestants. Linduo recognized that the roster might make the other nations underestimate the challenge, but remained uneasy about the plan.

• Linduo left the arguing alliance representatives and met Kakashi, who had been listening from a rooftop.
• Kakashi told Linduo to guide the alliance toward committing all its troops to the second round.
• Linduo remembered that the Fourth Hokage had threatened his family and the Daimyo with Flying Thunder God kunai unless he worked for him.
• Kakashi claimed Konoha expected the other factions to withdraw and revealed that the complete second-round roster currently listed only Neji Hyuga and Toneri Hyuga.
• Linduo questioned whether the two-person roster would persuade the nations to commit all their forces, and Kakashi said that their belief that only part of their forces would suffice was exactly right.

Linduo followed Kakashi’s plan to break the Five Nations Alliance apart by provoking a public dispute and leaving with the Land of Fire’s forces. The Land of Water’s general stole the registration list, mistook Konoha’s two names for a chance to seize a tailed beast, and committed his forces to the second Shinobi War, unaware he was being watched.

• Kakashi explained his plan to Linduo, who returned to camp and staged an argument with the Land of Water’s general, Matsushita.
• Linduo used the alliance’s tacit support for an insult against him as an excuse to withdraw the Land of Fire from the alliance.
• The Land of Water’s general secretly stole the registration list and saw that only two Konoha ninjas were registered.
• Believing the Land of Fire had withdrawn to win the round and claim a tailed beast, the general decided to commit his elite troops against it.
• The general sent word to Konoha that the Land of Water would enter the second Shinobi War, while an unseen soldier watched him.

The Land of Wind and the Land of Earth agreed to combine forces and commit all their troops to win the second match, while Kakashi returned to Konoha’s camp after gathering intelligence. Guy and Lee asked to switch matches with him, but Kakashi said the third match was not suited to them because they could not fight at full strength.

• The Land of Wind and the Land of Earth’s representatives pieced together how Kakashi had stolen the registration list and agreed to cooperate in the second match.
• The Land of Wind offered to let the Land of Earth claim the One-Tail in exchange for resources, and both representatives ordered their forces to enter the match.
• The disguised Kakashi returned to Konoha’s camp and told Neji that the matter was handled.
• Guy and Lee pressed Kakashi to switch matches with them after describing how they had watched the fight between the First and Madara Uchiha.
• Kakashi refused to switch, explaining that the third match was not suited to Guy and Lee because they could not go all out.

As the second round of the shinobi war began, Gamabunta teleported its registered participants to the battlefield. The Five Nations Alliance’s forces arrived divided, leaving Byōdōin facing a confrontation with the armies of the Lands of Earth and Wind.

• Gamabunta and two giant toads announced the start of the second round to the gathered factions and wanderers.
• The Five Nations Alliance’s troops arrived in several divided groups, and Jirō challenged Byōdōin and Linduo over their intentions.
• Gamabunta checked the roster, noticed how many participants had registered to pursue Shukaku, and used a teleportation technique to send them to the battlefield.
• The black mist transported almost none of the forces outside the Five Nations Alliance, prompting onlookers to realize the alliance was fighting among itself.
• Byōdōin found himself facing the armies of the Lands of Earth and Wind and tried to claim he had only come to visit.

Toneri Hyuga and Neji confronted the allied armies of the Land of Wind, Earth, and Water after Linduo withdrew the Land of Fire’s troops. Toneri awakened the Tenseigan and began preparing to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi over the battlefield.

• The representatives of the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth agreed to target the Land of Water and the Land of Fire before turning on each other.
• Toneri struck a samurai who challenged him, then introduced himself as Toneri Hyuga of Konoha alongside Neji.
• Linduo led the Land of Fire’s army away, choosing to forfeit rather than join the battle.
• Hattori disguised himself among the Land of Wind’s troops and urged the armies to attack Toneri and Neji together.
• Toneri transformed his Byakugan into the Tenseigan and began preparing to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi over the area.

Toneri drew the army’s attention while Neji used a shadow clone to strike at its commanders. The battle continued as Neji challenged the vast force surrounding him.

• Toneri recalled Tobirama’s plan involving the Tenseigan and began rising into the sky, his eyes shining as he sent a beam into the clouds.
• The professional soldiers and samurai ordered their troops to shoot Toneri, and thousands of arrows gathered into a tornado around him under Neji’s Rotation: Whirl.
• Hattori recognized the danger and ordered the army to stop firing, raise shields, and charge, but Neji’s shadow clone struck him down.
• Neji’s shadow clone knocked down nearby soldiers and struck a samurai who tried to threaten him.
• Neji challenged the army of hundreds of thousands to come at him.

Minato guarded Kaguya Ōtsutsuki at the Reshape Organization’s camp while she sensed a disturbance connected to Konoha. Menma warned that the power was not Naruto’s, and the two discussed Minato’s place in Naruto’s life before deciding to wait before acting.

• Minato stopped Kaguya from leaving the camp, and she raised an All-Killing Ash Bone before his Kurama Mode forced her to retreat.
• Minato complained that Menma had released Kaguya, but Menma said she had sensed Ōtsutsuki power rather than tried to break their agreement.
• Menma sensed interference from a power likely connected to Konoha and said its wielder was not Naruto.
• Minato said he could not interfere much because another version of himself was still alive, and Menma worried that this was unfair to him.
• Minato noted that Madara and Hashirama remained evenly matched and told Menma to wait longer before taking action.

The Land of Iron, led by Mifune, entered the third match of the Shinobi War and drew Kakashi Hatake as its opponent. The participants vanished into black mist as the match began.

• The toads announced registration for the third match, leaving the gathered factions uncertain about who would participate.
• Mifune publicly declared that the Land of Iron would enter the match, and his reputation deterred many potential challengers.
• Several independent fighters joined, while the major shinobi factions stayed out of the match.
• Kakashi Hatake arrived at the last moment, and Mifune recognized his skill with a blade.
• Kakashi remarked that Mifune's announcement had scared away people he had hoped to fight, then the match began and black mist transported the participants away.

Mifune led the Land of Iron's force into the wasteland and set out alone to find Kakashi. He confronted Kakashi in an abandoned village, but his decisive iaido strike failed, and Kakashi killed him.

• Mifune confirmed that all one thousand samurai had arrived and left his deputy in command while he went after Kakashi.
• Mifune charged through the wasteland, killing scouts and rogue ninja with his iaido as he searched for Kakashi.
• Mifune entered the abandoned village and tried to draw Kakashi out by exposing himself as a target.
• Mifune closed his eyes and unleashed his finest iaido strike, but Kakashi blocked it with his newer, thinner blade.
• Kakashi explained that his sword's superior quality had given him the advantage, then cut Mifune's throat and killed him.

Kakashi defeated Mifune in the Third Match but grievously wounded him, then Naruto’s hidden chakra appeared and healed the samurai. Naruto returned to Kakashi’s body after asking him to keep his existence secret.

• Kakashi killed Mifune’s momentum with a decisive sword strike, accepting a cut to his own face to ensure victory.
• Kakashi worried that Mifune’s death would unite the Land of Iron’s samurai against him and regretted failing Naruto’s request.
• Naruto’s chakra appeared before Kakashi, explaining that Naruto had left it inside him when they first met and healing Kakashi’s wound.
• Naruto declared that Mifune could still be saved and used a sunlike glow to close his fatal neck wound and restore his heartbeat.
• Naruto told Kakashi that Mifune would survive but remain unconscious for a while, asked him to keep Naruto’s existence secret, and returned to Kakashi’s body as chakra.

Kakashi carried the wounded Mifune through the Land of Iron’s patrols while keeping him from being publicly disgraced. At the Land of Whirlpools, Itachi arrived to register for the Shinobi War as onlookers feared his reputation.

• Kakashi considered Naruto’s revealing remarks, then retrieved Mifune’s broken sword and carried him toward the Land of Iron’s thousand samurai.
• The Land of Iron dispatched samurai units to fight a suspected force of Sound ninja.
• Kakashi avoided the Land of Iron’s patrols so Mifune could be brought back without humiliating him before the samurai.
• Itachi arrived with an unidentified companion at the Land of Whirlpools’ square, where people whispered about his feared reputation.
• Itachi approached a little toad and registered two people.

Itachi and Obito tried to enter the Fourth Round, but Sasuke confronted Itachi over his plan to use the Shinobi War to revive the Uchiha clan. Sasuke and Izumi revealed that they intended to prevent anyone from winning the war.

• Itachi and Obito asked Gamakichi to sign them up for the Fourth Round, drawing attention from the crowd.
• Sasuke appeared and confronted Itachi, revealing that he knew about Itachi's plan to use the Rinnegan to revive the murdered clansmen.
• Obito explained that the winner could ask a Tailed Beast to help obtain Konoha's Rinnegan, but Sasuke said he wanted to stop anyone from winning the Shinobi War.
• Sasuke confirmed that he meant to stop Itachi as well, and Izumi arrived and signed up with the Reshape Organization.

Izumi confronted Obito, Itachi, and Sasuke, then explained that the Reshape Organization sought the tailed beast power the Shinobi War could provide. Sasuke reflected on Shin’s hidden mission and learned that the wars were designed to select its future members, a truth revealed to victors by the tailed beasts in the black mist.

• Izumi confirmed that Obito had been the masked man and vowed to make him pay, then addressed Itachi and Sasuke.
• Izumi told Sasuke she needed to win the battle because the Reshape Organization’s leader wanted tailed beast power and would otherwise pursue his goal through other means.
• Izumi explained that the leader had promised to fulfill the members’ individual goals and had granted Orochimaru eternal life.
• Sasuke recalled that Shin was created to protect the tailed beasts and preserve their relationship with humanity.
• Sasuke understood that the ten Shinobi Wars were intended to select Shin’s next members, a purpose the tailed beasts revealed to the victors in the black mist.

Kakashi used his apparent cruelty toward Mifune to provoke Chūsuke and assess the Land of Iron’s samurai, while Mifune agreed to cooperate with him. Neji and Toneri tested the second match’s army with a mass genjutsu, as Gamabunta announced the fourth match.

• Kakashi returned to Chūsuke with a disguised clone of Mifune, revealed the trick, and mocked the samurai for refusing to withdraw.
• Kakashi and the real Mifune discussed Kakashi’s plans, and Mifune agreed to help him identify promising samurai, including Chūsuke.
• Neji held off hundreds of thousands of soldiers for ten minutes, then Toneri cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and implanted memories that divided them between loyalty to the tailed beasts and submission to Neji.
• Neji and Toneri prepared to test the remaining soldiers’ potential while keeping the illusion on course.
• Gamabunta announced the fourth match, and Gamakichi told the four waiting Uchiha that it could begin.

Sasuke confronted Itachi about the choices he had made and learned that Itachi intended to atone for the Uchiha massacre, while Izumi trapped Obito in her Tsukuyomi dimension. Itachi remained committed to paying for his actions, and the chapter ended with Sasuke questioning whether there was any other way.

• Izumi attacked Obito with her Susanoo and used Tsukuyomi to prevent him from escaping into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito struggled to evade Izumi's attacks and silently hoped Itachi would save him.
• Itachi spared a ninja incapacitated by genjutsu, then spoke with an illusion of Fugaku about atonement and accepting responsibility.
• Sasuke met Itachi and learned that Itachi had sacrificed one Mangekyō Sharingan to use Izanami on Obito.
• Itachi explained that Obito's stored Sharingan came from Uchiha corpses, and Sasuke challenged Itachi's belief that atonement required paying the price himself.

Sasuke and Itachi fought a sparring match while discussing the Uchiha Clan and Itachi’s choices. After Sasuke won, Itachi realized Sasuke wanted him to atone by resurrecting their family, not merely their clansmen.

• Sasuke asked whether the Uchiha Clan and its pride still mattered to Itachi, then attacked him.
• Sasuke and Itachi traded shuriken and clashed with Great Fireball Techniques while their shadow clones fought separately.
• Sasuke used steel wires, a Fūma Shuriken, and the Dragon Fire Technique to set up a Chidori strike that defeated Itachi’s shadow clone.
• Sasuke dismissed Itachi’s offer to show him more techniques, leaving Itachi confused by his disappointment.
• Itachi recalled Sasuke’s earlier words and understood that Sasuke wanted him to atone by bringing their family back.

Six Paths Hashirama defeated Madara after discovering the source of his power, but paused to question him about the Reshape Organization. Madara warned Hashirama about Menma’s plans and revealed that Menma had also resurrected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Six Paths Hashirama stopped Madara’s regeneration and confirmed that he had uncovered the source of Madara’s power.
• Madara accepted defeat, and he and Hashirama bickered about who had been better at skipping stones when they were young.
• Madara warned Hashirama that the Reshape Organization and Menma wanted them to pursue the ambitions they had once held.
• Madara explained that Menma had suggested solving Infinite Tsukuyomi’s energy problem so that a dream paradise could be sustained without sacrificing its inhabitants.
• Madara revealed that Menma had resurrected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as well as him.

Hashirama and Madara discussed Naruto’s disappearance, Hashirama’s fading Six Paths power, and the exhausted Ten-Tails. Madara revealed that the Reshape Organization’s leader had claimed the God of Ōtsutsuki was dead but intended to make one of them a god to oppose Hashirama.

• Hashirama was stunned by the possibility of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s resurrection, while Madara questioned whether Naruto had disappeared.
• Hashirama admitted Naruto was missing, and Madara realized that the Naruto present had been an impostor.
• Madara explained that he had joined the Reshape Organization to repay its leader and fight Hashirama, not to seek revenge.
• Hashirama’s Six Paths Transformation faded, and he showed Madara the nearly powerless Ten-Tails that had sustained it.
• Hashirama said the Ten-Tails would be sealed after the Shinobi War, but Madara warned that sealing it would not end the danger.
• Madara said the Reshape Organization’s leader claimed the God of Ōtsutsuki was dead and planned to make one of them a god to oppose Hashirama.