Chapter Summaries

Uzumaki Ashina offered the four villages Sealing Jutsu and ships in exchange for their withdrawal from the Land of Whirlpools. After debating whether Konoha had reinforcements, the village elders accepted, while the Mist Village elder secretly planned to return and attack later.

• Uzumaki Ashina offered the Joint Forces ships and Sealing Jutsu if they left and agreed not to attack again.
• The Hidden Cloud and Hidden Stone elders argued over whether the four villages should risk attacking Uzushio Village.
• The Mist Village elder assessed the seized Sealing Jutsu and decided his village needed ships and a way to gain more techniques.
• The Mist Village elder persuaded the other elders to withdraw now and return later after Konoha's forces had left.
• The four elders accepted Uzumaki Ashina's terms and asked him to lower the ships.

After the attack on Uzushio Village ended, Konoha’s reinforcements arrived and Torifu Akimichi supported Uzumaki Ashina’s plan to relocate the clan. The four villages’ retreating forces split between two ships, but Mist and Cloud turned on Iwagakure and Sunagakure at sea, leaving their ship under attack and sinking.

• Hoshi released the Sixth Gate after the enemy ships departed, and Tsunade treated him while the Uzumaki Clan searched the ruins for survivors.
• Konoha’s army arrived too late to fight, and Torifu Akimichi supported Uzumaki Ashina’s relocation proposal.
• The Mist Elder arranged for Mist and Cloud shinobi to share one ship and Iwagakure and Sunagakure shinobi to take the other.
• The Sunagakure Elder discovered Ichiki was missing and assumed he had failed to keep up as the two ships sailed away from Uzushio Village.
• The Mist and Cloud ship changed course and attacked the Iwagakure and Sunagakure ship with Water Dragon Bullet Technique, while Cloud shinobi prepared Lightning Release against anyone who entered the sea.

Madara implanted his Rinnegan into the infant Nagato and assigned White Zetsu, whom he named Obito, to keep the child alive. After hearing how Hayate Hoshi saved the Land of Whirlpools, Madara dismissed him as no threat to the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• White Zetsu returned disguised as Ichiki with the infant Nagato, and Madara accepted him as a vessel for the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu urged Madara to act quickly, and Madara transplanted his Rinnegan into Nagato, replacing them with ordinary Sharingan.
• Madara named one White Zetsu Obito and ordered him to protect Nagato through any hardship.
• Obito reported that Hayate Hoshi had helped save the Land of Whirlpools and manipulated the invading forces into fighting each other.
• Madara dismissed Hoshi as a civilian ninja whose lack of a powerful bloodline meant he could not threaten the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Hoshi and the others returned to Konoha with Uzumaki Ashina, and the village’s leaders debated how to admit the Uzumaki Clan. After Mito’s land-expansion and military-merit proposal resolved the dispute, Hoshi went with Tsunade to the Senju Clan Compound, intending to see Kushina.

• Hoshi and the others returned to Konoha with Torikaze and Uzumaki Ashina, while the remaining Konoha Ninja were assigned to help relocate the Land of Whirlpools survivors.
• Hoshi, Tsunade, and the others attended a High-Level Meeting where Uzumaki Ashina offered the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques in exchange for Konoha citizenship and protection.
• The village factions argued over the Uzumaki Clan’s admission, with the Senju Faction and small clans supporting it while the opposition resisted and other clans guarded their land interests.
• Hoshi proposed a solution through Mito: Konoha would expand its territory every thirty years, reserving land for the Uzumaki and allocating future land through commerce and military achievements.
• After the meeting, Tsunade invited Hoshi to the Senju Clan Compound, and he accepted, hoping to see Kushina.

Hoshi visited the Senju Clan Compound, where he reunited with Mito, Kushina, Tsunade, and Nawaki. As the family enjoyed a lively visit, Mito reflected on her limited remaining years, and Hoshi planned to help Nawaki grow stronger.

• Hoshi and Tsunade greeted Mito, then Kushina ran out and happily clung to Hoshi before Tsunade pulled her into her arms.
• Mito reflected that she had only three to five years left and that the Nine-Tails transfer would begin in half a month.
• Nawaki came home from the Ninja Academy and eagerly asked Hoshi to teach him a technique.
• Hoshi promised to teach Nawaki the Body Flicker Technique when he became a Chunin and Shunpo when he became a Jonin.
• Nawaki provoked Tsunade with his teasing, so she sent him outside to train while Kushina enjoyed his misfortune.
• Hoshi spent time with the family as his name spread rapidly through the major ninja villages.

After the Uzumaki Clan relocated to Konoha, Hoshi became famous as Konoha Silver Moon, and the Land of Whirlpools incident left several villages nursing heavy losses. Madara learned that Nagato’s family had settled in the Land of Rain and decided the coming war would help make Nagato accept his plan.

• News of Hoshi’s role in the Land of Whirlpools incident spread, earning him the title Konoha Silver Moon and a bounty twice Jiraiya’s.
• Cloud Village and Mist Village were pleased with their gains, while Sunagakure and Iwagakure mourned the loss of more than twenty Jonin.
• Shamon resigned as Second Kazekage, appointed Ryunosuke as Third Kazekage, and retired to study Shukaku with Monk Bunbuku.
• White Zetsu reported the growing threat of war to Madara, who predicted fighting would begin within about five years.
• White Zetsu told Madara that Nagato and his mother had settled in the Land of Rain, and Madara welcomed the choice because the coming war would bring Nagato despair.

Kushina became the Nine-Tails’ new Jinchuriki after Mito and Ashina completed the transfer in Konoha’s secret Anbu laboratory. Mito survived but had only two or three years left, and Hoshi, Tsunade, and the others made a point of visiting her often.

• Hoshi and Hiruzen prepared to control the Nine-Tails while Tsunade watched over Mito and Kushina and Ashina handled the seals.
• Ashina released Mito’s Eight Trigrams Seal, and the Nine-Tails emerged from her abdomen.
• The Nine-Tails resisted being sealed into Kushina, but Mito and Ashina restrained it with their Adamantine Chains, and Ashina sealed it inside Kushina.
• Mito comforted the frightened Kushina and told her that filling the Nine-Tails’ container with love could overcome fear.
• Tsunade told Hoshi that Mito had roughly two or three years left to live, so Hoshi, Tsunade, and the others visited her every few days.

Hoshi drew the new swordsmanship skill Oborizuki Eleven Forms after his swordsmanship reached Advanced Swordsmanship: 250/300. He tested it in the Forest of Death and discovered it unleashed a devastating coordinated attack from ten phantoms and his main body.

• Hoshi's swordsmanship reached Advanced Swordsmanship: 250/300, helped by experience gained from Monzaemon and Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets.
• Hoshi used his new skill draw and obtained Oborizuki Eleven Forms, an ultimate sword technique that created ten attack-capable phantoms.
• Hoshi went to the Forest of Death at night with Mikazuki Munechika and used a Shadow Clone to observe his test.
• Hoshi activated Oborizuki Eleven Forms against a wooden post, with nine phantoms striking simultaneously before his main body delivered a powerful finishing blow.
• Hoshi's Shadow Clone watched the attack and was stunned by the skill's power.

Hoshi tested Oborizuki Eleven Forms with Mito, who confirmed that even her Mind's Eye of the Kagura could not explain how the technique worked. Mito asked him to take Kushina to the Ninja Academy's opening ceremony, and after seeing her safely onto the grounds, Hoshi set off to visit Teacher Mitsui.

• Hoshi tested Oborizuki Eleven Forms while using Transparency Release, and Mito sensed its phantoms but could not determine how they worked.
• Mito asked Hoshi to take Kushina to the Ninja Academy because she could not go herself and Nawaki was unsuitable.
• Hoshi agreed to escort Kushina, and Nawaki hurried off to school after Hoshi promised to train with him that evening.
• Hoshi walked Kushina to the Ninja Academy, bought her a hairpin, and joked with her on the way.
• Hoshi watched Kushina enter the Academy grounds and headed to visit Teacher Mitsui.

Hoshi reunited with Uchiha Hokushin at the Ninja Academy and learned that Hokushin had left the Police Force and was now an ordinary Jonin. As students were dismissed, Hokushin called for his daughter Kugetsu and Mikoto, and Hoshi spotted Kushina among them.

• Hoshi asked Mitsui about Uchiha Hokushin, and Mitsui found Kugetsu's student file, which listed Hokushin as her father.
• Hoshi waited at the Ninja Academy and recognized Hokushin among the parents gathered to pick up students.
• Hokushin hesitated before recognizing Hoshi, and the two reminisced about their meeting years earlier.
• Hoshi asked whether Hokushin still worked for the Police Force, and Hokushin said he was now an ordinary Jonin following village assignments.
• The dismissal bell rang, and Hokushin called Kugetsu and Mikoto over as Hoshi spotted Kushina beside them.

Hoshi met Beichen’s daughters, including shy Kagetsu, then encouraged Kushina to speak with Minato about their rivalry. Minato revealed he admired Hoshi and asked to become his disciple, prompting Kushina to accuse him of competing with her for Hoshi too.

• Kushina, Mikoto, and Kagetsu greeted Hoshi, while Beichen gently encouraged his shy daughter to say hello.
• Beichen took the girls home, and Hoshi noticed Minato watching him as Kushina complained that Minato was annoying.
• Hoshi encouraged Kushina to ask Minato why he acted as though they were rivals over becoming Hokage.
• Minato explained that he wanted to become a Hokage loved by everyone, then excitedly praised Hoshi’s achievements.
• Minato introduced himself as Namikaze Minato and asked Hoshi to accept him as a disciple, making Kushina angrily accuse him of competing for Hoshi too.

Hoshi recognized Minato’s exceptional reflexes and agreed to guide his training when he had time. Kushina calmed down after Hoshi reassured her that Minato would not take him away or bully her.

• Kushina attacked Minato after he said he wanted Hoshi to guide him, but Minato evaded her strikes.
• Hoshi saw Minato’s remarkable reaction speed and realized his talent could make him a formidable ninja.
• Hoshi stopped Kushina and explained that Minato had several chances to counterattack but had held back.
• Hoshi offered to guide Minato’s training occasionally, prompting Kushina to protest that Minato was timid.
• Hoshi promised Kushina he would keep an eye on Minato, and Minato promised to be her friend and never bully her.

In Konoha Year 30, Hoshi and Tsunade rushed to Mito’s side after receiving an urgent summons. Mito gave them her final arrangements and died, leaving Konoha’s future in their hands as Danzo prepared to exploit the coming changes.

• Hoshi continued training Minato, who had moved into the Hayate home and grown strong enough to rival recently promoted Chunin in taijutsu.
• Mito’s personal attendant summoned Hoshi and Tsunade, while a discharged Jonin reported to Danzo that Mito was likely near death.
• Hoshi and Tsunade reached Mito’s room and recognized her final burst of vitality as she embraced them.
• Mito placed Tsunade in Hoshi’s care and asked him to look after Nawaki and Kushina as well.
• Mito said the Fourth Hokage position could go to either Hoshi or Tsunade and revealed that the Slug Sage held a list that could help them secure their standing.
• Mito died peacefully after telling Hoshi and Tsunade that Konoha’s future was in their hands, while Danzo ordered his allies to prepare for changes in position.

After Mito’s death weakened Konoha’s political balance, Hiruzen empowered Danzō to handle covert repression while Hoshi and his allies stayed out of the power struggle. Months later, news of Mito’s death reached the other villages and threatened to end the Ninja World’s fragile peace.

• Konoha concealed Mito’s death and quietly buried her as unrest grew among the village’s factions.
• With Mito gone, members of the Senju Faction lost positions, while Hoshi and the others held back from intervening.
• Hiruzen made Danzō the head of the new Anbu Training Department, or Root, to carry out the dirty work that Hiruzen could not publicly do.
• Danzō rose in influence by serving as Hiruzen’s scapegoat and secretly targeting the Hokage’s opponents.
• Months later, spies spread news of Mito’s death, and Iwagakure and Sunagakure began looking toward Konoha as a target for war.

Iwagakure and Sunagakure’s demand for land and resources sparked the Second Great Ninja War, which spread to the Land of Rain after Hanzō attacked the invading forces. Hoshi and Tsunade prepared to join the battlefield with hidden Senju Clan Members, while Konoha’s opposition welcomed what it believed would weaken the Senju faction.

• Iwagakure and Sunagakure demanded resources and land in the name of balanced development, and Konoha refused their terms.
• Iwagakure and Sunagakure seized small nations and sent their armies into the Land of Rain, prompting Konoha to dispatch six thousand ninja.
• Hanzō swept aside the Three Great Shinobi Villages’ forward outposts and attacked their forces with poison, killing more than a thousand ninja in under a week.
• The Three Great Shinobi Villages stopped fighting one another and turned their forces against Amegakure.
• Hoshi and Tsunade agreed to join the war and asked to bring Senju Clan Members living under assumed identities with them.
• Danzo and the opposition supported sending Hoshi, Tsunade, and the Senju Clan Members to the front, believing the deployment would drain the Senju faction.

Hoshi led an elite supply squad through the Land of Rain, delivering supplies to the Defensive Frontline before continuing toward the Offensive Frontline. Hyuga Seisho detected an approaching enemy squad, leaving Hoshi's team unable to avoid a confrontation.

• Hoshi helped settle the war plan, then warned Minato and Nawaki not to go to the battlefield while he prepared to transport supplies.
• Hoshi led Hyuga Seisho, Inuzuka Fuji, Uchiha Hokushin, and twelve Chunin toward the Land of Rain with the first shipment of strategic supplies.
• Before crossing into the Land of Rain, Hoshi assigned the team their duties and told Hokushin to prepare for battle.
• Hyuga Seisho and Inuzuka Fuji detected hostile shinobi along the route, allowing Hoshi's squad to avoid them.
• Hoshi's team delivered supplies to the Defensive Frontline and continued toward the Offensive Frontline with the remaining cargo.
• Hyuga Seisho spotted a squad of about twenty people rapidly approaching, and warned Hoshi that it was too late to evade them.

Hoshi’s supply squad was ambushed by Hidden Stone ninjas, but Uchiha Beichen and Robb saved Hyuga Seisho and killed a Special Jonin. The Hidden Stone leader still believed his squad had the advantage, until Hoshi spoke from behind him.

• Hoshi concealed himself in a tree while Hyuga Seisho detected twenty approaching enemies and prepared the squad for battle.
• The Hidden Stone ninjas charged, and one Jonin used an Earth Wall to block most of the squad’s ninjutsu.
• A Hidden Stone Special Jonin emerged from underground and nearly killed Hyuga Seisho, but Uchiha Beichen blocked his kunai and kicked him away.
• Robb fired a wind blade that cut the airborne Special Jonin in half, revealing that the talking Ninja Dog could use powerful ninjutsu.
• The Hidden Stone Jonin leader boasted about defeating the squad and earning a reward from Ōnoki, but Hoshi answered from behind him.

Hoshi slaughtered the Stone Hidden ninjas with near-invisible speed, then escaped their massive Earth Rising Spear Array. He reappeared beside Robb, leaving the Supply Squad stunned.

• Hoshi killed the Stone Hidden Jonin and used his corpse to block incoming attacks before striking the squad with Sword Qi and silent assassinations.
• The Stone Hidden ninjas panicked as Hoshi killed several of them, while Uchiha Hokushin could barely follow his movements with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Five surviving Stone Hidden Jonin organized their comrades and unleashed Earth Rising Spear Array across the battlefield.
• Hyuga Seisho searched the field with his Byakugan but could not find Hoshi, who had already appeared beside Robb.

Hoshi used his Ultimate: Silver Light Falling Blade to destroy the Earth Rising Spear Array and kill the Stone Hidden Ninjas attempting to escape underground. The Supply Squad confirmed that he had defeated all twenty enemies, including six Jonin.

• A Stone Hidden Jonin realized the earth spears blocked the Konoha Ninjas' view and urged his comrades to escape underground in different directions.
• Hyuga Seisho noticed the Stone Hidden Ninjas forming Hand Seals and warned the Supply Squad that they were going to flee underground.
• Hoshi told the others to leave the pursuit to him, then used Robb's leap to launch himself high above the Earth Rising Spear Array.
• Hoshi released his Ultimate: Silver Light Falling Blade, unleashing a massive shockwave that shattered the formation and killed the Stone Hidden Ninjas underground.
• Inuzuka Fuji and Hyuga Seisho confirmed that Hoshi had killed all twenty Stone Hidden Ninjas, including six Jonin.

Hoshi defeated the enemy force attacking his Supply Squad and used the victory to strengthen his standing with his allies. At the outpost, Shinku learned the squad was facing a much larger force and rushed to support Hoshi, while Danzō’s motives remained unclear.

• Hoshi killed the surviving enemy jonin, returned to his squad, and urged everyone to stay vigilant before they searched the battlefield and rested in shifts.
• Danzō invited Shinku to dinner at the outpost and tried to win him over, but Shinku changed the subject by mentioning Hoshi’s supply shipment.
• Uzumaki Taiga reported sensing a battle ahead and warned Shinku that the enemy force had more Chakra than the entire Supply Squad combined.
• Shinku ordered his men to support Hoshi despite Danzō’s warning that the outpost could be left vulnerable.
• Danzō agreed to go with Shinku after his attempt to delay him had bought time, while Shinku set out to aid Hoshi.