Chapter Summaries

Mei Terumi and Hanzo of the Salamander began fighting after Hanzo threatened the Allied Forces, while Chiyo confronted Mu Cang over Sunagakure’s surrender to the Hidden Leaf. The battle spread across the field as Mei faced Hanzo’s poison and Chiyo sent her puppets against Mu Cang.

• Mu Cang told Chiyo that Rasa was dead and Sunagakure had surrendered to the Hidden Leaf, becoming its Hidden Sand Division.
• Pakura and Gari confronted Chiyo, and Hanzo announced that he had been summoned to fight.
• Mei Terumi challenged Hanzo, who attacked her with his kusarigama.
• Mei countered with her Lava Style, but Hanzo summoned Ibuse and spread poisonous mist across the battlefield.
• Mei and Hanzo clashed as she ordered the Allied Forces to retreat from the poison.
• Chiyo launched the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu at Mu Cang, who cut one apart with a Wind Style blade.

Chojuro defeated Pakura and the sealing squad began sealing her, while Mei Terumi was poisoned and outmatched by Hanzo. Hanzo vanished to strike Mei as she could not track him.

• Pakura overwhelmed Chojuro with Scorch Release and prepared to finish him with a massive fireball.
• Chojuro awakened Hiramekarei’s power, smashed through the fireball, and struck Pakura into a crater.
• Konoha’s sealing squad sealed Pakura as Chojuro declared the Hidden Mist Village had grown stronger.
• Mei Terumi coughed up poisoned blood while fighting Hanzo and struggled against his poison gas.
• Hanzo used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Mei as she released acid by instinct.

Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and defeated Hanzo with the Daytime Tiger, allowing Konoha's sealing squad to capture him. Elsewhere, Chiyo faced Konoha-aligned Sunagakure ninja and Uchiha elites, who prepared to counter her puppets with a coordinated fire attack.

• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate and overwhelmed Hanzo with Morning Peacock.
• Hanzo released poison mist through Ibuse, but Guy opened the Seventh Gate and dispersed it with Daytime Tiger.
• Guy left Hanzo severely damaged, and Konoha's sealing squad used Tiger's Gaze to seal his regenerating body.
• Chiyo saw Hanzo's defeat and confronted Sunagakure ninja and Uchiha elites serving alongside Konoha.
• Chiyo used Three Treasures Suction Crushing, and an Uchiha jonin ordered the clan members to launch Great Fire Annihilation.

Chojuro joined Ao to confront Gari after Pakura had been sealed. With the Hidden Mist forces and a Konoha jonin working together, they trapped Gari and Chojuro struck him with Hiramekarei: Explosive Shatter.

• Gari attacked Ao, but Chojuro arrived and blocked his explosive punch with Hiramekarei.
• Ao told Gari that Pakura had been defeated and sealed by the sealing team.
• Gari filled the battlefield with explosive traps and detonated them, but Chojuro emerged unharmed and split the ground with Hiramekarei: Bone Splitter.
• Ao ordered the Hidden Mist elites to blanket the battlefield in mist, and their attacks pierced Gari's shoulder and trapped him in a swamp.
• Chojuro leaped above the trapped Gari and struck him with Hiramekarei: Explosive Shatter, collapsing the ground around the impact.

Konoha repelled the Iwagakure and Hidden Cloud Village alliance after Uchiha Shunichi’s assault broke its left flank, forcing Ōnoki and then A to retreat. Jiraiya ordered Konoha back to camp, where he reviewed heavy casualties before a sensory ninja arrived with news.

• Uchiha Shunichi killed Kusagakure’s commander, and his Uchiha unit broke through the allied forces’ left flank.
• Jiraiya confronted Ōnoki, who ordered Iwagakure’s forces to retreat to preserve their strength.
• A learned that Iwagakure had withdrawn and ordered Hidden Cloud Village’s forces to retreat from Uchiha Fugaku and Konoha.
• Fugaku declined to pursue the fleeing enemies, and Jiraiya ordered the battlefield cleared before the army returned to camp.
• Jiraiya reviewed Konoha’s heavy casualties when a sensory ninja rushed into the tent with joyful news.

Sasuke proved his strength to Fugaku and earned his father’s acknowledgment, then joined Shunichi’s assault squad. In the command tent, Fugaku and Jiraiya discussed the war’s threats as Shikaku arrived with the frontline reports, beginning with the Impure World Reincarnation forces.

• Fugaku told Sasuke to return because he was not ready for the battlefield, but Sasuke revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and a lightning technique tinged with Fire nature.
• Fugaku tested Sasuke with his pressure, then acknowledged him and assigned him to Shunichi’s assault squad.
• Sasuke accepted the dangerous assignment and vowed to make the ninja world know the name Second Pillar.
• In the command tent, Jiraiya teased Fugaku about his reunion with Sasuke before Fugaku turned the discussion to new tactics and the dangers posed by White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation.
• Shikaku arrived with the compiled frontline reports and began by reporting on the Impure World Reincarnation forces.

After Konoha’s victory against the allied forces, A, Ōnoki, and Mifune discussed how to counter the Uchiha Clan’s strength. They settled on defensive tactics and a plan to attack the Land of Fire’s rear, hoping to force Uchiha Yao to divert Konoha’s forces.

• Jiraiya reassured Fugaku and Shikaku that Uchiha Yao could protect Konoha, and Shikaku ordered increased patrols against the white monsters.
• A blamed Ōnoki for retreating and accused him of allowing the allied forces to suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the Uchiha Clan.
• The leader of Kusagakure mourned his dead subordinates and clansmen, while the other small-village representatives feared the Uchiha’s overwhelming strength.
• Mifune proposed using layered defenses to delay Konoha and small units to hunt isolated Konoha squads and wounded soldiers.
• Ōnoki proposed sending the Rock Explosion Unit around the front to burn the Land of Fire’s rear and force Uchiha Yao to send troops back.

Ōnoki planned to destabilize the Land of Fire by targeting its daimyo, while Fugaku organized a Hunter Squad to stop the enemy infiltrators. Meanwhile, Obito brought Orochimaru tailed-beast Jinchuriki cells and watched as Orochimaru revealed six Impure World Reincarnation coffins, ending with the last one still unidentified.

• Ōnoki ordered his forces to split into wolf packs and assassinate the Land of Fire’s daimyo and nobles, while Konan secretly slipped a piece of paper into a crack in the ground.
• Shikaku shared intelligence about the assassination plan with Jiraiya and Uchiha Fugaku, and Fugaku ordered a Hunter Squad of Uchiha, Hyuga, and Aburame ninja to kill infiltrators without taking prisoners.
• Obito delivered Orochimaru cells from the Eight-Tails, Six-Tails, and Five-Tails Jinchuriki and demanded results capable of defeating Konoha and Uchiha Yao.
• Orochimaru summoned six coffins containing Kinkaku, Ginkaku, Hatake Sakumo, Dan Katō, and Hizashi Hyuga, then focused on the still-unrevealed figure in the last coffin.

Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, and Shikaku learned that the Allied Forces had sent elite squads to infiltrate the Land of Fire and target its supply lines and Daimyo. Uchiha Yanyue’s team ambushed a Hidden Cloud squad in the Mist Forest, killing several shinobi before Omoi recognized the Uchiha.

• Shikaku reported that twenty-three Allied Forces squads were bypassing the main battlefield to infiltrate the Land of Fire and assassinate the Daimyo.
• Fugaku ordered the Uchiha forces to begin hunting the infiltrators.
• Omoi led a twelve-person Hidden Cloud squad through the Mist Forest, but he grew wary when the forest seemed unnaturally quiet.
• An Aburame scout and a Hyuga scout located the Hidden Cloud squad, and Uchiha Yanyue prepared his team to attack.
• Yanyue’s team ambushed the Hidden Cloud squad with a fire dragon and wire-guided shuriken, killing several shinobi.
• Omoi survived the opening attack and recognized Yanyue’s Sharingan and Uchiha crest.

Uchiha Fugaku sent Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara with a hundred Konoha shinobi to provoke the Allied Forces and break the battlefield stalemate. The Fourth Raikage charged out to confront them, and the chapter ended as he appeared above Naruto, ready to strike.

• Uchiha Yanyue killed Omoi while a Yamanaka special jōnin held him with a mind technique, then ordered the battlefield cleared and the hunt to continue.
• Naruto urged Jiraiya to attack the Allied Forces, but Uchiha Fugaku proposed sending a hundred shinobi to provoke them.
• Fugaku assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara to lead the squad while he and Jiraiya supported them from the rear.
• The hundred Konoha shinobi marched toward the Allied Forces’ fortifications, prompting Nishidai Raikage A to order an attack despite Ōnoki’s warning that it might be a trap.
• A charged onto the battlefield and confronted Naruto, who taunted him; the Raikage then appeared above Naruto to attack.

The battlefield split into three clashes as Gaara fought the Raikage, Sasuke faced Kitsuchi, and Naruto confronted Ōnoki. Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra overwhelmed Ōnoki’s attack, while Gaara adapted to the Raikage’s speed and the Konoha fighters held back the Allied Forces.

• A battered Gaara used the Shield of Shukaku to survive the Raikage’s Liger Bomb and continued wearing him down with sand.
• Sasuke escaped Kitsuchi’s Mountain Jutsu and charged through a counterattack with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Ōnoki attacked Naruto with a rock fist, but Naruto crushed it with a Nine-Tails chakra claw and struck Ōnoki’s stone giant with a Rasengan.
• Ōnoki’s lower back flared with pain, forcing him to dismiss the stone giant and retreat.
• The Raikage saw that Gaara was adapting to his rhythm, while Kitsuchi and Ōnoki remained occupied and Konoha’s elite fighters held off the Allied Forces’ assault unit.

The Allied Forces argued over their defeat while the Wolf Pack’s mission to strike the Land of Fire’s capital proceeded. Raigamaru’s assassination squad killed the daimyo, but Uchiha Shidai and eleven Uchiha shinobi confronted them before they could escape.

• Raikage A and Ōnoki argued over the Allied Forces’ humiliating defeat, and Mifune said the Wolf Pack should have reached the Land of Fire’s heartland.
• Raigamaru led seven Kumogakure shinobi over the capital’s walls and ordered them to attack the Daimyo’s Mansion and spread chaos.
• Raigamaru’s squad cut through the mansion’s guards and killed the daimyo in his bedchamber.
• As Raigamaru and his squad prepared to flee, Uchiha Shidai appeared in the courtyard with eleven Uchiha shinobi and blocked their escape.

The Uchiha squad cornered Raigamaru and the Hidden Cloud infiltrators in the Daimyo's Mansion courtyard, killing several with genjutsu and fire. Raigamaru swallowed a secret pill and unleashed black lightning, forcing Uchiha Shidai and Uchiha Takuya to respond together.

• Raigamaru ordered the Hidden Cloud ninja to break through, but Uchiha Takuya and the Uchiha chunin blocked their escape routes with fire and shuriken.
• Uchiha Shidai trapped a Hidden Cloud chunin in genjutsu and killed him with a kunai.
• Raigamaru charged Shidai with a lightning-powered elbow, but Shidai dodged and struck him in the abdomen.
• Uchiha Takuya unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, killing two Hidden Cloud ninja and driving the others into a corner.
• Raigamaru swallowed a secret pill, boosted his Chakra with his life force, and attacked with black lightning as Shidai and Takuya formed hand seals together.

An Impure World Reincarnation attack brought Hatake Sakumo, Dan Katō, Hizashi Hyuga, Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Uchiha Itachi to Konoha’s camp. After learning Itachi had been summoned, Sasuke rushed to confront him, but Uchiha Fugaku stopped him.

• Five coffins rose outside Konoha’s main camp, and their occupants emerged through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kakashi recognized Hatake Sakumo as his father, while Guy identified the other resurrected fighters.
• Shikaku reported the attack and Uchiha Itachi’s presence to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Sasuke charged into the command tent and demanded to kill Itachi, rejecting Naruto’s attempt to restrain him.
• Uchiha Fugaku halted Sasuke and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Sasuke confronted the resurrected Itachi, but Fugaku ordered him to leave their family battle and fight elsewhere. Across the battlefield, Jiraiya, Guy, and Kakashi engaged their opponents, with Kakashi struggling against his father, Hatake Sakumo.

• Itachi addressed Sasuke, who angrily condemned him for betraying the Uchiha clan.
• Fugaku called Itachi an unforgivable disgrace and vowed to destroy him, then ordered Sasuke to stay out of their fight.
• Sasuke obeyed and teamed up with Naruto and Gaara against Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while Jiraiya fought Dan Katō and Guy attacked Hizashi Hyuga.
• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi that he had hesitated and repeatedly struck him, overwhelming Kakashi with his speed and strength.
• Kakashi got back to his feet and called for another attack.

Kakashi discovered his own form of Hatake swordsmanship and defeated the reanimated Hatake Sakumo. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and four Konoha ANBU trapped Dan Katō’s spirit with the Purple Fire Formation, where Dan asked whether she was well.

• Kakashi understood that swordsmanship meant compressing his essence, energy, and spirit into a single strike, then used Instant Flash to break Hatake Sakumo’s blade and wound him.
• Kakashi declared the technique his own Hatake swordsmanship, and Hatake Sakumo praised him before the sealing squad sealed him away.
• Dan Katō warned Jiraiya that his Spirit Transformation Technique was activating and urged him to trap him with the Purple Fire Formation.
• Four Konoha ANBU formed the Purple Fire Formation, trapping Dan Katō’s body and spirit before his spirit could reach the Konoha camp.
• Jiraiya and Dan Katō spoke through the barrier, and Dan asked whether she was well.

Fugaku and Itachi fought in a fierce exchange of fire ninjutsu and close combat while Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara battled Kinkaku and Ginkaku. The brothers entered partial tailed beast transformations as the fight intensified, and Itachi trapped Fugaku with wire before launching another fire technique.

• Fugaku overpowered Itachi's fireball and deflected his shuriken before countering with kunai, but Itachi escaped using a Crow Clone and appeared behind him.
• Fugaku and Itachi exchanged rapid taijutsu attacks, each using the Sharingan to anticipate the other's moves.
• Naruto countered Kinkaku's fire dragon with a Big Ball Rasengan, and Sasuke struck Kinkaku's shoulder with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Gaara avoided Ginkaku's word-spirit curse by attacking with sand, forcing Ginkaku to erupt with tailed beast Chakra.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku entered partial tailed beast transformations and charged Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara, who fought back with Rasengan and sand techniques.
• Itachi trapped Fugaku with wire and used Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, while Fugaku dismissed the tactic as petty.

Sasuke's Chidori failed to pierce Kinkaku's Tailed Beast Cloak, and Naruto and Gaara defeated Kinkaku and Ginkaku with their own Tailed Beast Balls. The brothers were sealed, while Sasuke was left feeling useless beside Naruto and Gaara.

• Sasuke attacked Kinkaku with Chidori, but Kinkaku blocked it with a Chakra tail and sent Sasuke flying.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku formed two Tailed Beast Balls, prompting Naruto and Gaara to answer with two of their own.
• The four Tailed Beast Balls collided, and the resulting explosion devastated the battlefield.
• Gaara's sand shielded Sasuke from the blast, while Naruto and Gaara emerged unharmed and Kinkaku and Ginkaku lay broken in the crater.
• Gaara bound Kinkaku and Ginkaku with sand, used Desert Layered Grand Burial, and called the sealing squad to secure them.
• The Konoha shinobi celebrated the victory as Naruto and Gaara bumped fists, while Sasuke watched them feeling unnecessary.

Itachi defeated Fugaku in their Susanoo clash, then used Tsukuyomi to ask his father to help awaken Sasuke’s Mangekyō by staging his own death. Fugaku agreed, and the chapter ended with him collapsing to one knee in the real world.

• Itachi’s crimson Susanoo deflected Fugaku’s attack and blasted his purple Susanoo backward, alarming Sasuke.
• Itachi trapped Fugaku in Tsukuyomi and explained that Sasuke needed the Mangekyō Sharingan to keep from straying in pursuit of power.
• Itachi proposed that Fugaku pretend to die at his hands so Sasuke’s grief and hatred would awaken his Mangekyō.
• Fugaku reluctantly agreed to the plan for Sasuke’s future, and Itachi thanked him.
• Back in the real world, Fugaku swayed from the mental blow and dropped to one knee.

Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after believing Itachi had killed Fugaku, then attacked Itachi with Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi as their Susanoo clashed. Fugaku remained alive but kept pretending to be dead so Sasuke could master his new power, while Naruto watched from across the battlefield.

• Itachi told Sasuke that Fugaku's death was a necessary sacrifice and part of the Uchiha's fate.
• Fugaku appeared to die in Sasuke's arms after urging him to live and grow stronger, driving Sasuke to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi with Amaterasu and shaped the black flames into spears with Kagutsuchi, while Itachi blocked with the Yata Mirror and counterattacked.
• Fugaku secretly remained conscious and continued feigning death so Sasuke could vent his hatred and take control of his new power.
• Naruto watched Sasuke's Susanoo from the other side of the battlefield with a furrowed brow.