Chapter Summaries

Ikoma survived becoming a Kabaneri, and he and Mumei grew closer as they helped strengthen the train’s defenses. The train rescued survivors and encountered Enoku, while Danzo and Hiruzen’s team arrived and captured him.

• Ayame stopped the guards from killing Ikoma, and Ikoma went after Mumei.
• Mumei revealed her real name was Hozumi, taught Ikoma about maintaining his strength, and began training him.
• Ikoma modified the train’s weapons, improving the group’s fighting ability as he and Mumei grew closer.
• Ayame ordered the train to rescue survivors from a station, and the group defeated about two hundred Kabanes surrounding it.
• Mumei met Enoku, who warned that the shogunate had bought a large shipment of weapons and asked to return to the young master’s side.
• Hiruzen arrived with his team, rebuked Danzo for delaying them, and had Yamanaka Kazuo take charge of the captured Enoku.

Li Ce ordered a technologically superior campaign that rapidly conquered station cities, while Hiruzen Sarutobi’s team encountered a Kabane ambush and Danzo secretly gave Mumei an order. Ikoma discovered that only he and Takeru remembered Mumei obeying Danzo before Yūhi Shikin revealed that it was Genjutsu.

• Li Ce ordered air strikes and a steady ground advance, and the army captured Musashi Station City after destroying its gates.
• The empire’s troops took more than a dozen station cities over the following days, occupying nearly half the island nation’s territory.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others argued over whether to destroy or capture Black Smoke, then took control of the train and reassured Ikoma about the campaign against the Kabane.
• The train stopped when the tracks were blocked, and Hyuga Steel Plate used Byakugan to spot tens of thousands of Kabane gathered in a mining pit below.
• While Hiruzen went to clear the tracks, Danzo secretly ordered Mumei to carry out a mission involving Mima and warned Ikoma not to interfere.
• Ikoma found that Mumei and the others did not remember Danzo’s interaction with her, and Yūhi Shikin explained that Genjutsu had caused it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi destroyed the black smoke and rescued Ryoko, whose blood revived her enough to explain that Mima had injected her with black liquid. The group captured Enoku as a spy and prepared to use a recovered cannon aboard the train.

• Ikoma resolved to find a way to free Mumei from the Dragon genjutsu as the train’s crew fought off Kabaneri and headed for the evacuation passage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Five-Headed Dragon, exposed the girl inside the black smoke, and struck her free with Enma, causing the smoke to collapse.
• Danzo ordered Ayame to feed the girl blood, and she revived enough for Mumei to recognize her as Ryoko.
• Ryoko told Mumei that Mima had injected her with black liquid, and Yamanaka I exposed Enoku as a spy who had been ordered to assassinate Mima.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu presented an Italian Cannon, and Nara Shikaku proposed mounting it on the train after Takeru volunteered to operate it.

Hiruzen and Danzo took control of Shitori Station and recruited Mima, whose thirst for revenge aligned with Danzo’s ambitions. Hiruzen then turned to Ikoma and Ayame, helping them plan how to protect Mumei and strengthen Ayame’s position.

• Hiruzen and Danzo seized Shitori Station, and its lord Mino agreed to cooperate with the Ten Thousand Worlds Ninja Nation.
• Mima arrived with Mebuki, and Hiruzen and Danzo offered him a place in the empire.
• Mima recounted how his father had sabotaged his campaign against the Kabaneri and demanded that the empire overthrow the Shogunate.
• Mima and Danzo bonded over their willingness to treat others as tools, while Hiruzen left their conversation.
• Hiruzen told Ikoma that Mumei was under Danzo’s influence and advised him to earn points by contributing his knowledge and technology.
• Hiruzen offered to help Ayame improve her standing and capabilities, and they discussed plans for the future.

Mima’s forces captured Kongokaku, and Mima killed his father after the Shogunate surrendered to the Ten Thousand Worlds Ninja Nation. At Haimen, Madara defeated a massive Black Smoke and set off west to investigate the virus’s origins.

• Mima and Mifune Hisashi’s forces defeated the Iron-Blooded Army, and Inuzuka Hu forced the general to announce the Shogunate’s surrender.
• Mima confronted his father and stabbed him with a blade carrying the Kabaneri virus.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo met Doctor Ka, while Li Ce’s army fought Coalition troops and Kabaneri at Haimen.
• Madara arrived at Haimen and used his Susanoo to battle the Black Smoke formed around Miyuki.
• Madara pulled Miyuki and the long-haired man from the Black Smoke, handed them to the Anbu, and flew west to investigate the virus’s origins.

Tetsuhiro watched the Chunin Ninja Exams as the candidates struggled through a difficult written test designed to reward cheating. The exam ended with Might Duy declaring that youth must never cheat, and Senju Toka began announcing the results.

• Tetsuhiro summoned First A and his son for Little A's exam, while the gathered candidates and their companions met and formed teams.
• Senju Toka welcomed Tetsuhiro and his family, then explained the exam rules and began the thirty-minute written test.
• Several candidates, including Ōnoki, were disqualified for tearing their exam papers, while the remaining candidates struggled with unfamiliar questions.
• Nara Shikaku, Kagami Uchiha, Hatake Sakumo, and Chiyo used different methods to obtain or write answers as Might Duy and Maruboshi Kosuke struggled.
• Might Duy stood up before time ran out and shouted that youth could fail but must never cheat, amusing the spectators and drawing encouragement from Might Guy.
• Senju Toka began announcing the exam results.

The written exam ended with every participant passing, and the second exam began with random team battles. In the first match, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Bunpuku fought Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka No, and Akimichi Chōhō, whose battle was still underway when the chapter ended.

• The exam results named Hatake Sakumo first, Kagami Uchiha second, and Nara Shikaku third, with no one failing.
• Momoka announced the team battles, explained the rules, and raised the barrier around the examination grounds.
• Momoka drew Chiyo, Ebizo, and Bunpuku to face Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka No, and Akimichi Chōhō.
• Chiyo and Ebizo sent puppets into the attack while Bunpuku began reciting sutras, and Akimichi Chōhō swallowed a vegetable pill and smashed several puppets.
• Nara Shikaku used the Shadow Imitation Technique, while Yamanaka No took control of Ebizo and fired his puppets’ guns at Bunpuku.
• Bunpuku activated a red chakra cloak that stopped the bullets, and Tetsuhiro recognized it as Shukaku’s chakra.

Chōhō, Lu Yi, and Yamanaka No battled Chiyo, Ebizo, and Bunpuku in a team fight that turned increasingly desperate. Lu Yi incapacitated Ebizo, but Bunpuku’s Tailed Beast Bomb struck Chōhō and left Ino-Shika-Cho in peril.

• Chiyo combined the puppets into Voltron and repelled Chōhō, while Ebizo summoned the New Ten Puppets and Chōhō knocked them away with his enlarged body.
• Yamanaka No failed to control Bunpuku, and Chiyo resisted his attempt to invade her mind; Chōhō stopped Voltron’s sword strike by catching its energy between his hands.
• Lu Yi’s Shadow Imitation Technique broke, allowing Bunpuku to attack, but Chōhō kicked him away while Lu Yi trapped and crushed Ebizo’s remaining puppets with Shadow Sewing Technique.
• After Ebizo insulted his teammates, Chōhō unleashed Super Human Bullet Tank, and Voltron stopped his rolling charge with a giant shield as Bunpuku formed a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Yamanaka No invaded Ebizo’s mind again, letting Lu Yi control him and choke him unconscious, but Bunpuku fired the Tailed Beast Bomb and blasted Chōhō into the air, leaving Ino-Shika-Cho in danger.

Team Chiyo won the first match after Torifu Akimichi stopped Chōhō from taking the deadly Chili Pill. The second match pitted Earth Spider: Dan and his teammates against Yuhi Yang, Kato Takashi, and Kurama Mine, and ended with Mine preparing a counterattack against Dan’s spider swarm.

• Lu Yi saved the gravely injured Chōhō from another hit, but Torifu arrived, knocked away the Chili Pill, and took the team for treatment.
• Momoka announced Team Chiyo as the winners of the first match, and Kurama Liutian chose white for the next draw.
• Yuhi Yang used genjutsu on Earth Spider while Kato Takashi attacked with a Water Dragon Bullet, but Dan’s teammates countered and Mine struck James with lightning from her painting.
• Dan summoned a giant spider, covered the arena in silk, and ordered it to build a nest that released a swarm of tiny spiders.
• Kato Takashi began forming hand seals at high speed while Mine continued working on a painting and her teammates tried to buy her time.

The Kurama team defeated Earth Spider: Dan’s team after Yane’s painting unleashed a devastating fire attack, which Tetsuhiro stopped before it caused casualties. After declaring the Kurama team winners, Momoka announced new physical enhancement technologies developed by the Research Department, leaving the venue stunned.

• Kato Takashi and Yuhi Yang fought off Earth Spider and Dan’s attacks while Yane completed her painting, and Yane’s fire attack forced Earth Spider to dispel his summon.
• Tetsuhiro stopped Yane’s massive fireball with a tree after Dan and his teammates lost the will to fight, and the spectators praised his power.
• Momoka declared the Kurama team the winners of the second match.
• Momoka announced four new enhancement solutions from the Research Department, including body activation, regeneration, and gene enhancement, and the audience fell silent.

The final match of the taijutsu showdown pitted Ai, B, and Darui against Hatake Sakumo, Chen Yifang, and Might Duy. Duy and Little A pushed each other to the limit, and Sakumo’s team won after B forfeited to protect his teammates.

• Senju Ao, Kagami Uchiha, and Maruboshi Kosuke won their match, as did Ōnoki of Both Scales, Roshi, and Han.
• Hatake Sakumo clashed with Darui, Chen Yifang trapped B with the Konoha Dragon God, and Might Duy faced Little A.
• Little A activated Lightning Armor, but Duy opened the Gates of Healing, Life, and Pain before breaking the armor with Reverse Lotus.
• Duy and Little A’s final attacks collided in a blast that shook the arena barrier, and both fighters fell severely injured.
• Sakumo and Chen pressed their attack on B, who forfeited to protect his teammates, and Momoka declared Sakumo’s team the winners.

The third Chunin exam began as teams entered the Forest of Death, while the audience watched their progress on enormous screens. After Chiyo’s team was ambushed by impostors and Ebizo took a lightning strike meant for her, Chiyo prepared to fight the attacker, but a boy appeared behind her.

• Momoka announced the Forest of Death battle royale, its rules, and the passing results, while screens showed exam footage to the audience.
• Medical staff used solutions to heal Might Duy, Little A, and Akimichi Chōhō, and Might Duy and Little A also received enhancement treatments.
• Han persuaded Ōnoki and Little Roshi to take the safer route along the forest’s edge after they argued over where to go.
• Two Sand District teams joined forces to eliminate the Hozuki team, prompting debate among the spectators about temporary alliances.
• Impostors ambushed Chiyo’s team at a supply station, and Kurama Mine struck them with lightning; Ebizo shielded Chiyo and was badly burned.
• Chiyo dodged further lightning and summoned five puppets, but a boy appeared behind her and said she had the wrong person.

Kurama Guangsheng defeated Bunpuku while Tetsuhiro watched the Chunin exam unfold and ordered protection for the Kurama siblings. As candidates converged on an airdrop, Senju Ao, Kagami Uchiha, and Maruboshi Kosuke fought their way toward it and met a fresh group of opponents.

• Kurama Guangsheng used True Illusion to beat Bunpuku unconscious, then escaped with help from his teammates as his chakra ran low.
• Tetsuhiro ordered Maya to investigate the Kurama Clan and assign people to protect the siblings.
• Han killed a giant boar, drawing teams into battle before examiners drove candidates toward the shrinking circle.
• A transport plane dropped a supply container, and candidates rushed toward it, clashing along the way.
• Senju Ao, Kagami Uchiha, and Maruboshi Kosuke discussed why they had entered the exam and continued toward the airdrop.
• Ao blocked explosive tags with a Water Formation Wall as Kagami attacked with fire techniques and Kosuke held off two opponents.

Senju Ao’s team seized a tank from the airdrop and used it to hunt beasts, while Kurama Guangsheng’s plan drew Ōnoki’s squad toward them. As Ao and Kagami fired on a growing mass of Kabaneri, the ground began to shake in an apparent earthquake.

• Senju Ao, Kagami, and Maruboshi Kosuke defeated the examinees near the airdrop and found a tank inside the container.
• Ao’s team drove toward the center to earn points by attacking beasts, while Kurama Guangsheng persuaded several squads to cooperate and set out to lure Ōnoki’s squad.
• Ōnoki, Han, and Xiao Zi learned from a disguised messenger that Ao’s team had the tank, then decided to pursue them and attack before they recovered.
• Ao and Kagami took turns firing the tank’s cannon at beasts, while Kosuke tended to his injured leg.
• Ao spotted a group of Kabaneri and fired at them, but more appeared as the ground began to shake.

Kurama Guangsheng’s team lured Kabaneri into attacking Kagami, Ao, and Kosuke, then Ōnoki’s group ambushed them. Shino Aburame and other allies joined the fight, and the chapter ended with Han unleashing a massive steam eruption while examiners assessed the smoke-covered battlefield.

• Kurama Guangsheng’s team collapsed the ground beneath a tank, then left Kagami, Ao, and Kosuke surrounded by Kabaneri.
• Ao swept the Kabaneri away with a Great Waterfall Technique, and Kosuke used his modified Water Dragon Bullet Technique to counter the examinees’ ambush.
• Ōnoki, Han, and Xiao Zi attacked; Kagami and Kosuke fought back, but Han injured Kosuke and overwhelmed him with steam-powered attacks.
• Shino Aburame, Inuzuka Bao, and Hyuga Rilu arrived to help, while Ōnoki began preparing Dust Release.
• As the zone shrank, Kosuke transformed from Shino’s thrown sword and clung to Han, letting the others attack; Han answered with Massive Steam Eruption, blasting everything within three kilometers.
• The eruption blanketed the battlefield, and a spectator heard an examiner report what the Byakugan had observed.

Hyuga Rilu’s Rotation saved several candidates from Han’s attack, but the examination grew more dangerous when Kinkaku and Ginkaku entered the arena. Might Duy and Hatake Sakumo fought the brothers, and Duy knocked both out before an area-wide announcement interrupted the battle.

• Hyuga Rilu protected Inuzuka Bao, Shino Aburame, Ao, Xiao Zi, Kagami, and Maruboshi Kosuke with Rotation, while Han and Xiao Zi were eliminated and Maruboshi Kosuke was badly injured.
• Kurama Liutian watched Kurama Guangsheng’s prospects improve, and Tetsuhiro ordered two candidates into the arena to balance the teams.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku dropped into the forest and attacked the candidates, while Ao, Shino Aburame, and Kagami Uchiha persuaded Hyuga Rilu’s group to stay out of the fight.
• Hatake Sakumo and Chen Yifang fought Kinkaku as Might Duy battled Ginkaku, with Duy opening higher Eight Gates to overpower his opponent.
• Might Duy defeated Ginkaku, then used a close-range barrage and a powerful punch to knock Kinkaku unconscious as Ōnoki watched from hiding.
• An area-wide announcement began as the battle ended.

Might Duy's team defeated Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and the Chunin exam narrowed to a final battle between Kagami Uchiha, Hatake Sakumo, Ōnoki, and Kurama Guangsheng. Hatake Sakumo outlasted his opponents and was announced as champion, though the chapter ended before his reward was revealed.

• The broadcast announced that Might Duy had helped Sakumo's team defeat Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while Duy collapsed from injuries after releasing the Eight Gates.
• After the remaining examinees regrouped by district, Kagami, Sakumo, Ōnoki, and Kurama Guangsheng reached the final zone.
• The competitors attacked Ōnoki, and Kagami's genjutsu and Sakumo's strikes defeated Guangsheng after he revealed his indestructible defense and confessed to manipulating the contest.
• Sakumo used a new Lightning Speed technique against Kagami, then defeated him with a two-blade combo as Ōnoki secretly waited beneath rubble.
• Ōnoki ambushed Sakumo, but Sakumo's Lightning Clone took the blow and the real Sakumo stabbed Ōnoki from behind.
• Momoka announced Hatake Sakumo as champion, but the chapter ended before his reward was announced.

After the Second Chunin Ninja Exams concluded, Tetsuhiro visited the Kabaneri-world laboratory to review research and meet the Kabaneri allies. Jingzhi revealed he could guide Kabaneri for up to an hour, prompting Tetsuhiro to order tests with a gene enhancement serum.

• Momoka announced Sakumo's championship and the other exam results, while the candidates reflected on their performances and plans to improve.
• Tetsuhiro addressed the crowd, posed for commemorative photos with the top three squads, then used the Body Flicker Technique to leave and inspect the Kabaneri front line.
• At the laboratory, Tobirama described research into Kabaneri cells and weapons as Ikoma and Hozumi demonstrated their work forging blades from Kabaneri heart-protecting metal.
• Tetsuhiro met Ikoma and Hozumi, encouraged their research, and promised that talented workers could exchange points for potions at a discount.
• Tobirama explained that Jingzhi had regained his senses after his daughter Miyuki recovered her humanity, and Jingzhi said he could guide Kabaneri for up to an hour.
• Tetsuhiro ordered Tobirama to test whether a gene enhancement serum could strengthen Jingzhi's ability, and Tobirama began making arrangements.

Tetsuhiro reunited with Madara after his return, and the two drank together while Tobirama went back to work. They woke the next day in an awkward embrace, and Madara flew off after warning Tetsuhiro to forget what happened.

• Ikoma and Hozumi told Tetsuhiro that Ayame was serving as Hinomoto's acting shogun and had helped restore the country.
• Madara returned with crates of supplies, and Tetsuhiro welcomed him with tea and a feast alongside Tobirama.
• Madara learned about Tobirama's embarrassing predicament and refused Tetsuhiro's idea of a joint wedding.
• Tetsuhiro and Madara drank and flew across several worlds, sharing stories until they fell asleep together beneath the stars.
• Tetsuhiro woke to find Madara lying on top of him, and Madara left after telling him to forget the incident.

After Gamamaru warned Tetsuhiro that the Frontline Base and Vanguard Army would be destroyed by a brilliant light and a huge red object, Tetsuhiro organized preparations for the next portal opening. He left the empire in Mito and Shu Mao’s hands and learned that he had enough points to purchase powerful portal and teleportation upgrades.

• Tetsuhiro traveled to Mount Myōboku, where Gamamaru warned that the Empire's Frontline Base and Vanguard Army would be annihilated the next time Tetsuhiro opened a portal.
• Tetsuhiro convened court and assigned Izuna to command the Undead Legion in battle, Mima to lead the Kabaneri Army, and Tobirama and Ishikawa to develop resurrection techniques.
• Tetsuhiro ordered the Empire to prepare the Box of Ultimate Bliss, summon Moryo, train with the Tailed Beasts, and consolidate resources before opening a portal in the west of the Kabaneri world in six months.
• Tetsuhiro set out with Madara and Kaguya to train in the Kabaneri world and asked the system how to make travel between scattered portals easier.
• The system offered portal relocation, regional portals, group teleportation, and planetary control, and Tetsuhiro discovered he had 15,000 points.