Chapter Summaries

Shinichi walked through Konoha with Mei Terumi, who confronted him about her feelings and demanded to know whether he liked her. He admitted that he did, accepting the prospect of adding her to his already complicated love life.

• Shinichi and Mei Terumi walked through Konoha as villagers greeted him enthusiastically.
• Mei teased Shinichi and accused him of being responsible for her unmarried status and for hurting her feelings.
• At Shinichi's home, Mei revealed that she had come to Konoha because she loved him and would give up being Mizukage to marry him.
• Mei asked whether Shinichi had ever liked her, and Shinichi admitted that he had.
• Shinichi decided to accept Mei's feelings despite already having Nonō and Yugao as girlfriends.

Shinichi and Mei Terumi began their relationship, and he promised to marry her after the Chunin Exams. As leaders and teams from other villages arrived in Konoha, Shinichi reunited Gaara with Naruto and traded insults with Ōnoki.

• Mei Terumi kissed Shinichi, and they became lovers; Shinichi promised to marry her after the Chunin Exams.
• Shinichi moved Mei Terumi into his home and brushed off objections from the Kirigakure delegation.
• Rasa, Grandma Chiyo, and the Sunagakure delegation arrived in Konoha, and Shinichi reunited with Gaara.
• Shinichi introduced Gaara to Naruto, and the two boys quickly became friends while Sasuke watched from the sidelines.
• Ōnoki introduced himself to Shinichi, who mocked the Third Tsuchikage's age.

Shinichi reached a new level of power, learned that the system was a facade for an immortal cultivator’s divine ability, and went into seclusion. Meanwhile, Obito and Danzo prepared a final assault on the tailed beast jinchūriki, unaware that Black Zetsu planned to use Obito to resurrect his mother.

• Shinichi intimidated the Fourth Raikage at the Five Kage Summit, and the Raikage left while the summit continued.
• Over three days, Shinichi gathered talent traits from visiting jonin and underwent a transformation that gave him power beyond the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• The system vanished and revealed that it was a facade for a divine ability planted in Shinichi to guide him toward immortality and cultivation.
• Shinichi told Kakashi, Mei Terumi, Naruto, and the others that he was going into seclusion and assured them that Obito could not cause serious trouble.
• Obito revealed that he had used the Ryuumyaku and Moryo to gain power resembling that of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then ordered Danzo to assemble the Akatsuki, White Zetsu Army, and Impure World Reincarnation army.
• Black Zetsu secretly regarded Obito as a tool for resurrecting his mother.

The Akatsuki and an army of White Zetsu and reincarnated shinobi attacked Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams, but the village quickly mobilized and its young fighters joined the battle. As the Five Kage prepared to face the strongest enemies, Tsunade grew anxious because Danzo, Obito, and especially Shinichi were still nowhere to be seen.

• Deidara, Kisame Hoshigaki, White Zetsu, and reincarnated warriors launched coordinated attacks across Konoha, and Tsunade's forces began evacuating civilians and organizing defenses.
• Kakashi brought Naruto into the battle, where Naruto used his perfect Jinchūriki form and Shadow Clones to find disguised White Zetsu and support the fighting.
• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and battled Kisame Hoshigaki, while Kakashi and Haku fought effectively elsewhere and Karin provided medical support.
• The Five Kage recognized Konoha's strength as the reincarnated army of renowned shinobi appeared, and they prepared to join the battle.
• Tsunade searched the battlefield for Danzo, Obito, and Shinichi, but their absence left her deeply uneasy.

Hatake Shinichi returned to the battlefield and ended the Fourth Shinobi World War by effortlessly killing the Fourth Raikage, Danzo, and Obito, then destroying the armies and imposing a new order on the shinobi world. After sending Black Zetsu to the moon, he reassured his stunned allies with his familiar jokes about his upcoming wedding.

• The Fourth Raikage attacked Ōnoki and revealed his plan to destroy Konoha, but Darui persuaded Kumogakure's shinobi to reject him and follow the original alliance.
• Danzo and Obito joined the Fourth Raikage, while Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju arrived to oppose them.
• Hatake Shinichi appeared and killed Danzo despite his use of Izanagi, then turned Obito, Danzo, and the Fourth Raikage to ash and erased the White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation armies.
• Hatake Shinichi declared that the Five Great Shinobi Villages would form an Elder Council under Konoha and announced a new era of peace.
• Hatake Shinichi exposed Black Zetsu's plans and sent him to the moon to stay with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Hatake Shinichi joked with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others about his wedding gifts, easing their apprehension.