Recaps

After Meihui escaped Danzo’s assassination attempt, Danzo searched for him and several others, then went looking for Tsunade but found Jiraiya handling the Hokage’s paperwork. Back at Root, Danzo received a visit from a strange summoning beast claiming to bring a message from Meihui.

• Meihui left Danzo frustrated and went home to sleep while Danzo brooded through the night and decided to have him killed.
• Torune Aburame led Danzo’s men to Meihui’s home, but the sleeping target was only a Shadow Clone, and Torune found no trace of him.
• Danzo learned that Meihui, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha were missing and suspected they had left the village.
• Danzo went to reprimand Tsunade but found Jiraiya working in the Hokage’s Office while Tsunade was away, so he left without delivering his complaint.
• A messenger told Danzo that a beast claiming to be Meihui Uzumaki’s Summoning Beast had come to deliver a message, and Danzo noticed its unusual appearance and chicken feet.

Danzo received Meihui Uzumaki’s challenge to fight at the border of the Land of Fire and planned to use the confrontation to seize power in Konoha. Meihui prepared Naruto and Sasuke to face Danzo while he and Itachi handled the rest, leaving Shizuku worried about the limited time remaining.

• A Chicken Summoning Beast delivered Meihui Uzumaki’s challenge to Danzo, mocked his tea, and named the border of the Land of Fire as the meeting place.
• Danzo dismissed the possibility that Meihui could defeat him and imagined using him to control Naruto, take Sasuke’s Sharingan, and become the Sixth Hokage.
• Meihui discussed Danzo’s likely move with Naruto and Sasuke and assigned them to fight Danzo while he and Itachi dealt with the rest.
• Shizuku privately worried that there was little time left, while Meihui fretted about Danzo’s Shisui Mangekyo Sharingan and his own safety.

Meihui laid traps to humiliate Danzo’s advancing Root squad, while Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto watched. Danzo fell into a trap filled with feces and furiously called for Meihui to come out.

• Meihui buried traps containing nails, glass shards, and skunks as Itachi and Sasuke questioned how far he was going.
• Danzo dismissed Yamanaka Fū’s concerns, spotted the traps, and ordered Root members to dismantle them.
• Root members triggered the skunk traps, and Meihui explained how the traps were designed to catch them off guard.
• Danzo stepped into a hidden trap, found his foot covered in feces, and shouted for Meihui Uzumaki to come out.

Meihui Uzumaki humiliated Danzo, then ambushed him when the two clashed. The fight left Danzo flying after Meihui struck before he could undo the seal on his right arm.

• Meihui made Danzo wash off dog droppings and mocked him.
• Danzo ordered the Root members to capture Meihui, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi joined the fight against them.
• Meihui used Flying Thunder God to block Danzo's escape and force him to fight.
• Danzo announced he would undo the seal on his right arm, but Meihui punched him before he could act.

Meihui and Sasuke fought Danzo and his Root guards, and Sasuke discovered Danzo's arm was covered in stolen Sharingan. Danzo survived Sasuke's Amaterasu and nearly took Sasuke's eyes, but Meihui intervened and broke his hand.

• Meihui surprised Danzo with a punch, then watched as Danzo removed the seal covering his Sharingan-filled arm.
• Sasuke saw Danzo's arm, realized what it meant, and charged him with Chidori, but Danzo stopped him with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu on Danzo, while Meihui struck Yamanaka Fū with a Rasengan when Fū and Aburame Torune became distracted.
• Danzo reappeared unharmed and reached for Sasuke's eyes, but Meihui used Flying Thunder God to arrive in time and break Danzo's hand.

Meihui tried to protect Sasuke from Danzo while Torune Aburame kept him from intervening. Meihui teleported Sasuke away from Danzo’s Wood Release attack, but branches had already pierced Sasuke, leaving him wounded.

• Meihui intercepted Danzo’s attack on Sasuke and crushed Danzo’s hand, then tried to stop Sasuke from rushing back into the fight.
• Torune Aburame blocked Meihui and exposed his body’s poisonous insects, preventing Meihui from reaching Sasuke safely.
• Sasuke charged Danzo with Chidori as Danzo pretended to be recovering, but Danzo transformed his broken hand into a tree that blocked the attack.
• Danzo used Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs against Sasuke, and Meihui teleported behind him and tried to bring him to safety.
• Meihui moved Sasuke to the kunai’s location, but branches had already pierced Sasuke’s body and blood ran down them.

Danzo attacked Sasuke, prompting Itachi and Naruto to retaliate with powerful techniques. Danzo used Izanagi to survive their assaults, but his forces were nearly wiped out and he was left facing both enraged opponents.

• Danzo impaled Sasuke and revealed that Itachi had helped him obtain the Sharingan on his arm.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to torture Danzo, but Danzo escaped by activating Izanagi.
• Itachi attacked Danzo with Clone Explosion, using up another of Danzo's revivals.
• Naruto predicted Danzo's reappearance and struck him with Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, costing Danzo another revival.
• Itachi incapacitated Torune with genjutsu, leaving Danzo nearly without troops as he faced Itachi and Naruto.

Meihui healed Sasuke after Danzo wounded him, then Naruto and Sasuke attacked Danzo while Meihui watched from the sidelines. After Danzo revived and realized he could not defeat them directly, he summoned Baku and prepared to take the initiative.

• Meihui removed the projectiles from Sasuke and healed him with a Senzu Bean.
• Naruto and Sasuke charged Danzo with Rasengan and Chidori, blasting him to ash.
• Danzo revived, checked his Sharingan wristwatch, and realized Naruto and Sasuke would wear him down.
• Danzo spotted Torune Aburame on the ground and summoned Baku.
• Meihui decided to keep watching as Danzo began to take the fight seriously.

Naruto and Sasuke fought Danzo, whose Baku and revival armor failed to stop them. Sasuke awakened Susanoo and continued confronting Danzo while Meihui watched and joked with Naruto.

• Meihui backed away as Danzo summoned Baku, which sucked in Sasuke’s Great Dragon Fire and was killed.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined Rasenshuriken with Kagutsuchi, using up another charge of Danzo’s revival armor.
• Sasuke manifested Susanoo, seized Danzo, and demanded to know why he had mistreated the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo revived after Sasuke crushed him, then sneaked up and broke his kunai against Sasuke’s Susanoo.
• Meihui laughed at Danzo’s failed attack and reassured Naruto that he could become powerful too.
• Naruto teased Meihui about his wife, and Meihui told him to get lost.

Sasuke fought Danzo after his Susanoo failed to finish him, while Danzo plotted to use Torune’s poisonous insects against Sasuke. Torune woke and disrupted the plan, only for Danzo to admit he had aimed the attack at him.

• Sasuke struck Danzo with Susanoo, badly tearing his face and making Danzo realize Sasuke intended to kill him.
• Danzo charged Sasuke with a wind-infused kunai after Susanoo vanished, and the two fought with their blades.
• Danzo edged closer to Torune while fighting, hoping to use an attack on Torune’s insect-filled body to spread poison.
• Torune woke, dodged Danzo’s Vacuum Sphere, and rushed to help Sasuke by forcing him back.
• When Torune asked if Danzo was all right, Danzo angrily admitted that he had aimed the attack at Torune.

Meihui and Itachi removed Torune Aburame from the fight while Sasuke battled Danzo, whose dwindling chakra and Sharingan left him struggling to keep up. Danzo unleashed Wood Release: Tree Root Burial, but Meihui rescued Sasuke and Danzo was caught by his own attack.

• Danzo ordered Torune Aburame into the battle, so Meihui told Itachi to stop him.
• Itachi used genjutsu and Susanoo to capture Torune Aburame, and Meihui used Flying Thunder God to take them away.
• Sasuke pierced Danzo, who used a substitution to survive and realized his chakra and Sharingan were running low.
• Danzo used Wood Release: Tree Root Burial against Sasuke, but Meihui teleported Sasuke out of danger.
• Danzo was swallowed by his own tree and reappeared furious, feeling that he had grown old and could no longer keep up.

Meihui beat Danzo while questioning him about the rumors he spread against Meihui and Naruto as children. Danzo used another resurrection and had three left as Meihui continued the interrogation.

• Danzo realized he was losing and vowed to take Uchiha down with him, but Meihui called Sasuke back.
• Meihui dodged Danzo's ninjutsu and gouged out his eye, causing him to use another resurrection.
• Meihui attacked Danzo and asked why he had spread rumors that Meihui and Naruto were Demon Foxes.
• Danzo claimed he had acted to protect the Jinchūriki and the Fourth Hokage's children, but Meihui challenged his excuses and beat him further.

Meihui killed Danzo after overpowering him and preventing his final attempt to take everyone down with him. He sealed Danzo’s body, took Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and left Sasuke impressed and uneasy about his swordsmanship.

• Danzo charged Meihui with a Vacuum Blade, but Meihui used the Kusanagi Sword to cut off Danzo’s head.
• Danzo revived for his final life, and Meihui gouged out his right eye again.
• Danzo used the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Meihui stopped it with Sealing Sword Art: Frost Draw and froze him.
• Meihui placed Danzo’s corpse in the Scroll of Seals and took Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto teased Sasuke about his chances against Meihui, and Sasuke admitted he could not match Meihui’s sword techniques.

Meihui returned to Konoha and faced Tsunade and the elders over Danzo’s death, denying any involvement while Tsunade shielded him. He intimidated Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura into resigning, leaving them under his control.

• After Meihui returned to Konoha, ANBU summoned him to meet Tsunade, who confronted him about attacking Danzo.
• Meihui pretended not to know what had happened to Danzo, and Tsunade said she had wrongly accused him.
• Utatane Koharu demanded that Meihui’s memories be examined, but Tsunade refused and reminded the elders that she was Hokage.
• Meihui overwhelmed Koharu and Mitokado Homura with his chakra and told them to kneel and retire.
• Koharu and Homura agreed to relinquish their authority, surprising both Meihui and Tsunade.

Killer B held a concert until Fourth Raikage A ordered him to stay in Kumogakure, then sent a scroll to Konoha to take advantage of its weakened state. Tsunade assigned Meihui Uzumaki to handle the Raikage’s move, and Meihui set off with Kakashi and Might Guy, only to realize he had forgotten Yamato.

• Killer B performed for an enthusiastic crowd, but Fourth Raikage A interrupted and ordered him to train and remain in the village.
• After hearing that the Akatsuki had attacked Konoha, A sent a subordinate there with a scroll.
• Tsunade summoned Konoha’s Special Jōnin and Meihui Uzumaki, then asked them to respond to the Fourth Raikage’s demands.
• Meihui chose Kakashi and Might Guy to accompany him and left after briefly explaining matters to Naruto.
• Meihui realized during the journey that he had forgotten to bring Yamato.

Meihui and his companions arrived at Kumogakure after the Raikage learned Konoha shinobi were approaching. Meihui provoked A upon meeting him, and the chapter ended with A attacking under his Lightning Armor.

• A heard that suspected Konoha shinobi were nearing the Land of Lightning and went to Kumogakure's entrance with Killer B to meet them.
• A grew impatient as Meihui and his companions traveled leisurely, then sent a messenger to bring them in.
• Meihui marked the messenger and used Flying Thunder God to appear before A with Kakashi and Guy.
• A recognized Meihui's jutsu, but Meihui insulted and taunted him until A flared his Lightning Armor and charged.

Meihui used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade Raikage A and Killer B, then attacked with an enchanted short sword that pierced A’s Lightning Armor. The chapter ended with A’s arm severed and the onlookers wary of Meihui.

• Meihui evaded Raikage A’s attacks with the Flying Thunder God Technique and struck at him with a Rasengan, but A’s Lightning Armor held firm.
• Meihui attacked A again, but Killer B blocked the kunai with a tentacle and marked its severed tail with the Flying Thunder God mark.
• Meihui enchanted a short sword with sealing, Wind Release, Lightning Release, and ice techniques to overcome A’s defenses.
• Meihui cut through A’s Lightning Armor and severed his arm, leaving the onlookers wary of him.

Meihui defeated A and Killer B with a freezing technique after A lost an arm. Meanwhile, Kabuto was exposed as the person who dug up Konoha's cemetery, though he fled before anyone could catch him.

• Meihui cut off A's arm, and A resolved to fight him with Killer B despite B's attempt to calm him down.
• A and Killer B attacked Meihui together, but he froze them with Ultimate Icebound Super Time Capsule Spiral Roar, Form Four.
• Tsunade ordered an investigation after someone dug up Konoha's cemetery.
• Kabuto was revealed as the grave robber, and he fled after an angry man learned his father's grave had been dug up.

Meihui froze Raikage A and Killer B despite the Eight-Tails’ attempt to break them free, then demanded that Kumogakure pay a ransom for their return. He waited with Kakashi as a Kumogakure ninja hurried off to deliver the demand.

• Gyuki warned Killer B that Meihui’s sealing technique was too powerful and urged him to escape with A.
• Killer B and Gyuki gathered chakra to break the ice, but their blast left it completely unmarked.
• Meihui stopped watching the trapped A and Killer B and summoned a Kumogakure ninja.
• Meihui told the ninja to inform Kumogakure’s leaders that he held the Raikage and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and would demand a ransom.
• The ninja rushed away to report, while Meihui told Kakashi to wait for the payment.

After Meihui captured Raikage A and Killer B, Kumogakure's leaders agreed to negotiate their release rather than risk another fight. Meihui secured rare ninjutsu and unusual items, along with a promise of one thousand taels of gold, before leaving with Kakashi and Might Guy.

• Kumogakure's senior officials held an emergency meeting and decided to ransom Raikage A and Killer B rather than challenge the Konoha ninja.
• Salem led officials to the village gates and asked Meihui what conditions he wanted for the captives' return.
• Meihui asked for two thousand taels of gold, then accepted rare ninjutsu and unusual items when Kumogakure could not pay, leaving the village owing one thousand taels of gold.
• Salem called Meihui shameless, and he departed with Kakashi and Might Guy carrying Kumogakure's spoils.

Meihui returned to Konoha with Kakashi and Might Guy after forcing Kumogakure to pay for its captives, unaware that the village was locked down over a grave robbery. At the Hokage's Office, Tsunade told him Konoha's cemetery had been dug up, and Meihui suspected Kabuto Yakushi was responsible.

• Meihui handed Kumogakure its captives in exchange for money, then removed the ice encasing the two men.
• Meihui, Kakashi, and Might Guy hurried back to Konoha and passed through the gate guarded by Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki.
• Meihui told Tsunade he had secured the agreement by beating up and threatening Kumogakure's strongest fighters.
• Tsunade revealed that someone had dug up Konoha's cemetery, and Meihui suspected Kabuto Yakushi had robbed the graves.

Kabuto Yakushi joined Obito Uchiha in preparing to start a war against the Shinobi World, while Meihui stayed in Konoha and returned home to Shizuku. The chapter ended with Shizuku scolding Meihui for being away and refusing to hear his explanation.

• Kabuto Yakushi met Obito Uchiha after digging up graves and reported that he had gathered almost everything needed for the war.
• Obito told Kabuto Yakushi to use White Zetsu as the sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation, then left to prepare his declaration of war.
• Meihui chose not to act against Kabuto Yakushi because the war had not started and Naruto and Sasuke were growing stronger.
• Meihui returned home and found Shizuku upset that he had been away.
• Shizuku grabbed Meihui by the ear, demanded that he admit what he had done wrong, and covered her ears when he struggled to answer.

Kabuto Yakushi grew arrogant after robbing graves in Konoha, while the other major ninja villages connected the grave robberies to the forbidden technique that could revive the dead. Tsunade received an invitation to a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, just as Meihui had predicted.

• Kabuto Yakushi boasted that he would soon catch up to Orochimaru after successfully robbing graves in Konoha.
• Elders in several major ninja villages suspected the grave robberies were linked to Konoha's forbidden technique and arranged a joint meeting in the Land of Iron.
• Tsunade scolded the drowsy Meihui Uzumaki for not taking the crisis seriously.
• Meihui predicted that the villages would organize a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.
• An ANBU messenger delivered the summit invitation, and Meihui claimed credit for predicting it.

The Five Kage gathered in the Land of Iron to discuss grave robberies and the possibility that Konoha’s forbidden resurrection technique was involved. As suspicion fell toward Konoha, Obito and Kabuto prepared to use the summit as the moment to begin the Shinobi World War.

• Kabuto told Obito that the Five Kage Summit was underway and said it was time to start the Shinobi World War, but Obito left without discussion.
• Meihui and Tsunade joined the summit in the Land of Iron, where Mifune presided over the gathered Kage and their guards.
• Meihui surveyed the attendees, recognized Gaara as Kazekage, and drew Mei Terumi’s attention with his staring.
• A asked Tsunade whether Konoha possessed a forbidden technique to resurrect the dead, and Tsunade admitted that it did.
• A questioned whether Konoha was behind the grave robberies, while the other Kage recognized his attempt to shift suspicion onto the village.

At the Five Kage Summit, Meihui intimidated the Raikage A after Tsunade identified Kabuto Yakushi as the one robbing the villages’ graves. The other Kage watched A’s humiliation and began considering how to draw closer to Konoha.

• Tsunade tried to calm the Kage and said Kabuto Yakushi, a former subordinate of Orochimaru, had been robbing their villages’ graves.
• A criticized Konoha and boasted that Kumogakure had produced no rogue ninja, prompting Meihui to mock him.
• Meihui’s pressure reminded A of their earlier confrontation, and A realized he could not stand up to him.
• Meihui continued to taunt and pressure A until the Raikage sweated and nervously asked what Meihui planned to do.