Chapter Summaries

Aokiji rewarded Itachi with the Flying Thunder God Technique and appointed Uchiha Izumi as his secretary, then revealed the truth about Danzo and Kakashi’s father to Kakashi. That night, he met Orochimaru to begin reviving Tsunade and prepare a second sacrifice as a weapon against Uchiha Madara.

• Aokiji gave Itachi the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll, and Itachi accepted it so he could grow strong enough to protect the village.
• Aokiji hired Uchiha Izumi as his secretary, teasing her about her feelings for Itachi before leaving her to sort his documents.
• Aokiji visited the Hero's Tomb with White Chrysanthemum Orchids, where he encountered Kakashi and showed him the truth about Danzo and his father's death.
• Aokiji left Konoha that night and met Orochimaru in a cave, where two unconscious women had been prepared as sacrifices.
• Aokiji began using the Impure World Reincarnation on both women, intending to revive Tsunade and use the other as a weapon against Uchiha Madara.

Aokiji revived Nohara Rin to question her about the plot to use her as a vessel for the Three-Tails and explained his theories about the Uchiha and Uchiha Obito to Orochimaru. After Rin confirmed what she knew, she asked to see Kakashi once.

• Aokiji told Orochimaru that Uchiha Obito had been kind and loving, making him a useful pawn for Uchiha Madara, and explained why Rin could serve as a counter to Madara's plan.
• Aokiji used a hand seal to awaken Nohara Rin, who recognized Orochimaru and learned she had been revived by the Fifth Hokage.
• Aokiji revealed his Sharingan and questioned Rin about her death, and she recalled that Hidden Mist ninja had abducted her and implanted the Three-Tails to make her attack Konoha.
• Nohara Rin learned that Kakashi was alive and important in the village, then asked Aokiji if she could see him once.

Aokiji and Orochimaru discussed suspicious clues surrounding Kakashi’s stolen Sharingan and learned that the Dragon Blood Reincarnation Technique required a Kekkei Genkai. Aokiji planned to deal with the Fire Country Daimyo before reviving Tsunade, and the chapter ended with him publicly accusing the Daimyo of going too far.

• Aokiji ended Nohara Rin’s brief reincarnation after lying that the technique could not last and asked Orochimaru to keep her revival secret.
• Aokiji and Orochimaru reasoned that the person who took Kakashi’s eye intended to use a pair of Sharingan against Aokiji, then Orochimaru reported that the Dragon Blood Reincarnation Technique required a Kekkei Genkai.
• Aokiji planned a trip to the Land of Grass but decided to deal with the Fire Country Daimyo first, before reviving Tsunade.
• Aokiji canceled Orochimaru’s wanted notice by blaming Danzo, and Orochimaru returned openly to Konoha as the villagers watched uneasily.
• Fugaku presented a captured member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja and accused the Fire Country Daimyo of plotting to kill the Hokage and control the ninja.
• Aokiji used his Sharingan to force the Guardian Ninja to confess, then shouted that the Fire Country Daimyo had gone too far.

Aokiji accused the Fire Country Daimyo, Shinji, of ordering the Third Hokage’s assassination, then abducted him and overwhelmed the estate’s guards with his powers. As Soul Fire froze the battlefield, Aokiji prepared to continue his attack on the Daimyo’s forces.

• Aokiji ordered the Guardian Ninja imprisoned, then brought Nara Shikaku with him to confront the Daimyo.
• At the Daimyo’s Estate, Shinji met Aokiji, who accused him of ordering the Third Hokage’s assassination.
• When the guards attacked, Aokiji used Susanoo’s hand to seize Shinji and carry him from the hall.
• Aokiji enclosed the estate in an Ice Crystal Maze Technique, then summoned Soul Fire as Fugaku and Nara Shikaku watched.
• Soul Fire struck the guards with overwhelming force and froze the area with blue flames, while a Guardian Ninja’s lightning attack failed to reach Aokiji.

Aokiji seized control of the Land of Fire, declaring that the Daimyo would be replaced and forcing the assembled ministers and guards to submit. He left Shinji imprisoned and ordered his public execution in three days, planning to charge spectators for tickets.

• Aokiji froze the Daimyo’s guards, captured Shinji, and ordered the survivors to bring everyone in the manor before him.
• Aokiji accused Shinji and the Land of Fire’s officials of corruption, proposed making himself the new Daimyo, and demanded that the crowd kneel.
• When a respected minister refused to kneel, Aokiji crushed him with a massive claw, frightening the rest into submission.
• Aokiji paid a guard to slap Shinji, undermining the Daimyo’s divine status, then promoted the guard after he carried out the order.
• Aokiji ordered the guard to announce Shinji’s public beheading in three days and said spectators would have to pay ten thousand ryo for tickets.

Aokiji revealed that he had imprisoned Shinji for revenge and arranged to eliminate his imperial relatives before taking power in the Land of Fire. As the crowd gathered for Shinji’s public beheading, a gigantic Blue Giant descended onto the execution ground.

• Aokiji reminded Shinji of their past grudge and told him that his imperial relatives had been targeted for assassination.
• Shinji despaired as Aokiji left him to await his execution.
• Turo prepared to behead Shinji, while huge crowds gathered to watch and Konoha Ninja maintained order.
• Aokiji’s promise of increased military funding persuaded the Konoha Ninja to support his rule.
• A gigantic Blue Giant landed in the center of the execution ground just as the crowd awaited the beheading.

Aokiji executed the Fire Country Daimyo, cut taxes, and declared himself ruler of the renamed Land of Flame. Back in Konoha, he announced a new governing structure called the Thirteen Squads of the Protectorate.

• Aokiji used the Soul Fire to impress the crowd, then had the Fire Country Daimyo dragged to the execution platform and beheaded.
• Aokiji announced that taxes would be halved, winning the crowd’s support, and told Nara Shikaku that he planned to move the capital to Konoha.
• After Aokiji renamed the country the Land of Flame, news of his takeover spread, and Obito and Black Zetsu discussed killing other Daimyos and replacing them with disguised White Zetsu.
• Aokiji addressed Konoha’s leaders and announced that he would reorganize the country’s government as the Thirteen Squads of the Protectorate.

Aokiji reorganized Konoha and introduced new social and education policies while the villagers learned Naruto was Minato’s son. He revived Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina and asked them to help with Naruto, whom he said was their son.

• Aokiji described the Thirteen Squads of the Protectorate and announced new social programs and Ninja Academy reforms.
• After Aokiji revealed Naruto’s identity, villagers apologized to him, and Naruto learned the new school system could lead to captaincy and higher ranks.
• Naruto argued with Sasuke about becoming Hokage, while Sasuke explained the ranks between graduation and the position.
• Aokiji encouraged Itachi in his new role as Squad 2 Captain and left him alone with Izumi, who asked him for training guidance.
• Aokiji and Orochimaru revived Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Aokiji introduced himself as the Fifth Hokage and told Minato and Kushina that Naruto was their son, then asked them for help.

Aokiji arranged for Naruto to meet his parents and negotiated with the Nine-Tails to restore its other half. After leaving the reunited family, Aokiji set off with Orochimaru for Kusagakure, while Shikaku worried that his trip would cause trouble.

• Aokiji entered Naruto's spiritual world and persuaded the Nine-Tails to stop interfering with Naruto in exchange for restoring its other half and promising its eventual freedom.
• Minato transferred the other half of the Nine-Tails into Naruto, and Aokiji ended his Genjutsu so Naruto could meet Minato and Kushina.
• Aokiji explained to Naruto that Minato and Kushina were his parents, then left them alone to reunite as a family.
• Orochimaru asked whether Kusagakure's people would agree to the life-sacrificing Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique, and Aokiji said he would make them comply if necessary.
• Aokiji ignored Izumi's request that he sign documents and flew out of Konoha with Orochimaru on Soul Fire.
• Nara Shikaku recognized Soul Fire overhead and worried that Aokiji's journey would bring more trouble.

Ryuran taught his daughter Ryuzetsu the Great Fireball Jutsu after she failed to use a more advanced technique. Aokiji and Orochimaru then confronted Ryuran, and Aokiji demanded that he die to make up for withholding information.

• Ryuzetsu failed to perform the Lantern Ghost Technique, so Ryuran explained that she should learn the Great Fireball Jutsu first.
• Ryuran demonstrated the Great Fireball Jutsu, and Ryuzetsu managed to produce a tiny flame on her first attempt.
• Ryuzetsu left to meet someone, and Aokiji and Orochimaru attacked Ryuran.
• Aokiji accused Ryuran of deceiving him by hiding something after receiving the Dragon Blood Reincarnation Technique.
• Aokiji demanded that Ryuran die for him.

Ryuran used the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique to revive Tsunade at the cost of his own life, after Aokiji threatened him into cooperating. Tsunade reunited with Aokiji and learned decades had passed, then began questioning whether he had taken other women while she was gone.

• Aokiji beat Ryuran and forced him to agree to use the Dragon Life Reincarnation Technique, promising to leave Ryuzetsu and Kusagakure alone.
• Days later, Ryuran transferred his life force into Tsunade, restoring her body and bringing her back to life.
• Tsunade woke and recognized Aokiji, who embraced her before remembering that his body was cold.
• Aokiji told Tsunade that she had died and that he had revived her, then said they would return to the village and catch up.
• Tsunade learned that Konoha Year 58 had arrived and realized she had been dead for decades.
• Tsunade asked Aokiji whether he had found himself lots of women while she was gone.

Aokiji reunited with Tsunade after reviving her, endured her teasing, and promised to protect her as they prepared to return to the village. Just as they set out from the Land of Grass, Tsunade suddenly fainted in Aokiji’s arms.

• Tsunade accused Aokiji of being unfaithful, then revealed she had only been teasing him to see how much he cared.
• Tsunade embraced Aokiji despite his freezing body, and he became emotional as she promised to hold him even if he turned to ice.
• Orochimaru watched the couple and gave up on taking Ryuran’s corpse for study when Aokiji decided they should return to the village.
• Aokiji revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Soul Fire to carry Tsunade, promising that no one would hurt her again.
• Tsunade became dizzy and fainted, and Aokiji caught her before she fell.

Aokiji learned that Tsunade needed another infusion of life force to awaken, so he took her to Konoha and entrusted her to Mikoto and Fugaku. He then brought Orochimaru and Itachi to infiltrate the Sand Village and find Chiyo, whose Chakra Enhanced Reanimation technique might save Tsunade.

• Orochimaru told Aokiji that Tsunade's body needed more life force, and Aokiji decided to seek Chiyo's Chakra Enhanced Reanimation technique.
• Aokiji carried Tsunade to the Uchiha home, where Mikoto and Fugaku recognized her and agreed to care for her.
• Aokiji recruited Itachi for an S-rank mission and explained that they were going to find Chiyo in the Sand Village.
• Aokiji, Orochimaru, and Itachi disguised themselves as Akatsuki members and slipped into the Sand Village through a blind spot in its barrier.
• Aokiji and Itachi questioned and killed a Sand Village ninja, using the information he provided to trace Chiyo's residence.

Aokiji, Itachi, and Orochimaru kidnapped Chiyo from Sunagakure after Itachi defeated her with Tsukuyomi, then escaped through the canyon. Sunagakure linked the abduction to the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Rasa vowed to demand an explanation from Konoha.

• Aokiji, Itachi, and Orochimaru entered Chiyo and Ebizo’s residence and attacked them.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to incapacitate Chiyo, while Orochimaru blocked Ebizo and let Itachi carry her away.
• Aokiji and Itachi combined water and fire techniques to conceal the group’s escape through Sunagakure’s canyon.
• Baki reported that the attackers had used the Sharingan, and Ebizo said the masked man’s eye had a Mangekyō pattern.
• Rasa blamed the Uchiha Clan and declared that Sunagakure would demand an explanation.

Tsunade woke after Aokiji revived her, learned that Nawaki had died, and was introduced to Konoha officials as Aokiji’s girlfriend. The officials began to suspect that Aokiji had accomplished the resurrection he had once discussed.

• Chiyo used Chakra Enhanced Reanimation to revive Tsunade, and Orochimaru took the dying Chiyo away.
• Tsunade woke and reunited with Aokiji before meeting Mikoto, Fugaku, and Itachi.
• Aokiji told Tsunade that Nawaki was dead, and Tsunade froze in grief.
• Orochimaru delivered Chiyo’s corpse to Yamanaka Inoichi, prompting Nara Shikaku and Inoichi to seek an explanation from Aokiji.
• Aokiji returned with Tsunade and introduced her as his girlfriend, shocking Shikaku, Inoichi, and Izumi.
• Shikaku and Inoichi recalled Aokiji’s earlier remarks and suspected he had succeeded in reviving Tsunade.

Aokiji asked Tsunade to lead Konoha’s medical division, and she accepted before agreeing to marry him. Their small wedding brought family and friends together, though Aokiji’s icy condition left the newlyweds unable to celebrate their marriage as they wished.

• Aokiji offered Tsunade the Hokage position, but she declined and accepted his offer to become captain of the Fourth Division.
• Tsunade learned that Aokiji had killed Sarutobi and mourned the losses in her life before accepting his proposal of marriage.
• Aokiji and Tsunade held a small wedding attended by friends and family, where Izumi tried to hold Itachi’s hand but accidentally squeezed Sasuke’s cheek.
• After the guests left, Tsunade and Aokiji teased each other with their new husband-and-wife names, while Aokiji lamented that his cold body prevented intimacy.

Aokiji gave Tsunade a rare medicine that could help her awaken Wood Release, then struggled to navigate their new married life while hiding his own condition. The chapter ended with him refusing Tsunade’s shy invitation to stay while she changed.

• Tsunade offered to treat Aokiji, but he said his condition was special and promised to handle it himself.
• Aokiji gave Tsunade medicine made from White Zetsu that could help her awaken Wood Release, and she injected it at once.
• Tsunade felt her Chakra increasing and learned the medicine could give her a chance to awaken Wood Release.
• After Aokiji joked about intimacy, Tsunade fled in embarrassment, then invited him to stay while she changed so they could get used to married life.
• Aokiji left despite being tempted, and he leaned against the door in frustrated tears.

Aokiji organized Konoha’s medical and research departments while helping Itachi train in Flying Thunder God. The Kazekage, Raikage, and Tsuchikage then requested a meeting with him.

• Tsunade introduced herself as captain of the Fourth Division, and Aokiji later asked her to choose a vice-captain.
• Aokiji offered Izumi the chance to study Medical Ninjutsu under Tsunade, and teased her about getting closer to Itachi.
• Aokiji checked Itachi’s Flying Thunder God training while Minato Namikaze thanked him for helping Naruto.
• Aokiji visited Orochimaru’s Technology Development Bureau and learned that its scientists had developed a costly liquid that worked as Laundry Detergent and might become a Liquid Bomb.
• Izumi told Aokiji that the Kazekage, Raikage, and Tsuchikage wanted to meet with him, and he agreed.

Aokiji traveled with Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi to a meeting in the Land of Wind, where Rasa demanded territory from the Land of Flame and the Kage threatened war. Aokiji rejected the demand, escalated the confrontation, and accused Kumogakure of developing a devastating weapon using a tube of laundry detergent.

• Aokiji brought Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi to the Land of Wind to meet with the other Kage.
• Ōnoki insulted Aokiji, and the two traded barbs before Rasa redirected the meeting to business.
• Rasa demanded that Aokiji cede part of the Land of Flame to the Land of Wind, but Aokiji refused and flipped the table.
• Ōnoki and Raikage A threatened Aokiji, citing Konoha's weakened clans and questioning his motives.
• Aokiji accused Kumogakure of developing a Massive Destructive Weapon and presented a tube of laundry detergent as evidence.
• Raikage A angrily protested that the tube was laundry detergent.

Aokiji confronted the other Kage over Kumogakure’s past actions and Rasa’s accusation that he had abducted Chiyo, then used Susanoo to deter them. After Aokiji left, Ōnoki proposed isolating Konoha and undermining Aokiji with rumors, while suspecting he might be connected to Uchiha Madara.

• Aokiji accused A and Kumogakure of past treachery and condemned the Kage for using the Tailed Beasts to wage war after the First Hokage’s death.
• When negotiations collapsed, Aokiji activated Susanoo and challenged the other Kage as Rasa questioned him about Chiyo’s disappearance.
• Aokiji denied capturing Chiyo, and Rasa described the abduction while leaving out Kisame and Konan; the confrontation ended without a fight.
• After Aokiji left, A demanded to know why Ōnoki had let him go, and Ōnoki warned that Aokiji was dangerous and could not be kept in check.
• Rasa revealed more about the incident he had concealed, and Ōnoki proposed winning over the Land of Water and spreading rumors inside Konoha to weaken Aokiji.
• Ōnoki suggested that Aokiji might have killed the Hokage for his own ambitions and considered whether he had controlled Asuma, while privately suspecting a connection between Aokiji and Uchiha Madara.