Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru discovered that her soul was adapting to her current body but could not determine whether the Sage of Six Paths had caused it. Meanwhile, Kenichi Amamiya pursued Chakra-energy research, warned Nagato to protect his Rinnegan, and learned that Black Zetsu had found a hidden underground base in Amegakure.

• Orochimaru used her Mangekyo ability to examine her soul and found that it was becoming more like her current body.
• Orochimaru considered investigating soul techniques and wondered whether Kenichi Amamiya could help her understand the changes.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Amado Sanzu studied Chakra-storing metal, and Kenichi proposed using Samehada to advance their research.
• Kenichi Amamiya urged Nagato to strengthen his protection and come to the Land of Water with Kisame Hoshigaki because Madara Uchiha might reclaim the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that it had discovered a deliberately concealed underground base somewhere in Amegakure.

Black Zetsu and Madara Uchiha planned to investigate a hidden base, while Kenichi Amamiya and Amado Sanzu studied Samehada as a possible source of Chakra for machines. The chapter left Kenichi Amamiya and Amado Sanzu discussing how to convert Chakra directly into electricity and begin a new era of technology.

• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha about the hidden base he had discovered and suggested asking Kenichi Amamiya for weapons to support their attack.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Amado Sanzu examined Samehada and discussed its ability to absorb and return Chakra.
• Kenichi Amamiya drew blood from Samehada after feeding it his Chakra, then planned to clone it and use it as a Chakra Emitter.
• Amado Sanzu proposed dissecting a clone to study how Samehada converted Chakra, while Kenichi Amamiya considered ways to power machines with Chakra.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Amado Sanzu began discussing how Chakra nature transformation might convert Chakra directly into electricity.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure decided to submit to Kenichi Amamiya’s Flame Nation after losing the strength to resist. As Kabuto Yakushi was freed from spying, he returned to Yakushi Nonō and the orphanage.

• Baki and Ebizo persuaded Sunagakure’s elders to vote for joining the Flame Nation, and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind was detained.
• Ōnoki decided to surrender Iwagakure and secure favorable terms after his village’s army and Five-Tails were lost.
• Iwagakure detained the Daimyo of the Land of Earth as Ōnoki awaited the Flame Nation’s envoy.
• Kabuto Yakushi delivered Ōnoki’s letter to Kenichi Amamiya, who released him from his spy duties.
• Kabuto Yakushi returned to the orphanage, where Yakushi Nonō welcomed him as he said, “I’m back.”

Kenichi Amamiya announced Iwagakure’s surrender and outlined his plans to absorb it into Flame Nation through the Cultural Unification Department. After the meeting, Black Zetsu asked him for powerful weapons to face a possible Otsutsuki threat, leaving Kenichi wary of enemies whose plans he did not know.

• Kenichi Amamiya told his advisers that Iwagakure had surrendered and would be incorporated into Flame Nation.
• Kenichi Amamiya assigned Uchiha Shiori’s Cultural Unification Department to enforce Flame Nation’s policies and reshape the people’s national identity.
• Kenichi Amamiya declared that the Land of Water, the Land of Lightning, and eventually the whole Shinobi World would become Flame Nation, while Konoha and Kumogakure remained the main potential opponents.
• Kenichi Amamiya met Black Zetsu, who asked whether he had powerful weapons available to help deal with a possible Otsutsuki threat.
• Kenichi Amamiya agreed to provide weapons later and realized Black Zetsu had discovered a danger he knew little about.

Madara Uchiha visited Konoha, defeated Kakashi and the Anbu, and briefly fought Tsunade before leaving. Tsunade then learned that the other nations had joined Flame Nation, and Konoha’s leaders voted to submit.

• Kenichi Amamiya told Black Zetsu that making the requested thermobaric bombs would take at least two or three days, while Madara Uchiha went to reminisce in Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha stood atop Hokage Rock and recalled his history with Hashirama Senju and his role in Obito Uchiha’s fall before Kakashi confronted him.
• Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Kakashi and the arriving Anbu, then evaded Tsunade’s attacks and left Konoha without fighting her further.
• Tsunade received reports that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had joined Flame Nation, followed by news that the remaining small countries and the Land of Iron had joined as well.
• Shikaku Nara proposed that Konoha submit to Flame Nation, and the Clan Heads and Elders present voted in favor.

Tsunade rejected Konoha’s surrender to Kenichi Amamiya, resigned as Hokage, and chose to fight alongside Shizune. She confronted Kenichi at Kumogakure’s empty site, while Orochimaru quietly carved wood beside Jiraiya’s grave.

• Tsunade heard that Konoha’s council and clan heads had unanimously chosen to surrender, and she told the meeting that Konoha and the Land of Fire would cease to exist.
• Asuma Sarutobi stormed into the meeting, opposed surrender, and left after Hizashi Hyuga warned him that Konoha could not defeat Kenichi’s Mangekyō-wielding forces.
• Tsunade resigned as Fifth Hokage, left Konoha with Shizune, and headed toward the Land of Lightning after deciding to fight Kenichi.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu led Anbu shinobi to negotiate with the Kumogakure shinobi about surrender.
• Kenichi arrived at Kumogakure’s empty site and faced Tsunade and Shizune, who demanded a battle; Tsunade charged at him as Shizune joined the attack.
• Orochimaru sat beside Jiraiya’s grave and carved a piece of wood by hand.

Kenichi Amamiya fought Tsunade and Shizune in Kumogakure, then killed them after unleashing his Sage Art. He left to determine Kumogakure’s next move, while Orochimaru buried Tsunade and Shizune beside Jiraiya beneath a marker reading “Hokage’s Tomb.”

• Tsunade and Shizune attacked Kenichi Amamiya, who countered Tsunade’s blows and discovered she had poisoned his lungs.
• Kenichi Amamiya summoned the Thousand-Armed Kannon Buddha Statue and crushed Kumogakure beneath its attacks, leaving Tsunade and Shizune gravely injured.
• Kenichi Amamiya deconstructed Tsunade’s heart and let her die, then killed Shizune at her request.
• Kenichi Amamiya sealed their bodies in a scroll and headed toward the Land of Fire to learn what Kumogakure would do.
• Orochimaru received the scroll, buried Tsunade and Shizune beside Jiraiya, and placed a “Hokage’s Tomb” marker at their grave.

Kenichi Amamiya returned to Konoha and met with its elders, who submitted the village and the Land of Fire to Flame Nation. As Fourth Raikage A struggled to decide whether Kumogakure would surrender, an assassination attempt ended with Kenichi ordering the attacker killed and leaving A to choose.

• Kenichi Amamiya arrived near Kumogakure and encountered Kakashi Hatake, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• Utatane Koharu told Kenichi Amamiya that Konoha and the Land of Fire would submit, while Kumogakure was still deciding.
• Kenichi Amamiya greeted Kakashi Hatake, then implanted a parasite egg in a Konoha shinobi who hated him for his brother's death.
• Fourth Raikage A arrived with Darui and Killer B, and Kenichi Amamiya demanded that he decide whether Kumogakure would submit.
• Ryuichi attempted to assassinate Kenichi Amamiya, but Kakashi Hatake and the other Anbu restrained him.
• Kenichi Amamiya ordered Ryuichi killed and turned back to Fourth Raikage A, demanding his decision.

Fourth Raikage A surrendered Kumogakure to Kenichi Amamiya, completing the submission of the Five Great Nations and their unification as Flame Nation. Kenichi left the villages’ future organization unresolved, while Shisui, Itachi, Naruto, Sasuke, Mikoto, and Kushina considered what peace and possible resurrections would mean for them.

• Fourth Raikage A surrendered Kumogakure, and Kenichi Amamiya said the village would become part of Flame Nation.
• Kenichi told A that Kumogakure’s shinobi would stay where they were for now and receive an invitation when he had decided their future.
• Mitokado Homura told Konoha’s shinobi to return to their village and behave, while Shisui read the news that the Five Great Nations and the Small Countries had joined Flame Nation.
• Itachi visited Shisui and said Naruto had come to play with Sasuke, and the two boys competed to see who could eat more Dango.
• Mikoto watched Naruto and Sasuke with Kushina, who wondered whether to ask Kenichi about reviving Minato.

Kushina Uzumaki asked Kenichi Amamiya to revive Minato Namikaze, and he also agreed to revive Fugaku Uchiha for Mikoto Uchiha. The couples reunited, while Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha noticed leaders from across the Shinobi World gathering and received a summons to a meeting.

• Kushina Uzumaki asked Kenichi Amamiya to bring Minato Namikaze back, and he agreed to summon him that afternoon; she also asked him to revive Fugaku Uchiha for Mikoto Uchiha.
• Kenichi Amamiya used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Minato Namikaze, who learned from Jiraiya that Jiraiya had died at Kenichi's hands and then chose to be revived.
• Kenichi Amamiya revived Minato Namikaze, who hurried home and reunited with Kushina Uzumaki.
• Mikoto Uchiha kept Naruto with her so he would not interrupt Minato and Kushina, then reunited with Fugaku Uchiha when he arrived.
• Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha saw important figures from Konoha and other villages gather, and Uchiha Shiori summoned Shisui to a meeting.

Kenichi Amamiya presented Flame Nation’s provincial divisions and plans for relocating its people, including a thirty-year ban on moving between provinces. He left the clan leaders with little choice but to accept the breakup of their clans and the abolition of the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal, then continued outlining the political system.

• Kenichi Amamiya arrived at the meeting and received respectful bows from Ōnoki and the assembled leaders.
• Kenichi Amamiya proposed dividing Flame Nation into provinces and distributed a document detailing the boundaries.
• Shikaku Nara asked how the former villages’ populations would be settled, and Kenichi Amamiya proposed mixing households and assigning them by lottery.
• Kenichi Amamiya imposed a thirty-year restriction on moving between provinces, prompting Hyuga Hiashi and other clan leaders to object.
• Kenichi Amamiya threatened Hyuga Hiashi, who sat down without support from the other leaders.
• Kenichi Amamiya demanded the abolition of the Caged Bird Seal, and Hyuga Hiashi reluctantly agreed before Kenichi continued explaining the political system.

Kenichi Amamiya finalized Flame Nation’s political, legal, and military systems after three days of meetings, including rules for officials, ninja service, and population resettlement. The meeting ended with implementation still ahead, and Kenichi reflected on the burdens of ruling before Minato Namikaze joined him.

• Kenichi Amamiya told Mitokado Homura that provincial governors would be chosen by merit and age, and that senior officials would be implanted with parasites to prevent corruption.
• Kenichi Amamiya outlined new laws and taxes, reformed ninja missions toward public security and construction, and established a military rank system that favored ninjas’ advancement.
• Kenichi Amamiya explained that he wanted a strong military partly to prepare for possible threats from the Otsutsuki Clan and future exploration beyond the Shinobi World.
• After three days of discussion, Kenichi Amamiya ordered clans to nominate candidates for governor examinations, complete household registration, and relocate to assigned regions under military protection.
• Kenichi Amamiya lamented the burdens of ruling, and Minato Namikaze joined him and recalled the trouble Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had caused during his time as Hokage.

Kenichi Amamiya experimented with cloned Samehada, using parasites to make them absorb and return Chakra as a possible energy-storage system. After learning that large Uranium Ore reserves had been found in the Land of Wind, he prepared to pursue nuclear weapons research alongside his experiments.

• Uchiha Shiori asked Kenichi Amamiya to approve a date for the Founding Ceremony, and he agreed while returning to his Samehada research.
• Kenichi Amamiya found that his Samehada clones would not eat Chakra until he starved them, and then they consumed it without returning it.
• Kenichi Amamiya implanted parasites in the Samehada clones and used a Hyuga Clan ninja's Byakugan observations to locate the parasites around Samehada's tiny brain.
• Uchiha Shiori followed Kenichi Amamiya's instructions, and the parasites made the Samehada clones return Chakra that he safely absorbed.
• Kenichi Amamiya considered ways to convert the returned Chakra into electricity or engine power and began investigating the clones' service life.
• Kenichi Amamiya received his Shadow Clone's report that massive Uranium Ore reserves had been found in the Land of Wind and decided to begin work on another Atomic Bomb and a Hydrogen Bomb.

Kenichi Amamiya studied Sealing Jutsu and tried to design a seal that converted Chakra into a steady electric current, but his experiment caused a Genin to suffer spasms. After chatting with Nagato and Konan, he went to ask Kushina Uzumaki for help and showed her his design.

• Kenichi Amamiya analyzed the Five Elements Seal and theorized that a controlled Chakra maze could continuously release Chakra for conversion into electric current.
• Kenichi Amamiya tested his new Sealing Jutsu on a Genin, whose body spasmed, and he removed the seal before seeking Kushina Uzumaki’s advice.
• Kenichi Amamiya met Nagato and Konan in Haibo City, shared fried chicken and drinks with them, and asked Nagato about his work at the Judicial Department.
• Nagato told Kenichi Amamiya that he enjoyed the peaceful city life, while Konan said she was content as long as there was no war.
• Kenichi Amamiya arrived while Minato Namikaze was training Naruto, then showed Kushina Uzumaki the Sealing Jutsu he had developed.

Kenichi Amamiya sought a way to build a Chakra-powered engine while Jigen emerged as a dangerous Otsutsuki threat after defeating Madara Uchiha. After hearing about Jigen, Kenichi considered how to deal with him, but the chapter left the conflict unresolved.

• Kushina Uzumaki identified flaws in Kenichi Amamiya's Sealing Jutsu and gave him a technique for steadily extracting Chakra.
• Kenichi discovered that the Shinobi World had no known technique for converting a slow stream of sealed Chakra into another nature, and he began planning how to combine the necessary techniques with Samehada.
• Jigen left his hidden base after Madara Uchiha confronted him, and Black Zetsu recognized Jigen as someone with an Otsutsuki-like presence.
• Black Zetsu revived Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara admitted that Jigen had overwhelmed him and might remain stronger even if Madara regained his Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu warned Kenichi Amamiya about Jigen, and Kenichi concluded that Jigen was probably an Otsutsuki and began considering how to respond.

Kenichi and Madara discussed the threat posed by Jigen and agreed to prepare while Black Zetsu searched for his new base. Kenichi then began Flame Nation’s founding ceremony, declaring the new country as cameras broadcast across the Shinobi World.

• Madara told Kenichi that Jigen was powerful and appeared to use Space-Time Ninjutsu, and Kenichi speculated that Jigen might be seeking the Ten-Tails’ power.
• Kenichi asked Black Zetsu to locate Jigen’s relocated base while he worked on stronger weapons; Madara agreed to the plan.
• Uchiha Shiori gave Kenichi documents about the recovered graves of Kinkaku and Ginkaku and reminded him that Flame Nation’s founding ceremony was due.
• Kenichi gathered with Orochimaru, Nagato, Konan, former Kage, Minato, and other allies at the New Capital of Yan Country on June 10.
• Kenichi stepped onto the Main Stage and announced that a peaceful country had been established as the ceremony was broadcast throughout the Shinobi World.

At the Flame Nation’s founding ceremony, Nagato and Konan reflected on how Kenichi Amamiya had achieved the peace they once sought, while the new government’s departments began their work. After the ceremony, Kenichi Amamiya discussed Madara Uchiha’s wish to reclaim the Rinnegan and considered the threats posed by Jigen and the Sage of Six Paths before returning to his research.

• Nagato told Konan that he could die without regrets because Kenichi Amamiya had fulfilled their dream of peace, and Konan reminded him that the Judicial Department still needed him.
• Nagato and Konan discussed their new government roles as the Procuratorate’s leaders worked through the demands of building their department.
• Kenichi Amamiya declared the Flame Nation established, and the Allied Shinobi Forces, ordinary army, and special allied shinobi force marched in its founding parade.
• Madara Uchiha asked Kenichi Amamiya about reclaiming his Rinnegan, but Kenichi Amamiya warned that doing so could strain his recovering body and leave the eyes vulnerable to Jigen.
• Madara Uchiha left to consider how to face Jigen, while Kenichi Amamiya resolved to seek the Rinnegan and find a way to detect shinobi before returning to his laboratory.

Ōnoki, A, and Mei Terumi discussed their new lives under the Flame Nation and their inability to oppose Kenichi Amamiya and Madara Uchiha. Kenichi Amamiya began planning a Chakra-detection device, then found Orochimaru asleep beside notes about Living Corpse Reincarnation and its effects on the soul.

• Ōnoki and A invited Mei Terumi to a bar after work and discussed their government jobs in the Flame Nation.
• A admitted he sometimes thought about rebuilding Kumogakure, while Ōnoki accepted the Flame Nation’s rule and argued its people would live better there.
• Mei Terumi grew upset when Ōnoki asked her to consider the civilians and surviving shinobi of the Land of Water, and A ended their argument by noting they had all lost to Kenichi Amamiya and Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Shiori and Kazahana Koyuki listened to the conversation through a parasite on Mei Terumi and agreed they could not act against Kenichi Amamiya’s orders.
• Kenichi Amamiya prepared to test whether Samehada’s Lightning Release Chakra could power a motor and considered building a device to detect Chakra.
• Kenichi Amamiya found Orochimaru asleep beside an experiment log describing concerns about Living Corpse Reincarnation and its possible effects on the soul.

Kenichi Amamiya asked Orochimaru to oversee research on a chakra-powered device, then began experimenting with ways to detect chakra. He successfully observed chakra fluctuations in a crude Wilson Cloud Chamber and started exploring radiation-detection principles to locate chakra in distant enemies.

• Kenichi Amamiya admitted he had seen Orochimaru’s Experiment Log and suggested she consult Amado Sanzu about her soul research.
• Kenichi Amamiya gave Orochimaru the Samehada device and asked her to oversee the project; she agreed and went to find Amado Sanzu.
• Kenichi Amamiya built a simple Wilson Cloud Chamber and observed a flower-like pattern when he gathered chakra in his palm.
• Kenichi Amamiya studied radiation detectors and considered using reactions between chakra and matter to create a device that could detect chakra in enemies.
• Kenichi Amamiya began gathering materials and experimenting with his proposed chakra detector.

Kenichi Amamiya failed to develop a Chakra Detector but successfully awakened Eternal Mangekyō in a test subject through cloning and a Mangekyō transplant. He postponed testing his own clone while he waited to see whether the subject’s eyes remained healthy, as Black Zetsu continued searching for Jigen.

• Kenichi Amamiya struggled to build a Chakra Detector and temporarily abandoned the project after repeated failed attempts.
• Kenichi Amamiya transplanted Mangekyō Sharingan into a clone and a test subject, then observed the subject as its eyes changed a day later.
• Kenichi Amamiya concluded that close blood relation and genes closer to the Otsutsuki Clan could enable Eternal Mangekyō, and confirmed that it did not remove the brain parasites.
• Kenichi Amamiya decided to monitor the test subject’s eyesight before using his own clone or proceeding with experiments on awakening Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu searched the Shinobi World for Jigen but failed to find him, growing anxious that Jigen might interfere with his plan to unseal Mother.