Chapter Summaries

Naruto managed the household and his growing operation while Sunagakure began issuing Chakra Armor to its ninja. Chiyo tested the armor at her home and was amazed by its power.

• Naruto covered Yoru with a blanket, then convinced Chiyo that Yoru had earned her punishment after Yoru shot a bone needle at him.
• Mikoto Uchiha prepared breakfast while Naruto praised Chiyo's new dress, and Yugito Nii made Matatabi fetch breakfast after their night together.
• Naruto learned that Kakuzu had already gone to find shipbuilding craftsmen, then left the office work to Kano before Chiyo interrupted them.
• Sunagakure distributed Chakra Armor to selected ninja, and Naruto's Shadow Clone beat the wearers to keep them from becoming overconfident.
• Kisame Hoshigaki told Naruto that people found his shark-like features cute, and Naruto reassured him while privately disagreeing.
• Chiyo put on the Chakra Armor Baki had sent and was astonished by how much it increased her Chakra.

Sasuke Uchiha asked Itachi Uchiha to take him on missions, and Itachi cautioned him not to rely too much on Chakra Armor. Meanwhile, Naruto defended keeping the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in Otogakure, finalized a shipbuilding contract, and Jiraiya tried to persuade Tsunade to stay in Konohagakure, leaving her thinking of the blonde girl from the movie.

• Sasuke Uchiha asked Itachi Uchiha to take him on a mission, but Itachi warned him that Chakra Armor could not replace his own strength.
• Kakuzu warned Naruto that keeping the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in Otogakure could provoke a war with Kumogakure, and Naruto said she was prepared to face it.
• Hidan and Kakuzu fought over Jashin and a failed photograph, so Naruto punished them and ordered them to take fights outside the village.
• Kakuzu gave Naruto the signed shipbuilding contract, which she checked and approved.
• Tsunade visited the Third Hokage's grave, then rejected Jiraiya's request to stay in Konohagakure and stopped after remembering the blonde girl from the movie.

Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed how Naruto had learned the Rasengan and why she had left Konohagakure. Tsurugi Fubuki escaped Hoshigakure pursuers but dropped her Otogakure forehead protector, while Naruto’s experiment with Yoru caused another explosion.

• Tsunade questioned Jiraiya about Naruto using the Rasengan, and Jiraiya said Konohagakure had forced her to leave.
• Tsurugi Fubuki used a barrier, Fire Style, and Explosive Tags to escape the ninjas pursuing her with a stolen stone.
• Tsurugi Fubuki realized she had lost her Otogakure forehead protector, which the pursuers found and brought to Akaboshi.
• Akaboshi ordered Yoru and Shizo to accompany him to reclaim Hoshigakure’s secret treasure.
• Naruto emerged soot-covered from an explosion in Yoru’s laboratory and comforted Yoru about the failed experiment.
• Naruto activated a Rose Core, triggering several barriers, while Kimimaro wondered whether Orochimaru needed his help.

Naruto examined the meteorite Tsurugi Fubuki had stolen from Hoshigakure and discovered that it mutated Chakra into corrosive Yin-nature Chakra. After deciding to give it to Yoru to study, he began planning to help Tsurugi Fubuki develop Lava Release, while Akaboshi’s group prepared to reclaim the Star and Kumogakure learned Yugito Nii had joined Otogakure.

• Naruto accidentally gave himself a powerful blast while testing Yoru’s Core Bomb, and he later noticed that the explosion had strengthened his perception of Nature Energy.
• Tsurugi Fubuki returned from a mission with Hoshigakure’s meteorite, and Naruto explained that it could mutate Chakra at the risk of harming its users.
• Naruto tested the meteorite and, with the Nine-Tails’ analysis, learned that it transformed Chakra into a corrosive form of Yin-nature Chakra.
• Naruto told Tsurugi Fubuki that combining her Fire and Earth Chakra natures could let her train to use Lava Release, then gave the meteorite to Yoru to research.
• Akaboshi’s group located Otogakure and planned to retrieve Hoshigakure’s Star at night.
• Mabui informed the Raikage that Yugito Nii had joined Otogakure, angering him because the village had sheltered a Kumogakure rogue ninja.

The Raikage planned to send Samui to Otogakure to demand Yugito Nii’s return, while Akaboshi’s group sneaked into the village and encountered its strange residents. After Akaboshi fled in terror, Naruto gave Tsurugi Fubuki and Kano scrolls to study in hopes of awakening a Bloodline Limit.

• Mabui warned the Raikage that attacking Otogakure could bring Sunagakure and Konohagakure into the conflict, but he ordered Samui to demand Yugito Nii’s return as a pretext for war if Otogakure refused.
• Akaboshi and his two companions entered Otogakure at night and saw Suigetsu reform after turning into water, then watched Hidan recover from a broken neck.
• Akaboshi asked Yoru to hit him to check whether he was dreaming, then continued toward the village’s laboratory to reclaim Hoshigakure’s star.
• Akaboshi saw Yiye cover herself in bones, screamed that she was a monster, and fled without his companions.
• Naruto carried Yiye home and teased her about growing taller before her bone spikes pricked him.
• Yoru and Shizo later found Akaboshi in rags and apparently insane, while Naruto gave Tsurugi Fubuki and Kano scrolls to study for a chance to comprehend a Bloodline Limit.

Naruto forced Chiyo and Tsurugi Fubuki to study so they could grow stronger, but Chiyo escaped and was caught buying juice with Naruto. Tsunade set out for Otogakure, abandoned Shizune to her creditors, and returned to find their money gone.

• Naruto made Chiyo and Tsurugi Fubuki study scrolls, explaining that Chiyo needed more strength for the coming conflict with Kumogakure.
• Tsurugi Fubuki collapsed from studying, while Chiyo used the Substitution Technique to escape toward the village.
• Naruto tracked Chiyo down, took her to buy juice, and spent nearly all the money in her wallet on a huge bag of drinks.
• Tsunade traveled toward Otogakure to visit Minato and Kushina's daughter and gamble, but disguised herself and left Shizune behind when creditors appeared.
• Shizune paid the creditors with her remaining money, and Tsunade returned, discovered their food money was gone, and tossed Shizune's last hundred ryō coin into the air.

Naruto decided to respond calmly to Kumogakure’s arrival while planning to seek out the remaining tailed beasts himself. In Otogakure, Yugito Nii and Matatabi shopped together as the Cloud delegation arrived in the bustling village.

• Tsunade guessed the coin toss correctly and headed toward the village, while Shizune worried that they had lost their last hundred ryo.
• Naruto learned that Kumogakure’s travelers had arrived and resolved to wait and see whether they would negotiate or fight before pursuing the other tailed beasts.
• Nine-Tails questioned Naruto’s plan to gather the tailed beasts and shatter the moon, but Naruto insisted they should take the initiative after dealing with the Cloud Ninja.
• Yugito Nii defended Matatabi from men staring at her, and Matatabi frightened them away before the two went clothes shopping and declared themselves lovers.
• Omoi and Samui entered Otogakure and noticed its crowds of merchants, carts, and unusual riding animals.

Naruto refused Samui, Omoi, and Karui’s demand to return Yugito Nii to Kumogakure, rejecting their documents and openly defying the Raikage. After the cloud ninja left, Naruto explained that she had expected a conflict and asked Yugito Nii whether she could fight her former village.

• Karui spotted Yugito Nii leaving a clothing store with a woman, and Samui confronted her about returning to Kumogakure.
• Yugito Nii revealed that she had joined Otogakure, and Naruto transported the group to the office building.
• Samui presented documents claiming Yugito Nii was a Kumogakure rogue ninja, but Naruto questioned their authenticity and cited Kumogakure’s past attempt to obtain the Hyuga clan’s Byakugan.
• Naruto refused to surrender Yugito Nii, revealed her Nine-Tails chakra, and declared that she feared no war with Kumogakure.
• After Qin escorted the cloud ninja away, Naruto told Yugito Nii and the Two-Tails that she had invited them partly to prevent tailed beasts from being used as weapons.
• Naruto warned Yugito Nii that Otogakure and Kumogakure would soon fight and told her not to show mercy, even if she could not bring herself to kill her former village’s ninja.

Naruto prepared Otogakure for an expected war with Kumogakure after refusing to surrender Yugito Nii. She assigned village defenses and discussed the conflict with Akatsuki, where she revealed that Kumogakure might send thousands of ninja to attack.

• Naruto called a village meeting, announced the coming war, and ordered Otogakure’s Chunin and Jonin to prepare while keeping Genin out of combat.
• Naruto told Qin to watch the ports of the Land of Rice and the border of the Land of Frost, and ordered Mayfly to ready the Fuma Clan’s ninja.
• Naruto assigned Kakuzu and Gaara to defend Otogakure while the main forces fought in the Land of Hot Water, then allowed Hidan to join the front lines.
• Nagato summoned the Akatsuki Organization members except Tobi, and Naruto explained that Kumogakure was likely to attack after she refused to hand over Yugito Nii.
• Deva Path Pain asked whether Naruto needed Akatsuki’s help.

Naruto warned the Akatsuki that Otogakure would fight Kumogakure without their help, then sowed suspicion that Tobi was a fake Madara Uchiha. Nagato realized Tobi had manipulated the events surrounding Yahiko’s death and vowed revenge, while Naruto prepared for war and left for Sunagakure the next day.

• Naruto told the Akatsuki that Otogakure could defeat Kumogakure alone and warned Nagato to be wary of Tobi.
• Naruto questioned whether Tobi was really Madara Uchiha, prompting Nagato to recall the trap that led to Yahiko’s death and suspect Tobi had planned it.
• Nagato told Konan he would avenge Yahiko and their fallen comrades by making Tobi pay.
• Mikoto Uchiha, Yakushi Nonō, and Chiyo confronted Naruto for keeping the coming war from them, and Naruto said she would leave Uba Village in Mikoto’s care while she went to Sunagakure.
• Mikoto Uchiha used genjutsu to help the troubled Naruto sleep, then carried her back to the bedroom.

Kumogakure launched an invasion of Otogakure over Yugito Nii, and the villages’ forces clashed at the Valley of Hell while Cee’s surprise unit breached Otogakure’s barrier. Kakuzu learned that Gaara and the One-Tail had gone to intercept the intruders.

• The Raikage summoned Killer B and assembled Kumogakure’s ninja forces after learning Otogakure was sheltering Yugito Nii.
• Kumogakure divided over a thousand ninjas into three units, while Otogakure evacuated merchants and activated its barrier.
• Otogakure’s forces ambushed Darui’s and Dodai’s units at the Valley of Hell, where Chakra Armor cores and Hidan’s attack caused heavy danger for the Cloud ninjas.
• Darui’s Storm Release shattered an Otogakure ninja’s shield, and the ninja’s core exploded after Dodai tried to contain it with Lava Release.
• Hidan attacked the Cloud ranks, while Hozuki Suigetsu was pinned down by a lightning-charged sword and ignored by both sides.
• Cee’s surprise unit blasted through Otogakure’s barrier, and Kakuzu learned that Gaara and the One-Tail had gone to intercept them.

Gaara, Shukaku, Kakuzu, Naruto, and the Snake Princesses fought the Cloud assault forces attacking Otogakure and the Valley of Hell. Naruto’s sage techniques and the village’s defenses inflicted heavy losses, while the observing villages began to regard Otogakure as a serious military power.

• Kin led Otogakure’s noncombatants to safety as Gaara and Shukaku confronted the Cloud assault unit, and Shukaku’s wind attack sent several attackers flying.
• Kakuzu arrived to support Gaara and Shukaku, released the four masks from his back, and turned them into Earth Grudge Fear monsters.
• Naruto learned that Otogakure had been attacked, then summoned Ichikishimahime, Tagitsuhime, and Tagohime to help end the battle in the Valley of Hell.
• The Snake Princesses lent Naruto their power, allowing him to enter Sage Mode and use Inorganic Reincarnation to create clay figures that attacked the Cloud ninja.
• Yugito Nii merged with Matatabi, and the Two-Tails joined the clay figures in driving back the Cloud forces; observers from other villages were shocked by Otogakure’s strength.
• Darui used Black Panther to destroy many clay figures, but they reformed, while Otogakure’s barriers and explosive weapons continued to hamper the Cloud ninja.

Naruto fought Killer B while the Raikage attacked Yugito Nii and her Two-Tails transformation on the battlefield. After Naruto overwhelmed Killer B, she headed for the Raikage, while Gaara ordered the captured Cloud Ninjas imprisoned and Tsunade learned that war had broken out in the Land of Hot Water.

• Otogakure ninjas overwhelmed the Cloud forces with ninjutsu and mud men, prompting the Raikage and Killer B to arrive through the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Naruto confronted Killer B as the Raikage charged Yugito Nii, knocked her Two-Tails form down, and gave the Cloud Ninjas hope.
• Naruto shattered Killer B's tentacle and defeated him with a barrage of Sage Chakra attacks and a Big Ball Rasengan.
• The Eight-Tails warned Killer B that Naruto had gone after the Raikage, while Naruto charged toward him and Gaara ordered the captured Cloud Ninjas locked up.
• Tsunade learned from traveling merchants that war had begun between Otogakure and Kumogakure in the Valley of Hell in the Land of Hot Water.

Tsunade headed for the Valley of Hell after hearing that Kumogakure and Otogakure were at war over a Jinchuriki, while Naruto fought the Raikage and Killer B. After Naruto revealed her Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Mode, she refused the Eight-Tails’ offer to end the battle and prepared to fully transform with the Nine-Tails.

• Tsunade decided to travel to the Valley of Hell in the Land of Hot Water, and Shizune followed her despite worrying about her hemophobia.
• Naruto dodged the Raikage’s attack and struck him with a senjutsu-enhanced heel, but Killer B punched her into the ground.
• Naruto activated Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Mode, blocked the Raikage and Killer B’s combined Lariat, and blasted them with Big Ball Rasengan.
• Naruto defeated the Raikage, but Killer B fully transformed into the Eight-Tails and unleashed a Tailed Beast Tornado that flattened the Valley of Hell.
• The Eight-Tails protected the injured Raikage and proposed stopping the fight, but Naruto refused and called on the Nine-Tails for complete Tailed Beast Transformation.

Naruto and Mother Nine-Tails fought together in a golden Chakra Nine-Tails form, rescuing falling ninja before Naruto battled the Eight-Tails. Naruto overwhelmed Killer B and the Eight-Tails with a powerful finishing slash, leaving Kumogakure defeated.

• Naruto joined with Mother Nine-Tails and transformed into a golden Chakra Nine-Tails, astonishing Obito and the watching ninja villages.
• Naruto and Mother Nine-Tails competed to catch falling Otogakure ninja, while the Eight-Tails rescued Cloud Ninja; Naruto caught Samui and then sent her back.
• Naruto charged the Eight-Tails, battered it with enormous Rasengan, and blasted through its head with a beam of Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Naruto survived the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb and bound its body with Wind Release: Windfall.
• Naruto declared victory and used Nine-Tails Style Slash to sever the Eight-Tails' remaining seven tails.

Naruto defeated the Raikage and set terms for ending the war between Otogakure and Kumogakure. Tsunade arrived unexpectedly, and the chapter ended with the Raikage agreeing to lend Naruto the Eight-Tails but refusing to hand over the ninja she sought.

• Naruto dispelled her Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Mode after defeating Killer B and blew away Samui, Omoi, and Karui when they charged her.
• Naruto told the Raikage she would not kill him or take over Kumogakure, then demanded access to the Eight-Tails when needed and custody of the ninja who had used the space-time ninjutsu.
• The Raikage said he could consider lending the Eight-Tails but would not hand over one of his village's ninja.
• Tsunade fell from the sky and kicked the wounded Raikage, then Naruto supported her when blood triggered her hemophobia.
• Tsunade said she had come of her own accord to see Naruto and help Otogakure, and Naruto sent a Shadow Clone to carry her somewhere safe.
• Naruto resumed negotiations, and the Raikage agreed to her first demand but again refused the second.

After defeating Kumogakure, Naruto traveled there with the Raikage to discuss a deal, while her Shadow Clone arranged a ransom for the captured cloud ninja. Nagato and Obito prepared a retaliation mission as Naruto reached Kumogakure with another proposal in mind.

• The Raikage accepted defeat and agreed to return to Kumogakure with Naruto to discuss her proposal, while Naruto sent a Shadow Clone back to Otogakure.
• Naruto teased Shizune about Tonton, told Tsunade she had killed Orochimaru, and explained to Yugito Nii that she had business to settle in Kumogakure.
• Nagato ordered Konan to draw Naruto to a designated location, then summoned Obito and assigned him and Konan a mission.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clone learned that 330 cloud ninja had been captured alive and agreed with Kakuzu to set ransom prices by rank, giving Kakuzu half the proceeds and shares to Gaara and Otogakure’s treasury.
• Naruto received her Shadow Clone’s memories and reached Kumogakure with Tsunade and Shizune; Tsunade chose to explore the village while Naruto entered a meeting with the Raikage.

Naruto negotiated an alliance between Otogakure and Kumogakure while demanding compensation for Kumogakure’s prisoners and wartime damage. After they signed an equal treaty, Naruto explained her commitment to peace and exchanged alliance scrolls with the Raikage.

• Naruto held Tsunade back from the Gambling House and proposed an alliance to the Raikage, which would also connect Kumogakure with Sunagakure through Naruto.
• Naruto demanded ransom and war compensation for Kumogakure’s captured ninjas, and she and the Raikage fought while haggling over the amount.
• Naruto agreed to a ransom of 250 million ryo, and the Raikage accepted immediately, leaving Naruto surprised by how eagerly he agreed.
• Naruto and the Raikage reviewed and signed an equal alliance treaty, and Naruto said she sought peace despite having the strength to destroy Kumogakure.
• Naruto acknowledged she had left Konohagakure earlier than planned and exchanged signed treaty scrolls with the Raikage.

Naruto persuaded Mabui to leave Kumogakure for Otogakure by exploiting her affection for Naruto’s movie persona. Later, Tsunade lost the money Naruto had lent her gambling, and Naruto supplied her with more cash despite her frustration.

• Naruto mistook Mabui for a secretary, then learned she used the Heavenly Transfer Technique and asked her to come to Otogakure.
• Mabui initially refused to leave Kumogakure, but Naruto’s pleading made her agree, and Mabui realized she had been caught off guard.
• The Raikage accepted Mabui’s decision to leave and lamented having to handle his paperwork until he found a new secretary.
• Tsunade gambled away the five million ryo Naruto had lent her and asked Naruto for more money.
• Naruto released boxes full of cash for Tsunade, who eagerly returned to gambling despite Shizune warning her to stop.

Naruto tried to collect Tsunade’s gambling debts while looking after the drunken Sannin and searching for Shizune. After finding Shizune at Killer B’s performance, Naruto was challenged over her criticism of rap and agreed to sing.

• Tsunade admitted she could not repay Naruto’s 15.7 million ryo debt and kept drinking at the restaurant while Shizune slipped away.
• Naruto stopped Tsunade from ordering more wine, paid the bill, and used Nine-Tails to locate Shizune at Killer B’s show.
• Naruto carried the drunken Tsunade to the performance, where Shizune begged to listen to Killer B’s song before leaving.
• After Naruto criticized rap, Killer B challenged her, and Naruto accepted the challenge.