Chapter Summaries

Naruto Uzumaki crushed Kirigakure’s defenses with Wood Release and captured Mei Terumi, demanding that she choose between surrendering the village to Konoha and watching its people be slaughtered. Mei Terumi’s forces began organizing a retreat, while Naruto insisted that his goal was to end Kirigakure and establish peace under Konoha.

• Naruto Uzumaki broke into the Mizukage’s Office, restrained Mei Terumi and the others, and fought off her attacks.
• Naruto Uzumaki used Wood Release to strike the Mist ninja outside and summon a giant that demolished the Mizukage’s Office.
• Mei Terumi ordered Chojuro to lead the villagers and ninja away, appointed him the Sixth Mizukage, and went to confront Naruto Uzumaki.
• Chojuro gathered the ANBU and planned to recall ninja outside the village to reinforce Mei Terumi.
• Naruto Uzumaki captured Mei Terumi with a Wood Dragon and argued that Kirigakure’s rule had to end for peace to be achieved.
• Naruto Uzumaki demanded that Mei Terumi choose whether Kirigakure would surrender to Konoha or face the slaughter of its ninja and civilians.

Naruto Uzumaki taunted Mei Terumi as Konoha’s forces attacked Kirigakure, while Tobirama Senju subdued Zabuza Momochi’s rebel camp. Tobirama forced Zabuza to gather his troops and march toward Kirigakure, where he expected someone to destroy the village alone.

• Naruto Uzumaki told Mei Terumi that Kirigakure would be destroyed and pointed out that Chojuro was gathering ninja for a counterattack.
• Tobirama Senju attacked Zabuza Momochi’s rebel camp alone, defeating the rogue ninja with his Flying Thunder God Technique and Water Release.
• Tobirama’s Water Dragon Jutsu overwhelmed Zabuza Momochi’s attack and knocked Haku and Zabuza aside despite Haku’s Ice Wall.
• Tobirama threatened Haku to make Zabuza surrender, then ordered him to assemble the rebel forces and march toward Kirigakure.
• Tobirama told Zabuza that three people in the Land of Water could destroy Kirigakure alone.

Naruto Uzumaki resisted Kirigakure’s gathered forces, then revealed his Uzumaki heritage and summoned True Several Thousand Hands, cloaked in the Nine-Tails’ golden chakra. The Hidden Mist ninja faced the colossal golden Buddha as the confrontation reached a new height.

• Zabuza Momochi saw Naruto Uzumaki’s Wooden Man and learned from Tobirama Senju that Konoha had another powerful Wood Release user.
• Chojuro led more than ten thousand Hidden Mist ninja in a combined Water Release assault that toppled the Wooden Man, but Naruto Uzumaki restored it with chakra.
• Naruto Uzumaki used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to grow trees that absorbed the water, then told Torune Aburame to guard Mei Terumi instead of using his forbidden technique.
• Naruto Uzumaki activated Sage Mode, revealed that his mother was a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan, and reminded Mei Terumi that Kirigakure had helped destroy the Land of Whirlpools.
• Naruto Uzumaki summoned Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, terrifying Chojuro and the Hidden Mist ninja, then covered the Buddha statue in the Nine-Tails’ golden chakra.

Naruto Uzumaki used the golden Buddha to devastate Kirigakure until Mei Terumi surrendered and ordered the Mist ninja to lay down their weapons. Tobirama Senju declared Kirigakure would be abolished, and Naruto demanded a complete roster of the village’s dead within three days, threatening to execute everyone if any name was missing.

• Naruto’s golden Buddha overwhelmed Kirigakure, scattering the Mist ninja with its strikes and the force of its descending palms.
• Chojuro tried to rally his subordinates with a Water Release defense, but an ANBU ninja urged him to flee as the attack seemed unstoppable.
• Mei Terumi announced Kirigakure’s surrender, and Naruto halted the golden palms just above the ground, though the air currents left the village in ruins.
• Chojuro threw down his blade and ordered the surviving Mist ninja to obey Mei Terumi; the ninja surrendered by dropping their weapons.
• Tobirama told Zabuza Momochi that Kirigakure would cease to exist and that the Land of Water’s ninja would join Konoha or be treated as rogue ninja.
• Naruto ordered Mei Terumi to compile the names of all Mist ninja killed in the war within three days, threatening to execute everyone in Kirigakure if the roster was incomplete.

Mei Terumi and Konoha’s forces used three days of executions and coercion to force Kirigakure’s surrender and prepare its incorporation into Konoha. When Naruto Uzumaki’s memory inspections began, an Anbu resisted, and Torune Aburame ordered Chojuro to arrange another sacrifice.

• Mei Terumi carried out executions and purges to suppress resistance, while the Eleven-to-One Execution Law threatened Kirigakure’s ninjas and villagers.
• Chojuro reported that Genji had committed suicide, and Yamato warned him not to oppose Kirigakure’s takeover.
• Yamanaka Fu enforced the execution law against rebel ninjas for three days, killing nearly one-third of them despite Zabuza Momochi and Haku’s pleas for mercy.
• Naruto Uzumaki assigned the Yamanaka Clan to inspect Hidden Mist ninjas’ memories and gather their intelligence as Konoha’s reinforcements arrived.
• A Hidden Mist Anbu attacked Ino Yamanaka during inspection, and Chojuro killed him before Torune Aburame ordered Chojuro to find ninjas willing to make a sacrifice.

Naruto Uzumaki helped absorb Kirigakure and the Rogue Ninja into Konoha, ending the Land of Water conflict and expanding Konoha’s control. As he prepared to return home, envoys from Kumogakure arrived to find Kirigakure gone, while the Fourth Raikage and other observers reacted to Naruto’s unexpected victory.

• Naruto Uzumaki left the bloody processing site to check on Ino Yamanaka, who told him how their friends in Konoha were doing and learned that Naruto and Hinata planned to marry.
• After Ino calmed down, the surrender and screening process in Kirigakure continued, and Mist ninja began settling into stable lives under Konoha’s rule.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju stayed in the Land of Water while Konoha replaced Kirigakure’s symbols and began integrating the territory.
• Naruto Uzumaki told the visiting Kumogakure envoys that Kirigakure no longer existed and that Konoha was the Land of Water’s only legitimate ninja village.
• The Fourth Raikage raged over Kirigakure’s surrender, while Darui recalled that Naruto had originally claimed he was going to mediate the war.

After conquering Kirigakure and expanding Konoha’s territory, Naruto Uzumaki returned to a village preparing a grand welcome. He appeared before Hinata Hyuga while she was still on patrol and asked if she had come to greet him first.

• Naruto Uzumaki’s victories left Konoha dominant across the southern ninja world, with Kirigakure annexed and the Land of Water under its control.
• Konoha’s villagers and leaders gathered to welcome Naruto, while Tsunade forced Jiraiya to stay and Sasuke Uchiha looked forward to challenging him.
• Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi discussed Ino’s return, while Team Eight continued patrolling the village outskirts for threats.
• Kiba Inuzuka asked when patrol would end, and Hinata Hyuga worried that she would miss Naruto’s welcome ceremony.
• Naruto appeared on a tree above Hinata and asked whether she was the first person there to welcome him.

Naruto Uzumaki left a Wood Clone to attend Konoha’s welcoming ceremony while he patrolled with Hinata, but Tsunade destroyed the clone after mistaking it for him. He returned to the Hokage’s Office, where Tsunade scolded him and revealed that Jiraiya had been sent to the hospital.

• Naruto Uzumaki used a Wood Clone to attend the welcoming ceremony and stayed behind to patrol with Hinata, Kurenai, Kiba, and Shino.
• Tsunade punched Naruto’s Wood Clone apart after hearing that he had not stopped Tobirama from massacring Hidden Mist Ninja.
• Naruto ended his patrol early and returned to the Hokage’s Office after learning that Tsunade had destroyed his clone.
• Tsunade scolded Naruto for sending a clone to the ceremony and broke the meeting table with a punch.
• Tsunade told Naruto that Jiraiya was in the hospital because she had beaten him up for provoking her.

Naruto Uzumaki proposed a Ninja Jurisdiction System to station ninja throughout the territories Konoha occupied, while Tsunade and the advisors debated the plan. The meeting also revealed that Orochimaru had returned to Konoha after undoing the Reaper Death Seal and reviving Minato Namikaze.

• Utatane Koharu suggested rotating Sand Shinobi and Kirigakure ninja between their territories to manage the remaining forces in the Land of Water.
• Naruto Uzumaki outlined a system assigning ninja to towns and cities, with ANBU inspections, a Hunter-nin Squad, and expanded academies and specialized training.
• Tsunade and the advisors debated whether the reform would weaken Konoha, and Tsunade asked Naruto to present a finished plan at a future Jonin meeting.
• Tsunade told the meeting that ANBU had reported Orochimaru appearing in Konoha, and Naruto said he would search for him through Kabuto Yakushi.
• The chapter revealed that Orochimaru and Kabuto were in conflict, and that Orochimaru had used Kabuto's letter to undo the Reaper Death Seal and revive Minato Namikaze.

Naruto Uzumaki led a powerful team to capture Orochimaru, who had resurrected Minato Namikaze and hidden in Konoha. The group trapped them in a Four Red Yang Formation, but Orochimaru and Minato launched their counterattack as the chapter ended.

• Orochimaru hid in Konoha’s abandoned Root base with the resurrected Minato Namikaze and prepared to flee after suspecting Kabuto Yakushi had turned against him.
• Minato detected Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kushina Uzumaki, Mei Terumi, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki approaching the base.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kushina Uzumaki, and Mei Terumi raised a Four Red Yang Formation, while Sasuke used his Mangekyo Sharingan ability to pin Minato and separate him from Orochimaru.
• Naruto revealed that Kabuto had disclosed Orochimaru’s location after Naruto promised to spare him, and Sasuke warned that they had to prevent Orochimaru and Minato from reuniting.
• Orochimaru and Minato attacked Naruto and Sasuke with Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, but Naruto swept the shuriken away with Rasengan Impact Wave.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha fought Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze, who had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation. Minato broke free of Orochimaru’s control and turned his blade on him, leaving Orochimaru unable to command him.

• Minato Namikaze reunited with Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto Uzumaki before Sasuke Uchiha attacked him and Naruto confronted Orochimaru.
• Sasuke used his Mangekyō Sharingan against Minato while Naruto’s Great Spiraling Ring badly wounded Orochimaru.
• Sasuke brought out Susanoo, but Minato used the Flying Thunder God Formation to transfer it away from himself.
• Orochimaru healed himself and agreed to release Minato’s restrictions, hoping Minato would help him escape Naruto.
• Minato entered Kurama Mode, shoved Susanoo aside, and reached Orochimaru, then severed Orochimaru’s control over him with sealing techniques.
• Minato held the Sword of Ninja Love to Orochimaru’s neck as Orochimaru realized he could no longer control him.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Orochimaru’s attempt to escape and demanded that his research remain under Konoha’s supervision. Orochimaru agreed to await his appointed overseers, Yamato and Tobirama Senju.

• Orochimaru transformed into Yamata no Orochi, but Sasuke Uchiha’s Complete Body Susanoo cut off its heads and forced it to scatter into White Snakes.
• Naruto Uzumaki sent Sasuke Uchiha and Minato Namikaze outside the Four Red Yang Formation and revealed that he knew Orochimaru could revive through Anko Mitarashi’s Heaven’s Curse Mark.
• Naruto Uzumaki threatened to destroy the White Snakes and extract Anko Mitarashi’s curse mark, prompting Orochimaru to re-form and ask what Naruto wanted.
• Naruto Uzumaki insisted Orochimaru’s research be supervised and rejected Orochimaru’s demand for Sasuke Uchiha’s body.
• Orochimaru asked when his supervisors would arrive, and Naruto Uzumaki named Yamato and Tobirama Senju.

Yamato was reassigned to monitor Orochimaru, while Naruto Uzumaki restarted Konoha’s Scientific Research Department. As Naruto prepared to face Sasuke Uchiha in a spar, he learned that Minato Namikaze was training Sasuke to help him win.

• Yamato learned that he would monitor Orochimaru, with Anko Mitarashi assigned to assist him.
• Naruto Uzumaki authorized Orochimaru to pursue cloning research and prepared for Tobirama Senju’s return to Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze kept lecturing Naruto and began training Sasuke Uchiha, while Naruto avoided going home.
• Tsunade asked Naruto about his promised full-strength spar with Sasuke, and Naruto insisted that a younger brother would always be a younger brother.
• Minato told Naruto he was training Sasuke to help him defeat Naruto, leaving Naruto wondering if he had found Sasuke a father.

Sasuke Uchiha trained his Flying Thunder God Technique and prepared to challenge Naruto Uzumaki, while most of Konoha expected Naruto to win. After Tsunade opened a betting pool, Itachi Uchiha’s Crow Clone appeared before Naruto with important intelligence.

• Sasuke Uchiha practiced the Flying Thunder God Technique with Kakashi Hatake and declared that he would defeat Naruto Uzumaki before killing Itachi Uchiha.
• Tsunade opened a betting pool on the challenge, and most Konoha ninja, including Kakashi Hatake, bet on Naruto Uzumaki; Orochimaru placed a large wager on Sasuke.
• Naruto Uzumaki assured Tsunade that he had ways to counter Sasuke’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tsunade left the Hokage’s Office after realizing Orochimaru had enough money to bet heavily, and Naruto invited someone hidden outside to enter.
• Itachi Uchiha’s Crow Clone flew into the office and told Naruto that he had important intelligence to report.

Itachi Uchiha told Naruto Uzumaki that Akatsuki was splitting apart over whether to capture the tailed beasts, while Naruto admitted he had already absorbed the chakra of several of them. Naruto considered exploiting the infighting to attack Iwagakure or Kumogakure, and Tobirama Senju suggested sending Sasuke Uchiha to impersonate Akatsuki.

• Itachi Uchiha explained that Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu wanted to capture tailed beasts, while Pain favored waiting to see whether the shinobi world would unite and find peace.
• Naruto Uzumaki refused Itachi's suggestion to give Akatsuki information or a tailed beast, fearing the organization would learn about the jinchuriki's situation.
• Itachi told Naruto that Obito had asked him and Kisame Hoshigaki to kill Konan while Obito seized Pain's Rinnegan.
• Naruto wondered whether Kumogakure and Iwagakure would accept Konoha's help, then proposed attacking one of them to keep Akatsuki from taking its tailed beasts.
• Tobirama Senju suggested that Sasuke Uchiha impersonate Akatsuki and attack Iwagakure, prompting Naruto to worry that Sasuke might lose.

Naruto ordered Itachi to seize control of Akatsuki and use it to advance Konoha’s plans, while forbidding Jiraiya from leaving for Amegakure alone. The chapter left Jiraiya waiting for Naruto to accompany him and Itachi preparing to take on Akatsuki’s leadership.

• Naruto asked Itachi whether he could replace Pain and ordered him to deal with Pain and Obito Uchiha to become Akatsuki’s leader.
• Naruto explained that Itachi could use Akatsuki to attack Kumogakure or Iwagakure while Konoha entered the Land of Lightning under the pretext of fighting the organization.
• Naruto told Itachi that Sasuke would duel him the next day, but Itachi declined to watch until he knew how to face his younger brother.
• Jiraiya told Naruto he wanted to leave the village to ask Yahiko and Konan why they had joined Akatsuki.
• Naruto refused to let Jiraiya go alone, saying he would accompany him to Amegakure later and warning that Jonin who left without approval would be treated as Rogue Ninja.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha gathered Konoha’s strongest ninja for a duel, with the Four Red Yang Formation prepared to contain their power. Kakashi Hatake started the battle, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Naruto Uzumaki arranged a remote battlefield for his spar with Sasuke Uchiha and asked Tsunade to stop Jiraiya from leaving for Amegakure.
• Tsunade hospitalized Jiraiya, so other Kage-level ninja took over setting up the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Konoha’s powerful ninja and clan heads gathered to watch Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, while Hinata Hyuga’s team missed the event on patrol duty.
• Kushina Uzumaki urged the fighters not to go overboard, and Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha exchanged taunts and received encouragement from their families and friends.
• Kakashi Hatake acted as referee and started the Team Seven ninja battle.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha fought at full strength, with Sasuke using Flying Thunder God to outmaneuver Naruto. Naruto activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode to counter Sasuke’s unpredictable attacks.

• Naruto and Sasuke exchanged blows and tested each other’s strength.
• Sasuke used hand signs formed with his feet to cast Great Fireball Jutsu, then launched a storm of shuriken mixed with Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Sasuke planted a Flying Thunder God mark on Naruto and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to teleport around him.
• Naruto unleashed Great Spiraling Ring attacks, while Sakura and the others protected the spectators with Four Red Yang Formation.
• Sasuke struck through Naruto’s Wood Release defenses, and Naruto activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode to try to track his movements.

Naruto revealed his newly awakened Tenseigan and used its vision to track Sasuke’s Flying Thunder God movements. Sasuke escalated the duel with Flying Thunder God Susanoo and attacked Naruto with his Complete Body Susanoo, leaving Naruto facing a powerful strike from above.

• Naruto used his Tenseigan to see Sasuke’s movements and repeatedly targeted him with Rasengan Bullets.
• Naruto explained that he had absorbed a Byakugan and strengthened it to create a crude Tenseigan.
• Sasuke activated Susanoo and swung its blade at Naruto, but Naruto stopped it with the Wood Golem Technique and attacked with a Wood Dragon.
• Sasuke used Flying Thunder God Susanoo to evade the Wood Dragon, then shot the Wooden Man with a Susanoo arrow and destroyed it.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto to use his other abilities and launched a downward strike with his Complete Body Susanoo.

Naruto Uzumaki unleashed True Several Thousand Hands and nearly crushed Sasuke Uchiha, who escaped with Susanoo using the Flying Thunder God Technique. Naruto said he was going to get serious, and Sasuke prepared to continue fighting.

• Naruto Uzumaki summoned the golden giant Buddha and dragged Susanoo down before its thousand hands devastated a third of the battlefield.
• Sasuke Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make space, then escaped the attack with Susanoo using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Konoha’s watching ninja, including Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, Hyuga Hiashi, and Tsunade, reacted with shock to Naruto’s power.
• Minato Namikaze praised Sasuke’s escape, while Tobirama Senju dismissed it as a use of his own technique and argued with Orochimaru.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Sasuke Uchiha he was going to get serious, and Sasuke answered that he had only just warmed up before raising Susanoo’s giant bow.