Recaps

Sengoku learned that Doflamingo was heading to Alabasta to confront Karn and sent Momousagi to stop the Shichibukai from fighting. Doflamingo arrived at Nanohana, where he and Karn faced off, and Karn remained unaffected by Doflamingo’s Conqueror’s Haki.

• Tsuru guessed that Doflamingo was going to war with Karn, so Sengoku chose Momousagi to intervene and ordered Smoker to cooperate.
• After reading the news, Krieg ordered Gin to sail for Jaya Island to meet Doflamingo.
• Karn refused Cobra’s offer to send Alabasta’s standing army and waited for Doflamingo at Nanohana while Nico Robin kept Baby 5 from leaving the headquarters.
• Diamante and Gladius reached Doflamingo’s ship and told him that Karn was alone and that they had learned about the Ark Maxim and weapons factory.
• Doflamingo confronted Karn over the injured Donquixote Family members and Baby 5, then unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, which did not affect Karn.

Karn overwhelmed Doflamingo with magnetic powers, lightning, and a Railgun, then Gion arrived to stop the fight. With Nico Robin and Baby 5 also reaching the battlefield, Karn left Doflamingo alive and considered trading him for benefits.

• Karn trapped Doflamingo in rocks and struck him with lightning while redirecting the Donquixote Family officers' attacks back toward him.
• Doflamingo used Overheat and Ever White, but Karn's control of magnetic fields disrupted both attacks and left Doflamingo exposed to repeated lightning strikes.
• Karn sank the Clown pirate ship with lightning and shattered Doflamingo's arms with a Railgun shot.
• Gion arrived and asked Karn to stop, identifying herself as a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral.
• Nico Robin and Baby 5 reached the battlefield, and Karn decided to keep Doflamingo alive rather than kill him.

Karn defeated Doflamingo, took Baby 5 and Monet into his organization, and captured pirates for Alabasta to use as labor. As Nico Robin struggled under Karn’s growing workload, she approached his room, heard sounds from inside, and left with her breakfast without confronting him.

• Karn accepted Doflamingo’s order to release Baby 5 and Monet from the Donquixote Family, then sent the injured Doflamingo back to his crew.
• Karn captured the distant pirate groups, invited Gion to Rainbase, and left Nico Robin to manage the prisoners and host the Vice Admiral.
• News of Doflamingo’s defeat spread, while Sengoku ordered Kuzan to investigate the Donquixote Family’s ties to the Beasts Pirates.
• Karn and Cobra assigned more than two thousand captured pirates to plant trees and build roads in Alabasta under guard.
• Overworked by Karn’s business and intelligence tasks, Nico Robin went to his room intending to negotiate, heard sounds from inside, and left with her breakfast.

Karn planned to strengthen Baby 5 and the Karn Chamber of Commerce while pursuing rare resources and the Munch-Munch Fruit. After learning Wapol was in the Drum Kingdom, Karn headed there as Gion and Tsuru discussed the Magician and the Navy’s concern that the World Government might push him toward becoming a Shichibukai.

• Karn persuaded Baby 5 to train by promising rewards as she mastered weapons and developed her Arms-Arms Fruit.
• Robin told Karn that Wapol was still in the Drum Kingdom and prepared an Eternal Pose, while sharing news of a Poneglyph on Fish-Man Island and leads on resources in Sabaody.
• Karn’s laboratory converted fifty-three violent, high-bounty pirates into armed G-virus and Z-virus Biochemical Mechanical Warriors for the Chamber of Commerce.
• Karn used a Flying Charm to travel toward the Drum Kingdom after obtaining the Log Pose and information on Wapol.
• Gion showed Tsuru an old report connecting the Magician’s clone technique to Wano Country’s Ninjutsu, and Tsuru asked Gion to warn the Magician that the Navy did not want the World Government to alienate him.

After returning from the One Piece World with valuable materials, Karn prepared to exploit the coming war against Wakanda and target Stark Industries. He learned the military’s battle plans from Thaddeus Ross, while S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Sharon Carter and Phil Coulson continued investigating Karn and Pent Group.

• Karn returned with Sky Island Dials, Sea King meat, a Sand-Sand Fruit ability serum, and Monet’s Lineage Factor, and he assigned researchers to study them.
• After seeing Tony Stark publicly oppose war, Karn told Carl to short Stark Industries stock and planned to acquire a stake in its weapons division.
• Karn met Betty at the airport and went with her to Thaddeus Ross’s home, where Ross shared the planned multinational assault on Wakanda and its military strategy.
• Sharon Carter and Phil Coulson discussed their surveillance of Karn, the unexplained signal problems near Brooklyn Manor, and the possibility that Pent Group had an artificial intelligence called Red Queen.
• Carter asked Coulson about tracing the Super Soldier Serum, and he told her to continue both investigations while she requested more support.

The United States-led coalition launched its war against Wakanda while Nick Fury recruited Tony Stark to help investigate the conflict and consider joining the Avengers. With Wakanda’s energy barrier nearing collapse, King T’Chaka prepared to sacrifice himself so Dakan could carry the nation’s legacy to T’Challa.

• Thaddeus Ross ordered the coalition to attack Wakanda, and its forces began bombarding the country.
• Nick Fury visited Tony Stark, showed him evidence about people benefiting from the war, and gave him an Avengers proposal.
• Tony reviewed the files and asked JARVIS to begin working on a task as he watched the assault on Wakanda.
• A Wakandan technician warned T’Chaka that the energy barrier could hold for only three more days.
• T’Chaka ordered Dakan to carry out the Seed Plan, escape through the undersea tunnel, and find T’Challa after T’Chaka jammed the fleet’s radar.

Wakanda lowered its failing energy barrier and launched an EMP counterattack, but Umbrella’s super soldiers infiltrated Birnin Zana and seized control of its network. Carrow captured T'Chaka and sent intelligence about Wakanda’s vibranium to General Ross as coalition forces advanced into the city.

• T'Chaka rallied Wakanda’s tribes, then ordered the barrier dropped so an EMP could disable the coalition’s equipment and let Wakandan warriors attack.
• Carrow’s super-soldier squad received General Ross’s orders and advanced toward Birnin Zana while Red Queen’s drones and camouflage helped them evade Wakandan forces.
• Carrow infiltrated the technical monitoring tower, uploaded Red Queen’s virus, and sent General Ross information about Wakanda’s vibranium stores and veins.
• General Ross airdropped assault troops into Birnin Zana as the coalition drew Wakanda’s aircraft away and gained ground.
• Carrow’s squad defeated the Dora Milaje, captured T'Chaka, and used a Restoration Potion to keep him alive.
• Carrow ordered his squad to regroup after learning that much of the vibranium remained in the veins, then knocked T'Chaka unconscious again.

After Wakanda fell to a U.S.-led coalition, Karn secured its Vibranium and research data and began developing new alloys for his company. Once Red Queen’s research reached a workable stage, Karn turned his thoughts to Kushina and considered eating the tailed beasts to gain their powers.

• The coalition occupied Wakanda after T'Chaka’s capture, while Umbrella’s squad withdrew with Vibranium and copied research data under Red Queen’s control.
• Carrow told Karn that Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes had tried to stop the squad, but Karn dismissed the warning and began planning Vibranium-based alloy research.
• As the United States divided Wakanda’s assets and Nick Fury investigated classified contracts, Red Queen reported an alloy that met most of Karn’s requirements.
• Karn approved the alloy for nanoscale conversion and ordered Red Queen to continue researching materials for battle suits and Biochemical Mechanical Warriors.
• Karn wondered whether the Munch-Munch Fruit could let him absorb the nine tailed beasts and replace the Ten-Tails, then decided to try eating two first.

Kushina learned that her child was healthy and due next month, while Orochimaru strengthened security around her and assigned Shisui and the Hyuga Clan to help protect her. After shopping with Mikoto, Kushina returned home and reunited with Karn, who had come back with news of his gains and plans to tell her where she would be going.

• Yakushi Nonō told Kushina that her fetus was healthy and expected to be born next month, and Kushina objected to having a large security detail stationed at her home.
• Orochimaru ordered Hyuga Hiashi and Shisui to increase security around Kushina and approved a spy-cleansing operation in Konoha.
• Hyuga Hiashi reported that Minato had avoided the area where Jiraiya was seen, and Orochimaru ordered Minato to receive more S-Rank missions.
• Kushina shopped with Uchiha Mikoto, returned home, and found Tsunade sitting awkwardly in the parlor.
• Karn returned and embraced Kushina, then said he had gained a lot and would later tell her where she was going.

Karn learned that Rin Nohara had survived the Three-Tails plot but was being kept in his secret facility, while he and Yakushi Nonō discussed Konoha’s politics and plans involving Kakashi’s Sharingan. Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze received a dangerous new mission to investigate Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and warned Jiraiya that other pursuers might be sent after him.

• Tsunade and Kushina enjoyed Karn’s Sea King meat, and Kushina told Karn that Kumogakure was growing restless under Fourth Raikage A.
• Yakushi Nonō told Karn that Rin Nohara had been implanted with the Three-Tails, rescued near death, sealed, and confined in Karn’s secret facility.
• Yakushi Nonō reported that the Third Hokage was visiting the Daimyo’s Mansion with the Yamanaka Clan head and had approached Uchiha Itachi, while Danzo and Root remained difficult to track.
• Karn discussed targeting Kakashi’s Sharingan and using Rin Nohara to draw out Obito Uchiha, then Yakushi Nonō confronted him about his attraction to Rin before they became intimate.
• A Konoha ANBU gave Minato Namikaze orders to suspend his mission to track Jiraiya and investigate Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails Jinchuriki instead.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Mr. Kōsuke and asked him to warn Jiraiya that his pursuit mission had ended and other pursuers might be sent after him.

The Fourth Raikage prepared to target Konoha and sought support from other villages, while Karn confronted Rin Nohara with the truth about her captivity and the Three-Tails. In Kirigakure, Obito Uchiha read a secret letter from the Fourth Raikage and focused on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

• The Third Raikage left the decision to attack Konoha to the Fourth Raikage, who planned to act while Kumogakure had two combat-ready Jinchūriki.
• Karn returned to Konoha, where Orochimaru made himself available and Konoha benefited from the removal of Genno's planted explosive tags.
• Karn visited Rin Nohara, told her that Yakushi Nonō had saved her and that she was being held because of the Three-Tails and her importance to Obito Uchiha, then strengthened her seal and forbade her from taking her own life.
• The Fourth Mizukage consolidated control over Kirigakure and received a confidential letter delivered by a Cloud Ninja spy.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from the Kamui Dimension, read the Fourth Raikage's letter, and remarked on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Obito Uchiha planned to use Konoha’s Root and Hanzō to eliminate Nagato’s companions, while the Land of Fire was thrown into crisis after a deadly poisoning at the Daimyo’s banquet. Orochimaru summoned Hatake Sakumo and other senior figures to report that Root poison pointed suspicion toward a Konoha ninja.

• Obito Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to guide Konoha’s Root into a confrontation with Hanzō in the Land of Rain, hoping to remove Nagato’s companions.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu warned Obito that Nawaki was too strong to target easily, and Obito left to handle the matter himself.
• Hatake Sakumo and five other Konoha Guardian Ninja resigned their posts at the Daimyo’s Mansion, and Sakumo told the Daimyo he would return to the capital in a month.
• At a banquet, the Daimyo’s offspring and prominent nobles were poisoned, and Kazuma identified traces of a poison commonly used by Konoha’s Root.
• The Daimyo ordered Kazuma to contact Orochimaru and summon the nobles, while his declining condition worsened under the influence of Dark Magic.
• Orochimaru summoned Hatake Sakumo, the other Guardian Ninja, and senior Konoha officials, explaining that seventeen people had died and Root poison implicated a Konoha ninja.

Orochimaru investigated the poisoning of the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and officials, giving Danzo two days to return and face an investigation while Konoha braced for further trouble. Later, Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly trained Uchiha Itachi and began asking him for a favor.

• Orochimaru ordered the five Guardian Ninjas detained for questioning, and Hiruzen Sarutobi reluctantly agreed to let the investigation proceed.
• Orochimaru gave Danzo two days to return with Root or face a full manhunt, while Tsunade confirmed the poison matched Root’s supply.
• At Ryūchi Cave, Karn offered Orochimaru a hundred Biochemical Mechanical Warriors and suggested resources for his nine-headed Hydra research.
• Konoha tightened security, and Hiruzen Sarutobi met Uchiha Itachi for training after Mikoto warned Itachi not to stay out late.
• After teaching Itachi tree-climbing chakra control, Hiruzen Sarutobi said he wanted to ask him for a favor.

Uchiha Obito persuaded the Fourth Raikage to join a plot against Konoha during Kushina’s childbirth, while Konoha strengthened its defenses against Kirigakure. As Kushina’s due date approached, Tsunade brought Yakushi Nonō to help care for her, and Karn received a late-night message from Nonō.

• Uchiha Fugaku, Hizashi Hyuga, and Hayama Shirakumo discussed Kirigakure’s escalating raids and decided to report them to Konoha and reinforce their defenses.
• Obito Uchiha met the Fourth Raikage, revealed intelligence about Kushina’s upcoming childbirth, and proposed an attack on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Fourth Raikage accepted the plan for Kumogakure to cooperate with Kirigakure in attacking Konoha during Kushina’s delivery.
• Karn considered whether Kushina could use a Sand-Sand ability during childbirth, while she and the Nine-Tails continued their cooperative relationship.
• Tsunade brought Yakushi Nonō to stay and help protect Kushina, while Konoha increased the ANBU guards around them.
• After Kushina fell asleep, Karn received a special message from Nonō.

As Kushina went into labor, the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Obito Uchiha launched an attack on Konoha. Karn stopped Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb, while Obito tried to reach Kushina and was confronted by Konoha’s White Fang.

• Karn prepared the house for Kushina’s delivery as Tsunade and Yakushi Nonō helped her give birth.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B joined Obito Uchiha and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist outside Konoha, and Obito sent White Zetsu’s clones to cause a disturbance in the village.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb toward Konoha, but Karn halted it and sent Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake after other intruders.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from the Kamui Dimension and attacked two ANBU guarding another approach to Konoha.
• Obito’s attack passed through the ANBU, but one countered with a white chakra short blade, and Obito recognized him as Konoha’s White Fang.

Karn fought Killer B and helped Konoha repel the Cloud Ninja and Obito Uchiha during their attack. After returning home, he sensed that Kushina had given birth to their son.

• Karn struck Killer B with repeated lightning attacks, overwhelmed the Eight-Tails, and resealed Killer B before sending him away.
• The Fourth Raikage A fought Shisui Uchiha, Kakashi, and other ANBU until Orochimaru arrived and confronted him in Sage Mode.
• Shisui Uchiha and the other ANBU joined the Security Force to defeat Dodai and the Cloud Ninja, while Orochimaru kept the Fourth Raikage occupied.
• Hatake Sakumo and an ANBU captain failed to capture Obito Uchiha, who escaped into the Kamui Dimension after Karn arrived.
• Karn returned home after sensing that Kushina had finished labor and given birth to his son.

After Naruto’s birth, Konoha dealt with the aftermath of the attack, capturing the Fourth Raikage and other Kumogakure shinobi. Tsunade and Nonō treated the wounded, while Nonō secretly replaced Kakashi’s Sharingan with another three-tomoe eye.

• Karn and Tsunade checked newborn Naruto’s health, and Nonō reported that Kushina was recovering quickly.
• Orochimaru defeated the Fourth Raikage, who was imprisoned and learned from Dodai that B had also been captured.
• Tsunade and Nonō went to Konoha Hospital to treat the wounded, with Tsunade using Katsuyu to heal civilians and promising Nonō a contract with Katsuyu.
• Nonō organized the treatment of the injured ninjas and went to Kakashi’s operating room to treat his wounds.
• Nonō anesthetized Kakashi, concealed the operating room, and replaced his Sharingan with a three-tomoe Sharingan from her Undetectable Extension Pocket.

After Konoha repelled the coordinated attack by Kirigakure and Kumogakure, Orochimaru ordered the Shimura Clan detained while Danzo remained missing. Karn then visited Yakushi Nonō, took Kakashi’s Kamui Sharingan, and considered using its power to counter Obito Uchiha.

• Orochimaru told Konoha’s Jonin that Kirigakure and Kumogakure had coordinated their attacks and that the Fourth Raikage and Dodai were imprisoned.
• Orochimaru ordered Uchiha Yashiro to surround the Shimura Clan, arrest its members, and seal its assets while Danzo’s actions were investigated.
• Konoha’s Jonin discussed the Shimura Clan’s detention, the fate of the Fourth Raikage, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Karn visited Yakushi Nonō after Kushina and Naruto fell asleep, and Nonō showed him Kakashi’s Kamui Sharingan.
• Karn took the Sharingan and realized he could use its Kamui Dimension to ambush Obito Uchiha if Obito used his intangibility.

The Third Raikage accepted Konoha’s harsh ransom terms after deciding Kumogakure could not risk war. Karn forced Rin Nohara to transplant a Sharingan for him, then extracted the Eight-Tails from Killer B while keeping him alive.

• The Third Raikage rejected Konoha’s demands and ordered preparations for war, but his advisers persuaded him to negotiate instead.
• After Konoha refused to lower its demands and reports showed Kirigakure retreating, the Third Raikage agreed to accept the terms and seek help from the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Karn removed some of Rin Nohara’s seals and pressured her into operating on him with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, which he then adapted into his own eye.
• Karn examined his new Mangekyo’s Kamui abilities and decided to extract the Eight-Tails from Killer B.
• Karn removed the Eight-Tails, kept the weakened Killer B alive, and ordered him taken to Konoha for Orochimaru.

After absorbing the Eight-Tails, Karn returned to Konoha and prepared for his political rise while sharing dinner with Kushina and Tsunade. Later that night, Tsunade woke disoriented and hid in the bathroom as Karn approached and opened the door.

• Karn finished digesting the Eight-Tails, gaining greatly increased chakra and its abilities, then decided to change Konoha through media and education before pursuing unification.
• Karn handed Killer B to Orochimaru and gave him a sealing scroll containing Eight-Tails remains and chakra; Orochimaru asked Karn to obtain Nine-Tails chakra from Kushina.
• Karn returned home, where Uchiha Mikoto had been visiting Kushina, and discussed arranging help or robots to care for Naruto.
• Tsunade arrived, ate and drank with Karn and Kushina, complained about her work and Konoha's political atmosphere, then fell asleep and was carried to her room by Kushina.
• Tsunade woke thirsty and overheated, heard movement in the house, fled downstairs, and hid in the bathroom as Karn approached and opened the door.

Karn blackmailed Tsunade into a secret encounter while Kushina remained unaware, and he prepared to pursue the Daimyo’s position. Elsewhere, Konoha’s conflicts with the Cloud and Mist ended in retreats, while Minato and Jiraiya discussed their failures and plans.

• Karn confronted Tsunade about eavesdropping and used her fear of Kushina learning the truth to pressure her into intimacy.
• Kushina woke, found Naruto, and heard Karn say Tsunade had gone to Konoha Hospital; Karn then told her he would attend the nobles’ gathering and might become Daimyo.
• Konoha’s forces forced Kirigakure to withdraw, while Kumogakure exchanged supplies for Killer B, the Fourth Raikage, and Dodai; the Third Raikage protested that the Eight-Tails had been extracted from Killer B.
• Minato told Jiraiya he had failed to monitor the Eight-Tails and feared punishment, but refused to abandon Konoha.
• Jiraiya gave Minato intelligence about the Karn Chamber of Commerce for Hiruzen and said he planned to train in Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku.

Minato Namikaze received a final chance from Orochimaru: capture Danzo or risk being stripped of his ninja status, while Kakashi secretly gave him useful intelligence. Tsunade then persuaded Orochimaru to send her away from Konoha, leaving on a mission near the Land of Fire’s capital.

• Hyuga Hiashi questioned Minato Namikaze about a two-day delay, and Orochimaru assigned him an S-Rank mission to hunt Danzo with a warning that failure could end his career as a ninja.
• Minato Namikaze met Kakashi outside the village, forgave him for his past vote, and received a scroll of intelligence that could help with the mission.
• Tsunade demanded a long-term mission outside Konoha, and Orochimaru agreed to give her a B-Rank patrol and defense assignment after she insisted she had to leave.
• Orochimaru lent Tsunade one million ryo and assigned her to protect officials near the Capital of the Land of Fire from possible Root attacks.

Danzo secured Hanzō’s help in exchange for targeting Akatsuki, while Karn was named the next Daimyo of the Land of Fire. The succession announcement stunned Tsunade, who recognized Karn’s name and wondered why he had become involved again.

• Danzo persuaded Hanzō to provide passage and keep Konoha’s ninja at bay in return for helping eliminate Akatsuki, and Hanzō agreed while warning him he would enforce their treaty if Danzo betrayed him.
• After leaving Amegakure, Danzo learned that his operatives had secured the physician behind Hanzō’s poison sac and Amegakure ninja remains, then ordered covert efforts expanded and Crow’s plan against Karn advanced.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire named Minister of Publicity Karn as his successor, and ordered Kazuma to kill a noble who protested and seize the man’s family.
• Karn gathered Xia Chuan, Kawaki, and his other subordinates to prepare for his new role and planned for the Karn Chamber of Commerce to replace government departments.
• In Tanzaku Town, Tsunade heard that Karn would become daimyo and was shocked by the news.

Karn became the new Daimyo of the Land of Fire and began planning reforms that would bring Konoha under the country’s military authority and move it closer to the capital. The chapter ended with Tsunade, broke after losing a gambling match, confronting Jiraiya when he appeared before her.

• Orochimaru told Konoha’s Jonin that Karn had replaced the previous Daimyo and appointed Nawaki to lead the village’s delegation to the succession ceremony.
• Orochimaru assigned Nawaki work in the Hokage Building and ordered Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Yashiro, and Kushina Uzumaki to join the delegation, rejecting Hiruzen Sarutobi’s concerns about Kushina.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stormed out after warning Orochimaru that he would regret his decisions and considered Danzo’s proposal.
• Karn took power after the previous Daimyo died following the ceremony, then planned to use the City in the Sky as his residence and develop media, internet, and heavy industry.
• Karn discussed relocating Konoha near the capital and increasing official missions with Nawaki, Hyuga Hiashi, and Uchiha Yashiro.
• Tsunade lost three million ryo gambling and, while looking for someone to borrow money from, encountered Jiraiya and angrily challenged him.

Jiraiya tried to persuade Tsunade that Karn was the subject of the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy about ending the ninja era, while Karn planned the Land of Fire’s development with Kushina. In the Land of Rain, Yahiko decided to find medicine for the Akatsuki after its members were repeatedly attacked and injured.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that the Great Toad Sage had prophesied that Karn would bring an end to ninjas and urged her to ask the Katsuyu Sage about the prophecy; Tsunade remained skeptical.
• Karn explained to Kushina that the Land of Fire’s capital would be rebuilt and Konoha moved nearby, and he told her he had sent people to bring a surviving Uzumaki from Kusagakure.
• Shota reported to Yahiko that Amegakure’s people had attacked the Akatsuki for the sixth time that month, leaving Ryunosuke badly injured and the group short of medicine.
• Nagato urged Shota to get his wounds treated, but Shota worried about saving the remaining medicine for Ryunosuke and the other injured members.
• Yahiko resolved to procure more medicine and told Nagato to defend the Akatsuki if Amegakure attacked again.