Chapter Summaries

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.

Yahiko left the Land of Rain to seek funding for the Akatsuki from Kane Penter, while Obito and White Zetsu schemed to provoke Hanzō into attacking the group. At Shikkotsu Forest, Tsunade asked Katsuyu about the Great Toad Sage, then learned that she was pregnant.

• Yahiko decided to seek financial help from Kane Penter and left the Land of Rain, placing Nagato in charge of protecting the Akatsuki.
• Obito ordered White Zetsu to impersonate Akatsuki members and attack Hanzō's trusted subordinates so Hanzō would strike the Akatsuki's secret camp.
• Obito asked White Zetsu and Black Zetsu what had happened to Rin's body after Kakashi killed her, but neither explained her disappearance.
• Tsunade visited Katsuyu in Shikkotsu Forest and asked about Gamamaru's history and prophetic abilities.
• Katsuyu sensed a powerful life force in Tsunade's abdomen and told her that she was pregnant.

Tsunade discovered she was about a month pregnant, decided to have the baby, and planned to seek support at Shikkotsu Forest. Karn gave Yahiko substantial funding and offered the Akatsuki work, but Yahiko returned to the Land of Rain to terrible news before he could share the good news.

• Tsunade confirmed her pregnancy and decided not to end the child's life, resolving to visit Shikkotsu Forest for support.
• Karn met Yahiko at the Daimyo's Mansion while caring for Naruto and agreed to provide the Akatsuki with fifty million ryo.
• Karn directed Yahiko to the Daimyo's Mansion's Mission Department, where the Akatsuki could take construction missions in the Land of Fire.
• Yahiko collected the money, received a sealing scroll, and bought more than twenty million ryo's worth of supplies for the Akatsuki.
• Yahiko returned to the Land of Rain and heard terrible news before he could tell Nagato and the others about the funding.

Jiraiya secretly returned to Konoha and told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara about the human experiments and weaponized creations at the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s facility in the Land of Tea. He proposed that Minato Namikaze help them leave the village to investigate, while he planned to approach Tsunade again.

• Hanzō captured Konan, demanded that Yahiko and Nagato meet him alone, and arranged for Danzo’s Root to attack Akatsuki’s camp again.
• Obito Uchiha learned that Yahiko had died and decided to proceed with his plan, while Black Zetsu worried that Obito was resisting Madara Uchiha’s control.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara discussed the risks of Nawaki’s domestic-mission policy and Konoha’s declining combat readiness.
• Minato Namikaze returned from destroying Root bases and capturing Root members, then secretly summoned Jiraiya into the Sarutobi compound.
• Jiraiya described the human experiments, transformed prisoners, and metal puppets he had seen at the Karn Chamber of Commerce facility in the Land of Tea.
• Jiraiya proposed that Minato use the Flying Thunder God Technique to take him, Hiruzen, and Shikaku out of Konoha to investigate, while he visited Tsunade again.

Tsunade borrowed money from Xia Chuan while trying to hide her pregnancy from Karn, then refused Jiraiya’s request to help investigate Karn’s experiments. Xia Chuan informed Karn, who found Tsunade and brought her to his residence, while Jiraiya joined Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi without her.

• Xia Chuan gave Tsunade money and warned her about gambling, then told her that Karn had collected her casino IOUs.
• Tsunade asked Xia Chuan about children and told her not to inform Karn before leaving the Karn Chamber of Commerce.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade about human experiments involving criminals, but she refused to help and warned him not to push his luck as a Missing-nin.
• Xia Chuan called Karn about Tsunade’s pregnancy, and Karn used Apparition to find and bring Tsunade to his residence in Kawaki Town.
• Minato Namikaze brought Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others out of the village, while Jiraiya said Tsunade would eventually support their cause.

Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and Shikaku Nara led a Konoha force to infiltrate the Karn Chamber of Commerce base, unaware Karn had activated its Biochemical Mechanical Warriors. The squad entered too easily and encountered grotesque Pure Bioweapons, leaving them on the verge of a fight.

• Jiraiya briefed the group on the base, and Minato Namikaze led sensory ninja to investigate it while the others waited nearby.
• Shennong warned Karn that Mount Myōboku toads were probing the base, so Karn ordered Red Queen to awaken the Biochemical Mechanical Warriors and gather combat data.
• Shikaku Nara divided the Konoha force into five squads, and they infiltrated the base after finding unusually few guards.
• Red Queen detected the intruders and released Pure Bioweapons to ambush them and collect data on their abilities.
• Shikaku Nara, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the others saw massive, grotesque creatures approach them.

Shikaku Nara’s team was overwhelmed by infectious Biochemical Zombies and Biochemical Mechanical Warriors, while Jiraiya’s force was trapped under heavy fire. Karn learned that Jiraiya, Shikaku Nara, and the others had been killed, though Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi disappeared during the attack.

• Shikaku Nara restrained the zombies, but they healed rapidly, and Yamanaka Ryo’s attempt to control one infected him with its savage instincts.
• Sarutobi Shi was seized and badly bitten, while Lickers and more zombies surrounded Shikaku’s group; Shikaku later realized the infection had spread through his wounds.
• Shennong watched the battle as Red Queen deployed five squads of Biochemical Mechanical Warriors, and the survivors’ condition worsened.
• Minato Namikaze rescued Shikaku Nara and brought him to Jiraiya’s position, where hundreds of Biochemical Mechanical Warriors attacked and Gamaken was killed by laser fire.
• Shikaku urged Jiraiya’s group to flee, but Karn’s shadow clone struck them with a massive lightning bolt; Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi vanished, while the others died.
• Karn reviewed the report in Kawaki Town, then joined Tsunade after she found him outside.

Mount Myōboku learned that Jiraiya had died, and the Great Toad Sage warned that Mount Myōboku would be destroyed while naming Minato Namikaze its hope. Back in Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato concealed the disastrous losses, while Orochimaru suspected Karn was responsible.

• A toad told Fukasaku that Jiraiya had died and Gamaken had not returned; Fukasaku confirmed Jiraiya was gone and found that Minato Namikaze was still alive.
• Fukasaku and Shima visited the Great Toad Sage, who described a dream of Mount Myōboku's destruction and ordered Fukasaku to give Minato Namikaze a special item.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze returned to Konoha after recovering, and Hiruzen went to inform the Nara Clan that Shikaku Nara had died.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi filed a death report and funeral application that concealed the deaths of Shikaku Nara, Sarutobi clansmen, and many elite ninjas.
• Orochimaru dismissed the reports blaming Root and suspected that Minato's recent mission had ended in heavy losses; he planned to ask someone about it and considered Karn's involvement.

Karn arranged for Nonō to help Tsunade with her pregnancy, then discussed the deaths and surviving threats from the attack with Orochimaru. Back in the Land of Fire, Karn pursued sweeping reforms and continued using his allies and captives to advance his plans.

• Tsunade angrily kicked Karn when he brought Nonō to her, but Karn persuaded them that Nonō should help with the birth and left her to manage matters.
• Karn told Orochimaru that Biochemical Mechanical Warriors had killed most of Minato Namikaze's group, and Orochimaru reported that Minato, Shikaku Nara, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had since died.
• Karn and Orochimaru discussed Danzo's bounty and the risk of the surviving Konoha ninja, and Karn decided to eradicate the Underground Bounty Station rather than pay the reward.
• Karn returned to the capital, learned from Konan that Yahiko had died, and decided to keep Obito Uchiha and Nagato alive for their potential use in starting a war.
• Karn imposed agricultural, industrial, and tax reforms that weakened the nobles, while the military backed his rule.
• Karn continued visiting Rin Nohara to extract the Three-Tails' chakra, and Rin began resenting Obito Uchiha and relying more on Karn.

Karn returned to the Marvel Universe and arranged to meet Obadiah about acquiring Stark Industries while Tony Stark investigated the Pent Group. The chapter ended with Pepper questioning Tony about the company’s future, as he remained confident it would not collapse.

• Karn returned to the Marvel Universe after spending over a year in the Shinobi World and reviewed his growing power, his Kamui limitation, and the status of his projects.
• Karn sent word about his return and discussed the Pent Group’s gains from Wakanda, including vibranium and a heart-shaped herb sample.
• Laura told Karn that Obadiah wanted to meet; Karn arranged to see him at the Pent Group’s energy production plant and planned to crush his remaining hopes.
• JARVIS told Tony Stark that he suspected the Pent Group had its own artificial intelligence, and Tony ordered him to investigate its executives.
• Tony dismissed Pepper Potts’s concerns about Stark Industries and assured her that the company would not collapse.

Karn persuaded Obadiah Stane to help him take control of Stark Industries by offering advanced technology, a superhuman enhancement program, and a future for the company’s weapons division. Obadiah returned to undermine the company, while Karn asked Betty to monitor the takeover and planned to meet with a brother and sister seeking revenge on Tony Stark.

• Karn showed Obadiah Stane the Pent Group’s Arc Reactor and advanced armor research, convincing him that Stark Industries could not compete.
• Karn offered Obadiah a deal: help him acquire half of Stark Industries’ shares and control the company in exchange for benefits and a guaranteed physical enhancement program.
• Obadiah accepted and returned to use his influence at Stark Industries to drive down its stock price and help Karn prepare a takeover.
• Karn told Betty about the plan and asked her to keep watch over Stark Industries as she recovered from the Extremis Virus Serum.
• Betty said a brother and sister still wanted revenge, and Karn planned to speak with them the next day.

Karn gave Wanda and Pietro nanoparticle protective suits and prepared them to take revenge on Tony Stark, while Nick Fury reconsidered Steve Rogers’s role in the Avengers. At Stark Industries, Obadiah used the Pent Group’s new energy announcement to pressure Pepper into supporting the weapons division’s return.

• Karn took Wanda and Pietro to the underground hive and gave each of them a Nano Sprint-Assist Protective Suit.
• Wanda found her suit too revealing, so Karn deactivated it and arranged for researchers to adjust its fit.
• Nick Fury learned Steve Rogers was still catching up on the modern world and ordered that he receive level-five clearance while asking to speak with Coulson.
• Obadiah told Pepper that the Pent Group’s civilian-ready Arc Reactor technology threatened Stark Industries and urged her to restart its weapons division.
• Pepper worried Tony would oppose the plan and hurried to tell him.

After Tony Stark was kidnapped, S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to find him and Obadiah pushed to sell Stark Industries to the Pent Group. S.H.I.E.L.D. then tried to question Karn, but General Ross intervened and forced the agents to let Karn and Betty pass.

• Pepper learned that Tony Stark had been kidnapped, while S.H.I.E.L.D. found a video revealing his identity but could not trace its upload or locate him.
• Obadiah used Tony's disappearance to rally Stark Industries' directors behind the Pent Group's acquisition, while S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived and took him in for questioning on suspicion of conspiring to kidnap Tony.
• Pepper challenged the proposed sale and took over much of Stark Industries' affairs, but the directors said they would proceed unless evidence connected Obadiah to the kidnapping.
• Karn rode with Betty toward Thaddeus Ross's home, where S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stopped them and demanded that they cooperate with an investigation.
• Karn called Thaddeus Ross, who threatened S.H.I.E.L.D. with military force, and Agent Hill ordered the agents to clear the road.

Karn and Betty backed Thaddeus Ross’s presidential ambitions while Pietro and Wanda held Tony Stark captive and forced him to confess to the harm Stark Industries had caused Sokovia. S.H.I.E.L.D. found Tony after his captors released him, while Obadiah and the Stark Industries board moved ahead with the Pent Group acquisition.

• Thaddeus Ross complained about S.H.I.E.L.D.’s actions, and Karn and Betty agreed to support Ross’s presidential campaign through the Pent Group.
• Pietro and Wanda accused Tony Stark of profiting from weapons used in Sokovia and demanded that he repent, keeping him captive until he agreed.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. released Obadiah after facing a reprimand and demotions, and Obadiah warned Pepper Potts that Stark Industries would pursue the Pent Group acquisition.
• A month later, Stark Industries stripped Tony of his authority and chose Obadiah to lead the company as the acquisition plan proceeded.
• Pietro and Wanda released Tony after his confession video spread online, and S.H.I.E.L.D. tracked him to Pennsylvania and arrived with Rhodey and Nick Fury.

Tony Stark accepted Nick Fury’s offer to join the Avengers after handling his legal and business troubles, while Karn offered the Maximoff siblings roles in Umbrella and Pent Charity. Karn also pursued new business, magical research, and plans to strengthen his forces against future threats.

• Nick Fury told Tony Stark about the loss of Stark Industries, the Arc Power Station, and the legal trouble awaiting him, then invited him to join the Avengers.
• Tony Stark agreed to join the Avengers once he had dealt with his immediate problems.
• Karn offered Pietro a place in Umbrella’s Superhuman Vigilante Squad and Wanda a role in Pent Charity, and suggested they could work for both.
• Karn planned to acquire the Mind Stone and Space Stone to prepare for Thanos and considered bringing an aircraft carrier from the Resident Evil World.
• Karn invited Pepper Potts to take a senior position at Pent Group after she attended Stark Industries’ board meeting.
• Karn arranged to apply for an island near Brooklyn for his Magical Menagerie and sent people to search for the Darkhold and Agatha.

Karn returned to the Wizarding World to expand his business, acquire Magical Creatures, and study the Time-Turner, while Hermione prepared for graduation and learned that her godfather was back. The chapter ended as Pheobe welcomed Karn at the shop.

• Karn expanded his magical ingredient trade and pressured the Goblins into supplying him with a hundred flying warships, which he divided between his aircraft carriers and other worlds.
• Ron and Harry asked Hermione about the graduation ball, and Hermione advised Harry to prepare for the Auror examination.
• Phil told Hermione that Karn had returned; Hermione planned to tell him her graduation ball was in three days.
• Karn praised Kettle's management of the shop, ordered him to organize a large purchase of Magical Creatures, and asked him to establish a wizard guard force.
• Karn asked Kettle to contact Minister for Magic Luwen Amoto about acquiring creatures on the prohibited list, and Pheobe stayed behind to greet Karn.