Recaps

Minato Namikaze asked Shihōin Naraku about Naruto and learned that Naruto was safe in hiding. Naraku brought Minato back to Konoha, where Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Tsunade questioned how he had escaped the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Minato Namikaze asked Shihōin Naraku about Naruto, and Naraku assured him that Naruto was safe and training in hiding.
• Naraku noticed that ninja were approaching and offered to take Minato into Konoha because his resurrection made it unwise for him to appear publicly.
• Minato and Naraku discussed Konoha's missing Flying Thunder God Formulas and learned that the village's barrier had been shut down due to the Allied Shinobi Forces gathering there.
• Naraku and Minato vanished and reappeared in the Hokage's office before Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Tsunade.
• Tsunade questioned whether Minato was still controlled by Kabuto, and Minato explained that he knew the hand seals for releasing the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Minato Namikaze explained that he had learned how to release the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu’s restraints while serving as Hokage, and Naraku confirmed Minato was free of them. The discussion revealed that Naraku had mastered the forbidden technique but claimed he had never used it.

• Minato Namikaze explained that he had read about the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu while learning the Flying Thunder God Technique and gained access to its release seals after becoming Hokage.
• Naraku explained to Kakashi that the Hokage’s authority let Minato examine Konoha’s forbidden techniques despite Hiruzen Sarutobi’s ban.
• Jiraiya asked whether Tobirama Senju should verify Minato’s release, but Naraku said he had already checked that Minato’s restraints were gone.
• Naraku pointed out that Tsunade had also read about the technique, and she explained she had studied it to find a weakness after Orochimaru summoned her grandfather.
• Tsunade asked Minato and Naraku whether they had learned the technique; Minato said he had not, while Naraku admitted he had mastered it but never used it.

Minato learned that Obito had extracted the Nine-Tails' chakra from him and confirmed that Obito was the masked man behind the Nine-Tails' Attack. After discovering that Madara might be guiding Obito, Minato regretted failing to recognize his former student, while Naraku declared that the conflict would be settled on the battlefield.

• Minato told Jiraiya and the others that Obito had extracted the Nine-Tails' chakra and sealed it inside a monstrous creature.
• Kakashi confirmed that the enemy was Obito, and Minato explained that he had recognized him from information Obito let slip while extracting the chakra.
• Naraku asked whether Obito had been the masked man who released the Nine-Tails on the night Naruto was born, and Minato recalled the encounter.
• Naraku said Madara might have trained Obito, and Kakashi explained how Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Kamui, worked.
• Minato concluded that Obito had been the masked attacker and blamed himself for not recognizing his student; Jiraiya comforted him, and Naraku said the matter would be settled on the battlefield.

Minato Namikaze learned that Naruto was training on Turtle Island and was offered the chance to visit and help him. As the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared for an unexpectedly imminent war, Naraku predicted Obito would attack tomorrow, but still urged Minato to see Naruto first.

• Minato Namikaze asked about Naruto, and Jiraiya explained that Naruto was training on Turtle Island in Kumogakure.
• Naraku offered to let Minato visit Naruto and help him master Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Naraku warned that Minato's escape might prompt Obito to begin the war earlier than expected, and Tsunade ordered the intelligence department to watch the Mountain Graveyard.
• Naraku predicted that Obito would most likely launch the war tomorrow, and Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi agreed that an attack was near.
• Minato considered postponing his visit to serve the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Naraku urged him to see Naruto first and help strengthen their war effort.

As Konoha rushed to finish its war preparations, Shihōin Naraku learned that Obito’s forces would begin the war at five the next morning. Black Zetsu assigned Akame to lead thirty thousand enhanced White Zetsu on a coastal invasion of the Land of Fire after the surprise attack unit departed.

• Kakashi Hatake told Shihōin Naraku that the Third Division was nearly fully assembled, and Naraku ordered him to finish preparations by the deadline.
• Naraku ordered Shikaku Nara and the other villages’ Kage to complete their preparations as Konoha worked through the night.
• Black Zetsu announced that the war would begin at five the next morning and assigned Akame to lead thirty thousand enhanced White Zetsu along the coast toward the Land of Waves and the Land of Fire.
• Black Zetsu ordered Akame to prioritize entering the Land of Fire, inflict casualties if that failed, and use White Zetsu disguised as Allied Shinobi Forces members after nightfall.
• Black Zetsu said the surprise attack unit would move out by land first, after which Akame’s force would travel underground through the sea and follow its assigned route.

Obito ordered the Akatsuki to assassinate Allied Shinobi Forces intelligence operatives near the Mountain Graveyard to conceal his coming attack. After the Allied forces detected the killings, the Five Kage and their commanders reviewed plans to stop the enemy outside the Land of Fire, with Mei Terumi proposing they destroy them in the Land of Frost.

• Hozuki Suigetsu killed an Allied Shinobi Forces intelligence operative, and White Zetsu removed the body.
• Obito ordered the Akatsuki to eliminate intelligence operatives around the Mountain Graveyard before launching the war.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces discovered that operatives had gone missing and identified Sasuke Uchiha, Hozuki Suigetsu, Jūgo, Karin, and suspected Impure World Reincarnation ninjas as the attackers.
• Naraku ordered the remaining intelligence operatives to monitor the enemy and report unusual movements to headquarters.
• Shikaku Nara presented a plan to intercept the enemy force advancing through the Land of Frost or the Land of Rice Fields, while Tsunade and Dodai emphasized protecting the border hospital and supplies.
• Mei Terumi urged the commanders to destroy the enemy near the Land of Frost.

The Five Kage finalized a plan to stop the enemy outside the Land of Fire and began assembling the Allied Shinobi Forces before dawn. At the supply point, Tenten helped speed up the distribution of ninja tools as the army prepared to move out.

• Shihōin Naraku finalized the battle plan, assigning Gaara to lead a Long-Distance Combat Unit near the border and directing other units to move north, northwest, and northeast.
• The hundred thousand members of the Allied Shinobi Forces began assembling before dawn.
• The ninja distributing supplies struggled with a long line of people who had not yet collected their tools.
• Tenten and other experienced ninja arrived to help, and Tenten posted clear collection rules that quickly sped up distribution.

Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka distributed emergency medical supplies to Allied Shinobi Forces Ninja and discussed their battlefield assignments. Sakura remained in the Medical Logistics Division while also serving as the Third Division’s medical captain, as Ino prepared to join the Fifth Division.

• Sakura Haruno handed out emergency medical supplies until Ino Yamanaka arrived to help.
• Sakura cautioned Ino to check each supply carefully, and Ino helped distribute them as the line grew shorter.
• Ino told Sakura that she had been assigned to the Fifth Division alongside Shino and Kiba.
• Sakura explained that she belonged to the Medical Logistics Division and the Third Combat Division, where she would provide frontline medical care.
• Sakura told Ino that she had been appointed medical captain of the Third Division, and Ino congratulated her.

The Allied Shinobi Forces completed their supply distribution, but old grudges among its members quickly sparked arguments and clashes. Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju discussed how the Five Kage could contain the discord long enough for the forces to build trust through battle.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces finished distributing supplies before five in the morning and assembled into their assigned combat units.
• Ninja from the different villages argued over Shihōin Naraku’s appointment as Supreme Commander and accused one another’s villages of past betrayals and atrocities.
• Hashirama Senju lamented that the Allied Shinobi Forces had fallen into chaos, while Tobirama Senju explained that years of hatred could not be erased by slogans.
• Tobirama Senju said fighting a common enemy together could help the ninja form bonds, if the leadership could suppress the conflicts in the meantime.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju expressed confidence in the Five Kage’s ability to coordinate and manage the crisis.

As the Allied Shinobi Forces faced mounting discord, Shihōin Naraku and the Five Kage prepared battle plans in response to enemy movements. Naraku headed to confront the arguing troops, leaving Shikaku to monitor the enemy.

• Tobirama Senju explained to Hashirama Senju why the Five Kage needed time to plan against Akatsuki and Obito Uchiha.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces received reports that White Zetsu were moving toward the Land of Frost and an Impure World Reincarnation unit was heading toward the Land of Fire.
• The Five Kage and Staff Department assigned the Surprise Attack Unit and Kurotsuchi's Second Division to intercept the enemy, with Ōnoki joining the force.
• After learning the troops were arguing but had not begun fighting, Shihōin Naraku ordered Shikaku to track enemy movements and led the others toward the Training Ground.
• As the leaders approached the increasingly volatile crowd, Shihōin Naraku told them to wait and walked ahead to address the troops.

Shihōin Naraku unleashed an overwhelming force of will on the Allied Shinobi Forces, creating a storm and black-and-red lightning as the ninja struggled to remain standing. Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju recognized that Naraku had surpassed Hashirama and likely could defeat both him and Madara Uchiha together.

• Shihōin Naraku appeared behind the Allied Shinobi Forces and released a crushing pressure that shook the sky and ground.
• Ōnoki warned that the Allied Shinobi Forces might collapse, while Dodai, Mei Terumi, and Gaara considered Naraku's power and his restraint toward his allies.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju struggled against the hurricane as Tobirama concluded that Naraku was stronger than Hashirama at his peak.
• Hashirama Senju admitted that neither he nor Madara Uchiha could match Naraku, even if they joined forces.
• Tobirama Senju questioned how the era could produce a ninja as powerful as Naraku, but Hashirama Senju replied that every era had exceptional talents.

Shihōin Naraku used Conqueror's Haki to force the Allied Shinobi Forces to endure his pressure and unite, then addressed their resentment over past wars. He left them with a shared reason to fight: the Shinobi World's future and the peace to come.

• Shihōin Naraku carefully eased his Conqueror's Haki enough to keep the hundred thousand allied ninja standing while making them continue to endure its pressure.
• Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Gaara, Dodai, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Kurotsuchi, Mifune, Hyuga Hiashi, and other leaders joined Naraku as he led the Allied Shinobi Forces forward.
• Shihōin Naraku mounted a platform and acknowledged the hatred, pain, and arguments caused by the villages' history of conflict.
• Shihōin Naraku declared that the Allied Shinobi Forces had gathered not to vent old grudges but to secure the Shinobi World's future and coming peace.

Shihōin Naraku used the Drums of Liberation and an impassioned speech to turn the Allied Shinobi Forces’ internal tensions toward opposition to the enemy’s illusion. The hundred thousand ninja embraced the fight for the real world as Naraku urged them to unite, leaving their forces rallied for the coming war.

• Shihōin Naraku invoked the enemy’s plan to trap everyone in an illusory world, and the Allied Shinobi Forces shouted their rejection of it.
• The leaders on the platform praised Naraku for redirecting the troops’ anger, while Tsunade silenced Jiraiya after he spoke too loudly.
• Naraku declared that the war was about defending everyone’s right to live in reality, and the troops roared their support.
• Naraku reflected that Infinite Tsukuyomi would turn its victims into White Zetsu and that Black Zetsu was using Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha to free Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Naraku called on the Allied Shinobi Forces to unite for the future, reminding them that the entire world stood behind them.

Shihōin Naraku united the Allied Shinobi Forces with a rousing speech, then joined the Five Kage and their staff to respond to a new enemy movement. The chapter ended with the commanders revising their defenses as they sought to locate the enemy force crossing the sea toward the Land of Fire.

• Shihōin Naraku rallied the hundred thousand members of the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Jiraiya praised him before preparing to address the army.
• A report announced that thirty thousand White Zetsu and about a hundred Impure World Reincarnation ninja were moving from the Mountain Graveyard toward the eastern sea.
• Shikaku Nara and the Five Kage considered the enemy’s target, while Shihōin Naraku and Dodai ruled out Naruto Uzumaki on Turtle Island.
• Shikaku Nara concluded that the enemy was likely heading for the Land of Fire through the Land of the Moon or the Land of Hot Water, and the commanders ordered nearby countries to evacuate.
• Tsunade, the Five Kage, and the Staff Department began redirecting forces and ordered the Intelligence Unit to search northeast and east of the Land of Fire for the enemy’s route.

Shikaku Nara briefed the Five Kage on the Allied Shinobi Forces’ battle plan, including Jiraiya’s mission to confront the enemy’s surprise attack unit and the Third Division’s role against the following force. The Kage questioned whether Jiraiya’s unit and the infiltration squad could overcome Kabuto Yakushi’s likely defenses, leaving the threat of his Impure World Reincarnation Army unresolved.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces ordered their Intelligence Department to take position before the enemy arrived, while considering ways to counter White Zetsu’s infiltration and reconnaissance advantages.
• Shikaku Nara told the Five Kage that Jiraiya’s Surprise Attack Unit would meet the enemy force coming from the Mountain Graveyard, and Naraku confirmed that sealing preparations were ready.
• Shikaku explained that Kakashi Hatake’s Third Division would engage the enemy’s first official combat unit after Jiraiya’s team handled the initial attack.
• Ōnoki questioned why Jiraiya’s unit would not join the Third Division, and Shikaku explained that Jiraiya’s forces had to guard against further reincarnated ninja and support the squad searching for Kabuto Yakushi.
• Mei Terumi worried that Jiraiya’s unit and the infiltration squad might not be strong enough to defeat Kabuto and his elite guards, while the Kage recognized that stopping his Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu was crucial to victory.

Shihōin Naraku and the Allied Shinobi Forces planned to use the Surprise Attack Unit and infiltration squads to support frontline intelligence and intercept enemy attacks before Kakashi's Third Division joined the main fighting. Shikaku revealed that the northern enemy army numbered more than fifty thousand, far above earlier estimates.

• Tsunade defended Jiraiya as dependable, and the others understood that he wanted to atone for his past by stopping the war.
• Naraku reminded the commanders that Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were allies and could be deployed against Kabuto Yakushi's Impure World Reincarnation Army.
• Shikaku explained that reconnaissance and surprise attack squads would assist the Intelligence Unit at the Mountain Graveyard, where enemy sweeps and staff transfers had hampered intelligence gathering.
• Gaara suggested leaving combat missions to Kakashi's Third Division, but Naraku and Ōnoki supported sending the Surprise Attack Unit first to respond quickly before Kakashi's larger force arrived.
• Shikaku reported that intelligence had confirmed the northern enemy army numbered a little over fifty thousand, correcting earlier estimates of twenty to thirty thousand.

The Allied Shinobi Forces discussed how to respond to the enemy’s unexpectedly large army, and Shikaku Nara explained a formation that guarded against attacks from multiple directions. Shihōin Naraku approved the plan, which positioned the divisions to counter the northern, western, and eastern threats.

• The Kage debated whether the frontline Intelligence Department had failed after the enemy force grew to more than fifty thousand, and Shihōin Naraku urged them to focus on a response.
• Shikaku Nara explained that the Third Division would hold the northern enemy while the Fifth Division under Mifune was placed far to the west and the Fourth Division under Gaara would support both.
• Shihōin Naraku and Ōnoki realized that the Fifth Division was guarding against roughly twenty thousand enemy troops still hidden in the Mountain Graveyard, and Shikaku confirmed the threat.
• Shihōin Naraku approved Shikaku’s plan, and Shikaku assigned the First Division under Hyuga Hiashi and the Second Division under Kurotsuchi to defend against the eastern enemy.

Shikaku Nara presented the Allied Shinobi Forces’ three-front formation, and the leaders approved it while discussing where the enemy might attack. Shihōin Naraku steered their attention toward the Land of Waves, where his secret control of the enemy commander ensured the White Zetsu army would advance as planned.

• Shikaku Nara explained that the First, Third, and Fifth Divisions would fight at the front while the Second and Fourth supported them, and the leaders approved the formation.
• Dodai and Mei Terumi proposed using remaining Kumogakure and Kirigakure personnel to search the sea for the enemy.
• Shihōin Naraku told Shikaku to deploy more intelligence personnel near the Land of Waves and its Great Naruto Bridge.
• Shikaku, Dodai, and Mei Terumi agreed to investigate the Land of Waves after concluding that the enemy might attack from there.
• Gaara worried about Naruto Uzumaki, who was cruising on Turtle Island, while Naraku recognized that he controlled Akame, commander of the enemy army.

Shihōin Naraku launched the Allied Shinobi Forces’ full-scale attack, sending its divisions toward their assigned battlefields. At headquarters, the Senju Brothers arrived as reports came in that Allied shinobi had been attacked by enemy forces and Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.

• Shihōin Naraku ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to prepare for deployment after learning that the enemy’s surprise attack unit was approaching the Land of Frost.
• Shihōin Naraku declared a full-scale attack, and the hundred thousand shinobi set out under their commanders.
• Jiraiya’s Surprise Attack Unit led the march toward the Land of Frost, while the other divisions split off toward their assigned routes and battlefields.
• Mei Terumi left for her battlefield, and Shihōin Naraku and Tsunade returned to headquarters as Konoha grew quiet.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju went to the conference room and found Shihōin Naraku directing operations from intelligence reports.
• The Intelligence Department reported that Allied forces at the front had come under attack and that a reconnaissance squad had encountered Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.

The Allied Shinobi Forces received reports that Sasori and Deidara had attacked, followed by an unconfirmed sighting of Nagato. Shihōin Naraku and Tsunade discussed sending Hashirama and Tobirama to confront him, while Tsunade grew concerned that Jiraiya might encounter danger.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces learned that reanimated Sasori and Deidara had attacked the Infiltration Reconnaissance Squad.
• An intelligence report suggested that Nagato had appeared, but the squad that sent it lost contact.
• Shihōin Naraku and Tsunade recognized the urgency of the possible Nagato sighting, and Hashirama and Tobirama offered to fight him.
• Naraku proposed waiting for confirmation or asking Jiraiya's unit to identify Nagato near the Land of Frost.
• Tsunade changed her mind and urged Hashirama and Tobirama to set out to protect Jiraiya, prompting them to exchange knowing smiles.

As reports from the front lines dwindled, Shihōin Naraku sent Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to investigate the enemy's attacks on Allied Shinobi Forces intelligence personnel. The brothers teleported to the Land of Frost border, where Tobirama Senju triggered a hidden explosive-tag trap, and several revived figures appeared at the blast site.

• Shihōin Naraku concluded that the enemy was targeting intelligence personnel and ordered Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to the front.
• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport himself and Hashirama Senju to the Land of Frost border.
• The brothers found a dead Allied Shinobi Forces member with a Flying Thunder God Formula on his arm.
• Tobirama Senju examined the body and realized the ninja had died only moments earlier.
• Explosive tags hidden beneath the corpse detonated as Tobirama Senju pulled away.
• Several figures appeared at the blast site, declared the mission complete, and moved on to their next target.

Tobirama Senju ambushed and sealed three reanimated ninja sent to attack the Allied Shinobi Forces' Intelligence Unit. Kabuto Yakushi noticed that he had lost control of them and sent another powerful reanimated ninja to investigate.

• A projectile severed one reanimated ninja's lower leg, and the three enemies turned toward the bushes.
• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to attack the three reanimated ninja, inflicting severe wounds and blasting one away with an Explosive Tag.
• Tobirama Senju placed Sealing Talismans on all three enemies and sealed them into a scroll.
• Kabuto Yakushi sensed that he had lost three reanimated puppets and failed to regain control of them.
• Kabuto Yakushi concluded that something had severed his connection to the trio and sent another powerful reanimated ninja to investigate.

Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju prepared to face a new wave of Kabuto Yakushi’s forces after their previous battle drew the enemy away from the Allied Shinobi Forces’ intelligence personnel. Tobirama left Hashirama to hold off the attackers and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to find Jiraiya’s Surprise Attack Unit and restore contact with headquarters.

• Kabuto Yakushi sent nearby Impure World Reincarnation Ninja to investigate why he had lost contact with three of his controlled fighters.
• Tobirama Senju sensed thirty-two enemies approaching, including Impure World Reincarnation Ninja and White Zetsu, and realized their arrival had likely spared the intelligence personnel.
• Hashirama Senju criticized Tobirama Senju for inventing Impure World Reincarnation and experimenting with his cells, but Tobirama silenced him.
• Tobirama Senju decided to use the Surprise Attack Unit’s materials to reestablish communications with headquarters and asked Hashirama to draw the enemies’ attention and defeat them.
• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to Jiraiya’s location.

Hashirama Senju ambushed Kabuto Yakushi’s search party after sensing White Zetsu and approaching Impure World Reincarnation Ninjas. Kabuto recognized Hashirama and attacked him with White Zetsu and Storm Release: Laser Circus.

• Kabuto Yakushi searched the forest for traces of the battle using an Impure World Reincarnation Ninja, since his sensory-controlled subordinates were elsewhere.
• Hashirama Senju sensed twenty-seven White Zetsu approaching underground and waited until Kabuto’s forces gathered.
• Hashirama emerged from hiding, killed two White Zetsu, and faced the remaining swarm and Kabuto’s controlled ninja.
• Kabuto recognized Hashirama Senju and wondered whether Tobirama Senju was nearby and how the earlier Impure World Reincarnations had been severed from his control.
• Hashirama questioned Kabuto about joining the Akatsuki, but Kabuto said he wanted to test the former God of Shinobi’s power and unleashed Storm Release: Laser Circus.

Hashirama Senju effortlessly dodged Darui’s laser attack and fought off the White Zetsu while Kabuto Yakushi watched. Darui sought death to escape being forced to kill his former comrades, and Hashirama struck him down, leaving him split in two as his lower body was destroyed.

• Darui unleashed a barrage of laser beams at Hashirama Senju, who evaded every shot with simple movements.
• Kabuto Yakushi realized Darui and the White Zetsu could not make Hashirama reveal his abilities, and he let Darui fight freely.
• Hashirama Senju killed the White Zetsu attacking him while Darui waited for an opening and hoped Hashirama would end his reanimated existence.
• Hashirama Senju appeared in front of Darui and punched through his abdomen, splitting his body in two.
• Hashirama Senju stomped on Darui’s lower half and destroyed it before it could regenerate.