Recaps

Hashirama Senju nearly sealed Darui before a coordinated attack by Impure World Reincarnation Ninja forced the battle to resume. At headquarters, Shihōin Naraku connected the scattered reports and realized a major enemy attack was imminent.

• Hashirama Senju began sealing Darui, who accepted his defeat and said he had not yet avenged himself on Shihōin Naraku.
• A large group of Impure World Reincarnation Ninja ambushed Hashirama Senju with a barrier and multiple attacks, interrupting the sealing.
• Shihōin Naraku and Tsunade received reports that the First, Fourth, and Third Divisions had reached their positions, while Kakashi Hatake reported small White Zetsu attacks at the Land of Frost Border.
• Frontline intelligence personnel confirmed that Uchiha Itachi and Nagato had attacked their positions and cut off contact with headquarters.
• After the intelligence personnel repaired their communication chakra antenna, Shihōin Naraku ordered support sent and concluded that a large enemy attack was about to begin.
• Shihōin Naraku ordered Kakashi Hatake to assemble his troops and prepare to respond to the coming attack.

Shihōin Naraku realized the Akatsuki had deployed only two armies and that a hidden force of White Zetsu was moving to attack Kakashi's Third Division from the flank. He ordered urgent reinforcements to Kakashi as the Allied Shinobi Forces changed their battle plans.

• Shihōin Naraku warned the Intelligence Department to alert Kakashi that a large enemy force might attack the Third Division and ordered him to hold until reinforcements arrived.
• Naraku identified the Frost Country Stone Bridge as the enemy's true target and explained that the apparent eastern force was meant to distract the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Naraku and Shikaku Nara concluded that the remaining White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation Ninja had left the Mountain Graveyard after the Intelligence Department was attacked and were heading for Kakashi's flank.
• Naraku ordered Shikaku to tell Kakashi to strengthen his flank and instructed Tsunade to have Gaara and Mifune send their forces to reinforce the Third Division.
• Tsunade and Shikaku relayed the revised battle orders to Kakashi's Third Division, Gaara's Fourth Division, and Mifune's Fifth Division.

Kakashi learned that fifty thousand White Zetsu had shifted to the Third Division’s flank and hurriedly redirected his forces. He left Tatami Iwashi with seven thousand ninja to defend against the twenty thousand White Zetsu at the front, while taking fifteen thousand to meet the flank attack.

• Kakashi received headquarters’ intelligence that the main White Zetsu force had moved to the Third Division’s flank, leaving only twenty thousand directly ahead.
• Kakashi ordered constant contact with headquarters and called Tatami Iwashi to the front line.
• Kakashi used three fireworks to summon the scattered Third Division squads, halting their unfinished defensive preparations.
• Tatami Iwashi learned the situation and agreed to Kakashi’s deployment plan.
• Kakashi assigned seven thousand ninja to Tatami Iwashi for the front line and prepared to take the other fifteen thousand to the flank.

Kakashi divided the Third Division’s forces, leaving Tatami Iwashi to defend against over twenty thousand White Zetsu and Impure World Reincarnation Ninja while he moved to face a larger enemy army. Shihōin Naraku arranged reinforcements for the Land of Frost, leaving the allied forces preparing to hold their lines until support arrived.

• Kakashi assigned Tatami Iwashi seven thousand ninja to defend the Third Division’s positions against over twenty thousand enemy troops, while Kakashi took fifteen thousand toward the Frost Country Stone Bridge.
• Kakashi told Tatami Iwashi that the First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Jiraiya’s Surprise Attack Unit could reinforce them once communications were established.
• Tatami Iwashi reported the situation to headquarters and had his ninja strengthen their positions and lay more traps.
• Shikaku told Shihōin Naraku that Kakashi was heading to the Frost Country Stone Bridge and that Mifune and Gaara had sent their forces to reinforce the Third Division.
• Shihōin Naraku estimated that nearly sixty thousand allied ninja would gather near the front and kept the Second Division in reserve while enemy forces threatened the eastern sea.

Shihōin Naraku and Tsunade discussed how to respond to the approaching White Zetsu army, and Naraku ordered Ōnoki to keep the Second Division ready as a reserve. At the eastern camp, Ōnoki explained to Kurotsuchi that the division might be sent to reinforce Kakashi’s Third Division because the main front was the priority.

• Shikaku assessed the battlefield deployment, and Shihōin Naraku and Tsunade discussed the threat of the enemy’s first attack.
• Tsunade suggested splitting the Second Division to support the First and Third Divisions, but Naraku held off on redeploying it until the intelligence was confirmed.
• Naraku ordered intelligence personnel to tell Ōnoki to prepare the Second Division to move if needed.
• Kurotsuchi brought Ōnoki a message from headquarters, and he told her the Second Division might reinforce Kakashi’s Third Division.
• Ōnoki explained to Kurotsuchi that protecting the main front against seventy thousand enemy troops took precedence over supporting the First Division.

Ōnoki assigned Kurotsuchi to reorganize their troops while keeping her away from the main battlefield, despite her objection. Meanwhile, Obito prepared to launch the attack after removing one Rinnegan and recovering from the strain of bearing two.

• Ōnoki explained the war’s priorities to Kurotsuchi and ordered her to split their troops into two combat units.
• Kurotsuchi asked to lead the reinforcements to the main battlefield, but Ōnoki ordered her to remain and command the other unit.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that the White Zetsu Army and Impure World Reincarnation Ninja were in position and that the Allied Shinobi Forces had discovered their plan too late.
• Obito ordered the attack to begin in ten minutes and said he expected to be ready to join the war in about an hour.
• Obito recalled removing one Rinnegan and realized his body could bear only one, while the scars around his Mangekyō Sharingan faded as he recovered.

Obito recovered from the damage caused by implanting two Rinnegan, while Black Zetsu kept the removed eye. Elsewhere, Mifune’s Fifth Division was ambushed by Impure World Reincarnation Ninja led by Sasori and Deidara, delaying its advance toward the main battlefield.

• Obito recalled how his body and mind began collapsing after he implanted two Rinnegan, and Black Zetsu saved him by removing one eye.
• Obito resumed recovering with one Rinnegan in his right eye and his Mangekyō Sharingan in his left, while Black Zetsu coordinated the war effort with Kabuto Yakushi.
• Mifune led the Fifth Division toward the main battlefield but came under attack from Sasori and Deidara’s Impure World Reincarnation unit.
• Deidara bombarded the division from the air, and Mifune ordered his forces to spread out, form a defense, locate the enemy, and prepare a counterattack.
• An Iwagakure ninja advised using Lightning Release against Deidara, while Mifune considered ways to draw him closer and ordered headquarters notified that the division could not reinforce the main battlefield in time.

Kabuto Yakushi controlled five reincarnated former Kage and ordered them to destroy the Allied Shinobi Forces’ Third Division, led by Fifth Kazekage Gaara. As the Kage marched toward the approaching army, Fourth Kazekage Rasa learned that Gaara had become Kazekage.

• Hozuki Gengetsu and Second Tsuchikage Mu argued as the reincarnated Kage approached the Land of Fire.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi identified Kabuto Yakushi as their controller, and Rasa recognized him as one of the men who had killed him.
• Third Raikage A asked Kabuto Yakushi who their enemy was, and Kabuto ordered them to destroy the Third Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Second Tsuchikage Mu sensed the approaching army, and Kabuto explained that tens of thousands of Allied Shinobi Forces led by Fifth Kazekage Gaara were their target.
• Rasa reacted in disbelief that Gaara had become the Fifth Kazekage, but the five Kage could not break Kabuto Yakushi’s control and continued toward the army.

Gaara's forces encountered the five reincarnated Kage, including his father, Rasa, as they crossed the wasteland. The former Kage warned the Allied Shinobi Forces about their control and abilities, while Gengetsu's temper surfaced over a teasing remark.

• Gaara ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to spread out into battle formation and report the five Kage's identities to headquarters.
• Hozuki Gengetsu praised Gaara's command, while Rasa struggled to accept his son's achievements.
• The Third Raikage warned Gaara that someone controlled the five Kage and urged the alliance to attack them without holding back.
• Gengetsu advised Gaara to separate the five Kage and warned that he would not restrain himself in battle.
• A Konoha ninja called Gengetsu a little mustache, and the Mist Ninja who had explained his temperament was left facing Gengetsu's glare after the Konoha ninja blamed him.

Shihōin Naraku coordinated responses after the Fifth Division encountered Impure World Reincarnation Ninja, then called a staff meeting when Gaara reported that the reincarnated Five Kage had blocked the division. The chapter ended with Naraku asking the allied staff officers to continue sharing intelligence about the Kage.

• An intelligence officer reported that Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sands had attacked Mifune’s Fifth Division, which had also identified Hanzō and Chiyo among the enemy; Naraku noted that the division carried antidotes prepared for their poisons.
• Tsunade offered to support the Fifth Division, but Naraku declined and Shikaku Nara worried that Kakashi’s Third Division would face heavy casualties without reinforcements.
• Naraku ordered the Second Division to split, with one group reinforcing the Third Division and the other remaining near the First Division; Ōnoki led his troops toward the main battlefield.
• An officer reported that Gaara’s Fifth Division had been intercepted outside the Land of Frost by a reincarnated Five Kage squad led by Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mu, Gengetsu Hozuki, A, and Rasa.
• Naraku gathered the staff officers to plan for the Fifth Division and asked them to compile intelligence on the Five Kage; Shikaku described Hiruzen, and Ao shared what Kirigakure knew about Gengetsu before Naraku requested the next briefing.

The staff officers reviewed the abilities of the resurrected Five Kage and agreed they needed to divide the battlefield before fighting them. Tsunade volunteered to reinforce the Fourth Division, and Mabui offered to transport her there instantly with her special ninjutsu.

• An Iwa staff officer shared Mu's intelligence on Gengetsu Hozuki, including his Steaming Danger Tyranny and giant clam, then described the Third Raikage and Fourth Kazekage.
• The staff officers agreed to separate the Five Kage of past generations and appoint commanders to lead the Allied Shinobi Forces against them.
• Tsunade volunteered to reinforce Gaara and the Fourth Division, and Naraku approved her deployment.
• Tsunade declined Naraku's offer to send her with the Flying Thunder God Technique, saying he needed to conserve his strength for greater threats.
• Mabui offered to use her light-speed transportation ninjutsu to send Tsunade directly to the battlefield, and Tsunade accepted.

Mabui used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Tsunade to the battlefield after Naraku advised her to rely on her healing ability to endure the journey. Meanwhile, Hyuga Hiashi prepared the First Division to defend the Land of Waves and the Great Naruto Bridge against an enemy landing, but a messenger arrived with an unexpected report.

• Mabui warned that the Heavenly Transfer Technique's speed could severely injure Tsunade, and Naraku suggested she use her recovery ability to withstand the damage.
• Tsunade released her Strength of a Hundred Seal and agreed to deliver Naraku's plans and intelligence to Gaara.
• Mabui used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Tsunade from the conference room to the battlefield, and Naraku praised Mabui for her contribution.
• Hyuga Hiashi deployed squads throughout the Land of Waves and ordered them to watch for enemy landings and use traps to delay and weaken the enemy.
• A messenger ninja reached Hyuga Hiashi on the front line and began reporting an unexpected development.

Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki arrived at the Allied Shinobi Forces' coastal position after Naruto mastered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. Hiashi secured them at the Land of Fire border facilities and prepared to report their arrival to headquarters so they could learn where to support the war effort.

• Hiashi met Minato and Naruto at the coastline, verified Minato's identity, and used his Byakugan to confirm Naruto carried the Nine-Tails chakra.
• Hiashi recognized that Naruto was in danger as an Akatsuki target and escorted father and son to the army's protected border facilities.
• Minato explained that he had gone to Turtle Island to reunite with Naruto and help him master the Nine-Tails' chakra.
• Naruto learned to use Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, though he had not yet earned Kurama's full trust or mastered true Nine-Tails Mode.
• Minato and Naruto left Turtle Island for the front lines, and Hiashi agreed to contact headquarters and report their arrival.

Allied Shinobi Forces Headquarters learned that Naruto Uzumaki had mastered the Nine-Tails' power and ordered him and Minato Namikaze to reinforce Kakashi Hatake's endangered Third Division. Headquarters also reestablished contact with Jiraiya's Surprise Attack Unit, which had joined forces with Tobirama Senju and was sent to support the Third Division.

• Shihōin Naraku confirmed that Naruto Uzumaki had mastered the Nine-Tails Chakra and ordered Naruto Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze to reinforce Kakashi Hatake's Third Division.
• Hyuga Hiashi received intelligence that twenty-two thousand Third Division ninja faced about seventy thousand enemy troops while other support units were intercepted.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Naruto Uzumaki to the main battlefield, leaving Hyuga Hiashi in charge of the First Division's positions.
• The Surprise Attack Unit reported that Jiraiya had repelled the enemy and rescued the surviving frontline intelligence personnel.
• Headquarters learned that Jiraiya's Surprise Attack Unit had joined forces with Tobirama Senju and ordered them to hurry to the Third Division's aid.

Shihōin Naraku realized that enemy operatives were impersonating Allied Shinobi Forces intelligence personnel and ordered Jiraiya’s Surprise Attack Unit to eliminate them. At the Mountain Graveyard, Jiraiya and Tobirama Senju received the orders and prepared to search for survivors.

• Shihōin Naraku compared the two-hour communications gap with Jiraiya’s recent victory and noticed that the timing did not fit.
• Naraku and Shikaku Nara concluded that the supposed intelligence personnel had avoided finding the Surprise Attack Unit and had only reported ordinary ninja, suggesting they were enemy impostors.
• Naraku ordered Jiraiya’s Surprise Attack Unit to eliminate the impostors, rendezvous with the Third Division, and search the Mountain Graveyard for surviving intelligence personnel.
• Jiraiya and Tobirama Senju received headquarters’ messages and discussed the Intelligence Department’s heavy losses.
• Tobirama Senju set out to eliminate the impostors and search for survivors, and Jiraiya offered to join him.

Tobirama Senju left Jiraiya to guard the Surprise Attack Unit while he went to find Hashirama Senju, and Kabuto Yakushi observed the aftermath from hiding in the Land of Fire. He wondered why Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu had not begun their main operation and resolved to remove the surveillance planted on him when the war escalated.

• Tobirama Senju declined Jiraiya's offer to accompany him and told him to protect the Surprise Attack Unit from Nagato and Uchiha Itachi's possible return.
• Jiraiya stayed behind as the Surprise Attack Unit defeated the White Zetsu and sealed the Impure World Reincarnation ninja, while Nagato and Uchiha Itachi escaped under Kabuto Yakushi's control.
• Kabuto Yakushi watched from a hidden cave in the Land of Fire and praised Hashirama Senju's strength after he defeated many elite ninja.
• Kabuto Yakushi noted that the Surprise Attack Unit's first operation had ended and questioned why Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu had not launched their next move.
• Kabuto Yakushi considered passing intelligence to Shihōin Naraku but held back because he believed White Zetsu had planted a surveillance device on him.

Kabuto Yakushi was ordered to coordinate with the White Zetsu Army in an attack on Kakashi Hatake’s Third Division, despite being stretched across several ongoing battles. As he prepared to focus on the new assault, he discovered that Gaara had already defeated and sealed Fourth Kazekage Rasa, and noticed Tsunade had appeared on the battlefield.

• A White Zetsu told Kabuto Yakushi to join the White Zetsu Army’s attack on Kakashi Hatake’s Third Division in ten minutes.
• Kabuto Yakushi accepted the order and decided to move to another hidden base after the coming battle.
• Kabuto Yakushi checked the Fifth Division’s fight and found that Hanzō’s poisonous mist was blocking its advance despite Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sands losing ground.
• Kabuto Yakushi discovered that Gaara had defeated and sealed Fourth Kazekage Rasa, leaving the Third Hokage, Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, and Third Raikage in the battle.
• Kabuto Yakushi noticed that Tsunade had appeared on the battlefield.

Kabuto Yakushi redirected Nagato and Uchiha Itachi to intercept Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Jiraiya before they could reach the main battlefield. As the Surprise Attack Unit approached, Kabuto took control of the two reincarnated ninja and made them charge, while Allied Shinobi Forces headquarters prepared for the reinforcements and warned Kakashi to watch for an ambush.

• Kabuto Yakushi abandoned direct control of the Four Kage and summoned Nagato and Uchiha Itachi to stop the Surprise Attack Unit.
• Kabuto ordered Nagato and Uchiha Itachi to hold off Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Jiraiya while he focused on the main battlefield.
• Nagato and Uchiha Itachi discussed Obito Uchiha's past, and Nagato suspected that another mastermind was behind him.
• As the Surprise Attack Unit arrived, Kabuto Yakushi seized control of Nagato and Uchiha Itachi and sent them charging toward the approaching ninja.
• Shihōin Naraku learned that the Surprise Attack Unit was ready to reinforce the main battlefield and ordered them to beware of an ambush.
• Shihōin Naraku accepted Kakashi's report that the defenses were less than thirty percent complete and told him to keep watch for enemy attacks.

Shihōin Naraku tracked three Allied Shinobi Forces units moving to reinforce the main battlefield while the Surprise Attack Unit was intercepted by Uchiha Itachi and Nagato. The Fourth Division remained isolated against the remaining resurrected Kage, including the difficult Second Tsuchikage Mu.

• The Fifth Division reported defeating the enemy Impure World Reincarnation Ninja squad and hurried toward the main battlefield.
• Naraku learned that Ōnoki's Second Division faced little resistance on its way to reinforce the main battlefield.
• The Surprise Attack Unit reported that Uchiha Itachi and Nagato had intercepted it, though Shikaku Nara expected Jiraiya and the Senju Brothers to overcome them soon.
• Naraku marked the routes of three incoming forces on the map and noted that the Surprise Attack Unit was still fighting.
• Naraku and Shikaku discussed the Fourth Division's lack of new reports, and Naraku worried that Gaara and Tsunade would have to face the remaining Four Kage without reinforcements, especially Mu.

The Fourth Division struggled to seal the reanimated Kage before exhaustion threatened its mission to reinforce the main battlefield. Tsunade kept Hiruzen Sarutobi on the defensive, but he ended the chapter trapping her in a barrage of shuriken.

• The Fourth Division divided the reanimated Four Kage across separate battlefields, but only Gaara had sealed Fourth Kazekage Rasa, leaving the larger battle at a stalemate.
• Tsunade attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi with overwhelming strength and healing, knocking his Adamantine Staff away and driving him into the woods.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi countered with Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, but Tsunade shielded herself with a slab of rock and closed the distance.
• Tsunade smashed through Hiruzen Sarutobi's Earth-Style Wall, but he used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to surround her with a torrent of shuriken.

Tsunade defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi in battle and helped the Allied Shinobi Forces seal him. With three reincarnated Kage still remaining, she prepared to join another fight before an enormous crash drew her attention.

• Tsunade broke through Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and charged at him despite her wounds.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dodged Tsunade’s Heavenly Foot of Pain, but the collapsing ground left him off balance.
• Tsunade drove her fist through Hiruzen Sarutobi’s chest, and he praised her before his reanimated body began crumbling.
• Tsunade called over nearby ninja, who sealed Hiruzen Sarutobi while he looked at her with pride.
• Tsunade turned toward the remaining three Kage to decide where to help next, but an earth-shaking crash made her look over.

Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki arrived to reinforce Kakashi Hatake as the Allied Shinobi Forces prepared to defend the Frost Country Stone Bridge. A report of an attack on another position revealed that Kakashi's division faced an enemy force of at least sixty thousand White Zetsu and many Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.

• Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki joined Kakashi Hatake on the battlefield, and Kakashi questioned Naruto's presence before Minato assured him that Naruto had advanced in training.
• Minato Namikaze asked about preparations and reinforcements, and Kakashi explained that limited time and manpower had prevented them from setting many traps.
• Minato Namikaze and Kakashi discussed the Frost Country Stone Bridge and Obito Uchiha, with Minato saying he had seen Obito but could not communicate with him.
• A messenger reported that Tatami Iwashi's position was under attack by ten thousand White Zetsu and a small number of Impure World Reincarnation Ninja.
• Kakashi realized that the enemy was concentrating at least sixty thousand White Zetsu and many Impure World Reincarnation Ninja against his division.

The Allied Shinobi Forces fought the White Zetsu Army after Earth Release forced the attackers aboveground, and Tatami Iwashi directed the Third Division’s defenses. The White Zetsu broke through the defensive lines and clashed with the ninja at close range, where Might Guy cut through their ranks as the Allies also began taking casualties.

• Under Tatami Iwashi’s command, the Allied Shinobi Forces used Earth Release to force the White Zetsu Army aboveground, killing over a thousand in the first clash.
• The White Zetsu Army ignored traps and casualties as it broke through the first, second, and third defensive lines.
• Tatami Iwashi ordered Earth Release users to collapse the ground beneath the attackers, and the ninja burned the trapped White Zetsu with Fire Release.
• The White Zetsu Army broke through the defenses and charged into the Allied Shinobi Forces’ positions, beginning close-quarters combat.
• Might Guy used taijutsu to kill White Zetsu and clear a large area, while Allied ninja also began suffering casualties.

At headquarters, the Allied Shinobi Forces judged that the decisive battle would be fought by Kakashi Hatake’s Third Division near the Frost Country Stone Bridge, while Tatami Iwashi’s troops battled the White Zetsu Army. On the frontline, Might Guy spotted the Impure World Reincarnation Ninja and recognized several of Kirigakure’s former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

• Reports from the frontline said Tatami Iwashi’s forces had repelled waves of White Zetsu, while headquarters worried about Kakashi Hatake’s outnumbered Third Division.
• The staff identified the Stone Bridge near the Frost Country as the site of the war’s decisive showdown and considered Tatami Iwashi’s battle a chance to weaken the enemy.
• Might Guy fought through the charging White Zetsu and noticed Impure World Reincarnation Ninja arriving from the east.
• Might Guy recognized several of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist who had fought him and his companions when he was young, before Might Duy sacrificed himself to save them.

Might Guy faced the reincarnated Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and opened the Sixth Gate to fight them. He charged ahead without waiting for Allied Shinobi Forces support and swiftly defeated Munashi Jinpachi.

• Might Guy recognized four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist from his past battle with them, while the group included three members from later generations.
• Might Guy opened the first six gates, reminding the swordsmen that his father Might Duy had killed three of them while saving Guy and other Konoha ninja.
• Might Guy declared that he would protect the shinobi world and charged the swordsmen despite a comrade telling him to wait for the Allied Shinobi Forces to gather.
• Munashi Jinpachi attacked Might Guy with explosive tags, but Guy dodged the blast and struck him from the side.
• Might Guy used Konoha Strong Whirlwind to kick Munashi Jinpachi in half and knock the Exploding Blade Shibuki from his grasp.