Chapter Summaries

Naruto returned from escorting wounded shinobi and went to the medical camp looking for Jiraiya and Sasuke, eager to share what happened in the battle against Kaguya. He learned Jiraiya had recovered and Sasuke was still on a mission, then offered to help Sakura treat the wounded while keeping Naraku’s secret about the Senzu Beans.

• Naruto searched for Jiraiya at the medical camp and found Sakura, who had just finished an operation.
• Sakura told Naruto that Tsunade had treated Jiraiya and that he had recovered enough to go on a mission.
• Naruto asked whether Sasuke had returned, and Sakura said he was still carrying out a mission assigned by Naraku.
• Sakura asked Naruto to wait until everyone was done working before telling his story, and Naruto noticed how busy and tired the medical team was.
• Naruto offered to help carry supplies, and he kept quiet about the Senzu Beans because Naraku had told him not to reveal them.

After the war ended, Naraku arranged for the Allied Shinobi Forces to withdraw from the Main Battlefield while casualty counts and battlefield cleanup continued. Jiraiya led the first group toward Konoha, where Shikaku prepared to receive the returning forces after restoring order in the village.

• Naraku told Jiraiya that the Main Battlefield's casualty count was still being tallied and that investigations of other battlefields would wait.
• Naraku assigned Jiraiya to lead the Allied Shinobi Forces' withdrawal in batches, while he remained to oversee the Main Battlefield.
• The next morning, Jiraiya led roughly ten thousand lightly wounded and mobile personnel toward Konoha.
• Shikaku learned that the forces had begun withdrawing and told Headquarters to prepare to receive them.
• Shikaku confirmed that Konoha had returned to normal after the Infinite Tsukuyomi ended and shared news of the Allied Shinobi Forces' victory.

Shikaku Nara organized Konoha’s preparations to receive the surviving Allied Shinobi Forces, coordinating registration, accommodation, medical care, and supplies. With the first troops expected in three days, the village’s departments began carrying out his plans.

• Shikaku ordered department heads to meet and sent messages to the allied countries to confirm their supply routes.
• At the headquarters meeting, Shikaku told Ao, Inoichi Yamanaka, and the other officials that fewer than fifty thousand allied ninja had survived and would return in batches of roughly ten thousand.
• Shikaku’s team arranged registration stations, temporary camps, supply distribution, and expanded medical facilities for returning troops and wounded ninja.
• Shikaku reviewed the units’ arrival routes and addressed concerns about travel time, lodging, and changing weather.
• Shikaku set four priorities for the coming days: registering and directing allied ninja, treating the wounded, distributing supplies accurately, and maintaining Konoha’s safety and order.

Shikaku and Inoichi prepared Konoha to receive the returning Allied Shinobi Forces, coordinating supplies, registration, and village entry to prevent disorder. On the third morning, Jiraiya led the first contingent back, and its lightly wounded members began entering through all four gates.

• Shikaku told Inoichi that old grudges could cause friction after the war and that Konoha needed to make the returning forces feel welcome.
• After staying up all night, Shikaku learned that supplies from Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure were on their way and ordered their arrivals staggered to prevent congestion.
• On the third morning, Shikaku and Allied Shinobi Forces officials waited at Konoha’s four entrances for the first contingent.
• Jiraiya arrived with around ten thousand troops, and Shikaku welcomed him and confirmed the reception preparations were ready.
• Jiraiya directed the lightly wounded to enter first, and Shikaku arranged for them to be received through all four gates as villagers gathered to welcome the returning troops.

Jiraiya led the returning Ninja into Konoha, where villagers welcomed them and medical teams treated the wounded. As Shikaku organized the arriving forces, he and Jiraiya discussed the village’s preparations and the need to coordinate with Naraku while the Allied Shinobi Forces continued withdrawing.

• Jiraiya led the returning Ninja through Konoha as villagers cheered and medical teams took the wounded for treatment.
• Shikaku and his people spent the day organizing the roughly ten thousand Ninja who had arrived.
• Jiraiya watched Konoha from Hokage Rock as villagers honored the fallen and welcomed the survivors.
• Shikaku warned Jiraiya that managing the incoming forces from other villages could become difficult without Naraku in Konoha.
• Jiraiya reassured Shikaku that he, Kakashi, and the others would help manage the returning forces, then Shikaku asked about the other villages’ Kage.

Konoha settled the first group of roughly ten thousand Allied Shinobi Forces members, and Shikaku Nara prepared to put the healthier Ninja to work on patrols. Meanwhile, Kumogakure and Iwagakure struggled to choose new leaders after their Kage and other candidates died in the war.

• Konoha’s Medical Department treated the returned Ninja, and Shikaku Nara received a report of 127 lightly wounded, 53 moderately wounded, seven severely wounded, and no deaths.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka arranged routine patrols and security, while Shikaku noted that the villages’ Kage would help keep the allied forces under control.
• Kumogakure’s elders argued over Dodai’s death, and Denbei persuaded them to send himself and Kumomizu to Konoha to learn about the battlefield and discuss postwar affairs.
• Iwagakure’s elders found no suitable successor after Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Han died, then agreed to make Kurotsuchi the Fifth Tsuchikage.

Shihōin Naraku organized the Allied Shinobi Forces’ phased withdrawal to Konoha and arranged for Tsunade to lead the next group, including the recovering Gaara and Mei Terumi. After checking that both Kage could travel, he prepared for their departure the following morning.

• Shihōin Naraku confirmed that Kakashi Hatake had brought the second wave of ten thousand troops back to Konoha and asked Tsunade to lead the next group.
• Tsunade agreed to leave the following day with Gaara and Mei Terumi after Naraku explained that their villages needed their Kage to return.
• A Medical Ninja reported that several wounded had deteriorated, so Tsunade went to assess them.
• Shihōin Naraku spoke with Gaara, who confirmed he could travel and agreed to return to Konoha with the group.
• Shihōin Naraku told Mei Terumi she would travel with Tsunade and Gaara; Mei accepted despite her injuries and lingering fear of Madara Uchiha.

On the second day at the Main Battlefield, Tsunade led more than nineteen thousand Allied Shinobi Forces back to Konoha while Naraku stayed behind with two thousand ninja. Naraku reviewed the war’s heavy losses and ordered continued searches for the fallen as the battlefield was cleared.

• Naraku and Tsunade watched seriously wounded ninja board wagons, then Gaara and Mei Terumi joined them to depart for Konoha.
• Tsunade led more than nineteen thousand ninja away from the Main Battlefield, leaving two thousand behind under Naraku’s command.
• Naraku reviewed casualty figures showing that more than fifty-six thousand Allied Shinobi Forces members had died and nearly a thousand were missing.
• A chunin gave Naraku the Main Battlefield survey report, which recorded 23,472 identified fallen ninja and more than 1,200 unidentified bodies.
• Naraku ordered squads to keep searching their assigned sectors for fallen comrades.

During the fourth battlefield sweep, Naraku’s forces found Asuma’s remains, ending the hope that he had survived. Later, Kabuto met Naraku and asked for his help pursuing what he truly wanted, and Naraku revealed that Akame was alive.

• Naraku learned that a search squad had found Asuma’s upper body, and he ordered the remains prepared separately.
• After hearing the squads’ recovery reports, Naraku ordered a fifth cleanup sweep with the search radius expanded by five kilometers.
• Naraku sensed Kabuto Yakushi nearby and found him surveying the ruined battlefield.
• Kabuto told Naraku that the Infinite Tsukuyomi dream had helped him understand what he truly wanted, and Naraku promised to help him achieve it.
• Naraku revealed Akame, and Kabuto asked what task Naraku wanted him to carry out.

Shihōin Naraku revealed that Akame’s identity as Orochimaru’s experiment was fabricated and arranged for Kabuto Yakushi to help make her background convincing. Kabuto agreed to return to Konoha as orphanage director, accepting that the village would keep him under surveillance.

• Kabuto Yakushi realized Akame was one of Naraku’s people and understood how her false background had fooled Obito Uchiha.
• Naraku told Kabuto that Akame would return to Konoha with him, and Kabuto offered to complete her identity records.
• Naraku authorized Kabuto’s return and agreed to his plan to become director of the Konoha Orphanage.
• Naraku warned Kabuto that Konoha would monitor him because of his wartime actions, and Kabuto accepted the consequences.
• Naraku assured Kabuto that he would protect him from trouble as long as he kept a low profile.

Naraku sent Kabuto Yakushi and Akame away, planning to have Akame join Konoha as a covert pawn. In Konoha, Shikaku Nara, Jiraiya, and Kakashi Hatake received two powerful Kumogakure elders, whose arrival raised suspicions that they had come to challenge Konoha over the Raikage's death.

• Naraku told Kabuto Yakushi to return to Konoha with Akame after some time, then decided to keep Akame as a potential covert operative rather than reclaim her abilities.
• Naraku looked toward the Allied Shinobi Forces' camp and planned to lead everyone home after the final search the next day.
• Shikaku Nara learned that two Kumogakure elders had arrived and went with Jiraiya and Kakashi Hatake to welcome them at Konoha's gate.
• Shikaku, Jiraiya, and Kakashi suspected the elders had come to demand an explanation for the Raikage's death, and Shikaku worried about the dangerous reputations of Yunshui and Dianbingwei.
• Shikaku introduced himself and his companions to the elders, and Dianbingwei fixed his gaze on Jiraiya.

Dianbingwei and Yunshui arrived in Konoha, where Shikaku, Jiraiya, and the elders received them amid tense exchanges that soon turned cordial. Afterward, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura questioned whether the visitors had another purpose and dismissed the possibility that Naraku had caused Dodai’s death.

• Shikaku welcomed Dianbingwei and Yunshui at Konoha’s gate, while Jiraiya’s teasing exchange with Dianbingwei eased the tension.
• Kakashi and Jiraiya withdrew after the reception, leaving Shikaku to meet the visitors with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura challenged Dianbingwei and Yunshui, and Dianbingwei calmed Yunshui before steering the conversation toward friendly subjects.
• Utatane Koharu asked Mitokado Homura whether Naraku had secretly caused Dodai’s death, and Mitokado insisted it had been an accident.

Shikaku and Kakashi prepared Konoha to receive Tsunade and nearly twenty thousand Allied Shinobi Forces members, while Tsunade led the wounded column toward the village. As the column camped for the night, Tsunade learned that Jiraiya and Naruto were close and summoned them to meet her.

• Kakashi told Shikaku that Kumogakure's elders were investigating Dodai's battlefield death, and Shikaku said they could look into it.
• Shikaku and Kakashi discussed preparing Konoha Hospital, emergency supplies, temporary accommodations, and patrols for the returning Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Tsunade examined Gaara and Mei Terumi and found that neither had suffered worsening injuries.
• Tsunade stopped the column for the night, prioritizing the wounded's safety over marching quickly.
• A ninja reported that Jiraiya, Naruto, and their group were almost at camp, and Tsunade ordered them brought to her.

Jiraiya and Naruto met Tsunade at the Allied Shinobi Forces camp, where she was exhausted from caring for the wounded and leading the force. They discussed Kumogakure’s suspicions about Naraku and his expected return to Konoha, leaving Jiraiya surprised by Tsunade’s claim that she had willingly handed Naraku the Hokage position.

• Jiraiya and Naruto arrived at Tsunade’s camp, and Tsunade explained that treating the wounded and leading the force had left her exhausted.
• Naruto asked where Sakura was, and Tsunade pointed him toward her and warned him not to interrupt her if she was treating the wounded.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that two Kumogakure elders had come to Konoha and seemed to suspect Naraku was involved in Dodai’s death.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya agreed that Kumogakure’s elders were likely stirring up trouble to save face, and Jiraiya said he would lead the force back while Tsunade cared for the wounded.
• Tsunade estimated that Naraku and the two thousand ninja remaining with him would return to Konoha within a few days.
• Tsunade said she had handed the Hokage position to Naraku before the war, and Jiraiya reacted with surprise.

Jiraiya suspected that Naraku no longer wanted to serve as Hokage, while Tsunade remained unconvinced. At the Main Battlefield, Naraku announced the Allied Shinobi Forces would withdraw the next morning, then reviewed the recovered remains and arranged records and procedures for returning them to their villages.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade he suspected Naraku did not want to remain Fifth Hokage and suggested Kakashi could succeed him.
• Tsunade said Naraku could not step down soon because he needed to handle postwar matters.
• Naraku told the two thousand Allied Shinobi Forces members that they would leave after daybreak and return to Konoha by the next afternoon.
• Naraku heard reports that the battlefield search had recovered 12,939 bodies from their side, along with incomplete White Zetsu remains.
• Naraku reviewed the records and ordered copies of each transfer record and separate checks of personal belongings before the remains were sent to their villages.

Shihōin Naraku returned to Konoha with the Allied Shinobi Forces after the battle, making a dramatic entrance atop Gore Magala. The village’s leaders welcomed him at the gates, where Naruto excitedly admired the beast and Naraku.

• At dawn, Shihōin Naraku ordered the two thousand Allied Shinobi Forces to return to Konoha and flew ahead from the emptied camp.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Shikaku Nara, Gaara, Mei Terumi, Kurotsuchi, and Dianbingwei waited at Konoha’s gates for Naraku and the returning forces.
• As the procession approached without Naraku in front, Naruto Uzumaki sensed him overhead, and Gore Magala descended from the sky with Naraku standing on his back.
• Naraku landed outside the gates, apologized for the wait, and received Shikaku’s welcome as the Allied Shinobi Forces arrived behind him.
• Naruto praised Naraku’s entrance and asked whether Gore Magala was his summoned beast, while Naraku teased him about the Nine-Tails.

Naraku returned to Konoha with the Allied Shinobi Forces and led their triumphant welcome through the village. The celebrations continued into the night with a lively street festival and fireworks.

• Naraku told the weary Allied Shinobi Forces to enter Konoha and rest while making a pointed remark at the Kumogakure elders, Dianbingwei and Yunshui.
• Naraku led more than two thousand allied ninja through Konoha as villagers and ninja cheered, threw flowers, and welcomed them home.
• Naraku addressed the crowd from the Hokage Building rooftop, and the square erupted in cheers as he declared, "We're back!!!"
• Konoha residents celebrated through the night with food, drinks, toasts, and fireworks.

Shihōin Naraku convened the Allied Shinobi Forces’ senior leaders in Konoha to arrange the postwar withdrawal and return of the fallen. The meeting approved sending the ninja home in batches, then stalled over the large number of missing bodies.

• Shihōin Naraku met with Tsunade, Gaara, Mei Terumi, Kurotsuchi, Dianbingwei, and their aides to discuss postwar arrangements.
• Shikaku Nara presented the resolution to send the Allied Shinobi Forces’ ninja home in batches after Naraku’s address the next day, and the leaders approved it.
• Ao reported that the Medical Department and Sealing Squad held the remains of 19,576 fallen ninja recovered from the battlefields.
• Dianbingwei questioned why so few bodies had been recovered when more than 56,000 ninja had died, and worried about explaining the missing Kumogakure dead.

Dianbingwei doubted the low number of recovered bodies from the war, but Mei Terumi, Gaara, and Kurotsuchi explained how the Ten-Tails and other overwhelming enemies had devastated the battlefield. Shikaku offered to have Kabuto Yakushi use Impure World Reincarnation on Dodai to verify the figures, and Dianbingwei refused, accepting the count.

• Dianbingwei questioned how so few bodies had been recovered and worried he could not explain the numbers to Kumogakure.
• Mei Terumi, Gaara, and Kurotsuchi confirmed the figures and described the Ten-Tails' destructive power.
• Naraku compared the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bombs to those of the Eight-Tails, explaining that they were more than ten times as powerful.
• Shikaku suggested that Kabuto Yakushi could use Impure World Reincarnation on Dodai to confirm the figures for Kumogakure.
• Dianbingwei rejected the suggestion and said he believed the figures.

The Allied Shinobi Forces leaders settled plans to search secondary battlefields for overlooked remains and debated how to deal with Kabuto Yakushi and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. Shihōin Naraku defended Konoha as a victim and promised the forbidden technique would never appear again.

• Gaara proposed that the Five Great Nations search the seven secondary battlefields for overlooked remains, and Naraku and Mei Terumi agreed.
• Dianbingwei assigned teams to search the battlefields, and Naraku said each village could collect its sorted, sealed remains after the meeting.
• Dianbingwei asked how Kabuto Yakushi and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu would be dealt with, prompting Gaara, Mei Terumi, and Dianbingwei to condemn the technique's use against their villages' dead.
• Naraku, Tsunade, and Shikaku argued that Konoha was also a victim because Kabuto had defected and revived Konoha ninja, including Dan Katō.
• Naraku guaranteed that the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu would never appear in the shinobi world again and demanded to know whether the others were satisfied.