Chapter Summaries

Takahashi Yū summoned the White Snake Sage and tried to summon Gamamaru before briefing the gathered ninja on Kaguya, Black Zetsu, and the Ōtsutsuki threat. The meeting ended with Danzo calling for Kaguya to be released as a weapon, while the Nine-Tails reacted to Hashirama and Madara.

• Takahashi Yū summoned the White Snake Sage to the conference, while Jiraiya's attempt to summon Gamamaru failed.
• Takahashi Yū explained Kaguya's history, Black Zetsu's plan to revive her, and the danger the Ōtsutsuki Clan posed to the Shinobi World.
• Madara challenged Takahashi Yū's account, but Takahashi confirmed that Black Zetsu had deceived him and later admitted he had been joking about the world's inevitable destruction.
• Takahashi Yū recounted future events involving Naruto, Sasuke, the Akatsuki, and the Ōtsutsuki, and said the ninja had roughly twenty years to prepare for Urashiki.
• Danzo proposed releasing Kaguya once they had countermeasures, and Hashirama and Madara enthusiastically agreed.
• Nawaki noticed the Nine-Tails reacting to Hashirama and Madara, and the fox insisted it was only excited.

Danzo’s meeting ended with a seal that trapped Black Zetsu inside Dan Katō and prevented souls from being extracted. Takahashi Yū returned to the Farm with Mizuki and the two Little Redheads, confident he could eventually match the world-shattering battles he remembered.

• Nawaki’s abdominal seal stopped burning after he spoke to his great-uncle, and Madara criticized him for caring about the Nine-Tails.
• Danzo ordered Minato, Tobirama, and Mizuki to contract the meeting-room seal, which barred discussion and stabilized souls, trapping Black Zetsu inside Dan Katō.
• After the Jonin left, Takahashi Yū departed with Mizuki, while Madara asked Danzo where his Rinnegan was.
• Takahashi Yū bought the remaining marinated meat from Yakiniku Q and returned to the Farm with Mizuki.
• Takahashi Yū ate with Mizuki and the two Little Redheads, then looked at the full moon and vowed he could one day shatter heaven and earth.

Takahashi Yū and the Undying Squad visited Gekko Hayate and discovered that the infant could instinctively control the murderous intent growing with him. Takahashi Yū also realized Hayate could use both stamina and chakra, and began considering whether that unusual potential could be developed.

• Takahashi Yū, Gekko Yūma, Yamanaka Ayano, Nara Yūma, and Hyūga Ryūhei went to Konoha Hospital to visit Gekko Hayate and Gekkō Ryōko.
• Doctor Zhipin led the group to the isolated special ward, where they sensed Hayate's murderous intent stirring their own killing intent.
• Tsunade explained that Hayate was healthy but that the captain's Kekkei Genkai had grown with him since birth, then left Yūma to reunite with Ryōko.
• Takahashi Yū watched Hayate control the murderous intent unconsciously and realized the infant treated it as part of his body.
• Takahashi Yū sensed that Hayate could use stamina to drive his killing intent while still cultivating chakra, and considered the possibilities of developing that dual ability.

Hayate’s newly manifested killing intent startled Ryōko and Yūma, while Fugaku led the Uchiha toward the Land of Lightning expecting battle merits. The group learned Kumogakure had been evacuated, and Setsuna finally caught up with them.

• Hayate stirred and cried, and his killing intent knocked a drinking glass off a cabinet as Yūma hurried out to leave Ryōko and her family alone.
• Fugaku raced toward the Land of Lightning with Shunji, Delia, and Kenichi, eager for battle merits, until Delia stopped because she felt agitation from her Hashirama cells.
• Fugaku learned from Root’s intelligence that Kumogakure was already empty and complained that the Uchiha had missed their chance to earn credit for destroying a village.
• Delia challenged Fugaku’s claims about the Uchiha’s standing, while Shunji reflected that the clan relied on Takahashi and Danzo rather than its own achievements.
• The main Uchiha force caught up, and Fugaku expressed concern for the exhausted Setsuna, who suspected Fugaku was after his granddaughter.

Setsuna and Fugaku led the Uchiha force into the Land of Lightning, only to find Kumogakure abandoned, while Sakumo approved Root scouts heading toward the Land of Water. At Konoha, Danzo rallied nearly twenty thousand shinobi and declared war against the entire Shinobi World.

• Setsuna joked about dying for Konoha, easing the Uchiha troops’ mood before Fugaku ordered them onward.
• Fugaku and the Uchiha F3 found the Land of Lightning’s outposts deserted and Kumogakure empty, so Fugaku ordered a search of the country and the kidnapping of its Daimyo.
• Sakumo approved Root’s request to send intelligence specialists ahead to the Land of Water and told them to stay safe.
• Danzo addressed the gathered Konoha forces at the village gate, declaring that the people commanded Konoha and announcing war against the entire Shinobi World.

Danzo met Mangzhong at the Land of Fire’s border and arranged for Kusagakure to join Konoha without fighting. He offered to relocate the village inside the Land of Fire and build it a new home, leaving Hashirama Senju poised to help.

• Jiraiya’s reconnaissance unit spotted a large group of Kusagakure ninjas gathered at the border, and Danzo ordered his force to continue because they were allies.
• Jiraiya saw Mangzhong waiting eagerly and noticed that the Grass Ninja already wore Konoha forehead protectors.
• Danzo greeted Mangzhong warmly, and Mangzhong said Kusagakure had been waiting for Konoha to arrive and accept them.
• Danzo agreed to bring Kusagakure’s families and ninjas into Konoha, assuring Mangzhong that their children would not be separated from their parents.
• Danzo marked a location inside the Land of Fire for Kusagakure to move to and promised to build a sturdier village there, gesturing toward Hashirama Senju.

Jiraiya’s reconnaissance unit advanced cautiously into the Land of Earth, but Danzo’s force surged ahead after Madara set off alone. At Iwagakure, patrols revealed that Kitsuchi had pulled most shinobi back into the village, leaving it hunkered down behind its natural defenses.

• Jiraiya’s team burned an Iwa border outpost with a Fire Oil Flame Bullet, killing all four shinobi inside but gaining no intelligence.
• Jiraiya studied a map and ordered Hyūga Fū to use his Byakugan regularly while they searched for a safer route.
• Madara grew impatient with the slow advance and went ahead alone, prompting Danzo to order the Konoha force to charge at full speed.
• Jiraiya abandoned the map and led his reconnaissance unit forward, ordering them to kill wildlife and clear suspicious spots to delay Iwagakure’s mobilization.
• Akaishi told a young Iwa shinobi that Iwagakure had stopped accepting most missions and withdrawn its shinobi behind the Natural Barrier.

Ōnoki received word that Shimura Danzō had declared war on the Shinobi World and revealed himself to Iwagakure’s leaders, ordering the village to prepare for Konoha’s attack. Iwagakure mobilized its forces on the surrounding mountains, confident its natural defenses would hold.

• Kitsuchi brought Ōnoki urgent intelligence reporting that Shimura Danzō had led a large force from Konoha and declared war on the Shinobi World.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi to announce that he had faked his death and that Kitsuchi had served as his puppet Tsuchikage.
• Ōnoki confronted Iwagakure’s higher-ups, revealed the threat from Konoha, and ordered them to mobilize every ninja in the village.
• Iwa Shinobi gathered atop the surrounding mountains as the village prepared to defend against Konoha’s approaching force.

As Iwagakure prepared for Konoha’s advance, Ōnoki tried to rally himself and the village, but Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo smashed through the natural barrier. Ōnoki stopped the giant’s sword with Dust Release, only to recognize Madara and feel his old terror return.

• Ōnoki received word that the remnants of Kumogakure wanted an alliance and challenged A to come to Iwagakure if he had the courage.
• Ōnoki asked Kitsuchi to carry him through the village, then remembered how Madara’s blue giant had once frightened even Mu.
• A senior official reported that Iwagakure’s defenses were ready, but the natural barrier suddenly broke apart under falling rocks.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to destroy falling rocks and flew to the wall, urging the terrified Iwa shinobi to stand and defend their home.
• Ōnoki redirected his Dust Release into the Susanoo’s blade, destroying it mid-swing, though the resulting gale swept many Iwa shinobi from the wall.
• Ōnoki looked up at Madara Uchiha inside the Susanoo, and Madara praised the Two Scales brat for daring to face him.

Madara destroyed Iwagakure’s natural barrier and defeated Ōnoki before Danzo’s forces arrived. Danzo revived Ōnoki with Impure World Reincarnation and recruited him to help bring Iwagakure under Konoha’s control.

• Ōnoki recognized Madara as he raised Susanoo’s blade, then attacked with Dust Release while Madara transformed his Mangekyo into Rinnegan and struck Iwagakure.
• Danzo arrived to find a huge breach in the village’s barrier, while Madara waited and Kitsuchi lay gravely wounded but alive.
• Danzo ordered his troops to take over Iwagakure, sent for medical aid for Kitsuchi, and used Ōnoki’s blood to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ōnoki realized he had been revived and asked about Kitsuchi and the village’s remaining defenders.
• Ōnoki said Iwagakure’s hard-liners were likely dead and agreed that the village would be unable to resist Konoha’s control.

Tobirama and Hashirama finished settling Kusagakure’s residents before joining Danzo in Iwagakure, where Ōnoki had been revived and sent to take control. As Kumogakure’s remaining forces approached, Madara fought A and unleashed a vast wave of dark flames.

• Tobirama pulled Hashirama away from celebrating with Kusagakure’s residents and took him to Iwagakure.
• Danzo told Tobirama that revived Ōnoki had taken over Iwagakure, while Tobirama warned that Impure World Reincarnation eventually wore away at the soul.
• An explosion drew the Hokage’s attention, and Ōnoki warned them that Kumogakure’s remaining forces were approaching.
• A attacked Madara, who countered with taijutsu and kicked A away.
• Madara used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame against A, who prepared to withstand the flames with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Danzo and Ōnoki arrived in the Land of Rain with their forces and met Hanzō, Tobirama, and the others to discuss Konoha’s expanding campaign and the threat posed by the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After Danzo postponed plans to pursue Kaguya, Madara reflected on the village they had built and set out for the Land of Wind.

• Danzo and Ōnoki led their forces into the Land of Rain, where Hanzō had ordered the Rain Ninja to stay out of their way.
• Danzo reached Amegakure with the injured A on a stretcher and followed Hanzō into a meeting with Tobirama, Madara, and Hashirama.
• Tobirama reported that Uchiha forces had returned from the Land of Lightning and that Sakumo had killed the Mizukage and was screening Kirigakure’s hardliners.
• Madara and Tobirama proposed traveling to Takahashi Yū’s world to undo Kaguya’s seal, but Danzo postponed the plan and asserted his authority as Hokage.
• Madara considered how Konoha had become a village for its people, then left the Land of Rain and headed toward the Land of Wind to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Madara ignored Nara Yūma and Yamanaka Ayano’s warnings and approached Sunagakure through the poison mist. The Third Kazekage spotted him with the Sand Eye, but after Madara destroyed it, a mysterious voice called out Shinra Tensei.

• Nara Yūma and Yamanaka Ayano failed to dissuade Madara from heading toward Sunagakure.
• Chiyo urged Sasori to rest after he worked on a humanoid puppet for a day and night, and a red light glimmered inside its open abdomen after he left.
• The Third Kazekage used the Sand Eye to survey the area beyond Sunagakure’s poison barrier and saw Madara approaching.
• The Third Kazekage recognized Madara Uchiha, but Madara crushed the Sand Eye in his hand.
• As the Third Kazekage turned back to gather Sunagakure’s senior officials, a voice beyond the poison mist called out, “Shinra Tensei!!!”

Madara attacked Sunagakure and fought the Third Kazekage and Chiyo, overcoming their iron sand, puppets, and explosive decoys. The chapter ended with Madara restraining Chiyo and declaring that schemes were futile against absolute power.

• Madara entered Sunagakure through the poison mist and used Banshō Ten'in to pull the Third Kazekage toward him.
• The Third Kazekage escaped with Sand Substitute and attacked Madara with Iron Sand World Method, but Madara struck him with Shinra Tensei.
• Chiyo intervened with a tiger-headed puppet and tried to trap Madara with sealing formulae and an explosive puppet.
• Madara used Banshō Ten'in to pull Chiyo’s decoy from underground, then survived its explosion with Shinra Tensei.
• Madara seized the real Chiyo with Susanoo, disrupted the Third Kazekage’s chakra with genjutsu, and tore off Chiyo’s puppet arms.
• Madara recognized how Chiyo had disguised her real body and told her that schemes were futile before absolute power.

Madara discovered that Sasori had willingly turned himself into a puppet and was controlling Sunagakure residents as puppets. He judged Sunagakure unworthy of conquest, left the village, and ordered Konoha’s troops to withdraw.

• Madara released Chiyo and confronted the child-sized Sasori after seeing his modified body.
• Sasori explained that he had modified himself willingly and thanked Sunagakure and Konoha for enabling his experiments.
• Sasori sent Chakra Threads into Sunagakure and marched nearly two hundred puppets, including civilians and genin, toward Madara.
• Madara refused to fight Sasori, blasted open the Pot Poison wall, and left Sunagakure to face its own fate.
• Madara returned to Konoha’s camp and ordered Gekko Yūma to withdraw the troops and return to Konoha.

After Danzo’s army conquered nearly the entire shinobi world, it returned to Konoha, which began organizing the unified territories and preparing for the Shinobi World Conference. The chapter ended with the conference set for April 1, Year 41 of Konoha.

• Danzo accepted the Miko’s submission in the Land of Demons, then led his army across the sea to take over the Land of Water.
• Danzo returned to Konoha after traveling around the globe, and Takahashi Yū toasted him at the Farm.
• Konoha announced the unification of the shinobi world, published a new map, and set the Shinobi World Conference for April 1, Year 41 of Konoha.
• Minato and Tobirama relocated civilians across the unified territories while Konoha expanded housing and prepared the Hokage Building for conference attendees.
• Danzo pressured the living A, Hanzō, Ōnoki, and the Third Mizukage to contribute their talents at the upcoming conference.

On April 1, Year 41 of Konoha, Konoha hosted the Shinobi World Conference in its newly expanded Hokage Building. After Danzo raised a barrier around the assembled leaders and ninja, he warned them that the crisis facing the shinobi world had not even begun.

• Konoha prepared to host the conference in the vast new Hokage Building, whose construction extended into the rock face behind Hokage Rock.
• Mizuki woke Takahashi Yū, who hurriedly ate breakfast before Minato used Flying Thunder God to bring them to the conference room.
• Takahashi Yū and Minato took their seats among the gathered ninja and shinobi world's leaders, including Madara Uchiha and Fugaku.
• Danzo ordered Root ninja to raise a barrier around the conference room, making Ōnoki, the Third Mizukage, and Hanzo of the Salamander suspicious.
• Danzo calmed the room and declared that the crisis facing the shinobi world had not even begun.

Danzo opened the First Shinobi World Conference after distributing documents about the Ōtsutsuki threat and introduced a voting system. The meeting ended with a vote on giving Danzo an imposing title, leaving him regretting that Uchiha Shunji had attended.

• Minato distributed documents describing the Shinobi World and the Ōtsutsuki, alarming the representatives from other villages.
• Danzo opened the conference and urged the attendees to identify as humans of the Shinobi World rather than by village or Kage.
• Danzo explained the red and green voting buttons and the rules for approval, opposition, and abstention.
• Ōnoki tried to question Danzo, but Aburame Hideki and Sarutobi Shinnosuke interrupted him over how he addressed Danzo.
• Uchiha Shunji proposed choosing an imposing title for Danzo, and the green vote count quickly rose above 700.
• Danzo sank into his chair and resolved not to let Uchiha Shunji attend the next conference.

Danzo won the hall’s support for the title “Head of State” before opening the Shinobi World governance meeting. Sakumo confirmed that Jigen existed but ANBU could find no trace of Black Zetsu, prompting Danzo to order more searches and portable sealing techniques.

• Yamanaka Arashi proposed calling Danzo “Chief,” while Takahashi Yū quietly suggested “Head of State” to Sakumo.
• Fugaku repeated Takahashi Yū’s suggestion, and the hall overwhelmingly voted to name Danzo the Head of State.
• Danzo set aside the title vote and began the meeting on governing the Shinobi World and integrating ninja from other villages.
• The Third Mizukage asked whether Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Black Zetsu existed, and Danzo asked Sakumo to answer.
• Sakumo reported that ANBU had confirmed Jigen’s presence but had found no trace of Black Zetsu; Madara insisted he had seen Black Zetsu and put most of his memories into him with Yin-Yang Release.
• Danzo ordered Hideki to have Root assist Sakumo and directed the Laboratory to consider portable Sealing Jutsu.

Danzo led the gathered shinobi leaders through discussions on governing the united shinobi world and preserving ninja combat strength in an era of peace. As the meeting dragged into the early morning, they debated how to train younger ninja without making them fight to the death, while Takahashi Yū regretted attending.

• Black Zetsu trembled as Danzo and the others discussed how to find and seal him, while Tsunade mistook his fear for concern about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and comforted him.
• Hanzō asked whether Urashiki Otsutsuki would travel through time, and Danzo explained that time travel was real but Urashiki’s arrival was uncertain.
• Danzo began the meeting’s first agenda item, governing the shinobi world, as Takahashi Yū closed his eyes and went to sleep.
• Danzo opened the final agenda item, maintaining ninja combat strength during peacetime, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke proposed the Konoha Academy Tournament.
• The gathered ninja debated whether tournaments could prepare young ninja for real battles without risking their lives, and Takahashi Yū decided he would not attend the next meeting.