Chapter Summaries

Danzo, Takahashi Yū, and Konoha’s Jonin found Madara’s hideout in the Mountain Graveyard, where Fugaku used his Mangekyō Sharingan to help them confront him without fear. Madara awakened the White Zetsu and challenged the Uchiha, but Fugaku answered with fierce defiance.

• Danzo led Takahashi Yū and the Jonin through the passage while Black Zetsu tried to warn Madara, but Tobi dragged him away to ask the intruders about poop.
• Madara awoke when Tobi shouted, learned Konoha had invaded, and ordered him to get a pair of eyes.
• Danzo and the Jonin reached the Mountain Graveyard, and Takahashi Yū told Fugaku to place him under genjutsu before they confronted Madara.
• Madara recognized Danzo as Tobirama Senju’s disciple, while genjutsu made Danzo boldly insult him and inspired the Jonin to charge in.
• Madara taunted the Uchiha and awakened the White Zetsu, but Fugaku stepped beside Danzo and defiantly declared himself Uchiha Clan Head.

Madara Uchiha unleashed his power in the underground graveyard, while Danzo's team fought the White Zetsu gathering around them. Tsunade and the other teams arrived to reinforce them, and Danzo ordered Sakumo and Yū to move against Madara.

• Madara shattered the creature's ribs with his chakra, but Fugaku's Mangekyo genjutsu left him unable to speak.
• Danzo ordered his group into Battle Formation C as waves of White Zetsu attacked them.
• Danzo summoned Baku, who swept aside the White Zetsu and opened space for the team.
• Tsunade broke through the ceiling, summoned Katsuyu, and used its corrosive acid to dissolve the White Zetsu.
• Another team attacked through a passage with Ash Pile Burning, and Danzo told Sakumo and Yū to go after Madara.

Takahashi Yū and Hatake Sakumo attacked Madara, but Madara used Izanagi to survive their blows and replace his eyes. As Madara prepared to sever his ties to the world, Black Zetsu realized he had mistaken Madara’s will for a chance to save his mother.

• Hatake Sakumo and Takahashi Yū charged through the White Zetsu toward Madara, whose Susanoo deflected Yū and was cleaved apart by Sakumo’s sword.
• Madara used Izanagi to undo his apparent death, then replaced both eyes with Three-Tomoe Sharingan from a test tube Tobi brought him.
• Madara manifested Susanoo’s second form and infused Tobi with his will, while Black Zetsu secretly took Tobi’s place.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to hide in the Shinobi World and find a way to revive him, and Black Zetsu inwardly resolved to abandon that plan and save his mother instead.
• Madara prepared to sever his ties to the world with his aged body.

Madara Uchiha attacked the gathered Konoha fighters with Susanoo, but Takahashi Yū countered his slashes and struck Susanoo hard enough to damage it and make Madara cough blood. Madara then unleashed a vast fire technique and used his Gunbai to blast Takahashi Yū backward, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Madara Uchiha swept Susanoo's light swords at Takahashi Yū and Danzo, and Takahashi Yū caught and redirected his slash.
• Fugaku summoned a skeletal Susanoo to shield Danzo and Sakumo, but the slash drove it back and buried it beneath falling stone.
• Takahashi Yū charged Madara and shattered Susanoo's light sword with Leo Kick, damaging its abdomen and sending it flying backward.
• Madara dismissed the damaged Susanoo, concluded his aged body could not defeat Konoha, and unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Takahashi Yū used White Zetsu as shields, then struck Madara's Gunbai with Uchiha Reflection, triggering an explosion that sent him flying backward.

Danzo attacked Madara with Baku’s suction and a Wind Release technique, but his attempt to finish Madara with a kunai failed when Baku’s summoning abruptly ended. At the Shimura Compound, Minato tried to summon a member of Baku’s clan and triggered a huge summoning array that sounded an enemy alarm.

• Sakumo emerged from the rubble carrying the unconscious Fugaku and explained that he had waited for Fugaku’s Susanoo to vanish.
• Danzo used Baku’s suction to expose Madara inside Susanoo, then struck with a Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere.
• Danzo charged Madara with a wind-coated kunai, but Baku disappeared and Susanoo’s back closed before the blow could land.
• Minato studied the Flying Thunder God Technique scrolls, signed Baku’s summoning scroll, and used most of his chakra to perform the Summoning Technique.
• Minato’s summoning array spread across the living room, prompting an alarm that called for Orochimaru at the Shimura Compound.

Baku’s uncontrolled rampage destroyed Danzo’s residence and much of the Shimura Compound, leaving Minato terrified and uncertain about Danzo’s fate. Orochimaru calmed the village, captured a White Zetsu for the laboratory, and threatened Minato into training as Might Duy’s students and another academy group reacted to the false alarm.

• Baku demolished Danzo’s residence and much of the Shimura Compound before recognizing Minato as the one who summoned him.
• Orochimaru arrived, stood down the village’s defenders, and sent Baku away after he spat out a White Zetsu.
• Orochimaru told Minato he was not strong enough to know what Danzo had been doing and ordered him to train if he wanted to survive.
• Orochimaru brought the White Zetsu to the Laboratory, where Hiruko discussed their research and Orochimaru wondered aloud about giving up being human.
• Might Duy led his students home walking on their hands, while an instructor and students from the Eastern Front Academy hid near the Shimura Compound to observe the supposed danger.

Danzo and the Konoha group defeated Madara’s apparent attack, captured Tobi, and secured the White Zetsu. After discussing Madara’s possible plans for the Land of Water, Danzo proposed opening a Konoha branch to speed up preparations for war.

• Madara revealed that he had never left his stone chair, then broke the life-support tubes connected to him and died after warning that Danzo’s path would fail.
• Tobi tried to drag away Madara’s body, but Sakumo severed his hands, and Jiraiya used Sage Technique: Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld to force him back above ground.
• Danzo’s subordinates sealed and gagged Tobi, while Danzo ordered the wounded tended to and some living White Zetsu sealed for transport to Konoha.
• Danzo asked Takahashi Yū about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and White Zetsu, then wondered whether Madara had still intended to unify the Shinobi World.
• Takahashi Yū said Madara might have gone to the Land of Water and disrupted Kirigakure, and Danzo proposed establishing a Konoha branch to prepare for war faster.

Danzo and his brothers discussed Konoha’s limited options for intervening in the chaotic Land of Water, where Root’s unreliable intelligence suggested Kirigakure was persecuting civilians and bloodline clans. Takahashi Yū outlined the Blood Mist Policy and the Third Mizukage’s conflicts, leaving the group considering how to act.

• Danzo warned Sakumo, Fugaku, and Takahashi Yū that Konoha could not make public military moves without provoking other countries.
• Danzo presented Root’s intelligence on the Land of Water, including reports of bloody clan conflicts and children’s bodies at Kirigakure’s Ninja Academy.
• Sakumo examined a photograph and questioned whether Kirigakure forced academy children to kill one another.
• Danzo declared that Konoha should save the suffering people of the Land of Water, then asked his brothers for suggestions.
• Takahashi Yū explained that the Third Mizukage’s Blood Mist Policy imposed lethal punishments and that the Mizukage was at odds with the Yuki, Kaguya, and other bloodline clans.

Takahashi Yū heard Danzo plan to exploit the Land of Water’s turmoil and was invited to watch the academies’ exchange. At Konoha’s packed arena, he found the event had become a fierce rivalry between the Eastern Front Academy and the Uchiha Academy.

• Danzo ordered Sakumo to capture Kaguya and Yuki ninja while disguising the team as ANBU under the Mizukage.
• Danzo invited Takahashi Yū to the academy exchange, and Fugaku agreed to attend after boasting that the Uchiha Academy had begun physical training.
• Takahashi Yū found Konoha’s streets nearly empty as villagers flocked to the arena and backed one academy or the other.
• Outside the arena, supporters wore academy uniforms, waved flags, traded insults, and offered freebies to fellow fans.
• The Military Police Force hauled away a man for running a betting pool, and Takahashi Yū decided the scene finally felt like a proper derby.

Takahashi Yū watched Konoha’s sixth academy exchange begin, with the Uchiha Academy facing the Eastern Front Academy before a fiercely divided crowd. As the Eastern Front’s team entered the arena, Yū was stunned by how muscular the supposed civilians looked.

• Takahashi Yū joined Danzo, Sakumo, and Fugaku in the arena’s VIP box and noticed that the major shinobi clans supported the Eastern Front while many civilians backed the Uchiha Academy.
• Fugaku said Shunji and Yashiro were representing the Uchiha, and explained that the exchanges had shifted to arena matches with eight competitors from each side and consecutive bouts as a possible format.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke opened the sixth academy exchange, announcing that the Uchiha Academy trailed the Eastern Front Academy by two wins to three.
• The Eastern Front Academy’s eight competitors entered the arena, and Takahashi Yū was shocked by the seven hulking, muscular men among them.

Uchiha Academy’s Tetsuya faced Watanabe of the Eastern Front in the tournament and used water techniques and agile taijutsu to gain the advantage. The fight continued with Tetsuya cutting Watanabe several times as the spectators cheered.

• The Beef Shop’s seven brothers and Uchiha Academy’s team entered the arena to cheers from their supporters.
• The draw paired Uchiha Tetsuya against Eastern Front’s Watanabe, while the other contestants returned to the waiting rooms.
• Tetsuya opened with Hidden Mist Technique and used a Water Clone and Water Body Flicker to surprise Watanabe with Konoha Whirlwind.
• Watanabe recovered and struck Tetsuya with a powerful punch, sending him flying, while the Uchiha supporters urged their ace to fight tactically.
• Tetsuya threw shuriken and charged Watanabe with a kunai, dodging his attacks and cutting several gashes into him.

Watanabe activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and struck back against Tetsuya, who used his training and Hidden Mist Technique to evade him. Watanabe eventually caught Tetsuya and knocked him motionless, leaving the red stands lamenting.

• Watanabe surrounded himself with electricity, revealing that he had learned Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while Fugaku protested that the fight was unfair.
• Danzo defended Watanabe's use of the technique, and Takahashi Yū silenced Shunji and Yashiro with killing intent when they tried to rile up the crowd.
• Watanabe charged through Tetsuya's defenses and punched him in the chest, but Tetsuya used Might Duy's advice to roll with the blow and create distance.
• Tetsuya concealed himself with Hidden Mist Technique as Watanabe entered the mist to pursue him, both fighters running low on chakra.
• Watanabe struck Tetsuya again and sent him flying out of the mist, leaving him motionless as the red stands despaired.

Shunji used his Mangekyō Sharingan to urge the unconscious Tetsuya back into the fight, helping him awaken the First Gate and unleash the Eight Gates. Later, Shunji explained his Mangekyō’s two communication abilities to Orochimaru, then proudly claimed they let him curse out anyone he wanted.

• Shunji spoke into Tetsuya’s mind and restored his resolve and chakra, prompting Tetsuya to rise.
• Tetsuya opened the First Gate and burst into action as Might Duy cheered from the stands.
• Yashiro noticed Shunji’s bloody eyes and tried to persuade him to remove them so Yashiro could use them.
• Orochimaru questioned the value of Shunji’s Mangekyō and mocked its apparent lack of combat usefulness.
• Shunji revealed that his right eye let him speak freely to anyone he saw, while his left let him contact someone at any distance through their token.
• Shunji declared that his abilities let him curse out anyone and ensure no one could hide.

Danzo brought Minato and the Three Little Ones into Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru sought Uchiha volunteers for experiments using Hashirama cells to restore Mangekyō ocular power. Shunji then used the Second Hokage’s Flying Thunder God Kunai to communicate with Tobirama Senju from the Pure Land, leaving Orochimaru convinced that Shunji’s Mangekyō was exceptionally useful.

• Minato visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to study the Second Hokage’s Flying Thunder God Kunai, while Danzo encouraged Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to stay in Konoha and make friends.
• Orochimaru told Danzo and Fugaku that Hashirama cells replenished Mangekyō ocular power and asked for Uchiha volunteers for live testing.
• Fugaku agreed to explain the risks at a clan meeting, while Takahashi Yū reminded him not to pressure anyone into the experiments.
• Shunji cursed at someone through the Flying Thunder God Kunai, claimed the unseen speaker was Tobirama Senju, and threw the kunai onto the floor.
• Danzo recognized the Flying Thunder God Mark on the kunai, and Orochimaru decided that no one should insult Shunji’s Mangekyō.

Tobirama Senju awakened in the Pure Land and began investigating it, then sensed that Konoha had fallen under Uchiha control and set out to find his brother. Back among the living, Shunji drew Orochimaru’s intense interest, and Orochimaru offered to remove his Mangekyo Sharingan to address its chakra consumption.

• Tobirama Senju woke in a misty expanse and concluded that the Pure Land was an alternate dimension rather than the true afterlife.
• Tobirama Senju used the Spirit Transformation Technique to sense familiar souls, including Madara Uchiha, and feared that Madara had taken control of Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju decided to find his elder brother and wake him, then realized he could fly as a soul and headed off through the air.
• Shunji cowered under Orochimaru’s fascinated gaze as Orochimaru wondered about the Pure Land and the nature of souls.
• Orochimaru apologized for dismissing Shunji’s ability and offered to remove his Mangekyo Sharingan to solve its consumption problem.

Sakumo led his disguised squad into Kirigakure to abduct Kaguya clan members, using the Land of Water’s sealed borders to conceal their actions. After killing a sentry, he triggered chaos at the clan grounds and discovered the Kaguya clansmen were immediately fighting over who would become their next Clan Head.

• Sakumo convinced his worried subordinate that the squad’s disguises and the Land of Water’s sealed borders would keep their killings from being traced to Konoha.
• Sakumo led the squad onto the Main Island and ordered them to target bodies with Shikotsumyaku and children at the Kaguya Clan Grounds.
• Sakumo killed a Kaguya sentry and realized Shikotsumyaku made the clan’s bodies extremely hard to cut.
• Sakumo used the Hidden Mist Technique and hurled the sentry’s corpse toward the clan grounds to draw the other sentries’ attention.
• The Kaguya clansmen mistook the dead sentry for their Clan Head and began dueling over who would take his place.

ANBU searched the Kaguya Clan compound for children and found them imprisoned underground, while Sakumo watched the clan’s adults kill one another in a mass brawl. He summoned a dog to request that Takahashi be deployed, then set up a coordinate system and headed deeper into the compound.

• ANBU searched the empty compound and used Earth Release to uncover the underground cells where the Kaguya children were imprisoned.
• The ANBU found the children ready to fight and began knocking them out, sealing them, and carrying them away.
• Sakumo watched Kaguya clansmen, including their deputy clan head and elders, fight each other to the death.
• Sakumo summoned a dog and sent a report requesting that little brother Takahashi be deployed.
• Sakumo marked a branch with a coordinate system and ran toward the interior of the compound.

Takahashi Yū was summoned to the Laboratory before dawn after Sakumo reported that the Kaguya Clan was fighting among itself in the Land of Water. Danzo and Orochimaru sent Yū there using the Heavenly Transfer Technique, leaving Orochimaru eager to learn about the clan’s bloodline.

• Mizuki woke Takahashi Yū and gave him homemade bread before he reluctantly headed to the Konoha Building.
• Danzo received Sakumo’s intelligence and decided to send Takahashi Yū to the Land of Water using the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Orochimaru told Danzo that trials of Hashirama cells could begin with ordinary ninja, and Danzo promised to provide test subjects within half a month.
• Danzo explained that Sakumo wanted Yū to teach the Kaguya Clan a lesson while its members fought among themselves.
• Orochimaru activated the Heavenly Transfer Technique with Takahashi Yū standing on the platform.

Orochimaru’s Heavenly Transfer Technique sent Takahashi Yū from the laboratory to a forest where Kaguya Bujin and his clan were fighting. Takahashi Yū’s killing intent empowered the Kaguya clansmen, but he began knocking them aside and left Bujin unconscious with a single punch.

• Orochimaru used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Takahashi Yū away, while Danzo promised they would apologize when he returned.
• Kaguya Bujin killed several clansmen in battle and challenged the others to attack him.
• Takahashi Yū arrived in the forest, where Kaguya clansmen recognized him as the man who had killed their previous Clan Head and charged at him.
• Takahashi Yū’s Murderous Intent Fluctuation halted the Kaguya clansmen and drove their bones to grow sharper and stronger.
• Kaguya Bujin led the empowered clan in a charge, but Takahashi Yū punched him unconscious and shattered his protruding bone spikes.

Takahashi Yū defeated the Kaguya Clan and declared that Shimura Danzō would become its new clan head. After finding Sakumo’s note saying his team had gone ahead, Yū prepared to lead the clan back to Konoha.

• Takahashi Yū overwhelmed the Kaguya clansmen, while his killing intent left many of them thinking more clearly after their defeat.
• Kaguya Bujin declared Yū their new clan head, but Yū appointed Shimura Danzō instead and named Bujin deputy clan head.
• Bujin told Yū that the clan had no valuables and could leave at once, and Yū ordered the clansmen to recover and prepare for the journey to Konoha.
• Bujin reported that the children were gone and gave Yū a note from Sakumo, who had taken his team ahead on another mission.
• Yū asked who knew the way to the Land of Fire, and Kaguya Ichifuku volunteered to lead the clan by boat while Yū went to sleep.