Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shimura Danzō about the coming war, then ordered Konoha to mobilize as Kumogakure attacked Sunagakure. Rasa stabilized Sunagakure, succeeded as the Fourth Kazekage, and consolidated his rule.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Shimura Danzō about the Third Kazekage’s disappearance, but Danzō denied responsibility and criticized Hiruzen’s approach to alliances.
• Shimura Danzō warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sunagakure and Iwagakure spies were active near the Land of Fire and that war was imminent.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the major shinobi clan leaders to assemble, declaring that war had arrived.
• Kumogakure declared war on Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure, then launched an attack on Sunagakure.
• Rasa used Magnet Release ninjutsu to halt Kumogakure’s assault, earning support from Granny Chiyo and overcoming opposition within Sunagakure.
• Rasa became the Fourth Kazekage and reshuffled Sunagakure’s leadership to secure his authority.

Rasa declared war on Konoha, helping ignite the Third Shinobi World War, while Sunagakure sent a suicide squad into the Land of Fire to sabotage Konoha’s supply lines. Uchiha Gen discovered the infiltrators and faced their combined attack, ending the chapter as his Susanoo armor formed.

• Rasa publicly blamed Konoha for the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and declared war, as Kirigakure raided the Land of Fire’s borders and Ōnoki moved Iwagakure’s forces toward it.
• A Sunagakure Jonin briefed Chiyo’s handpicked suicide squad on its mission to map and, if necessary, destroy Konoha’s logistical supply lines.
• The Sunagakure Jonin sensed Uchiha Gen in the canopy, but Uchiha Gen explained that his Killing Intent Perception had exposed the squad.
• Six Sunagakure Chunin combined their Wind Release techniques into a massive tornado while their Jonin charged Uchiha Gen with a wind-coated blade.
• Uchiha Gen activated Susanoo: Armoring, forming a close-fitting skeletal suit and a Tengu mask around himself.

Uchiha Gen used Susanoo, Armament Haki, and fire manipulation to withstand the Sand shinobi’s wind attacks, then fought their Jonin with the Demon Blade Thousand Blades. The Jonin escaped Gen’s counterattack and exploited the gap before the blade fragments could return, striking at his neck.

• Uchiha Gen formed a Susanoo domain that devoured the hurricane’s wind, while a Sand Chunin urged the others to keep pressuring him.
• Uchiha Gen unleashed his Fire Manipulation Technique, turning the wind domain into a burning cage as black flames joined the blaze.
• The Sunagakure Jonin attacked Gen’s neck, but Susanoo blocked the Ninja Blade while Gen countered with the Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
• The Jonin transformed his wind armor into stone armor and launched slashes at Gen, who shattered the armor with an electromagnetic attack.
• The Jonin escaped the blade fragments, moved in a zigzagging slash, and struck at Gen’s neck before the fragments could return.

Uchiha Gen defeated a Sunagakure Jonin and five Chunin after using Trick Room to negate the Jonin’s speed. After learning that fighting had broken out at three other locations, he put out the forest fire and considered heading to Team 7’s area to steal their kills.

• Uchiha Gen dodged the Sunagakure Jonin’s surprise attack with a phantom, then bound him briefly with lightning.
• Uchiha Gen countered the Jonin’s wind tornado with Sun Breathing, but the Jonin used Swift Release to attack from four directions.
• Uchiha Gen activated Trick Room, suppressed the Jonin’s speed, and struck him down with electrified fragments of the Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
• Uchiha Gen used his speed to kill the remaining five Sunagakure Chunin and collected their black diamond-shaped blocks.
• Shibi Aburame’s insect told Uchiha Gen that fighting had started at the other three locations, and Uchiha Gen extinguished the fire and considered visiting Team 7’s area.

Madara Uchiha learned that war had resumed and ordered his forces to watch Obito Uchiha, whom he intended to use in his Ascension Plan. He dismissed Uchiha Gen as a potential successor and directed White Zetsu to keep Black Zetsu trapped in the Land of Ware, then returned to his dark cavern.

• White Zetsu reported that war had resumed and that Obito Uchiha had entered the battlefield, prompting Madara Uchiha to send six Limbo Clones to watch him.
• Madara Uchiha examined intelligence about Uchiha Gen and judged that he could not become his successor.
• White Zetsu reported that Black Zetsu had been spotted in the Land of Ware and that the country had been sealed off.
• Madara Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to continue watching Black Zetsu because he might help Obito Uchiha master Yin-Yang Release.
• White Zetsu left, and Madara Uchiha lamented that Hashirama had not understood that peace required human intervention.

Minato Namikaze led Kakashi, Obito, and Rin in an ambush against a Sunagakure squad, teleporting its Jonin captain away so his students could face the six Chunin. Kakashi’s Chidori Stream disabled a puppet and struck four enemies, while the fight continued.

• Minato detected the approaching Sunagakure squad and said he would handle its Jonin captain while his students fought the six Chunin.
• Minato teleported Captain Kanosuke away, and Kakashi, Obito, and Rin launched their attacks against the remaining Sunagakure ninja.
• Kakashi disarmed the lead Chunin, but a black ant puppet blocked his blade and lunged at him as the other Chunin moved in.
• Obito prepared to help Kakashi, but Kakashi unleashed Chidori Stream, wrecking the puppet and sweeping electricity over four nearby Chunin.

Team 7 fought a group of Sunagakure Chunin until Minato Namikaze arrived and stopped their explosive devices from detonating. Uchiha Gen revealed that he had watched the battle and joined the group, leaving Obito Uchiha wondering whether Gen had deserted his own mission.

• Kakashi Hatake escaped the Sand ninja’s attack as Obito Uchiha’s fire engulfed four immobilized Sunagakure Chunin and the disabled Black Ant puppet.
• An invisible creature struck a Sand puppeteer, and Obito Uchiha identified it as Rin Nohara’s Moon Oni.
• The last Sand Chunin activated six Explosive Devices, but Minato Namikaze sealed them away and killed him with a blade of wind.
• Minato Namikaze sealed the corpses and revealed that Uchiha Gen had been watching from nearby.
• Uchiha Gen appeared in the trees, explained that Kurenai and the others were with Shibi-sensei, and drew Obito Uchiha’s suspicion that he had deserted.

The Land of Wind front stalled as Sunagakure’s desert advantage and Rasa’s Kage-level strength disrupted Konoha’s plans. Orochimaru confronted Chiyo, and their clash escalated when his laser cannons met her puppets’ Wind Release defense.

• Minato told Obito that Gen was operating independently because he had jonin-level strength, while Gen said he still had much to learn.
• Konoha’s advance in the Land of Wind faltered amid the desert’s hazards, Sunagakure’s specialized techniques, and Rasa’s attacks on three jonin squads.
• Orochimaru realized Rasa’s arrival had ruined the plan to pin down Chiyo while Konoha broke through Sunagakure’s defenses.
• Chiyo sent the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu against Orochimaru and cut through his summoned snake, but Orochimaru emerged unharmed.
• Orochimaru summoned three Snake-Mech Floating Laser Cannons and fired at Chiyo’s puppets.
• Chiyo’s puppets formed a Myriad-Blade Wind Wall that clashed with the lasers in a blast that tore across the battlefield.

Chiyo and Orochimaru escalated their battle with powerful Wind Release attacks and armored summons. Meanwhile, Team 8 received orders to transfer to the Land of Grass, where a jinchūriki had been sighted, though Shibi Aburame's instructions left Uchiha Gen's assignment unclear.

• Chiyo unleashed seven Wind Release techniques through her puppets, transforming the desert with storms, blades, and tornadoes.
• Orochimaru countered with Quintuple Rashomon and fitted ten summoned giant snakes with Mechanical Armor.
• Uchiha Gen and Team 8 found the remains of enemy ninja and learned that Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure were threatening Konoha on multiple fronts.
• Uchiha Gen questioned whether Team 8 would be transferred after Kakashi's team had already been moved.
• Shibi Aburame revealed that Team 8 would head to the Land of Grass the next day to join Team 7 and investigate a jinchūriki, while Asuma and Kurenai were told to merge with Team 7.
• Asuma asked why Uchiha Gen had been left out of the transfer instructions.

Uchiha Gen joined Shibi Aburame’s team on a mission toward the Land of Grass and tested whether an insect incubator could hatch his Pokémon Egg. After the team rested, Shibi explained why they would travel on foot rather than risk Iwagakure’s anti-air forces.

• Shibi Aburame said Uchiha Gen would work with him and Minato, citing Gen’s Sharingan and exceptional promotion to Chunin.
• During a rest in the Land of Fire near the Land of Grass, Kurenai Yuhi asked why Gen had requested an Insect Egg Incubator, and Gen revealed his Pokémon Egg.
• Gen placed the pale purple Pokémon Egg inside the incubator, then packed it away for the journey.
• Shibi Aburame arrived and told the team to resume traveling; he explained that Iwagakure’s long-range anti-air capabilities made riding his giant beetle too dangerous.
• Asuma Sarutobi admitted he had not known Konoha had anti-air defenses, and Shibi Aburame began explaining them as the team set off.

While Shikaku Nara struggled to contain Sunagakure’s poison attacks without Tsunade, Tsunade successfully entered Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Forest. She felt the immense power of the transformation as the battlefield still awaited her medical skills.

• A messenger reported that Sunagakure had withdrawn its forces, but Konoha had suffered twenty-seven deaths, fifty-six severe injuries, and many poisoned shinobi.
• Shikaku Nara learned that the medical corps could only slow most of Sunagakure’s new poisons and hoped Tsunade would return soon.
• In Shikkotsu Forest, Katsuyu Sage observed that Tsunade was blending natural energy smoothly, possibly because she had awakened Wood Release.
• Tsunade entered Sage Mode and recognized the enormous enhancement it gave her.

Tsunade mastered Sage Mode and learned that war had broken out against Konoha, so she set out to return. Meanwhile, Minato transported Team 8 to a temporary outpost in the Land of Grass and suggested that Uchiha Gen learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Gen had no interest in pursuing it through Konoha.

• Tsunade briefly entered Sage Mode, enhanced her Wood Release, and felt Hashirama Senju's chakra merge into her body.
• Katsuyu Sage told Tsunade that war had broken out and Konoha was facing the other great shinobi villages, so Tsunade decided to return immediately.
• Team 8 crossed into the Land of Grass, where Shibi Aburame summoned an insect to signal Minato Namikaze.
• Minato arrived and teleported Team 8 to Konoha's temporary outpost, leaving Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi sick from the journey.
• Minato noticed that Uchiha Gen felt no discomfort from teleportation and suggested he learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Gen dismissed the idea because he distrusted Konoha High Command.

Minato Namikaze brought Uchiha Gen and the others to meet Jiraiya, who assigned Minato, Shibi Aburame, and Uchiha Gen a mission to infiltrate Iwagakure’s lines, gather intelligence, and sabotage supplies. Jiraiya warned Minato to flee if he encountered Iwagakure’s jinchūriki, while Uchiha Gen privately wondered what Jiraiya meant by the tailed beasts’ alternate dimensions.

• Minato Namikaze explained that Iwagakure’s deployment of a jinchūriki had prompted Jiraiya to take command in the Land of Grass.
• Asuma Sarutobi criticized Jiraiya, and Uchiha Gen quietly praised him for it.
• Jiraiya told Minato Namikaze and Shibi Aburame to form a squad with Uchiha Gen and infiltrate Iwagakure’s lines to gather intelligence and destroy supply routes.
• Jiraiya warned Minato Namikaze to escape immediately if he encountered Iwagakure’s jinchūriki, because the tailed beast could create an alternate dimension.
• Minato Namikaze said he knew how formidable tailed beasts were, then fell silent, leaving Uchiha Gen puzzled by Jiraiya’s claim about alternate dimensions.

Uchiha Gen, Minato Namikaze, and Shibi Aburame ambushed an Iwagakure supply squad deep in enemy territory. As the attack began, Gen revealed a newly acquired talent and saw his insects swiftly erase the evidence of the fight.

• Jiraiya warned Minato Namikaze that Iwagakure’s two jinchūriki usually operated together and accepted responsibility for the mission’s consequences.
• Uchiha Gen checked in and received the talent “False World, True Realm: Advance Body,” then smiled at the prospect of using it.
• Minato Namikaze sensed an Iwagakure supply squad with at least four Jonin and planned a quick attack to avoid attracting reinforcements.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to switch Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame with the four resting Jonin, while Gen and Shibi attacked the squad.
• Gen saw Kazzek kill Iwagakure ninja and tiny insects rapidly clean away bodies, blood, and other traces, then activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Uchiha Gen and Minato Namikaze captured an Iwagakure Jonin and used Genjutsu to interrogate him about Iwagakure’s eastern-front plans. The interrogation revealed an underground flanking attack intended to cut off Konoha’s rear contacts, while the captured supplies were meant for the tunneling force.

• Uchiha Gen used Susanoo Armor to kill the remaining Iwagakure Chunin, and Minato Namikaze arrived with the supplies.
• Minato Namikaze took Uchiha Gen and their companion to an underground cave where he had captured and sealed an Iwagakure Jonin.
• Uchiha Gen burned the Jonin’s soul with Yin Release Chakra, then placed him under Sharingan Genjutsu after Minato released the seal on his mouth.
• Minato Namikaze questioned the Jonin, who revealed that Iwagakure planned to use underground tunnels to flank Konoha’s eastern-front encampment and sever its rear connections.
• The Jonin disclosed that Explosion Release and Lava Release squads would lead the assault, while the delivered Explosive Tags could be used to collapse the tunnels if the surprise attack failed.

Minato Namikaze decided to destroy Iwagakure’s deep underground tunnel and reveal the team’s presence to draw enemy forces away from Konoha’s main battlefield. After Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame refused to leave him to face the danger alone, the team found a way to infiltrate the tunnel and began planning its destruction.

• Minato Namikaze learned that Iwagakure’s tunnel lay twenty kilometers underground and decided to destroy it and expose the team’s presence.
• Minato Namikaze explained that revealing his Flying Thunder God Technique could draw Iwagakure’s Jinchūriki away from the main battlefield, then proposed sending Shibi Aburame and Uchiha Gen back to safety.
• Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame refused to abandon Minato Namikaze, and Minato apologized for underestimating their resolve.
• Uchiha Gen and Minato Namikaze realized they could use the captured Iwagakure jōnin to solve the problem of infiltrating the tunnel.
• Minato Namikaze found the confiscated Explosive Tags insufficient for destroying the tunnel, and Uchiha Gen offered to provide more through the Ninja Cat Clan.
• Minato Namikaze asked whether Uchiha Gen had a contract with the Nekomata Clan and whether they could obtain a large batch of Explosive Tags.

Minato Namikaze, Shibi Aburame, and Uchiha Gen destroyed Iwagakure’s underground tunnels with Explosive Tags. Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, arrived as Minato tried to break through the chakra locking down the area and asked the others to hold him off.

• Minato Namikaze transformed to disguise himself, while Shibi Aburame used insects to mimic the Iwagakure ninjas’ scents and Uchiha Gen copied a fallen Chunin.
• The three entered the guarded tunnel after Uchiha Gen used his Sharingan to control a guard and make him open the stone gate.
• Shibi Aburame placed insects throughout the underground passages, and Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to retreat with the others before detonating the Explosive Tags.
• The blasts collapsed the tunnels and buried the Iwagakure ninjas underground, destroying the secret excavation works.
• Roshi rushed toward the group, surrounding the area with the Four-Tails’ chakra and locking down space, while Minato Namikaze began a sealing technique and asked Shibi Aburame and Uchiha Gen to buy him thirty seconds.

Uchiha Gen, Shibi Aburame, and Minato Namikaze fought Roshi, the Four-Tails' jinchūriki, as Roshi unleashed a sea of lava and Shibi summoned the giant insect Kejias. The chapter ended with Roshi activating his partial tailed beast transformation as Uchiha Gen rushed in for close combat.

• Uchiha Gen attacked Roshi with a Super Electromagnetic Cannon, but Roshi countered with lava pillars and flooded the battlefield with magma.
• Roshi launched a wave of lava serpents at Uchiha Gen, Shibi Aburame, and Minato Namikaze as Minato worked to break through a spatial seal.
• Shibi Aburame summoned Kejias, who drew in the lava with its devouring suction.
• Uchiha Gen attacked Roshi with Sun Breathing while Kejias tore apart the lava serpents, then used Kejias's claw to launch himself toward Roshi.
• Roshi called Uchiha Gen's close-range attack suicidal and activated his partial tailed beast transformation.

Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame survived Roshi’s Tailed Beast Bomb through a space-time ability developed from the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Kejias was vaporized. As the Four-Tails’ Lava World began engulfing the area, Minato Namikaze prepared to evacuate them, but Uchiha Gen said they did not need to leave as green flames appeared around him.

• Roshi attacked Uchiha Gen with a lava-coated fist, but Uchiha Gen dodged and struck at the gaps in Roshi’s Lava Armor while Kejias attacked from above.
• Roshi formed two Tailed Beast Bombs and detonated them, vaporizing Kejias, but Flying Thunder God Technique marks sent Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame into a space-time rift, leaving them unharmed.
• Shibi Aburame explained that Minato Namikaze had developed a space-time kekkei genkai from the Flying Thunder God Technique as Roshi formed a silver-glowing Tailed Beast Bomb and the Four-Tails’ Lava World began spreading.
• Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame attacked Roshi, with Uchiha Gen summoning the Immovable Wisdom King and Shibi Aburame trapping Roshi with an Insect Tornado.
• Minato Namikaze arrived and prepared to take Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame away, but Uchiha Gen told him they did not need to leave as green flames began burning over his body.

Uchiha Gen revealed that his ability could create a killing causal line against Roshi, but said the line was not yet complete and they needed to fight longer. Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Gen battled Roshi and the Four-Tails in Domain-Mount Huaguo, and the chapter ended as the Four-Tails merged into Roshi and his power surged.

• Uchiha Gen stopped Minato Namikaze from taking them away, explaining that his ability could kill Roshi if they fought long enough.
• Minato Namikaze moved Uchiha Gen and Shibi Aburame onto a stone platform as Domain-Mount Huaguo transformed the battlefield into a sea of lava.
• Minato Namikaze attacked Roshi with Sage Mode Rasenshuriken techniques while the Four-Tails appeared behind Roshi, making the fight two against three.
• Uchiha Gen launched thousands of lightning-wrapped Thousand Blades fragments, which Minato Namikaze teleported behind Roshi and used to destroy his lava tails.
• Roshi regenerated his lava tails and declared that the attack was not enough, then the Four-Tails stopped fighting Shibi Aburame and merged into Roshi, whose aura grew intensely hot.