Chapter Summaries

Toyotomi Yinglang upgraded Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s five Six Paths Ninja Tools, leaving them convinced they could kill Tobirama Senju and the Second Raikage. Ginkaku tested the Jade Pure Bottle on a Kumogakure prisoner, confirming that it could absorb and dissolve its target.

• In a shared dream, Taishang Laojun promised Kinkaku and Ginkaku enhanced versions of their five Ninja Tools and told them to kill the Raikage before hunting down the Hokage.
• Three days later, Kinkaku and Ginkaku examined the upgraded tools and learned their enhanced abilities, including the Jade Pure Bottle’s power to draw in and dissolve anyone who answered their name.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Toyotomi Liuli that he had redesigned the tools using the rules he inferred from Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s dreams, while Danzo waited for Tobirama Senju to be wounded and Konoha to face internal strife.
• Ginkaku tested the Jade Pure Bottle on Yamada, a Kumogakure prisoner, and the bottle absorbed him; liquid sloshed inside before falling silent.

Danzo bought two doses of Asura's Cinders and hired Kakuzu to help him kill Tobirama Senju as part of his plan to become Third Hokage. Toyotomi Yinglang and Toyotomi Liuli discussed Danzo's alliance, while Danzo prepared for the plot amid Konoha's falling snow.

• Danzo bought the black market's two remaining doses of Asura's Cinders for one hundred million ryo.
• Danzo recruited Kakuzu to help kill Tobirama Senju, offering him ten million ryo upfront and one hundred million after the job.
• Kakuzu accepted Danzo's offer, believing the reward made the dangerous mission worthwhile.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Toyotomi Liuli that Kakuzu could not be trusted but would help Danzo because Tobirama would never pay him.
• Danzo returned to a Root base with the syringes and prepared to carry out his plan.

Tobirama Senju and the Second Raikage agreed to peace terms, including reparations and the exchange of prisoners. Before the agreement could take effect, Ginkaku captured the Second Raikage with the Jade Pure Bottle, and Kinkaku launched an attack on the Konoha delegation.

• Tobirama Senju met the Second Raikage in the neutral zone to negotiate peace between Konoha and Kumogakure.
• The Second Raikage demanded compensation, and Tobirama Senju agreed to pay seven hundred million ryo over ten years.
• Tobirama Senju and the Second Raikage agreed to release each other's prisoners of war.
• Ginkaku used the Jade Pure Bottle to capture the Second Raikage as Kinkaku revealed their ambush.
• Kinkaku drew the Seven Stars Sword and ordered concealed Kinkaku Force ninja to attack the Konoha delegation.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku attacked the peace negotiations, forcing Tobirama Senju to stay behind while Hiruzen Sarutobi led the others away. Tobirama escaped the hut but was pursued by the Kinkaku Force, while Danzo plotted to seize power if Tobirama died.

• Kinkaku denounced the peace negotiations and insulted Kagami Uchiha, prompting Kagami to lunge at him before Hiruzen Sarutobi restrained him.
• Ginkaku attacked with the Banana Palm Fan, and Tobirama Senju raised a Water Formation Wall before ordering Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others to retreat.
• Danzo obeyed Tobirama Senju’s order to leave but secretly hoped Kinkaku and Ginkaku would kill him.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s coordinated attacks forced Tobirama Senju to use Flying Thunder God repeatedly, and he fled the burning hut across the snowfield.
• Kinkaku sent the Kinkaku Force after Tobirama Senju and planned to pursue him until his chakra ran out, while Danzo resolved to return to Konoha and stage a coup to become Third Hokage.

Tobirama Senju stayed behind to fight Kinkaku and Ginkaku after Hiruzen Sarutobi volunteered to act as a decoy. He named Hiruzen the next Hokage and ordered the others to flee, while Danzo secretly planned to seize power.

• Tobirama Senju asked his disciples who would stay behind to cover the retreat, but Utatane Koharu, Kagami Uchiha, Torifu Akimichi, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo each hesitated or kept their intentions hidden.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi volunteered to stay behind, but Tobirama Senju refused and ordered him to become Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others to return to Konoha at full speed.
• Danzo followed the retreating group while planning to launch a coup and take the Hokage position.
• Tobirama Senju faced Kinkaku and Ginkaku alone, attacking with Water Severing Wave, Flying Thunder God, and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags as the battle continued.

After escaping the snowfield, Danzo prepared to seize power while Hiruzen Sarutobi waited anxiously for Tobirama Senju. Tobirama tricked Kinkaku and Ginkaku into believing he had died, but the brothers continued toward Kumogakure to claim power and destroy the Yotsuki Clan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi led the group back toward Konoha as Danzo ran ahead, shaken by the events in the snowfield.
• Tobirama Senju used the Reaper Death Seal to make Kinkaku and Ginkaku believe he had died, then released the technique and collapsed in the snow.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku fled, vowing to return to Kumogakure, claim the title of Third Raikage for the Hagoromo surname, and kill every member of the Yotsuki Clan.
• Danzo promised Kakuzu the position of Hokage Assistant if Danzo became Third Hokage, then prepared to make his move.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reassured Mitokado Homura that Tobirama would be all right and privately wondered what Danzo was planning.

Toyotomi Yinglang used a fabricated missing clan member as a pretext to attack Sunagakure and seize control of the Land of Wind with Rōran. As Rōran prepared to march in three days, Shamon ordered the border defenses strengthened, suspecting that Sasha had allied with Toyotomi Yinglang.

• Toyotomi Yinglang told Toyotomi Liuli that Danzo was preparing a rebellion while Konoha and Kumogakure were in turmoil, and proposed attacking Sunagakure.
• Toyotomi Yinglang explained that he had invented Toyotomi Wuming and claimed Sunagakure had captured him, creating a justification for war and a plan for Rōran to occupy the Land of Wind.
• Toyotomi Yinglang ordered the Toyotomi Clan to prepare for war and told Liuli to inform Sasha that they would move in three days.
• Sasha ordered Rōran's army to prepare to enter the Land of Wind in three days, confident Sunagakure would be too occupied to stop them.
• Shamon learned that Rōran had assembled at least five thousand troops, including ninja, and ordered Sunagakure to reinforce its border defenses.

Danzo began a coup against Konoha after Tobirama Senju was declared dead, killing the Anbu loyal to Tobirama and attacking the Hokage Building with eight hundred Root Ninja. Hiruzen Sarutobi learned Danzo had disappeared as the assault began.

• Danzo assembled eight hundred Root Ninja and set out with two syringes of Asura's Cinders, intending to take control of Konoha.
• Danzo lured thirty Anbu into the woods and ordered Root Ninja to kill them because they had served Tobirama Senju.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned from Mitokado Homura that Danzo and Root had vanished and could not be found.
• Danzo arrived outside the Hokage Building with Root and Kakuzu, then ordered the coup to begin.
• Root Ninja stormed the Hokage Building, and Danzo killed a jonin who tried to stop him.

Danzo led Root’s coup against Konoha, claiming he alone could save the village, while Anbu and Root fought to the death. As Danzo confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and prepared to kill him, Mito Uzumaki was stopped from reaching the Hokage Building by Senju and Uchiha clansmen who had sided with Danzo.

• Danzo declared that Tobirama Senju had betrayed him and ordered Uchiha Yaohui to deal with Kagami Uchiha, who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to flee, but Hiruzen refused to abandon his post as Hokage.
• Danzo confronted Hiruzen in the Hokage Building corridor and injected himself with Forbidden Drug: Asura's Cinders after Hiruzen refused to stand aside.
• Mito Uzumaki set out to help at the Hokage Building, but Senju clansmen blocked her, saying they had cooperated with Danzo to regain the clan's independence.
• Uchiha clansmen joined the Senju clansmen in holding Mito Uzumaki back, leaving her to lament that the two clans had become her enemies.

Tobirama Senju returned to the battlefield outside the Hokage Building and confronted Danzo, who summoned Hashirama Senju’s spirit to aid his coup. When Hashirama refused, Danzo forced him under control, and Hashirama unleashed Wood Release against the Hokage Building.

• Tobirama Senju arrived at the Hokage Building and found Danzo fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi while Anbu and Root forces battled across the area.
• Tobirama Senju saw Uchiha and Senju clansmen fighting for Danzo and demanded to know what was happening.
• Danzo summoned Hashirama Senju’s spirit and asked him to help remove Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi from power.
• Hashirama Senju refused to support Danzo, warning that his actions would destroy Konoha.
• Danzo used Forced Control to seize Hashirama Senju’s spirit, and Hashirama unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence toward the Hokage Building.

Mito Uzumaki fought to seal Hashirama Senju while Danzo’s forces pushed their assault across Konoha. The clan heads stayed neutral as the battle continued, with Kakuzu targeting Tobirama Senju and Danzo moving to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Mito Uzumaki used Adamantine Sealing Chains to defend against Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release while trying to seal him.
• Danzo ordered Kakuzu to kill Tobirama Senju and went to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kakuzu confronted Tobirama Senju and attacked him for a promised payment of one hundred million ryo.
• Danzo charged at the wounded Hiruzen Sarutobi after Hiruzen refused to step aside.
• Danzo’s Root ninja summoned soul forms that drove Konoha’s defenders back and threatened to break their line.
• The Hyuga, Aburame, Inuzuka, Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clan heads chose to wait until the rebellion had a winner before supporting either side.

During Danzo’s rebellion in Konoha Year Twenty-Two, Yaohui killed Kagami, Mito sealed Hashirama’s spirit, and several Uchiha awakened their Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Danzo’s forces gained the advantage, but he still faced Hiruzen and Tobirama inside the Hokage Building.

• Yaohui fought Kagami, whose Mangekyō powers could negate damage, and killed him with his Perfect Susanoo.
• Mito used the Eight Trigrams Seal to seal Hashirama’s spirit after enduring his Wood Release attacks.
• Yaohui ordered the Uchiha to continue fighting and dismissed Kagami’s body as a traitor’s corpse.
• A dozen or so Uchiha clansmen awakened their Three-Tomoe Sharingan during the battle and charged toward the Hokage Building.
• Danzo assessed that victory was near and wondered how long Hiruzen and Tobirama could hold out.

Mito Uzumaki sealed the remaining spirit bodies while Anbu wiped out Root, and Konoha's clans sent forces to support Hiruzen Sarutobi. Cornered by the reinforcements, Danzo injected a second dose of Asura's Cinders and prepared to continue fighting.

• Mito Uzumaki used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to seal all the remaining spirit bodies, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The Anbu captain and the surviving Anbu defeated Root at the cost of nearly ninety percent of their forces, then headed to support Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• The Anbu reinforcements attacked Danzo in the Hokage Building corridor, but Danzo stood back up after an explosive-tag blast.
• The Hyuga, Aburame, Inuzuka, and Ino-Shika-Cho clans sent forces to support the Hokage.
• Danzo refused to surrender and injected the second dose of Forbidden Drug: Asura's Cinders, vowing to show Konoha what a true Hokage was.

Danzo fought Tobirama Senju and Konoha’s clansmen, refusing to surrender even after they overwhelmed him. He died detonating his last Explosive Tag, while Kakuzu fled Konoha and Tobirama faced the village’s terrible losses.

• Danzo charged Tobirama Senju, and the two fought with blades and Ninjutsu on the steps of the Hokage Building.
• Danzo struck Tobirama Senju, but Tobirama pointed out that Danzo was surrounded as the great clans closed in.
• The Hyuga, Aburame, Inuzuka, and Akimichi clan heads attacked Danzo and brought him to the ground.
• Danzo refused to surrender and detonated his last Explosive Tag, losing an arm and suffering fatal injuries.
• Danzo died after telling Tobirama Senju that he had no regrets, and Kakuzu fled toward Konoha’s outskirts.
• Tobirama Senju told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Danzo had made a mistake and paid the price, then looked over Konoha’s devastation.

After Danzo's rebellion, Tobirama Senju learned the catastrophic losses Konoha had suffered, while Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki helped establish new leadership for the Senju and Uchiha clans. The chapter ended with Tobirama questioning whether Konoha could endure, as Mito assured him it could.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reported that the rebellion had devastated Konoha's forces and clans, leaving the village's strength set back at least ten years.
• Hashirama Senju urged the surviving Senju to rebuild and recommended Uchiha Fushan as the Uchiha Clan's new leader.
• Uchiha Fushan accepted leadership and promised to guide the Uchiha Clan through the crisis, though some survivors remained resentful.
• Mito Uzumaki told Tobirama Senju that Hashirama had left Konoha's future in his hands.
• Tobirama admitted he hated Danzo but was more disappointed in his student, his own judgment, and Konoha; Mito said the village could continue because it still had people willing to sacrifice for it.

Tobirama Senju learned that Toyotomi Yinglang had helped the Toyotomi Clan conquer Sunagakure and that Rōran had annexed the Land of Wind. As Tobirama’s health failed, Toyotomi Yinglang predicted Konoha would never recover its former strength and looked toward a new era.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tobirama Senju that the Toyotomi Clan had conquered Sunagakure and killed Shamon.
• Hiruzen explained that Queen Sasha had annexed the Land of Wind into Rōran and assigned the Toyotomi Clan to suppress resistance.
• Tobirama learned the Toyotomi Clan had accepted Rōran’s mission and made its own forehead protectors, then angrily challenged Yinglang’s claims about ninja principles.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Toyotomi Liuli that Tobirama would die that summer and Konoha would never be what it once was.
• Tobirama lay in the dark, wondering what Toyotomi Yinglang was trying to do.

Kinkaku seized power in Kumogakure and prepared for war while the injured Third Raikage A led the Yotsuki Clan remnants toward Konoha. Tobirama Senju agreed to meet them outside the village, uncertain whether taking them in could help Konoha survive.

• Kinkaku named himself Raikage, made Ginkaku his aide, and ordered Kumogakure to prepare for war.
• Third Raikage A led the Yotsuki Clan remnants toward Konoha and told them not to call him Raikage until Tobirama Senju died.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tobirama that the Yotsuki Clan was approaching and that Third Raikage A wanted to see him.
• Tobirama agreed to meet Third Raikage A outside Konoha but said he did not know whether he would take in the clan.

Tobirama Senju agreed to let A and the Yotsuki Clan settle in Konoha under strict conditions as Konoha faced Uchiha unrest. Meanwhile, Toyotomi Yinglang arranged for Chiyo to lead Rōrangakure and planned to marry Sasha, who accepted and ordered preparations for the wedding.

• A told Tobirama Senju that Konoha needed allies, and Tobirama agreed to let the Yotsuki Clan stay if they submitted to Konoha and A stopped calling himself Raikage.
• A asked how much longer Tobirama Senju could hold on, and Tobirama replied that it would be long enough.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Toyotomi Liuli that Sunagakure would become Rōrangakure under Chiyo, while the former Land of Wind and neighboring territories would form the Country of Roran under Sasha.
• Toyotomi Yinglang ordered Liuli to arrange his wedding to Sasha and said he would support Sasha while making Rōran a vassal state of Great Britain.
• Sasha accepted Toyotomi Yinglang's marriage proposal and ordered her maid to prepare the wedding.

Toyotomi Yinglang married Sasha, Queen of Rōran, to secure his clan’s influence there while keeping his identity as emperor of the Great British Empire secret. In Konoha, Tobirama Senju warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Toyotomi Clan had become a ruling power beyond the reach of the village system, leaving Konoha with no clear response.

• Toyotomi Yinglang and Sasha married in the Palace of Rōran as members of the Toyotomi Clan and Sunagakure attended.
• On the Palace rooftop, Toyotomi Yinglang told Sasha he needed her and Rōran’s political power more than he loved her, and she accepted his explanation.
• Toyotomi Yinglang told Sasha to conceal that he was emperor of the Great British Empire and present him only as the Toyotomi Clan’s head.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tobirama Senju that Toyotomi Yinglang had married Sasha, and Tobirama recognized the marriage as a political shift for the Toyotomi Clan.
• Tobirama Senju explained that Rōran’s ruling family would soon bear the Toyotomi name and that the clan could rule a great nation outside Konoha’s system.
• Tobirama Senju fell silent, while Hiruzen Sarutobi sat beside his bed in despair over Konoha’s predicament.

Toyotomi Liuli and Senju Tsubaki gave birth to sons who were named heirs to the Empire and Toyotomi Clan. In Konoha, Tobirama Senju died after giving Hiruzen Sarutobi his final instructions, leaving Hiruzen to take up the role of Third Hokage and begin Konoha’s reconstruction.

• Toyotomi Liuli gave birth to Toyotomi Ryukōshi, whom Toyotomi Yinglang named Crown Prince and described as healthy and powerful.
• Senju Tsubaki gave birth to Toyotomi Jinsyokuin, whom she named heir to Wood Release and the future of the Toyotomi Clan.
• Tobirama Senju told Hiruzen Sarutobi to keep the Uchiha and Toyotomi in check, disperse the remaining Senju, and uphold the Will of Fire.
• Tobirama Senju died in Konoha Year Twenty-Two, and Hiruzen wept beside his bed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi took up the Hokage’s role and ordered Konoha to begin reconstruction with every clan and ninja participating.