Chapter Summaries

Yōsa showed Pakura Rōran’s new puppet forces and explained their deployment, capabilities, and control systems. He ended by confirming that Rōran had enough equipment, personnel, and time to proceed.

• Yōsa described the mass-produced Sand Soldier Infantry Puppets and said the first 800 were ready, with 1,000 expected by month’s end.
• Yōsa presented the tested Sand Scorpion Mobile Assault Puppets and explained their scouting, ambush, and assault capabilities.
• Yōsa outlined the Sand Turtle Heavy Defense Puppets and reported that five were complete, with three more under construction.
• Yōsa introduced the Sand Falcon High-Altitude Reconnaissance Puppets for patrol and battlefield coordination.
• Yōsa revealed New Shukaku, a 35-meter tailed-beast-type war puppet with three royal guard controllers and autonomous backup operation, and Pakura silently considered what that autonomy meant.
• Yōsa concluded that Rōran had enough equipment, people, and time.

The chapter showed the major fronts and supply networks remaining in a prolonged, cautious stalemate as the nations conserved resources and waited for openings. It ended with Yōsa observing that Rōran did not need to fight while the surrounding countries exhausted themselves.

• Jiraiya watched the quiet Kumogakure camp from the Northern Border and noted that Kinkaku’s forces had slowed their offensive without withdrawing.
• Grain wagons continued to struggle through the muddy rear supply line, carrying provisions toward the front as soldiers maintained the routine transport.
• Orochimaru examined an undisturbed sample of dry rations and received word that frontline supplies were sufficient and soldiers had raised no complaints.
• A Land of Earth patrol returned from the dry riverbed without encountering Kirigakure, while both sides continued to wait along the southern front.
• The Third Mizukage reviewed shipping routes and confirmed that the Land of Water’s maritime supply lines had stabilized, then chose not to extend the front farther.
• Hanzō considered reports of the ongoing wars and looked for another small country to target, while Yōsa told Pakura and Karura that Rōran was not fighting because it did not need to.

After learning that the scattered Uzumaki Clan members were seeking refuge across the shinobi world, the Toyotomi leaders decided to find and shelter them as the “New Senju.” Rōran’s Relief Stations began searching for them, while the plan to remove Mito Uzumaki from the clan’s genealogy risked provoking Konoha.

• Toyotomi Jinsyokuin reported that the Uzumaki Clan had scattered, mostly south, with some members reaching the Land of Fire, the Land of Earth, and the coast of the Land of Water.
• Yōsa explained that the Land of Whirlpools had been allied with the Senju, not Konoha, and Jin Zhiyin proposed that the Toyotomi shelter the Uzumaki and have them reject Mito Uzumaki’s claim to their clan identity.
• Ryukōshi noted that Mito had kept the Uzumaki name because the clan had supported Hashirama Senju, while Chengkong outlined the benefits of gaining Uzumaki sealing techniques, strengthening the New Senju identity, and acquiring their bloodline.
• Yōsa agreed to take in the Uzumaki and ordered the Relief Stations to locate them, confirm their identities, and report without approaching or alerting them.
• Jin Zhiyin warned that Konoha might object to the matter of Mito, and Ryukōshi said Konoha only needed to know that Mito was no longer Uzumaki while the Toyotomi were.
• Rōran’s communication network sent the search order to Relief Stations across the shinobi world, beginning the hunt for the wandering Uzumaki.

Toyotomi Ryukōshi found a displaced group of Uzumaki clanspeople sheltering in the desert and challenged their expectation that Mito Uzumaki would rescue them. He offered them a hot meal and a safe place in Rōran, and they left with his team that night.

• Toyotomi Ryukōshi approached the Uzumaki camp and asked why Mito had kept her surname after marrying Hashirama Senju.
• An elder said the Uzumaki Clan had helped Mito keep her name, and Ryukōshi argued that she should now be helping her displaced clanspeople.
• The elder complained that Konoha had offered no support and that Orochimaru had tried to exploit the Uzumaki Clan.
• Ryukōshi urged the clanspeople to eat first and pointed them to warm food waiting outside the camp.
• That night, the Uzumaki clanspeople left with the team from Rōran, heading for Rōran's heartland.

Ryukōshi met six members of the Uzumaki Clan at a camp on the Rōran border and answered their questions about his family and his younger brother’s Wood Release. The group chose to leave for the Country of Roran, with Ryukōshi walking beside them toward the family who had made room for them.

• Ryukōshi introduced himself to the six Uzumaki Clan members, and the elder recognized him as Toyotomi Yinglang’s eldest son.
• Ryukōshi said he had come to fulfill the Senju Clan’s duty and explained that his younger brother, Toyotomi Jinsyokuin, had a Senju mother and Wood Release.
• When asked about Jinsyokuin’s ability to live forever, Ryukōshi said that any heaven-defying ability came at a price.
• Ryukōshi assured the Uzumaki Clan members that they had family in the Country of Roran and said Jinsyokuin might visit once his condition stabilized.
• The elder told the others to pack, and the six Uzumaki Clan members left the camp with Ryukōshi walking behind and beside them.

Little Tsunade helped welcome another group of Uzumaki Clan members to their new homes in Roran, where an elderly man questioned whether Mito had ever sent aid. The chapter ended with more carts approaching and people ready to help the arriving refugees settle in.

• Ryukōshi called Little Tsunade and Jin Zhiyin over to help the elderly Uzumaki Clan members get down from a cart.
• An old man recognized Little Tsunade as Mito’s granddaughter and accused Mito of being a phony because aid from Konoha should have arrived sooner.
• Little Tsunade said she was not anyone’s aid and was simply herself, while Jin Zhiyin explained that she lived and worked in Roran.
• The old man called Mito a phony and said she was not even as good as her granddaughter, while Little Tsunade went to help a child climb down from another cart.
• Jin Zhiyin helped unload an infant, and the Uzumaki Clan members carried their belongings into the houses as more carts approached.

In the Roran resettlement district, Uzumaki Jifang encountered Toyotomi Baien, a doctor whose Three-Tomoe Sharingan came from Uchiha blood, and struggled to reconcile her work with his memories of the Warring States Period. The next day, Baien left wound medicine for an injured child, while Jifang accepted her explanation that she was a Toyotomi clan member with Uchiha blood.

• Uzumaki Jifang visited the medical station and saw Toyotomi Baien's active Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Baien told Jifang that she had awakened three tomoe while treating a severely wounded patient and that fewer than ten Uchiha possessed the ability.
• Jifang remarked that each generation was worse than the last and left the medical station.
• The following afternoon, Baien brought Jifang wound medicine and salve for an injured child in his group.
• Baien told Jifang that she was a Toyotomi clan member but had Uchiha blood, and Jifang accepted her explanation.
• Jifang opened the medicine bag, then tied it shut and left it within reach on the wall.

In Rōran, the Uzumaki community learned that Konoha had secretly taken more than twenty Uzumaki clan members to underground facilities, and that Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered Mito Uzumaki kept in the dark. Jifang and the others blamed Mito for betraying the clan, suspecting that Kushina Uzumaki’s move to Konoha had been part of her arrangement.

• A Toyotomi clan member sent Rōran an encrypted report that Konoha had transferred over twenty Uzumaki clan members to the Vine Division’s underground facilities and that Hiruzen Sarutobi had barred anyone from informing Mito Uzumaki.
• The news spread through the Uzumaki community, and Jifang asked who Orochimaru was before hearing his connections to Mito Uzumaki’s family.
• Jifang called Mito an ungrateful woman, and another clan member accused her of failing to protect her own people.
• Toyotomi Jinsyokuin said Mito had betrayed the Uzumaki Clan and suggested she might have used the clan’s destruction to disguise an arrangement that made Kushina Uzumaki a Jinchūriki in Konoha.
• Jifang wondered whether Mito had also arranged for Kushina to go to Konoha, then went inside without receiving an answer.

Jiefang decided to travel from the Rōran resettlement area to Konoha to see Kushina Uzumaki and the village for himself. He set out with Jin Zhiyin and Ryukōshi, leaving Yōsa behind.

• Jiefang decided to visit Konoha and see Kushina Uzumaki, a fellow clan member.
• Jiefang told Jin Zhiyin he would accompany him, and Jin Zhiyin agreed.
• Yōsa said Ryukōshi should go too, and Ryukōshi agreed to help if Orochimaru caused trouble.
• Jiefang set their departure for that afternoon, with plans to reach Konoha's vicinity before dawn.
• Jin Zhiyin, Jiefang, and Ryukōshi set out toward Konoha, while Yōsa stayed behind.

Jiefang walked through Konoha with Ryukōshi and Jin Zhiyin, observing how the village and its clans had changed. He stopped at the edge of a patch of shade, intending to continue toward land he knew no longer belonged to Konoha.

• Jiefang entered Konoha with Ryukōshi and Jin Zhiyin, then took side streets through a residential area.
• Jiefang mistook Toyotomi clan members for Senju clan members, and Jin Zhiyin corrected him.
• Jin Zhiyin explained how Konoha changed under Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, including Danzo's Rebellion and the Vine Division.
• Jiefang asked why the Vine Division had been established, and Ryukōshi replied that a dog would never stop eating shit.
• As evening fell, Jiefang stopped at the edge of a tree's shade, waiting before continuing toward land beyond Konoha's direction.

Jiefang visited Kushina at the Elite School and challenged the account of her rescue by Minato, questioning how Kirigakure Anbu had bypassed Konoha’s safeguards. He enclosed himself with Jin Zhiyin and accused Konoha High Command of staging the rescue, declaring that Uzumaki Fraud had betrayed the Uzumaki Clan and no longer deserved its name.

• Jiefang met Kushina outside the Elite School and sensed an armed Anbu member watching nearby.
• Kushina introduced Minato Namikaze as Jiraiya’s student and the person who had rescued her from three Kirigakure Anbu when she was abducted.
• Jiefang questioned Kushina about how the abduction had happened under Konoha Anbu surveillance and Mito Uzumaki’s watch, then asked Minato how old he had been when he rescued her.
• Jiefang told Jin Zhiyin to protect him, and Jin Zhiyin raised a wooden barrier around them.
• Jiefang accused Konoha High Command of staging Minato’s rescue with Uzumaki Fraud as a participant, then declared that she had betrayed the Uzumaki Clan and did not deserve the name Uzumaki.

Jiefang and the Toyotomi confronted Mito over her failure to defend the Uzumaki Clan and her insistence that Kushina belonged in Konoha. Mito stayed silent when Jiefang demanded she explain herself publicly, leaving her silence to speak for her.

• Kushina asked Jiefang whether she was already the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and he told her she would be and that Konoha was not her home.
• Mito arrived and declared that Kushina could not leave Konoha, prompting Jiefang to challenge her absence during the Uzumaki Clan’s crises.
• Jiefang asked whether Mito spoke for the Uzumaki, Konoha, or the Senju, and Mito first cited Konoha’s reasons before claiming to speak for the Senju Clan.
• Jin Zhiyin and Ryukōshi argued that the Toyotomi had earned the name “New Senju” through their Wood Release and service to people across the Shinobi World.
• Ryukōshi questioned whether Mito deserved the name Uzumaki because she had not helped her clan, and Jin Zhiyin suggested calling on Jiefang’s seniority.
• Jiefang demanded that Mito explain herself in front of everyone, but she remained silent.

Jiefang confronted Mito over Konoha’s treatment of the Uzumaki clan and Kushina’s planned fate as a Jinchūriki. He announced that he would take Kushina to the Country of Roran, leaving her to decide whether to go with him.

• Jiefang challenged Mito over her loyalty to Konoha and the Uzumaki clan, and Mito denied ordering what happened with the Vine Division.
• Jiefang pressed Mito to explain why Kushina was going to become a Jinchūriki, but she called it Kushina’s destiny.
• Jiefang rejected Mito’s explanation and said he would take Kushina away, warning that Konoha might use Sealing Jutsu to keep her there.
• Jiefang told Mito to send any message for Kushina to the Country of Roran, then turned to Kushina and waited for her choice.
• Mito remained where she was, while Kushina looked at Jiefang and began to accept what he had told her.

Outside Konoha’s Elite School, Hiruzen Sarutobi led a large force to block Jiefang and Kushina, prompting Jin Zhiyin to summon his Tree-Person Susanoo and challenge them. The Toyotomi clan and other allies arrived to reinforce Jin Zhiyin, leaving a changed opening in the encirclement as Kushina hesitated over whether to follow Jiefang.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and more than a hundred shinobi surrounded Jiefang and Kushina, and Hiruzen apologized while saying he acted for Konoha.
• Jin Zhiyin summoned his Tree-Person Susanoo and told Hiruzen’s side to move aside or be forced back.
• Jin Zhiyin taunted Uchiha Fushan for lacking the Mangekyō, and Fushan did not respond.
• More than three hundred Toyotomi clan members, thousands of Martial Arts Hall graduates, and other clan forces arrived to cover the flanks.
• Jin Zhiyin summoned a Golden Six-Winged Angel Susanoo and ordered an attack, but neither side struck first; Minato Namikaze took a position between Kushina and Hiruzen.
• Jiefang waited by the barrier as Kushina watched the opening in the encirclement, still undecided about whether to leave with him.

The Toyotomi and Uchiha forces clashed outside the Elite School while Ryukōshi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jin Zhiyin, and Orochimaru fought across the street. Toyotomi Chengkong stopped a Nara attack aimed at Jiefang, and Toyotomi Shining Sand arrived as the opposing forces reset their positions.

• The Toyotomi clan used senbon volleys to break the Uchiha formation, while Uchiha Fushan questioned how the Toyotomi had acquired fighting methods resembling the Senju Clan's.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, who transformed into a staff, and Hiruzen's strike against the Angel Susanoo was blocked by its Holy Sword.
• Orochimaru spread the Myriad Snakes Formation across the street, and Jin Zhiyin's Giant Hardened Wood Balls crushed and scattered the snakes.
• Nara Zhulu ordered his clan members to attack Jiefang, but Kushina stepped in front of him and Toyotomi Chengkong used Time Stop to redirect the projectiles.
• Toyotomi Shining Sand arrived and raised gold dust beside him as Jiefang watched the groups reassess their positions.

Kushina chose to leave Konoha with Jiefang, refusing to trust Minato or the village leadership. The Toyotomi Clan opened a path for them while Ryukōshi, Jin Zhiyin, Chengkong, and Yōsa stayed behind.

• Kushina told Minato that Konoha was hurting the Uzumaki Clan and that she was leaving.
• Jiefang explained that he would not gamble on Minato, Jiraiya, or Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jin Zhiyin added that Orochimaru was Jiraiya’s fellow disciple.
• Yōsa formed a gold-dust path as the Toyotomi Clan loosened its encirclement and let Kushina and Jiefang pass.
• Ryukōshi told the Toyotomi Clan to remain and let the others leave, while Jin Zhiyin, Chengkong, and Yōsa chose to stay with him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, and Nara Zhulu did not pursue as Kushina and Jiefang walked away along the path.

The Toyotomi Three Hundred Warriors held their formation outside Konohagakure’s Elite School as the Four Heroes fought Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others. Jin Zhiyin’s Tree-Man Susanoo struck back against the attacks, leaving both sides in a standoff with the Toyotomi formation intact.

• Ryukōshi told the Toyotomi clan members to let the elderly and children leave, and they tightened their defensive formation without retreating.
• Jin Zhiyin formed the Sacred Tree Forging Hammer and struck Orochimaru with a shockwave as he dodged, leaving him bleeding.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, and Jin Zhiyin killed the giant snake with a blow from the hammer.
• Nara Zhulu and Yamanaka Wuhu tried to control Jin Zhiyin’s Tree-Man Susanoo, but both techniques failed to take hold.
• Akimichi Ganglie charged in Human Bullet Tank form, and Jin Zhiyin deflected him into an abandoned house with the hammer.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others reassessed their positions while the Toyotomi Three Hundred Warriors maintained their defensive line and the battle paused.

Toyotomi Chengkong used Time Stop to strike Hiruzen Sarutobi, then displayed his Mangekyō abilities and Susanoo armor. He recreated and multiplied Mito’s Tailed Beast Bomb into platinum fragments that rained across Konoha, leaving the village under attack.

• Toyotomi Chengkong stopped time and landed a rapid series of punches on Hiruzen Sarutobi before time resumed, leaving him injured but standing.
• Mito formed a Tailed Beast Bomb and fired it toward Chengkong, who waited until it was fully formed before evading it.
• Chengkong revealed his platinum gear-patterned Mangekyō and formed close-fitting Susanoo armor, prompting Uchiha Fushan to identify it.
• Chengkong scanned the Tailed Beast Bomb, recreated it as a larger platinum sphere, and sent it into the sky to split into numerous fragments.
• The platinum fragments struck locations across Konoha, spreading damage while Mito shielded herself and others sought cover.

After the Toyotomi clan’s attack ended, Ryukōshi and Yōsa confronted Mito over how much of her status and strength had come from her connections. The Toyotomi clan withdrew, leaving Mito in Konoha to face the lasting damage and the doubts their accusations had raised.

• Ryukōshi withdrew his Angel Susanoo and accused Mito of coasting on her position in the Land of Whirlpools and Konoha.
• Yōsa reminded Mito that the Land of Whirlpools had supported her, then challenged her claims to have earned her strength independently.
• Mito realized her sealing techniques, chakra training, and Tailed Beast had all come through her clan or Hashirama Senju, and wondered whether her achievements came from her surname rather than herself.
• Yōsa told Mito that her connections had resolved most of her difficulties and left without waiting for her answer.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi did not pursue the Toyotomi clan, while Orochimaru silently observed Mito and recorded the battle’s implications.
• The Toyotomi clan departed through Yōsa’s Gold Dust passage, leaving Tailed Beast Bomb damage in Konoha as Mito remained behind.

Yōsa organized the Toyotomi clan’s resettlement in Rōran and assigned plots for allied clans, while Tsugikuni En'eki asked who would lead the Toyotomi Clan in the future. Meanwhile, Jiefang recounted Mito’s actions to the gathered Uzumaki clan, who accepted the account as confirmed history.

• Toyotomi Shining Sand checked the Resettlement Zone’s boundaries, and Yōsa arranged housing, integrated the Martial Arts Hall into Rōran’s education system, and promised teachers double pay and students tuition refunds.
• Yōsa marked plots for the Inuzaki Clan, the Tsugikuni clan, the Kurama Clan, and other clans.
• Tsugikuni En'eki asked Yōsa who would lead the Toyotomi Clan, and Yōsa replied that his father was only thirty and that the future did not need to be decided now.
• Yōsa inspected the completed foundations and boundaries, including the plot reserved for the Inuzuka Clan.
• Jiefang recounted Mito’s actions and statements to the gathered Uzumaki clan, and Uzumaki Dōyin and Uzumaki Báidū condemned her.
• The Uzumaki clan members accepted Jiefang’s account as consistent with what they had heard and confirmed it as something to remember.