Chapter Summaries

Sōkyū Hatake observed how the Konoha Military Police Force’s reduced authority had weakened public order, then spoke with Shisui Uchiha about his graduation and a promised lesson. Before leaving for battle, Sōkyū set his plan in motion by ordering his Lightning Clone to retrieve or destroy documents from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s hidden compartment.

• Xunfei Yamanaka avoided intervening in a street argument, and villagers complained that the Konoha Military Police Force no longer kept order before leaving.
• Sōkyū Hatake watched the scene and reflected on how the Uchiha Clan had been undermined after giving up part of its authority in the force.
• Shisui Uchiha approached Sōkyū, congratulated him on graduating, and challenged him to wait for Shisui to break his record at the Ninja Academy.
• Sōkyū returned to the Hatake Clan Compound, looked at a photograph in Hatake Sakumo’s room, and said he would give them all an answer.
• Sōkyū instructed his Lightning Clone to take the documents from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s hidden compartment or destroy them, and to act after Sōkyū left.

Sōkyū Hatake checked his mission rewards, gaining Advanced Sage Mode and receiving a battlefield mission that promised Perfect Grade Conqueror's Haki. He left Konoha with a supply convoy, and as thunder sounded on the road, he prepared to travel ahead alone.

• Sōkyū Hatake read that he had earned Sage Mode and Advanced Sage Mode, then received a mission to kill specified numbers of enemy fighters for Perfect Grade Conqueror's Haki.
• An ANBU ninja summoned Sōkyū Hatake to join the group heading to the front lines, and he prepared to leave the Hatake Clan Compound.
• Akimichi Jia Yi assembled the convoy at the village entrance, where Mitaraishi Anko and Ayame promised to wait for Sōkyū Hatake's return.
• Uchida Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and Danzo watched Sōkyū Hatake depart while expressing plans to follow him to the battlefield or surpass him.
• On the two-day journey, a member of the Inuzuka Clan mocked Sōkyū Hatake for traveling with the group, and Akimichi Jia Yi defended him.
• After thunder suddenly sounded in the clear sky, Sōkyū Hatake said he could manage alone and began enveloping himself in purple lightning.

Orochimaru learned that the Third Kazekage planned to invade with Sunagakure’s puppet army and prepared an ambush. The Third Kazekage and Ebizo advanced with the puppets, while the Kazekage pursued the invasion to profit from Konoha’s troubles.

• Sōkyū Hatake turned into lightning and rushed toward the front lines, leaving Akimichi Kōgi and the others to follow.
• Shikaten Nara told Orochimaru that the Third Kazekage planned to invade with a puppet army, and Orochimaru approved an ambush at a narrow route between valleys.
• The next day, Shikaten Nara reported that the puppet army was approaching, and Orochimaru led the Third and Fifth Battalions to the ambush site.
• The Third Kazekage ordered the puppet force to scout ahead with puppets while keeping their real bodies back, and Ebizo relayed his commands.
• The Third Kazekage deployed the puppets and prepared to attack, intending to seize a share of the spoils from Konoha’s war.

Orochimaru ambushed what he believed was the Third Kazekage Rasa’s puppet force, only to discover that Rasa had switched the real people and puppets and trapped the Konoha group. Rasa transformed into Orochimaru and headed for Konoha’s base while Orochimaru tried to dismantle the formation, until an unexpected voice interrupted.

• Orochimaru ordered his ninja to wait for the puppet operators, then led an attack on the apparent Third Kazekage Rasa and his troops.
• Orochimaru realized that the Third Kazekage Rasa and the surrounding ninja were puppets, while the real Rasa and his people had disguised themselves and bypassed the blockade.
• The Third Kazekage Rasa activated the Electromagnetic Puppet Formation to encircle Orochimaru and the Konoha ninja, explaining that he intended to hold Orochimaru back and strike Konoha’s base.
• The Third Kazekage Rasa used the Transformation Technique to look like Orochimaru and set off with his people, while Orochimaru’s subordinate estimated that dismantling the formation would take at least three hours.
• Orochimaru sent white snakes to work on the formation, and an unidentified speaker arrived and remarked that Orochimaru’s predicament was amusing.

Sōkyū Hatake revealed his advanced Sage Mode, fused with Pikachu, and summoned a massive lightning attack against the Third Kazekage, Rasa, and his forces. As Rasa ordered the puppet corps to retreat, Sōkyū directed the lightning deity toward him and left Ebizo to face the coming attack.

• Sōkyū Hatake appeared above the battlefield, and Orochimaru revealed that he had graduated and warned Rasa not to underestimate him.
• Rasa attacked Sōkyū with Iron Sand Shower, but Pikachu blocked the needles with Thunderbolt.
• Sōkyū entered the clouds, activated Advanced Sage Mode, and fused with Pikachu, gaining yellow lightning-like markings and increased strength.
• Sōkyū summoned a thundercloud and used Ten Thousand Mamaragan Punishment: Divine Descent to strike Rasa's Electromagnetic Puppet Barrier.
• Rasa ordered his forces to retreat, but Sōkyū sent the lightning deity plunging toward him.
• Rasa told Ebizo to handle the attack as he tried to avoid dying on the battlefield.

The Third Kazekage Rasa escaped with his puppet ninja while Ebizo stayed behind to hold off Sōkyū Hatake’s Thunder Punishment. After learning Sōkyū was six years old and the Konoha White Fang’s son, Rasa ordered his forces to kill him on sight; Sōkyū reflected on the power and short duration of his Advanced Sage Mode.

• The Third Kazekage Rasa reinforced Ebizo’s puppet defenses with Magnet Release and used the clash to escape with his puppet ninja.
• Rasa told the gathered Sunagakure forces that Ebizo had volunteered to act as bait, and they accepted his account without speaking up.
• Rasa asked the intelligence division about Sōkyū Hatake and learned that he was a six-year-old student and the son of Hatake Sakumo, the Konoha White Fang.
• Rasa ordered his forces to kill Sōkyū on sight, believing the boy’s powerful ninjutsu required time to charge.
• Sōkyū watched Rasa leave and estimated that Advanced Sage Mode could sustain basic techniques for three minutes, though he could use a major technique only once.

After helping Orochimaru foil Rasa’s trap and capture Ebizo, Sōkyū Hatake checked in at the Konoha–Sunagakure border and received Thresh’s Hell’s Curse. He left eager to collect souls on the battlefield.

• Sōkyū Hatake revealed that Orochimaru’s real body had avoided Rasa’s trap, and Orochimaru’s ninja took the severely injured Ebizo into custody as a hostage.
• Orochimaru invited Sōkyū Hatake back to the command room and asked whether his body had withstood the strain of borrowing Heavenly Might.
• Sōkyū Hatake left Orochimaru to check in on a hill overlooking the border, where the system added the location to his check-in list.
• Sōkyū Hatake checked in successfully and received Hell’s Curse, which harvested nearby enemies’ souls and granted a random attribute increase for every 100 souls.
• Sōkyū Hatake inspected his updated system panel and eagerly anticipated using Hell’s Curse on the battlefield.

Sōkyū Hatake collected Orochimaru’s promised substitution technique and discussed his plans to join the fighting against Sunagakure. After learning that Rasa, Bunpuku, and possibly Chiyo were gathering against Orochimaru, Sōkyū discovered that Tsunade was coming to reinforce them.

• Sōkyū returned to the command room, where Orochimaru gave him a scroll containing his exclusive substitution technique.
• Orochimaru questioned why Sōkyū had displayed his strength, and Sōkyū admitted that he needed some fame for his next plans.
• Sōkyū asked when he could fight Sunagakure, and Orochimaru said the village would likely counterattack after Ebizo’s capture.
• Sōkyū learned that Third Kazekage Rasa and One-Tail Jinchuriki Bunpuku were on the battlefield and that Chiyo might join them.
• Orochimaru told Sōkyū that Tsunade had agreed to come reinforce their forces.

Sōkyū Hatake learned that Tsunade would join the Sunagakure front, then settled into quarters beside Orochimaru. At Sunagakure, Chiyo learned that Sōkyū Hatake had captured Ebizo and resolved to confront him because of her hatred for the Hatake clan.

• Orochimaru told Sōkyū Hatake that Tsunade would take the field to counter Chiyo’s poison.
• Sōkyū Hatake avoided warning Orochimaru about Tsunade’s hemophobia and went to rest in the room prepared beside Orochimaru’s.
• Chiyo confronted the Third Kazekage, Rasa, and demanded to know how Sunagakure would rescue her captured brother, Ebizo.
• A Kazekage guard revealed that Sōkyū Hatake had defeated and captured Ebizo, and Chiyo smashed the table in anger.
• Chiyo recalled that Hatake Sakumo had killed her son and daughter-in-law, then decided to kill Sōkyū Hatake.

Sōkyū Hatake joined Orochimaru’s forces as they moved to confront Sunagakure, whose Third Kazekage Rasa and Chiyo had come to the border. When Chiyo confronted Sōkyū over Ebizo’s capture and his family, Sōkyū claimed Rasa had ordered Ebizo to take the damage meant for the puppet unit.

• Sōkyū Hatake learned that Chiyo and Rasa were leading Sunagakure’s forces toward the border after Chiyo heard that Ebizo had been captured.
• Orochimaru ordered the Konoha forces to muster and led roughly five hundred ninja toward the border, keeping Sōkyū beside him.
• Orochimaru and Sōkyū faced Chiyo and Rasa, and Chiyo confronted Sōkyū about defeating and capturing Ebizo and being Hatake Sakumo’s son.
• Sōkyū told Chiyo that Rasa had ordered Ebizo to block the damage meant for the puppet unit, leaving Rasa worried that Chiyo would learn what happened.

Sōkyū Hatake used a Tone Dial to expose Rasa’s order that Ebizo take the blow meant for him, but Chiyo concealed her anger and rallied Sunagakure for battle. As Orochimaru prepared to face Rasa and Chiyo, Sōkyū received a mission to kill three Sunagakure ninja for beginner-level Observation Haki.

• Sōkyū played a Tone Dial recording of Rasa ordering Ebizo to block his attack, revealing Rasa’s willingness to sacrifice him.
• Chiyo recognized the voices in the recording but publicly dismissed it as an enemy scheme and urged Sunagakure to attack Konoha.
• Orochimaru told Sōkyū to stay away from Rasa and Chiyo, and Sōkyū questioned whether Orochimaru could face both Kage-level fighters alone.
• Sōkyū received a daily mission to kill three Sunagakure ninja, with beginner-level Observation Haki as the reward.

As the battle between Konoha and Sunagakure began, Sōkyū Hatake left Orochimaru to fight Chiyo and infiltrated the wooded battlefield. He disguised himself as the Third Kazekage, Rasa, and approached two Sand ninja.

• Orochimaru restrained Chiyo with snakes as the two sides began fighting, while Sōkyū Hatake dashed away to find his own opponents.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga confronted Rasa and attacked him together with Twin Gentle Fist.
• Sōkyū Hatake used Mantra to locate two Sand ninja hiding among the trees and quietly approached them.
• Sōkyū Hatake transformed into Rasa and stepped out before Yan and Xiao He, who mistook him for their Kazekage.

Disguised as Rasa, Sōkyū Hatake tested two Sunagakure ninjas, but Brother Yan saw through the disguise before Sōkyū killed both men. After the fight, Orochimaru appeared to check on him, and Sōkyū wondered whether his sensei might still try to take his blood.

• Sōkyū, disguised as Rasa, confronted Xiaohe and Brother Yan, and Brother Yan stabbed the Shadow Clone after recognizing the disguise.
• Sōkyū used Soru to kill Xiaohe, transformed into him, and stabbed Brother Yan from behind.
• Sōkyū identified himself, killed Brother Yan with Bakusaiga, and destroyed both bodies with Wind Scar.
• The system reported that Sōkyū had killed two of the three Sunagakure ninjas required for his mission and collected two souls toward Thresh’s passive.
• Orochimaru emerged from a snake and explained that he had followed Sōkyū out of concern, while Sōkyū told him to return to his battle with Chiyo.

Sōkyū Hatake stayed hidden on the battlefield after Orochimaru left and ambushed a six-person Sunagakure squad. He unleashed his 30 Million Volt Thunder Bird, and the squad raised a Sand Shield as the attack approached.

• Orochimaru vanished, and Sōkyū Hatake decided to remain concealed and hunt enemy ninja.
• Sōkyū Hatake hid in the grass as six Sunagakure ninja investigated signs of a fight and searched for danger.
• Sōkyū Hatake generated lightning while the squad’s Elite Chunin sensed something was wrong and ordered everyone to stay alert.
• A Sunagakure ninja noticed the forest had fallen silent, but Sōkyū Hatake revealed himself in the sky before they could react.
• Sōkyū Hatake launched his 30 Million Volt Thunder Bird, and the Sunagakure squad formed a massive Sand Shield to defend themselves.

Sōkyū Hatake ambushed a Sunagakure team and killed or incapacitated most of its members with his lightning techniques. The Elite Chunin captain tried to escape while two wounded Chunin trapped Sōkyū Hatake in sand, leaving his fate uncertain.

• The Elite Chunin captain attacked Sōkyū Hatake with Sand Ninja Needles, but Sōkyū Hatake used Lightning Soru to get behind him.
• Sōkyū Hatake struck the team with 60 Million Volt Thunder Dragon, killing three Genin and badly wounding two Chunin while the captain escaped with Substitution Technique.
• The captain recognized Sōkyū Hatake and, after learning he had killed Xiaohe and Brother Yan, vowed to avenge them.
• The captain unleashed Quicksand Waterfall Flow to cover his escape as the two wounded Chunin used Desert Funeral to trap and crush Sōkyū Hatake in sand.

Sōkyū Hatake killed the Sunagakure squad’s Elite Chunin captain after revealing he had used a dead Genin’s body as a decoy. He completed his mission and gained Observation Haki, then considered the tougher battlefield objectives ahead.

• The Elite Chunin captain uncovered a Sunagakure ninja’s corpse inside the Desert Funeral instead of Sōkyū Hatake’s body.
• Sōkyū Hatake appeared behind the captain and explained that he had switched places with Xiao Liu during the Quicksand Waterfall Flow.
• Sōkyū Hatake killed the Elite Chunin captain with his lightning-charged blade, then killed the remaining Chunin.
• The system announced that Sōkyū Hatake had completed his mission, earned beginner-level Observation Haki, and collected eight souls toward Thresh’s passive.
• Sōkyū Hatake reviewed his new battlefield mission and considered how Observation Haki would help him detect watchers.

Rasa ordered Pakura and Rasa to join the battlefield after Sunagakure suffered heavy casualties, but new intelligence revealed that Sōkyū Hatake had appeared on the western front and claimed the missing squads’ forehead protectors for war merit. Chiyo reacted with alarm as Rasa learned who had caused the losses.

• An intelligence officer reported that Sunagakure had suffered nearly several hundred casualties, including forty deaths, and several squads had gone missing on the western battlefield.
• Rasa questioned the officer about the missing squads while Chiyo urged him to summon Pakura and Rasa to strengthen Sunagakure’s forces.
• Chiyo warned that Tsunade was near the border and that using Bunpuku’s tailed-beast power could draw Hiruzen Sarutobi into the war.
• Rasa ordered Pakura and Rasa to come, then received new intelligence identifying the western battlefield’s attacker as Sōkyū Hatake.
• The intelligence officer reported that Sōkyū had turned in the missing squads’ forehead protectors for war merit, and Chiyo seized him by the collar in shock.

Chiyo secured command of the eastern battlefield after learning Sōkyū Hatake would operate there alone, while negotiations over Ebizo’s release continued. Sōkyū Hatake told Orochimaru he planned to fight in the east and suspected Sunagakure might have a spy among Konoha’s war council attendees.

• Chiyo questioned the intelligence officer and learned Sōkyū Hatake would be deployed alone on the eastern battlefield with his Summoning Beast.
• Chiyo requested command of the eastern section, and Rasa agreed while arranging for Pakura and Rasa to take her former position.
• A diplomat told Chiyo that Konoha demanded fifty million in compensation and one-tenth of Sunagakure’s future revenue for Ebizo’s release, and she ordered negotiations to continue.
• Sōkyū Hatake showed Orochimaru the Forehead Protectors he had collected and explained that he chose the eastern battlefield because Sunagakure might reinforce the west.
• Sōkyū Hatake suggested that an eastern deployment by Sunagakure could reveal a traitor among the war council attendees, then promised Orochimaru he would return alive.
• After Sōkyū Hatake left, Orochimaru’s Shadow Clone vanished, and the real Orochimaru went to his Secret Laboratory to conduct experiments.

Sōkyū Hatake left the main force for the eastern battlefield, where a new survival quest led him to discover his Observation Haki and Mantra had fused into an elite skill that revealed nearby allies and enemies. He ambushed a Sand Shinobi, who recognized him as a top bounty target, and the chapter ended with Sōkyū Hatake cutting the ninja’s wind technique apart with his claws.

• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga warned Sōkyū Hatake about the dangers of the eastern battlefield, and he set out alone.
• The system issued Sōkyū Hatake an Extreme Survival quest and fused his Observation Haki with Mantra into an elite skill.
• Sōkyū Hatake used the upgraded skill to map the area and spotted a Sand Shinobi hiding in the bushes.
• The Sand Shinobi revealed that most of the eastern troops had been sent to the western battlefield, and Sōkyū Hatake attacked him with Tempest Kick: Line.
• The Sand Shinobi dodged the attack, identified Sōkyū Hatake as a top bounty target, and countered with Wind Release: Wind Cutter Great Ball.
• Sōkyū Hatake sliced the wind technique into six pieces with Soul-Stealing Iron Claws, leaving the Sand Shinobi stunned by his strength.

Sōkyū Hatake killed a Sunagakure Chunin and evaded the Root team sent by Danzo to spy on him. As he resumed hunting Sand ninja, a much larger red dot appeared and a sense of danger warned him just as he attacked his next target.

• Sōkyū Hatake killed Takajō Itsuki with Flying Blade Blood Claw and took his Sunagakure Forehead Protector.
• Danzo’s Root team arrived to investigate Sōkyū Hatake, and its leader decided to track him from eagles in the sky.
• Sōkyū Hatake detected the four Root members with Observation Haki and escaped using Lightning Flash and Soru.
• Sōkyū Hatake returned after the Root team moved on, then resumed hunting and approached another lone Sand ninja.
• A much larger red dot appeared in Sōkyū Hatake’s view as danger rose, and the Sand ninja used Puppet Technique: Manipulating Attack Blades.