Chapter Summaries

Sōkyū Hatake fought Ōnoki, who interrupted the battle and then invited him to join Iwagakure. Sōkyū joked that he would accept if Ōnoki killed Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi within the month.

• Sōkyū Hatake charged at the Iwa Shinobi while Kakashi Hatake warned him to be careful.
• Ōnoki appeared and attacked Sōkyū with Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, but Sōkyū countered with Thunder God Cannon and avoided the blast.
• Ōnoki sent Tō Shibito to join the fighting under Kakashi's lead and faced Sōkyū himself.
• Sōkyū rose into the air with Geppo and entered Sage Mode as Ōnoki praised his abilities and offered him the best treatment in Iwagakure.
• Sōkyū said he would join Iwagakure if Ōnoki killed Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi within the month, citing them as his father's killers.

Sōkyū Hatake rejected Ōnoki’s offer and fought the Third Tsuchikage, who sought to leave him on the battlefield. When Ōnoki trapped him in Dust Release, Sōkyū Hatake awakened his Devil Fruit and began turning the technique into lightning, stunning Ōnoki.

• Sōkyū Hatake refused Ōnoki’s offer, and Ōnoki declared that he would make sure Sōkyū Hatake stayed on the battlefield.
• Ōnoki attacked with Rock Fist and Added-Weight Rock, but Sōkyū Hatake countered with Senjutsu Armament and the Thunder Demon Katsuryoku Technique.
• Ōnoki summoned a giant rock golem, and Sōkyū Hatake created a towering lightning giant to battle it.
• Ōnoki praised Sōkyū Hatake’s talent but said he was stronger for now, then trapped him with Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.
• Sōkyū Hatake awakened his Devil Fruit and began assimilating the Dust Release technique into lightning, leaving Ōnoki stunned.

Sōkyū Hatake’s clone witnessed Obito Uchiha sacrifice himself to save Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara, while Sōkyū Hatake continued battling Ōnoki. After the clone killed the remaining Iwa Shinobi, Sōkyū Hatake resolved to thwart Madara Uchiha’s next plan, but Ōnoki compressed the lightning around him until he was close to being trapped completely.

• Ōnoki increased his chakra output as Sōkyū Hatake struggled to assimilate the Dust Release technique into lightning.
• Obito Uchiha awakened his two-tomoe Sharingan, helped Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara escape a collapsing cave, and was pinned beneath a massive rock.
• Obito Uchiha gave his Sharingan to Kakashi Hatake and urged him and Rin Nohara to flee before Iwa Shinobi attacks engulfed him.
• Sōkyū Hatake’s clone killed the remaining Iwa Shinobi and recognized that Madara Uchiha’s first plan had succeeded, then resolved to stop his next plan.
• Ōnoki compressed the lightning around Sōkyū Hatake into a tiny area, bringing him close to being fully enveloped by Dust Release.

Sōkyū Hatake unleashed his Senjutsu and Conqueror’s Haki against Ōnoki, but Hōki ambushed him and helped turn the fight into a two-man pincer attack. Ōnoki and Hōki combined their techniques to annihilate the injured Sōkyū Hatake, and they believed no trace of him remained.

• Sōkyū Hatake transformed Ōnoki’s Dust Release into lightning, gathered strength from his Shadow Clones, and used Conqueror’s Haki to stun Ōnoki before striking at him.
• Hōki appeared behind Sōkyū Hatake and attacked with Explosion Release: Landmine Fist as Ōnoki launched Dust Release from the front.
• Sōkyū Hatake severed Ōnoki’s right arm with his slash, while Hōki blasted him into a trench and injured him.
• Sōkyū Hatake’s Sage Mode faded, and he struggled to stand as Ōnoki and Hōki prepared to finish him.
• Ōnoki and Hōki combined Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique with Explosion Release: Heaven and Earth Blast, engulfing Sōkyū Hatake and believing they had eliminated him.

After the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, reports said Ōnoki had lost an arm and Sōkyū Hatake had been killed, while Kakashi Hatake refused to leave the battlefield before avenging his brother and Obito. In Madara Uchiha’s cave, White Zetsu reported that Obito had been brought back and began to tell Madara about Sōkyū Hatake.

• Reports spread that Ōnoki had lost his right arm to Sōkyū Hatake and that Ōnoki and Hōki had killed Sōkyū.
• Minato Namikaze urged Kakashi Hatake to return to Konoha to recover, but Kakashi refused and vowed to avenge Sōkyū and Obito Uchiha.
• Uchiha Fugaku promised to protect Kakashi’s right to keep Obito’s Sharingan, while Kakashi confirmed that no trace of Sōkyū had been found.
• Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hyuga Hiashi discussed Konoha’s lack of response and the possibility that its leaders did not want Sōkyū to survive.
• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Obito had been brought back and was receiving treatment, then raised new intelligence about Sōkyū Hatake.

Madara Uchiha learned that Sōkyū Hatake had been killed by Ōnoki and Hōki, while Orochimaru confronted Danzo over Konoha’s failure to respond. Orochimaru declared he would go to the front himself, and Tsunade offered to join him.

• White Zetsu reported to Madara Uchiha that Ōnoki and Hōki had killed Sōkyū Hatake with Dust Release.
• Madara Uchiha decided to visit Obito Uchiha after dismissing Sōkyū Hatake’s death as the end of his potential.
• Orochimaru confronted Danzo in the Hokage Office and demanded an explanation for Konoha’s lack of action after Sōkyū Hatake’s death.
• Danzo claimed Konoha could spare no fighters and warned Orochimaru that leaving without permission would be considered betrayal.
• Orochimaru insisted he would go to the front to seek justice for his student, recalling his regret over Senju Nawaki’s death.
• Tsunade appeared at the doorway and said she would go with Orochimaru.

Tsunade joined Orochimaru on his way to the Iwagakure front, defying Danzo, and Orochimaru demonstrated a technique that might help with her hemophobia. Danzo informed Hiruzen Sarutobi of their departure, and Hiruzen chose not to restrict them.

• Tsunade told Danzo she would go with Orochimaru to the Iwagakure front, then left the Hokage Office with him.
• Orochimaru suggested attacking Iwagakure's Combat Command Center, but first proposed finding Uchiha Fugaku to test a technique for Tsunade's hemophobia.
• Orochimaru used the Mosaic Technique to make the blood from his wounded arm appear blurred to Tsunade, who saw that it might prevent her hemophobia from flaring up.
• Danzo sent Hiruzen Sarutobi a letter about Orochimaru and Tsunade's departure and tried to turn him against them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi replied that he knew of their actions but would not restrict them, citing Sōkyū Hatake's talent as a Konoha shinobi.

Orochimaru and Tsunade joined Konoha’s forces in a surprise attack that devastated Iwagakure’s field headquarters, prompting Ōnoki to withdraw from the Konoha front while monitoring Kumogakure. Sōkyū Hatake survived his escape through a spatial rift but lay gravely wounded in a windblown, sandy place, suspecting he had landed near Sunagakure.

• Orochimaru and Tsunade joined Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and others to attack Iwagakure’s field headquarters, where Orochimaru killed Hōki.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s forces to pull back from the Konoha front while they watched Kumogakure, and he told Kitsuchi to investigate for a mole.
• Ōnoki said he believed Sōkyū Hatake had been killed by the combined attacks of Hōki and himself, and he ordered tighter registration and security measures.
• Sōkyū Hatake woke in the sand after using the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape the attacks, then sheltered behind a rock while badly injured and nearly out of chakra.

Sōkyū Hatake woke in Rōran, where Sara had treated his wounds, and received a quest to find and absorb the Ryūmyaku. He told Sara that Anrokuzan was really the rogue ninja Mukade and had manipulated her mother and Rōran, leaving Sara shocked and doubtful.

• Sara introduced herself and told Sōkyū Hatake that he was in Rōran, where outsiders were unwelcome.
• Sōkyū Hatake triggered a quest to find and absorb Rōran's Ryūmyaku, then checked in and received three Senzu Beans.
• Sōkyū Hatake asked Sara about Anrokuzan and revealed that he was Mukade, a rogue ninja from Sunagakure who had returned from the future.
• Sara challenged Sōkyū Hatake to prove his claims, and he explained how Anrokuzan had used the Ryūmyaku, contributed to her mother's death, and gained control of Rōran.

Sōkyū Hatake recovered from his wounds and left to investigate the Ryūmyaku while Sara reconsidered her doubts about Anrokuzan. Anrokuzan summoned Sara to the palace and revealed that he needed her to awaken the Ryūmyaku.

• Sara distrusted Sōkyū Hatake's claims about Anrokuzan but let him stay until his wounds healed.
• Sōkyū Hatake used a Senzu Bean, fully recovered, and slipped past the guards to investigate the Ryūmyaku.
• Sara returned to Sōkyū Hatake's room, found him gone, and was escorted by robots to the palace.
• Anrokuzan told Sara that only the queen of Rōran could activate the Ryūmyaku and said the time had come to awaken it.

Sara discovered that Rōran citizens believed she had ordered their relatives taken away, though she denied giving the order. With Sōkyū Hatake urging an investigation, the truth pointed toward Anrokuzan’s control of the kingdom.

• Anrokuzan told Sara that her coronation would take place in two days so Rōran could harness the dragon vein against a terrifying man.
• Sara grew suspicious when Anrokuzan said preparations for her coronation had already begun and went out to investigate.
• Rōran citizens secretly brought Sara to them and accused her of ordering their fathers, husbands, and sons taken away.
• Sara denied issuing the order and realized Anrokuzan had controlled the kingdom while treating her like a puppet.
• Sōkyū Hatake intervened and suggested they investigate where the missing citizens had been taken.

Sara agreed to investigate the disappearance of people summoned in her name, and Sōkyū Hatake showed her that Rōran’s apparent citizens were puppets controlled by Anrokuzan. Sara began to understand Anrokuzan’s scheme, while Sōkyū Hatake wondered if he was the terrifying man Anrokuzan expected.

• Sara promised the citizens she would investigate what had happened to their families, and Sōkyū Hatake offered to help her.
• Sōkyū Hatake took Sara above the streets and revealed chakra threads controlling the people below as puppets.
• Sōkyū Hatake severed a puppet’s threads and showed Sara the cracks in its face, convincing her that it was not a real citizen.
• Sōkyū Hatake suggested that Anrokuzan intended to make Sara the next Queen of Roran.
• Sara explained that Anrokuzan had warned of a terrifying man coming soon, and Sōkyū Hatake wondered if he meant him.

Sara learned that Anrokuzan had enslaved Rōran’s citizens to build his Puppet Army and accepted that Sōkyū Hatake was telling her the truth. After seeing the prisoners’ suffering, she asked Sōkyū Hatake what she should do next.

• Sara confirmed that Anrokuzan wanted her to become Queen, and Sōkyū Hatake explained Anrokuzan’s plan to seize the Ryūmyaku and destroy the Five Great Nations.
• Sōkyū Hatake admitted that he had come for the Ryūmyaku but intended to end the Third Shinobi World War, not destroy the nations.
• Sōkyū Hatake took Sara to the Land of Sealing and led her through a ventilation duct to the imprisoned citizens.
• Sara saw injured citizens forced to power the production of hundreds of puppets under the watch of whip-wielding puppets.
• Sara believed Sōkyū Hatake and asked him for help deciding what to do next.

Sōkyū Hatake and Sara began rescuing the exhausted people forced to work for Anrokuzan, but the people distrusted Sara and a force of puppet soldiers arrived. The rescue was poised to face its first major obstacle as Sōkyū Hatake offered to lead everyone to safety.

• Sōkyū Hatake warned Sara that rescuing the people could prompt Anrokuzan to attack or try to use the Ryūmyaku, and Sara agreed to follow his plan.
• Sōkyū Hatake descended into the work site, severed the puppet guards’ chakra control threads, and told the dazed workers to leave.
• Sara joined Sōkyū Hatake, but the workers accused her of luring them there, so she insisted Anrokuzan had acted behind her back.
• Sōkyū Hatake promised to lead the workers past the puppet soldiers, and the people began to hope when they recognized him as a Konoha ninja.
• The main force of puppet soldiers arrived at the entrance.

Sōkyū Hatake freed Rōran’s citizens from Anrokuzan’s puppet soldiers and brought Sara to the Ryūmyaku, where they confronted Anrokuzan. Anrokuzan revealed his ambition to make Rōran the most powerful nation and surrounded them with thousands of puppets.

• Sōkyū Hatake severed the puppet soldiers’ control threads and led the rescued citizens toward a sewer route to escape.
• Sara chose to stay with Sōkyū Hatake, and they went to the chamber beneath the work area where the Ryūmyaku lay.
• Anrokuzan appeared on a throne and admitted he was trying to harness the Ryūmyaku’s power to make Rōran the most powerful nation.
• Sōkyū Hatake noticed Anrokuzan seemed to recognize him, though Anrokuzan denied knowing him.
• Anrokuzan summoned thousands of puppet soldiers to surround Sōkyū Hatake and Sara.

Anrokuzan unleashed his army of puppet soldiers against Sōkyū Hatake and Sara, but Sōkyū destroyed the front ranks with Conqueror’s Haki. Anrokuzan ordered the remaining puppets to advance over their fallen comrades as Sara asked Sōkyū what they should do.

• Anrokuzan revealed that his puppet army was meant to help him make Rōran the strongest nation and overthrow the Five Great Nations.
• Anrokuzan sent thousands of rubber-coated puppet soldiers to attack Sōkyū Hatake, whose Thunder Punishment could not stop them.
• Anrokuzan offered Sara the chance to become queen if she abandoned Sōkyū, but Sara refused and accused him of causing her mother's death and seeking the Ryūmyaku seal.
• Sōkyū unleashed Perfect-Level Conqueror’s Haki, cracking and destroying the puppet soldiers closest to him.
• Anrokuzan ordered the remaining puppets to use their fallen comrades as cover and continue advancing, and Sara asked Sōkyū what they should do.

Sōkyū Hatake overwhelmed Anrokuzan and destroyed about half his Puppet Army by spreading Bakusaiga’s power through the Chakra Control Threads. With Anrokuzan cornered, he formed a new clay puppet coated in Ryūmyaku Chakra.

• Anrokuzan sent hundreds of Puppet Soldiers against Sōkyū Hatake, who cut them down with Bakusaiga and survived Anrokuzan’s regeneration.
• Anrokuzan transformed into a puppet spider and attacked with a barrage of steel bullets, but Sōkyū Hatake blocked them with Iron Body.
• Sōkyū Hatake used Wind Scar on one Puppet Soldier, and Bakusaiga’s destructive energy spread through the Chakra Control Threads, pulverizing hundreds of puppets.
• Anrokuzan severed the threads to stop the spreading power, but his army had already been reduced from over a thousand to about five hundred.
• Anrokuzan retreated from Sōkyū Hatake, then assembled many puppets into a clay doll coated with his stored Ryūmyaku Chakra.

Sōkyū Hatake fought Anrokuzan as Anrokuzan used hypnosis to make Sara undo the Ryūmyaku’s seal. With the Ryūmyaku Eye opening and its immense chakra spilling out, Sōkyū Hatake wondered whether he could absorb it all as Sara’s ritual neared completion.

• Anrokuzan separated the chakra affected by Bakusaiga and sent Puppet Fortresses to attack Sōkyū Hatake.
• Anrokuzan trapped Sara inside a Puppet Fortress and revealed that his puppets had made her the new Queen of Roran.
• Anrokuzan’s hypnosis made Sara begin undoing the Ryūmyaku’s seal, and the Ryūmyaku Eye started opening underground.
• Sōkyū Hatake charged Anrokuzan, dodged his Ryūmyaku-powered Great Fireball, and clashed with him using Bakusaiga.
• As the Ryūmyaku Eye opened halfway and Sara continued the ritual, Sōkyū Hatake wondered whether he was strong enough to absorb its chakra.

Sōkyū Hatake used Sage Transformation and Ryūmyaku chakra to overpower Anrokuzan’s attempt to absorb the Ryūmyaku’s power. Anrokuzan’s puppet fortress cracked, and Sōkyū Hatake challenged him to explain why he had still been able to see Sōkyū Hatake in the future if his plan could truly succeed.

• Sōkyū Hatake sent Pikachu to knock out Sara, then fused with Pikachu and activated Sage Transformation.
• Sōkyū Hatake absorbed Ryūmyaku chakra as Anrokuzan launched a Super Ryūmyaku Great Fireball Jutsu at him.
• Sōkyū Hatake unleashed Ryūmyaku Super God Kirin, and the attack clashed with Anrokuzan’s fireball in a devastating explosion.
• Anrokuzan used hundreds of Puppet Soldiers to form a fortress, but the blast cracked it while Sōkyū Hatake remained standing.
• Sōkyū Hatake told the shaken Anrokuzan that if his plan could have succeeded, he would not have seen Sōkyū Hatake in the future.

Sōkyū Hatake killed Anrokuzan and destroyed his puppet army. Sara agreed to let him absorb the Ryūmyaku, and he prepared to begin while asking her to keep everyone away.

• Sōkyū Hatake challenged Anrokuzan’s certainty about changing the past and said he would learn the truth because he was stronger.
• Sōkyū Hatake stabbed Anrokuzan with Bakusaiga, making his body vanish and causing the puppet forces to collapse.
• Sara woke beside Sōkyū Hatake and learned that he had killed Anrokuzan.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Sara he planned to absorb the Ryūmyaku, and Sara agreed to let him take it because Rōran could not protect it.
• Sōkyū Hatake promised to help Rōran if needed and told Sara to keep everyone away while he absorbed the Ryūmyaku.