Recaps

Uchiha Minamoto discovered Kitsuchi’s mission to negotiate peace and form an alliance between Iwagakure and Kumogakure against Konoha, then let him go with a warning that he would visit Ōnoki. Back at the battlefield, Minamoto let Yatagarasu feed on the Amaterasu Flames and brought the unconscious Killer B into the Iron Armor Seal’s space.

• Uchiha Minamoto saw through Kitsuchi’s mission and learned that Iwagakure had signed a ceasefire and alliance treaty with Kumogakure against Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto took the treaties, spared Kitsuchi, and told him to warn Ōnoki that he would visit Iwagakure.
• Kitsuchi feared the consequences of Minamoto’s threat and decided to return to Iwagakure to inform his father.
• Uchiha Minamoto returned to the former Kumogakure camp, where Yatagarasu devoured Amaterasu Flames infused with the Eight-Tails’ chakra.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Kamui to bring the unconscious Killer B out and entered the Iron Armor Seal’s space.

Uchiha Minamoto released Eight-Tails Gyuki from his seal and received the Magnet Release Kekkei Tōta as a reward. He examined its seemingly endless power and prepared to test it.

• Uchiha Minamoto began releasing Eight-Tails Gyuki from the Iron Armor Seal, and Gyuki left a tentacle of chakra behind for Killer B before breaking through the gate.
• Eight-Tails Gyuki emerged over the Land of Frost and celebrated his freedom after decades of confinement.
• Yatagarasu and Eight-Tails Gyuki argued over their past clashes while Uchiha Minamoto watched.
• Uchiha Minamoto received ten million Great Love Points and the SS-rank Magnet Release Kekkei Tōta for freeing Gyuki.
• Uchiha Minamoto concluded that Magnet Release could use the planet's magnetic field to sustain its effects and decided to test it.

Uchiha Minamoto tested his newly developed Magnet Release, using the planetary magnetic field to control metal and sense underground. He discovered Black Zetsu and White Zetsu fleeing beneath the battlefield and began tracking them as Black Zetsu worried that Konoha held four tailed beasts.

• Uchiha Minamoto used Magnet Release to draw scattered metal ninja tools together, purify them into a sphere, and store it with Kamui.
• Uchiha Minamoto extended his magnetic perception underground and detected the intertwined chakra signatures of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Minamoto used the planetary magnetic field to pursue the two Zetsu rather than teleporting underground.
• Black Zetsu realized that Konoha now held the Nine-Tails, Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Eight-Tails, complicating his plan to revive Mother.

Uchiha Minamoto discovered Black Zetsu and White Zetsu spying on him, captured White Zetsu, and learned they had been watching him since he defeated the Two-Tails Jinchūriki. White Zetsu revealed that Obito Uchiha had joined the Akatsuki but refused to discuss Pain and his Rinnegan.

• Uchiha Minamoto used Magnet Release to trap White Zetsu underground, but Black Zetsu split away and escaped.
• Uchiha Minamoto blasted a passage through the earth with Light Release and pulled White Zetsu to the surface.
• White Zetsu greeted Uchiha Minamoto, and the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, recognized his chakra as resembling Hashirama Senju's.
• Uchiha Minamoto questioned White Zetsu, who said they had watched him since he defeated the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• White Zetsu said Obito Uchiha had joined the Akatsuki and wanted revenge on Uchiha Minamoto.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked about Pain and the Rinnegan, but White Zetsu refused to reveal anything about them.

Uchiha Minamoto captured White Zetsu by encasing it in metal and storing it in the Kamui dimension, though Black Zetsu escaped. He told Gyuki about White Zetsu, the Akatsuki, and Pain’s Rinnegan, and Gyuki recognized White Zetsu as a weapon created by Kaguya Otsutsuki; the chapter ended with Gyuki wondering who could confront such a threat now.

• Uchiha Minamoto sealed White Zetsu inside a metal sphere and sent it into the Kamui dimension, while Black Zetsu escaped his detection.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained to Gyuki that White Zetsu was a plantlike biological weapon whose body likely contained Hashirama Senju’s cells.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Gyuki that Obito Uchiha had joined the Akatsuki and that its leader, Pain, possessed the Rinnegan.
• Gyuki recalled that Kaguya Otsutsuki had created White Zetsu using Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Gyuki struggled to imagine who could face a threat connected to Kaguya Otsutsuki in the present Shinobi World.

Uchiha Minamoto disabled Killer B permanently while sparing his life, then returned to the Konoha camp with Gyuki and the captured Kumogakure forces. He announced that he had killed the Fourth Raikage and ended the war on the Northern Front, leaving the Konoha ninja stunned by the prisoners and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Gyuki called Uchiha Minamoto the Child of Prophecy, but Minamoto rejected the title and focused on Killer B.
• Uchiha Minamoto destroyed Killer B's chakra pathways and motor nerves, leaving him unable to fight or mold chakra, then healed his injuries.
• Gyuki thanked Uchiha Minamoto and wished Killer B well before Minamoto sent them both into the Kamui dimension.
• Uchiha Minamoto returned to the Konoha camp on Yatagarasu, where Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Fugaku asked whether he had won.
• Uchiha Minamoto announced that he had slain the Fourth Raikage, captured Killer B, and wiped out the Kumogakure Forces, then released the captured Kumogakure ninja and the unconscious Eight-Tails Jinchuriki into the camp.

Uchiha Minamoto captured Killer B and killed Fourth Raikage A, securing a decisive victory on the Northern Front and prompting Konoha's forces to hail him as their Fifth Hokage. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki received the news, and Ōnoki learned that Minamoto was heading to Iwagakure.

• Uchiha Minamoto revealed Fourth Raikage A's corpse at the Konoha camp after capturing Killer B, and the Konoha ninja cheered for him to become Fifth Hokage.
• Uchiha Minamoto credited the Northern Front troops for the victory and promised to report their achievements to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Setsuna told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Minamoto had defeated the AB Combo, killed Fourth Raikage A, and captured Killer B.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that Minamoto had become the likely successor to the position of Fifth Hokage.
• Ōnoki read Kitsuchi's report that Minamoto had routed the Kumogakure Forces and was coming to Iwagakure.

After Kumogakure’s devastating defeat, its leaders agreed to surrender unconditionally and let Uchiha Minamoto influence the choice of Fifth Raikage. The chapter then shifted to Konoha’s northern frontline camp, where the surviving ninja celebrated the war’s end and talked about the Fifth Hokage.

• Mabui briefed Kumogakure’s leaders on the Fourth Raikage’s death, Killer B’s capture, and Uchiha Minamoto’s one-week deadline for peace terms.
• Kumogakure’s elders discussed using Kirigakure’s alliance with Konoha as a model and choosing a Fifth Raikage acceptable to Uchiha Minamoto.
• The elders proposed Mabui as a candidate and negotiator, but she worried that Uchiha Minamoto might reject their choice.
• Kumogakure’s leaders decided to summon possible candidates, send Dodai to convey unconditional surrender, and prepare the maximum compensation they could offer.
• At Konoha’s northern frontline camp, ninja celebrated the end of the war and discussed the Light of Konoha and the next Hokage.

Uchiha Minamoto arranged for Konoha to examine the dead Fourth Raikage A and captured White Zetsu for intelligence that could aid future negotiations with Kumogakure and reveal information about Obito Uchiha. White Zetsu recognized the people in the command tent by name, leaving Shisui Uchiha and the others wary.

• Uchiha Minamoto sent the unconscious Killer B and the Kumogakure prisoners into Kamui and kept Fourth Raikage A's corpse for intelligence gathering.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked Inoichi Yamanaka to analyze Fourth Raikage A's memories, and Inoichi recommended returning to Konoha to use specialized equipment.
• Uchiha Minamoto praised Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Inuzuka Gaku for their service and said he would report their contributions to the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Minamoto brought White Zetsu out of Kamui and tasked Inoichi Yamanaka with interrogating him about Obito Uchiha.
• White Zetsu greeted Uchiha Minamoto and identified Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Fugaku, and Inoichi Yamanaka, surprising the people in the tent.

Uchiha Minamoto saved Inoichi Yamanaka from White Zetsu’s chakra-absorbing spores after Inoichi’s attempt to read its mind failed. He sent Inoichi back toward Konoha and left Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha to guard the Northern Front while Kumogakure’s response was pending.

• White Zetsu provoked Uchiha Fugaku and Inoichi Yamanaka by mentioning Shimura Danzō and Ino Yamanaka.
• Inoichi Yamanaka used the Mind Reading Technique on White Zetsu but found its brain unreadable and had his chakra drained as spores attached to his arm.
• Uchiha Minamoto used the Body Pathway Lightning Calamity Technique to destroy the spores and knock White Zetsu unconscious.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained White Zetsu’s Spore Technique and returned the creature to the Kamui dimension.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha to guard the border for a week while they awaited Kumogakure’s reply.

Uchiha Minamoto warned Fugaku and Shisui to conserve their Mangekyō Sharingan and said the Mobile Combat Team would remain on the Northern Front until Kumogakure's peace delegation arrived. In the Land of Rain, Black Zetsu told Obito that Minamoto had defeated the AB Combo, captured White Zetsu and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and might have copied [Kamui], prompting Obito to consider making Minamoto the Akatsuki's common enemy.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha not to overuse their repaired Mangekyō Sharingan and to keep commanding the Mobile Combat Team until Kumogakure's peace delegation reached Konoha.
• Black Zetsu appeared before Obito Uchiha and revealed that Uchiha Minamoto had found him and captured White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu reported that Uchiha Minamoto had defeated the AB Combo in the Land of Frost, captured the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and unsealed the Eight-Tails.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito Uchiha to resurrect Madara Uchiha, warning that Minamoto might become too powerful for them or Pain to defeat.
• Obito Uchiha rejected the focus on [Kamui] and noted that four tailed beasts were now in Konoha's hands, then considered turning Minamoto into the Akatsuki's common enemy.

Uchiha Minamoto brought Inoichi Yamanaka back to Konoha and gave him White Zetsu research materials and Yamanaka Fū’s sealed body. He then tasked the Analysis Division with examining the Fourth Raikage’s corpse and interrogating a captured White Zetsu, warning Inoichi that Tsunade might seek White Zetsu corpses.

• Uchiha Minamoto instantly transported Inoichi Yamanaka from the border camp to the Konoha Military Police Force Building.
• Uchiha Minamoto handed Inoichi scrolls containing White Zetsu research, a captured White Zetsu’s corpse, and Yamanaka Fū’s sealed body, explaining that Fū had served Root with Shimura Danzō.
• Inoichi promised that the Yamanaka Clan would prevent another case like Fū’s, and Uchiha Minamoto took him to the Analysis Division.
• Uchiha Minamoto assigned Inoichi to extract intelligence from Fourth Raikage A’s corpse and interrogate the captured special White Zetsu.
• Uchiha Minamoto warned Inoichi that Tsunade might come seeking White Zetsu corpses and told him to contact him if she did.

Uchiha Minamoto brought Killer B and other Kumogakure prisoners to Konoha’s special prison, then brought Gyuki to the reservoir to reunite with Matatabi and Isobu. He announced that he would fetch Kurama next, leaving the three tailed beasts startled.

• Uchiha Minamoto returned to Konoha and placed the Kumogakure prisoners in the Military Police Force’s special prison, keeping Killer B in a special cell near Yugito Nii, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Yugito Nii that he had defeated Kumogakure’s AB Combo and promised to provide her and Killer B with newspapers.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Kamui to bring Gyuki to Naka River Reservoir, where Gyuki reunited with Matatabi and Isobu.
• Matatabi, Isobu, and Gyuki bickered over where Gyuki should stay as Uchiha Minamoto watched.
• Uchiha Minamoto told the three tailed beasts to show Gyuki around while he went to bring Kurama, making them stop in surprise.

Uchiha Minamoto left the Naka River Reservoir and visited Naruto Uzumaki at the Ninja Academy. He took Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha away to meet new friends, leaving the classroom in an uproar and Naruto's ANBU monitor alarmed.

• At the reservoir, Minamoto activated Divine Lightning and vanished while the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Eight-Tails watched him.
• During class, Naruto spoke with Kurama, who sensed the other Tailed Beasts near Konoha and complained that he was still sealed inside Naruto.
• Minamoto arrived at the Ninja Academy, and the students erupted with excitement as he invited Naruto to come with him.
• Minamoto also invited Sasuke, then reassured the eager students and patted Hinata Hyuga on the head.
• Minamoto carried Naruto and Sasuke away with his teleportation technique, while Iruka gave up on the lesson and Naruto's ANBU monitor panicked.

Kurama emerged from Naruto Uzumaki in complete tailed beast form and reunited with Matatabi, Isobu, and Gyuki at the Naka River Reservoir. Their teasing revealed that Kurama was only half his former self, leaving him furious over his reduced size and strength.

• Naruto Uzumaki accepted Kurama's chakra and transformed into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Kurama released more chakra and transformed Naruto into the Nine-Tails' complete tailed beast form.
• Kurama greeted Matatabi, Isobu, and Gyuki, who mocked him with old nicknames.
• Matatabi, Isobu, and Gyuki teased Kurama about his golden appearance and smaller size.
• Kurama explained that Minato Namikaze had split him in half and sealed his yin chakra inside himself, leaving Kurama with only half his former chakra.

Uchiha Minamoto brought Naruto Uzumaki to the Naka River Reservoir, where Kurama appeared alongside the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Eight-Tails. As Konoha’s leaders rushed to respond, Minamoto told Kurama he was willing to free him from the seal.

• Kurama confronted Uchiha Minamoto and demanded to be freed while Sasuke Uchiha watched beside him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that four tailed beasts, including the Nine-Tails, had gathered at the Naka River Reservoir and ordered Konoha’s forces to assemble.
• Tsunade activated the Strength of a Hundred Technique and hurried to the reservoir, where she saw the four tailed beasts gathered with Minamoto.
• Tsunade challenged Minamoto for gathering the tailed beasts near Konoha, and he admitted he might collect all nine.
• Kurama demanded freedom, and Minamoto said he did not object to freeing him from the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.

Uchiha Minamoto refused to release Kurama without the Hokage’s authorization, and Naruto’s seal pulled Kurama back after the fox threatened Hiruzen Sarutobi. As those around him urged him to become Fifth Hokage, Minamoto hesitated, while Pain learned that Minamoto now held three freed tailed beasts and became an obstacle to Akatsuki’s plan.

• Kurama begged Uchiha Minamoto to release him, but Minamoto said only the Hokage could authorize it.
• Kurama threatened to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Naruto’s resistance activated the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style and drew Kurama back inside.
• Naruto asked Tsunade and Minamoto to find another way to stop Hiruzen from remaining Hokage, then declared his support for Minamoto as Fifth Hokage.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Tsunade also supported Minamoto becoming Fifth Hokage, while the tailed beasts watched for his response.
• Obito Uchiha told Pain that Minamoto had defeated Killer B and freed the Eight-Tails, joining the Two-Tails and Three-Tails near Konoha.
• Pain concluded that Minamoto’s possession of the tailed beasts threatened Akatsuki’s plan and that they would have to seize them from him.

Pain gathered Akatsuki’s members after learning that Uchiha Minamoto had taken four tailed beasts, making him an unavoidable enemy of their plan. He suspended their individual activities and began briefing them on Minamoto’s latest victories.

• Obito Uchiha warned Pain that Minamoto’s growth threatened Akatsuki’s plan, and Pain told him he was afraid.
• Konan asked Nagato whether he trusted Obito, and Nagato said neither Obito nor the former Madara Uchiha had been sincere toward Akatsuki.
• Pain summoned Akatsuki’s core members and ordered them to suspend all individual activities.
• Pain told the gathered members that Minamoto had defeated Kumogakure’s AB Combo and taken the Eight-Tails.
• Orochimaru showed interest in Minamoto, while Juzo Biwa gloated that Konoha had taken both of Kumogakure’s tailed beasts.

Pain learned that Konoha held four tailed beasts, three of them gathered around Uchiha Minamoto, and concluded that the Akatsuki had to begin its capture plan early. The members debated whether to target Minamoto first, and Kisame Hoshigaki warned that splitting their forces could let Minamoto pick them off.

• Black Zetsu reported the locations of the tailed beasts and Jinchūriki, revealing that four tailed beasts were in Konoha and three were gathered around Uchiha Minamoto.
• Juzo Biwa questioned how the Akatsuki could compete with Minamoto, while Kakuzu and Sasori of the Red Sands discussed the dangers of confronting him directly.
• Pain explained that Minamoto’s presence had forced the Akatsuki to begin capturing tailed beasts ahead of schedule, because free tailed beasts were far more dangerous than Jinchūriki.
• Orochimaru asked which tailed beast the Akatsuki should target and how they would deal with Uchiha Minamoto.
• Obito Uchiha urged the Akatsuki to deal with Minamoto first, and Kisame Hoshigaki agreed that dividing their forces could leave them vulnerable to Minamoto.

The Akatsuki decided to capture the other Tailed Beasts before confronting Uchiha Minamoto, whom Pain planned to face personally after they gathered the remaining five. After receiving Mei Terumi’s warning about the plan, Minamoto replied briefly and chose to wait in Konoha for the Akatsuki to come to him.

• Pain rejected an immediate assault on Uchiha Minamoto and ordered the Akatsuki to capture the other Tailed Beasts first.
• Pain named Takigakure’s Seven-Tails as the Akatsuki’s initial target and said he would deal with Minamoto after the other five were collected.
• Minamoto received Mei Terumi’s encrypted report about the Akatsuki’s plans and sent back a reply saying, “Keep in touch.”
• Minamoto decided to guard Konoha’s four Tailed Beasts and wait for the Akatsuki rather than intervene to protect the other villages.

Uchiha Minamoto reorganized the Konoha Military Police Force into ten divisions while news of his Northern Front victory spread through Konoha. A newspaper campaign hailed him as the new God of Shinobi and the only choice for Fifth Hokage, prompting villagers to celebrate him.

• Uchiha Minamoto revised a plan to restructure the Konoha Military Police Force into ten divisions with distinct command, intelligence, combat, medical, logistics, security, and research roles.
• Uchiha Setsuna praised the plan, supported Uchiha Minamoto’s leadership, and refined its details for an internal meeting.
• Uchiha Minamoto began implementing the new divisional system, and the force spent two days adjusting personnel, supplies, and offices.
• Uchiha Hinotori published a front-page article recounting Uchiha Minamoto’s military achievements and calling for him to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Konoha villagers bought out the newspapers and filled the streets with cries celebrating Uchiha Minamoto as the Light of Konoha and the new God of Shinobi.

Uchiha Minamoto watched Konoha’s villagers call for him to become Fifth Hokage as Hiruzen Sarutobi considered stepping down. Kumogakure’s delegation arrived to beg for peace, and Minamoto invited them to present their terms.

• Konoha’s villagers and ninja increasingly called for Uchiha Minamoto to become Fifth Hokage, while Hiruzen Sarutobi read a report praising Minamoto and thought it was time to step down.
• An Anbu ninja told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kumogakure’s diplomatic mission, led by Dodai with Mabui and Samui, had reached Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto sensed the delegation’s arrival and ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to bring its representatives to his office.
• Dodai bowed to Uchiha Minamoto and said Kumogakure had come to beg for peace, as Mabui and Samui bowed behind him.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked the Kumogakure delegation to state its terms.

Uchiha Minamoto judged Kumogakure’s generous peace offer insufficient and presented a supplementary agreement that would place the village under Konoha’s control. Dodai, Mabui, and Samui saw that accepting would strip Kumogakure of its secrets and military forces, but Minamoto challenged them to refuse.

• Dodai read Kumogakure’s peace treaty, offering apologies, compensation, resources, an alliance, the Amber Purifying Pot, and a Great Love Group presence.
• Uchiha Minamoto acknowledged the treaty’s sincerity but warned that Konoha was analyzing Fourth Raikage A’s corpse and had already reviewed the memories uncovered.
• Minamoto gave Dodai a supplementary agreement requiring the Great Love Group to establish a Kumogakure branch and receive access to Kumogakure’s secret techniques, Forbidden Jutsu, kekkei genkai, and research.
• The agreement also required Kumogakure to disband its armed forces and replace them with a Konoha Military Police Force jointly administered by the Raikage and the Great Love Group branch.
• Dodai dropped to his knees and protested the military disbandment, while Minamoto insisted that Kumogakure must not threaten Konoha again and asked whether they intended to refuse.

Uchiha Minamoto demanded Turtle Island as part of Kumogakure’s peace treaty, and Dodai explained that the treaty required a new Raikage’s signature. Since Kumogakure had not chosen one, Minamoto selected Samui as the Fifth Raikage, leaving her and Mabui with complicated feelings.

• Uchiha Minamoto demanded that Kumogakure cede Turtle Island to the Great Love Group as a base for the tailed beasts.
• Dodai said he lacked authority to sign the treaty and explained that the Fifth Raikage had to approve it.
• Dodai revealed that Kumogakure had not agreed on a successor and asked Uchiha Minamoto to guide their choice.
• Uchiha Minamoto chose Samui to become the Fifth Raikage because she was more pleasing to the eye.
• Samui reacted with bewilderment while Mabui felt disappointment, relief, and jealousy.

Uchiha Minamoto made Samui Kumogakure’s Fifth Raikage-designate and had her sign a treaty that placed Kumogakure under Konoha’s control. He then brought Samui, Mabui, and Dodai to see Killer B, who was imprisoned in Konoha.

• Uchiha Minamoto ordered Dodai to write a treaty requiring Kumogakure to hand over secret techniques, disband its army, cede territory, and grant Konoha garrison rights.
• Samui signed the Fire–Lightning Security Treaty as Kumogakure’s Fifth Raikage-designate, and Uchiha Minamoto signed it for Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto received five million Great Love Points and the Storm Release kekkei genkai, which he added to his database.
• Uchiha Minamoto escorted Samui, Mabui, and Dodai to the Konoha Military Police Force Prison to meet Killer B.
• Killer B greeted the visitors, and Samui told him that they had come to Konoha to sue for peace.