Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Minamoto learned that Shisui Uchiha had routed Kumogakure’s forces and received the Heavenly Transfer Technique as a reward. After discovering that Uchiha Fugaku had ceded him the clan leadership and military police command, Minamoto gained the Yata Mirror, while the Love Newspaper Office celebrated victories on both fronts with a bold breaking-news edition.

• Uchiha Minamoto received the Heavenly Transfer Technique after Shisui Uchiha burned down the Kumogakure camp and crushed its invasion plan.
• Uchiha Hazuki gave Minamoto a personal letter from Uchiha Fugaku, and Minamoto learned he had become clan leader and commander-in-chief.
• Minamoto received the Yata Mirror as a reward for taking Fugaku’s positions without bloodshed and delaying the Uchiha Clan’s impending annihilation.
• Uchiha Hinotori brought battle reports of victories on the Eastern and Northern Fronts to the Love Newspaper Office and ordered a breaking-news edition.
• Hinotori wrote headlines praising Minamoto and Shisui, titled the main headline “Uchiha! Guardian deities of the Land of Fire,” and the newspaper staff printed the report.

Konoha celebrated reports that Uchiha forces had won on both fronts, while Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized that the villagers—including the children—wanted Uchiha Minamoto to become Hokage and decided he should step down. Two days later, Mei Terumi returned to the Land of Water, burdened by her coming role as Kirigakure’s Fifth Mizukage, when a figure appeared beside her.

• Konoha villagers rushed to buy the Love Newspaper Office’s reports of Uchiha victories over Kirigakure and Kumogakure and chanted in praise of Uchiha Minamoto and Shisui.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi saw Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha playing at being Hokage through the Telescope Technique, with the other children favoring Minamoto.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that he should step down and make way for someone better.
• Two days later, Mei Terumi returned to the Land of Water aboard a Kirigakure warship and reflected on the burden of becoming Fifth Mizukage.
• A figure appeared out of thin air beside Mei Terumi.

Uchiha Minamoto brought Karatachi Yagura to Kirigakure and revealed that Isobu had been unsealed from him. Karatachi Yagura resigned, Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage, and she abolished the Blood Mist Policy, leaving the gathered Kirigakure ninja reacting to her order.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Mei Terumi that he had unsealed Isobu from Karatachi Yagura, and Mei Terumi accepted the loss of the Three-Tails.
• Karatachi Yagura apologized to Kirigakure’s leaders and explained that Obito Uchiha had controlled him through genjutsu and was behind the village’s crimes.
• Karatachi Yagura resigned as Fourth Mizukage and named Mei Terumi his successor.
• Genji endorsed Mei Terumi, and Kirigakure’s elders and jonin supported her appointment as Fifth Mizukage.
• Mei Terumi formally took office and abolished the Blood Mist Policy.

Mei Terumi announced the abolition of the Blood Mist Policy, selective pardons for former Kirigakure Missing-nin, and an end to the village’s isolation. When a scar-faced Jonin objected that Konoha might exploit Kirigakure, Mei revealed that Uchiha Minamoto had arrived as her honored guest.

• Mei Terumi abolished the Blood Mist laws and restored the status of ninja imprisoned under the policy, while allowing eligible Missing-nin to return.
• A scar-faced Jonin objected to pardoning defectors, but Mei explained that some, including Zabuza Momochi and Juzo Biwa, had fled because of the Blood Mist Policy; Karatachi Yagura also forgave past attempts on his life.
• Mei clarified that Kisame Hoshigaki and other Missing-nin guilty of serious crimes would not be pardoned.
• Mei announced that Kirigakure would end its isolation and reopen its ports and trade routes, despite the scar-faced Jonin’s protests.
• After the scar-faced Jonin warned that Konoha could exploit Kirigakure, Mei introduced Uchiha Minamoto, who appeared beside her from empty space.

Uchiha Minamoto killed a Kirigakure Jonin and used his Perfect Susanoo to intimidate Kirigakure into accepting Mei Terumi’s authority. Mei then began presenting the Fire-Water Security Treaty, whose first article addressed Kirigakure’s invasion of the Land of Fire.

• A scar-faced Kirigakure Jonin attacked Uchiha Minamoto, who killed him instantly with Cleave.
• Uchiha Minamoto summoned his Perfect Susanoo above Kirigakure and split the mist-covered sky with its sword.
• Kirigakure’s ninja and villagers were terrified by the display, and no one dared oppose Mei Terumi’s orders.
• Uchiha Minamoto returned to the meeting room, and Mei Terumi announced that she would formally sign the Fire-Water Security Treaty with him.
• Mei Terumi began reading the treaty’s first article, which acknowledged that Obito Uchiha had manipulated Kirigakure into invading the Land of Fire and required a public apology.

Uchiha Minamoto and Mei Terumi signed the Fire-Water Security Treaty, formally placing Kirigakure under Konoha's leadership and granting Minamoto Ice Release. He then made Mei sign a plan establishing an independent Great Love Group branch in Kirigakure, leaving her to accept its sweeping privileges and costs.

• Mei Terumi read the treaty's terms, signed it on Kirigakure's behalf, and watched Uchiha Minamoto sign it for Konoha.
• The treaty took effect, and Minamoto received five million Great Love Points and the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai.
• After the meeting ended, Minamoto gave Mei a plan for a Great Love Group branch and told her that Obito Uchiha was no longer in the Land of Water.
• Mei read the plan, which granted the branch independence and diplomatic immunity while requiring Kirigakure to fund it, and angrily challenged Minamoto.
• Mei Terumi signed the Great Love Group Kirigakure Branch Preparation Plan despite her objections.

Uchiha Minamoto appointed Karatachi Yagura to lead the Great Love Group Kirigakure Branch after Karatachi agreed to conceal his identity and atone for his past. Mei Terumi remained suspicious of Minamoto’s motives as he explained why he had spared Karatachi.

• Mei Terumi signed another cooperation agreement drafted by Uchiha Minamoto, who then announced Karatachi Yagura would lead the Kirigakure branch of the Great Love Group.
• Karatachi said the Fourth Mizukage named Karatachi Yagura would be considered dead, and that he would wear a mask while helping Kirigakure recover from the Blood Mist System.
• Mei Terumi suspected Uchiha Minamoto had controlled Karatachi with genjutsu, but Karatachi said he had chosen the path himself after seeing the Great Love Group’s work in Konoha.
• Karatachi described the group’s medical, patrol, and dispute-mediation services, and Mei Terumi concluded he had likely been brainwashed rather than controlled by genjutsu.
• Uchiha Minamoto admitted he had initially planned to kill Karatachi and take the Three-Tails, but spared him because Kirigakure needed someone capable of leading the branch and Karatachi wanted to atone.

Mei Terumi accepted Karatachi Yagura as the Great Love Group’s Kirigakure branch head, and Pangolin rapidly built the group’s influence while promoting Uchiha Minamoto as Kirigakure’s liberator. As Konoha and Kirigakure publicly identified and placed a combined bounty on Obito Uchiha, he received Pain’s summons to an Akatsuki meeting.

• Uchiha Minamoto left Kirigakure after Mei Terumi agreed to work with Karatachi Yagura, who adopted the code name Pangolin.
• Pangolin opened the Great Love Group’s Kirigakure branch and established a local newspaper office, using publicity and orphaned children to spread its message.
• Kirigakure villagers increasingly praised Uchiha Minamoto as the Light of Konoha, while Mei Terumi watched the group receive credit for the village’s recovery.
• News spread that Mei Terumi had ended the Blood Mist Era and planned to recall and pardon some missing-nin.
• Konoha and Kirigakure identified Obito Uchiha as the Mysterious Masked Man and offered a combined bounty of two hundred million ryo.
• Obito Uchiha, wearing his new Akatsuki ring, received Pain’s summons and joined the members in the Magic Lantern Body Technique’s mental space.

At his first Akatsuki meeting, Obito Uchiha’s identity was exposed, and several members showed interest in killing or capturing him. After Pain officially welcomed Obito and Kisame Hoshigaki into the organization, Obito questioned whether the Akatsuki could serve his plans against Uchiha Minamoto.

• Pain introduced Tobi and Kisame Hoshigaki as new Akatsuki members, and Kisame revealed that Uchiha Minamoto had taken Samehada.
• Pain announced that Konoha and Kirigakure had confirmed Tobi was Obito Uchiha, prompting Kakuzu, Orochimaru, Sasori, and Juzo Biwa to show interest in him.
• Obito admitted his identity and challenged anyone who wanted to kill him, while Kisame remained unconcerned about his true identity.
• Pain declared Obito and Kisame official Akatsuki members and ended the meeting.
• Back at a temporary base in the Land of Rain, Obito doubted that the Akatsuki would become his tool and considered making Uchiha Minamoto their common enemy.
• Kisame approached the unmasked Obito and offered him a couple of reminders.

Obito Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki left the Akatsuki meeting in the Land of Rain as other members set out to pursue their own plans involving Obito. News of Kirigakure’s upheaval reached Fourth Kazekage Rasa, who was relieved that Sunagakure had avoided war with Konoha.

• Obito Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki traveled through the Land of Rain, while Kisame worried about Uchiha Minamoto’s strength.
• Sasori of the Red Sands left the battlefield, hoping to turn Obito Uchiha into a human puppet.
• Kakuzu collected a Kumogakure corpse and headed for the Underground Black Market, considering Obito Uchiha’s two-hundred-million-ryo bounty.
• Juzo Biwa headed for Amegakure to investigate Obito Uchiha and possibly kill the person who had controlled the Fourth Mizukage.
• Orochimaru studied intelligence on Obito Uchiha from Uchiha Minamoto and anticipated testing Obito’s abilities.
• Fourth Kazekage Rasa learned that Kirigakure had replaced its Mizukage and abolished the blood mist policy, and he praised Sunagakure’s decision to avoid war with Konoha.

Rasa, Ōnoki, and A reacted to Konoha and Kirigakure’s growing alliance, while Hiruzen learned that Mei Terumi had arrived in Konoha without his knowledge. The chapter left Ōnoki seeking peace with Kumogakure, A choosing to continue the war, and Hiruzen realizing his village might already be allied with Kirigakure.

• Rasa admired Uchiha Minamoto’s power, then wrote to Konoha to deepen Sunagakure’s diplomatic ties.
• Ōnoki concluded that Konoha and Kirigakure had joined forces and ordered an envoy to tell A that Iwagakure wanted to end its war with Kumogakure.
• A weighed Kumogakure’s losses and the danger of a three-front war, but ordered Killer B to prepare for more fighting.
• Hiruzen accepted Baki’s offer of closer relations with Sunagakure, then learned that Mei Terumi had arrived in Konoha as the leader of Kirigakure’s diplomatic mission.
• Hiruzen realized he had been kept uninformed about Kirigakure’s leadership and suspected that Konoha had already formed an alliance with the village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Mei Terumi had bypassed him to visit Uchiha Minamoto, while Baki regretted Sunagakure’s decision to meet the Hokage first. At the Konoha Military Police Force Building, Mei delivered a Kirigakure branch report and complained about the Love Newspaper Office’s praise of Uchiha Minamoto, prompting his teasing offer to introduce her to a doctor.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Mei Terumi had gone to the Konoha Military Police Force Building instead of the Hokage Building.
• Baki realized he had paid his respects to the wrong leader and ordered his mission to visit Uchiha Minamoto, but learned Sunagakure had no money left for another gift.
• Baki returned to the post station to report the mistake to the Fourth Kazekage and recommend that future envoys go directly to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Mei Terumi gave Uchiha Minamoto the latest Kirigakure branch report from the Great Love Group and praised Karatachi Yagura’s work.
• Mei Terumi complained that the Love Newspaper Office kept publicizing Uchiha Minamoto’s deeds, and Uchiha Minamoto offered to introduce her to a doctor.

Mei Terumi briefed Uchiha Minamoto on Kirigakure’s missing-nin recall effort and Akatsuki’s members, including Obito Uchiha and Pain. Minamoto stayed calm when she revealed Pain possessed the Rinnegan, and said he already knew what those eyes were.

• Mei Terumi told Uchiha Minamoto that Kirigakure had contacted missing-nin Zabuza Momochi and Juzo Biwa, with Zabuza preparing to return and Juzo traveling to Amegakure.
• Mei reported that Juzo had joined Akatsuki, an organization of S-rank missing-nin that included Orochimaru, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Obito Uchiha.
• Mei explained that Akatsuki members had seen through Obito’s Tobi disguise after his identity was exposed, and Minamoto laughed at his cousin’s predicament.
• Mei told Minamoto that Akatsuki’s leader Pain possessed the legendary Rinnegan, but Minamoto reacted calmly and said he already knew what the eyes were.

Uchiha Minamoto discussed the Akatsuki’s Rinnegan and ordered Mei Terumi to keep Juzo Biwa focused on gathering intelligence. Mei went to the Hokage Building, where Tsunade mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi because the Fifth Mizukage had visited Minamoto before meeting him.

• Mei Terumi asked whether they should seize Pain’s Rinnegan, and Uchiha Minamoto sarcastically assigned the mission to her.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Mei Terumi to warn Juzo Biwa to remain in the Akatsuki and gather intelligence instead of confronting Kisame Hoshigaki, Obito Uchiha, and Pain.
• Mei Terumi left for the Hokage Building, while Uchiha Minamoto reviewed verified evidence of Shimura Danzō’s experiments and other illegal activities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that the Kirigakure diplomatic mission had visited the Konoha Military Police Force Building before the Hokage Building.
• Tsunade entered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office and laughed at him for not being the Fifth Mizukage’s first stop in Konoha.

Tsunade condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi for losing influence over Konoha and left to visit the Military Police Force, where she crossed paths with Mei Terumi. She then urged Uchiha Minamoto to become Hokage, but he argued that the timing depended on dealing with the village’s existing leadership.

• Tsunade told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his generation’s Hokage was especially useless and left his office for the Konoha Military Police Force Building.
• Tsunade met Mei Terumi outside the Military Police Force Building, and the two exchanged compliments before going their separate ways.
• Tsunade entered Uchiha Minamoto’s office and asked about his relationship with Mei Terumi.
• Uchiha Minamoto admitted that he had helped Mei Terumi become Mizukage by removing Karatachi Yagura.
• Tsunade demanded to know when Uchiha Minamoto planned to become the Fifth Hokage, and he replied that the matter could not be rushed.

Tsunade discussed Naruto's progress with Uchiha Minamoto and urged him to stop delaying his rise to Hokage. At the Hokage Building, Mei Terumi met Hiruzen Sarutobi and presented a Konoha–Kirigakure alliance treaty for his signature.

• Tsunade praised Naruto's training and said she would give him the Katsuyu Sage's Summoning Contract once his foundation was strong enough.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Minamoto to teach Naruto Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and Minamoto offered to introduce Naruto to Matatabi and Isobu.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Minamoto that Konoha needed him to become Hokage, and he reluctantly agreed to stop putting it off.
• Mei Terumi met Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Hokage Building and discussed repairing relations between Konoha and Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi presented the Fire-Water Security Treaty, which Uchiha Minamoto had already reviewed and signed, and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to sign and seal it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the Fire-Water Security Treaty Uchiha Minamoto had negotiated and convened Konoha’s jonin to witness its signing with Mei Terumi. The treaty took effect, making Konoha and Kirigakure official allies, while Mei Terumi winked at Uchiha Minamoto.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read the treaty and, despite his conflicted feelings, found no reason to object to its terms.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Konoha’s jonin for an emergency meeting with Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s delegation.
• Mei Terumi read the treaty’s clauses, which required Kirigakure to apologize, compensate Konoha, provide resources and intelligence, and recognize Konoha’s leadership in the alliance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mei Terumi signed duplicate copies of the treaty, which immediately made Konoha and Kirigakure allies.
• Mei Terumi thanked the gathered shinobi and winked at Uchiha Minamoto, drawing the attendees’ attention.

Uchiha Minamoto exposed Utatane Koharu’s role in Shimura Danzō’s crimes and had her arrested, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi as the last member of the Konoha F4. Hiruzen proposed choosing a new Hokage Advisor, but the Jonin Commanders stayed silent, wary of Uchiha Minamoto.

• After the Fire-Water Security Treaty was signed, Mei Terumi left the Conference Room with Kirigakure’s Diplomatic Mission.
• Uchiha Minamoto presented evidence that Utatane Koharu had helped Shimura Danzō conduct illegal experiments and cover up his crimes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi condemned Utatane Koharu, who warned him he would regret abandoning her before the Konoha Military Police Force took her away.
• With Utatane Koharu imprisoned, only Hiruzen Sarutobi remained of the Konoha F4.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed selecting a new Hokage Advisor, but the Jonin Commanders remained silent, remembering how Uchiha Minamoto had stopped the previous selection.

With the Hokage advisor position left vacant and Hiruzen Sarutobi unable to rally support, Uchiha Minamoto took authority over the northern front and prepared to end the war with Kumogakure. After returning to Konoha, he took Mei Terumi to meet Isobu, who emerged from the reservoir.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi failed to find anyone willing to fill the vacant Hokage advisor position, and Uchiha Setsuna snorted at the silence.
• Uchiha Minamoto announced that he would personally lead the campaign against Kumogakure on the northern front, and the jonin enthusiastically volunteered to join him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi placed all northern-front matters under Uchiha Minamoto's authority.
• Uchiha Minamoto returned to the Konoha Military Police Force building and took the Gunbai he had reclaimed from Obito Uchiha.
• Mei Terumi asked to see the Three-Tails so she could relay words from Karatachi Yagura, and Uchiha Minamoto took her to the Naka River Reservoir.
• Uchiha Minamoto called Isobu from the reservoir, and the tailed beast surfaced and looked at Mei Terumi.

Mei Terumi met Isobu and delivered Karatachi Yagura’s apology, then returned to Konoha as Uchiha Minamoto headed to the Northern Front. There, Minamoto healed the vision damage Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Fugaku had suffered from using their Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Mei Terumi told Isobu that Karatachi Yagura had joined Minamoto’s Great Love Group and relayed Yagura’s apology.
• Isobu said he had never hated Yagura and asked Mei to tell him to live well and stop causing trouble for Minamoto.
• Mei returned to Konoha aboard Minamoto’s space-time shuttle, while Minamoto traveled to the Northern Front battlefield.
• Minamoto met Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Fugaku at the Konoha camp and learned their eyesight had deteriorated after battle.
• Minamoto used Light Release to repair the damage around Shisui’s and Fugaku’s eyes, restoring their vision.