Chapter Summaries

Shin'yu defeated Sakitaro and Miyadera in a decisive battle, using his Sharingan and overwhelming swordsmanship. He left both opponents dead as Zantetsu fell into the earth beside Miyadera.

• Sakitaro recognized Shin'yu's Genjutsu and tried to keep from looking into his eyes, but Shin'yu dodged his attacks and removed Miyadera's poisoned earring.
• Sakitaro shattered the earring with Suigan and attacked Shin'yu with Zantetsu, but Shin'yu repeatedly vanished from view and struck his shoulder.
• Shin'yu crushed Sakitaro's collarbone, hurled him into an Earth Flow Wall, and killed him with a flying kick that shattered the wall.
• Miyadera recovered from Shin'yu's Genjutsu and faced him with her Steel Claws as he advanced with Zantetsu.
• Shin'yu broke Miyadera's Steel Claws and cut her in two with an upward slash before leaving Zantetsu planted in the earth.

Shin'yu defeated the force attacking Uzushio Village, then recognized that Kara had sent a massive island hurtling toward the Land of Whirlpools. He pursued thirty-one fleeing streams of light north, where they returned to Lohak, who awakened with a strange blue crystal.

• Shin'yu confirmed that the thousand-man force and its four commanders had been killed while Uzushio Village remained protected by the Spherical Tree Wall.
• Shin'yu realized Kara had likely attacked the Land of Whirlpools to keep him from intervening in a rescue near Kikyo Mountain.
• A colossal island began falling from the sky, threatening to destroy the Land of Whirlpools and devastate nearby shores.
• Shin'yu spotted thirty-one blue streams fleeing north, marked their path with a Flying Thunder God formula, and vanished after them.
• The blue streams returned to Lohak in a mountain cave, where they became prayer beads and joined a blue crystal at his brow as he opened his eyes.

Shin'yu caught Lohak after destroying the falling island, but Lohak escaped through a teleportation portal. Shin'yu then annihilated the island with a single punch to save Uzushio Village and turned his attention toward Kikyo Mountain.

• Lohak tried to escape to Kara's base with Jigen's summoning scroll, but Shin'yu interrupted him and shattered his attack.
• Lohak detonated the Buddhist Prayer Beads as he fled, and Shin'yu reversed the explosion before Lohak vanished through the portal.
• Shin'yu returned to Uzushio Village and saw the Crimson Island bearing down on the village's protective Tree World Wall.
• Shin'yu flew up and destroyed the falling island with his Vacuum Wave Fist, scattering it into dust before it could hit the village.
• The Uzumaki clansmen cheered as sunlight returned, and Shin'yu looked toward Kikyo Mountain.

Uchiha Nen battled Kaguya Kenron on Kikyo Mountain, where Kenron’s Shikotsumyaku transformed into a colossal, rapidly regenerating skeleton that rivaled Susanoo. As Nen’s Susanoo began to crack, he considered whether the Kaguya clan had a way to evolve their bloodline beyond instinct.

• After the Land of Whirlpools crisis ended, Shin'yu's Wood Style shadow became an ancient emerald tree rooted on the island.
• Uchiha Nen’s Great Fire Annihilation failed to break Kaguya Kenron’s Bone Prison Technique.
• Kenron expanded the bone prison into a towering Skeleton Colossus that fought Nen’s Susanoo.
• Nen fired two thunder cannon blasts from Susanoo’s divine artifact, breaking the colossus’s hand, but Kenron regenerated it almost immediately.
• Nen realized Kenron’s bones could damage Susanoo and contemplated whether the Kaguya clan could transcend its inherited bloodline through an external force.

Kenron defeated Nen’s Shapeshifting Clone and reached Kagami, whose Karma awakened Isshiki. Isshiki took Kenron into a black-red void, while Nian realized someone had likely been rescued; an explosion at the Hokage Office Building interrupted him.

• Kenron destroyed Nen’s Susanoo and broke through the barrier, leaving what he believed was Nen’s corpse behind.
• Kenron hurried through the valley and found Kagami, whose Karma reacted to Kenron’s power and awakened Isshiki.
• Isshiki seized Kenron and transported him into a black-red void filled with cubes.
• Nian ended his Shoten no Jutsu and concluded that someone had likely been rescued.
• An explosion struck the Hokage Office Building, and Nian vanished to investigate.

Tsunade confronted Konoha’s leaders over the needless deaths on the Land of Rain front and accused them of sacrificing comrades for political convenience. She ended by comparing Hatake Sakumo’s ruin to Kagami Uchiha’s past, leaving Hiruzen and the advisers shaken.

• Tsunade returned to Konoha and smashed the conference room desk as she confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisers about the Land of Rain casualties.
• Tsunade accused Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura of rejecting her requests for aid sixteen times and leaving the front line isolated.
• Hiruzen defended his decisions as necessary to protect Konoha’s heartland, but Tsunade asked whether Hatake Sakumo had also been treated as a dead piece in his war strategy.
• Danzo questioned how Tsunade knew Sakumo’s classified story, and Tsunade demanded an answer from Hiruzen, who called Sakumo’s fate an accident.
• Tsunade recalled Kagami Uchiha’s disgrace and public execution, comparing his ending to Sakumo’s and leaving the conference room in silence.

Tsunade confronted Hiruzen and the elders over the deaths of Sakumo and Kagami Uchiha, accusing them of betraying the Will of Fire and sacrificing young shinobi to preserve their authority. Hiruzen stopped the others from silencing her and let her speak, as Anbu surrounded the damaged Hokage Office Building.

• Hiruzen erupted in anger when Tsunade mentioned Kagami Uchiha, and Tsunade blasted apart the Hokage Office Building with a punch that missed him.
• Anbu surrounded the building after the explosion, while Tsunade asked Hiruzen whether he was threatening her as Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Danzo rebuked Tsunade, and she asked whether they had all been involved in what happened to Kagami Uchiha.
• Hiruzen stopped Mitokado Homura from interrupting and ordered Tsunade to speak.
• Tsunade explained her understanding of the Will of Fire and accused Hiruzen and the elders of distorting it, abandoning young shinobi on the battlefield, and using Anbu to eliminate dissenters.

Tsunade demanded that Hiruzen resign as Hokage, accusing him of betraying the Will of Fire and driving Sakumo to his death. Danzo and Hiruzen challenged her account of Sakumo’s downfall, leaving Tsunade shaken by their claim that Narumi had condemned the man who saved him.

• Tsunade confronted Hiruzen and demanded that he step down as Hokage.
• Tsunade accused Hiruzen of causing Sakumo’s death and weakening the village, while Hiruzen defended the judgment against Sakumo for abandoning his mission.
• Danzo argued that the civilians who condemned Sakumo were his true executioners and challenged Tsunade to punish them.
• Tsunade accused Danzo of manipulating public opinion against Sakumo.
• Danzo and Hiruzen claimed that Narumi had refused to defend Sakumo and had instead condemned him, leaving Tsunade confused.

Tsunade confronted Konoha’s leaders over Sakumo’s death and demanded accountability, but the village’s clans and civilians turned against her. After Hiruzen promised to resign after the war, Tsunade left Konoha with Nawaki, while Danzo and Hiruzen remained at odds over the village’s future.

• Danzo warned Tsunade that forcing Hiruzen to step down during the war could endanger Konoha, while Koharu accused her of breaking orders and threatened her over her past actions.
• Homura summoned Konoha’s clan leaders, Anbu, and Root around Tsunade, and the gathered leaders refused to hold anyone responsible for Sakumo’s death.
• Danzo revealed civilians gathered outside the Hokage’s office, and Hiruzen declared that he would resign after the war and accepted responsibility for Sakumo’s fate.
• Tsunade left the Hokage’s office and declared that she and Nawaki had nothing to do with Konoha anymore; the narration later confirmed that Tsunade left the village in Konoha Year 48.
• Hiruzen privately warned Danzo that he would not let him have his way, and Jiraiya returned to Konoha in June without his disciple Nawaki.