Chapter Summaries

The Senju clan mobilized its underground bases and allied forces for a coordinated war, while Senju Uka received replacement units and his assignment. Preparations were nearly complete as the blockade and attack times approached.

• The First Elder ordered the blockade to begin at four and the attack at six, then the elders sent the plans to their subordinates through emergency channels.
• Senju Utsuwa received orders to assemble Base 159’s Genin-level and stronger ninjas, and its leaders prepared their units for battle.
• Senju Sawagen returned to the South Headquarters, confirmed that the city’s forces were ready, and presented the allied clans’ signed agreement and a marked map.
• Senju Uka accepted the transfer of nine units and the arrival of replacement troops, then learned he would lead his forces out of the Sarutobi combat zone when the blockade began.

Uka Senju prepared for a surprise attack on the Uchiha while visiting the elderly Soratate Branch members and returning home to his pregnant wives. He told the women he would have to leave that night, prompting Tsunade to question why he was being sent out again so soon.

• The Sixth Elder warned Uka Senju to conceal preparations for the attack set for six the next morning, and Uka promised to follow the plan.
• Uka visited Senju Toka, then went to see the elderly members of the Soratate Branch and reassured Senju Kumarei and Senju Fūki.
• Uka returned home, learned from Yoshiko that his wives had not followed their exercise plan, and moved dinner earlier.
• Uka joined Tsunade, Senju Chiharu, and Senju Maki in their room, where Tsunade denied skipping her walk.
• Uka told his wives that he had to leave that night, and Tsunade demanded to know why he was being sent out again so soon.

Senju Uka explained that an alliance of three countries was threatening the Land of Whirlpools, and that the Senju planned to launch a preemptive all-out war while his pregnant wives evacuated to safety. At the Land of Whirlpools, Yūya Uzumaki agreed to the Senju retreat plan and summoned four Uzumaki leaders as preparations continued.

• Senju Maki confronted Senju Uka over his repeated absences, and he silently recognized how much his three wives needed his company.
• Senju Uka told Maki, Senju Chiharu, and Tsunade that the Senju would begin an all-out war after evacuating them at dawn, and he explained the threat to the Land of Whirlpools and the plan to strike first.
• Senju Uka reassured Senju Chiharu that the Senju would lock down their positions at four and begin the battle at six, then comforted his three wives.
• Senju forces prepared at their hidden bases while the Land of Whirlpools received its first aid and awaited the planned breakout.
• Yūya Uzumaki accepted the Senju plan to use the Uzumaki as bait during the retreat and asked the Senju to protect his clan’s noncombatants.
• Yūya Uzumaki summoned Takenori Uzumaki, Mitsumasa Uzumaki, Ryōichi Uzumaki, and Yoshitoki Uzumaki to the shrine command center.

As the Senju prepared to evacuate their noncombatants and begin the war, Senju Uka spent his last evening at home with his pregnant family before leaving on a covert mission. Senju Maki’s fear of losing him overwhelmed her, and after she was put to sleep, Uka said goodbye to his other wives and led his Guard Unit toward the clan grounds’ back gate.

• Senju Uka spent the afternoon with Senju Chiharu, Tsunade, and Mito Uzumaki as they discussed baby supplies and shared a family dinner.
• Senju Toka returned home after the final prewar meeting, while the Senju Clan Grounds remained locked down and preparations began to move noncombatants to shelters.
• As night fell, Senju Maki clung to Uka and wept, refusing to let him leave; the family summoned her parents, and Aunt used Genjutsu to put her to sleep.
• Senju Unsei assured Uka that the family would care for Maki and the others, and Uka changed into his Combat Uniform and said goodbye to Chiharu and Tsunade.
• Uka joined Senju Motoaki and Senju Shiyō outside, ordered their Guard Unit to disguise themselves, and led them toward the back gate to sneak out.

Uka Senju slipped out of Konoha through a concealed barrier opening and reached the Senju camp, where he reviewed the forces and preparations for the next day’s battle. He began assigning missions against the Uchiha Clan, starting with a change to how the rookie units would be deployed.

• Uka Senju led six subordinates through concealed routes and left Konoha during a brief fluctuation in the barrier.
• Uka Senju arrived at the mountain-surrounded camp and reassured the commanders that the situation at home had not changed.
• Kenchū Senju reported that nine new Large Units had arrived and been reorganized, while an Inuzuka Jonin explained that their equipment had been distributed from the clan warehouses.
• Uka Senju approved the departure schedule and ordered the commanders to keep their rookie troops under control for the next day’s battle.
• Uka Senju announced that the first target was the Uchiha Clan and began revising the plan for the rookie Large Units.

Senju Uka assigned forces to attack the Uchiha, the Military Police Force, and the Sarutobi battlefield as the Senju Alliance prepared to enter Konoha. After the commanders received their orders and planned their assaults, Uka slept, and the camp began stirring again at 3:30 in the morning.

• Senju Uka ordered Hatake Fūki to lead four Large Units against the Uchiha Clan Compound and leave no survivors.
• Senju Uka assigned Kenchū Senju three Large Units to attack from the left, trusting him with some of the strongest units.
• Senju Uka ordered Senju Hakushun, Senju Setō, and Senju Sakamoto to attack the Military Police Force, then support the Sarutobi battlefield.
• Senju Uka told Senju Minaga, Senju Miharu, and Hatake Sakumo to stay with him and attack the Uchiha through the front gate.
• The commanders received their orders and planned their operations until after midnight, when Senju Uka went to sleep.
• At 3:30 in the morning, activity gradually rose throughout the base beneath the moonlight.

On November 9, Year 31, Senju Toka prepared the Senju forces to begin the second phase of their operation against the Sarutobi Clan. As dawn broke, Mito Uzumaki considered the risks to her family and the Uzumaki, while Toka reassured her that Tsunade and the other pregnant women were protected.

• Senju Toka announced that the Senju blockade was in place and ordered everyone to return to their posts for the coming attack on the Traitors.
• The Senju forces dispersed to carry out their assignments, including evacuating civilians, entering Sarutobi territory, and contacting neutral parties.
• Senju Toka and Mito Uzumaki went to a wall near the Sarutobi Clan and watched the buildings as dawn approached.
• Toka told Mito that Senju Tsukika and her people were guarding Tsunade and the other pregnant women.
• Mito reflected on her declining health and her wish to live long enough to see Tsunade's child born, and Toka warned her not to overexert herself in battle.
• The sun rose over the Shinobi World as the operation neared its next stage.

Mito Uzumaki used the Nine-Tails’ power to launch two Tailed Beast Bombs at the Sarutobi Clan Compound as Senju Toka led the Senju attack. Hiruzen Sarutobi defended his family and compound, then sent Biwako Sarutobi away with Shinnosuke while he prepared to face the assault.

• Mito Uzumaki’s first Tailed Beast Bomb struck the Sarutobi Clan Compound, and Konoha’s clans mobilized as armed ninja attacked civilian ninja along their routes.
• Senju Toka led the Senju force toward the Sarutobi Clan Compound, cutting down an enemy ninja on the way.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed the first bomb, moved his home underground, reinforced it, and cast defenses over the compound while Biwako Sarutobi prepared for battle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, who transformed into the Adamantine Staff and helped redirect the second Tailed Beast Bomb away from the compound and toward the civilian residential area.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Biwako Sarutobi to leave Konoha with Shinnosuke, and she agreed as he stayed behind to face the attack.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Biwako to rally outside forces and prepare a northwest breakout, then entered the battle against the Senju. He summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju from coffins, and the chapter left Senju Toka fighting the two resurrected clan leaders.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Biwako Sarutobi to contact Mitokado Homura, seek support from the Lands of Lightning, Earth, and Water, and direct forces to gather at Nagatama Castle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi joined the battle, ordered the Sarutobi to summon the people they had collected and break out northwest, then brought two coffins onto the battlefield.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, shocking the Senju fighters and disrupting their ninjutsu.
• Senju Toka steadied her clan, condemned the Sarutobi for desecrating their forebears, and led the Senju charge through the smoke.
• Hashirama Senju blocked Senju Toka and apologized for Tobirama Senju's forbidden research, while Senju Toka struck back with Wood Release: Tree Spear.
• Tobirama Senju noticed Senju Toka's wooden spears and asked in surprise whether she had awakened Wood Release.

Senju Toka fought the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, explaining how their choices and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s schemes harmed the Senju and led to war. After Tobirama shared his suspicion that sealing could counter the summoning jutsu, Toka sent Hashirama toward Mito Uzumaki and left to attack Hiruzen.

• Senju Toka used Wood Release to battle Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who asked how the Senju had ended up at war with Konoha.
• Toka explained that the Senju had split into three factions after Hashirama’s death and that Hiruzen’s favored disciple had secretly helped destroy the clan’s new generation.
• Tobirama realized that his final wishes and Hiruzen’s plans had contributed to the Senju’s suffering, while Hashirama apologized to Toka.
• Tobirama told Toka that sealing jutsu might counter the technique summoning the dead, and Hashirama asked after Mito Uzumaki, Tsunade, and Risa.
• Toka kicked Hashirama toward Mito, then used the Body Flicker Technique to leave and attack Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen escaped Toka and two other opponents with Earth-Style Substitution and launched Earth Dragon Bullet and Fire Dragon Bullet.

The Senju Clan carried out its evacuation and moved against the neutral clans while allied forces blocked Root during the battle against the Sarutobi's Four Clans. The fighting continued as the village's clans gathered intelligence and awaited reinforcements.

• The Fourth Elder led ordinary Senju clanspeople and the old and frail out of Konoha, while Senju Maki began regaining control of her emotions with her mother's help.
• The Sixth Senju Elder sent blank envelopes to neutral shinobi clans and positioned Senju forces outside their compounds, prompting the clans to investigate the Senju's sudden move.
• Senju Toka and Mito Uzumaki led the Inuzuka Clan, Aburame, and Kato in attacking the Sarutobi's Four Clans as other clans blocked Root's route through the village.
• The Kurama and Kato clan heads decided not to draw more Root forces toward them while they waited for reinforcements.
• The Hatake clan head charged back into the Root ranks, using the Hatake secret technique to cut down enemies.

Uka Senju led more than twelve hundred allied ninja through a surprise attack on Konoha, while Senju forces took control of the gate and divided into assigned teams. After reaching the Uchiha Clan Compound ahead of the main force, Uka prepared to attack the clansmen gathering below.

• Uka Senju read a private report about Senju Maki’s fragile condition, then accepted Hatake Sakumo’s reminder to focus on the coming battle.
• At the signal of an explosion inside Konoha, Uka launched the attack and led the force toward the village.
• Senju Sadamoto’s squad killed the Sarutobi gate guards and persuaded Nara Kiyō and the other neutral ninja to stay in the break room.
• Uka ordered Senju Sadamoto to escort Senju Sakamoto’s small unit back to the clan as the main force charged through the gate.
• Kenchū Senju signaled the teams to split along their assigned routes, while Uka flew ahead toward the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Uka arrived above the compound, saw Uchiha clansmen gathering, and reached for the large scroll at his waist.

Uka Senju attacked the Uchiha Clan Compound from the sky with grenades and bombs, then used Wood Release to strike three shelters and create confusion. Uchiha Motohisa dispatched forces to reinforce the compound’s defenses and confront the Wood Release user as the Uchiha learned that their families were trapped in the attack’s path.

• A Uchiha ninja warned the clansmen that Uka Senju’s grenades were falling, and the defenders used fire and wind ninjutsu, weapons, and Earth Release to protect people entering the shelters.
• Uka Senju dropped grenades and large bombs on three shelters, drawing Uchiha units away from the square before withdrawing with the Substitution Technique as enemy attacks began on three sides.
• Uchiha Sadahisa reported the distress signals, and Uchiha Motohisa ordered Uchiha Setsuna and other commanders to reinforce the west, east, and main gate while Sadahisa searched the compound for the Wood Release user.
• A Wood Release technique erupted across the residential area, covering three shelters with a rapidly growing forest and prompting Uchiha ninja to fear for their families.
• Uchiha Motohisa assigned Uchiha Hikaku to coordinate the remaining forces and led the available three-tomoe users to confront the Wood Release user, while the other units moved to their posts.

Uka Senju attacked the Uchiha Clan Compound with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and used its poisonous flowering forest to kill many Uchiha while gathering energy and sage eyes gene fragments. As Uchiha Motohisa led the surviving elites against the forest, Uka revealed a towering Wood Golem, leaving them facing an even greater threat.

• Uka Senju unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence inside the Uchiha Clan Compound, and its trees and poisonous pollen overwhelmed most defenders.
• Uchiha Hikaku recognized the technique as Advent of a World of Flowering Trees and warned Uchiha Motohisa about its pollen, chakra absorption, and other abilities.
• Uchiha Motohisa ordered the Three-Tomoe Sharingan users to cover their mouths and noses and attack the forest, while Uchiha Hikaku returned to the hall with a token.
• Uka Senju checked his system and found that the attack had earned him about two hundred thousand energy and brought his sage eyes gene fragments to seventy-nine percent.
• Uka Senju strangled three resisting Uchiha with the forest's roots, then watched Uchiha Motohisa's squad use Fire Style and Wind Release to blast a gap in the trees.
• Uka Senju answered the Uchiha's long-range attacks with Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique, forming a wooden giant about forty meters tall and throwing the survivors into despair.

Uka Senju used his Wood Golem and Flower Tree World to slaughter the Uchiha forces, but Anna Uchiha awakened a powerful Mangekyō ability and manifested a twenty-meter Tengu Armor Susanoo. The chapter ended with Uchiha Motohisa ordering his fighters to gather near Anna as they prepared to fight back.

• Uchiha Motohisa rallied nearly fifty Three-Tomoe Sharingan users, who attacked Uka Senju's Wood Golem in coordinated groups.
• Uka Senju spread a second Flower Tree World and used its pollen and the Wood Golem's strikes to kill and trap Uchiha fighters.
• Uchiha Motohisa escaped Uka Senju's ambush, while Uka intensified his assault with Wood Release techniques as the wider battle line fell back.
• Hatake Sakumo retreated to his own lines and recognized the immense gap between Uka Senju and other Kage-level fighters.
• Anna Uchiha manifested a twenty-meter Tengu Armor Susanoo, endured pain in his left eye, and vowed to avenge his family.
• Uchiha Motohisa ordered the surviving Uchiha fighters to gather near Anna.

Uka Senju destroyed the Uchiha Clan Compound with Wood Release and spread poisonous pollen across it, while forces across the Land of Fire launched coordinated attacks toward Konoha. At sea, Genji ordered Hashijō to investigate a suspicious camp without provoking a fight.

• Uka Senju summoned a Wood Dragon and used Deep Forest Emergence to tear apart the Uchiha Clan Compound, then bloomed poisonous flowers throughout the area.
• The Inuzuka Elder launched more than twenty Large Units toward Konoha, and they overwhelmed a Sarutobi outpost with Earth Release attacks.
• Sawagen Senju led a force of more than ten thousand Ninja from the southern fronts toward Konoha, while other forces across the Land of Fire also began advancing.
• Taketori Seiun told Genji that the camp sentries across the shore had not moved for half an hour, and Genji ordered Hashijō to investigate without starting a conflict.

The Senju launched an all-out war, prompting forces across the Land of Fire to change plans and assemble at Nagatama Castle instead of rushing to Konoha. Orochimaru learned that the Senju had ambushed Hiruzen Sarutobi and attacked the four clans’ compounds, as scattered outposts fell silent.

• Taketori Seiun’s men discovered that Aburame Gyokusei’s camp had been abandoned, and commanders ordered pursuit while the Senju and Cloud camps were also found empty.
• Sarutobi Meikyoku received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s revised order to assemble at Nagatama Castle, so he redirected troops and supplies there.
• Jiraiya learned that war had begun and changed his forces’ orders from returning to Konoha to marching quickly toward Nagatama Castle.
• Jiraiya’s commanders debated a direct route through noble territories as the camp hurriedly prepared to move.
• Mitokado Homura interrupted Orochimaru’s experiment and told him that the Senju had ambushed Hiruzen Sarutobi and attacked the four clans’ compounds.

Orochimaru helped Mitokado Homura prepare to assemble forces, while the Senju and Uzumaki began evacuating the Land of Whirlpools under a planned rear-guard defense. The allied forces of Cloud, Water, and Earth learned of the escape and ordered their ships to intercept the fleet at sea.

• Orochimaru assessed that his teacher intended to break out, agreed to gather supplies, and accepted Mitokado Homura's offer to serve as his assistant at the front line.
• The Senju and Uzumaki leaders approved the evacuation, and ships carrying the Land of Whirlpools' civilians and clansmen departed under Senju protection.
• Yūya Uzumaki gave Yoshitoki Uzumaki a scroll of tailed-beast sealing techniques and left him in command of the rear guard.
• After the last ship sailed, Yoshitoki ordered the remaining Uzumaki to activate their mines and explosive tags and fight to the death to protect the fleet.
• The Third Raikage, the Third Mizukage, and the Iwagakure representative signed an agreement and began their coordinated attack on the Land of Whirlpools.
• After receiving letters, the Third Raikage ordered the allied forces to speed up and intercept the fleeing Uzumaki at sea.

The Third Raikage, the Third Mizukage, and the Iwagakure representative pursued the fleeing Uzumaki as their rear guard inflicted heavy losses, but the Third Raikage received alarming news that the Senju had launched an attack in Konoha. Meanwhile, the Senju Fourth Elder negotiated with the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders, whose summoned ancestors could help turn the battle decisively in the Senju’s favor.

• The Third Raikage and the Iwagakure representative left the Third Mizukage’s party and ordered their forces to pursue the fleeing Uzumaki, after which the Third Mizukage ordered his own men to move out.
• Uzumaki fighters held off the pursuing forces with suicidal sealing techniques and explosions, while the Third Raikage learned from Dodai that the Senju had acted in Konoha and summoned the Mizukage and Iwagakure representative to discuss the intelligence.
• The Senju Fourth Elder learned that the Ino-Shika-Cho had gathered in the Nara Clan Compound and that the Sarutobi were using Impure World Reincarnation to summon deceased clan members, including the current Nara Clan Head’s father.
• Realizing the summoned dead could influence the neutral clans, the Fourth Elder entered the Nara compound and met with the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka Clan Heads.
• After sharing tea and reminiscing, the Nara Clan Head asked how far the Senju intended to take the conflict, and the Fourth Elder said they would finish the operation and clean house before addressing matters outside.

The Fourth Elder secured the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans’ support by revealing that the Sarutobi-led Four Clans had summoned their dead relatives to fight the Senju. Meanwhile, Uka Senju defeated another Uchiha Mangekyō user and pressed his overwhelming attack as the battle neared its end.

• The Fourth Elder told the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clan Heads that Tobirama’s forbidden ninjutsu could summon the dead and required their flesh.
• The Nara Clan Head realized the Sarutobi-led Four Clans had summoned deceased relatives, condemned them, and pledged the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans’ full support to the Senju.
• The Fourth Elder ordered the three clans to send their village forces to the Sarutobi Clan Compound and recall their forces outside Konoha.
• A young Senju delivered urgent intelligence to the Sixth Elder during negotiations with the Hyūga, prompting him to demand greater concessions.
• Uka Senju shattered Yatomo’s purple giant, captured the defeated Mangekyō user, and continued attacking the Uchiha forces with Wood Release.