Recaps

Orochimaru survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release attack and forced the Iwagakure troops to retreat, though he called for reinforcements as Iwagakure and Kumogakure’s strongest fighters entered the battle. In the Land of Rain, Konan revisited the cave she had shared with Jiraiya, Yahiko, and Nagato, then found comfort in Mukai and the changes he had brought.

• Orochimaru saved Manda with Reverse Summoning and escaped Ōnoki’s Dust Release using his Substitution Technique.
• Ōnoki ordered the Iwagakure troops to retreat after Han was injured and the attack failed.
• Orochimaru admitted he had only bluffed and sent a messenger to request support from Konoha.
• Konan took Mukai to the hidden cave where she, Yahiko, and Nagato had lived with Jiraiya, and recalled their return boards and childhood hardships.
• Mukai comforted Konan and promised the Land of Rain would continue to improve, and she told him she loved him.
• Konan and Mukai left the cave with Yahiko’s board turned to its red return side, while a mass of light in Mukai’s sea of consciousness linked to a computing node.

Mukai and Konan saw how their reforms had transformed Bitter Rain Settlement into a thriving, secure village, which the villagers renamed Sweet Spring Village. The chapter left Mukai considering Konoha’s request for military assistance against Ōnoki and asking what terms Hiruzen Sarutobi would offer.

• Satō watched Iron Ox Mecha improve the fields and heard how new irrigation and rapid repairs had made village life safer and more productive.
• Satō learned that Mukai’s forces had cleared the Land of Rain of bandits and wandering ninjas, while taxes fell and harvests increased under the new system.
• Mukai and Konan inspected the ripening rice fields and cleared the rain clouds ahead of the harvest.
• The villagers welcomed Mukai and Konan, and Mukai agreed to rename Bitter Rain Settlement Sweet Spring Village.
• Komushi told Mukai that Konoha had requested help because Ōnoki was suppressing its ninja army, and Mukai asked what assistance Hiruzen Sarutobi would offer in return.

Mukai sent Konoha three demands: access to the Scroll of Seals, clan youths sent to Sunagakure, and punishment for Shimura Danzō. Facing pressure on several fronts, Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected handing Danzō over or executing him and proposed concessions on the other demands while imprisoning Danzō indefinitely.

• Mukai told Komushi to pass Sunagakure's three conditions to Konoha through Elder Chiyo, including access to the Scroll of Seals, two youths from each clan, and punishment for Shimura Danzō.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the conditions with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu and warned that Konoha's fronts could collapse without Sunagakure's support.
• Utatane Koharu demanded that Konoha fight rather than accept humiliation, while Mitokado Homura argued that Danzō should not be handed to outsiders.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to hand Danzō over or execute him, saying Konoha needed unity and had to protect him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed allowing Mukai to inspect the Scroll of Seals under supervision and sending two members from each ninja clan to study in Sunagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed announcing Danzō's resignation and imprisoning him indefinitely in Konoha's most heavily guarded forbidden area.

Mukai demonstrated the War God Mecha to Chiyo, showing its fighter, Viking, and heavy assault robot forms and their weapons and capabilities. He then flew into its cockpit, declaring that its complete form required the two of them to combine.

• Mukai told Chiyo that Konoha had agreed to Sunagakure’s conditions and said he would go to Konoha himself.
• Mukai revealed the War God Mecha, built with Sasori using Chakra Metal and bionic variable-structure engineering, and explained its energy systems.
• The mecha demonstrated its fighter form, flying at extreme speed and firing an electromagnetic cannon at distant dunes.
• The mecha transformed into Viking form, hovered and strafed the ground with its arm-mounted electromagnetic cannons.
• The mecha shifted into a thirteen-meter-tall robot form and demonstrated its mobility, close-combat movements, and laser weapon.
• Mukai flew into the mecha’s cockpit and said that the two of them together would achieve its complete form.

Mukai demonstrated the War God Mecha before traveling to Konoha to inspect the Scroll of Seals under the alliance agreement. After he finished, an urgent report revealed that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had broken through the Uchiha line and threatened hundreds of Genin.

• Mukai demonstrated the War God Mecha's Ninjutsu and basic techniques to Elder Chiyo, then asked her to oversee the squad's training and the Ninja Academy while he was away.
• Mukai arrived at Konoha and confronted Utatane Koharu when she objected to him seeing the Scroll of Seals.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi honored the alliance agreement and let Mukai inspect the Scroll of Seals in the Hokage Building.
• Mukai quickly finished inspecting the scroll, asked Hiruzen to send clan youths to Tsunade's post, and offered supplies and support for the Land of Grass battlefield.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had broken through the Uchiha defense line and threatened the Genin in the rear, prompting Hiruzen to order immediate reinforcements.

Mukai volunteered to support Konoha, while the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist cornered Might Guy and four other Genin. Guy used the Seven Heavens Breathing Method and the Eight Gates to fight back, but the swordsmen overwhelmed him before a green-clad figure appeared and asked if he was all right.

• Mukai offered Hiruzen Sarutobi support and told him to escort the exchange students to Tsunade instead of assigning him Genin.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist surrounded five Konoha Genin, including Ebisu and Might Guy, and attacked them to draw in Konoha reinforcements.
• Guy activated the second stage of the Seven Heavens Breathing Method and opened the third gate, then used Shisō's Iron Mountain Lean to fight the swordsmen.
• Guy opened the fourth gate and briefly suppressed several swordsmen, but their teamwork and weapons overcame him, leaving him badly wounded.
• A green-clad figure appeared in front of Guy, who recognized him as his father.

Mukai arrived just as Might Duy prepared to open the Gate of Death against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and ordered him to stop sacrificing himself. Mukai gave the swordsmen ten seconds to surrender, repelled their attacks, absorbed Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning, and faced their coordinated assault.

• Might Duy stood between the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and his injured son Guy, preparing to open the Gate of Death.
• Mukai descended and used an invisible force to stop Might Duy, then warned him that the Eight Gates Released Formation could be combined with the Seven Heavens Breathing Method.
• Mukai knocked Munashi Jinpachi away and summoned a huge metal construct, then gave the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist ten seconds to surrender.
• Jinin Akebino’s Kabutowari bounced off Mukai’s force field, and Mukai hurled Juzo Biwa into a tree.
• Raiga Kurosuki’s lightning attack vanished into Mukai’s hand, and Mukai absorbed its energy.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to attack together, and their weapons and Ninjutsu engulfed Mukai and the metal construct.

Mukai used the War God Mecha to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and claimed the Samehada. He then set off in fighter mode to visit an old friend known to the Samehada.

• Mukai used the mecha’s repulsive force to block the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s attacks, then killed Kushimaru Kuriarare with its electromagnetic cannon.
• The mecha shattered Juzo Biwa’s Kubikiribōchō and badly wounded him, then killed Munashi Jinpachi and Raiga Kurosuki with airbursting supercapacitor projectiles.
• Mukai crushed Jinin Akebino with an overhand punch and discovered that the Suikazan Fuguki on the battlefield was a Water Clone.
• Mukai pursued the original Suikazan Fuguki in half-fighter mode and killed him with a high-speed flyby, wiping out the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Mukai took the Samehada, asked Might Duy, Might Guy, and Ebisu to gather the weapons and evidence, and flew off to see an old friend.

Mukai confronted Kisame Hoshigaki and offered him a chance to abandon Kirigakure’s corrupt shinobi system for a new future. Kisame joined Mukai, who returned Samehada to him and spared the other Mist Ninja.

• Mukai arrived with the War God Mecha and confronted Kisame Hoshigaki and his Mist Ninja escort.
• Mukai revealed Samehada and the other six Ninja Blades, then accused Suikazan Fuguki of betraying Kirigakure and abandoning his men.
• Mukai challenged Kisame’s beliefs about missions and village loyalty, describing his ambition to build a more peaceful and prosperous world.
• Kisame questioned Mukai’s motives but chose to join him and serve his ambition.
• Mukai gave Samehada back to Kisame, called for Miru, and told the other Kirigakure ninja that their lives were safe for now.

Mukai captured Miru and flew off in the War God Mecha to find Isobu, while Shisui Uchiha arrived at the devastated battlefield where Mukai had defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Shisui ordered the survivors to keep the encounter secret, then revealed that Uchiha with Three-Tomoe Sharingan had been attacked and their eyes stolen, with evidence pointing away from Kirigakure.

• Mukai used the War God Mecha's cannon to intimidate the Kirigakure ninja, took Miru prisoner, and departed with Kisame Hoshigaki to find Isobu.
• Shisui Uchiha led an Uchiha rapid-response team to the ruined battlefield and found Guy and the surviving Konoha Genin.
• Guy and Ebisu told Shisui that Mukai had arrived alone with an iron giant and killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Shisui examined the wreckage, ordered the wounded treated and unusual residue collected, and classified the battle as top secret.
• Shisui told Guy that elite Uchiha with Three-Tomoe Sharingan had been attacked and their eyes gouged out, and that evidence indicated Kirigakure was not responsible.

Shimura Danzō met Black Zetsu, who offered him Sharingan and Wood Release power in exchange for cooperation. Danzō agreed to target the Uchiha on the Kirigakure battlefield as Black Zetsu promised him control of Konoha and a new world order.

• Shisui Uchiha and the other Uchiha left after their patrol encounter, intent on hunting anyone coveting their eyes.
• Shimura Danzō raged in a Root safe house over his house arrest and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s decision to compromise with Sunagakure.
• Black Zetsu appeared and offered Danzō power, while Hiruko brought bottles containing a Sharingan and Hashirama Cells.
• Black Zetsu demonstrated Wood Release by killing a Root guard with Cutting Sprigs, convincing Danzō the offered power was real.
• Danzō accepted cooperation in capturing Tailed Beasts and agreed to target the Uchiha on the Kirigakure battlefield.
• Black Zetsu promised that Danzō could rule Konoha and the Shinobi World in a new order.

Shimura Danzō recalled how envy of the Sharingan and regret over failing to volunteer for a deadly mission had driven his pursuit of power. In the safe house, he ordered Hiruko to transplant the two powers Black Zetsu had left, threatening him with the Cursed Seal if anything went wrong.

• Shimura Danzō remembered seeing Hashirama Senju demonstrate Wood Release as a child and yearning for the power he witnessed in Kagami Uchiha's Sharingan.
• Shimura Danzō recalled freezing when Tobirama Senju asked for a volunteer to cover the retreat, while Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped forward and became the Third Hokage after Tobirama's death.
• Shimura Danzō blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi's leadership for Konoha's weakness and decided he needed more power to protect the village and prove himself right.
• Shimura Danzō questioned Hiruko about joining Dawn and breaking free of his control, and Hiruko showed that his Cursed Seals remained intact.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Hiruko to transplant the two powers into him and warned that the Cursed Seal would destroy Hiruko's heart if anything happened to him.

Mukai confronted Isobu at the Three-Tails’ pool and used his repulsion, attraction, and high-voltage electricity to overpower the enraged beast. By the chapter’s end, Mukai’s million-volt attack had broken through Isobu’s armor, leaving him convulsing and close to death.

• Mukai brought Shukaku to Isobu’s pool and asked him to summon the Three-Tails, then help persuade him to accept a contract.
• Shukaku blasted the pool with air bullets, provoking Isobu to erupt from the water and attack him.
• Mukai stopped Isobu’s tail strike with repulsion, then used a charged metal rod to interrupt the Tailed Beast Bomb and shock Isobu.
• Mukai evaded Isobu’s water attacks while targeting gaps in his shell with precise lightning strikes, leaving Kisame Hoshigaki astonished.
• Mukai unleashed a million volts through Isobu’s armor, causing the Three-Tails to convulse in agony and struggle to escape.

Mukai subdued Three-Tails Isobu, bound him to a Summoning Contract, and recruited Kisame Hoshigaki before returning to the Land of Wind border fortress with Konoha’s forbidden techniques. After hearing that Konoha’s forces were suffering heavy losses, Mukai prepared to launch a counterattack and end the Third Shinobi World War.

• Mukai entered Isobu’s consciousness and forced him to submit and sign a Summoning Contract.
• Mukai had Kisame sign the contract with Isobu, then flew back toward the Land of Wind with Kisame and Miru.
• Ao and the Mist Ninja searched the area, failed to notice Isobu, and planned to send troops to support the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• At the border fortress, Mukai gave Komushi the Scroll of Seals to analyze and introduced Kisame to Tsunade as he explained that he had copied Konoha’s forbidden techniques.
• Tsunade told Mukai that Orochimaru and Jiraiya had suffered heavy losses while their teacher avoided the battlefield.
• With Konan, Sasori, Pakura, Nagato, and the younger fighters gathered, Mukai announced that they would counterattack and bring the Third Shinobi World War to an end.

Mukai led a force equipped with new mecha toward the Land of Wind border to bring the war to an end, while on the Land of Grass battlefield Roshi’s Lava Release overwhelmed Konoha’s forces. Minato used Gamabunta’s water attacks and the mist they created to get past Roshi’s defenses and strike at his eye.

• Mukai rallied Pakura’s, Shisō’s, and Chiyo’s mecha-equipped forces and declared that they would end the Third Shinobi World War.
• Ōnoki wounded Orochimaru with Dust Release and kept him occupied while Konoha’s ninja fought the other Iwagakure attackers.
• Roshi entered the battlefield in Four-Tails transformation and used Lava Release: Flower-Fruit Mountain to devastate Konoha’s front line.
• Minato attacked Roshi with Flying Thunder God but was forced back as Roshi’s lava armor and spreading magma narrowed his escape routes.
• Minato summoned Gamabunta, who exchanged water attacks with Roshi and filled the battlefield with steam.
• Minato used the mist to teleport close to Roshi and thrust a specially shaped Kunai toward his eye.

Roshi completed his transformation into the Four-Tails Son Gokū, forcing Minato Namikaze and Gamabunta to fight defensively as Iwagakure forces closed in. Minato disrupted Iwagakure’s attack with Flying Thunder God, but Son Gokū launched another assault as Konoha began retreating.

• Roshi’s Chakra erupted into the complete Four-Tails transformation, and Son Gokū attacked Minato Namikaze and Gamabunta with magma.
• Iwagakure ninja reshaped the battlefield to restrict Konoha’s movement while Ōnoki kept Orochimaru occupied.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to attack Iwagakure’s forces, and Orochimaru stopped Ōnoki from intervening.
• Minato redirected Son Gokū’s Lava Earth Dragon Bullet toward the Iwagakure position with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.
• Son Gokū hardened his lava armor, and Minato ordered Konoha to retreat to the third defensive line.
• Son Gokū leaped above the Konoha position and brought his clasped hands down toward it.

Mukai and Kisame arrived to help Minato’s forces withstand the Four-Tails’ magma assault, while Sasori and Konan went to assist Orochimaru. Sasori linked his Sword God Mecha to Hatake Sakumo’s fighting intelligence and launched a sword attack against Ōnoki.

• Mukai used his War God Mecha’s repulsive force to knock the Four-Tails back, and Kisame shielded Konoha’s position with a Water Formation Wall.
• Mukai threw the wounded Kakashi, Obito, and Rin out of the mecha, then sent Sasori and Konan to help Orochimaru.
• Kisame flooded the Four-Tails’ lava lake with Super Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
• Sasori deployed five Chakra Metal blades and synchronized them with Hatake Sakumo’s intelligence, forming the five opening stances of Hatake Swordsmanship.
• Sasori teleported toward Ōnoki, and Hatake Sakumo’s Haze Stance Windward Slash flashed before the Tsuchikage.

Five White Fang Ninja Blades attacked Ōnoki with Hatake Sakumo’s sword techniques, forcing him to interrupt his Dust Release and defend himself against their coordinated assault. Ōnoki remained trapped in battle with the blades as they continued pressing their attack.

• Ōnoki dodged a slash from one of five White Fang Ninja Blades and recognized them as Hatake Sakumo’s weapons.
• The five blades attacked Ōnoki with coordinated sword techniques, and he summoned a stone giant to block them.
• The blades broke through Ōnoki’s stone defenses and forced him to use Dust Release.
• Three blades delayed the Dust Release with a net of lightning while two others struck at Ōnoki’s hands, making him interrupt the technique.
• The five blades resumed their relentless assault, and Ōnoki used the Mountain Earth Technique.

Ōnoki was overwhelmed by five Hatake Sakumos and fell after one blade struck him with a technique that triggered Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags. Meanwhile, Kisame restrained the Four-Tails with water, and Mukai used the War God Mecha to make its Tailed Beast Bomb explode in its mouth and slam it to the ground.

• Ōnoki struggled against five incorporeal Hatake Sakumos, whose blades countered his attacks and wore down his defenses.
• One Hatake Sakumo blade pierced Ōnoki’s rock armor, disrupted his Chakra, and attached a paper crane bearing Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags to his chest.
• Kitsuchi caught Ōnoki as he fell, while the five blades protected Sasori and Konan from Iwagakure’s attacks.
• Kisame flooded the rift with water and bound the Four-Tails with the Water Prison Shark Dance Technique.
• Mukai struck the Four-Tails with the War God Mecha’s repulsive force, causing its Tailed Beast Bomb to explode in its mouth and knocking it onto the ground.

Mukai and Kisame overwhelmed the Four-Tails with the War God Mecha’s electromagnetic weapons and Water Release, leaving him barely alive. Mukai summoned Shukaku to seal the defeated beast and take him away.

• Mukai struck the Four-Tails’ front limb with an electromagnetic railgun, and the Four-Tails retaliated with lava attacks.
• Kisame extinguished the Four-Tails’ magma eruption and trapped him in a water prison while Mukai detonated a supercapacitor inside it.
• Mukai ordered Komushi to fire five storage scrolls’ worth of steel projectiles from the mecha’s electromagnetic cannons, nearly killing the Four-Tails.
• Kisame withdrew his Water Release and watched in shock as the Four-Tails lay crippled and helpless.
• Mukai summoned Shukaku and ordered him to seal the Four-Tails and drag him away.

Shukaku sealed Roshi and the Four-Tails, leaving Iwagakure defeated and prompting Ōnoki to request a ceasefire. Mukai rejected the offer and demanded Iwagakure's surrender instead.

• Shukaku used the Sand Waterfall Seal to trap the Four-Tails in a sealed sand pyramid until his presence vanished.
• Mukai warned the Iwa Ninja that he would kill them all if they continued resisting, and Kitsuchi urged Ōnoki to keep fighting.
• Ōnoki recognized that Iwagakure could not win and ordered a ceasefire, then approached Mukai with Kitsuchi to negotiate.
• Ōnoki requested that Mukai remove Konan's Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and offered to return to prewar borders and negotiate compensation.
• Mukai refused a ceasefire and told Ōnoki that Iwagakure had no choice but to surrender.

Mukai forced Ōnoki to accept Iwagakure’s unconditional surrender and postwar terms after defeating Kitsuchi and demonstrating control over the battlefield. He then revealed that he expected the Raikage to surrender as well and sent Minato and Orochimaru to the other battlefield.

• Mukai repelled Kitsuchi’s attack and warned him not to endanger Ōnoki, whose explosive tag remained in place.
• Mukai struck and paralyzed Ōnoki, then demanded Iwagakure disarm, submit to supervision, surrender key jutsu records, and face war-crimes investigations.
• Mukai rejected Kitsuchi’s protest and challenged Ōnoki to answer for the ordinary people harmed by Iwagakure’s invasion.
• Mukai said Tsunade, Pakura, and Sunagakure’s elites were supporting the Land of Rice Fields battlefield, where Kumogakure faced defeat.
• Ōnoki accepted Iwagakure’s surrender, and Mukai told him to wait for the Raikage before finalizing the postwar order.
• Mukai sent Minato to take Orochimaru to the other battlefield, saying the class reunion was missing someone.

Jiraiya faced the Third Raikage and the young Two-Tails Jinchūriki Yugito Nii alone on the Land of Rice Fields battlefield. As the fight intensified, he summoned Gamaken and Gamahiro to help, but the Raikage charged through his burning-oil attack with a deadly strike aimed at Jiraiya’s heart.

• The Third Raikage confronted Jiraiya, who had entered Sage Mode while the injured Orochimaru and Minato were away from the battlefield.
• The Raikage’s lightning-enhanced attacks overwhelmed Jiraiya’s defenses, and Jiraiya was injured while refusing to use the precious explosive ninja tools.
• Yugito began losing control of the Two-Tails’ chakra and attacked Jiraiya with blue flame spheres as the Raikage pressed his assault.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamaken and Gamahiro, assigning Gamaken to occupy Yugito while Gamahiro helped protect him from the Raikage.
• Jiraiya and the Toad Sages unleashed Sage Art: Goemon, but the Raikage charged through the burning oil and thrust a One-Finger Nukite toward Jiraiya’s heart.

Jiraiya and the Third Raikage both suffered serious injuries, while Yugito began losing control of the Two-Tails. Minato, Orochimaru, and Tsunade arrived to support Jiraiya, and the reunited Konoha Sannin summoned their giant allies to face the Raikage.

• Jiraiya and Gamahiro struck the Third Raikage with swords and Water Release, but Gamahiro vanished after taking Hell Stab for Jiraiya.
• Yugito’s Two-Tails cloak grew to two tails as Gamaken kept her attacks in check, and the Third Raikage prepared another Nukite strike against Jiraiya.
• Minato arrived with Orochimaru and Tsunade; Orochimaru raised Triple Rashomon, and Tsunade’s armored punch sent the Third Raikage flying.
• Minato told Jiraiya that Iwagakure’s forces had collapsed, while Tsunade gave Jiraiya Mukai’s combat armor and said she would compete for Hokage.
• Orochimaru warned that Yugito was going berserk and the Eight-Tails was approaching, so Tsunade called for the Sannin to fight together.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade summoned Gamabunta, Manda, and Katsuyu as Gamabunta readied his sword against the Third Raikage.

The reunited Konoha Sannin faced the Third Raikage, the Eight-Tails, and the rampaging Two-Tails, with Tsunade wearing Mukai’s Strength of a Hundred Battle Armor. Tsunade struck down the Third Raikage in a direct clash, leaving him injured and stunned as the battle continued.

• Manda and Gamabunta traded insults until Katsuyu urged them to focus on their opponents.
• The Konoha Sannin reunited to confront the Third Raikage, Killer B and Gyuki, and the rampaging Matatabi.
• Tsunade revealed her custom Strength of a Hundred Battle Armor and declared that Konoha would end the war.
• Gyuki attacked with Tailed Beast Eight Twists, while Jiraiya used Sage Art: Goemon and Katsuyu transmitted Chakra to Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru launched Billion All-Creation Snake Bite at Matatabi, but the Third Raikage intercepted him with Lightning Release: Exploding Fist.
• Tsunade punched the Third Raikage, sending him flying and leaving him injured and shocked by her strength.