Chapter Summaries

Ōnoki took Didaze to the Second Tsuchikage’s grave and retrieved hidden training manuals for two difficult Ninjutsu, while Didaze prepared to learn them before war began. Elsewhere, Kakuzu devastated Takigakure for hearts and bounties, Orochimaru took a Jonin’s body, and Kumogakure considered Kirigakure’s proposal to fight Iwagakure.

• Ōnoki and Didaze dug up the Second Tsuchikage’s grave and recovered a sealing scroll containing training pointers for the Splitting Technique and Dustless Bewildering Cover.
• Didaze promised to learn both Ninjutsu before the war and went home to study Dustless Bewildering Cover.
• Kakuzu killed four Jonin in Takigakure, including its leader, took their hearts and bodies, and left the village to mourn and bury them.
• Orochimaru killed a male Jonin near Takigakure, took his body, and decided to return to Konoha.
• The Third Raikage questioned Kirigakure’s sudden request for an alliance against Iwagakure, and its Anbu revealed that Iwagakure had invaded and stolen three Ninja Blades.

The Third Raikage agreed to ally with Kirigakure and wage war against Iwagakure. Meanwhile, Didaze struggled to master Dustless Bewildering Cover before visiting Nanako Uzumaki and her new friends.

• Dodai advised the Third Raikage to ally with Kirigakure, use their forces to get past Didaze's explosions, and attack Iwagakure.
• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure's Anbu to arrange an alliance, and the Kumogakure and Kirigakure representatives agreed on a time and place to meet.
• Didaze practiced Dustless Bewildering Cover and managed to make one arm invisible, while Ōnoki felt discouraged by Didaze's rapid progress.
• Didaze went to the Ninja Academy and met Nanako Uzumaki with two of her friends.
• One of Nanako Uzumaki's friends asked Didaze for an autograph, and he signed his name and the nickname "Bomb Maniac."

Nanako Uzumaki revealed that she had learned the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Didaze tested their strength while pointing out their speed was still lacking. Didaze then asked Karen to seal most of his chakra so he could train with only genin-level reserves.

• Didaze accompanied Nanako Uzumaki to the Sealing Squad to check on her training, and she told him she had learned an A-rank Sealing Jutsu.
• Nanako Uzumaki revealed to Karen that she had awakened the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Nanako Uzumaki bound Didaze with the chains, but he broke free using Earth Release: Hardening Jutsu and judged that their power was strong while their speed remained inadequate.
• Didaze asked Karen to seal his chakra down to genin-level reserves so he could train, and Karen prepared to do so.

Didaze completed his chakra-sealing training and improved his Dustless Bewildering Cover as war approached. Iwagakure voted to march against the allied Kumogakure and Kirigakure forces, while the Third Raikage pressured the Third Mizukage into providing more troops and accepting a smaller share of the spoils.

• Karen sealed Didaze's chakra for three days, and Didaze praised Nanako Uzumaki's progress before leaving to train.
• Didaze used the temporary reduction in his chakra to make his right hand invisible with Dustless Bewildering Cover.
• Ōnoki told Iwagakure's leaders that Kumogakure and Kirigakure were approaching, and the gathered officials unanimously voted to fight.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to march out the next day, with Didaze serving as a higher-up with voting rights.
• The Third Raikage and Yotsuki A met the Third Mizukage, who had brought fifteen hundred shinobi, and threatened to end their alliance.
• The Third Mizukage agreed to send another thousand shinobi and give Kumogakure seventy percent of the spoils, and the Third Raikage accepted.

Ōnoki and Didaze ambushed the Cloud and Mist Allied Forces from the sky as the armies converged at the Land of Earth's border. Their attack killed over a thousand ninja, and they hurried to escape before the surviving forces could retaliate.

• Ōnoki rallied Iwagakure's eight thousand ninja and led them toward the border, leaving a quarter of the village's forces behind.
• Didaze carried Ōnoki on his Clay Giant Bird, and the two spotted the approaching Cloud and Mist Allied Forces.
• The Third Raikage and Third Mizukage ordered their troops to form ranks after a sensory ninja detected Iwagakure's army.
• Didaze and Ōnoki flew high above the allied forces, then dove to launch a C3 No. 18 bomb and a Dust Release attack.
• The attacks killed over a thousand allied ninja, while the Third Mizukage's Water Release failed to stop Ōnoki's Dust Release.
• Ōnoki urged Didaze to retreat before the Cloud and Mist Allied Forces could attack them.

Didaze left the ambush site, then used Dustless Bewildering Cover to hide among the Kirigakure ninja as the allied forces reached Iwagakure’s army. The battle began with the Third Raikage breaking through Iwagakure’s defenses and fighting Han, while Ōnoki intervened and the Third Raikage leaped toward him.

• Didaze stopped attacking from the sky and returned to the Iwagakure army after killing roughly a thousand Cloud and Mist ninja, most of them from Kirigakure.
• Didaze revealed that he had mastered Dustless Bewildering Cover, then went into hiding among the Kirigakure ninja so he could infiltrate Kumogakure’s ranks during the battle.
• The Third Raikage led the Cloud and Mist Allied Forces against Iwagakure, pierced Kitsuchi’s Earth Style Walls with Four-Finger Nukite, and charged into the fight.
• Han enlarged Hiramekarei and used Boil Release to clash with the Third Raikage, who gained the advantage with Two-Finger Nukite.
• The Third Mizukage stopped Kitsuchi’s Mountain Earth Technique with Great Waterfall Technique, and Ōnoki forced the Third Raikage to retreat with Dust Release.
• The Third Raikage ordered his forces to attack and leaped toward Ōnoki, who hurriedly tried to dodge.

Didaze infiltrated the Cloud and Mist Allied Forces and used a nanoscale bomb to kill hundreds, while the Third Raikage and Third Mizukage devastated Iwagakure’s formations. The battle escalated as the Five-Tails, Three-Tails, and Two-Tails entered the fight, with both armies in chaos.

• Didaze hid among the Cloud and Mist Allied Forces with Dustless Bewildering Cover and detonated a nanoscale bomb that caused soldiers to explode.
• Ōnoki struck at the distracted Third Raikage, vaporizing part of his hair, but the Third Raikage retaliated by smashing through Iwagakure’s Earth Style Walls.
• Didaze fired a concealed Clay Bow and Arrow at the Third Mizukage, who blocked it before sweeping through Iwagakure’s troops with a Water Release attack.
• Dodai ordered the Cloud and Mist Allied Forces to attack as Han transformed into the Five-Tails and charged their ranks.
• Ōnoki diverted the Third Raikage from Han, and Dodai briefly held Han back with Rubber Wall while the Three-Tails and Two-Tails jinchūriki appeared on the battlefield.

Didaze used the storm and a coordinated attack to break through the Three-Tails' defenses and capture its unconscious jinchūriki. He carried the captive away on a Clay Giant Bird, giving Ōnoki's side an early advantage in the war.

• Han struggled to hold off the Three-Tails while the Two-Tails repeatedly attacked him.
• Didaze summoned a Clay Giant Bird, used a Fire Style technique to bring on rain, and struck the Three-Tails with C3 No. 18.
• Didaze's shadow clone placed a Giant Lightning Attraction Sphere on the Three-Tails, and Han leaped clear after the clone warned him to retreat.
• Didaze hit the weakened Three-Tails with another C3 No. 18, breaking its armor and knocking its jinchūriki unconscious.
• Didaze grabbed the unconscious Three-Tails Jinchūriki and flew away as Ōnoki celebrated the capture.

Didaze helped the Explosion Release Corps fight off Yagura and the Third Raikage, then created an opening to target the Six-Tails Jinchuriki and become its host. The Kirigakure sealing squad prepared to send Utakata into the battle, unaware that Didaze was coming for him.

• Yagura used the Water Mirror Technique to copy Gari, but Didaze's splitting Nano Bombs destroyed the clone and Gari wounded Yagura with the Blast Sword.
• The Third Raikage attacked the Explosion Release Corps, but Kōdo endured his Four-Finger Nukite with Steel Release and Hardening Jutsu.
• Didaze turned invisible and sent a shadow clone to attack Yotsuki A, drawing the Third Raikage away from Kōdo and buying time.
• The Kirigakure sealing squad, believing their forces were at a disadvantage, decided to send Utakata into the battle as he continued bawling.

Didaze captured Utakata and unleashed an invisible bomb on Kirigakure’s rear, devastating the village’s forces. With both Jinchūriki lost and the rear destroyed, the Third Mizukage ordered Kirigakure to retreat, blaming the Third Raikage for its losses.

• Didaze took Utakata from the Sealing Squad captain and handed him, along with the unconscious Three-Tails Jinchūriki, to Kōdo.
• The Third Raikage snapped Yotsuki A out of his confusion, and Yotsuki A rushed toward Kumogakure’s camp after hearing the Six-Tails Jinchūriki had been abducted.
• Ōnoki kept the Third Mizukage under pressure with Dust Release while Didaze used his last chakra to launch an invisible bomb at Kirigakure’s rear.
• The bomb destroyed Kirigakure’s rear and killed roughly five hundred ninja, adding to the village’s heavy losses.
• After learning the Six-Tails had been captured, the Third Mizukage ordered Kirigakure to retreat and swore revenge on the Third Raikage.

The Third Mizukage and Kirigakure fled the battlefield, forcing the Third Raikage to order Kumogakure’s retreat while he covered the rear. Didaze persuaded Ōnoki not to pursue, and after Iwagakure withdrew too, the Third Raikage mistook the retreat for a trap and rushed after his army.

• The Third Mizukage fled with only seven or eight hundred Kirigakure ninja remaining, leaving the Third Raikage and Kumogakure to face Iwagakure alone.
• Dodai asked whether Kumogakure should retreat, and the Third Raikage ordered his forces to withdraw while he held off pursuers.
• Didaze convinced Ōnoki that killing the Third Raikage would cost Iwagakure too many men and risk future conflict with Kumogakure.
• The Third Raikage waited for Iwagakure to attack as Kumogakure retreated, but Ōnoki eventually ordered Iwagakure’s army to withdraw as well.
• After Iwagakure left the battlefield, the Third Raikage suspected Ōnoki had staged a diversion and rushed after his retreating army.

After Iwagakure defeated Kumogakure’s forces, Didaze chose to become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki to overcome his chakra shortage. He sealed the Six-Tails inside himself with help from Nanako Uzumaki and Karen, while both women collapsed from the effort and were taken to the hospital.

• The Third Raikage found Dodai and the main force unharmed, then ordered them to return after Iwagakure’s overwhelming victory.
• Didaze told Ōnoki he wanted to become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and Ōnoki agreed to take responsibility for sealing it inside him.
• Ōnoki imprisoned the Three-Tails Jinchūriki, and the next day Didaze released Utakata from the seal, allowing him to die painlessly as the Six-Tails emerged.
• Didaze and Ōnoki attacked the Six-Tails, but its corrosive spray kept the Sealing Squad from approaching.
• Nanako Uzumaki restrained the Six-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Karen used the Four Symbols Seal to bind it.
• Karen sealed the Six-Tails inside Didaze, then collapsed; Ōnoki carried Nanako to the hospital, and Didaze carried Karen there.

At the hospital, Didaze entered his mental space and persuaded Saiken, the Six-Tails, to trust him by telling her about the Sage of Six Paths and the coming threats. He helped Saiken move her consciousness into a miniature body and brought her outside, leaving Ōnoki astonished.

• Ōnoki told Didaze that Nanako was recovering after using too much chakra and praised her for knowing the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Didaze entered his mental space to confront the restless Six-Tails and learned that her name was Saiken.
• Didaze claimed the Sage of Six Paths had warned him about Otsutsuki Kaguya, the Ten-Tails, and beings from beyond the heavens, and Saiken believed him after they bumped fists.
• Didaze opened the seal and taught Saiken to move her consciousness into a miniature Six-Tails body.
• Didaze returned from his mental space with miniature Saiken on his shoulder and told Ōnoki that they had made peace.

Didaze kept the Six-Tails’ miniature clone at home after Iwagakure celebrated its victory. Worried that Iwagakure had taken Kirigakure’s Tailed Beasts, the Third Mizukage called for a Five Kage Summit, and the Third Hokage agreed to attend.

• Ōnoki questioned Didaze about reconciling with the Six-Tails, and Didaze refused to explain how it happened.
• The Six-Tails introduced himself as Saiken, and Didaze settled his miniature clone in his home after Nanako and Karen recovered.
• The Third Mizukage summoned a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to address Iwagakure’s capture of the Six-Tails and to seek the return of Kirigakure’s three Ninja Blades.
• Ōnoki agreed to attend, while the Third Mizukage sent an Anbu messenger to Kumogakure and Yagura to Konoha; Kumogakure beat up the messenger but agreed to come.
• Yagura reached Konoha, where Uchiha clan members were guarding the gate and helping improve their clan’s reputation in support of Tsunade.
• The Third Hokage read the Third Mizukage’s letter and agreed to attend the summit.

Orochimaru returned to Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed him and saw a chance to strengthen his position. As the Five Kage Summit approached, Ōnoki and Didaze planned to give Konoha stolen Sharingan to drive a wedge between Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Uchiha Clan.

• An Anbu reported Orochimaru's arrival, and Hiruzen Sarutobi hurried to the Konoha Gate to meet him.
• Orochimaru offered no resistance as the guards verified his identity, and Hiruzen Sarutobi greeted him with a tearful display of joy.
• Yagura notified the final village, and the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages agreed to attend the Five Kage Summit.
• Didaze proposed that Iwagakure give its Sharingan to Hiruzen Sarutobi in exchange for his support and to deepen tensions between him and the Uchiha Clan.
• Ōnoki approved Didaze's plan and ordered an Anbu squad to take all the Sharingan to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Didaze sent Golden Tiger on Ōnoki’s mission to negotiate with Konoha, offering Sharingan as proof of Iwagakure’s sincerity. Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to cooperate after Shimura Danzō eagerly accepted the Sharingan.

• Ōnoki gave Didaze a token and tasked him with arranging the mission through the Anbu.
• Didaze recruited Golden Tiger, explained that completing the mission could earn Ōnoki’s favor, and urged him to act quickly.
• Golden Tiger presented Hiruzen Sarutobi with a scroll containing ten pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, fifteen pairs of two-tomoe, and thirty pairs of one-tomoe.
• Shimura Danzō declared that Konoha would cooperate and took the scroll, after which Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed the agreement.

Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated with Shimura Danzō over the Sharingan, while Ōnoki and his companions arrived at the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. The summit opened with arguments over Iwagakure’s Tailed Beasts, and Hiruzen Sarutobi defended Ōnoki’s right to keep the Six-Tails.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Shimura Danzō’s demand for half the Sharingan and gave him only one tenth after their argument.
• Ōnoki chose Kōdo and Didaze to accompany him to the Five Kage Summit, and Didaze flew them to the Land of Iron on a Giant Bird.
• Ōnoki, the Third Mizukage, the Third Kazekage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the Third Raikage arrived at the summit, where Kōdo recognized Orochimaru among Hiruzen Sarutobi’s escorts.
• The Third Mizukage demanded that Iwagakure return its Tailed Beasts, and Ōnoki confirmed that his village had four.
• Ōnoki offered to sell the Three-Tails to the Third Kazekage, but the Third Mizukage warned him against accepting.
• The Third Raikage asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for his view, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said Iwagakure should keep the Six-Tails.

The Five Kage argued over Iwagakure’s Tailed Beasts and Kirigakure’s Ninja Blades, with Ōnoki refusing to give up his gains. The summit ended with Kirigakure agreeing to pay for the Three-Tails but failing to recover its blades or the Six-Tails.

• The Third Mizukage pressed Ōnoki to return the Six-Tails or compensate Kirigakure, while the Third Raikage repeatedly slammed the table and Gaku told him to stop disrupting the summit.
• The Third Raikage proposed that Iwagakure hand over another Tailed Beast, and Ōnoki mocked him and rejected his demands.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that Iwagakure should return the Three-Tails, and Ōnoki and the Third Mizukage traded insults before Ōnoki demanded one hundred million ryō for it.
• Yagura cooled the Third Mizukage’s anger, and the Mizukage agreed to pay two hundred million ryō for the Three-Tails and asked to buy three Ninja Blades.
• Ōnoki refused to sell or return the Ninja Blades, and Hiruzen Sarutobi backed Iwagakure’s decision as the Third Mizukage accepted recovering only one Tailed Beast.
• Gaku declared the second Five Kage Summit concluded after Ōnoki told Kirigakure to collect its Jinchūriki soon.

The Second Shinobi World War ended after the Five Kage Summit, and the villages returned to a brief peace. In Konoha, Hatake Sakumo discovered masked ninja abducting a child and resolved to stand against the village’s darkness.

• Didaze and Ōnoki left the summit, discussed Orochimaru’s escape, and planned for Didaze to train before leading Nanako Uzumaki’s Jonin team.
• The Kage departed the Land of Iron, Kirigakure agreed to pay a heavy ransom, and the Second Shinobi World War ended.
• The Third Kazekage praised Sasori to Granny Chiyo and considered him a future Kazekage.
• Jiraiya pestered Orochimaru about his return, while Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo he would surpass him as the Konoha White Fang.
• Hatake Sakumo worried that Hiruzen Sarutobi was targeting him, then heard a plea for help and found masked ninja carrying off an unconscious child.
• Hatake Sakumo killed the abductors and declared that Konoha’s darkness had surpassed its light.

Shimura Danzō halted Root’s recruitment after Hatake Sakumo confronted his men, while Iwagakure collected Kirigakure’s ransom and released the Three-Tails Jinchūriki. In the first half of Konoha Year 44, Nanako Uzumaki graduated and went to meet her Jonin instructor on the rooftop.

• Shimura Danzō ordered Root to stop recruiting and avoid clashing with Hatake Sakumo for the time being.
• Ōnoki accepted two hundred million ryō from Kirigakure and ordered Kōdo to take the Kirigakure Anbu to the prison to retrieve the Three-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Kōdo told Han that guarding the Three-Tails Jinchūriki had earned him an S-rank mission and a ten-million-ryō reward, then Han released the prisoner.
• Nanako Uzumaki and her classmates Reigyō and Watanabe Kawa were called last to meet their instructor on the rooftop.
• A long-haired, golden-haired man smiled as Nanako Uzumaki and the others approached.