Recaps

After Kōki’s Wood Release devastated a Sunagakure force, the village targeted him while Konoha sent him to the front, where he served in the medical camp. Chiyo’s poison overwhelmed Konoha’s wounded, and Kōki developed an antidote that Rin Takakura tested successfully before they brought it to Genji Ryōma.

• Kōki used Wood Release to destroy much of the Sunagakure force, but an injured survivor escaped with intelligence about him, prompting Sunagakure to plan a hunt for the Wood Release user.
• Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to intensify the war, sought help from other villages, and planned to use Bunpuku to draw Kōki out, while Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Kōki and his restored jonin teammates to the front.
• Orochimaru assigned Kōki to the medical unit, where Rin Takakura and Genji Ryōma saw him treat wounded ninja and develop his medical skills.
• Rasa led a nighttime poison attack against Konoha, but Orochimaru’s forces drove Sunagakure back after their clash, leaving heavy losses on both sides.
• Chiyo’s poison then afflicted Konoha’s patients, and Orochimaru struggled to identify it or save the growing number of casualties as Tsunade remained missing.
• Konoha disrupted Sunagakure’s supply routes, temporarily halting the fighting, while Kōki studied Sunagakure’s poison records and developed an antidote.
• Rin Takakura tested Kōki’s antidote on herself after deliberately poisoning a cut, confirmed that it neutralized the toxin, and took him to tell Genji Ryōma.

Kōki developed an antidote that let Konoha turn the tide against Sunagakure, then joined the fighting and confronted the Chikamatsu Three. The arc left Kōki facing their puppets as they raised a barrier against his diverted Rasengan.

• Kōki developed an antidote for Sunagakure’s poison, and Orochimaru ordered its production under Kōki’s guidance.
• Shikaku Nara’s ambush plan helped Konoha surprise Sunagakure with a thousand recovered ninja, forcing Rasa and Chiyo to retreat.
• Chiyo concluded Konoha had cured its poisoned ninja and chose to avoid large battles until Bunpuku arrived.
• Aizen and Jörmungandr found the dying Hozuki Setsugetsu, who spent his last day seeing the world before watching the sunrise and dying.
• Kōki joined the battle independently, killed groups of Sunagakure ninja, and drew the attention of the Chikamatsu Three.
• Kōki revealed that he knew about Sasori and the missing Third Kazekage, then fought Raizo, Nagi, and Saki’s puppets.
• Kōki destroyed one of the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets with Tsunade’s Superhuman Strength Technique, prompting the trio to attack from a distance.
• Kōki launched a Super Big Ball Rasengan, Saki diverted it with Three Treasures Suction Crush, and Nagi and Raizo raised a Machine Light Shield Seal.

Kōki defeated Rasa, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Shukaku, forcing Sunagakure to surrender and withdraw from the Land of Rivers. As Konoha prepared to reinforce its other fronts, Kōki headed toward Iwagakure and tested Setsugetsu’s unusual ice power.

• Rasa and Kōki fought to a stalemate until both armies retreated, while Danzo lost leadership of Root after Hiruzen confronted him about the Wood Release experiments.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha to launch an all-out assault, and he and Kōki drove Chiyo and Rasa’s forces into retreat before stopping to face the approaching One-Tail.
• Bunpuku transformed into Shukaku, who joined Rasa against Kōki, but Kōki’s Wood Release trapped and drained the tailed beast.
• Chiyo, Ebizo, Rasa, and Shukaku enclosed Kōki in the Sandstorm Dharma Realm, but Kōki released the Yin Seal and summoned a Wood Human and Wood Dragon to overwhelm them.
• Chiyo surrendered and ordered Sunagakure to withdraw, while Kōki released Shukaku and Orochimaru agreed to negotiate reparations and an alliance.
• Madara learned of Kōki’s victory and sent White Zetsu to lead Iwagakure’s forces to Obito, while Ōnoki sought Kumogakure’s help against Konoha.
• Konoha sent Orochimaru to reinforce the Kumogakure front as Kōki traveled toward Iwagakure and discovered that Setsugetsu had gained an Ice-Ice Fruit Logia ability.
• Kōki tested Setsugetsu in battle, but his attacks passed through the ice user and Setsugetsu froze Kōki’s advancing trees, leading Kōki to end the fight after recognizing his strength.

Kōki defeated Iwagakure’s Jinchūriki and learned Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Forest. As Kōki left to reinforce Konoha’s failing Kumogakure front, Ōnoki hired the Light Organization to pursue a mission after losing Roshi.

• Kōki returned to the Iwagakure battlefield and routed its forces, earning the name Green Demon, while Jiraiya learned of the Light Organization and its mysterious attack on Kōki.
• Aizen recruited Fujimura Kasen, Koizumi Kana, and Chimori Akira as peripheral members, then secured an agreement with Rōran to use the Dragon Vein in exchange for protecting the city.
• Ōnoki sent Roshi and Han to fight Kōki, who defeated both Jinchūriki and suppressed their Tailed Beasts, though Iwagakure retreated with Han and Konoha kept Roshi prisoner.
• Kōki sent Roshi’s blood and tissue to Aizen for research, then asked Katsuyu to teach him Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Forest.
• Kōki rapidly mastered natural energy, developed an improved Sage Mode, and learned chakra fusion principles from Katsuyu the Sage, who warned him about its dangers and limits.
• Hiruzen ordered Kōki to take troops from the Iwagakure front and reinforce the Kumogakure front after Kumogakure’s Tailed Beasts routed Konoha’s forces.
• Kōki departed for the Kumogakure battlefield, while Ōnoki posted a sun-marked bounty mission after learning Kitsuchi had lost Roshi, and Aizen accepted it for the Light Organization.