Chapter Summaries

Hinata told Itachi that the Third Hokage had not been as benevolent as he believed, then arranged for Sasuke to meet him after their battle. Back in the cave, she encouraged Naruto to train harder and began planning new genjutsu, hoping to get Sasuke to teach her Uchiha techniques and share Tailed Beast chakra.

• Hinata told Itachi that Sasuke had won their battle and directed Sasuke to his location on the island.
• Hinata left Itachi and returned to the cave, where Jiraiya was comforting a discouraged Naruto.
• Hinata told Naruto that Sasuke had defeated Itachi but the Masked Man had taken both brothers away with Space-time ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya encouraged Naruto to train, and Naruto recovered his spirits and vowed to make the Nine-Tails acknowledge him as its big brother.
• After Jiraiya left to get food, Hinata went deeper into the cave to think up a new ninjutsu and planned to ask Sasuke for genjutsu and Tailed Beast chakra.

Hinata returned to Konoha after settling matters with Sasuke and Itachi, then briefed Hyuga Hiashi on her plans and the clan’s progress in learning Sage Mode. Hiashi praised her strategy but warned that the Three Great Sage Regions’ long history made their power mysterious, and Hinata replied that humans and animals were still different.

• Hinata planned to learn Genjutsu from Itachi and help Sasuke master his Mangekyō Sharingan, awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and eventually obtain the Rinnegan.
• Hinata told Sasuke to infiltrate the Akatsuki and seek Tailed Beast Chakra, while she intended to train with him and help him grow stronger.
• Hinata recounted the mission to Hyuga Hiashi, who approved her approach because it would let the Hyuga Clan stay out of the spotlight while other powers kept one another in check.
• Hinata asked about the clan’s training, and Hiashi said most members were still learning to sense Natural Energy and that the Hyuga residence was not ideal for Sage Mode cultivation.
• Hiashi warned Hinata that the Three Great Sage Regions were mysterious given their thousand-year history, and Hinata answered that humans and animals were not the same.

Hinata weighed how to secretly control Nagato and arrange for Madara Uchiha's revival while Akatsuki closed in on the remaining Tailed Beasts. In Amegakure, Nagato grew suspicious of the man claiming to be Madara Uchiha as Konan announced his arrival.

• Hinata reviewed the Shinobi World's intelligence and noted that Akatsuki had captured the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails, leaving the Seven-Tails and Eight-Tails at risk.
• Hinata realized she could not openly confront Nagato in Amegakure without exposing herself, so she planned to assassinate him and use the Tenseigan's Spirit Ball to control him.
• Hinata decided to speak with Black Zetsu to learn Akatsuki's plans, then returned to studying Genjutsu.
• In Amegakure, Nagato reflected on Yahiko's death and felt uneasy despite nearing his goal of capturing the Seven-Tails and Eight-Tails.
• Konan told Deva Path Pain that the man claiming to be Madara Uchiha had arrived, and Nagato questioned the man's identity before going to meet him.

Pain agreed to begin Akatsuki’s campaign against Kumogakure while remaining wary of Obito and his plans. In the Land of Water, Sasuke questioned Itachi’s future, and Itachi claimed he would settle down despite still worrying about Konoha.

• White Zetsu reported that Konoha had sent Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Guy to Takigakure, while Hinata Hyuga might secretly protect the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Obito urged Pain to handle the Eight-Tails personally and prepare for war with Kumogakure; Pain agreed to start with Kumogakure.
• Konan warned Pain that Obito might use the Five Great Shinobi Villages against Akatsuki, and Pain said he would be careful.
• In a mountain cabin in the Land of Water, Sasuke asked Itachi Uchiha what he planned to do, and Itachi said he would find a village and settle down.
• Sasuke suspected Itachi still intended to live as a Konoha ninja, while Itachi admitted that he could no longer report what he knew about Hinata and the Hyuga Clan to Konoha.

Sasuke left Itachi and planned with Hinata to awaken the Rinnegan and seize chakra from the Nine Tailed Beasts. Hinata warned him that the Sage of Six Paths might invade his spiritual world.

• Sasuke revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, said he was leaving, and walked away from Itachi.
• Hinata told Sasuke that Itachi had entrusted restoring the Uchiha clan to him and urged him to keep pursuing that goal.
• Hinata directed Sasuke to fuse with Hashirama Cells at Orochimaru's and then meet her near the Land of Rain.
• Hinata explained that Sasuke could challenge Nagato for control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, take Nine Tailed Beasts chakra, and retreat.
• Sasuke agreed to the plan, while Hinata cautioned him to watch for Orochimaru's schemes and the Sage of Six Paths.

Hinata explained to Sasuke that the Sage of Six Paths sought control and outlined her plan to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, then seal her again if necessary. Outside the Ninja World, Urashiki arrived to investigate the Chakra Fruit and realized the world and its threats were more formidable than he had expected.

• Hinata told Sasuke that the Sage of Six Paths wanted to shape the world according to his own ideas and had likely planned to use Sasuke and Naruto against Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Hinata said she would revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and try to convince her to abandon her plans, with Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata ready to seal her again if persuasion failed.
• Sasuke agreed with Hinata’s plan and believed he could fight Kaguya Otsutsuki after awakening the Rinnegan and absorbing the Nine Tailed Beasts’ chakra.
• After ending the call, Hinata decided that Madara Uchiha’s revival would leave no one able to stop her, and dismissed the threat posed by Itachi Uchiha.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki arrived outside the Ninja World to investigate the Chakra Fruit and noticed signs that a traitor was still alive.
• Urashiki sensed the world’s abundant Natural Energy and realized that Kaguya Otsutsuki and the power that sealed her might be dangerous to him.

Urashiki Otsutsuki investigated the Ninja World, decided its inhabitants posed little threat, and encountered Sasuke, whose unusual chakra caught his attention. Sasuke recognized Urashiki as an Otsutsuki and confronted him about his purpose, while Urashiki asked where Sasuke had obtained his power.

• Urashiki sensed Kaguya's presence had been sealed and detected chakra sources related to his clan as he entered the Ninja World.
• After observing the natives, Urashiki concluded that most were ordinary people and that the ninja were weak.
• Urashiki spotted Sasuke in the Land of Rice and noticed his enormous, sinister chakra and unusual eyes.
• Sasuke sensed Urashiki watching him, drew his Kusanagi Sword, and identified him as an Otsutsuki.
• Urashiki said he had come to investigate Kaguya and reclaim the Chakra Fruit, then asked Sasuke where he had stolen Otsutsuki power.

Urashiki mistook Sasuke’s knowledge of him and Otsutsuki power for evidence that another version of himself had traveled to this timeline and been defeated. Sasuke and Urashiki began fighting, and after Sasuke injured and mocked him, Urashiki healed himself and attacked in earnest.

• Urashiki inferred that another version of himself had come to this timeline and been defeated, then decided he had to kill Sasuke before gathering intelligence and chakra.
• Urashiki attacked Sasuke with a storm of red-glowing fishhooks, but Sasuke blocked them with his Kusanagi Sword and charged at him.
• Urashiki knocked Sasuke back with his fishing rod, but Sasuke struck Urashiki’s arm with Amaterasu and mocked him.
• Urashiki absorbed the black flames into his fish basket, formed a chakra pill, and healed his burned arm.
• Urashiki grew furious, opened his Rinnegan, and swung his fishing rod at Sasuke without holding back.

Sasuke fought Urashiki but was drained and beaten after Urashiki used his fishing rod to steal Sasuke’s chakra and life force. Just as Urashiki prepared to reclaim power from another space-time, Hinata arrived and pinned him with Truth-Seeking Orb rods.

• Sasuke used Susanoo and a purple arrow to attack Urashiki, but Urashiki transformed into red-light paper cranes and struck him from behind with the fishing rod.
• Urashiki drained Sasuke’s chakra and physical and spiritual energy, leaving Sasuke unable to fight effectively.
• Urashiki knocked away Sasuke’s final sword strike, kicked him down, and boasted that few on the planet could match him.
• Sasuke challenged Urashiki, who sensed danger as four Truth-Seeking Orb rods pierced his limbs and pinned him down.
• Hinata appeared, restored some of Sasuke’s strength, and asked when Urashiki had arrived.

Hinata drove Urashiki away and searched for him while Sasuke went to fuse with Hashirama Cells and pursue the Rinnegan. Urashiki appeared at Mount Myōboku, targeting Naruto’s chakra and putting the toad sages in immediate danger.

• Hinata rescued Sasuke from Urashiki, struck the Otsutsuki with an Air Palm, and watched him escape through a Space Gate.
• Hinata explained that meeting his future self had changed their timeline and warned Sasuke that Urashiki might interfere with the Tailed Beasts.
• Sasuke left to fuse with Hashirama Cells, while Hinata searched for Urashiki using the Artificial Satellite and then flew toward outer space.
• At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya and the toad sages discussed the altered future and the danger they could not identify.
• Urashiki emerged from a Space Gate above Mount Myōboku, recognized Naruto’s chakra, and decided to reclaim some of it.

Urashiki attacked Jiraiya and Naruto, revealing his Rinnegan and trying to capture Naruto. Jiraiya struck him with a Rasengan, but Urashiki recovered and launched a barrage of hooks at them.

• Naruto fell from the stone peak, then Jiraiya placed himself between Naruto and Urashiki and challenged the intruder.
• Jiraiya's Flame Bullet was repelled by Urashiki's Shinra Tensei, and Jiraiya and the toads recognized Urashiki's Rinnegan.
• Urashiki saw the Nine-Tails inside Naruto and decided to pursue the chakra he wanted to reclaim.
• Gamabunta attacked Urashiki from above, but Urashiki escaped through a Space Gate and appeared behind Naruto to seize him.
• Jiraiya anticipated Urashiki's move and hit him with a Rasengan, sending him flying.
• Urashiki angrily fired countless fishhooks at Jiraiya and Naruto.

Jiraiya, Naruto, Fukasaku, and Shima fought Urashiki, while Jiraiya recognized the danger posed by his vast power and limited combat experience. In space, Hinata failed to locate Urashiki and considered traveling to the moon to seek records that could strengthen her.

• Jiraiya used the Swamp of the Underworld to trap Urashiki, and Naruto attacked with a swarm of Rasengan-wielding Shadow Clones.
• Urashiki escaped the attacks with Shinra Tensei and struck Jiraiya with his fishing hook, but Jiraiya used a mud clone and his hair to counterattack.
• Jiraiya warned Naruto not to underestimate Urashiki and called on Fukasaku and Shima to help use a stronger technique.
• Hinata searched the Shinobi World and outer space for Urashiki but could not find him.
• Hinata considered using her abilities against Urashiki, then contemplated traveling to the moon to seek Hagoromo Otsutsuki's records from Toneri's branch.

Hinata traveled toward the moon while reflecting on her alien ancestry, as Jiraiya confronted Urashiki and learned why he had come to the Ninja World. Urashiki escaped after deciding to target weaker natives and absorb their chakra, leaving the threat of the Otsutsuki clan unresolved.

• Hinata headed for the moon and wondered whether her Hyuga heritage made her an alien.
• At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya prepared to enter Sage Mode while questioning Urashiki about his origins and purpose.
• Urashiki explained that he had come to reclaim the power of Kaguya's Chakra Fruit and identified Naruto as Otsutsuki power.
• Jiraiya realized that Urashiki matched the enemy from beyond the world described in Indra's Genjutsu and asked whether he had met others.
• Urashiki sensed Jiraiya's Natural Energy and opened a Space Gate after failing to defeat him.
• Urashiki retreated, planning to absorb weaker natives' chakra and learn their techniques before the Otsutsuki clan returned.

Hinata approached Otsutsuki Toneri’s castle on the moon and examined its puppets and powerful yellow Tenseigan while considering the eye’s origins. Toneri remained convinced the Ninja World should be destroyed, and Hinata wondered whether the Tenseigan’s power came from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and accumulated Natural Energy.

• Otsutsuki Toneri recalled meeting a Hyuga girl when he was young and declared that the Ninja World had failed and should be destroyed.
• Hinata reached the moon and judged Toneri’s beliefs understandable but his plan to destroy the world and marry her unforgivable.
• Hinata used the Tenseigan’s power to inspect Toneri’s castle and discovered its humanoid puppets and the chamber containing the yellow Tenseigan.
• Hinata considered whether the Tenseigan could evolve beyond its known power and questioned how it had become strong enough to protect the castle from planetary destruction.
• Hinata speculated that the Tenseigan might have absorbed Natural Energy from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and wondered whether White Zetsu could have gained similar power over a thousand years.

Hinata suspected that Hamura might still be alive and secretly drawing power from the Demonic Statue, so she left the moon and decided to monitor it. At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya prepared to report Urashiki’s arrival, while the Great Toad Sage began explaining the toads’ origins.

• Hinata theorized that Hagoromo had linked the yellow Tenseigan to the Demonic Statue and feared Hamura might still be alive and powerful.
• Hinata decided not to touch the yellow Tenseigan, left the moon, and resolved to watch it with Artificial Satellites.
• At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya told Naruto that the outsiders had arrived and said he needed to report the situation to Tsunade.
• Fukasaku took Jiraiya to meet the Great Toad Sage, who warned that the Ninja World was entering troubled times and that the outsiders sought the Tailed Beasts’ power.
• The Great Toad Sage began telling Jiraiya about the toads’ origins.

Jiraiya learned from the Great Toad Sage that Kaguya Otsutsuki created White Zetsu and that the Otsutsuki clan came from another world to plant the God Tree. He reported the threat to Tsunade, who grew concerned about Naruto, Hinata, and Akatsuki, leaving the village facing an uncertain enemy and unanswered questions about Nagato.

• The Great Toad Sage recounted Kaguya Otsutsuki's creation of White Zetsu before falling asleep again, and Fukasaku arranged for Jiraiya to return to Konoha.
• Jiraiya burst into Tsunade's office while she was changing, then avoided her anger by reporting that he had encountered enemies from beyond the world.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that the Otsutsuki clan sought to plant the God Tree and that White Zetsu may have been created to resist them.
• Tsunade worried that the Otsutsuki might target Naruto on Mount Myōboku, while Jiraiya admitted he had left Naruto there without considering the danger.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed Hinata's possible Rinnegan awakening and the Otsutsuki's potential to grow stronger by learning ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya said White Zetsu was not from the current era and warned that someone might already be using Nagato.

Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed the Akatsuki being manipulated, while Hinata grew wary of Hagoromo and Hamura and decided to hasten her plans. She monitored Orochimaru and Sasuke, then ordered preparations for the coming move against Nagato as Otsutsuki threats emerged.

• Tsunade suspected that the masked man had used the Akatsuki, and Jiraiya reassured her before agreeing to return to Mount Myōboku to check on Naruto.
• Hinata speculated that Hagoromo and Hamura might have pursued their own schemes after sealing Kaguya, and resolved to obtain the Nine Tailed Beasts' chakra sources and accelerate the battle with Nagato.
• Hinata used her Tenseigan to observe Orochimaru's base, where Orochimaru had taken Urashiki's clone body and transplanted two Byakugan, while Sasuke lay unconscious as Hashirama Cells and his existing powers interacted.
• Hinata asked Orochimaru for puppet-making materials and a super astronomical telescope, and told him to go to Amegakure once Sasuke awakened and adjusted to his eyes.
• Hinata warned Orochimaru that members of the Otsutsuki clan had arrived in the Ninja World, and inferred that Orochimaru wanted to claim Urashiki's power for himself.

Hinata watched the Six Paths of Pain attack Kumogakure and considered how the assault might serve Obito’s plans. The Raikage confronted Pain after destroying one Path, but Pain repelled his attack with Shinra Tensei.

• Hinata spotted six powerful chakra signatures near Kumogakure and recognized them as the Six Paths of Pain.
• Pain launched the attack, using Summoning Beasts to wreak havoc while several Paths secretly searched for Killer B.
• The Raikage rushed into battle, destroyed a giant centipede, and learned that at least three enemies with Rinnegan were attacking.
• Hinata observed the destruction and suspected Obito wanted to exploit the chaos to seize Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• The Raikage crushed one Path of Pain and confronted the Heavenly Path, which demanded that Kumogakure hand over the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Raikage attacked Pain, but Pain used Shinra Tensei to blast him back.

Hinata watched Pain attack Kumogakure and saw the Raikage fall into the Preta Path’s chakra absorption trap. Pain killed the Raikage, and Killer B arrived to find his brother dead as Pain declared that capturing the Eight-Tails would bring peace.

• Pain dragged the buried Raikage from the rubble and questioned him about Kumogakure’s Nintaijutsu while Hinata secretly observed from above.
• The Raikage charged Pain, but the Preta Path ambushed him and drained his chakra as Pain demanded the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s location.
• Hinata noticed Killer B entering the battlefield while Kumogakure’s shinobi fought Pain’s summoned beasts.
• When the Raikage refused to answer, Pain stabbed him through the head with a black iron rod and killed him.
• Killer B saw his brother’s body, and Pain told him that the Raikage’s death would promote peace and that the Eight-Tails would end war.

Pain defeated Killer B and killed the Raikage and more than a hundred Cloud Ninja during the battle in Kumogakure. Hinata watched from afar, then left to pursue her plans to take Urashiki’s chakra and claim the eye in the Tenseigan Chamber.

• Killer B entered Tailed Beast Mode and charged Pain, but Pain blasted him through buildings with Shinra Tensei.
• The Cloud Ninja saw the Raikage’s corpse and charged Pain to avenge him, but Pain killed more than a hundred with another Shinra Tensei.
• Pain pulled Killer B from the rubble with Banshō Ten'in, and the Preta Path absorbed his Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Hinata sensed that Obito and White Zetsu were absent and considered how Akatsuki’s plans would lead to Kaguya’s return.
• Hinata decided to kill Urashiki, absorb his chakra, and obtain the eye in the Tenseigan Chamber before leaving Kumogakure.