Recaps

Tobirama reflected on how Izuna had changed the way Ninja viewed grief and memorials, then encountered Madara searching for Izuna. A brilliant light and familiar Chakra appeared near Hokage Rock, and Madara raced toward it.

• Tobirama visited the envoys from the other four nations and invited them to the Memorial Service, which they agreed to attend.
• Walking home, Tobirama considered how Izuna had helped Ninja recognize grief and taught them to guide others out of numbness.
• Madara found Tobirama and demanded to know where Izuna was after discovering that Izuna had disappeared from the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• A bright cross-shaped light and familiar Chakra appeared near Hokage Rock, and Madara raced toward them, suspecting Izuna was there.

Izuna woke with enormous black wings and fled into the sky before Madara could see them. He followed a temporary system mission toward the area above Hokage Rock, while Madara searched for him below.

• In a dreamlike void, a boy with black wings raised his head as someone tried to prevent him from awakening.
• Madara bathed Izuna, cleaned their home, and prepared dinner while Izuna slept.
• Izuna woke when wings emerged from his back and discovered that he could make them flap and lift him.
• After a system prompt directed him above Hokage Rock, Izuna flew out of the courtyard as Madara came looking for him.
• Izuna watched Madara rush off to search the village, then decided to keep away until he understood the wings and glided toward Hokage Rock.

Izuna unlocked the Summoning System on Hokage Rock and used a Five-yen Coin to summon Mokushō, a yōkai who became his shikigami. Mokushō identified Izuna as a tengu, and Izuna discovered that he could retract his wings by thinking about it.

• Izuna found the Summoning System and saw that it required a Five-yen Coin to summon.
• Izuna discovered a coin in his cuff, found the projected Summoning Array, and tossed the coin into its money box.
• A boy named Mokushō appeared and introduced himself as a yōkai and Izuna’s new shikigami.
• Mokushō called Izuna a Lord Tengu because of his black wings and noble bearing.
• Izuna asked how to retract his wings, and they promptly shrank into his back when he thought about it.

After accepting Mokushō as his shikigami, Izuna showed an uncharacteristic lack of caution and casually reunited with Madara and Tobirama. The chapter ended with Izuna jumping off a cliff and landing safely on a roof, leaving Madara and Tobirama stunned.

• Izuna asked Mokushō what he planned to do, and Mokushō explained that he could go unnoticed by others.
• Madara and Tobirama arrived at the clifftop, and Madara checked on Izuna while Tobirama asked about his eyes.
• Izuna invited Tobirama home, thanked him for helping his eyes, and then jumped off the cliff.
• Izuna slowed his fall and landed safely on a roof, then waved up at Madara and Tobirama.
• Madara thanked Tobirama for Izuna's newfound strength and began climbing down the cliff, while Tobirama put away his Flying Thunder God Kunai.

Izuna revealed his newly awakened Tengu wings and his summoned Shikigami, Mokushō, after Madara mistook his strange movements for evidence that he was an impostor. Madara accepted that Izuna was his little brother, though he still wanted to know more about what Izuna was hiding.

• Izuna told Madara he had tried summoning, while Hashirama and Tobirama investigated a clean circle and a small clog print at Hokage Rock.
• Madara noticed Izuna moved unlike a Ninja and attacked him at home, accusing him of not being Izuna.
• Izuna revealed his black wings, and Mokushō explained that Izuna had awakened as a Tengu.
• Madara questioned Izuna about his wings, his survival after jumping off a cliff, and summoning Mokushō, while Izuna demanded compensation and dinner.
• Izuna accidentally knocked over a wind chime and a door panel with his wings, convincing Madara that he was his careless little brother.

Izuna, Madara, and Mokushō discussed Izuna’s supposed awakening as a Tengu and the powers Mokushō attributed to Tengu. They discovered that Izuna and Mokushō both knew Naruto, leaving Madara to wonder what Mokushō’s references to Amaterasu meant.

• Izuna ate a meal after recovering from several days of unconsciousness, while Madara questioned Mokushō about being Izuna’s Shikigami.
• Mokushō described Tengu as powerful, proud beings and said Izuna had awakened as one, leaving Izuna baffled and Madara skeptical.
• Mokushō said Tengu could fly and control the weather, and Madara teased Izuna by limiting him to one piece of Three-Colored Dango a day.
• Mokushō added that Tengu could conjure ordinary flames, prompting Izuna to ask how he knew about Amaterasu.
• Izuna tested Mokushō with a Naruto catchphrase, and they excitedly realized they had both watched Naruto.

Izuna learned that Mokushō could become useful by possessing an old object and teach him Onmyōji techniques. After Izuna used written characters to turn a stick into an iron-cutting weapon, Madara ordered him to study.

• Mokushō explained that he had lost his abilities as a tree spirit after becoming a Shikigami, but could change forms by possessing an old object.
• Mokushō refused to possess the crow Netsuke because a tsukumogami already inhabited it, then offered to teach Izuna Onmyōji techniques.
• Mokushō claimed that writing the characters for “Iron-Slaying Blade” on a stick would make it capable of cutting iron, and Madara brought Izuna a stick and a piece of armor to test it.
• Izuna wrote the characters on the stick and split the iron armor in two with a single blow.
• Madara saw the result and told Izuna to study.

Mokushō explained that forcing a concept onto an object exacted a price, and Madara realized Izuna had used his Light Blade to erase others’ distress at the cost of his own memories. Mokushō revealed that he could help Izuna use the power without harming himself, then left after Madara gave him money.

• Mokushō explained that Izuna’s Iron-Slaying Blade had broken because wood could not naturally cut iron, and that removing another person’s distress would make the user bear their pain.
• Madara recognized that Izuna had already used the Light Blade to clear bewitched people’s minds and had likely fallen unconscious from the cost, though Izuna could not remember doing so.
• Mokushō reassured them that people did not forget such experiences permanently, and Madara tried to comfort Izuna before Izuna changed the subject.
• Madara demanded that Izuna release Mokushō’s Contract after learning its backlash could harm Izuna, but Mokushō promised he could help remove negative emotions without a price.
• Mokushō explained the bond between Shikigami and Onmyōji, and Madara gave him money to stay at an inn before he departed.
• Madara brushed wood chips from Izuna’s clothes and avoided explaining the move he had mentioned as Izuna went to bed.

Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara questioned Jigen about Isshiki, and Jigen recounted how Isshiki took over his body a thousand years ago. He explained Isshiki’s plan to cultivate a God Tree and revealed that Black Zetsu was the manifestation of Otsutsuki Kaguya’s consciousness.

• Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara visited Jigen at the temple and asked why Isshiki targeted Izuna, what Isshiki’s connection to Black Zetsu was, and whether Isshiki would return.
• Jigen thanked the three for their help and agreed to explain his history, beginning with how Isshiki entered his body as he tried to help a dying stranger.
• Jigen said Isshiki gradually took control of his body and that he learned of the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s practice of planting God Trees to harvest planetary life force.
• Jigen explained that Isshiki’s partner attacked him before being sacrificed to the God Tree, leaving Isshiki gravely injured and forced to survive inside Jigen for a thousand years.
• Jigen identified Black Zetsu as the manifestation of Otsutsuki Kaguya’s consciousness, revealing that she was the one who ambushed Isshiki.

Jigen explained Kaguya’s betrayal of the Ōtsutsuki, the origins of the White Zetsu and Tailed Beasts, and Isshiki’s plan involving Hashirama and Madara. The threat of the Ōtsutsuki Main Family remained in the future, while Hashirama promised to find a way to free Jigen from the place where he was trapped.

• Jigen explained that Kaguya made the White Zetsu from humans, and that her sons sealed her and the Ten-Tails’ empty shell in the moon after splitting its Chakra into the Nine Tailed Beasts.
• Jigen revealed that Black Zetsu sought to free Kaguya and that Isshiki had wanted Hashirama and Madara, whose Chakra descended from Asura and Indra, to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Tobirama said he had begun studying the White Zetsu samples, whose true purpose remained unknown.
• Jigen assured Hashirama that Izuna had completely erased Isshiki, including every Kāma, and explained how Kāma enabled an Ōtsutsuki to reincarnate through a host.
• Jigen warned that the Ōtsutsuki Main Family’s retrievers would eventually come to the planet seeking the God Tree’s fruit.
• Hashirama thanked Jigen and promised to find a way to free him from his confinement.

Madara told Hashirama and Tobirama that Izuna’s summoned Shikigami, Mokushō, had revealed the Uchiha were Tengu in another world, and they planned to examine him while keeping Izuna’s feelings in mind. Meanwhile, the Sarutobi elders debated how to repay their enormous debt to Izuna for saving their clan’s fighters, fearing Madara would eventually demand a costly repayment.

• Madara recounted how Izuna summoned Mokushō, a tree yōkai who described the Tengu and Onmyōji in Izuna’s world, and how Madara sent him to an inn.
• Tobirama objected to Madara letting Mokushō leave and proposed having the Yamanaka Clan probe his memories, while Hashirama urged caution for Izuna’s sake.
• Madara agreed to begin with an examination of Mokushō and watch him for suspicious behavior rather than immediately searching his mind.
• The Sarutobi elders reviewed how Izuna’s light technique helped all twenty-three clan reinforcements survive Isshiki’s attack, leaving the clan with a great debt of gratitude.
• Sarutobi Sasuke’s uncle complained that Madara refused to let the clan offset the debt, and an elder warned that such a debt might have to be repaid with their lives.

The Uchiha and Senju elders debated how to respond to the Uchiha’s role in saving Konoha and the possibility that Madara would compete to become the next Hokage. Both clans agreed to act cautiously, while tensions over the future Second Hokage remained unresolved.

• Sarutobi Sōun agreed to have Sasuke ask Uchiha Izuna about the Uchiha’s intentions, while Konoha’s clans considered how to repay the lives Izuna had saved.
• Uchiha Shigō and the other Uchiha elders argued over whether to seek benefits or build goodwill, then decided to send supplies, offer missions, and relinquish most village positions.
• Shigō told the Uchiha elders that Izuna’s arrangements were intended to prepare Madara to compete for Hokage, so the clan needed to avoid suspicion.
• Senju Kai objected when an elder claimed the Second Hokage should be Senju, and the Senju Elder defended the village’s rule that the successor would be chosen jointly.
• Kai argued that Izuna had saved gravely injured villagers who otherwise would have died, and the Senju Elder ordered the clan to treat the Uchiha fairly and avoid giving others grounds to criticize them.

Madara struggled to accept that the Izuna who returned was not his dead brother, but chose to protect him and preserve the stranger’s fragile sense of home. He left the Shrine’s basement resolved to shelter Izuna, despite the doubts and sacrifices that choice brought.

• Madara realized the returned Izuna had memories and relationships from a different world, but told Hashirama he would handle any threat himself.
• When Izuna removed his eye, Madara panicked and begged him not to leave; after Izuna explained that Tobirama had grown a replacement, Madara welcomed him back.
• Madara planned to kill Izuna during their walk by the Naka River, but abandoned that plan after Izuna punched him away with Monster Strength and rushed to help him.
• While recovering, Madara watched Izuna care for him and practice an unfamiliar sword style, and decided to protect him despite suspecting that Izuna knew something was wrong.
• Madara told Uchiha Hikaku that Izuna had returned and instructed the clan to treat him naturally as the Second-in-Command.
• In the Shrine's basement, Madara resolved to shelter Izuna and guard the fragile life he had brought into Madara's world.

Madara discovered that Izuna had awakened his Sharingan and Tengu powers, including an instinctive ability to control wind and fly. At work, Izuna read the memorial arrangements and learned about the deaths of Haruhi and Asari, but his muted reaction troubled Tobirama.

• Madara found Izuna celebrating his newly awakened Sharingan while an unrecognized wind swirled leaves around him.
• Izuna's wings appeared as he left home, and Madara yanked him down, then warned him to hide them from others.
• Madara told Izuna that Tobirama had completed the paperwork during his absence, and Izuna headed to the Hokage Building.
• Izuna greeted children on the way to work and gave them konpeito.
• Tobirama showed Izuna the memorial schedule, where Izuna recognized the names of Hyuuga Haruhi and Senju Asari among the dead.
• Izuna asked whether the deceased had left last letters so their unfulfilled wishes could be carried out, while Tobirama questioned why he did not seem sad.

Izuna arranged the Memorial Service and went to find Mokushō, who had been banned from a gambling den after winning repeatedly and turning a table into frogs. At a secluded training ground, Hideki thanked Izuna for saving Sōsuke, and Mokushō explained that Hideki could see spirits through his innate Yin-Yang Eyes before proposing that he learn Yin-Yang Jutsu with Izuna.

• Izuna told Tobirama he felt some regret over Kasuga and Asari’s deaths and began planning the Memorial Service, including checking on the victims’ families and drafting an opening speech.
• Hashirama agreed to preside over the service, while Izuna took responsibility for visiting the deceased’s families.
• Madara heard that Izuna had gone to visit the families, then realized he could not remember the name or identity of the person Izuna was seeking.
• Izuna found Mokushō outside a gambling den with winnings and supplies after Mokushō had won seventeen rounds, turned a table into frogs, and been permanently banned.
• Izuna took Mokushō and Hideki to a secluded training ground, where Hideki thanked him for saving Sōsuke and explained how he had encountered Mokushō.
• Mokushō said Hideki could see him through his innate Yin-Yang Eyes and proposed that Hideki stay and learn Yin-Yang Jutsu with Izuna.

Izuna visited Kasuga’s parents to ask about his belongings and unfulfilled wishes, and they told him how Kasuga had changed after his older brother Akiyuki died because of the Hyuga Main Family’s Caged Bird Seal. Their account ended with the day Izuna called Kasuga’s name on the street, leaving Izuna to hear what happened next.

• Izuna visited Kasuga’s home on behalf of Konoha’s administration and asked Takayuki and Kasuga’s mother about Kasuga’s belongings and last wishes.
• Kasuga’s parents explained that Kasuga had once been a cheerful child who admired his talented older brother, Akiyuki.
• Akiyuki died after a Main Family member used the Caged Bird Seal during a retreat, leaving him vulnerable to an enemy’s Water Release attack.
• After Akiyuki’s funeral, Kasuga devoted himself to mastering the Gentle Fist and became a renowned fighter, but his hatred of the Main Family left him isolated.
• Takayuki began telling Izuna that Kasuga’s life changed again on the day Izuna called out to him in the street.

Izuna visited the families of people killed by Isshiki to collect their belongings and final wishes, learning how his actions had changed Kasuga’s life and how much pain Asari had carried. After hearing Asari’s cousin agree to attend the Memorial Service, Izuna left with Mokushō, who asked whether he wanted to learn how to guide the dead to the afterlife.

• Takayuki told Izuna that his music and ideas had inspired Kasuga to support Hyuga reform and join Izuna’s production crew.
• Izuna visited families across the clans, listened to their memories of the dead, and invited them to the Memorial Service.
• Asari’s cousin recounted the deaths that had shaped Asari’s life and explained that Asari had not hated Izuna.
• Izuna asked Asari’s cousin to attend the Memorial Service, and the man agreed.
• As Izuna and Mokushō left the Senju Clan Compound, Mokushō asked if Izuna wanted to learn how to guide the dead to the afterlife.

Izuna practiced Transcendence for the Memorial Service with Mokushō’s guidance, while Madara brought him dinner at the Training Ground. The chapter ended with the brothers sharing a quiet moment after Madara praised Izuna’s song.

• Mokushō told Izuna that he could learn Transcendence by practicing swordplay and singing with his Rhythm Game System.
• Izuna sent a Shadow Clone to tell Madara where he was practicing.
• Madara prepared dinner and rice balls, then followed the clone’s directions to the Training Ground.
• Madara watched Izuna practice Transcendence as warm light spread from him and he sang.
• Madara brought Izuna the packed meal, and Izuna claimed Mokushō was a Biwa Hōshi he had met on the road.
• Madara praised Izuna’s song and gently rubbed his head.

Mokushō met with Tsukimiyo, who had arrived in the Land of Fire in the crow Netsuke, and worried about Tobirama’s unexplained presence and intentions. Meanwhile, Ōnoki struggled with the fact that his uncle Kudan Moku would not be commemorated in Konoha despite dying to protect its people.

• Mokushō retrieved the crow Netsuke and spoke with Tsukimiyo, who warned him to find Tobirama and stay within his limits.
• Tsukimiyo transformed into a crow, slapped Mokushō into the bushes, and flew back to Madara’s residence, settling beside Izuna’s pillow.
• Mokushō wondered why Tobirama had left without saying goodbye and questioned how Tsukimiyo had reached this world.
• Ōnoki recalled finding and then losing the crow Netsuke in the Land of Fire’s Capital.
• Ōnoki brooded over Kudan Moku’s death and the decision to bury him in the Land of Earth without listing his name at Konoha’s Memorial Service.

Izuna and Tobirama organized Konoha’s Memorial Service and debated whether to honor a Rock Ninja who died protecting a Konoha shinobi. Izuna proposed a permanent register for foreign Ninja who died for Konoha, and Tobirama agreed to draft rules for it.

• Izuna and Madara went to the Hokage Building, where Izuna and Tobirama reviewed plans and supplies for the Memorial Service.
• Izuna learned that Envoy Ishimi had refused to let Kudan Moku, a Rock Ninja killed while protecting a Konoha shinobi, be included in the service.
• Izuna argued that Konoha should honor Kudan Moku and described a memorial tradition for foreign volunteers who died helping another country.
• Hashirama endorsed Izuna’s proposal to create a Memorial Register for foreign Ninja who died for Konoha and eventually establish a cemetery for them.
• Tobirama agreed to draft rules for the register that day and put the cemetery proposal on the agenda for a future village affairs meeting.

Izuna rehearsed a complicated piece for the Memorial Service, using Haeharu’s mental link to teach the band its full arrangement. Meanwhile, Ōnoki explored Konoha and sneaked into the Amusement Park with Hinata and the other children, who discovered the rehearsal and listened from outside.

• Izuna gave the band his difficult score and, with Haeharu’s help, shared the completed piece through a mental link.
• Ōnoki bought a short sword as a keepsake for Kudan Moku and wandered through Konoha, wishing he could visit the closed Amusement Park.
• Hinata invited Ōnoki to sneak into the Amusement Park, and he joined Hinata and the other children exploring it.
• Golden light and music led the children to the theater, where they heard the band struggle through the piece.
• Izuna told the musicians to focus on conveying the song’s emotion rather than reproducing the original, and they began rehearsing again.

At the memorial service for the sixteen warriors killed fighting Isshiki, Hashirama and the fallen families honored the dead while struggling to express their grief. Izuna performed a song that filled the Dueling Arena with golden light and orchestral music, leaving Tobirama wondering what he was doing.

• Hashirama delivered a eulogy at the Dueling Arena, honoring the sixteen warriors who had died fighting Isshiki.
• The fallen warriors' families offered incense and shared brief, grief-stricken words before the altar.
• Izuna asked Tobirama to bring the family speeches to a close early, and Tobirama arranged for the waiting families to return to their places.
• Izuna took the stage in light-colored robes and began singing and dancing to music played by the musicians.
• Golden light spread from Izuna and an unseen orchestra joined the accompaniment, moving the mourners to tears.
• Tobirama noticed that the light resembled the battlefield's rainbow radiance and wondered what Izuna was trying to do.

Izuna’s memorial performance summoned the souls of seventeen fallen Ninja, allowing them to briefly reunite with their loved ones before ascending amid a field of flowers. The service ended with the crowd stunned, while Tobirama worried about the mysterious power behind the phenomenon and Hashirama trusted that Izuna was safe among them.

• As Izuna sang and danced, Natural Energy surrounded him and seventeen souls of the fallen appeared above the Dueling Arena.
• The deceased approached their families and friends, including Kudan Moku, who comforted Ōnoki and Tōho as they grieved.
• White beams carried the souls skyward while flowers spread across the arena, and the gathered families watched them depart with smiles.
• Izuna ended the memorial service, then joined Madara, who draped a Haori around his shoulders and offered to make him tea.
• Tobirama questioned whether Izuna’s soul-guiding power could be replicated or misused, while Hashirama reassured him that Izuna was on their side.

After the memorial service, the Four Nations’ envoys stayed in Konoha to understand its growing power and consider the danger of united Ninja. Ishimi urged the Land of Earth to treat its Ninja with respect, while Quhai warned that the Land of Whirlpools could be destroyed and challenged Hang’s faith in Hashirama’s protection.

• The Four Nations’ envoys asked Hashirama to let them remain in Konoha and observe its reconstruction and daily life, and he welcomed them.
• Ishimi reflected on Kudan Moku’s memorial and wrote to the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, urging him to treat the country’s Ninja with the highest courtesy.
• Quhai feared the Land of Whirlpools would become a target because it was ruled by Ninja, and he told Hang they needed to bind their country to Konoha.
• Hang dismissed Quhai’s concerns and trusted Hashirama and the Senju-Uzumaki ties to protect them.
• Quhai argued that Hashirama would put Konoha’s peace before the Land of Whirlpools’ survival and asked Hang why he would risk that peace for their distant blood ties.

After Quhai dismissed Hideki to explore Konoha, Hideki visited Sōsuke and noticed the town’s new warmth while still feeling like an outsider. Uchiha Izuna then grabbed him and insisted on taking him somewhere, leaving Hideki protesting as he was dragged along.

• After Hang stormed out and Yuansheng followed, Quhai sent Hideki away to explore while he considered how to secure Konoha’s support for the Land of Whirlpools.
• Hideki visited Sōsuke at Konoha Hospital, left fruit by his bed, and went wandering through the streets.
• Hideki saw Konoha residents offering one another small acts of help and goodwill, but felt excluded because he was not a Konoha ninja.
• Uchiha Izuna startled Hideki on the street and invited him to come along, admitting he had left a Shadow Clone to handle his diplomatic duties.
• Izuna seized Hideki’s sleeve and dragged him away despite Hideki’s protests.