Recaps

Jiraiya prepared to leave Konoha with Naruto to stabilize his Nine-Tails Chakra and pursue Sasuke, while Karin joined the mission to help track him. Sakura asked Naruto to bring Sasuke home and resolved to grow stronger before they returned.

• Jiraiya told Kakashi he would take Naruto away and asked him to keep Danzo from interfering with Sasuke's missing-nin warrant.
• Karin asked to join the journey, explaining that her sensory ability could locate Sasuke, and Jiraiya accepted her on the condition that she follow orders.
• Sakura told Naruto she felt too weak to protect her comrades and admitted she had not treated him as one before.
• Naruto encouraged Sakura and promised to bring Sasuke back in one piece.
• Sakura asked Naruto to return Sasuke and vowed to become stronger before Naruto and Sasuke came back.

Hinata told Hiashi she would fight to protect Naruto, and Hiashi recognized her as the Hyuga heir and ordered her to train in the clan’s secret techniques. Later, Hiashi reflected on Hizashi’s sacrifice and the clan’s weakness, concluding that the Hyuga would need a new course as change approached.

• Hiashi questioned Hinata about whether she would charge at Pain, and she firmly said she would protect Naruto and everyone else.
• Hiashi acknowledged Hinata’s resolve, named her the Hyuga heir, and ordered her to begin training in Eight Trigrams 128 Palms.
• Hiashi reread Hizashi’s letter and remembered that his brother had chosen death to protect Neji and the clan amid Konoha’s political crisis.
• Hiashi saw Neji training and told Hanabi that she and Hinata would train together in the Main Family’s secret teachings.
• Hiashi considered the Hyuga Clan’s dependence on adaptation and wondered how it would face the coming changes.

Naruto and Karin left Konoha with Jiraiya to train and gather intelligence, while Sakura resolved to pursue special medical training. Danzo secretly ordered Root to follow the group and kill Sasuke if they encountered him, and Karin detected Root agents tailing them.

• Jiraiya, Naruto, and Karin said goodbye to their friends and departed Konoha to begin their journey.
• Sakura gave Karin medical supplies and asked her to tell Sasuke that everyone was waiting for him, while Hinata gave Naruto a protective amulet.
• Sakura asked Kakashi to enroll her in the Anbu's special medical training course so she would no longer have to wait helplessly.
• Danzo ordered the Owl squad to follow Jiraiya's group and kill Sasuke if they encountered him, keeping the order from the two elders.
• Karin sensed three Chakra signatures following them, and Jiraiya identified the pursuers as Root agents and said they needed to shake them off.

Jiraiya taught Naruto and Karin how to shake off Danzo’s trackers while leading them toward Rainbow Spring, where Karin sensed an abnormal Chakra signature and discovered someone disguised beneath a merchant carriage. Meanwhile, Tsunade and the other Kage continued negotiating an alliance and debated how to protect the Jinchūriki.

• Jiraiya, Naruto, and Karin used Chakra disguises, misleading trails, and a toad’s taunting note to lose the Owl Squad pursuing them on Danzo’s orders.
• On the way to Rainbow Spring, Jiraiya assigned Naruto wind-nature training and Karin sensory-ninjutsu practice; Karin detected an abnormal Chakra signature heading toward the Land of Hot Water.
• Jiraiya demonstrated wind-nature transformation, then hid with Naruto and Karin as a merchant party passed; Karin sensed a Transformation Technique concealed beneath its carriage.
• Tsunade learned that Jiraiya had left the village with Naruto and Karin, then joined the other Kage to discuss the alliance and protection of the Jinchūriki.

Sasuke accepted Orochimaru’s new Sage Cursed Seal to gain power, while Orochimaru and Kabuto transformed Kimimaro with cells and senjutsu chakra. After Kimimaro survived with a partial Sage Mode, Orochimaru prepared to use the failed cells on Kabuto.

• Sasuke asked Orochimaru for a faster way to grow stronger and accepted the new Sage Cursed Seal.
• Orochimaru implanted the seal in Sasuke, whose body collapsed after the markings spread, and Kabuto stabilized him with medicine.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto began a cell-fusion experiment to save Kimimaro from his bloodline disease.
• Kimimaro survived the fusion with bone wings and snake-scale markings, and Orochimaru classified his result as Half-Sage Mode.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had collected Kimimaro’s rejected cells and offered Kabuto his own evolution with the mixture.

Fū argued with Shibuki about leaving Takigakure to meet Naruto, but he kept her confined because the Akatsuki was targeting the Jinchūriki. As White Zetsu’s spies monitored her, Fū dreamed of being attacked and woke with a new fear that someone was watching her.

• Fū demanded that Shibuki honor his promise to take her to Konoha, but he explained the Akatsuki threat and ordered stronger security around her.
• Fū spoke with Seven-Tails Chōmei about Naruto and wished she were strong enough to leave the village safely.
• Three White Zetsus watched Fū at the waterfall and reported her movements, following orders to continue surveillance until the Five Kage Summit ended.
• Fū dreamed that White Zetsus swarmed her, then woke frightened and told Chōmei that she felt watched.
• Chōmei told Fū not to leave the village the next day, and Fū accepted the warning without arguing.

Utakata trained Hotaru in the basics of bubble Ninjutsu while reflecting on the Heavenly Screen and his painful past as a Jinchūriki. He warned her against seeking a tailed beast’s power, then began teaching her proper Chakra control as she resolved to restore the Tsuchigumo Clan without becoming a Jinchūriki.

• Hotaru showed Utakata her new Ninjutsu, and he corrected her Explosive Tag timing while deciding to increase her training.
• Utakata discussed the Heavenly Screen’s visions and the possibility of war with Saiken, then wondered whether Kirigakure might change under Mei Terumi.
• Hotaru secretly practiced Hand Seals from copied Heavenly Screen notes, but her attempt to use Earth Release failed.
• Utakata demonstrated Water Release: Wild Bubble Wave, told Hotaru that strength came from the self, and began teaching her bubble control from the basics.
• When Hotaru asked whether becoming a Jinchūriki would make her stronger, Utakata warned that it was a curse and recalled his own traumatic transformation.
• Hotaru vowed to restore the Tsuchigumo Clan without becoming a Jinchūriki, and Utakata smiled faintly as he walked away.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki awakened in the Pure Land, saw the Heavenly Screen, and feared that an outside threat was approaching the Shinobi World. On the moon, Toneri watched the shinobi battles and planned to take Hanabi Hyuga’s Byakugan to complete his Tenseigan and bring about his vision of peace.

• Hagoromo watched footage of Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, Madara, and Hashirama, and remembered how Indra’s and Asura’s reincarnations had fought across generations.
• Hagoromo suspected the Heavenly Screen signaled the arrival of the people from beyond the heavens and set out to warn the living world, especially the two children.
• Toneri watched the Five Kage battle Madara and judged the shinobi to be obstacles to his plans.
• Toneri monitored Hanabi Hyuga, decided her Byakugan was the best choice for perfecting his Tenseigan, and planned to wait until she turned twelve.
• Toneri trained with his puppets, studied the Hyuga clan records, and meditated on completing the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Hanabi suddenly felt watched while training and looked up at the sky.

The Great Sage Lands watched the Heavenly Screen show powerful shinobi and reflected on humanity’s growing strength. The White Snake Sage decided to use Kabuto and keep an eye on Sasuke, while the Katsuyu Sage praised Tsunade’s progress and reaffirmed her land’s path of healing and coexistence.

• Fukasaku and Shima watched Naruto fight Pain, and Fukasaku said Jiraiya would soon bring Naruto to Mount Myōboku.
• The White Snake Sage watched Itachi, Sasuke, and Kabuto on the Heavenly Screen and dismissed Manda’s threat against the toads, warning that visitors from beyond the heavens were more dangerous.
• Fukasaku, Shima, and the Iwasuku Great Toad reflected on humanity’s potential and the toads’ choice to ally with humans as summoning beasts.
• After seeing Edo Madara overpower the Five Kage, the White Snake Sage told Orochimaru to bring Kabuto to Ryūchi Cave and ordered Tagitsuhime to keep watching Sasuke.
• The Katsuyu Sage watched Tsunade break Madara’s Susanoo, praised her progress, and recalled how Asura had restored Shikkotsu Forest with Wood Release.

Jiraiya, Naruto, and Karin uncovered Orochimaru’s experiments combining Cursed Seals with Natural Energy, but learned nothing about Sasuke’s whereabouts. Meanwhile, Sasuke adapted to Orochimaru’s new seal and intensified his training, determined to gain enough power to face Itachi and everyone who harmed the Uchiha.

• Karin sensed concealed Sound Ninja chakra near Rainbow Spring, so Jiraiya investigated while Naruto and Karin followed him to an abandoned mine.
• Jiraiya found records of a new Cursed Seal and test subjects mutated by Natural Energy, then hurried back toward town after Naruto reported Sound Ninja heading there.
• At a warehouse, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Karin fought two Sound Ninja, including one whose failed transformation made him attack Karin; the mutated ninja died, and the survivors revealed no useful information about Orochimaru or Sasuke.
• Jiraiya concluded Orochimaru was trying to control Natural Energy through Cursed Seals and resolved to accelerate Naruto’s Senjutsu training.
• Sasuke adapted to Orochimaru’s new Cursed Seal, used Natural Energy-enhanced Chidori, and requested live combat training.
• Orochimaru told Sasuke that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan required killing someone close to him, and Sasuke responded that he was grateful to have severed his bonds early.

The Five Kage ended their summit by agreeing to share intelligence and coordinate against the Akatsuki and other hidden threats. Back in Konoha, Tsunade ordered surveillance of both the Land of Rain and Danzo’s Root, while Danzo learned that Anbu had increased their watch on his organization.

• Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Raikage A, Ōnoki, and Gaara shared reports of Akatsuki activity and other suspicious discoveries before agreeing to establish a joint intelligence network.
• Tsunade and Mei Terumi parted at Konoha’s entrance after discussing border patrols, Naruto’s protection, the masked man, and Danzo’s Root.
• Tsunade ordered an elite team to monitor the Land of Rain and assigned Anbu and Hyuga clan members to keep Root under constant surveillance.
• Tsunade approved Danzo’s request for Root supplies but ordered Konoha personnel to oversee their distribution.
• Danzo learned that Anbu surveillance of Root had tripled and ordered his members to cease their activities.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages deployed forces to monitor the Akatsuki in the Land of Rain while Pain learned their positions and chose to delay his plans until the Three-Tails revived. The chapter ended with Konan patrolling the border as Pain watched the allied forces, unaware that a paper butterfly had passed over a Konoha outpost.

• Raikage A, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Baki arranged their villages’ teams and gave them secret or village-specific objectives for the Land of Rain mission.
• A week later, Shikaku Nara briefed the assembled shinobi on establishing a dispersed surveillance perimeter around Amegakure and warned them not to engage Akatsuki members alone.
• Konan and Zetsu reported the allied forces’ numbers, outposts, and surveillance network to Pain, who decided to wait two years for the Three-Tails to revive rather than expose Akatsuki’s strength.
• Pain ordered Zetsu to monitor Deidara and Hidan, continue searching for Orochimaru, and keep the Akatsuki’s plans on track.
• Konan agreed to follow Pain and left to patrol the border while Pain ordered special attention to Konoha and Kumogakure.
• A Konoha Ninja sensed that someone was watching the outpost as a paper butterfly silently flew overhead.

The Heavenly Screen reappeared and announced a future confrontation between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, identified as reincarnations of Asura and Indra. Konoha’s residents reacted with alarm as indistinct figures appeared on a desolate battlefield, leaving everyone waiting to see what the screen would reveal.

• The Heavenly Screen returned above the Shinobi World and announced Naruto Uzumaki versus Sasuke Uchiha as its third ranking.
• Sakura Haruno worried that Sasuke might never return, while Ino Yamanaka tried to comfort her.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to maintain order and summoned Konoha’s Jonin to discuss the screen.
• Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Lee, and Tenten reacted to the announced fight and speculated about Naruto and Sasuke’s future.
• Shimura Danzō watched the screen and blamed Hiruzen’s past indecision for Sasuke’s path.
• Sakura decided to visit Tsunade with Ino, as indistinct figures appeared on a desolate battlefield and Konoha fell silent.

The Heavenly Screen showed Sasuke declaring that he would kill the Five Kage, control the Tailed Beasts, and lead a revolution, provoking fear and unrest in Konoha. Tsunade resisted Danzo’s attempt to label Sasuke a traitor, while the village prepared for an emergency meeting and Naruto watched the screen from the Land of Hot Water.

• Sasuke used his Rinnegan to control all Nine Tailed Beasts and announced his plan to kill the Five Kage and remake the Shinobi World through revolution.
• Sakura collapsed in despair as the Heavenly Screen showed Sasuke’s declarations and the Tailed Beasts falling under his control.
• Konoha villagers panicked and gathered near the abandoned Uchiha Clan Compound, prompting Tsunade to order them home and mobilize the Jonin.
• Danzo called for Sasuke to be declared an S-rank missing-nin and assassinated, but Tsunade refused to surrender her authority over her subordinate.
• Kakashi argued that the future shown on the Heavenly Screen could still be changed, and Tsunade called an emergency meeting of the major clan heads.
• Naruto watched the Heavenly Screen while eating ramen at a hot spring inn in the Land of Hot Water.

Sasuke sealed the Tailed Beasts and declared that he would kill Naruto before facing him at the Valley of the End. In the present, Naruto vowed to stop Sasuke, while Orochimaru, Pain, and the Fourth Raikage reacted to the future shown on the Heavenly Screen.

• Sasuke used Chibaku Tensei to trap the Nine Tailed Beasts in nine stone spheres and told Naruto he planned to take the Tailed Beast Chakra inside him.
• Naruto refused to let Sasuke kill him, and Sasuke vanished after challenging him to meet at the Valley of the End.
• In Orochimaru's base, Sasuke reacted eagerly to his future self, while Orochimaru and Kabuto discussed the Rinnegan and the Sage of Six Paths.
• At a hot spring inn, Naruto angrily vowed to find Sasuke, and Jiraiya urged him not to act rashly.
• In Amegakure, Pain and Konan reconsidered their plans after seeing Sasuke's future Rinnegan.
• In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage vowed to stop Sasuke if he came to their village.

At the Valley of the End, Sasuke declared that he would rule the shinobi villages and bear all their hatred, forcing Naruto to confront his plan and defend their shared past. As the Heavenly Screen showed their future conflict, shinobi across the world reacted to Sasuke’s resolve and to revelations about the Sage of Six Paths, the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the reincarnation cycle.

• Sasuke told Naruto he would concentrate the world’s hatred on himself, rule all the villages, and create a pure white future by severing the past.
• Naruto challenged Sasuke’s right to decide everyone’s future and reminded him that he could not erase his bond with Itachi; Sasuke said he would begin by fighting Naruto.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Karin, Pain, Konan, and the Akatsuki members watched the Heavenly Screen and reacted to Sasuke’s power and ideals, while Itachi judged his way of thinking dangerous.
• Black Zetsu saw the Sage of Six Paths and learned that Naruto and Sasuke were reincarnations of Asura and Indra, then vowed to protect his plan.
• Obito saw that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would be undone and Kakashi would be safe, and he angrily rejected the future shown on the Heavenly Screen.

The Heavenly Screen showed Naruto and Sasuke’s future battle escalating into a clash between the Nine-Tails and Perfect Susanoo, while shinobi across the world watched. In the present, Naruto was assigned harsher training, Sasuke vowed to surpass his future self, and Pain resolved to stop Naruto before he could sway him.

• Naruto and Sasuke fought with their strongest abilities, ending the displayed battle in a blinding collision between a Tailed Beast Bomb and Sasuke’s Chidori.
• Tsunade, Sakura, and other Konoha shinobi watched the battle, while leaders in Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure reacted to the two fighters’ future power.
• Naruto bragged to Jiraiya and Karin that he would defeat Sasuke and bring him home, and Jiraiya doubled Naruto’s training starting the next day.
• Sasuke trained with the Sage Cursed Seal and vowed to become stronger than his future self, while Orochimaru watched with amusement.
• Pain and Konan discussed Naruto’s future strength, and Pain ordered the Akatsuki to continue searching for the Tailed Beasts as he resolved not to let Naruto sway him.

The five great countries’ daimyos watched Naruto and Sasuke’s battle on the Heavenly Screen and adjusted their policies to accommodate the power of shinobi. They offered support to their villages and leaders, leaving secular rulers resigned to guiding forces they could not control.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire increased Konoha’s funding by fifty percent, sent thirty court physicians to help rebuild its medical system, and prepared gifts for Tsunade.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind increased Sunagakure’s funding by twenty percent, arranged gifts for Gaara, and planned to visit the village after learning he might become the next Kazekage.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Water sent Mei Terumi portraits of suitors who were sons and nephews of his political opponents, and Mei angrily denounced the matchmaking scheme.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning ordered Kumogakure’s supplies delivered early and added Chakra-conductive metal after hearing about the Raikage’s intensified training.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Earth toasted the shinobi and accepted that the daimyos could only continue employing them beneath their power.

On the Heavenly Screen, Sasuke merged the Nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra into his Susanoo and taunted Naruto for using Shadow Clones. In the present, Naruto began training with Jiraiya to prove Sasuke wrong, while Sasuke chose to strengthen himself through training rather than dwell on the future shown on the screen.

• Sasuke absorbed the Nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra into his Susanoo and declared his ambition to become the Shadow of the Capital.
• Naruto created four Nine-Tails clones, but Sasuke called Shadow Clones a sign of loneliness and weakness.
• Naruto demanded special training from Jiraiya, who challenged him to leave a mark on a giant toad anvil with a Rasengan without using Shadow Clones.
• Naruto rejected Sasuke’s insult, recalled how Shadow Clones had helped him prove himself, and resolved to use the technique to reach Sasuke.
• Sasuke decided the Heavenly Screen showed only one possible future and began training with his Kusanagi Sword and Chidori.

Itachi watched Sasuke’s power on the Heavenly Screen and resolved to let his brother kill him and gain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. With the Akatsuki’s missions drying up, Pain let its members travel freely within the Land of Rain, while secretly assigning Zetsu to monitor them.

• Itachi reflected on his guilt over Sasuke’s suffering and decided his death would help Sasuke sever his hatred and obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, and Kakuzu complained about being idle, and Pain permitted the Akatsuki members to move freely within the Land of Rain if they disguised themselves beyond its borders.
• The Akatsuki members set out, while Pain ordered Zetsu to keep a close eye on them, especially Hidan and Deidara.
• Black Zetsu watched Naruto and Sasuke fight on the Heavenly Screen and resolved not to let the Akatsuki disrupt the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Sasuke's Perfect Susanoo and Naruto's Chakra Nine-Tails clashed in a devastating battle, culminating in their strongest attacks colliding. The Heavenly Screen's display left shinobi across the world stunned, especially Naruto and Sasuke's former classmates in Konoha.

• Sasuke's Susanoo fought Naruto's Chakra Nine-Tails clones, cutting and kicking them down while an azure lightning strike destroyed one clone.
• Sasuke countered the three Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bombs with Indra's Arrows, badly damaging the Chakra Nine-Tails.
• Naruto gathered Natural Energy and fused the remaining clones into a three-headed, six-armed colossus, then launched a Six Paths Rasenshuriken at Sasuke's Indra's Arrow.
• The two attacks collided in a blinding blast and shockwave that tore through the battlefield and overwhelmed Kakashi's Earth Style Wall.
• Shinobi watching the Heavenly Screen marveled at the battle's scale and questioned whether Naruto and Sasuke were really human.
• Kiba, Choji, Ino, Shikamaru, and Shino watched in disbelief as they compared the fighters' future strength with their own former classmates.

After watching the future battle between Naruto and Sasuke, Tsunade and the other Kage reacted by preparing their villages for greater threats. The chapter ended with Mei Terumi deciding to restart Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Reorganization Plan.

• Tsunade ordered the Anbu under her command to prepare to arrest Danzo and take him to an interrogation room.
• The Raikage summoned Killer B and attacked him to spur Kumogakure’s Lightning Release training.
• Ōnoki assembled the Explosion Corps, demonstrated Dust Release, and placed Iwagakure on the highest level of combat readiness.
• Gaara left village duties with Baki and headed to the Demon Desert to train and protect Sunagakure.
• Mei destroyed portraits of prospective suitors sent by the nobles and resolved to restart the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Reorganization Plan.

Naruto and Sasuke, exhausted and unable to rely on their strongest techniques, fought each other in a brutal hand-to-hand struggle at the Valley of the End. In Konoha, Sakura and the others watched in shock as the battle continued with neither boy willing to yield.

• Naruto contained Sasuke's Amaterasu with Tailed Beast Chakra, while Sasuke's overused Rinnegan began to fail him.
• Naruto and Sasuke exchanged attacks, and Sasuke used lightning-wrapped shuriken and Chidori to destroy Naruto's Shadow Clones before Naruto struck him with a punch.
• Naruto charged Sasuke with a Rasengan but collapsed from exhaustion, and Sasuke seized him and punched him before Naruto countered with a knee.
• Naruto and Sasuke continued fighting with fists, elbows, knees, and headbutts, both battered and refusing to give up.
• Sakura, Kiba, Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Kakashi, and the others watched the fight on the Heavenly Screen in stunned silence.

Naruto and Sasuke launched their final attacks at the Valley of the End as Kurama gave Naruto his remaining Chakra and fell asleep. The Heavenly Screen was swallowed by the resulting explosion, leaving the Shinobi World wondering about the outcome while Naruto, Sasuke, and others reacted to the clash.

• Sasuke prepared a Kagutsuchi: Chidori while Kurama warned Naruto that Sasuke had taken the Chakra Kurama gathered for him.
• Kurama gave Naruto his remaining Chakra, recalled Naruto’s promise to save Sasuke and erase hatred, and fell asleep after calling Naruto the one and only to the Tailed Beasts.
• Naruto and Sasuke charged at each other with a Rasengan and Chidori, drawing strength from their memories and bonds before their attacks collided.
• The explosion shattered the stone statues, evaporated the lake, and left a massive crater as the Heavenly Screen’s light blinded viewers across the Shinobi World.
• Kiba, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Sakura, Hinata, and Kakashi watched the clash and reacted to Naruto’s determination to bring Sasuke back.
• In the wild, Naruto silently vowed to beat sense into Sasuke, while Sasuke resumed Chidori training, Gaara considered Naruto’s answer, and Mei Terumi called Naruto increasingly interesting.

After their final battle at the Valley of the End, Sasuke asked Naruto why he had refused to sever their bond, and Naruto said Sasuke’s suffering hurt him. Across the Shinobi World, people watched their reconciliation and reflected on the meaning of bonds and comrades.

• Sasuke woke beside the injured Naruto in the Valley of the End and asked why Naruto had gone so far to stop him.
• Naruto told Sasuke that seeing him burdened and lost made him hurt, and Sasuke began to understand that someone cared about his pain.
• Sasuke slipped into unconsciousness after Naruto welcomed him back, and the two rested as friends rather than enemies.
• People across the Five Great Nations watched the Heavenly Screen and reacted to the damage Naruto and Sasuke had survived.
• Sakura reconsidered her understanding of Sasuke, while Ino comforted her and Kakashi recognized the weight of their bond.
• Naruto told Karin that pursuing Sasuke was his Ninja Way, while Orochimaru watched and Sasuke reacted to the screen during his training.