Chapter Summaries

Tsunade captured Danzo and kept him confined while Root searched for him. Obito visited Rin’s memorial stone, and Yamanaka Fū planned a rescue at Konoha Hospital after discovering Danzo was likely there.

• Danzo raged in his prison cell over Tsunade’s raid and his capture, while Root members returned to find their base abandoned.
• Tsunade told Shizune to keep Danzo locked up until the Heavenly Screen ended, then deal with him later.
• Obito visited Rin Nohara’s memorial stone and vowed to create a world where she existed.
• Aburame Torune and Yamanaka Fū concluded that Danzo might be held at Konoha Hospital and planned a diversion and rescue.
• Yamanaka Fū disguised himself as a Chunin, overheard that Konoha Hospital’s operating room was under lockdown, and identified it as Danzo’s likely location.

Yamanaka Fū and the Root members were captured after Tsunade thwarted their attempt to rescue Danzo, and Tsunade announced a public trial. As villagers spread hostile rumors about Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan, Sakura felt powerless to defend him while Tsunade refused to seek the approval of the crowd.

• Yamanaka Fū led Root's attempt to rescue Danzo, but Tsunade and Konoha's ninja ambushed and captured him before he could detonate his Explosive Tags.
• Kakashi's Anbu squad captured Aburame Torune, and Konoha's prepared ninja rounded up the remaining Root members.
• Tsunade told Shizune that all Root members had been detained and declared that Danzo would face a public trial.
• Villagers blamed the Uchiha Clan and called Sasuke a traitor, while Teuchi, Shikamaru, and others reacted to their rumors.
• Sakura heard the villagers' accusations, went home in distress, and wished she were strong enough to bring Sasuke back and defend him.
• Tsunade rejected Shizune's suggestion to issue a statement, saying that heroes did not need fools' approval.

Tsunade uncovered evidence of Danzo’s manipulation as Konoha investigated Root, while the Heavenly Screen showed Naruto and Sasuke waking after their battle at the Valley of the End. Sasuke acknowledged Naruto, and Naruto insisted they live and work together, leaving them reconciled beneath the sunrise.

• Tsunade reviewed Root documents and found evidence of tampering in the Nine-Tails attack deployment map and the Uchiha Clan Massacre operation.
• Ibiki interrogated Root members, but a prisoner’s Cursed Seal killed him before he could reveal what Danzo had done in the Land of Rain.
• Shibi Aburame retrieved a Kikaichū that had been watching Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura discuss their concerns about Root’s removal.
• The Heavenly Screen showed Naruto and Sasuke waking among the ruins of the Valley of the End, both gravely injured and missing an arm.
• Sasuke admitted defeat and proposed that Naruto take the means to release the Infinite Tsukuyomi after his death, but Naruto demanded that he stay alive and help unite the ninja.
• Naruto and Sasuke’s bloodied arms formed a bridge between them as they looked toward the sunrise.

Half a month after the Heavenly Screen broadcast, Naruto trained harder while Jiraiya and Karin worried about how the visions had changed people’s attitudes toward him. Meanwhile, Sasuke struggled with memories of Naruto, and bounty hunters began targeting both boys for fear of the futures shown on the screen.

• Naruto pushed himself through chakra training, while Karin warned that he was nearly exhausted.
• Jiraiya recalled villagers welcoming Naruto as a hero but keeping their distance out of fear of the Nine-Tails sealed inside him.
• Naruto told Jiraiya he would keep chasing Sasuke until Sasuke turned back, affirming his Ninja Way.
• Sasuke trained in Orochimaru’s underground base and struggled with memories of the bond he shared with Naruto.
• Bounty notices offering fifty million ryo each for Naruto and Sasuke stirred greed among missing-nin, while Black Zetsu hoped they would kill the boys.
• A group of missing-nin planned to ambush Naruto with nerve toxin as hunters across the Shinobi World began pursuing both targets.

Orochimaru considered his lingering Reaper Death Seal injuries, his plans for Kimimaro, and Jūgo’s latest rampage before ordering Kimimaro to subdue him. As Orochimaru sank into sleep, Jūgo continued wrecking the North Base, leaving the Sound Ninja unable to contain him.

• Orochimaru found that his new Ice Clan body numbed the pain of the Reaper Death Seal, but he remained uneasy about the future shown on the Heavenly Screen.
• Orochimaru reflected on Kimimaro’s Half-Sage Mode and learned that Jūgo had gone berserk at the North Base.
• Orochimaru ordered Kimimaro to subdue Jūgo and test the limits of his Half-Sage Mode, and Kimimaro accepted and left.
• Orochimaru recalled his past and drifted into sleep, dreaming of a great white-scaled snake lying dormant.
• At the North Base, Jūgo shattered the Sound Ninja’s Earth-Style Wall, killed two ninja, and left the survivors unable to stop his rampage.

Kimimaro stopped Jūgo’s rampage at the northern base with his evolved Sage Art: Bone Release and captured him. After Orochimaru watched the battle through summoned snakes, he considered Kimimaro’s mutation a possible path toward greater power, while still seeking a more perfect vessel.

• Jūgo went berserk at the northern base and broke through its defenses as the Sound Ninja tried to contain him.
• Kimimaro arrived, activated Half-Sage Mode, and used Senjutsu-infused bone attacks to restrain Jūgo.
• Kimimaro trapped Jūgo in a chakra-suppressing bone cage and ordered the surviving Sound Ninja to return him to the main base.
• Orochimaru watched the battle through images sent by white snakes and praised the results of combining Kimimaro’s Cursed Seal, Senjutsu, Shikotsumyaku, and cell fusion.
• Orochimaru reflected that Kimimaro’s cells might be mutating toward a new form of evolution, but he still wanted a more perfect vessel.

Itachi and Kisame infiltrated a Sound Ninja base to learn where Orochimaru was, discovering that Orochimaru and Sasuke were at an abandoned research base. Orochimaru watched their approach and focused on finding Uzumaki sealing texts that might free his hands from the Reaper Death Seal.

• Itachi and Kisame traveled toward the Land of Rice Fields, where Itachi intended to confirm information about Orochimaru and Sasuke.
• Itachi and Kisame attacked Sound Ninja at a base and captured one alive for questioning.
• Under Itachi's Sharingan Genjutsu, the Sound Ninja revealed that Orochimaru and Sasuke were at an abandoned research base to the south.
• Orochimaru watched the interrogation through a snake and decided not to strengthen the southern base's defenses, since it held failed test subjects, including specimens fused with Hashirama Cells.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto to send Kimimaro to search the Land of Whirlpools for Uzumaki sealing texts that might help undo the Reaper Death Seal.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki found Orochimaru’s abandoned base and fought his failed Hashirama Cell test subjects, while Orochimaru watched from hiding and kept Sasuke sealed away. After following a faint lead to the Land of Hot Water, Itachi and Kisame learned that Sound Ninja were active there but found no information about Orochimaru, so they decided to wait for another lead.

• Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki found Orochimaru absent from his abandoned base and fought the failed Hashirama Cell test subjects.
• Orochimaru watched the battle through a white snake and returned to Sasuke, urging his vessel to grow stronger before Itachi found him.
• Uchiha Itachi and Kisame left for the Land of Hot Water and rested at a secluded hot spring inn.
• Itachi noticed a Sound Ninja Forehead Protector beneath a medicine seller’s sleeve and used Genjutsu to question her.
• The girl said she only gathered medicinal herbs and did not know Orochimaru’s whereabouts, so Itachi released her and decided to wait for another lead.

Deidara and Sasori crossed the Land of Rain border by air and headed toward the Land of Earth to replenish supplies, but the Five Great Shinobi Villages detected them. Black Zetsu learned their whereabouts had been exposed and sent White Zetsu to warn them.

• Deidara flew north with Sasori on an Explosive Clay bird after Sasori said they would replenish clay in the Land of Earth and seek puppet materials in the Land of Crafts.
• Hyūga Aoki spotted Sasori and Deidara from a surveillance post and sent word to the villages that they had crossed the border at high altitude.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to increase patrols near the clay mines but chose to observe the Akatsuki members rather than intercept them.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha's border patrols to stay alert and told Shizune to notify Kakashi to remain ready.
• Baki told Sunagakure to watch the situation and pass Sasori's intelligence to Elder Chiyo.
• White Zetsu learned that Iwagakure had discovered Deidara's movements, and Black Zetsu sent a White Zetsu to warn Deidara and Sasori.

Kakuzu and Hidan learned that Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha had high bounties, and set out to pursue Sasuke near Otogakure. Shikaku Nara received intelligence about their plans and arranged for Konoha to monitor the Akatsuki and use their movements to locate Orochimaru.

• Kakuzu and Hidan visited a Bounty Station in the Land of Rain and found bounty notices for Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, each worth 50 million ryō.
• Kakuzu bought intelligence on the targets and decided to pursue Sasuke near Otogakure while leaving Naruto alone for now.
• The Bounty Station doorman secretly sent Kakuzu and Hidan's movements to the Nara Clan in exchange for payment.
• Shikaku Nara received the report and recommended warning Jiraiya while letting the Akatsuki lead Konoha to Orochimaru's hideout.
• Shikaku's informants continued tracking Akatsuki movements as Kakuzu and Hidan headed toward the Land of Rice Fields to find Sasuke.

Jiraiya, Naruto, and Karin faced escalating attacks from bounty hunters seeking Naruto's fifty-million-ryō bounty while Jiraiya worried about the Akatsuki. Itachi secretly protected Naruto until Tsunade's Anbu reinforcements arrived, leaving them to clear the attackers as Itachi watched from Hot Spring Street.

• Jiraiya learned that Naruto's bounty was fifty million ryō and trained Naruto and Karin through repeated battles with bounty hunters.
• Tsunade warned Jiraiya that the Akatsuki might be targeting Naruto and sent two Anbu squads to support them.
• Itachi sensed Naruto near Hot Spring Street and secretly incapacitated bounty hunters who planned to poison Jiraiya.
• Karin noticed someone powerful was secretly eliminating attackers, while Itachi continued watching Naruto and the group from afar.
• Jiraiya received an Anbu signal confirming support had arrived, and six Konoha operatives began clearing nearby threats.
• Itachi spotted Konoha's reinforcements through a crow's vision and decided there was no need for him to intervene.

Amegakure's young ninja grew devoted to Pain as village life improved, while Nagato remained committed to forcing peace through fear. After learning that the Heavenly Screen revealed possible threats, he ordered the plan accelerated and considered using his loyal followers as sacrifices.

• Young Rain Ninja praised Pain and asked Konan to let them meet him so they could fight for his dream.
• Konan reported their fervor to Nagato, who recalled the suffering that had shaped his belief that only pain could teach people the cost of war.
• Nagato reaffirmed his plan to collect the Tailed Beasts and use an ultimate weapon to make the world submit in fear.
• Konan said she was secretly gathering information about Ninjutsu, especially Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Nagato dismissed the future shown on the Heavenly Screen and ordered the plan accelerated, saying the loyal Rain Ninja could witness god's power when the time came.

After the Heavenly Screen returned, it revealed a future battle between Might Guy in the Gate of Death and Sage of Six Paths Madara Uchiha. The revelation prompted the villages to prepare for Madara’s possible resurrection, while Mei Terumi also responded to reports of Akatsuki activity near the Three-Tails.

• The Heavenly Screen reappeared after a month and announced its second-ranked battle: Might Guy versus Six Paths Madara.
• Rock Lee, Tenten, Neji, and Kakashi recognized that Guy had opened the Gate of Death, while Guy said his future self would be protecting what mattered.
• Ōnoki ordered more elite squads to search for Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi after seeing Madara in his Sage of Six Paths form.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to widen its search for Orochimaru as Samui and Mabui outlined measures to prevent Madara’s resurrection.
• Mei Terumi considered Kirigakure’s weakened state and the state of its Ninja Blades, then ordered increased surveillance after Chōjūrō reported possible Akatsuki interest in the Three-Tails.

Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and attacked Six Paths Madara, but his Daytime Tiger failed to injure him, and Rock Lee rescued Guy from a Truth-Seeking Orb. Watching the Heavenly Screen, leaders across the villages reacted to the threat and prepared for the future, while Gaara affirmed that he would protect Sunagakure and his siblings.

• Minato explained that only Senjutsu and Taijutsu could hurt Six Paths Madara, leaving Might Guy as their best hope.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and struck Six Paths Madara with Daytime Tiger, but Madara emerged unharmed and sent a Truth-Seeking Orb at the exhausted Guy.
• Rock Lee opened the Sixth Gate and rescued Guy, while the fighters realized their attacks had not stopped Madara.
• Tsunade ordered the Anbu to search for Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi and urged the other villages to cooperate.
• Ōnoki decided to increase the bounty on Naruto and Sasuke, while the Raikage vowed to train and change the future shown on the Heavenly Screen.
• Gaara promised to protect Temari and Kankuro, and Chiyo decided Sunagakure should leave the Akatsuki to the other villages.

Akatsuki members traveled separately while reacting to the Heavenly Screen and trying to keep a low profile. Itachi began suspecting that Madara’s and Pain’s Rinnegan had been acquired rather than innate, as he and Kisame continued toward the Land of Lightning in search of Orochimaru.

• At a secluded inn, Deidara praised Guy’s Daytime Tiger while Sasori dismissed it and considered using powerful fighters’ bodies to improve his puppets.
• Deidara detonated a Clay Spider near Land of Crafts ninja who were watching the inn, giving him a brief thrill while Sasori called it boring.
• In the Land of Rice Fields, Kakuzu and Hidan searched for Orochimaru, while Orochimaru and Kabuto watched them through snakes and chose not to confront them.
• Kakuzu collected a six-million-ryō bounty and rejected a twenty-million-ryō bounty for information on Orochimaru’s whereabouts as obvious bait.
• On the road to the Land of Lightning, Itachi inferred that Madara’s Rinnegan had been unlocked and wondered whether Pain’s eyes had been acquired as well.

Nagato considered seeking Six Paths Power while keeping Akatsuki’s plans in motion, and Obito decided to find Orochimaru before the Five Great Nations could reach him. Obito left to act personally as Black Zetsu continued manipulating events in secret.

• Nagato and Konan discussed the Masked Man’s identity, and Nagato chose to keep Black Zetsu’s information channel open while planning to eliminate them later.
• Nagato considered obtaining Six Paths Power and told Konan that their plans would proceed despite the Masked Man’s disappearance.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Nagato had gone quiet and had not mentioned him, and Obito dismissed Nagato as a pawn.
• Watching Minato Namikaze and Kakashi on the Heavenly Screen, Obito remembered Rin’s death and reaffirmed his goal of creating the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• After Black Zetsu warned that the Five Great Nations might reach Orochimaru and Sasuke first, Obito vowed to find Orochimaru and vanished using Kamui.

On the Heavenly Screen, Might Guy opened the Gate of Death to face Six Paths Madara, while ninja across the villages watched and reacted to his sacrifice. The chapter left Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure inspired to protect what mattered and confront the future without fear.

• Might Guy rejected Kakashi and Minato's pleas, remembered his father Might Duy's teaching about self-restraint, and opened the Gate of Death to fight Six Paths Madara.
• Guy charged at Madara, declaring that he would become nourishment for new green leaves and that youth reached its peak when it burned brightest.
• Kakashi, Rock Lee, and other ninja in Konoha watched Guy's resolve on the Heavenly Screen, while Jiraiya remembered Might Duy's sacrifice against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• In Sunagakure, Gaara promised Temari and Kankuro that he would protect the village and its people.
• In Kumogakure, Raikage A struck Darui for losing heart, urged him to face the future, and inspired the ninja to resume training.

At Iwagakure’s heroes’ memorial, Ōnoki reconsidered his rigid policies and canceled the bounty increases on Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. He resolved to entrust Iwagakure’s future to the next generation, while Kurotsuchi silently vowed to grow strong enough to help him.

• Ōnoki reflected on Iwagakure’s past losses and feared that targeting Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha could make Konoha a future enemy.
• Ōnoki ordered an Iwagakure ninja to cancel the bounty increases on Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Ōnoki remembered the Will of Stone teachings of Ishikawa and Mu, and reconsidered how his ambition and stubbornness had contributed to the deaths of Iwagakure’s shinobi.
• Ōnoki decided that Kurotsuchi should take up the burden of leading Iwagakure’s future.
• Kurotsuchi watched Ōnoki from the shadows and vowed to become stronger so she could share his burdens.

Nagato and Konan assessed the threat posed by Might Guy and questioned why the Heavenly Screen was revealing future events. Black Zetsu, fearing the screen would expose his plans for Kaguya’s resurrection, decided to push Nagato toward capturing Naruto early.

• Nagato recognized Might Guy as a present-day threat, and he ordered Konan to have Zetsu intensify reconnaissance.
• Nagato remembered how Yahiko’s death and Hanzō’s betrayal led him to embrace Pain and transform the Akatsuki into a force that would impose peace through suffering.
• Nagato told Konan that the Heavenly Screen had revealed future threats and said they would accelerate their plan to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Black Zetsu realized the Heavenly Screen could reveal his thousand-year scheme and blamed Hagoromo for trying to thwart Kaguya’s resurrection.
• Black Zetsu decided to use Nagato to capture Naruto ahead of schedule, while considering ways to turn Sasuke against him.

As the Heavenly Screen showed Might Guy fighting Six Paths Madara, Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to investigate Shinnō’s Eight Gates research, while Sasuke studied Guy’s precise Taijutsu. Shinnō postponed the Sky Ninja’s attack and planned to seek Senjutsu at Ryūchi Cave, as Amaru began questioning his treatment of villagers and the Zero-Tails.

• Orochimaru asked Kabuto to investigate Shinnō’s research into using the Eight Gates without paying the Gate of Death’s fatal cost.
• Sasuke watched Guy’s battle with Madara and recognized that precise movement, experience, and control were essential to Taijutsu.
• Shinnō postponed the Sky Ninja’s plan to launch Angkor Fortress and reviewed his research into combining the Eight Gates with physical activation and the Zero-Tails’ Dark Chakra.
• Shinnō treated Amaru and ordered increased surveillance after she questioned whether the Sky Ninja should attack other villages.
• Amaru recorded her suspicions that Shinnō was deliberately using villagers’ suffering to feed the Zero-Tails and resolved to discover the truth.
• Shinnō prepared to investigate Ryūchi Cave in hopes of combining Senjutsu with his other sources of power.