Chapter Summaries

Sasori and Deidara encountered Pakura while trying to carry out their mission, and Sasori revealed that Sunagakure had betrayed her by trading her life in a political deal. Pakura rejected his account as impossible while Sasori and Deidara prepared to retreat and seek help.

• Sasori stopped Deidara from attacking Pakura, then revealed his identity after Pakura questioned him.
• Pakura recognized Sasori and attacked him after he called Itachi her son and accused him of betraying Sunagakure.
• Deidara used Explosive Clay while Sasori summoned puppets, but Pakura's Scorch Release destroyed the puppets and the fight reached a stalemate.
• Sasori ordered Deidara to retreat, then told Pakura that Sunagakure's leadership had sent her into an ambush as a political sacrifice.
• Pakura called Sasori's story impossible, while Deidara and Itachi reacted to his revelation.

Pakura took Itachi to Sunagakure to verify Sasori’s claim, while Rasa and Orochimaru arrived openly and were mistaken for attackers. Gaara learned that his father had returned and marched out to confront him, still consumed by hatred.

• Sasori and Deidara left on Deidara’s clay bird, and Pakura carried Itachi toward Sunagakure.
• Rasa and Orochimaru entered Sunagakure, where Rasa insisted his status would keep them safe.
• A patrol mistook Rasa and Orochimaru for enemies and raised the alarm, and the responding ninja attacked them.
• Gaara learned that Rasa had appeared with Orochimaru and ordered the combat squads to assemble while the Sealing Squad stood by.
• Gaara headed out to meet his father, while Rasa tried to explain the village’s hostile response to Orochimaru.

Rasa and Orochimaru were forced to leave Sunagakure after Gaara and Kankuro refused to trust Rasa’s claim that he had come from the past. After learning that Sunagakure had betrayed her, Pakura pursued Rasa, and Itachi offered her a way to kill him in the instance.

• Gaara attacked Rasa, and Sunagakure’s ninja joined the fight until Gaara ordered the Sealing Squad to capture him.
• The sealing failed, and Kankuro persuaded Gaara to let Rasa and Orochimaru leave Sunagakure rather than continue fighting.
• Pakura learned how Sunagakure had discarded her and set out to find Rasa, taking Itachi with her.
• Itachi told Pakura he had a way for her to kill Rasa inside the instance.

Little Itachi enlisted Pakura’s help to drive off the other Uchiha Itachi, and the pair caught up with Rasa and Orochimaru. Pakura attacked Rasa while Orochimaru intervened, and Orochimaru noticed Itachi preparing to stop him.

• Itachi told Pakura he had a Peak Period Experience Card and asked her to help drive off this world's Uchiha Itachi, and Pakura agreed.
• Pakura and Itachi pursued Rasa and his group, and Pakura approached Rasa without warning him of her intentions.
• Pakura attacked Rasa with kunai carrying Explosive Tags, but Rasa shielded himself with Gold Dust.
• Pakura followed up with Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder, and Orochimaru summoned Manda to block the fireballs.
• Pakura attacked Rasa again and suppressed him while Orochimaru prepared to intervene.
• Orochimaru spotted Itachi poised to stop him and wondered whether Itachi understood his strength.

Itachi used a Peak Experience Card to overpower Orochimaru and Rasa while Pakura confronted the Kazekage. After Rasa died and the mission failed, Itachi sent out crows to search for this world's Uchiha Itachi, while Kisame and Itachi headed to Sunagakure to support Sasori and Deidara.

• Itachi activated the Peak Experience Card, transformed into his adult self, and trapped Orochimaru and Manda in Genjutsu.
• Rasa used Gold Dust against Itachi and Pakura, but Itachi's Amaterasu burned it away.
• Itachi tortured Rasa in Tsukuyomi, then handed him over to Pakura, who killed him and caused the mission to fail.
• Pain sent Kisame and Itachi to Sunagakure to support Sasori and Deidara.
• Itachi released a flock of crows to find this world's Uchiha Itachi.

Obito, Naruto, Sakura, and Temari set out for Sunagakure after learning Gaara was in danger, while young Itachi met with his Akatsuki counterpart and persuaded him to stay out of the capture plan. Deidara defeated Gaara and fled with him, but Kankuro pursued the Akatsuki pair, setting up a clash with Sasori.

• Tsunade sent Team Kakashi and Might Guy's team to assist Sunagakure after hearing that Gaara might be captured.
• Young Itachi and Pakura found Uchiha Itachi, who agreed to avoid the Akatsuki's plan and used Genjutsu to keep Kisame occupied.
• Deidara fought Gaara above Sunagakure, wounded him, and escaped with him after Gaara used his remaining strength to protect the village.
• Baki led a pursuit but warned Kankuro not to go too far, while Kankuro ignored him and followed the Akatsuki's trail.
• Deidara and Sasori traveled through the desert with Gaara as Kankuro closed in on them.

Sasori defeated Kankuro and left Sunagakure while Obito and the others arrived too late to stop the Akatsuki from extracting Gaara’s One-Tail. They revived Gaara with Obito’s Akatsuki uniform before the instance ended, and Itachi gave him a cactus and a letter from Karura.

• Sasori stopped Kankuro from pursuing Deidara, defeated Kankuro’s puppets, and poisoned him before leaving Sunagakure.
• Obito, Itachi, Naruto, and the others found Gaara after the Akatsuki had extracted the One-Tail and left him near death.
• Rin and the others put Obito’s Akatsuki uniform on Gaara, and he revived as the system announced their mission’s completion.
• Obito told Naruto to keep working hard before he and the others were transported out of the instance.
• Itachi gave Gaara a cactus and a letter from Karura, explaining that he had taken them after killing Gaara’s father.

After the mission ended, Itachi and the others received rewards, while Rasa resented Pakura and the troubles he had suffered. The rankings named Sasuke Uchiha fourth in Kage-level combat power, leaving Itachi eager to learn what had happened to his younger brother in the future.

• Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Rin Nohara, and Uchiha Itachi received rewards for completing the mission, and Orochimaru became interested in Itachi’s Sharingan.
• Rasa complained about being eliminated first, while Obito told Karura that Gaara had received her gift.
• The rankings named Sasuke Uchiha fourth in Kage-level combat power, prompting Fugaku and others to celebrate the Uchiha Clan’s standing.
• Obito told Itachi that Sasuke had been missing from Team 7 and that Sai might be joining, so Itachi considered using a parallel-world travel voucher to find out more.
• Ōnoki reflected that future shinobi might surpass Hashirama and Madara.

Sai infiltrated Orochimaru’s underground base with orders from Danzo to kill Sasuke, while Naruto, Sakura, and Yamato arrived to find Sasuke. Sakura confronted Sai after his failed attack, then reunited with Sasuke as Naruto rushed over.

• Sai greeted Sasuke, who responded coldly and trapped him in a Genjutsu.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto stopped Sasuke from attacking Sai, while Sakura and the others followed Sai’s tracking signal to the base.
• Sasuke sensed Sai sneaking into his room, but broke free when Sai attacked with Super Beast Imitating Drawing.
• Sakura discovered Sai’s assassination mission and confronted him angrily at the explosion site.
• Sasuke appeared, leaving Sakura emotional, and Naruto ran toward them.

Sasuke overwhelmed Naruto, Sai, Yamato, and Sakura during their confrontation, then entered Naruto’s inner world and faced the Nine-Tails. Orochimaru stopped Sasuke from using a finishing jutsu, and Sasuke left with Orochimaru and Kabuto after Kabuto explained the group could help him deal with the Akatsuki.

• Sai abandoned his mission to kill Sasuke and chose to trust the bonds Naruto believed in.
• Sasuke attacked Naruto, injured Naruto and Sai with Chidori Stream, broke Yamato’s Wood Release, and pierced Yamato while he protected Sakura.
• Sasuke entered Naruto’s inner world, where the Nine-Tails warned him not to touch Naruto.
• Yamato used Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall to knock Sasuke back as Sasuke prepared to finish off the group.
• Orochimaru stopped Sasuke from using his jutsu, and Kabuto explained that Naruto’s group could help Sasuke deal with the Akatsuki.
• Sasuke lowered his hands, looked at Naruto lying on the ground, and vanished with Orochimaru and Kabuto.

Sasuke searched for Itachi with Taka, then encountered Tobi and Deidara, who attacked him with explosive clay. Sasuke survived unharmed and prepared to question Deidara for information.

• Sasuke divided the search with Suigetsu, Karin, and Jūgo, but sent Karin away when she stayed close to him.
• Sasuke noticed Tobi following him and confronted him, while Tobi remarked that Sasuke resembled Itachi.
• Deidara swooped down on Sasuke with an explosive clay bird and detonated it, but Sasuke emerged unharmed beside a summoned giant python.
• Deidara doubted that Sasuke was strong enough to defeat Orochimaru, while the others reacted to his claim.
• Sasuke decided to get information from Deidara because he belonged to the same organization as Itachi.

Sasuke fought Deidara and Tobi, using his speed, lightning techniques, and Cursed Seal of Heaven to survive their explosive attacks. He brought down Deidara’s clay dragon, but Deidara remained alive and renewed his resolve to fight.

• Sasuke attacked Deidara and Tobi, but Tobi faked being struck and quickly got back up.
• Deidara sent clay spiders and creatures after Sasuke, who dodged and destroyed them with Lightning Release before escaping an explosion with the Substitution Technique.
• Deidara created a giant clay dragon and, with Tobi’s buried mines, injured Sasuke and destroyed one of his cursed-seal wings.
• Sasuke used his Kusanagi Sword as a foothold and struck Deidara’s dragon with Chidori Sharp Spear, causing it to crash into the minefield.
• Sasuke avoided the resulting explosion with snake-like tentacles, while the battered Deidara survived and continued fighting.

Deidara and Sasuke fought through several explosive attacks while Sasuke pressed Deidara for Itachi’s location. Enraged by Sasuke’s contempt for his art, Deidara began his ultimate technique, preparing to sacrifice himself in an explosion with a ten-kilometer blast radius.

• Deidara used C4 Karura, but Sasuke survived the microscopic bombs and pierced Deidara with a Lightning Blade after seeing through his apparent death.
• Deidara revealed that he had used a clay clone and attacked Sasuke with another C4 explosion, but Sasuke evaded it again.
• Both fighters ran low on Chakra as Deidara demanded that Sasuke acknowledge his art, while Sasuke continued asking where Itachi was.
• Deidara grew furious at Sasuke’s dismissive attitude, exposed the mouth on his chest, and began condensing his Chakra for a massive self-detonation.
• Deidara declared that his ultimate explosion would cover ten kilometers and apologized to Tobi as Sasuke panicked.

Deidara died in his self-destructing explosion, while the Akatsuki learned that Sasuke and Tobi were presumed dead. Suigetsu summoned Manda, and Sasuke emerged alive after escaping the blast using the Reverse Summoning Technique.

• Deidara detonated himself, destroying everything within ten kilometers, while Tobi watched from a safe distance.
• The Akatsuki discussed Deidara’s death and believed Sasuke and Tobi had died in the explosion.
• Itachi told Kisame that Sasuke was still alive, despite Kisame thinking he was grieving.
• Suigetsu reached the explosion site and used a scroll to summon Manda.
• Sasuke emerged from Manda’s body after using the Reverse Summoning Technique to escape the explosion.

Sasuke reached Itachi for their long-awaited confrontation, determined to learn who helped massacre the Uchiha clan. After the brothers traded feints and fought with clones, Itachi revealed that Madara was still alive and challenged Sasuke for facing him without the same eyes.

• Sasuke led his team toward Itachi, but Kisame stopped the others and allowed Sasuke to proceed alone while Tobi blocked Konoha's pursuers.
• Sasuke confronted Itachi and struck him with his sword after using Chidori Stream, but the apparent Itachi turned out to be a Crows Clone.
• Sasuke questioned Itachi about the other person involved in the clan massacre, and Itachi named Madara Uchiha.
• Itachi spoke of Madara's survival and claimed he had once acted like a kind older brother to test Sasuke's capacity.
• Sasuke saw through Itachi's Genjutsu and attacked the real Itachi with a Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Itachi noted that Sasuke had not obtained the same eyes as him and questioned whether Sasuke understood the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Sasuke and Itachi fought through genjutsu and ninjutsu as Itachi revealed his Mangekyō abilities and Sasuke endured them with careful preparation. The battle ended with Sasuke summoning lightning from the thunderclouds he had created, leaving Itachi’s fate uncertain.

• Itachi told Sasuke about Madara and Izuna, then declared that he would surpass Madara and take Sasuke’s eyes.
• Itachi and Sasuke exchanged shuriken before Itachi pinned Sasuke and tried to take his eyes, but Sasuke’s Cursed Seal erupted.
• Sasuke broke Itachi’s Tsukuyomi with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and drove him outside with fire and Chidori attacks.
• Itachi used Amaterasu, but Sasuke evaded the black flames and escaped them with Orochimaru’s shedding Ninjutsu.
• Sasuke used the Great Dragon Fire Technique to heat the atmosphere and form thunderclouds, then prepared to direct lightning at Itachi.

Sasuke unleashed Kirin against Itachi, but Itachi survived with Susanoo and defeated Orochimaru when he emerged from Sasuke’s Cursed Seal. Itachi sealed Orochimaru, reached Sasuke, tapped his forehead, and died, leaving Sasuke stunned that he had won.

• Sasuke summoned Kirin, which destroyed the building and left Itachi badly wounded, but Itachi rose again with Susanoo.
• Itachi advanced in Susanoo’s third form as Orochimaru’s influence overcame Sasuke and the Yamata no Orochi emerged from his Cursed Seal.
• Itachi cut down the giant snake and sealed Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade, then continued toward Sasuke behind the Yata Mirror.
• Sasuke’s Shuriken and Kusanagi Sword attacks failed to stop Itachi, who reached him and tapped his forehead before collapsing dead.
• Sasuke slumped to the ground, barely believing he had defeated Itachi.

After Sasuke defeated Itachi and collapsed, Obito took him away and began revealing that Itachi had spared him and manipulated their fight. Sasuke rejected the truth at first, but Obito’s words left him stunned as he learned that Itachi had valued his life above the village.

• After Sasuke won, he collapsed, and Zetsu told Tobi that Itachi was dead.
• Obito left the Konoha youngsters and brought the unconscious Sasuke to a valley.
• When Sasuke awakened, Itachi’s implanted Amaterasu struck Obito, who escaped the flames and began explaining Itachi’s actions.
• Obito blamed Danzo for the Uchiha Clan massacre and deliberately provoked Sasuke, while Fugaku suspected he wanted Sasuke’s Sharingan to evolve.
• Sasuke insisted Obito was lying, but Obito argued that Itachi could have killed him and had spared him because Sasuke mattered more than the village.

Sasuke led Taka to capture Killer B, but the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki overwhelmed the team despite Sasuke's newly awakened Mangekyō. After Karin healed Sasuke, Killer B tried to evade them, but her sensory ability found him as he began to draw on the Eight-Tails' chakra.

• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō, joined Obito's Akatsuki, and led Taka to target Killer B.
• Killer B caught Suigetsu's Kubikiribōchō, kicked him away, and pinned Jūgo beneath his foot.
• Killer B overpowered Sasuke with the Kubikiribōchō and Lightning Release, forcing Karin and Jūgo to pull Sasuke back.
• Karin restored Sasuke's chakra by letting him bite her, and Sasuke returned to the fight.
• Killer B used a clone to escape, but Karin detected him, so he began releasing the Eight-Tails' chakra.

Sasuke’s attempt to capture Killer B went badly when B’s Lariat nearly killed him and his team was forced to defend him. Sasuke used Amaterasu to defeat B’s apparent Eight-Tails form, saved Karin from the flames, and left Kumogakure believing Killer B had been captured.

• Killer B outpaced Sasuke’s Sharingan and struck him with a Lariat, leaving him gravely injured.
• Jūgo treated Sasuke while Killer B transformed and charged; Suigetsu used a water giant to hold him off before the Tailed Beast Bomb destroyed it.
• Sasuke unleashed Amaterasu on Killer B’s Eight-Tails form, and its flailing arm knocked Karin into the black flames.
• Sasuke extinguished the flames on Karin, while the Eight-Tails form burned to ash.
• A smashed his desk in anger over the news, unaware that Killer B had escaped and left behind a tentacle as a decoy.
• A scouting ninja saw Sasuke with the apparent captive, and Kumogakure spread the word that Sasuke had captured Killer B.