Chapter Summaries

Hagoromo returned to the upbeat Konoha camp, where the ninja gathered around him and Jiraiya learned that Tsunade was back in the village. At a meeting to prepare for negotiations with Iwagakure and Sunagakure, Jiraiya announced that Konoha would keep fighting if they rejected the demands, while Hagoromo and Asuma grew suspicious of a Jonin who questioned the reparations.

• Hagoromo returned to camp and was surrounded by Konoha ninja eager to see him.
• Shikaku reflected on Hagoromo's standing among Konoha's civilian ninja and his potential influence in the village.
• Hagoromo told Jiraiya that Tsunade had returned to teach newly graduated Genin, prompting Jiraiya to reconsider whether to stay in Konoha.
• Hagoromo, Asuma, Jiraiya, and Shikaku reviewed proposed terms demanding five billion ryo from Sunagakure and six billion from Iwagakure.
• Jiraiya said Konoha would fight its way into the enemy villages if they refused to negotiate, and Hagoromo signaled Asuma to investigate the Jonin who had objected to the demands.

Konoha negotiated war terms with Sunagakure and Iwagakure, using Hagoromo’s show of force and Shikaku’s pressure to secure reparations and concessions. After signing the terms, both villages publicly apologized to the Shinobi World.

• Jiraiya led Konoha’s forces to the negotiation site, where Asuma and Shikaku faced representatives from Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Hagoromo acted arrogantly on Shikaku’s instructions while the representatives read Konoha’s demanding terms.
• Asuma rejected Sunagakure’s complaints and threatened to resume the war, prompting Hagoromo to pin down both villages’ representatives with his Chakra.
• Shikaku ended the first day’s talks when Iwagakure hesitated, and Konoha later held separate negotiations with Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Shikaku set a final deadline, and Sunagakure and Iwagakure accepted Konoha’s terms.
• Three days after signing, Sunagakure and Iwagakure issued a public apology to the Shinobi World.

Obito investigated the Akatsuki’s new recruits after learning that Sunagakure and Iwagakure had surrendered to Konoha. Pain assigned rings to Hiruko, Raiga Kurosuki, and Shinnō, while Obito questioned whether Pain could control them.

• Obito learned that Sunagakure and Iwagakure had submitted letters of surrender to Konoha and asked Zetsu about Itachi’s recent activities.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Itachi and Konan had returned with three recruits, so Obito went to the Akatsuki’s central tower to see them.
• Pain named Hiruko North Dipper, Raiga Kurosuki Three Platforms, and Shinnō South Dipper, then gave them their rings.
• Hiruko left after warning Pain not to break his promise, while Konan took Raiga Kurosuki to prepare him for a mission.
• Shinnō asked to study White Zetsu, and Black Zetsu severed an arm for him after Pain said it was part of the recruitment deal.
• After Obito and Itachi left, Konan told Pain that Obito looked displeased, and Pain said they would handle the situation themselves.

Konoha celebrated the return of its victorious troops, and Hiruzen Sarutobi announced new leadership appointments in the Jonin command and Council of Elders. He explained that the elders would share some of his responsibilities as he prepared to step down in the coming years.

• Villagers welcomed the returning Konoha troops, led by Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Hagoromo, with ceremonial cannons and confetti.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received the commanders and a Land of Fire official, then led the Konoha shinobi to the Hokage Building.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Konoha's victory over Sunagakure and Iwagakure, noted the casualties, and scheduled a memorial for the fallen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Sawada Hagoromo for capturing the Four-Tails' Jinchūriki and defeating the Third Tsuchikage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Kakashi Hatake deputy representative of the Jonin Commander and named Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Sawada Hagoromo elders of the Council of Elders.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said the Council of Elders would share his responsibilities and that the next Hokage would decide whether its members stayed or left.

Jiraiya learned that Tsunade had accepted a seat on Konoha’s Council of Elders to help Hagoromo become Hokage, while Hiruzen Sarutobi continued training Hagoromo in the Hokage’s office. The chapter ended with Hiruzen sending Shisui to take the drunken Jiraiya and Tsunade to Tsunade’s home, hoping they might give him a grandson.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade drank together, and Tsunade said she had accepted an elder’s position for its salary and because it would only last a few years.
• Tsunade explained that the positions would help Hagoromo take over as Hokage, and she told Jiraiya he could take the position instead while she backed him; Jiraiya refused.
• Hagoromo finished a day of official work with Hiruzen Sarutobi and left the Hokage Building, while Hiruzen stayed behind in his office.
• Hiruzen used the Telescope Technique and saw Jiraiya and Tsunade drunkenly singing together at an izakaya.
• Hiruzen ordered Shisui to take Jiraiya and Tsunade to Tsunade’s home and bring along more sake.

Hagoromo trained Karin in Chakra control, where she excelled at every exercise, then went to the Hokage's office and interrupted Tsunade as she confronted Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi. The chapter ended with Tsunade unable to explain why she and Jiraiya had woken up in each other's arms.

• Hagoromo gave Karin a manual on Earth Release and Water Release and began teaching her Chakra control.
• Karin climbed a tree and walked on water on her first attempts, astonishing Naruto, Sasuke, and the others.
• Hagoromo encouraged his discouraged students to keep training and told Karin they would begin Chakra Nature Transformation training the next day.
• Hagoromo headed to the Hokage Building, where Shisui was standing guard outside Hiruzen Sarutobi's office.
• Tsunade angrily confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and tried to punch Jiraiya, but Hagoromo entered and left her unable to explain what had happened between them.

Hagoromo learned that Kitsuchi had become the Fourth Tsuchikage and discussed the threat posed by Iwagakure with Hiruzen Sarutobi. New intelligence revealed that the Akatsuki had recruited Hiruko, Raiga Kurosuki, and Shinnō, and was preparing to capture the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Tsunade dragged Jiraiya out of the Hokage's Office after threatening Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi made Hagoromo handle the office paperwork while he relaxed on the sofa.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hagoromo that Ōnoki had stepped down and Kitsuchi had become the Fourth Tsuchikage.
• Hagoromo asked about Uchiha Itachi's intelligence on the Akatsuki, and Hiruzen Sarutobi recounted an earlier report about its members.
• Shisui delivered new intelligence from Itachi stating that the Akatsuki had recruited Hiruko, Raiga Kurosuki, and Shinnō and planned to capture the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Hiruko as a former Konoha Jonin who had escaped after conducting dangerous forbidden Ninjutsu experiments.

Hagoromo and Hiruzen discussed the Akatsuki’s hunt for Jinchūriki and planned to pass intelligence to Kumogakure while giving Itachi a way to escape to Konoha. Hagoromo then arranged for Tsunade to train Karin and left after teasing Tsunade and Jiraiya about their relationship.

• Hiruzen told Hagoromo that the Six-Tails had likely defected and that Kirigakure was in chaos.
• Hagoromo proposed passing information about Jinchūriki hunters to Kumogakure and promised to give Itachi a Flying Thunder God Formation as an escape route.
• Hiruzen agreed and asked Shisui to summon Inoichi.
• Hagoromo asked Tsunade for a technique for Karin, and Tsunade agreed to train Karin once she learned Nature Transformation.
• Hagoromo teased Tsunade and Jiraiya, then fled with the Body Flicker Technique as Tsunade grabbed Jiraiya and made him pay for her shopping.

The Fourth Raikage decided to cooperate with Konoha against the Akatsuki after learning the organization threatened Kumogakure’s jinchūriki. Meanwhile, Karin struggled with Nature Transformation, but Naruto and Choji encouraged her over lunch.

• Samui explained that the Akatsuki was the organization Iwagakure had hired, and Dodai advised the Fourth Raikage to cooperate with Konoha.
• Yugito supported working with Konoha, and the Fourth Raikage assigned Samui and Darui to handle the matter while Mabui contacted Iwagakure for more information.
• Hagoromo taught Karin about Earth and Water Release Nature Transformation, and Karin continued practicing despite exhausting her chakra pathways.
• Hagoromo called his students to eat, and Naruto and Choji shared food with Karin to encourage her.

Hagoromo spoke with Jiraiya about Tsunade and then discussed Konoha’s team-leader shortage with Hiruzen and Asuma. He convinced Hiruzen to let Uchiha Jonin lead teams and sent Hiruzen to spend time with Konohamaru.

• Hagoromo refused Jiraiya’s request to persuade Hiruzen to let him leave the village, then suggested Tsunade’s anger might not be what Jiraiya thought.
• Hagoromo found Hiruzen and Asuma smoking in the Hokage’s office, where Asuma explained he was reluctant to switch from his original Genin team.
• Hagoromo urged Hiruzen to let Uchiha Jonin lead teams to ease Konoha’s workload and integrate the clan further, and Hiruzen agreed.
• Asuma told Hiruzen that Konohamaru had been acting wild and urged him to spend more time with his grandson.
• Hagoromo pushed Hiruzen out of the office to take the day off, then turned back to the documents left behind.

Hagoromo helped Sasuke develop an idea for Activated Mark Type Three and assigned him foundational study in Sealing Jutsu and medical knowledge. The chapter ended with Hagoromo considering consulting Tsunade about the Strength of a Hundred Technique and imagining Sasuke using the Activated Mark to control Susanoo.

• Hagoromo checked Naruto and the others’ training and noted their progress, including Choji’s recent growth.
• Sasuke showed Hagoromo his notes on Lightning Release, Chidori, and the Activated Mark, including his idea to connect the marks across his body.
• Hagoromo suggested placing a central mark in Sasuke’s eye or heart to trigger the marks throughout his body at once.
• Hagoromo warned that the technique could strain Sasuke’s body and gave him a book on basic Sealing Jutsu, telling him to study it alongside medical knowledge.
• Hagoromo considered asking Tsunade for guidance on the Strength of a Hundred Technique and imagined Sasuke using the Activated Mark to control Susanoo.

Hagoromo gave Sasuke a Kusanagi Sword and helped Naruto train his reflexes by having Shadow Clones throw kunai at him. As Naruto endured the training, Minato revealed he wanted to prepare him to learn the Flying Thunder God before Minato’s fading imprint disappeared.

• Hagoromo gave Sasuke a Kusanagi Sword that could strengthen his Lightning Release.
• Hagoromo joined Naruto’s kunai-dodging practice and sent Shadow Clones to attack from difficult angles.
• Naruto dodged the kunai and continued training despite being cut.
• Minato watched from Naruto’s sealing space and recognized that Hagoromo understood his plan to prepare Naruto for the Flying Thunder God.
• Minato noted that his fading imprint left him little time to teach Naruto the technique.
• Choji urged Shikamaru to keep training after watching Naruto push himself.

Naruto improved his kunai-dodging skills under Hagoromo and began training his body to react to an opponent’s destination, as preparation for the Flying Thunder God. The chapter ended with Hagoromo urging Naruto to move the moment his target arrived.

• Naruto learned that he had dodged only forty percent of the kunai, then rested while Hinata, Sasuke, Ino, and Karin checked on him.
• After four days of practice, Naruto dodged about seventy percent of the kunai, so Hagoromo moved him to the next exercise.
• Naruto created Shadow Clones to observe Hagoromo as he attacked, while Hagoromo dodged with minimal movements.
• Hagoromo told Naruto that his mind reacted faster than his body, and Naruto continued attacking as Hagoromo increased his speed.
• Hagoromo instructed Naruto to focus on his destination and make his body act the moment the target arrived.

Naruto exhausted himself training against Hagoromo, while Hagoromo later asked Tsunade to explain the Strength of a Hundred Technique. He left with detailed notes and considered Sakura Haruno’s potential to learn the technique.

• Hagoromo stopped Naruto’s training, caught him as he nearly collapsed, and carried him to a tree to rest.
• Hinata cared for the sleeping Naruto while Hagoromo went to Tsunade’s home to speak with her and Jiraiya.
• Hagoromo asked Tsunade about the Strength of a Hundred Technique, and she explained its benefits, preparation time, life-force cost, and chakra-storage limit.
• Hagoromo took notes on Tsunade’s explanation so he could develop a more practical technique and share the concepts with Sasuke and the others.
• Hagoromo considered Sakura Haruno a possible future disciple of Tsunade because she had the potential to master the Strength of a Hundred Technique.

Sasuke returned home for dinner with Fugaku and Mikoto, then met Naruto and their friends to shop for ninja tools. Mikoto learned that Hagoromo would soon take the Flying Thunder God Formation to Itachi, easing her worries about her absent son.

• Hagoromo explained that he could not teach Sakura medical ninjutsu and left Tsunade and Jiraiya.
• Sasuke came home and ate dinner with Fugaku and Mikoto, then hurried out to meet Naruto and their friends.
• Mikoto realized Sasuke had been coming home each evening to eat with Fugaku since Itachi left.
• Fugaku told Mikoto that Hagoromo planned to take the Fourth's Flying Thunder God Formation to Itachi.
• Sasuke apologized for being late, offered to buy everyone ice pops, and joined the group as they set off to shop for ninja tools.

Hagoromo met Uchiha Itachi to receive intelligence about the Akatsuki and gave him a Flying Thunder God Formation scroll for emergencies. Itachi returned to the Akatsuki, where Obito and Black Zetsu discussed moving on to their next plans.

• Hagoromo detected and destroyed a spore planted on Uchiha Itachi, warning him that the Akatsuki was watching him.
• Uchiha Itachi reported that the Akatsuki had extracted the Six-Tails, but he did not know its next target.
• Hagoromo gave Uchiha Itachi a scroll containing the Flying Thunder God Formation so he could escape to Konoha if he was in danger.
• Uchiha Itachi suspected that the Masked Man was the same person from the Night of the Nine-Tails, and Hagoromo said the Uchiha Clan should not be blamed for him.
• After Uchiha Itachi left, Zetsu told Obito that his spore had been destroyed, and Black Zetsu urged Obito to proceed with the next step.

Neji trained with Might Guy and gained greater respect for his instructor, while Naruto and Sasuke reflected on their readiness to become ninja after hearing that Neji had applied to graduate early. The chapter ended with Kiba surprised that the class’s two most unruly geniuses had become more cautious.

• Neji trained alongside Might Guy, completing the exercises despite nearly collapsing from exhaustion.
• Might Guy praised Neji, then pushed himself to continue training with squats.
• Hagoromo's Shadow Clone finished teaching the fourth-grade class and left the classroom.
• Kiba asked Naruto and the others what they had done during the holiday, and Naruto said they had mostly trained.
• Kiba told the class that Neji Hyuga had applied to graduate early, prompting Sasuke to say he was not ready to become a ninja.
• Naruto agreed with Sasuke, explaining that they still needed to grow, and Kiba was stunned by their newfound caution.

Hagoromo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shikaku discussed the Akatsuki’s capture of the Six-Tails and considered the Seven-Tails and Three-Tails as possible next targets. The chapter ended with Mei Terumi accusing Konoha of possibly using the Sharingan to control Kirigakure’s missing Fourth Mizukage and demanding an explanation.

• Naruto welcomed Karin to class and told Kiba that she belonged to the Uzumaki clan.
• Hagoromo told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Six-Tails had been captured and that Itachi was in danger, so they agreed not to contact him unless necessary.
• Hagoromo identified the Seven-Tails and Three-Tails as likely Akatsuki targets, and Shikaku agreed that the organization posed a serious threat.
• Inoichi delivered Kirigakure’s message announcing that Mei Terumi had become Fifth Mizukage and wanted cooperation with Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read Mei Terumi’s demand for an explanation about whether the Sharingan had been used to control the missing Fourth Mizukage.

Hiruzen and his advisers discussed Kirigakure’s report that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled by a Mangekyo user, and Hagoromo proposed using the Six-Tails’ capture to redirect Kirigakure’s suspicions. Hagoromo then prepared to investigate the Akatsuki and begin the Mirage Vapor Pearl’s trial, leaving the next steps to his plans.

• Hiruzen summoned Fugaku after Shikaku noted that Kirigakure’s news supported the possibility that a Sharingan user had controlled the Nine-Tails.
• Fugaku concluded that the Fourth Mizukage’s long-term control pointed to a Mangekyo user outside Konoha, and Hiruzen agreed that an ordinary Sharingan would not have sufficed.
• Hagoromo advised Hiruzen to tell the Fifth Mizukage that Kirigakure’s Six-Tails had already been captured and extracted while withholding details, and Hiruzen assigned Shikaku to deliver the message.
• Fugaku left to reexamine Uchiha recorded as killed in battle, while Hagoromo offered to handle the Akatsuki and planned to have Sansan send a clone to Takigakure.
• Hiruzen approved Hagoromo’s plans and offered him support, and Hagoromo left to brief Sansan and prepare the formation for the Mirage Vapor Pearl’s trial.

Hagoromo sent Naruto and Sasuke into an immersive genjutsu, while Fugaku began to suspect that Obito Uchiha might still be alive because Kakashi’s Sharingan had evolved. Hiruzen summoned Kakashi to his office so Tsunade could examine the eye.

• Hagoromo activated the Heart-Illuminating Realm and engulfed Naruto and Sasuke in a genjutsu meant to let them experience a new life.
• Fugaku reviewed Uchiha death records and noticed that Obito had awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan, while Kakashi’s gifted eye now had three tomoe.
• Fugaku suspected Obito could still be alive and decided Kakashi’s Sharingan might help identify who controlled the Nine-Tails and the Fourth Mizukage.
• Shisui brought Kakashi to Hiruzen’s office, where Fugaku, Tsunade, and Jiraiya were waiting to examine Kakashi’s Sharingan.