Recaps

Hyuga Kei trained Hanabi, gave her a necklace, and prepared to lead the Sound ninja into the former Land of Grass territory. After the Leaf Village delegation departed, Kurenai Yuhi confronted Hanabi about Chiba Kishu, leaving Hanabi embarrassed but chastened.

• Hyuga Kei trained Hanabi and gave her a necklace, and Hanabi kissed him on the cheek before running off.
• Kabuto Yakushi presented Hyuga Kei with a plan to occupy the former Land of Grass territory, and Hyuga Kei approved it for execution after the delegation departed.
• Hyuga Kei used the Tenseigan to connect to the gemstones on Hinata and Hanabi's necklaces and saw them bathing.
• Hyuga Kei and Jiraiya said farewell to the Leaf Village delegation while privately discussing food.
• Kurenai Yuhi noticed the necklaces and, after Hinata explained how Hanabi received hers, warned Hanabi to keep her body private.

Hyuga Kei activated the War Puppet production line and planned to expand his army by securing more funding. He ordered Mōgi Shinobu to send troops to the Land of Grass to establish prestige for a future federation scheme.

• Hyuga Kei and Kabuto Yakushi inspected the underground workshop as its magma-powered production lines began manufacturing War Puppets.
• Hyuga Kei used a Spirit Orb to activate a puppet and test its movements, then praised the production while noting that controlling too many would burden him.
• Hyuga Kei considered seeking the moon’s Golden Tenseigan as a power source and kept Hinata and Hanabi under surveillance in case Otsutsuki Toneri appeared.
• Kabuto Yakushi estimated that available funds could produce about ten thousand puppets, far short of Hyuga Kei’s goal of one hundred thousand.
• Hyuga Kei planned to borrow money and secretly unite neighboring countries into a federation, beginning with the Land of Iron and the Land of the Falls.
• Hyuga Kei ordered Mōgi Shinobu to dispatch troops to the Land of Grass so their side could establish its prestige in the coming war.

Hyuga Kei led Sound Village reinforcements to join Jiraiya’s forces and help Konoha attack Iwagakure. The ambush turned into a counter-encirclement, and Hyuga Kei battled Kitsuchi’s troops as Kitsuchi confronted him.

• Jiraiya reported that Sound Village had agreed to send troops, and Tsunade ordered him to command Konoha’s forces against Iwagakure.
• Hyuga Kei led a thousand Sound Village ninja to join Jiraiya at the Land of Fire–Land of Grass border, where Kabuto Yakushi discussed their hiring fees.
• Jiraiya’s forces launched a night attack on Iwagakure’s camp, but Kitsuchi’s troops counterattacked and drove them back.
• Mōgi Shinobu signaled the Sound Village ambush, and Konoha’s ninja turned back as the combined forces caught Iwagakure in a counter-encirclement.
• Kitsuchi ordered his troops to break through to the west, but Hyuga Kei entered Sage Mode and blocked their escape with his bone blades.
• Kitsuchi attacked Hyuga Kei with Earth Style: Fist Rock, but Hyuga Kei dodged and killed more Iwagakure ninja with bone bullets.

Hyuga Kei defeated Kitsuchi and captured him for Konoha, then used Wood Release to frighten Kakuzu into retreating. After the battle ended, Jiraiya questioned Hyuga Kei about Wood Release, and Hyuga Kei blamed Danzo for giving him Hashirama’s cells.

• Kitsuchi offered Hyuga Kei double Konoha’s price to stop attacking, but Jiraiya raised Konoha’s offer by twenty percent and Hyuga Kei agreed to continue fighting for Konoha.
• Hyuga Kei broke through Kitsuchi’s Earth Release defenses, wounded him, and rendered him unconscious while letting the surviving Iwagakure ninja escape.
• Kakuzu arrived to collect Hyuga Kei’s bounty, but Hyuga Kei used Wood Release to trigger Kakuzu’s fear and make him flee.
• The Iwagakure survivors fled or surrendered, and the Sound ninja helped Konoha clear the battlefield while keeping the spoils for later redistribution.
• Jiraiya asked Hyuga Kei about Wood Release, and Hyuga Kei demonstrated it before claiming Danzo had given him Senju Hashirama’s cells.

Ōnoki accepted that Iwagakure would have to negotiate after its defeat, while Hyuga Kei prepared to profit from the peace talks and secretly took control of the Land of Grass’s intended daimyo. At the negotiations, Tsunade and Ōnoki disputed who had caused the war, leaving Hyuga Kei to steer the talks as both sides accused each other.

• Ōnoki learned that Kitsuchi had been wounded and captured, then decided to negotiate peace and pay a ransom after Kurotsuchi begged him to save her father.
• Hyuga Kei rejected Konoha’s offer of one billion for his Wood Release method, secretly altered the Land of Grass daimyo’s will, and arranged for Otogakure forces to return home while Kabuto Yakushi stirred anti-great-nation sentiment.
• Hyuga Kei arrived at the peace talks with Kimimaro and Jugo, followed by Tsunade with Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka, and finally Ōnoki with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi.
• Tsunade and Ōnoki traded accusations over Konoha’s alleged ambush of Iwagakure’s Jinchuriki and Iwagakure’s invasion and looting of the Land of Grass.
• Ōnoki produced a supposed secret letter from the former Land of Grass daimyo to justify his invasion, while Tsunade accused him of using the letter as an excuse to loot the country.

Hyuga Kei helped Tsunade secure a peace agreement that kept the Land of Grass independent and assigned Sound Village its reconstruction, then turned his public defiance of Ōnoki into a campaign against the Five Great Nations. His rising reputation caught Pain’s attention, while the great nations dismissed him as another fleeting savior.

• Hyuga Kei denounced Ōnoki’s plan to divide the Land of Grass and threatened to defend its sovereignty, prompting Tsunade to back him.
• Tsunade and Hyuga Kei persuaded Ōnoki to accept an intact, independent Land of Grass, an apology and reparations, with Sound Village overseeing reconstruction.
• The negotiators signed a treaty requiring the Land of Earth to pay reparations and return much of the wealth it had taken, while Konoha returned its prisoners.
• Hyuga Kei returned to Sound Village and arranged for his subordinates to handle reconstruction, with supplies purchased from Sound Village.
• Stories of Chiba Kishu’s defiance and battlefield victories spread through the smaller nations, making him a symbol of resistance to the Five Great Nations.
• Pain, seeing Chiba Kishu as a kindred spirit and powerful recruit, told Konan he would approach him personally, while the great nations scoffed at his growing reputation.

Hyuga Kei used a banquet to compel four small nations to begin integrating into the Ninja World Federation Government. Afterward, Pain and Konan arrived to recruit him, and Hyuga Kei greeted them as unwelcome guests.

• Hyuga Kei invited leaders from the Land of the Falls, Land of Iron, Land of Waves, and Land of Moon to a banquet in the Land of Rice.
• Hyuga Kei used Uchiha Hikari's projected Mangekyō Sharingan technique to alter the guests' consciousness and win their support for cooperation against the great nations.
• Hyuga Kei left Kabuto Yakushi to integrate the four countries under the name Ninja World Federation Government.
• Pain and Konan entered Hyuga Kei's courtyard, and he confronted them after hiding Uchiha Hikari's identity.

Pain invited Hyuga Kei, posing as Chiba Kishu, to join Akatsuki and offered support for establishing a Sixth Great Nation. After accepting a mission to help Chiba Kishu, Kei traveled with Uchiha Hikari to Hozuki Castle to meet Mui and explore the prison’s forces and the Box of Paradise.

• Pain told Hyuga Kei the story of Akatsuki’s origins and offered to help him repel the great nations and establish a Sixth Great Nation.
• Hyuga Kei agreed to join Akatsuki again and asked Pain to send the expert who had captured the Four-Tails to meet him.
• Pain sent Akatsuki equipment to Hyuga Kei, who accepted the mission to help Chiba Kishu establish the Sixth Great Nation while keeping up his disguise.
• Hyuga Kei learned that Mui wanted to become the new leader of Kusagakure and considered using Hozuki Castle’s prisoners as a force under Yachihoko.
• Hyuga Kei and Uchiha Hikari flew to Hozuki Castle, where Grass ninja welcomed Chiba Kishu and let them enter.

Hyuga Kei recruited Mui and Kusagakure into his federation of small nations, then persuaded Mui to hand over the Box of Paradise. He sent the box to Ryūchi Cave, securing the weapon he hoped could help the federation challenge the Five Great Nations.

• Hyuga Kei met Mui and Muku, gave Muku a gift, and discussed rebuilding Kusagakure with Mui.
• Hyuga Kei proposed a federation of small nations and showed Mui that the Land of the Falls, the Land of Moon, the Land of Waves, and the Land of Iron had already joined.
• Mui signed the federation agreement after Hyuga Kei promised equal treatment for the Land of Grass.
• Mui revealed Kusagakure's Box of Paradise and led Hyuga Kei to it through a hidden passage.
• Hyuga Kei activated Reverse Summoning Jutsu and sent the Box of Paradise to his warehouse in Ryūchi Cave.

Hyuga Kei learned the Box of Paradise’s origins and brought it to Sound Village for researchers to study. He opened it briefly and returned a White Zetsu transformed into a monster called Satori, leaving the box’s power under investigation.

• Hyuga Kei planned to turn the 275 prisoners in Hozuki Castle into a powerful army using Sage Art Cursed Seals and diluted Hero Water.
• Hyuga Kei used his Tenseigan to look into the Box of Paradise and felt overwhelming rage before closing his eyes and regaining control.
• Ichikishimahime explained that the Box of Paradise contained a sealed power that consumed people and transformed them into monsters able to sense one emotion.
• Hyuga Kei brought Uchiha Hikari to Sound Village and summoned researchers to study the Box of Paradise in the underground sealing prison.
• Hyuga Kei opened the box and sent a White Zetsu inside, then used a seal to stop its suction and wished it back out.
• The White Zetsu returned with black scales, fangs, and claws after only one minute inside the box.

Hyuga Kei founded the Ninja World Federation, promising its citizens food, education, and freedom from the great nations’ oppression. As the Federation prepared for war, Konoha debated how to respond and decided to maintain its alliance rather than attack.

• Hyuga Kei sealed the Box of Paradise and ordered scholars to find a way to control Satori, while allowing them to study the mutated White Zetsu.
• Kabuto Yakushi completed the integration of six small nations, and their armies and brainwashed prisoner forces prepared for deployment.
• Hyuga Kei announced the Federation’s founding and promised its citizens enough food, education for their children, and protection from the great nations within three years.
• Intelligence agents from other nations witnessed the crowd’s fervent support and left to report the Federation’s founding.
• Tsunade convened Konoha’s leaders, and Shikaku Nara advised waiting for a likely conflict between the Federation and the Land of Lightning.
• Tsunade chose to establish diplomatic relations with the Federation and preserve its alliance with Konoha.

The Ninja World Federation’s founding prompted Sunagakure and Kumogakure to mobilize against it while other great villages weighed their options. Hyuga Kei assigned commanders and forces for the coming two-front war, then prepared to lead the main defense against Kumogakure.

• Konoha’s rookies read that Chiba Kishu had become head of state of the newly founded Ninja World Federation, and Shikamaru worried about how the alliance had formed.
• Ōnoki delayed deciding whether to attack the Federation, Chiyo agreed to send troops after the Wind feudal lord restored Sunagakure’s military funding, and Mei Terumi stayed out of the conflict.
• The Fourth Raikage A rejected Chiyo’s offer to coordinate and ordered Kumogakure to march on the Land of Moon in one week, while Killer B planned to sneak to the front lines.
• Hyuga Kei assigned Kabuto Yakushi and Mui to command the campaign against Sunagakure, with prisoners equipped with cursed seals and diluted Hero Water.
• Hyuga Kei announced that he would lead the Land of Moon campaign with Mifune’s samurai and Mōgi Shinobu’s ninja, and promised Shibuki that Fū would be safe.

Kabuto Yakushi unleashed the Federation’s Satori monsters and cursed-seal-enhanced prisoner army against Sunagakure’s forces. Gaara’s sand briefly halted the prisoners, but the Satori shattered the defense line, forcing Chiyo to order a retreat after Sunagakure suffered a crushing defeat.

• Kabuto Yakushi sent fifteen Satori and three hundred prisoners enhanced by the second-generation Sage Art Cursed Seal charging at Sunagakure’s defense line.
• Chiyo sent Gaara to stop the advance, and Gaara buried the prisoner army beneath a massive wave of sand.
• The prisoners broke free and resumed their charge while the Satori shrugged off Sunagakure’s Wind Release attacks.
• The Satori smashed through Sunagakure’s defense line and massacred its troops as a mixed Federation force joined the battle.
• Chiyo ordered a retreat after the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu failed to turn the battle, and three thousand Sunagakure ninja died.

Hyuga Kei used his overwhelming power to destroy Kumogakure’s advancing army and warned Raikage A to abandon the attack. After learning that Hyuga Kei’s Truth-Seeking Orbs recalled the Sage of Six Paths, A ordered a retreat, shaken by the possibility that they could not defeat or even harm him.

• Raikage A sent the Kumogakure army through the canyon in waves after scouts reported no ambush, while Killer B joked and was struck by A.
• Hyuga Kei entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Sage Mode, combined his Truth-Seeking Orbs, and unleashed the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Hyuga Kei’s attack annihilated the two thousand ninja in the canyon and devastated the Kumogakure camp, killing more than two thousand soldiers.
• Hyuga Kei identified himself to Raikage A as an envoy of Leader Kishu, then flew away without waiting for A’s answer.
• Gyuki told Killer B that Hyuga Kei’s Truth-Seeking Orbs were like those once seen behind the Sage of Six Paths, and Killer B warned A that Kumogakure could not defeat or likely hurt him.
• Raikage A ordered the surviving Kumogakure forces to withdraw.

Hyuga Kei captured the Seven-Tails and sent it to Pain while the Federation defeated Sunagakure and Kumogakure, prompting the Five Great Nations to reconsider its power. At the Six Nations Summit, Hyuga Kei secured recognition of the Federation and began easing tensions with the Land of Lightning.

• Hyuga Kei extracted the Seven-Tails from Fū, controlled it with his Sharingan, and later sent it to Pain for the Akatsuki Organization’s plans.
• The Federation defeated Sunagakure and drove back Kumogakure, suffering fewer than a thousand casualties, and Konoha postponed plans to send troops.
• Tsunade received Chiba Kishu’s invitation for the Five Kage to attend a summit in Konoha one week later.
• Pain rejected the idea of unifying the shinobi world and prepared the Seven-Tails for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to absorb.
• At the summit, Hyuga Kei rejected claims that he was a daimyo or had used genjutsu to control the former rulers, and the Five Great Nations recognized the Federation and established diplomatic relations.
• Hyuga Kei offered to sell uninhabited border areas to the Land of Lightning as a buffer zone.

Hyuga Kei summoned the four Hokage and showed them how the Ninja World Federation was changing the ninja world. He also revealed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s alleged crimes and Naruto’s miserable childhood, leaving Tobirama to condemn his choice of successor.

• Hyuga Kei retrieved the Death God Mask and had Orochimaru release the souls of the four Hokage, then reincarnated them with White Zetsu.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Minato tried to break free, but Hyuga Kei suppressed them and used genjutsu to show them the Federation’s founding and victories.
• Hyuga Kei argued that the old one-village, one-country system had failed and said he intended to unite the ninja world and preserve peace.
• Hyuga Kei told the Hokage that Hiruzen’s reputation had collapsed and that Tsunade had become the Fifth Hokage.
• Hyuga Kei explained Obito’s role in the Nine-Tails’ attack and showed Minato Naruto’s childhood, while Hiruzen blamed Danzo for the rumors about Naruto.
• Tobirama rebuked Hiruzen for allowing the rumors to continue and said passing him the Hokage position had been his greatest mistake.

Hyuga Kei pursued a way to take Obito’s Kamui Sharingan and learned how to exploit the curse seal on Obito’s heart. He planned to let Konoha wear Obito down before making his move.

• Minato asked to see Naruto, but Hyuga Kei refused and sealed the four Hokage in coffins.
• Hyuga Kei ordered Kabuto to keep searching for Jigen without alerting him, intending to devour Isshiki when he revived.
• Hyuga Kei decided he needed Obito’s Kamui and summoned Black Zetsu to ask about transplanting Sharingan dojutsu.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Uchiha clan had fused Mangekyō Sharingan into Uchiha Hikari using a technique that consumed her life force.
• Black Zetsu taught Hyuga Kei how to activate the curse seal on Obito’s heart, and Hyuga Kei decided to let Konoha wear Obito down first.

Konoha assembled a force to hunt Uchiha Obito after the Federation exposed his base and pressured the village to act. Kakashi, Naruto, Jiraiya, and Yamato joined the mission, which ended with the team confronting Obito in the Land of Grass.

• The Federation sent Tsunade intelligence on Obito's base and Kamui, while the Ninja World Times publicized the discovery and pressured Konoha to respond.
• Tsunade assigned Kakashi to lead the Anbu First Division, with Jiraiya and the Ino-Shika-Cho squad joining the operation.
• Naruto demanded to join the hunt and won permission to go with Yamato after declaring he would avenge his father himself.
• White Zetsu warned Obito that Konoha's team was approaching, and Obito hid Rin's crystal coffin in Kamui before going to meet them.
• Kakashi's team surrounded Obito in the Land of Grass, where Kakashi confronted him about killing Minato and Kushina, and Naruto threatened revenge.

Naruto and the Konoha team battled Obito while Hyuga Kei restrained Minato in the sky to keep their plan on track. Naruto and the Nine-Tails formed an agreement, but Jiraiya and Kakashi’s coordinated attack struck Obito’s Susanoo instead of breaking through.

• Hyuga Kei thanked Minato for helping track Obito and restrained him when Minato tried to rush to Naruto’s aid.
• Naruto attacked Obito, while Yamato and Shikaku used the intelligence about Obito’s abilities to protect Kakashi and inform the Anbu.
• Naruto accepted the Nine-Tails’ power and calmly explained to Yamato that they had agreed to fight their common enemy.
• Obito caught Naruto in a genjutsu, but the Nine-Tails freed him, allowing Naruto to counterattack.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi struck Obito together, but Obito’s blue Susanoo blocked both attacks.

Hyuga Kei and Minato pursued Obito after Kakashi’s team wounded him and learned that Kakashi had unknowingly revealed Kushina’s delivery location. Hyuga Kei betrayed Obito and killed him, leaving the Moon Eye Plan and Black Zetsu’s secrets exposed.

• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Kakashi coordinated their techniques to immobilize Obito and wound him, but Obito revealed Kakashi had disclosed Kushina’s delivery location before escaping with Kamui.
• Obito treated his wounds in Kamui’s dimension and vowed to create a peaceful ninja world for Rin before returning to the real world.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Mark to locate Obito, and Hyuga Kei attacked him with Time Eye: Lock, but Obito’s preactivated Kamui let him escape the strike.
• Hyuga Kei confessed that he had allied with Black Zetsu, planned to kill Obito, and knew the Moon Eye Plan and Infinite Tsukuyomi were false.
• Hyuga Kei froze time again, tore out Obito’s eyes, activated the curse mark to shatter his heart, and snapped his neck, killing him.

Hyuga Kei fused Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan with his own power, awakening the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and gaining access to Kamui. He revived Obito with Impure World Reincarnation, separating him from Rin just as they reunited in the Pure Land.

• Hyuga Kei stored Obito's corpse and Sharingan, then sent Minato away in a coffin after their deal ended.
• At the Sound Village, Hyuga Kei absorbed a collection of Three Tomoe Sharingan and had Kabuto Yakushi transplant Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hyuga Kei forcibly fused the new eyes' Dojutsu Power, revealing his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and surprising Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.
• Hyuga Kei tested Kamui, entered its dimension, and found Rin's body preserved in a crystal coffin before deciding to revive Obito himself.
• Obito reunited with Rin in the Pure Land, but Hyuga Kei's Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu summoned him away.

Hyuga Kei consolidated his power over two years, building the Federation and an Impure World Reincarnation army while the Akatsuki began its Tailed Beast hunt. After learning Sasuke was pursuing Itachi, Kei headed back to the Federation and planned a visit to Sunagakure, where Karin distracted him from work.

• Hyuga Kei ordered Kabuto to gather powerful deceased ninjas and build an Impure World Reincarnation army within two years.
• Over the next two years, the Federation prospered, Kei developed Heavenly Mandate Rebirth, and he gathered Kage-level ninjas for his army.
• Pain assigned Akatsuki members missions to capture the Tailed Beasts, including Hyuga Kei's assignment to capture the Five-Tails.
• Hyuga Kei told Uchiha Itachi that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru and was searching for him, and Itachi accepted the news calmly.
• Hyuga Kei returned to the Federation, ordered Karin to arrange a personal visit to Sunagakure, and Karin sat in his lap, telling him business could wait.

After Akatsuki captured Gaara and poisoned Kankuro, Temari begged Hyuga Kei to secure Federation aid for Sunagakure. Hyuga Kei agreed to act against Akatsuki and ordered his forces to hurry toward the village.

• Gaara exhausted his chakra protecting Sunagakure and was captured by Deidara, while Kankuro returned poisoned and Chiyo was asked to lead the village.
• Sunagakure's leaders debated rescuing Gaara, and Temari volunteered to ask the Federation for help saving her brothers.
• Temari reached Hyuga Kei's camp and pleaded for his intervention, offering herself in desperation.
• Hyuga Kei covered Temari with his windbreaker, told her the Federation would act against Akatsuki, and ordered his forces to proceed to Sunagakure at full speed.

Hyuga Kei rescued Kankuro from the poison and joined the effort to save Gaara, while Konoha and Sunagakure’s team set out to pursue Akatsuki. As Akatsuki prepared to delay them, Hyuga Kei arranged for Neji to travel and secretly protected him with sealed Tenseigan power.

• Hyuga Kei arrived in Sunagakure with Temari and cured Kankuro by having a white snake extract the virus and administering treatment.
• Kankuro woke and revealed that a piece of Sasori’s clothing had been caught in his puppet, offering a clue for the rescue mission.
• Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai arrived, and Chiyo mistook Kakashi for Hatake Sakumo before Ebizo corrected her.
• Hyuga Kei assigned Kimimaro and Jugo to stop any enemies while Konoha and Sunagakure rescued Gaara, and the team departed the next morning.
• Pain ordered Itachi and Kisame to delay the approaching rescue team while Akatsuki extracted the One-Tail.
• Hyuga Kei sealed Tenseigan power inside Neji’s Byakugan and planned for him to travel the ninja world and reunite with Tenten.

Neji reunited with Might Guy’s Team during their battle against Kisame’s clone and agreed to return to Konoha with them. Meanwhile, Kimimaro and Jugo stayed behind to fight Itachi’s clone while the rescue team continued toward Gaara.

• Kisame’s clone trapped Tenten and Rock Lee with Water Prison, but Neji arrived and freed them with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Neji joined Might Guy in defeating Kisame’s clone, then reunited with Guy, Tenten, and Lee and agreed to accompany them back to Konoha.
• Jugo sensed that Itachi was only a clone, so Kimimaro and Jugo volunteered to hold him off while Naruto and the others continued their mission to rescue Gaara.
• Jugo charged Itachi, but Itachi evaded him and struck Kimimaro away with a flame-covered punch.