Recaps

Hyuga Kei arranged a meeting with Jiraiya in the Sound Village, pretending to help him rescue Orochimaru so he would investigate the Federation’s hidden secrets. Morikawa Kei gave Jiraiya a map and a Fuinjutsu, leaving Jiraiya to infiltrate the underground laboratory and locate the room where Orochimaru was sealed.

• Hyuga Kei handed Pain the sealing box containing the Six-Tails and left after learning that Jiraiya had arrived.
• Hyuga Kei returned to the Sound Village headquarters, where Kabuto Yakushi showed him surveillance footage of Jiraiya entering under a false identity.
• Jiraiya followed the passwords arranged by Hyuga Kei and met the disguised Morikawa Kei at an inn.
• Morikawa Kei claimed Orochimaru’s body and consciousness had been controlled by Impure World Reincarnation and gave Jiraiya a Fuinjutsu to restore his consciousness.
• Morikawa Kei drew a map of the underground laboratory for Jiraiya, marking a suspected room where Orochimaru was sealed.

Morikawa Kei helped Jiraiya sneak into the Underground Research Institute so he could free Orochimaru from Impure World Reincarnation control. Jiraiya passed the institute’s security and began exploring its laboratories while Morikawa Kei led him inside.

• When the Police Force searched the inn, Morikawa Kei used a woman’s body to disguise Jiraiya’s presence, leaving Jiraiya disgusted.
• Morikawa Kei told Jiraiya to follow the map to Orochimaru’s sealed room and gave him a researcher’s uniform and access pass.
• Hyuga Kei revealed that he had controlled Morikawa Kei’s actions to torment Jiraiya, while Kabuto Yakushi feared becoming the next target of Kei’s schemes.
• Jiraiya changed into the researcher’s uniform, avoided patrols, and passed the entrance inspection with Morikawa Kei’s help.
• Morikawa Kei vouched for Jiraiya at a restricted basement entrance, and they rode an elevator down into the Underground Research Institute.
• Jiraiya studied the institute’s vast laboratories and experimental equipment as he made his way through the underground facility.

Jiraiya infiltrated the Federation’s research institute, freed Orochimaru, and learned that Chiba Kishu was another identity used by Hyuga Kei. As Jiraiya and Orochimaru considered warning Konoha, someone approached their room.

• Jiraiya saw the Federation’s researchers studying a strange creature and hurried away after learning they were turning dark chakra entities into weapons.
• Jiraiya found Orochimaru’s sealed chamber and used a talisman to suppress Kabuto Yakushi’s control talisman, awakening Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Jiraiya that Chiba Kishu was Hyuga Kei’s false identity and described how Hyuga Kei had controlled and imprisoned him for nearly ten years.
• Jiraiya decided to send Orochimaru’s revelations to Konoha, but Orochimaru warned that Hyuga Kei had prepared for this and that they were in danger.
• A voice sounded outside the chamber as hurried footsteps approached.

Hyuga Kei confronted Jiraiya and Orochimaru in the Sealing Room, claiming both his own identity and Chiba Kishu’s as he advanced his plan to unite the world under one regime. Jiraiya mistook him for a fusion that had consumed Chiba Kishu, and he and Orochimaru prepared to fight together.

• Hyuga Kei entered the Sealing Room with Federation ninjas, surrounded Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and revealed that he had tracked them since they entered Sound Village.
• A Federation ninja delivered the severed heads of three people who had helped Jiraiya reach the Sealing Room, and Hyuga Kei said the world needed only one regime.
• Jiraiya accused Hyuga Kei of devouring Chiba Kishu’s personality, and Hyuga Kei encouraged the misunderstanding by claiming to be a fusion of two consciousnesses.
• Jiraiya rejected Hyuga Kei’s account of Chiba Kishu and vowed to stop him, even at the cost of his life.
• Orochimaru proposed that he and Jiraiya join forces, and the two took fighting stances against Hyuga Kei.

Jiraiya and Orochimaru tried to escape Hyuga Kei’s research facility so they could warn Konoha, while Hyuga Kei deliberately let them flee to spread information about his identity and prepare for his eventual redemption. Orochimaru sacrificed himself to let Jiraiya escape, but Hyuga Kei was left wondering how Orochimaru had escaped Impure World Reincarnation.

• Jiraiya and Orochimaru used combined ninjutsu to break from the Sealing Room, but Hyuga Kei pursued them through the facility and blocked their escape at the elevator.
• Orochimaru turned into a giant white snake and carried Jiraiya up the elevator shaft, but Hyuga Kei blasted them through the institute’s ceiling and out into the street.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, and Hyuga Kei followed them beyond Sound Village while intentionally allowing them to carry information back to Konoha.
• Jiraiya told Orochimaru to escape while he held Hyuga Kei off, and Orochimaru accepted the plan.
• Hyuga Kei knocked Gamabunta back to Mount Myōboku, and Orochimaru attacked with Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags before becoming a pile of ashes.
• Hyuga Kei saw that Orochimaru had somehow released Impure World Reincarnation and activated the Tenseigan to investigate.

Hyuga Kei defeated Jiraiya, but Obito rescued him and took him into the Kamui dimension. Obito revealed the source of Hyuga Kei’s powers and began explaining how Jiraiya might help bring him down.

• Hyuga Kei overwhelmed Jiraiya’s ninjutsu and struck him down, then prepared to kill him with a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Obito appeared and saved Jiraiya, confronting Hyuga Kei before pulling Jiraiya into the Kamui dimension.
• Hyuga Kei praised the pair’s convincing act after they vanished, admitting he had needed Jiraiya alive to clear his name.
• Obito told Jiraiya he wanted to use him to retaliate against Hyuga Kei, and Jiraiya realized he and Konoha had been pieces in their conflict.
• Obito identified Hyuga Kei’s eyes as the Tenseigan and explained that his Truth-Seeking Orbs could nullify ninjutsu, prompting Jiraiya to ask how they could fight him.

Obito told Jiraiya that Hyuga Kei had manipulated the Akatsuki conflict and sought to take control of the Ten-Tails plan, then revealed how Madara Uchiha had survived and used Nagato to carry out his scheme. Jiraiya learned that Obito had helped steer Nagato toward his current path and heard how the Akatsuki Organization had once pursued peace before Hanzo took an interest in it.

• Obito claimed Hyuga Kei wanted to turn Nagato and him against each other so he could control the Ten-Tails plan, and urged Jiraiya to help kill him.
• Jiraiya challenged Obito to reveal his own secrets, and Obito admitted he was Madara Uchiha's successor rather than Madara himself.
• Obito explained that Madara had survived the Valley of the End, awakened the Rinnegan, and placed it in Nagato to collect the Tailed Beasts and enable his own revival.
• Obito admitted he had guided Nagato, while blaming Konoha and Danzo for helping shape the events that led to Nagato's condition.
• Obito told Jiraiya that the Akatsuki Organization had originally sought peace and had attracted Hanzo's attention.

Obito told Jiraiya how Danzo and Hanzo had caused Yahiko’s death, and Jiraiya agreed to meet Nagato and try to persuade him to change course. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kei revealed to Nagato that he was also Chiba Kishu, leaving Nagato angry at having been deceived.

• Obito blamed Danzo and Hanzo for the ambush that killed Yahiko and drove Nagato to found Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya challenged Obito’s condemnation of Konoha, then agreed to cooperate and speak with Nagato.
• Obito used Kamui to take Jiraiya to Akatsuki’s headquarters in the Land of Rain.
• Hyuga Kei watched Jiraiya and Obito arrive, believing Jiraiya’s account could help clear his name in Konoha.
• Hyuga Kei entered Nagato’s chamber and revealed that he was both Hyuga Kei and Chiba Kishu.
• Nagato accused Hyuga Kei of deceiving him and Akatsuki.

Hyuga Kei persuaded Nagato to join his plan to use the Ten-Tails to unify the shinobi world, then arranged attacks on Kumogakure and Konoha. Jiraiya and Uchiha Obito arrived to confront Nagato, and their conversation ended with Nagato challenging Jiraiya’s appeal to protect the innocent.

• Hyuga Kei told Nagato that a second personality had once controlled his actions and claimed he had now fully fused with it.
• Hyuga Kei persuaded Nagato that the Ten-Tails could help establish a peaceful system across the shinobi world, and Nagato agreed to join him.
• Hyuga Kei proposed sending Second Pillar, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Deidara after the Eight-Tails, while he, Nagato, and Konan targeted the Nine-Tails.
• Nagato summoned Jiraiya and Uchiha Obito, while Hyuga Kei vanished and continued watching from the clouds through the Tenseigan.
• Jiraiya apologized to Nagato for Konoha’s past and urged him to stop harming innocent people, but Nagato mocked his appeal.

Jiraiya confronted Nagato about Hyuga Kei’s manipulation, but Nagato chose to continue their alliance and warned Jiraiya not to interfere. After Jiraiya was taken away by Obito, Hyuga Kei prepared Deidara and a modified gemstone for the coming assault on Konoha and Kumogakure.

• Jiraiya told Nagato that Hyuga Kei was Chiba Kishu’s second personality and was using him, but Nagato said he already knew and had agreed to cooperate with Hyuga Kei.
• Nagato defended Hyuga Kei’s plan and his own pursuit of power, while Jiraiya urged him to remember their ideals and warned that they would meet in battle if neither backed down.
• Jiraiya left the secret chamber, and Obito used Kamui to bring him into its dimension before disappearing.
• Hyuga Kei confirmed that Nagato had rejected Jiraiya and began preparing an attack on Konoha and Kumogakure.
• Hyuga Kei planned to give Deidara the modified gemstone and Secret Technique: Wrathful Hair Heaven to strengthen him for the assault.

Hyuga Kei visited Deidara after capturing the Six-Tails and told him about the Tsuchigumo Clan’s Wrathful Hair Heaven technique. Deidara eagerly asked to learn it, and Hyuga Kei transplanted its gemstone medium into him, leaving Deidara excited to develop new art and making him part of Hyuga Kei’s plan.

• Hyuga Kei found Deidara experimenting with clay and shared takoyaki while recounting how he captured the Six-Tails and obtained the Tsuchigumo Clan’s secret technique.
• Hyuga Kei described Wrathful Hair Heaven’s destructive power and showed Deidara the gemstone medium he had modified to gather natural energy and strengthen ninjutsu.
• Deidara begged Hyuga Kei to teach him the technique, and Hyuga Kei agreed after pretending to hesitate.
• Hyuga Kei fused the gemstone into Deidara’s back and explained how to use natural energy and Wrathful Hair Heaven.
• Deidara felt newly empowered and promised to create greater art as Hyuga Kei left, satisfied that his plan had succeeded.

Hyuga Kei brought Sasuke to Akatsuki to replace Itachi, while Konoha learned that Akatsuki had captured Utakata and Hotaru after defeating Asuma Squad. The chapter ended with Orochimaru arriving at Konoha to deliver urgent intelligence, leaving Tsunade, Kakashi, and Naruto to confront the implications.

• Hyuga Kei gave Sasuke Itachi's Suzaku Ring and brought him to Akatsuki, where Pain accepted him and Kisame greeted him with hostility.
• Tsunade learned that Obito had attacked the Tsuchigumo Clan and that Asuma had died in a battle with Akatsuki.
• An Anbu reported that Kakashi's Twilight Squad had returned with Utakata and Hotaru, but Kakashi explained that Pain and Hyuga Kei had taken both the Six-Tails and Wrathful Hair Heaven.
• Tsunade praised the squad for defeating two Akatsuki members and sent them to rest.
• An Anbu reported that Orochimaru had arrived to share urgent intelligence, and Naruto persuaded Tsunade to let him stay and hear what Orochimaru had to say.

Orochimaru told Tsunade and the others that Jiraiya had died while helping him escape and revealed Hyuga Kei’s connection to Chiba Kishu and the Akatsuki Organization. Naruto was devastated by the news and rushed out, while Tsunade and Kakashi considered Orochimaru’s offer and the truth of his account.

• Naruto demanded to know Sasuke’s whereabouts, while Tsunade questioned Orochimaru about Jiraiya and the Federation.
• Orochimaru said Jiraiya had probably died fighting Hyuga Kei and offered information about the Federation in exchange for refuge and an end to Konoha’s pursuit.
• Tsunade agreed to hear Orochimaru’s information before considering his terms, and he recounted his capture, rescue by Jiraiya, and what Hyuga Kei had revealed about his dual personalities and Chiba Kishu.
• Naruto rejected Orochimaru’s claim that Chiba Kishu belonged to the Akatsuki Organization, then broke down over Jiraiya’s death and Kishu’s role in the tragedies.
• Tsunade took responsibility for sending Jiraiya on the mission, and Naruto ran out of the office.
• Kakashi judged Orochimaru’s account plausible because Hyuga Kei’s childhood and the stark differences between his personalities could support the claim.

Naruto reunited with the supposedly dead Jiraiya, who revealed that Obito had rescued him and wanted to join forces against Hyuga Kei and the Akatsuki Organization. In the Hokage’s office, the group planned to reach Hyuga Kei through his lingering second personality while preparing for an attack on Konoha.

• Naruto grieved at Ichiraku Ramen and beneath an old tree until Jiraiya appeared alive and comforted him.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that Obito had rescued him and intended to help fight Hyuga Kei and the Akatsuki Organization.
• Tsunade treated Jiraiya’s reopened wound, and the group gathered in the Hokage’s office to compare intelligence from Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Shikaku Nara suggested that Chiba Kishu might still exist in Hyuga Kei’s subconscious and proposed seeking help from the Yamanaka clan and Hyuga Hinata and Hyuga Hanabi.
• Tsunade said Konoha’s defenses were being prepared, and Naruto vowed to fight alongside everyone with his newest ultimate move.

Jiraiya explained that Obito had saved him to expose Hyuga Kei and Chiba Kishu’s schemes and seek Konoha’s help, while revealing Madara Uchiha’s influence behind the conflict. He left the group facing the realization that Nagato and Hyuga Kei had allied to pursue the Ten-Tails’ power and that their situation was worse than they had imagined.

• Jiraiya urged Naruto to train in Sage Arts at Mount Myōboku so he could defeat Hyuga Kei and evade Akatsuki’s pursuit, and Naruto agreed.
• Jiraiya revealed that Obito had saved him to retaliate against Hyuga Kei and cooperate with Konoha, explaining how Hyuga Kei and Chiba Kishu had manipulated events.
• Shikaku concluded that Hyuga Kei’s two personalities could cooperate, while Naruto struggled to reconcile Obito’s past crimes with his rescue of Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya revealed that Madara Uchiha had prepared events from behind the scenes and had entrusted his eyes and ambitions to Nagato and Obito.
• Jiraiya said Nagato had allied with Hyuga Kei to use the Ten-Tails’ power, and that Obito had brought him back to Konoha and was at the Memorial Stone.
• Shikaku concluded that the situation Konoha faced was even more severe than they had imagined.

Tsunade organized Konoha’s response to Akatsuki’s threat, sending Naruto to learn Sage Jutsu and Kakashi to question Obito. At Rin’s grave, Kakashi urged Obito to oppose Hyuga Kei, but Obito left without answering.

• Naruto vowed to fight and agreed to learn Sage Jutsu at Mount Myōboku while cooperating with the Nine-Tails.
• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to recover, sent Kakashi to speak with Obito, and told Shizune to recall mission teams and seek aid from other villages.
• Kakashi confronted Obito at the Memorial Stone and condemned his actions, arguing that Rin would not forgive him.
• Kakashi urged Obito to join Konoha against their true enemy, but Obito accused him of trying to extract information.
• Obito placed bellflowers at Rin’s grave and walked past Kakashi without giving an answer.

Kakashi secured Obito’s promise to give Konoha intelligence on Pain while the Five Great Shinobi Villages gathered to plan against Hyuga Kei and Nagato. Tsunade revealed that Chiba Kishu was Hyuga Kei’s second personality, and Temari joined the team hoping to awaken it.

• Obito promised Kakashi that he would give Konoha intelligence on Pain, though he denied caring about Konoha or the shinobi world.
• Kakashi reported his meeting to Tsunade, while Naruto trained in senjutsu, Jiraiya recovered in the hospital, and Shizune recalled Konoha’s shinobi and sought help from other villages.
• Gaara, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki agreed to support Konoha, and representatives from the villages gathered in Tsunade’s office to review intelligence on Pain and Hyuga Kei.
• Tsunade revealed that Chiba Kishu was Hyuga Kei’s second personality and proposed trying to awaken it as part of their plan.
• Temari volunteered to join the team tasked with awakening Chiba Kishu’s personality, and Gaara and Tsunade supported her.

Shikamaru told Hinata and Hanabi that Chiba Kishu was Hyuga Kei’s second personality and that the personalities had fused, asking them to try to persuade him if he appeared. The sisters agreed to help, and they joined Temari in the Hokage’s Office to discuss how to reach him.

• Shikamaru visited Hinata and Hanabi and revealed that Chiba Kishu was Hyuga Kei’s second personality, now fused with him.
• Hinata and Hanabi struggled to accept that Kishu was also the enemy who had killed their loved ones.
• After hearing about Hyuga Kei’s persecution and Konoha’s suspicions, Hinata and Hanabi agreed to try to bring Kishu back.
• Shikamaru took the sisters to the Hokage’s Office, where they met Temari, who also hoped to awaken Kishu.
• Temari, Hinata, and Hanabi began sharing their memories and experiences with Chiba Kishu.

Hyuga Kei and the Six Paths Pain advanced toward Konoha as the village and its allies prepared for battle. The chapter ended with Gaara appealing to Hyuga Kei’s former dream of peace.

• Pain ordered the Akatsuki to attack Konoha and Kumogakure simultaneously and capture the last two Tailed Beasts.
• Sasuke asked to attack Konoha, but Hyuga Kei told him to follow his orders and leave revenge for another time.
• Deidara, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Sasuke departed for Kumogakure while Hyuga Kei sent a Shadow Clone with them.
• Hyuga Kei and Konan brought Nagato near Konoha, where Nagato summoned the Six Paths Pain and began the plan.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s civilians evacuated and assembled the allied forces to confront Hyuga Kei and Pain.
• Gaara asked Hyuga Kei whether he had forgotten his dream of preserving peace and ending oppression.

Hyuga Kei summoned four Kage from the dead with Impure World Reincarnation and forced them to fight the Allied Forces. The battle began as Gaara faced his father Rasa and Jiraiya tried to stop Minato.

• Hyuga Kei demanded Naruto and summoned Minato Namikaze, Hozuki Gengetsu, Rasa, and Mu from four coffins using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hyuga Kei threatened Minato through his son, and Minato asked Jiraiya to stop him as the revived Kage prepared to fight.
• Tsunade and Kakashi rallied the Allied Forces while Gaara vowed to protect the village from his father.
• Gaara and Rasa clashed with sand and gold dust, while Minato attacked the Allied Forces and Jiraiya confronted him with Fire Style: Flame Bullet.

The Allied Forces attacked Hyuga Kei and Six Paths Pain, but Deva Path Pain unleashed Planetary Devastation and devastated their ranks. As his comrades were swept into the growing sphere, Might Guy opened the Eighth Gate.

• Hozuki Gengetsu and Mei Terumi clashed with water techniques while Mu and Ōnoki fought with Dust Release.
• Tsunade led the Allied Forces against Hyuga Kei and Six Paths Pain, but Hyuga Kei repelled their attacks and drove back Kakashi and Might Guy.
• Tsunade’s assault drew Six Paths Pain apart, allowing six combat squads to counter the individual Paths and defeat Human Path and Naraka Path.
• Deva Path Pain used the chakra freed by their defeat to unleash Planetary Devastation, pulling ninja and rubble into a growing sphere despite the Allied Forces’ counterattack.
• Might Guy watched his comrades die, recalled his father’s words, and opened the Eighth Gate, the Gate of Death.

Might Guy shattered Deva Path Pain’s Attraction Sphere and injured Hyuga Kei with Evening Elephant, but Hyuga Kei rewound his wounds with his Mangekyō Sharingan. The battle continued as Hyuga Kei challenged Guy to use his strongest attack.

• Might Guy broke through Hyuga Kei’s Truth-Seeking Orb defenses, destroyed the Attraction Sphere’s core, and sent Hyuga Kei and Deva Path Pain flying.
• Hyuga Kei killed Kakashi, prompting Might Guy to attack him in a fury while Tsunade fought Deva Path Pain.
• Might Guy’s Evening Elephant strikes broke through Hyuga Kei’s defenses and sent him crashing into the ground, badly injured.
• Hyuga Kei healed himself by rewinding time around his body with his Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged Might Guy to use his strongest strike.

Hyuga Kei survived Might Guy’s Night Guy strike after sustaining a devastating wound, then recovered chakra with Uchiha Hikari’s help. He stood over the unconscious Guy and prepared to finish him.

• Hyuga Kei unleashed Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Might Guy answered with Night Guy and struck him through the battlefield.
• The impact left Might Guy unconscious and Hyuga Kei kneeling with a hole through his stomach, though his Sage Body and medical ninjutsu began healing him.
• Hyuga Kei summoned Uchiha Hikari, who used Yachihoko to gather chakra from ninjas across the Sound Village and Federation and restore his reserves.
• Hyuga Kei sent Uchiha Hikari away with Flying Thunder God, then faced the unconscious Might Guy and fired a Truth-Seeking Orb at him.

Naruto arrived on the battlefield and joined forces with Kurama, entering Sage Fox Mode to oppose Hyuga Kei. After the reanimated Kage were sealed, Hyuga Kei summoned Minato to face Naruto in a father-son showdown.

• Naruto used Frog Kumite to divert a Truth-Seeking Orb and arrived as Might Guy faced danger.
• Minato urged Naruto to connect with the Nine-Tails, but Naruto rejected Hyuga Kei's offer and refused to hand over Kurama.
• Kurama agreed to join forces with Naruto, revealed his name, and helped him enter Sage Fox Mode.
• Gaara, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, Jiraiya, and their allies sealed Rasa, Mu, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Minato Namikaze.
• Six Paths Pain overwhelmed Tsunade and the allied ninja forces, leaving them with heavy casualties and dwindling morale.
• Hyuga Kei snapped his fingers and declared that it was time for a father-son showdown.

Hyuga Kei stripped Minato Namikaze of his consciousness and forced him to fight Naruto as a perfect Jinchuriki. As the two clashed, Naruto struggled to reach his father and finally managed to make Minato show signs of resisting Hyuga Kei's control.

• Hyuga Kei freed Minato Namikaze from the sealing chains and took control of him, turning him into a perfect Jinchuriki.
• Minato attacked Naruto, while Jiraiya, Tsunade, Gaara, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi tried to stop him; Minato overwhelmed their combined assault.
• Naruto and Minato exchanged Tailed Beast Bombs, then fought with Rasengan, Flying Thunder God Technique, and other attacks as Naruto tried to awaken his father.
• Naruto and Minato transformed into enormous golden Nine-Tails and battled away from the Allied Forces.
• Naruto drew on Kurama's power, seized Minato, and pleaded with him until the struggle in Minato's eyes grew stronger.