Chapter Summaries

As Madara Uchiha absorbed chakra from the Infinite Tsukuyomi victims, Black Zetsu betrayed him and used him to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki. Kaguya awakened as the battlefield faced her power, while Akihara Kagura watched calmly and ate a blood-red fruit.

• Tobirama Senju directed the ninjas to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi and lend their chakra to Madara Uchiha, while Second Pillar's Susanoo sheltered Naruto Uzumaki and others.
• Madara Uchiha began absorbing chakra from across the ninja world as Akihara Kagura overwhelmed Second Pillar, Naruto Uzumaki, Tobirama Senju, and Kakashi Hatake.
• Akihara Kagura revealed that the battle had served a larger purpose, and Black Zetsu emerged to pierce Madara Uchiha and take control of his body.
• Black Zetsu fused with Madara Uchiha and transformed him into the vessel for Kaguya Otsutsuki's resurrection, while Akihara Kagura prevented Kakashi Hatake from interfering.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from the shrinking black sphere, opened her Byakugan, and descended toward Second Pillar and Naruto Uzumaki.
• As everyone watched Kaguya Otsutsuki, Akihara Kagura sat on an icy chair and casually ate a blood-red fruit.

Akihara Kagura ate the Chakra Fruit produced by the revived Ten-Tails' Husk and awakened immense new powers, revealing a form that frightened even Kaguya Otsutsuki. Black Zetsu realized Kagura had fabricated evidence about his origins and admitted he had orchestrated Kaguya's revival; Kagura left them facing his true identity and overwhelming strength.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu recognized the Chakra Fruit Akihara Kagura was eating, while Kagura sealed the area and prevented Kaguya from using Amenominaka.
• The revived Ten-Tails' Husk produced a Chakra Fruit, and Kagura's System Prompt notifications announced new traits and evolutions, including Chakra Ancestor, Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Tenseigan, and Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan.
• Kagura's power surged beyond his control as his hair turned white, a Truth-Seeking Orb formed behind him, and the sea froze into a towering wave screen.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Tobirama Senju, and the other ninjas were terrified by Kagura's aura, while Black Zetsu accused him of being an extraterrestrial enemy.
• Black Zetsu realized that the Senju tree bark and Hyuga wooden tags had been forged, and Kagura confirmed he had fabricated them to manipulate Black Zetsu into reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Akihara Kagura revealed that he had infiltrated the shinobi world and spent years manipulating events to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki as prey for his hunt. As he explained his scheme to Kaguya and the gathered shinobi, she attacked him with All-Killing Ash Bones.

• Akihara Kagura told Kaguya Otsutsuki that he came from beyond the heavens and had watched her chakra become his target.
• Akihara Kagura explained that he used Orochimaru, Shimura Danzō, and his fabricated Uchiha background to gain strength and enter Konoha.
• Akihara Kagura admitted that he forged the Senju Clan's tree bark and the Hyuga Clan's wooden slips to manipulate Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha, and the shinobi world.
• Akihara Kagura revealed that he had guided events so the shinobi's chakra helped resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki, bringing his prey within reach.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki launched All-Killing Ash Bones at Akihara Kagura.

Akihara Kagura pursued Kaguya Otsutsuki after revealing that he intended to hunt the living and the dead across the ninja world. The Sage of Six Paths summoned every ninja soul to unite their chakra against him, while Kagura tracked Kaguya into her private dimensions.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki attacked Akihara Kagura, but he shattered her techniques and drove her into the Limited Space Sealing barrier until an All-Killing Ash Bone destroyed it and she escaped with Ameninominaka.
• Kakashi Hatake questioned Kagura’s intentions, and Kagura declared that the planet was his hunting ground before entering a space-time gate and warning that even the souls in the Pure Land were prey.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared, strengthened Kakashi Hatake’s ocular powers, and summoned the souls of every ninja to gather their chakra for a counterattack.
• Naruto Uzumaki reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, while Kakashi Hatake, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Second Pillar, and others encountered their departed loved ones and ancestors.
• The assembled ninja souls linked their chakra to the Sage of Six Paths’ barrier, and Naruto Uzumaki vowed with Second Pillar that they would win.
• Akihara Kagura found Kaguya Otsutsuki in her private dimensions and pursued her from one space to another, asking where she thought she could run.

Akihara Kagura relentlessly pursued Kaguya Otsutsuki through the dimensions of Amenominaka, defeating her attacks and forcing her to flee. He revealed that she was destined to be caught, while Black Zetsu realized Kagura had arranged clones ahead of them in the other spaces.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki tried to trap Akihara Kagura in a sandstorm, but he broke free with a lightning giant and overwhelmed her in close combat.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki escaped through Yomotsu Hirasaka into an icy dimension, but Akihara Kagura followed and struck her into an iceberg.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki used the icy landscape and then a magma giant to attack, but Akihara Kagura countered her natural-force techniques and pursued her again.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki attempted to assassinate Akihara Kagura with All-Killing Ash Bones, but he dodged and seized her hand, forcing her to escape with Amenominaka.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki admitted that she could not match Akihara Kagura in chakra, combat skill, or experience, and fled through a supergravity space to Primeval Space.
• Akihara Kagura appeared beside Kaguya Otsutsuki in Primeval Space, and Black Zetsu realized Kagura had arranged clones in the other dimensions to stay ahead of them.

Akihara Kagura fought Kaguya Otsutsuki until the Sage of Six Paths arrived with chakra gathered from a thousand years of ninjas. After the Sage refused to trust or employ him, Kagura’s system marked the hiring test complete and allowed him to leave the world, but he instead faced the assembled reinforcements.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki transformed into the Ten-Tails rabbit, but Akihara Kagura’s Perfect Susanoo cut off its hands and overwhelmed its attacks.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki arrived in a blue Susanoo and blocked Kagura from striking the defeated Ten-Tails.
• Kagura revealed that he had expected Hagoromo to gather chakra and offered to help him eliminate Kaguya, but Hagoromo refused to trust him.
• The system declared Kagura’s first employment test complete and said he could leave the world from a safe area at any time.
• Hagoromo summoned Tobirama Senju, Naruto Uzumaki, Second Pillar, and other reinforcements, while Kagura raised his black sword toward them.

The Sage of Six Paths, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and the ninja alliance fought Akihara Kagura, but only stopped him by sealing him and Kaguya together with a massive Chibaku Tensei. After the Infinite Tsukuyomi ended, Kabuto Yakushi proposed freeing Kagura, while Second Pillar and Orochimaru feared it was another scheme.

• Akihara Kagura broke free of the Sage of Six Paths's Chibaku Tensei and defeated the alliance's Susanoo, then pinned the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya Otsutsuki with black rods.
• The Sage of Six Paths prepared a massive Chibaku Tensei while Naruto Uzumaki, Second Pillar, and Kaguya Otsutsuki delayed Kagura; Second Pillar's sealing technique trapped Kagura and Kaguya together inside a stone sphere.
• The Sage of Six Paths reinforced the seal with his remaining chakra, creating a planet that carried Kagura and Kaguya into outer space, and Kakashi Hatake evacuated everyone from Primeval Space.
• Second Pillar released the Infinite Tsukuyomi, ending the crisis, and the Five Great Nations kept the Ninja Alliance united against future threats.
• At Konoha Orphanage, Kabuto Yakushi told Yakushi Nonō he believed Kagura had sacrificed himself for peace and wanted to release him, but Second Pillar and Orochimaru worried this was another trap.

Akihara Kagura returned to Konoha, revealed that the enemy sealed by the Sage of Six Paths had only been his Wood Clone, and gathered companions to travel to another world. After settling his remaining affairs and saying goodbye to the village, he departed with Kaguya and the others.

• Akihara Kagura reunited with Sasuke and Orochimaru at the orphanage, explained that he had rarely killed anyone, and invited Orochimaru to join his next journey.
• Akihara Kagura revealed that the figure sealed by Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei had been his Wood Clone, then met Kabuto Yakushi and collected the Sage of Six Paths' ninja tools.
• Akihara Kagura visited Ichiraku Ramen, reassured Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi Hatake that he was no longer their enemy, and told Sasuke to give the ninja tools to Tenten.
• Akihara Kagura recruited Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, then vanished after telling Sasuke that his affairs with the world were settled.
• Akihara Kagura appeared before the Five Kage to discourage them from targeting orphanages, then gathered his companions at Hokage Rock and departed with Kaguya Otsutsuki for another world.

Akihara Kagura and Karin arrived in East Blue, where Buggy's pirates attacked an island and Luffy encountered the orange-haired map thief. Kagura left with a stolen crate of cannonballs to pursue a Navy career, while the girl unknowingly took dried orange peel from his pocket.

• Karin sensed dangerous people approaching, while Kagura read that Celestial Dragon Saint Charlos would soon tour East Blue.
• Buggy's crew bombarded the island, and Luffy fell from the sky, defeated the pirates chasing the orange-haired girl, and joined her for food.
• After a cannonball blast ruined Kagura's pear juice, he sent Black Zetsu and White Zetsu Awei to steal a crate of Buggy's cannonballs.
• The orange-haired girl bumped into Kagura and stole something from his pocket, but he stopped Karin from drawing her sword and told her the girl had bought it.
• Luffy demonstrated his rubber body, and Kagura said they might meet again before leaving with Karin to join the Navy and seek promotion.
• Awei reported Buggy's identity and the pirates' pursuit of the orange-haired girl, while she complained that Kagura's pocket held only dried orange peel.

Akihara Kagura formed a pirate crew from his allies, then joined the Marines and gained a natural light ability after promotion. After learning about the corrupt 16th Marine Branch and its ties to Arlong, he spread a rumor that a Celestial Dragon planned to kill fish-men, prompting Colonel Nezumi to gather Marines and head toward Arlong.

• Nami planned to use Luffy to distract the Buggy Pirates while she stole Buggy's treasure.
• Akihara Kagura assigned Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and the others roles in a new pirate crew, then told them to frame Buggy for killing a World Noble.
• Akihara Kagura and Karin went to the 16th Marine Branch, where Kagura enlisted and rose to Marine Third Class Private through his exceptional shooting.
• Kagura awakened the Glint-Glint Fruit ability, which fused with his Yellow Flash trait into Flash Ability (Natural Integration).
• Kagura spread a rumor that a Celestial Dragon was coming to slaughter fish-men, and Colonel Nezumi gathered the Marines to seek Arlong's cooperation.

Arlong killed Colonel Nezumi after refusing to surrender Fish-Men to a Celestial Dragon, then prepared to flee as Nami and the Straw Hat Pirates converged on Arlong Kingdom. Meanwhile, the Konoha Pirates acquired cannons and discovered Hawk Eyes Mihawk had followed them, leaving a confrontation imminent.

• Arlong killed Colonel Nezumi and ordered the Fish-Men to slaughter the Marines and evacuate before the Celestial Dragon arrived.
• Nami returned to find Arlong preparing to leave, learned he had never intended to let her buy Cocoyasi Village's freedom, and pretended to remain loyal when Zoro was captured.
• Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp arrived at Arlong Kingdom to retrieve Nami and Zoro, and the Straw Hat Pirates began fighting the Arlong Pirates.
• Akihara Kagura watched the battle and planned to silence the Celestial Dragon to secure his rapid promotion.
• The Konoha Pirates recovered cannons from the Krieg Pirates' ship at Baratie, and Sasori of the Red Sands reported that Hawk Eyes Mihawk had followed them for two days.

Madara Uchiha challenged Hawk Eyes Mihawk, who had followed the Konoha Pirates through the East Blue, and tested his swordsmanship with increasingly powerful attacks. After Mihawk proved his skill against Susanoo, the crew decided to take him along to kill Celestial Dragons and frame Buggy for the incident.

• Mihawk followed the Konoha Pirates for two days, intrigued by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, until Madara confronted him at sea.
• Madara used Genjutsu on Mihawk, who broke free with his will and Observation Haki before the two began fighting.
• Mihawk blocked Madara’s attacks and cut through Susanoo, impressing the Konoha Pirates with his swordsmanship and physical strength.
• Madara summoned Perfect Susanoo and struck with enough force to shatter Mihawk’s sword energy and kill a gigantic Sea King caught in the attack.
• Sasori of the Red Sands said Mihawk was talented and should be taken along to kill Celestial Dragons, while the crew planned to spread news blaming Buggy.

Mihawk joined the Konoha Pirates temporarily, learned about chakra, and agreed to help with their plan to kill a Celestial Dragon. After Luffy defeated Arlong, Akihara Kagura confronted the Straw Hat Pirates at Nami’s home, where he revealed his strength and threatened Sanji.

• Madara Uchiha defeated Mihawk and recruited him to help kill a Celestial Dragon; Mihawk stayed with the Konoha Pirates but refused to join their crew.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki gave Mihawk chakra, and he learned to synthesize it while teaching the crew Haki and swordsmanship.
• Luffy defeated Arlong and destroyed the Arlong Kingdom, freeing Nami and prompting her to return to Cocoyasi Village with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Nami found Akihara Kagura waiting at her home, and he said he had come to handle the aftermath of Arlong’s defeat.
• Sanji accused Kagura of seeking credit and tried to kick him, but Kagura caught him, slammed him down, and aimed a musket at his head.

Akihara Kagura defeated the Straw Hat Pirates, took Nami’s treasure as payment, and warned them about Loguetown. Elsewhere, the Konoha Pirates assassinated Saint Charlos, then forcibly marked Mihawk with their chakra after he chose to have his memories sealed; Madara Uchiha explained that Mihawk had never truly been allowed to choose.

• Akihara Kagura beat Sanji, Zoro, Usopp, and Luffy, then demanded 100 million berries from Nami in exchange for claiming credit for defeating the Arlong Pirates.
• Akihara Kagura took Nami’s treasure chest and a bag of oranges, then warned the Straw Hat Pirates that a Marine Admiral might appear in Loguetown.
• Tobirama Senju and the Konoha Pirates bombarded Saint Charlos’s passenger ship, killing the Celestial Dragon, while Mihawk helped with their mission.
• Tobirama Senju gave Mihawk a scroll to deliver and offered him a choice between having his memories sealed or receiving a cursed chakra mark.
• Mihawk chose to have his memories sealed, but Asura Path Sasori forced a leaf-shaped mark onto his arm and ordered Tobirama Senju to give him a Flying Thunder God Mark.
• Madara Uchiha told Mihawk that he had never really had the right to choose.

After leaving the Konoha Pirates, Mihawk learned that a Marine Admiral was heading to the East Blue over Saint Charlos’s assassination. Fleet Admiral Sengoku ordered the Marines to conceal East Blue Branch 16’s collapse, promoted Akihara Kagura to branch ensign, and realized Monkey D. Luffy was Garp’s grandson.

• Mihawk left the Konoha Pirates with a new coffin boat and an Eternal Pose, then headed toward Loguetown after Asura Path Scorpion warned that a Marine Admiral might arrive in the East Blue.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku ordered Kuzan to investigate Buggy the Clown’s alleged assassination of Saint Charlos, while Garp volunteered to go to the East Blue.
• An East Blue branch vice admiral reported that the Arlong Pirates had killed Colonel Nezumi and the Marines of Branch 16, while the Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Arlong Pirates and a recruit named Akihara Kagura survived.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to cover up Branch 16’s disgrace, issue bounties for the Straw Hat Pirates, and promote Akihara Kagura to branch ensign as a hero.
• When the vice admiral named the Straw Hat captain as Monkey D. Luffy, Sengoku recognized the name and then confronted Garp, who eagerly prepared to go to the East Blue.

After Akihara Kagura rose to Branch Second Lieutenant, he unlocked seven powerful traits and recruited Karin as his adjutant, then sought a way to reach Loguetown and claim credit for Buggy. Meanwhile, Buggy was falsely celebrated worldwide as a Roger Pirates veteran who had seen One Piece and assassinated a Celestial Dragon, leaving him in tears as his crew believed the stories.

• Garp learned that Luffy had a 30,000,000 Berries bounty and decided to visit the surviving recruit, while Akihara Kagura had already been promoted to Branch Second Lieutenant.
• Akihara Kagura failed to secure a transfer to Loguetown, returned to the 16th Branch, and recruited Karin as his adjutant.
• Akihara Kagura unlocked Great Swordsman, Paw-Paw Fruit, Thread-Thread Fruit, Shadow World, Sand-Sand Fruit, Fish-Man Karate, and Mero Mero Fruit traits.
• Akihara Kagura saw Buggy's 730,000,000 Berries bounty and planned to reach Loguetown to claim the pirate he had helped elevate.
• News reports portrayed Buggy as a Roger Pirates veteran who had seen One Piece and assassinated a Celestial Dragon, while Mihawk suspected Buggy had been framed or drawn into the incident.
• Stranded on an island, Buggy denied assassinating a Celestial Dragon as Alvida and his crew marveled at his supposed history, and he privately realized that neither he nor Shanks had seen One Piece.

Buggy and the Straw Hat Pirates headed for Loguetown as pirates and Marines converged there, including Aokiji, Smoker, and Mihawk. The chapter ended with Mihawk recognizing three familiar figures in town, while they treated him like a stranger and one eyed him hungrily.

• Shanks laughed over Buggy and Luffy's wanted posters, while Whitebeard learned that Ace had left to pursue Teach and Teach celebrated finding the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Buggy, pushed on by his subordinates and Alvida, set sail for Loguetown to kill Luffy, and the Straw Hat Pirates also continued toward the town.
• Akihara Kagura reported Buggy's movements and went to monitor him, prompting the East Blue Branch to alert Loguetown, where Aokiji was staying with Smoker.
• Smoker learned that Tashigi had challenged Mihawk after the World's Greatest Swordsman arrived at Loguetown's harbor; Mihawk dismissed her sword as poorly maintained.
• Mihawk spotted three familiar figures discussing materials for cannonballs and Human Puppets, but they did not recognize him, and one appeared to eye him as prey.

Buggy cornered Luffy on Loguetown’s execution platform, but a lightning strike and the tattooed man’s gale saved him as Marines closed in. Aokiji confronted the tattooed man, while Orochimaru freed Buggy’s captured crew, leaving Mihawk suspicious of Buggy’s importance.

• Akihara Kagura and Karin reported to Smoker, received orders to guard the harbor under Tashigi, and boarded Buggy’s ship, where Karin knocked Richie aside and Kagura made Mohji perform tricks.
• Buggy captured Luffy at the execution platform and prepared to execute him as Zoro and Sanji fought through the surrounding pirates.
• Luffy calmly accepted his apparent death, but lightning destroyed the platform, and he caught his straw hat as the tattooed man arrived.
• Smoker ordered the Marines to capture the pirates, but the tattooed man’s gale scattered Smoker’s smoke and sent Luffy and his companions toward the harbor.
• Aokiji attacked the tattooed man on the tower, but the man struck him with Armament Haki and sent him crashing down as snow and hail fell over Loguetown.
• Orochimaru used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to free Buggy’s crew from Smoker, and Mihawk wondered what secret made Buggy so important.

Akihara Kagura and Karin captured Buggy while the Konoha Pirates fought Aokiji and Smoker in Loguetown. As the Konoha Pirates lured Aokiji out to sea, Kagura prepared to report Buggy’s capture and claim the credit for himself.

• Orochimaru rescued Buggy from Smoker, then fought and poisoned him while Aokiji battled another Konoha Pirate.
• Aokiji asked Mihawk to join the fight, but Mihawk refused and chose to leave.
• Akihara Kagura and Karin captured Buggy, Alvida, and the Buggy Pirates aboard their ship, while Mihawk warned them that the Marines had lost.
• Tobirama Senju pulled Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sands away as Aokiji rushed to Smoker’s aid, then pursued the Konoha Pirates’ ship across the sea.
• Aokiji froze the Buggy Pirates’ ship while chasing the Konoha Pirates, and Mihawk realized Aokiji was their real target.
• Kagura told Karin to contact Marine Headquarters and report Buggy’s capture so he could claim the credit instead of Aokiji.

Akihara Kagura was promoted and ordered to escort Buggy to Impel Down and report to Marineford, while he arranged to take the poisoned Smoker to Drum Kingdom. When Aokiji pursued a powerful pirate crew across the Calm Belt, its red-haired leader attacked him and blamed him for ruining their plans.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku promoted Akihara Kagura to Konoha Marine Ensign and Karin to Marine Headquarters Sergeant, then assigned them to assist Aokiji and report to Marineford.
• Akihara Kagura arranged to escort the unconscious Smoker to Drum Kingdom, but Smoker awoke and ordered the Marines to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates, bringing Buggy and his crew along.
• Smoker ordered Akihara Kagura to travel with the expedition and dismissed concerns about Aokiji's absence, while Aokiji remained unreachable.
• Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru discussed Aokiji's silence and the reports that Dragon had appeared and Smoker had been injured.
• Aokiji froze a pirate ship on the Calm Belt, but a red-haired youth struck him with Limbo: Border Jail and accused him of ruining the crew's month-and-a-half-long plans.