Chapter Summaries

Kakashi and his team fled the Bio-Humanoids while Ingetsu and Amado worked out how to contain the virus and locate its antidote. The team headed for Boro's Order's underground base, where Sasuke used his Sharingan to see the airborne virus, and Kakashi prepared them to search for the antidote.

• The Boro's Order Great Elder survived the Bio-Humanoids' initial charge, then realized he had been infected and joined their ranks as a walking corpse.
• Kakashi threw five Kunai at pursuing Bio-Humanoids, but they kept running after losing their heads, so he concluded they likely had to be burned to ash.
• Ingetsu showed Amado the town's outbreak, and Amado explained that the virus could be countered with an antidote stored near its source.
• Ingetsu told Kakashi's team to retrieve the antidote, and Kakashi assessed how long each teammate could maintain Chakra protection before leading them toward the underground base.
• Kakashi assigned Naruto to distract the Bio-Humanoids and Sasuke to search for viruses with his Sharingan; Sasuke saw that black virus specks surrounded the team.

Sakura drew the Biochemical Humans away from Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke, then collapsed near the Clock Tower after exhausting her Chakra. Ingetsu rescued her and confirmed she was uninfected, while Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke reached Boro's Order's underground base and searched for the antidote.

• Kakashi sent Sakura racing toward Ingetsu and the others to draw the Biochemical Humans away, while he continued the mission with Naruto and Sasuke.
• Several Biochemical Humans dragged Sakura from a wall, but she fought them off with her Kunai and resumed running toward the Clock Tower.
• Naruto refused to abandon Sakura, but she urged the team to continue; Kakashi then went to help her when she collapsed near the tower.
• Ingetsu appeared, crushed the nearby Biochemical Humans, cleared the virus from the area, and carried Sakura back to the tower, where he confirmed she was uninfected.
• Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke reached Boro's Order's underground base, used Naruto's Shadow Clones to draw out the Biochemical Humans, and followed Sasuke toward the virus source.
• When more Biochemical Humans emerged in the dungeon, Kakashi stayed behind to fight while Sasuke and Naruto went to find the antidote.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi fought their way through the dungeon to spread the antidote against the airborne virus. Sasuke vaporized the antidote through the base’s ventilation system and secured the remaining biochemical toxin, while Kakashi and Naruto remained trapped behind an Earth Style wall.

• Sasuke found the green antidote in a briefcase as Kakashi pinned the monsters outside the dungeon with kunai.
• A mutated bioweapon transformed from the order’s elder struck Kakashi and proved immune to the antidote.
• Kakashi and Naruto held off the creature while Sasuke searched for a device to vaporize the antidote.
• Naruto struck the elder with a Rasengan, and Kakashi sealed himself and Naruto behind an Earth Style wall as the spreading virus closed in.
• Sasuke found the ventilation system and gasification device, poured in the antidote, and spread it throughout the base.
• Sasuke collected and stopped up the remaining bottle of blue biochemical toxin.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi completed their mission to contain the virus in the town, then reported their lessons to Ingetsu. Ingetsu’s group traveled to the Snow Country, where Kazahana Koyuki prepared to confront Kazahana Dōtō.

• Sasuke confirmed that the antidote had spread through the town and gave Kakashi the sealed viral reagent to carry.
• Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke returned to Ingetsu, who praised Sasuke and heard the team discuss what they had learned from the mission.
• Sakura apologized for holding the team back, Naruto reflected on improving his Chakra control, and Sasuke emphasized the importance of teamwork.
• Ingetsu contacted Kaguya and arranged for her to watch over the Ninja World while she transported the group to the Snow Country.
• Kazahana Koyuki resolved to settle matters with Kazahana Dōtō, and the group arrived in the snowy country as a Snow Eagle approached.

Ingetsu's group entered the Snow Country after discovering that a Snow Eagle carried a miniature surveillance device powered by a heating stone. As Kazahana Koyuki prepared to reclaim the throne, Kazahana Dōtō ignored signs of intruders and focused on his plan to expand the Snow Country's power.

• Sasuke killed Snow Eagle and brought it back, where Ingetsu found a surveillance device and a tiny red heating stone attached to its leg.
• Kazahana Koyuki identified the stone as a common Snow Country heating material, and Ingetsu led the group into the capital to find lodging.
• Ingetsu planned for Kakashi to help Kazahana Koyuki overthrow Kazahana Dōtō while he explored the country with Hikari and kept watch.
• Kazahana Dōtō discussed his long search for his brother's treasure with Asama Taro and anticipated Avalanche's return with Kazahana Koyuki.
• A Snow Ninja reported that a perimeter eagle had detected figures before falling, but Kazahana Dōtō dismissed the warning and ordered tighter security in the city.

Kazahana Dōtō awaited Kazahana Koyuki’s return, eager to claim the key to the Snow Country’s treasure and challenge the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Kaguya urged Koyuki to grow close to Ingetsu and stay by her side, leaving Koyuki flustered and Ingetsu reflecting on the women around him.

• Kazahana Dōtō told his ministers that Snow Country would take its turn ruling the Ninja World once he obtained the treasure.
• Kazahana Koyuki brought ginseng soup to Ingetsu and recalled visiting the inn with her father as a child.
• Ingetsu asked Koyuki what Kaguya had told her, and Koyuki explained that Kaguya had urged her to please him and remain close to him.
• Kaguya told Koyuki that she wanted to reclaim what belonged to her and advised Koyuki to grow close to Ingetsu, care for him, and stay by her side.
• Kaguya vanished through Yomotsu Hirasaka after kissing Ingetsu, while Koyuki hurried into the bathroom in embarrassment.
• Ingetsu sighed as he thought of Kaguya, Mikoto, and the women who kept thinking about him.

Ingetsu learned that the Snow Country had transformed into an icy land about a thousand years ago and suspected Kaguya, Isshiki, and the God Tree were responsible. While Ingetsu and Hikari searched for a place connected to Hikari’s past, Kakashi’s team planned to approach Kazahana Dōtō by using Kazahana Koyuki as bait.

• Ingetsu read that the Snow Country had once been fertile, and Kazahana Koyuki said it became an icy land about a thousand years ago, leading Ingetsu to suspect Kaguya, Isshiki, and the God Tree caused the change.
• The next morning, Ingetsu told Kakashi and the others to discuss how to deal with Kazahana Dōtō, while he went with Hikari to search for the place she wanted to find.
• Hikari followed a mother and daughter through the snowy streets and recalled her parents, her imprisonment after the Uchiha Clan’s defeat, and her hope that the Uchiha would not suffer a similar fate again.
• Ingetsu explained that a sculpture in the square recorded the faces of the Snow Country’s kings, and he and Hikari continued following the mother and daughter.
• Kakashi proposed that the team infiltrate the palace by handing Kazahana Koyuki over to Kazahana Dōtō, then reassured the surprised group that the plan would require careful preparation.

Kakashi revealed his past connection to Kazahana Koyuki and led the team in a plan to escort her into the palace disguised as Snow Ninja. Koyuki publicly called on the people of the Snow Country to reclaim their future, igniting unrest as she entered Kazahana Dōtō’s palace.

• Kakashi proposed disguising himself and the others as Snow Ninja to bring Kazahana Koyuki to Kazahana Dōtō, and Koyuki agreed to face him.
• Kakashi told Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura that he had rescued Koyuki as a child during an earlier mission, and the two renewed their trust as teammates.
• Kakashi’s group escorted Koyuki down Blizzard Avenue while Ingetsu and Hikari watched the procession and saw a mother and daughter grieving over losses from the rebellion.
• Kazahana Dōtō learned that Nadare Rōga was bringing Koyuki to the palace and grew furious that she had appeared publicly.
• At the palace gates, Koyuki urged the people to fulfill her father’s promises, prompting the crowd to rise up as she entered the palace.

Kazahana Koyuki confronted Kazahana Dōtō in the palace while Kakashi and Team 7 waited for a chance to act. After Dōtō took the treasure key, Koyuki tried to assassinate him, but his armor stopped her attack, and he ordered the disguised ninjas seized.

• Snow Country citizens broke through the guards’ line as Kazahana Koyuki returned to the palace with Kakashi and the others disguised as Snow Ninja.
• Kazahana Koyuki accused Kazahana Dōtō of betraying her father and urged the ministers to join her, but they rejected her appeal.
• Kazahana Dōtō took Koyuki’s necklace and recognized its pendant as the treasure key, which he had long sought.
• Kazahana Koyuki freed herself from her restraints and thrust a kunai at Dōtō, but his armor stopped the blade.
• Kazahana Dōtō had his guards pin Koyuki down, ordered the disguised ninjas seized, and revealed the armor beneath his robes.

Kazahana Dōtō captured Kazahana Koyuki and opened the Snow Country’s hidden treasure beneath the king’s statue while Kakashi and his team fought through the Snow Ninja. The treasure released a vast surge of energy that scattered the clouds and melted the snow, leaving Kazahana Dōtō exhilarated as Kakashi’s team faced his remaining elite fighters.

• Kazahana Dōtō exposed Kazahana Koyuki’s failed assassination attempt, captured her, and ordered his Snow Ninja to fight Kakashi and his team.
• Kazahana Dōtō recognized the Crystal Pendant as the key to the treasure and carried Kazahana Koyuki to the stone platform beneath the king’s statue.
• Kazahana Dōtō inserted and turned the pendant in the hidden groove while Kazahana Koyuki confronted him over his ambition to rule the Ninja World.
• Fubuki Kakuyoku and Fuyukuma Fuyuu attacked Kakashi’s team as they emerged from the palace, but Kakashi’s group disappeared after the pair destroyed his Earth Flow Wall.
• Kazahana Dōtō activated the treasure, causing the statue to emit a pillar of light and a surge of energy that scattered the clouds and melted the snow.

Ingetsu and Hikari followed Bai Lian, the owner of a Snow Country pleasure house, and escaped after she captured them. As they headed for the seaside, Ingetsu revealed that the treasure had been unlocked, melting the Snow Country’s ice and snow and leaving Kazahana Dōtō furious that it was not a chest of riches.

• Ingetsu and Hikari followed Bai Lian and her adopted daughter, then were mistaken for spies and taken to Bai Lian’s pleasure house.
• Bai Lian explained that she had adopted her friend’s daughter and described how her parents had died in the civil war.
• Ingetsu used his mental energy to break the Chakra-sealing restraints, and he and Hikari tied Bai Lian up before escaping through a window.
• A pillar of energy pierced the clouds, and the snow melted as spring warmth and clear skies spread across the Snow Country.
• At Snowstorm Plaza, Kazahana Koyuki celebrated the treasure’s awakening, while Kazahana Dōtō demanded to know where his imagined wealth was.

Kazahana Dōtō attacked Kazahana Koyuki and the ministers after the Snow Country’s treasure activated and revealed itself as an Underfloor Heater. Naruto and Sasuke defeated him with Ingetsu’s help, and Ingetsu promised to help Koyuki repair the device as she began rebuilding the Snow Country.

• The Snow Country’s treasure activated, melted the snow, and revealed itself as a geothermal Underfloor Heater, shattering Kazahana Dōtō’s hopes of finding riches.
• Enraged, Kazahana Dōtō summoned an ice dragon that killed ministers and attacked Kazahana Koyuki, but Kakashi rescued her and Sakura protected her.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Kazahana Dōtō together, and Ingetsu infused their Rasengan and Chidori with Rainbow Light Chakra from the heater.
• Naruto’s Seven-Colored Rasengan overwhelmed Kazahana Dōtō, who collapsed unconscious with his life uncertain.
• Ingetsu examined the heater and told Kazahana Koyuki he would send people to help repair it, and she knelt before him in gratitude.

Ingetsu left Kazahana Koyuki to reclaim Snow Country after defeating Kazahana Dōtō, then took Hikari to see the transformed coast. He explained to Hikari and Kaguya that the underfloor heating device ran on meteorites and could become a lifeline if the God Tree drained the Ninja World’s energy.

• Ingetsu assigned Kakashi and his students to protect Kazahana Koyuki and help her govern Snow Country, then left the palace with Hikari.
• Snow Country’s people stormed the palace, found Kazahana Koyuki, and attacked the unconscious Kazahana Dōtō; Koyuki let them take revenge.
• Kazahana Koyuki addressed the gathered people from the palace walls and announced her return.
• Ingetsu and Hikari visited the newly thawed coast, where Hikari said she would search for Madara’s wife once the Ninja World was stable.
• Kaguya reported that she had found no sign of Momoshiki, and Ingetsu explained that the God Tree had depleted the land’s energy and that meteorites powered the underfloor heating device.

Ingetsu arranged for Orochimaru to improve the Snow Country’s heating device and received three refined orbs of Isshiki’s energy from his Ten-Tails. Meanwhile, the united shinobi leadership prepared for a possible Otsutsuki invasion, though the chapter left the threat’s timing unknown.

• Ingetsu explained to Kaguya that meteorites contained energy and had the Shinobi Villages begin mining them in the Snow Country.
• Orochimaru examined the Snow Country’s heating device and its blueprints, agreed to improve it, and discussed the progress of analyzing Ada and Dimon’s God Genes with Ingetsu.
• Ingetsu asked Orochimaru to build a similar heating device beneath Konoha as a precaution, then had Kaguya return him to Konoha.
• Tsunade led the united shinobi leadership in reviewing Otsutsuki information and their preparations, including Chakra Cannon production, defensive fortifications, and sea routes.
• The Lightning Shadow, Ebizo, Chiyo, and Kitsuchi joked and argued about their villages’ old rivalries as they walked through Konoha with Gaara.
• Ingetsu visited his Ten-Tails, which had grown larger while absorbing Isshiki’s remaining energy and gave him three refined blue orbs.

Ingetsu refined Isshiki’s Source Energy and absorbed it, while Kaguya watched. In the Iron Country, Team Guy tried to persuade Mifune to join the alliance against the Ōtsutsuki, but a surviving mutant bear attacked them in Kara’s underground laboratory.

• Ingetsu removed the last of Isshiki’s lingering memories from the Source Energy orb and absorbed its power as Kaguya arrived and waited beside the sleeping Kazahana Koyuki.
• Might Guy, Tenten, Rock Lee, and Neji met Mifune and led him toward a hidden underground laboratory to explain the Ōtsutsuki threat and the Iron Country’s lost memories.
• Neji told Mifune that Isshiki had infiltrated and controlled the Iron Country, and the group found Kara’s advanced laboratory beneath an abandoned building.
• A mutant brown bear charged at the group, and Might Guy opened the sixth gate and attacked it with Morning Peacock.
• The mutant bear dodged Guy’s flames and charged toward Mifune and the two samurai accompanying him.

Might Guy’s team defeated a virus-mutated bear beneath the Iron Country, prompting Mifune to pledge the country’s support for the alliance against the Otsutsuki Clan. Meanwhile, Momoshiki harvested a planet with a God Tree, and Ingetsu began absorbing Isshiki’s abilities and battle memories.

• Mifune and his samurai fought the mutated bear, but it injured Mifune before Might Guy, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji defeated it.
• Neji explained that the bear had encountered leftover Kara viruses, and Mifune promised to urge the Iron Country’s daimyo to join the alliance against the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki used a God Tree to subdue and drain the life from the creatures on a planet as its chakra fruit matured.
• Ingetsu absorbed Isshiki’s abilities and battle experiences, while Kaguya and the others watched his transformation and growing power.

Ingetsu absorbed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s Source and gained his eye powers and Space-Time Portal, then set out with Kaguya after receiving a message from the Leaf Village. Gaara survived an attempted abduction, and Ingetsu arranged for the young ninja to pursue the attackers, with Gaara asking to join them.

• Ingetsu absorbed Isshiki’s black eye, Byakugan, Space-Time Portal, and other useful abilities from the knowledge sea.
• Ingetsu demonstrated his new Space-Time Portal to Kaguya, told her to take charge of Kazahana Koyuki’s care, and traveled with her through the portal.
• Four skilled attackers ambushed Gaara at home, but he stalled them until the Konoha 12 members and Kurotsuchi and Deidara arrived, forcing the attackers to flee.
• The Uchiha Great Elder told Gaara, Chiyo, and Ebizo that Ingetsu wanted the young ninja to handle the incident and retrieve something from the attackers.
• Gaara asked Chiyo and Ebizo to let him join his friends in the operation against the attackers.

Gaara recovered and joined Shikamaru’s team as they pursued the four attackers, whose ninja tools and escape route pointed toward Takumi Village. The team avoided a deadly trap and pressed on, determined to complete the mission despite the dangers ahead.

• Chiyo healed Gaara, gave him Soldier Pills, and let him join the mission to catch the four attackers.
• Shikamaru regrouped the team after Kiba and Akamaru tracked the enemy, and Hinata spotted Exploding Tag traps that Shikamaru detonated from a safe distance.
• The four attackers—Peacock, Dragon Eye, Water Tiger, and Baogui—evaded Gaara’s Sand Spears and fled southwest.
• Gaara joined the team, and he and Shikamaru deduced that the attackers were heading toward Takumi Village.
• Shikamaru rallied the team to pursue the attackers and complete their mission, and they accelerated toward Takumi Village.

Ingetsu took Kaguya into space, where his vast mental perception detected an Otsutsuki presence near Orion. Meanwhile, Shikamaru’s team became trapped in Takumi Village, and Baogui began sacrificing himself to resurrect its founder, Seimei.

• Baogui led the Four Heavenly Image People toward their village with Gaara and the other captured rookies, while Peacock used Wind Release Chakra to help them evade pursuit.
• Ingetsu explored space with Kaguya, spread his mental perception across the Solar System, and detected an Otsutsuki aura near Orion.
• Shikamaru recognized that the deserted Takumi Village was trapping the team and concluded that their enemies would come out because they were targeting Gaara.
• Gaara reasoned that a joint jonin team would likely be sent after them, so the group rested and waited rather than wasting strength searching the village.
• Baogui and the others opened Seimei’s tomb, and Baogui activated the cage-like ninja tool that drained his Chakra and spiritual energy into Seimei’s corpse.

Seimei revived inside a ninja tool by draining Baogui and led the Four Heavenly Image People to attack Gaara’s group, seeking a Tailed Beast to complete his restoration. Deidara’s explosive ambush damaged the attackers, but Seimei broke through and pursued him into the sky.

• Seimei revived after absorbing Baogui’s life force and Chakra, then left the tomb with Dragon Eye, Water Tiger, and Peacock.
• Seimei attacked Gaara’s group, disabled Kankuro’s puppets, and tried to strike Temari and Kankuro before Gaara blocked him with sand.
• Water Tiger absorbed Gaara’s Chakra while Peacock and Dragon Eye confronted the other rookies, prompting Shikamaru to order a retreat.
• Deidara bombarded Seimei and Water Tiger with Explosive Clay Spiders, blasting apart the wooden house and scattering the fighters.
• Seimei emerged unharmed from the explosions and pursued Deidara, cutting apart his giant clay bird as Deidara summoned another and detonated the first behind him.