Chapter Summaries

Obito Uchiha, posing as Madara Uchiha, offered the Four Kage an alliance against Konohagakure, but his claims met with skepticism and jokes. After the Kage agreed to wait and see, Kakashi Hatake arrived to meet them, leaving them wondering whether Konohagakure had discovered Obito’s visit.

• Obito appeared at the Four Kage’s secret meeting and claimed to be Madara Uchiha, but the Raikage recognized him as Obito Uchiha.
• Ōnoki mocked Obito’s story by comparing it to a familiar scam, and Obito insisted that Konohagakure had fabricated his identity and history.
• Obito promised that powerful allies would handle Naruto Uzumaki and Shisui Uchiha, urging the Four Great Shinobi Villages to target Konohagakure.
• Yagura agreed that the villages would cooperate if Obito fulfilled his promise, and Obito vanished through distorted space.
• The Four Kage debated whether Obito was Madara, Obito, or Madara’s successor, then learned that Kakashi Hatake had come to visit them.

Kakashi delivered Naruto’s request that the Great Villages avoid needless killing during the Chunin Exam, then encountered Obito in a secluded area. Their reunion was disrupted by Kakashi’s involuntary Sage Mode, and the chapter ended with Obito realizing Kakashi had shut off his Sharingan.

• Kakashi told the Four Kage that Naruto wanted shinobi to avoid unnecessary killing during the Chunin Exam, and they agreed to relay the request.
• After leaving the Kage, Kakashi followed his burning Sharingan to a deserted training area and called out to Obito.
• Obito emerged from the Kamui Dimension, and Kakashi admitted that he felt calm despite their reunion.
• Kakashi’s grief-themed Sage Mode activated by itself, affecting Obito’s emotions and forming an Emotion Domain that Daren Yi observed from afar.
• Kakashi asked whether Obito had come to reclaim his eye, and Obito saw that Kakashi had shut off the Sharingan.

Kakashi confronted Obito over his plan to destroy the world and concluded that the person controlling Obito’s body was a destructive creature born from Wood Style experiments, not the real Obito. He vowed to face Obito’s fate alongside him, whether it meant imprisonment or death.

• Obito rejected Kakashi’s plea to come see Naruto and admitted that he regretted letting Naruto survive as an infant.
• Kakashi refused to accept Obito’s hatred of Minato, Kushina, and Naruto, and argued that Obito’s consciousness had perished after learning Rin had died by Kakashi’s hand.
• Kakashi described a white humanoid plant fused with Obito as the being now driven by destruction, and his Sharingan transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan as he spoke.
• Obito threatened to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and accused Kakashi of inventing excuses so he could stop him without guilt.
• Kakashi told Obito that the real Obito had understood Rin’s love, while the creature had inherited his memories and hatred but lost his love.
• Kakashi promised to stay with Obito if he was imprisoned and to die with him if he was sentenced to death.

Kakashi’s Emotion Domain and Mangekyō illusion drove Obito into a breakdown, but Tobirama Senju rescued him with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Orochimaru revealed himself beside them and addressed Obito as Madara Uchiha, leaving Kakashi facing the two men.

• Obito attacked Kakashi, but the Emotion Domain forced him to experience Kakashi’s memories of Rin’s death and suffer their shared pain.
• Obito cut off the arm reaching for Kakashi’s eye, then stopped fighting and embraced the illusory Rin; Kakashi prepared to restrain him and take him back to Naruto.
• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Obito out of Kakashi’s domain, then woke from its effects and accused Kakashi of being an Uchiha.
• Kakashi identified the technique as Impure World Reincarnation and accused Orochimaru of summoning Tobirama from the Pure Land.
• Orochimaru dismissed Kakashi’s accusations and told Obito to stop preparing a Wood Style attack, addressing him as Madara Uchiha.

Obito explained his hatred of the cruel world and his dream of rebuilding it, then escaped with Orochimaru as Kakashi was joined by Might Guy. Later, Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha met the Sage of Six Paths, who had taken Fugaku Uchiha’s face, before the Chunin Exam.

• Obito confronted Kakashi with his desire to destroy the current world and create a perfect one, while Orochimaru warned that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha might arrive.
• Orochimaru used Tobirama Senju’s Flying Thunder God Technique to escape with Obito, leaving Kakashi to wonder how Orochimaru had evaded his Sage Mode.
• Might Guy arrived with Konohagakure ninja, reassured Kakashi, and dragged him toward the Hokage Building for a late-night meal after they reported the intelligence.
• On the morning of the Chunin Exam, Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha met the Sage of Six Paths, who revealed he was impersonating Fugaku Uchiha.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained that he avoided reuniting with the tailed beasts and warned Daren Yi not to let grief drive him to destroy the world.

As the Five Kage’s Chunin Exam drew crowds and anxious visitors to Konohagakure, Daren Yi brought Izumi Uchiha and the Sage of Six Paths to the first exam venue. After Sasuke greeted them and learned the hooded guest was an Avatar of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, he worried that he had been disrespectful.

• Daren Yi explained to Izumi Uchiha why people were flocking to Konohagakure and why ninja villages were safer than other places during war.
• Daren Yi saw Great Merchants donate a large sum to Naruto's Orphanage, represented by Yakushi Nonō.
• Sasuke and the Konoha 11 approached Daren Yi, Izumi Uchiha, and the hooded Sage of Six Paths.
• Daren Yi told Sasuke that the Sage of Six Paths was an Avatar of the Lord of the Forbidden Zone.
• The Konoha 11 grew nervous, and Sasuke wondered whether he had spoken too casually to the powerful visitor.

Daren Yi introduced the Sage of Six Paths to the Konoha 11, and Sasuke received a valuable ninja tool after agreeing to call him godfather. At the Five Kage gathering, Ōnoki warned Naruto about the Sky Ninja Village’s return and defended the old consensus against weaponizing technology, while A argued that Chakra weapons would strengthen shinobi.

• Daren Yi reassured the Konoha 11, and the Sage of Six Paths gave Sasuke a stone book describing Wind Wings.
• The Sage of Six Paths offered Sasuke a Magatama Pendant that could help a Three Tomoe Sharingan use Susanoo, and Sasuke accepted it after calling him godfather.
• Daren Yi sent the Konoha 11 to prepare for the Chunin Exam and escorted the Sage of Six Paths to a VIP room before joining Izumi Uchiha.
• Ōnoki warned Naruto that the Sky Ninja Village had begun operating secretly again and urged Konohagakure to stay alert.
• Naruto teased Ōnoki about arranging time between his granddaughter and Sasuke, and Ōnoki denied having ulterior motives.
• Ōnoki defended the shinobi consensus against weaponizing technology, while Raikage A argued that Chakra weapons would make future shinobi stronger.

Ōnoki warned the other Kage that non-Chakra weapons could eventually threaten the ninja villages, but Yagura and Rasa dismissed the danger, while Naruto predicted peaceful coexistence. Daren Yi reminded the Kage to give their joint peace address before the Chunin Exam, and Sasuke’s group regrouped and headed for the first exam site.

• Ōnoki argued that the ninja villages should suppress the development of ordinary people’s weapons, but Yagura and Rasa insisted that ninja could easily defeat their makers.
• Naruto said that ordinary people and ninja would live in harmony, believing humanity would unite against the Otsutsuki Clan and that his own strength could end their conflicts.
• Daren Yi reminded Naruto and the other Kage that they needed to deliver a joint declaration of peace before the Chunin Exam began.
• After leaving Daren Yi and the Sage of Six Paths, Sasuke’s group relaxed, and Kiba and Shino released Rock Lee after covering his mouth.
• Sasuke sealed the stone book in a scroll, proposed practicing Wind Release: Wind Wings after the first two exam rounds, and Neji urged everyone to hurry to meet Kabuto.

Kabuto Yakushi gave the Konoha 11 intelligence for the Chunin Exam before Gaara confronted them with a terrifying display of killing intent. Gaara declared that he would cast off his identity as a monster by killing the old gods and claiming the Throne of Heaven, leaving the gathered shinobi stunned and the Sunagakure team denouncing him.

• Kabuto Yakushi welcomed the Konoha 11, gave them spare stationery, and told them it contained intelligence on talented shinobi from every village.
• A Kumogakure shinobi provoked the young Konoha team, but Gaara intervened with overwhelming killing intent.
• Omoi and Karui challenged Gaara, who said he respected Naruto Uzumaki and intended to follow his path to the Throne of Heaven.
• Sasuke Uchiha tried to console Gaara about his father, and Gaara recounted his mother's death, his uncle's betrayal, and his father's assassination attempts.
• Gaara declared that he would kill the old gods and claim the Throne of Heaven to transform from monster to god, prompting Sunagakure shinobi to curse him while Temari remained bound.

Daren Yi introduced a difficult written first test for the Chunin Exam, built around ninety-nine questions and unreliable answers from candidates who believed they were correct. The test began with Sasuke unable to decide whose answers to copy, leaving him overwhelmed and struggling to continue.

• Hozuki Suigetsu mocked Sunagakure and Gaara, while Kurotsuchi stopped Deidara from making a public declaration.
• Daren Yi arrived with Izumi Uchiha and announced the first test’s rules, including ninety-nine questions, deceptive answers, and elimination for repeated cheating.
• Daren Yi offered candidates the chance to pass by defeating Izumi Uchiha, and they backed down after the pair revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The candidates took their assigned seats, and Izumi Uchiha and the proctors distributed the examination papers before the test began.
• Sasuke copied from several candidates but found conflicting answers, became confused, and accidentally crushed his pen.

Daren Yi’s brutal written exam drove the examinees to sabotage one another as they realized they could pass by getting half the room eliminated. Shikamaru, Kabuto, and Deidara each tried different tactics, while Neji and other skilled ninjas countered Deidara’s explosive clay; Rock Lee then activated Sage Mode and the Third Gate.

• Neji and the other examinees struggled to choose among conflicting answers and resented Daren Yi for making the test so difficult.
• Shikamaru and Kabuto realized the exam’s hidden condition and began eliminating examinees, with Shikamaru using Shadow Imitation Technique to make a Kusagakure examinee destroy his paper and Kabuto striking others with Senbon.
• Sasuke, Neji, Ino Yamanaka, Tenten, Gaara, Deidara, and others realized that half the examinees only had to be eliminated for the rest to pass.
• Deidara released tiny Clay Spiders across the hall, but Neji and other powerful ninjas immobilized them with Lightning Release.
• Deidara stopped preparing a larger explosion after noticing Kurotsuchi watching him, while Rock Lee activated Shamate Sage Mode and opened the Third Gate.

Rock Lee and the other powerful examinees survived Deidara’s clay spider attack, while many weaker participants were injured and another quarter withdrew. Kakashi announced the Forest of Death exam, and the Sage of Six Paths used genjutsu to send the Kage and elite Jonin away, leaving them convinced he was Shisui Uchiha.

• Rock Lee used Taijutsu: Peacock Feathers to destroy many of Deidara’s clay spiders, but Deidara detonated the remaining spiders and injured numerous examinees.
• Daren Yi ended the written exam, arranged medical treatment, and warned examinees that the next test could involve deaths, prompting another quarter of them to withdraw.
• Kakashi Hatake explained the Forest of Death scroll-grabbing exam, had teams sign liability waivers, and led the remaining examinees away without anyone withdrawing.
• Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha encountered Ōnoki, Rasa, Raikage A, and other visitors outside the Sage of Six Paths’ room as they asked to meet Shisui Uchiha.
• The Sage of Six Paths denied being Shisui Uchiha, then used genjutsu to make the Kage and elite Jonin return to their seats.
• Raikage A concluded that the hooded man was Shisui Uchiha, while Rasa remained angry about being subdued.

The Konoha 11 swept through the Forest of Death, overpowering rival teams with Sage Mode. Sasuke captured Hozuki Suigetsu and recruited him, while Neji led a brutal assault on Kumogakure contestants.

• Sakura used a Sage Art genjutsu to knock out a Sunagakure team, and Kabuto found their Wind Scroll.
• Hozuki Suigetsu ambushed the group, but Sasuke paralyzed him with Lightning Release after Kabuto's Shadow Clone took the attack.
• Sasuke invited Hozuki Suigetsu to become his subordinate, and Suigetsu accepted for the time being.
• Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee confronted Kumogakure contestants, and Neji attacked them with his Sage Art Gentle Fist technique.
• Neji deflected the Kumogakure team's coordinated attacks with Sage Art Heavenly Spin and charged into their ranks.

Neji captured the Kumogakure contestants and brought them to the High Tower, where the Raikage learned what had happened and glared at Hiashi. Sasuke then provoked the assembled Kage, Naruto defused the confrontation with a call for friendship, and two mysterious figures appeared as they mocked the Kage for forgetting the First Generation Kage.

• Neji defeated the Kumogakure team, refused to kill them, and dragged them toward the Forest of Death exit to make their capture conspicuous.
• A learned that no Kumogakure teams had reached the High Tower and glared at Hiashi, who returned his stare.
• Neji's team and Sasuke's team arrived just before the exam ended, with Hozuki Suigetsu declaring himself Sasuke's subordinate.
• Sasuke called every Kage present trash, while Naruto followed by saying he hoped they would all become his friends.
• A challenged Naruto to a future taijutsu match, and Naruto read aloud a boastful line Daren Yi had written for him.
• Two figures appeared beside a Sunagakure contestant and mocked the Kage for forgetting the First Generation Kage's history.

Orochimaru confronted Tsunade and Jiraiya while Obito and Tobirama joined him, and Konohagakure sealed the battlefield with the Four Red Yang Formation. As the Kage of the other villages formed a wary alliance, Jiraiya tried to stop Orochimaru and asked whether he knew the secret of Jiraiya’s background.

• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru over his use of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu on Tobirama, and Orochimaru claimed he had discovered he was the outsider among their three companions.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi Hatake, and Izumi Uchiha raised the Four Red Yang Formation around the battlefield.
• Obito urged the other villages’ Kage not to interfere, and Yagura Karatachi led them in refusing to submit to Konohagakure.
• Orochimaru jumped from the High Tower with Tobirama, while the other gathered ninja followed them outside.
• Jiraiya pleaded with Orochimaru to stop, then asked if he knew the secret of Jiraiya’s background.

Orochimaru revived Tobirama Senju, whose arrival stirred confusion over Jiraiya and Naruto's origins, while Obito revealed himself and warned that a powerful Chakra was approaching Konohagakure. Elsewhere, the Sage of Six Paths and Daren Yi watched Obito's Shadow Clone negotiate with a disabled young man and Orochimaru's Shadow Clone.

• Orochimaru hinted that Jiraiya was the son of Tobirama Senju, and Jiraiya and Mei Terumi misinterpreted the secret as a connection between Naruto and the Senju bloodline.
• Tsunade confronted Orochimaru over Tobirama Senju's Impure World Reincarnation, and Orochimaru let Tobirama speak.
• Tobirama greeted Tsunade, sensed that Naruto's Chakra resembled Hashirama Senju's, and noticed Hashirama's necklace around Naruto's neck.
• Naruto demanded that Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha surrender, and Obito revealed his face while claiming he had prepared for Naruto's strength.
• Obito warned that powerful Chakra was approaching Konohagakure, and Tobirama recognized it as Hashirama Senju's.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Daren Yi watched Obito's Shadow Clone negotiate with a disabled red-haired young man and Orochimaru's Shadow Clone in a distant cave.

Obito brought Orochimaru to meet Nagato and Konan, while Daren Yi tested the Sage of Six Paths about Nagato’s Rinnegan. Nagato agreed to control Hashirama Senju as part of Obito’s plan for peace, then pushed on despite the Rinnegan draining his Chakra.

• Orochimaru revealed that Obito had traded him a secret about the Sage of Six Paths for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Konan warned him not to covet Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Daren Yi asked the Sage of Six Paths why Nagato’s Rinnegan did not interest him, and the Sage explained that not all Rinnegan were equal.
• Obito reminded Nagato to impersonate Madara Uchiha, secretly control Hashirama Senju, and maintain a balance with Konohagakure until Obito recovered.
• Nagato reminded Obito that he had only agreed to use Hashirama Senju against Naruto Uzumaki, leaving Obito to deal with Shisui Uchiha.
• Obito described his plan to use Hashirama Senju and himself as immortal weapons to force the Shinobi World into peace, and Nagato silently embraced the vision.
• Nagato’s Rinnegan flared and consumed a vast amount of his Chakra, but he waved away Konan’s help and continued.

Hashirama Senju arrived at the barrier and reunited with Tsunade and Tobirama, while Naruto eagerly prepared to fight him. Tobirama revealed that Madara Uchiha might still be alive and controlling Hashirama to destroy Konohagakure, leaving Hashirama shocked that he may have died for nothing.

• Naruto asked Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Izumi to let Hashirama through the barrier, and the four Kage-level shinobi opened it briefly.
• Hashirama entered and cheerfully asked Tsunade whether she was married, then mistook seven-year-old Naruto for an unusually short adult Hokage.
• Tobirama interrupted Hashirama's questions and asked whether he could resist the control of the Impure World Reincarnation and who was directing him.
• Hashirama said he did not know who summoned him or whether he could break free, but the power controlling him reminded him of Madara's Dojutsu Power.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that Madara might still be alive, that Obito was likely Madara's pawn, and that Madara could be controlling Hashirama to destroy Konohagakure.
• Hashirama's smile disappeared when he realized he might have died in vain if Madara had survived.

Hashirama Senju realized Madara had survived and discovered that Obito carried his cells, just as Hashirama began losing control of his Impure World Reincarnation body. Naruto confronted him to protect Konohagakure, and their battle ended with Hashirama enjoying the fight and forgetting he might have been meant to destroy the village.

• Tobirama Senju learned that Hashirama had chosen not to keep living because he thought Madara was dead, and Hashirama recognized his cells inside Obito.
• Obito warned that the war had begun as Hashirama struggled against the person controlling his body, while Naruto ordered everyone inside the barrier to evacuate.
• Naruto and Hashirama unleashed matching Wood Style: Deep Forest Creation techniques, turning the barrier into a destructive forest battlefield.
• Naruto and Hashirama summoned Wood Golems that fought with powerful taijutsu, and Hashirama delighted in the battle while forgetting his possible mission to destroy Konohagakure.

Naruto and Hashirama fought a fierce Wood Style battle, with Naruto using his Wood Dragon as a whip to pierce Hashirama’s Wood Golem. As Hashirama praised Naruto and the Konoha 11 cheered from beyond the barrier, the fight remained unresolved.

• Naruto’s Wood Dragon and Hashirama’s Wood Golem shattered each other’s limbs in a head-on collision, then rapidly regenerated.
• Naruto and Hashirama traded surprise attacks, and Naruto used his Wood Dragon to pierce Hashirama’s Wood Golem through the waist.
• Hashirama praised Naruto’s unusual Wood Style tactics and called him Number One Under the Sun.
• Hinata and the Konoha 11 cheered Naruto on, and Hinata fainted after he noticed her.
• Neji and Sasuke urged Naruto not to lose, while Hashirama remarked that Naruto had excellent companions.