Chapter Summaries

Roshi endured growing rumors that he was responsible for missing Stone Ninja and struggled to resist Son Goku’s attempts to exploit his anger. Meanwhile, Shin used a vast lava field to deepen the rift between Roshi and the Stone Ninja, and Roshi’s isolation left him close to breaking but still determined to endure.

• Roshi overheard Stone Ninja suspecting him of harming their comrades, then learned the commander also considered him a major suspect.
• Roshi fought Son Goku’s efforts to provoke him as his condition worsened, and he nearly lost control when Cloud Ninja encountered him wearing a Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Shin created a kilometer-wide lava zone near a cliff, hoping to intensify distrust between the Stone Ninja and Roshi.
• Rumors spread that Roshi had fled to the cliff after killing Stone Ninja, and the isolated Roshi heard the accusations from inside his tent.
• Son Goku stopped tempting Roshi and returned to sleep, while Roshi’s trembling gaze became resolute.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru discussed whether the Rain Hidden Village would enter the war, and Orochimaru explained Shin’s assessment that Hanzo hated war and would avoid joining unless forced. The conversation ended with Jiraiya speculating that Hanzo might attack several countries at once, prompting Tsunade to hit him for insulting her grandfather.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed the enemy’s arrangements and wondered whether the Rain Hidden Village might join the war.
• Orochimaru recalled Shin’s judgments about the major villages and his prediction that the Rain Hidden Village would descend into chaos after Hanzo’s death.
• Orochimaru concluded that the Rain Hidden Village had nothing to gain from the war and would stay out unless forced to participate.
• Jiraiya asked which side Hanzo would fight if the war reached the Rain Country, and Orochimaru admitted he did not know.
• Jiraiya speculated that Hanzo might declare war on several countries, so Tsunade hit him for badmouthing her grandfather.

Roshi lost control after Iwagakure ordered him back under guard, and more than a hundred Stone Ninja fought to suppress him. They buried him beneath a massive earthen wall, but the wall began to shake as his rage and crimson Chakra continued to rise.

• Ōnoki ordered Roshi to return to Iwagakure and authorized force if necessary.
• Roshi, convinced his village would imprison him despite his innocence, erupted into a berserk state as the Stone Ninja surrounded his tent.
• Roshi formed two tails and withstood repeated Earth Release attacks from the Stone Ninja.
• The commander and the Stone Ninja raised a huge earthen wall and buried Roshi beneath it.
• The wall began to collapse as Roshi’s rage grew and crimson Chakra leaked from him.

Roshi went berserk and headed toward Rain Country, threatening to draw the Hidden Rain into the war. Shin, Nao, and Nawaki pursued him to stop him before he reached Nagato’s parents and caused a catastrophe.

• Roshi’s third tail formed, and the Stone commander ordered his ninja to defend Earth Country as the Jinchuriki’s Lava Release overwhelmed their defenses.
• Shin, Nao, and Nawaki expanded their lava field until Roshi dropped into their midst, then leaped north toward Rain Country.
• Shin realized Hanzo might declare war if Roshi brought the fighting into Rain Country, and he hurriedly called Orochimaru before setting off in Indra-Go.
• Shin warned that Roshi could kill Nagato’s parents and raced after him, with Nao and Nawaki following as the group neared Rain Country.

Shin, Nao, and Nawaki faced Roshi after Son Goku took control and transformed into the Four-Tails. Shin prepared a Senjutsu technique using water to create hydrogen, leaving Nao and Nawaki fleeing as lava erupted around them.

• Shin used Senjutsu-enhanced lightning and his sword to injure Roshi and sever Son Goku’s tails, but Son Goku blocked him from entering Roshi’s sealing space.
• Son Goku transformed into the Four-Tails, and Shin rallied Nao and Nawaki as the giant ape advanced and spread magma across the battlefield.
• Shin had Nawaki use the Great Waterfall Technique to flood the lava, filling the area with mist while the Four-Tails searched for them.
• Shin explained that he planned to use water to produce hydrogen, then threw his storage pendant to Nao and Nawaki and began the Water Flooding Lava Technique.

Shin used a Senjutsu-powered hydrogen explosion to strike Four-Tails Son Goku while Nao rescued him, leaving the Hagoromo racing toward them as the blast engulfed the battlefield. The explosion dispersed Son Goku’s body into crimson Chakra and formed a towering mushroom cloud.

• Aboard the Hagoromo, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya spotted the distant Four-Tails and worried about Shin and Nawaki.
• Shin compressed hydrogen into a pillar, ignited it with fire-natured Senjutsu Chakra, and launched it at Son Goku’s forehead.
• Nao fell from the Indra-Go, grabbed Shin, and held on while he reached for the rope; Nawaki overclocked the Hagoromo to pull them to safety.
• The pillar exploded against Son Goku, engulfing him in flames and breaking his body apart into crimson Chakra.
• The blast formed a massive mushroom cloud as the Hagoromo raced toward Shin and Nao.

After surviving the explosion, Shin recorded compromising images of Jiraiya and Orochimaru while Team One regrouped with Tsunade. Orochimaru became obsessed with learning how Shin had collected hydrogen and chased him as Shin escaped in the Hagoromo.

• Shin recovered in the cockpit and decided to give his nephews different kinds of attention when they grew up.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade searched the huge crater while Orochimaru obsessed over the explosion and answered a call on his cellphone.
• Shin recorded images of Orochimaru kneeling and Jiraiya reaching toward him, while Nao worried about Shin's future habits.
• Tsunade found Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and struck Jiraiya before Team One arrived in the Hagoromo.
• Orochimaru chased Shin around the crater demanding to know how he had collected hydrogen, and Shin flew away as Orochimaru grabbed the aircraft's wing.

After returning to Grass Country, Shin’s abilities drew the attention of Madara and left Black Zetsu questioning how Shin had gained a pseudo-Sage Body. Black Zetsu left to investigate whether the stone tablet at Naka Shrine had been altered, while Madara looked forward to meeting Shin.

• Orochimaru hurried to his temporary laboratory after landing in Grass Country, while exhausted Shin staggered off the aircraft and Nao decided to keep them apart.
• Ōnoki inspected the enormous crater in Earth Country, suspected Konoha or Sunagakure had taken Roshi, and vowed to remember the offense.
• White Zetsu told Madara that Shin used seal-less ninjutsu and bore strange facial markings, leading Madara to believe Shin had deciphered the stone tablet and gained Senju power.
• Madara expected Shin to join his Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, though he wanted to cast the technique himself and considered Nagato a backup.
• Black Zetsu wondered how Shin could possess a pseudo-Sage Body without Asura’s power and suspected Hagoromo had arranged for Asura to reincarnate into an Indra descendant.
• Black Zetsu left the underground space to check whether the stone tablet at Naka Shrine had been altered.

Shin refused the Third Hokage’s plan to return the Four-Tails to Iwagakure and demanded two billion ryo in compensation, while warning that he would handle Konoha’s internal problems himself. He then bargained with Son Goku for its chakra, leaving with the Four-Tails sealed and the Hokage imagining a future statue of Shin.

• Shin argued with the Third Hokage over returning the Four-Tails and rejected becoming a Konoha advisor, accusing the village’s leaders of shifting blame.
• Shin demanded two billion ryo from Iwagakure and said he would make moves to ensure they accepted his terms; the Third Hokage agreed.
• The Third Hokage considered what Shin’s face on Hokage Rock might look like, then decided to leave the work to the engineering unit.
• Inside the Four-Tails’ sealing space, Shin offered Son Goku a share of the password in exchange for chakra and tempted it with entertainment equipment.
• Son Goku gave up a large mass of chakra, and Shin sealed it before transferring the equipment to the sealing gate and leaving.

Shin left Roshi in the hands of Nao and Tsunade, who transformed the unconscious Jinchuriki’s appearance, while Hanzo devised a plan to exploit the Tailed Beasts’ presence near his borders. Roshi woke to discover his bizarre outfit and Son Goku’s new DJ persona, then mentally went berserk again without releasing any Chakra.

• Shin returned from the sealing space, found Nao and Tsunade dressing and applying makeup to Roshi, and quietly left.
• Hanzo saw a huge crater near the Rain Country–Earth Country border and decided Amegakure could provoke border conflicts to seize a Tailed Beast.
• Roshi woke after two days and one night, fell from bed, and suspected female ninja had captured him and dressed him in restrictive clothes.
• Roshi entered his sealing space and found Son Goku wearing flashy clothes and DJing, then returned to bed believing he was dreaming.
• At dawn, Roshi saw his golden curls, makeup, and fishnet stockings in the mirror and mentally went berserk, but no Four-Tails Chakra escaped.

Shin prepared a powerful missile from Four-Tails' Chakra while Ōnoki plotted against him over the loss of two billion ryo. At Naka Shrine, Black Zetsu decided to stop manipulating events from behind the scenes and pursue the Rinnegan in Nagato.

• Nao recorded Roshi's reactions in a notebook as part of her research into changing his sexual orientation.
• Shin cautiously made his way to breakfast, then returned to his room and fashioned a missile using Four-Tails' Chakra and liquid hydrogen.
• Ōnoki destroyed a letter and headed toward Grass Country with a plan to act when Stone Village came to redeem Roshi.
• Black Zetsu read the altered stone tablet and concluded that the Sage of Six Paths knew he existed.
• Black Zetsu chose to abandon his cautious approach and step onto the ninja world's stage, eyeing the unguarded Rinnegan in Nagato.

On Fugaku’s birthday, Shin traded for Roshi while his team enjoyed a lavish hot pot meal at the Grass Country camp. Nao’s suggestive remark about driving sparked chaos, and Shin ended the meal by singing and dodging her attack across the table.

• After finishing Game of Thrones, Fugaku angrily called Shin to complain about the ending, then cheered up when Shin promised him half of two billion ryo.
• Chiken and Aoko speculated about how far Shin and Nao’s relationship had progressed and imagined their future grandchild.
• Shin left Roshi after splitting off half of the Four-Tails’ restored Chakra, then prepared to trade Roshi under Team One’s guard.
• Shin, Nao, Tsunade, Nawaki, and others ate an extravagant hot pot lunch before setting out for the exchange.
• Nao said they could not delay driving, shocking the diners, and Shin began singing about drivers until Nao chased him across the table.

Konoha, Sunagakure, Kusagakure, and Iwagakure began a witnessed exchange of Roshi for a vast payment of gold, silver, and jewels at the border. While the transaction proceeded, Hyuga Nao watched for abnormalities from a nearby hill with Shin and Nawaki, who feared being part of one of her experiments.

• Nao treated Shin after beating him, while Tsunade teased Nawaki and the others reacted to the pair’s affection.
• At two in the afternoon, representatives from Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kusagakure met one hundred Iwagakure ninja at the border to appraise the payment.
• Roshi picked up a dropped gemstone for an Iwagakure ninja, exchanged suggestive remarks with him, and left the onlookers bewildered.
• The gathered groups had to restart their appraisal after the interruption.
• Hyuga Nao monitored the area within three kilometers from a nearby hill while Shin and Nawaki nervously watched her experiment.

Shin realized Iwagakure had prepared an ambush targeting Team One and led Nao and Nawaki underground to draw away more than two hundred Stone Ninja. As Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade fought Iwagakure’s Jinchuriki at the exchange site, Shin concluded that someone had leaked intelligence about him and focused on protecting his teammates.

• Shin and Nao suspected Iwagakure’s exchange was a ruse, and Shin warned Orochimaru as the Stone Ninja launched their attack.
• Jiraiya softened the ground to disrupt Iwagakure’s Rock Pillar Prison while Orochimaru, Tsunade, Mamba, and Anko fought the attackers and Roshi.
• Shin sensed more than two hundred Stone Ninja buried deep underground and took Nao and Nawaki with him to draw their attention away from the exchange site.
• Orochimaru realized Iwagakure’s ambush may have been designed around leaked information about Shin’s abilities and communication range.
• After leading their pursuers more than ten kilometers from the exchange site, Shin told Nao and Nawaki that someone in Konoha had leaked information about him.

Jiraiya and Tsunade fought Han while Orochimaru supported them, but Han transformed into the Five-Tails, Mū King, and began attacking the Allied Shinobi forces. The remaining fighters prepared to face the rampaging beast as it charged toward them.

• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and helped Tsunade pin down Han, but Han transformed and swept them away with a tail.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamachu to smash Han into a crater while Orochimaru fired rockets at him from the air.
• Han’s Chakra cloak expanded into the Five-Tails, Mū King, prompting both sides to evacuate the surrounding area.
• Mū King began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed west, but Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru disrupted it with rockets.
• Mū King charged toward the rocket launchers, and Mamba rallied the remaining Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kusagakure forces to fight.

Team One fought off the pursuing Stone Ninja and escaped as White Zetsu impersonated Shin to provoke Ōnoki and divert Iwagakure’s forces. The chapter ended with Ōnoki ordering dozens of elite Jonin to pursue the disguised White Zetsu, dead or alive.

• Shin, Nao, and Nawaki coordinated an attack that used Nawaki’s water and Shin’s Senjutsu lightning to kill Stone Ninja pursuing them underground.
• Shin sensed the Stone Ninja trying to collapse the ground, then carried Nao and Nawaki out of danger.
• White Zetsu impersonated Shin and announced at the Tsuchikage Tower that his treasure was buried in the dirt, enraging Ōnoki.
• White Zetsu taunted Ōnoki from underground and drew the attention of dozens of Stone Ninja away from Team One.
• Ōnoki ordered the elite Jonin to pursue White Zetsu, dead or alive.

Shin and Team One used taunts, music, and lightning techniques to kill Stone Ninja sent to capture him. After the Allies defeated the Five-Tails, Tsunade treated a wounded enemy, while Jiraiya reflected on the cost of war and imagined traveling with Tsunade.

• Shin, Nao, and Nawaki baited Stone Ninja into emerging from underground, then Shin attacked them with Thunder Transmission and taunting music.
• Shin and his Shadow Clones danced through the Stone Ninja as they cut through their defenses, while Black Zetsu began to suspect Shin was Asura's reincarnation.
• The Allied Forces defeated the Five-Tails, Mū King, after their forces were reduced by half.
• Tsunade treated a gravely wounded Stone Ninja, and Jiraiya supported her choice to help an enemy.
• Jiraiya reflected on the pain of war and the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, then imagined traveling with Tsunade after the war.

After Team One defeated the Stone Ninjas, Shin discovered that someone had sabotaged the Hagoromo’s engines with a chakra-blocking substance. He suspected White Zetsu had been used to set him up and feared the coming battle would cost Nao or Nawaki their lives.

• Tsunade saved a Stone Ninja’s life, and the experience inspired her to consider founding a school for medical ninjutsu.
• White Zetsu led more than thirty Stone Ninjas on a taunting chase toward Team One.
• Shin, Nao, and Nawaki exhausted themselves defeating two hundred Stone Ninjas near the border, then boarded the Hagoromo to return.
• Shin sensed an unknown chakra-blocking presence in the Hagoromo’s engines, and Nao confirmed that the engines had been affected.
• Shin suspected White Zetsu had helped Black Zetsu set him up and worried that Nao or Nawaki would become the sacrifice needed to awaken his Mangekyo.

Shin chose to protect his exhausted teammates and fought a Stone Ninja force alone, using Sage Mode and his Sharingan to defeat them. White Zetsu withdrew with a backup plan, while Black Zetsu judged Shin against the remaining requirements for Sage Eyes and a Sage Body.

• Shin promised Nao and Nawaki that Team One would return together, then left Hagoromo to face the approaching Stone Ninja.
• Shin sensed thirty-eight Stone Ninja and raised a giant typhoon as he absorbed natural energy.
• Shin spread Senjutsu flames across the battlefield and used the mist to ambush and kill Stone Ninja.
• Shin formed a Uchiha Flame Formation to block the enemy's Wind Release and continued defeating the remaining Stone Ninja.
• White Zetsu considered his plan a failure and left with a backup plan, while Black Zetsu crossed one test off his list and reflected on Sage Eyes and Sage Bodies.

Shin defeated the remaining Stone Ninja with a mass Sharingan Genjutsu, but exhausted himself completely. When the barrier around the Hagoromo began to vanish, Nao and Nawaki went out to defend him and faced twenty-nine Stone Ninja as he watched helplessly from inside.

• Shin used the Transformation Technique to draw the eight remaining Stone Ninja into his Sharingan Genjutsu, making them slit their own throats.
• White Zetsu found nearly thirty Stone Ninja nearby and decided to intervene personally to keep Madara's script on track.
• Shin returned to the Hagoromo, where Nao and Nawaki urged him to rest while he worried about Black Zetsu and another attack.
• The barrier around the area began to disappear, and Nao and Nawaki went out to protect the exhausted Shin.
• Twenty-nine Stone Ninja attacked Nao and Nawaki, who fought together but knew the battle would turn against them as time passed.