Chapter Summaries

Kushina and Minato teamed up with Sasori, while Killer B and Pakura fought before joining forces against six opportunistic Genin. The three young scavengers then headed toward the distant fighting to investigate.

• Minato and Kushina found Sasori waiting to thank Kushina, and Kushina invited him to team up with them.
• Kushina, Minato, and Sasori surged into the top three in the audience vote, and Shin considered whether Sasori could be drawn to his cause.
• Killer B found a carved board at a ruin, destroyed a Hot Springs ninja’s helicopter, and later encountered Pakura.
• Pakura and Killer B fought until six unidentified Genin ambushed them, prompting the pair to turn on the attackers together.
• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato drove their armored vehicle toward the explosions to investigate.

Killer B and Pakura stopped fighting after Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan intervened, and Yahiko proposed that they cooperate so everyone could pass the exam. Watching the exchange, the Third Raikage reconsidered his choices and decided to revoke Hi’s punishments after the exam.

• Kari and Ao fought near the shrinking poison zone until Ao left a gun as a trap and departed under cover of mist.
• Yahiko and Nagato interrupted Pakura and Killer B’s fight, while Konan helped the children defeat eight contestants who tried to ambush them.
• Killer B apologized to Pakura and pulled her out of Nagato’s swamp, and Yahiko invited them to form a team and reach the safe zone together.
• Pakura questioned Yahiko’s faith in mutual understanding, while Killer B wondered whether a peaceful world could spare his father from rumors.
• Hi cried while watching the broadcast, and the Third Raikage reflected on his past decision and resolved to revoke every punishment imposed on Hi after the exam.

The five-person reconciliation group spotted a second airdrop and headed toward it, while Kushina, Minato, and Sasori flew there in Megatron. After Minato helped a Konoha Genin against a Mist ninja, Kushina took the sniper rifle and set off to intercept an approaching armored vehicle, leaving Minato wedged between passengers.

• The reconciliation group noticed the second airdrop near the beach and decided to pursue it in their armored vehicle.
• Kushina summoned Minato, and Sasori revealed Megatron, which he and Minato used to fly Kushina toward the airdrop.
• At the beach, a Mist ninja threatened a Konoha Genin with an unloaded sniper rifle, but the Genin grabbed the bullets and Minato knocked the Mist ninja unconscious.
• Kushina landed Megatron, took the sniper rifle, and learned from Sasori that an armored vehicle was approaching from the north.
• Kushina chose to drive Megatron toward the incoming vehicle, while Minato ended up squeezed between the other passengers.

The contestants’ pursuit turned into an aerial showdown as Kushina flew Megatron around the armored vehicle while Konan and Nagato fired rocket launchers at her. Shin watched the chaotic contest from the Airspace Carrier, where he intervened after the commentator’s jokes went too far.

• Yahiko turned the armored vehicle around to chase Kushina’s gray plane, while Nagato offered Pakura rocket launchers and she refused them.
• Shin watched the contestants’ performances with the Third Hokage and Third Kazekage, including Ao gathering supplies, Kari fleeing the poison zone, and Baki riding along the beach.
• Kushina performed aerial rolls and vertical climbs to evade Konan’s rocket attacks, leaving Minato squeezed and miserable in the cockpit.
• Kawa-hito commentated on the contest and began making an inappropriate joke about Minato, so Shin left the conference room to intervene.
• Shin used Magatsukami to enter the broadcast room, prompting Kawa-hito to recover his composure and offer a safer explanation of Pakura’s dislike of Killer B.

Shin and Nao reflected on Kaguya and planned a future trip to the moon, while Megatron’s crew fought the armored vehicle during the exam. The battle ended with the vehicle crushed, Pakura confronting Sasori, and the group reuniting.

• Shin told Nao that he had found a way to awaken his own Rinnegan while keeping his Mangekyo abilities, and they agreed to go to the moon after he dealt with the Reaper.
• Yahiko drove the armored vehicle into another vehicle as Nagato and Konan fired their last shells at Megatron.
• Sasori transformed Megatron to evade the shells, while Minato caught Kushina and another Konoha Genin as they fell.
• Sasori fired Megatron’s wind-nature Chakra beam and flattened half the armored vehicle, then stopped when he recognized Pakura.
• Pakura threatened Sasori and walked away after he apologized, while Killer B was knocked down twice trying to intervene.

Shin, Nao, and the others shared a meal aboard the Airspace Carrier while Sasori caught fish in the poisoned zone and Kushina welcomed Killer B after explaining the truth about Uzushio. The group began roasting and frying fish in the ruins, unaware that Genin were closing in on the smell of their food.

• Shin and Nao arrived at the dining hall, where the Third Hokage and the Kazekage argued over the value of their vehicles and puppets.
• Kakuzu tasted the fish and asked White Zetsu what kind it was, learning it was salamander fish.
• Sasori caught a net full of fish despite the poisonous mist, drank Konan's beverage, and flew Megatron back to the ruins of Uzushio Village.
• Kushina told Killer B that the Uzumaki Clan had lived better in Konoha and urged him to look forward, easing his guilt about the past.
• Kushina asked who knew Fire Release, and Shin tricked Nao by eating a piece of meat he claimed he was testing for poison.
• Kushina, Sasori, Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, Pakura, and Killer B ate fish together as a group of Genin approached the ruins, drawn by the barbecue aroma.

Kari and Baki battled through the shrinking poison zone until Ao’s C4 trap left them in a stalemate. Meanwhile, Kushina and the others detected approaching Genin at Uzushio Village and moved to intercept them.

• Kari and Baki clashed with Explosion Release and Wind Release as they raced south through the exam grounds.
• Ao found C4 explosives and set a trap, which Kari triggered while Baki narrowly avoided the blast.
• Ao hid by the airdrop crate as Kari and Baki searched for the unseen attacker and the fight stalled.
• Nagato warned the group at Uzushio Village that approaching enemies were closing in, and the nine companions paired their headsets and scattered.
• Kushina restrained an attacking Genin with Chakra chains, knocked him unconscious, and headed toward the next enemy.

The contestants fought through the night in Uzushio Village as more enemies gathered around the airdrops. Minato nearly ran out of Chakra after rescuing Killer B, while Kushina claimed another supply drop with a helicopter and Sasori used Megatron to subdue the attackers.

• Minato teleported between enemies and knocked out three, then checked on Kushina before Sasori subdued five more with Megatron.
• Nagato spotted three targets, and Pakura and Killer B continued fighting as the night wore on and supply crates were dropped over Uzushio Village.
• Killer B obtained a Trilateral Bayonet from an airdrop, drawing the attention of nearby Genin.
• Minato rushed to support Killer B, using six Kunai and Flying Thunder God to knock out the surrounding enemies, but nearly exhausted his Chakra.
• Kushina claimed an airdrop by cutting away its parachute and having a helicopter drag the crate, while Sasori used Megatron to pin five more enemies to the ground.

Kushina and the others fought off Genin during the exam while Yahiko tried to persuade them that they did not need to fight to advance. After Yahiko nearly died, Nagato reflected on the power and influence needed to make his ideals effective, as Shin accelerated the final circle and the Five Kage contemplated what would happen to the ninja world after Black Zetsu was gone.

• Kushina gave up searching for airdrops, while Sasori and Pakura helped Megatron repel a group of attacking Genin.
• Yahiko urged the remaining Genin to survive without fighting, but a Kumogakure Genin attacked him and Konan and Nagato knocked the attacker down before he could kill Yahiko.
• Yahiko realized how close he had come to dying, and Nagato concluded that ideals alone could not change the ninja world without strength, resources, and influence.
• Shin accelerated the shrinking poison circle, prompting the Five Kage to consider whether peace could last after Black Zetsu was eliminated.

Shin defended the poison circle’s random behavior while the Five Kage questioned him, and the accelerated poison circle forced the surviving Genin into a dangerous final stage. After reaching the ruins of Uzushio Village, eight exhausted fighters spotted three more opponents nearby.

• Kari punctured Baki’s motorcycle tire, and the ensuing fight sent Baki into the poison circle before he used his last Chakra to blast poisonous mist toward Kari and Ao.
• Shin told the Five Kage that the poison circle’s speed and range were random, then criticized leaders who claimed to act for others’ benefit while serving their own interests.
• The rapidly contracting poison circle eliminated several teams, including Kusagakure and Yugakure, while Takigakure and the Land of Frost Ninja Village were nearly wiped out.
• The poison circle slowed at the ruins of Uzushio Village, where eight surviving fighters collapsed after more than three hours of fighting.
• Kushina and Nagato sensed three people to the north, and the eight fighters regrouped to face them with more than six hours remaining in the exam.

Kushina treated the three contestants who collapsed in the poison zone, while Shin and Nao shared a private view of the stars. After recovering, Kari attacked Kushina with steel needles, threatening to turn the final circle violent again.

• Ao collapsed after escaping the poison zone, and Kari and Baki fell on top of him as the others discovered they were still alive.
• Kushina decided to treat the three contestants, and Sasori used Megatron to carry Baki while the group brought along Ao and Kari.
• Shin left the Airspace Carrier with Nao and fixed a starry scene in space that only the two of them could see.
• By morning, Kushina's treatment had restored the contestants' ability to speak, and Kari cursed at her until she threatened him with acupuncture needles.
• After Ao and Baki explained that they were not Kari's teammates, Nagato sensed Kari underground, but Kari emerged and held needles to Kushina's throat.

Kushina defeated Kari and escaped the advancing poison zone with the other surviving exam participants. As the broadcast ended, Shin challenged the old ways of the ninja world and revealed to the Third Hokage that Madara was still alive.

• Kushina broke free of Kari’s hostage attempt, struck him into the poison zone, and ran with Minato and the other survivors toward safety.
• Ōnoki confronted Shin over Iwagakure’s failure at the exam, but Shin defended its rules and criticized villages that relied on taking resources from others.
• Shin used the exam’s cooperative survivors to argue to the broadcast audience that working together offered a better path than fighting alone.
• Madara, Reanimated Hashirama, Kakuzu, and White Zetsu watched the broadcast and anticipated a future with less war.
• The Third Hokage spoke with Shin about the changing role of ninja, and Shin revealed that Madara was still alive and that Black Zetsu’s Rinnegan had originally belonged to him.

After the Chunin exams ended, the Five Kage confirmed eight Genin’s promotions while Shin spoke with the Third Hokage about Konoha’s future. Shin then challenged Ōnoki to keep the old feud between himself and Iwagakure separate from Konoha, leaving Ōnoki to decide whether to accept.

• Shin told the Third Hokage that Madara had wanted one last battle and reassured him that Hashirama was with Madara, then urged him to watch over Konoha for the next two years.
• Kushina and Minato celebrated becoming Chunin, and Shin announced that the Five Great Nations’ exams had concluded successfully.
• The Five Kage confirmed the promotions, with the Third Kazekage praising Pakura, Sasori, and Baki, the Third Raikage encouraging Killer B, and Yagura commending Ao.
• The Third Hokage asked Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to stay in Konoha, but Yahiko said they had already decided to leave; he then agreed to hold a celebration for Kushina and Minato.
• Shin showed Ōnoki Madara’s Uchiha Gunbai and said the feud between them had nothing to do with Konoha, challenging Iwagakure to settle the score with him directly.

Shin began the New Crescent Moon Eye Plan and sought help building a rocket that could reach the moon. Fugaku revealed that the Uchiha were owed a favor by Chiyo's family, and Shin brought rocket blueprints to Sunagakure, where Chiyo considered whether to help.

• Shin told Chiken that the Uchiha had reached the time to show their strength, and Chiken sent the message that the plan had begun.
• Shin struggled to adapt future rocket blueprints to current technology and decided to use Amatsukami to find a solution.
• Fugaku found the rocket plans and told Shin that Chiyo's family owed him a favor.
• Shin realized the favor could help with the rocket, then left for Sunagakure.
• Chiyo examined Shin's blueprints with her family and made up her mind after seeing Sasori's interest.

Chiyo and Sasori joined Shin’s plan to develop space travel, while Black Zetsu began gathering the remains of powerful dead ninjas for a resurrection scheme. Shin summoned the Dead Demon Consuming Seal’s Reaper and revealed that he intended to separate Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra from Madara and Hashirama, facing the Reaper with confidence.

• Chiyo decided that she and Sasori would join Shin’s space-travel project, while Mamba and Anko stayed in Sunagakure to work on simpler problems.
• Chiyo and Sasori arrived in Konoha aboard the Hagoromo under the cover of working for the Uchiha Group.
• Black Zetsu sent six Rinnegan-bearing Dooms to search the ninja world for traces of powerful people who had died.
• Shin obtained the Dead Demon Consuming Seal’s hand seals and activation procedure from Shūzai, then summoned the Reaper at the Leisure Retirement Center.
• Shin told Madara and Hashirama that he wanted to separate Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra from their bodies, then stared down the Reaper without fear.

Shin obtained Indra and Asura's Chakra, met the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land, and awakened a pair of Nine Tomoe Rinnegan. After discovering that his new eyes could manipulate matter, he discussed his plans to confront the Otsutsuki clan while Madara and Hashirama argued over the Ten-Tails.

• Shin let the Shinigami extract Indra and Asura's Chakra and learned in the Pure Land that the Shinigami was the Sage of Six Paths' alternate identity.
• The Sage of Six Paths declared Shin qualified to use his Chakra access privileges and hoped he would bring about a different ending.
• Shin's eyes transformed into a pair of Nine Tomoe Rinnegan, and he used them to create a figurine by manipulating matter.
• Shin realized he could use his new power to create things like a manned rocket, making his plan to hide his Rinnegan until the rocket was developed unnecessary.
• Shin said he wanted to stop being alone and suggested a fight, but Madara and Hashirama refused and argued over whether to turn the tailed beasts back into the Ten-Tails.
• Kakuzu watched the argument and wondered whether he had fallen under a Genjutsu.

Shin completed a powerful long-range ninjutsu and resumed Team One’s intensive training while Chiyo and Sasori struggled to develop a rocket engine. In Orochimaru’s laboratory, an embryo created from Shin and Nao’s cells developed a heartbeat, and Kaoru’s training continued with a duel against Shin.

• Shin finished his long-range ninjutsu, and Team One resumed intensive training inside a reinforced barrier.
• Kaoru perfected her control of Tailed Beast Mode, Nawaki improved his Wood Golem control, and Shin promised Nao they could go to the moon within a year.
• Chiyo and Sasori tested a rocket engine but concluded that they still needed stronger alloy and heat-resistant coating.
• Orochimaru placed the embryo made using Shin and Nao’s cells into an incubator after it developed a heartbeat.
• Kaoru arrived at training, teased Shin and Nao about their sparring, and then attacked Shin in Tailed Beast Mode.

Nawaki wrestled with Kaoru’s teasing before deciding to focus on building a Senju business, while Shin’s research produced a Chakra-powered engine and prompted Chiyo and Sasori to speculate about his Mangekyo ability. The Uchiha expanded their influence through branch companies in the Land of Frost and the Land of Lightning.

• Kaoru teased Nawaki about marrying her, and he fled before later resolving to start a business to rival the Uchiha.
• Shin developed an engine capable of escaping planetary gravity using Chakra as propellant, and Chiyo and Sasori discussed whether his Mangekyo affected reality through observation.
• Shin reprimanded Uchiha Mumei for failing to involve the entire Land of Frost in his plans, and Mumei promised to expand the clan’s influence through profit.
• Hi welcomed Wuzhe and Wenzhe to Kumogakure as Uchiha-Kumogakure cooperation became public, while the clan’s real goal remained deeper infiltration of the Land of Lightning.

Shin discussed the future of the Uchiha Group with Chiken, then stayed home to build objects with his Rinnegan. On the far side of the moon, Ōtsutsuki Kumyo's clan argued over how to respond to the Rinnegan below, and Tatsumi suggested they keep researching the giant eye.

• Shin told Chiken he wanted to rename the Uchiha Group eventually and leave the work of bringing in other clansmen to him.
• Chiken refused to handle the clansmen and suggested Fugaku, while Shin said he planned to stay home unless Black Zetsu came knocking.
• Shin admired the Mark 85 armor and other objects he had created with Takama-ga-hara, reflecting on the ability's vast Chakra cost and deadly potential.
• Ōtsutsuki Kumyo convened his clan after discovering that the Rinnegan had appeared below and could threaten the seal they guarded.
• The moon clan split between those who wanted to seek help from Hamura's descendants below and those who favored staying out of the conflict.
• Tatsumi proposed that the clan continue researching the giant eye, silencing the arguing factions.

Tatsumi secretly monitored two Rinnegan owners, while Shin watched the Ninja Academy welcome a new class that included Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha. Obito arrived late and was punished by Nishinodera, leaving Shin and the Third Hokage to reflect on the trouble ahead for the Uchiha.

• Tatsumi learned that two young people possessed Rinnegan, kept the discovery from Kūmyō, and later reduced how often he watched them.
• Shin met the Third Hokage atop the Ninja Academy on its opening day and joked about Asuma's future team leader.
• Kakashi introduced himself to the freshmen and said he wanted to surpass his father.
• Obito arrived late, claimed he had helped an old lady cross the street, and Nishinodera sent him outside as punishment.