Chapter Summaries

Shamu prepared the Allied Shinobi Forces to move out while Obito fought on the front lines, then headed east with Ryuzetsu. On the eastern battlefield, Hashirama and Tobirama finished clearing the enemies and waited as Madara arrived to confront Hashirama.

• Shamu collected a piece of Toneri's flesh, then Minato teleported them and the nearby forces back to Allied Shinobi Forces headquarters.
• Shamu told Minato to gather the troops and learned that Obito was battling Nagato's group while Yoya and Shisui fought Satori.
• Shamu told Shikaku that he and the command center had died in the original course of events, then asked where Madara had gone.
• On the eastern battlefield, Hashirama and Tobirama cleared the Stone Golems and corpse puppets, and Tobirama captured Tobi.
• Hashirama and Tobirama waited for Madara, and Madara landed before Hashirama and called out to him.

Shamu exposed Jirocho Wasabi’s use of Morino Ida and secured the Wasabi Clan’s restraint after the Hega Clan’s destruction. Naruto’s mission ended with an A-rank reward, while Shamu reminded Sasuke that the Uchiha would leave Konoha in a year.

• Shamu told Jirocho Wasabi that the Uchiha Clan had assassinated the Hega Clan’s leader, and Sasuke dropped Hisaroku Hega’s head at Jirocho’s feet.
• Shamu warned Jirocho to control the Wasabi Clan and let him choose whether to keep Morino Ida’s or Hisaroku Hega’s head; Jirocho chose Hisaroku Hega’s.
• Jirocho abandoned Morino Ida and raised Naruto and Team 7’s completed mission to A-rank before leaving with his men.
• Shamu knocked Morino Ida unconscious and told Naruto the mission was over, then urged Naruto and Sasuke to cherish their time in Konoha before the Uchiha Clan relocated in a year.

After Shion foresaw a deadly attack, she pushed herself to strengthen her prophecy despite the pain and learned to see clearer images. She told Minato that flying ninjas would attack Konoha in five days and kill many villagers.

• Taraho carried the distressed Shion home after she foresaw death and alerted the Anbu to notify Minato.
• Taraho dressed Shion in her Miko robes and helped her prepare the ritual array, allowing her to recover from the vision.
• Shion repeatedly tried to gather spiritual power, coughing up blood as she persisted despite the bell suppressing her power.
• Shion gathered far more spiritual power, activated her prophecy, and cracked the bell around her neck.
• Anko arrived, and Shion asked her and Taraho to take her to Minato.
• Shion told Minato that flying ninjas would attack Konoha in five days, causing many villagers to die.

Shamu exposed Morino Ida as a Konoha rogue ninja and explained why Ida had become hostile to Konoha. After learning that the Hega Clan had caused their client Eriko Kojo's death, Shamu ordered Haku to kill three of the clan's thugs.

• Sasuke captured Morino Ida before Naruto could act, and Shamu recognized Ida as a Konoha rogue ninja.
• Hinata silenced Ida, and Shamu sealed him while explaining how Ida had betrayed Konoha and abandoned his brother, Morino Ibiki.
• Naruto told Shamu that Ida had been hostile to him and his companions at a tea shop.
• Kimimaro and Haku arrived and reported that Eriko Kojo had died after the Hega Clan beat her and prevented her from getting medicine.
• Shamu ordered Haku to kill three Hega Clan thugs who had been attacking a villager, then told Naruto that the mission's client had already died.

Shamu and Kimimaro captured Morino Ida, and Jirocho Wasabi abandoned him after learning Shamu belonged to the Uchiha Clan. Morino Ida was left realizing that the Wasabi Clan’s loyalty to him had been conditional.

• Kimimaro held Morino Ida at knifepoint as Jirocho Wasabi arrived and offered money to secure his release.
• Kimimaro refused Jirocho Wasabi’s offers and threatened Morino Ida until Jirocho led his men back.
• Shamu returned with the unconscious Aoi Rokushō and told Morino Ida that trusting an outsider had caused his troubles.
• Jirocho Wasabi recognized Shamu as an Uchiha from the Land of Radiance and knelt with his subordinates.
• Jirocho Wasabi disowned Morino Ida to avoid opposing Shamu, dismissing the gift knife Morino Ida had treasured.

Shamu captured Morino Ida, a Konoha rogue ninja, and used the situation to teach Team 7 to think beyond the mission’s original terms. He took Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Haku to confront the Hega Clan, while Jirocho Wasabi learned that Ida had been exposed and went to investigate.

• Shamu revealed that Morino Ibiki was alive and had hidden his brother’s whereabouts, while Morino Ida had never tried to find him.
• Shamu asked Team 7 how they could capture Ida without failing their mission, then proposed dealing with the clans behind the territory dispute.
• Shamu ordered Kimimaro to guard Ida and took Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Haku toward the Hega Clan’s buildings.
• A subordinate told Jirocho Wasabi that Konoha’s people had captured Ida and identified him as a rogue ninja.
• Jirocho ordered his men to accompany him to see what had happened before the running competition began.

Rasa briefed Sunagakure’s leaders on Obito’s attack, Gaara’s condition, and the village’s preparations while revealing that he had been temporarily revived. In the Land of Water, Mei Terumi recalled Utakata and publicly destroyed Karatachi Yagura’s corpse to keep it from being used by Obito.

• Rasa told Sunagakure’s elders that Obito had extracted Shukaku from Gaara, killed the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and left Gaara gravely injured, then assigned Temari and Kankuro to govern until Gaara returned.
• Rasa revealed to Baki, Temari, and Kankuro that he was dead and had been revived with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then gave Baki instructions for stabilizing the village and contacting Shamu.
• Rasa ordered the Chunin Exams to end and advised that Gaara draw closer to the Land of Radiance when he took office.
• Mei Terumi received Shamu’s warning and offer to help Utakata take refuge in Konoha, but chose to recall Utakata to the Hidden Mist Village instead.
• Mei publicly announced Obito’s attack on Sunagakure, displayed Karatachi Yagura’s corpse, and destroyed it with her Lava Release technique.

Shamu led Team 7 and Haku in an assault on the Hega Clan estate to find Aoi Rokushō and obtain the Thunder God Sword. After Haku took the sword and Team 7 defeated Aoi’s Hidden Rain ninja, Shamu left Sasuke and Naruto to finish the remaining Hega Clan members while he carried Aoi away.

• Shamu explained how the Hega Clan and Wasabi Clan’s power struggle harmed the people of Dejima Port, then sent Team 7 and Haku into the Hega Clan estate.
• Hinata located four Hidden Rain ninja, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata defeated the estate’s thugs while Haku stayed hidden.
• Aoi Rokushō attacked with poisoned senbon and tried to use black rain, but Sasuke, Naruto, Haku, and Shamu countered his techniques.
• Shamu used his Sharingan to make Aoi collapse, and Haku retrieved the Thunder God Sword through an ice mirror.
• Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata defeated Aoi’s three subordinates, and Sasuke learned from two surviving thugs that Hisaroku Hega was hiding inside.
• Shamu ordered Sasuke to bring him Hisaroku Hega’s head and Naruto to clear the estate, then carried Aoi away toward Kimimaro.

Orochimaru brought five hundred Sarutobi Clan members into the Military Police Force while Hizashi organized them under Hyuga leaders and continued recovering his strength. Team 7 returned with an A-rank mission report and two captured rogue ninja, as Minato faced growing signs that other forces were testing Konoha.

• Orochimaru accepted five hundred returning Sarutobi Clan members into the Military Police Force, where Hizashi assigned them to patrol under Hyuga clansmen.
• Hizashi discovered that his body was growing younger and stronger after his resurrection, and he began training as he passed more Military Police Force responsibilities to Hayato.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata reported that Shamu had killed the Hega Clan leader, so Hizashi recorded their Wasabi Family mission as A-rank.
• Sasuke told Hizashi that Team 7 had captured Aoi Rokushō and Morino Ida, who were connected to the theft of the Second Hokage's Thunder God Sword.
• Minato, disguised as Orochimaru, reviewed reports of increased spying and attacks on Konoha ninja and recognized that other forces were probing Konoha's weakened defenses.

Hyuga Sora reached the Moon through a damaged teleportation array with Hagoromo Otsutsuki controlling his body, while Toneri watched and questioned his identity. On the border of the Land of Fire, Obito sent thirty thousand Stone Golems marching toward the Allied Shinobi Forces, as Hyuga Yuto discovered a missing signal flare.

• Hagoromo used Hyuga Sora's Chakra to reactivate the Moon teleportation array and guide them through the water to the other side.
• Toneri detected Hyuga Sora with the Giant Tenseigan, and Hagoromo identified himself as the Sage of Six Paths before heading toward Hamura's grave.
• Obito recovered and used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to send the Stone Golems marching from the border of the Land of Fire.
• Hyuga Shibuki spotted the Stone Golems and alerted the Allied Shinobi Forces, whose villages had been preparing troops, supplies, and defenses against White Zetsu.
• Hyuga Yuto inspected his equipment after his first day on the front lines and found that one signal flare was missing.

Shamu overwhelmed Jigen, forcing him to reincarnate as Isshiki. Isshiki attacked with his full power, but Shamu’s War God Susanoo withstood his techniques and sent him flying.

• Shamu used the Susanoo Eye to counter Jigen’s shrinking and battered him until the pattern on Jigen’s body began to crack.
• Shamu slashed Jigen and pinned him to the ground, forcing him to choose between reincarnation and death.
• Jigen reincarnated as Isshiki, whose power surged but whose new vessel had only two days left to live.
• Isshiki summoned a Daikokuten cube and enlarged Black Rods, but Shamu’s War God Susanoo stopped them.
• Shamu slapped Isshiki across the head and sent him flying.

Shamu prepared to reincarnate into Kimimaro's body while Nagato recovered and agreed to let Orochimaru study his cells. Haku regained her consciousness after Shamu used Dragon Life Reincarnation, then secretly cuddled beside him as they slept.

• Shamu restored his Sharingan and discussed using Madara's revived Rinnegan with Nagato, who chose to keep his Byakugan.
• Nagato agreed to let Orochimaru collect cell samples, and Shamu asked him to stay until Shamu completed his reincarnation.
• Haku's medical chamber opened, and Orochimaru directed her to Shamu's room while continuing his research.
• Haku climbed into bed beside Shamu, and Shamu used Dragon Life Reincarnation to restore her consciousness.
• Haku quietly woke after Shamu fell asleep, realized she was clearheaded again, and nestled into his embrace.

Shamu discovered that Haku had recovered and was pretending to remain mentally impaired because she loved him, but Minato urgently took him away before he could address it. Tsunade reassured the flustered Haku that Shamu would like her.

• Tsunade arrived at Orochimaru's laboratory and found Shamu asleep beside Haku, prompting her to suspect he preferred petite girls.
• Shamu checked Haku and realized her mind and soul were normal, then concluded she was faking her condition because she loved him.
• Shamu decided to postpone confronting Haku until after his reincarnation, but Minato arrived with news of a massive disaster foretold by Shion and took him away.
• Tsunade and Kimimaro told Haku that her disguise had fooled neither them nor Shamu, and Haku blushed when she realized Shamu had already discovered the truth.
• Tsunade comforted Haku and assured her that she was exactly Shamu's type.

Shamu prepared to die with Kaguya Otsutsuki so she could never revive, and he began putting the Shinobi World in order before his sacrifice. He left Minato in charge of the Celestial Organization and gave final instructions to the leaders and clans around him.

• Shamu revealed that he intended to eradicate Kaguya Otsutsuki by perishing with her, shocking the assembled shinobi.
• Shamu released the Infinite Tsukuyomi, freeing the Allied Shinobi Forces and causing the God Tree's branches and restraints to collapse.
• Shamu ordered Itachi to remove his eyes to keep Kaguya from escaping, then named Itachi his successor as Uchiha clan head.
• Shamu secured the Kage's agreement to his plans and appointed Minato temporary leader of the Celestial Organization after his death.
• Shamu instructed the Kage to prepare for future Otsutsuki attacks and told Mei Terumi and Gaara to protect their villages and follow his advice.

Shamu confronted Momoshiki and Kinshiki, disguising his questions as taunts to learn about the Otsutsuki Clan and Yabai. After revealing his Susanoo armor and Sage Art, he overwhelmed both enemies, while Momoshiki ran out of chakra pills and reached toward Kinshiki.

• Shamu sent Rock Lee, Suigetsu, and Mangetsu behind him before confronting Momoshiki and asking why he had taken so long to find the place.
• Momoshiki revealed that Isshiki and a maid had failed to return with their Chakra, and Shamu tricked him into mentioning Yabai and the Otsutsuki traitors.
• Shamu activated his Sharingan, formed his Golden War God Susanoo Armor, and released Sage Art Chakra, surprising Momoshiki and Urashiki.
• Shamu slashed Kinshiki, shattering his axe and cutting a massive gash into his chest, then crushed Momoshiki's black sphere and blasted him away.
• Momoshiki realized his remaining Chakra pills were gone and reached toward Kinshiki.

Obito killed Sasori and pursued Kakuzu, but Rasa intervened to protect him. Obito defeated Rasa with Kamui as Shukaku appeared in the distance.

• Obito crushed Sasori’s puppet body and killed him with a thrown blade, leaving Chiyo rushing toward the battlefield.
• Obito intercepted Kakuzu underground and tried to capture him, but Rasa arrived and shielded Kakuzu with Gold Dust.
• Kakuzu told Rasa that Obito was targeting Gaara and that Uchiha Shamu would arrive soon, prompting Rasa to attack Obito.
• Obito drove off Rasa’s Gold Dust attacks with Shinra Tensei and Susanoo, while Kakuzu fled.
• Rasa saw Shukaku appear and attacked with a Gold Dust Cube, but Obito used Kamui to tear away Rasa’s lower body and leave him dying.

Shamu arrived in a forest more than twenty years in the past and searched for the Dragon Vein that could take him home. He intervened when Uchiha Hikari was cornered by her clan, and she recognized the Konoha forehead protector at his waist and asked if he knew Boruto.

• Shamu found a Konoha forehead protector among Sasuke's clothes and realized the Dragon Vein Spirit had fallen asleep, leaving him stranded in the past.
• Shamu sensed ocular power to the south and found Uchiha Hikari fleeing a group of Uchiha clansmen.
• Uchiha Hikari used Amaterasu and Susanoo against her pursuers, but her powers failed and she collapsed under their assault.
• Uchiha Hikari declared that she would choose and create her own destiny, triggering a surge of mental energy.
• Shamu appeared and startled the Uchiha clansmen, then landed beside Uchiha Hikari.
• Uchiha Hikari spotted the Konoha forehead protector at Shamu's waist and asked if he knew Boruto.

Shamu returned to Hidden Radiance Village, ordered preparations for an imminent war, and treated Yoya after learning that Yugito had asked to marry him. The chapter left Yoya unable to see clearly, with Shamu realizing his eyes might need to be replaced.

• Shamu returned with Haku and Kimimaro, reviewed reports about visitors and events across the villages, and ordered the Land of Radiance to mobilize for war.
• Shamu told Iori to recall clan members, inspect supplies and shelters, secure the village, and issue a war alert.
• Shamu suspected Obito would soon start a war after the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path attacked the Cloud Village.
• Shamu used Flying Thunder God to reach Yoya in the hospital and treated his eyes, discovering that Yoya had lost years of vitality by accelerating his body's metabolism with his Mangekyō ability.
• Yoya told Shamu that Yugito wanted to marry him, and Shamu approved while promising to save her.
• After Shamu removed the medicinal patches, Yoya opened his eyes but saw only overlapping, blurry images.

Shamu resurrected Rin, Nawaki, and six others while Kaguya Otsutsuki took control of his body. He revealed his plan to stop her, then gathered her scattered fragments into himself as Kimimaro struck him with All-Killing Ash Bones.

• Kakashi welcomed the resurrected Rin, and Shamu completed Nawaki's resurrection while spending his ocular power and energy.
• Minato brought the Kage, reanimated shinobi, and Uchiha elites to Shamu, who warned them that Kaguya Otsutsuki was taking over his body.
• Shamu used the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique to resurrect Rasa, Hozuki Gengetsu, Mangetsu, Scorpion's parents, and Killer B.
• Kimimaro pierced Shamu's chest with an All-Killing Ash Bones blade as Shamu activated Sage Mode and ordered everyone to stay away.
• Shamu opened Yomotsu Hirasaka portals and absorbed Kaguya Otsutsuki's scattered fragments, trapping her inside his Sage Art Chakra as she tried to escape.

Hiruko overwhelmed Kirigakure with his Chimera-enhanced abilities until Obito warned him that the Fourth Hokage had arrived. Minato confronted Hiruko while Mei Terumi organized the evacuation, and Hiruko prepared to challenge him.

• Hiruko used his Steel, Swift, and Storm Release abilities to overpower Biwa Juzo, Zabuza, and Suigetsu as Kirigakure's forces retreated.
• Suigetsu trapped Hiruko in Water Release: Shield Hat, but Hiruko destroyed the water formation with lightning and left Suigetsu stunned.
• Obito emerged to tell Hiruko the operation had failed and the Fourth Hokage was coming, then sank underground to watch the fight and recover Hiruko's Sharingan.
• Mei Terumi and Utakata arrived, and Minato asked them to move the village forces away before he faced Hiruko.
• Minato spoke with Hiruko while the evacuation continued, but Hiruko impatiently declared he would show the Fourth Hokage the power of a Perfect Ninja.