Chapter Summaries

Konoha prepared for an attack by the Sky Ninja while Minato learned that Obito, Hiruko, White Zetsu, and Muku were approaching the village gates. The Sky Ninja began bombing Konoha, and Minato coordinated the defense before checking on Utakata and Hotaru.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata guarded Hospital Number Five while Tenten, Neji, Rock Lee, and Sai took positions around the hospitals.
• Neji spotted the approaching Sky Ninja, and Sai signaled their location as the enemy force flew over Konoha.
• Nearly a thousand Sky Ninja bombed Konoha’s buildings and targeted key locations, though the village had evacuated its people.
• An Anbu reported enemies at all four gates: Obito at the east, Hiruko at the south, White Zetsu at the west, and Muku at the north.
• Minato ordered the defenders to hold key points, protect villagers, and report any endangered areas through Inoichi.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God to check on Utakata and Hotaru, reassured Utakata, and then left.

Shamu and the Allied Shinobi Forces coordinated their assault against the Ten-Tails, cutting off all ten of its hands while protecting the army from its attacks. After Shamu called the next phase, the Ten-Tails unleashed a massive surge of energy, and Hashirama rushed to shield the retreating shinobi, leaving Madara behind as the Cataclysmic Terrain Transformation began.

• Kazuki warned Shamu that the Ten-Tails was gathering Wood Release energy, and the Allied Shinobi Forces raised barriers to block its Impure World Resurrection attacks.
• Shamu struck the Ten-Tails and threw down its hands, allowing the Alliance's fighters to attack and sever all ten hands.
• Orochimaru collected the Ten-Tails' severed limbs while Madara questioned whether cutting them off would accomplish anything, and Hashirama said Shamu wanted the process rather than the result.
• Shamu signaled the next phase, and the Allied Shinobi Forces retreated as the Ten-Tails released a tremendous surge of energy.
• Hashirama abandoned his watch over Madara and used Wood Release to shield the Alliance, prompting Madara to protest as the Cataclysmic Terrain Transformation began.

Uchiha Madara learned about Uchiha Shamu and the plan to use Zero-Tails’ Dark Chakra to empower the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. As Madara’s revival and coordinated attacks strained the Allied Shinobi Forces, Shikaku began mobilizing support and sought Minato.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that Uchiha Shamu had repeatedly defeated Obito and commanded the Allied Shinobi Forces, drawing Madara’s interest.
• Black Zetsu explained that feeding Zero-Tails to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path let it produce Chakra from people’s darkness, and Madara approved the plan.
• Madara learned that Disornas had used Impure World Reincarnation to revive him in a body enhanced with Hashirama’s power.
• Sensory shinobi and the Hyuga Clan detected Madara, so Ōnoki, Gaara, and the Raikage used the Flying Thunder God squad to head for the northern battlefield.
• Inoichi Yamanaka relayed reports of White Zetsu, living corpse puppets, and a Wood Human in the east, then received Mei Terumi’s request for aid.
• Tsunade rushed to headquarters with findings about poison in the White Zetsu, and Shikaku ordered that Minato be contacted.

Shamu and his allies battled Madara and his Limbo Clones, using their varied powers to hold them off. Shamu clashed with Madara in a contest of strikes and regeneration, but his side was wearing down against Madara’s vast chakra reserves as Shamu began speaking through his poison-coated mouth.

• Madara welcomed the challenge, and Shamu charged him as Minato, Itachi, Yoya, and Kimimaro engaged the Limbo Clones.
• Minato displaced a Limbo Clone with a Sage Fox Rasengan, while Itachi burned and drove another away with Amaterasu and the Yata Mirror.
• Yoya wounded a Limbo Clone with Mercy of Life and attacked again as it healed, while Kimimaro used layered bone armor and All-Killing Ash Bones to fight another.
• Shamu blocked Madara’s Truth-Seeking Orbs and met the Sword of Nunoboko with his Black Rod blade, then continued fighting while both opponents rapidly recovered.
• Madara’s storm of sword strikes interrupted Shamu’s attempt to strengthen his weapon with Ama-no-Murakumo Style, and Shamu’s side remained at a disadvantage against Madara’s chakra reserves.
• As the battle stayed evenly matched in blows but favored Madara’s stamina, Shamu began speaking through his poison-coated mouth.

Shamu and Nagato went to Orochimaru’s laboratory to resurrect Hashirama and Tobirama in specially prepared bodies. The resurrection succeeded but consumed more than half of Nagato’s Rinnegan power, leaving Shamu to suspect Orochimaru had changed something in his experiment.

• Nagato asked Shamu about his desires, and Shamu said he wanted his friends to live well and the Shinobi World to remain peaceful.
• Shamu took Nagato to Orochimaru, who explained that the prepared bodies would reduce the vitality needed to restore Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Nagato used the Naraka Path and Human Path to transfer Hashirama and Tobirama’s souls into their new bodies.
• Nagato drank Water of Life and used the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique to revive Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Hashirama and Tobirama awoke, and Nagato felt pain in his eyes after spending more than half of his Rinnegan power.
• Shamu questioned the unusually high cost, and Orochimaru implied that he had conducted additional experiments.

Jigen decided that his failing body could not survive the coming threats, so he forcibly began engraving Isshiki’s Karma onto Urashiki. Meanwhile, Obito reshaped Shi into a duplicate with a Mangekyō Sharingan and confirmed he could use it to open the Kamui Dimension.

• Jigen visited the Ten-Tails and decided to use Urashiki’s body as a vessel despite the risks of engraving Karma onto another Otsutsuki.
• Jigen pulled Urashiki from the nutrient tank and began imprinting Isshiki’s Karma, unaware that soul fragments were hidden throughout Urashiki’s body.
• Obito placed Shi in a formation and used the Rinnegan to reshape him into a copy of Obito.
• The duplicate opened the Kamui Dimension, and Obito entered it before emerging with a smug smile.

Shamu used his Susanoo and a threat of execution to stop the Allied Shinobi Forces from fighting over old grudges, then ordered them onward to face Obito. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and his three disciples searched an abandoned Kara base in Amegakure and found no useful clues, so they decided to visit their old home.

• Shamu warned the Allied Shinobi Forces to set aside their grudges until after the war, demonstrated his power by carving a ravine, and ordered the troops to keep moving.
• The other Kage accepted Shamu's handling of the tensions, while the shinobi continued trading threats instead of fighting.
• Jiraiya took Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to investigate Kara's underground base in Amegakure, but they found it abandoned and empty.
• Jiraiya inferred that Amegakure's factions were waiting to profit from the war and said the village would be dealt with afterward.
• Jiraiya told his three disciples they could return home for a visit, and they remembered their past together.

Orochimaru restored order in Konoha after the battle at the Hyuga compound and began investigating the Hyuga corpses. Shamu returned to the village after learning of the deaths and met Orochimaru, who explained how Kaito’s White Zetsu assimilation had triggered the massacre.

• Orochimaru assigned Asuma to oversee security, deployed clan members to patrol the outskirts, and sent Jiraiya to investigate the Hyuga incident and watch the Sarutobi Clan.
• Orochimaru sent Shamu a message, then began studying the Caged Bird Seal and examining the Hyuga dead, including the traitorous Fourth Elder Kaito.
• After receiving the message, Shamu told Itachi and Fugaku to protect the Uchiha Clan and hurried back to Konoha, leaving Itachi in charge.
• Shamu gathered intelligence from Iori and learned that the Third Hokage and Hizashi had died, then sneaked into Konoha to meet Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Shamu that Kaito’s body had assimilated with White Zetsu and that Kaito had likely killed the Hyuga with the Caged Bird Seal; Orochimaru had imprisoned Hiashi to prevent the clan from falling into a bloodbath.

Uchiha Shamu intervened after Jiraiya was caught peeping into the women's bath, then publicly exposed him despite his status as one of Konoha's legendary Sannin. The villagers learned Hyuga Aiko had witnessed the crime, and Shamu promised the Military Police Force would protect her.

• Hyuga Yuto confronted Nakamura Kazuya, who revealed that the peeping culprit was Jiraiya, and Shamu arrived to punish Nakamura Kazuya and the other Root members.
• Shamu showed his appointment as captain of the Military Police Force Patrol Unit and took Hyuga Aiko and Hyuga Yuto to find Jiraiya.
• Shamu caught Jiraiya peeping beside the women's bath and kept him from escaping as villagers and Military Police Force members gathered.
• Shamu announced Jiraiya's identity and accused him of peeping, prompting Hyuga Aiko to testify that she had seen him outside the bath.
• Shamu warned the villagers that Jiraiya might retaliate against Hyuga Aiko and pledged that the Military Police Force would protect her.

After recruiting Kisame Hoshigaki, Shamu found and recruited Haku, then traveled with his companions to seek Kimimaro. They arrived at the Kaguya Clan grounds at night and found the territory burning, leaving Kimimaro’s whereabouts unknown.

• Mei Terumi and Yagura gave Shamu the intelligence he wanted and handed Samehada to Kisame Hoshigaki as Hidden Mist Village struggled with the fallout of Yagura’s rule.
• Shamu found Haku starving beside a garbage pile, freed him from his chain, and recruited him as a companion.
• Obito survived Shamu’s attack in the Kamui Dimension by using Izanagi and concluded that Shamu’s Sharingan was a major threat.
• Zabuza attempted to assassinate Karatachi Yagura in prison but failed.
• Shamu traveled with Kisame Hoshigaki, Kurita Kyoko, and Haku to the Kaguya Clan grounds, where they found the territory engulfed in flames and began searching for Kimimaro.

Obito woke after three days in the Kamui Dimension and planned to recover before returning to the Uchiha Clan Grounds. Meanwhile, Fugaku recovered from the attack but learned that his injuries had cost the clan several fighters, and Mikoto joined him at his bedside.

• Obito woke in the Kamui Dimension, learned he had been unconscious for three days, and told Black Zetsu he would recover before checking the clan grounds.
• Itachi kept Sasuke from entering Fugaku's room and sent him to prepare for training, while Keimei and the Fourth Elder went inside.
• The Fourth Elder reported that no Uchiha had died, but seven were seriously injured and Rikuto and Oura would leave the combat ranks.
• Fugaku thanked Keimei for saving his life and warned him that using the Mangekyō Sharingan would gradually weaken his vision.
• Fugaku asked about Shamu's plans and Itachi's health, then Mikoto rushed into the room and took Fugaku's hand.

Shamu offered Hualing a chance to travel to Boruto's timeline and pursue Kakashi, and she accepted despite knowing she would leave her current life behind. Shamu sent her through a spacetime gate, and she lost consciousness while crossing the tunnel.

• Shamu told Hualing that in the other timeline she had betrayed Lockfront Village, lived in seclusion, and met Kakashi once before dying of illness.
• Shamu offered to send Hualing to Konoha, where she could meet Kakashi and decide whether to pursue him, and Hualing agreed.
• Shamu gave Hualing a scroll for Orochimaru and used Plow to confirm the destination was Boruto's timeline.
• Shamu protected Hualing with a Spatial Barrier and opened a spacetime gate to the other timeline.
• Shamu pushed Hualing into the spatial tunnel, where she lost consciousness amid shifting scenery.

Nagato used a Wood Clone and Konan’s preparations to remove the Heart Talisman from his chest, despite Obito’s attempt to stop him. Nagato survived the extraction and began healing, while Obito realized the talisman was gone.

• Nagato told Konan that he could use the Six Paths’ abilities himself and prepared to remove the Heart Talisman.
• Nagato created a Wood Clone, which put his original body to sleep and began extracting the talisman.
• Obito sensed the seal reacting and rushed toward the Land of Whirlpools while Black Zetsu followed underground.
• Obito emerged in the lava cave and was caught in Konan’s Exploding Tags as Nagato’s Wood Clone continued its work.
• Nagato’s Wood Clone pulled the talisman from his chest, severely injuring his heart, and Nagato woke coughing blood.
• Nagato absorbed Chakra from the Wood Clone and began healing as Obito sensed that the talisman had been removed.

After the Otsutsuki threat ended, Shamu reunited with his companions and celebrated the Shinobi World's peace over dinner. Tsunade tested Shamu about his romantic preferences and confronted him over rejecting Haku, but Shamu's explanation remained unfinished.

• Shamu returned to Hidden Radiance Village and told everyone that the Otsutsuki would not attack again soon and that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Obito would not appear again.
• At dinner, Fugaku said he planned to retire, and Shamu congratulated him on becoming a grandfather to Izumi's twins.
• Mikoto and Kushina tried to find Shamu a wife, while Tsunade teased him about preferring petite girls; Shamu said he had not married because no one had approached him and he had been too busy.
• Shamu realized Tsunade had been testing his reaction and asked her privately about it.
• Tsunade asked why Shamu had rejected Haku despite liking girls like her, and Shamu replied that Haku was still a child and needed to mature before understanding her feelings.

Sasuke, Shingo, and Hinata demonstrated their abilities to their teammates, and Minato assigned them a practical exercise for the next day. Naruto then confronted Shamu after recognizing Minato as his father and broke down in gratitude for everything Shamu had done to reunite him with his family.

• Sasuke formed a Chidori, and Shingo revealed that he could use the technique too.
• Hinata demonstrated her Byakugan and explained its reconnaissance abilities, earning praise from Naruto and Sasuke.
• Minato told the team to prepare to work together and announced a practical exercise at seven o'clock the next morning.
• Shamu planned his next moves involving the Land of Water and the Land of Earth, then went to meet Naruto when he came looking for him.
• Naruto asked Shamu why he had lied, and Shamu admitted he had wanted to surprise him after Naruto recognized Minato.
• Naruto hugged Shamu and sobbed as he thanked him for helping him through childhood and arranging his reunion with his family.

Asura and Indra abandoned reincarnation and met Hagoromo Otsutsuki at the boundary between reality and the Pure Land. Indra accused Hagoromo of manipulating their feud to prepare for Kaguya Otsutsuki’s revival, and Hagoromo demanded to know who had turned them against him.

• Asura waited at the boundary for Indra, and the brothers agreed they had both given up reincarnation and forceful conquest.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared and learned that Indra and Asura had left Naruto and Sasuke’s bodies after Uchiha Shamu warned Asura about their endless conflict.
• Hagoromo realized their departure disrupted his plans to use their power to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Indra accused Hagoromo of favoring Asura and keeping the brothers reincarnating as tools against Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Hagoromo denied Indra’s accusations and demanded to know who had deceived him.

Hyuga Kanade and other Main Family members failed to choose a mission, then clashed with Branch Family members after returning to the compound. Hyuga Shunta defeated Kanade in a one-handed fight, as Hiashi watched in secret.

• Hyuga Kanade and the other Main Family members spent the day at the Mission Hall but rejected both B-rank and C-rank missions.
• Hyuga Kanade and his group returned to find Branch Family members, including Hyuga Shunta, tearing down the wall between the family courtyards.
• Hyuga Shunta mocked Kanade for avoiding missions and insisted the Main Family distinction and Caged Bird Seal would soon be gone.
• Hyuga Kanade attacked Shunta, but Shunta dodged and toyed with him while Hiashi watched from concealment.
• Hyuga Shunta took two punches, then struck Kanade hard enough to knock out two teeth, prompting Branch Family members to cheer.

Shamu recruited Yahiko and brought him to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, while Nagato began fusing Hashirama Cells after recovering from his injuries. At the Fire Temple, Obito found signs of a recent attack and identified a young apprentice monk surrounded by the Nine-Tails Chakra he sought.

• Shamu recruited Yahiko, replaced Genjutsu Mastery with Lightning Affinity, and brought him toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• Shamu dispelled his Shadow Clone and learned Nagato had recovered after the Black Rods were removed, but had begun fusing Hashirama Cells after the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path resonated.
• Shamu returned for Yahiko, tricked him into turning around, and shaved his hair into a crew cut before taking him toward the Uchiha Snack Street.
• Obito entered the Fire Temple and found damaged buildings, injured monks, and traces of Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Obito observed a dejected apprentice monk and confirmed that the child was the person he had been looking for.

Orochimaru explained Anko’s weight gain and gave her a new Cursed Seal, then discussed Konoha’s leadership and Naruto’s training with the Third Hokage. He appointed the disguised Minato, known as Number One, to lead Naruto’s team.

• Orochimaru told Anko that her reduced energy consumption after the soul fragment’s removal had caused her to gain weight, and she agreed to receive another Cursed Seal.
• Orochimaru placed a new Cursed Seal on Anko, and she collapsed as Karin arrived to report that the Third Hokage had come.
• Orochimaru and the Third Hokage discussed the elders, the Sarutobi Clan members who had voted, and Naruto’s need for a reliable teacher.
• Orochimaru introduced Number One as a candidate to lead Naruto’s team and claimed he was stronger than Kakashi.
• Number One removed his disguise after Orochimaru appointed him team leader, while the Third Hokage failed to recognize the disguised Minato.

Orochimaru killed Hyuga Kanade and ended the distinction between the Hyuga Main Family and Branch Family, then reorganized the clan’s role in the Konoha Security Force. As the weakened clan tried to adjust, Hyuga Kanade’s younger brother Hyuga Sora collapsed at his grave after mourning there for three days.

• Orochimaru warned the Hyuga Clan that anyone who used the Caged Bird Seal again would face the same fate as Hyuga Kanade, and declared that the Main Family and Branch Family would no longer be distinguished.
• Hiashi reprimanded Hyuga Shunta, then had Hayato remove Hyuga Kanade’s Byakugan and carry them to Orochimaru with a question about the Military Police Force.
• Orochimaru told Hyuga Yuto that Hyuga clansmen in the Konoha Security Force would become squad leaders, with returning Sarutobi Clan members serving under them.
• Hiashi decided that the Hyuga Clan needed to align itself with Orochimaru to avoid declining further.
• Hyuga Kanade was buried in a corner of the clan cemetery, where Hyuga Sora sat for three days before collapsing unconscious.