Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Itachi led more than a hundred clansmen out of Konoha toward the Land of Rice Fields, where Obito tried to recruit him. Itachi attacked Obito with Tsukuyomi, forcing him to use Izanagi to escape, and Obito decided to let the group go.

• Uchiha Itachi led the recruited Uchiha clansmen toward the Land of Rice Fields, with Uchiha Izumi traveling beside him.
• Obito appeared before Itachi and tried to recruit him to his organization.
• Itachi identified Obito as Uchiha Madara and trapped him in Tsukuyomi, stabbing him repeatedly before striking his apparent corpse with a shuriken.
• Obito escaped to the Kamui Dimension by using Izanagi, sacrificing the Sharingan in his left eye.
• Obito told Black Zetsu he would let Itachi leave Konoha, since the departure of such a strong force would help their future plans to capture the Nine-Tails.

Ai, Killer B, and Yugito reconsidered Kumogakure’s approach to Konoha after learning that Itachi had led Uchiha elites away, while rumors and public opinion shifted against Danzo. The Uchiha began rebuilding outside Konoha and planning businesses, leaving their new grounds deliberately plain.

• Ai recalled Killer B and Yugito and explained that Itachi had led half of the Uchiha Clan’s elite away from Konoha.
• Yugito read the intelligence report and learned that Fugaku and Itachi both possessed Mangekyō Sharingan, while Ai decided Kumogakure’s original plan would remain unchanged.
• Konoha’s villagers rejected rumors blaming the Uchiha and criticized Danzo as stories of Root’s harsh policing and the Uchiha’s effective patrols spread.
• The Uchiha hired construction teams to rebuild their clan grounds farther from Konoha and paved a costly road connecting them to the village.
• Shamu planned food businesses using recipes from his previous life, while the Uchiha prepared to experiment with local ingredients and flavors.

Shamu took Sasuke and Naruto shopping, giving Naruto new clothes and arranging for him to be escorted home. Alarmed by the Uchiha’s contact with Naruto, the Third Hokage ordered Kakashi to watch over him and try to become his teacher.

• Shamu stopped Sasuke from ordering the shop clerks around, then encouraged him and Naruto to pick out clothes.
• Shamu sent Kenichi Uchiha to escort Naruto home after telling him he would see Sasuke again when school started.
• Kakashi reported that Shamu had said Naruto could decide for himself whether the Uchiha were better in the future.
• The Third Hokage explained to Kakashi why Naruto’s identity and circumstances had been kept secret, and claimed he had tried to make up for Naruto’s hardship.
• The Third Hokage assigned Kakashi to watch Naruto outside school and advised him to approach Naruto and become his teacher.

Naruto cleaned his neglected home after Kenichi escorted him back, while Sasuke returned to the Uchiha’s new clan grounds and asked Fugaku about the clan’s changes. Fugaku reassured Sasuke and said he would train him, then revealed that he planned for Sasuke to become Shamu’s disciple.

• Kenichi left Naruto at home, and Naruto began cleaning the filthy apartment while Anbu watched outside.
• Shamu brought Sasuke back to the unfinished new clan grounds, where Fugaku welcomed him.
• Sasuke asked Fugaku why Itachi and Shisui had left, why the clan grounds were destroyed, and why Fugaku had resigned from the Military Police Force.
• Fugaku told Sasuke that Itachi and Shisui had gone to seek opportunities for the Uchiha and promised to practice ninjutsu with him.
• Fugaku explained that he intended Sasuke to become Shamu’s disciple and called Shamu the Uchiha’s current number one expert.
• Sasuke declared that Fugaku had to be stronger because he was clan head, making Fugaku laugh heartily.

Shamu arrived in the Land of Water, revived a Mist ninja Kisame Hoshigaki had killed, and seized her before Konoha’s team could claim her. He left Morino Ibiki and six Konoha elites immobilized and robbed of their gear and intelligence scrolls, while his identity remained unknown.

• Kisame Hoshigaki killed a female Mist ninja after she asked whether his life had been hard, then fled when Shamu appeared from the sky.
• Shamu disguised himself, used the Mystical Palm Technique to revive the Mist ninja, and told her she was his prisoner.
• When Morino Ibiki insisted the Mist ninja was Konoha’s mission target, Shamu trapped Ibiki and six Konoha elites with a sand burial technique.
• Shamu searched the immobilized Konoha team and took their belongings, including Ibiki’s intelligence scrolls, then left with the revived Mist ninja.
• Morino Ibiki found his team’s weapons and supplies gone and led them back to resupply, baffled by the mysterious attacker.

Konan approached Shamu in the Land of Wind and invited him to join Akatsuki, but Shamu questioned the organization and its uniform instead of accepting. He offered Konan iced tea, leaving her puzzled by his casual, lavish behavior.

• Nagato told Konan to manage Akatsuki while he focused on mastering the Rinnegan and pursuing his vision of peace.
• Konan left Amegakure and flew toward the Land of Wind as villagers hailed her as the Angel.
• Shamu crossed the desert, intending to confront Rasa over his treatment of Gaara.
• Konan landed before Shamu and invited him to join Akatsuki, citing his value and his contributions to the Uchiha.
• Shamu questioned why Konan wore black and nail polish, then set out a parasol, refreshments, and chairs and offered her iced tea.

Shamu summoned Yoya from the Land of Water to learn about the battlefield while preparing to brainwash Deidara and confront the Hidden Stone Village. After learning that the Hidden Mist Village was poised to attack and Cloud Village’s Jinchuriki were injured, Itachi and Shisui set out to harass the enemy and reduce the pressure on their allies.

• Shamu had Takuya summon Yoya from the Land of Water so he could hear about the battlefield situation.
• Yoya described how Itachi and Shisui had saved Killer B and Yugito from the Hidden Mist Village, though Yugito remained badly injured by a curse technique.
• Shisui received intelligence that the Hidden Stone Village was preparing to cross the Land of Fire, while Shamu led Uchiha forces to intercept them.
• Killer B learned that the Raikage was coming to support Cloud Village before its fleet arrived.
• Itachi and Shisui decided to scout the Hidden Mist Village, set traps, and harass its forces while Killer B and Yugito recovered.

Uchiha Shamu watched Kinoe abandon Root’s mission to kill Kakashi, then saved him after Root discovered his fake Sharingan. Kakashi emerged with his Sharingan intact, and he and Kinoe hurried to find the Third Hokage while Shamu disappeared.

• Kakashi went underground with Kinoe as Root members watched the entrance and followed them below.
• Kinoe returned with a fake Sharingan, but Kinooto and the other Root members discovered the deception and confronted him.
• Kinoe rejected Root’s orders and declared that all Konoha ninja were his comrades, so Kinooto knocked him down and threatened to have Danzo brainwash him.
• Shamu knocked out Kinooto, freed Kinoe, and told him that Danzo had stolen him as an infant for Orochimaru’s experiments.
• Kakashi escaped the underground hole with his Sharingan intact, and Shamu warned him to find the Third Hokage before Danzo’s people arrived.
• Kinoe helped the injured Kakashi leave to find the Third Hokage and promised to explain what had happened.

Yugito transformed into Matatabi and escaped Flying Waterfall after he protected Ao and two Hidden Mist shinobi from her attack. Meanwhile, Scorpion overwhelmed Samui, Karui, and Omoi with the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand, leaving Karui badly injured and the Cloud Village team in grave danger.

• Yugito broke free of Flying Waterfall’s water sphere, attacked Ao and the two Hidden Mist shinobi with a fireball, then vanished after Flying Waterfall stopped it with a water dragon.
• Flying Waterfall checked that Ao and the other Hidden Mist shinobi were safe and explained that Yugito had focused on helping her comrades while he stalled for time.
• Kisame rode a shark toward the Land of Water, detouring around the Cloud Village fleet.
• Scorpion emerged from Hiruko after Samui, Karui, and Omoi destroyed the shell, then attacked them with the Third Kazekage puppet and its poisonous weapons.
• The Third Kazekage used Iron Sand attacks to drive the three Cloud Village shinobi from cover, injuring Karui and forcing Omoi and Samui to protect her.
• Scorpion unleashed Iron Sand World Method, and the Iron Sand pierced Karui’s injured foot as Omoi tried to shield her.

Shamu assembled the Uchiha forces at the Allied Shinobi Forces’ front line and prepared them for the war, while Black Zetsu successfully reincarnated Uchiha Madara in a body stronger than his prime. The Uchiha troops rested and trained as Shamu laid out battle plans and warned them to survive.

• Disornas used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Uchiha Madara, whose body surpassed its prime and had fused well with Wood Release.
• Shamu used Flying Thunder God to bring Kimimaro, Haku, and Yoya to the Uchiha camp, where Shisui and the clan’s elite were meeting.
• Shamu told the Uchiha elites that those who pushed their Three-Tomoe Sharingan to its limit could join the next group to awaken Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shamu ordered Shisui to prepare the clan’s equipment and supplies, conserve strength, and ensure that all seven hundred troops returned alive.
• Shamu privately told Shisui to coordinate with Yoya, use formations and reinforcements, avoid dying, and preserve any fallen clan members’ bodies.

Kurama returned to Naruto to help prepare for the coming war, while Shamu assessed the fighters’ weaknesses and decided to use Yachihoko to strengthen his allies. He marked Naruto, Sasuke, Haku, and the others, leaving them wondering why Shamu believed he needed their Chakra.

• Kurama returned to Naruto’s body and agreed to help him fight the Otsutsuki.
• Neji adapted to the Tenseigan, while Shamu considered which fighters could safely join the coming battle and how they would fare in space.
• Shamu used Yachihoko and marked Naruto, Sasuke, Haku, and the others, explaining that he could draw Chakra from them.
• Shamu warned the group to protect themselves if he could not command them, then left to mark more allies.
• After Shamu departed, Naruto, Sasuke, and Haku wondered what the marks did and why Shamu would need their Chakra.

Shamu fought Deidara’s clay explosives and proved they could not harm his Susanoo, then had the Uchiha capture Deidara. He challenged Deidara to face an Uchiha without the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Deidara agreed, but still needed to prepare more explosive clay.

• Third Elder Takuya led the Uchiha clansmen toward Four-Way Road after Shamu summoned them.
• Deidara attacked Shamu with clay puppets and explosives, but Shamu remained unharmed behind his Susanoo.
• Shamu dismissed his Susanoo, and the Uchiha clansmen arrived and trapped Deidara under a net.
• Shamu challenged Deidara to fight an Uchiha without the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Deidara accepted.
• Deidara discovered he had little clay left, then unsealed more from the Storage Scroll Shamu had returned to him.

Shamu suspected that Amado’s wish to revive his daughter concealed a deeper motive, so he sent Jiraiya to find and recruit him. Meanwhile, Amado relocated Kara’s base and revealed that he wanted to revive a corpse, not a daughter.

• Shamu considered Amado’s suspicious claims and ordered Jiraiya to search for him, offering to revive his daughter as a condition of recruitment.
• Shamu warned Jiraiya not to trust Amado’s stated motives, then hinted that Jiraiya would soon see Yahiko.
• Amado began relocating Kara’s base in the Land of Water after Victor’s base was destroyed and Kara lost contact with Jigen.
• Amado revealed that he had no daughter and wanted to revive a corpse that had once been paired with a highly compatible girl.
• Amado abandoned his plan to use the corpse to make artificial humans and sought a revival method from Orochimaru after learning the Fourth Hokage had been revived.

Shamu fought Hagoromo Otsutsuki while his Sage Art War God Armor grew stronger and Hagoromo’s energy dwindled. As Hagoromo’s plan to bring down the Moon unfolded, Shamu used a Shadow Clone and a hidden system ability to manifest an immensely powerful Susanoo near the Moon.

• Gengetsu asked Minato whether Shamu would be all right, and Minato said Shamu was always prepared and that he would take everyone to deal with the meteorite once the spatial seal was lifted.
• Shamu’s Sage Art War God Armor adapted to Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s attacks, while Hagoromo’s energy declined and Shamu began to understand his technique.
• Hagoromo insisted that Shamu could not stop the Moon, and Shamu revealed that another version of himself had emerged from the desert as a Shadow Clone.
• Shamu’s Shadow Clone used spatial traversal to reach outer space and discovered that the Moon had collapsed inward into a larger, solid sphere.
• Shamu activated Indra’s Arrow through the system, manifesting a purple Susanoo that gained the power of the Tailed Beasts without extracting their Chakra.

After Sasuke and Boruto returned, Naruto stepped down as Hokage and Sasuke prepared to revive allies to face future threats. A spacetime fluctuation brought Uchiha Hikari to their timeline, where she said Uchiha Shamu had sent her.

• Sasuke and Naruto visited Orochimaru, who cloned their arms and Might Guy's leg, while Naruto appointed Shikamaru as the Eighth Hokage.
• Orochimaru replaced the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in the children at Kabuto Orphanage, and Sasuke prepared the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique while searching for Tsunade.
• Sasuke told Naruto he planned to revive Uchiha Madara first and revealed that Jiraiya's cells could be used for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sasuke detected an intense spacetime fluctuation, and he and Naruto found an unconscious girl outside Konoha.
• The girl introduced herself as Uchiha Hikari, asked about Boruto, and revealed that Lord Shamu had sent her.

Amado continued his failed attempts to recreate his daughter, Mito Akebi, after the Fourth Hokage’s resurrection led him to seek a method of perfect resurrection. Learning that Kara had gained the Sarutobi Clan and new intelligence about the resurrection, he contacted Jigen and joined the organization in exchange for access to its resources.

• Amado tested another cloned Mito Akebi, but her unstable reaction led him to kill her and two other failed subjects in the incinerator.
• Amado considered how the Fourth Hokage’s resurrection might have involved Orochimaru, Uchiha Shamu, and the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kara informed Amado that the Sarutobi Clan had joined and brought intelligence about the resurrections of Dan Katō and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Amado contacted Jigen, who argued that Kara could help him obtain resurrection knowledge more quickly than Konoha could.
• Jigen introduced Boro and Deepa and asked Amado to strengthen them.

Kakuzu and the bald intelligence agent exchanged coded information about Obito through the bounty ledger, while Sunagakure debated investigating Konoha and Yura recovered a sealed memory. The chapter ended with Yura resolving to rescue Sasori of the Red Sands.

• Kakuzu deciphered coded bounty information about Obito and the Rinnegan, then left with several jobs and supplied the bald man with intelligence of his own.
• The bald man found Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear writing on the ledger's final page and understood their coded exchange about Obito and the value of Kakuzu's exclusive information.
• Sunagakure's leaders discussed Konoha's upheaval and agreed to send spies to the Land of Fire as Rasa considered the village's uncertain position.
• Yura's memory seal broke after a meeting, and he remembered his connection to Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Yura looked toward Sasori's prison and vowed to rescue him.

After Orochimaru appointed Sarutobi Ko as an Advisory Elder in Konoha, Shamu’s Uchiha fleet completed its month-long voyage to Ōguri Island in the Land of Water. The Uchiha arrived safely, ready to begin building their own country.

• Orochimaru made Sarutobi Ko an Advisory Elder, and Ko accepted the role of managing the Sarutobi Clan.
• Shamu used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique on the ships to steady them and ease the Uchiha passengers’ seasickness.
• Shamu received Kakuzu’s intelligence about Disornas researching the Impure World Reincarnation and offered payment for clues to Obito’s base.
• Kakuzu asked about Pain through an intelligence broker, and Nagato and Konan decided the answer should be that Pain was dead.
• After a month at sea, Shamu’s fleet reached Ōguri Island, where Takuya, Shisui, and the others were waiting.

Madara accepted Shamu’s offer to revive Tobirama after their fight, and the group traveled to Orochimaru’s laboratory. Orochimaru planned an experiment involving Tobirama’s soul and Shamu’s Underworld Reincarnation Technique, then confirmed the list of people they intended to revive.

• Madara asked how much strength Shamu had hidden, but Shamu insisted he had fought at full strength and agreed to help revive Tobirama.
• Shamu brought Madara, Kakashi, Tsunade, Sasuke, and Naruto through a space-time portal to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Kabuto prepared for Nonō’s revival.
• Orochimaru proposed reviving Tobirama with Rinne Rebirth, extracting his soul with the Human Path, and using the Underworld Reincarnation Technique to see whether he could be revived again.
• Tobirama said he wanted to see how Shamu had beaten Madara, while Shamu warned Orochimaru that he could use the Underworld Reincarnation Technique only once.
• Orochimaru listed the people to be revived through Impure World Reincarnation or Shamu’s technique, and Shamu confirmed he could revive them all.

Huiyu explained that her clan wielded life-and-death abilities and had been captured by the Divine Garden Clan, while Meishiki had once served Shimei, the Mind Star God. As Shamu and Madara faced four Otsutsuki, Yōshiki recognized Shamu’s mastery of spatial rules as a threat and sent the others to attack.

• Huiyu told Minato and Itachi that she and her sister were descendants of the Withered Star God beneath Takama-ga-hara, and that Isshiki had forced her sister to become his guardian.
• Huiyu demonstrated her clan’s ability to catalyze life and manipulate its stages, then revealed that Meishiki had once belonged to Shimei, the Mind Star God.
• Cloud Village used mechanical aircraft to broadcast Shamu and Madara’s confrontation with the Otsutsuki to the Celestial Organization’s gathering point.
• Yōshiki attacked Shamu, but Shamu’s strike hollowed out Yōshiki’s chest and Yōshiki restored it with flames while Shamu’s armor absorbed the punch.
• Yōshiki recognized Shamu’s deep comprehension of spatial rules and ordered Yunshiki, Ranshiki, and Ginshiki to attack him.
• Madara intercepted Ginshiki personally and used six Limbo Clones against Yunshiki, while Ranshiki slipped through their attacks toward Shamu.