Chapter Summaries

Muku, Hiruko, and Tobi prepared to enter Konoha while the Sky Ninja launched an aerial assault. Konoha evacuated its residents and disturbances began before the attackers arrived, leaving Muku to suspect the operation would be more complicated than expected.

• Muku brought Hiruko and the Box of Paradise to Konoha, where Tobi and thirty White Zetsu were waiting.
• Muku assigned the group separate entrances and tasked Tobi with locating Utakata using a Chakra-detecting scroll.
• Shinno ordered the Sky Ninja to launch from Jitong Lake toward Konoha in flight gear.
• Konoha's Anbu spotted the Sky Ninja and relayed the warning, prompting alarms and an organized evacuation.
• Criminals took advantage of the attack preparations to cause disturbances across Konoha.
• Muku, Hiruko, and Tobi reached their assigned positions as Muku realized Konoha's response had begun earlier than expected.

Hiashi abolished the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family distinction and imposed further changes after Orochimaru saved Hizashi. Meanwhile, Hinata reunited with her father, and Shamu promised to teach Sasuke the Summoning Technique before leaving.

• Hiashi announced the abolition of the Caged Bird Seal and the Main Family–Branch Family distinction, and forbade anyone from activating the seal.
• Hiashi said Hizashi had been revived, promised Byakugan compensation for Hizashi and Neji, and ended the Main Family’s monthly stipends.
• After Team 7 returned to the village, Hinata found the Main Family residence empty and learned from Hiashi that the clan’s old distinction was gone.
• Hiashi offered to train Hinata, and she eagerly accepted.
• Sasuke found the Uchiha clan grounds nearly empty and felt lonely until Shamu came to sit with him.
• Shamu began teaching Sasuke the Summoning Technique, giving him two days to learn it before Shamu left.

Boruto slept while Hikari stayed by his side, but Sarada and Mitsuki arrived seeking him after returning from a mission. Hikari and Sarada clashed over Boruto, and the chapter ended with Boruto intercepting Hikari as she lunged at Sarada.

• Hikari watched over Boruto as he slept, and the chapter revealed that she lived with him and considered herself his girlfriend.
• Mitsuki and Sarada visited Boruto after returning from a mission in Valley Country, where Orochimaru had captured Deepa.
• Hikari told Mitsuki and Sarada that Boruto was still asleep, and Sarada demanded to know why he had stopped joining their missions.
• Hikari threatened Sarada with her Mangekyō Sharingan, and Sarada turned to leave with Mitsuki.
• After Sarada called Boruto an idiot, Hikari lunged at her, but Boruto appeared between them and asked Hikari why she was fighting.

Shamu fought Obito aboard the ship and used Amaterasu to burn him after exploiting the moment he became tangible. Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension, and Shamu returned to the cabin, where he told the others that the masked man had escaped.

• Obito approached Shamu and offered to revive his family, then tried to capture him with Kamui.
• Shamu used Susanoo to repel Obito’s first attack, then pretended that his ocular power was failing.
• Obito grabbed Shamu again, and Shamu cast Amaterasu while Obito was tangible.
• Obito fled into the Kamui Dimension, but the black flames burned him until he used his left Sharingan to escape their effects.
• Shamu watched the Amaterasu count in his interface fall to zero and returned to the cabin.
• Kisame Hoshigaki asked whether the masked man had escaped, and Shamu said his space-time ninjutsu made him difficult to kill.

In a seaside lava cave in the Land of Whirlpools, Shamu used One's Own Life Reincarnation to restore Nagato before they decided whether to revive Yahiko. As Nagato regained his strength, Konan removed the Black Rods from his back, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared far away beneath Mountain Graveyard.

• Nagato accepted Shamu's plan to receive vitality first, with Konan helping prepare Yahiko's body for a possible revival.
• Shamu used One's Own Life Reincarnation to pour vitality into Nagato, restoring his appearance, strength, and ability to stand.
• Nagato estimated that his body had recovered about eighty percent and agreed that Konan could remove the Black Rods from his back.
• Shamu increased the vitality transfer as Konan pulled out Nagato's Black Rods one by one, and Nagato's wounds healed as they appeared.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared beneath Mountain Graveyard as Konan continued removing the rods.

Shamu arranged free combat training at the Uchiha grounds to prepare clan members to teach future Uchiha children, while also giving local ninjas practical instruction and the hospital’s medical trainees internship experience. The sessions began with genin and chunin challenging Uchiha instructors, and Uchiha Rina treated an injured participant for free.

• Shamu explained that the Uchiha needed their own school to protect their children from Konoha’s teachings and assigned clan members to practice teaching combat.
• Shamu announced that free practical combat classes would begin the next day, with hospital trainees providing medical care and participants able to transfer to Hidden Sound Village if they preferred.
• Civilians and ninjas gathered at the Uchiha training grounds, where Uchiha instructors fought them and offered brief critiques after defeating them.
• Uchiha Rina took an injured genin for treatment and told him that her internship care was free.

Ōnoki considered the threats and uncertainties surrounding Obito and Konoha while focusing on nurturing Deidara and bringing him closer to Kurotsuchi. Deidara admired Kurotsuchi’s multi-angled sculpture, then thought of Scorpion and wondered whether he was still alive.

• Ōnoki reviewed intelligence about Obito’s stolen Rinnegan, the Third Hokage’s death, Konoha’s Wood Release, and the Hyuga Clan’s losses, and sent spies to investigate Konoha.
• Ōnoki decided that raising Deidara was more important than planning for foreign invasions and encouraged Kurotsuchi to practice Lava Release so she could connect with Deidara.
• Kurotsuchi showed Deidara a sculpture made with Earth Release and Lava Release that formed different images from different angles.
• Deidara found Kurotsuchi’s sculpture interesting but criticized it for lacking dazzling artistry, while Kurotsuchi argued that its lasting beauty made it art.
• Deidara looked south toward Sunagakure and wondered whether Scorpion was still alive.

Kakashi’s team learned that Hachicho Town’s mayor, Disornas, was a long-wanted criminal suspected of destroying Tonika Village and researching Impure World Reincarnation. They warned Doc and Heather, who agreed to keep the children safe while Konoha pursued him the next day.

• At dinner, Heather said the town mayor had lived in the area for decades, first as a priest named Disornas, and Kakashi’s team recognized him from Konoha’s old wanted notices.
• At the outdoor bath, Kakashi told Doc that Disornas might have destroyed Tonika Village and asked him to keep Mina and the other children away from the mayor the next day.
• Hinata told Heather that the mayor was suspected of being connected to Tonika Village’s destruction, citing the blood on him and the surgical scars visible with her Byakugan.
• Hinata noticed that Heather’s uterus had been removed, and Heather accepted Hinata’s explanation and promised to have her guards be extra careful the next day.

Sasuke and Yahiko fought Boro, whose poison, acid, explosives, and rapid regeneration made him difficult to defeat. Sasuke used Amaterasu to discover that Boro’s regeneration had limits and began reasoning out how it worked.

• Boro’s black mist caused Anbu to collapse, but Sasuke identified the virus with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Yahiko’s Drizzle Technique contained it.
• Sasuke’s genjutsu briefly immobilized Boro, but explosions from scientific ninja tools broke the effect; Boro then attacked Sasuke and Yahiko with acid and gunpowder.
• Boro’s close-range explosion destroyed Sasuke’s Susanoo and sent him flying, while Yahiko’s Water Severing Wave split Boro in half, only for him to quickly rejoin.
• Sasuke bound Boro with steel wire, paralyzed him with Chidori Current, cut him into four pieces, and ignited them with Amaterasu.
• Boro regenerated the piece containing his thighs, discarded an arm burning with Amaterasu, and grew a new one; Sasuke inferred that Boro’s regeneration had a starting point and limits.

Pain decided to trust Shamu and contact him with his real body, while Shamu kept Uchiha clan members training by making them fight Sasuke and Naruto. He punished Kazuki and Gui for losing, leaving them tied up and hungry beside a pot of their favorite hot pot.

• Pain told Konan he was preparing to contact Shamu, and said he would use his real body.
• Shamu made the idle Uchiha clan members fight Sasuke and Naruto, with losing meaning they could not eat.
• Shamu tied Kazuki and Gui to trees after they lost to Sasuke and Naruto, and ordered them kept there until midnight.
• Sasuke and Naruto said their victory felt undeserved, though their combat abilities had improved through the training.
• Shamu brought hot pot to the training grounds and let other clan members eat beside the tied-up, hungry Kazuki and Gui.

Shamu helped Minato and Kushina establish a barrier that concentrated Natural Energy so the group could practice Sage Arts. After Minato quickly mastered Human Sage Art, Shamu began using the Dream Realm to improve his own cultivation method.

• Yakushi Kabuto reported that Kazahana Koyuki would become queen of the Land of Snow and arrive in three days to finish filming.
• Shamu, Minato, and Kushina created a Sealing Boundary Formation that reduced Natural Energy leakage and raised its concentration for the others to practice Sage Arts.
• Yakushi Kabuto returned the Human Sage Art scroll after discovering that the method did not suit him, while Shamu urged Minato to try it in the energy-rich area.
• Minato quickly entered Human Sage Mode, explaining that he had already practiced the method and the dense Natural Energy helped him synthesize Sage Art Chakra.
• Shamu left a Shadow Clone with Minato to oversee the others and entered the Dream Realm to recreate the barrier's environment and continue improving Human Sage Art.
• Shamu asked Kushina to visit the arriving Princess Fuun film crew, and she agreed to watch Naruto act.

Minato’s attack failed to damage Satori’s Box of Paradise, while Shamu’s strategy continued to use the Stone Golems to exhaust the Allied Shinobi Forces. At headquarters, Jiraiya reunited with Yahiko as the villages gathered intelligence and prepared for the coming war.

• Satori used the Box of Paradise to absorb and withstand Minato’s Tailed Beast Ball, and Minato recognized that Obito’s Stone Golems were difficult to destroy without risking Naruto or himself.
• Deidara held back after Ōnoki told him to conserve his Chakra, and Minato, Konan, and Sai withdrew from the area.
• Obito considered how to remove the seal from his heart and thought of drawing Kakashi into the Kamui Dimension before the world ended.
• Nagato brought Jiraiya to meet Yahiko, and Jiraiya embraced his former student after realizing he had been kept out of the news.
• The villages continued probing the Stone Golems, while Orochimaru prepared new sacrifices to revive Hashirama and Tobirama when they were needed.

Hiruko’s Puppet Curse sent Kakashi to steal a valuable corpse from Konoha, but the control broke and Kakashi escaped after fighting Hiruko and Kakuzu. Hiruko and Kakuzu later revealed that Kakashi had brought back Tobirama Senju’s corpse and contacted Obito to negotiate.

• Kakashi broke free of Hiruko’s Puppet Curse, destroyed three of Kakuzu’s hearts, and fought Hiruko until approaching Anbu forced Hiruko and Kakuzu to flee.
• Kakashi stopped the Anbu from pursuing the dangerous opponents and returned with them.
• At Mount Meru, Hiruko and Kakuzu argued over how to divide the reward for the stolen item.
• Kakuzu revealed that Kakashi had obtained the corpse of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
• Hiruko and Kakuzu used the Projected Illusion Technique to contact Obito, and Hiruko told him they had obtained Tobirama Senju’s corpse.

Obito obtained Tobirama's remains from Hiruko and Kakuzu, then brought them to Disornas to confirm their identity through Impure World Reincarnation. With Tobirama verified and placed under Disornas's control, they planned to use a stronger sacrifice to restore his abilities for a future blow against Konoha.

• Hiruko gave Obito Tobirama's remains after Obito paid Kakuzu fifty million.
• Obito brought the remains to Disornas, who used an ordinary person as a sacrifice to test them.
• Disornas reincarnated Tobirama and confirmed his identity by his appearance and armor.
• Tobirama recognized Disornas's Hashirama Cells and called Obito an evil Uchiha brat before Disornas suppressed his consciousness.
• Obito explained how Hiruko's Puppet Curse on Kakashi had led to the remains, and he and Disornas discussed using Tobirama against Konoha with a jonin-level sacrifice.

Shamu exposed doubts about the Sarutobi Clan’s 129 Jonin, but the Third Hokage defended their registrations and declared Orochimaru the Fifth Hokage. As the election ended with little public enthusiasm, Shamu received a Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique reward for changing Tsunade’s life trajectory.

• The Third Hokage insisted that all 129 Sarutobi Clan Jonin were properly registered, while the elders and clan heads silently accepted his explanation.
• Torifu Akimichi laughed at Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, then left the venue with his clan members.
• Shamu congratulated Orochimaru on becoming Fifth Hokage and led the Uchiha Clan out; Tsunade and the Medical Ninjas also departed.
• The Third Hokage officially announced Orochimaru’s election and set the inauguration for two months later, while the Daimyo offered his congratulations and excused himself from attending.
• Shamu received a Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique after Orochimaru’s election confirmed that his position as Fifth Hokage was secure.

Shamu recruited Scorpion as an informant in exchange for helping him reunite with his parents through Impure World Reincarnation. Scorpion offered Bunpuku’s corpse as a gesture of goodwill, and Shamu began arranging a future meeting that could also include Chiyo.

• Shamu asked Scorpion to work for him, but refused to revive Scorpion’s parents because Scorpion lacked the bargaining power.
• Shamu explained the limits of Impure World Reincarnation and offered to arrange periodic reunions with Scorpion’s parents through Orochimaru.
• Scorpion agreed to spy on Obito’s faction alongside Kakuzu and shared that Obito was collecting the corpses of Kage-level ninja and former Jinchuriki.
• Scorpion gave Shamu a scroll containing the corpse of Bunpuku, the previous One-Tail Jinchuriki, and Shamu accepted it.
• Shamu offered to use Impure World Reincarnation to let Scorpion see his parents, and Scorpion asked to include Chiyo in the reunion.
• Scorpion said his ring could expose him if he entered Konoha, so Shamu considered having Orochimaru meet him outside the village.

Shamu arranged for Sasori to meet his parents in Sunagakure and worked with Orochimaru on attending the Fifth Kazekage's inauguration. Orochimaru began arranging for the Sarutobi Clan to leave Konoha as missing-nin, while unseen watchers carried news beyond the village.

• Shamu sent Sasori to Sunagakure to wait for Orochimaru and arranged for him to receive his Puppet Mastery of a Hundred Marionettes through the black market.
• Shamu met Orochimaru and learned he had received Sunagakure's invitation to the Fifth Kazekage's inauguration; they agreed to travel there and discussed Orochimaru's embryo and the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Three flies watched Shamu and Orochimaru outside the lab, and a bird pursued and caught two of them as they fled Konoha.
• Orochimaru accepted Sunagakure's invitation, prompting the village to prepare a delegation led by Chiyo to receive him.
• Orochimaru told Sarutobi Takamasa to take the Sarutobi Clan out of Konoha as missing-nin, returned the clan's loan payments, and ordered them to meet his people at the south gate at midnight two days later.

Sarutobi Takamasa told the Sarutobi Clan that they should leave Konoha, claiming the Fifth Hokage had ordered it to protect them from Tsunade and the returning Fourth Hokage. Asuma doubted the conflicting accounts and chose to leave Konoha on his own, asking the Second Elder to come with him.

• Orochimaru departed for Sunagakure with Kakashi, Sai, and elite Anbu while the Sarutobi Clan gathered behind sealed entrances for a clan meeting.
• Sarutobi Takamasa announced that he planned to lead the clan out of Konoha, prompting Asuma to accuse him of betraying the village.
• Sarutobi Takamasa said Dan Katō and Kushina Uzumaki had been resurrected and warned that the clan's past abuses had earned it enemies.
• Sarutobi Takamasa claimed the Fifth Hokage had secretly returned the clan's repayments and instructed him to leave before the Fourth Hokage came back.
• Sarutobi Takamasa revealed that Uchiha Shamu had been seen talking with the Fourth Hokage, leading clan members to suspect a political struggle against the Sarutobi Clan.
• The Sarutobi Clan members voted to leave Konoha, but Asuma refused to go with them and said he would leave separately with the Second Elder.

Shamu restored Madara to his peak strength, gave him access to his ocular techniques, and arranged for him to work with Orochimaru and help protect the Shinobi World. After telling Itachi he was heading to Boruto's timeline, Shamu left, uncertain when he would return.

• Shamu transferred his stored Six Paths power to Madara, restoring him to his strongest state and awakening his third eye.
• Shamu gave Madara his ocular technique Fusion so he could use Hyper-Compression and help strengthen Izuna.
• Shamu checked the Prophet's Realm for a route to Boruto's timeline and found coordinates for Plow at the bottom of the ocean.
• Shamu returned to Itachi and told him he was traveling to Boruto's timeline, then explained that Madara would work with Orochimaru and could help defend the Shinobi World.
• Shamu departed with Flying Thunder God, leaving Itachi to wait for his return.

Asuma decided the Sarutobi Clan could not safely take sides in Konoha’s power struggle, so he led a small group toward Daimyo Manor instead. The group escaped Konoha and gathered in the forest, where Hyuga Yuto watched them depart.

• Asuma sent Ebisu away, told Konohamaru to pack for a mission, and asked Sarutobi Daigo to help gather clan members willing to leave Konoha.
• Asuma told Sarutobi Daigo that neither side in the struggle between the Fourth Hokage and Fifth Hokage could be trusted, and announced that they would go to Daimyo Manor.
• Asuma went to Kurenai’s home and asked her to leave with him; she agreed and packed quickly.
• Sarutobi Daigo gathered more than a dozen clan members in Asuma’s courtyard, and Kurenai reassured Konohamaru when he questioned their departure.
• Asuma split the group into smaller parties, led them out through Konoha’s east gate, and met them in the forest before they set off for Daimyo Manor.
• Hyuga Yuto watched the group leave with his Byakugan, then deactivated it and jumped down from the city wall.