Chapter Summaries

Obito changed his plans after Uchiha’s unexpected counterattack, while Jūzō Biwa met Karatachi Yagura and Zabuza Momochi to discuss Kirigakure’s recovery. Jūzō left without deciding whether to return, and Karatachi warned him not to die amid Konoha’s coming turmoil.

• Obito told Zetsu that Uchiha’s counterattack had disrupted his plans and that he would change locations, while Zetsu realized Obito had not been told that Kakashi’s eye was dug out.
• Jūzō Biwa traveled to a meeting point and used mist as a signal for Karatachi Yagura to arrive with Zabuza Momochi.
• Karatachi Yagura asked Jūzō to return to Kirigakure, offering to pardon his crimes and arguing that a Great Ninja War could give the weakened village time to recover.
• Zabuza urged Jūzō to return and demanded the Kubikiribōchō if he refused, but Karatachi said Zabuza alone was enough for his plans.
• Jūzō said he would think it over, and Karatachi left with Zabuza after warning Jūzō not to die.

Senyo spoke with Kushina and Kurama about Naruto’s future, then showed them an illusion of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Meanwhile, Jūzō told Kisame about meeting the Fourth Mizukage, and Konan arrived at the Uchiha compound to propose cooperation, prompting Fugaku and Shihu to expect Senyo’s involvement.

• Senyo comforted Kushina about Naruto becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and warned Kurama to cooperate with Naruto or face the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Senyo used his Mangekyō Sharingan to bring Kushina and Kurama into an illusion of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Jūzō told Kisame that the Fourth Mizukage wanted to bring them back to Hidden Mist Village, but Kisame said he would ignore the meeting and urged Jūzō to wait until their mission ended before leaving.
• Konan introduced herself to Mayumi as a member of the Akatsuki Organization and asked to discuss cooperation with the Uchiha, citing Itachi.
• Fugaku and Shihu learned that Konan had come seeking cooperation and joked that Senyo would no longer be able to rest.

Senyo showed Kushina and Kurama a possible future in which Naruto died after Kurama was extracted, then warned Kushina that Naruto might face danger in Uchiha’s confrontation with the Third Hokage. Later, Senyo met Konan and demanded that the Akatsuki Organization lead an all-out assault on Konoha.

• Senyo showed Kushina and Kurama scenes from the Fourth Shinobi World War, including Naruto’s death after Madara extracted Kurama, and explained that it was only one possible future.
• Senyo told Kushina she could loosen Naruto’s seal if he was in danger, then left the mindscape when his original body summoned him.
• Senyo unlocked his three-star bond with Kushina and received the incomplete Adamantine Sealing Chains before leaving with Yusuke.
• Senyo recognized Konan as an Akatsuki Paper Clone and revealed that he knew about Nagato and the organization.
• Senyo told Konan that Madara Uchiha and Zetsu had killed Kyūsuke, Daibutsu, and the others, then demanded that the Akatsuki Organization launch an all-out assault on Konoha.

Senyo persuaded Konan to cooperate in using hidden Explosive Tags to create chaos in Konoha and draw out the Third Hokage’s forces. He then told Fugaku and Shihu to prepare the Uchiha for battle while spreading rumors of a coup, leaving Konoha uncertain about their real objective.

• Konan doubted that her group could directly assault Konoha, but Senyo showed her a map of hidden Explosive Tags and asked her to use them to create chaos.
• Konan agreed to cooperate, provided she could place her own tags at key locations, and Senyo scheduled the first explosion for the following night.
• Konan left Explosive Tags and a paper crane for future contact before departing in sheets of paper.
• Fugaku and Shihu questioned Senyo about his knowledge, and Senyo explained that the Uchiha could not defeat Konoha’s forces in a direct war.
• Senyo told Fugaku and Shihu to spread word that the Uchiha would stage a coup and to have every Uchiha combatant visibly prepare for battle.

The Uchiha prepared for a coup while Hyuga Mitsunobu secretly placed their Explosive Tags and instructed the Branch Family to stay out of the coming conflict. In the Hokage's Office, Sarutobi Hiruzen stripped Danzo of his positions and planned how to stabilize Konoha as threats gathered around the village.

• Uchiha Kiyohiko delivered Konan's Explosive Tags to Hyuga Mitsunobu, who planted them at designated locations and told Sota the Branch Family must not get involved that night.
• Mitsunobu packed several storage scrolls and went alone to Sota's residence.
• Mitokado Homura reported that bounty hunters and foreign spies had gathered near Konoha while the Uchiha made preparations and contacted other clans.
• Danzo urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to declare the Uchiha traitors and destroy them, but Hiruzen refused and suspended Danzo's positions pending an investigation.
• Hiruzen offered to give Danzo funds to prevent him from causing trouble and said Konoha needed to strike its enemies hard to deter them.

Kazuma and Fuen planned to exploit the bounty hunters gathering outside Konoha to provoke the village into deploying the Nine-Tails. That night, Fuen and the attackers breached Konoha’s wall, throwing the village into chaos.

• Kazuma revealed that he wanted Nine-Tails Chakra to strengthen his artificial Jinchuriki son, Sora, and told Fuen to prepare an attack through Konoha’s walls.
• Guren told Orochimaru that someone was organizing the bounty hunters, and Orochimaru read Danzo’s message requesting Hashirama Cells before deciding to negotiate later.
• After nightfall, Konan watched the gathering attackers as Fuen used Earth Release to create a massive quicksand pit beneath Konoha’s northern wall.
• The attackers summoned a giant black bear and three enormous snakes, and the snakes brought down sections of the weakened wall.
• Bounty hunters and spies rushed through the breach, plunging Konoha into chaos.

Uchiha Senyo led an armed force out of the clan compound but turned back after Jiraiya blocked them, while the Sannin learned Senyo’s chakra far exceeded his own. As Bounty Hunters attacked Konoha and Sasori withdrew to assess the danger, the Third Hokage reassured Danzo that Root would keep its resources.

• Uchiha Senyo led more than a hundred Uchiha toward Konoha’s defense, but Jiraiya stopped them at the compound gates.
• Senyo challenged Jiraiya over Danzo, then agreed to return after hearing Danzo had been removed from office and was under investigation.
• Fukasaku and Shima warned Jiraiya that Senyo’s chakra was several times greater than his and that fighting him would be dangerous.
• Senyo continued building bonds with Uchiha clansmen and increasing his chakra, while Sasori decided to avoid the compound and withdrew underground in Hiruko.
• The Third Hokage told Danzo that Root would retain its resources and promised not to discard him after using him.

Shikaku Nara and the other clans held back as Konan’s bounty hunters fought Konoha’s forces, and Konan confronted Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen over Danzo’s role in Yahiko and Nagato’s deaths. After Hiruzen refused to surrender Danzo, Konan’s explosives devastated the Sarutobi district and Hokage Rock, and she escaped his attack into the sky.

• Shikaku Nara told Shikaku that the Sarutobi Clan had more than a thousand combatants, while the other major clans guarded their own grounds and waited.
• Jiraiya found Konan leading the bounty hunters and learned that she sought revenge because Danzo had killed Yahiko and Nagato.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Jiraiya to stop Konan and refused her demand to hand over Danzo, then summoned Anbu and Sarutobi Clan forces.
• Konan triggered explosives across Konoha, destroying Hokage Rock and striking the Sarutobi Clan’s district.
• Hiruzen attacked Konan with Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet, but she escaped by dispersing into burning paper and reassembling high in the sky.

Karatachi Yagura attacked Konoha with repeated Tailed Beast Balls, throwing the village into chaos as Senyo went out to investigate. Jūzō Biwa learned that the Akatsuki had controlled Yagura and faced a choice between returning to the Hidden Mist Village or going back to the organization.

• Karatachi Yagura fired a Tailed Beast Ball that grievously injured Konan, then struck the Hokage Building with another as the Third Hokage ordered Konoha to search for the intruding Jinchuriki.
• The Third Hokage sent Jiraiya to protect Naruto and ordered Ryunosuke Sarutobi and Konoha's teams to respond to the attacks.
• Uchiha Senyo left the clan grounds to investigate after warning Fugaku and Shihu to stay behind, knocking down the Anbu who tried to stop him.
• Jūzō Biwa caught up with Karatachi Yagura and learned that Konan, Pain, and a masked man had attacked and controlled him with the Sharingan.
• Karatachi Yagura asked Jūzō Biwa whether he would return to the Hidden Mist Village or go back to the Akatsuki Organization.

Karatachi Yagura, Jūzō Biwa, and Zabuza fought the Third Hokage and Konoha’s forces after Yagura was surrounded. The battle left Konoha at a severe disadvantage, and the Nine-Tails went berserk elsewhere in the village.

• Karatachi Yagura threatened Jūzō Biwa, who agreed to return to the Hidden Mist Village and discarded his Black-bottomed Fire Cloud Outfit.
• The Third Hokage surrounded Karatachi Yagura and Jūzō Biwa, but Yagura transformed and attacked with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Zabuza killed a Sealing Team ninja, while Jūzō Biwa and the Konoha Anbu clashed as the battle spread through the village.
• Karatachi Yagura and the Third Hokage traded Water Mirror Technique copies and other attacks, while Zabuza and Jūzō Biwa used the Hidden Mist to ambush Konoha’s forces.
• The Third Hokage cleared the fog with Enma’s whirlwind and saw that Karatachi Yagura had killed four Anbu.
• The Nine-Tails’ Chakra erupted elsewhere in Konoha, and Karatachi Yagura laughed at the Third Hokage’s inability to control its Jinchuriki.

Uchiha Senyo intervened when Karatachi Yagura overwhelmed the Third Hokage, allowing the Hokage to leave for the Nine-Tails crisis. Senyo then fought off an ambush by Jūzō and Zabuza with Susanoo, forcing Karatachi Yagura to retreat with his allies.

• Karatachi Yagura attacked the Third Hokage, who struggled to hold his ground while worrying about the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Senyo arrived with a massive Great Fireball Jutsu and offered to cover the Third Hokage, who left with Anbu to deal with the Nine-Tails.
• Senyo warned Karatachi Yagura that Konoha would retaliate if he failed, but Karatachi Yagura said he intended to return alive after discovering who had controlled him.
• Jūzō and Zabuza ambushed Senyo, but he manifested Susanoo, broke Jūzō's Kubikiribōchō, and wounded him.
• Karatachi Yagura struck Susanoo with Coral Palm, then ordered a retreat as Zabuza carried the badly injured Jūzō away.

Senyo captured Karatachi Yagura and used a crow to take his Sharingan. Earlier, Hyuga Mitsunobu triggered a chain of explosions in Konoha and killed himself among the wounded Sarutobi Clan members in revenge for Lord Hizashi's death, leaving the village in chaos.

• Senyo burned Karatachi Yagura unconscious with Amaterasu, then summoned a crow and used its four-bladed pinwheel eyes on him.
• Konan detonated Hyuga Mitsunobu's Explosive Tags, setting off Gen'ō's traps across the old district and killing or injuring hundreds of Sarutobi Clan members.
• Hyuga Mitsunobu directed the rescue effort while the wounded gathered, and Ryunosuke Sarutobi and Sota Hyuga arrived at the scene.
• Mitsunobu revealed Explosive Tags strapped to his body, declared that he was avenging Lord Hizashi, and detonated them among the wounded.
• Sota Hyuga pulled Ryunosuke Sarutobi clear of the blast, then left to report Mitsunobu's revenge as more Sarutobi Clan members were killed or maimed.

Kazuma entered Konoha and found Kakuzu attacking the Anbu guarding Naruto, while he secretly prepared a magic circle to exploit the chaos. Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra erupted as Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode, and Jiraiya charged Kakuzu with a Super Giant Ball Rasengan as Naruto grew a fourth tail.

• Kazuma followed the Bounty Hunters into Konoha and used Nine-Tails Chakra to locate Naruto.
• Kakuzu attacked the Anbu guarding Naruto, while two squads moved the unconscious Naruto away; his Earth Grudge Fear monsters blocked their escape and killed more Anbu.
• Kakuzu’s Wind Style attack triggered Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra, and Kazuma secretly activated a magic circle as Kushina sensed Naruto’s seal loosening.
• Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode and attacked Kakuzu and the Earth Grudge Fears with Sage Art: Needle Senbon, forcing Kakuzu to defend himself with Earth Spear.
• Naruto’s chakra surged until he grew a fourth tail, and Jiraiya charged Kakuzu with Sage Art: Super Giant Ball Rasengan.

Naruto erupted into a five-tailed Nine-Tails rampage and attacked Jiraiya, the Third Hokage, and their allies. The Third Hokage was wounded while trying to contain him, and Tenzo arrived with two Sealing Teams as other ninja began gathering nearby.

• Kakuzu countered Jiraiya's attack with a composite jutsu, but Fukasaku and Shima slashed him, forcing him to flee.
• Naruto attacked Jiraiya and the Anbu, and Jiraiya ordered the Anbu to summon the Third Hokage and the Sealing Team.
• Jiraiya summoned Gama Ken, while Fukasaku and Shima used Frog Song against Naruto, but Naruto continued attacking them.
• The Third Hokage arrived and used Earth Style and the Adamantine Ruyi Staff to defend against Naruto's Tailed Beast Ball.
• Naruto focused his attacks on the Third Hokage and wounded him as Tenzo arrived with two Sealing Teams totaling eight people.

Uchiha Senyo subdued Naruto after the Third Hokage’s forces failed to contain him, while Karatachi Yagura escaped. The Hyuga Clan’s public accusations against the Third Hokage deepened Konoha’s political crisis, and surviving intruders fled with their gains.

• Tenzo, Jiraiya, and the Sealing Team tried to restrain Naruto, but his Chakra broke their techniques and injured the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Senyo used his Mangekyō Sharingan to suppress Naruto, who collapsed as his tails vanished.
• Senyo told the Third Hokage that Karatachi Yagura had escaped, while the injured Hokage thanked him.
• Ryunosuke Sarutobi reported Hyuga Mitsunobu’s actions, and Hiashi accused Mitsunobu of withholding intelligence while revealing the Sarutobi Clan’s casualties.
• The Third Hokage called a Konoha High Council Meeting for the next morning and invited Senyo and Uchiha Fugaku.
• Kazuma and Fuen escaped beyond Konoha’s walls with a scroll of Nine-Tails Chakra.

Jiraiya found Naruto’s Four Symbols Seal intact, while Zabuza and Jūzō fled Konoha and were confronted by Kisame. Karatachi Yagura arrived with Isobu’s Chakra and revealed he knew the truth about Kisame’s betrayal, leaving Kisame shaken by what Yagura knew.

• Jiraiya examined Naruto and found no damage to the Four Symbols Seal, then informed Third that he could find no cause for the leaked Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Zabuza and Jūzō stopped outside Konoha to treat their injuries, but Kisame found them and accused Jūzō of betraying the organization.
• Kisame wounded Jūzō and fought Zabuza, who refused to abandon him and tried to strike Kisame with a kunai.
• An explosion at Konoha sent Isobu’s Chakra surging into the sky, distracting Samehada and allowing Zabuza to escape Kisame’s attack.
• Karatachi Yagura arrived, told Kisame that Uchiha Senyo had exposed Madara Uchiha as an impostor and the Eye of the Moon Plan as a lie, and left Kisame shocked.

Senyo used a clone disguised as Karatachi Yagura to deceive Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza, and Jūzō Biwa, while making plans to recruit Kisame and exploit the chaos in the Hidden Mist Village. Orochimaru began scouting the Uchiha compound, and Konan woke underground with Sasori after being struck by a Tailed Beast Ball.

• Karatachi Yagura's clone told Kisame Hoshigaki to seek out Uchiha Senyo, and Kisame left after deciding he was in no state to fight.
• The clone gave Zabuza and Jūzō Biwa medicine and led them away, promising that the original body would explain everything in a few days.
• Senyo unlocked all four of Karatachi Yagura's bonds, placed Yagura's Chakra in a clone, and decided to recruit Kisame Hoshigaki while keeping Zabuza and Jūzō alive.
• Senyo checked on the injured Karatachi Yagura at the Uchiha compound and sent Izumi away to rest.
• Orochimaru watched the Uchiha compound from outside, hoping to learn more about Senyo's Mangekyō.
• Konan woke underground beside Sasori and remembered that a Tailed Beast Ball had struck her during her mission in Konoha.

Konan, Sasori, and Kakuzu regrouped after their mission in Konoha went wrong, while Zetsu revealed that Karatachi Yagura had attacked them and Jūzō Biwa had fled. The group learned that Uchiha Senyo had subdued the rampaging Nine-Tails and that Sarutobi Hiruzen had recalled roughly a thousand Sarutobi Clan combat personnel.

• Sasori rescued the badly injured Konan and carried her to the rendezvous point, where Kakuzu was waiting.
• Konan told Kakuzu that a Tailed Beast Ball had struck her before she could enter Root, while Kakuzu described Jiraiya's arrival and the Nine-Tails' rampage.
• Zetsu reported that Jūzō Biwa had betrayed the Akatsuki Organization after Karatachi Yagura appeared, and that Kisame Hoshigaki had pursued him.
• Konan realized Karatachi Yagura had targeted her for revenge because she had helped enslave him.
• Zetsu revealed that the Jinchuriki was seven-year-old Uzumaki Naruto, that Uchiha Senyo had subdued him, and that Sarutobi Hiruzen had recalled about a thousand likely Sarutobi Clan combat personnel.

After the Akatsuki’s assault on Konoha ended in heavy losses, Obito infiltrated Root and stole its stored Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Root discovered the theft, leaving Danzo furious and looking for outside help.

• Konan dismissed the Akatsuki members to rest, while Kakuzu and Sasori left together to replenish Kakuzu’s hearts.
• Zetsu told Konan that the masked man was probably still in Konoha, though he did not know for sure where Obito had gone.
• Obito infiltrated Root and overheard Shigaraki Tanuki and Tōgo discussing Danzo’s experiments with Hashirama Cells.
• Obito found Root’s secret vault and took its six Three-Tomoe Sharingan specimens, escaping through Kamui despite triggering poison gas and alarms.
• Danzo learned that the Sharingan had been stolen, punished a Root member, and decided he needed help from outside.

Senyo explained to Fugaku and Great Elder Shihu how the night’s chaos had weakened Sarutobi Hiruzen and united Konoha’s ninja clans against him. With a high-level meeting approaching, Senyo laid out which authority the Uchiha should pursue and which positions they should leave alone.

• News spread across Konoha that more than three hundred Sarutobi Clan combatants had died in the explosions.
• Senyo told Fugaku and Shihu that the Uchiha’s plan had exposed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s strength and drawn other ninja clans into an alliance.
• Senyo explained that Karatachi Yagura’s presence and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s rampage had strengthened the Uchiha’s position.
• Senyo said the Uchiha should let the Hyuga Clan face questioning alone at the meeting rather than sacrifice their own leverage to help them.
• Senyo ruled out reclaiming the Security Force and began naming the position the Uchiha had to secure.