Chapter Summaries

After Gamabunta reported fighting Hashirama Senju, Mount Myōboku’s sages worried over the changed course of fate and Godzilla’s mysterious importance. In Konoha, the battle’s Wood Release drew attention from spies, while Genitsu’s Root executed a Hidden Cloud agent; Minato then prepared to strengthen the village and hinted he would take Genitsu somewhere soon.

• Gamabunta told the toads that he had fought Hashirama Senju and defeated his Wood Dragon and Wood Human after several hundred rounds.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima consulted the Great Toad Sage, who said fate had become unclear and that a dark-blue creature, possibly Godzilla, might be key to a destiny.
• Konoha residents reacted to the battle’s enormous Wood Release, and Hidden Cloud spy Jing Shan Shun gathered intelligence to send to Kumogakure.
• A Root shinobi killed Jing Shan Shun under Genitsu’s order, then took his head for interrogation as ANBU members watched.
• Genitsu gave Minato documents on spies in Konoha, and Minato said the village needed to strengthen its defenses against Hashirama, Madara, and the Sage Eye.
• Minato asked Genitsu to reinforce patrols and said he would take him somewhere in a few days.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi struggled with the Hyuga Clan’s decline against the Uchiha and wondered whether the Byakugan held untapped power. Toneri’s father approached the resentful Kaimon with the Byakugan’s secrets, while Iroha discovered the two strangers and prepared to report to Genitsu.

• Hyuga Hiashi dismissed Kaimon’s anger over the Uchiha and secretly studied an ancient scroll depicting the Sage of Six Paths beside a Byakugan wielder.
• Kaimon spoke with Hizashi, who admitted the Hyuga Clan could not match the Uchiha and lamented the limitations imposed on branch family eyes.
• Kaimon trained alone, furious that Gentle Fist seemed useless against Susanoo, when Toneri and his father appeared nearby.
• Toneri’s father explained that the Hyuga were distant relatives and claimed that the Byakugan could be developed into power rivaling the Rinnegan.
• Iroha spotted Toneri and his father from Root’s secret base and decided to report their appearance to Genitsu.

Genitsu learned that Toneri and Toneri’s father had contacted Huomen and moved to obtain their Ōtsutsuki bloodline. After Toneri’s father targeted Hinata and attacked Naruto and Sasuke, Genitsu intervened and confronted the visitors from beyond the heavens.

• Genitsu told Iroha that Root could not capture Toneri and his father, then promised to find a way to break Iroha’s Caged Bird Seal.
• Toneri’s father recruited Huomen to help find pure Byakugan, and the three secretly watched the Hyuga Clan compound.
• After Hiashi criticized Hinata’s training, Hinata fled into the snow and met Naruto, who took her hand to lead her home.
• Toneri’s father confronted Naruto and Hinata, and Sasuke joined Naruto before Naruto unleashed Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Toneri’s father killed several ANBU, subdued Naruto, and prepared to abduct Hinata, but Genitsu summoned Rashomon to stop his attack.

Shiranui Genitsu confronted Toneri and his father after they attacked Konoha, while Toneri’s father summoned a meteor from the moon using the Giant Tenseigan. Genitsu destroyed most of it with Atomic Breath, but a fragment struck Huomen as the fight continued.

• Genitsu trapped Toneri and his father inside Fivefold Rashomon and fought them, ripping off Toneri’s father’s arm while trying to seize Toneri.
• Toneri’s father activated the Giant Tenseigan on the moon and directed an asteroid toward Konoha.
• Minato learned that a meteor was approaching Konoha and prepared to use Flying Thunder God to divert it, while Huomen watched from the forest.
• Genitsu transformed into Godzilla and destroyed most of the meteor with Atomic Breath.
• A surviving meteor fragment crashed into the forest and left Huomen charred and injured.

Genitsu stopped Toneri and his father’s escape, killed Toneri’s father, and claimed the body for Root’s research. Meanwhile, Hiashi connected the attackers to an ancient Byakugan lineage and suspected the injured Huomen was hiding something, while Genitsu began dissecting the Ōtsutsuki corpse.

• Genitsu destroyed the meteor and seized a piece of Toneri’s flesh, while Minato killed Toneri’s father with a Rasengan and Toneri escaped.
• Genitsu refused the advisers’ demand to hand over the corpse, and Minato let Root handle the investigation.
• Hiashi warned Hizashi not to interfere and explained that his distrust stemmed from Hizashi’s past killing intent toward Hinata.
• Hiashi studied an ancient scroll depicting figures with attire like the attackers and wondered whether descendants of the Byakugan-bearing sage had appeared.
• Hiashi tested Huomen at the hospital, then used his Byakugan to discover that Huomen’s heart was racing despite his denial.
• Genitsu dissected the Ōtsutsuki corpse at the Root base.

Genitsu dissected Toneri's father's corpse and used the findings to develop theories about the relationship between Ōtsutsuki and Divine Tree bloodlines. After Black Zetsu warned him that Pain might pursue him over the dead Ōtsutsuki, Genitsu revealed that he needed an Ōtsutsuki body to cultivate a special eye he called Godzilla's Eye.

• Genitsu and Kabuto dissected Toneri's father, finding that his Byakugan was central to his body's vitality and studying the corpse's genes.
• Genitsu theorized that the Byakugan came from Ōtsutsuki blood while the Rinnegan required Divine Tree genes.
• Genitsu ordered Kabuto to continue the experiments, then left the Root base after finding and killing White Zetsu scouts.
• Genitsu met White Zetsu and Black Zetsu outside Konoha, where Black Zetsu warned that Pain might come after him because he had killed an Ōtsutsuki who fought Pain.
• Genitsu refused to surrender the Ōtsutsuki corpse and said he needed an Ōtsutsuki body to cultivate his planned Godzilla's Eye.

After the attack on Konoha, Genitsu trained Sasuke and explained to Shisui and Itachi that the attackers sought the Hyuga’s Byakugan. At Root, he and Kabuto began replacing Iroha’s heart with an Ōtsutsuki heart to help him escape the Caged Bird Seal, but Iroha’s body began failing, so Genitsu planned to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation and continue the surgery.

• Genitsu trained Sasuke and told him to wait before learning more powerful ninjutsu.
• Genitsu told Shisui and Itachi that the attackers had Byakugan and had come to seize the Hyuga’s eyes.
• Genitsu brought Iroha to Kabuto for an Ōtsutsuki heart transplant, hoping it would help Iroha break free from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Iroha’s body convulsed as it struggled to adapt to the new heart, and his signs of life rapidly weakened.
• Genitsu told Kabuto to fetch a death row prisoner so he could revive Iroha with Impure World Reincarnation and continue the surgery.

Genitsu’s experiment with Iroha’s heart transplant succeeded, strengthening Iroha’s body and Byakugan, and he allowed Iroha to return to the Hyuga Clan. Iroha’s enhanced eye shocked the clan and inspired Huomen to seek a way to break free of the Caged Bird Seal.

• Iroha survived the heart transplant, and tests showed improved physical abilities and stronger Byakugan vision.
• Genitsu ordered Iroha to undergo further organ and bone marrow transplants in pursuit of turning him into an artificial Ōtsutsuki.
• Iroha removed his Root mask, concealed his Caged Bird seal beneath a forehead protector, and walked through Konoha, where he briefly encountered Kurenai and Genma.
• Iroha returned to the Hyuga compound and attended a clan meeting, where the elders and Hizashi were astonished by the power of his right Byakugan.
• Huomen suspected Iroha’s eye had surpassed the ordinary Byakugan and resolved to investigate the Caged Bird Seal and find a way to free himself from it.

Iroha reported the Hyuga Clan’s growing interest in his Byakugan to Genitsu, while Void began training Naruto to control the Nine-Tails’ Chakra. Minato promoted several young ninja to special jonin, and Anko left the village on a mission as Orochimaru’s agents prepared to move.

• Hizashi visited Iroha to ask about his right eye and the Byakugan’s enhanced vision, and Iroha warned him to stop investigating before he died.
• Iroha reported Hizashi’s willingness to side with Genitsu for Neji’s sake and Huomen’s apparent surveillance, and Genitsu dismissed Huomen as unimportant for now.
• Void took Naruto to the black forest, introduced Sasuke cells into him, and began teaching him to control the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Minato promoted Kurenai, Might Guy, Genma, and others to special jonin, while Anko accepted a rogue-ninja mission and left Konoha.
• Orochimaru’s agents learned that Anko had left the village and prepared to act.

Anko was captured by Jūgo and Orochimaru’s followers, who used her Heaven’s Curse Mark to revive Orochimaru. Orochimaru returned, subdued Jūgo, and left with him to develop Curse Mark State Three.

• Anko was ambushed by Jūgo’s followers, who used Curse Marks and demanded that she be captured to revive Orochimaru.
• Jūgo began entering State Two, and the group defeated Anko and carried her to Base No. 6.
• Jūgo used Natural Energy to break the seal on Anko’s Curse Mark and awaken Orochimaru’s soul within a lump of flesh.
• Jūgo lost control and slaughtered several followers, then attacked Orochimaru after he revived.
• Orochimaru restrained Jūgo, knocked Anko unconscious, and left with him to plan his next steps, including Curse Mark State Three.

Orochimaru revived through Anko’s Curse Mark and tried to capture Genitsu, who had secretly planted multiplying cells in her to create a powerful clone. As Genitsu pressed his attack and summoned five coffins, Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Shimura Danzō.

• Orochimaru revealed that he had been watching through a fragment of his soul inside Anko and became fascinated with Godzilla and Genitsu’s abilities.
• Genitsu’s cells multiplied inside Anko and formed a clone, which Orochimaru trapped with the One-Line Lamp Formation.
• Genitsu broke free, pursued Orochimaru, and blasted him with a weakened White Hot Light as Orochimaru fled.
• Genitsu used Nine Mask Svāhā to summon five coffins, while Jūgo failed to stop one from opening.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation on a captive and summoned Shimura Danzō.

Genitsu fought Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation of Danzo with five bloodline-using Minilla, but Orochimaru escaped with Jūgo. Genitsu rescued Anko and left with Jūgo’s cells, while Anko awoke unaware that Orochimaru had fled.

• Danzo recognized Orochimaru and challenged Genitsu, who deployed five Minilla with Wood Release, Sharingan, Uzumaki, Byakugan, and Kaguya bloodlines.
• The Minilla repeatedly overwhelmed Danzo, whose Izanagi uses exhausted the Sharingan in his right arm.
• Genitsu broke through Danzo’s defense and pursued Orochimaru, but Orochimaru fled with Jūgo while Danzo held the attackers back.
• Orochimaru released Danzo from Impure World Reincarnation, and Danzo’s soul returned to the Pure Land.
• Genitsu carried the unconscious Anko from the underground base and kept Jūgo’s cells for research.
• Anko woke and asked where Orochimaru was, and Genitsu told her that one of his clones had nearly beaten him to death.

Genitsu learned that Orochimaru had revived through a Curse Mark and warned Minato that he could not be killed permanently while any marked carriers remained. After Anko came to Genitsu seeking a way to destroy her Curse Mark, he prepared to investigate the technique using Jūgo’s blood.

• Genitsu’s clone rescued Anko after fighting the revived Orochimaru, then relayed its memories to Genitsu before dissipating.
• Genitsu told Kabuto to improve cloning technology and revealed to him and Yamato that Orochimaru had returned to life.
• Genitsu informed Minato that Curse Marks could let Orochimaru revive and recommended keeping the news from other villages.
• Genitsu rejected Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s demand to control Anko, then returned home to await her.
• Anko asked Genitsu to help destroy her Curse Mark, and Genitsu considered using Jūgo’s blood to study it.

Genitsu agreed to study Anko’s Curse Mark while Root investigated missing spies in the Land of Rice Fields, prompting the Fourth Hokage to send a squad there. As the squad assembled, Sasori ravaged the small nation and prepared to conquer it with his puppet army.

• Genitsu activated Anko’s Curse Mark, observed its State One effects, and sealed it again after she reaffirmed that she wanted it destroyed.
• Genitsu reported that Root spies had gone missing in the Land of Rice Fields, and the Fourth Hokage dispatched Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, Hyuga Kaimon, Morino Ibiki, and Maruboshi Kosuke to investigate.
• Genitsu told the Fourth that Kazue could not join the mission because they were training in a Forbidden Technique, while Huomen privately continued investigating how Byakugan could be strengthened.
• Huomen joined Kakashi and the others as they prepared to depart for the Land of Rice Fields.
• Sasori slaughtered people across the Land of Rice Fields, turned corpses into puppets, and announced his plan to conquer the nation with the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets.

Sasori annihilated the Land of Rice Fields to gather materials for his human puppets, and Kakashi’s team investigated the massacre and identified him as the likely culprit. Konan and Zetsu found Sasori and invited him to join the Akatsuki, but he accepted only because he coveted the powerful members’ bodies and abilities.

• Sasori massacred the Land of Rice Fields, including the Fūma Clan, and assembled one hundred puppets for his Hundred Puppets Performance.
• Kakashi’s team found a survivor, learned that one puppet master had destroyed the country, and suspected Sasori.
• Kakashi warned his team to avoid fighting Sasori, while Shisui and Kakashi revealed they could contend with Kage-level opponents.
• Sasori finished preparing his puppets and decided to leave the Land of Rice Fields in search of better materials.
• Konan and Zetsu confronted Sasori and invited him to join the Akatsuki.
• Sasori showed interest in Pain and Void as potential puppet materials and prepared to fight Konan and Zetsu.

Jiraiya and Tsunade received Minato’s intelligence about Orochimaru’s resurrection and the attackers behind the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, prompting Tsunade to head for the Land of Rain to investigate. In the Land of Rice Fields, Konan and Sasori’s battle escalated as Kakashi’s team arrived.

• Jiraiya read Minato’s intelligence, learned Orochimaru had returned from the dead, and reflected on Mount Myōboku’s interest in Genitsu.
• Tsunade read the intelligence about Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Sage Eye attacking Konoha, then decided to verify the claims in the Land of Rain.
• Sasori revealed that he had turned the Third Kazekage into a puppet and fought Konan with Iron Sand while Zetsu joined the battle.
• Konan prepared her Paper Person of God Technique with a million explosive tags as Kakashi’s team reached the battlefield and spotted the two airborne fighters.

Konan attacked Kakashi and Shisui’s squad with a vast field of explosive tags, but they survived by combining Kakashi’s Nine-Tails Chakra cloak with Shisui’s Susanoo. Konan recruited Sasori of the Red Sands into Akatsuki, then set out with him and Zetsu to capture the surviving Nine-Tails host.

• Kakashi’s squad encountered Konan, who threatened them and unleashed a storm of explosive-tag paper butterflies.
• Kakashi spread a Nine-Tails Chakra cloak over his squad, and Shisui used Susanoo to shield them from the explosions.
• Konan’s explosive tags devastated Sasori of the Red Sands, but he survived behind Iron Sand and the Third Kazekage.
• White Zetsu restrained Sasori and absorbed his Chakra, forcing him to agree to join Akatsuki; he then took several White Zetsu corpses as compensation.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Kakashi’s squad had survived and identified someone among them as carrying Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Konan and Zetsu left to pursue the Nine-Tails host, and Sasori followed while demanding the host’s corpse.

Kakashi's squad survived Konan's explosive-tag attack by combining Tailed Beast Cloaks with Shisui's Susanoo, then fought Konan, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Zetsu. As the battle continued in the Land of Rice Fields, Genitsu began extracting Kazue's Curse Mark in Konoha, preparing to give her Sage Susanoo.

• Konan spotted Kakashi's squad alive beneath their combined Tailed Beast Cloaks and Susanoo, while Huomen grew jealous of Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Konan, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Zetsu confronted the squad, and Kakashi identified Sasori's Third Kazekage puppet and linked him to the Kazekage's disappearance.
• Kakashi split the squad's defenses and sent Shisui after Sasori, while he drew Konan away and Maruboshi Kosuke, Morino Ibiki, and Huomen engaged Zetsu.
• Sasori attacked Shisui with poisoned iron sand as Kakashi fought Konan, who mistook Kakashi's three-tailed cloak for a large portion of the Nine-Tails.
• Genitsu began extracting Kazue's Curse Mark and told her she would soon gain Sage Susanoo.

Genitsu removed Anko’s Curse Mark and transplanted it onto Kazue’s Susanoo, helping her use Natural Energy to reach the Curse Mark’s second state. After Kazue proved she could control the power, Genitsu invited her to join his secret organization, Eye.

• Genitsu carefully stripped the Curse Mark from Anko, isolating it while warning that the procedure would leave her severely drained.
• Kazue agreed to use the Curse Mark, and Genitsu attached it to her second-stage Susanoo instead of her body.
• Kazue used Susanoo to absorb Natural Energy and covered it in Curse Mark patterns, achieving State One and then barely maintaining State Two.
• Genitsu praised Kazue for passing his test and revealed that he was forming a secret organization called Eye, inviting her to join.

Genitsu explained his plans for the Eye Organization to Kazue, then showed her the secrets hidden on the Uchiha stone tablet. After Setsuna and Obito discussed their schemes, Genitsu learned Shisui and Kakashi were in danger and prepared Kazue to rescue them under her new codename, Immortal.

• Genitsu told Kazue that the Eye Organization would recruit people with unusual eyes and described the surviving members of the Ketsuryūgan and Red Eye clans.
• Genitsu and Kazue secretly entered Naka Shrine, where Kazue read new stone-tablet text with her Mangekyō Sharingan about the Senju, the Uchiha, and the Power of All Creation.
• Setsuna arrived and questioned Genitsu, then Obito emerged after Genitsu and Kazue left and ordered Setsuna to keep monitoring Kazue.
• Setsuna resolved to seek a stronger body and the Mangekyō Sharingan so he could advance his own plans without relying on Obito or Fugaku.
• Genitsu told Kazue that Shisui and Kakashi had encountered a dangerous enemy, arranged for her to reach them using the Flying Thunder God, and gave her an Eye Organization mask with the codename Immortal.