Chapter Summaries

Kushina endured Tsunade’s rough treatment through Fei Fei’s body and learned that Spiral Zetsu was writing a fabricated history of the Ninja World. Fei Fei revealed Uchiha Asuka’s right-eye ability, Okuninushi, but vanished before Kushina could learn what his left eye did.

• Kushina experienced Tsunade pinching and rubbing Fei Fei while she remained sealed inside the cat, and Fei Fei teased her about sharing its pain.
• Fei Fei showed Kushina a passage from Ninja World Unofficial History claiming that the First Kazekage had been a male escort, then admitted the book contained other village rumors.
• At a Konoha meatball shop, Spiral Zetsu complained that inventing Ninja World history was difficult and continued writing his book while White Zetsu watched.
• Fei Fei explained that Uchiha Asuka’s right-eye ability, Okuninushi, created a space where he could sense and manipulate bodies, exchange minds, and extract a recently dead person’s soul.
• Kushina asked about Asuka’s left-eye ability, but Fei Fei disappeared before answering.

The Orange Cat was caught by Tsunade after spreading rumors about her and dodged her questions about Uchiha Asuka’s plan to awaken Kushina with teasing remarks. Meanwhile, the Vice Minister and Yakushi Nonō discussed Asuka’s renewed visit to Kushina, suggesting he might have found a way to awaken her.

• The Orange Cat woke in the Medical Department, realized Tsunade had overheard its rumors, and tried to flee before she caught it.
• Tsunade questioned the Orange Cat about the rumor, and it claimed it came from a book called Ninja World Unofficial History.
• Tsunade asked whether Uchiha Asuka had found a way to awaken Kushina, and the Orange Cat hinted that Asuka had an organ she lacked, leading to a misunderstanding.
• As Tsunade moved to punish it, the Orange Cat shouted, “You’re guaranteed to win at the casino!!”
• Yakushi Nonō asked the Vice Minister about Tsunade’s supposed bad luck after winning money, and he recounted the tragic events that had followed her past wins.
• The Vice Minister told Nonō that Asuka’s renewed request to visit Kushina suggested he might have found a way to awaken her, while Nonō recalled Danzo-sama’s desire to use Kushina to control the Nine-Tails.

Asuka visited the ward where Kushina lay and spoke with Mikoto about her soul residing in Fei Fei, while Hanahana and Hizashi guarded the room. When Mikoto asked what Asuka wanted from restoring Kushina’s soul, he said he only wanted to save his grandaunt, leaving Mikoto confused about their family connection.

• Asuka teased Hanahana and Hizashi about their easy Anbu guard assignment, then encouraged Hanahana by calling her mission important.
• Mikoto visited Kushina’s ward and reflected on how Kushina’s soul had been sealed inside Fei Fei, the Orange Cat.
• Asuka admitted that Fei Fei had deliberately revealed its secret, though he still did not know what the cat had been plotting.
• Mikoto asked what Asuka planned to do with Kushina’s soul, suspecting that he expected some benefit in return.
• Asuka said he had no ulterior motive and only wanted to save his grandaunt, leaving Mikoto bewildered.

Uchiha Asuka visited Kushina in the hospital, where his odd behavior left Uchiha Mikoto puzzled about his motives and whether he could wake her. Outside the room, Hizashi and Hyuga Hanahana speculated about Kushina’s recovery, while Danzo concluded that her awakening might reveal who released the Nine-Tails and decided he had to wait.

• Uchiha Mikoto questioned why Asuka had come to see Kushina, and Asuka insisted he was there to save someone.
• Asuka drifted into thoughts about the altered course of history and the revived Hashirama Senju before Mikoto’s contemptuous remarks silenced the room.
• Hyuga Hanahana wondered whether Kushina could wake up and expose an Uchiha, while Hizashi corrected her about how many people knew Kushina had been a Jinchuriki.
• Shimura Danzō reasoned that Asuka’s visit could mean he believed Kushina did not know who released the Nine-Tails, and he decided to wait for her to wake up.
• Danzo recalled how Sarutobi repeatedly told him to wait for the Hokage position, then cursed Sarutobi from his window.

Hyuga Hiashi and his wife discussed the Hyuga clan’s Caged Bird system and the danger of their descendants sharing Hizashi’s resentment. Hiashi left for the Medical Department after hearing that Uchiha Asuka might be able to treat Lady Kushina, while his wife’s proposed solution—sterilization—remained unresolved.

• Hyuga Hiashi read a note from Hizashi while his wife held their baby daughter and complained about Hizashi’s messy handwriting.
• Hiashi recalled how he and Hizashi had been born as twins, their mother’s scheme to falsify their records, and their father’s warnings about the Hyuga clan’s entrenched conflicts.
• Hiashi’s wife warned that his efforts to help Hizashi had not changed Hizashi’s resentment of the Caged Bird system and said she did not want their second daughter to share his fate.
• Hiashi’s wife proposed that they get sterilized so they would have no second child, leaving Hiashi stunned.
• Hiashi changed the subject by reporting that Uchiha Asuka might have found a way to treat Lady Kushina, then set off for the Medical Department with food for Hizashi.

Hiashi discovered that Asuka had severed Mikoto’s head while claiming he was checking her throat, then heard Asuka’s plan to place her head on Kushina’s body to make Kushina move. Mikoto angrily challenged his bizarre approach to saving people, leaving Asuka silent as he recalled stories about his parents.

• Hiashi arrived at the Medical Department, where Hiruzen, Danzo, Hashirama, Kakashi, and a young man in a green jumpsuit waited outside.
• Hiashi found Hizashi and Hanahana standing guard outside Kushina’s room and struck Hizashi for insisting that Hiashi address him by his codename.
• Hiashi looked into the room and saw Asuka holding Mikoto’s severed head, then realized she was still alive and that the scene was not a genjutsu.
• Asuka explained that he had removed Mikoto’s head to check her throat, then said he intended to put her head on Kushina’s body and have her walk.
• Mikoto condemned Asuka’s plan and recounted how Asuka’s mother had used Ryoichi to force his father into marriage.
• Asuka fell silent and remembered Ryoichi’s stories about raising Asuka’s father and repeatedly beating him for his behavior at home.

Hiashi and Hizashi discussed Uchiha Mikoto’s survival and whether to reveal what they had witnessed, while Asuka, Fei Fei, and Mikoto argued over Tsunade’s age and love life. Asuka explained that Izanagi had restarted Kushina’s heart but left her unconscious, and he had not yet found a way to fully revive her.

• Hiashi rebuked Hizashi for failing to act professionally and decided not to tell the Uchiha that Mikoto had survived losing her head.
• Hiashi avoided explaining why he had come to the hospital and claimed Kushina’s awakening would benefit the Hyuga.
• Fei Fei mocked Tsunade’s age and romantic prospects, while Mikoto defended her and Asuka corrected Fei Fei’s account of Jiraiya’s letters.
• Fei Fei asked Asuka about Kushina’s condition, and he said she appeared nearly alive.
• Asuka recalled that Izanagi had restarted Kushina’s heart but only left her in an unconscious, vegetative state.

Asuka wondered whether the seal blocking his Reanimation Jutsu had lifted, while Mikoto questioned him about the seal and the Nine-Tailed Night. He used Soul Re-Sealing Release on the Orange Cat, and Hiashi froze after seeing what happened inside the hospital room.

• The Orange Cat asked Asuka whether his seal had been released, prompting him to recall that Madara had sealed his forbidden technique to prevent him from reviving him.
• Mikoto asked who had sealed Asuka and whether he knew the mastermind behind the Nine-Tailed Night; Asuka denied that the sealer was hostile to the Uchiha but offered no information about the attack.
• Asuka revealed that he had obtained an eye from the Great Elder in exchange for agreeing to a blind date, then knocked Mikoto unconscious.
• Asuka performed Soul Re-Sealing Release on the Orange Cat, filling the hospital room and hallway with green light.
• Hiashi stopped Hanahana from rushing into the room, then stared through the glass and stood motionless until Hizashi asked what had happened.
• Hiashi told Hizashi that he suspected he had been caught in a genjutsu again without realizing it.

Asuka began a secret procedure to revive Kushina, using a strange soul technique that baffled Hiashi and Hizashi. After making Kushina’s soul disappear and killing her again, he prepared to use a Three-Tomoe Sharingan to continue the procedure, leaving her revival uncertain.

• Hizashi used his Byakugan to confirm Hiashi was not under genjutsu, and Hiashi explained the bizarre events he had witnessed.
• Hiashi and Hizashi watched Kushina’s soul rise toward the ceiling and concluded that she had controlled the Orange Cat with the Reanimation Technique.
• Asuka used Okuninushi to make Kushina’s soul vanish, then killed her again and silenced the medical monitor before anyone could enter.
• Fei Fei went outside to keep watch while Hiashi asked Asuka about Kushina’s chances of waking; Asuka said they were eighty-eight percent.
• Asuka replaced his right eye with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan he had obtained from the Great Elder and prepared to continue reviving Kushina.

Kushina found Hatake Sakumo waiting in the cave of the dead and told him about Kakashi’s life in Konoha. As Sakumo sent his hopes and advice to his son, Kushina was pulled back toward the living world, where people in the Konoha Medical Department noticed her waking.

• Kushina tried to return through the darkness behind her but was forced to continue deeper into the cave.
• Kushina met Hatake Sakumo and told him that Uchiha Asuka had used the Mangekyo to summon her back to reality after her death.
• Kushina described Konoha’s eccentric adults and Kakashi’s experiences, reassuring Sakumo that Kakashi had remained willing to protect his comrades.
• Sakumo expressed pride in Kakashi and urged him to stay true to himself, pursue his dreams, and avoid Uchiha Asuka.
• A bright light and an unseen force pulled Kushina away from Sakumo, and the Konoha Medical Department noticed her eyelids move.

Uchiha Asuka revived Kushina, whose confused memories included a message from Hatake Sakumo for Kakashi. When Danzo asked who had taken her from the barrier, Kushina identified Uchiha Madara.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo watched Asuka heal Kushina from outside the hospital room, while Hashirama Senju noticed Kushina's eyelid move.
• Asuka replaced his ruined eye, woke Kushina, and explained that her memories were confused; Kushina recognized the people around her and recalled meeting Hatake Sakumo.
• Kushina passed Sakumo's messages and buried-money instructions to Kakashi, who left to retrieve them and celebrate his birthday.
• Danzo asked Kushina who had taken her from the barrier, and she twisted Asuka's ear before answering, "Uchiha Madara!!"

In the hospital, Hashirama explained Uchiha Madara’s history and why Madara would not destroy the Uchiha Clan Grounds, despite having lost the clan’s loyalty. The room remained divided over Madara’s motives, while Danzō decided to investigate the masked man from that angle.

• Kushina identified the masked man who fought Minato as resembling Uchiha Madara, but Hashirama doubted Madara would use bizarre techniques or stage the Nine-Tails attack.
• Hashirama explained that Madara’s followers and clan supporters died during the Warring States Period, leaving the Uchiha willing to follow a stronger leader after Madara lost to Hashirama.
• Hashirama revealed that Izuna had asked Madara to protect the clan, but the Uchiha had already rejected Madara when he later tried to lead them away from Konoha.
• Hashirama said Madara would not destroy the Uchiha Clan Grounds because it held the pride and memories of the clansmen who had once loved and followed him.
• Danzō privately doubted Hashirama’s favorable view of Madara and decided to investigate the masked man.

Tsunade rejected a Five Kage Summit and ordered Konoha to investigate the mysterious enemy on its own. Kushina reunited with Naruto, while Danzo’s plans and investigation into how she was revived both led to frustration.

• Tsunade proposed a Five Kage Summit, but Danzo argued that the other villages would not trust Konoha, so Tsunade ordered an internal investigation instead.
• An Anbu brought Naruto to Hashirama, who carried the baby to Kushina and reunited them.
• Danzo left the hospital regretting that Hashirama’s revival had spoiled his plan to raise Naruto, then blamed the Uchiha for the setback.
• Danzo’s nephew reported that Ryuzetsu’s Kekkei Genkai could transfer life through a kiss, and Danzo struck him for investigating the wrong lead.
• Danzo insisted that Uchiha Asuka had used Medical Ninjutsu to revive Kushina and ordered his nephew to investigate Asuka’s movements and medical techniques.

Danzo investigated Uchiha Asuka’s ability to revive the dead and searched for a difficult mission to test or remove him. After finding the Loulan Incident mission, Danzo decided to send Asuka to Rōran, hoping to leave him stranded in the future.

• Danzo concluded that Uchiha Asuka had revived Kushina and wondered about the technique’s cost and limits.
• Danzo’s nephew brought him records of Super S-Rank Missions, and Danzo clarified that he wanted to assign one to Asuka, not his nephew.
• Danzo rejected his nephew’s suggestion to have Asuka assassinate the Raikage because it would bring Konoha no benefit and could provoke Kumogakure.
• Danzo explained that he wanted a dangerous mission to test whether Asuka could use his resurrection Ninjutsu again and worried that Asuka might revive other forbidden ninja.
• Danzo found the Loulan Incident mission and learned that it involved travel to the future through the Dragon Vein.
• Danzo ordered his nephew to send clan members to Rōran to cause trouble so he could recommend Asuka for the mission and try to leave him in the future.

Uchiha Asuka considered how to make Madara confront the truth behind the Eye of the Moon Plan, while Black Zetsu and Spiral Zetsu discussed whether to recruit him. Black Zetsu decided to keep watching Asuka until it understood why Shukaku had appeared beside him.

• Uchiha Asuka reasoned that gathering the tailed beasts would be difficult without Black Zetsu's intelligence and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Spiral Zetsu visited Madara's cave, joked with Black Zetsu about expanding its Meatball Shop, and said Uchiha Asuka seemed to be growing twisted and should be recruited.
• Black Zetsu recalled that Asuka had drawn its attention after Shukaku appeared beside him, but Spiral Zetsu had found no explanation for the event.
• Black Zetsu rejected recruiting Asuka for now, citing doubts about his intentions and the risk to the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Reports of Kushina’s recovery prompted the other villages to discuss Konoha’s techniques and Hashirama Senju’s resurrection, while Kirigakure planned to seek medical instruction from him. At Konoha’s hospital, Tsunade voiced her suspicions about Kushina’s memories and her closeness with Uchiha Asuka.

• In Sunagakure, Rasa clarified that Kushina had been gravely injured rather than resurrected, while an old man angrily blamed Senju Tobirama for reviving his genin father and causing the scar on his face.
• A Sunagakure ninja explained that Tobirama’s revival technique and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags were too costly and ineffective for sustained warfare.
• In Kirigakure, Genji reassured Mei Terumi that the resurrected Hashirama had exploitable flaws and proposed sending gifted Medical Ninjas to Konoha for an exchange.
• At Konoha’s Medical Department, Hashirama watched Kushina reunite with her infant son and expressed concern about Tsunade’s future after she planned to leave the village.
• Tsunade told Hashirama she wanted the Yamanaka Clan to examine Kushina and search her memories, suspecting genjutsu and questioning Kushina’s unexplained familiarity with Uchiha Asuka.

Hashirama encouraged Tsunade to trust her companions and consider becoming Hokage, while Asuka and Fei Fei visited Kushina in the hospital. Kushina revealed she had figured out key secrets and blamed Uchiha Madara for the Nine-Tailed Night, leaving Asuka stunned by her reasoning.

• Hashirama told Tsunade that a capable leader relied on friends and urged her to consider becoming Hokage, but she denied wanting the position.
• Hashirama took Tsunade to the Fat Sheep Restaurant, where they crossed paths with Asuka and Fei Fei.
• Fei Fei worried that Kushina's memories might expose Asuka's secrets and went to the Medical Department, where Hyuga Hanahana praised Asuka's medical skills.
• Fei Fei approached Kushina's bedside and teased her, but Kushina grabbed the cat and confronted Asuka about the Uchiha secrets she had concealed.
• Kushina explained that she had pieced together crucial information while inhabiting Fei Fei and had pinned the Nine-Tailed Night on Uchiha Madara, leaving Asuka speechless.

Asuka asked Kushina to repay his life-saving favor by having Naruto help him with something years later, but she warned him not to target her son. Asuka then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and told Kushina that some information must remain unknowable to others.

• Kushina awoke after her resurrection and confronted Asuka about the secrets he had shown her and the favor he wanted repaid.
• Kushina refused to persuade Mikoto to divorce Fugaku, while Asuka explained his plan for the Uchiha to gain alliances through marriage.
• Asuka asked Kushina to have Naruto help him in the future, and Kushina grabbed his collar and warned him to stay away from her son.
• Hanahana watched Kushina and Asuka through the ward door, while Hiashi and Hizashi argued in the corridor about Hiashi's past romantic advice.
• Asuka explained that a Summoning Beast contract could prevent others from learning certain information, then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan to Kushina.

Asuka used his Mangekyo ability Okuninushi to swap Kushina’s and Fei Fei’s consciousness, leaving Kushina in the Orange Cat’s body and Fei Fei in Kushina’s. The swap led to confusion and an embarrassing reveal, while Asuka urged Fei Fei to put her clothes back on.

• Asuka activated Okuninushi and sent streams of air toward Kushina and Fei Fei, then snapped his fingers to complete the consciousness swap.
• Kushina discovered she was seeing the hospital through a cat’s limited color vision, while Fei Fei delighted in experiencing a human body.
• Hiashi and the Hyuga patrolmen entered after hearing a scream, but Asuka held the Orange Cat quiet and Hiashi left without intervening.
• Fei Fei, in Kushina’s body, called Asuka over to show him a treasure and opened her hospital gown, shocking him and Kushina.
• Kushina raged at Fei Fei and demanded that Asuka swap their bodies back, while Asuka told Fei Fei to cover herself.

Kushina remained trapped in Fei Fei’s Orange Cat body while Asuka brought her to Ichiraku Ramen. After Kushina said she wanted to see the sea, Asuka refused to take her, but she reminded him that she could dissolve their Summoning Contract herself.

• Kushina licked her arm and tried to sell Hyuga Hanahana a secret remedy, then whispered a secret that left Hanahana shocked about Asuka.
• Asuka brought the Orange Cat to Ichiraku Ramen, where Kushina fought him and complained about being trapped in the cat’s body.
• Kushina and Asuka ate ramen while Teuchi worried that another war might threaten the village and his daughter.
• Kushina said she wanted to see the sea, the desert, the rocks, and the rain, and proposed that Asuka summon her at those destinations.
• Asuka refused to take Kushina sightseeing, but she warned that she could dissolve the Summoning Contract herself.