Chapter Summaries

Xun Uzumaki watched the team demonstrate Unit-01’s movement, teleporting weapon, and defenses, then asked for a report on its production needs. He promised to seek more funding as the researchers prepared to develop the machine further.

• Qian Luo explained that Chakra Threads and Hiruko’s joint research let Sasori pilot Unit-01 smoothly, and the machine demonstrated its combat movements.
• Unit-01 threw its Chakra Sword toward the moon, then recalled it instantly using a Flying Thunder Array Technique developed with Orochimaru’s help.
• Xun Uzumaki judged Unit-01’s attack power to be around Kage level and tested its Chakra Cloak with a Rasengan, which left the machine undamaged.
• Xun Uzumaki told Qian Luo to report Unit-01’s materials, costs, production time, and pilot training requirements to the Research Institute.
• Qian Luo asked for more funding, and Xun Uzumaki promised to have Kakuzu allocate it.

Jiraiya was released from prison broke and unemployed as the Land of Whirlpools expanded its influence through the Shinobi World Trade Organization. Xun Uzumaki agreed to military interventions in the Land of Bears, the Land of Hot Water, and Nadeshiko Village, leaving the Land of Whirlpools poised to extend its reach further.

• Jiraiya left prison, planned to visit Hiruko and seek work, and worried that his dishonesty registry status would keep him unemployed.
• The Land of Whirlpools established the Shinobi World Trade Organization, offered loans and aid, and used trade policies to deepen other countries’ dependence on it.
• Nobles from countries pressured by the Five Great Shinobi Villages urged their daimyo to apply to the Ninja Trade Organization despite their villages’ opposition.
• Hibiki Uzumaki told Xun Uzumaki that Natsuhi had requested help for Hoshigakure’s civil strife in exchange for its Star Meteorite and the Land of Bears joining the allied countries.
• Xun Uzumaki approved the military’s plan to aid Hoshigakure and ordered forces divided among three routes to assist the Land of Bears, the Land of Hot Water, and Nadeshiko Village.

Shisui agreed to teach young Itachi ninjutsu and discussed the secret box Madara had left for him. Meanwhile, Obito brought Rin dog food, invited her to a movie, and left delighted after she accepted, while Rin remembered she still had to deliver lunch to Kakashi.

• Itachi asked Shisui to teach him ninjutsu, and Shisui took him toward the back mountain to train.
• Shisui warned Itachi to keep Madara’s box and its contents secret from others.
• Obito brought Rin dog food for Mudball and learned she was carrying lunch to Kakashi.
• Obito invited Rin to a movie, and Rin accepted the invitation.
• Obito hurried away, while Rin wondered whether she could get leave and remembered to take Shizune’s lunchbox to Kakashi.

Zimu and the Whirlpool ninja investigated the ruined Land of Hot Water while Zimu reprimanded Nagato for acting listless. In the Land of Whirlpools, Jiraiya’s street performance was interrupted by a Nadeshiko Village ninja, and Tsunade arranged to report his business for violating road regulations.

• Zimu and the Whirlpool ninja found scorched land and explosive-tag traces in the Land of Hot Water, then headed for Yugakure to learn what had happened.
• Zimu scolded Nagato for being bored and ordered him to copy the military regulations ten times, warning that he would seal Nagato’s Chakra if he tried to cheat.
• Jiraiya set up a street performance in the Land of Whirlpools, but Gamamaru vanished before Jiraiya could finish his introduction.
• A black-haired Nadeshiko Village ninja challenged Jiraiya and attacked him with Nadeshiko Style techniques while a crowd gathered to watch.
• Tsunade pointed out that Jiraiya’s stall violated regulations against running a business on public roads, so Hiruko called the relevant department to report him.

Jiraiya was caught illegally selling goods, then agreed to treat Tsunade to hotpot despite worrying about the cost. Meanwhile, Zimu and Nagato reached the devastated Yugakure and prepared to investigate, while Zimu considered the Land of Tang’s population as an opportunity for the Land of Whirlpools.

• A uniformed young man confiscated Jiraiya’s goods for occupying a public road and warned him not to sell there again.
• A female ninja vowed to defeat Jiraiya and make him marry into her family, but Tsunade interrupted before he could follow her.
• Tsunade revealed that she had reported Jiraiya and accepted his offer to buy her a meal at the Four-Tails Hotpot restaurant.
• Zimu and Nagato arrived at Yugakure and found the village reduced to ruins.
• Nagato sensed people nearby, so Zimu ordered everyone to stay alert and head toward them while considering the Land of Tang’s population as a potential benefit to the Land of Whirlpools.

The Land of Whirlpools countered international condemnation by broadcasting reports exposing the Land of Hot Water’s suffering under an evil cult, while Hiruzen Sarutobi pushed Minato Namikaze to ban Whirlpool television in Konoha. In the Land of Whirlpools, Shusen Senju prepared his workers to build a bridge to the Land of Hot Water and found satisfaction in his life as a contractor.

• The Five Great Shinobi Villages and their allies condemned the Land of Whirlpools, demanding it return territory, dissolve the Red Alliance Nations, and surrender the Shinobi World Trade Organization to their supervision.
• The Land of Whirlpools News Channel showed the devastation in the Land of Hot Water and interviewed survivors, prompting the Shinobi World to recognize the presence of an evil cult and demand its members be purged.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that Whirlpool television should be banned in Konoha, and Minato agreed to issue the order in the Hokage’s name despite feeling controlled by Hiruzen and the Senior Advisors.
• Shusen Senju urged his team to work hard on a bridge connecting the Land of Whirlpools and the Land of Hot Water, promising rewards and a meal if they did well.
• Shusen Senju watched his workers leave and reflected that his life as a contractor felt good, while Tsunade spent her time fishing at the Land of Whirlpools Medical College.

Zimu briefed Hibiki Uzumaki on the cults in the Land of Hot Water and the strange symbols they had left behind. In the Land of Rain, Hanzo of the Salamander asked Xun Uzumaki to save his country from collapse.

• Zimu showed Hibiki Uzumaki mysterious cult symbols and planned to send copies to Prince Xun and the Research Institute for study.
• Hibiki Uzumaki took over managing affairs in the Land of Hot Water while Zimu explained that the surviving local ninja had their Chakra sealed.
• Xun Uzumaki met Hanzo of the Salamander in the Land of Rain and judged the country to be chaotic and its people close to starvation.
• Hanzo of the Salamander admitted that his choices had helped ruin the Land of Rain and pleaded with Xun Uzumaki to save it.

Xun Uzumaki negotiated for the Land of Rain to become a vassal state of the Land of Whirlpools and proposed that Yahiko lead its revolution. Xun then went to meet Idaten Hato, who was seeking guidance when the Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools appeared before him.

• Hanzo of the Salamander offered to make the Land of Rain a vassal state of the Land of Whirlpools for twenty years in exchange for protection.
• Xun Uzumaki told Hanzo that Yahiko could lead the revolution and secured Hanzo's support for the plan.
• Xun left to find Idaten Hato and learn about the organization he had formed.
• Idaten Hato worried that he lacked the ability to guide his followers and pacify the Land of Rain, and wished to meet the Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools.
• The Daimyo appeared and asked Idaten Hato if he was looking for him.

Fugaku Uchiha was assigned to take command in the Land of Bears while Yahiko departed for a secret mission in the Land of Rain, where a rebellion against Amegakure began. In the Land of Whirlpools, Kushina became nauseous while visiting Mikoto, and Xun Uzumaki reached the desert where he sensed the Dragon Vein.

• Fugaku Uchiha questioned why he had been sent to the Land of Bears, and Yahiko handed him temporary command before leaving for a secret mission in the Land of Rain.
• Yahiko led civilians in the Land of Rain to declare war on Amegakure as the country's internal conflict escalated.
• Kushina visited pregnant Mikoto, played with Itachi, and suddenly began vomiting, prompting Mikoto to watch her with concern.
• Xun Uzumaki reached a desert and sensed the Dragon Vein beneath the ground.

Xun Uzumaki vanished after a disturbance at the Dragon Vein while investigating a strange symbol. Black Zetsu ordered a search for him and the Dragon Vein, then set out to find Tobi and punish him.

• Xun Uzumaki considered whether the Dragon Vein could help Hiruko and Orochimaru research how to extract Chakra from the environment.
• Xun Uzumaki noticed a strange symbol near the Dragon Vein and reached to remove the stone bearing it.
• A violent tremor erupted, and Xun Uzumaki disappeared from the Dragon Vein.
• Black Zetsu heard from the White Zetsu main body that Xun Uzumaki had vanished at the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Black Zetsu ordered every White Zetsu to search the Shinobi World and monitor the Dragon Vein, telling them to plant trees if Xun Uzumaki found them.
• Black Zetsu ordered White Zetsu to locate Tobi so he could punish him and ask who had taken Madara Uchiha's final Rinnegan.

Tobi woke in Madara’s underground cavern after centuries and resumed marking the wall, while the Land of Whirlpools’ leaders grew alarmed that Xun Uzumaki had been missing for five days. They ordered the disappearance concealed, launched an urgent search, and put the country on full war alert as Ri Uzumaki strengthened protection for the children.

• Tobi realized he had spent more than three hundred years in the cavern, remembered that Madara was dead, and added another tally mark before going back to sleep.
• Clan Head learned that Xun had gone to search for the Dragon Vein but had not returned for five days, and Nagato and Ri Uzumaki confirmed that no one knew where he was.
• Kakuzu doubted that anyone could have defeated Xun, while Miyakado reported that the investigation had yielded no clues and contact with Yahiko’s side had failed.
• Great Elder ordered the officials to keep the Land of Whirlpools stable while Clan Head ordered them to conceal Xun’s disappearance, search urgently, and prepare for war.
• Ri Uzumaki promised to hide the news from the children and strengthen their protection, then left angrily, determined to confront Xun when he returned.

Xun Uzumaki found himself sealed in an unfamiliar part of the Shinobi World after traveling through space-time, and the system refused to identify who had trapped him. He met Qianmu Zi, a local girl who feared he would kill her for failing to bow to a noble, and tried to reassure her that he was not one.

• Xun Uzumaki discovered that a strange force had immobilized him and sealed his Chakra in an unfamiliar forest.
• Xun Uzumaki asked the system where he was and learned he had traveled through space-time, but the system refused to say who had sealed him.
• Xun Uzumaki decided to look for people and the Dragon Vein as he tried to find a way back.
• Qianmu Zi emerged from the forest, introduced herself, and became terrified that Xun Uzumaki would kill her for not bowing to a noble.
• Xun Uzumaki offered Qianmu Zi his hand and told her he would not cut off her head and was not a noble.

Black Zetsu manipulated Fugaku Uchiha’s grief over his father and clan into agreeing to follow him. Meanwhile, Xun Uzumaki learned that he was in impoverished, ungoverned Lan Village and gave candy to Qianmu Zi.

• Black Zetsu confronted Fugaku Uchiha and invoked his father’s death to stir his hatred of Xun Uzumaki.
• Fugaku Uchiha declared that the Uchiha Clan would take revenge, then agreed to go with Black Zetsu for power.
• Xun Uzumaki asked Qianmu Zi where he was and learned that Lan Village belonged to no country.
• Qianmu Zi explained that bandits preyed on the village and had killed Grandpa Xiaotai’s son, Uncle Dou.
• Xun Uzumaki offered Qianmu Zi candy, and she tried to return it because she believed it was expensive.

Fugaku Uchiha told Obito that he planned to defect from the Land of Whirlpools to pursue revenge and investigate Prince Xun’s disappearance, then named Obito as his successor. The chapter ended with Fugaku leaving Obito a mysterious box and leaping from the rooftop.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Obito he was leaving and that Obito would take over his position.
• Fugaku explained that he planned to defect to pursue revenge against the Third Hokage and Danzo and investigate Prince Xun’s disappearance by joining Black Zetsu.
• Obito questioned whether Fugaku could let go of his hatred, and Fugaku said he intended to end it himself without passing it on to the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku chose Obito as his successor because Obito possessed the Mangekyo and had the virtues he valued, despite his scatterbrained nature.
• Fugaku gave Obito a small box and told him to find Director Hiruzen if he faced a threat, then leaped from the rooftop.
• Obito realized Fugaku had told him about the defection alone and wondered what was inside the box.

Xun Uzumaki realized he had traveled to an era before Kaguya Ōtsutsuki arrived and learned that Natural Energy might help him return to his original time. After discovering he could absorb Natural Energy but lacked control, he decided he would need to study its fundamentals.

• Xun Uzumaki asked Qianmu Zi about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, visitors from beyond the heavens, and a tree reaching the sky, but she had heard of none of them.
• The system explained that combining Chakra and Natural Energy with Space-Time Ninjutsu might let Xun Uzumaki return, though his Chakra was sealed.
• Xun Uzumaki and Qianmu Zi reached a grove dense with Natural Energy, where he discovered he could absorb it despite his sealed Chakra.
• Xun Uzumaki tried using Natural Energy alone, turned his right index finger to stone, and quickly dispersed the energy.
• Xun Uzumaki decided he needed to learn the basics of Natural Energy, and Qianmu Zi finished gathering herbs and called him back.

Fugaku Uchiha’s defection from the Land of Whirlpools left the Uchiha Clan and its officials confused, while Black Zetsu recruited him and gave him his first mission. Fugaku accepted his father’s Mangekyo and the name Shin Uchiha, then set out to destroy Konoha’s legendary ninja sword.

• Fugaku Uchiha’s defection prompted the Land of Whirlpools to increase investigations and ideological classes, while Obito Uchiha publicly condemned him and promised to bring him back.
• Miyakado questioned Obito Uchiha about Fugaku’s motives, but Obito could not explain why Fugaku had left.
• Black Zetsu met Fugaku Uchiha and told him that his father’s Mangekyo could help him attain the Eternal Mangekyo; Fugaku’s other eye remained in Konoha.
• Fugaku Uchiha took his father’s Mangekyo and vowed to settle his hatred with Konoha himself.
• Black Zetsu gave Fugaku a spiral mask, named him Shin Uchiha, and assigned him the mission of destroying Konoha’s legendary ninja sword.
• After Shin Uchiha left, Black Zetsu decided to guard against him because he sensed that Fugaku wanted to kill him.

Fugaku Uchiha awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and took up the identity of Shin Uchiha. Xun Uzumaki and Qianmu Zi returned toward Lan Village, but smoke and flames revealed that a disaster had struck.

• Fugaku Uchiha's eyes awakened the Mangekyo after he examined the eye belonging to his father, and he realized its power had strengthened into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha put on the mask and declared that he was Shin Uchiha.
• Xun Uzumaki and Qianmu Zi left the mountain, and Qianmu Zi explained Lan Village's poverty, water shortage, and the bandits' tribute demands.
• Qianmu Zi ran toward Lan Village after spotting thick smoke and flames, fell on the road, and continued running.
• Xun Uzumaki saw the blaze and realized Lan Village was on fire.

Xun Uzumaki arrived in Lan Village as bandits assaulted the villagers and threatened Qianmu Zi. He cut off the bandit leader’s hand and asked whether these were the bandits Qianmu Zi had described.

• The bald bandit leader threatened Xiaotai and demanded grain that the impoverished villagers could not provide.
• Grandma Xia stopped the villagers from fighting, while she and the others worried about Qianmu Zi, who had gone to gather herbs.
• The bandits beat Xiaotai, seized Lan Village’s remaining grain, and began smashing, looting, and burning the village.
• Qianmu Zi returned and ran to help Xiaotai despite Grandma Xia’s warning to flee.
• The bald bandit leader reached for Qianmu Zi, but Xun Uzumaki severed his right hand and asked if these were the bandits she had mentioned.

Xun Uzumaki killed the bandits terrorizing Lan Village, then tried to save Grandpa Xiaotai with the Land of Whirlpools’ Life Potion. The chapter ended with Grandpa Xiaotai’s fate uncertain and the villagers afraid of Xun Uzumaki.

• The bald bandit leader begged Xun Uzumaki for mercy, but Xun Uzumaki stabbed him and killed him.
• The villagers of Lan Village tried to attack the remaining bandits, but Xun Uzumaki drove them back and fought the bandits alone.
• A bandit took an old woman hostage, but Xun Uzumaki threw a Shuriken into the bandit’s forehead and continued killing the fleeing men with Shuriken and kunai.
• Qianmu Zi told Xun Uzumaki that Grandpa Xiaotai was dead, and Xun Uzumaki used a Life Potion and a needle on the old man while the villagers watched in fear.

Fugaku Uchiha infiltrated the Three Great Ninja Villages’ Research Institute in the Land of Rain to destroy it and aid Yahiko, while its researchers argued over the Legendary Ninja Swords’ supposed power. When the guards mistook Fugaku for Shin Uchiha and tried to seize the swords, he attacked them and killed the first Konoha shinobi.

• Researchers at the institute debated whether the Legendary Ninja Sword’s power came from its Sword Spirit, then sounded the alarm when they detected an enemy.
• Fugaku Uchiha infiltrated the institute, intending to destroy it so Yahiko could more easily unify the Land of Rain.
• The defending shinobi recognized Fugaku’s masked Mangekyo and assumed he had come to take the Legendary Ninja Swords.
• A Konoha shinobi ordered Anbu to escort the swords back to Konoha, while Iwagakure and Sunagakure shinobi prepared to seize them for their own villages.
• Fugaku launched a Great Fireball Technique, then stabbed a Konoha shinobi with his ninja sword and declared him the first casualty.