Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fugaku defeated Nagato’s six Rinnegan-wielding clones, then warned Konoha that their controller was still alive. After the corpses were identified as puppets, Nagato decided to undergo treatment to heal his legs, while Konoha agreed to monitor the Akatsuki Organization.

• Kakashi and the arriving Konoha ninja praised Uchiha Fugaku’s victory, and Fugaku explained that the Rinnegan-wielding enemies were likely puppets rather than living people.
• Nagato admitted to Konan that Uchiha Fugaku had destroyed all six of his clones, then decided to accept Shinnō’s treatment to heal his legs.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned to Konoha with four corpses, lifted the village’s highest alert, and briefed the village leaders about the attack.
• Yamanaka Inoichi reported that the corpses had been dead for a long time, confirming Fugaku’s suspicion that they were puppets.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the meeting that the controller was likely still alive and had controlled all six puppets, and Nara Shikaku proposed monitoring the Akatsuki Organization.

After defeating Nagato’s clone, Uchiha Fugaku assessed the limits of his victory and planned ways to increase his chakra and combat power. He prioritized finding the White Zetsu Base, believing its clones could help him gain Hashirama Senju’s Sage Mode aptitude and the Ashura bloodline needed to awaken the Rinnegan.

• Uchiha Fugaku recognized that Nagato had held back Planetary Devastation and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and that Fugaku’s chakra reserves had nearly run out during their battle.
• Uchiha Fugaku requested intelligence on Kisame Hoshigaki, learned that Kisame had defected from Kirigakure and was likely in the Akatsuki Organization, and ordered the intelligence division to track him.
• Uchiha Fugaku resolved to accelerate his development of a Super Kage-level Shikotsumyaku ninjutsu to improve his combat power.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered gaining Sage Mode aptitude by using Corpse Melting on White Zetsu clones fused with Hashirama Senju’s cells.
• Uchiha Fugaku concluded that devouring White Zetsu clones might also grant him the ultimate Ashura bloodline, allowing his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to evolve into the Rinnegan, and made locating the White Zetsu Base a priority.

Obito and Zetsu learned that Fugaku had defeated Nagato’s six bodies and decided to accelerate their tailed-beast plan. Back at home, Fugaku learned that Mikoto was pregnant and celebrated the news.

• Zetsu told Obito that Fugaku had defeated Nagato’s six bodies with Perfect Susanoo, and they suspected Fugaku had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan through a bloodline regression.
• Obito called Fugaku the greatest obstacle to their plan and said they would begin capturing the tailed beasts once the Five-Tails revived.
• Fugaku returned home, praised Sasuke for paying attention in class, and offered to arrange freer training for Yuki Natsu at the academy.
• Mikoto told Fugaku she was pregnant, and he joyfully supported her and planned to hire a Medical Ninja to look after her.

Uchiha Fugaku sent Number One Spore Clone and Number Two Spore Clone to the Land of Iron to kill Kisame Hoshigaki and Sasori of the Red Sands. After tracking the pair, the clones ambushed them, but Kisame and Sasori counterattacked and separated their opponents.

• Uzuki Yugao reported that Kisame Hoshigaki and a hunched elderly man, identified as Sasori of the Red Sands, had been seen in the Land of Iron.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Number One Spore Clone and Number Two Spore Clone to find and kill Kisame and Sasori, then bring Kisame's body back.
• The clones searched the town and followed footprints to the buried corpse of the Konoha informant who had tracked Kisame and Sasori.
• Number One Spore Clone used the Mangekyō Sharingan to continue tracking the pair after they erased their footprints.
• The clones found Kisame and Sasori by a river and ambushed them with Susanoo, destroying Sasori's puppet before the pair escaped the attack.
• Kisame and Sasori launched separate attacks, with Sasori targeting Number One Spore Clone and Kisame targeting Number Two Spore Clone.

Number One Spore Clone defeated Sasori of the Red Sands with Amaterasu, while Number Two Spore Clone killed Kisame Hoshigaki with Ice Release. Both Akatsuki opponents died in the battle.

• Sasori of the Red Sands used the Third Kazekage puppet and his puppet army to attack Number One Spore Clone, but Susanoo and Amaterasu destroyed his defenses and puppets.
• Number One Spore Clone set the Third Kazekage puppet ablaze with Amaterasu, burning Sasori of the Red Sands' Regeneration Core and killing him.
• Kisame Hoshigaki flooded the battlefield and attacked Number Two Spore Clone with water-based techniques, but Number Two countered with Ice Release.
• Number Two Spore Clone trapped Kisame Hoshigaki in an ice prison and pierced him with ice thorns, killing him.

After Akatsuki learned that Sasori of the Red Sands and Kisame Hoshigaki had been killed, Uchiha Fugaku absorbed Kisame Hoshigaki's corpse and gained Tailed Beast Level Chakra. He shared the news of his training breakthrough with Uchiha Mikoto, and they settled on names for their unborn child.

• Zetsu told Akatsuki that Sasori of the Red Sands and Kisame Hoshigaki had been killed in the Land of Iron, with Uchiha Shisui and another Konoha ninja suspected of carrying out the attack.
• Nagato and the other Akatsuki members reacted to the deaths, while Konan suspected Konoha had targeted their organization.
• Number One Spore Clone and Number Two Spore Clone returned to Konoha with Kisame Hoshigaki's corpse, and Uchiha Fugaku used Corpse Melting on it.
• Uchiha Fugaku's chakra recovered overnight to ten times its former level, giving him reserves thirty times those of an ordinary Kage-level fighter.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Mikoto he had made a training breakthrough, and they agreed to name their child Yato if it was a boy or Ruri if it was a girl.

Several years later, Uchiha Fugaku recognized Second Pillar’s talent and gave him the Flying Thunder God Technique to learn. Meanwhile, Nagato announced that the Akatsuki Organization’s Tailed Beast Capture Plan had begun, as its members prepared to hunt jinchuriki and pursue their own goals.

• Second Pillar spent time with Ruri and his family, then told Uchiha Fugaku that Hatake Kakashi’s training had greatly improved him.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Second Pillar that he had exceptional Space Talent, gave him the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll, and warned him that mastering the S-rank ninjutsu would be difficult.
• Nagato gathered the Akatsuki Organization and announced that the Five-Tails had revived and the Tailed Beast Capture Plan had officially begun.
• Hiruko asked Nagato to help him capture an Uchiha ninja with the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Nagato promised the organization would capture one alive for him.
• Deidara eagerly anticipated showing the Five Great Ninja Villages his explosive art, while Tobi praised him and offered to become his partner.

Akatsuki Organization began capturing tailed beasts by taking Iwagakure’s Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, prompting the Third Tsuchikage to lead a rescue force. In Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku suspected Nagato had recovered his legs and prepared for the threat while ordering efforts to contact Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki.

• Nagato attacked Roshi during a mission and captured him despite Roshi’s attempt to escape using tailed beast transformation.
• The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, ordered a search-and-rescue operation and insisted on joining it to face Pain himself.
• Uzuki Yugao told Uchiha Fugaku that a red-haired Rinnegan user had captured Roshi, and Fugaku suspected the man was Nagato with healed legs.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the intelligence department to seek a portrait of the red-haired man and asked Uzuki Yugao to contact Jiraiya and bring Naruto Uzumaki back to Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku reflected on his own progress, including mastering the Yin Seal and creating a Super Kage-level Shikotsumyaku ninjutsu, while lamenting that he still had not found the White Zetsu Base.

Akatsuki assigned Hidan and Shinnō to investigate the Five-Tails in the Land of Hot Water, while Uchiha Fugaku decided to seek the tailed beast before Akatsuki could capture it. Fugaku reached the steaming forest and discovered Hidan and Shinnō nearby.

• Nagato assigned Hidan and Shinnō to confirm whether the Five-Tails was hiding in a steam-filled forest in the Land of Hot Water, and outlined Akatsuki’s plans to capture other tailed beasts.
• Konan and Nagato reaffirmed their resolve to pursue their plan, even if capturing the Nine-Tails meant opposing Jiraiya.
• After learning that Kakashi and Uchiha Shisui were away, Uchiha Fugaku chose to investigate the Five-Tails himself and left a Spore Clone to cover for him in Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku reached the Land of Hot Water and traced the forest’s steam to boiling water underground, but could not find its source.
• While resting, Uchiha Fugaku sensed two powerful chakra signatures and found Hidan and Shinnō wearing Akatsuki robes.

Uchiha Fugaku intercepted Akatsuki members Hidan and Shinnō while they searched for the Five-Tails, forcing them into battle. Shinnō revealed the Zero-Tails and joined forces with Hidan to attack Fugaku from multiple directions.

• Hidan complained about not finding Konoha ninja, while Shinnō explained that avoiding them helped the search for the Five-Tails.
• Shinnō recognized Uchiha Fugaku and tried to retreat, but Fugaku used the Body Flicker Technique to block their escape.
• Hidan attacked Fugaku, whose Susanoo blocked the scythe and trapped Hidan as Shinnō activated his Medical Forbidden Jutsu and opened the Gate of Death.
• Shinnō's attacks failed to damage Susanoo, and Fugaku caught him between its hands until Shinnō transformed into the Zero-Tails to avoid being crushed.
• Fugaku recognized Shinnō and deduced that he had healed Nagato's legs; Hidan then asked Shinnō to help him obtain Fugaku's blood.
• Shinnō agreed to work with Hidan, and the Zero-Tails sprouted many hands that attacked Fugaku from the sky, ground, and underground.

Uchiha Fugaku defeated Zero-Tails by exhausting its dark chakra, then killed Shinnō when a mental restriction destroyed him during hypnosis. He returned to the incapacitated Hidan, who insisted that his immortality made him impossible to kill.

• Uchiha Fugaku used Fourth-Form Susanoo to cut through Zero-Tails and sever Hidan, whose immortal body could not reconnect.
• Shinnō fled as Zero-Tails recovered, but Uchiha Fugaku caught it and battered it until its dark chakra ran out and it vanished.
• Shinnō reappeared as a frail old man and called Uchiha Fugaku a monster.
• Uchiha Fugaku tried to hypnotize Shinnō for his forbidden Medical Ninjutsu and Akatsuki Organization secrets, but a mental restriction killed Shinnō and he found no scrolls on the corpse.
• Uchiha Fugaku removed Shinnō's tracking ring, sealed his body in a Sealing Scroll, and returned to Hidan, who said he could not be killed.

Uchiha Fugaku killed Hidan by swallowing him in the Corpse Melting space and gained Hidan’s immortal body and Blood Death. His search for the Five-Tails failed when it fled, but Shinnō’s ring gave Fugaku a possible way to track the Akatsuki back to the White Zetsu Base.

• Uchiha Fugaku split Hidan’s head in two, then sent him into the Corpse Melting space, where the black liquid melted him completely.
• Uchiha Fugaku discovered that Corpse Melting could kill living beings and wondered whether it could also destroy Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Uchiha Fugaku gained Hidan’s immortal body and Blood Death after melting his corpse.
• Uchiha Fugaku realized the underground water veins were cooling because the Five-Tails had fled, ending his attempt to capture it.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered following whoever came to retrieve Shinnō’s ring in hopes of locating the White Zetsu Base.

Uchiha Fugaku followed a White Zetsu clone to Nagato and learned that Nagato had captured the Fourth Mizukage. After admitting he had killed Shinnō and Hidan, Fugaku attacked Nagato, who overwhelmed him and declared he would die there.

• Uchiha Fugaku tracked a White Zetsu clone carrying Shinnō and Hidan’s rings to the coast.
• Nagato arrived carrying the unconscious Fourth Mizukage, and the White Zetsu clone reported that Shinnō and Hidan were missing after a fierce battle.
• Nagato ordered the White Zetsu clone to investigate whether the Five-Tails had fallen into Konoha’s hands.
• Nagato detected Uchiha Fugaku hiding nearby, and Fugaku admitted that he had killed Shinnō and Hidan.
• Uchiha Fugaku attacked Nagato with Susanoo, but Nagato countered with Chibaku Tensei and Shinra Tensei, shattering Susanoo and hurling Fugaku away.
• Nagato declared that Uchiha Fugaku was no longer his opponent and that he would die that day.

Uchiha Fugaku fought Nagato and discovered that Shikotsumyaku could bypass Chibaku Tensei, wounding him before he escaped to save the Fourth Mizukage. Fugaku then used the Fourth Mizukage’s blood to attempt to kill him with Curse Technique: Blood-Death Possession.

• Uchiha Fugaku created a White Bone Forest that pierced Nagato through Chibaku Tensei, forcing Nagato to repel the bones with Shinra Tensei.
• Uchiha Fugaku realized that Chibaku Tensei could not absorb bone matter, while Nagato recognized Fugaku remained a formidable enemy.
• Nagato spotted the severely injured Fourth Mizukage and retreated to protect the Three-Tails, blasting Fugaku’s pursuing Perfect Susanoo into the sea with Shinra Tensei.
• Uchiha Fugaku found the Fourth Mizukage’s blood and used it to prepare Curse Technique: Blood-Death Possession.
• Uchiha Fugaku stabbed his own heart to activate the curse and wondered whether it would reach the distant Fourth Mizukage.

Nagato unsealed the Three-Tails from the dying Fourth Mizukage, but Uchiha Fugaku interrupted his attempt to capture it. The Three-Tails escaped into the sea, Nagato lost track of Fugaku, and Fugaku withdrew toward Konoha rather than risk a fight to the death.

• Nagato discovered that Uchiha Fugaku's Blood Death curse had pierced the Fourth Mizukage's heart and unsealed the Three-Tails to prevent it from dying with him.
• Nagato subdued the rampaging Three-Tails and tried to carry it away, but Uchiha Fugaku intercepted him with Perfect Susanoo.
• Fugaku blocked Nagato's attempts to recapture the awakened Three-Tails, which fled to the coast and escaped into the deep sea.
• Nagato pursued the Three-Tails underwater but failed to catch it, then returned to shore and found that Fugaku had vanished.
• Fugaku retreated toward Konoha, deciding not to fight Nagato while he still had room to grow stronger.

Uchiha Fugaku learned that the Akatsuki Organization had attacked several villages and sent Kakashi and Might Guy to help search for Gaara. After Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki returned to Konoha, Fugaku revealed that the Akatsuki Organization was based in Amegakure and that its leader, Pain, was Jiraiya’s former student Nagato.

• Uzuki Yugao reported that the Akatsuki Organization had attacked Kirigakure and destroyed Takigakure, capturing several Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Fugaku received Sunagakure’s request for aid after Gaara was captured and dispatched Kakashi, Might Guy, and twelve elite shinobi to search for him.
• Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki returned to Konoha, and Jiraiya told Fugaku that Deidara and Hiruko had attacked them on the way.
• Jiraiya planned to infiltrate Amegakure, but Uchiha Fugaku warned him that the village was the Akatsuki Organization’s base and that Hanzo had been eliminated.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed that the Akatsuki Organization’s leader, Pain, was Jiraiya’s former student Nagato, then showed Jiraiya an image of him.

Jiraiya recognized Nagato as the Akatsuki leader and agreed to seek Tsunade’s return while protecting Naruto from going astray. After Sasuke defeated Naruto in a spar, Konoha learned that Gaara had died and received a call for a Five Kage Summit to address the Akatsuki.

• Jiraiya recognized Nagato in the footage, but Uchiha Fugaku stopped him from rushing to Amegakure and urged him to guide Naruto instead.
• Jiraiya agreed to try to persuade Tsunade to return to Konoha, and Uchiha Fugaku promised to protect Naruto.
• Sasuke defeated Naruto Uzumaki in a spar by trapping him in Genjutsu after their Rasengan and Chidori clashed.
• Hatake Kakashi reported that the rescue mission had failed, Gaara had died after the One-Tail was extracted, and Might Guy was recovering from using the Eight Gates.
• Uchiha Fugaku learned from the Fourth Kazekage’s letter that Sunagakure and Kirigakure had called a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.

Nagato reported that Uchiha Fugaku had disrupted the Three-Tails mission, while the Seven-Tails was successfully sealed. Fugaku brought Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar to the Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, where he accepted the Third Tsuchikage’s challenge for Kurotsuchi to spar with Second Pillar.

• The Akatsuki extracted the Seven-Tails from Fū, killing her, and Nagato explained that Uchiha Fugaku had caused their Three-Tails mission to fail.
• Nagato warned Hiruko to retreat if he encountered Uchiha Fugaku, despite Hiruko’s desire to fuse with him using the Chimera Technique.
• Uchiha Fugaku traveled to the Land of Iron with Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar and met General Mifune at Iron Fortress.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar sparred while Uchiha Fugaku watched, and the Third Tsuchikage arrived with Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi.
• The Third Tsuchikage proposed a spar, and Uchiha Fugaku chose Second Pillar to face Kurotsuchi one-on-one.

Sasuke defeated Kurotsuchi in a training match, while Uchiha Fugaku mocked the Third Tsuchikage over Iwagakure’s younger generation. At the Kage Summit, the five village leaders debated joining forces against the Akatsuki Organization, and the meeting turned tense when Akatsuki members appeared to testify against Iwagakure.

• Sasuke used the Sharingan, ninjutsu, and genjutsu to defeat Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi carried her away with the Third Tsuchikage.
• The other village leaders arrived in disguise, and Mifune opened the Kage Summit in the Iron Fortress.
• Mei Terumi proposed that the five great ninja villages unite against the Akatsuki Organization, and Rasa, the Third Tsuchikage, the Fourth Raikage, and Uchiha Fugaku agreed.
• The Fourth Raikage and Uchiha Fugaku accused Iwagakure of hiring the Akatsuki Organization, while the Third Tsuchikage denied the allegations and accused them of framing him.
• Six figures in Red Cloud Black Robes emerged from a black vortex and claimed they could testify that Iwagakure had worked with the Akatsuki Organization.

The Five Great Ninja Villages revealed that their discord was a ruse to lure Akatsuki into attacking the Kage Summit, and the two sides fought at the Iron Fortress. Nagato and Uchiha Fugaku began a fierce duel, which left Fugaku’s Perfect Susanoo shield shattered and another of Nagato’s piercing beams bearing down on him.

• Uchiha Obito offered to help the Third Tsuchikage unify the Five Great Nations, but the Third Tsuchikage pretended to accept and attacked Akatsuki instead.
• Nagato used Chibaku Tensei to absorb the Third Tsuchikage’s Dust Release, and the Kage and Mifune attacked Akatsuki, triggering a battle that destroyed the conference room and building.
• The Third Tsuchikage revealed that the Five Great Ninja Villages had staged their conflict to draw Akatsuki out, while Mei Terumi demanded that Nagato answer for the Fourth Mizukage’s death.
• Nagato attacked Uchiha Fugaku with the Six Paths’ powers, while Fugaku used Perfect Susanoo to block Nagato’s repulsion and counter with its sword.
• Nagato repeatedly absorbed Fugaku’s sword strikes with Chibaku Tensei and battered Susanoo’s shield with Asura’s Attack until it shattered.
• Nagato fired another blue beam at Fugaku, whose Perfect Susanoo had lost its shield.