Chapter Summaries

Minato shattered Uchiha Madara’s damaged Susanoo with a Rasengan, but Madara feigned death and tried to control him with the Sharingan. Yoru Machi stopped Madara with Solar Flare, leaving him blinded and asking how Yoru Machi had known he was still alive.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to strike Uchiha Madara’s cracked Susanoo with a Large Ball Rasengan, shattering it and hurling Madara into a crater.
• Minato checked the crater, but Uchiha Madara vanished and appeared to trap him with the Sharingan.
• Yoru Machi used Solar Flare, breaking Madara’s attempt to control Minato and forcing him to clutch his injured eyes.
• Uchiha Madara asked Yoru Machi how he had known Madara was still alive.

Yoru Machi revealed how he had deduced Uchiha Madara survived the Valley of the End and used Izanagi, leaving Madara exposed and powerless. Madara refused to fight, died for real, and vowed to settle the score if he returned.

• Yoru Machi explained that Izanagi could turn death into an illusion by sacrificing a Sharingan, and said he had learned about it from Senju records.
• Yoru Machi told Madara that Tobirama’s diary, the Three-Tails’ account of Sharingan control, and the clan archives had led him to identify Madara and suspect he had faked his death.
• Minato was astonished by Yoru Machi’s deductions as Madara sat weakened after losing one Sharingan and lacking the chakra to fight effectively.
• Madara chose not to use Wood Release, told Yoru Machi he would remember him, and then died by his own choice rather than be killed by the two Konoha juniors.

Yoru Machi took Uchiha Madara’s corpse and Sharingan after Madara died, explaining to Minato that he intended to conceal the matter and might use the remains for research. They found Obito alive in the collapsed cave, and he woke confused about why he was still alive.

• Yoru Machi removed Uchiha Madara’s remaining Sharingan and took his body, while Minato questioned whether the act would anger the Uchiha Clan.
• Yoru Machi told Minato he would keep Madara’s return secret from the village and planned to give Madara’s eye to Kakashi so he would not remain one-eyed.
• Yoru Machi rejected Minato’s suggestion that he become a jonin instructor and argued that Madara deserved no special dignity after digging up Hashirama’s grave.
• Yoru Machi and Minato found no trace of Black Zetsu in the partly collapsed cave, but discovered Obito sleeping and unharmed.
• Minato woke Obito with a physical reprimand, and Obito asked why he was alive and where they were.

Yoru Machi and Minato brought Obito back to Konoha after finding him alive with half his body fused with White Zetsu tissue. Black Zetsu abandoned his plan to use Obito and began considering other targets while investigating Yoru Machi.

• Obito woke up, thanked Yoru Machi and Minato for saving him, and worried about his disfigured face and pale prosthetic limbs.
• After Yoru Machi and Minato took Obito away, Black Zetsu decided not to abduct him and considered finding a different Uchiha puppet.
• Black Zetsu planned to avoid making moves in Konoha for the time being, focus on Amegakure and the Mist Village, and gather intelligence on Senju Yoru Castle.
• Yoru Machi and Minato returned to Konoha with Obito, where Rin and Kakashi joyfully welcomed him and Rin hugged him.
• Tsunade noticed Obito's altered body, and Yoru Machi explained that someone had fused half his body with Wood Release, allowing him to survive and granting him the ability to use it.

Yoru Machi reported Uchiha Madara’s scheme to the Third Hokage, who agreed to let Yoru Machi train Rin and Obito after they gained Wood Release. After Yoru Machi and Minato left with the children, Tsunade confronted the Third Hokage about the First Hokage’s tomb and the possibility that his body had been stolen.

• Yoru Machi and Minato told the Third Hokage that Uchiha Madara had orchestrated Rin and Obito’s ordeal and that they had killed him and burned his body.
• The Third Hokage praised Rin and Obito for their actions and considered their training arrangements amid the war.
• Yoru Machi asked to keep Rin as his disciple and take Obito as well, citing his Wood Release and ability to protect and teach them.
• The Third Hokage agreed to let Rin and Obito train under Yoru Machi, who told Obito not to call him Teacher because he only accepted female disciples.
• The Third Hokage ordered Yoru Machi and Minato to keep Uchiha Madara’s survival secret, then kept Tsunade behind to discuss sending her to the Sand Village front.
• Tsunade demanded to know where the First Hokage’s real tomb was and what had happened to it, arguing that his body might have been stolen.

Yoru Machi enjoyed his quiet life in Karakura Town until Kurosaki Isshin and Ishida Ryuken arrived to ask whether he could revive Kurosaki Masaki. He admitted there was only hope, leaving Ishida Ryuken doubtful but secretly wishing Yoru Machi could succeed.

• Yoru Machi woke hungover after drinking with Kurosaki Isshin and ate the breakfast Kurosaki Karin had left for him.
• Yoru Machi planned to visit the beach to investigate for Arrancar while enjoying the summer scenery.
• Kurosaki Isshin brought Ishida Ryuken to Yoru Machi, who recognized that they wanted to discuss reviving Kurosaki Masaki.
• Kurosaki Isshin explained that Yoru Machi had said the Auswählen was needed and that Ishida Ryuken might provide information about Quincy matters.
• Yoru Machi said he could not guarantee Kurosaki Masaki's revival but believed there was hope if the preparations were completed.
• Ishida Ryuken argued that the Auswählen could not restore Masaki, who had no remnant soul, but privately hoped Yoru Machi might also revive Katagiri Hanae.

Yoru Machi revealed that the Auswählen caused Kurosaki Masaki and Katagiri Hanae’s deaths, and proposed reviving Masaki so she could reclaim the stolen lives and Reiryoku. The resurrection could begin, but Yoru Machi demanded that Kurosaki Isshin pay for the necessary equipment.

• Yoru Machi told Ishida Ryuken and Kurosaki Isshin that someone had activated the Auswählen nine years earlier, despite Ishida Uryu believing he was the last pure-blooded Quincy.
• Yoru Machi explained that the Auswählen had killed mixed-blood Quincy, including Katagiri Hanae and Masaki, who had become vulnerable after Hollow White infected her.
• Ishida Ryuken realized that the Silver Thrombus found in Hanae’s body was a remnant of the Auswählen, while Isshin suspected Aizen before Yoru Machi clarified that Aizen could not use the Quincy technique.
• Yoru Machi said the Quincy responsible was likely still alive and proposed awakening Masaki’s soul so she could use the Auswählen to reclaim what had been stolen.
• Isshin gave Yoru Machi Masaki’s cross necklace, but Yoru Machi clarified that Isshin also needed to pay for the laboratory equipment and supplies required for the resurrection.

Yoru Machi agreed to help Kurosaki Isshin and Ishida Ryuken resurrect their wives, and Ishida offered the equipment and facility they needed in exchange for Yoru Machi saving Katagiri Hanae. Before they could reach the hospital, Rukia arrived in the Human World pursued by a mysterious woman who knew Yoru Machi and challenged him to meet her in the Soul Society.

• Kurosaki Isshin asked Yoru Machi to help resurrect Masaki, and Ishida Ryuken offered to provide the necessary equipment and a research facility if Yoru Machi also resurrected Katagiri Hanae.
• Yoru Machi left the Yagami Residence with Isshin and Ryuken, but stopped when he sensed two spiritual pressures near an opening Senkaimon.
• Rukia fell through the Senkaimon, exhausted and wounded, and Yoru Machi caught her before she fainted.
• Yoru Machi told Isshin and Ryuken to take Rukia away because they were too weak to help against her pursuer.
• A white-kimono-clad woman with spiritual pressure like Rukia's identified Yoru Machi and threatened to kill him in the Soul Society before turning to leave.
• Yoru Machi refused to let the woman escape after she had provoked him.

Yoru Machi fought Sode no Shirayuki, Rukia’s materialized Zanpakuto, and learned she intended to kill Rukia to prove her independence. Suspecting she was being mentally controlled, he let her return to the Soul Society and headed to the Kurosaki residence to question Rukia.

• Sode no Shirayuki revealed herself and froze Yoru Machi in an ice pillar, but he shattered it and escaped unharmed.
• Sode no Shirayuki said she wanted to kill Rukia to prove Zanpakuto could exist without Soul Reapers.
• Yoru Machi warned that Sode no Shirayuki might cease to exist if Rukia died, leaving her shaken.
• Sode no Shirayuki said she would wait for Rukia in the Soul Society and departed through the Senkaimon.
• Yoru Machi suspected Sode no Shirayuki was under mental control and flew to the Kurosaki residence to seek answers from Rukia.

After Rukia recovered at the Kurosaki clinic, she told Yoru Machi that Zanpakuto had rebelled in Soul Society and that Kuchiki Byakuya had sided with them. Yoru Machi decided to return with Rukia to investigate and help the ailing Hisana, while Ichigo insisted on joining them.

• Kurosaki Isshin brought the battered Rukia to the clinic, where Yoru Machi treated her with Kaidō.
• Rukia explained that Zanpakuto had begun attacking Soul Reapers, and that Sode no Shirayuki had pursued her to the Human World before returning to Soul Society.
• Rukia said Kuchiki Byakuya had sided with the rebelling Zanpakuto when Soi Fon was losing her fight, leaving Soi Fon clinging to life.
• Rukia told Yoru Machi that Byakuya was wanted, the Kuchiki Clan was under surveillance, and Hisana had fallen ill from worry.
• Yoru Machi agreed to return to Soul Society with Rukia through the Kuchiki Clan's private Senkaimon, and Ichigo volunteered to go with them.

Yoru Machi, Rukia, and Ichigo arrived at the Kuchiki Clan, where the servants welcomed Yoru Machi as a trusted benefactor amid the clan’s decline. Ichigo was left waiting outside Hisana’s room after a maid dismissed him as inferior to Yoru Machi.

• Ichigo eagerly joined Yoru Machi and Rukia, confident that his Bankai and Hollowfication would make the trip easy.
• The trio arrived at the Kuchiki Clan, whose guards welcomed Rukia and Yoru Machi amid the clan’s troubles following Byakuya’s betrayal and Hisana’s illness.
• Rukia explained to Ichigo that Yoru Machi was the Kuchiki Clan’s benefactor, Hisana’s close friend, and a respected physician with powerful connections.
• A maid let Yoru Machi into Hisana’s room but stopped Ichigo, explaining that Yoru Machi’s status and role as a physician set him apart.
• Ichigo grew angry at the maid’s condescending treatment, and Rukia pulled him back.

Kuchiki Hisana asked Yoru Machi to investigate the truth behind Byakuya’s alleged betrayal, and he went to the Fourth Division to check on the injured Soi Fon. On the way, he killed a manifested Zanpakuto with one slash and discovered that it broke apart when defeated.

• Hisana told Yoru Machi that no one had believed her claim that Byakuya would never betray the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, and she asked him for help.
• Yoru Machi reassured Rukia and Ichigo that Hisana was only exhausted, then agreed to investigate Byakuya’s case; Rukia offered to report his return to Captain Fujitora and the Captain-Commander.
• Yoru Machi headed to the Fourth Division and killed a red-skinned manifested Zanpakuto with a single slash, causing its body to revert into a broken Zanpakuto.
• A broad, fat manifested Zanpakuto recognized Yoru Machi and fled, prompting the others to scatter; Yoru Machi let them go and picked up the broken Zanpakuto.
• Yoru Machi reached Soi Fon’s recovery room and saw her listening to Oomae God report while eating snacks, then realized the fat manifested Zanpakuto he had encountered was likely Oomaeda’s Gogyōtai.

Yoru Machi questioned Soi Fon about her injuries and Byakuya’s alleged betrayal, suspecting a connection to the Zanpakuto manifestations. Soi Fon agreed to let him investigate and then pressured him into treating her wound so she could recover and fight again.

• Yoru Machi told Soi Fon that Kuchiki Hisana had asked him to investigate Byakuya’s betrayal and that he suspected it was linked to the Zanpakuto manifestations.
• Soi Fon accepted Yoru Machi’s offer to investigate because her injuries kept her from doing the work herself and she distrusted Oomaeda’s usefulness.
• Yoru Machi offered to heal Soi Fon, but she became wary when he reached toward her upper body to examine the wound near her heart.
• Oomaeda accused Yoru Machi of using treatment as an excuse to look at Soi Fon’s chest, and Soi Fon kicked him out of the room, reopening her wounds.
• As Yoru Machi tried to leave, Soi Fon demanded to know whether he could fully heal her and restore her ability to fight; he agreed, and she warned him that she would kill him if he failed.

Yoru Machi treated Soi Fon’s wounds and concluded that Kuchiki Byakuya’s apparent betrayal may have been a way to save her. They decided that investigating the Kuchiki Clan could reveal the mastermind, though Soi Fon grew angry when Yoru Machi kept his hand on her after she had healed.

• Yoru Machi examined Soi Fon’s wounds and inferred that her attacker had avoided killing her, possibly to help her escape danger.
• Soi Fon lashed out after Yoru Machi insulted her chest, reopening her wounds, and he treated her with improved Kaidō.
• Yoru Machi told Soi Fon that Kuchiki Byakuya’s attack might have been a feigned betrayal intended to save her and gain the enemy’s trust.
• Yoru Machi reasoned that Byakuya’s actions likely involved the Kuchiki Clan, and Soi Fon proposed investigating its history and connections for clues.
• Soi Fon noticed that her wounds had healed and demanded that Yoru Machi remove his hand.

After parting from Soi Fon, Yoru Machi was followed by Muramasa, who tried to awaken his Zanpakuto. Higan and Kishi materialized to protect Yoru Machi, then exposed the desires reflected in their forms, leaving him embarrassed.

• Soi Fon left the Fourth Division after recovering and split up with Yoru Machi to investigate the Kuchiki Clan while he searched for Byakuya or the mastermind.
• Yoru Machi sensed an unfamiliar spiritual pressure following him and used White Lightning to reveal Muramasa.
• Muramasa introduced himself and tried to awaken Yoru Machi's Zanpakuto, but Yoru Machi attacked him before he could finish.
• Kishi blocked Yoru Machi's slash and knocked him back, while Higan appeared and explained their mother-daughter relationship.
• Higan told Yoru Machi that their forms reflected his deepest desires, embarrassing him by revealing that he wanted both mother and daughter.

Yoru Machi confronted Higan and her daughter after Muramasa helped them manifest, but Higan insisted they would never become his enemies and left to join the other manifested Zanpakuto. At their cave stronghold, the high-ranking Zanpakuto mocked Gogyōtai for fleeing from Yoru Machi.

• Yoru Machi questioned Higan and her daughter about whether they intended to kill him or had been influenced by Muramasa.
• Higan admitted she resented Yoru Machi's promiscuity and threatened to eliminate his romantic rivals, but said she never meant to kill him.
• Muramasa left after Higan manifested, while Yoru Machi let him go rather than risk a fight with Higan and her daughter.
• Higan and her daughter declared they would never become Yoru Machi's enemies, then escaped through Muramasa's passage after blocking Yoru Machi's attempt to stop them.
• Muramasa brought Higan to the Zanpakuto stronghold near Seireitei, where Gōtōmaru and Kazeshini ridiculed Gogyōtai for fleeing from Yoru Machi.

The manifested Zanpakuto discussed Yagami Yoru Castle’s strength, and Hyōrinmaru wondered if he could become Yoru Machi’s master. Higan and her daughter Bi challenged him, overwhelmed him, and left Muramasa urging them to restrain themselves if they wanted to join the group.

• Gōtōmaru and Kazeshini mocked Gogyōtai, but Haiburi and Sode no Shirayuki vouched for Yoru Machi’s strength based on their encounters with him.
• Sogyo Koten expressed excitement about playing with Yoru Machi, while Hyōrinmaru wondered whether Yoru Machi could be his master.
• Muramasa arrived with Higan, and Higan and Bi threatened Hyōrinmaru after overhearing his remark about Yoru Machi.
• Hyōrinmaru clashed with Bi’s Spiritual Pressure, was blasted into a rock wall, and was held at swordpoint by An.
• Muramasa told Higan to restrain herself if she wanted to join the Zanpakuto group.

Muramasa introduced Beyond and Shore to the materialized Zanpakuto, whose combined spiritual pressure forced the others to take their strength seriously. Their gathering then turned to Kuchiki Byakuya, a Soul Reaper following Muramasa, and whether he could be trusted as an ally.

• Muramasa stopped Beyond and Shore from killing Hyōrinmaru and introduced them as his new companions.
• Beyond warned the Zanpakuto not to provoke Yoru Machi, and Shore's spiritual pressure revealed the pair's immense combined power.
• Muramasa urged Beyond to avoid undermining the group's unity, and she relented as the other Zanpakuto gathered around.
• Kazeshini questioned why Kuchiki Byakuya, a Soul Reaper, was with them, and Muramasa said Byakuya had proven he was on their side.
• Suzumebachi added that Byakuya had nearly killed her master to join the group.

Muramasa defended his decision to recruit Kuchiki Byakuya, while Ichigo recounted defeating his materialized Zangetsu after Hollow White helped him fight. Yoru Machi left Ichigo to protect Rukia as he returned to the Kuchiki Clan estate to investigate Byakuya’s betrayal, leaving Ichigo regretting his boastful confidence.

• Kazeshini challenged Muramasa over recruiting Kuchiki Byakuya, but Muramasa argued that every willing fighter mattered and other Zanpakuto supported him.
• Muramasa materialized Zangetsu, who defeated Ichigo until Hollow White took over and turned the fight around before Ichigo reclaimed his body and won.
• Yoru Machi met Ichigo and Rukia, and Ichigo boasted that he could defeat Higan if needed.
• Zangetsu warned Ichigo that a Zanpakuto could only be defeated safely by its own master and cautioned him against challenging Higan.
• Yoru Machi said Higan might target Rukia and others, then left Ichigo to protect Rukia while he searched the Kuchiki Clan estate records for clues about Byakuya's betrayal.
• Ichigo realized Yoru Machi had taken his boast seriously and left him responsible for protecting Rukia.

Yoru Machi and Soi Fon investigated the Kuchiki archives and uncovered the history of Kuchiki Hibiki, a gifted Soul Reaper sealed in Karakura Town after his Zanpakuto Muramasa drove him to rebellion. Soi Fon suggested that Byakuya had betrayed everyone to save Hibiki.

• Yoru Machi agreed to let Ichigo fight the other shore without holding back, leaving Ichigo worried he would be beaten to death.
• Kuchiki Hisana let Yoru Machi enter the clan archives so he could search for records relevant to her husband's innocence.
• Yoru Machi found Soi Fon in the archives, where she had already discovered Kuchiki Ginrei's diary.
• Yoru Machi read that Kuchiki Hibiki had been framed, escaped prison, killed his accusers, and was sealed in Karakura Town by Ginrei and the Captain-Commander.
• Ginrei's diary described Muramasa's power to read memories and control Zanpakuto, as well as Hibiki's hypnotic abilities and strength.
• Soi Fon speculated that Byakuya had betrayed everyone to help his uncle by marriage, Kuchiki Hibiki.