Recaps

An elderly man prepared for war in an underground laboratory while Kabuto searched for a hidden target. Moriyue and his companion found Obito extracting the Two-Tails from Yugito Nii, and Moriyue confronted him.

• The elderly man reviewed unstable experiments, decided war could change the Ninja World, and learned that Naruto had arrived.
• Kabuto secretly used his grave-robbing expeditions to develop forbidden jutsu and Sage Mode, then found an elderly man hidden in a stone chamber.
• Moriyue and his companion located Obito as he extracted the Two-Tails from Yugito Nii inside a protected cave.
• Yugito Nii mistook Moriyue’s arrival for a dying hallucination until he called out to her and she heard his voice.
• Obito attacked Moriyue with an iron rod, and Moriyue entered the Blood Death Art state and called him by name.

Moriyue drew Obito into using Intangibility, then revealed a hidden ocular power that caused Obito's Sharingan to ache even after he escaped into the Kamui Space. Orochimaru carried the unconscious Yugito Nii away while Moriyue prepared an unseen attack, leaving Obito unable to escape the growing pain.

• Moriyue charged Obito at extreme speed, but Obito used Intangibility to avoid his devastating punch.
• Moriyue revealed that his powerful attack had been a feint intended to make Obito activate Intangibility.
• Orochimaru released Yugito Nii from the seal and carried her away as she lost consciousness.
• Moriyue opened the copied Three-Tomoe Sharingan behind him, and Obito felt an unexplained connection and stabbing pain in his eye.
• Obito hid inside the Kamui Space, but the pain in his eye continued.

Moriyue summoned the Shinigami by sacrificing the Sharingan in his tree and using their Uchiha bloodline connection to target Obito. The Shinigami severed the link to Obito’s Sharingan, leaving him blind and stripped of its power.

• Orochimaru realized Moriyue had summoned the Shinigami through a method involving the Sharingan and fled with Yugito Nii.
• Obito emerged from Kamui Space and stabbed one of Moriyue’s tentacles, but the pain in his eyes continued.
• The Sharingan on Moriyue’s tentacle tree began bursting, and the Shinigami appeared to harvest the sacrificed eyes and souls.
• The Shinigami attacked Obito, and Moriyue’s bloodline link through the copied Sharingan revealed how Obito had been targeted.
• The Shinigami severed the connection between Obito and his Sharingan, and Obito’s vision and power faded.

Moriyue defeated Obito by summoning the Shinigami, but the ritual stripped away his Sharingan abilities and left Yugito Nii near death. As Moriyue returned to her, Orochimaru judged that her injuries were beyond saving and suggested Impure World Reincarnation.

• Moriyue sacrificed Sharingan power to summon the Shinigami, who stripped Obito of his Sharingan abilities and left him trapped as the cave collapsed.
• Moriyue escaped the collapsing cave and hurried back toward Yugito Nii, while Orochimaru checked her fading life signs.
• Moriyue sensed Yugito Nii's nearly frozen body and saw that her wounds and the loss of the Two-Tails had left her close to death.
• Orochimaru said Yugito Nii could not be saved and suggested using Impure World Reincarnation to control her.

Moriyue transplanted a divided portion of the Two-Tails into the critically injured Yugito Nii, restoring her breathing and improving her condition. He then replaced his own failing lungs with tentacle-grown ones and continued treating her while Orochimaru watched in disbelief.

• Moriyue used sinister chains to transfer Two-Tails Chakra into Yugito Nii.
• Inside Moriyue's sealing space, a little blue cat followed a familiar aura across a chain bridge.
• Yugito Nii coughed up a clot of blood, began breathing normally, and appeared healthier as the Two-Tails returned to her.
• Moriyue suffered severe organ damage from the transfer and replaced his lungs with ones cultivated by his tentacles.
• Moriyue resumed treating Yugito Nii, while Orochimaru questioned him about his strange methods.

Moriyue stabilized Yugito Nii after transplanting a Tailed Beast fragment into the Two-Tails and decided to return to Kumogakure. Meanwhile, Naruto was captured by a swift woman and brought before an elderly Hyuga who offered to help him strike at Konoha in exchange for a price.

• Moriyue used medicine and organ-repair procedures to stabilize Yugito Nii after restoring the Tailed Beast fragment to the Two-Tails.
• Moriyue watched Yugito Nii recover and decided it was time to return to Kumogakure.
• A fast-moving woman defeated Naruto's attacks, trapped him, and knocked him unconscious.
• Naruto woke restrained in a room where shackles drained his Chakra, and an elderly man asked whether he wanted revenge against Konoha.
• The old man revealed his Byakugan and said he was a Hyuga Clan member who could help Naruto attack Konoha if Naruto paid a price.

Moriyue learned that Nagato had not summoned the Demonic Statue, then parted ways with Nagato and Konan as they left to pursue their own path. He returned to Kumogakure carrying the sleeping Yugito Nii, where villagers mistook her for dead and watched him under the pressure of demands from the Five Great Nations.

• Moriyue questioned Nagato about the Demonic Statue, but Nagato denied summoning it and Konan confirmed he had done nothing.
• Konan thanked Moriyue, and Nagato said he and Konan would leave now that he could walk and no longer needed the Six Paths of Pain.
• Moriyue let them go, and Nagato and Konan departed after saying they might meet again.
• Orochimaru spoke with Moriyue about their agreement concerning Itachi's eyes and said he would find him when the time came.
• Moriyue carried the sleeping Yugito Nii into Kumogakure while villagers assumed she was dead and feared the consequences of his return.

Moriyue returned to Kumogakure carrying the sleeping Yugito Nii and took her to the hospital, while the villagers mistook their relationship for a tragic romance. He met with A to discuss the threat from the village's higher-ups, then went home, unaware that someone watched him from the darkness.

• Villagers pitied Moriyue and imagined that he had risked everything to bring Yugito Nii's body home, though she was only asleep and recovering.
• Moriyue took Yugito Nii to the hospital and instructed the nurse to care for her.
• Moriyue went to the Raikage's office, where A warned him that the higher-ups had called for his life.
• Moriyue and A discussed a plan, then Moriyue left and said he would return in a few days.
• Moriyue unlocked his home and went inside, while a pair of reddened eyes watched him from the darkness.

Moriyue returned to his room and found Ajisai in an uncontrollable state, driven by her modified Curse Marks. After a rough night together, Moriyue went to the Raikage’s office the next morning and asked when they would begin.

• Moriyue heard a creature moving behind him and used Sage Mode to identify Ajisai.
• Ajisai charged at Moriyue, and he dodged her attacks before realizing her Curse Marks had made her irrational.
• Ajisai overpowered Moriyue and spent the night with him while their neighbors listened to the noise.
• Moriyue met A in the Raikage’s office the next morning, and A warned him not to wear himself out.
• Moriyue said the previous night was nothing important and asked when they would start.

Moriyue tested his strength against the Raikage, who had already chosen him as his successor, and proved he could evade A’s attacks. A then unleashed a powerful technique that drew natural lightning down around him and charged at Moriyue, who declared it still was not enough.

• Moriyue met the Raikage’s opening punch head-on with a lightning-enhanced uppercut and asked to continue the test outside.
• Moriyue and A moved to a secluded clearing, where Moriyue evaded the Raikage’s attacks and used a lightning-filled clone to counter him.
• Moriyue used Sage Mode perception and infrared detection to track A as he accelerated and attacked again.
• A drew natural lightning from above and charged at Moriyue with a massive bolt surrounding him.
• Moriyue faced the Raikage’s lightning attack and declared that it was still not enough.

Moriyue and A fought an escalating battle over the title of Raikage, with A unleashing powerful lightning attacks and Moriyue answering with strange forbidden techniques. Moriyue began draining A’s Chakra with a new attack, but the battle continued as the village watched from afar.

• A drew down natural lightning and struck around Moriyue with his Myriad Transformation Technique: Lightning.
• Moriyue endured A’s attacks until his Chakra was depleted, then used forbidden techniques that replenished it while making his body more fragile.
• A recognized that Moriyue’s strange methods were not orthodox ninjutsu and suspected his connection to Orochimaru.
• Moriyue used the Snake Talisman to conceal himself, but A tracked him and outpaced him.
• Moriyue formed a transparent green sphere and struck at A with fused lightning and water, causing A’s Chakra to drain rapidly.
• More ninja arrived to watch the fight, but the Raikage’s Shadow Guards drove them away.

Moriyue and A fought fiercely as each treated the battle as a contest for the Raikage’s position. A discovered that Moriyue’s green orbs drained his stamina and dulled his mind, but he escaped their range and used his lightning armor to regain the advantage as Moriyue also began to tire.

• Moriyue and A exchanged powerful attacks, with A relying on relentless offense and Moriyue countering with varied ninjutsu.
• A noticed that green motes drifting from Moriyue’s orbs were draining his stamina and weakening his concentration.
• A threw his bracelet to create an explosion, then used the smoke to retreat from the green light while Moriyue disappeared from sight and reappeared behind him.
• A used lightning to keep himself awake and clear the green particles around him, then dodged Moriyue’s vine and fire attacks.
• A escaped the green light’s range and regained much of his stamina and speed, while Moriyue’s stamina was also drained by their exchange.

Moriyue and A fought fiercely over the title of Raikage, with both sustaining serious injuries. A acknowledged Moriyue’s strength but made his succession conditional on earning the recognition of more than half of the shinobi within three days.

• A used powerful lightning attacks to wear Moriyue down, while Moriyue realized A had been holding back some of his range and strength.
• A broke Moriyue’s ribs with a direct blow, but Moriyue retaliated with Blood Death Art and injured A’s chest.
• The two continued fighting as A’s lightning sliced Moriyue’s neck and Moriyue threw A into a tree before being kicked away.
• Moriyue prepared to draw on a Tailed Beast’s power, but A stopped the fight and said Moriyue had the strength to inherit the Raikage title.
• A offered to give Moriyue three days to win the recognition of more than half the shinobi, and Moriyue suggested they go to the hospital first.

Moriyue recovered in Kumogakure after his battle with A, while the Land of Lightning Daimyo issued an ultimatum and other nations sought information from him. Kazeki and Ajisai visited him, and he reassured Kazeki before Ajisai complained that Moriyue had hidden his injuries.

• A accepted the Land of Lightning Daimyo's ultimatum and considered his fight with Moriyue a test for the young challenger.
• Kazeki visited the injured Moriyue, asked why he kept forcing himself, and worried that she could no longer help him.
• Moriyue reassured Kazeki that she was strong and that his team needed her, so she left to train.
• Ajisai arrived, greeted Kazeki, and questioned Moriyue about his injury.
• Ajisai protested that Moriyue had not told him he was hurt and fretted over the gap between their strength.

Moriyue learned that A required him to win more than half of Kumogakure’s villagers’ support over the next three days if he wanted to become Raikage. After discussing the challenge with Ando, Moriyue heard that Yugito Nii had woken up.

• Moriyue told Ajisai he would introduce her to some acquaintances when he had time, then reflected on A’s challenge to earn the villagers’ recognition within three days.
• Ando visited Moriyue and reported that he had been training under Darui with Omoi and Karui.
• Moriyue asked Ando to find out whether Darui would help him become Raikage, startling Ando with the revelation that he was challenging A.
• Moriyue explained that A had acknowledged his strength but that he still needed more than half the villagers to choose him over A.
• A nurse told Moriyue that Yugito Nii had woken up and asked whether he wanted to see her.

Hoshikage recruited Naruto by appealing to his hatred of Konoha and tasked him with pursuing Nagato alongside Gold and Utsu. Elsewhere, an old man’s attempt to create a monster failed, while a man in white continued waiting for a sculpture to awaken through the power of the Six Paths and the Talismans.

• Hoshikage’s old man convinced Naruto to join them and seek power to take revenge on Konoha.
• The old man assigned Gold and Utsu to accompany Naruto and directed them toward Kumogakure to find information about Nagato.
• Gold warned Naruto not to flee, and the old man told the group to weaken Nagato if they encountered him.
• The old man destroyed a failed monster experiment and reported the failure to a man in white.
• The man in white opened a sealed chamber and said the sculpture would descend when the power of the Six Paths and the Talismans converged.

Naruto traveled with Gold and Utsu to search for Nagato, but Utsu threatened to turn him into a puppet when he resisted. After Gold stopped her, Utsu triggered the release of the Nine-Tails Seal, leaving Naruto overwhelmed by its power and unsure of her intentions.

• Naruto considered escaping from Gold and Utsu but decided he had to resist rather than become their puppet.
• Utsu restrained Naruto with a steel wire and threatened him with torture and loss of self if he refused to obey.
• Naruto defied Utsu, and Gold ordered her to keep him alive because he was still useful.
• Utsu released Naruto and walked ahead, while the Nine-Tails Seal on his abdomen began to come undone.
• Naruto roared as the Nine-Tails' power erupted through his body, blasting away rubble and leaving him in pain.

Kaede prepared to face an intruder threatening Takigakure, but discovered the visitor was Moriyue, who had come to find her. He returned with her to the village, leaving the villagers surprised by their village chief’s close greeting with him.

• Kaede worried that the Akatsuki Organization would target her and endanger Takigakure, then ordered Azi to shelter the villagers after an explosion announced an intruder.
• Kaede approached the blast site invisibly and sensed a powerful Chakra, but a floating hand found and grabbed her.
• Moriyue revealed himself and greeted Kaede, surprising her after she had just been thinking about him.
• Moriyue said he had come to find Kaede for serious business, though he falsely claimed he could see the future to explain how he found her.
• Moriyue put an arm around Kaede and headed toward Takigakure with her, leaving the villagers startled.

Naruto confronted Minato inside the sealing space, insisting that strength and death were the only things that mattered. After Minato fought him and admitted his failure as a father, Naruto’s hatred began to waver, and he asked what he should do.

• Naruto entered the sealing space and found Minato, his father and the Fourth Hokage, waiting there.
• Naruto blamed Minato and Konoha for abandoning him, rejected the Will of Fire, and declared that only strength mattered.
• Minato tried to persuade Naruto to turn back, but Naruto said only death could stop him and attacked.
• Minato evaded Naruto’s attacks and wore him down, then apologized for failing him as a father.
• Naruto described being treated as a tool, and Minato urged him to change Konoha with his comrades and village.
• Naruto’s anger began to lessen, and he asked Minato what he should do.

Naruto woke after passing out and went to a nearby village with Gold and Utsu, while Moriyue tried to persuade Kaede to help him become Raikage. Their discussion was interrupted when Naruto attacked Kaede in her Seven-Tails form, and the chapter ended with Moriyue noticing a strange aura from Naruto’s attack.

• Naruto woke up, washed his face, and agreed to visit a nearby village with Gold and Utsu.
• Moriyue told Kaede that becoming Raikage would help protect the Land of Lightning and her village from approaching chaos.
• Kaede considered Moriyue’s offer, but an explosion drew her toward an incoming attacker.
• Naruto struck at Kaede, who transformed into the Seven-Tails to block his fast attack.
• Naruto used clones and a Rasengan in Sage Mode against the Seven-Tails, while Moriyue noticed that Naruto’s first attack carried the aura of Talismans.

Kaede and Naruto fought as the Seven-Tails and Nine-Tails, and the battle escalated when Naruto prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed toward the village. Moriyue appeared to shield Kaede and the villagers with the darkness and tentacles he released from his sealed space, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Kaede guided Naruto away from the village, and they transformed into the Seven-Tails and Nine-Tails to battle in the sky.
• The Seven-Tails gained the upper hand with attacks including Parasitic Insects and white streaks of light, while Naruto shook insects from his body to evade them.
• Moriyue stopped Azi from rushing toward the fight, warning that she would endanger herself and could be used against Kaede.
• Naruto began gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Kaede chose to prepare one of her own to protect the village rather than dodge.
• An unseen attack disrupted Kaede's concentration, and both Tailed Beast Bombs flew toward her and the villagers.
• Moriyue teleported in front of Kaede and sent enormous Black Qi tentacles against the incoming Tailed Beast Bombs.

Moriyue defended the village from two Tailed Beast Bombs by adapting his tentacles and devouring their energy. After Naruto fled and the hidden attackers held back, Moriyue revealed himself and told the stunned villagers that the bombs had tasted good.

• Moriyue stood between the village and the two incoming Tailed Beast Bombs, using his evolving tentacles to block them.
• Moriyue's tentacles grew dark golden armor, then sprouted teeth and began devouring the bombs' energy.
• Utsu considered attacking Moriyue while he was occupied, but Gold warned her that the situation might be a trap, and they held back.
• Naruto turned and ran, while Kaede stayed to protect the villagers instead of pursuing him.
• Moriyue revealed his real body after the bombs shrank, and his tentacles swallowed both of them.
• Kaede and the villagers stared in shock as Moriyue said he had eaten the Tailed Beast Bombs and enjoyed their taste.

After Moriyue destroyed Obito’s Sharingan power and Uchiha bloodline, Kabuto found him in the ruined cave and offered to restore his abilities in exchange for starting the Fourth Ninja World War. Obito accepted, received Kakashi’s eye and Uchiha blood, and left with Kabuto to bring upheaval to the Ninja World.

• Obito lay blind and powerless in the cave ruins, reflecting on Moriyue’s sacrifice to protect the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kabuto appeared beside Obito and offered a way to restore his ability to use the Sharingan.
• Obito agreed to Kabuto’s request to ignite the Fourth Ninja World War.
• Kabuto transplanted Kakashi’s eye into Obito and supplemented him with Uchiha blood.
• Obito asked whether Kabuto had killed Kakashi, and Kabuto said the current Hokage had stopped him.
• Kabuto urged Obito to bring upheaval to the Ninja World.

After the battle exposed how vulnerable Takigakure was, Kaede accepted Moriyue’s proposal to bring people to Kumogakure. As they headed back, Moriyue investigated Hoshikage’s motives and suddenly realized how the group’s actions might connect to Nagato’s Rinnegan.

• Takigakure’s villagers reconsidered Moriyue’s proposal after realizing their village could not rely on Kaede alone, and Kaede accepted while asking how she could help.
• Moriyue decided to return with the group before the agreed time and suspected Naruto and the Hoshikage figures were targeting him.
• Moriyue reviewed what he knew about Hoshikage and wondered whether its people were behind the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s disappearance.
• Kaede asked Moriyue about Nagato’s Rinnegan, prompting him to connect it with Hoshikage’s recent actions and excitedly tell her she had helped him understand their motives.

Ajisai told Yugito Nii that Moriyue was moving to become Raikage, and Yugito agreed to support him. Orochimaru arrived looking for Moriyue, revealed their alliance and plan to deal with Hoshikage, and the chapter ended with Kumogakure under attack.

• Ajisai explained Moriyue's plan to become Raikage, and Yugito Nii agreed to help him.
• Yugito reasoned that Moriyue's victory over A gave him the strength to claim the Kage position.
• Orochimaru appeared at the hospital, and Ajisai and Yugito attacked him before he blocked them with a snakeskin.
• Orochimaru crushed Ajisai's hidden tentacles and questioned how Moriyue had saved Yugito by splitting a Tailed Beast.
• Orochimaru told Ajisai and Yugito that he and Moriyue were allies and described their plan to deal with Hoshikage.
• An alarm sounded as attackers struck Kumogakure.