Chapter Summaries

Tobi captured Yakushi Kabuto, Black Zetsu stopped Sasuke from attacking by mentioning Uchiha Itachi, and Obito confronted Orochimaru. The chapter left Orochimaru caught in Obito’s grasp as a strange space-time technique began twisting his body.

• Tobi silently emerged from the wall behind Yakushi Kabuto and swallowed him whole.
• Black Zetsu appeared in Sasuke’s room, and Sasuke halted his sword when Zetsu mentioned Uchiha Itachi.
• Obito appeared before Orochimaru and said Akatsuki had come to take him to another location.
• Orochimaru questioned Obito’s identity and refused his invitation, but Obito declared it an order.
• Obito used Kamui and Universal Pull to seize Orochimaru by the throat, and Orochimaru felt his body begin to twist.

Obito tried to force Orochimaru to join Akatsuki, but Orochimaru escaped his space-time attack and fought back while learning that Akatsuki had captured Second Pillar. Orochimaru activated the base’s self-destruct mechanism, leaving the confrontation amid a brilliant explosion.

• Obito pulled Orochimaru toward him with Universal Pull and Kamui, but Orochimaru burst into snakes and reappeared unharmed.
• Orochimaru questioned Obito about Akatsuki’s purpose and asked whether they had captured Second Pillar; Obito confirmed they had.
• Orochimaru refused to join without knowing the plan and vomited a huge mass of venomous snakes to distract Obito.
• Orochimaru formed hand seals that spread the base’s self-destruct patterns throughout the facility.
• The base erupted in brilliant light as Orochimaru set off its self-destruct mechanism.

Orochimaru detonated his base to escape the Masked Man, while the Five Kage and their parties gathered at the Land of Iron for the summit. As the leaders sized one another up, Hagoromo’s irreverent smile provoked Kurotsuchi into forming hand seals.

• Orochimaru set off a massive explosion to break through the Masked Man’s barrier and escape.
• Tsunade and the Konoha group arrived at the Land of Iron fortress after meeting with Kirigakure’s party.
• Tsunade joined the Fourth Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, acting Kazekage Ebizo, and Mizukage Mei Terumī at the summit.
• Hagoromo looked over the attendees and noticed Kurotsuchi staring at him.
• Hagoromo smiled and raised a V sign at Kurotsuchi, who began forming hand seals in anger.

At the Five Kage Summit, the Raikage and Ōnoki challenged Tsunade to explain Konoha’s role in recent invasions. Tsunade revealed that Akatsuki was targeting all the tailed beasts to revive the Ten Tails, confirming a major threat to the shinobi world.

• Kurotsuchi nearly attacked Hagoromo over her father’s death, but Akatsuchi stopped her.
• Mifune opened the Five Kage Summit and explained that it had been called to address a growing crisis.
• The Fourth Raikage accused Konoha of causing the recent invasions and demanded an explanation before talks continued.
• Ōnoki backed the Raikage’s demand, while Ebizo argued that Tsunade should be allowed to explain.
• Tsunade identified Akatsuki as the organization behind the invasions and revealed that it planned to gather all the tailed beasts and revive the Ten Tails.

At the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade warned that Akatsuki threatened every village and proposed permanently killing the tailed beasts to prevent their capture. The other Kage doubted her claims and suspected Konoha was using the summit to seize their tailed beasts.

• Tsunade described Akatsuki as powerful, difficult to find, and able to threaten any village, while the Fourth Raikage and Third Tsuchikage challenged Konoha’s account of its intelligence and actions in Amegakure.
• Hagoromo said Konoha had investigated Akatsuki since the Nine-Tails Incident more than ten years earlier.
• The Fourth Raikage argued that protecting tailed beasts was each village’s responsibility, but Tsunade insisted the villages needed to act together against Akatsuki.
• Tsunade proposed permanently killing the tailed beasts and claimed the One-Tail, Nine-Tails, and Seven-Tails had died without reviving.
• Mei Terumī helped Tsunade explain the summit’s purpose, but the Third Tsuchikage accused Konoha of disguising a bid to redistribute the tailed beasts as a response to a crisis.

Tsunade failed to convince the Raikage and Tsuchikage to surrender their tailed beasts, while Mei Terumī and Ebizo backed Konoha. Hagoromo ended the meeting by declaring war and beginning a Battle Royale.

• The Tsuchikage argued that the loss of three tailed beasts made reviving the Ten Tails impossible, and the Raikage dismissed Tsunade's claims as speculation.
• Mei Terumī vouched for Akatsuki's threat, while Ōnoki denied that Deidara had been an Iwagakure shinobi.
• Ebizo supported Konoha's plan and demanded that Iwagakure and Kumogakure surrender their tailed beasts.
• Mei Terumī threatened force if Kumogakure and Iwagakure refused, but the Raikage and Tsuchikage rejected the demand.
• Hagoromo announced that war would begin and introduced a game called Battle Royale as blue-white electricity flickered around him.

The Five Kage Summit collapsed after Hagoromo’s push to take control of the tailed beasts met firm opposition from Kumogakure and Iwagakure. Mifune declared the talks over and arranged for the villages to leave the Land of Iron separately.

• The samurai surrounded Hagoromo when his actions threatened to turn the summit into a battle, and he dismissed his Lightning Release after Tsunade urged restraint.
• Hagoromo said the talks could end, while Mifune tried to keep the negotiations alive and preserve the Land of Iron’s neutrality.
• The Raikage rejected handing over Kumogakure’s tailed beasts, and the Third Tsuchikage said Iwagakure would protect its own.
• Mifune declared the Five Kage Summit broken down and ordered the villages to withdraw from the Land of Iron in a monitored sequence.

After the Five Kage Summit ended without a resolution, Tsunade prepared Konoha for war alongside Sunagakure and Kirigakure, demanding that Iwagakure and Kumogakure surrender their tailed beasts. When the deadline passed without compliance, the war began.

• Tsunade approved neutrality requests from Amegakure and other small countries in exchange for conditions that secured Konoha's access and right to retaliate.
• Tsunade, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure issued a joint declaration demanding that Iwagakure and Kumogakure hand over their tailed beasts within one month.
• Tsunade planned for joint operations with each village retaining independent command and ordered Kakashi to obtain the Land of Fire Daimyo's approval for the war.
• After Iwagakure and Kumogakure refused to surrender their tailed beasts by the deadline, the war began.

The allied forces of Konoha, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure prepared for war against Iwagakure and Kumogakure, with capturing the enemy’s Tailed Beasts as their main objective. When intelligence revealed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s hiding place, Hagoromo left to meet Jiraiya, knowing his attack would begin the fighting.

• Tsunade commanded the allied forces, which gathered six thousand ninja at the border while both sides remained in a standoff.
• The villages assigned Konoha to capture Kumogakure’s Two-Tails and Eight-Tails under Jiraiya, while Mei Terumī led Kirigakure’s mission against Iwagakure’s Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• Hagoromo operated separately from Team 6, while Mirai, Haku, and Kimimaro joined the combat forces.
• A messenger told Hagoromo that Kirigakure’s spy had found the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s hiding place and that Jiraiya wanted him to rendezvous immediately.
• Before leaving, Hagoromo warned Mirai that his attack on the Eight-Tails would truly begin the war, and Mirai said she could protect herself.

Hagoromo searched the East Sea for the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and found the moving Giant Turtle Island where Kumogakure was hiding him. After sneaking onto the island, he located the Jinchuriki, Darui, and was recognized by the Eight-Tails.

• Hagoromo decided to investigate the spy’s vague report himself while Jiraiya focused on the Two-Tails.
• Hagoromo searched the East Sea for seven days before discovering that the moving island was a giant turtle’s back.
• Hagoromo slipped past the island’s defensive barrier and evaded its Kumogakure guards as he searched for the Eight-Tails.
• Hagoromo found the Jinchuriki, who recognized him as the White Yaksha, and greeted the Eight-Tails.
• Darui introduced himself to Hagoromo, who remarked that Darui’s name did not seem to suit his temperament.

Darui confronted Hagoromo, hoping that his new connection with the Eight-Tails would help him win. Hagoromo walked through Darui’s black Lightning Release and Storm Release attacks without being harmed, leaving the fight underway.

• Darui chose to fight Hagoromo alone, believing the battle could help him resonate with the Eight-Tails.
• Darui attacked Hagoromo with Lightning Release: Black Panther, but Hagoromo continued forward unharmed.
• Hagoromo explained that his resistance to Lightning Release made Darui’s black lightning ineffective.
• Darui followed with Storm Release: Laser Circus, but Hagoromo ignored the beams because he was immune to their lightning-based damage.

Hagoromo killed Darui, captured the Eight-Tails, and declared the Fourth Shinobi World War begun as the allied armies entered the Land of Rice Fields. Back at the command headquarters, Mei Terumī told him that Akatsuki member Vermilion had been confirmed dead, and Hagoromo asked if she had killed him.

• Kumogakure ninja arrived to find Hagoromo standing over Darui's corpse after the Eight-Tails vanished.
• Hagoromo told the Kumogakure ninja to inform the Fourth Raikage that the Fourth Shinobi World War had begun, then escaped on a flying Summoning Beast.
• Kumogakure ninja confirmed Darui was dead and realized the village had lost the Eight-Tails.
• Hagoromo returned to the Konoha Allied Forces, reported that he had dealt with the Eight-Tails, and learned that the allied armies had begun moving against the invading Kumogakure-Iwagakure forces.
• Mei Terumī told Hagoromo that Akatsuki member Vermilion had been confirmed dead, and he asked whether she had killed him.

Hagoromo questioned Mei Terumī about Kirigakure’s report that Uchiha Itachi had died, apparently in an incident involving Second Pillar. In the Kamui Dimension, White Zetsu revealed more of the truth to Obito and obtained the Rinnegan from him.

• Mei Terumī told Hagoromo that Kirigakure had learned of Itachi’s death through its informant inside Akatsuki, Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Hagoromo questioned the report’s source and asked whether Orochimaru had fought Akatsuki, but Mei Terumī said Kirigakure had received only a brief message linking Itachi’s death to Second Pillar.
• Hagoromo decided that future reports about Itachi would need to be treated with doubt and that Itachi’s situation required further confirmation.
• In the Kamui Dimension, White Zetsu told Obito that Madara Uchiha had been used as a chess piece and urged him to make their cooperation more candid.
• Obito handed the Rinnegan to White Zetsu, who implanted both eyes and said the plan was still moving forward.

Obito and Black Zetsu discussed Akatsuki’s depleted forces and manipulated Sasuke into accepting a plan to defeat White Yaksha. The plan was still being prepared, and Obito said Akatsuki first needed to seize the tailed beasts from Kumogakure and Iwagakure, so the war would continue.

• Obito questioned Black Zetsu about the plan’s progress and learned that their target was believing the lies Zetsu had planted.
• Black Zetsu reported that Yakushi Kabuto had survived the explosion, protected by Tobi, while Tobi had died; Obito said Kabuto should be kept alive for his technical skills.
• Obito dismissed the claim that Orochimaru had died in a mutual-destruction trap and said Akatsuki would not pursue him unless he threatened their plan.
• Obito confronted Sasuke, who demanded to know why he had not been told about Uchiha Itachi before the operation.
• Obito persuaded Sasuke that following his plan was the only chance to defeat White Yaksha, and Sasuke agreed to proceed.
• Obito said the plan was still being prepared and that Akatsuki needed to take the tailed beasts from Kumogakure and Iwagakure, meaning the war would continue.

Jiraiya's squad located the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in Kumorai Gorge and set out to capture her, while Mei Terumī's Kirigakure squad encountered Akatsuki's Kakuzu and Hidan in the Land of Earth. Mei ordered her twelve ninja to attack, leaving the two Akatsuki members surrounded in a mist-covered battlefield.

• Yamanaka Inoichi found the Two-Tails Jinchuriki's trail in Kumorai Gorge, and Jiraiya ordered his squad to change course there.
• Mei Terumī's squad encountered Kakuzu and Hidan while operating in the Land of Earth.
• Mei Terumī identified the two Akatsuki members and singled out Hidan's immortality as something she wanted to test.
• Mei Terumī ordered her subordinates to attack Kakuzu and Hidan as Kirigakure's mist spread across the battlefield.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha’s frontline with the captured Two-Tails, but Hagoromo had already dealt with Nii Yugito, and the war continued as Akatsuki captured the Four-Tails and Five-Tails. At a meeting to revise their strategy, the leaders saw a mass of objects flying toward the camp, and Mei Terumī recognized them before anyone could attack.

• Jiraiya’s team fought its way back with Nii Yugito after Jiraiya battled the Fourth Raikage, and Konoha’s Allied Forces helped them escape.
• Hagoromo told the recovering Jiraiya that he had dealt with Nii Yugito, while Jiraiya questioned whether the war could still end quickly.
• Joint Command Headquarters learned that Akatsuki had captured Iwagakure’s Four-Tails and Five-Tails, prompting the allied leaders to meet and revise their strategy.
• Mei Terumī questioned how Akatsuki could have captured two Jinchuriki, and Hagoromo explained that Obito’s Kamui made it possible.
• A ninja reported a mass of objects flying toward the camp, and Mei Terumī shouted for the leaders to stop their attack when she recognized what was approaching.

Kisame Hoshigaki died after transmitting a warning that the Ten Tails was about to revive, prompting Hagoromo to prepare to investigate. White Zetsu then used the Rinnegan’s forbidden resurrection technique to bring an unknown man back to life as Akatsuki’s final pawn.

• Kisame Hoshigaki revealed his mission, sent intelligence about the Ten Tails’ imminent revival, and died after Obito defeated him.
• A summoned shark delivered Kisame’s scroll to Mei Terumī, who showed the warning and its coordinates to Tsunade and the Allied Forces.
• Hagoromo offered to go ahead and investigate while Tsunade organized an elite force to follow.
• Mirai sensed White Zetsu hiding near the Konoha camp and alerted Hagoromo, but White Zetsu began his final technique.
• White Zetsu summoned the Yama Golem and used Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect an unknown man through his own body.

Madara Uchiha was resurrected early and charged toward the Konoha Allied Forces after White Zetsu told him a powerful enemy was nearby. Hagoromo met him with Sage Mode and knocked him away with a lightning-charged kick, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that the plan had been exposed and that Obito was reviving the Ten Tails, while Konoha's forces moved to stop him.
• Madara Uchiha learned that a formidable enemy was near and rushed toward the Konoha Allied Forces' camp.
• Hagoromo entered Sage Mode and intercepted Madara Uchiha after Tsunade asked who was approaching.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Hagoromo with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation Arrow, and Hagoromo countered with Sage Art: Fire Release: Kirin.
• Hagoromo pierced the flames with a Lightning Arrow and kicked Madara Uchiha away before he could finish his taunt.

Hagoromo fought Madara Uchiha until Madara summoned meteors to destroy him and the allied forces. Naruto arrived and destroyed both meteors, while the Uzumaki siblings held off Madara and Hagoromo left for his final battlefield.

• Hagoromo kicked Madara Uchiha, but Madara recovered and formed his complete Susanoo.
• Madara used the Rinnegan to summon two enormous meteors aimed at Hagoromo and the allied forces.
• Hagoromo sensed that help had arrived and left the battlefield without resisting Madara's attack.
• Naruto destroyed both meteors with Yin-Yang Release: Rasenshuriken.
• The Uzumaki siblings confronted Madara and prevented him from stopping Hagoromo, who headed toward his final battlefield.

Hagoromo reached the Land of Waterfall to confront Akatsuki, but Obito ambushed him and tried to delay him with a barrier. Hagoromo revealed he had come to witness what Akatsuki revived so he could kill it afterward.

• Naruto and Mirai shielded Hagoromo from Madara's attacks while the allied forces regrouped to surround Madara.
• Hagoromo flew toward Akatsuki's hideout in the Land of Waterfall, where Obito's coordinated attacks brought down the Yata Crow.
• Obito trapped Hagoromo and explained that he had prepared to intercept him, while Hagoromo questioned why Obito had chosen to fight him.
• Obito sent an Earth Clone to attack Hagoromo, but Hagoromo pierced it with Lightning Release.
• Hagoromo told Obito he had come to see what Akatsuki revived so he could kill it, and Obito called him arrogant.