Chapter Summaries

Yūske learned that the Akatsuki had destroyed Mount Rishiri and revealed Orochimaru’s secret laboratory and their experiments to Konoha’s leaders. He explained the Akatsuki’s plan to revive the Ten-Tails, but the group remained uncertain about how they could do so without the Three-Tails.

• Jiraiya brought Yūske an urgent report from the Land of Water showing that Mount Rishiri had been destroyed.
• Yūske gathered the Shadow Guard, Anbu, and his assistants, then revealed that Orochimaru had conducted experiments in a hidden laboratory beneath Mount Rishiri.
• Yūske explained that he had supported Orochimaru’s experiments and that a surviving child had received Sage Power from Hashirama Senju’s cells.
• Yūske told Jiraiya and the others that the Akatsuki planned to revive the Ten-Tails and make Uchiha Obito or Uchiha Madara its jinchūriki.
• Jiraiya and Nara Shikamaru questioned how the Akatsuki could revive the Ten-Tails while the Three-Tails remained with Yūske, and Yūske suggested that substitutes might exist.

The Akatsuki Organization invaded Sunagakure to capture the One-Tail Shukaku, while Uchiha Obito confronted Rasa and Chiyo in the Kazekage Building. As Sasori appeared to be involved in the attack, the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand began killing Sunagakure ninja.

• Jūzō Biwa and Uchiha Obito taunted Sasori of the Red Sands as the Akatsuki Organization prepared to attack Sunagakure.
• Rasa asked retired Chiyo to help protect Gaara and discussed whether Yūske could bring lasting peace to the ninja world.
• Uchiha Obito appeared in the Kazekage Building and demanded that Rasa hand over the One-Tail Shukaku.
• Chiyo refused Obito’s demand, and Obito told her he had brought someone she longed to see.
• An explosion struck Rasa’s residence, and Iron Sand attacked Sunagakure ninja as an Anbu hurried to report to the Fourth Kazekage.

Chiyo confronted Sasori of the Red Sands as he attacked Sunagakure with the Third Kazekage puppet, while Rasa was held back by Uchiha Obito. Chiyo summoned the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu, and the two puppeteers fought to a stalemate.

• An Anbu reported that Iron Sand was attacking Sunagakure, and Rasa realized his teacher had likely been controlled.
• Chiyo left to confront the invaders while Uchiha Obito tried to keep Rasa from joining the battle.
• Jūzō Biwa, the Explosion Release rogue ninja, and Sasori of the Red Sands attacked Sunagakure, killing and injuring its defenders.
• Chiyo recognized Hiruko and the Third Kazekage as puppets and identified Sasori as the one who had killed the Third Kazekage.
• Sasori attacked Chiyo with poisoned weapons and Iron Sand, but she defended herself and summoned the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu.
• Chiyo and Sasori exchanged coordinated puppet attacks, but neither gained the upper hand as Sasori taunted her.

Sasori revealed his youthful puppet body and unleashed the Hundred Puppets against Chiyo and Sunagakure’s puppet forces, while Rasa’s defenses crumbled under Uchiha Obito’s Six Paths clones and summoning beasts. Pakura continued fighting Jūzō Biwa as the village fell into chaos.

• Sasori escaped Hiruko, revealed his youthful appearance, and summoned over a hundred puppets to fight Chiyo.
• Ebizo arrived with the Puppet forces, and Chiyo ordered the other ninja to protect Gaara.
• Pakura attacked Jūzō Biwa with Scorch Release while Sunagakure’s forces fought to contain the invaders.
• Rasa’s kunai attack passed harmlessly through Uchiha Obito, and six Rinnegan clones appeared before him.
• Rasa unleashed Gold Dust against the clones, but the Deva Path repelled it as the others scattered through Sunagakure.
• Rinnegan summoning beasts joined the battle, distracting Pakura and giving Jūzō Biwa an opening to push back her attack.

Uchiha Obito unleashed Planetary Devastation over Sunagakure while Shukaku rampaged, forcing Rasa and the village’s defenders to attack the technique’s core. As they tried to destroy it, Obito struck Rasa and turned his fire on the other ninja.

• Shukaku emerged during the battle, and the Deva Path and Rasa flew to confront him.
• Obito used Planetary Devastation, prompting Black Zetsu to order their allies to retreat.
• Shukaku recognized the Rinnegan, while Sasori withdrew his puppets after a White Zetsu warned him of Pain’s attack.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure’s forces to target Planetary Devastation’s core, and Shukaku fired a Tailed Beast Ball at it.
• Obito appeared and pierced Rasa with Wood Release before attacking the Sunagakure ninja with a fire serpent.

After learning that the Akatsuki Organization had destroyed Sunagakure, killed Rasa, and captured Shukaku, Yūske organized support for the village and began preparing to counter the organization’s hunt for tailed beasts. He sent a team to aid Sunagakure and planned to coordinate with Kumogakure around the Akatsuki’s next target, Two-Tails Matatabi.

• Jiraiya received Sunagakure’s urgent plea for aid and informed Yūske that Rasa had been killed, Shukaku captured, and the village razed.
• Yūske learned that Nagato, Obito, Sasori of the Red Sands, Jūzō Biwa, and an Explosion Release ninja had attacked Sunagakure, then ordered Jiraiya to notify Minato and the Fourth Raikage.
• Yūske summoned Hatake Sakumo, Might Duy, Uchiha Gen, and Yakushi Nonō and assigned them to lead one hundred combat ninja and ten medical ninja to Sunagakure.
• Yūske warned Hatake Sakumo to withdraw if he clashed with Chiyo and placed Uchiha Gen in command of the mission.
• Yūske planned to disrupt the Akatsuki’s sealing of Shukaku and gather the major villages’ elites near Two-Tails Matatabi to confront the organization.

Jiraiya joined Uchiha Gen’s Konoha rescue force without Yūske’s permission, and the group reached the devastated Sunagakure after a sandstorm and delays. Ebizo welcomed the reinforcements and warned Hatake Sakumo that his sister still resented him over a past incident.

• Jiraiya ran out of Konoha with a forged travel permit and joined Uchiha Gen’s mission to Sunagakure.
• Yūske learned that Jiraiya had left without permission and assigned Kurenai Yūhi, Chōji Akimichi, and Kiba Inuzuka to help manage the Foreign Affairs Department.
• Uchiha Gen’s force crossed into the Land of Wind but took shelter from a massive sandstorm until dawn.
• Jiraiya’s detours delayed the force, and Uchiha Gen’s group arrived at Sunagakure among the village’s ruins.
• Ebizo welcomed the Konoha reinforcements, then asked Hatake Sakumo to forgive any unreasonable actions from Ebizo’s sister.

Konoha’s rescue team arrived in Sunagakure, where Chiyo nearly attacked Hatake Sakumo over the deaths of her son and daughter-in-law. After Ebizo and Uchiha Gen calmed her, the team began treating victims and prepared to track down the Akatsuki and recover Shukaku.

• Ebizo asked Konoha’s team not to report Chiyo’s hostility to the Fourth Hokage, and Uchiha Gen ordered Yakushi Nonō to lead the medical ninja in treating the wounded.
• Ebizo told Uchiha Gen that Pakura was currently in charge of Sunagakure, whose civilians had suffered devastating losses in the Akatsuki invasion.
• Chiyo saw Hatake Sakumo and demanded that he answer for her son and daughter-in-law’s deaths, but Ebizo restrained her and Uchiha Gen warned that Konoha might withdraw its support.
• Chiyo agreed to let go of her immediate anger and requested to join the operation against Sasori, then began treating the injured.
• Ebizo revealed that Sunagakure had kept Sasori’s clothing, and Hatake Sakumo said Konoha would leave some personnel to treat villagers while the rest tried to recover Shukaku.
• Pakura thanked the Konoha team and urged them to succeed for Sunagakure and peace across the ninja world.

The Akatsuki Organization continued extracting Shukaku while Orochimaru experimented with Yūske’s blood to create a substitute for the Three-Tails. Meanwhile, Yūske arrived in Kumogakure, where he reassured the Fourth Raikage, A, and startled Mabui with his attention.

• The Fourth Raikage, A, hid Yugito Nii and Killer B after receiving Konoha’s warning, and the Ninja Alliance’s elite forces arrived in Kumogakure two days later.
• The Akatsuki Organization used the Phantom Dragon Nine Sealing to extract Shukaku’s chakra from Gaara while Orochimaru’s test subjects died from reactions to Yūske’s blood.
• Orochimaru proposed that Yūske’s relatives might help with his experiments, and Uchiha Obito angrily refused to invade Konoha for test subjects.
• Uchiha Obito ordered Orochimaru to continue experimenting with stronger jonin as subjects, then left with Black Zetsu.
• Yūske appeared in the Fourth Raikage, A’s office, assured him Konoha would not be invaded again, and asked Mabui her name.

Yūske and the Fourth Raikage A agreed to keep Yūske’s presence in Kumogakure secret and wait for the Akatsuki Organization to reveal itself. Meanwhile, Jiraiya’s group killed several Akatsuki operatives, but the One-Tail’s sealing was completed and Gaara remained missing.

• Yūske told the Fourth Raikage A that the Akatsuki Organization threatened Kumogakure regardless of whether he was there, and A reluctantly accepted that they had to wait for an attack.
• As the One-Tail sealing neared completion, Pakkun tracked Sasori of the Red Sands to the Land of Rivers, where White Zetsu spotted the pursuit and reported it to the Akatsuki Organization.
• The Akatsuki Organization sent Impure World Reincarnation fighters to delay Jiraiya’s group, but the group defeated them and found Sasori and three others.
• Hatake Sakumo killed the Explosion Release ninja, Jiraiya killed Jūzō Biwa, and Chiyo killed Sasori after he held back.
• The Akatsuki Organization replaced the fallen operatives, completed the One-Tail sealing, and left Gaara’s whereabouts unknown.

Akatsuki attacked Kumogakure with puppet-controlled fighters while Uchiha Obito searched for the hidden tailed beasts. Yūske joined the defense only after A and Minato restrained the Deva Path, then took to the sky to find Nagato as Obito learned that Yūske had been spotted.

• Obito ordered Akatsuki to invade Kumogakure and use the Human Path to gather information, while Black Zetsu warned him to avoid Yūske.
• Allied shinobi argued during patrol until explosions struck several parts of Kumogakure and drew them toward the attack.
• A punched a shell away from the Raikage Building, and Yūske told him to engage the puppet invaders while he searched for their controller.
• A and Minato restrained the Deva Path, allowing Yūske to search nearby mountains and then the sky for Nagato.
• Tobi informed Obito that White Zetsu had spotted Yūske inside Kumogakure.

Minato Namikaze and A fought Deva Path while Yūske tracked down Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu. Obito killed Nagato and escaped, leaving Yūske with Nagato’s corpse and suspicions about what had happened.

• Minato Namikaze and A exploited Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei cooldown, while Yūske kept Preta Path from turning the battle in the Akatsuki’s favor.
• Black Zetsu persuaded Uchiha Obito to abandon the fight and use Nagato as a new Six Paths body; Obito killed Nagato and began creating one.
• Yūske found Obito and Nagato, but Obito and Black Zetsu fled underground after Yūske smashed through their hiding place.
• Yūske confirmed through Isobu that Nagato’s eyes were a real Rinnegan, then told Minato Namikaze that Obito had killed Nagato to take his eyes.
• Yūske took a lock of Nagato’s hair and had Minato Namikaze store Nagato’s corpse so he could later question him with the Impure World Reincarnation.

Yūske investigated Nagato’s death and found that the resurrected Nagato had no memory of Uchiha Obito or his own death. He brought Yahiko and Konan to the outskirts of Konoha to repair Yahiko’s deteriorating body, revealing that the second sacrifice was their old friend.

• A considered taking Nagato’s Rinnegan, but held back and asked whether the Ninja Alliance still needed to continue.
• Yūske used Impure World Reincarnation on Nagato, who remembered neither Uchiha Obito nor his own death, then released the jutsu without resolving the problem.
• Yūske told A that the Ninja Alliance could remain in Kumogakure for now, then returned to Konoha.
• Yahiko’s condition worsened as Yūske repeatedly kept him and Konan from visiting, until he finally summoned them to the Hokage’s Office.
• Yūske took Yahiko and Konan to the outskirts with two death-row inmates, saying one sacrifice was for Yahiko and the other was their old friend.

Yūske learned that Nagato had died and revived him with Impure World Reincarnation, then returned to Konoha and raised the possibility of choosing a Sixth Hokage. He left the decision unresolved as Fugaku, Shikamaru, and Taichi declined to recommend themselves.

• Yūske told Yahiko and Konan that Nagato had been killed by Uchiha Obito, then revived Nagato, whose damaged soul left him unable to remember Obito.
• Yahiko and Konan reunited with Nagato and explained that they were dead and that Yūske was the Fourth Hokage.
• Yūske considered the threats posed by Obito and Black Zetsu, the possible dissolution of the Ninja Alliance, and Sunagakure's future after losing its tailed beast.
• Yūske told the Hokage Assistants that Nagato was dead and suggested they study his Rinnegan, while warning that Obito remained a threat.
• Yūske asked who should become the Sixth Hokage and invited Fugaku, Taichi, and Shikamaru to recommend themselves; all declined, with Fugaku hoping Itachi would become Hokage someday.

Yūske arranged for Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to live in Konoha and work toward peace, then heard reports about Sunagakure and approved aid for its reconstruction. He had Jiraiya brought back to the Hokage’s office to punish him, with Hiruzen and Biwako Sarutobi present.

• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan asked Yūske to let them remain alive, and he assigned them to live in Konoha, give up their leadership and Rinnegan powers, and form an elite mission squad.
• Yūske told Tsunade about his plans and his intention to retire, and Tsunade decided to have another child with him.
• Uchiha Gen reported that Pakura had won the election for Fifth Kazekage, Hatake Sakumo had stayed in Sunagakure to help with reconstruction, and Sunagakure had requested a low-interest loan.
• Yūske approved lending money to Sunagakure and left future problems for Minato Namikaze to handle.
• Yūske had Anbu bring Jiraiya back to Konoha, then sealed the office exit as Jiraiya tried to flee, while Hiruzen and Biwako Sarutobi watched.

After half a year of peace, Yūske prepared to leave Konoha with his family, prompting the village elders to seek a new Hokage. He rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s pleas to stay and summoned Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Fugaku, and Gekko Yoru to discuss who might succeed him.

• Pakura became the Fifth Kazekage, the Ninja Alliance disbanded, and Tsunade announced her resignation as Hokage.
• Yūske’s parents awoke after half a year and recovered without aftereffects, while Shisui Uchiha remained missing.
• Konoha’s leaders learned Yūske planned to leave, and Hiruzen Sarutobi pleaded with him to stay; Yūske refused.
• Yūske told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Minato Namikaze was his preferred candidate for Sixth Hokage.
• Yūske summoned Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Fugaku, and Gekko Yoru to discuss the succession, though Minato Namikaze had little desire to become Hokage.

Yūske took his family and a large entourage on a long-promised journey, while the other ninja villages began testing the peace in his absence. As the group traveled overseas, Yūske left the growing tensions to Minato Namikaze and focused on his family and the children’s upbringing.

• Yūske set out from Konoha with Tsunade, their family, Kimimaro, former guards, and attendants to travel the world.
• Tsunade lost money gambling at their first stop, but the Gambling House owner returned it after recognizing her and Yūske.
• Yūske’s group booked an inn for two days and relaxed in its hot springs before continuing their journey.
• Kumogakure and Iwagakure interpreted Yūske’s departure as a chance to pursue their interests, and small conflicts began to raise the threat of another war.
• Minato Namikaze worried about the renewed tensions, while Yūske continued overseas and left Konoha’s affairs to others.
• Yūske devoted himself to teaching his children, with Kimimaro emerging as their diligent and well-liked leader.

After ten years of traveling across the shinobi world, Yūske and his companions returned to Konoha, where Kushina welcomed them and Anbu escorted them into the village. They left the gate eager to see how their old home had changed.

• Yūske and his companions spent ten years traveling, raising their children, and witnessing unrest among the hidden villages, while Hatake Sakumo remained secluded with Chiyo in Sunagakure.
• Yūske led the group from the Land of Water to Konoha, and they arrived at one of the village gates after a long journey.
• Kushina sensed Yūske's arrival and rushed to greet him and Tsunade, then met Kimimaro, Yuki Haku, Watanabe Mayumi, and Watanabe Yūto.
• Yūske learned that Kushina had already notified Minato, so he agreed to enter the village through a special passage with the Anbu squad.
• Yūske and his companions entered Konoha, glad to be home after their travels.

Itachi Uchiha told Yūske that Shisui Uchiha was alive and working undercover against Uchiha Obito, and revealed that both he and Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Yūske arranged a test of Itachi’s strength, and Itachi evaded Kimimaro’s bone-whip attack with a crow substitution.

• Itachi Uchiha waited for Yūske at the Senju Clan Compound and privately told him that Shisui Uchiha was not dead.
• Itachi led Yūske and Kimimaro into the forest and explained that Shisui was an undercover agent immune to genjutsu, then revealed his own Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yūske asked Kimimaro to test Itachi’s strength, and Kimimaro attacked with the Willow Dance.
• Itachi used controlled shuriken to bind Kimimaro before striking with the Dragon Flame Technique, but Kimimaro’s bones withstood the flames.
• Kimimaro launched finger bones that forced Itachi back, then trapped him with a bone whip, but Itachi escaped by turning into a flock of crows.

Yūske learned from Itachi that Uchiha Obito had been testing Uchiha clan members in an attempt to take Nagato’s Rinnegan and that Shisui had infiltrated the Akatsuki. He decided to visit Itachi’s father that night, while Kimimaro stayed in Konoha to reintegrate.

• Itachi and Kimimaro fought until Yūske stopped them, and Itachi had gained the advantage without using his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi told Yūske that Uchiha Obito and Shisui had warned him of a coming calamity and that Shisui had awakened his Mangekyō through genjutsu.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to explain that Obito had experimented on Uchiha clan members while trying to seize Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Itachi revealed that Shisui had joined the Akatsuki as an infiltrator and warned that the organization might resume capturing the tailed beasts.
• Yūske asked Itachi to tell his father to prepare a late-night meal, then told Kimimaro he would arrange missions to help him reintegrate into Konoha.