Ch. 363Akatsuki's Struggle

Nagato planned to unite the remaining ninja villages against the Saudi Federation and Konoha, while Konan worried that the Rain Country’s civilians would oppose him. At the same time, Pakura prepared to invade the Land of Water, and Tsunade returned to Konoha and asked Yakushi Kabuto if he wanted to become Hokage.

  • Kisame told the Akatsuki members that the Saudi Federation had captured three Kage and that Konoha’s Hokage had defected, prompting Deva Path Pain to plan an alliance with the remaining ninja villages.
  • Deva Path Pain assigned Kakuzu to negotiate with Iwagakure and Kisame to negotiate with Kumogakure, while Nagato ruled out helping Kirigakure as Pakura advanced against the Land of Water.
  • Konan warned Nagato that the Rain Country’s civilians might oppose a war against the Saudi Federation because their prosperity depended on the Yasunori Trading Company.
  • Uchiha Tekka reported that the Saudi Federation had captured just over a thousand enemy ninja, and Pakura told him to command the coming attack on the Land of Water, but he refused.
  • Tsunade returned to Konoha, heard Yakushi Kabuto’s update on the village’s plans, claimed she had sent someone to gather intelligence, and asked whether he wanted to become Hokage.

Ch. 364Postwar Arrangements

Nara Shikaku informed Konoha’s border forces of the village’s merger plans as Konoha prepared to enforce Federation law across the Land of Fire. Tsunade struggled with her expanding workload while the Federation treated Konoha’s integration and Hyuga Mirai’s marriage as matters of state.

  • Nara Shikaku delivered Hokage-sama’s order to the Grass Country border outpost and told its Ninja to return to Konoha for upcoming missions.
  • Nara Shikaku described Konoha’s new role enforcing Federation law, with Konoha Ninja arresting criminal nobles and civilian personnel taking administrative posts.
  • Hyuga Kiyomi left the village with Yuhi Kurenai to lead an assignment, while the Military Police clans assembled forces to arrest nobles using Yakushi Kabuto’s intelligence.
  • Tsunade tried to delegate her paperwork to a Shadow Clone, but Yakushi Kabuto assigned it further duties and persuaded her to lead teams to two resource-rich towns.
  • The Saudi Federation held meetings about Konoha’s merger and discussed Hyuga Mirai’s marriage to Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai as a way to reassure Konoha and its own Ninja.

Ch. 365Changes in the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu

Uchiha Obito reincarnated several former Kage, but Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha broke free of his control before he could implant their talismans. After Hashirama left to investigate Konoha’s fate, Madara learned about the Saudi Federation and headed for the Rain Country to pursue his own plans.

  • Uchiha Obito reincarnated the Second Raikage and Third Raikage, tested his control talismans, and then prepared Edo Tensei Bodies for several other former Kage.
  • Uchiha Obito reincarnated Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha using specially prepared White Zetsu sacrifices, but Hashirama attacked and Obito discovered he could not control either of them.
  • Madara Uchiha warned Obito that the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu could not restrain them, while Hashirama Senju learned that Konoha had joined the Saudi Federation and decided to investigate.
  • Hashirama Senju escaped by collapsing the underground cavern with Wood Release, and Madara Uchiha emerged using Susanoo.
  • Uchiha Obito told Madara Uchiha about Nagato’s plans and Hyuga Mirai’s strength, and Madara ordered White Zetsu and Black Zetsu to find him before heading to the Rain Country.

Ch. 366Madara and Hashirama's Revival

Madara learned that the Moon Eye Plan had been manipulated and resolved to pursue a new plan after reviving, while Obito sought to strengthen his position. As Iwagakure and Kumogakure moved toward an alliance with Akatsuki, Hyuga Mirai focused the Saudi Federation on merging with Konoha and occupying the Land of Water.

  • Madara concluded that the Uchiha tablet and Black Zetsu were tied to Kaguya Otsutsuki and decided he needed to revive to carry out a new plan.
  • Obito worried that Madara would no longer obey him after revival, resolved to expand his remaining Edo Tensei and Kamui options, and left to reclaim his Sharingan from Kakashi.
  • Kurotsuchi agreed to discuss an alliance with Akatsuki after an Iwagakure elder argued that the village could not resist Konoha and the Saudi Federation alone.
  • Hyuga Mirai told the Federation's leaders to set aside Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and the Rain Country for now and prioritize merging with Konoha and occupying the Land of Water.
  • Hyuga Mirai ordered officials to reinforce Konoha's administration and sent a revised Ninja Academy proposal there while his main body studied Android 18's planetary map.

Ch. 367Tsunade Meets Hashirama

Hyuga Mirai comforted Uzumaki Ayaka over a newspaper that barely acknowledged her, while Hashirama Senju returned to Konoha and secretly entered the village to find Tsunade. He reunited with Tsunade in her office, but Yakushi Kabuto mistook him for one of her escape tricks and tested him with a Chakra Scalpel.

  • Uzumaki Ayaka complained that the Federation newspaper had nearly omitted her, and Hyuga Mirai reassured her that he valued her most and promised to reprimand its staff.
  • Hyuga Mirai discussed future interstellar plans before Hashirama Senju arrived at Konoha and noticed how much the village had changed.
  • Hashirama Senju bypassed the guarded gates underground, gathered information around the village, and went to Hokage Tower.
  • Tsunade recognized Hashirama Senju outside her office, let him in, and questioned him about his Impure World Reincarnation.
  • Yakushi Kabuto entered with a recovery report, mistook Hashirama Senju for a Shadow Clone, and tested his arm with a Chakra Scalpel.

Ch. 368Changed Opinions

Hashirama Senju explained that the Sage of Six Paths had revived him and Madara Uchiha to seal Hyuga Mirai, whom he believed was following Kaguya Otsutsuki’s path. After seeing Tsunade’s Rinnegan and learning how Hyuga Mirai had helped her, Hashirama doubted the Sage’s account and reconsidered the mission.

  • Yakushi Kabuto asked who had used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back Hashirama Senju, and Hashirama recalled that Madara Uchiha had also been revived.
  • Tsunade summoned Hyuga Mirai, who restrained Hashirama with a Truth-Seeking Orb and explained his relationship with Tsunade before releasing him.
  • Hashirama recounted meeting the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land and hearing about the Rabbit Goddess, chakra, and the Senju-Uchiha conflict.
  • Hyuga Mirai guessed that the Sage had tasked Hashirama and Madara with sealing him, and Hashirama confirmed that he and Madara had been given an assignment.
  • Tsunade showed Hashirama her Rinnegan and explained that Hyuga Mirai had helped her awaken it, along with Wood Release and Sage Mode.
  • Hashirama concluded that the Sage of Six Paths might have been mistaken about Hyuga Mirai and no longer understood the present world.

Ch. 369Madara Confronts Nagato

Hyuga Mirai revealed his Six Paths power and reassured Tsunade that the Sage of Six Paths could not threaten him, then left to deal with Madara Uchiha. In Amegakure, Madara learned that the Three-Tails might be in the Saudi Federation and went to confront Nagato to reclaim his Rinnegan.

  • Hyuga Mirai displayed his Six Paths Mode, overwhelming Tsunade, Hashirama Senju, and Yakushi Kabuto with his power.
  • Hashirama Senju decided to stay briefly, while Hyuga Mirai promised Tsunade more assistants and left a clone to protect Ayaka in the Saudi Federation.
  • Madara Uchiha surveyed prosperous Amegakure and learned from White Zetsu that the Three-Tails might be in the Saudi Federation.
  • Madara Uchiha dismissed the need to search for Obito and headed to the High Tower to take back his Rinnegan from Nagato.

Ch. 370Madara Revived

Madara Uchiha attacked Amegakure, took control of Nagato, and forced him to use Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara. After reclaiming his Rinnegan, Madara left to find Hashirama Senju, while Hyuga Mirai arrived over the devastated village.

  • Konan told Nagato that Iwa, Kumo, and smaller villages had joined Akatsuki’s alliance, and Nagato ordered her to recruit the Samurai of the Land of Iron.
  • Madara Uchiha entered Amegakure’s forbidden tower, revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan belonged to him, and activated the Curse Mark controlling Nagato.
  • Konan fought Madara with paper Shuriken and Exploding Tags, but Madara overwhelmed her with Susanoo and left her unconscious.
  • Madara strengthened his control over Nagato and forced him to perform Rinne Rebirth, restoring Madara to life.
  • Madara removed his Rinnegan from Nagato and left to find Hashirama Senju, while White Zetsu abandoned the dying Nagato.
  • Hyuga Mirai stepped through a Space-Time Portal above Amegakure and saw the destruction.

Ch. 371Sealing Black Zetsu

Hyuga Mirai found Nagato and Konan after Madara Uchiha took the Rinnegan, but Nagato died despite Konan's care. Meanwhile, Madara absorbed the Sage of Six Paths' Yin power and sealed Black Zetsu after identifying him as a threat.

  • Hyuga Mirai rescued Konan and told her that Nagato was dying after using the Rinne Rebirth Technique, then refused to save him and urged her to leave the Rain Country.
  • Nagato refused Konan's attempt to treat him and died after half a day; Konan took his body and left Amegakure.
  • Hyuga Mirai returned to the Saudi Federation, learned that Naruto and Gaara had gone to the Land of Water battlefield, and left to bring them back.
  • Madara Uchiha absorbed the Sage of Six Paths' Yin power, awakened a six-tomoe Rinnegan and a second Eye Technique, and planned to take Hashirama's power.
  • Madara Uchiha confronted Black Zetsu and used Amaterasu's Imprisonment to seal him.

Ch. 372Arriving at Konoha

Madara Uchiha sealed Black Zetsu and learned that the Three-Tails Jinchuriki was in the Saudi Federation, then attacked Konoha. Tsunade confronted him at the village entrance, where he recognized her as Hashirama Senju’s granddaughter and demanded to know where Hashirama was.

  • Madara Uchiha sealed Black Zetsu in another space, then ordered White Zetsu to keep watch on the Jinchuriki in the Saudi Federation.
  • Tsunade explained to Hashirama Senju that the Land of Fire nobles she had punished were plotting against Konoha and the country’s merger.
  • Yakushi Kabuto reported that Uchiha Obito had taken Kakashi’s Sharingan, and Tsunade ordered teams reorganized into groups of six.
  • Madara Uchiha arrived at Konoha in his Susanoo and prepared to attack Hokage Rock, while Tsunade rushed out to confront him.
  • Tsunade struck Susanoo hard enough to push it off balance, and Madara recognized her as Hashirama’s granddaughter and asked where Hashirama was.

Ch. 373Madara Uchiha: Hashirama... Save Me!

Tsunade challenged Madara Uchiha and revealed strength, speed, and Rinnegan abilities that surprised him. She carried their battle away from Konoha and formed an enormous armored Thousand-Armed Buddha, leaving Madara Uchiha facing her overwhelming attack.

  • Tsunade confronted Madara Uchiha, who dismissed his Susanoo and chose to fight her with Taijutsu.
  • Tsunade struck Madara Uchiha with a punch that sent him flying and disrupted control of his body.
  • Madara Uchiha used Shinra Tensei, and Tsunade revealed her Rinnegan and matched his repulsive force.
  • Tsunade formed a Wood Human, carried Madara Uchiha and his Susanoo away from Konoha, and brought him toward the Valley of the End.
  • Tsunade summoned a towering Thousand-Armed Buddha covered in Susanoo armor and armed its many hands with swords, startling Madara Uchiha.

Ch. 374A Beating

Tsunade fought Madara Uchiha in the Valley of the End, nearly defeating him with her armored True Several Thousand Hands before he escaped and restored his limbs. Hyuga Mirai arrived, replenished Tsunade’s strength, and faced Madara in a form that seemed even more imposing than the Sage of Six Paths.

  • Tsunade covered True Several Thousand Hands in Susanoo armor and attacked Madara Uchiha with a thousand blades, while her Rinnegan Eye Technique unleashed a vast field of lightning.
  • Madara Uchiha used Limbo to split off four shadows, which shattered many of Tsunade’s attacks, but Tsunade’s relentless assault broke his Susanoo and left him severely injured.
  • Hashirama Senju prepared to help Tsunade, but Hyuga Mirai arrived through a Space-Time Portal and went to the Valley of the End.
  • Tsunade found Madara Uchiha alive behind the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but he escaped her final strike with Shinra Tensei and used White Zetsu’s limbs to recover.
  • Hyuga Mirai restored Tsunade’s Chakra and eye power, then transformed into a Sage-like form with Truth-Seeking Orbs and a Nine Magatama Rinnegan as Madara Uchiha faced him.

Ch. 375The Fall of the Warring States Asura

Hyuga Mirai defeated Madara Uchiha, took his Rinnegan, and left him alive for Hashirama Senju to deal with. On the way back to Konoha, Tsunade pretended to be ill so she could get a break from her Hokage duties.

  • Madara Uchiha questioned Hyuga Mirai, who shattered his Susanoo, threw him into the ground, and destroyed his Limbo shadows with All-Killing Ash Bones.
  • Hyuga Mirai detonated a Truth-Seeking Orb, then pulled the injured Madara Uchiha from the rubble and removed his Rinnegan before sealing him.
  • Hyuga Mirai left Madara Uchiha with Hashirama Senju and returned to Konoha with Tsunade, whose battle with Madara had caused only minor damage to the village.
  • Tsunade pretended to be seriously ill to avoid her workload, and Hyuga Mirai carried her toward Konoha while she insisted the act would fool Yakushi Kabuto.

Ch. 376The Fall of the Rain Country

After Madara Uchiha was captured and Nagato died, the Saudi Federation took control of the Rain Country and expanded its plans to integrate the Land of Fire. Obito gathered Kakuzu and Raiga Kurosuki to continue Akatsuki’s opposition to the Federation, while seeking allies and a way to defeat it.

  • Yakushi Kabuto examined Tsunade and brought her to a hospital room filled with Hokage paperwork, where she realized she would have even more work to do.
  • After Hashirama Senju departed, Hyuga Mirai’s clone sealed Madara Uchiha inside Amenominaka.
  • Hyuga Mirai and the Federation leadership sent Baki and a thousand Ninja to take over Amegakure and the Rain Country, whose people offered little resistance.
  • The Federation expanded its plans to integrate the Land of Fire, while Pakura neared the conquest of the Land of Water.
  • Obito appeared before Kakuzu and Raiga Kurosuki, told them Pain was dead, and recruited them to help oppose the Saudi Federation.

Ch. 377Life of Prisoners in the Mining District

Hyuga Mirai arranged Federation projects and wedding preparations while ensuring Pakura would remain celebrated as the Land of Water’s hero. In the Southwestern Mining District, the Fourth Raikage adjusted to prisoner labor, and Uchiha Obito appeared in his room.

  • Hyuga Mirai ordered captured rebels from the Land of Water put to work on roads and railway projects, while warning against indiscriminate arrests.
  • Hyuga Mirai selected education candidates, dismissed the wedding plans, and directed Federation Press to publicize Pakura’s battlefield achievements so she would not abdicate.
  • Hyuga Mirai told Uzumaki Ayaka to ignore the wedding procedures, and Kushina complained after watching them leave together.
  • The Fourth Raikage began mining for points after his subordinates struggled to provide him with food, then took feverish Mabui and Samui to the district’s medical facility.
  • Uchiha Obito appeared in the Raikage’s sleeping quarters and remarked on how far the former rival of the Yellow Flash had fallen.

Ch. 378Wedding Preparations

Uchiha Obito offered Raikage A a chance to escape and unite against the Saudi Federation, while Kakashi learned Kushina was alive and decided not to act alone to save Obito. As the Saudi Federation and Konoha prepared for their merger and Hyuga Mirai’s wedding, Hyuga Kiyomi struggled with her wedding attire before Mirai arrived alone with her.

  • Uchiha Obito offered Raikage A and the imprisoned Kumo ninja a chance to escape and fight the Saudi Federation, and Raikage A agreed to seek support from the other Kage.
  • Kakashi reunited with Kushina, learned she had survived, and heard that Uchiha Obito was still alive.
  • Kushina warned Kakashi not to abandon his post to pursue Obito, and Kakashi agreed to ask Tsunade or others for help instead.
  • Kakashi and Yamanaka Inoichi continued their three-month study of the Saudi Federation as the Federation and Konoha prepared for a merger and Hyuga Mirai’s wedding.
  • Hyuga Kiyomi struggled with her elaborate wedding outfit and asked Hyuga Yuu for a way to make her look fuller, but Hyuga Mirai appeared and advised her to leave things as they were.

Ch. 379Hyuga Mirai's Path to Balance

Hyuga Mirai visited Hyuga Kiyomi and discussed Hyuga Neji's return and the future of the clan, then left before their flirtation went further. He headed to visit Yuhi Kurenai with a specially engineered bouquet.

  • Hyuga Mirai removed Hyuga Kiyomi's hair ornaments and teased her while asking about Hyuga Neji and Hinata.
  • Hyuga Mirai explained that Neji could leave Orochimaru and return, while Kiyomi's growing powers and Orochimaru's interest made her situation more complicated.
  • Hyuga Kiyomi asked Hyuga Mirai what to do about Neji becoming clan head, and he advised letting Neji return while leaving Kiyomi's choice to her and Orochimaru.
  • Hyuga Mirai left through Yomotsu Hirasaka, and Hyuga Yuu revealed she had opened the door silently, embarrassing Kiyomi.
  • Hyuga Mirai went to visit Yuhi Kurenai and prepared a gene-enhanced bouquet that changed its appearance in sunlight and moonlight.

Ch. 380God Tree Improvement Plan

Hyuga Mirai researched how to make the God Tree absorb solar energy and produce Chakra Fruits without relying on living planets. After Federation news revealed that Nohara Rin was alive, Obito learned Madara had manipulated him and left to find her, unaware that Mirai had prepared to track him.

  • Hyuga Mirai visited Yuhi Kurenai with a moonlit flower arrangement, and they spent the night together before she sent him away at dawn.
  • Hyuga Mirai returned to the Saudi Federation and planned to use Nohara Rin and a spatial mark to locate Obito when he came looking for her.
  • Hyuga Mirai rejected Android 18's mechanical approach to solar-energy research and ordered her to investigate how the God Tree could absorb Photoelectric Energy.
  • White Zetsu showed Obito a newspaper photograph of Kakashi and Nohara Rin, then explained that Madara had used him and Rin had survived.
  • Obito left the underground cave through Kamui to go see Rin, while White Zetsu realized he was walking into a trap.

Ch. 381Obito's Defeat

Kakashi and Nohara Rin encountered Uchiha Obito outside the Federation Hospital, and Obito abducted Rin into the Kamui Dimension. Hyuga Mirai followed them, trapped the dimension in super-gravity, and captured Obito, declaring his dream over.

  • Kakashi waited for Nohara Rin after work, while Uchiha Obito watched them and became convinced that Rin’s survival made the world unreal.
  • Obito appeared above Kakashi and Rin, ignored their pleas to return, then attacked Rin; Kakashi’s strikes passed through him, and Obito kicked Kakashi through a wall.
  • Obito pulled Nohara Rin into the Kamui Dimension and escaped, leaving Kakashi behind as Federation Hospital staff and the Military Police Force arrived.
  • Hyuga Mirai appeared, told Kakashi that he knew Rin had been taken, and entered the Kamui Dimension through a space-time portal.
  • Hyuga Mirai placed Rin in the Starting Ball Space and covered nearly half the Kamui Dimension with super-gravity, making Obito’s Kamui difficult to use.
  • Obito entered the Kamui Dimension and was crushed to the ground by gravity; Hyuga Mirai pinned his limbs with four black rods and told him his dream was over.

Ch. 382Executing Uchiha Obito

Hyuga Mirai captured Uchiha Obito, extracted intelligence from his memories, and presented his fate to the Federation leaders and Obito’s victims. They agreed to hand him over to the Uchiha Clan for execution, while Pakura returned to a Federation welcome and began planning the Land of Water’s administration.

  • Hyuga Mirai warned Kakashi and Nohara Rin not to interfere with Uchiha Obito’s fate, then examined Obito’s memories and discovered information about White Zetsu and Jigen.
  • Hyuga Mirai removed Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan and took some of his flesh and blood before continuing work on a Bio-Android modeled after Madara Uchiha.
  • Pakura returned from the Land of Water to an enthusiastic public welcome, then attended a meeting about governing the island nation and incorporating its surrendered Mist ninja.
  • Hyuga Mirai told Pakura, Uchiha Tekka, Kushina, Naruto, Mikoto, and Sasuke that Obito had attacked Nohara Rin and Kakashi and was linked to the Nine-Tails’ rampage and the Uchiha Clan’s downfall.
  • Uchiha Tekka, Sasuke, Naruto, and Pakura agreed that Obito should be executed after his intelligence was obtained, and Hyuga Mirai handed him over to Tekka for the Uchiha Clan to deal with.
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