Chapter Summaries

Soseki compared his intelligence about the Hollow Organization with A’s information about Akatsuki, then urged Kumogakure to respond by spreading basic chakra and ninjutsu training itself. The chapter ended with Dodai proposing a Five Kage Summit to announce the policy and possibly draw Akatsuki out.

• Soseki and A discovered that they had intelligence about different secret organizations: Soseki knew of Hollow, while A knew of Akatsuki.
• A explained that Akatsuki was spreading revolutionary ideas and shinobi training among people in small countries, threatening the existing order.
• Soseki argued that the Five Great Shinobi Countries should proactively spread low- and mid-level ninjutsu instead of trying to ban it.
• A agreed that Kumogakure needed to act quickly, and Soseki said the Five Great Shinobi Countries could use their authority to gain public support.
• Dodai proposed holding a Five Kage Summit to announce the policy together and lure Akatsuki into the open, and A praised the idea.

A told Dodai about Soseki’s warning that the Hollow Organization contained a fighter who could rival him, and decided to train harder. On the moon, Aizen found the lonely Toneri crying and comforted him, leaving the boy to believe his missing eyes made him special.

• Soseki warned A that the Hollow Organization was powerful and that its suspected leader might be stronger than him, then left the Five Kage Summit plans to A.
• A and Dodai discussed the danger of the hidden organization, and A summoned B to begin extreme training.
• As Soseki departed Kumogakure, he reflected that the Hollow Organization’s only true fighter was Aizen and planned to use them to create confusion.
• Aizen traveled through the Otsutsuki passage to the moon and felt Kaguya’s consciousness stirring.
• Aizen found Toneri crying because children on the ground had mocked his eyeless face, and comforted him by saying his flaw made him especially loved.

Aizen visited Toneri and his father, comforted Toneri after learning he had cried, and eased his father’s coughing with vitality from an ore. He proposed using Byakugan from the Great Tenseigan to cure the father’s illness, and the family agreed to enter the temple.

• Toneri led Aizen to the castle, where Toneri recognized him and welcomed him.
• Aizen told Toneri that Toneri had run outside to cry, prompting Toneri to apologize for neglecting his son’s feelings.
• Toneri suffered a coughing fit, and Aizen used vitality from a dark green ore to ease it.
• Aizen suggested that the father’s illness might be cured by obtaining Byakugan again, since the clan’s problems stemmed from losing their eyes.
• Aizen proposed separating Byakugan from the Great Tenseigan, and Toneri agreed to enter the temple with him.

Toneri led Aizen and his companions into Hamura’s shrine, where Aizen discovered that the Great Tenseigan was a living demon made from Byakugan with wills of their own. He agreed to keep studying it before attempting to separate the eyes, leaving the mystery of Hamura’s purpose unresolved.

• Toneri explained that Hamura’s shrine housed the Great Tenseigan and led Aizen and his companions inside.
• Aizen noticed the shrine’s grotesque, vein-like structure and suspected it was designed to resemble an eye.
• Aizen saw countless living Byakugan within the Great Tenseigan and concluded that the shrine was inside a giant demon formed to contain ocular powers.
• Toneri proudly described the Great Tenseigan’s power to move the moon and asked Aizen to treat his father’s illness.
• Aizen asked Toneri to wait while he studied the Great Tenseigan, wary that separating its Byakugan would be dangerous.

Aizen retrieved several pairs of Byakugan from the Great Tenseigan, which briefly went berserk before mysteriously calming down. He suspected Hamura had intervened and concluded that hidden Otsutsuki enemies might be lurking in the Shinobi World, while Hamura remained concealed inside the Great Tenseigan.

• Aizen used Toneri's Chakra to reach into the Great Tenseigan and pull out several pairs of Byakugan.
• The Great Tenseigan went berserk, but its rampage abruptly subsided before Aizen could escape with Toneri and Toneri.
• Aizen guessed that Hamura had secretly calmed the Great Tenseigan and speculated that Hamura and Hagoromo were hiding their true strength from an unknown enemy.
• Aizen wondered whether Otsutsuki enemies were already lurking in the Shinobi World and decided to leave with Toneri and Toneri.
• After they departed, Hamura emerged from the Great Tenseigan, suspected Aizen had been sent by Hagoromo, and returned to hiding to protect their plans.

Aizen transplanted Byakugan into Toneri, whose illness was restrained as his eyes evolved first into Blazing Sun Byakugan and then the Tenseigan. The Tenseigan's immense Chakra overwhelmed Toneri, and Aizen sealed its pressure as Toneri collapsed into Toneri's arms.

• Aizen transplanted Byakugan into Toneri, who regained his sight but found his illness still present.
• Toneri's new eyes absorbed solar energy, restrained the illness, and evolved into Blazing Sun Byakugan with the abilities Amenotokotachi and Magatsuhi.
• Aizen learned that Magatsuhi inflicted misfortune on a target it hit for one hour, with a one-month cooldown.
• Aizen placed the purest Byakugan in Toneri's eyes, and they instantly evolved into the Tenseigan.
• Toneri's body could not withstand the Tenseigan's Chakra, so Aizen sealed its pressure and Toneri collapsed into Toneri's arms.

After Toneri survived the attempted Tenseigan awakening, Aizen arranged for children to visit him on the moon and asked to borrow Toneri’s body later. Aizen then inspected Sasori’s completed Pacifista modifications and summoned four ghosts to inhabit the puppets, but their meeting turned tense before Aizen stopped the confrontation.

• Toneri confirmed that Toneri had only passed out from chakra loss, while Aizen said he had sealed Toneri’s eyes and expected him to awaken the Tenseigan around age thirteen.
• Aizen asked Toneri to let him bring children to the moon to keep Toneri company, then requested to borrow Toneri’s body in the future.
• Aizen visited Sasori’s base, where Sasori showed him four modified combat puppets and warned that their artificial intelligence was limited.
• Aizen summoned the souls of the Whirlpool Four to occupy the puppets, and they teased Sasori about his red hair and body.
• Sasori summoned more than a hundred puppets in anger, but Aizen released his soul pressure and silenced the room.

Aizen gave the Whirlpool Four living puppet bodies and discussed how they could house souls summoned by Impure World Reincarnation. Sasori saw a possible way to keep the dead in the living world, but Aizen warned that this would not truly resurrect them and could draw the underworld’s guardians.

• Sasori rejected the Whirlpool Four’s claims that he belonged to the Uzumaki Clan and said his humanity and ancestry no longer mattered to him.
• Aizen introduced the puppets he had prepared, and the four entered them, discovering that the living bodies fit their souls without rejection.
• Sasori explained the flaws in Impure World Reincarnation and proposed using living puppets as vessels so summoned souls would not return to the underworld.
• Aizen agreed the idea could work but clarified that it would not be resurrection, since the souls could not reproduce and taking too many could provoke the underworld’s guardians.
• The Whirlpool Four worried that their Dead Demon Consuming Seal might have angered those guardians, while Aizen privately suspected Six Paths had helped destroy the Uzumaki Clan because the seal had moved his cheese.

Aizen advised Sasori to seize the Book of Seals by capturing the Hokage during the Five Kage Summit, and arranged powerful allies and a cover story to help him persuade Akatsuki to act. Sasori and the Whirlpool Four pledged their loyalty to Aizen, who said he preferred to give first and collect help later.

• Aizen reassured Masaki that he would not personally summon Sasori’s parents and explained that they were unlikely to attract Six Paths’ attention.
• Sasori proposed stealing the Book of Seals with a puppet assault on Leaf Village, but Aizen warned that Shimizu Soseki could stop the attack.
• Aizen suggested Sasori ambush the Hokage at the Five Kage Summit and capture him in front of the other villages so Leaf Village could not deny the kidnapping.
• Aizen told Sasori to persuade Akatsuki by presenting the mission as a chance to resurrect the dead, and offered him four powerful allies.
• Aizen also told Sasori to reveal that the living puppets could serve as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation while keeping Aizen’s involvement secret.
• Sasori and the Whirlpool Four promised to do whatever Aizen asked, and Aizen said he would help fulfill their dreams before asking for their support.

Aizen planned to have Akatsuki act while promising Sasori help against Shimizu Soseki, then discussed upgrading Sasori’s Pacifistas with bloodline powers. Sasori agreed that it was possible, and Aizen offered to find researchers in cloning and Kekkei Genkai.

• Sasori warned Aizen that Shimizu Soseki could threaten their operation if the battle lasted too long, and Aizen promised to find someone who could hold him back.
• Sasori explained the weapons built into the Vortex Four’s puppet bodies, and they excitedly tested their missiles and lasers outside.
• Aizen asked whether Pacifistas could be equipped with Kekkei Genkai or Kekkei Tōta, and Sasori said it would require cloning and bloodline research.
• Aizen said he would find talented researchers, leaving Sasori impressed by the Hollow Organization’s resources.

Mizuki announced that Kumogakure had withdrawn its ultimatum against the Hyuga, and Leaf villagers quickly credited Soseki for forcing the concession. The Hokage then ordered Mizuki, Kakashi, and the others to interfere with the Hidden Mist Village’s effort to capture the revived Three-Tails, and Kakashi accepted because he hoped it could help revive Rin.

• Mizuki told the Hyuga clan that Kumogakure had withdrawn its ultimatum, and Hizashi and Neji praised Soseki for intervening.
• Mizuki explained that he had spread the news before the Hokage could claim credit, while Leaf villagers celebrated Soseki’s role in Kumogakure’s retreat.
• Ryoma told Mizuki and the others that the Three-Tails had revived near the Hidden Mist Village and ordered them to sabotage its capture.
• Kakashi realized capturing the Three-Tails might help revive Rin and accepted the mission, prompting Mizuki to join him.
• Ryoma ordered the whole group to go, and Mizuki warned that he would ask Soseki to avenge them if they died.

Kakashi and his allies planned to take the Three-Tails from the Hidden Mist Village without involving Soseki, while keeping Rin's survival secret. In Kirigakure, Obito learned they had allied with rebels and planned to make Kakashi witness the Three-Tails being sealed.

• Kakashi told Asuma and the others that Rin was alive and warned them to keep the news secret from the Hidden Mist Village and Danzo.
• Mizuki questioned whether they should ask Soseki for help, but Kakashi and the others decided to handle the Three-Tails mission themselves and contact Kirigakure's rebels.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Kakashi and his allies had arrived in Kirigakure and contacted the rebels.
• Obito learned Kakashi had insisted on taking the mission and assumed he wanted to avenge Rin by killing the Three-Tails.
• Obito ordered Black Zetsu to let Kakashi's group enter when the capture was nearly complete, so they would see the Three-Tails sealed.

Kisame killed Suikazan Fuguki and took Samehada before escorting Cipher Unit ninjas through a pursuit led by Mei Terumi. After killing the survivors to protect the intelligence and escaping across a river, Kisame questioned his life as a tool, while Aizen revived Rinne and wondered whether she could bind the shark.

• Kisame killed Suikazan Fuguki, took Samehada, and fled with the Cipher Unit ninjas as rebels pursued them.
• Mei Terumi caught up with Kisame, who used Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave to slow the pursuers.
• Kisame killed the wounded Cipher Unit members he had rescued, including Rinne, claiming his mission was to protect intelligence.
• Rinne showed pity rather than hatred before dying, prompting Kisame to question whether the world was right.
• Mei Terumi abandoned the pursuit, and Aizen emerged to revive Rinne with emerald light.

Kisame accepted Obito’s invitation to join him, then met Aizen and learned that Aizen had arranged for him to confront the falsehoods of his past. After Aizen revealed that Rinne and the other companions Kisame had killed were alive, he gave Kisame a new task: connect with Rinne through human emotions.

• Kisame reported that he had killed Suikazan Fuguki and the Cipher Unit, and Yagura praised him for passing a test of the world’s false nature.
• Obito revealed himself to Kisame, invited him to join the Akatsuki, and explained his plan to create a real world; Kisame agreed to serve him.
• Kisame met Aizen and realized that Aizen had sealed his memories so he could witness the events himself.
• Aizen told Kisame that the people who genuinely cared for him were proof of his existence, then revealed that Rinne and the other companions Kisame had thought he killed were alive.
• Rinne encouraged Kisame to stop treating himself as a tool, and Aizen assigned him to communicate with her through human emotions.

Mei Terumi’s rebels agreed to cooperate secretly with Leaf Village against the Mizukage, but Mei demanded a promise that Shimizu Soseki would help defeat him. Mizuki accepted on Soseki’s behalf, leaving Mei convinced that the Hidden Mist Village could be saved.

• Mei Terumi returned without capturing Kisame Hoshigaki and learned that the Cipher Unit survivors were willing to join her rebels for revenge.
• Mei persuaded Ao and the others that they needed Leaf Village’s help to overthrow the Mizukage, and said their cooperation would remain secret.
• Mei demanded that Shimizu Soseki promise to help defeat the Mizukage, but Kakashi refused to commit on his senior’s behalf.
• Mizuki said Soseki had anticipated the demand and instructed him to agree, astonishing both Leaf Village and the Hidden Mist rebels.
• Mizuki considered how a pro-Soseki leader might bring the Hidden Mist Village into a future alliance, while Mei celebrated the village’s expected salvation.

Yagura lured the Leaf Village ninja into attacking the Hidden Mist forces capturing the Three-Tails, then used the Water Mirror Technique to create duplicates and block their advance. Kakashi failed to hit Yagura with Kamui, and the Leaf team faced mounting pressure as the genjutsu-bound Hidden Mist ninja began to recover.

• Yagura sent two-thirds of the Hidden Mist forces back to defend the village, leaving the Three-Tails’ capture site lightly guarded.
• Yagura directed the remaining Hidden Mist ninja to attack the arriving Leaf Village group, while Mizuki absorbed their opening Water Release assault.
• Kurenai, Asuma, Kakashi, and Guy countered with wide-area techniques, and Guy used the Third Gate to defeat his water duplicate.
• Kakashi tried to strike Yagura from behind with Kamui, but Yagura dodged and summoned two more sets of duplicates with the Water Mirror Technique.
• The Leaf team struggled to reach Yagura as their genjutsu weakened and the Hidden Mist ninja began waking.

Obito learned that Aizen, Kakuzu, and Raiga had arrived to capture the Three-Tails, but decided to let the operation proceed. At sea, Kakuzu and Raiga fought Yagura and Kirigakure’s ninja while Raiga maintained the sealing scroll, until an unseen force unleashed massive waves and trapped the submerged ninja.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that Aizen had saved Kisame’s intended victims and was guiding rebels, while Kakuzu and Raiga had come to capture the Three-Tails.
• Kakashi spotted Chakra beneath the sea and warned that someone was sealing the Three-Tails, forcing Yagura to attack Kakuzu and Raiga.
• Kakuzu blasted through Yagura’s whirlpool and battled him, while Raiga electrocuted Kirigakure ninja who tried to stop him.
• Towering waves rose across the sea, but they stopped at the Leaf Village group, leading Yagura to identify Ryūchi Cave’s Inorganic Reincarnation.
• The sea turned into chains and seized the Kirigakure ninja who had dived underwater.

Mizuki devastated the Hidden Mist forces with a towering wave but struggled to maintain his power as Yagura and Kakuzu exposed his weakness and attacked. As the battle turned against the Leaf group, Mei Terumi decided to intervene, framing the rescue as the capture of Hidden Mist traitors.

• Mizuki’s giant wave incapacitated most of the Hidden Mist ninja, and he demanded that Yagura hand over the Three-Tails in exchange for their lives.
• Yagura refused, while Kakuzu cut Raiga free with an attack that nearly hit him and then challenged Mizuki’s remaining strength.
• Yagura realized Mizuki was absorbing Chakra from the few Hidden Mist ninja left on the surface, so he and Kakuzu attacked Mizuki and his trapped subordinates.
• Kakuzu left Raiga to face Kakashi and the others, while the Leaf group faced the prospect of fighting Yagura and Kakuzu near the Hidden Mist Village.
• Mei Terumi decided to help the Leaf group and told Ao they could present the intervention as capturing Raiga Kurosuki and Kakuzu, not aiding Leaf Village.

The battle between Yagura’s forces and the Leaf shinobi shifted when Mei Terumi intervened, but Hozuki Crescent Moon arrived under apparent control and turned the tide against Kakashi. As Crescent Moon transformed into a giant monster, Mizuki summoned a powerful figure to the sea, leaving the battle poised for a new arrival.

• Mei Terumi and her jonin confronted Yagura and Raiga, giving Kakashi’s group a chance to continue fighting.
• Hozuki Crescent Moon arrived in a partially transformed state, and Mei Terumi suspected that someone was controlling him.
• Kakashi used Kamui to wound the Three-Tails, but the clash of ocular powers disrupted the control over Crescent Moon.
• Crescent Moon attacked Kakashi, who collapsed from his injuries and exhaustion, then transformed into a giant monster.
• Mizuki crushed a kunai with Steel Release, and a tall figure appeared on the sea, frightening the Hidden Mist ninja, Raiga, and Kakuzu.

Shimizu Soseki demonstrated the physical strength he had gained over three years by overpowering the Six-Tails, but Yagura made the Three-Tails self-destruct before it could be taken. Kakashi was devastated, while Obito celebrated his pain and remained committed to keeping his plans moving.

• Obito realized Kakashi’s attack had destroyed his sealing formula, but said he had another contingency for the Three-Tails.
• Soseki caught the Six-Tails’ enormous palm, threw the beast into the sea, and pierced it with a Finger Gun: Positron Cannon.
• Mei Terumi and Hidden Mist ninjas blocked Raiga and Kakuzu as they tried to retreat.
• Yagura made the Three-Tails self-destruct, creating a vast explosion and whirlpool that left Kakashi spitting blood.
• Obito laughed as Kakashi suffered, while Black Zetsu wondered whether Kakashi’s anguish hid a secret.