Chapter Summaries

Masahiko accepted Hinata, Neji, and Hanabi as unofficial disciples while taking Sakura on as an apprentice to learn medical arts. He gave Sakura three books to study and began sparring with Hinata as Neji practiced his Byakugan against a wooden post.

• Masahiko agreed to guide Hinata and Neji, with Hanabi joining on weekends, after their fathers explained why the children needed his help.
• Sakura arrived with mochi and learned that Hinata and Neji would train alongside her; Masahiko designated them unofficial disciples and Sakura his medical apprentice.
• Masahiko gave Sakura three books and told her to begin with Medical Ninjutsu, aiming to master them within two years.
• At Training Ground 7, Masahiko sparred with Hinata while Neji practiced against a wooden post and suspected Masahiko was deliberately making him train his Byakugan.

Over several years, Masahiko trained Naruto and the other children while major events unfolded across the shinobi world, including Gaara becoming Kazekage and Konan and Nagato having a daughter. In April of Konoha's sixty-third year, Masahiko heard news that made him prepare to confront the Sage of Six Paths.

• Masahiko trained Naruto in Sage Mode and helped him master Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, then punished him for becoming Jiraiya's disciple in hopes of finding the Child of Prophecy.
• Konan and Nagato welcomed a daughter, while Tianzi attacked Iwagakure, where Ōnoki was wounded and the Five-Tails was captured; Masahiko treated Ōnoki and helped Kurotsuchi take the Tsuchikage position.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Tenten, Toneri, Hoshino, and others became Jonin, and Gaara took office as the Fifth Kazekage.
• Konan and Nagato's daughter was born safely, and Masahiko named her Nancy Uzumaki before staying to help care for her and Konan.
• Masahiko's eyes evolved into the Six Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, and in April he prepared to pull the Sage of Six Paths over after hearing important news.

Masahiko confirmed that Hiruzen was nearing death, and Hiruzen prepared to say goodbye to his family and Konoha. Kushina finally visited him and let go of her old resentment.

• Masahiko examined Hiruzen and estimated that he had less than a month to live, prompting Konohamaru and the others to grieve.
• As Hiruzen grew weaker, visitors across Konoha came to pay their respects, and by mid-April he could no longer leave his bed.
• Kushina refused to visit Hiruzen because she still blamed him for past events, but Masahiko persuaded her to reconsider.
• Kushina went with Masahiko to Hiruzen's bedside, where Hiruzen apologized for what he had done.
• Kushina told Hiruzen that she no longer blamed him.

As Hiruzen’s health failed, he reconciled with Kushina and Minato and asked to deliver one last public speech before dying. His final wish was only partly fulfilled when Orochimaru appeared at the speech, but as a clone.

• Hiruzen and Kushina let go of their long-standing resentment, and Minato told Hiruzen he had never blamed him.
• Hiruzen said he did not want to die in bed, and Masahiko arranged for him to make a farewell address to Konoha.
• Two days later, Obito and Shinnosuke supported Hiruzen on the Hokage Office Building as Masahiko used Medical Ninjutsu to keep him alive for his speech.
• Hiruzen spoke to the gathered villagers about his time as Hokage and the Will of Fire, then spotted Orochimaru watching from nearby.
• Masahiko warned the others not to use the Four Red Yang Formation because Orochimaru was only a clone, leaving Hiruzen’s final regret only partly fulfilled.

Orochimaru joined Tianzi’s Dark Akatsuki, which planned to capture the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails to oppose Masahiko. In Konoha, Hiruzen completed his farewell speech and died, but Masahiko failed to hold on to his ascending soul.

• Orochimaru’s Earth Style Clone disappeared during Hiruzen’s farewell speech, and Konoha’s shinobi calmed the crowd.
• Tianzi invited Orochimaru to join Dark Akatsuki and revealed their plan to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and revive the Ten-Tails.
• Orochimaru agreed to join Tianzi, though he privately doubted their ability to confront Masahiko.
• Hiruzen forgot his closing words, then recited the Will of Fire as Konoha’s residents shouted their support.
• Masahiko withdrew his Medical Ninjutsu, and Hiruzen died in Shinnosuke’s arms after the farewell speech ended.
• Masahiko tried to grasp Hiruzen’s ascending soul but fell when it slipped free.

Masahiko entered the Afterlife and negotiated with the Sage of Six Paths to retrieve Hitomi’s soul, then returned to his body at Kushina’s home. He left Hitomi with the ghosts and checked that Kushina had not removed his newly grown leg hair.

• After Masahiko collapsed, Tsunade determined that his body was alive and his soul had entered a space, so Kushina and Minato took him home.
• In the Afterlife, Masahiko broke the Sage of Six Paths’s suppression and learned that Hitomi’s soul had recovered.
• The Sage of Six Paths asked Masahiko not to side with the other version of himself causing chaos, and Masahiko agreed to stay out of their conflict.
• Masahiko took Hitomi’s soul back to his Mental Space, where Hitomi reunited with his companions and apologized for kicking Masahiko to death.
• Masahiko returned to his body at Kushina’s home, checked his clothes, and confirmed that Kushina had not removed his new leg hair.

Masahiko recovered and reunited with his family, then praised Sakura’s mastery of his medical texts and sent her to train at Konoha Hospital. Sasuke revealed a strange change in his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Masahiko realized it was evolving toward the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Masahiko reassured Kushina, Tsunade, Minato, Yuexia, and Naruto that he had recovered and had retrieved Hiruzen’s and Hitomi’s souls.
• Sakura and Sasuke arrived looking for Naruto, and Kushina decided to leave the family to the Third Hokage’s relatives.
• Sakura told Masahiko she had mastered his three books, so he let her keep them and directed her to train at Konoha Hospital under Rin.
• Masahiko urged Sakura to learn more from Rin or Tsunade, including the Super Strength Fist.
• Sasuke showed Masahiko his Mangekyō Sharingan and described a swelling sensation when he activated it.
• Masahiko examined Sasuke’s eyes and realized they were evolving toward the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Masahiko examined Naruto and Sasuke after noticing Sasuke's eyes were close to evolving, then attended Hiruzen's funeral and gained Witness Points. Later, he trained Hinata and Hanabi and used 1,000 points to improve his Wind and Fire Release, triggering a strange sensation of swelling.

• Masahiko examined Naruto and Sasuke, concluded that Sasuke's eyes were nearing evolution, and said Naruto would soon master Little Fox.
• Masahiko watched Hiruzen's funeral from the Eight Trigrams Space, earned Witness Points, and expanded the Mental Space for its twelve ghosts.
• Masahiko trained Hinata and Hanabi at Training Ground Seven and teased Hanabi about her mobile Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
• Masahiko invested 1,000 Witness Points in Wind and Fire Release, opening spaces for the third and fourth gates as his body began to feel extremely swollen.

After his Chakra surged when he opened the first seven gates of space, Masahiko grew dramatically fatter and sought the Akimichi Clan’s Expansion Jutsu to manage his new size. He returned to Kushina’s house, where she immediately burst out laughing at his appearance.

• Masahiko discovered that his body had swollen after his Chakra rose to 4.2 million, and Hinata and Hanabi laughed at his new appearance.
• Masahiko canceled the girls’ training and went to the Akimichi Clan to ask Choza for the Expansion Jutsu method.
• Choza gave Masahiko the cultivation method, and Masahiko paid him to make sturdy clothes that could withstand the technique.
• Masahiko returned to Kushina’s house, where Kushina laughed when she saw how fat he had become.

Masahiko explored his new elemental spaces and tried to dream of the future, but gained no reliable visions. Nagato arrived with news of a mysterious winged courier and a sealed package addressed to Masahiko, leaving him unsure whether the strange delivery was a prank.

• Masahiko inspected the Fire Release Space, adjusted his height, and tried sleeping to develop prophetic dreams.
• Over the next half month, Masahiko slept whenever he could but failed to dream of the future, then received specially made clothes for his giant transformation.
• Masahiko decided to find a sacrifice for Impure World Reincarnation so he could test his strength against a giant opponent.
• Nagato told Masahiko that a powerful, blond, blue-eyed man with white wings had appeared in the Land of Whirlpools, delivered a heavy wooden box, and vanished using what seemed like space ninjutsu.
• Nagato explained that the box was addressed to Masahiko and protected by a complicated sealing formula that only Masahiko and Kushina could undo.
• Masahiko suspected Nagato was a mischievous Shadow Clone trying to fool him.

Masahiko discovered that a mischievous Shadow Clone had sent him Killer B after the Eight-Tails was extracted, and he struggled to keep Killer B alive. He stabilized Killer B by filling the void in his body with his own Chakra, leaving Killer B as his Jinchuriki.

• Masahiko brought Nagato to the Land of Whirlpools and opened the sealed wooden box inside the Eight Trigrams Space.
• Masahiko found Killer B unconscious with the Eight-Tails extracted and used the Mystical Palm Technique to keep him alive.
• Masahiko read the Shadow Clone's note, which said it had taken the Eight-Tails for a deal with Tianzi and warned him about Orochimaru.
• Masahiko asked Nagato to borrow Samehada from Kisame and gather nourishing medicinal ingredients from the Land of Whirlpools.
• In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage learned of a note claiming the Dark Akatsuki had taken the Eight-Tails and ordered Mabui to contact the Akatsuki Organization.
• Masahiko used Samehada to seal his Chakra into Killer B, then gave him restorative medicine and stabilized his condition.

Masahiko struggled to hide the rescued Killer B and considered sending him to Turtle Island, while keeping his survival secret from Kumogakure. After three days, Nagato told Masahiko that the Fourth Raikage had called a Six Kage Summit, and Killer B had just awakened.

• Masahiko considered hiding Killer B on Turtle Island after recalling Kisame's mission there, then told Nagato about the rescue and his predicament.
• Masahiko visited Nagato and Konan's home, teased eight-month-old Nancy, and lied to Konan about what the agency's box contained.
• Masahiko found Sara in the Land of Whirlpools while Kimimaro, Karin, Haku, and Zabuza were away on missions.
• Three days later, Nagato told Masahiko that the Fourth Raikage had summoned the Six Kage to discuss Dark Akatsuki.
• Masahiko said Killer B had not awakened, then realized that he had just woken up.

Masahiko rescued Killer B after the Eight-Tails was extracted and arranged for him to hide on Turtle Island while helping Naruto train. As preparations began for the Six Kage Summit, Tayuya and Guren arrived in Konoha seeking refuge with Masahiko.

• Killer B woke in the Eight Trigrams Space, learned the Eight-Tails had been extracted, and accepted Masahiko's promise of a future concert in Konoha.
• Masahiko and Killer B agreed to tell the Fourth Raikage that Dark Akatsuki had captured Killer B and that he would train in seclusion on Turtle Island.
• Nagato agreed to attend the Six Kage Summit, and Masahiko returned to Konoha to get Obito's agreement as well.
• Obito confirmed he would attend the summit, then chose Naruto and Sasuke as his two guards after Masahiko requested Naruto's help with training.
• Yamato brought Tayuya and Guren to the Hokage Office Building, where Tayuya confirmed they had come to seek refuge with Masahiko.

Masahiko arranged for Guren and Tayuya to join the Land of Whirlpools, then tested Toneri after the young man announced he was ready. Toneri mastered Bagua Two Hundred Fifty-Six Palms and proved powerful enough to break Masahiko’s defense, while Masahiko considered him for the Land of Whirlpools Five Bloodline Limit Users.

• Masahiko had Obito lift Guren and Tayuya’s wanted status, then assigned Guren to the Land of Whirlpools Five Bloodline Limit Users and Tayuya to the Land of Whirlpools Anbu.
• Masahiko secretly placed four safeguards on Tayuya while ruffling her hair, wary of Orochimaru and her Curse Mark.
• Masahiko visited Toneri at the Senju Clan Compound, where Toneri said he was ready to demonstrate his progress.
• Toneri performed Bagua Two Hundred Fifty-Six Palms and shattered Masahiko’s repulsive-force barrier with his final strike.
• Masahiko praised Toneri’s achievement and joked that Hiashi would happily offer him his daughter in marriage.

Masahiko finalized the Five from the Land of Whirlpools and reunited with Kimimaro, Karin, and Haku after their return, bringing Guren into the new organization. He left them with an assignment involving Jugo and took them to look up at the village's people.

• Toneri asked Masahiko whether Hinata might marry him, but chose to wait rather than marry into the Hyuga Clan.
• Masahiko learned that the Six Kage Summit would be held in the Land of Rain on June 1st and told Killer B his sentence would end that day.
• Kimimaro, Karin, and Haku returned to the Land of Whirlpools with Guren, and Masahiko announced they would join the Five from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Masahiko assigned Guren to lead Jugo on missions because Jugo was still weak, then offered to show the group the people in their village.

Masahiko brought Jugo into the Land of Whirlpools and formed a promising group of five young ninja, then returned to Konoha as preparations began for the Six Kage Summit. He told Naruto that he would travel beyond the summit to learn to control the Nine-Tails, but left him wondering whether he would really have to cut off his ears first.

• Masahiko introduced Jugo to Kimimaro, Haku, Karin, and Guren, and the children quickly grew curious about his size and animal-speaking ability.
• Kimimaro and Karin agreed to show Jugo the ropes, while Guren accepted five unpaid S-rank missions from Masahiko.
• Masahiko returned to Konoha, where Toneri and the other children continued training and improving.
• News spread that the Six Kage Summit would be held in the Land of Rain, and Naruto celebrated being chosen as one of Obito's guards before learning Sasuke would accompany them too.
• Masahiko told Naruto that Gaara would attend as the Fifth Kazekage and that Naruto would later travel to a mysterious place to learn to control the Nine-Tails.
• Masahiko handed Naruto a kunai and told him to cut off his ears before meeting a fat man, leaving Naruto distressed at the prospect.

Masahiko accompanied Obito, Naruto, and Sasuke to the Land of Rain, where Hydrangea received them and Ōnoki arrived with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi. Ōnoki confronted Masahiko about the false prediction of his death that had pushed him toward choosing a successor, but Masahiko threatened him into silence.

• Masahiko, Obito, Naruto, and Sasuke traveled toward the Land of Rain while Obito recounted his battles with Hanzō and Naruto asked Masahiko about the title of God of Shinobi.
• Sasuke suffered a brief bout of eye discomfort, and Masahiko explained that Sasuke’s eyes were approaching an evolution.
• Hydrangea greeted Obito and recognized Masahiko, who teased her about mistaking him for a guard before Obito asked to see Yahiko.
• Masahiko spotted Ōnoki flying in with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi, and Ōnoki questioned him about predicting that he had less than a year to live.
• Kurotsuchi revealed that she had helped persuade Ōnoki to choose a successor, and Masahiko threatened to beat him if he kept complaining.

Masahiko and Obito arrived in the Land of Rain for the Six Kage Summit and discussed Dark Akatsuki’s likely next target. Masahiko revealed he had prepared Gaara as bait for the group’s leader, Tianzi.

• Ōnoki accepted defeat, and Masahiko and Kurotsuchi celebrated their victory before the group headed to the Land of Rain.
• Hydrangea led Masahiko, Obito, Naruto, and Sasuke to the Central Tower, where Yahiko and Ringo Ameyuri greeted them.
• Yahiko told Masahiko that four Kage had arrived and that Nagato and Gaara were still on their way, with Sasori guarding Gaara.
• Naruto blurted out that he planned to attend the next summit as Sixth Hokage, embarrassing Obito.
• Masahiko explained that he had placed two clones with Spirit Speech Sealing on Gaara and intended to use him as bait to catch Tianzi.

Masahiko visited the arriving Sunagakure and Kumogakure delegations before the Six Kage Summit and revealed that Killer B was alive. A agreed to keep Killer B hidden as a surprise weapon against Dark Akatsuki, while planning to send him to Turtle Island after the summit.

• Masahiko reminded Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari that Gaara could summon their ancestor's clone with a passphrase, then learned Chiyo was staying with Sasori.
• Masahiko visited A's villa, where A reacted angrily to his arrival and Masahiko sealed the room with a barrier.
• Masahiko revealed the supposedly dead Killer B to A, Yugito, Mabui, and Samui, and Killer B claimed Masahiko had rescued him.
• Masahiko proposed taking Naruto to Turtle Island, and A agreed that Mabui would guide them there after the summit.
• Masahiko explained that Killer B should remain hidden as a surprise troop, and A reluctantly accepted the plan.

Masahiko attended the Six Kage Summit in the Land of Rain, where Sasuke’s eyes transformed and his Perfect Susanoo shattered the tower. Masahiko realized Sasuke’s outburst had earned him only a significantly altered storyline reward and suspected Sasuke had acted to retaliate against him.

• Masahiko returned to Konoha and teased Naruto and Sasuke before deciding Sasuke would accompany Obito to the summit while Naruto stayed behind.
• Masahiko entered the summit with Nagato as the First Elder of the Land of Whirlpools, and Yahiko opened the meeting by asking the Fourth Raikage to explain its purpose.
• Sasuke’s eyes began to trouble him during the summit, and a Perfect Susanoo erupted around him, destroying the top of the Central Tower.
• Masahiko let Sasuke’s Susanoo stabilize, then received 20 Witness Points for significantly altering the Five Kage Summit storyline and suspected Sasuke had deliberately caused trouble to spite him.