Chapter Summaries

Sasuke’s newly evolved Susanoo sparked a fight among the Kage, and Masahiko ended the clash by knocking Sasuke unconscious and leveling much of the Land of Rain’s central region. As the survivors began rebuilding, Yahiko hinted at two painful matters he had long wanted to tell Masahiko.

• Sasuke struggled to control his new Perfect Susanoo as the Kage and guards surrounded it, and the Fourth Raikage attacked its leg.
• Naruto sent Shadow Clones against the Raikage, prompting Shisui to defend Naruto and Kumogakure to clash with Konoha.
• Masahiko enlarged himself and stomped Sasuke unconscious, ending the fight while causing widespread destruction.
• Obito apologized to the Fourth Raikage and the other Kage, who agreed to reconvene the Six Kage Summit in two days.
• Masahiko joined Yahiko’s ninjas in clearing rubble, and Yahiko said he had two painful matters to discuss with him.

Yahiko revealed that Masahiko’s attack on the Land of Rain’s slums had killed his parents, and Masahiko admitted his responsibility while explaining that he had acted to save Nagato. The two reached an uneasy understanding, and Masahiko left with Naruto and Mabui for Turtle Island.

• Yahiko told Masahiko, Nagato, and Obito how Hanzō’s attack had killed the members of the Akatsuki’s predecessor organization, and how he had traded Hanzō’s corpse to Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Yahiko revealed that his parents had died when Masahiko destroyed much of the Land of Rain’s slums in Konoha Year 33, and Masahiko admitted that he had been wrong to cause civilian casualties.
• Masahiko explained that he had destroyed the slums to defeat an enemy and protect Nagato, whom he had discovered there as a genius from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Masahiko offered to compensate Yahiko by asking him to treat Nagato as a little brother, and Yahiko accepted the offer without demanding further retribution.
• Masahiko left Yahiko and Nagato together, then took Naruto and Mabui from Kumogakure toward Turtle Island while the Fourth Raikage protested.

Masahiko, Naruto, Mabui, and Killer B reached Turtle Island, where Naruto went to train at True Waterfall. Masahiko stayed behind to investigate the Giant Turtle, but it retreated into its shell when he tried to wake it.

• Masahiko teased Naruto about the dark side he might face at True Waterfall, while Mabui explained the training and described Turtle Island as a mobile fortress on a Giant Turtle.
• Mabui guided the group through the northeastern sea to Turtle Island, and Masahiko followed her route while memorizing the surrounding islands.
• Masahiko brought Killer B to the island and sent him to lead Naruto to True Waterfall; Mabui followed them ashore.
• Masahiko examined the sleeping Giant Turtle beneath the island and tried to wake it, but it pulled its head into its shell.

Masahiko searched Turtle Island for a suitable Summoning Beast, built a villa, and cooked fish that won the Giant Turtle’s favor. The next morning, he began Naruto’s training at the True Waterfall, where Naruto saw an unexpected dark side.

• Masahiko tried to lure the Giant Turtle out of its shell with food, then searched the island for a suitable animal Summoning Beast but found none he liked.
• Masahiko reached Naruto, Killer B, and Mabui’s camp and replaced Killer B’s stone house with a wooden villa.
• Masahiko grilled fish for the group and shared several with the Giant Turtle, which eagerly ate them.
• Masahiko woke Naruto, Killer B, and Mabui early the next morning and led them to the True Waterfall.
• Mabui explained how Naruto could face his dark side, and Naruto saw someone other than Sasuke appear in the waterfall.

Masahiko watched Naruto defeat his dark side, then found that his own dark side shattered instantly when he entered the True Waterfall. After sending Naruto, Killer B, and Mabui into the ruins, Masahiko stayed behind to test a bold idea beneath the waterfall.

• Naruto overcame a pitch-black version of himself, and Masahiko prepared lunch while Naruto rested.
• Killer B explained that a dark side matched its owner's strength and that its battle intelligence reflected the darkness in the owner's heart.
• Masahiko entered the True Waterfall and defeated his dark side with a single Wind Blade in half a minute.
• Killer B told Naruto that the ruins behind the waterfall would help him seize the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and Naruto, Killer B, and Mabui went inside.
• Masahiko stripped and stood beneath the waterfall, then used the Sixty-Four Hand Seal—Release as he pursued his bold idea.

Masahiko destroyed Black Zetsu and helped Naruto enter an imperfect Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, telling him to persuade the Nine-Tails to reach the next stage. In the Land of Rain, Yahiko opened his door to a familiar-looking stranger and saw strange memories flash through his mind.

• Masahiko freed Black Zetsu from its seal and erased it with All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Mabui summoned Masahiko to the ruins when Naruto began losing control of the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• Masahiko calmed the Nine-Tails with a cough, allowing Naruto to enter the imperfect Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
• Masahiko told Naruto to use Talk no Jutsu to persuade the Nine-Tails and become one with it.
• Yahiko answered a knock at his door and saw a familiar-looking face that triggered unfamiliar memories.

Masahiko tried to lure the Giant Turtle and its younger companion with grilled pork while Naruto continued training to connect with the Nine-Tails. The small turtle revealed it had learned human speech two hundred years earlier, and Masahiko became interested in its companions.

• Naruto practiced speaking with the Nine-Tails in the ruins while Mabui and Killer B stayed to watch over him.
• Masahiko inspected the ruins and their carvings, then left to find Summoning Beasts and learn more about the Giant Turtle.
• Masahiko grilled pork for the Giant Turtle, but it ate the food and sank back into the sea without speaking.
• Mabui found Masahiko grilling pork, and a smaller Giant Turtle approached after smelling the food.
• The small Giant Turtle said it was not an adult, explained that it had learned human speech after humans visited the island two hundred years earlier, and called the larger turtle its old ancestor.

Masahiko recruited Divine Turtle and a giant armadillo on Turtle Island while Naruto finally got the Nine-Tails to respond, though it only told him to get lost. Meanwhile, Orochimaru warned Tianzi that Masahiko might be nearby just as a familiar voice interrupted them.

• Masahiko learned that the people who had once lived on Turtle Island came from the Land of Lightning, then persuaded the young Giant Turtle to take him to its companions.
• Masahiko found that the other Giant Turtles lacked Chakra and could not speak, but he later signed the little Giant Turtle as a Summoning Beast and named it Divine Turtle.
• Masahiko obtained a female giant armadillo Summoning Beast and considered finding more animals while the Six Kage Summit debated how to deal with Akatsuki and Dark Akatsuki.
• Masahiko prepared dinner on Turtle Island as Naruto continued talking to the Nine-Tails and Killer B made progress using Masahiko's Chakra.
• Naruto told Masahiko that the Nine-Tails had finally spoken to him, but its only response had been, “Get lost.”
• Orochimaru told Tianzi he had only half an hour to perform his technique and warned that someone, possibly Masahiko, had followed him; then a voice offered them ramen.

Teuchi revealed himself to Tianzi as Otsutsuki Ichiraku and persuaded him to accept a scroll and help extract the One-Tail, claiming he was rescuing Kaguya. Masahiko discovered Gaara had been abducted and learned that a disguised Akatsuki leader may have drugged the Sunagakure group.

• Masahiko found that his Spore Clone had been cut off and suspected Teuchi had interfered.
• Teuchi erased Masahiko’s gourd mark from Gaara and introduced himself to Tianzi as Otsutsuki Ichiraku.
• Teuchi claimed Kaguya was his daughter and Tianzi’s future wife, then urged Tianzi to call him Father-in-law and help rescue her.
• Tianzi accepted Teuchi’s scroll and began extracting the One-Tail while Orochimaru noticed Chiyo and Sasori fighting nearby.
• Masahiko found Kankuro unconscious and woke Temari, who recalled that Yahiko had served them dinner before they fell asleep.
• Masahiko warned Temari that the Yahiko they met might have been the disguised leader of Dark Akatsuki.

Masahiko learned that Yahiko had helped Tianzi capture Gaara after Tianzi tampered with Yahiko’s memories and recruited him to pursue peace through a common enemy. Masahiko altered Yahiko’s memories again and left to rescue Gaara, while Yahiko hoped Gaara would be safe.

• Masahiko told Temari to wake the others and notify Chiyo and Sasori, then went to the Land of Rain instead of searching for Gaara.
• Chiyo and Sasori were fighting in the mountains when the ground collapsed and they found Tianzi’s group extracting the One-Tail from Gaara.
• Yahiko told Masahiko that Tianzi had saved him as a child, altered his memories, and later persuaded him to help capture Gaara.
• Yahiko explained that he had cooperated with Tianzi because he believed a common enemy might unite the ninja world and lead to peace.
• Masahiko placed his hand over Yahiko’s head, altered his memories, and left to reach Gaara before it was too late.

Masahiko found Chiyo and Sasori badly injured after Dark Akatsuki extracted the One-Tail from Gaara, and learned that Orochimaru had fought them while Teuchi intervened. The chapter left Masahiko puzzled by Teuchi’s motives as he heard Chiyo recount the encounter.

• Masahiko found Chiyo near death among the wreckage and used Medical Ninjutsu to stabilize her.
• Sasori reassembled himself from puppet fragments, and Chiyo told Masahiko that Gaara was nearby.
• Masahiko brought Gaara’s cold body to Chiyo, who confirmed that Dark Akatsuki had extracted the One-Tail and killed him.
• Chiyo said Orochimaru had overwhelmed her and Sasori, while a third man watched and called himself the leader’s father-in-law.
• In Chiyo’s account of the earlier battle, Teuchi stopped Tianzi from killing Chiyo and Sasori and persuaded Tianzi and Orochimaru to leave with him.

After hearing Chiyo’s account, Masahiko revived Gaara with the Rebirth Technique despite its heavy physical cost. Gaara awoke, and Masahiko was thrilled to discover that the rescue had earned him enough Witness Points to bring his total to 520.

• Masahiko questioned Teuchi’s motives after hearing how he had saved Chiyo and Sasori and left Gaara’s body behind.
• Chiyo asked Masahiko to restore Sasori’s human body, and Sasori vowed to do it himself in a few days.
• Masahiko insisted on reviving Gaara himself, and Sasori could not bring himself to ask that Chiyo do it instead.
• Masahiko used the Rebirth Technique, depleted his ocular power, and entered a weakened state that would take nearly a year to recover from.
• Gaara awoke, and Masahiko gained Witness Points for greatly altering the story of Gaara’s death.
• Masahiko celebrated his 520 Witness Points while Chiyo, Gaara, and Sasori reacted with confusion and concern.

Masahiko maxed out his Sealing Jutsu but failed to unlock the eighth space, discovering that Medical Jutsu might be the skill that needed to reach its next level. He returned to Turtle Island frustrated and spanked Naruto after Naruto asked him to cook dinner.

• Masahiko persuaded Gaara to accept Yahiko’s apology and compensation, then threatened Sasori with a girl’s body if he failed to visit the Land of Whirlpools in five months.
• Masahiko returned to Turtle Island, told Naruto to stay there after completing his training, and left seasonings for Naruto, Killer B, and Mabui.
• Masahiko spent 500 Witness Points to max out Sealing Jutsu, but his number of spaces remained seven out of eight.
• Masahiko suspected Medical Jutsu had to advance before the eighth space would open, then sank the island where he had waited and returned to Turtle Island.
• Naruto asked Masahiko to make dinner, so Masahiko pulled him over and spanked him.

Masahiko returned from Turtle Island with Naruto after Naruto made a tentative connection with the Nine-Tails, and Masahiko gained a powerful new soul-sealing technique. Back in Konoha, they found the street around Kushina’s house filled with disguised S-Rank ninja, and Kushina complained that Obito’s protection scheme had made life unbearable.

• Masahiko explained that he had hit Naruto to make the Nine-Tails feel his pain, and Naruto believed him.
• Masahiko recovered from his disappointment about Medical Space and discovered that level-ten Sealing Jutsu gave him the Reaper Death Seal.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails reached a shallow understanding and bumped fists after a month of Naruto’s Talk no Jutsu.
• Masahiko flew Naruto and Mabui back toward the mainland, dropping Mabui off in the Land of Lightning while Killer B stayed behind to train.
• Masahiko and Naruto returned to Konoha and found Shisui, Yun Chu, Itachi, Deidara, Ōnoki, and other S-Rank ninja disguised as street vendors near Kushina’s house.
• Kushina greeted Masahiko tearfully and declared that she would tear Obito apart for making these days unbearable.

Kushina discovered that the people secretly protecting her family included Itachi, Ōnoki, and Deidara, and confronted Masahiko over the crowded street. Masahiko reassigned Itachi to guard Yuexia and sent Ōnoki and Deidara away as the search for Dark Akatsuki continued.

• Kushina mistook Itachi, disguised as a scar-faced flatbread seller, for a young man following her out of romantic interest before sensing his chakra and recognizing him.
• Kushina told Masahiko that Obito’s protection detail had filled the neighborhood with strangers, including Ōnoki and Deidara, and Masahiko laughed at her misunderstanding about Itachi.
• Masahiko ordered the other hidden protectors to disperse and told Itachi to focus on protecting Yuexia.
• Ōnoki explained that the villages were searching for Dark Akatsuki and had found links between the group and the Black Market, while Deidara complained about being dragged along.
• Masahiko told Ōnoki and Deidara to return and prepare for the final battle, and Ōnoki carried the protesting Deidara away.
• Kushina reminded Masahiko that he had promised to teach Obito a lesson, and Masahiko said he was going.

Masahiko warned Obito about Dark Akatsuki’s forces, then secretly raided the Konoha and Land of Whirlpools cemeteries to collect cells for reviving the dead. He turned his own grave into a laboratory and planned to live there for the next few months.

• Masahiko explained that Tianzi had altered Yahiko’s memories when he was a child, then ordered Obito to move Sasuke to Kushina’s house and strengthen Konoha’s defenses against Dark Akatsuki.
• Masahiko told Obito that Dark Akatsuki controlled a hundred thousand White Zetsu and could use Impure World Reincarnation, prompting Obito to prepare for a large-scale attack.
• Masahiko secretly entered Konoha Cemetery to collect cells from the dead and found a White Zetsu inside Kenji’s grave, which he killed before emerging with four White Zetsu corpses.
• Obito arrived and agreed to strengthen the cemetery’s security, notify other nations, and deliver two Summoning Scrolls while Masahiko returned to the Land of Whirlpools.
• Masahiko searched the Land of Whirlpools Cemetery for cells, found no White Zetsu, and decided to renovate his grave as a laboratory and home.

Chiyo and Sasori visited Masahiko’s hidden laboratory, where he showed them preserved bodies and explained that he was growing new bodies from cells. Masahiko prepared to restore Sasori’s flesh-and-blood body by having him soak his core in a special liquid.

• Nagato led Chiyo and Sasori through a cemetery to Masahiko’s underground laboratory.
• Masahiko showed Sasori the laboratory’s containers and revealed Hitomi Uzumaki’s living body without a soul.
• Masahiko explained that the pale green liquid preserved bodies and that the dark green liquid was a potent medicine.
• Chiyo entered the room containing the bodies of Masahiko’s female disciples and Mito, then emerged shocked by what she had seen.
• Masahiko told Sasori to soak his core in the dark green liquid so he could have a new body in two months.

Masahiko restored Sasori to a human body, prepared for further revivals, and spoke with Chiri and Madara in the Mental Space. On New Year's Day in Konoha's sixty-fourth year, white monsters appeared around the Land of Whirlpools, signaling the start of the final battle with Tianzi.

• Sasori grew a human body in Masahiko's cultivation jar and broke out, and Masahiko introduced him to Chiyo before she planned to return to Sunagakure.
• Masahiko confirmed that the cultivated bodies were ready and discussed reviving Chiri with her, while Chiri agreed to leave her return to fate.
• Madara asked Masahiko to throw Tianzi's soul into the Mental Space after killing him, and Masahiko agreed on the condition that Madara acknowledge Chiri as his Second Grandmother.
• Masahiko hosted a New Year's reunion dinner at Sara Ramen Shop, and the gathered younger generation quickly finished the meal.
• A Patrol Team member reported that white monsters had appeared around the Land of Whirlpools, and Masahiko declared that the battle had begun.

Masahiko organized the Land of Whirlpools' defenses against a White Zetsu attack, then discovered that a new force of Impure World Reincarnation ninja had arrived. The reinforcements were all red-haired relatives of the local ninja, leaving Masahiko to suspect Tianzi was behind the bizarre army.

• Masahiko assigned Nagato, Kimimaro, Haku, and others to defend the Land of Whirlpools while Minato checked on Konoha and brought the Land of Fire's Daimyo and his wife to safety.
• Masahiko took Yuexia to the western and northern borders, where he blasted the White Zetsu forces and left the ninja to finish off the survivors.
• Masahiko sensed hundreds of powerful Chakra signatures approaching and prepared the sealing squad to face them.
• Karin and other ninja recognized the approaching Impure World Reincarnation fighters as their relatives, and Masahiko saw that every one of them had red hair.

Masahiko stopped Tianzi’s attempt to infiltrate the Land of Whirlpools’ forces with reincarnated relatives, then learned that Tianzi and his allies planned to draw him away. The chapter left Orochimaru volunteering to lure away the Land of Whirlpools’ powerful fighters, claiming he would survive.

• Masahiko gave the Land of Whirlpools Ninjas five minutes to reunite with their reincarnated relatives while Nagato watched the defenses.
• Masahiko intercepted Yagura, defeated him, and sealed his soul in the Mental Space before the reunion could turn dangerous.
• Masahiko and the sealing unit subdued the reincarnated attackers, and Kimimaro led the troops to clear the battlefield.
• Tianzi admitted his attack had failed, and Teuchi proposed drawing away the Land of Whirlpools’ strongest fighters before Masahiko.
• Orochimaru volunteered to draw away the powerful fighters and said he would not die.