Chapter Summaries

Masahiko watched the Sannin face Hanzō in the Land of Rain and secretly strengthened Tsunade’s summon to help them survive the battle. Hanzō called them Konoha’s Sannin and agreed to end the war, while Masahiko gained Witness Points for changing the story.

• Masahiko flew to the Land of Rain and tracked the battle between Hanzō and the Sannin.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru fought together but struggled against Hanzō’s superior strength.
• Masahiko secretly fed Chakra into Tsunade’s summoning, causing the Slug Sage to appear at greatly increased size.
• The Sannin and their Summoning Beasts battled Hanzō and Ibuse until both sides were exhausted.
• Hanzō ended the fight, named the three ninja Konoha’s Sannin, and agreed to stop the war.
• Masahiko received 20 (*5) Witness Points for significantly altering the main storyline.

With the war entering a truce, Masahiko helped treat Konoha’s wounded as returning forces crowded the hospital. He checked on the injured Kenji Senju and left him with Mito, Goka, and Dōzan, who asked whether there was news of Yuna.

• The Land of Rain’s withdrawal brought a temporary truce, and Masahiko returned to Konoha to check on Kushina and Minato.
• As Konoha’s forces returned from fighting Sunagakure, Masahiko went to Konoha Hospital to help Tsunade treat the wounded.
• Masahiko examined Kagami Uchiha’s abrasions from the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand and let Tsunade treat him.
• Tsunade thanked Masahiko for secretly helping the Sannin during their battle, then went home to rest.
• Masahiko visited the heavily bandaged Kenji Senju, teased him about being hurt, and told him to recover.
• Dōzan asked Masahiko for news of Sister Yuna, but Masahiko had none and told him to worry about Kenji.

After attending Might Duy’s wedding, Masahiko watched Nawaki pursue Uchiha Mikoto and endure brutal training with Hitomi. As New Year approached, Masahiko announced plans for a celebration of his upcoming hundredth birthday, leaving the three of them lamenting their single status.

• Masahiko and Hitomi attended Might Duy’s small wedding and teased each other about being single.
• Nawaki revealed that Uchiha Fugaku had beaten him over his feelings for Uchiha Mikoto, and Masahiko let the rivalry continue.
• After Konoha’s half-year wave of weddings, Masahiko worried that Yuna had not returned and noted that Iko had sent patrol members to search for her.
• Hitomi put Nawaki through exhausting training, and Masahiko said they would return to the clan to prepare for a New Year celebration.
• Masahiko announced that he would turn one hundred the next year, and Hitomi’s remark about his long single life prompted Masahiko to call them all single dogs.

Uzumaki Masahiko celebrated his hundredth birthday, then searched for Yuna after learning that Uzumaki Nagato had not been born in the clan. Finding Nagato with Yuna in the Land of Rain, Masahiko realized Black Zetsu might be nearby and prepared to ambush him.

• Uzumaki announced Masahiko's hundredth birthday banquet, and guests from across the shinobi world attended the celebration on January 1st, Konoha Year 32.
• After the banquet, Masahiko asked Iko to find Uzumaki Nagato, but Iko reported that no such child was in the clan.
• Masahiko suspected Yuna had Nagato and traveled to the Land of Rain with her Chakra-suppressing bracelet.
• Masahiko found young Nagato living with Yuna in the Slums and feared Black Zetsu had been targeting him since the Second Shinobi War.
• Masahiko planted three Chakra-conducting Kunai around Yuna's home and used his Perception Ability to wait for Black Zetsu.

Masahiko ambushed Black Zetsu in the Land of Rain and, unable to destroy it, sealed it inside his own body. The battle devastated the slums, and Masahiko became the Black Zetsu Jinchuriki.

• Masahiko spent 400 Witness Points to raise Sealing Jutsu to level nine and prepared to capture Black Zetsu.
• After waiting near Yuna's home until October of Konoha Year 32, Masahiko sensed Black Zetsu approach Nagato and attacked with Banshō Ten'in.
• Black Zetsu escaped underground when Amegakure's guards arrived, so Masahiko opened the Seventh Gate and used Planetary Devastation to trap it in a massive sphere of rock.
• Masahiko pushed Yuna, her husband, and Little Nagato out of the gravitational range, while the attack destroyed the slums and caught the guards in the sphere.
• Masahiko bound Black Zetsu with Adamantine Sealing Chains, but Dust Release failed to harm it.
• Masahiko used his level-nine sealing mastery to seal Black Zetsu inside his own body and became its Jinchuriki.

Masahiko left the Land of Rain with Yuna and her family after sealing Black Zetsu, then learned Nagato had been targeted for his rare Sage Body. He went to the Valley of the End to confront the hidden Madara, who recognized him.

• Hanzō confronted Masahiko over the destruction in the Land of Rain but ultimately let him leave with Yuna and her family.
• Masahiko told Yuna that Black Zetsu had targeted Nagato and that Nagato was born with a Sage Body like Hashirama's.
• Masahiko returned Yuna and her family to the Land of Whirlpools and promised to train Nagato when he returned.
• Masahiko took the Rinnegan recovered from Black Zetsu and traveled to the Valley of the End to find Madara.
• Masahiko reached Madara's underground palace and revealed himself, and Madara recognized him.

Masahiko reunited with the aged Madara underground, where they discussed the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Madara’s suspicions, and the Black Zetsu. After Masahiko returned Madara’s Rinnegan, Madara regained his youth, and the two prepared to fight one last time.

• Masahiko met Madara underground, and the two exchanged familiar taunts instead of fighting immediately.
• Madara questioned Masahiko about the Infinite Tsukuyomi and revealed that he suspected Masahiko had long known about key events.
• Masahiko confirmed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was real but denied that it brought peace, then asked Madara about the Uchiha clan.
• Masahiko examined the underground chamber and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, then Madara asked what the black thing was.
• Masahiko returned Madara’s Rinnegan, and Madara used its power to regain his youthful appearance.
• Masahiko and Madara recalled their past battles and agreed to have one final fight.

Masahiko and Uchiha Madara fought across the Kazama Battlefield, trading taijutsu and powerful techniques as Madara’s Rinnegan and Susanoo gave him the advantage. Konoha evacuated its civilians, while Masahiko began looking for a strategy to overcome Madara’s greater reserves of Chakra.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Danzo and Kagami to evacuate Konoha’s villagers after they recognized Uchiha Madara’s Perfect Susanoo near the village.
• Madara used Wood Style techniques against Masahiko, who countered with Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken before Madara absorbed it with his Rinnegan.
• Masahiko and Madara fought hand to hand until Madara used Limbo: Border Jail, forcing Masahiko to open the Fifth Gate and fight its invisible shadows.
• Madara activated Perfect Susanoo, and Masahiko opened the Seventh Gate and tried Water Release and Dust Release techniques against him.
• Madara’s Susanoo shattered Masahiko’s attack and quickly formed a new sword, prompting Masahiko to consider changing tactics as Hiruzen gathered elite ninjas to support the battle.

Masahiko sealed Black Zetsu after his battle with Madara and collapsed as Madara died. When Masahiko awoke, he found himself wounded amid an earlier battle where Izuna was about to die.

• After Masahiko and Madara's fight ended at dawn, Masahiko killed nearby Kusagakure scouts with Storm Release and flew south while Madara stayed behind.
• Black Zetsu struggled against Masahiko's seal, so Masahiko hid in a cave, strengthened the seal, and summoned Lord Slug to keep him alive before passing out.
• Masahiko received a message that he had witnessed and changed Uchiha Madara's death, while Hiruzen and Mito found no Chakra signatures at the battlefield and returned to Konoha.
• Masahiko awoke in the cave after an unknown length of time, then was struck in the waist as he stepped outside.
• Masahiko saw Madara attacking him amid a battle with Tobirama and realized he might be witnessing the fight where Uchiha Izuna died.

Masahiko woke from a nightmare and discovered that more than a decade had passed while he was unconscious. After learning that Hitomi had died defending the Land of Whirlpools and Minato had sacrificed himself to seal the Nine-Tails, Masahiko realized that Black Zetsu was behind his nightmares.

• Masahiko emerged from the cave and found the former battlefield had become Kannabi Bridge, which civilians said had been destroyed more than a year earlier.
• Masahiko reached Konoha and learned from villagers that the Fourth Hokage, Minato, had died sealing the Nine-Tails.
• Shinnosuke recognized Masahiko and brought him to Hiruzen, Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu in the Hokage's Office.
• Hiruzen told Masahiko that Kagami had died in Sunagakure and Hitomi had used the Eight Gates Released Formation against the Land of Water's invasion.
• Hiruzen explained that a masked man had released the Nine-Tails during Kushina's childbirth and Minato had used the Reaper Death Seal to protect Konoha.
• Masahiko concluded that Black Zetsu was behind the nightmares.

Masahiko believed he had returned to Konoha and confronted Hiruzen and the elders, but the meeting turned out to be a genjutsu. He awakened in the cave beside Slug, with the Crimson Sun Array still intact and Black Zetsu sealed.

• Masahiko asked Hiruzen, Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu about Konoha’s history and learned they were discussing how to handle Minato Naruto, the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Masahiko repeatedly kicked Danzo for calling Hiruzen weak and advocating that Naruto be monitored, until Danzo used Izanagi to escape one kick.
• Hiruzen stopped Masahiko from attacking Danzo further, and Masahiko attempted to dispel the genjutsu by spending 400 Witness Points to raise Yin Release to Level 9.
• Masahiko dispelled the illusion and woke up in the cave beside Slug, where he saw a notice that sealing Black Zetsu had greatly altered the Naruto World’s main storyline.

After waking from a month-long unconsciousness, Masahiko returned to Konoha and discovered it had been attacked by five Rinnegan-wielding enemies. Unable to dispel what he suspected was a genjutsu, he learned that the attackers had vanished and that Orochimaru’s parents had died, leaving him wondering who had obtained Madara’s Rinnegan.

• Masahiko woke after a month, left his cave, and flew to Konoha to check whether he was still in a dream.
• Masahiko found Konoha and the Senju compound damaged, then used the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to locate Mito at the hospital.
• Mito told Masahiko that five black-red-cloud-robed attackers with linked Rinnegan had invaded, and Masahiko suspected they were the Six Paths of Pain.
• Masahiko repeatedly tried and failed to dispel the apparent genjutsu while Mito, Tsunade, and Hiruzen spoke around him.
• Mito explained that the attackers had targeted Kagami Uchiha, Orochimaru’s parents, and Nawaki, and that they vanished before she could kill them.
• Masahiko concluded that the attackers were likely the Six Paths of Pain and wondered who had obtained Madara’s Rinnegan.

Masahiko discovered that the attacks targeted people who should have died in the original story, then stopped the Six Paths of Pain from destroying the Land of Whirlpools. He ordered the survivors to prepare to relocate and planned to raise the Land of Whirlpools into one of the Five Great Nations.

• Masahiko questioned Kagami and Mito about the precise attacks in Konoha and realized Kagami, Nawaki, and Orochimaru's parents should have died by this point in the original story.
• Masahiko flew to the Land of Whirlpools, where he found Nanako had sealed the Two-Tails inside herself and the Six Paths of Pain were attacking.
• Masahiko activated Sage Mode and the Seventh Gate and destroyed the Deva Path's Planetary Devastation before it could ruin the Land of Whirlpools.
• The remaining Deva Path acknowledged Masahiko and vanished, while Masahiko failed to sense the enemy's real body and connected the attacks to someone trying to correct the plot.
• Masahiko told his disciples to organize the clansmen and delay rebuilding, then summoned help for the wounded and told Gensuke that the relocation was not to the Land of Lightning.
• Masahiko went to Yuna's family and resolved to make the Land of Whirlpools a new Great Nation.

After strengthening his Yang Release, Masahiko decided the Land of Whirlpools needed to defend itself without relying on him. He reclaimed a vast stretch of ocean for the country and began planning its expansion and development.

• Masahiko raised his Yang Release to Level Nine, gaining a Sage Body, greatly increased Chakra, and the ability to fire Tailed Beast Bombs from his fingers.
• Masahiko told Hitomi and Iko he had changed his mind about protecting the Land of Whirlpools alone, and Iko reported that the civilians were living in temporary residences.
• Masahiko used Dust Release to erase seawater and Earth Style to raise land, extending the Land of Whirlpools to within five kilometers of the Land of Water.
• Masahiko raised a Great Wall between the countries and reminded the Third Mizukage that their non-aggression pact remained in effect.
• After more than ten days of work and dismissing envoys from the Land of Water, Masahiko finished reclaiming the land and considered how to build the new nation and attract residents.

Masahiko helped Yuna develop a hand-operated machine to mass-produce kunai while learning why she had kept Nagato from becoming a ninja. After Konoha requested aid against renewed threats, Masahiko chose to focus on building up the Land of Whirlpools and changing its place in the ninja world.

• Masahiko worked with Yuna on designs for a machine that could mass-produce kunai, and asked why she had married a civilian and stayed away from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Yuna explained that she had feared Nagato would face danger and death as a ninja, but admitted she had been naive to think he could remain safe in the Land of Rain.
• Iko reported that Konoha had requested aid as Sunagakure mobilized and Iwagakure appeared to be moving against the Land of Lightning.
• Iko added that Kakuzu of Takigakure might join the conflict through the organization that had attacked the Uzumaki Clan and Konoha.
• Masahiko told Iko to negotiate with Konoha by raising Kakuzu's price, then ordered the Land of Whirlpools to encourage childbirth and develop its industry.

Masahiko took Nawaki from Konoha to the Land of Whirlpools to keep him safe and began training him in Earth Release. After partially unsealing Black Zetsu, Masahiko discovered a strange state he called Kaguya Will Mode, which made him faster at moving through earth but filled him with irritation.

• Masahiko brought Nawaki from Konoha to the Land of Whirlpools and told Tsunade to warn Kagami that he might be targeted.
• Masahiko assigned clansmen to guard Nawaki, then decided to teach him Earth Release once he found him sleeping.
• Masahiko taught Nawaki the Rock Concealment Technique and corrected his form while Nawaki practiced.
• Masahiko released several Four Symbols Seals on his stomach and sensed a change connected to Black Zetsu.
• Masahiko entered Kaguya Will Mode, noticed its hostile influence, and found that it let him move through the earth with greater speed.

Masahiko oversaw the newly completed Land of Whirlpools and considered how to grow its population and strengthen its future. After hearing Sakumo had become the Konoha White Fang, he decided to visit Konoha and check on Kushina and Minato.

• Masahiko noted that the Land of Whirlpools had been completed, but its population, farmland, and economy still needed years to develop.
• A Patrol Squad member brought news from Konoha, and Iko told Masahiko that Sakumo had killed Sunagakure’s famous puppet-master couple and earned the name Konoha White Fang.
• Masahiko and Iko discussed how Yuna’s marriage to Sakumo might have affected Nagato’s birth and Uzumaki Clan’s future.
• Masahiko decided to congratulate Sakumo in person and visit Konoha to see how Kushina and Minato’s relationship was progressing.

Masahiko returned to Konoha with Nawaki after the war and visited Sakumo, where he learned Sakumo’s wife was expecting a child. While searching for Kushina, Masahiko spied on Hiruzen’s Crystal Ball and discovered a red-haired girl being abducted by a shinobi as a blond boy pursued them.

• Masahiko brought Nawaki back to Konoha and left him with Mito at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Masahiko congratulated Sakumo and sensed that Sakumo’s wife was pregnant.
• Masahiko suggested naming the unborn child Hatake Kakashi East, and Sakumo accepted the name if the baby was a boy.
• Masahiko searched Konoha for Kushina but could not find her.
• Masahiko entered Kaguya Will Mode and secretly looked into the Hokage’s Office, where Hiruzen and Danzo watched a Crystal Ball showing a red-haired girl being carried off and a blond boy chasing after her.

Masahiko confronted Hiruzen and Danzo after discovering their plan to bring Kushina and Minato closer so Kushina might become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He joined the children for a meal and ended the chapter wondering whether Jiraiya could win Tsunade’s heart.

• Masahiko overheard Hiruzen and Danzo discussing how to keep Kushina in Konoha and confronted them, insisting that becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had to be her choice.
• Masahiko found Kushina and Minato in the forest, learned Minato had rescued her, and questioned how the kidnapping had been arranged.
• Masahiko invited Kushina and Minato to the Akimichi Clan’s grilled meat restaurant, where they met Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Masahiko that Jiraiya had confessed his love to Tsunade for the seventh time, and Masahiko doubted Jiraiya could manage a seduction ploy.

Masahiko prepared to leave Konoha after Kushina and Minato reconciled, but Tsunade asked him to let Nawaki contract with the Slug and help her advance medical ninjas in squads. He agreed to train Nawaki for a while longer and urged Tsunade to study Sage Mode at Shikkotsu Forest, leaving Hiruzen to begin considering her medical-ninja proposal.

• Masahiko left Jiraiya with the barbecue bill, then watched Tsunade, Kushina, and Minato depart while he warned Orochimaru against abandoning his humanity in pursuit of longevity.
• Tsunade asked whether Nawaki could contract with the Slug, and Masahiko approved while telling her Nawaki was not ready for Sage Mode.
• Tsunade explained that she wanted to propose placing a medical ninja in every squad, and Nawaki asked Masahiko to train him until he could defeat Uchiha Fugaku.
• Masahiko agreed to take Nawaki with him after a few days and accompanied Tsunade to propose a trial medical-ninja program to Hiruzen, who accepted the idea for some squads.
• Masahiko urged Tsunade to train at Shikkotsu Forest, and she agreed to leave Konoha for a while as Hiruzen asked about Sage Mode.