Recaps

Nara Kaikei developed new techniques, led his team through missions against Iwagakure, and investigated the deaths of wounded Konoha ninja. He confronted Orochimaru, who admitted using the wounded as nourishment in pursuit of becoming the God of Shinobi.

• Nara Kaikei returned Ibunri Yukimi and Ibunri Tenzo to their clan, then reported their wish to find Orochimaru to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Nara Kaikei commissioned Oyashiro En to build a secret research base and created a Scorch Release mask, then used its power to threaten Pakura.
• Nara Kaikei’s squad fought Iwagakure’s Demolition Force while escorting wounded soldiers, and Nara Kaikei handed the captured Shū over to Orochimaru.
• Nara Kaikei taught Yakushi Kabuto the Sage Clan Guiding Technique and obtained the S-Rank Shadow Manipulation Technique after presenting his work to Nara Shikano.
• Tsunade told Nara Kaikei that severely wounded Konoha ninja had been secretly murdered, and she left Orochimaru to him.
• Nara Kaikei’s squad destroyed an Iwagakure supply warehouse and retreated as enemy ninja approached.
• Nara Kaikei attacked Orochimaru and accused him of killing wounded Konoha ninja, and Orochimaru admitted using them as nourishment to pursue becoming the God of Shinobi.

Nara Kaikei fought Iwagakure’s jinchūriki and Ōnoki while developing new techniques and helping Konoha win a devastating battle. After the front fell, Minato joined Kaikei on a mission to strike Iwagakure’s rear, where Minato Squad prepared for the Kannabi Bridge Destruction Plan.

• Nara Kaikei drove Orochimaru away, earned a sealing technique, and continued destroying Iwagakure supply points with Uchiha Shisui and their teammates.
• Nara Kaikei fought Han, entered his mental space, met Kokuō, and marked the Five-Tails with Flying Thunder God before leaving Han alive.
• Nara Kaikei studied Orochimaru’s research, developed Explosion Release, and later scouted Iwagakure while avoiding a dangerous fight around the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Nara Kaikei battled Ōnoki and Roshi, completed missions against both, and gained techniques that let him develop Lava Release and fly by reducing gravity.
• Nara Kaikei returned to camp, sparred with Uchiha Shisui, Hyuga Kiyoshi, and Shizune, and helped them obtain techniques suited to their Chakra natures.
• As Iwagakure’s forces pressed Konoha, Nara Kaikei’s Shadow Clones killed scores of ninja, and Kitsuchi’s attack caused Han’s damaged Tailed Beast Bomb to devastate the Stone Hidden Frontline.
• Minato Namikaze arrived as the Five-Tails broke free, and Orochimaru and Nara Kaikei helped contain the crisis before Han regained consciousness and warned the Konoha ninja away.
• After Konoha’s victory, Nara Kaikei accompanied Minato toward Minato Squad, where Minato rescued Kakashi, killed Mahiru, and announced the changed Kannabi Bridge Destruction Plan.

Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze defeated Kagami Uchiha, uncovered Uchiha Madara’s role in his reanimation, and later tracked Madara to the Land of the Falls and killed him. Kagami reunited with Uchiha Shisui, but when Minato released his seals, Kagami’s soul remained in his body.

• Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze destroyed Kannabi Bridge, then fought a masked Water Release ninja who was revealed as Kagami Uchiha, Uchiha Shisui’s father, reanimated by Uchiha Madara.
• Kagami Uchiha vanished when Madara ended the reanimation, and Nara Kaikei took the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and White Zetsu to a hidden base, where he learned Boil Release and developed his techniques.
• Minato Namikaze found Kagami Uchiha near a waterfall in the Land of the Falls, where Madara controlled Kagami’s body and attacked the Konoha ninjas with powerful Water Release and Susanoo.
• Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze broke Kagami’s Susanoo and sealed him, then entered the waterfall cave and confronted Uchiha Madara and White Zetsu Tobi.
• Nara Kaikei resisted Madara’s genjutsu, trapped his crow forms, and killed him with shadow bullets, while Tobi escaped into the ground.
• Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze recovered Madara’s scrolls and Flame Fan, and Kagami Uchiha agreed that the fan should go to Uchiha Shisui.
• Kagami Uchiha reunited with Uchiha Shisui and warned him against learning Impure World Reincarnation, but his soul remained in his body after Minato Namikaze released his seals.

Nara Kaikei returned to Konoha, advanced his research, and secured a contract with the Five-Tails while helping Han survive. The arc ended with Tsunade giving Kaikei scrolls for Wood Release research and agreeing to learn senjutsu from him.

• Kagami Uchiha returned to Konoha with the group, and Hiruzen Sarutobi rewarded Nara Kaikei for his role in the mission.
• Nara Kaikei established an underground research base, developed Shadow Stealth Jutsu, and learned from Tsunade about Orochimaru’s human experiments.
• Nara Kaikei defeated Tsunade in a series of fights, showed her his Kekkei Genkai research, and agreed to help her pursue Wood Release.
• At the Five-Tails Allocation Meeting, Nara Kaikei freed Kokuō from Han and defeated it, earning a Summoning Contract with the Five-Tails.
• Nara Kaikei used Kokuō’s Boil Release Chakra to stabilize Han, then studied Temple of Fire techniques and learned Dark Spiral Ring.
• Nara Kaikei’s clan named him its new head and welcomed Kokuō to Nara Forest, while Kaikei discovered that his breathing practice absorbed Natural Energy.
• Tsunade brought Kaikei forty-seven ninjutsu scrolls for Wood Release research and said she wanted to become like her Great Grandfather.
• Nara Kaikei began studying the scrolls and offered Tsunade senjutsu training, which she accepted.