Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Matsuba confronted Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Urashiki Otsutsuki, easily defeating Momoshiki and preventing Urashiki from escaping. Hagoromo Otsutsuki lost the Chakra he had gathered and tried to negotiate, while Momoshiki turned his attention to Madara Uchiha.

• Hyuga Matsuba told the three Otsutsuki that they were under arrest, then shattered Momoshiki Otsutsuki's bones when he attacked.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki escaped through a portal but emerged back where he started after Hyuga Matsuba trapped him.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki offered to cooperate with the three Otsutsuki, but Momoshiki Otsutsuki insulted him.
• Hyuga Matsuba revealed that he had cleared out Hagoromo Otsutsuki's secret stockpile of Chakra, destroying his plan to use it.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki demanded Madara Uchiha's energy, and Madara Uchiha released killing intent as Hyuga Matsuba watched.

Kushina and Hyuga Matsuba defeated the Otsutsuki trio, while the Sage of Six Paths gained power by consuming the transformed Kinshiki Otsutsuki. The Sage and Black Zetsu tried to subdue Momoshiki Otsutsuki as the Allied Forces continued fighting the remaining White Zetsu and began to withdraw.

• Kushina attacked the Otsutsuki trio with magma, and Hyuga Matsuba drained Urashiki Otsutsuki of his power, killing him.
• Kushina killed Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and the Sage of Six Paths took his corpse, consumed the Chakra Fruit it became, and awakened a Nine Tomoe Rinnegan.
• The Sage of Six Paths shattered Momoshiki Otsutsuki's monster and proposed an alliance, then restrained him while Black Zetsu possessed his body.
• Ōnoki, Gaara, Nawaki, Kakashi Hatake, and Kitsuchi fought the remaining White Zetsu as the Allied Forces continued their battle.
• Ōnoki ordered everyone to slowly withdraw to avoid trouble from a powerful enemy appearing elsewhere.

Black Zetsu took over Momoshiki Otsutsuki with the Sage of Six Paths' help, leaving the Otsutsuki defeated. Hyuga Matsuba drew Zanka no Tachi and trapped his opponents in an invisible barrier, leaving them facing his overwhelming power.

• Black Zetsu took control of Momoshiki Otsutsuki after the Sage of Six Paths immobilized him.
• The Sage of Six Paths claimed Hyuga Matsuba as his opponent and ordered Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu to deal with the others.
• Hyuga Matsuba sent Kushina and Otsutsuki Kaguya aside before releasing Zanka no Tachi, whose heat dried the surrounding land and harmed everyone nearby.
• The Sage of Six Paths attacked Hyuga Matsuba with a Truth-Seeking Orb, but Hyuga Matsuba burned it to ash with Zanka no Tachi: Nishi Han Hi-goromo.
• Black Zetsu considered fleeing, but Hyuga Matsuba raised an invisible barrier that trapped everyone with him.

Hyuga Matsuba killed Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha, and the Sage of Six Paths with his Zanka no Tachi, but the blade’s heat devastated the surrounding world and nearly killed his allies. After Kushina confronted him for showing off, he cooled the area and prepared to leave with the exhausted army.

• Hyuga Matsuba used Zanka no Tachi: East - Kyokujitsu Jin to evaporate Black Zetsu.
• Hyuga Matsuba used Zanka no Tachi: North - Kaki Sansho to burn Madara Uchiha and the Sage of Six Paths to ash, destroying their souls as well.
• Kushina and Otsutsuki Kaguya complained that the blade’s heat was making them suffer, while Hyuga Matsuba admitted he had drawn it partly to show off.
• The blade’s heat caused fires, falling sea levels, drying rivers, and widespread deaths, while Nawaki struggled to provide water for the dehydrated army.
• Hyuga Matsuba summoned a cool breeze, then pulled Kushina down and told everyone it was time to set off.

After the Fourth World War ended, the survivors dealt with the dead, the Impure World Reincarnation, and the damage left by the fighting. Hyuga Matsuba returned to a ruined village and faced the girls’ anger over the heat and destruction caused by his weapon before quickly making them a new house.

• Hashirama Senju brought back Obito Uchiha’s corpse, and Kakashi Hatake reflected on his former friend’s death as the survivors mourned the war’s losses.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju gave Nawaki instructions and dispelled the Impure World Reincarnation; Orochimaru said he would not return to the village, while Kabuto Yakushi wanted to go back to Konoha.
• The villages’ forces cleaned up the battlefield and hurried home to assess the damage caused by the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hyuga Matsuba returned and discovered that his village had been reduced to ruins, while Tsunade, Hinata, Konan, Sara, and Hanabi scolded him for the destruction and heat caused by his weapon.
• Mikoto urged the girls to forgive Hyuga Matsuba, and he used his abilities to create a better new house in an instant.

Kushina exaggerated her role in the battle, sparking arguments with Otsutsuki Kaguya while the others watched. Nawaki returned to Konoha and saw the devastation the war had caused across the villages, leaving the world focused on reconstruction.

• Kushina stole Otsutsuki Kaguya's water and claimed she had defeated several powerful enemies by herself, but the others challenged her story.
• Kushina blamed Hyuga Matsuba for taking her supposed kills, then argued with Otsutsuki Kaguya until the others intervened.
• Mei Terumi and the others treated the argument as entertainment, and Kushina and Otsutsuki Kaguya eventually sat down without fighting.
• Nawaki returned to Konoha and found that its forests had disappeared, while the war had also devastated villages and civilians throughout the world.

After stepping down as Hokage, Nawaki focused on restoring the village’s forests while Kakashi handled its leadership. Tsunade returned and pressured Nawaki to marry and continue the clan, but his response made her realize he liked men, and she left the matter to him.

• Nawaki explained that he had stepped down because he lacked the ability to lead and was happier working on reforestation.
• Tsunade and Hyuga Matsuba visited Nawaki, and Tsunade urged him to marry and carry on the clan.
• Tsunade and Nawaki fought after he admitted he had not considered marriage, and Hyuga Matsuba broke them up.
• Nawaki said that he did not find women interesting, leading Tsunade to conclude that he liked men.
• Hyuga Matsuba told Kushina and Mikoto what had happened, and Tsunade challenged Kushina to a fight while Kushina sought protection behind Hyuga Matsuba.

Hyuga Matsuba teased Ralts and Yuki in the system interface before asking Ralts how she could leave her world. The chapter ended with Ralts sleepy after eating and playing, just as Hyuga Matsuba sought an answer about her return.

• Tsunade and Kushina argued until Mikoto brought fruit and Hyuga Matsuba stopped Kushina from provoking Tsunade further.
• Hyuga Matsuba entered the system interface, where Yuki and Ralts were playing cards, and teased Ralts before inviting her to play hide-and-seek.
• After Ralts disappeared to hide, Hyuga Matsuba took Yuki to the castle, and they later fed each other while Ralts was away.
• Ralts found Hyuga Matsuba and Yuki eating, but Hyuga Matsuba convinced her that they had searched for her and fed her grilled beef.
• After Ralts ate and played until she grew sleepy, Hyuga Matsuba asked how she could leave her world.

Hyuga Matsuba learned that leaving the world required one million Exchange Points, so he sold his lottery chances and recycled two items to get closer to the target. He left to search for treasures the Sage of Six Paths had left behind, while the others wondered what he was doing.

• Hyuga Matsuba learned from Yuki that traveling to another world required one million Exchange Points, but he had only 350,000.
• Hyuga Matsuba sold all five of his lottery chances for 500,000 points and recycled Madara Uchiha's war fan and a sickle for another 50,000.
• Hyuga Matsuba refused Yugao's Murasamemaru and decided to search for the treasures the Sage of Six Paths had left behind.
• Hyuga Matsuba vanished, and Kushina, Hanabi, Hinata, and the others joked and argued while trying to guess where he had gone.
• Tsunade and Kushina wondered what Hyuga Matsuba was seeking and questioned whether the Sage of Six Paths had left anything behind.

Hyuga Matsuba gathered the Sage of Six Paths’ remaining treasures in Kumogakure, earned enough Exchange Points to travel, and prepared to leave the Naruto World with his companions. After saying goodbye to Konoha and leaving Kakashi a scroll of techniques, he led everyone through a rift to a randomly chosen world.

• Tsunade, Yugito, Samui, and Mabui discussed the Sage of Six Paths’ hidden weapons and the Amber Purifying Pot, and Darui confirmed that Kumogakure held the remaining treasures.
• Hyuga Matsuba took the treasures from Darui, sold them for Exchange Points, and reached the amount needed to travel to another world.
• Hyuga Matsuba told his companions they were leaving, and everyone chose to go with him; he took the children to Konoha to say goodbye to their families.
• Hyuga Matsuba visited Kakashi and gave him a scroll of advanced techniques before heading for the village gate with Hinata, Hanabi, Ino, and Sakura.
• Hyuga Matsuba gathered everyone in the system space, spent all his Exchange Points on random travel, and led them through a spatial rift.

Hyuga Matsuba arrived in the Pirate World and explored an uninhabited island in the Calm Belt before encountering Garp. Garp questioned how he had appeared there, but Hyuga kept his arrival secret.

• Hyuga Matsuba emerged from a black hole high above the sea and recognized the Pirate World from its vast oceans and windless Calm Belt.
• Hyuga landed on an uninhabited island, found no people with Observation Haki, and spat out a foul-tasting fruit.
• A Marine warship with a dog-head figurehead approached the island, and Hyuga suspected it belonged to Garp.
• Garp came ashore and asked Hyuga how he had appeared there, while Hyuga refused to explain and Garp judged him capable and unusual.

Hyuga Matsuba traveled with Garp to Loguetown, where Roger was to be sentenced, and learned more about the Pirate World. Garp repeatedly tried to recruit him into the Marines, but Matsuba declined and left the possibility open for later.

• Garp invited Hyuga Matsuba aboard his ship, and Matsuba agreed to travel with him because he had nowhere else to go.
• On the way to Loguetown, Garp explained that Roger had entrusted his wife and unborn child to him after surrendering.
• Garp asked Matsuba to join the Marines, but Matsuba said he wanted to stay free and did not want to be tied to a profession.
• The Marines aboard the ship wondered why Garp was so serious about recruiting Matsuba, and a vice admiral sent them back to work.
• After the ship reached Loguetown, Garp again urged Matsuba to join, but Matsuba said they could discuss it another time.

Garp brought Hyuga Matsuba into a town filled with pirates, where Matsuba provoked Crocodile and Doflamingo before Garp stopped Crocodile’s attack. At the Marine camp, Matsuba met Vice Admiral Kuzan, who had come to see the young man Garp brought back.

• Garp warned the pirates to behave, and Matsuba recognized Crocodile and Doflamingo among them.
• Crocodile and Doflamingo complained about Matsuba, who dismissed the pirates as dogs and trash.
• Crocodile attacked Matsuba, but Garp grabbed him and threw him aside, revealing his Armament Haki to Doflamingo.
• Matsuba surveyed the heavily guarded Marine camp and encountered Vice Admiral Kuzan.
• Kuzan told Matsuba he had come to see what kind of person Garp had brought back.

Hyuga Matsuba attended Pirate King Roger’s public execution, where Roger’s final words inspired people around the world to seek his treasure. Roger’s death began the Great Pirate Era, leaving Sengoku and the Marines facing a more chaotic future.

• Kuzan admitted that Garp had sent him to persuade Hyuga Matsuba to join the Marines, but Hyuga refused.
• Hyuga followed Kuzan to Roger’s public execution, where Marine leaders and prominent officers had gathered.
• Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru discussed Hyuga’s sharp senses and whether to confront the pirates in the crowd.
• Hyuga watched Roger arrive and spoke with Monkey D. Dragon before a spectator asked Roger about his treasure.
• Roger told the crowd to find his treasure, and the executioners killed him after his words ignited the crowd’s dreams.
• Sengoku and Kong realized Roger’s final words had spurred a new age of piracy, while Garp regretted not stopping him.

After Roger’s execution, Hyuga Matsuba rejected Dragon’s invitation to join his rebellion and accepted Garp’s offer to visit Marineford while considering the Marines. Garp brought him to Marine Headquarters, hoping to recruit him, and the chapter ended with Matsuba arriving there.

• Hyuga Matsuba dismissed Dragon’s proposal to oppose the World Government and left him behind.
• After Roger died, the gathered pirates fled, while Garp invited Matsuba to Marineford and Matsuba agreed to go.
• Garp pressed Matsuba to join the Marines and offered to secure him benefits, including introducing him to Momousagi.
• Matsuba said he would consider joining for the benefits and kicked Garp after the old man grinned at him.
• Garp brought Matsuba to Marineford and showed him the relatively safe community around Marine Headquarters.

Hyuga Matsuba accepted Garp’s offer to become a Marine vice admiral and was formally appointed at Marine Headquarters. After learning Garp had beaten Dragon over his unauthorized trip to Loguetown, Hyuga Matsuba’s presence prompted Dragon to decide to speed up his planned defection.

• Hyuga Matsuba challenged Garp’s claims about the Marines and told him he had encountered Dragon in Loguetown.
• Garp arranged a residence for Hyuga Matsuba, then returned with an offer to make him a vice admiral with a ship, his own subordinates, and freedom to act.
• Hyuga Matsuba accepted the offer, and Garp brought him to Marine Headquarters, where Kong appointed him a vice admiral.
• Hyuga Matsuba sat beside Dragon and asked about his beating, revealing that he had told Garp about Dragon’s trip to Loguetown.
• Dragon realized Hyuga Matsuba had informed Garp and decided he needed to bring forward his plan to defect from the Marines.

Kong arranged a spar between Hyuga Matsuba and Dragon to test the newcomer’s strength. Hyuga revealed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and defeated Dragon, impressing the gathered Marines.

• Kong discussed the growing number of pirates and suggested Hyuga Matsuba demonstrate his strength, so Dragon volunteered to fight him.
• Hyuga accepted the challenge and struck Dragon with Lightning Beam, revealing that he possessed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Dragon recovered and attacked Hyuga with Dragon Claw, but Hyuga caught his wrist and restrained him.
• Hyuga struck Dragon with lightning, leaving him barely conscious and unable to stand.
• Garp laughed off his son’s defeat, while Sakazuki changed his opinion of Hyuga after seeing his strength.

Hyuga Matsuba proved his strength to the Navy, chose a group of female soldiers, and sailed to Sabaody Archipelago to earn merit and search its auction houses for valuable items. After killing a Sea King on the way, he arrived and found an auction underway, where the next lot—a weapon in a long box—caught his interest.

• Garp touched Dragon after the fight and was shocked by the lightning still clinging to his son before carrying him away.
• Hyuga Matsuba chose over a hundred female soldiers and set sail for Sabaody Archipelago.
• Hyuga Matsuba killed a Sea King that attacked the warship, and the soldiers hauled it aboard for its meat.
• Hyuga Matsuba reached Sabaody Archipelago and went alone to an auction house while the female soldiers stayed with the ship.
• Hyuga Matsuba watched an auction sell a fish-man slave and became interested when a powerful weapon was brought out in a long box.

Hyuga Matsuba raided several auction houses, taking the Lightning Cutter, other treasures, and captured pirates before exchanging the loot for 230,000 Exchange Points. He returned to Marine Headquarters with the prisoners, surprising Garp.

• Hyuga Matsuba claimed the Lightning Cutter at an auction, killed the auctioneer, and seized the auction house’s treasures and pirates.
• Hyuga Matsuba raided several other auction houses, captured more pirates, and had the witnesses’ memories altered to blame the thefts on pirates.
• Hyuga Matsuba exchanged the stolen goods through the system for 230,000 Exchange Points and spoke with Mikoto and Kushina about his trip.
• Hyuga Matsuba checked the captured pirates’ bounties, returned to Marine Headquarters, and handed the prisoners over to the higher-ups.
• Garp asked Hyuga Matsuba why he had returned so quickly.

After Dragon defected from the Marines to pursue his own path, Kong sent Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Hyuga Matsuba to intercept him. They caught up with Dragon’s ship, where Sakazuki attacked and forced Dragon to defend his comrades as the ship was wrecked.

• A Marine reported that Dragon had left Marine Headquarters after leaving a letter declaring he would change the world and find his own path.
• Garp learned from Hyuga Matsuba that Dragon had previously invited him to help overthrow the World Government, and Kong ordered Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Hyuga Matsuba to pursue Dragon.
• The three Marines departed aboard a specially built fast warship, while Hyuga Matsuba and Borsalino told Sakazuki they would leave the credit to him if he captured Dragon.
• Sakazuki attacked Dragon’s ship with Great Eruption, but Dragon shattered the magma fist and its scattered fragments punched holes through the vessel.
• Dragon told Cook to evacuate the others, but Cook refused to leave Dragon behind.