Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru tested the Chimera Technique on Hidan, who gained Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku, and planned to give him more abilities to create a powerful body. While Kabuto left to select test subjects, Jiraiya continued waiting near the laboratory and Obito Uchiha sent White Zetsu clones to monitor Bai Hao in Konoha.

• Orochimaru released Hidan after the first Chimera Technique fusion, and Hidan showed off his newly acquired Shikotsumyaku.
• Orochimaru planned to have Hidan devour Earth Grudge Fear, the Sharingan, Wood Release, and the Byakugan, then combine chakra natures into Kekkei Mōra.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto to select a new batch of test subjects, and Kabuto secretly used a hidden route to leave the island by boat.
• Jiraiya remained hidden near the laboratory, waiting for someone to appear.
• Obito Uchiha sent White Zetsu clones disguised as Konoha residents to monitor Bai Hao.

Obito abandoned plans to capture Utakata in Konoha until Orochimaru finished modifying Hidan. Kakashi met Hotaru, who had learned the Rasengan after Bai Hao demonstrated it, and told her Bai Hao had returned to the village.

• Obito learned that Tsunade, Might Guy, and Hiruzen Sarutobi were Konoha’s main defenders and decided to withdraw until Orochimaru finished modifying Hidan.
• Hotaru asked Kakashi where her master was and revealed that she could form a Rasengan.
• Kakashi realized Hotaru had learned the Rasengan from Bai Hao’s brief demonstration and recognized her as a genius.
• Kakashi told Hotaru that Bai Hao had returned to Konoha and asked whether Bai Hao had agreed to make her his disciple.

Hotaru agreed to return to Konoha with Kakashi and the others, while Jiraiya watched an entrance to the experimental base and discovered Kabuto’s method of entering it. Jiraiya remained outside, unable to follow without the talismans.

• Shikamaru advised Kakashi to bring Hotaru to Konoha, and Kakashi agreed.
• Hotaru accepted the offer because Bai Hao, her master, was in Konoha.
• Kakashi’s group said farewell to Tonbei and set off for Konoha.
• Jiraiya suspected the experimental base had another entrance and hid near the island to observe it.
• Jiraiya saw Kabuto lead a group to an empty patch of ground and use talismans to make them disappear.
• Jiraiya identified the technique as Earth Release but realized he could not enter without the talismans.

Jiraiya forced his way into an Akatsuki Organization base with Fukasaku and Gamaken, but Orochimaru had already fled with Kabuto and Hidan after sensing the attack. Jiraiya found the laboratory deserted and its key figures gone.

• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and summoned Fukasaku and Gamaken to help him investigate the base.
• Jiraiya blasted through the base’s barrier and stone gate with a Super Tailed Beast Ball.
• Orochimaru sensed the disturbance and ordered Kabuto and Hidan to withdraw, fearing the Black-Clad Organization’s strength.
• Jiraiya entered the base and found its laboratory in disarray, with none of the key figures there.

Jiraiya found Orochimaru’s base abandoned and failed to track the group after they escaped, while Otsutsuki Toneri sensed Hinata’s newly awakened Tenseigan. Hinata tested her new abilities as Toneri considered whether to destroy the shinobi world.

• Jiraiya explored the empty base, found a destroyed escape tunnel, and realized Orochimaru’s group had fled before he could catch them.
• Fukasaku and Gamaken returned home, leaving Jiraiya behind to investigate why Orochimaru had escaped.
• Orochimaru, Hidan, and Kabuto celebrated their successful retreat and left to continue their experiments at another base.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sensed the Tenseigan’s aura and wondered how someone from the Hyuga clan could possess Otsutsuki Chakra.
• Toneri recalled his ancestor’s prophecy and resolved to watch the shinobi world before deciding whether to destroy it.
• Hinata examined her hands, sensed the moon’s gravitational pull, and began discovering her Tenseigan’s abilities.

Hinata’s Byakugan continued evolving into the Tenseigan, granting her new powers that she revealed to Tsunade. After Tsunade sent her back to the Hyuga clan, Hinata reflected on her newfound respect and wondered about Bai Hao, who was still rushing to save Jiraiya.

• Hinata noticed her blue eyes and felt they were still changing as Hyuga Hiashi told her that the Hokage wanted to see her.
• Hinata told Hyuga Hiashi that she did not know why her eyes had changed, then went to Tsunade’s office.
• Hinata demonstrated that she could pull a distant cup toward herself and told Tsunade she could control gravity and repulsive force.
• Hinata explained that her Byakugan seemed to be evolving, and Tsunade excused her from missions until the evolution was complete.
• Hinata returned to the Hyuga clan, felt the respect of her fellow clansmen, and thought of Bai Hao as he and his group hurried to save Jiraiya.

Bai Hao, Naruto, and the others found Jiraiya unharmed after the Akatsuki base had been abandoned, and Jiraiya explained that its occupants had withdrawn through a secret passage. Jiraiya left to keep investigating, while Bai Hao gave him a special Flying Thunder God kunai so he could sense and reach him if he was in danger.

• Naruto rushed into the ruined island and found Jiraiya sitting alone on a rock.
• Jiraiya told Bai Hao and the others that the Akatsuki members had left and the abandoned test subjects knew nothing about what had happened.
• Bai Hao guessed that the Akatsuki members had mistaken Jiraiya for someone from the Spirit Pavilion, but he suggested that Orochimaru had evacuated because his experiment was at a critical stage.
• Jiraiya gave Bai Hao the documents he had collected and said he would continue investigating the Akatsuki members' whereabouts.
• Bai Hao gave Jiraiya a special kunai that let him sense its holder and use the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach him.

Bai Hao returned to Konoha and accepted Hotaru as his disciple after she learned the Rasengan. As Hotaru went to buy Chakra paper and ninja tools, Bai Hao began drawing again, hoping to obtain a Diamond Card.

• Jiraiya left to carry out his mission with a kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God Technique from Bai Hao.
• Kakashi brought Hotaru to Konoha, and Tsunade sent them to wait at Bai Hao's bookstore.
• Hotaru cleaned and renovated the bookstore while waiting for Bai Hao to return.
• Hotaru showed Bai Hao that she had learned the Rasengan, and Bai Hao accepted her as his disciple.
• Bai Hao gave Hotaru money to buy Chakra paper and ninja tools after she returned without any money.
• Bai Hao began drawing and wondered whether he would get a Diamond Card.

Bai Hao considered how to obtain more Plot Points and whether he could travel to another world, then synthesized a Suicune Card and decided to give it to Hotaru. He took her to the card room to explain the secret technique, leaving her intrigued by his mention of the Black-Clad Organization.

• Bai Hao reflected that major changes to the plot had made Plot Points harder to obtain and considered using powerful Space Ninjutsu to reach another world.
• Bai Hao synthesized a Suicune Card and chose Hotaru as its recipient.
• Bai Hao tested Hotaru's Chakra and found she had water- and wind-nature Chakra.
• Bai Hao took Hotaru to the card room and told her that the secret technique involved a tailed beast that could be both teacher and friend.
• Hotaru said she had heard of the legendary Black-Clad Organization and showed excitement.

Bai Hao revealed to his disciple Hotaru that he led the Spirit Pavilion and explained that the elf he planned to seal inside her would not be affected by her clan’s forbidden technique. The chapter ended with Bai Hao preparing to seal the elf into Hotaru.

• Hotaru praised the Black-Clad Organization, and Bai Hao told her it was called the Spirit Pavilion and that its members each contained a powerful elf.
• Bai Hao revealed that he was the leader of the Spirit Pavilion, and Hotaru excitedly reacted to the news.
• Hotaru showed Bai Hao the sealed Tsuchigumo Clan forbidden technique on her back and said she had promised her grandfather not to pass it on.
• Bai Hao used mental will to make Hotaru put her clothes back on and told her he could teach her that technique.
• Bai Hao assured Hotaru that the forbidden technique would not interfere with absorbing the elf and prepared to seal the elf inside her.

Bai Hao gave Hotaru the Suicune card, then worried about the Akatsuki Organization’s silence and the consequences of changing the plot. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu agreed on a plan with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to send the Black-Clad Organization to another world and revive his mother, but he grew concerned about Nagato and Obito; Obito returned to Konoha and began reading Kakashi’s letters.

• Bai Hao gave Hotaru the Suicune card, and she fainted after receiving its Chakra.
• Bai Hao wondered what the Akatsuki Organization and Black Zetsu were planning as he considered the backlash from fate.
• Black Zetsu and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki completed their plan to send the Black-Clad Organization to another world and revive Black Zetsu’s mother.
• Black Zetsu decided the Akatsuki Organization had lost its value and considered abandoning its members, while keeping Nagato or Obito to revive Madara Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu worried that Rin Nohara’s revival could affect Obito and that Yahiko’s revival could affect Nagato.
• Obito returned to Konoha and began reading Kakashi’s letters, which recalled their childhood memories.

Rin Nohara and Ringo Ameyuri secretly returned to Konoha so Rin could visit her parents’ graves. Ringo shrouded the cemetery and part of Konoha in thick mist, leaving the village under cover as Rin paid her respects.

• Obito secretly returned to Konoha, watched Kakashi with Team 10, and then went to the Memorial Stone to visit Rin’s grave.
• Rin Nohara and Ringo Ameyuri returned to Bai Hao’s bookstore, where other Spirit Pavilion members met Hotaru in separate groups.
• Rin told Ringo that it was the anniversary of her parents’ deaths and asked her to go to the cemetery.
• Ringo flew Rin to the public cemetery, brought her flowers, and used the Mist Technique to conceal the cemetery and a wide area extending into Konoha.

Ringo Ameyuri created a thin fog around Konoha while Rin Nohara visited her parents’ graves, prompting several powerful ninja to investigate. Obito reached the fog’s center and recognized the location, but the chapter ended before he discovered what was happening there.

• Ringo Ameyuri spread a thin fog around Konoha as Rin Nohara silently visited her parents’ gravestones.
• Tsunade noticed the fog from her office but dismissed it as too faint to be the Mist Technique.
• Bai Hao sensed the fog came from Ringo Ameyuri and realized Rin was nearby at a cemetery.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed unusual Chakra, searched around Konoha from Hokage Rock, and found no enemy.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to search for suspicious figures but found none.
• Obito suspected the Black-Clad Organization, rushed to the fog’s center, and recognized the place when he arrived.

Obito followed Rin Nohara and Ringo Ameyuri, hoping to uncover the Black-Clad Organization’s secrets, while the two women used themselves as bait to draw out anyone investigating them. They attacked their pursuer, and Obito recognized Rin just before Kamui could fully remove him.

• Obito cautiously followed Rin Nohara and Ringo Ameyuri through the forest as they traveled and cooked without apparent concern.
• Ringo Ameyuri told Rin that someone was following them, and they decided to keep watching rather than alert him.
• After the follower remained inactive, Rin agreed to attack him, relying on her ability to rewind time if anything went wrong.
• Rin and Ringo Ameyuri charged at Obito from different directions, and he began using Kamui to disappear.
• Obito recognized the pair as members of the Black-Clad Organization by their conical hats, then identified Rin from her chin and movements.

Obito stopped phasing away after recognizing Rin and met her face to face. Their reunion left both of them shocked and uncertain, with Obito feeling ashamed because Rin knew his secrets and his plans.

• Obito wondered whether Rin had been resurrected by the Black-Clad Organization and decided to stay and look at her.
• Rin and Ringo Ameyuri recognized Obito as he stopped phasing and withdrew from the alternate dimension.
• Rin and Obito met each other's eyes, and Obito confirmed that she looked like the Rin he remembered.
• Rin greeted Obito with a complicated “Long time no see,” and Obito echoed her words blankly.
• Obito felt ashamed and awkward, knowing Rin likely knew his secrets and his desire to meet her in a peaceful world.

Rin confronted Obito about destroying Konoha and rejected his plan to create peace through genjutsu. After she slapped him and left, Obito was left behind.

• Rin asked Obito why he had summoned the Nine-Tails and destroyed Konoha, and he struggled to explain that he had acted out of resentment.
• Rin accused Obito of killing people he had once cared for, including the old grandmothers he had helped in Konoha.
• Rin warned Obito that genjutsu would turn its victims into White Zetsu, but Obito insisted it was the only way to create peace.
• Rin slapped Obito, told him she never wanted to see him again, and left with Ringo Ameyuri.

Obito reconsidered what Rin had told him about Infinite Tsukuyomi and began to suspect that Madara had been deceived about its purpose. He went to meet Black Zetsu to ask about the hidden mastermind, and Black Zetsu confronted him about returning to Konoha.

• After Rin and Ringo Ameyuri left Obito alone, Obito questioned whether his plan was wrong and remembered Rin's warning that Infinite Tsukuyomi turned people into White Zetsu.
• Obito reasoned that Infinite Tsukuyomi might create White Zetsu rather than control people, and wondered whether it had been used in the past to revive someone ancient.
• Obito suspected Madara had also been deceived and concluded that the Black-Clad Organization was trying to stop the mastermind behind the Akatsuki Organization.
• Obito went to the agreed meeting place and waited for Black Zetsu so he could ask what Black Zetsu knew about the mastermind.
• Black Zetsu emerged from underground and reproached Obito for going to Konoha again.

Obito told Black Zetsu that Rin had revealed Infinite Tsukuyomi would kill humanity and turn everyone into White Zetsu, leading him to suspect a hidden plot to revive an ancient being. Black Zetsu concealed his alarm and prepared to mislead Obito as Obito laid out his deductions.

• Obito said Rin had been revived by the Black-Clad Organization and had told him that Infinite Tsukuyomi was a scam.
• Obito told Black Zetsu he suspected a mastermind planned to revive an ancient being.
• Black Zetsu hid his fear that Obito had learned the truth and might abandon the plan.
• Obito reasoned that someone in the past had used Infinite Tsukuyomi but had been interrupted before transforming all humanity into White Zetsu.
• Obito suggested the past caster may have created White Zetsu to serve as soldiers or to revive a being.

Black Zetsu tried to make Obito doubt Rin Nohara’s account of Madara and the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Obito concluded that Rin wanted him to abandon his plans and protect the world.

• Black Zetsu claimed Rin Nohara might have been brainwashed or replaced and argued that Madara, as the caster of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, would understand its effects.
• Obito suggested Madara might not know the technique’s true effect if the mastermind had secretly given it to him.
• Black Zetsu pointed out that the Black-Clad Organization’s members had spared Obito, leading him to suspect they had a reason to keep him alive.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to consider the Black-Clad Organization’s purpose in telling him the truth rather than immediately deciding whether Rin had changed.
• Obito concluded that Rin wanted him to turn back, leave the dark vortex, and protect the world.

Black Zetsu manipulated Obito into believing Rin had been brainwashed by the Black-Clad Organization, pushing him to investigate and destroy it. After Obito vanished, Black Zetsu reflected smugly on how easily he could exploit the Uchiha clan’s obsessions.

• Black Zetsu questioned why Rin had not contacted Obito sooner and suggested she might have acted with an ulterior motive.
• Obito concluded that the Black-Clad Organization had brainwashed Rin and vowed to destroy it and save her.
• Black Zetsu cautiously urged Obito to investigate before reaching a conclusion, but Obito dismissed the suggestion and disappeared.
• Black Zetsu recalled how he had manipulated Uchiha figures through their intense attachments and declared that no one understood the Uchiha better than he did.