Chapter Summaries

Asuma and the Anbu found hundreds of slain bounty ninja outside Konoha, then clashed with Hyuga Aoki, who repelled their attacks and escaped. Inside the village, Satori rampaged toward Hokage Rock, and Hyuga Kagami released the Dragon Vein Seal and rode a violet-blue dragon to confront it.

• Asuma and the Anbu discovered hundreds of bounty ninja and wandering swordsmen dead from precise single wounds in the forest.
• Hyuga Aoki arrived, hurled away Anbu, absorbed and reflected Asuma and the Anbu's combined ninjutsu, then fled as Hyuga Kagami followed him.
• The Third Hokage and Tsunade struggled to stop Satori from the ground, while the Third Hokage kept the Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Kazekage in reserve.
• Satori flew toward Hokage Rock, and Hyuga Kagami's Shadow Clone landed on his stone face as Konoha's ninja cheered.
• Hyuga Kagami released the Dragon Vein Seal, summoned a huge violet-blue dragon, and charged toward Satori.

Hyuga Kagami used the Ryumyaku in a Tailed Beast Transformation to battle Satori over Konoha, while Sunagakure’s leaders recognized the Ryumyaku’s chakra. After forcing Satori to swallow its own Tailed Beast Ball, Kagami ordered the Ryumyaku to drag it out of the village.

• Hyuga Kagami collided with Satori in the sky while controlling the flying Ryumyaku, surprising the gathered Konoha ninja and other village leaders.
• The Fourth Kazekage and Chiyo recognized the Ryumyaku’s chakra and recalled that Konoha had taken it from the ruins of Loulan.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered the Ryumyaku to coil around Satori, but Satori’s claws wounded the chakra-made dragon as the fight tore through the village.
• When Satori began forming a Tailed Beast Ball, Hyuga Kagami used Rotation to force its mouth shut, making it swallow the attack.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered the Ryumyaku to carry the stunned Satori away from Konoha, leaving the nearby ninja stunned.

Hyuga Kagami dragged Satori away from Konoha and fought it with Ryumyaku and a summoned wild boar to prevent it from returning to the village. Tsunade and the Sealing Team arrived to find Satori overwhelmed while Kagami watched from above.

• Satori recovered from Ryumyaku’s restraint and tried to fly back to Konoha, but Hyuga Kagami dragged it down into a distant forest.
• Hyuga Kagami summoned a wild boar, which used its chakra to force Satori to the ground and bit into its thigh.
• Satori clawed at the boar while it tore at Satori, and Ryumyaku fired Tailed Beast Balls at Satori’s head.
• Tsunade took the Sealing Team to the battlefield after the Third Hokage told her to go.
• Tsunade and the Sealing Team arrived to see Ryumyaku and the wild boar overwhelming Satori as Hyuga Kagami floated above them.

Hyuga Kagami helped the Sealing Team suppress and seal Satori, then flew to meet Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura, Mei Terumi, and Ao as they escaped an Akatsuki attack. With Yagura’s group now backed by the Fifth Hokage, the Akatsuki pursuers faced Konoha, a village they considered too dangerous to enter lightly.

• Hyuga Kagami ordered the Sealing Team to seal Satori while his boar and the Ryumyaku helped restrain it.
• The Sealing Team’s formulas spread across Satori and weakened its roars as the sealing took effect.
• Hyuga Kagami detected two approaching groups and recognized Karatachi Yagura’s chakra among those fleeing Akatsuki.
• Mei Terumi and Ao helped Yagura escape the Mist Squad and Sasori, losing their six guards in the process.
• Hyuga Kagami joined Yagura’s group, and Yagura turned to confront the Akatsuki pursuers.
• Sasori saw Hyuga Kagami near Konoha and regarded the village with deep wariness.

Hyuga Kagami confronted Sasori and Akatsuki’s Mist Squad, but they withdrew after Konoha reinforcements arrived. Elsewhere, Obito captured Killer B, while the Fourth Raikage returned to Konoha and Kakuzu and Hidan were left badly injured.

• Hyuga Kagami sized up the Mist Squad and Sasori’s Hiruko Human Puppet, then exchanged taunts with Sasori over the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.
• Tsunade and the Sealing Team approached, so Sasori ordered the Mist Squad to retreat and threatened that Hyuga Kagami would become one of his collections.
• Obito trapped Killer B in his Kamui space after fighting the Fourth Raikage, then vanished as the Raikage ordered the Kumogakure shinobi to return to Konoha.
• Hidan searched for his missing arm while Kakuzu sat wounded on a boulder, with three of the four masks on his back shattered.

Kakuzu and Hidan recovered the defeated Utakata after a brutal fight, while Nagato overwhelmed Jiraiya and the others at Mount Myoboku. Nagato blamed Konoha for Yahiko’s death and declared that Konoha had killed the Child of Prophecy.

• Kakuzu surveyed the wreckage and found Utakata unconscious and pinned to a tree after nearly defeating him and Hidan.
• Hidan found his severed arm, and Kakuzu reattached it before ordering him to help carry Utakata away.
• Nagato defeated Jiraiya, the giant toads, Fukasaku, Shima, Naruto, and Fū, leaving Sasuke as the only one able to move.
• Sasuke froze in fear as Nagato approached Naruto and Fū, and his Sharingan developed a third tomoe.
• Jiraiya urged Nagato to turn back and suggested he might be the Child of Prophecy, but Nagato blamed Konoha for Yahiko’s death and said Konoha had killed the Child of Prophecy.

Nagato captured Naruto and Fū after defeating Jiraiya, and Kakashi used a hidden Flying Thunder God mark to attempt their rescue. The chapter ended as Kakashi teleported one of the two away and Nagato unleashed Shinra Tensei at him.

• Nagato told Jiraiya that he intended to become the one and only God, then used Reverse Summoning to take Naruto and Fū away.
• Sasuke blamed himself for failing to stop Nagato, but Jiraiya told him that rushing into battle would have been reckless.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha and urged the Third Hokage to send Kakashi after Naruto and Fū.
• The Third Hokage recalled Kakashi, who used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Naruto and Fū at the Land of Fire stream.
• Kakashi teleported one mummy-wrapped captive toward Konoha and lunged for the other as Nagato attacked him with Shinra Tensei.

Kakashi tried to rescue Naruto and Fū from Nagato and Konan, but managed to return only Fū to Konoha. He made another attempt to reach Naruto, only to be bound by wooden stakes as Naruto was dragged away.

• Nagato blasted Kakashi away with a repulsive force, then pulled the remaining wrapped Jinchuriki toward himself.
• Kakashi used a Lightning Clone as a feint and teleported to the Jinchuriki, but Konan’s paper separated from Naruto and caused Kakashi to transport only the wrapping.
• Kakashi realized he had rescued Fū rather than Naruto and prepared to try again despite Nagato’s warning.
• Konan sent explosive paper butterflies at Kakashi, who blocked them with an Earth Style Wall and used the smoke to teleport beside Naruto.
• Wooden stakes burst from the ground, dragged Naruto away, and bound Kakashi.

Nagato captured Naruto after sealing Kakashi’s Flying Thunder God formula on him, forcing Kakashi to retreat to Konoha without him. Hyuga Kagami saw a slim chance to rescue Naruto and left to act while ordering Kakashi to keep sensing the seal.

• Nagato used Wood Release to bind Kakashi and carry the unconscious Naruto to him, then sealed Kakashi’s Flying Thunder God formula on Naruto.
• Kakashi fled to Konoha when he lacked the chakra to pursue Nagato or bring Naruto back.
• Tsunade and the others saw Kakashi return alone, and he confirmed that Nagato had sealed the formula on Naruto.
• Hyuga Kagami reasoned that Nagato would not remove the stubborn formula soon and ordered Kakashi to sense it continuously for any change.
• Hyuga Kagami vanished into the night, declaring that there was still a chance.

Hyuga Kagami pursued the injured Hyuga Aoki into the Land of Rain and fought through a cave’s puppet guards. He found Aoki waiting before a gigantic, glowing eyeball-shaped sphere, and Aoki recognized him.

• Hyuga Kagami tracked Hyuga Aoki’s chakra as Aoki raced toward his hiding place.
• Hyuga Kagami followed Aoki into the Land of Rain and found him entering a remote cave.
• More than twenty Tenseigan-powered puppets created by Sasori surrounded Hyuga Kagami and warned him to stay out.
• Hyuga Kagami charged into the cave and defeated the puppet guards in a fierce battle.
• Hyuga Kagami entered the deepest hall, where Hyuga Aoki stood before a gigantic glowing eyeball-shaped sphere and greeted him, “So it was you!”

Hyuga Kagami confronted Hyuga Aoki at the Giant Tenseigan, where Aoki revealed that the eye had helped him break free of the Caged Bird Seal. The chapter ended with Kagami activating his own Tenseigan and taking control of the Giant Tenseigan from Aoki.

• Hyuga Kagami accused Hyuga Aoki of inciting the Uchiha Clan to rebel and said he would arrest him as Hokage.
• Hyuga Aoki claimed he had lured Kagami to his hideout and revealed that the Giant Tenseigan had freed him from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hyuga Aoki drew chakra from the Giant Tenseigan and boasted that he would defeat Kagami.
• Hyuga Aoki noticed Kagami's Tenseigan, and Kagami took control of the Giant Tenseigan and severed its connection to Aoki.
• Hyuga Kagami calmly asked Hyuga Aoki what he had been saying.

Hyuga Kagami severed Hyuga Aoki’s control of the Giant Tenseigan and revealed that he had awakened the Tenseigan more than a decade earlier. Hyuga Aoki realized Kagami was the real Yama and understood that he had been defeated by a far more powerful shinobi.

• Hyuga Aoki lost his connection to the Giant Tenseigan as Hyuga Kagami approached it.
• Hyuga Aoki tried and failed to control the Giant Tenseigan, and Hyuga Kagami repelled him with its power.
• Hyuga Kagami told Hyuga Aoki that he had awakened the Tenseigan when he was fourteen or fifteen.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that the Tenseigan was only a starting point compared with the greater forces in the shinobi world.
• Hyuga Aoki recognized Hyuga Kagami as Yama, leader of the God Organization, and learned that Kagami was also the Fifth Hokage.

Hyuga Kagami took control of the weakened Giant Tenseigan and learned how Hyuga Aoki had exhausted its power. He extracted Aoki’s memories and discovered that Aoki had tricked Sasori into giving him puppets by claiming the God Organization’s headquarters was on the moon.

• Hyuga Kagami approached the Giant Tenseigan and found it much smaller than the one on the moon.
• Hyuga Kagami touched the Giant Tenseigan, received its abilities and condition, and realized it had abandoned Hyuga Aoki because Aoki had drained its power.
• Hyuga Kagami saw that the Giant Tenseigan was severely weakened after centuries of sealing and Aoki’s reckless use of its chakra to open the Box of Bliss.
• Hyuga Kagami warned himself against arrogance as Hyuga Aoki’s spirit body approached its end.
• Hyuga Kagami extracted Hyuga Aoki’s memory sphere and learned that Aoki had falsely told the Akatsuki that the God Organization’s headquarters was on the moon to obtain puppets from Sasori.

Hyuga Kagami recovered Hyuga Aoki’s memories and Byakugan, buried his corpse, and sealed the Giant Tenseigan for transfer to his Aerial Fortress. After learning that the Akatsuki had targeted Naruto and Fū at Mount Myoboku, he began considering a new plan involving Hyuga Aoki’s puppet.

• Hyuga Kagami examined Hyuga Aoki’s memories and realized the Akatsuki had waited until Konoha’s Jinchuriki left before launching its hunts.
• Hyuga Kagami recovered the pair of Main Branch Byakugan and buried Hyuga Aoki’s corpse beneath the collapsed secret chamber.
• Hyuga Kagami sealed the Giant Tenseigan to contain its chakra and prepare it for transfer to his Aerial Fortress.
• Hyuga Kagami received his Shadow Clone’s memories and learned that the Akatsuki had targeted Naruto and Fū at Mount Myoboku.
• Hyuga Kagami reconsidered whether Naruto was truly safe and turned his attention to Hyuga Aoki’s puppet.

After Satori was sealed, Hyuga Rin learned that Hyuga Kagami had disappeared, and she suspected he had gone to the Uchiha Clan. Meanwhile, Itachi and Fugaku ended their genjutsu duel, and Itachi told his parents that the Hokage would spare them if Fugaku handed over the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• An Anbu told Hyuga Rin that Hyuga Kagami had sealed Satori but that no one knew where he had gone.
• Rin wondered whether Kagami had gone to deal with the Uchiha Clan, and Kurenai agreed it was possible.
• Itachi and Fugaku's genjutsu duel reached a stalemate, with Itachi's transplanted First Hokage Cells helping him recover ocular power while Fugaku's dwindled.
• Fugaku and Itachi agreed to end the duel and withdrew their ocular power.
• Fugaku urged Itachi to protect Sasuke and defect if the village would not tolerate them, while Mikoto prepared to die with Fugaku.
• Itachi told his parents that the Hokage would let the night's events pass if Fugaku handed over the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Itachi persuaded Fugaku to hand over his Mangekyō Sharingan as part of the Hokage’s plan to protect the Uchiha Clan and preserve the eyes for Sasuke’s future. After Fugaku gave up his eyes, Itachi promised to protect the clan and went to handle the aftermath.

• Fugaku initially refused to give the village his Mangekyō Sharingan, but Itachi explained that he would secretly keep the eyes and blame their loss on the God Organization.
• Itachi told Fugaku that the Uchiha had stayed inside their compound and would be treated as victims of an attack, while Fugaku would surrender his eyes and resign as captain of the Police Force.
• Fugaku worried that the Hokage’s promise might be a trap, but Itachi assured him that the Fifth had personally guaranteed the family’s safety and freedom.
• Fugaku dug out his Mangekyō Sharingan and handed the bloody eyes to Itachi, who accepted them in tears.
• Mikoto comforted Itachi and urged him to carry the clan’s burden, and Itachi knelt and promised to protect the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku sent Itachi to deal with the aftermath and warned that the Advisory Elder Council would be difficult to appease.

After Itachi’s signal flare announced the God Organization’s withdrawal, Tsunade led the Medical Corps and Anbu into the Uchiha Compound and found the clan’s members wounded but unable to fight. At Konoha Hospital, Asuma and Uchiha Shinji ended up recovering side by side and discovered they had each been attacked by someone they called a lunatic or psycho.

• Itachi fired the agreed signal flare, and Shisui and Shinichi recognized it as the sign that the battle was over and the God Organization was withdrawing.
• Shizune confirmed the flare’s meaning, and Tsunade led the Medical Corps and Anbu into the Uchiha Compound to begin rescue operations.
• Tsunade found the Uchiha clansmen badly wounded and asked about Fugaku, Shisui, and Shinichi, but an injured clansman said none of them had appeared.
• The Medical Corps sent the wounded Uchiha to the overcrowded Konoha Hospital, where they were placed in the main hall beside Asuma and his injured Anbu.
• Asuma asked Uchiha Shinji for a light, and the two recognized each other as they compared their encounters with attackers.

Asuma saw injured Anbu and Uchiha recovering together, while Tsunade reported the rebellion’s outcome to the Third Hokage. The village planned to conceal the Uchiha rebellion and publicly blame the God Organization, though it intended to negotiate for Fugaku’s stolen Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Asuma observed that injured Anbu and Uchiha clansmen were getting along at the hospital, and realized ordinary villagers knew nothing of the rebellion.
• Tsunade told the Third Hokage that the God Organization had subdued the Uchiha rebels before the Anbu arrived, with seven confirmed deaths among the clan’s hardliners.
• Tsunade reported that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Shinichi were recovering, while Uchiha Fugaku had lost his Mangekyō Sharingan after a genjutsu duel.
• Tsunade said the Uchiha believed only two Flame Demons had acted, prompting the Third Hokage to marvel at their strength.
• The Third Hokage ordered Tsunade to destroy evidence of the rebellion, silence participants, and announce that the God Organization had attacked the Uchiha Clan.
• The Third Hokage agreed to negotiate for Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan but expected the God Organization to refuse its return.

The Third Hokage and Tsunade investigated Hyuga Kagami’s connection to the Ryumyaku and suspected he had stolen it years earlier. Meanwhile, Kagami impersonated Hyuga Aoki and headed toward Akatsuki’s base to look for a chance to rescue Naruto.

• The Third Hokage told Tsunade that Kakashi had made no progress sensing the Flying Thunder God Formula on Naruto, and Tsunade worried Kagami might take a dangerous risk.
• The Third Hokage revealed that Kagami had summoned the Ryumyaku and suspected he had secretly stolen it after learning Four Symbols Seal techniques during an earlier Anbu mission.
• Tsunade questioned how a newly promoted Special Jonin could have stolen and controlled the Ryumyaku, but the Third Hokage noted that it was now in Kagami’s possession despite the gaps in the evidence.
• Hyuga Kagami used Hyuga Aoki’s puppet to travel quickly through the forest toward Akatsuki’s base, using Aoki’s memories to impersonate him.
• Hyuga Kagami planned to undo Nagato’s seal on Naruto and reactivate Naruto’s Flying Thunder God Formula so Kakashi could complete the rescue.

Hyuga Kagami entered the Land of Grass disguised as Hyuga Aoki, hoping to find Naruto at an Akatsuki base, but instead found Killer B battling Sasori. As Killer B made a break for freedom, he headed toward the place where Hyuga Kagami had retreated.

• Hyuga Kagami reached the mountains in northwestern Land of Grass and heard a Tailed Beast roar.
• Hyuga Kagami found Killer B fighting Sasori while Obito, Zetsu, and other Akatsuki members watched.
• Obito and Zetsu questioned Hyuga Kagami, whom they believed to be Hyuga Aoki, about his encounter with Konoha and their informant Hyuga Kagami.
• Obito explained that Akatsuki had released Killer B for Sasori to fight after the Fourth Raikage interfered with their earlier attempt to subdue him.
• Killer B fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Obito and Hyuga Kagami, then returned to human form and attempted to escape toward Hyuga Kagami.