Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kagami escaped the Kamui dimension by using the Giant Tenseigan’s pull and confronted Obito, who fled back into the dimension. Obito then discovered Hyuga Kagami had followed him and faced a point-blank Purple Electricity Chidori.

• Suigetsu weakened after Kamui removed part of his water body, while Karin and Gaara struggled after their Type-Three Biological Armor was destroyed.
• Obito targeted Karin with Kamui, but Gaara used Sand Binding Coffin to trap him as Hyuga Kagami charged toward the vortex from inside the Kamui dimension.
• Hyuga Kagami endured a crushing spatial impact, then used the Giant Tenseigan’s pull to escape Kamui, sacrificing neither his body nor his Ninja Tool Pouch.
• Obito escaped into the Kamui dimension after seeing Hyuga Kagami emerge, and Hyuga Kagami followed him there.
• Obito turned at a voice behind him and saw a Purple Electricity Chidori thrust toward his eyes.

Hyuga Kagami escaped Obito’s Kamui space and left a Shadow Clone behind, which ambushed and killed Obito before disappearing. Obito revived with Izanagi and concluded that Kirin and Karin were God Organization members, while Hyuga Kagami regrouped with Karin and Suigetsu and learned how fiercely they had fought.

• Hyuga Kagami’s Shadow Clone pierced Obito with Purple Electricity Chidori, but Obito revived using Izanagi after the clone disappeared.
• Obito analyzed Kirin and Karin’s abilities and concluded they were disguised God Organization members who had set a trap for him.
• Obito felt relieved that he had avoided the supposed trap at the Chunin Exams and smugly believed the Hokage had helped him see through it.
• Hyuga Kagami checked on Karin and Suigetsu after returning from the Kamui space, and Suigetsu explained that Karin and Gaara had devastated the battlefield while fighting Obito.
• Hyuga Kagami praised Karin and recognized that her battle with Gaara had weakened Obito enough to help him escape.

Hyuga Kagami rescued the immobilized Karin and left the battlefield with Suigetsu, while Gaara’s spirit remained in danger inside the failed armor. Obito and the Akatsuki members arrived afterward, learned that two God Organization members had ambushed him, and withdrew before reinforcements could reach them.

• Hyuga Kagami examined Karin, realized her armor had failed and Gaara’s spirit was weakening, then carried her away with Suigetsu.
• Zetsu, Kakuzu, and Hidan reached the devastated battlefield and examined the damage.
• Obito arrived and told them the God Organization had set a trap using the Chunin Exams and the Mizukage as bait.
• Obito identified Kirin and Karin as the two attackers and claimed Kirin was stronger than the Fourth Raikage.
• Obito ordered the group to withdraw toward Konoha, leaving the Mizukage for later, and the others fled with him.

A patrol found a massive battlefield outside Konoha, and Acting Hokage Kakashi went to investigate after learning a major battle had occurred that morning. Sasuke declined Kakashi’s guidance in favor of studying his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Haku offered to train with Naruto.

• A Konoha patrol discovered a devastated battlefield with no bodies and reported that powerful individuals had likely fought there.
• Sasuke learned the Kirigakure team had left Konoha, then told Kakashi he needed Mangekyō Sharingan guidance that Kakashi could not provide.
• Kakashi chose to guide Naruto instead, but an Anbu reported a massive battlefield east of the village and Kakashi rushed to investigate.
• Naruto wondered who could train with him, and Haku offered to cultivate together.

Sasuke confronted Itachi at the clan compound and challenged him to a serious match, convinced he had surpassed his brother after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kagami brought Karin back to the Aerial Fortress safely and asked whether she had used Planetary Devastation in battle.

• Sasuke told Itachi that Kirin had escaped, and Itachi warned him to stay restrained toward the God Organization for the village's sake.
• Itachi told Sasuke he was negotiating to recover their father's Mangekyō Sharingan, easing Sasuke's anger over their father's death.
• Sasuke explained that he wanted to focus on his Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged Itachi to fight, declaring that he would prove he had surpassed him.
• Hyuga Kagami sped across the sea with Karin, who detected no sign of Obito or Suigetsu following them.
• Hyuga Kagami returned to the Aerial Fortress, restored Gaara's spirit to his body, and gave Karin replacement Type-Two Bio-Armor.
• Hyuga Kagami reassured Karin about the destroyed Type-Three armor, then asked whether she had tried using Planetary Devastation during the battle.

Hyuga Kagami comforted Karin after she failed to use the Rinnegan’s most powerful techniques, then examined his damaged Lightning Clone Technique body and reviewed how he escaped Obito’s Kamui space. He concluded that escaping required several special conditions and planned to tell Karin about them, while the Bond Sword he had hidden in Kamui would remain sealed for about two weeks.

• Karin told Hyuga Kagami that the Rinnegan went out of control after Overload Mode ended, preventing her from using Planetary Devastation.
• Hyuga Kagami reassured Karin that adapting to the Rinnegan took time and urged her to master Planetary Devastation and Rinne Tensei in her normal state.
• Hyuga Kagami examined his injured Lightning Clone Technique body and found that its muscles and meridians were damaged, though its foundation remained intact.
• Hyuga Kagami reviewed how he had escaped Obito’s Kamui space and identified the physical resilience, an ally’s space-time assistance, and Obito’s weakened state as necessary factors.
• Hyuga Kagami planned to tell Karin how to escape Kamui and noted that the sealed Bond Sword hidden in the space should remain undiscovered for about two weeks.

Hyuga Kagami assessed his clones and planned to strengthen the Water Clone Technique while prioritizing the creation of a Yang Release clone body. He chose the First Hokage’s cells as the strongest candidate, but their aggressive nature and the cost of fusion troubled him.

• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Kakashi could use the Bond Sword to enter the Kamui dimension if he coordinated with Hyuga Kagami and caught Obito opening a passage.
• Hyuga Kagami moved the Lightning Clone Technique into a nutrient tank and checked the vital signs of his five clones, finding the Water Clone Technique weakest and the Wind Clone Technique strongest.
• Hyuga Kagami considered strengthening the Water Clone Technique with the Hozuki Clan’s Hydrification Technique or Boil Release, but recognized the obstacles to both methods.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to prioritize cloning a Yang Release body while improving the Water Clone Technique during its cultivation.
• Hyuga Kagami identified the First Hokage’s cells as the best source for the Yang Release clone, but worried that their aggressive nature would make fusion difficult and expensive.

Hyuga Kagami weighed whether to use the First Hokage Cells to create a Yang Release clone, fearing that its strength would exceed the limits required for the Bloodline Fusion Ritual. Nagato’s growing power convinced him to proceed with analyzing the cells, both for his clone and to prepare for Karin’s future transplantation.

• Hyuga Kagami used his cloning model to predict that perfectly fused First Hokage Cells could make the Yang Release clone too strong for the Bloodline Fusion Ritual.
• Hyuga Kagami compared the possible Yin-Yang mutation to Boruto’s Jōgan and weighed the risks of investing time and money in the experiment.
• Hyuga Kagami considered how the God Organization had brought Nagato and Obito together, making Nagato stronger than in the original timeline.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to thoroughly analyze the First Hokage Cells to develop his Yang Release clone, advance Type-IV Biological Armor, and prepare for Karin’s future transplantation.

Hyuga Kagami investigated the First Hokage Cells’ unusual properties while repeatedly attempting cellular fusion for his Yang Release clone. In Konoha, Itachi trapped Sasuke in a genjutsu during their supposed sparring match, then left Shisui and Shinichi to look after him as he went to the Ninja Academy.

• Hyuga Kagami concluded that the First Hokage Cells’ invasiveness and unusual abilities might come from Divine Tree traits, then continued cellular fusion experiments despite repeated failures.
• Sasuke challenged Itachi to a sparring match and appeared to defeat him with a kunai, but Itachi’s body turned into a flock of crows.
• Sasuke used a Great Fireball Technique and his Three Tomoe Sharingan to counter the apparent attacks, unaware that Itachi had trapped him in a genjutsu from the start.
• Itachi explained to Shisui and Shinichi that Sasuke’s confidence in his Mangekyō Sharingan had kept him from noticing the illusion.
• Itachi asked Shisui and Shinichi to watch over Sasuke and left for the Ninja Academy.

Sasuke challenged Itachi but remained trapped in his genjutsu until Shisui and Shinichi stopped him from unleashing Kirin. Elsewhere, Haku entered Sage Mode while beginning to teach Naruto about senjutsu, and Naruto’s casual “Sister Haku” left her stunned.

• Shisui and Shinichi decided to let Sasuke break Itachi’s genjutsu himself, while Shisui explained that Sasuke’s desire for Itachi’s recognition had clouded his judgment.
• Sasuke prepared to use Kirin against Itachi, believing he could defeat him with their Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Shisui and Shinichi grabbed Sasuke’s arm before he could unleash lightning that might destroy the training ground, and Sasuke realized he had been caught in a genjutsu.
• Haku offered to teach Naruto about senjutsu and explained that his anxiety and crude method of absorbing natural energy caused his trouble using it.
• Haku entered Sage Mode, and Naruto praised her before calling her “Sister Haku,” leaving her frozen in surprise.

Haku began teaching Naruto Senjutsu under Jiraiya, Anko, and Asuma’s watch, while Orochimaru monitored events in Konoha and pursued his research into natural-energy-absorbing clones. In Konoha, Neji successfully mastered Hyuga Kagami’s improved Yin Seal and began studying a breathing method that could aid his future training.

• Jiraiya, Anko, and Asuma watched Haku guide Naruto in Senjutsu, and Jiraiya decided to observe rather than interfere.
• Jugo reported to Orochimaru that Haku had begun training Naruto, Kirin and the Kirigakure group had left Konoha, and Kimimaro’s condition had stabilized.
• Orochimaru told Jugo to monitor Second Pillar and Uzumaki Naruto, then returned to Otogakure to check on his cloning experiments.
• Neji mastered Hyuga Kagami’s improved Yin Seal and began studying the scroll’s breathing method to strengthen his body and support future Eight Inner Gates training.

Konoha’s young shinobi and visitors trained harder after the Chunin Exams while Kakashi investigated the battlefield where Obito had fought. Obito revealed that the God Organization’s Kirin and Karin had forced him to use Izanagi, and he and Zetsu decided they might need to prepare a backup plan.

• Sasuke accepted guidance from Shisui and Shinichi, while Naruto, Neji, and their peers began or intensified their training.
• Sakura, Hinata, and Shion started medical ninjutsu training with Shizune, while Rock Lee and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio trained under their mentors.
• Kakashi arrived at the battlefield using the Flying Thunder God Technique and discovered spiral-shaped marks in a crater.
• Obito told Zetsu that he had used Izanagi to survive a fight with the God Organization’s Kirin and Karin.
• Obito suspected Karin had the Rinnegan because she used Shinra Tensei, and he told Zetsu that they should prepare the backup plan.

Zetsu and Obito agreed to use the coming battle against the God Organization and the Five Great Shinobi Villages to deal with Nagato, whose growing strength threatened their plans. After Obito reported that a masked member of the God Organization could use Shinra Tensei, Nagato decided to move the decisive battle forward.

• Zetsu warned Obito that Nagato had grown too powerful to control and proposed exploiting the conflict to eliminate Nagato, the God Organization, and the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Obito agreed with Zetsu’s plan and returned with him to the Akatsuki’s secret base in the Land of Grass.
• Obito told Nagato that the God Organization had trapped the remaining Jinchuriki and that he had failed to capture the Mizukage.
• Obito reported that a masked woman in the God Organization had used Shinra Tensei and controlled sand, leading Konan to question whether they should delay the operation.
• Nagato dismissed Konan’s concern and ordered the decisive battle to be moved forward, believing the masked opponent had not mastered the Rinnegan.

Nagato advanced his decisive battle against the God Organization to avoid prolonged conflict destroying the Ninja World, while Obito prepared a backup plan and targeted the Five Great Nations' daimyo. Hyuga Kagami continued his cell fusion experiments and learned that Akatsuki had set its sights on the daimyo.

• Nagato told Konan he would begin the decisive battle sooner, and she promised to stay by his side whether he succeeded or failed.
• Obito told Zetsu that Nagato was no longer under their control and ordered him to find the Five Great Nations' daimyo and launch a large-scale attack on Kirigakure with ten thousand clones.
• Hyuga Kagami continued his cell fusion experiments, but embryos made with First Hokage Cells repeatedly sprouted into saplings.
• Hyuga Kagami received a message that Akatsuki had targeted the daimyo and wondered whether they were trying to start the Fourth Shinobi World War.

After Akatsuki attacked the daimyo of all five great nations, Hyuga Kagami prepared for a coming war while the Five Kage agreed to raise their villages' readiness and protect the daimyo. The chapter ended as thousands of White Zetsu surrounded a Konoha patrol on the eastern coast of the Land of Fire.

• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Akatsuki's attacks on the five daimyo were a diversion meant to split the villages' forces, then used his Water Clone Technique body to create ten Shadow Clones for gathering supplies and training.
• At the Anbu headquarters, the Fourth Kazekage, Ōnoki, Kakashi, and others discussed Akatsuki's attacks and the clash with Kirigakure's Kirin squad.
• Itachi, disguised as Hyuga Kagami, proposed that the villages enter their highest state of combat readiness and move the daimyo to safe areas, and the Kazekage, Tsuchikage, and Raikage agreed.
• Thousands of White Zetsu rose from the ground and surrounded a Konoha patrol squad on the eastern coast of the Land of Fire.

Hyuga Kagami received Itachi’s report that the Five Kage Summit had agreed to put the villages on war readiness, but left the daimyo’s protection entirely to Itachi. Meanwhile, Kagami continued developing his Kekkei Mōra Project and training his Water Release clone, which made major progress with Hozuki techniques and Boil Release research.

• Hyuga Kagami praised Itachi for proposing war readiness at the Five Kage Summit and gave him no advice about protecting the daimyo.
• Hyuga Kagami continued his project despite the strain of managing ten Shadow Clones and his Water Release body’s cell-fusion experiments.
• Hyuga Kagami used supplies gathered by his Shadow Clones to advance the Yang Release clone and Type-IV Biological Armor, while also developing Water Release techniques and Boil Release.
• Hyuga Kagami confirmed that Haku had Hozuki Clan blood and used it to help explain his Water Release clone’s ability to train in Hozuki forbidden techniques.
• Hyuga Kagami mastered the Water Gun Technique and Hydrification Technique, then struggled with Steaming Danger Tyranny, which consumed his clone’s fat and left its water-oil clone imperfect.
• Hyuga Kagami drew inspiration for Boil Release from Steaming Danger Tyranny and anticipated that combining it with Ice Release and Hozuki techniques could make his Water Release clone formidable at sea.

Hyuga Kagami continued developing Boil Release while Obito and an army of White Zetsu infiltrated the Land of Water and launched an attack on Kirigakure. Obito defeated the Kirigakure forces at the Mizukage Building, while a wounded elder managed to send a seabird away.

• Hyuga Kagami used Shadow Clones to develop Boil Release and concluded that he had nearly mastered it and the Hozuki Clan's Water Release Forbidden Technique.
• White Zetsu clones disguised themselves as Kirigakure shinobi, seized a coastal lighthouse, and opened the way for Obito's forces.
• Ten thousand White Zetsu advanced into the Land of Water and clashed with Kirigakure after the village discovered them near its outskirts.
• Obito appeared in the Mizukage Building and defeated the Kirigakure elder and Anbu, leveling the building's aboveground structure.
• The wounded Kirigakure elder sent a seabird carrying a message, and Obito let it escape.

Kirigakure’s elder was assassinated while an army of White Zetsu besieged the village, prompting the other great villages to debate sending aid. The leaders sent Kakashi ahead to protect the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails, while the Third Hokage remained worried that Konoha was Akatsuki’s real target.

• Kirigakure shinobi found the Mizukage Building destroyed and the elder who oversaw village affairs dead, then began spreading word of the attack.
• The elder’s summoned seabird carried news to Konoha that over ten thousand White Zetsu were attacking Kirigakure and an Akatsuki member calling himself "Uchiha Madara" had assassinated the elder.
• The gathered Kage debated how to aid Kirigakure without leaving their own villages or the jinchuriki in Konoha vulnerable.
• Ōnoki proposed sending Hatake Kakashi ahead to protect the Fourth Mizukage if Kirigakure could not be saved, and the Third Hokage stopped Itachi from objecting.
• The Third Hokage told Kakashi to prioritize the Mizukage and keep the Three-Tails from Akatsuki, then admitted he was more worried about Konoha than Kirigakure.

Hyuga Kagami learned that Akatsuki had deployed ten thousand White Zetsu against Kirigakure and hurried there to intervene. Karatachi Yagura returned to the battlefield, restoring the village's morale as Obito watched.

• Kakashi boarded Deidara's Clay Bird and flew toward the Land of Water, while Itachi sent Hyuga Kagami a message about Akatsuki's attack on Kirigakure and its rescue plan.
• Sasuke trained with Shinichi in using the Mangekyō Sharingan as messenger hawks crossed Konoha's skies, and Haku and Kimimaro noted the village's heightened security and watched over Naruto.
• Hyuga Kagami achieved a successful cell-fusion embryo by using the Giant Tenseigan's chakra to suppress the First Hokage Cells.
• Hyuga Kagami learned that Akatsuki had sent ten thousand White Zetsu to Kirigakure, then told Karin and Gaara to follow his remote signal and flew toward the village.
• Karatachi Yagura struck the White Zetsu army with a Tailed Beast Ball and landed on the battlefield, prompting Kirigakure's shinobi to cheer as Obito watched.

Hyuga Kagami and Kakashi arrived in the Land of Water as a massive battle engulfed Kirigakure, where Yagura’s transformation had turned the tide against the invading White Zetsu. Hyuga Kagami used Boil Release to eliminate a group of White Zetsu, while Kakashi headed for the battlefield to protect the Fourth Mizukage.

• Karatachi Yagura transformed into his tailed-beast form, stabilized Kirigakure’s line, and began driving the enemy back.
• Obito sent Biwa Jūzō, Kisame Hoshigaki, Lotus of the Kaguya Clan, and Ryu into the battle while Zetsu searched for God Organization members near the Mizukage.
• Hyuga Kagami reached the Land of Water’s shore and encountered White Zetsu clones, who relaxed when they recognized him as River Lord.
• Hyuga Kagami’s mist weakened the White Zetsu clones through Boil Release, and they melted into sludge as he continued inland.
• Kakashi arrived near Kirigakure, sensed at least ten thousand chakra signatures, and rushed toward the battlefield to protect the Fourth Mizukage.