Chapter Summaries

Sasuke organized the mass relocation of Orochimaru’s former prisoners and personnel to an abandoned Uchiha territory, while preparing a new settlement for them. Tsunade learned how extensive the migration was but hesitated to ask Sasuke to put the newcomers at Konoha’s disposal.

• Sasuke promised those who wanted to leave that they could seek shelter with him again, though their treatment would change if they returned.
• Sasuke arranged for Shadow Clones to lead groups from Orochimaru’s bases to an abandoned Uchiha territory northwest of Konoha while he and Kabuto Yakushi continued to the next base.
• Konoha patrols questioned the migrating groups, and Sasuke’s Shadow Clones explained that Orochimaru’s captives were being moved to a central settlement with the Hokage’s knowledge.
• Tsunade received reports that Sasuke had gathered more than a thousand people from bases inside and outside the Land of Fire, and she worried that asking them to aid Konoha could worsen their conflict with Sasuke.
• Sasuke planned low-rent housing, shops, public facilities, and other services for the settlement, drawing on goods from his factories and stockpiles.

Sasuke laid out plans to settle the people he had taken from Orochimaru’s base, offering temporary housing, discounted home plots, loans, jobs, and education. He left them beginning classes and work as he prepared the town’s legal, economic, and administrative systems.

• Sasuke planned to fund the town through business and controlled money printing, while reserving gold dust as an industrial resource and a future currency benchmark.
• Sasuke offered the new residents temporary apartments, discounted first home plots, and near-interest-free housing loans tied to their work and public-service contracts.
• Sasuke designated land for housing, farmland, roads, and facilities, aiming to build a self-sufficient town while limiting its initial population and scale.
• The residents’ education levels were assessed, and they were assigned to literacy, improvement, or vocational classes.
• Teachers began instructing residents in a supportive environment, while lessons also introduced laws, taxes, and insurance benefits.
• Sasuke arranged flexible part-time jobs so the penniless residents could earn money alongside their studies.

Sasuke planned to prepare people with artificially enhanced abilities for ordinary life by teaching them practical skills, including Puppet Technique. He left the chapter with a curriculum that used agricultural machinery to show how puppets could outperform Earth Style jutsu in efficiency.

• Sasuke judged that most test subjects needed education and stable daily lives more than harsh military training.
• He decided to add Puppet Technique control to the curriculum alongside the Three Body Technique and Throwing Technique.
• Sasuke planned to use Sunagakure's Puppet Technique tradition to make the training seem like a legitimate ninja discipline.
• He designed lessons comparing Earth Style farming jutsu with puppet-operated machinery, showing that puppets could cultivate more land with the same Chakra.

Sasuke settled the former prisoners into his city through practical education and employment opportunities while preparing its fighters for the coming war. After defeating more than twenty strong fighters in a spar, he selected promising ninjas for intensive training before taking a small force to the battlefield.

• Sasuke used lessons, job listings, and news to help the newcomers adapt to society and understand that the coming war did not require them to fight for the city.
• Sasuke challenged more than twenty fighters at once, demonstrating his strength and the city’s advanced medical care as injuries were treated.
• Kidomaru and Guren fought to a draw, and Sasuke removed Kidomaru’s Earthly Cursed Seal before helping him cultivate Sage Mode and receive an upgraded, controllable seal.
• Sasuke selected about half of the strongest newcomers to receive specialized ninjutsu instruction and cultivation guidance.
• Sasuke planned to take a small group, including personnel from Sky City, to the battlefield and intensify their training for the war.

After more than a month of war preparations, the Five Kage prepared to meet again after reconnaissance teams found a base linked to Madara Uchiha, while Sasuke worked to delay the conflict and manage his growing town. The chapter ended when Katsuyu arrived to tell Sasuke that Tsunade wanted to speak with him in real time.

• The Five Great Nations kept their forces ready as the Raikage summoned the other Four Kage to discuss a battle plan.
• Sasuke estimated that the war would not begin for at least two months and hoped to delay it until near the end of the year by hindering Madara’s recovery.
• Sasuke sold supplies to Konoha and earned a small profit from the transaction.
• Sasuke considered a formal policy for students who wanted to visit family, with applications, travel checks, and possible subsidies.
• Katsuyu appeared in Sasuke’s office and relayed Tsunade’s request for real-time communication.

At the Five Kage Summit, Sasuke and Suigetsu disputed Kirigakure’s claim to Hiramekarei, and Suigetsu challenged the Mizukage to reclaim it by defeating him. After Konoha distanced itself from the dispute, the Kage turned to Sasuke’s place in the coming war and began the formal meeting.

• Tsunade summoned Sasuke’s projection to answer Mei Terumi’s claim that he had taken Hiramekarei.
• Sasuke said he had not taken the sword and identified Suigetsu as the one who had, accusing Kirigakure of neglecting the Hozuki Clan.
• Suigetsu appeared, rejected the Mizukage’s authority over the sword, and offered to fight for a fee of four jin of high-purity gold.
• Sasuke said Suigetsu was not part of Konoha and offered to arrange contact for a handling fee before ending the projection.
• A questioned Tsunade about Sasuke’s role in the war, while Ōnoki raised news of discord in the Land of Fire.
• Mifune stopped the exchanges and called the Kage to begin the formal meeting.

Konoha sent Naruto to Hozuki Castle after the Five Great Nations accused him of attacking their Kage, though Sasuke recognized the charges as a frame-up. Sasuke reached the prison and freed Naruto, who was still unaware of the larger situation.

• The three ninja villages issued a wanted order for Naruto, and Tsunade had him stripped of his Konoha forehead protector and imprisoned pending investigation.
• Sasuke learned that Naruto had been sent to Hozuki Castle and decided to rescue him, with Karin accompanying him.
• Mui branded Naruto with the Heavenly Prison seal upon his arrival at Hozuki Castle.
• Sasuke and Kabuto found Naruto during the prison's inspection, and Sasuke released his shackles and gave him clothes.
• Naruto changed and happily prepared to leave with Sasuke.

Sasuke and Kabuto freed Naruto from Hozuki Castle’s seal and uncovered Mui’s plot to frame him and sacrifice the prisoners to the Box of Paradise. With Mui’s confession recorded, Naruto had evidence that could clear his name, though Kabuto suggested backing it up before presenting it.

• Naruto learned Sasuke had not come to take him back to Konoha, and admitted he had planned to escape Hozuki Castle.
• Sasuke and Kabuto brought Naruto to Mui, and Sasuke killed the castle lord before he could act.
• Mui’s death caused the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison Technique to flare up on prisoners throughout the prison, so Kabuto revived Mui with Impure World Reincarnation and ordered him to remove Naruto’s seal.
• Under Kabuto’s control, Mui confessed that the Land of Grass had framed Naruto to get him sent to Hozuki Castle as a potential sacrifice for opening the Box of Paradise.
• Mui revealed that he planned to sacrifice all the prisoners to revive his son Muku, and Kabuto recorded the confession as evidence for Naruto.

Sasuke and Naruto left Hozuki Castle after Sasuke destroyed the prison to erase evidence and prevent its captors from continuing their sacrifices. Sasuke also took the Box of Paradise, while Naruto kept his new destination secret from the Allied Forces.

• Naruto rejected Sasuke’s suggestion to punish the villages that had accused him and chose to rely on the videotape as evidence.
• Naruto asked to visit Sasuke’s home, and Sasuke agreed on the condition that he keep everything he saw and heard secret, even from Tsunade.
• Sasuke, Naruto, and Kabuto Yakushi left Mui’s office and flew away using the Light-Weight Rock Technique.
• Sasuke raised a barrier around Hozuki Castle and burned the prison, telling Naruto that its captors might otherwise continue sacrificing people.
• Sasuke’s Shadow Clones collected supplies and documents, and Sasuke found the Box of Paradise in a cave and sent it through a Space-time Rift.

After the cremation, Sasuke introduced Karin, Suigetsu, and Guren to Naruto and the others, while arranging for the group to travel by aircraft. The conversation revealed Karin’s Uzumaki heritage and left Naruto wondering why he had never asked Konoha for one of the Sky Ninja’s captured aircraft.

• Sasuke brought Karin, Suigetsu, and Guren to join the group after the cremation, and he explained that Guren’s strength had earned her the S-rank mission.
• Naruto recognized Karin’s red hair as a possible sign of Uzumaki ancestry, and Sasuke confirmed that she was Karin Uzumaki.
• Naruto and Karin recalled seeing each other during the Chunin Exams, while Kabuto tried to make the group feel like old acquaintances.
• Guren asked whether returning Naruto would complete the mission, and Sasuke said they would not be going to Konoha and would need a few more days.
• Sasuke took the group aboard an aircraft, where Naruto excitedly watched the view and remembered the Sky Ninja attack on Konoha.
• Sasuke asked why Naruto had never requested one of the captured Sky Ninja aircraft, and Naruto said he had never seen another ninja apply for one.

Sasuke brought Naruto and Guren to Eight Clouds City, a city floating among the clouds, and Kabuto showed them its facilities and explained its research work. Naruto learned the city produced the weather forecast, while Sasuke revealed that the program cost far more to run than it earned.

• Sasuke urged Naruto to learn flying ninjutsu and described several ninja who could fly or fight in the air.
• Sasuke said Guren could develop Crystal Style techniques to make a flying construct.
• Sasuke brought Naruto and Guren to Eight Clouds City, where they were astonished to find a metal city above the clouds.
• Kabuto showed them the city's planning display and explained that its researchers were developing radio transmission and producing weather forecasts.
• Naruto exclaimed that the weather forecast must make a lot of money, and Sasuke explained that its daily expenses were forty thousand ryo.

Sasuke explained the purpose behind Eight Clouds City's infrastructure and told Guren that he planned to keep the city independent while preparing for the coming war. Naruto sensed a presence beneath the city and went with Sasuke and Karin to meet someone, while Sasuke invited Guren to join the war effort.

• Naruto questioned the cost of the signal towers, and Sasuke explained how communications infrastructure and industrial development served his long-term plans.
• Naruto sensed something beneath Eight Clouds City, and Sasuke revealed that the city's power center housed an Artificial Tailed Beast.
• Sasuke sent Naruto with Karin to meet someone, then told Guren he kept some information from Naruto because their political interests were different.
• Sasuke said he wanted to revive the Uchiha through a peaceful social system and keep his people out of the war because they were too weak.
• Sasuke described the war as an opportunity to demonstrate their strength, and Guren agreed to go.

Sasuke explained that the Allied Forces would focus on treating selected wounded ninjas and building influence rather than confronting the Akatsuki Organization directly. He tasked Guren with exploring how Crystal Style could preserve the wounded, leaving her to test his proposed techniques before the war began.

• Sasuke argued that the Akatsuki Organization could not be underestimated and explained that the Allied Forces would earn a reputation by treating severely wounded ninjas.
• Kabuto Yakushi gave Guren a roster of elite ninjas and their distinguishing features for her to identify and collect as Experiment Material.
• Sasuke assigned Guren research on using Crystal Style to preserve wounded people until they could receive treatment.
• Guren questioned whether other styles could use the same approach, and Sasuke explained why Crystal Style might avoid problems caused by Earth Style or Ice Style.
• Sasuke described how Suigetsu and Kidomaru could assist with medical work despite their unconventional abilities.

Sasuke showed Guren the resources and training opportunities in Eight Clouds City, then brought Naruto to meet Mito Uzumaki. Mito recognized Naruto’s Uzumaki heritage and entered his Mental Space to confront the Nine-Tails, while Sasuke and Karin followed.

• Guren learned that Eight Clouds City’s library held secret manuals and public flying techniques, and Kabuto Yakushi explained how residents could study them.
• Sasuke and Kabuto showed Guren the city’s equipment, courses, and costs, leaving her overwhelmed by how much money everything required.
• Sasuke and Karin led Naruto to meet Mito Uzumaki, who recognized him as Kushina’s son and remarked on his resemblance to his mother.
• Mito and Naruto suddenly went blank as Mito contacted the Nine-Tails, so Sasuke brought Karin into Naruto’s Mental Space with him.
• Mito faced the caged Nine-Tails and wondered why it seemed smaller than she remembered.

Mito refused to let Naruto rely on Mount Myōboku or the Eight-Tails to learn control, insisting that he tame the Nine-Tails himself. When Naruto admitted he could not use Adamantine Sealing Chains, Mito confronted the Nine-Tails over its interference with his Fuinjutsu training and threatened to restrain it more harshly.

• Naruto told Mito about Mount Myōboku's prophecy and his plan to ask the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki how to control a Tailed Beast.
• Mito dismissed the prophecy and told Naruto to tame the Nine-Tails himself instead of seeking outside help.
• Mito demonstrated how to seize the Nine-Tails' Chakra and explained that Chakra chains could bind it, while Karin watched her instruction.
• Naruto revealed that he did not know Adamantine Sealing Chains because Tsunade had only explained the technique and the Nine-Tails had disrupted his Fuinjutsu training.
• The Nine-Tails defended its actions by blaming Konoha for teaching Naruto Fuinjutsu too late, and Mito threatened to nail it down and seal it completely.

Naruto opened the seal and fought the Nine-Tails in his Mental Space, but the fox flooded him with Chakra and trapped him in memories of his past. As Naruto lost consciousness, Uzumaki Adamantine Sealing Chains emerged, and the Nine-Tails recognized Kushina as their caster.

• Naruto entered Sage Mode, removed the seal tag, and opened the cage holding the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Ball in the Mental Space, causing Chakra to spill into reality until Sasuke and the city's energy system contained it.
• Naruto and the Nine-Tails fought while Naruto drew the fox's Chakra through the sealing array.
• The Nine-Tails stopped resisting and flooded Naruto with Chakra, triggering his Tailed Beast transformation and plunging him into memories of his negative past.
• Adamantine Sealing Chains burst from Naruto's body, and the Nine-Tails roared Kushina's name.

Naruto subdued the Nine-Tails long enough to enter the Yellow Robe state, while Kushina's Chakra appeared and reunited with him. Mito questioned why the Nine-Tails had grown so weak, and Kushina greeted Sasuke and the others before explaining the precautions she and Minato had made for Naruto.

• Kushina called Naruto back to consciousness while her Adamantine Sealing Chains restrained the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto fought the Nine-Tails again with Shadow Clones and held firm as the weakened Eight Trigrams Seal allowed it to attack more fiercely.
• Naruto drained the Nine-Tails' Chakra and entered the Yellow Robe state, then told it he would protect it from the fake Uchiha.
• The Nine-Tails stopped fighting and withdrew to a corner of Naruto's Mental Space to recover.
• Mito wondered why the Nine-Tails was so weak, and Kushina appeared to greet Sasuke and the others.
• Mito told Kushina that she and Minato had spoiled Naruto by preparing so much for him, and Kushina explained that they had acted as worried parents.

Naruto learned that Mito Uzumaki was the First Hokage’s wife and the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while Kushina revealed the circumstances of Minato’s death. When Naruto asked Sasuke to revive Kushina, she warned him against using the Impure World Reincarnation.

• Naruto realized Mito was nearly a century old, and Kushina revealed that Mito had been the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Sasuke explained that Karin was his fiancée and that he had asked Mito to guide her in Uzumaki techniques.
• Naruto remembered Orochimaru using the Impure World Reincarnation and asked why it had not been used to summon Minato.
• Kushina explained that Minato split the Nine-Tails, sealed half inside himself, and was taken by the Death God, preventing his revival through the jutsu.
• Kushina said she had little Chakra left and asked Mito to teach Naruto more.
• Naruto asked Sasuke to revive Kushina, but she refused and warned him against casually using a jutsu that required a living sacrifice.

Sasuke used Kushina’s gathered Chakra and Mangekyo power to give her a temporary humanoid form so she could spend time with Naruto. He then brought the group to Eight Clouds City’s power core, where Naruto encountered the sealed Zero-Tails and received some of its Chakra.

• Sasuke learned Naruto could not find his mother’s grave or any remains to use for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Sasuke used Kushina’s Chakra and Mangekyo Pupil Power to form a temporary body for her, allowing her to embrace Naruto.
• Sasuke led Kushina, Naruto, and the others through Eight Clouds City to the power core, where Guren questioned whose territory it was and Sasuke said Karin was his fiancée.
• Sasuke calmed the sealed Zero-Tails with his Sharingan and drew out some of its Chakra for Naruto.
• Kushina warned Naruto about the danger of taking Chakra from another Tailed Beast while the Nine-Tails was inside him.

Sasuke explained the history of the Tailed Beasts and helped Naruto offer Zero-Tails' Chakra to the Nine-Tails as a gesture of goodwill. The Nine-Tails refused Sasuke's offer of limited freedom, while Naruto's arrival at Eight Clouds City drew a crowd of curious researchers eager to learn about it.

• Sasuke told Naruto and Kushina that Tailed Beasts were not born from hatred and that the Sage of Six Paths had truly existed.
• Sasuke gave Naruto Zero-Tails' Chakra to offer the Nine-Tails, but the Nine-Tails rejected it and refused Sasuke's offer to move freely within Eight Clouds City.
• Sasuke concluded that the Nine-Tails preferred peace and quiet, and the others noted that it seemed calmer than before.
• Naruto's Shadow Clone ran errands in the cafeteria and was surrounded by researchers asking to see or study the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails declined to appear for the researchers, and Naruto could not make it do so.