Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Obito learned that Tejima Shinichi might be heading to the Land of Waterfalls to confront Kakuzu and Hidan, so he set out to find him first. The chapter then followed Fū as she left Takigakure with Huaguang and Yangle on an escort mission, eager to make friends along the way.

• White Zetsu told Uchiha Obito that Tejima Shinichi had left Konoha and evaded surveillance, while Black Zetsu inferred that he was likely heading for Kakuzu and Hidan in the Land of Waterfalls.
• Uchiha Obito decided to find Tejima Shinichi before he reached Kakuzu and Hidan, replaced the Sharingan in his left socket, and used Kamui to depart.
• Fū left Takigakure with Huaguang and Yangle to escort a merchant caravan to the Land of Iron, excited to make more friends.
• Huaguang and Yangle discussed watching Fū closely because her friendliness and status as the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki could put her in danger.

Huaguang, Yangle, and Fū were cornered by Hidan and Kakuzu at a riverbank. Fū recognized Kakuzu as Takigakure’s supposedly ageless rogue ninja and tried to befriend him, but Kakuzu said he only cared about money, and Fū admitted she had none.

• Huaguang led Yangle and Fū to an open riverbank after they failed to shake off their pursuers.
• Hidan and Kakuzu emerged from the forest, and Huaguang and Yangle moved to protect Fū.
• Fū recognized Kakuzu as the rogue ninja who stole Earth Grudge Fear and gained an almost immortal lifespan.
• Fū stepped forward and told Kakuzu she had hoped to become friends with him.
• Kakuzu said he would be friends with her if she gave him money, and Fū replied that she had none.

Kakuzu and Hidan overwhelmed Fū, Huaguang, and Yangle after Hidan used his ritual to turn Huaguang’s wound into a fatal attack. Kakuzu killed Yangle with a single blow, leaving Fū alone beside her fallen comrades.

• Kakuzu attacked Fū with black tendrils, but Yangle’s water bullets forced them back while Huaguang charged Hidan.
• Huaguang punched Hidan and was only lightly cut by the scythe, then mistook his apparent victory for a decisive blow.
• Huaguang’s next punch failed against Kakuzu’s hardened body, and Kakuzu declared physical attacks ineffective against him.
• Hidan revealed his Blood Binding ritual and stabbed himself, causing Huaguang’s heart to burst and killing him.
• Kakuzu struck Yangle through his defense, sending him into a rock wall and leaving him motionless.

Kakuzu captured Fū, but her six-tailed transformation broke his restraints and forced the Akatsuki pair to prepare for battle. Before Hidan could attack, a hidden Wood Release ambush impaled and badly wounded both Kakuzu and Hidan, leaving the attacker unidentified.

• Kakuzu bound Fū with Earth Grudge Fear tendrils and declared the mission successful.
• Fū erupted in dark red Chakra, tore free of Kakuzu’s tendrils, and formed six tails.
• Hidan eagerly prepared to fight the transformed Fū while Kakuzu warned him not to underestimate her.
• A hidden attacker unleashed Wood Release: Wood Spikes Technique from beneath Kakuzu and Hidan.
• The wooden spikes pierced Kakuzu and Hidan, then exploded inside them and inflicted devastating injuries.

Tejima Shinichi overwhelmed Kakuzu with Wood Release, but Uchiha Obito used Kamui to rescue him. Shinichi subdued the rampaging Fū and faced Obito, while Hidan was ordered to withdraw; Shinichi and Obito remained in a standoff.

• Tejima Shinichi trapped Kakuzu in crushing Wood Release branches, and Hidan broke free and charged to help him.
• Uchiha Obito used Kamui to pull Kakuzu and the binding branches away, leaving Hidan stunned.
• Tejima Shinichi recognized Kamui, subdued Fū with Enclosing Fruit Hanging Hand, and caught her as she collapsed.
• Uchiha Obito appeared and demanded that Tejima Shinichi leave the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki behind.
• Black-and-White Zetsu told Hidan that Kakuzu was safe and ordered him to leave, and Hidan reluctantly withdrew.

Tejima Shinichi attacked Uchiha Obito and redirected his Wood Release toward Black and White Zetsu, forcing them to flee underground. He then trapped Obito in a massive Rasengan, leaving Obito shocked that Tejima understood Kamui’s weakness.

• Tejima Shinichi dismissed Obito’s Madara persona and launched Wood Release: Forest Technique at him.
• Tejima Shinichi redirected the wooden branches toward Black and White Zetsu, but White Zetsu blocked them with Wood Release before both Zetsu escaped underground.
• Tejima Shinichi charged Obito as his intangibility ended and struck with Wind Release: Super Great Ball Rasengan.
• Obito used Kamui to remain unharmed inside the Rasengan, while Tejima Shinichi maintained the attack to force him to end his intangibility.
• Obito realized Tejima Shinichi knew Kamui’s weakness and demanded to know how he knew about his Mangekyō Sharingan ability.

Tejima Shinichi defeated Uchiha Obito’s attempt to seize Fū and declared that he would protect the Tailed Beasts and his village. Obito escaped with Izanagi and reaffirmed his Moon Eye plan, then brought the injured Kakuzu to the Kamui Dimension; Fū woke in a cabin and mistook Shinichi for one of her captors.

• Tejima Shinichi exposed the limits of Obito’s Kamui and mocked his claim to be Uchiha Madara, forcing Obito to use Izanagi to escape the Rasengan.
• Tejima Shinichi unleashed his chakra to overwhelm Obito, then left with Fū and warned Obito that he still had a long way to go.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Shinichi’s presence and Fū’s capture had changed their plans, but Obito vowed to continue pursuing the Moon Eye plan and vanished into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito found the wounded Kakuzu in the Kamui Dimension and introduced himself as Uchiha Madara.
• Fū woke in a wooden cabin, panicked over her memories of the battle, and asked Shinichi if he had captured her or worked with Kakuzu and Hidan.

Fū learned that Tejima Shinichi had saved her, but he told her she was still his prisoner and asked her to help him cultivate. In the Kamui Dimension, Kakuzu agreed to work for Uchiha Obito for enough money, while Obito suspected Black Zetsu had leaked information about him and vowed to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan himself.

• Fū thanked Tejima Shinichi for saving her, then was confused when he called her his prisoner.
• Tejima Shinichi said Fū could be his friend if she helped him cultivate, and she agreed to help.
• Kakuzu dismissed the Eye of the Moon Plan's promise of peace but admitted he would work for Uchiha Obito if the payment was high enough.
• Uchiha Obito suspected Black Zetsu had revealed information about him to Tejima Shinichi and resolved to be the plan's final executor.
• Uchiha Obito promised Kakuzu satisfying payment and a chance to experience the real world if he performed well.

Tejima Shinichi released Fū’s seal and provoked her full Seven-Tails Chōmei transformation to begin a second experiment absorbing Tailed Beast Chakra with Wood Release. Chōmei resisted his pollen and Scale Powder techniques, but Tejima summoned a Wood Golem, leaving Chōmei terrified by how closely he resembled Hashirama Senju.

• Tejima Shinichi pressed his hand to Fū’s abdomen and released her seal, causing her to transform completely into Seven-Tails Chōmei and destroy the wooden house.
• Tejima Shinichi bound Chōmei with Wood Release vines and declared that he needed its power.
• Tejima Shinichi’s flower buds released pollen, but Chōmei expelled what it inhaled and used Scale Powder Concealment Technique to hide and attempt an escape.
• Tejima Shinichi summoned a Wood Golem, which towered over Chōmei and prepared to strike while the vines kept it pinned.
• Chōmei recognized the Wood Golem’s resemblance to Hashirama Senju’s power and roared in disbelief at Tejima Shinichi’s strength.

Tejima Shinichi subdued Seven-Tails Chōmei with the Wooden Man, Wood Dragon, and Flower Tree Realm, then confirmed that his Wood Dragon could absorb and reproduce a Tailed Beast’s power. Chōmei realized Shinichi had truly taken some of its power, and the chapter left the extent of this ability newly revealed.

• Chōmei blocked the Wooden Man’s fist, but the Wood Dragon dodged its horns, bit its neck, and bound it with the Flower Tree Realm vines.
• The Wood Dragon absorbed Chōmei’s Chakra Scale Powder, revealing Chōmei’s true form as Tejima Shinichi demanded that it surrender.
• Chōmei fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, but the Wooden Man caught it and slammed it back into Chōmei, severely injuring it.
• The Wooden Man pinned Chōmei down as the Wood Dragon absorbed its power and developed a shell like Chōmei’s.
• Chōmei recognized its shell on the Wood Dragon and realized that Tejima Shinichi had truly stolen a portion of its power.

Tejima Shinichi’s Wood Dragon drained Seven-Tails Chōmei, evolved with its shell and wings, and returned a vast amount of Chakra to him. Convinced that absorbing the Tailed Beasts could raise his power beyond Hashirama Senju’s and let him defeat Uchiha Madara, he resolved to pursue that path.

• The Wood Dragon stopped draining Chōmei after weakening it almost completely, and Tejima Shinichi received a massive Chakra transfer along with its scale-powder concealment and shell defense.
• Chōmei faded back into Fū, leaving her unconscious and barely breathing as the Wood Dragon took to the air with a metallic-blue shell and wings.
• Tejima Shinichi concluded that the Wood Dragon could seize Tailed Beast abilities, evolve, and return any excess Chakra to him.
• Tejima Shinichi reasoned that absorbing the stronger Tailed Beasts could give him enough Chakra to surpass Hashirama Senju and defeat Uchiha Madara.
• Tejima Shinichi rejected the need for others’ approval and declared that his Wood Release would one day transcend everything.

Tejima Shinichi summoned Katsuyu to transport the unconscious Fū, Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, back to Konoha. After Katsuyu departed, Shinichi headed for the Country of Rivers to capture the Six-Tails, riding his Wood Dragon.

• Tejima Shinichi summoned Katsuyu and asked her to take the unconscious Fū to Konoha.
• Katsuyu sensed the Seven-Tails inside Fū and warned Shinichi that capturing another village’s Jinchuriki could cause serious consequences.
• Tejima Shinichi dismissed Katsuyu’s concerns, arguing that Takigakure could not challenge Konoha, and Katsuyu agreed to contact Tsunade from Shikkotsu Forest.
• Katsuyu swallowed Fū and vanished to return to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tejima Shinichi set off for the Country of Rivers on his Wood Dragon, planning to capture the Six-Tails.

Tsunade assigned missions to Team 7 and Team 1 while Katsuyu arrived with information and an unexpected captive from Shinichi. The chapter ended with Tsunade and Shizune learning that the unconscious girl was Fū, Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Naruto demanded a higher-ranked mission and argued with Sasuke, who boasted about becoming a Chunin and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s disciple.
• Karin reflected on how safe and welcome she felt in Konoha with her new teammates and Yamato.
• Katsuyu appeared in Tsunade’s office with a message and an item from Shinichi, prompting Tsunade to send Team 7 and Team 1 out on separate missions.
• Katsuyu spat out an unconscious girl, and Tsunade and Shizune learned she was Fū, Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.

En no Gyōja explained to Hotaru that the Tsuchigumo Clan lived apart to safeguard its forbidden technique, Nohana, and relied on a protection pact with Konoha. Their conversation was interrupted when Tejima Shinichi arrived at Katsurayama Castle on a Wood Dragon, and he realized he had come earlier than intended.

• En no Gyōja told Hotaru that Nohana could destroy a town and that the Tsuchigumo Clan’s pact with Konoha guaranteed aid in exchange for not abusing the technique.
• En no Gyōja reassured Hotaru that she carried the clan’s future and hope because Nohana was sealed within her.
• A Wood Dragon descended on Katsurayama Castle, and En no Gyōja shouted a warning as the fortress fell into turmoil.
• Tejima Shinichi dismounted and startled En no Gyōja by asking if he was still alive; Tonbei accused Tejima of coveting the clan’s secret technique.
• Tejima Shinichi realized the timing of his arrival was wrong and reflected that he had failed to check it carefully.

Tejima Shinichi used his overwhelming Chakra to subdue the Tsuchigumo Clan, then learned that Roshi had traveled west toward the Land of Wind. En no Gyōja asked Shinichi to honor the clan’s agreement with Konoha in the future, and Shinichi assured him that Konoha would uphold it.

• Tejima Shinichi’s Chakra crushed the Tsuchigumo clansmen, and En no Gyōja recognized him as the Third Hokage’s disciple and begged him to stop.
• Shinichi explained that he had come to the wrong place and was looking for someone who was not there, so En no Gyōja offered to help.
• En no Gyōja told Shinichi that Roshi had passed through the Country of Rivers three days earlier and headed west toward the Land of Wind.
• En no Gyōja asked Shinichi to preserve the agreement between Konoha and the Tsuchigumo Clan when he became Hokage.
• Shinichi said Konoha would honor the agreement as long as the Tsuchigumo Clan upheld it.

Tejima Shinichi confronted Roshi in the ruins of Rōran, where Roshi mistook him for the descendant of the masked man who had attacked him years earlier. As their battle revealed more clues linking Shinichi to that past, Roshi recognized him as Konoha’s young Wood Release wielder, and Shinichi summoned a towering Wood Golem to strike him.

• Roshi sensed he was being watched and headed toward Rōran, suspecting the attacker from his past was nearby.
• Tejima Shinichi arrived atop the Scaled Wood Dragon and attacked Roshi with Wood Release, while Roshi countered with Lava Release.
• Roshi said he had fought Shinichi’s father more than a decade earlier and recognized the dragon’s ability to absorb Chakra.
• Tejima Shinichi connected Roshi’s account to the masked attacker’s past and decided to capture Roshi to read his memories.
• Roshi recognized Tejima Shinichi as Konoha’s famous young Wood Release user, while Son Goku urged him to flee.
• Tejima Shinichi summoned a massive Wood Golem and struck at Roshi, who could not dodge its descending fist.

Tejima Shinichi endured Roshi’s Lava Release with Sage Mode and restored his burned wood constructs. He then launched a coordinated attack with two Wood Dragons against Roshi in his Four-Tails form.

• Roshi transformed into the Four-Tails, but Tejima Shinichi’s wooden man struck him and sent him crashing into Rōran’s ruins.
• Roshi unleashed Lava Release: Flower Fruit Mountain, scorching the wooden man and melting part of the Wood Dragon.
• Tejima Shinichi activated Sage Mode and used Sage Art to restore the wooden man and the damaged Wood Dragon.
• Tejima Shinichi surrounded the lava lake with Flower Tree World Descent vines and summoned a Magnetic Wood Dragon.
• Tejima Shinichi used the Two Dragons Technique, sending one Wood Dragon from the sky and the Magnetic Wood Dragon along the ground to attack Roshi.

Tejima Shinichi defeated and captured the Four-Tails, Roshi, using his Wooden Man and Sage Art Gates of the Great God. After the Wood Dragon drained Roshi and evolved into the Magma Wood Dragon, Son Goku recognized Shinichi as the mysterious figure from more than a decade earlier, while Shinichi absorbed the returned Chakra and grew stronger.

• Roshi fought off the Magnetic Wood Dragon and vines with Flower Fruit Mountain, but Tejima Shinichi's Wooden Man swatted aside his Tailed Beast Bomb and pinned him down.
• Tejima Shinichi summoned the Gates of the Great God, which restrained the Four-Tails and left Roshi unable to resist.
• The Wood Dragon drained the Four-Tails' Chakra, and Son Goku recognized Shinichi as the mysterious man who had absorbed Kokuō's Chakra years earlier.
• Roshi lost his Tailed Beast transformation as the Wood Dragon completed its evolution into the Magma Wood Dragon.
• Tejima Shinichi absorbed the Chakra released by the Magma Wood Dragon and declared that he had become stronger.

Tejima Shinichi tested his newly strengthened Wood Release and used Memory Reading on Roshi to investigate his future self’s encounter with him. Roshi’s memories revealed him and Han on a mission near the Land of Earth border, just as a mysterious figure riding a dragon-like creature descended.

• Tejima Shinichi used his Magma Wood Dragon to destroy a tower in Rōran and estimated that his True Several Thousand Hands could now reach around 350 meters.
• Tejima Shinichi restrained the unconscious Roshi and used Memory Reading to search his memories for what his future self had done.
• In Roshi’s memories, Roshi and Han traveled toward the Land of Earth border on a mission and discussed Roshi’s uneasy premonition.
• Roshi and Han looked up as a mysterious person riding a dragon-like creature rapidly descended toward them.

Tejima Shinichi watched Roshi’s memories and recognized the masked attacker as a future version of himself. The future Shinichi effortlessly defeated Roshi and Han’s Tailed Beast forms, leaving Roshi horrified by the gap in their strength.

• Tejima Shinichi recognized the black-robed figure in Roshi’s memory as his future self.
• Future Tejima Shinichi declared that he had finally found Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, and Roshi and Han prepared to fight.
• Roshi and Han transformed into Four-Tails Son Goku and Five-Tails Kokuō and launched Tailed Beast Bombs at future Tejima Shinichi.
• Future Tejima Shinichi vanished from the Wood Dragon, appeared between the two beasts, and struck them both down in an instant.
• Roshi’s transformation dispersed, and he lay injured in a trench, stunned by future Tejima Shinichi’s overwhelming strength.