Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha visited Amegakure with Hashirama Senju to gather intelligence and investigate how Nohara Rin was still alive. There, he saw the revived Pakura enjoying food and drink after a new function restored her senses, while her former students gathered around her.

• Madara suspected Obito might have revived Nohara Rin and wondered whether someone had manipulated him, especially after Black Zetsu stopped sending reports.
• Tobirama Senju led Hashirama Senju and Madara away, and Hashirama saw Madara's silence as a sign of progress.
• Madara asked Hashirama to show him Amegakure so he could gather intelligence and look for Nagato.
• Madara saw an Impure World Reincarnation woman eating and drinking, despite Hashirama saying the dead could not taste food.
• Maki, Matsuri, and Yukata used contribution points to revive their former master Pakura, and a new feature let her turn her five senses on.
• Pakura drank milk tea and ate grilled sausages with the three girls, temporarily setting aside her desire for revenge.

Madara and Hashirama learned that an improved Impure World Reincarnation could restore the senses, and Hashirama rushed to buy food while Madara planned to seek out Orochimaru. Nearby, Pakura warned her disciples that Grandma Chiyo might be manipulated into sacrificing herself to truly revive someone, giving Madara a possible path to resurrection.

• Madara persuaded Hashirama to ask Pakura why an Impure World Reincarnation body could eat, and Maki explained that Sasori of the Red Sands had developed a technique to restore senses and touch.
• Hashirama and Madara decided to find Orochimaru so they could gain the new ability, while Madara also hoped to investigate Nohara Rin's resurrection.
• Hashirama bought a large pile of snacks and left Madara waiting by the stall as Pakura and the three little ones arrived.
• The three little ones told Pakura that Grandma Chiyo had developed the Life Transfer Technique to revive her dead son and daughter-in-law, at the cost of her own life.
• Pakura warned them that someone might court Grandma Chiyo to persuade her to sacrifice herself for a true resurrection, and Madara realized that resurrection might be possible.

Madara persuaded Hashirama to take him to the research facility to have a sensation-restoring Formula installed, hoping the trip would help him pursue his plans. Orochimaru installed a Sealing Scroll containing Tobirama’s Love Potion, leaving Madara unable to turn the Formula off.

• Madara asked Hashirama to take him to Konoha and the Five Great Shinobi Villages, while secretly planning to reach Sunagakure.
• Hashirama agreed to take Madara to the laboratory to have the Formula installed.
• Orochimaru explained that Madara needed a Sealing Scroll inside his body so swallowed food would not accumulate undigested.
• Madara accepted the Scroll, unaware it already contained Tobirama’s Love Potion and would release it when full.
• Madara learned too late that activating and deactivating the Formula required Chakra control he did not possess.

Madara and Hashirama visited Konoha after Madara used a technique to experience pain and taste again. While Hashirama left to buy food, Madara was mistaken for a sickly outsider and beaten by a group of children.

• Madara experienced pain and ate food while Hashirama pushed him out of the experimental base.
• Hashirama transformed them into teenage versions of themselves and took Madara to Konoha.
• They watched Tsunade announce that Nara Shikamaru had won the clan competition, and Madara learned that Sasuke had used the Rinnegan to commit a crime.
• An Akimichi father and son decided to hold an eating contest after seeing the Nara Clan's competition.
• Hashirama went to buy food, and a group of children knocked Madara from his wheelchair and began beating him.

Madara was beaten by Ninja Academy children while unable to use his Chakra, and Hashirama stepped in to stop them. After the children lied about what happened, Madara challenged Hashirama to either root out Konoha’s bullies or tolerate them, leaving Hashirama to face the choice.

• Ninja Academy children beat Madara, who could not mobilize his Chakra or defend himself.
• Hashirama arrived, saw the children attacking Madara, and knocked them down.
• Moegi intervened and heard the children claim Madara was unharmed and had faked the assault.
• Madara condemned Konoha’s failure to stop bullying and demanded that Hashirama either eliminate the bullies or ignore them.

Hashirama Senju decided to confront the bullies himself, but his killing intent terrified the children and Moegi. Moegi revealed she could use Wood Release, and after the boys escaped, Madara Uchiha urged Hashirama to let him punish them with Genjutsu.

• Hashirama Senju rejected the idea of leaving the bullying problem for Tsunade and released a trace of killing intent that knocked the boys and Moegi to the ground.
• Moegi threw Senbon at the boys to snap them out of their fear, then told them to flee and find help.
• Moegi used Wood Release: Green Technique to raise an earthen wall, surprising Hashirama and Madara Uchiha.
• Moegi forced a branch through the wall, but Hashirama snapped it before it could injure him.
• Madara Uchiha asked whether Hashirama had chosen to let the boys go and offered to punish them with Genjutsu.

Hashirama and Madara escaped Konoha and reached Sunagakure, where Madara began showering Chiyo with gifts while Hashirama paid the bills. Elsewhere, White Zetsu brought Obito alarming news about the person he cared about most.

• Hashirama carried Madara away from Konoha when he sensed a ninja approaching, and Yamato chose not to pursue them with Moegi.
• Hashirama hurried west with Madara, planning to consult Tobirama and Shirozumi about the children they had encountered.
• Several days later in Sunagakure, Hashirama accompanied Madara as he spent freely on Chiyo and served as his personal cash machine.
• Hashirama learned that Madara considered Chiyo a cute little girl because of their true ages, while Chiyo recognized Hashirama and agreed to play along.
• White Zetsu rushed into Obito's cave and announced that the person Obito cared about most had fallen.

The Masked Man learned that Madara had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation and was in Sunagakure, but White Zetsu explained that Madara had gone there to court Grandma Chiyo. After hearing White Zetsu's absurd account of Madara's past romance with Chiyo, the Masked Man wondered if he had already fallen under Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• The Masked Man asked White Zetsu whether Nagato or Kakashi had fallen, and White Zetsu revealed that Madara had been revived through Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Masked Man suspected Black Zetsu had helped Orochimaru and asked where Madara was; White Zetsu said Madara was in Sunagakure.
• White Zetsu claimed Madara had fallen in love with Chiyo when she was young, but lost her to Hashirama and left Konoha after their rivalry led to the Valley of the End battle.
• White Zetsu said Madara had planted Izanagi on Chiyo before her wedding, but failed to protect her or defeat the First Hokage.
• White Zetsu explained that the revived Madara had met the widowed Grandma Chiyo and begun courting her, leaving the Masked Man to ask if he was already under Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Obito heard White Zetsu’s bizarre account of Madara and Chiyo, then learned that Madara had revived Obito’s grandmother to interfere with Kakashi’s supposed romance. He left determined to pursue Sasuke’s Rinnegan and gather the Tailed Beasts, while White Zetsu’s revelations left him horrified.

• White Zetsu showed Obito photos of Madara and Chiyo together in Sunagakure, with Hashirama carrying their bags.
• Obito considered Sasuke’s awakened Rinnegan a potential replacement for Nagato and decided to trust White Zetsu’s intelligence.
• Obito planned to seize Sasuke’s Rinnegan, gather the Tailed Beasts, and have White Zetsu monitor Madara.
• White Zetsu claimed Madara was Kakashi’s romantic rival and had Orochimaru revive Obito’s grandmother to divert Kakashi’s affections.
• Obito demanded that White Zetsu stop talking after hearing that Kakashi had supposedly coveted his grandmother since childhood.

The Masked Man struggled to process bizarre claims about Kakashi, Madara, and Grandma Chiyo, then fell asleep hoping they were only a dream. He woke from increasingly disturbing dreams involving Rin and White Zetsu, still unsure whether he was truly awake.

• The Masked Man doubted Minato's reasoning about Obito's fate and reeled at the claim that Kakashi and Madara were both pursuing Grandma Chiyo.
• He sent White Zetsu away and decided to sleep rather than pursue Sasuke's Rinnegan, hoping the strange events were a dream.
• The Masked Man dreamed he attended a wedding where Grandma Chiyo and his grandma married, then watched Rin arrive with another person and cried out in despair.
• He woke to find White Zetsu embracing him, panicked, and woke again in the cave with White Zetsu still lying beside him.

The Masked Man learned that Rin had been revived and dismissed the news as part of a dream, then planned to incapacitate Kakashi before going after Sasuke’s Rinnegan. He flooded Kakashi with a mass of yellow liquid through Kamui and began to realize that what he was experiencing might be real.

• White Zetsu told the Masked Man that Rin had appeared alive in Amegakure and had been shopping with Kushina Uzumaki.
• The Masked Man decided to target Kakashi so he could interfere less when the Masked Man pursued Sasuke’s Rinnegan.
• The Masked Man realized Kakashi had learned to store and retrieve objects through Kamui Space, making it a shared inventory.
• The Masked Man opened a valve in Amegakure’s pipes and sent countless yellow waves into his eye with Kamui.
• After seeing the liquid clearly, the Masked Man suspected he was not dreaming and worried that his grandmother might truly have been revived.

The Masked Man realized he still cared about Grandma and decided to reach Konoha through Kamui Space before Kakashi could act too late. After swimming through the flooded dimension with White Zetsu, he emerged through Kakashi’s Kamui at the training ground.

• The Masked Man made excuses for saving Grandma and asked White Zetsu to merge with him so he could travel through Kamui Space.
• The Masked Man entered Kamui Space and waited in the raging water for Kakashi to open a portal.
• White Zetsu controlled the Masked Man’s body and swam while the Masked Man rested.
• Kakashi practiced Kamui at the training ground, and a torrent carrying the yellow humanoid figure burst from his eye.

Kakashi tried to contain the flood pouring out of Kamui Space while the Masked Man emerged and attacked him. The Masked Man rescued Obito's grandmother, but after Kakashi's torrent hit him during Hollowfication, he retaliated and opened Kamui Space again, leaving Konoha facing another flood and a fire attack.

• Kakashi raised an Earth Style Wall around the torrent, trapping the flood in a pit and realizing Obito's grandmother was still inside it.
• The Masked Man rescued the grandmother with White Zetsu, then taunted Kakashi from behind as Kakashi tried to attack without turning around.
• Kakashi's torrent caught the Masked Man while he was intangible, coating him in the flood, and Kakashi recognized who he was.
• The Masked Man struck Kakashi with Thousand Years of Death, then opened Kamui and unleashed another waterspout as Konoha's villagers watched.
• Tsunade and Shizune noticed the spectacle, but Tsunade fled the Hokage's office after the stench hit her.
• The Masked Man sent the grandmother into Kamui Space with White Zetsu, reopened the release, and attacked the torrent with Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance.

Kakashi’s battle with the Masked Man ended with Obito escaping with his grandmother and challenging Kakashi to meet him in ten days. As Konoha’s responders arrived and accidentally threatened to collapse Kakashi’s burning containment wall, Kakashi prepared to protect the village himself.

• The Masked Man used the fiery waterspout to cover his escape, took his grandmother, and challenged Kakashi to meet him in ten days at the site of his crime.
• Kakashi confirmed the Masked Man was Obito, exhausted himself closing Kamui, and wondered why Obito had used his grandmother as a hostage.
• Morino Ibiki and his Anbu squad arrived, mistook the pit’s contents for a monstrous Summoning Beast, and began calming civilians.
• Inuzuka Hana and Inuzuka Tsume arrived with their dogs, while an Anbu member sprayed water into the burning pit despite Kakashi’s warning.
• As the Earth Flow Wall cracked, Kakashi leaped down to hold it back and protect Konoha.

Kakashi, Yamato, Guy, Lee, and Neji worked to stop a massive flood from reaching Konoha after Kakashi's defenses failed. Neji helped hold back the waves while Hiashi chose to let him claim the glory, wary of the Hyuga Clan getting soaked and stained.

• Kakashi used Kamui to absorb part of the flood, while Kuromaru and the Haimaru Brothers briefly held back another section with Passing Fang.
• Yamato arrived and raised wooden walls around the flood, then Kakashi collapsed from exhaustion.
• With the gap in the defenses exposed, Guy and Rock Lee used Konoha Infinite Great Whirlwind to block part of the waves.
• Tenten gave Neji two Fuma Shuriken, and Neji used Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin to push back the remaining flood.
• Hinata asked Hiashi whether the Hyuga Clan should help, but Hiashi said Neji needed the glory and kept the clan out of the fight.

Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Neji held the line by spinning, giving Yamato time to seal away the mess, while the exhausted ninja suffered embarrassing consequences. Inside Kamui Space, the Masked Man sealed his grandmother and revealed that his promise to fight Kakashi in ten days was a ruse to steal Sasuke’s Rinnegan.

• Might Guy collapsed and vomited after spinning, Rock Lee passed out, and Neji pretended to faint to avoid the crowd.
• The Medical Ninja stripped and cleaned Guy and Lee, while Neji awoke after a tube was shoved into his mouth and asked for clean clothes.
• Yamato compressed the sealed wooden enclosure into a small sphere, prompting Morino Ibiki to imagine using it as a weapon.
• The Masked Man sealed his grandmother inside Kamui Space because he did not dare face her.
• The Masked Man revealed that his ten-day agreement with Kakashi was meant to keep Kakashi calm while he planned to seize Sasuke’s Rinnegan.

Madara Uchiha condemned Konoha’s villagers for bullying Hatake Sakumo and argued that Sakumo should have fought back instead of committing suicide. He challenged Hashirama Senju over leaving Konoha’s bullying culture unchecked, leaving Hashirama feeling guilty and wondering whether Madara had once been bullied himself.

• Madara Uchiha learned that Sunagakure’s villagers generally treated others kindly, and that adults punished children who bullied Gaara unless Rasa had ordered it.
• Hashirama Senju praised Hatake Sakumo as a kind ninja, but Madara Uchiha called him a coward for choosing suicide after being bullied.
• Madara Uchiha argued that Sakumo should have asked the Hokage to act, killed the bullies if necessary, and then assassinated an ineffective Hokage.
• Madara Uchiha said that harsh retaliation could warn Konoha’s villagers and prevent bullying, while Hashirama Senju questioned whether killing them was excessive.
• Madara Uchiha blamed Hashirama Senju for removing those who tried to fight Konoha’s corruption while leaving its bullying culture intact.
• Hashirama Senju felt guilty and wondered whether Madara Uchiha had left Konoha after being bullied, perhaps by Tobirama.

Hashirama left to investigate the major shinobi villages while Madara stayed behind to win over Grandma Chiyo, and the Masked Man prepared to pursue the Rinnegan. Amado Sanzu came to Amegakure seeking treatment for his gravely ill daughter, and Orochimaru became interested in recruiting him and learning about the Ōtsutsuki God gene.

• Hashirama agreed to investigate the major shinobi villages, while Madara declined to go and advised him to focus on the Jinchuriki.
• Hashirama began traveling between villages, Madara worked to deceive Grandma Chiyo, and the Masked Man investigated Naruto and Sasuke's cabin for the Rinnegan.
• Amado Sanzu arrived in Amegakure, hoping to borrow contribution points for treatment that could save his daughter.
• Shirozumi explained Amado's future work and his reasons for seeking help to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru recognized Amado's talent but regretted that the changed timeline might prevent him from finding the Ōtsutsuki God gene.

Amado and Akebi joined Orochimaru’s team, prompting Shirozumi and Orochimaru to consider how Isshiki might respond and why Amado had not used a Rinnegan to revive his daughter in the original timeline. Hashirama Senju continued his tour of the great villages and, after learning about their Jinchuriki, met the former Tsuchikage Ōnoki in Iwagakure.

• Akebi Sanzu underwent a full-body examination and treatment, while Amado joined Orochimaru’s team and received his own laboratory.
• Shirozumi and Orochimaru discussed whether Isshiki would seek another talented scientist or remain hidden after losing access to Amado.
• Shirozumi questioned why the original Amado had not taken Sasuke’s Rinnegan to revive his daughter, and he and Orochimaru speculated about Amado’s understanding of Ōtsutsuki resurrection.
• Hashirama Senju finished touring Kirigakure and Kumogakure, then learned about the treatment of their Jinchuriki and the villages’ reforms.
• Hashirama Senju arrived in Iwagakure, where he encountered the retired Tsuchikage Ōnoki.

Ōnoki confided in Hashirama about his regrets, including his worry for Iwagakure’s two estranged Jinchuriki and the trauma Madara left him with. Hashirama offered to help bring the Jinchuriki back and, after hearing about Madara, began considering taking Ōnoki to see him.

• Hashirama recognized Ōnoki, who spoke to him about fearing Kurotsuchi would revive him after his death and deny him a chance to rest.
• Ōnoki told Hashirama he worried about Rōshi and Han living apart from Iwagakure and being vulnerable to those hunting the Tailed Beasts.
• Hashirama offered to find someone who could help bring Rōshi and Han back, and Ōnoki eagerly accepted.
• Ōnoki told Hashirama that seeing Madara’s Susanoo had traumatized him, eroding his Will of Stone and making him fearful and obsessed with power.
• Hashirama realized Madara had recently been revived and considered taking Ōnoki to see him.