Recaps

Orochimaru accepted Danzo’s offer to reproduce Tsunade’s Hashirama cell transplantation operation, while secretly coveting the formulas Danzo provided. He sent Kabuto Yakushi to investigate Kurama Yakumo and Shinji Uchiha, as Kirigakure learned Konoha had restored Wood Release and chose to watch events.

• Danzo gave Orochimaru Tsunade’s surgical plan and formulas for the Fusion Agent and suppressant, but Orochimaru said he needed time to replicate the operation.
• Orochimaru explained that Kurama Yakumo’s unusual Yin Release and ocular Kekkei Genkai were key to surviving the surgery, then agreed to work for Danzo.
• After leaving Konoha, Orochimaru secretly celebrated the formulas and summoned Kabuto Yakushi to join Konoha’s Medical Team and investigate Kurama Yakumo and Shinji Uchiha.
• Mei Terumi reported to the Fourth Mizukage that Tsunade had restored Wood Release through a Hashirama cell transplantation, and he chose to focus on the Akatsuki Organization and observe Konoha.

The return of Wood Release in Konoha prompted the other villages and the Akatsuki Organization to reconsider their plans, while rumors spread about Kurama Yakumo’s new Red Dragon Eye. Obito ordered Zetsu to investigate the dōjutsu and the circumstances surrounding its appearance.

• Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure secretly prepared to obtain Wood Release after hearing Konoha’s announcement.
• In Amegakure, Hiruko told the Akatsuki members that Kurama Yakumo had gained Wood Release and awakened the Red Dragon Eye.
• Hiruko revealed that Shinji Uchiha had defeated Kurama Yakumo at Konoha Ninja Academy, drawing Scorpion’s interest.
• Konan warned Nagato that Konoha’s ability to produce Wood Release shinobi could threaten their plans, and Nagato reconsidered his strategy.
• Obito predicted that the Akatsuki Organization’s dormancy would end and ordered Zetsu to investigate the Red Dragon Eye and the coincidence of its emergence with Wood Release.

Shinji studied Tsunade’s Fusion Agent and suppressant formulas while planning to prepare Karin for an attempt at obtaining the Rinnegan. Meanwhile, Yakumo’s rise reshaped the Ninja Academy’s rivalries, leaving Shinji to consider whether his team could keep up.

• Shinji’s fame spread through Konoha, while students wondered how long he could remain the Academy’s top student as Yakumo adapted to her new powers.
• Sasuke lost a Taijutsu match to Neji, and students ranked Shinji, Kimimaro, Neji, and Sasuke as the Academy’s four strongest geniuses in that order.
• Students worried that Shinji and Neji’s teams were weaker than Kimimaro’s and Naruto’s teams ahead of the team-based exams.
• Shinji studied the Fusion Agent and suppressant formulas Tsunade had given Yakumo and estimated that mastering them would take a month or two.
• Shinji planned to restore and fuse Karin’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then transplant First Hokage cells into her to prepare for an attempt at obtaining the Rinnegan.

Sasuke struggled with his inability to counter Yakumo’s Wood Release and became determined to improve his Fire Release. At the village archives, he found Shinji reading a book about medicinal herbs and angrily confronted him.

• After training, Sasuke rejected Naruto’s invitation to eat ramen and went alone to practice Fire Release by the lake.
• Sasuke wondered how to counter Yakumo’s Wood Release, but dismissed copying Shinji’s earlier tactics as unrealistic.
• Kakashi visited Sasuke with food and cautioned him against obsessing over Wood Release, then decided not to teach him Chidori because of his recklessness.
• Sasuke went to the village archives and borrowed the Uchiha Clan’s Fire Release scrolls to study.
• At the archives, Sasuke saw Shinji reading a book about medicinal herbs and accused him of wasting time.

Shinji provoked Sasuke in the archives and challenged him to a fight, hoping to strengthen him so he could draw on Ōtsutsuki Indra's Chakra for Shinji's Rinnegan plan for Karin. The chapter ended with Shinji defeating Sasuke and urging him to learn to use his Sharingan.

• Sasuke confronted Shinji in the archives and insisted that he could not afford to lose to Yakumo.
• Shinji considered Karin's progress toward gaining an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and First Hokage cells, and concluded that she also needed Ōtsutsuki Indra's Chakra to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Shinji decided to provoke Sasuke, the current reincarnation of Ōtsutsuki Indra, to help him grow strong enough to draw on that Chakra.
• Shinji taunted Sasuke into following him to a nearby grove, where Sasuke activated his three-tomoe Sharingan and attacked.
• Shinji dodged Sasuke's attack and kicked him down, then told him to learn how to use his Sharingan instead of treating it like a useless decoration.

Shinji provoked Sasuke over his losses, while Kakashi appeared to check on him. Neji and Rock Lee continued training, and the chapter ended with Lee chasing a hand-walking stranger around Konoha.

• Shinji explained that Naruto and Yakumo had become powerful opponents, then taunted Sasuke for losing to them and left him distressed.
• Kakashi appeared in front of Sasuke and asked whether he had lost his way in life.
• Hiashi sparred with Neji, praised his Gentle Fist, and promised to train him personally to uphold the Hyuga Clan's honor.
• Rock Lee, exhausted from running laps around the village, encountered a man in a green suit traveling upside down on his hands.
• Lee chased the hand-walking man around Konoha, determined not to hold Neji back.

Yakumo trained with Tsunade and learned she could not yet return to the Ninja Academy because of the threats facing Konoha. That night, Shinji summoned Ido to test how her abilities combined with the Red Dragon Eye's control over blood.

• Yakumo sparred with Tsunade, who praised her rapid improvement in Taijutsu.
• Yakumo said she wanted to challenge Shinji only after he awakened his Sharingan, but Tsunade told her to stay out of sight until the situation surrounding Wood Release and the Akatsuki Organization became clearer.
• Tsunade reassured Yakumo that she would not have to remain hidden forever and explained Konoha's plan to invite volunteers from other villages for First Hokage cell transplantation surgery.
• Shinji contacted Yakumo through Naobi and asked her to send Ido to their usual meeting place.
• Ido flew to Shinji, used Yakumo's blood to form a physical body, and prepared to test the Red Dragon Eye's blood-control abilities.

Shinji tested whether Ido could travel farther from Yakumo by possessing one of Yakumo’s Blood Clones. Ido reached about 130 kilometers from Konoha without difficulty, while Shinji discovered that Naobi could connect to Yakumo through Ido and began suspecting the Red Dragon Eye strengthened their bond.

• Shinji explained that Yakumo’s Blood Clone could serve as a physical body for Ido’s Spirit Body, and arranged a test near the edge of Ido’s usual range.
• Ido possessed a Blood Clone and raced beyond the fifty-kilometer limit, moving faster than Yakumo as Shinji followed.
• After Ido passed one hundred kilometers from Konoha, Shinji used Naobi to connect to Yakumo through Ido.
• Shinji suspected the Red Dragon Eye had strengthened the connection between Yakumo and Ido, since Naobi could now reach both through either one.
• Ido stopped about 130 kilometers from Konoha and told Shinji she felt free of the pull that had once drawn her back to Yakumo.

Shinji investigated whether the Red Dragon Eye held a marked Space-Time Ninjutsu after Yakumo sensed Ido from far away. When Yakumo and Ido activated the dojutsu together, they switched places, leaving Yakumo with Shinji and Ido back in Konoha.

• Ido celebrated her apparent freedom from Yakumo’s control, but Yakumo reached her through sensing, with Shinji helping guide the connection.
• Shinji suspected that Yakumo’s ability to sense Ido came from a mark-based Space-Time Ninjutsu hidden in the Red Dragon Eye.
• Yakumo tried to activate the dojutsu alone but failed, so Shinji reconsidered his theory.
• Shinji ordered Yakumo and Ido to activate the dojutsu at the same time.
• Yakumo appeared beside Shinji in Ido’s former location, while Ido cried out that she had arrived back in Konoha.

Shinji deduced that the Red Dragon Eye’s Dojutsu let Yakumo and Ido switch places over long distances, though it required them to coordinate. He realized Yakumo might bypass that limitation by communicating with Ido, so he began testing whether the technique still worked with Ido in her Spirit Body state.

• Shinji explained that the Red Dragon Eye’s Dojutsu was a Space-Time Ninjutsu that switched Yakumo and Ido’s positions.
• Shinji compared the technique to the Flying Thunder God Technique and concluded that it had great range but required Yakumo and Ido to activate it together.
• Yakumo and Ido repeatedly switched places, and Yakumo asked Shinji if she could use the Dojutsu to leave the village whenever she wanted.
• Shinji realized Yakumo could coordinate with Ido over long distances and took Ido to a forest about forty-five kilometers from Konoha for another test.
• Ido released her Blood Clone and returned to her Spirit Body state at Shinji’s instruction, and Shinji prepared to test whether she could still help Yakumo activate the Dojutsu.

Shinji confirmed that Yakumo and Ido could use the Red Dragon dojutsu together while Ido was in Spirit Body form, then grew wary when Kabuto Yakushi joined Konoha Hospital’s Medical Team. He warned Yakumo about Kabuto and learned that Karin’s damaged Mangekyo had begun to recover enough for her to see blurry shapes.

• Shinji tested the Red Dragon with Yakumo and Ido and confirmed that Ido could cooperate with Yakumo while in Spirit Body form.
• Shinji cautioned Yakumo about the dangers of Space-Time Ninjutsu and the ways Spirit Bodies could be harmed.
• Shinji returned to Konoha and continued researching Tsunade’s Fusion Agent and suppressants at the hospital.
• Kabuto Yakushi introduced himself to Shinji after joining the Medical Team, prompting Shinji to suspect that Orochimaru was watching the hospital.
• Shinji warned Yakumo to be careful around Kabuto and asked Karin about her Mangekyo’s recovery.
• Karin told Shinji that she could see blurry shapes, confirming that her damaged Mangekyo was regaining function.

Yakumo learned that her father’s mission squad had been attacked and rushed to save her parents, but Shizune stopped her and urged her to consult Tsunade first. The chapter left Kurama Murakumo and Ryō’s fate unknown as Yakumo prepared to respond to the distress signal.

• Yakumo reassured her mother that she would not abuse her position as Tsunade’s apprentice, while her parents left on a mission to destroy a small black market.
• Shinji arrived at Konoha Hospital tired from working late on formulas for Karin’s damaged Mangekyo and skipped afternoon lessons to visit the hospital.
• Yakumo practiced dissection with Shizune and used the Red Dragon Eye to perform the procedure quickly.
• A Kurama clan member reported that Murakumo had sent an urgent distress signal after his squad was attacked by mysterious shinobi.
• Yakumo tried to rush out to save her parents, but Shizune stopped her and suggested they speak with Tsunade first.

Tsunade led Yakumo, Shizune, and Kabuto Yakushi to investigate the attack on Yakumo’s parents, only to encounter Orochimaru at the black market. As Tsunade and Shizune fought to hold off their attackers, Kabuto took Yakumo into the woods, where her crimson eyes revealed she was watching him closely.

• Tsunade told Yakumo that her parents might have encountered rogue ninja and reluctantly agreed to let her join the rescue, deciding to lead the team herself.
• Tsunade assembled a team with Yakumo, Shizune, and Kabuto Yakushi, while Shinji watched them leave and anticipated seeing Yakumo fight.
• The team found signs of a battle but no bodies at the black market, where Orochimaru appeared and challenged Tsunade.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to escort Yakumo and Kabuto away, while Orochimaru kept Tsunade occupied and two attackers confronted Shizune.
• Kabuto led Yakumo into the woods, where he looked at her with a strange gleam and her eyes turned crimson.

Yakumo confronted Kabuto and the Akatsuki members Scorpion and Deidara, mistaking them for traitors and fighting them with Wood Release. Orochimaru revealed that he had engineered the encounter to draw Tsunade away and use her against Scorpion, while Kabuto warned that Yakumo seemed more formidable than expected.

• Yakumo suspected Kabuto of helping orchestrate her parents’ accident, then saw Scorpion and Deidara emerge from the mist.
• Scorpion and Deidara tried to capture Yakumo, and she attacked them with a vast Wood Release forest while Kabuto fled.
• Tsunade abandoned her fight with Orochimaru and rushed toward Yakumo after hearing the earth-shaking battle.
• Kabuto returned to Orochimaru, who revealed that he had arranged the accident and lured the Akatsuki members to exploit Tsunade’s protection of Yakumo.
• Kabuto told Orochimaru that he sensed Yakumo was more dangerous than they had expected.

Yakumo battled Scorpion and Deidara with Wood Release while trying to learn where her parents were being held. Tsunade took over the fight, and as Yakumo retreated, Orochimaru intercepted her while Shinji watched from afar.

• Yakumo trapped Scorpion in a sea of trees and smashed his Hiruko Puppet, but Scorpion escaped and summoned the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.
• Tsunade arrived, knocked Deidara and his Clay Bird from the sky, and ordered Yakumo to retreat while she faced Scorpion.
• Yakumo pretended to withdraw and sent Ido, disguised as an Akatsuki Organization member, to search for her parents nearby.
• Orochimaru appeared in Yakumo's path and excitedly called her a treasure.
• Shinji watched the battle from a distance without intervening.

Yakumo confronted Orochimaru and demanded to know where her missing parents were, but he tried to capture her for himself. She used her Red Dragon Eye and Wood Release to fight him while Kakashi, Sasuke, and Shizune watched for a chance to intervene.

• Orochimaru admired Yakumo’s body and eyes, while Yakumo demanded that he reveal what had happened to her parents.
• Yakumo unleashed Deep Forest Emergence against Orochimaru as Shizune, Kakashi, and Sasuke arrived and decided not to rush into her uncontrolled Wood Release.
• Orochimaru slipped through the vines and attacked Yakumo, but her Red Dragon Eye stopped his blood and let her knock him away with Superhuman Strength Punch.
• Orochimaru recovered from Yakumo’s punch, summoned a giant snake that was soon swallowed by the forest, and lunged at Yakumo again.

Yakumo switched places with Ido using the Red Dragon as Orochimaru attacked, and Ido defeated Orochimaru with genjutsu. The chapter ended with Ido controlling Orochimaru and making him point a kunai at his own throat while Kakashi, Shizune, and Sasuke watched in disbelief.

• Ido found Kurama Murakumo and the other captives unconscious in an abandoned building and asked Yakumo to switch places with her using the Red Dragon.
• Yakumo vanished as Ido appeared in her place, startling Orochimaru, Kakashi, Shizune, and Sasuke.
• Ido attacked Orochimaru in her Spirit Body form, and Orochimaru let her enter his mind while attempting to counter her with genjutsu.
• Ido overcame Orochimaru's defenses and subdued him with genjutsu inside his mindscape.
• Ido controlled Orochimaru and made him draw a kunai and point it at his own throat as the others watched in shock.

Ido trapped Orochimaru in a genjutsu, but Kabuto rescued him and helped him flee. Kakashi, Shizune, and Sasuke realized Yakumo had been abducted by an Akatsuki member using Space-Time Ninjutsu, while Ido secretly followed Orochimaru and Kabuto.

• Ido controlled Orochimaru in his mindscape and forced him to raise a Kunai toward his throat.
• Kabuto knocked the Kunai away, released Orochimaru from the genjutsu, and fled with him when Orochimaru warned that their attacker was nearby.
• Kakashi, Shizune, and Sasuke arrived and found Orochimaru and Kabuto gone, then realized Yakumo had disappeared as well.
• Kakashi concluded that an Akatsuki member had taken Yakumo using Space-Time Ninjutsu, leaving Shizune worried about explaining the abduction to Tsunade.
• Ido followed Orochimaru and Kabuto while keeping her Spirit Body's Chakra nearly undetectable.

Orochimaru fled as Ido pursued him, while Konoha’s reinforcements forced Scorpion and Deidara to retreat. Tsunade learned Yakumo had been abducted, but Konoha soon found her safe with her parents and the missing Kurama Murakumo squad.

• Orochimaru abandoned a nearby hideout as he tried to evade Ido, who could draw Chakra from Yakumo to sustain her Spirit Body.
• Shinji withdrew after Konoha’s reinforcements and tracking specialists arrived, having confirmed Yakumo was safe through Naobi.
• Tsunade and Konoha’s reinforcements fought Scorpion and Deidara, but the pair escaped on a Clay Bird.
• Shizune reported Yakumo’s apparent abduction, and Kakashi told Tsunade that the enemy had used a Spirit Body and Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• An ANBU reported finding Yakumo and the missing Kurama Murakumo squad alive in an abandoned warehouse, where Yakumo was tending to her parents’ injuries.

Konoha’s leaders investigated the attack on Kurama Yakumo and concluded that an Akatsuki member might wield Space-Time Ninjutsu. They assigned the attacker the code name “D,” while Tsunade kept Yakumo in the hospital and warned her that she remained a target.

• Tsunade demanded an investigation into Danzo’s role, but the Third Hokage took charge while the elders postponed the internal inquiry.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Orochimaru had defected from the Akatsuki Organization, and Kakashi reported that a masked member had attacked Yakumo in Spirit Body form.
• The Third ordered Konoha’s Intelligence Analysis Squad to prepare countermeasures against Spirit Bodies and Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Kakashi identified the attacker as separate from the known Akatsuki members “A,” “B,” and “C,” and the leaders named him “D” and ordered his information shared with other villages.
• Tsunade learned that doctors had found no Flying Thunder God mark on Yakumo and warned her to remain cautious because “D” had targeted her.

Shinji tested the recovering Mangekyō Sharingan in Karin’s eyes and explained his plan to fuse them with another pair to create Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. He intended for Karin to become the eyes’ true owner, preparing her for the coming Rinnegan Plan.

• Yakumo worried that she and Ido had exposed Red Dragon after Tsunade mentioned the Akatsuki member code-named D, while Ido dismissed her concern.
• Shinji tested Karin’s damaged Mangekyō Sharingan and found that their light sensitivity and eye movements were steadily improving.
• Karin showed Shinji her detailed records, which indicated the eyes might fully recover within one to three months.
• Shinji told Karin he planned another surgery to fuse two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan using her body.
• Shinji explained that the fusion would create Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and said he wanted Karin to become their true owner.

Shinji planned for Karin to fuse with the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan while using a staged injury to explain her absence from the Ninja Academy. With Yakumo’s return drawing attention ahead of the team competition, Shinji saw an opportunity for Karin to undergo the fusion unnoticed.

• Shinji explained to Karin that her special constitution let her restore the Mangekyō Sharingan and made her the only person who could fuse with the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji told Karin the fusion would take at least a week and arranged for Haku to stage an eye injury so she could get a hospital certificate and take leave from school.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke discussed Yakumo’s battle with Orochimaru and worried about the upcoming team competition.
• The Ninja Academy announced another team competition, and stories of Yakumo fighting Orochimaru and Sasori spread among the students.
• Yakumo returned to the Ninja Academy, reassured Shion that she would remain her teammate, and said she had come to compete.
• Shinji realized that Yakumo’s return and the competition had created a window for Karin’s fusion.

Yakumo’s arrival at the Academy team battle test prompted Sasuke, Shinji, and Neji to form an alliance against her team. Jiraiya and Tsunade watched the students, and Jiraiya proposed helping Naruto become a true Jinchuriki.

• Yakumo’s appearance impressed the Academy students and teachers, while Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji recognized that her team would be difficult to beat.
• Sasuke proposed that his team, Shinji’s team, and Neji’s team join forces against Yakumo’s team.
• Shinji agreed to the alliance to draw attention toward Yakumo, and Neji joined after Sasuke and Shinji agreed to end the alliance once she was defeated.
• News of the three geniuses joining forces spread through the Academy as Jiraiya and Tsunade watched from a tree.
• Jiraiya proposed helping Naruto become a true Jinchuriki, and Tsunade warned him about the danger of provoking the Nine-Tails.

Jiraiya proposed that Yakumo help Naruto train to become a Perfect Jinchuriki, but Tsunade hesitated because Yakumo was still learning to control Wood Release. As the students prepared for their combat assessment, Shinji, Sasuke, and Neji practiced fighting Yakumo and Kimimaro, and Karin quietly began regaining some of her sight.

• Jiraiya suggested that Yakumo use Wood Release to help Naruto become a Perfect Jinchuriki, and Tsunade said she would consider the proposal.
• Shinji, Sasuke, and Neji practiced combat tactics while their teammates waited outside the grove.
• Karin's damaged Mangekyō Sharingan recovered further, restoring part of her vision.
• Sasuke attacked Shinji with explosive tags and a surprise charge, but Shinji dodged the blast and countered him.
• Sasuke fought Shinji in close combat, but his Three-Tomoe Sharingan could not keep up with Shinji's movements.

Shinji ended a sparring session with Sasuke and Neji, telling them their strategy would not defeat Yakumo. After noticing Karin’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was recovering faster than expected, he moved up his plan to stage an accident that would injure her eyes.

• Shinji defeated Sasuke’s coordinated attack and stopped the spar after Neji’s Gentle Fist kept him from landing a quick hit.
• Shinji told Sasuke and Neji to devise a new strategy, then left the woods with Haku and Karin.
• Shinji noticed Karin’s ocular power recovering and canceled their evening practice so she could rest.
• Shinji summoned Haku and Karin’s spirit bodies through Naobi and ordered them to begin the plan the next day.
• Shinji confirmed Jiraiya had not visited Karin recently and decided to keep his attention on Naruto by having Yakumo help train him.