Recaps

After Karin’s Susanoo stopped the meteor, the village leaders hesitated to attack Akatsuki Organization and chose to wait for reinforcements. Shinji spotted an opportunity in the falling Otsutsuki Branch Elder and flew up to retrieve his Byakugan.

• Yakumo, Tsunade, and Shizune discussed how Karin’s Susanoo and Yakumo’s Wood Release had helped stop the meteor and preserve the villages’ standing.
• Jiraiya reported Konoha’s casualties to the Third Hokage, who weighed the three villages’ forces against Akatsuki Organization and Karin’s Susanoo.
• A communications ninja told the Third Hokage that Kumogakure and Iwagakure would arrive in an hour, so he asked Kirigakure and Sunagakure to hold position until then.
• The Fourth Mizukage and Elder Chiyo agreed not to act without Konoha, while Nagato and Konan watched Karin’s Susanoo warily.
• Shinji recalled seeing the mysterious man knock down the Otsutsuki Branch Elder and realized the Elder’s Byakugan could help his Tenseigan plan.
• Shinji activated his fully realized Susanoo and flew toward the falling Otsutsuki Branch Elder.

Shinji revealed his Perfect Susanoo and used the Giant Tenseigan to attack the mysterious person hiding inside the dead Otsutsuki Branch Elder. As the rejection reaction erupted, Otsutsuki Toneri sensed another consciousness controlling the Giant Tenseigan and began investigating.

• Shinji revealed his flying Perfect Susanoo, astonishing the shinobi and Sasuke.
• Shinji caught the Otsutsuki Branch Elder's corpse and used Naobi to ask Kimimaro to contact the Giant Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sensed the Great Elder's death through the Giant Tenseigan and searched the Shinobi World for the killer.
• Otsutsuki Toneri noticed another consciousness controlling the Giant Tenseigan and held back to observe.
• Kimimaro guided the Giant Tenseigan's Chakra into the corpse, triggering a destructive rejection reaction against the mysterious person hidden inside.

Shinji weakened the mysterious man by forcing Tenseigan Chakra into the Otsutsuki Branch Elder's corpse, then pursued him as he tried to feed and escape. Shinji disrupted the man's portal and brought Susanoo's blade down on him, ending the chapter with their lanterns clashing.

• The mysterious man escaped the Otsutsuki Branch Elder's corpse as Tenseigan Chakra tore his body apart, and Shinji burned him with Amaterasu before sealing the corpse.
• Shinji warned his subordinates that the weakened mysterious man might try to replenish himself by devouring ninjas.
• Jiraiya raised an Earth Style Wall to block the mysterious man's charge, while the Barrier Squad and Sealing Team prepared to stop him.
• The mysterious man retreated, swallowed a demon hiding underground, and raised his lantern to open a portal to the Demon Slayer World.
• Shinji revealed himself as the true Lantern Bearer, disrupted the portal, and struck the mysterious man with Susanoo's blade as the man defended himself with his lantern.

Shinji shattered the mysterious man’s lantern, gathered its embers, and chose not to pursue him into the Demon Slayer World while his allies remained at risk. With the battlefield factions holding back, Shinji and his group withdrew, and the Third Hokage declined to stop them.

• Shinji’s Susanoo shattered the mysterious man’s lantern, and the lantern at his waist absorbed the golden ash as embers.
• Shinji detected the Demon Slayer World’s coordinates but decided not to pursue the mysterious man, judging it safer to wait until he and his allies were stronger.
• Shinji returned to Karin, Haku, Sasuke, Kimimaro, Neji, and Ido, then told them to withdraw as reinforcements converged.
• Shinji told Karin that he had cut off the demons’ invasion route and that they could deal with the remaining infiltrators later.
• Shinji and his group left the battlefield without provoking either faction, and the Third Hokage rejected Asuma’s suggestion to stop them.

After Shinji's group and Nagato's forces withdrew, the shinobi villages were left unable to pursue them and began tracking the retreating Akatsuki members. In Kamui Space, Obito recovered Nagato's Six Paths of Pain and examined the mysterious Omega-class restraint device, while wondering who A and his group really worked for.

• Konan urged Nagato to retreat, and they flew from the battlefield before Itachi and Juzo Biwa also withdrew.
• The shinobi villages held back from pursuing Nagato, and the Third Hokage learned the Kumogakure and Iwagakure forces would arrive in thirty minutes.
• The Akatsuki members and Upper Ranks disappeared, leaving the villages to track the retreating forces and clear the battlefield.
• Zetsu recovered the Six Paths of Pain for Obito, who examined the broken Omega-class restraint device that had disabled the Deva Path.
• Zetsu told Obito that Moryo and Shinnō had escaped and were wreaking havoc in Kusagakure, so Obito ordered them to withdraw.
• Obito and Zetsu questioned whether A and his group were allied with Nagato, Obito, or someone else.

Obito and Zetsu realized that the group called “A” had manipulated the Akatsuki Organization and decided to reconcile with Nagato. Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Toneri blamed the Akatsuki for the Great Elder’s death, and Shinji questioned Kimimaro about entering the Tenseigan state.

• Obito and Zetsu concluded that “A” had used the Akatsuki Organization’s name and secrets to turn it against the Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Upper Rank monsters.
• Obito agreed to return the Six Paths of Pain to Nagato and discuss “A” with him so their factions could cooperate.
• Otsutsuki Toneri watched the battlefield through the Giant Tenseigan, saw Akatsuki members seal the Great Elder’s corpse, and failed to locate the awakened Tenseigan.
• Shinji led his group to rest in a forest in Grass Country while Karin and Ido scouted for danger.
• Shinji took Kimimaro and Neji aside and questioned Kimimaro about how he had entered the Tenseigan state.

After Kimimaro briefly entered a Tenseigan state, Shinji evacuated his squad and returned to the battlefield. The fighting in the Land of Grass had ended, leaving Shinji free to continue pursuing his Rinnegan and Tenseigan plans.

• Shinji concluded that Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku, stored chakra, and low-rejection biological exoskeletons had enabled his temporary Tenseigan state.
• Karin and Ido reported that Konoha ANBU were following them, so Shinji had Ido disrupt the pursuit as the squad escaped to a concealed valley.
• Shinji divided his companions among separate evacuation routes to protect their identities, then stayed behind before returning to the battlefield.
• Yakumo told Shinji that the Upper Rank demons had been defeated, the demons had fled after Nagato destroyed the Infinite Castle, and Gō had disappeared.
• Shinji returned to camp, where Tsunade praised his performance and promised to report his merits.

After Kusagakure’s destruction, Shinji uncovered a chance to help Karin take control of the weakened village. He altered a spy’s memories to support Karin’s cover story, and the spy began persuading his handler that Karin was Kusagakure’s hope.

• The Five Kage agreed to help rebuild Kusagakure after the Grass Country Daimyo accepted responsibility for the campaign’s costs and casualties.
• Shinji interrogated the Konoha ramen shop owner with genjutsu and learned that he was Karin’s handler and the only surviving person who knew her true mission.
• Shinji decided to conceal Karin’s identity and help her claim power in Kusagakure by presenting her Konoha infiltration as a mission to study its secret techniques.
• Shinji altered the ramen shop owner’s memories so he would vouch for Karin when Kusagakure’s spy network resumed contact.
• The ramen shop owner’s handler reported that all the Elders had died and that Kusagakure’s Jonin were competing to become leader.
• The ramen shop owner told the handler that Karin was a genius sent by the Elders to learn Konoha’s techniques and called her Kusagakure’s hope.

Misawa persuaded a Kusagakure operative to support a powerful candidate in the village’s leadership election, while Ryūran learned that Masahiko and Yoshino had withdrawn to back someone else. Ryūran met them in a cave and confronted the masked figure they had put forward.

• The noodle shop owner convinced Misawa that their faction could influence Kusagakure’s leadership by backing a Jonin genius who had grown up.
• Ryūran learned that the Daimyo would skip the leadership election and that Masahiko and Yoshino had withdrawn from the race.
• Ryūran left Kusagakure to meet Misawa, who brought him to a cave where Masahiko and Yoshino were waiting.
• Ryūran saw a masked figure in a black cloak and asked, “Who are you?”

Karin was revealed as the candidate chosen to lead Kusagakure, and Misawa arranged a duel between her and Ryūran to decide the next leader. Karin defeated Ryūran with the Uzumaki Clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, leaving him to accept that he had lost.

• Karin removed her mask and reunited with Ryūran, while Misawa explained that she had been sent to Konoha by Kusagakure’s Elders.
• Masahiko and Yoshino announced that they had chosen Karin as Kusagakure’s next leader, but Ryūran objected to placing the village in a child’s hands.
• Misawa argued that Kusagakure needed strength to protect itself, and proposed a duel between Karin and Ryūran to settle the leadership choice.
• Ryūran began forming Hand Seals, but Karin bound him with her Adamantine Sealing Chains before he could use a technique.
• Karin explained that even the Nine-Tails could not escape the chains, and Ryūran stopped struggling and admitted defeat.

Karin secured the position of Kusagakure’s next leader but stayed in Konoha, appointing Ryūran as acting leader and promoting Masahiko, Yoshino, and Misawa to Elders. After Ryūran publicly became leader, he secretly funded an underground laboratory near Konoha, which Shinji had arranged for his own plans.

• After Karin defeated him, Ryūran agreed to recommend her as Kusagakure’s next leader.
• Karin appointed Ryūran as acting leader and made Masahiko, Yoshino, and Misawa Elders while she continued training in Konoha.
• Karin tasked Misawa with investigating the Box of Paradise and told him that success could earn him consideration for the leadership.
• Ryūran officially became Kusagakure’s leader after the village assembly and secretly diverted rebuilding funds to construct a laboratory near Konoha.
• Shinji inspected the completed underground laboratory and was pleased that its equipment would help him pursue his plans discreetly.

Misawa plotted to seize control of Kusagakure by threatening Karin, but Shinji confronted him and the noodle shop owner in their secret chamber. Shinji killed them after revealing that Karin was part of the Akatsuki Organization and that he had altered their memories.

• Ryūran took control of Kusagakure and promoted members of the Grass Flower faction, leaving Misawa and the Grass Fruit faction feeling marginalized.
• Misawa gathered Grass Fruit ninja and resolved to use Karin’s past as a spy in Konoha to make her their puppet.
• Shinji appeared in Misawa’s underground chamber, where Misawa tried to bargain by revealing Karin’s identity and mentioning a laboratory in the Land of Fire.
• Shinji revealed that he had arranged matters with Karin and altered Misawa and the noodle shop owner’s memories.
• Shinji seized Misawa and the noodle shop owner with Susanoo and crushed them to pulp.

At the Ninja Academy, students spread rumors about Shinji and Yakumo’s role in the Grass Country war while Sasuke privately reflected on his own participation and his pursuit of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. At Konoha Hospital, Tsunade led an experiment on a captured demon as Shinji and the others investigated its power.

• Students at the Ninja Academy discussed Shinji and Yakumo’s contributions to the Grass Country war and their recorded S-rank mission.
• Sasuke recalled that he had fought in the war, felt superior to most of his classmates, and resolved to ask Shinji how to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tsunade directed Shinji, Yakumo, and Shizune to report readings from experiments testing the power of a captured demon’s flesh and blood.
• Tsunade ordered the research team to begin the second experiment on the demon.

Shinji learned that the Five Great Shinobi Villages were gathering poisons to study demons, then prepared to advance his Rinnegan Plan by absorbing Sasuke’s Chakra. He revealed that Itachi wanted Sasuke’s eyes to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Sasuke shocked and cold toward his brother.

• Shinji and Yakumo left Tsunade’s laboratory, where they had been studying demons’ powerful regeneration and the poisons that might counter it.
• At the Ninja Academy, Shinji considered Tsunade’s research and expected her to develop a demon-countering drug that he could replicate.
• Ryūsetsuna told Karin that the Five Great Shinobi Villages were gathering poisons and that Elder Misawa had been missing while searching for the Box of Paradise.
• Karin relayed Kusagakure’s intelligence to Shinji, who concluded that the other villages were also researching demons’ weaknesses.
• Shinji contacted Sasuke through Naobi, confirmed that he and 'B' had the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and explained that Itachi wanted Sasuke’s eyes to evolve his own.
• Shinji told Sasuke to prepare for Chakra absorption that night as he resumed his Rinnegan Plan.

Shinji resumed his plan to awaken Karin’s Rinnegan by channeling Sasuke’s chakra into her, while deciding to keep Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan out of reach for now. Sasuke remained wary of Itachi and rejected Kakashi’s offer to train him in using the Sharingan.

• Shinji restarted the Rinnegan Plan, and Karin began producing the Power of All Things from Sasuke’s chakra.
• Shinji decided to delay giving Sasuke his father’s Mangekyō Sharingan, intending to use the promise of an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to keep him under control.
• Shinji reflected on his anger toward Itachi and explained that he had sent Sasuke after him as a precaution.
• Sasuke silently endured Magatsu drawing his chakra and vowed to keep training so he could take Itachi’s eyes and make him suffer.
• Kakashi visited Sasuke and said the village had assigned him to train Sasuke in using the Sharingan.
• Sasuke dismissed Kakashi’s ability to teach him, and Kakashi left wondering whether he was qualified to train him.

Konoha’s leaders debated how to respond to the Akatsuki Organization and reviewed new intelligence about its members. They suspended the hunt for the Upper Rank, and Jiraiya asked to travel to Rain Country after failing to contact Nagato.

• Sasuke resented Kakashi’s offer to guide him in using the Sharingan and rested after feeling dizzy from Chakra extraction.
• Danzo argued that Konoha should not help the Akatsuki Organization hunt the Upper Rank, while Tsunade and Jiraiya opposed leaving the monsters unchecked.
• Inoichi Yamanaka presented updated intelligence identifying twelve openly known Akatsuki members and seven masked members, including the newly designated E, F, and G.
• The Third Hokage suspended the plan to hunt the Upper Rank because the Akatsuki Organization posed too great a threat.
• Jiraiya told the Third Hokage that his attempts to contact Nagato had failed and asked to go to Rain Country himself.

Jiraiya and Danzo faced the threat posed by the Akatsuki Organization while Orochimaru continued experimenting on a captured demon. The chapter ended with Orochimaru asking Kimimaro about his health.

• Third stopped Jiraiya from rushing into Amegakure and told him to wait for more intelligence before acting.
• Jiraiya reflected on Nagato and Konan's return as leaders of the Akatsuki Organization and wondered what they had endured.
• Danzo learned that Root could not confirm whether Hanzo was alive, then regretted that the Akatsuki Organization had survived his past scheme.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto examined data from experiments on a captured demon and discussed Tsunade's research into countering demon regeneration.
• Kimimaro entered Orochimaru's laboratory, and Orochimaru asked how his body was holding up.

Kimimaro told Orochimaru that his illness had improved after he gained a mysterious power in Grass Country, prompting Orochimaru to investigate and assign him to learn more about it. The next morning, Shinji watched Karin at the Ninja Academy and saw a weary Sasuke waiting at the gate.

• Kimimaro told Orochimaru that his illness had improved, and Orochimaru examined him on an operating table.
• Kimimaro explained that he gained a mysterious power after releasing his biological exoskeleton during the battle in Grass Country, but he kept Neji's involvement secret.
• Orochimaru tasked Kimimaro with investigating and mastering the power, which he suspected was connected to Akatsuki's "A."
• Shinji considered whether Kimimaro's visit might expose the Tenseigan and decided Orochimaru's possible research would not threaten his plan.
• At the Ninja Academy, Shion said Karin felt unusual, and Shinji attributed it to her Uzumaki heritage while recognizing that Karin was awakening the Rinnegan.
• Shion spotted a drained-looking figure leaning against the school gate and asked Shinji if it was Sasuke.

Sasuke arrived at school exhausted after A drained his Chakra all night, prompting concern and speculation from his classmates. Shinji calculated that Karin could soon awaken the Rinnegan if she accumulated enough Chakra, with help from the people he had marked.

• Sasuke complained that A had drained his Chakra overnight, and his classmates gathered around to check on him.
• Sasuke rejected their concern and went to class after noticing Shinji watching him.
• Shikamaru and Kiba suspected Sasuke had been provoked by Shinji and Yakumo's S-rank mission, while Sakura worried he needed medical care.
• Shinji watched Kimimaro and Neji train under orders to store Chakra in their biological exoskeletons.
• Shinji calculated that Karin could awaken the Rinnegan after her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan reached its limit and she gathered enough Chakra.
• Shinji considered using Magatsu to transfer Chakra from himself and his marked allies into Karin if she needed additional power.

With the worlds nearing a catastrophic collision, Shinji joined Tsunade’s effort to develop a poison that could weaken demons and proposed accelerating their cellular aging. Tsunade assigned Shinji and Yakumo to help, while Shinji recognized she was using the S-rank mission to prepare Yakumo for leadership.

• Shinji confirmed that pollution from the Demon Slayer World had passed the critical threshold, making a collision with the Shinobi World inevitable unless he found and stopped the mysterious man.
• Shinji joined Tsunade’s research team while also advancing the Rinnegan Plan and the Tenseigan Plan to prepare for an invasion of the Demon Slayer World.
• During the poison research meeting, Shinji proposed forcing demon cells to age and divide rapidly, inspired by Tamayo’s Aging Agent.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to test the limits of the captured demon’s cell division and assigned the Medical Team, Yakumo, and Shinji to find poisons that rapidly aged cells.
• After leaving the laboratory, Shinji realized Tsunade had granted Yakumo S-rank mission credit to build her experience and contributions toward becoming Hokage.

Karin approved Ryūran’s plan to establish a Ninja Academy while prioritizing Kusagakure’s intelligence network, and Shinji used the village’s reports to track poison prices and monitor Karin’s progress. A week later, Shinji brought Neji to the moon, where Neji began drawing Tenseigan Chakra from the Giant Tenseigan.

• Ryūsetsuna reported rising black-market poison prices and asked Karin to approve Ryūran’s Ninja Academy plans, which Karin allowed while emphasizing the priority of building an intelligence network.
• Karin relayed Kusagakure’s report to Shinji, who ordered continued monitoring of poison prices and asked her about her growing Dojutsu and Chakra reserves.
• Shinji recorded Karin’s condition and continued extracting Sasuke’s Chakra to supply her with the Power of All Things, while Naobi’s surveillance confirmed Kimimaro and Neji were storing Chakra.
• Shinji privately summoned Karin and Neji and returned with them to the Land of Moon, warning Neji that the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family might discover them.
• Shinji led Neji into the shrine, where Neji resonated with the Giant Tenseigan and began absorbing its Tenseigan Chakra.

Shinji and Neji secretly gathered Tenseigan chakra from the Giant Tenseigan, with Shinji storing it in Susanoo before they escaped the moon. Back in Konoha, Tsunade's team tested the Aging Agent on a severed piece of the ghost, and the agent's effects spread to the ghost before they cut the connection.

• Neji collected a small amount of Tenseigan chakra until his body and biological exoskeleton were full, and Shinji transferred it into Susanoo's skeletal hand.
• Shinji and Neji made several trips to gather more chakra, then stopped when Susanoo's storage reached its limit and escaped the Otsutsuki Branch Family's territory.
• After returning to Konoha, Shinji kept Susanoo active so Neji's biological exoskeleton could gradually seal away the stored chakra.
• Tsunade's research team injected the Aging Agent into a severed tail from the ghost, and Yakumo reported that its cell division accelerated as the tail withered.
• A Medical Ninja reported that the agent's effects had spread to the ghost, so Tsunade ordered the artificial blood vessel cut to protect it.

Tsunade’s team confirmed the Aging Agent worked and completed a more potent Type Two Aging Potion, but they lacked a demon to test it on. Meanwhile, Karin reported that factions were hunting demons and Iwagakure’s effort to capture Upper Moon Two had apparently failed, while Shinji decided to keep the demons alive for now.

• Tsunade’s team tested the Aging Agent on a severed demon tail, confirmed it accelerated cell division, and concluded the dose was not potent enough to kill demons.
• The pharmaceutical team proposed a Type Two Aging Potion and a stronger injection method, but Tsunade refused to risk their only captured demon as a test subject.
• Over the following week, Shinji replenished the power sustaining Karin’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Neji stored the remaining Tenseigan Chakra, and Tsunade’s team completed the Type Two Aging Potion.
• Ryūsetsuna told Karin that factions were hunting Upper Rank demons and that Iwagakure had reportedly tried to surround Upper Moon Two, then paid a large sum in compensation.
• Karin reported the news to Shinji and asked to act, but Shinji said he still had uses for the demons.

Shinji obtained the Type Two Aging Potion and sent Haku and Sasuke to test it on Upper Moon Two. At Upper Moon Two’s hideout, a Kumogakure squad found dead Iwagakure shinobi and then faced the demon as two Akatsuki members arrived.

• Shinji secretly met Yakumo and received the untested Type Two Aging Potion.
• Shinji gave the potion to Haku and ordered her and Sasuke to use it against Upper Moon Two, then transported them to the border between Earth Country and the Land of Waterfalls.
• A Kumogakure squad searching for Upper Moon Two found the mutilated bodies of Iwagakure shinobi near his hideout.
• Upper Moon Two emerged from the forest, and two masked Akatsuki members approached as the Kumogakure shinobi faced him.

Haku and Sasuke confronted Kokushibo after the Cloud Ninja withdrew, and Sasuke fought Upper Moon Two with his Susanoo. Sasuke’s arrow pierced and pinned Kokushibo, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Haku and Sasuke arrived as the Cloud Ninja faced Kokushibo, and the Cloud team retreated to report that the Upper Ranks and Akatsuki Organization were fighting.
• Sasuke challenged Kokushibo while Haku watched, planning to use the Type Two Aging Potion when the moment was right.
• Kokushibo’s rapid blade strikes damaged Sasuke’s Susanoo, forcing Sasuke to unleash its armored form.
• Sasuke’s enhanced Mangekyō Sharingan tracked Kokushibo, and his Susanoo fired an arrow that pierced and pinned him to the ground, breaking Kokushibo’s blade.