Chapter Summaries

Feng An killed a chunin who had accused him of colluding with the enemy, forcing Tsunade to seal the Hokage’s office and confront him. Feng An compared the accusations to the pressure that led to the Konoha White Fang’s death, and the chapter ended with a ninja questioning whether Hatake Sakumo had been blameless.

• Feng An accused the ninjas of framing him after they demanded he prove he had not colluded with the enemy.
• Feng An bound the chunin who had accused him and killed him in front of Tsunade and the others.
• Tsunade ordered Elephant and the Anbu to seal the office while Hinata, Konan, and Nagato worried about the situation.
• Feng An pointed out another suspicious ninja and argued that careless accusations had led to the Konoha White Fang’s death.
• Kakashi reflected on his father’s death, and a ninja asked whether the Konoha White Fang had been completely blameless.

After a Konoha chunin insulted the White Fang, Kakashi lost control and attacked him, prompting Tsunade to intervene. With the Hokage’s Office still tense and few Konoha ninja remaining, Feng An invited Kakashi to join his side.

• A chunin blurted out an insult about Konoha’s White Fang, and Kakashi grabbed him by the collar and demanded an apology.
• Might Guy tried to calm Kakashi, while Tsunade warned him not to let his temper take over.
• The chunin apologized, but Kakashi slammed him against a wall and split open his forehead.
• Tsunade treated the unconscious chunin and sent two medical ninja to take him to the hospital without discussing the incident.
• Nagato and Konan wondered whether their earlier attacks had been mistakes as the number of Konoha ninja in the office dwindled.
• Feng An praised Kakashi’s anger and asked him to join his side, warning that the ninja around him might turn against him.

Feng An challenged the accusations against him and exposed a Konoha ninja as a hostile instigator, then confronted Tsunade over her concern for the Hokage’s prestige. He left the Hokage’s Office with Hinata Hyuga and Nagato, while the others were left unsure whether he and Tsunade had reached an understanding.

• Kakashi joined Feng An’s side, and Feng An asked Might Guy to do the same, arguing that standing with him did not mean betraying Konoha.
• Tsunade punched a ninja who accused Kakashi and Feng An of opposing the Hokage, and the man was left pinned to a wall.
• The ninja’s body withered beside a crimson Wood Release tree, and Feng An admitted he had killed him because he believed the man was evil.
• Feng An accused Tsunade of criticizing him to protect her Hokage prestige, and Tsunade realized that her authority was part of what bothered her.
• Feng An told Tsunade that Nagato and the other Akatsuki leader had left the organization and would not attack Konoha, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave with Hinata and Nagato.

After Feng An left the Hokage's Office, Tsunade dismissed the gathered ninjas and spoke privately with Kakashi about his father. Feng An returned home with Hinata, Konan, Nagato, and Matatabi, while Ōnoki and Kitsuchi reached Iwagakure safely.

• Elephant ordered the Anbu to take down the barrier, and Tsunade dismissed the gathered ninjas while warning them not to reveal what happened.
• Tsunade stopped Kakashi and heard him explain that he would not let anyone insult his father, though he had no intention of clearing his name.
• Kakashi left the office and joined Might Guy, and the two resumed their friendly race.
• Feng An reassured Konan that the confrontation was minor, then took Hinata upstairs as Matatabi followed; Konan helped Nagato find a room to sleep in.
• Ōnoki and Kitsuchi arrived in Iwagakure, and Ōnoki told Kitsuchi they had nothing to fear from pursuit.

Ōnoki told Kitsuchi that their escape had only been possible because their pursuers chose to let them go. Three days later, rogue ninja from Iwagakure violently suppressed talk about Iwagakure’s alleged alliance with the Akatsuki Organization against Konoha, leaving the restaurant patrons afraid to repeat the rumors.

• Ōnoki scolded Kitsuchi and said Tsunade could have killed them if their pursuers had continued the chase.
• Restaurant patrons discussed rumors that Ōnoki had joined forces with the Akatsuki Organization to attack Konoha, while one ninja argued that the story was false.
• A rogue ninja from Iwagakure beheaded the ninja who called the rumor fake, then his companions confronted a wandering ninja who tried to flee.
• The wandering ninja claimed Konoha had defeated Iwagakure, but another rogue ninja stabbed him to death for believing the rumors and insulting Iwagakure.
• The rogue ninja from Iwagakure left, and the restaurant patrons resumed talking cautiously after the owner arranged to have the bodies removed.

After the failed attack on Konoha became common knowledge, Ōnoki ordered a bounty on the Iwagakure rogues who exposed it, while Obito continued waiting for Nagato. Nagato and Konan left Konoha to rebuild Akatsuki as Dusk, and Nagato stopped Feng An before he could depart with an offer involving his Rinnegan.

• Ōnoki learned that Iwagakure rogues had spread the story of his alliance with Akatsuki and ordered bounties on them.
• Obito waited a week for Nagato and the others, while Black Zetsu left and Obito returned to the Kamui Dimension to speak to Rin’s ice coffin.
• Nagato and Konan told Feng An they planned to restore Akatsuki to Yahiko’s original vision, and Feng An gave Nagato a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Feng An transported Nagato and Konan to the Land of Fire’s border, where Nagato named their new organization Dusk.
• Nagato stopped Feng An and raised a hand to his Rinnegan, saying he had something for him.

Feng An accepted Nagato’s left Rinnegan and returned home, while Nagato and Konan departed the Land of Fire. In Sound Village, Kabuto Yakushi found Orochimaru’s research base abandoned and discovered that someone had survived the massacre in the dungeon.

• Nagato offered Feng An a Rinnegan, and Feng An asked for the left one because his left-eye technique was on cooldown.
• Feng An replaced his left Mangekyo Sharingan with Nagato’s left Rinnegan, while Nagato kept his right eye.
• Nagato and Konan left the Land of Fire, and Feng An returned home to Hinata Hyuga.
• Kabuto Yakushi returned to Orochimaru’s secret base and found its equipment gone and its test subjects dead.
• Kabuto Yakushi sensed that someone in the dungeon was still alive despite the massacre a week earlier.

Kabuto Yakushi found Jugo and Karin trapped in Orochimaru’s dungeon and attacked them while demanding to know where Orochimaru had gone. Jugo recovered after biting Karin and fought back, but Kabuto buried him with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation; Jugo then broke free as a yellow glow appeared behind Karin.

• Kabuto Yakushi entered the ruined dungeon and recognized Jugo and Karin, an Uzumaki Clan girl.
• Kabuto restrained Jugo with white snakes and demanded to know what had happened to Orochimaru.
• Karin offered Jugo her arm, and he bit her, healing his wounds and restoring his adult form.
• Jugo transformed into his complete Cursed Seal form and attacked Kabuto, who restrained him with snakes and buried him under rocks using Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
• Karin rushed at Kabuto, who bound her with snakes, while Jugo burst out of the rocks and a faint yellow glow appeared behind Karin.

Kabuto Yakushi found Jugo and Karin alive in the ruined dungeon and learned that a masked man in a black robe with red clouds had killed the test subjects. Convinced the Akatsuki Organization was connected to Orochimaru’s disappearance, Kabuto set out for Cloud Village with Karin and Jugo to seek answers and avenge Orochimaru.

• Kabuto Yakushi used Sage Art: White Shockwave Technique to disable Jugo’s transformation and stun him and Karin.
• Kabuto questioned Karin, who described the masked man’s attack and how Jugo had rescued her.
• Kabuto reasoned that Orochimaru had either escaped or been captured by the Akatsuki Organization and decided the masked man was involved.
• Kabuto threatened Karin and Jugo into accompanying him, then transformed into a giant snake and headed toward Cloud Village.
• Karin rode on Kabuto while Jugo was dragged behind, and Kabuto complained as she struggled to hold onto his slippery scales.

Kabuto Yakushi, Karin, and Jugo entered Cloud Village after Kabuto’s White Snake killed the lone guard. When Kitsuchi heard about the intruders, he ordered the messenger to confront them while staying in his chair.

• Karin complained when a Cloud Village guard called the village a branch of Iwagakure.
• Kabuto Yakushi summoned a White Snake that killed and ate the guard, then transformed into a woman and thanked him for the meal.
• Karin and Jugo considered escaping but decided to follow Kabuto Yakushi, while a small white snake monitored them and insisted they call him Lord Kabuto.
• A Cloud Village ninja reported the intruders and the guard’s death to Kitsuchi.
• Kitsuchi declared he would deal with the intruders but ordered the messenger to drive them out instead.

Kitsuchi tricked a Cloud Village ninja into confronting Kabuto Yakushi’s group, but the ninja refused and went home to read novels. Kabuto’s group continued through the village unchallenged, and Mugo startled Karin by admitting he liked her.

• Kitsuchi promised a Cloud Village ninja a place among Iwagakure’s upper ranks if he dealt with Kabuto Yakushi and his companions, then dismissed him as expendable.
• The ninja recognized that Kitsuchi was sending him to die, turned away from Kabuto’s group, and went home to read novels.
• Kabuto Yakushi, Karin, and Mugo traveled through the village without resistance and discovered that the local ninja could see them but acted like frightened cowards.
• Mugo asked Karin whether she liked him, and he answered her teasing question by admitting that he did.

Kabuto Yakushi, Karin, and Mugo found an Akatsuki Organization recruitment office while searching Cloud Village and fought the ninjas guarding it. After Karin beat the guards unconscious, Kabuto headed toward a room at the back, suspecting someone was inside.

• Karin struggled to believe Mugo liked her, while Mugo insisted he liked her even though she called herself violent.
• Kabuto Yakushi spotted a sign for the Akatsuki Organization Recruitment Office and led Karin and Mugo inside.
• Two Akatsuki-clad ninjas told the group to register, but Kabuto mocked the organization and called Mugo forward.
• The ninjas tried to stab Mugo, but their kunai broke against him, and they hurriedly claimed the attack was a recruitment test.
• Karin punched Mugo and brutally beat both ninjas until they were unconscious.
• Kabuto Yakushi went toward the room at the back, sensing that someone was inside.

Kabuto Yakushi, Karin, and Jugo found Obito Uchiha while searching for Orochimaru, and Kabuto fought the Masked Man using his snake transformations and senjutsu. Obito evaded Kabuto’s attacks and engulfed his giant snake form in flames as Kabuto attacked from behind.

• Kabuto Yakushi, Karin, and Jugo found Obito Uchiha in a dim room and asked him where Orochimaru was.
• Obito Uchiha said he was also searching for Orochimaru, then threatened to kill Kabuto Yakushi, prompting Jugo to flee with Karin.
• Kabuto Yakushi attacked Obito with snakes, but Obito passed through them and countered with the Great Fireball Technique.
• Kabuto Yakushi transformed into a snake, burrowed underground, and attacked Obito with a much larger white snake.
• Obito Uchiha used Kamui to escape the giant snake’s bite, emerged beside it, and engulfed it in flames with Fire Release: Violent Wind Dance.
• Kabuto Yakushi emerged behind Obito and sent dozens of snakes at him while Obito watched the giant snake burn.

Kabuto Yakushi confronted Obito Uchiha, trying to avenge Orochimaru but discovering that his attacks could not touch him. Kabuto inferred that Obito could not attack while intangible, and Obito left him with doubts about Orochimaru’s fate and his own ability to fight back.

• Kabuto Yakushi sent a massive white snake to attack Obito Uchiha and told Sage to escape, but Obito remained unharmed as the snake vanished.
• Obito Uchiha recognized Kabuto Yakushi as Orochimaru’s former follower and mocked his attempt to avenge his master.
• Kabuto Yakushi asked what Obito’s ability was, then dodged as his kunai and Explosive Tags passed through Obito and detonated behind him.
• Kabuto Yakushi concluded that Obito could not become intangible while attacking or form hand seals while intangible, and announced that he understood the ability.
• Obito Uchiha challenged Kabuto’s conclusion and refused to answer whether Orochimaru was alive or what he had wanted with him.

Obito Uchiha confronted Kabuto Yakushi, claiming Orochimaru had joined Konoha and exploiting Kabuto’s hatred of the village and devotion to Orochimaru to unsettle him. Kabuto struggled to reject the possibility as Obito accused Orochimaru of deceiving his followers and demanded that Kabuto hear him out.

• Kabuto demanded to know where Orochimaru was, and Obito admitted he had sought to kill him after Orochimaru disappeared from their plans to attack Konoha.
• Obito claimed Orochimaru might have joined Konoha, but Kabuto angrily dismissed the idea and declared his hatred of the village.
• Kabuto recalled how Danzō’s schemes led him to kill Nonō Yakushi, and how Orochimaru had rescued him from despair afterward.
• Obito realized Kabuto’s history made him vulnerable to manipulation and insisted that Orochimaru had joined Konoha under Tsunade’s rule.
• Kabuto recognized that Obito was trying to destabilize him but could not dismiss the possibility, while Obito accused Orochimaru of exploiting test subjects and asked Kabuto to stop him from talking.

Obito Uchiha persuaded Kabuto Yakushi to consider cooperating on an attack against Konoha and arranged to meet him at the Land of Fire border. He then enlisted Black Zetsu to impersonate Orochimaru and trick Kabuto into joining the plan.

• Obito Uchiha proposed that Kabuto Yakushi verify Orochimaru's whereabouts in Konoha and offered him experimental subjects in exchange for using the Reanimation Jutsu to attack the village.
• Kabuto Yakushi agreed to travel to Konoha and set a deadline to meet Obito at the Land of Fire border before checking Orochimaru's location himself.
• Karin and Jugo met Kabuto Yakushi outside the room, and Karin hurried away after seeing Obito still standing inside.
• Obito Uchiha traveled through his right eye's vortex to meet Black Zetsu and explained his bet with Kabuto Yakushi.
• Obito Uchiha asked Black Zetsu to impersonate Orochimaru and convince Kabuto Yakushi that Orochimaru had joined Konoha.

Kabuto Yakushi waited near the Land of Fire border for Obito Uchiha, then traveled toward Konoha with Karin and Jugo. Before they reached the village, they encountered Orochimaru, and Kabuto excitedly revealed that he had learned White Snake Sage Mode at Ryūchi Cave.

• Kabuto Yakushi told Karin he planned to wait for the Masked Man before going to Konoha to confirm Orochimaru's whereabouts.
• Obito Uchiha met Kabuto Yakushi at the inn after Black Zetsu left ahead using the Mayfly Technique.
• Kabuto Yakushi, Karin, Jugo, and Obito Uchiha set out for Konoha together.
• The group unexpectedly encountered Orochimaru on the road, and Kabuto Yakushi rushed over to greet him.
• Kabuto Yakushi showed Orochimaru his White Snake Sage Mode, and Orochimaru praised him and gently patted his head, shocking Obito Uchiha.

Orochimaru tried to persuade Kabuto Yakushi to join him in Konoha, but Kabuto rejected him and stabbed him before fleeing. Obito Uchiha watched the confrontation, pleased that his plan seemed to be working, while Orochimaru left for Konoha and Obito wondered why he was still pretending to be Black Zetsu.

• Karin and Jugo overheard Kabuto Yakushi and Orochimaru arguing, and Obito Uchiha believed Black Zetsu had returned to his plan.
• Orochimaru explained that Konoha had changed and invited Kabuto to join him there, but Kabuto insisted that Orochimaru was an impostor and refused to trust Konoha.
• Kabuto Yakushi stabbed Orochimaru with a kunai after accusing Konoha of killing Nonō, then panicked and fled when he saw Orochimaru bleeding.
• Obito Uchiha hoped Kabuto would kill Orochimaru, while Karin started to follow Kabuto and Jugo stopped her.
• Kabuto transformed into a snake and escaped, Orochimaru headed toward Konoha, and Obito silently questioned why he continued acting as Black Zetsu.

Obito Uchiha discovered that the Orochimaru he had mistaken for Black Zetsu was the real Orochimaru, and he and Black Zetsu continued their plan against Kabuto Yakushi. Karin and Jugo fled toward Konoha, where they encountered Orochimaru at the village entrance.

• Obito Uchiha let Karin and Jugo escape, then confronted Black Zetsu about waiting at the village entrance.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu realized that the Orochimaru they had seen was the real Orochimaru, who had escaped after they mistook him for Black Zetsu.
• Obito Uchiha concluded that Orochimaru had joined Konoha and shared intelligence with them, then returned to Kabuto Yakushi to continue the original plan.
• Black Zetsu headed toward Cloud Village while Obito Uchiha vanished into the Kamui Dimension.
• Karin and Jugo reached Konoha’s entrance and froze when Orochimaru greeted them.

Orochimaru invited Karin and Jugo to come to Konoha, and they followed him despite Jugo's distrust over Kimimaro's death. At the village entrance, Orochimaru called them his test subjects, leaving them stunned and Jugo urging Karin to run.

• Orochimaru approached Karin and Jugo, who had escaped from Kabuto Yakushi, and offered to protect them in Konoha.
• Jugo confronted Orochimaru over Kimimaro's death, and Orochimaru said Kimimaro had chosen to retrieve a vessel for him himself.
• Karin said she believed Orochimaru because he had saved her, and Jugo agreed to follow as long as Orochimaru did not hurt her.
• Orochimaru led Karin and Jugo to Konoha, where Mizuki Izumo and Kotetsu Hagane let him enter but stopped the two newcomers.
• Orochimaru called Karin and Jugo his test subjects, and Jugo shouted for Karin to run.