Recaps

Tamura Hiroshi explained how his Five-Attribute Bloodline Limit transformed his body toward an energy-based state, while his wives discussed strengthening themselves and recruiting allies. Black Zetsu then reported the births of the new Indra and Asura reincarnations and Minato Namikaze’s secret meeting with Fugaku Uchiha, leaving Tamura Hiroshi asking about Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Obito.

• Tamura Hiroshi described his Five-Attribute Bloodline Limit, his partial transformation into silver light, and his plans to fuse Yin-Yang Release.
• Tamura Hiroshi’s wives discussed improving their strength and keeping potential recruits from being frightened away, while Uchiha Mikoto suspected she was pregnant again.
• Black Zetsu told Tamura Hiroshi that Asura’s reincarnation, Uzumaki Naruto, had been born and that Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina had sealed Yang Kurama inside him.
• Black Zetsu reported that Minato Namikaze had secretly met Fugaku Uchiha and identified Indra’s reincarnation as Uchiha Sasuke.
• Black Zetsu said Hiruzen Sarutobi was stockpiling Explosive Tags in the Land of Rainbows, and Tamura Hiroshi asked about Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Obito.

Tamura Hiroshi investigated Obito Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and learned that Madara Uchiha had made Obito his pawn, then asked Rin Nohara to help bring him over to their side. Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze persuaded Fugaku Uchiha to make Sasuke the Nine-Tails’ next host and agreed to train him.

• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu discussed Obito Uchiha’s new dojutsu, Madara Uchiha’s plans, and the possibility that Obito had died before being rescued; Tamura Hiroshi requested Obito’s full history.
• Tamura Hiroshi visited Rin Nohara, who voiced doubts about Konoha and explained her complicated feelings about Obito Uchiha and Gekko Hayate.
• Rin Nohara insisted on learning what had happened to Obito, so Tamura Hiroshi explained Madara Uchiha’s plan and asked her to help bring Obito to their side.
• Minato Namikaze’s Shadow Clone explained to Fugaku Uchiha why he had chosen Sasuke to host the Nine-Tails, and Fugaku asked Minato to become Sasuke’s teacher.
• Minato Namikaze warned Fugaku not to act rashly against the strongest Hokage, while Fugaku asked Minato what he thought of the Hokage and the village’s future.

After twelve years of training, Tamura Hiroshi learned that Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto were taking Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams and prepared to visit Konoha with several companions. When his wives questioned his secret ties to Shimura Danzō, Tamura revealed that he had been Danzō’s spy and admitted Yakushi Nonō was the leverage Danzō held over him.

• Tamura Hiroshi completed his training in Wind Release Natural Energy, and Black Zetsu told him that Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto had graduated and were taking Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Tamura Hiroshi asked Dodai to arrange a visit to Konoha, then invited his family to come along; Kurenai, Uzumaki Kushina, and Uzumaki Kousou volunteered.
• Tsunade suspected Tamura Hiroshi had a connection to Shimura Danzō, and the women confronted him about it.
• Tamura Hiroshi confessed that he had been Shimura Danzō’s spy in Kumogakure before becoming a double agent under Dodai.
• Izumi Shimura realized that Shimura Danzō had ordered Tamura Hiroshi to take her from her treehouse, and Tamura confirmed it.
• Tsunade asked what leverage Shimura Danzō had over Tamura Hiroshi, who revealed that it was his girlfriend, Yakushi Nonō.

Tamura Hiroshi brought Cloud Village teams to Konoha for the Chunin Ninja Exams and arranged for them to stay with the Uchiha Clan. Neji Hyuga and Kimimaro visited the Hyuga Clan, where Neji revealed how much the Hyuga community in Kumogakure had grown and that he had awakened the Tenseigan.

• Tsunade guessed that Tamura Hiroshi and Shimura Danzō had coordinated too smoothly, while he refused to reveal more about Princess Kaguya and Red Moon.
• Tamura Hiroshi, Yozuki A, Fukai, and the Cloud Village teams traveled to New Konoha and registered for its Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Tamura Hiroshi arranged for the Cloud Village group to stay with Uchiha Fugaku's clan, while Neji Hyuga and Kimimaro went to the Hyuga Clan Compound.
• Neji Hyuga reunited with Hyuga Hiashi and met his cousins Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga.
• Neji told Hyuga Hiashi that Hizashi Hyuga's community in Kumogakure had grown to more than ten thousand people, with 3,163 Byakugan users.
• Neji revealed his Tenseigan and said four of his younger siblings showed signs of awakening one too, leaving Hyuga Hiashi astonished.

Kurenai reunited with Anko and persuaded her and Mitarashi Shiyo to consider moving to Kumogakure after the Chunin Ninja Exams. Tamura Hiroshi then met Minato Namikaze’s team and invited Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to study in Kumogakure, leaving the village rivalry to be tested at the upcoming exams.

• Kurenai met Anko in Konoha, learned that Mitarashi Shiyo had retired with a serious injury, and invited them both to Kumogakure.
• Mitarashi Shiyo initially refused to leave Konoha, but agreed after Kurenai offered to help Anko lose weight and find a husband.
• Mitarashi Shiyo invited Kurenai to stay with him and Anko until the Chunin Ninja Exams ended.
• Tamura Hiroshi visited Gekko Hayate’s training team with Kushina and Kousou and discovered that Minato Namikaze had sealed the Yin Nine-Tails inside Sasuke.
• Tamura Hiroshi introduced himself to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, then proposed that they study in Kumogakure.
• Naruto questioned why Konoha’s shinobi should study in Kumogakure, and Tamura Hiroshi claimed Kumogakure had surpassed Konoha and challenged them to compare their younger generations at the exams.

Tamura Hiroshi continued trying to draw Konoha’s young shinobi toward Kumogakure, giving Naruto Wood Release chakra that awakened his power and improved his chakra control. He then warned Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya that Madara Uchiha might still be alive and that a greater threat could spark the next war.

• Tamura Hiroshi praised Sakura Haruno’s potential, challenged Naruto’s naïve thinking, and encouraged Sasuke to beat him in a fight in exchange for advanced Chidori training.
• Sasuke defeated Naruto with Chidori, and Tamura gave Minato sealed Wood Release chakra for Naruto before the group went to Minato’s home.
• Naruto swallowed the chakra, awakened Wood Release, and discovered that it had suppressed the Nine-Tails chakra interfering with his control.
• After Naruto left to buy wine, Tamura told Minato and Jiraiya that Nagato’s Rinnegan may have been transplanted by a still-living Madara Uchiha.
• Tamura warned that the moon clan might threaten the world and that the next Great Ninja War could involve forces beyond the villages.

Tamura Hiroshi discussed the uncertain future of the Ninja World with Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze, then advised Uchiha Sasuke on how to develop power capable of matching Wood Release. He met Orochimaru at the Uchiha training ground, where they discussed Sasuke’s family, Orochimaru’s transformed Mangekyō, and his ambition to obtain Nagato Uzumaki’s Rinnegan.

• Tamura Hiroshi, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze discussed the possibility of future alliances and a more centralized era before joining Uzumaki Kuuhina for a meal.
• Minato Namikaze asked Jiraiya to take Uzumaki Naruto to Orochimaru for Wood Release training, then went with Tamura Hiroshi to the Uchiha Territory.
• Uchiha Sasuke asked Tamura Hiroshi for a jutsu that could counter Wood Release, and Tamura advised him to strengthen his Sharingan and seek Orochimaru’s help with bloodline transplants.
• Orochimaru appeared at the training ground, offered to help Sasuke, and discussed his bloodline research with Tamura Hiroshi while a Shadow Clone began teaching Sasuke.
• Orochimaru revealed a Mangekyō formed from the eyes of Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Shisui, then admitted that he wanted to take Nagato Uzumaki’s Rinnegan.

Tamura Hiroshi secretly visited the Yamanaka household and persuaded Shikaku Nara to consider bringing the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to Kumogakure ahead of a coming war. Shikaku agreed to bring about half the clansmen, while the group resolved to seek an elder’s approval and explained Konoha’s decline to the younger generation.

• Tamura Hiroshi used Limbo: Border Jail to slip away from Fugaku Uchiha’s mansion and visit Inoichi Yamanaka, where he invited Yamanaka Ino to study in Kumogakure and promised she could learn his youth-preserving technique.
• Tamura Hiroshi met Shikaku Nara and the Akimichi representatives, explained Chōza’s death in Rōran, and warned that the Fifth Great Ninja War could make Konoha its main battlefield.
• Tamura Hiroshi described the threat posed by the Rinnegan, the clan on the moon, and Shimura Danzō, and Shikaku Nara agreed to bring about half of the three clans’ members to Kumogakure.
• Shikaku Nara said the clans needed approval from their senior elder, and Choze Akimichi agreed to speak with his uncle.
• Shikaku Nara explained Konoha’s political history and decline to Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Yamanaka Ino, leaving them shocked by the dangers within the village.

Choji Akimichi and Shikamaru Nara discussed leaving Konoha for Kumogakure, while Sakura Haruno weighed an exchange-study offer after her parents warned her about the dangers of the Uchiha Clan and her unrequited feelings for Sasuke. Tamura Hiroshi continued scouting Konoha and decided several young ninjas could benefit from attending Kumogakure’s Elite Academy.

• Choji Akimichi asked his father whether he could let go of his hatred, and Choi Akimichi said his son’s future mattered more than holding onto resentment.
• Shikaku Nara explained why Kumogakure’s clan reforms made it a better choice for their families, then described Tamura Hiroshi’s extraordinary abilities to the young ninjas.
• Sakura Haruno asked her parents about Kumogakure, and Kizashi Haruno supported her exchange studies while warning her that the Uchiha conflict could endanger her family.
• Meibuki Haruno and Kizashi Haruno questioned Sakura about Sasuke Uchiha, learned she was pursuing him without clear reciprocation, and advised her to focus on herself before deciding her future.
• Sakura resolved to study in Kumogakure, become stronger, and return to see Sasuke after reaching adulthood; Tamura Hiroshi approved of her resolve.
• Tamura Hiroshi found Gekko Hayate and Uzuki Yugao sparring, spotted Mitaraishi Anko’s weight gain, and considered sending her and several young ninjas to the Elite Academy.

Shikaku Nara and his companions secured Torifu Akimichi’s support for secretly moving some clan members to Kumogakure, while Tamura Hiroshi met with Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi in Konoha. He warned them that the coming Great Ninja War would likely center on Konoha and left them to consider how they might face it.

• Torifu Akimichi agreed to support Shikaku Nara and his companions, who planned to send selected clan members to Kumogakure.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Fugaku Uchiha that children could join Kumogakure’s exchange program and asked Minato Namikaze to arrange a meeting with Shisui and Itachi.
• Tamura Hiroshi gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a vial of the Water of Life in exchange for permission to speak with Shisui and Itachi.
• Shisui and Itachi explained their reasons for siding with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Tamura Hiroshi warned them that the Rinnegan’s user would make Konoha the main battlefield of the next Great Ninja War.
• Tamura Hiroshi cautioned Shisui and Itachi not to bear more than they could handle, then left the restaurant.

Tamura Hiroshi found the lost summoning island, revived Uzumaki Honoka by giving her a new body, and took the island’s research to Kumogakure. After discussing the Uzumaki, Kusagakure’s destruction, and the Chunin Ninja Exams with Minato, Hiroshi joined him for a meal, where Jiraiya complained about Naruto’s training.

• Tamura Hiroshi sensed Uzumaki chakra at the lost summoning island and discovered Honoka guarding the ultimate summoning beast as a spirit.
• Tamura Hiroshi used the beast’s cells to create Honoka a new body, then took the island’s research materials and brought her to Kushina and Kousou.
• Minato Namikaze questioned Hiroshi about Honoka, Kusagakure’s destruction, and the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Minato ate at Teuchi’s street stall, where Jiraiya joined them and complained that Naruto was difficult to teach.

The Chunin Ninja Exams began with Kumogakure’s highly trained candidates overwhelming Konoha’s written-test standards and revealing Jonin-level strength in the forest. The chapter ended with Miu Uchiha humiliating Sasuke with her Mangekyo, Naruto’s battle with Uzumaki Yiyi turning chaotic, and Kushina beating Jiraiya over Naruto’s perverted technique.

• Tamura Hiroshi explained that Kumogakure’s candidates had studied for decades in virtual dreams, and all thirty finished Konoha’s easy written exam quickly while observing their opponents.
• Naruto struggled with the exam, Hinata tried to help him, and Sakura used Chakra Threads to make him copy her answers.
• Minato Namikaze led the candidates into the forest, where Konoha’s sensors discovered that all thirty Kumogakure candidates had Jonin-level chakra and transplanted Shikotsumyaku bone tissue.
• Miu Uchiha used her Mangekyo to force Sasuke onto a stage and dance to “Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss” while she recorded him, as Keiko Senju fought Sakura and Uzumaki Yiyi confronted Naruto.
• Naruto used Wood Release and then the Reverse Harem Technique against Uzumaki Yiyi, who countered his attacks and kicked him toward the stage.
• Kushina attacked Jiraiya after Naruto’s technique embarrassed her, while Orochimaru gave Minato a Wood Release scroll and refused to tutor Naruto further.

The preliminary matches exposed the Hyuga Clan’s internal conflict when Hinata Hyuga fought Hyuga Kawaichi and was later abducted by Ōtsutsuki Sari. Tamura Hiroshi rescued Hinata after Sari gouged out her eyes, leaving the others to fear a future confrontation with multiple Tenseigan wielders.

• Kumogakure’s examinees overwhelmed most Konoha teams, and Tamura Hiroshi and Orochimaru discussed the village’s strength and the value of inherited wisdom.
• Hinata Hyuga fought Hyuga Kawaichi after Uzumaki Naruto encouraged her, despite warnings that losing could determine her place in the Hyuga Clan.
• Hyuga Kawaichi defeated Hinata and wounded her severely; Hyuga Neji and Uzumaki Kousou treated her, and Hyuga Natsu carried her away to recover.
• Ōtsutsuki Sari ambushed Hinata and gouged out her eyes, but Tamura Hiroshi pursued him and caught Hinata as Sari escaped through a Space Gate.
• Hyuga Hiashi pursued Sari, while Tamura Hiroshi reassured Hyuga Neji that Hinata’s eyes could be replaced and warned that Sari and his son might return.

After the Chunin Ninja Exams ended early, Tamura Hiroshi helped clans and young shinobi leave Konoha for Kumogakure. Uchiha Izumi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after Itachi and then Tamura stabbed her, and the chapter ended with Tamura recruiting more youths for the Elite Academy.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the Ino-Shika-Cho clans' departure as Torifu Akimichi urged him to prepare for the village's many enemies.
• Tamura Hiroshi escorted clans and young shinobi through the Space Gate, while Sakura Haruno left with her parents and said goodbye to Sasuke.
• Uchiha Itachi stabbed Uchiha Izumi to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Tamura Hiroshi later disguised himself as Itachi and stabbed her until she awakened hers.
• Tamura Hiroshi treated Izumi, blamed Itachi for her wounds, and brought her to Kumogakure with the departing Uchiha.
• Tamura Hiroshi removed Hyuga Kawaichi's Caged Bird Seal, sent him to the Elite Academy with Tenten and Rock Lee, and recruited other talented youths.

Tamura Hiroshi brought the Konoha youngsters to Kumogakure’s Elite Academy, where they discovered its brutal lessons and strict rules. As Neji Hyuga led them to their dorms, Mei Terumi dragged Tamura away and asked him to marry her.

• Tamura Hiroshi introduced the Elite Academy, and Neji Hyuga enrolled the newcomers and explained its graduation rules.
• Mei Terumi ambushed Tamura Hiroshi with a bite, but he shocked her with Lightning Release before she took the youngsters toward their dorms with him.
• Neji Hyuga showed the newcomers a lesson where sharks and vicious dogs mauled students, leaving Shikamaru Nara and the others horrified.
• Kisame Hoshigaki invited the newcomers to his class, and Neji Hyuga explained that students could choose electives and earn credits for techniques and other resources.
• Mei Terumi told Tamura Hiroshi she wanted him to marry her, then tried to choke him when he questioned her reasons.
• Neji Hyuga explained that the academy treated psychological trauma, provided excellent food, and required students to graduate at eighteen because its resources helped develop their potential.

Tamura Hiroshi captured Gekko Hayate after he infiltrated Kumogakure, transformed him into a woman, and sent him back to Konoha while making Uzuki Yugao responsible for his punishment. Meanwhile, Orochimaru agreed to train Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, who each chose different paths to grow stronger.

• Tamura Hiroshi learned that Gekko Hayate had infiltrated Kumogakure using the Flying Thunder God Technique and transformed him with the Gender-Reversal Technique before sending him back to Konoha.
• Tamura Hiroshi told Uzuki Yugao to reach Kage Level within a year or Gekko Hayate would face fatal experiments, and she agreed to train.
• Minato Namikaze took Gekko Hayate to Orochimaru, who confirmed he could not yet reverse the transformation and suspected someone had manipulated the boy.
• Uchiha Sasuke agreed to train with Orochimaru, rejected the eyes Orochimaru had prepared, and chose to pursue power through cell transplantation and Bloodline Fusion.
• Uzumaki Naruto arrived seeking strength to win Sakura back, and Orochimaru offered him Steel Release cells; Naruto accepted after learning it could withstand Chidori and Uzuki Yugao's recent sword attack.

Tamura Hiroshi visited Iwagakure and Sunagakure to invite their leaders to a meeting in the Land of Iron about the growing threat from Ōtsutsuki Sari. He took Kurotsuchi, Deidara, and Akatsuchi as students, and Rasa entrusted his three children to Hiroshi as well, leaving the villages’ heirs under Kumogakure’s influence.

• Minato Namikaze brought the transformed Gekko Hayate home, and Uzumaki Kuuhina agreed to help him adjust while Jiraiya’s advances earned him a kick out the door.
• Tamura Hiroshi warned Ōnoki that Ōtsutsuki Sari had stolen more Byakugan and could target the Five-Tails, and Ōnoki agreed to attend talks in the Land of Iron.
• Kurotsuchi, Deidara, and Akatsuchi asked Hiroshi to take them to Kumogakure, and Ōnoki agreed after Hiroshi accepted them as students.
• Hiroshi took his new students to Sunagakure, where Rasa accepted the invitation to the Land of Iron and asked Hiroshi to train his three children.
• Hiroshi agreed to take Rasa’s children as students, while Rasa trusted him to teach them everything he knew.

Rasa sent his children to Kumogakure as disciples of Tamura Hiroshi while secretly hoping to exploit the coming conflict for Sunagakure’s gain. Tamura enrolled the six youngsters at the Elite Academy, then returned home to face Uchiha Izumi’s blade technique and offered her a place in Kumogakure.

• Rasa hoped his children’s placement in Kumogakure would let him seize an opportunity if Kumogakure and Konoha were weakened, while Tamura Hiroshi recognized Rasa’s schemes.
• Tamura Hiroshi brought Kurotsuchi, Temari, Gaara, Deidara, Kankuro, and Akatsuchi to the Elite Academy, promising to teach them himself once they reached Kage Level.
• Tamura Hiroshi showed Deidara his Light Release and promised to teach him how to upgrade Explosion Release after he reached Kage Level.
• Mei Terumi clung to Tamura Hiroshi while he enrolled the six youngsters, then dragged him shopping for the day.
• Uchiha Izumi attacked Tamura Hiroshi at home with her blade-dance ocular technique, but he broke free and electrocuted her.
• Tamura Hiroshi explained that Rasa and Ōnoki might be plotting to claim his country’s inheritance, then invited Uchiha Izumi to stay in Kumogakure.

Tamura Hiroshi gave Hinata Hyuga a hell-difficulty Tsukuyomi trial to awaken her potential, and she endured a century inside the illusion before awakening the Tenseigan. Her alternate Tsukuyomi personality survived within her and emerged after the trial, leaving Hinata with a powerful new ability and a second self.

• Black Zetsu prepared to attend the Five Kage Summit disguised as the Fourth Raikage while Tamura Hiroshi told his family that the Ninja World would remain stable for three years.
• Tamura Hiroshi said he would help the Sharingan users evolve their eyes into Rinnegan and planned to pursue Space attribute fusion after completing his seven-attribute fusion.
• Karura brought Hinata Hyuga home from treatment and explained that Hinata wanted to become stronger through the highest-difficulty Tsukuyomi World.
• Tamura Hiroshi placed Hinata in the uncontrolled hell-level illusion, where she endured one hundred minutes in reality, equivalent to a century inside, and awakened the lowest-level Tenseigan.
• Karura put the unconscious Hinata to bed, but Tsukuyomi Hinata woke as a separate personality, manifested the Tenseigan, and secretly watched Tamura Hiroshi and the women from outside their room.

Hinata returned from the hell-rank Tsukuyomi World with the Tenseigan and easily defeated Hyuga Kawaichi, prompting several young shinobi to seek the same training. A year-long instructor assignment brought Scorpion’s Mark Twenty armor to the academy, and Tamura Hiroshi later sent six girls through a group hell-difficulty Tsukuyomi World, where their ordeals awakened Uchiha Izumi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Tsukuyomi Hinata defeated Hyuga Kawaichi with one hand, and Neji Hyuga explained that her hell-rank Tsukuyomi experience had awakened her Tenseigan.
• Mark Twenty arrived at the academy to train Kankuro and Deidara for a year on Scorpion’s orders, while Kankuro eagerly inspected the steel armor puppet.
• Tamura Hiroshi created a group hell-difficulty Tsukuyomi World for Yamanaka Ino, Sakura Haruno, Tenten, Kurotsuchi, Temari, and Uchiha Izumi.
• All six girls endured a hundred years in the illusion and woke with intense reactions to their experiences.
• Uchiha Izumi’s three-tomoe Sharingan fused into a Mangekyō Sharingan after the illusion’s emotional strain accelerated her awakening.

Ōtsutsuki Sari and Ōtsutsuki Toneri attacked Konoha, and their battle with the village’s defenders destroyed the village before Nagato Uzumaki, Uchiha Obito, and Shimura Danzō intervened. After Ōtsutsuki Toneri and Ōtsutsuki Sari vanished, Hyuga Hiashi lost control of his Tenseigan, while the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura realized Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had stolen Obito’s Kamui and was preparing a Ten-Tails.

• Ōtsutsuki Sari and Ōtsutsuki Toneri attacked Konoha, and Ōtsutsuki Toneri split the village apart with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Nagato Uzumaki and Uchiha Obito arrived, and Obito launched Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei at Ōtsutsuki Sari while Ōtsutsuki Toneri detonated it.
• Shimura Danzō attacked Ōtsutsuki Toneri, extracted the incomplete Ten-Tails, and began devouring it with the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Uchiha Obito used Kamui to pull Ōtsutsuki Toneri and Ōtsutsuki Sari away, but then lost his Kamui and fled with Black Zetsu.
• Hyuga Hiashi arrived and found Obito’s blood, while Ōtsutsuki Hamura and the Sage of Six Paths concluded that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had taken Obito’s Dojutsu Space and planned to evolve a Ten-Tails into a God Tree.

Tamura Hiroshi and Princess Kaguya completed their transformations after using Ōtsutsuki Toneri and Hamura’s Tenseigan to empower her and Little Ten-Tails. As their plans advanced in secret, Shimura Danzō prepared to attack Sunagakure and Iwagakure, while learning that the Ninja Alliance intended to join Hiruzen against him.

• Uchiha Obito worried that he had lost Kamui, then sensed that the damaged technique still remained, while Black Zetsu watched and suspected Hagoromo’s involvement.
• Princess Kaguya, Little Ten-Tails, and Tamura Hiroshi transformed Ōtsutsuki Toneri, used him to evolve Little Ten-Tails into its Jade Rabbit form, and helped Princess Kaguya awaken a Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan and Amenominaka.
• Tamura Hiroshi completed his own Kekkei Mōra transformation with Princess Kaguya and Black Zetsu’s help, then learned that Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke had awakened new Kekkei Genkai and that Shimura Danzō had prepared over a hundred thousand clones.
• Tamura Hiroshi and Black Zetsu decided to wait before targeting Sunagakure and Iwagakure while Lord Danzo’s World-Destroying Black Lotus adapted to the Ten-Tails it had devoured.
• After harmonizing the absorbed power for more than three months, Shimura Danzō learned that the Ninja Alliance wanted Hiruzen to help eliminate him, then resolved to strike Sunagakure and Iwagakure within two months.

Tamura Hiroshi forged a Truth-Seeking Orb sword and took Princess Kaguya, Karura, and the others to a sun-adjacent planet to cultivate with solar energy. Meanwhile, Shimura Danzō attacked Sunagakure and Iwagakure, trapping Iwagakure’s defenders as Ōnoki agreed to sacrifice the village to a Chakra Cannon strike to save some of its people.

• Tamura Hiroshi forged his Truth-Seeking Orb into a massive black nodachi, then planned to cultivate Light Release near the sun with Princess Kaguya and his wives.
• Tamura Hiroshi left Black Zetsu in charge, traveled with his companions to a tidally locked planet near the sun, and prepared to use an altered divine tree to supply natural energy for their cultivation.
• Shimura Danzō attacked Sunagakure with one hundred thousand dark soldiers and invaded Iwagakure himself, where his Dark Wood Release began consuming the village and its inhabitants.
• Ōnoki fought Shimura Danzō until the Third Raikage arrived with Kumogakure forces and revealed that Sunagakure had also been attacked.
• Shimura Danzō sealed Iwagakure inside a black-flame barrier, and Ōnoki agreed to a Chakra Cannon strike after ordering the village to evacuate people into the deepest shelters.

Sasori arrived in Sunagakure with a steel puppet army, but Shimura Danzō overwhelmed the village after killing Ōnoki and destroying the One-Tail. Sunagakure fell, and Sasori evacuated some survivors as Kumogakure prepared to take control of the Land of Wind.

• Sasori opened a Space Gate and sent more than ten thousand steel puppets and a giant steel warrior to defend Sunagakure from the Dark Ninja Army.
• Kumogakure's Chakra Cannon devastated Iwagakure, but Shimura Danzō decapitated Ōnoki, took half of the Five-Tails, and escaped with the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Shimura Danzō appeared in Sunagakure carrying Ōnoki's corpse, formed a Dark Susanoo, and cut the giant steel warrior in half.
• Shimura Danzō saw through Rasa's disguise, wounded him, and collected the One-Tail's chakra and Origin Power after Rasa destroyed its sealed body.
• Sasori evacuated women and children while the Dark Ninja Army slaughtered and devoured Sunagakure's defenders, then withdrew after ten minutes.
• Chiyo and the survivors gathered the dead villagers' headbands, while Sasori resolved that unification was the only path to peace.

Nagato Uzumaki attacked Konoha, devoured Fugaku Uchiha and the Seven-Tails, and fought the village’s defenders. Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina were killed by Uchiha Obito’s Kamui, but Orochimaru revived them with Impure World Reincarnation, and Minato went to hunt Obito.

• Shimura Danzō returned to Root Base injured after Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon shattered the World-Destroying Black Lotus, while Black Zetsu informed Uchiha Obito and Nagato Uzumaki of the destruction of Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Nagato chose to attack Konoha for its Tailed Beasts, and Obito transported him and Black Zetsu to the village’s new settlement.
• Nagato trapped Konoha behind a gravitational barrier, entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and swallowed Fugaku Uchiha and the Seven-Tails, awakening Uchiha Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hyuga Hiashi broke the barrier as Nagato battled the defenders, while Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kuuhina joined the fight and Nagato ensnared them with sealing chains.
• Obito struck Minato and Kuuhina with Kamui, killing them, but Orochimaru revived them with Impure World Reincarnation and sent Minato to search for Obito.