Recaps

Hyuga Makoto used a clone's Dust Release to devastate the battlefield and drive off the Akatsuki members, then returned to Konoha and helped Uchiha Izumi awaken her Mangekyo Sharingan. The chapter ended as her three tomoe merged into a new pattern.

• Hyuga Makoto unleashed Dust Release, destroying the forest and overwhelming Uchiha Itachi, Raiga Kurosuki, Juzo Biwa, and the Akatsuki members.
• Hozuki Mangetsu, Wenya, Toroi, and Yura witnessed the devastation, recognized Uchiha Obito, and decided to report what they had seen.
• Raiga Kurosuki was erased by the Dust Release, and Uchiha Itachi lost half his body as Juzo Biwa fled; Uchiha Obito escaped using his space-time technique.
• Hyuga Makoto ended his connection to the clone and returned his attention to Uchiha Izumi, explaining how her protective emotions shaped her Yin Release.
• Hyuga Makoto guided Uchiha Izumi's Yin Release, and her three tomoe spun together into a complex triangle as her Mangekyo awakened.

Akatsuki planned to draw the Five Great Shinobi Villages and the Nucleus Organization into conflict in the Land of Fields, while Hyuga Makoto helped Uchiha Izumi awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan through a new path. The chapter left Hiruzen Sarutobi convinced that Izumi’s awakening could resolve the Uchiha problem and strengthen Konoha.

• Black Zetsu learned that Obito, Uchiha Itachi, and Juzo Biwa had been badly injured by a new Nucleus Organization member wielding Dust Release.
• Black Zetsu proposed using the planned Five Kage Summit and the villages’ interest in Dust Release to bring them into the Land of Fields and provoke a clash with the Nucleus Organization.
• Nagato agreed to prepare for battle and planned to go to the Land of Fields with all his bodies, while Obito refused to explain how he would handle Uchiha Itachi’s injuries.
• Hyuga Makoto explained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Izumi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan through a different emotional path, and Izumi described her resolve to protect her clan and village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to publicize Izumi’s awakening, arranged for her to study with Jiraiya and Tsunade, and asked her, Makoto, and Kakashi to assist in the Hokage’s Office.
• After Makoto and Izumi left, Hiruzen celebrated the prospect of controlling the Mangekyō’s interpretation and resolving the Uchiha problem.

After a mysterious masked man used Dust Release against the Akatsuki, the Five Great Shinobi Villages moved toward holding a summit. In Konoha, Hyuga Makoto planned to use the gathering to reveal the Otsutsuki’s power, then recruited Naruto for an unexplained trip to a paint shop.

• Ōnoki learned that a mysterious white-robed man had used Dust Release against the Akatsuki and concluded that a Five Kage Summit was necessary.
• Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizo discussed joining the other villages against the Akatsuki, while Genji worried about choosing a Kirigakure representative and questioned why the Raikage had been killed but the Mizukage spared.
• Samui persuaded Killer B, Yugito Nii, and Darui to support calling a Five Kage Summit rather than rushing into battle against the Akatsuki and the mysterious man.
• At Ichiraku, Hyuga Makoto told Naruto and Sasuke that Uchiha Izumi had taken a different path, prompting Sasuke to hurry home and learn what had happened.
• Hyuga Makoto decided the summit would be an ideal stage to demonstrate the Otsutsuki’s power, then invited Naruto to come with him to a paint shop.

Uchiha Izumi announced a new beginning for the Uchiha, declaring that profound love could awaken the Mangekyo and that it was not a curse. Meanwhile, Hyuga Makoto planned to use an Ōtsutsuki identity to force the Shinobi World to unite, while Naruto joined him in a prank on the Hokage statues.

• Uchiha Izumi addressed the clan and declared that the Mangekyo was no longer their curse, with an elderly Uchiha accepting that the clan needed a fresh start.
• Sasuke hurried toward the Uchiha Compound after hearing strange laughter erupt from within.
• Hyuga Makoto persuaded Naruto to paint the Hokage statues, then secretly photographed Naruto as they began their prank.
• Hyuga Makoto apologized to Shisui for forgetting him, told him where both of his Mangekyo eyes were, and revealed that Uchiha Izumi had awakened hers.
• Hyuga Makoto explained that he planned to appear as a terrifying enemy to push the villages toward unity, and Shisui accepted the plan as a way to help the Shinobi World.

Naruto and Hyuga Makoto were confronted by Hiruzen Sarutobi over their graffiti on Hokage Rock, while the Five Kage Summit preparations drew the Akatsuki and Nucleus Organization into a looming conflict. Makoto created a golden pill from chakra condensed in Tsunade’s necklace, but the necklace shattered in his hand.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi scolded Naruto for defacing the Fourth Hokage’s portrait, then showed him how Makoto had carefully colored the First and Second Hokage’s portraits.
• Hiruzen let Naruto avoid punishment if he cleaned the Fourth Hokage’s portrait, and Makoto admitted he had deliberately let Naruto take the blame as a lesson.
• Hiruzen told Makoto the Five Kage Summit would take place in the Land of Hot Water in half a month and agreed to give him half an allowance after Makoto asked for money to help Tsunade.
• Black Zetsu reported the summit’s attendees to the Akatsuki, and Pain ordered the organization to prepare at Otogakure while Orochimaru revealed he planned to experiment with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu planned to approach Makoto by helping him develop the Otsutsuki’s Byakugan, while Makoto used Sacrificial Alchemy on Tsunade’s necklace to create a golden pill.
• Makoto realized the necklace had shattered under the strain of his chakra extraction.

Hyuga Makoto shattered Tsunade’s necklace while extracting its power, then swallowed the resulting Pill and awakened a Divine Technique as his strength increased. He was assigned to accompany Danzo on an intelligence exchange in the Land of Hot Water, where he realized the mysterious contact might be his own Clone.

• Hyuga Makoto extracted Asura’s power from Tsunade’s necklace, accidentally drawing out Senju Hashirama’s chakra and shattering it.
• Hyuga Makoto persuaded Tsunade to teach Hinata and Izumi by promising support from the Hyuga and Uchiha clans, but Tenzo’s arrival interrupted her questions about the necklace.
• Tenzo told Hyuga Makoto that Danzo had requested him for an intelligence exchange, and Hyuga Makoto accepted the mission.
• Hyuga Makoto returned to his room, swallowed the Pill, and gained power that awakened a Divine Technique and increased his bloodline and Tenseigan levels.
• Shisui told Hyuga Makoto’s Clone that he had leads on his missing eyes, and the Clone agreed to accompany Hyuga Makoto to meet Konoha’s intelligence buyer.
• Hyuga Makoto read the mission scroll ordering him to protect Danzo during a secret exchange in the Land of Hot Water and suspected the mysterious ninja was his own Clone.

Hyuga Makoto followed Danzo on a mission and suspected that Black Zetsu was controlling or impersonating him, but he saw an opportunity to gain Kaguya-related knowledge and resources. After setting up a costly intelligence sale with Shisui, Makoto reunited with Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Uchiha Izumi in the Land of Hot Water, appearing pleased with how the mission had gone.

• Hyuga Makoto sensed unusual chakra within Danzo and grew suspicious, while Black Zetsu worried that Makoto had detected him.
• Black Zetsu posing as Danzo explained his reasons for recruiting Makoto, offered him a scroll about the Byakugan, and tried to win the Hyuga's support.
• Hyuga Makoto concluded that Black Zetsu was behind Danzo and decided to exploit his knowledge while testing his new Divine Technique: Great Imperial Lord.
• Makoto's clone told Shisui to raise the price of their intelligence, and Shisui recognized Danzo as the man who had taken his eye.
• Makoto arrived at the izakaya where Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Uchiha Izumi were waiting, and said the mission was over as he smiled at his ninja tool pouch.

Hyuga Makoto sold intelligence on the Akatsuki and the Nucleus Organization, and the Five Kage agreed to investigate the Nucleus Organization while preparing a joint assault on the Akatsuki in the Land of Fields. As the Akatsuki also prepared for the approaching forces, Makoto received two new side quests urging him to make his name or kill everyone.

• Hyuga Makoto gave Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Uchiha Izumi intelligence on the Akatsuki and the Nucleus Organization, revealing that he had sold it for just under a billion ryo.
• At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders argued over their villages' missing-nin and the Nucleus Organization, then agreed to investigate it while prioritizing a joint attack on the Akatsuki in the Land of Fields.
• Nagato told the Akatsuki that Konoha and the other villages were mobilizing, while Obito and Orochimaru confirmed that their preparations were nearly ready.
• Hyuga Makoto's Clone told Shisui that the Five Kage had decided to attack the Land of Fields and discussed how they would act during the operation.
• Hyuga Makoto's system displayed two new side quests: make his name known throughout the world, or kill everyone.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages attacked Otogakure, where the Akatsuki Organization and Orochimaru’s forces fought them across several fronts. Hyuga Makoto overwhelmed Pain’s summoned beasts and destroyed five of the Six Paths, leaving Nagato confronting his advance through Deva Path Pain.

• Hyuga Makoto and Uchiha Izumi learned the villages were moving to attack Otogakure, while Nagato prepared the Six Paths of Pain and learned that two Nucleus Organization members were watching from afar.
• Ōnoki, Killer B, Rasa, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered their forces to attack Otogakure from separate sectors.
• Killer B, Yugito, and Darui clashed with Kakuzu, Uchiha Itachi, and Orochimaru’s Sound Ninja, while Ōnoki fought Uchiha Obito and Hidan.
• Hozuki Mangetsu and Kisame faced Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki, while Chiyo, Ebizo, and Rasa confronted Scorpion and his Third Kazekage puppet.
• Hyuga Makoto destroyed Orochimaru and Pain’s giant rhino, Giant Bird, and Hellhound, then charged the Six Paths of Pain.
• Hyuga Makoto used his Byakugan’s oppressive force to immobilize Pain’s bodies and shattered the Asura, Animal, Preta, Human, and Naraka Paths before advancing on Deva Path Pain and insulting Nagato’s claim to godhood.

Hyuga Makoto overwhelmed Nagato and triggered a devastating blast across the battlefields while confronting Pain. As Nagato tried to use White Zetsu tissue to strengthen Yahiko’s body, Makoto revealed he had been waiting for Konan and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to appear.

• Nagato unleashed Shinra Tensei through Deva Path Pain, while Obito and Hidan clashed with Ōnoki’s forces and the other battles intensified.
• Itachi expanded his Susanoo as Killer B and Yugito transformed, but a huge force swept across the battlefields and devastated the surrounding forest.
• The surviving fighters recognized Hyuga Makoto as the source of the blast, while Konoha’s ninja celebrated his strength.
• Makoto watched Pain recover and told Nagato he had noticed the White Zetsu tissue in his body and suspected he was trying to strengthen Yahiko.
• Makoto revealed that he had been waiting because Konan was still alive, then an enormous shape erupted from beneath Otogakure.
• Makoto greeted the emerging Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Nagato’s plan was exposed.

Hyuga Makoto revealed himself as Otsutsuki Momoshiki and attacked Nagato’s Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which Nagato had summoned to draw him out. Momoshiki overwhelmed the statue with crushing force and a golden sword, leaving Nagato and Konan trapped as he announced his name.

• Black Zetsu learned from White Zetsu that Nagato had used White Zetsu’s body to restore himself and had summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path after Hyuga Makoto pushed him to fight.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path appeared at Otogakure, alarming the shinobi and Akatsuki members as a powerful presence descended from the sky.
• Hyuga Makoto struck the statue with a hundred-meter golden Light Sword, cracking its body and nearly severing one arm.
• Nagato told Hyuga Makoto that summoning the statue had drawn him out and helped Nagato achieve his goal of exposing him.
• Hyuga Makoto compressed the statue with the power of his golden Tenseigan, trapping Nagato and Konan inside before striking it with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• As the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path collapsed, Hyuga Makoto told the battlefield that his name was Otsutsuki Momoshiki.

The Otsutsuki elders on the moon launched a meteor at the battlefield as Gamamaru realized another Otsutsuki threat had emerged. Hyuga Makoto’s fight with Nagato was interrupted by the impact, and Makoto left the battlefield amid the destruction.

• The Otsutsuki chief elder ordered the elders to move a massive meteor and attack the source of the chakra channel.
• Gamamaru told Fukasaku and Shima that multiple Otsutsuki might have come to the Shinobi World and agreed to seek information through Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Hyuga Makoto severed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and prepared to finish the weakened Nagato.
• A meteor appeared over the battlefield, sending the Five Great Shinobi Villages and Akatsuki members fleeing as they recognized its chakra came from the moon.
• Hyuga Makoto identified the moon's Otsutsuki as the attackers, cut off his connection to the moon's chakra, and vanished as the meteor struck the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

After the allied shinobi discussed the threats posed by the Akatsuki Organization and the Nucleus Organization, Hyuga Makoto received powerful rewards and suggested a plan to target Nagato. The chapter ended with Black Zetsu seeing Nagato and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path badly damaged and lamenting the disaster.

• Ōnoki questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others about the organizations and Otsutsuki Momoshiki, and Hyuga Makoto described their encounters with him and the Rinnegan.
• The leaders agreed to investigate the Nucleus Organization, the Akatsuki Organization, Asura's Power, Kaguya's descendants, and the Otsutsuki name.
• Hyuga Makoto received complete Eight-Tails chakra and information from Orochimaru's Scroll of Seals as mission rewards.
• Hyuga Makoto suggested using a marked Iwagakure defector to ambush Nagato or capturing Konan to pressure him into destroying his eyes.
• Black Zetsu found Nagato near death and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path half-shattered, and lamented how badly everything had gone.

After the Akatsuki Organization reeled from Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s attack, Black Zetsu redirected the survivors toward recovery and investigating the Nucleus Organization. Back in Konoha, Hyuga Makoto tested the Eight-Tails’ chakra against the Ten-Tails Husk and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, triggering a transformation that left him fearing he was becoming a three-eyed monster.

• Nagato explained that he had summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to provoke the Nucleus Organization and draw out the Person from the Heavens, while the Akatsuki survivors questioned why Otsutsuki Momoshiki had damaged the statue instead of taking it.
• Black Zetsu urged the Akatsuki Organization to recover and use the coming Intelligence Alliance to investigate the Nucleus Organization, and Obito agreed to let Nagato handle the damaged statue.
• White Zetsu speculated that Otsutsuki Momoshiki had attacked the Ten-Tails out of anger over his past with Princess Kaguya, then Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted at Danzo outside.
• Hyuga Makoto returned to the Hyuga Clan grounds, considered summoning Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation, and remembered that he still had matters to settle with Tsunade and the Hyuga.
• Hyuga Makoto used the Eight-Tails’ chakra to awaken more of the Ten-Tails Husk’s eyes, and the resulting power made his body change as a nine-tomoe Rinnegan seemed to appear in his vision.

Hyuga Makoto revealed that he had gained new powers, including the ability to form a Truth-Seeking Orb, and planned to test a Byakugan-enhancing method on Hinata and Hanabi. Later, he told Shisui he would use Impure World Reincarnation to summon its creator, Tobirama Senju.

• At a Konoha dessert stall, Hinata and Hanabi welcomed Hyuga Makoto back, and Hanabi teased Hinata about wanting to bring him breakfast.
• Hyuga Makoto reflected on absorbing part of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which strengthened him and let him form one Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Hyuga Makoto told Hinata and Hanabi he had found a way to strengthen the Byakugan and asked them to help him test it.
• In an underground laboratory in the Land of Fields, Shisui discussed the village's focus on the Nucleus Organization with Hyuga Makoto.
• Hyuga Makoto announced that he would use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Tobirama Senju, stunning Shisui.