Recaps

Kushina befriended Yugito and Killer B, then revealed that she was pregnant. At the hospital, Shisui refused to seek a personal reward for his service, and Jiraiya decided to take him as his student.

• Kushina thanked Yugito and Killer B for joining her for ramen and asked to become friends, and they accepted.
• Kushina told Yugito and Killer B about her isolation as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and they advised her to earn recognition by helping others.
• Yugito and Killer B declined to share Cloud Village's secret method for controlling Tailed Beasts without Raikage-sama's permission, and Kushina revealed that she was pregnant.
• Outside the hospital, Kakashi argued with Rin and Obito while reading his Smut Book, and Rin stormed off with Obito chasing her.
• Shisui refused to pressure the village for a personal reward and credited Jiraiya and Minato for helping him obtain information; the Uchiha then saw that his eye sockets were empty.
• Jiraiya announced that he would take Shisui as his student, shocking Shisui and everyone around him.

Liao Wu discovered that Shukaku could not teach Magnet Release as a technique, so he made Shukaku refine his Chakra into Magnet Release Chakra instead. After successfully using Magnetic Force, Liao Wu watched Shukaku demonstrate its sand-based abilities and sealing technique.

• Shukaku explained that Magnet Release relied on instinct, and Liao Wu realized it could not teach him how to acquire the ability.
• Liao Wu questioned Shukaku about magnetic fields, then punished it and the Seven-Tails while Shukaku pleaded and Chongming protested.
• Liao Wu had Shukaku release Magnet Release and used White Zetsu Cells to analyze its Chakra, but could not replicate the Kekkei Genkai.
• Liao Wu sealed Shukaku into his body as Chakra and had it convert his Chakra into Magnet Release Chakra, allowing him to control nearby metal.
• Candy and Fish Ball watched Liao Wu use Magnetic Force as Shukaku demonstrated its sand shield and described a sealing technique intended for Kurama.

Ryobu used his Sharingan to overwrite Kotoamatsukami’s control of the Spore Clone and then tried to do the same to Seven-Tails. The chapter left Seven-Tails resisting him while Danzo’s Root researchers struggled to fuse Orochimaru’s cells into test subjects.

• Ryobu promised Shukaku he would save its true body and help it grow more tails, then decided to tame Seven-Tails after freeing it from Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami.
• Candy advised Ryobu to use his Sharingan to overwrite the implanted will, and Ryobu repeatedly attacked Kotoamatsukami’s imprint until the Spore Clone became Ayaka Kamisato’s Dog.
• The Spore Clone’s Chakra returned to Ryobu when it burst apart, and the Takigakure Ancient Tree faintly echoed its Genshin obsession.
• Ryobu began using his Sharingan to brainwash Seven-Tails, which refused to become his dog, while Shukaku stayed silent.
• At Root’s laboratory, Danzo watched a child transform into a giant White Python during Orochimaru-cell fusion and ordered the researchers to dispose of it.
• Danzo wondered whether he would need to kidnap children from the Senju Clan to find people with enough Physical Energy to survive the fusion.

Kabuto offered himself to Danzo’s Human Experiment to protect the children of Nonō’s orphanage, while Danzo used the boy to threaten Nonō and continued plotting against the Uchiha. In the Leaf Village, Jiraiya formally took Shisui as his student, signaling the Senju Lineage’s acceptance of the Uchiha Clan.

• Kabuto revealed his Medical Ninjutsu and volunteered as a test subject after discovering Root was using orphanage children in experiments.
• Danzo identified Kabuto as Nonō’s adopted son, and Kabuto deduced that she had been sent to Rain Village to spy on Madara Uchiha.
• Kabuto refused Danzo’s offer to join Root and took the place of the other children in the experiment combining Orochimaru’s cells.
• Danzo ordered Root to send Nonō Kabuto’s photograph and threaten her into killing Uchiha Ryobu, spread accusations against the Uchiha, and deliver intelligence about Madara’s Rinnegan to Orochimaru.
• Danzo learned that Jiraiya had taken Shisui as his student.
• Jiraiya welcomed Shisui at a celebration attended by the Uchiha, and Minato supported the new bond between them.

The Uchiha celebrated Shisui’s service to the village and his appointment as Jiraiya’s student, while the clan considered restoring his sight with a reserve Sharingan. The chapter left the Uchiha hoping to gain access to Mount Myōboku’s inheritance and senjutsu through Shisui.

• The Uchiha held a banquet with Jiraiya, and Shisui rejoiced at hearing his clan and the village celebrate together.
• Obito proposed that he and Kakashi each give Shisui an eye, but Kakashi refused.
• Fugaku and Mikoto discussed the clan’s reserve of forty Sharingan and considered rewarding Shisui for his achievements.
• The Uchiha valued Shisui’s apprenticeship under Jiraiya because it could give the clan access to Mount Myōboku and its senjutsu inheritance.
• The chapter explained that the Uchiha lacked a sage-region inheritance and had long envied the Senju’s connection to Shikkotsu Forest.

Fugaku agreed that Shisui should receive replacement eyes and approved Itachi’s application to graduate, while the Third Hokage argued that Ninja should wait until they were older. The Third Hokage reflected on the damage war did to young Ninja, leaving the graduation debate unresolved.

• Yashiro proposed giving Shisui a pair of Three Tomoe from the clan’s reserves, and Fugaku supported the proposal while privately suspecting Shisui had awakened the Mangekyo.
• Fugaku told the Third Hokage he had no objections to Itachi’s graduation application.
• The Third Hokage opposed Itachi graduating young and argued that Ninja should be around twelve before entering the battlefield.
• The Third Hokage recalled how war had broken people’s spirits and explained that Danzo’s Ninja-as-tools doctrine came from witnessing that fragility.
• The Third Hokage told Fugaku that wars had no victors, only losers.

Jiraiya tried to give Shisui access to Mount Myōboku’s summoning beasts, but Danzo and the village elders intervened and accused him of acting against the village’s interests. The chapter ended with Fugaku confronting Danzo, who openly declared the Uchiha a source of trouble.

• Fugaku told Shisui that the Uchiha Police Force would transplant the eyes left behind by the Uchiha Hero.
• Jiraiya gave Shisui the Mount Myōboku Summoning Scroll and urged him to sign it, though Shisui initially refused the gift.
• Danzo arrived with Koharu, Homura, and the Senju Clan Elders, and challenged Jiraiya’s authority to give Shisui the scroll.
• Jiraiya defended his right to share the scroll, explaining that Mount Myōboku had belonged to his family before Leaf Village was established.
• Fugaku accused Danzo of targeting the Uchiha, and Danzo openly called the Uchiha a source of trouble for the village.

Jiraiya challenged Leaf Village’s leaders over their prejudice against the Uchiha and sought Sage Fukasaku’s judgment on Shisui joining Mount Myōboku. Sage Fukasaku criticized the leaders, leaving Danzo’s dispute with him postponed.

• Danzo, Koharu, Homura, and the Senju Clan Elder opposed Shisui signing Mount Myōboku’s Summoning Scroll, while Jiraiya accused them of having driven Liao Wu away.
• Jiraiya pricked Shisui’s finger to sign him to the scroll, but stopped when Danzo threatened to summon the Second Hokage.
• Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and explained the dispute, then offered him grilled centipedes to make up for interrupting his dinner.
• Sage Fukasaku recognized Danzo and nearly attacked him over a past insult, but the Third Hokage intervened and postponed their score-settling.
• Sage Fukasaku defended Shisui and rebuked the village leaders for rejecting him despite his sacrifices, comparing their treatment of him to their treatment of Liao Wu.

Sage Fukasaku agreed to let Shisui contract with Mount Myōboku while declaring that Minato's family would keep its Summoning Scroll. In Rain Village, Liao Wu broke through Seven-Tails' Kotoamatsukami and made Chongming obey him, then planned to take him to Hozuki Castle before seeking Sage Art training at Ryūchi Cave.

• Sage Fukasaku criticized the Third Hokage and the Leaf elders, then agreed to let Little Shisui sign a contract with Mount Myōboku.
• Sage Fukasaku said Mount Myōboku would contract only with Shisui and that Minato's family would keep the Summoning Scroll, disappointing the Uchiha Clan and pleasing Danzo and the Senju Clan Elder.
• Liao Wu released Seven-Tails Chongming from the Takigakure Ancient Tree after breaking through the Kotoamatsukami barrier in his mind.
• Liao Wu formed Mangekyo-level Illusion Barriers in his own mind to protect himself from any future Kotoamatsukami.
• Liao Wu told Chongming to rest before accompanying him to Hozuki Castle, where he planned to remove some of Chongming's Chakra and leave him as a clone.
• Liao Wu said he would go to Ryūchi Cave after returning from Hozuki Castle to train in Senjutsu, and Candy suggested carving a Summoning Magic Circle into the Takigakure Ancient Tree.

Liao Wu prepared a way to summon the Takigakure Ancient Tree, ordered Fish Ball to gather metal, and used Spore Control to force Konan to obey him. Meanwhile, Orochimaru hesitated to undergo the White Snake Sage’s dangerous Senjutsu training, leaving his second attempt undecided.

• Liao Wu told Candy to inscribe a Summoning Magic Circle on the Takigakure Ancient Tree so he could summon it as a ninja tool.
• Liao Wu ordered Fish Ball to gather ten tons of metal by the next day, threatening to chop off its head if it failed.
• Liao Wu found Konan bound and Tsunade passed out, then used Spore Control to make Konan’s body obey him against her will.
• The White Snake Sage pressed Orochimaru to decide whether to undergo Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu training, but he remained hesitant because failure could mean death.

Orochimaru learned that his altered body and willingness to abandon it made orthodox Senjutsu unlikely, so he asked the White Snake Sage to train Anko instead. A report about Madara’s Rinnegan led Orochimaru to ask about Six Paths Sage Mode, which the White Snake Sage described as the power of the Sage of Six Paths.

• The White Snake Sage told Orochimaru that his body and soul had changed and that his willingness to flee into another vessel made him unsuitable for learning Ryūchi Cave Senjutsu.
• The White Snake Sage suggested Orochimaru could possess someone capable of learning Senjutsu, and Orochimaru decided to seek a suitable apprentice.
• Orochimaru asked whether Anko and Yamato had Senjutsu talent, then asked the White Snake Sage to train Anko; the Sage agreed, provided she passed the trials of the Three Great Snake Princesses.
• Orochimaru received a scroll about Madara’s Rinnegan and learned that Jiraiya and the others could not counter Madara’s Limbo.
• Orochimaru asked about Six Paths Sage Mode, and the White Snake Sage explained that it was the special power of the Sage of Six Paths, beyond ordinary Senjutsu and the Rinnegan.

The White Snake Sage explained the Truth-Seeking Orb and directed Orochimaru to have Hashirama Senju learn Yin Yang Release from the slug at Shikkotsu Forest to counter Madara Uchiha. The next morning, Tsunade chased Ryobu through Amegakure over his night beside Konan, then Ryobu joined Candy and the Grass Village Ninja to depart for Hozuki Castle.

• The White Snake Sage told Orochimaru that mastering Yin Yang Release and the five chakra natures could create a Truth-Seeking Orb, but said only Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Ryobu had the aptitude for Yin Yang Release.
• The White Snake Sage advised Orochimaru to summon Hashirama Senju and send him to Shikkotsu Forest to learn Yin Yang Release from the slug, since it knew the Six Paths Sage's techniques.
• Orochimaru decided to release the Two Hokages so they could help find a way to deal with Madara Uchiha.
• Tsunade woke beside Konan and chased a bare-chested Ryobu through Amegakure, accusing him of tearing Konan's clothes.
• Ryobu reached the plaza, where Candy had sealed Fish Ball's gathered metal materials and the Grass Village Ninja were waiting to leave for Hozuki Castle.

Liao Wu left the Grass Village with Seven-Tails after demonstrating his Magnet Release and controlling Tsunade. In Konoha, Chiyo attacked Kakashi to avenge her son and daughter-in-law, but a flash of White Fang's blade light interrupted her and drew her away.

• Liao Wu flew toward Hozuki Castle on Seven-Tails with Ryūsetsu and Wu Gou after he caught Tsunade's thrown knife and used a Jutsu to make her collapse.
• Chiyo and the Sand Village delegation arrived at Konoha for the Five Kage Summit, where Kakashi and his team welcomed them.
• Chiyo recognized Kakashi as White Fang's child and leaped to kill him, but a flash of White Fang's blade light stopped her.
• Chiyo sensed Chakra from a distant forest and chased after it, while Baki followed on his ninja hawk.
• Pakura explained to Kakashi and Obito that Chiyo sought revenge because White Fang had killed her son and daughter-in-law.

Granny Chiyo confronted Sakumo outside Konoha, intent on avenging her son and daughter-in-law, while Sakumo explained why he had protected Kakashi and defended his actions as a Leaf Ninja. She also blamed Sakumo for Sasori’s suffering and the deaths caused by his later choices, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Granny Chiyo summoned her ten strongest puppets and prepared to fight Sakumo, while Sakumo drew the Ninja Sword Orochimaru had given him.
• Granny Chiyo threatened to seal Sakumo away, and Sakumo said he regretted leaving Kakashi alone but did not regret killing her son and daughter-in-law in battle.
• Sakumo recalled how villagers’ abuse of him shifted to young Kakashi, driving Kakashi to become a Ninja obsessed with completing missions.
• Granny Chiyo accused Sakumo of sparing his own son while killing her family, and Sakumo said his targets had been elite Sunagakure Jonin and enemies of the Leaf Village.
• Granny Chiyo blamed Sakumo for Sasori losing his parents, becoming heartless, and contributing to the Third Shinobi World War.

Sakumo fought Chiyo while challenging her to consider how little she had understood Sasori, and Chiyo remained determined to capture him. Meanwhile, Liao Wu learned that the Leaf Village had revived Sakumo and arrived with the Grass Village group at Hozuki Castle.

• Chiyo sent the Ten Karasu to attack Sakumo and vowed to take him to Sasori, but Sakumo questioned whether she had understood her grandson’s heart.
• Chiyo rejected Sakumo’s words and insisted they fight, while Sakumo warned that he would have to disappear if an Outsider approached.
• Candy told Liao Wu that Sasori had reported seeing the revived Hatake Sakumo, and Liao Wu suspected Orochimaru had used Impure World Reincarnation.
• Candy reported that Sasori showed no emotion about Sakumo’s return, and Liao Wu decided to shock him when they met again.
• Ryūsetsu and Wu Gou spotted Hozuki Castle, and Liao Wu directed the Seven-Tails, Chongming, to fly toward the island prison.

The Seven-Tails’ arrival at Hozuki Castle terrified the prisoners and guards while Liao Wu’s group arranged to retrieve the Box of Paradise. In Leaf Village, Elder Chiyo ended her fight with Sakumo after he surrendered, then lamented that she had lost Sasori.

• The Seven-Tails flew to Hozuki Castle, and its appearance sent the prisoners and guards into a panic.
• Liao Wu arrived with Shirakawa and the Grass Village troops, who negotiated with the Castle Lord to transport the Box of Paradise.
• Liao Wu coached Ryūsetsu and Mu in Ninjutsu, then frightened Mu by threatening to offer him as a sacrifice to the Box of Paradise.
• Sakumo concluded that Elder Chiyo had regained her peak strength and surrendered when he saw someone approaching.
• Elder Chiyo revealed that she had intended for Sasori to avenge his parents by defeating Sakumo, then grieved that Sasori could not return.

After Sakumo spared Chiyo and left the battlefield, Chiyo regrouped with the Sand Village Ninja and warned Kakashi that Sasori was stronger than his father. At Leaf Village's gates, Chiyo and Ōnoki traded insults over their ages, height, and the Sand Village's recent losses.

• Chiyo watched Sakumo leave, sealed the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu, and departed while Leaf Village Anbu erased traces of his presence.
• Chiyo told Baki and the Sand Village Ninja that she had chased what she mistook for White Fang's incarnation, then returned with them to the gates of Leaf Village.
• Kakashi apologized to Chiyo for his father's killing her loved ones, and Chiyo warned that Sasori was stronger than Sakumo and might target him.
• Obito objected when Chiyo blamed the Uchiha for Madara Uchiha and Liao Wu, and Chiyo dismissed his defense.
• Ōnoki arrived with Iwagakure's Ninja, including Rōshi and Han, and mocked Chiyo's youthful appearance.
• Chiyo mocked Ōnoki's height, and Ōnoki taunted the Sand Village over the Fourth Kazekage's death and the stolen Tailed Beast.

The leaders and representatives of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure arrived at Konoha for the Five Kage Summit, but old grudges nearly sparked several fights. The Third Hokage and Mifune calmed the confrontation, though the villages remained united only by the threat of Madara Uchiha.

• Ōnoki mocked Sunagakure's losses, and Chiyo insulted him until Iwagakure and Sunagakure faced off at Konoha's entrance.
• Karatachi Yagura arrived as Kirigakure's Mizukage Representative with Mei Terumi and Kisame, and Mei identified Pakura as a former enemy.
• Pakura taunted Yagura over his youthful appearance and questioned whether he was the Mizukage, escalating the hostility between Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
• The Fourth Raikage confronted Ōnoki over the Third Raikage's death, and Ōnoki prepared to attack with Dust Release.
• The Third Hokage and Mifune intervened, and the Fourth Raikage ended Lightning Chakra Mode as the leaders acknowledged that Madara Uchiha was the reason for the summit.

At Hozuki Castle, Liao Wu examined the Box of Paradise and used Seven-Tails' Chakra to begin opening it, despite Candy's warning that something dangerous was sealed inside. As Grass Village's people gathered around with hopes of making wishes, Liao Wu trapped Shirakawa in an illusion that showed Kusagakure devastated by the great nations.

• Mune Soichiro explained that Grass Village had brought a Tailed Beast to unlock the Box of Paradise, and he lifted the castle's security alert so prisoners could haul it out.
• Liao Wu refused Shirakawa's request to take the Box of Paradise back and approached it with Candy, who sensed danger inside.
• Liao Wu recognized the box as having been made with Yin Yang Release and found that it devoured his Chakra when he tried to draw out Satoru.
• Liao Wu ordered Seven-Tails to release Chakra into the box, which greedily absorbed it as Grass Village's people gathered, hoping to make wishes.
• Liao Wu asked Shirakawa about his wish, then used his Sharingan to show him an illusion in which Kusagakure had become a war-torn land trampled by the great nations.

Liao Wu opened the Box of Paradise with a prisoner’s sacrifice and wished for a sweet Kitten Girl, but the box released Satoru in that form. Candy rushed to confront the demon as its predatory nature emerged.

• Liao Wu learned from Shukaku that Satoru was a destructive demon sealed inside the Box of Paradise and that it required a sacrifice to escape.
• Liao Wu chose a female prisoner from Hozuki Castle as the sacrifice, and Candy sent her into the box.
• Liao Wu wished for an adorable Kitten Girl, and a black-haired cat-eared girl appeared from the Box of Paradise.
• Candy charged at the girl, but the figure revealed a vicious claw and a predatory smile, alarming Candy.

Liao Wu and the Seven-Tails faced Satoru, whose mind-suppressing power fed on negative emotions, while Liao Wu covered the beast in Susanoo armor for the fight. At the Five Kage Summit, Pakura and the Fourth Raikage challenged Ōnoki over his long rule and apparent plan to make the Tsuchikage position hereditary.

• Liao Wu pulled Candy into Susanoo as Satoru transformed from the Cat Girl into a terrifying demon, shocking the Grass Village people.
• Liao Wu explained that Satoru amplified negative emotions and read minds, then stopped the Seven-Tails from attacking him by poking it with Susanoo's gunbai.
• Satoru attacked Liao Wu and the Seven-Tails, and Liao Wu covered the beast in black Susanoo armor.
• The Five Kage Summit began with representatives from the Leaf, Cloud, Sand, Stone, and Mist villages in attendance.
• Pakura criticized Ōnoki for holding power for nearly thirty years and preparing to pass the Tsuchikage position to his family, and the Fourth Raikage joined her in rebuking him.

At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders agreed to form an alliance against Madara Uchiha, while Danzo withheld some of Madara’s abilities from the other villages. In Amegakure, Danzo threatened Yakushi Nonō’s adopted son and the orphans unless she assassinated Liao Wu, so Nonō prepared to approach him with poisoned pastries.

• Mifune took charge of the Five Kage Summit and guided the leaders toward forming a Ninja Alliance against Madara Uchiha.
• The Third Hokage and Ōnoki debated how far the alliance should stay from Madara, and Danzo shared intelligence about Madara and Liao Wu while concealing Limbo and Life Rebirth.
• Pakura, Chiyo, Yagura, Mei Terumi, and Kisame were shocked by the intelligence detailing Madara’s powers.
• Yakushi Nonō received a photograph of Kabuto in Root’s custody and decoded Danzo’s threat demanding that she assassinate Liao Wu.
• Nonō decided to use poison and brought pastries to Tsunade’s lodging as a way to get close to Liao Wu.

Grass Village discovered that the Box of Paradise was built to contain Satoru, an ancient monster that could read minds and predict attacks. As Satoru overwhelmed Liao Wu and the Seven-Tails, the Box began sucking people inside, and Liao Wu searched for a way to defeat Satoru’s prediction ability.

• Mune Soichiro explained that the Box of Paradise contained Satoru and that Grass Village’s ancestors had once controlled the monster, though the method had been lost.
• Wu Wei suspected that control over Satoru was connected to the Box of Paradise, which began sucking in Ryūsetsu, Wu Gou, and fleeing prisoners.
• Satoru dodged Liao Wu and the Seven-Tails’ attacks, then struck their Susanoo with a red Chakra Ball and knocked them into a crater.
• Liao Wu had the depleted Seven-Tails recover while he faced Satoru with Candy, who suggested using the Inuzuka Clan Secret Technique.
• Liao Wu rejected the suggestion and said they needed to find a way to break Satoru’s ability to read and predict their attacks.

Liao Wu used Shukaku’s Magnet Release and a Susanoo to fight Satoru, but Satoru evaded his attacks. Liao Wu tried to calm his hostility so he could reach Satoru without triggering his evasive instincts, while Black and White Zetsu arrived at Hozuki Castle.

• Liao Wu and Shukaku raised an Iron Sand wall to block Satoru’s feather attack, then launched Iron Sand needles at him, but Satoru dodged them.
• Liao Wu reshaped the needles into a flock to trap Satoru, but Satoru knocked them aside and charged at him.
• Liao Wu summoned a Wood Style Susanoo and struck at Satoru with its Flame Uchiha Gunbai, but Satoru dodged the Wind Pressure Cannon.
• Liao Wu failed to control Satoru with his Sharingan or Chakra Threads, then asked Candy and Shukaku to hold Satoru back while he calmed his mind.
• Black and White Zetsu used the Mayfly Technique to emerge at Hozuki Castle and complained about the remote island location.

Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched Liao Wu battle Satoru at Hozuki Castle, where Liao Wu used positive feelings to bypass Satoru’s defenses. At the Five Kage Summit, Chiyo claimed the Sand Village could only send one thousand troops, while secretly planning to avoid risking its forces for Liao Wu’s sake.

• Black Zetsu explained that Satoru was the mind-reading demon sealed inside the Box of Paradise as Black and White Zetsu watched the battle at Hozuki Castle.
• Liao Wu hypnotized himself into seeing Satoru as a cute Kitten Girl, leaving Satoru unable to read his positive feelings.
• Liao Wu used Magnet Release to send nonlethal Iron Sand cables after Satoru, who recoiled in disgust.
• At the Five Kage Summit, Chiyo claimed the Sand Village had been devastated and could provide only one thousand troops for the Ninja Alliance.
• Chiyo secretly planned to use brainwashed death-row inmates as substitutes so the Sand Village would not risk its own forces.