Chapter Summaries

Shadow opened a Garganta on the battlefield and summoned Uzumaki to attack Toneri and his father, who were hovering above the battlefield. Toneri’s Father drew power from the Giant Tenseigan and unleashed a powerful repulsive force against Uzumaki’s pursuing chains.

• Shadow appeared beside Nagato, Kakuzu, and Ooyashiro En and said he had come to clear the battlefield.
• Shadow opened a Garganta with the Box of Ultimate Bliss and summoned Espada Zero, Uzumaki.
• Shadow pointed out Toneri and his father in the sky, and Uzumaki sent black chains after them.
• Toneri’s Father used the Giant Tenseigan to cloak himself in Chakra and repel the chains with a fan-shaped force.

Toneri's Father tried to escape with Toneri, but “Uzumaki” unleashed Hollow Flash, a devastating beam made from pure Yin Release. As Toneri's Father's barrier began to break, he recognized “Shadow” as the wielder of the legendary Rinnegan and accused him of stealing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Toneri's Father used the Giant Tenseigan's repulsive force to shatter Nagato's chains and clear the rain, then prepared to flee with Toneri.
• “Shadow” urged “Uzumaki” to use its new move, and “Uzumaki” gathered spiritual energy into a dark-red attack.
• Toneri's Father recognized “Uzumaki” as an impossible Yin Release Creation and warned Toneri to take cover.
• “Uzumaki” fired Hollow Flash, vaporizing everything in its path as the beam struck Toneri's Father and Toneri.
• Toneri's Father formed a repulsive-force barrier, but the Hollow Flash cracked it and injured his arms.
• Toneri's Father recognized the Rinnegan in “Shadow's” eyes and accused him of stealing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Toneri's Father sacrificed himself to send Toneri toward the moon and summoned a meteorite with the Giant Tenseigan to destroy the battlefield. Toneri escaped the Ninja World consumed by grief and hatred, vowing to kill those responsible and destroy the world.

• Toneri's Father sent Toneri and the Flying Ninja Tool toward the moon, urging him to obtain the Tenseigan and destroy the Sage of Six Paths' world.
• Toneri's Father's barrier shattered, and the Hollow Flash vaporized half his body despite his attempt to deflect it.
• Toneri's Father activated the Giant Tenseigan and summoned a massive meteorite toward the battlefield.
• The meteorite struck the battlefield and unleashed a shockwave that devastated the surrounding land and destroyed everything in its path.
• Toneri watched his father's life fade, then fled the Ninja World while swearing revenge on those he had sensed.

Shadow survived the meteor strike, killed Otsutsuki Toneri’s Father, and left Nagato and the others to handle the ruined battlefield. In Konoha, young Naruto faced the villagers’ rejection until he crossed paths with Hyuga Yunchuan.

• Shadow and Uzumaki escaped the meteor’s impact through a Hollow Flash, and Uzumaki returned through a Garganta to Las Noches.
• Nagato wondered whether the man who summoned the meteor had shown him the Rinnegan’s true potential.
• Shadow killed Otsutsuki Toneri’s Father, sent his soul into the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and left the battlefield to Nagato, Hanzo, and the others.
• Naruto climbed Kage Rock, then went into Konoha for food and was shunned by the villagers after trying to return a ball to its owner.
• Second Pillar heard villagers blame Naruto for the Fourth Hokage’s death, then saw Naruto encounter Hyuga Yunchuan.

Hyuga Yunchuan defended Naruto Uzumaki from villagers’ rumors, comforted him, and took him to get ramen. Uchiha Shisui sensed an unexplained influence around Yunchuan but dismissed his suspicion as he left with Sasuke.

• Naruto Uzumaki collided with Hyuga Yunchuan and expected to be scolded, but Yunchuan offered him a hand.
• A villager warned Yunchuan that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Fox’s incarnation, and Yunchuan challenged the crowd to provide evidence that Naruto had harmed anyone.
• Yunchuan reassured the villagers, used his lie-granting power to sway their feelings, and helped Naruto to his feet.
• Yunchuan took Naruto to get ramen, while the villagers watched without objecting.
• Uchiha Shisui noticed a faint presence and an unexplained emotional shift as he watched Yunchuan, then set aside his doubts and left with Sasuke.

Hyuga Yunchuan took Naruto Uzumaki to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto received kindness and reassurance for the first time and began to feel at ease with him. After Naruto returned to his lonely apartment, a black mark on his palm transported his consciousness into the sealing space before a towering cage.

• Hyuga Yunchuan led Naruto Uzumaki to Ichiraku Ramen while Anbu ninja Yamato and Hatake Kakashi watched them from the shadows.
• Teuchi and Ayame served Naruto a huge bowl of ramen without showing him hostility, and Yunchuan told him that what had happened to him was not his fault.
• Naruto cried as he ate, then left the shop with Yunchuan feeling full and cheerful.
• Yunchuan escorted Naruto home, where Naruto’s loneliness returned after he closed the door behind him.
• Naruto noticed a diamond-shaped black mark on his palm and lost consciousness when he touched it.
• Naruto awoke in a dark, damp sewer-like space before the enormous bars of a cage.

Hatake Kakashi reported that Hyuga Yunchuan had befriended and helped Naruto, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to consider drawing Yunchuan closer and assigning him to a mission. Before he could act on those plans, an urgent report revealed that a meteorite had devastated the battlefield in the Land of Rain, leaving Konoha and Sunagakure forces nearly wiped out.

• Hatake Kakashi told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Yunchuan had defended Naruto from villagers, bought him ramen, and escorted him home.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered continued surveillance of Naruto, discreet warnings against the rumors, and decided to improve Naruto's nutrition himself.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to send Yunchuan alongside Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui to deal with Kohinata Mujie and assess Yunchuan's loyalty.
• An Anbu ninja delivered a report that Hanzo had attacked Sunagakure's rear encampment and declared war on Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that a meteorite had struck the Land of Rain battlefield, killing nearly all Konoha and Sunagakure forces there, and reeled at the news.

Naruto entered the strange inner world where the Nine-Tails was imprisoned, but a mysterious man bound the beast with blood-red thorns and protected him. The man revealed that his surname matched the one who created the Nine-Tails, leaving the fox stunned.

• Naruto found himself standing in cold water before the Nine-Tails' cage, where the beast attacked him with a giant claw.
• Blood-red thorns emerged from the darkness, pierced the Nine-Tails, and bound it while draining its Chakra.
• A pale, silver-haired man appeared, and Naruto called him handsome before worrying that he had offended him.
• The man addressed Naruto as a descendant of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and ignored the Nine-Tails' interruption.
• The man slammed the Nine-Tails to the ground and said his surname matched that of the one who created it, making the fox realize he was connected to the Otsutsuki Clan.

Uchiha Itachi struggled with his father Fugaku’s plan to gather intelligence from Konoha, then agreed to help while deciding that the clan’s path risked rebellion. The next morning, Itachi and Zetsu met to assassinate Kohinata Mujie, but Hyuga Yunchuan arrived as a newly assigned member of their mission.

• Itachi learned that Fugaku intended to support the Uchiha Radical Faction and wanted him to gather intelligence from the Anbu, and Itachi falsely agreed.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched Itachi and discussed his potential to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and eventually the Rinnegan.
• Itachi told Zetsu that Fugaku planned to side with the Radical Faction, and they feared the clan’s coup was becoming inevitable.
• Itachi and Zetsu met in the woods to carry out their mission against Kohinata Mujie.
• Hyuga Yunchuan arrived and announced that the Third Hokage had assigned him to join the mission.

Hyuga Yunchuan, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Shisui confronted the spy Kohinata Mujie, who revealed his Byakugan and fought the two Uchiha. As Mujie was about to be killed, Yunchuan used Kyoka Suigetsu to freeze Itachi and Shisui with a Genjutsu, then turned to Mujie for a private conversation while watching Shisui’s twitching finger.

• Hyuga Yunchuan asked Kohinata Mujie about his family, and Mujie spoke of his sick son, his wife, and his plans to return home.
• Uchiha Shisui attacked Mujie, who revealed he had anticipated the assassination and dispelled a Shadow Clone to reclaim its Chakra.
• Mujie awakened his Byakugan and split Shisui’s Great Fireball with a palm strike as Hyuga Yunchuan explained his ability to disrupt Chakra.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui overwhelmed Mujie, leaving him gravely wounded and preparing a final attack.
• Hyuga Yunchuan activated Kyoka Suigetsu, freezing Itachi and Shisui, then approached Mujie and noticed Shisui’s finger twitch.

Hyuga Yunchuan used layered genjutsu to conceal Kohinata Mujie’s apparent death from Uchiha Shisui while secretly saving Mujie. He offered to protect Mujie’s family in exchange for Mujie waiting for Hyuga Neji to defect from Konoha and then becoming his teacher and guard.

• Uchiha Shisui sensed Hyuga Yunchuan’s genjutsu, but Mujie injured himself while Shisui remained caught in the illusion.
• Mujie revealed that he was a spy bound by a technique that made him take his own life if his mind was interfered with, and he asked Yunchuan to protect his wife and child.
• In Shisui’s illusion, Yunchuan removed Mujie’s unsealed Byakugan and made it appear that Mujie had died.
• Yunchuan revealed that he had layered illusions to fool Shisui and that Mujie was actually alive.
• Yunchuan promised to care for Mujie’s family and asked him to wait for Hyuga Neji to defect from Konoha, then become Neji’s teacher and guard.

Hyuga Yunchuan persuaded Kohinata Mujie to become a hidden ally, revealing that his reputation as Konoha’s hero let him act without defecting himself. He staged Mujie’s death and left Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui with memories that supported the deception.

• Hyuga Yunchuan warned Kohinata Mujie that his Five Senses Manipulation could make him kill someone he loved, convincing Mujie to accept the deal.
• Kohinata Mujie asked why Hyuga Yunchuan would not defect, and Yunchuan explained that Konoha saw him as a hero and the Third Hokage’s heir to the Will of Fire.
• Hyuga Yunchuan produced a substitute corpse and gave Kohinata Mujie Exploding Tags and the Vanishing Facial Copy Technique so he could disappear without exposing his identity.
• Kohinata Mujie left after asking Hyuga Yunchuan to protect his wife and children, and Yunchuan set the corpse ablaze.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui awoke from the illusion with altered memories as the fire exploded before them.

After returning to Konoha, Shisui revealed that Yunchuan had used genjutsu to conceal his theft of Mujie’s Byakugan and explained his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities to Itachi. Shisui and Itachi planned to use Kotoamatsukami to stop Fugaku’s coup, while Obito and Zetsu plotted to exploit Itachi’s devotion to the village.

• Yunchuan returned the charred corpse to Shisui, then went to report to the Third Hokage while Shisui and Itachi headed to the Naka River.
• Shisui told Itachi that Yunchuan had placed them under genjutsu and secretly removed Mujie’s Byakugan.
• Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and explained that his Kotoamatsukami could alter or subtly control a target’s will.
• Shisui proposed using Kotoamatsukami to make Fugaku abandon the coup, and Itachi agreed despite Fugaku being his father.
• White Zetsu killed a Root ninja monitoring Shisui and took his place, allowing Obito and Black Zetsu to learn about Kotoamatsukami.
• Black Zetsu argued that Itachi could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan by killing his parents for the village’s greater good.

Sarutobi Hiruzen heard Uchiha Shisui’s report about Hyuga Yunchuan’s genjutsu and removal of a Byakugan, but revealed that Yunchuan had already told him everything and had earned his trust. Shisui proposed using genjutsu to calm the Uchiha clan’s growing unrest, but Hiruzen rejected the idea as avoidance and deception, leaving Shisui shaken.

• Uchiha Shisui reported that Kohinata Mujie had died in an explosion and described witnessing Hyuga Yunchuan remove a Byakugan after breaking the genjutsu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said Yunchuan had already disclosed his abilities, the Byakugan, and the mission details, and that he had ordered Yunchuan to keep his powers secret.
• Hiruzen interpreted Yunchuan’s request to support Mujie’s innocent wife and sickly child as proof that Yunchuan had personal ties and could be trusted and cultivated.
• Hiruzen ordered Shisui to keep Yunchuan’s Byakugan removal and genjutsu abilities secret, and Shisui admitted that he had already told Itachi.
• Shisui warned that the Uchiha clan’s Radical Faction was growing more dissatisfied and suggested using Yunchuan’s genjutsu to guide Fugaku and the clan members.
• Hiruzen rejected the proposal as avoidance and deception, warning that lies and genjutsu would eventually deepen hatred and disaster.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Shisui’s plan to use Kotoamatsukami to control Fugaku, Shisui resolved to make Fugaku eliminate the Uchiha Clan’s most radical members, with Itachi’s help. Obito and Black Zetsu planned to exploit the scheme, while Hyuga Yunchuan secretly watched; when Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku, a crack appeared in Fugaku’s consciousness.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Shisui that forcibly controlling Fugaku would not erase the Uchiha Clan’s grievances, and Shisui decided to hide his Dojutsu and pursue a new plan.
• Shisui told Itachi he would control Fugaku and have him draw out and kill the most radical clan members, and Itachi agreed to help lure his father out.
• Obito and Black Zetsu planned to manipulate events so Itachi would kill Uchiha Mikoto and awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Black Zetsu secretly considered whether Itachi or Second Pillar was Indra’s reincarnation.
• Hyuga Yunchuan watched Shisui, Itachi, Obito, and Zetsu from the shadows, believing they were already pieces in his own plan.
• Itachi tricked Fugaku into leaving his study with a false warning about Danzo, and Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku, but a crack formed in Fugaku’s consciousness as the genjutsu took hold.

Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to rewrite Fugaku’s consciousness and make him obey their instructions, but Shisui and Itachi struggled over how to deal with the Radical Faction without provoking Konoha. A masked man with a Mangekyō Sharingan appeared and claimed to be Uchiha Madara, and Itachi recognized him as the killer of his former teammate Tenma.

• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku, who accepted Shisui’s fabricated explanation and returned to his study without suspicion.
• Shisui and Itachi discussed using Fugaku to lure out the Radical Faction, but Itachi warned that gathering and eliminating its members could expose them to Konoha and the rest of the clan.
• A masked man emerged above the courtyard, and Shisui and Itachi attacked him with kunai that passed through his body.
• Shisui recognized the masked man’s Sharingan as a Mangekyō and heard him claim that his name was Uchiha Madara.
• Itachi recognized the masked man as the person who had killed Tenma three years earlier.

Uchiha Obito revealed White Zetsu as a way for Itachi and Shisui to conceal the clansmen they planned to kill, while Hyuga Yunchuan preserved Uchiha Fugaku’s consciousness under Kotoamatsukami. Yunchuan told Fugaku that his son and Shisui intended to use his body to carry out a purge, leaving Fugaku trapped and forced to witness what came next.

• Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui concluded that the masked man was Uchiha Madara, and Obito claimed he had been watching their flawed plan.
• Obito summoned a White Zetsu that copied Uchiha Yashiro’s appearance, presence, and Chakra fluctuations, then explained it could replace the clansmen they killed.
• Itachi realized the White Zetsu could let the dead clansmen appear to remain alive, and Obito approved of his understanding.
• In the study, Uchiha Fugaku continued reading under Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami while his original consciousness struggled inside his Mental Space.
• Hyuga Yunchuan appeared in Fugaku’s Mental Space and told him that Itachi and Shisui planned to use his body to kill members of the Radical Faction.
• Yunchuan urged Fugaku to feel the pain and despair of betrayal as Fugaku’s consciousness remained trapped beneath Kotoamatsukami.

Uchiha Yashiro reflected on his family and hopes for the Uchiha clan before Uchiha Fugaku came to summon him. Unaware that Fugaku was controlled and leading him to his death, Yashiro followed him to a secluded place, where scarlet eyes appeared behind Fugaku.

• Uchiha Yashiro wrote in his diary about his parents, his son Shinta, his new grandson, and his wish to restore the clan to its ancestral home.
• Uchiha Fugaku entered Yashiro’s home and asked him to come along, while Fugaku’s imprisoned consciousness struggled to warn him that Zetsu was using his body to lure clan members.
• Yashiro’s wife, Ryoko, met Fugaku and let Yashiro leave to help with an urgent clan matter, telling him to come home early.
• Uchiha Fugaku led Yashiro away from the clan grounds as Yashiro wondered what trouble had prompted the late-night summons.
• Uchiha Yashiro turned to question Fugaku, and a pair of scarlet eyes opened in the darkness behind him.

Uchiha Fugaku killed Uchiha Yashiro under the control of Hyuga Yunchuan, while Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui helped conceal the murder and planned to eliminate the Radical Faction. As Fugaku’s family began noticing suspicious signs, Hyuga Takashi arrived to tell Yunchuan that another person had died in the Main Branch and the elders were investigating the Branch Family.

• Uchiha Fugaku stabbed Uchiha Yashiro to death, and Yashiro’s soul entered Fugaku’s body as Fugaku suffered in his Mental Space.
• Uchiha Obito used a White Zetsu to impersonate Yashiro, while Uchiha Shisui learned the disguise could not reproduce the dead man’s memories.
• Uchiha Itachi told Black Zetsu to replace any White Zetsu whose disguise was noticed, then resolved to protect Sasuke and eliminate the Radical Faction.
• Uchiha Mikoto noticed an unfamiliar soap scent on Fugaku and suspected something was wrong.
• Hyuga Takashi urgently told Hyuga Yunchuan that another person in the Main Branch had died and the elders were investigating Branch Family members.

After Hyuga Naosuke was murdered and his Byakugan stolen, the Main Branch tortured Branch Family attendants and ordered every injured member investigated. Hyuga Yunchuan gathered the Branch Family at his home, preparing to use the crisis to strengthen his standing as he asked what they were afraid of.

• Hyuga Takashi told Hyuga Yunchuan that Hyuga Naosuke had been killed, his Byakugan stolen, and the attendants guarding him tortured under the Caged Bird Cursed Seal.
• Hyuga Takashi warned that Hyuga Riwo had ordered a house-to-house search and the interrogation of injured Branch Family members, including through the Yamanaka Clan if necessary.
• Hyuga Yunchuan realized Neji was likely behind the murder and feared the Main Branch would use the investigation to target him.
• Hyuga Yunchuan ordered Hyuga Takashi to gather every Branch Family member before the Main Branch arrived.
• Hyuga Takashi brought a frightened crowd to Hyuga Yunchuan's residence, where Hyuga Yunchuan addressed them and asked, “What are you afraid of?”