Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Sasuke read Kitahara Kaede’s Diary and considered how to grow stronger without relying on Orochimaru, while Tsunade and Uchiha Itachi reflected on the Diary’s revelations. Itachi began doubting his plans for Sasuke after learning how badly the boy’s future had gone off course.

• Uchiha Sasuke dismissed the Cursed Seal as limited power and resolved to develop his bloodline toward the Mangekyō Sharingan and beyond.
• Tsunade considered Sakura a worthy successor but resented Orochimaru’s future longevity, and she questioned Kitahara Kaede’s praise of the Uchiha bloodline.
• Uchiha Itachi learned that Sasuke had received Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal and realized his plans depended on Sasuke staying in Konoha.
• Uchiha Itachi blamed the village for failing to prevent Sasuke’s defection, then acknowledged that his own actions had driven Sasuke to seek revenge.
• Kitahara Kaede’s Diary mocked Sasuke’s reckless future assault on the Five Kage Summit and questioned why he had not waited to target Shimura Danzō.

Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke, Tsunade, and Naruto interpreted the future events surrounding Sasuke’s attack on the Five Kage Summit and Danzo’s rise as Hokage. A new video began showing the Five Kage gathered at the summit.

• Uchiha Itachi concluded that Danzo became the Sixth Hokage after Pain’s attack, then died at Sasuke’s hands after Sasuke stormed the Five Kage Summit.
• Uchiha Sasuke suspected Uchiha Tobi had helped cause the Uchiha Clan’s destruction and wondered whether he and Itachi had worked together.
• Tsunade connected Danzo’s future rise to power with Pain’s invasion and vowed to deal with him herself.
• The Seventh Hokage Naruto laughed at Sasuke’s nickname and recalled begging the Raikage for mercy after Sasuke’s attack.
• A new video showed the Five Kage assembled at the Tenshukaku in the Land of Iron: Gaara, A, Terumi Mei, Danzo, and Ōnoki.

The future Five Kage Summit began with Gaara urging the villages to unite against Akatsuki, while Ōnoki and the others debated the danger of captured Jinchuriki. Watching the meeting, Minato wondered how Gaara survived the extraction of his Tailed Beast, and Jiraiya questioned how Akatsuki could still be active after Nagato’s death.

• Mifune opened the Five Kage Summit, and the future Kage gathered to discuss Akatsuki.
• Gaara recalled that Akatsuki had captured him and criticized the other villages for ignoring his requests for help.
• Ōnoki defended the villages’ tradition of handling captured Jinchuriki in secret, while Terumi Mei acknowledged that they had been too passive.
• Danzo named Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, Yagura, and Killer B as people capable of controlling Tailed Beasts.
• Minato wondered how Gaara had survived losing Shukaku, and Tsunade worried that Akatsuki might capture every Jinchuriki.
• Jiraiya questioned why Akatsuki remained active after Nagato’s death and the loss of several of its members.

The Kage watching the future questioned who had taken control of Akatsuki after Nagato’s death, with Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Itachi suspecting the man calling himself Uchiha Madara. At the Five Kage Summit, Raikage A accused the great villages of using Akatsuki as mercenaries, leaving Gaara furious and disgusted.

• Jiraiya and Hatake Kakashi wondered who was directing Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast hunt after Nagato’s death and suspected Uchiha Tobi.
• Uchiha Itachi recalled that Obito Uchiha had called himself Uchiha Madara and realized Akatsuki held secrets its members barely understood.
• Raikage A smashed the summit table in anger over his captured brother, and Hatake Kakashi recognized future Kage Kurotsuchi and Chojuro among the Shadow Guards.
• Raikage A accused Konoha, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure of using Akatsuki, while claiming Kumogakure had not.
• Ōnoki explained that villages had hired Akatsuki as a mercenary force as military budgets and the threat of war declined, enraging Gaara.

The Kage connected Akatsuki to the Konoha Collapse Plan, Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist policy, and the control of Fourth Mizukage Yagura. After Shimura Danzō revealed that Akatsuki’s leader called himself Uchiha Madara, Mifune proposed the Allied Shinobi Forces, leaving the diary readers questioning how much strength Akatsuki had hidden.

• Raikage A explained that Sunagakure had hired Akatsuki for the Konoha Collapse Plan, and Tsunade deduced that Shimura Danzō may have colluded with Sunagakure to weaken Konoha and seize the Hokage position.
• Raikage A accused Kirigakure of suspicious ties to Akatsuki, and Terumi Mei revealed that Kirigakure suspected Akatsuki had controlled Fourth Mizukage Yagura.
• Hatake Kakashi connected Yagura’s control to Kirigakure’s isolationism and the Bloody Mist policy that forced Academy students to kill their classmates.
• Shimura Danzō identified Akatsuki’s leader as Uchiha Madara, shocking the Kage, who believed Madara had been dead for decades.
• Mifune proposed forming the Allied Shinobi Forces to confront Uchiha Madara, while Jiraiya and Uchiha Itachi wondered whether Akatsuki had hidden forces.

Mifune argued that the Hokage should command the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Ao revealed a Byakugan that shocked Hyuga Neji. Neji realized the eye might prove that a Branch Family member’s Byakugan could escape the Caged Bird, leaving him with new hope.

• Mifune proposed appointing the Hokage commander-in-chief, and Raikage A objected and claimed the position for himself.
• Ao sensed something was wrong and activated his Byakugan, startling the gathered Kage and guards.
• Hyuga Neji wondered how Ao, a shinobi from Kirigakure, had obtained a Byakugan and considered whether it belonged to the Main Family or Branch Family.
• Neji realized that a Branch Family Byakugan surviving outside the clan could mean the Caged Bird was breakable, and he felt renewed hope.
• Hatake Kakashi recalled that Ao had taken the Byakugan from a Hyuga Main Family member killed during the Third Shinobi World War.

Ao exposed that Shimura Danzō possessed Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and had used its Kotoamatsukami to manipulate Mifune. The revelation left the diary’s readers alarmed and furious, while Minato Namikaze resolved to prevent Kirigakure from obtaining a Byakugan in the future.

• Ao recognized the abnormalities in Shimura Danzō’s body and identified his right eye as Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Ao confronted Danzō at the Five Kage Summit and accused him of taking Shisui’s eye, then explained Kotoamatsukami’s power to manipulate a person’s will.
• Raikage A questioned whether Danzō had controlled Mifune, and Ao said his Byakugan had revealed Shisui’s chakra in Danzō’s eye.
• Minato Namikaze deduced that Ao’s Byakugan theft had likely happened in a later era and considered how Konoha could prevent it.
• Tsunade condemned Danzō’s actions, while Jiraiya and Uchiha Itachi became wary and angry over his use of Shisui’s eye.

Uchiha Itachi reflected on how Shimura Danzō had helped drive the Uchiha Clan toward conflict, while Uchiha Sasuke charged into the Five Kage Summit and fought the Raikage’s forces. Sasuke’s reckless attack exposed his abilities, and the chapter left his confrontation with A underway as Itachi wondered whether Sasuke had badly injured Killer B.

• Uchiha Itachi recalled the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan and blamed Shimura Danzō for inflaming it, while Uchiha Sasuke vowed to kill Danzō.
• White Zetsu appeared among the Five Kage and revealed that Uchiha Sasuke was nearby, but A crushed him before he could finish giving a hint.
• A sent his guards after Sasuke and pursued him after they discovered his location, while the Land of Iron samurai began searching the area.
• Team Taka was discovered among the samurai, and Uchiha Sasuke slaughtered the group while Karin noticed that his chakra had greatly increased.
• A and Darui confronted Sasuke, who charged at A and was driven back by Darui’s combined Water Release and Lightning Release techniques.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized Sasuke’s reckless fighting and wondered whether he had severely injured Killer B during their earlier battle.

Second Pillar watched his future self fight the Raikage’s team and recognized his poor tactics, while the Raikage’s strength shocked the observers. At the Five Kage Summit, Danzo declared his ambition to unite the ninja world, and Jūgo’s transformation led Jiraiya to realize he had been born with an affinity for Natural Energy.

• Hatake Kakashi criticized Second Pillar’s future self for charging into battle without scouting, while Second Pillar also noticed his own poor tactics in the video.
• C used Genjutsu against Jūgo as the Raikage and Darui rushed Second Pillar, but Hozuki Suigetsu and Jūgo blocked their attacks.
• The Raikage cut through Hozuki Suigetsu’s Kubikiribōchō with a Lightning Release-coated hand chop, leaving Second Pillar stunned by his strength.
• Shimura Danzō declared that he would unite the villages and the ninja world through force, but the observers dismissed his ambition as beyond his ability.
• Jūgo transformed into Cursed Seal State 2, and Jiraiya recognized that he had been born with a constitution attuned to Natural Energy.

Team Taka fought the Raikage and his guards as Minato watched the battle and learned that A's reflexes rivaled his own. After A nearly killed Sasuke, Gaara intervened, but the Raikage cut off his Amaterasu-struck arm and still intended to attack.

• Jūgo entered Sage Transformation and fought the Raikage, but A overwhelmed him with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• C praised A's reaction speed as equal to Minato's, prompting Minato to anticipate a future contest with the Raikage.
• Jūgo transformed and attacked A while Sasuke trapped C in a Genjutsu, but A survived and struck Jūgo down.
• Sasuke fought A with Chidori, Susanoo, and Amaterasu, but A dodged the flames, battered Sasuke, and prepared to crush him.
• Gaara separated A from Sasuke with sand and told the samurai to withdraw, while A cut off his burning arm and continued pursuing Sasuke.

A viewing audience watched Sasuke fight the Fourth Raikage and then descend further into vengeance at the Five Kage Summit, while Uchiha Itachi wondered who had pushed him onto this path. The chapter left Itachi determined to stop Uchiha Tobi and Tsunade holding back her urge to kill Sasuke because she believed he could still be saved.

• The Fourth Raikage attacked Sasuke through Amaterasu, and the audience recognized the Raikage's overwhelming physical strength and Sasuke's abilities.
• Hatake Kakashi inferred that Sasuke had captured Killer Bee, while Gaara tried and failed to persuade Sasuke to abandon his hatred.
• Uchiha Itachi suspected Uchiha Tobi had manipulated Sasuke after Itachi's death and resolved to find a way to eliminate him.
• Sasuke manifested Susanoo, brought down part of the hall, and chose to rescue Karin rather than Jūgo and Hozuki Suigetsu so she could lead him to Danzo.
• Uchiha Itachi, Tsunade, and Naruto condemned Sasuke's ruthless fixation on revenge, while Tsunade restrained her killing intent because she knew he would eventually return from darkness.

As Second Pillar pursued Shimura Danzō at the Five Kage Summit, he was forced to fight Terumi Mei and Chojuro, leaving him badly injured. White Zetsu’s Wood Style Spore Technique then revealed that the Akatsuki might be experimenting with Hashirama’s cells.

• Second Pillar severed the Kage flag and charged after Shimura Danzō, who fled from the summit.
• Tsunade, Hatake Kakashi, and Jiraiya condemned Shimura Danzō for disgracing the Hokage’s office.
• Terumi Mei blocked Second Pillar’s escape, and Chojuro joined her attack after Second Pillar used Susanoo.
• Terumi Mei trapped Second Pillar in a sealed chamber and attacked him with Boil Release, leaving him coughing blood.
• White Zetsu covered the gathered Kage and Second Pillar in chakra-absorbing spores, prompting Tsunade to recognize the creature’s Wood Style and suspect the Akatsuki was experimenting with Hashirama’s cells.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others watched Sasuke battle the Five Kage before Obito Uchiha appeared and revealed that he had sent Sasuke to weaken them for the Eye of the Moon Plan. The chapter ended with Ōnoki recalling how Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara’s overwhelming power had forced the nations to unite.

• A White Zetsu absorbed Terumi Mei’s chakra and restored Sasuke’s, while Tsunade and Jiraiya questioned how much Akatsuki’s members knew about the creature.
• Ōnoki destroyed Sasuke with Dust Release, but Obito Uchiha appeared, claimed to be Uchiha Madara, and took Sasuke and Karin into the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito Uchiha announced his Eye of the Moon Plan and explained that he had sent Sasuke to fight the Five Kage to strengthen his dojutsu and weaken them.
• Gaara asked why Obito Uchiha had recruited Sasuke, and Obito said he wanted the Five Kage as hostages to ensure the plan proceeded smoothly.
• Ōnoki doubted that Obito was Uchiha Madara and remembered how Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara’s power had driven the nations to form shinobi villages.

Ōnoki questioned why Uchiha Madara had needed an indirect plan, prompting Tsunade and others to reconsider the legendary power of Madara and Hashirama. Obito Uchiha claimed he was only a powerless shell after his battle with Hashirama, then began explaining his plan to the gathered shinobi.

• Ōnoki asked why someone as powerful as Uchiha Madara had relied on indirect methods, and Tsunade said that Obito was not the real Madara.
• Tsunade, Uchiha Itachi, and Jiraiya reflected on the overwhelming power of Madara, Hashirama, Naruto, and Sasuke and wondered what had enabled them to reach it.
• Uchiha Itachi considered whether Sasuke might be possessed as this generation's Indra and worried that Sasuke remained a danger to him.
• Obito Uchiha told Ōnoki that his battle with Hashirama had left him severely injured and reduced to a shell.
• Obito Uchiha said his plan was not limited to restoring himself, sat down, and declared that everything had become one with him.

Obito Uchiha explained that the Ten-Tails was the combined form of all nine Tailed Beasts and linked it to the Sage of Six Paths and Akatsuki’s plan. The chapter left the Sage’s history uncertain, as Minato Namikaze and others questioned whether Obito’s account was incomplete or distorted.

• Obito Uchiha described the Uchiha Clan’s Stone Tablet and said the Sage of Six Paths had saved the world from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that the Ten-Tails was the aggregate of all nine Tailed Beasts, clarifying why Akatsuki sought to collect them.
• Jiraiya realized Akatsuki’s plan to create a super weapon had been to summon the Ten-Tails, while Tsunade questioned how Obito’s account fit Kitahara Kaede’s diary.
• Tsunade, Uchiha Itachi, and Sasuke considered the Stone Tablet beneath Naka Shrine and the possibility that it held secrets about the Sage of Six Paths.
• Minato Namikaze questioned whether Obito’s understanding of the Sage’s history was distorted, and Naruto and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox recalled the Ten-Tails’ overwhelming power.

Obito Uchiha explained that the nine Tailed Beasts came from the Ten-Tails, and that the Sage of Six Paths had sealed the Ten-Tails within himself before dividing its chakra and sending its body into the sky as the moon. Minato Namikaze questioned that account in light of the diary’s claims about the Otsutsuki, while Kakashi recognized a connection to Nagato’s technique for creating a sealing sphere.

• Temari asked whether there could be more than nine Tailed Beasts, and Obito Uchiha named the nine beasts and their Jinchuriki.
• Obito revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had been the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki and had passed down the Jinchuriki sealing technique.
• Obito said the Sage divided the Ten-Tails’ chakra into nine portions and sealed its body in the moon.
• Minato Namikaze questioned the story because the diary suggested the Sage and other Otsutsuki could live for thousands of years, then reasoned that the Ten-Tails’ body and chakra had likely been separated by Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.
• Hatake Kakashi recalled Nagato using Banshō Ten'in to gather earth and stone into a sphere to seal the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

Obito Uchiha revealed his Eye of the Moon Plan to revive the Ten-Tails and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi over the world. As the others considered the appeal and horror of a perfect illusion, Hatake Kakashi theorized that Obito’s other Mangekyō eye might possess Tsukuyomi.

• Darui, Mifune, and Ōnoki questioned Obito Uchiha about gathering the Tailed Beasts and what he intended to do with their power.
• Obito Uchiha explained that he would become the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki and use Infinite Tsukuyomi to trap everyone in an illusion he described as a unified, peaceful world.
• Uchiha Itachi considered the enormous power required to sustain Infinite Tsukuyomi and connected it to the Sage of Six Paths and Six Paths Level.
• Second Pillar and Hyuga Neji wondered whether they would reject an illusory world that restored loved ones and offered freedom from painful realities.
• Hatake Kakashi recalled his defeat by Uchiha Itachi and speculated that Obito Uchiha's other Mangekyō eye could use Tsukuyomi through the moon.

After learning that Uchiha Tobi planned to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Minato rejected the false peace and realized Nagato had been manipulated. Minato connected Kitahara Kaede’s earlier diary entry about dreaming while hanging from the Divine Tree to the plan, leaving him shaken by the possibility that their own world was an illusion.

• Tsunade concluded that Uchiha Tobi was carrying out Uchiha Madara’s will and had manipulated Nagato and Akatsuki while controlling Kirigakure.
• Tsunade vowed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan would not succeed, saying she would not abandon reality for a false dream of Dan and Nawaki.
• Jiraiya realized that Nagato’s goal of achieving peace through deterrence differed from Uchiha Tobi’s plan, and regretted failing to protect his former students.
• Minato rejected the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan and reread Kitahara Kaede’s diary entry about possibly dreaming while suspended from the Divine Tree.
• Minato suspected that Kaede’s strange experiences might have made him question whether he was in an Infinite Tsukuyomi dream, then feared that their own world could also be an illusion.

Obito Uchiha rejected the Five Kage’s opposition, demanded the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, and declared the Fourth Shinobi World War after revealing Killer Bee had escaped capture. After the video ended, Minato Namikaze concluded that Uchiha Tobi might be connected to Uchiha Madara and ordered an investigation into missing Uchiha clan members.

• The Five Kage condemned Obito Uchiha’s plan for illusory peace, and Obito revealed that Killer Bee had escaped his attempt to capture the Eight-Tails.
• The Raikage A raged over Killer Bee’s escape, while Second Pillar realized he had been fooled and felt humiliated by his past failure.
• Obito Uchiha declared the Fourth Shinobi World War after the Five Kage refused to cooperate, then vanished using Kamui.
• Minato Namikaze suspected Uchiha Tobi had a direct connection to Uchiha Madara and ordered an investigation into Uchiha clan members who had gone missing or defected.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, Itachi, and Neji reflected on the Fourth Shinobi World War and the threats ahead. Kitahara Kaede drew pure Yin Release Chakra, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and discovered its left-eye ability could restore him to his condition ten seconds earlier.

• Tsunade concluded that Impure World Reincarnation could protect Konoha in future crises and considered obtaining the technique from Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya suspected Nagato’s Rinnegan had been implanted and worried about how to counter Uchiha Tobi.
• Itachi was relieved that Sasuke had awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, while Neji realized the Fourth Shinobi World War was the battle in which he had died protecting Hinata.
• Kitahara Kaede used the lottery system and accepted a supply of High-Quality Pure Yin Release Chakra.
• The chakra drove Kitahara Kaede’s Sharingan to evolve into a Mangekyō Sharingan, whose left eye’s Time-Stasis Room restored his condition to what it had been ten seconds earlier.