Chapter Summaries

After awakening Amenominaka, Kitahara Kaede tested his newly unlocked Susanoo and found it had already reached its third stage. His Mangekyō Sharingan and body continued to grow stronger, setting him on the path from Strong Kage Level to Super Kage Level.

• Kitahara Kaede examined Amenominaka, recognized its defensive uses, and decided he could now contend with Nagato while remaining wary of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Kitahara Kaede realized how to activate Susanoo and traveled to a mountain range in the Land of Fire to test it.
• Kitahara Kaede manifested a towering golden Susanoo and then withdrew it after assessing its strength.
• Kitahara Kaede determined that his Susanoo had reached its third stage with unusually little Dojutsu Power consumption.
• Kitahara Kaede felt his Mangekyō Sharingan and body continuing to transform and expected a month of consolidation to raise him from Strong Kage Level to Super Kage Level.

Kitahara Kaede considered how to prevent his Mangekyō Sharingan from making him blind, then settled into his new home and visited his father’s grave with Kitahara Yoshiko. At the cemetery, he sensed a spatial ninjutsu fluctuation and reached for his Kusanagi Sword.

• Kitahara Kaede considered obtaining Hashirama Cells or drawing a way to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then returned to Konoha using Flying Thunder God.
• Kitahara Kaede moved his family into a new residence beside their old neighborhood and gave Kitahara Yoshiko 10 million ryo to manage the household.
• Kitahara Yoshiko reflected on Kitahara Kaede’s success and the influential people who had sent housewarming gifts, while Kitahara Kaede asked whether the servants were trustworthy.
• Kitahara Yoshiko insisted that Kitahara Kaede accompany her to visit Kitahara Yukio’s grave, and he went with her to the cemetery.
• Kitahara Kaede sensed a spatial ninjutsu fluctuation at the cemetery and put his hand on the hilt of his Kusanagi Sword.

Kitahara Kaede sensed Obito Uchiha watching him at the cemetery, then left with Kitahara Yoshiko without confronting him. Obito and Black Zetsu investigated Kaede’s sudden rise in strength and discovered he had awakened the Sharingan, prompting Obito to recognize him as an Uchiha blood relative and a potential threat.

• Kitahara Kaede detected a spatial fluctuation at the cemetery and suspected Obito Uchiha was nearby.
• Kitahara Kaede took Kitahara Yoshiko home after she finished mourning at the gravestone.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu emerged after Kaede left, and Obito concluded Kaede had noticed them and likely mastered the Flying Thunder God.
• Obito Uchiha judged Kaede’s space-time abilities and rapid rise in strength made him a future threat to the Akatsuki’s plans.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Konoha’s records said Kaede had awakened the Sharingan and might have Uchiha ancestry, shocking Obito Uchiha.

Kitahara Kaede wrote about encountering Obito Uchiha at Nohara Rin’s grave, while Hatake Kakashi read the diary and realized Obito might still be alive. Kakashi was left overwhelmed by guilt and fear about how Obito would judge him.

• Obito Uchiha reflected on the Uchiha Clan’s destruction and reaffirmed his plan to create a peaceful world through the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kitahara Kaede recorded that Obito had secretly visited Nohara Rin’s grave and that he had noticed Obito’s spatial fluctuations.
• Hatake Kakashi continued training Sasuke in the Hatake Sword Style, hoping to keep him from defecting to Orochimaru.
• Hatake Kakashi read Kitahara Kaede’s diary entry and was shaken by its claim that Obito Uchiha was alive.
• Hatake Kakashi imagined that Obito had watched his failures and feared that his former friend would see him as a coward.

Hatake Kakashi connected his Mangekyō Sharingan to Obito and began to suspect that Obito was Uchiha Tobi, but he reasoned that Uchiha Madara had rescued and manipulated Obito. He traced Obito’s revenge against Kirigakure and Konoha to Rin’s death and the Nine-Tails’ attack, leaving Kakashi to reconsider how those events weakened Konoha.

• Hatake Kakashi realized his Sharingan had evolved alongside Obito Uchiha’s and wondered whether Uchiha Tobi was Obito.
• Hatake Kakashi blamed himself for Rin’s death and questioned why Obito had attacked Minato’s family and Naruto instead of coming after him.
• Hatake Kakashi linked Obito to the manipulation of Yagura and Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist, then concluded Uchiha Madara must have controlled Yagura.
• Hatake Kakashi reasoned that Uchiha Madara had rescued Obito after his apparent death, recruited him, and left him to carry on under Madara’s name.
• Hatake Kakashi concluded that Obito’s revenge targeted both Kirigakure and Konoha, and reflected on how the Nine-Tails’ attack left Konoha too weakened to resist later crises.

The Diary revealed that Uchiha Tobi was Obito Uchiha, shocking Kakashi and prompting Jiraiya, Tsunade, Sasuke, and Itachi to consider his past and motives. The chapter left them questioning what had driven Obito to betray Konoha and seek Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Hatake Kakashi recognized that Uchiha Tobi was Obito Uchiha and rejected Obito’s plan to escape reality through Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Jiraiya read the Diary while Naruto slept after successfully summoning Chief Toad, and wondered what had happened to Obito after his supposed death.
• Tsunade recalled Obito as Minato’s young disciple and questioned why he had betrayed Konoha and helped destroy the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Sasuke identified Uchiha Tobi as Obito through the reference to the Kamui Dimension but did not know who Obito was.
• Uchiha Itachi remembered Obito and questioned why he had helped incite the clan massacre and sought to replace reality with Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Uchiha Itachi and Minato Namikaze learned more about Obito Uchiha’s identity and the circumstances behind his future betrayal. Minato decided to watch Obito and consider how his future team might be formed, while Itachi realized Izanagi could explain why Obito survived his future self’s attempt to kill him.

• Uchiha Itachi connected Obito Uchiha’s identity to Uchiha Madara’s rescue and suspected Madara’s influence had led to the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.
• Minato Namikaze realized Uchiha Tobi was Obito Uchiha and suspected Obito would become Hatake Kakashi’s teammate with Rin.
• Minato Namikaze considered recruiting Obito and concluded Uchiha Madara might still be alive and responsible for Obito’s future actions.
• Minato Namikaze decided to observe whether Obito had come for him because of Kakuzu and judged he might have to kill him if he had.
• Uchiha Itachi learned that Obito could use Izanagi and reconsidered how Obito had survived his future self’s attempt to kill him.

Uchiha Sasuke learned that Obito Uchiha had helped cause the Uchiha Clan Massacre and rejected the false world of Infinite Tsukuyomi, while others considered whether Obito could still be saved. Kitahara Kaede decided Obito needed to survive for now so the Fourth Shinobi World War could drive Naruto and Sasuke to grow strong enough to face the Ōtsutsuki.

• Uchiha Itachi recognized that Obito Uchiha’s Kamui and Izanagi made him exceptionally difficult to kill, and resolved to learn how he had avoided Mangekyo blindness for Sasuke and Uchiha Sarada.
• Uchiha Sasuke blamed Danzo and Obito Uchiha for the Uchiha Clan Massacre and vowed to reject Obito’s Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hyuga Neji realized that Konoha’s leaders had been involved in the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, while Jiraiya rejected a world without living people and Hatake Kakashi, Uzumaki Naruto, and Jiraiya hoped Obito might be spared.
• Kitahara Kaede decided he would rather defeat and deter Obito than kill him, since Obito’s role in starting the Fourth Shinobi World War was needed to prepare Naruto and Sasuke for the Ōtsutsuki.
• Kitahara Kaede considered himself a new player in the Shinobi World’s power struggle and resolved to make his own plans for its future.

The diary video showed Kabuto meeting Obito during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and Minato Namikaze realized Kabuto might be Obito’s partner because he could use Impure World Reincarnation. The chapter left Minato alarmed at the possibility that Kabuto could summon dead shinobi, including Minato himself, to fight the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Hatake Kakashi reflected on Obito’s love for Rin and the pain of having killed her.
• A diary video showed Obito leaving a cave and meeting Kabuto, whose inhuman appearance and aura suggested he had reached Kage Level.
• Kabuto told Obito that his arrival had changed their battle plans and increased their fighting strength, while Obito insisted Kabuto was only an assistant whose interests aligned with his.
• Obito said he was going to Amegakure, but refused to tell Kabuto why.
• Minato Namikaze inferred that Kabuto might be using Impure World Reincarnation and feared he could summon powerful dead shinobi, possibly including Minato, to fight the Allied Shinobi Forces.

Obito Uchiha confronted Konan in Amegakure and demanded to know where she had hidden Nagato’s body and Rinnegan. As Konan prepared to fight him, Obito claimed he had prompted Yahiko to found Akatsuki and given Nagato the Rinnegan, leaving Jiraiya to realize his disciples’ hopes for peace had been manipulated.

• Obito Uchiha appeared before Konan and demanded Nagato’s body, while Konan transformed into paper and fled to meet him over the sea.
• Konan revealed that she had spent years preparing to kill Obito Uchiha, and he questioned why Nagato had used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique on Naruto instead of him.
• Obito Uchiha asked why Konan and Nagato had betrayed his Eye of the Moon Plan, while Naruto regretted letting Konan leave with Nagato’s body.
• Konan said Akatsuki and the Rinnegan belonged to Yahiko and Nagato, and Obito Uchiha claimed he had influenced Yahiko to found Akatsuki and given Nagato the eyes.
• Jiraiya realized Obito Uchiha had manipulated his disciples’ ideas about peace and vowed not to let him toy with their wishes.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Uchiha Itachi reasoned that Obito Uchiha had transplanted Uchiha Madara’s Rinnegan into Nagato because Obito could not bear their burden, and they considered what conditions might lead Sasuke to awaken a Rinnegan. The video then showed Konan attacking Obito, revealing that Nagato had only pretended to support Obito’s Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Jiraiya realized Nagato’s Rinnegan had been transplanted and Tsunade concluded that Obito had chosen Nagato because he could not withstand the eyes himself.
• Tsunade suspected the Rinnegan belonged to Uchiha Madara and reflected on the burden they placed on Nagato and the tragedy of Jiraiya’s former disciples.
• Uchiha Itachi reasoned that Sasuke’s future Tomoe Rinnegan likely required a condition beyond possessing the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Konan formed paper wings and attacked Obito with a flood of paper, using its numbers to target him whenever he materialized.
• Obito recognized that Nagato and Konan had never truly supported his Eye of the Moon Plan, which Nagato had treated as a strategic deception.

Konan’s memories revealed Akatsuki’s original pursuit of peace and Yahiko’s influence on Nagato before her battle with Obito resumed. The chapter ended with Konan unleashing six hundred billion exploding tags, plunging Obito into a vast sea of explosives.

• Konan’s memories showed Yahiko naming Nagato the bridge to peace and himself its pillar, while Konan vowed to support them both.
• Jiraiya and the others reflected that Akatsuki had been diverted from Yahiko’s peaceful vision, blaming Danzo’s actions for its transformation.
• Obito survived Konan’s attack with an arm blown off, then dismissed her reasons for trusting Naruto as naïve.
• Konan declared that Naruto had taught her Obito was darkness and prepared to attack again.
• Konan transformed the sea into six hundred billion exploding tags and split the ground beneath Obito, sending him falling into the explosive mass.

The observers watched Konan’s failed attempt to kill Obito Uchiha with six hundred billion Exploding Tags and learned he survived by using Izanagi. The revelation that Obito had taken Sharingan during the Uchiha Clan Massacre left Second Pillar wondering why Itachi had taken none.

• Neji, Jiraiya, Naruto, Minato, and the others reacted in shock to Konan’s six hundred billion Exploding Tags and the money she had spent preparing them.
• Konan trapped Obito Uchiha in the explosions and explained that his space-time movement left him vulnerable for about five minutes.
• Konan detonated the Exploding Tags for ten minutes, but Obito survived by using Izanagi and killed her with Wood Release: Wood Spear Technique.
• Obito explained that Izanagi connected reality and illusion at the cost of an eye, confirming the information recorded in Kitahara Kaede’s Diary.
• Second Pillar realized Obito had taken Sharingan during the Uchiha Clan Massacre and wondered why Itachi had taken none.

Tsunade and Itachi rejected Obito Uchiha’s claim that Izanagi required both Uchiha and Senju powers, while Tsunade suspected Obito and Madara had been misled about the Sage of Six Paths. The chapter ended with Itachi recalling how Izanagi’s abuse had driven Uchiha users mad and caused the clan to make the technique taboo.

• Hyuga Neji reflected on the Uchiha’s power and the Hyuga Clan’s long history of being overshadowed by them.
• Obito Uchiha explained Izanagi as a technique tied to the Sage of Six Paths and the combined powers of the Uchiha and Senju.
• Tsunade challenged Obito’s explanation, citing Senju records that showed Uchiha could use Izanagi alone.
• Tsunade reasoned that Obito and Uchiha Madara might have been deceived by the Uchiha Stone Tablet about the Sage of Six Paths.
• Uchiha Itachi recalled that Izanagi had once helped the Uchiha suppress the Senju, but its misuse drove users to madness and cost them their Sharingan.

Obito Uchiha defeated Konan, took Nagato’s body, and revealed his role in the events surrounding Nagato’s Rinnegan. After watching the vision, Jiraiya grieved for his former students and placed his hope in Naruto, while questioning whether peace required overwhelming power.

• Obito Uchiha claimed that he was Uchiha Madara and condemned Nagato for believing Naruto could bring peace as Konan prepared to fight him.
• Konan attacked Obito Uchiha with paper flowers, but he overwhelmed her and left her unconscious.
• Obito Uchiha went to the Rain Country palace, spoke to Nagato’s corpse, and absorbed it into the Kamui Dimension.
• Jiraiya watched the vision and concluded that Uchiha Madara had manipulated Nagato and Obito Uchiha.
• Jiraiya considered Naruto his remaining hope but questioned whether ideals could change the world without enough power.

Jiraiya resolved to make Naruto his full successor, while Minato Namikaze considered how to prevent Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, and Obito Uchiha from being drawn into Uchiha Madara’s plans. Minato decided to prepare for a fight and pursue his future son’s path to power, including becoming a Nine-Tails jinchuriki.

• Jiraiya watched the sleeping Naruto and vowed to teach him everything he knew so Naruto could save his senior brother and senior sister.
• Minato Namikaze listed Obito Uchiha, Uchiha Madara, Nagato, Konan, and the Sage of Six Paths as threats and considered bringing Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to Konoha.
• Minato reasoned that Uchiha Madara and Obito Uchiha likely manipulated events leading to Yahiko’s death and intended to use Nagato’s Rinnegan to revive Uchiha Madara.
• Minato decided to interfere with their plans despite the danger and resolved to fight if Uchiha Madara targeted him.
• Minato planned to strengthen himself by mastering techniques associated with Naruto and discussing splitting the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox with Kushina so he could become a jinchuriki.

Uchiha Itachi reasoned about the Akatsuki factions and the conditions needed to awaken the Rinnegan, while Tsunade and Kakashi reacted to Kitahara Kaede’s claim that young Obito was the one who defeated his darker future self. A new video showed young Obito’s clumsy, carefree side, leaving Tsunade reminiscing about her lost childhood.

• Uchiha Itachi concluded that Kisame had served Obito Uchiha and planned to return to Konoha to protect Sasuke and warn Danzo.
• Uchiha Itachi questioned what conditions beyond Hashirama Cells were needed to awaken the Rinnegan and wrote down his suspicion about Indra.
• Tsunade wondered what Uchiha Madara had obtained from her Grand-uncle to awaken the Rinnegan and considered the power of the Sage Body.
• Kitahara Kaede’s diary claimed that young Obito’s kind, optimistic nature ultimately defeated the darkness within him, prompting reactions from Tsunade and Hatake Kakashi.
• A new video showed young Obito stumbling through the branches, and Tsunade compared his carefree manner to Jiraiya and Naruto before remembering her childhood companions.

A video showed young Kakashi leading Obito and Rin on the Kannabi Bridge mission, revealing how Kakashi became a Jonin and developed Chidori. Minato learned Iwagakure’s invasion plans in advance, while the video ended as Kakashi charged at an enemy ambush with his new technique.

• Young Obito arrived late to meet Kakashi, and Minato confirmed Obito had helped an old woman along the way.
• Kakashi recognized the video as the Kannabi Bridge mission and recalled losing Obito and Rin, while Minato gave young Kakashi a Flying Thunder God kunai for his promotion to Jonin.
• Minato learned that Iwagakure planned to invade Kusagakure and realized he could prepare for the coming war by acting on the information early.
• Young Kakashi detected an Iwagakure ambush of twenty enemies, but Minato told him to provide support instead of rushing in.
• Young Kakashi insisted on testing his newly developed Chidori and charged at the enemy, astonishing Rin, Obito, and the viewers.

The footage showed young Hatake Kakashi using his newly developed Chidori recklessly before Minato Namikaze rescued him and demonstrated Flying Thunder God’s lethal speed. Afterward, Naruto agreed to study Flying Thunder God as the dangers posed by the Otsutsuki grew clearer.

• Young Hatake Kakashi charged into battle with Chidori and was wounded by an Iwagakure Jonin before Minato Namikaze rescued him.
• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to appear behind the Iwagakure Jonin and kill him instantly.
• Hyuga Neji and Second Pillar were stunned by Minato Namikaze’s speed, while Hatake Kakashi felt embarrassed watching his younger self fight recklessly.
• The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox urged Naruto to learn Flying Thunder God to prepare for future Otsutsuki enemies.
• Naruto agreed to find time to learn Flying Thunder God, and Hyuga Neji marveled at Minato Namikaze’s efficient fighting style.

A video revealed Hatake Kakashi and Obito Uchiha’s early rivalry, while Minato Namikaze explained Kakashi’s grief over his father Hatake Sakumo’s death. The chapter ended with Obito choosing to save Rin and declaring that he would break the rules to protect his companions.

• Minato Namikaze warned Hatake Kakashi that Chidori was unfinished and urged both students to value teamwork.
• Obito Uchiha confided that Kakashi’s disdain made him feel inadequate, and Minato explained that Kakashi had grown up in the shadow of his gifted father, Hatake Sakumo.
• Tsunade recalled that Root had spread rumors against Hatake Sakumo, whose reputation threatened the Hokage Faction, and blamed Shimura Danzō for contributing to his death.
• After Rin was captured, Hatake Kakashi chose to continue the mission while Obito Uchiha chose to rescue his teammate.
• Obito Uchiha declared that he would rather break the rules than abandon his companions, leaving Sasuke and the others stunned by how unlike the later Obito he seemed.