Recaps

Sarutobi Toru treated an ill mother and daughter in the Land of Rain, then brought Miko Miroku into the Reincarnation Warehouse. The Heavenly Crystal Sword reacted to Miko Miroku and changed her Spiritual Power, though neither of them could draw the sword.

• Sarutobi Toru treated the mother and daughter with Medical Ninjutsu and a Light Healing Potion, then sent them away with the innkeeper.
• Sarutobi Toru avoided using Earth Release to stop the mudslide and moved into the Reincarnation Warehouse with Miko Miroku.
• The Heavenly Crystal Sword shone when Miko Miroku entered and sent a strange beam of light into her body.
• Sarutobi Toru asked Miko Miroku to draw the sword, but she could not pull it free.
• Miko Miroku discovered that her Spiritual Power had changed and purified Sarutobi Toru's body, merging his Chakra completely.

After a mudslide killed Konan’s mother, Sarutobi Toru and Miko Miroku took the orphaned girl home, buried her parents, and brought her to Konoha. Meanwhile, in Kirigakure, Yagura continued managing the village under Uchiha Obito’s control, leaving him more vulnerable to Uchiha Shisui’s genjutsu.

• Sarutobi Toru and Miko Miroku found Konan alive beneath the ruins, but her mother had died protecting her during the mudslide.
• Miko Miroku comforted Konan, and Sarutobi Toru suggested they adopt her; Konan told them her name.
• Sarutobi Toru recognized Konan’s potential and took her and her mother’s body to her home village with Miko Miroku.
• Sarutobi Toru and Miko Miroku arranged Konan’s mother’s funeral beside her father, then used Flying Thunder God to bring Konan to Konoha.
• In Kirigakure, Yagura continued managing the village while controlled by Uchiha Obito, which weakened his resistance to Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu.

As his life neared its end, Uchiha Madara handed over blood for a future Impure World Reincarnation and traveled to Konoha for one final battle. Sarutobi Toru met him alone on the outskirts, and Madara prepared to show the young ninja his strength.

• Uchiha Madara gave Uchiha Shisui and Black Zetsu vials of his blood and entrusted them with carrying out Impure World Reincarnation after his death.
• Black Zetsu explained that Uchiha Hitomi’s lover would be put in danger to make Hitomi understand the world’s cruelty, while Uchiha Shisui secretly planned to save her with a clone.
• Uchiha Madara removed his Rinnegan, replaced them with Three Tomoe Sharingan, drank a Healing Potion, and used a Summoning Technique to reach Konoha’s outskirts.
• Uchiha Shisui agreed to have Kirigakure prepare for war, while Sarutobi Toru sensed Madara’s arrival and traveled to meet him.
• Sarutobi Toru challenged Uchiha Madara alone, and Madara, angered by his confidence, prepared to demonstrate why he had once been known as Konoha’s Asura.

Sarutobi Toru and Konoha’s defenders fought Uchiha Madara as he attacked the village with his Susanoo. Tsunade revealed Wood Release powerful enough to extinguish Madara’s Great Fire Annihilation, leaving him shaken by the strength of Hashirama Senju’s granddaughter.

• Uchiha Madara summoned his winged Susanoo and clashed with Sarutobi Toru, whose strike broke the Susanoo’s Chakra Blade.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s evacuation and defenses while Madara sent a blade aura toward the village.
• Madara flew over Konoha and attacked, but Tsunade struck the Susanoo and severed its right arm.
• Madara unleashed Great Fire Annihilation toward Konoha, and Tsunade countered with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, extinguishing the flames.
• Uchiha Madara recognized the scale of Tsunade’s Wood Release and grimly compared her power to Hashirama Senju’s.

Tsunade and Konoha’s forces fought Uchiha Madara while Namikaze Minato protected the village from the battle’s aftershocks. Madara remained airborne and resisted Tsunade, but his failing body was nearing its limit.

• Uchiha Madara restored Susanoo’s arm and launched Yasakani no Magatama toward Tsunade and Konoha.
• Namikaze Minato used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to redirect the attack into a distant mountain and took responsibility for shielding the village from the battle’s aftermath.
• Tsunade attacked Madara in Kurama Chakra Mode and Sage Mode while Konoha’s ninja blocked the damage from their aerial fight.
• Madara countered Tsunade with Susanoo, sending her flying and forcing her to avoid his Chakra Blades to protect Konoha.
• Tsunade challenged Madara to come down, while Madara endured the fight with Tobi’s Yang Release Chakra as his body continued to fail.

Uchiha Madara unleashed Chibaku Tensei as a final attack, sacrificing himself to strengthen its pull and trap the battlefield in a forming asteroid. Sarutobi Toru teleported the core away from Konoha, while Tsunade protected the falling villagers and ninja; the core reappeared on a distant mountain and formed a small asteroid.

• Uchiha Madara activated a Chibaku Tensei seed sealed in his Sharingan, sacrificing his eyes and weakening his Susanoo as the technique pulled the forest and everything nearby into the sky.
• Tsunade struck the black core with a Sage Art: Great Ball Rasengan, but Uchiha Madara blocked it with his Susanoo and then poured his remaining Chakra into the core.
• Sarutobi Toru teleported Tsunade beyond the technique’s range, then flew into the core and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport it away.
• Tsunade grew Wood Release branches to cushion falling villagers and ninja, then summoned Katsuyu to treat the injured.
• The core appeared on a mountain more than ten kilometers outside Konoha Village and drew in the mountain until a small asteroid hung in the sky.

Konoha suffered catastrophic casualties and damage after Uchiha Madara’s Chibaku Tensei, though Sarutobi Toru diverted the meteor away from the village. Tsunade found Toru alive at the meteor with Uchiha Madara’s corpse, and the chapter ended with Toru realizing he should have fought Madara more decisively.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen assessed the heavy casualties and sent Tsunade to check on Sarutobi Toru.
• Namikaze Minato reached the meteor, found no sign of Toru, and assumed he had sacrificed himself.
• Tsunade arrived and rebuked Minato, then she and Minato watched the meteor begin to shake.
• Sarutobi Toru burst out of the meteor carrying Uchiha Madara’s corpse and reassured Tsunade that he was unharmed.
• Tsunade told Toru that Konoha had suffered catastrophic losses despite his diverting the meteor.
• Sarutobi Toru blamed himself for allowing Uchiha Madara the chance to use Chibaku Tensei.

After Uchiha Madara’s attack devastated Konoha Village, Sarutobi Toru returned with Tsunade and Madara’s corpse as the village counted its losses and discussed restoring its reputation. Shimura Danzō questioned Uchiha Kin about the Uchiha Clan’s connection to Madara’s return.

• Sarutobi Toru, Tsunade, and Namikaze Minato escaped Chibaku Tensei and returned to Konoha Village with Uchiha Madara’s corpse.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reported that three or four thousand people had died, mostly ordinary residents, and the village began clearing the ruins and assessing the damage.
• Sarutobi Toru proposed shifting public attention by defeating the other Four Great Ninja Villages, while Konoha’s leaders gathered to discuss the attack’s damage to the village’s reputation.
• A Nara Clan adviser suggested taking on more missions, and Shimura Danzō proposed publicizing Madara’s strength and death to reassure clients.
• Shimura Danzō questioned Uchiha Kin about whether the Uchiha Clan had an explanation for Madara’s sudden resurrection.

Konoha's leaders discussed how to respond to Uchiha Madara's attack, while Danzo used the incident to intimidate the Uchiha Clan. Sarutobi Toru proposed blaming another ninja village, and rumors accusing the Land of Lightning spread through Konoha and into the Land of Fire.

• Shimura Danzō accused the Uchiha Clan of possibly helping Uchiha Madara, but Uchiha Kin denied any involvement.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen publicly defended the Uchiha Clan while Sarutobi Toru warned that Madara's attack had damaged Konoha's reputation.
• Sarutobi Toru proposed claiming another ninja village had orchestrated the attack, and a Nara Clan advisor supported the idea.
• Shimura Danzō urged the Third Hokage to act, but Sarutobi Hiruzen left the discussion without making a decision.
• Sarutobi Toru spread rumors that the Land of Lightning had sent Madara, and the rumors reached across Konoha and into the Land of Fire.

Konoha prepared for war while spreading rumors that Kumogakure had ordered Uchiha Madara's attack, hoping to make the other village strike first and bear the blame. The Third Raikage sought support from the other villages, while Ōnoki questioned whether a united front could defeat Konoha.

• Sarutobi Toru told the Hokage's Office that Konoha's combat preparations were nearly complete, and Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted that war was likely while insisting Konoha would not break the peace treaty first.
• The Third Raikage learned Konoha was blaming Kumogakure for ordering Uchiha Madara's attack, and Dodai warned that Konoha might use the accusation to attack before Kumogakure was ready.
• Karina revealed that she had already sent pleas for help to the other three shinobi villages, and the Third Raikage agreed Kumogakure could not face Konoha alone.
• Ōnoki confirmed that Uchiha Madara had attacked Konoha and been defeated mainly by Tsunade, then wondered whether even four allied villages could overcome Konoha's growing strength.

Sunagakure agreed to aid the Land of Lightning as the ninja villages moved toward war, while Sarutobi Toru prepared a radiation experiment with Miko Miroku’s help. He left the Senju Estate with Miko Miroku, leaving Tsunade to face the consequences of her gambling later.

• The Third Kazekage accepted the Land of Lightning’s plea and prepared to send troops, fearing Konoha’s growing strength.
• Sarutobi Toru and Yakushi Nonō discussed the villages’ readiness for war and chose to wait before warning the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth.
• Yakushi Nonō told Sarutobi Toru that the concentrated Star radiation solution was ready, and he took the suitcase of vials from Root.
• Sarutobi Toru found Tsunade gambling with her disciples and Miko Miroku, while Konan studied with Tsunade’s Shadow Clone.
• Sarutobi Toru asked Miko Miroku to help with an experiment, and she agreed.

At the Senju Estate's Training Ground, Sarutobi Toru used Miko Miroku's Prophecy Art to identify a safe Radiation Potion and gained a major boost to his Chakra control and vitality. He gave the remaining potions to Tsunade to test for one that suited her.

• Sarutobi Toru had Miko Miroku divine the outcomes of drinking each Radiation Potion, and she identified only two without disastrous consequences.
• Sarutobi Toru drank one of the two potions, and his Chakra grew more active and powerful as he developed the ability to shape it into a lifelike Dragon Chakra without hand seals.
• Tsunade examined the Dragon Chakra and marveled at its realistic appearance and Sarutobi Toru's improved control.
• Sarutobi Toru abandoned the idea of drinking Super God Water after Miko Miroku foresaw that it would kill him, and he left the Book of the Dead untested.
• Sarutobi Toru handed the remaining Radiation Potions to Tsunade so she could find one suitable for her constitution.

Sarutobi Toru prepared for the approaching war, agreeing to let Kushina join the front lines before traveling to the Parallel World. There, he learned that the Akatsuki Organization’s mission was to recruit Sasori of the Red Sands.

• Sarutobi Toru sent Miko Miroku back to the Land of Demons and noted that several allies, especially Konan, had grown stronger after taking the Radiation Potion.
• Sarutobi Toru predicted that war would begin soon, and Kushina persuaded him to let her fight at the front lines.
• Sarutobi Toru traveled through Rōran to the Parallel World, then visited Queen Sara and went to Amegakure to see Pakura.
• Pakura told Sarutobi Toru that the Akatsuki Organization had been tasked with recruiting Sasori of the Red Sands.

Sarutobi Toru and Pakura tracked Sasori of the Red Sands to the Land of Grass, where Pakura went to confront him. She met him outside his underground base, and Sasori wondered why she had come.

• Sarutobi Toru agreed to accompany Pakura to find Sasori of the Red Sands and thought about taking his Puppet Core.
• White Zetsu spies located Sasori in the Land of Grass, where he was hunting ninjas for Puppet materials.
• Pakura told Sarutobi Toru that her spies in Kusagakure had found the mother and daughter he had asked about, and he ordered her to rescue them.
• Sarutobi Toru sensed Sasori's unusual Chakra, and Pakura went ahead to face him alone.
• Sasori entered his Hiruko armor and emerged from his underground base to meet Pakura, who said she had not come on Sunagakure's behalf.

Pakura confronted Sasori of the Red Sands and tried to recruit him, but he challenged her and attacked with the Third Kazekage Human Puppet. She damaged the puppet and struck Hiruko, and the fight continued as Sasori retaliated with poisoned needles.

• Pakura revealed that she knew Sasori of the Red Sands made Human Puppets and offered him a place in her organization.
• Sasori rejected her offer and challenged her, confident that he could turn her into a Human Puppet.
• Sasori unleashed the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, which attacked Pakura with Iron Sand spikes.
• Pakura dodged the attacks and used Scorch Release—Blazing Sun Pillar to melt the Iron Sand Wall and damage the puppet's right arm.
• Pakura evaded Hiruko's whip blade and punched it away, but Hiruko fired poisoned needles and forced her back.

Pakura defeated Sasori by destroying his Hundred Puppet Technique with Sage Art, Scorch Release—Great Solar Flare. Sasori accepted defeat and joined the Akatsuki Organization, then asked Pakura how his strength compared with hers and the leader’s.

• Sasori emerged from Hiruko and unleashed his Red Secret Technique—Hundred Puppet Technique against Pakura.
• Pakura used Sage Art, Scorch Release—Great Solar Flare, burning Sasori’s Puppets to ashes while his Chakra Core escaped.
• Sasori admitted Pakura was stronger and agreed to accept her conditions.
• Pakura made Sasori the Akatsuki Organization’s Jade Maiden and explained how to use his ring and request materials.
• Sasori asked where Pakura ranked in the organization and how far below her he was from the leader.

Pakura defeated Sasori of the Red Sands and joined Sarutobi Toru on his mission to Kusagakure. Toru stormed the village to find Uzumaki Kanao and her daughter, shrugging off the first wave of attacks as the fight began.

• Pakura told Sasori of the Red Sands that the Akatsuki leader possessed the Rinnegan, and Sasori left for his base after their battle.
• Pakura reunited with Sarutobi Toru, who praised her strength and her mastery of perfect Sage Mode.
• Pakura and Sarutobi Toru traveled to Kusagakure, where Toru sensed Chakra similar to Uzumaki Kanao's.
• Sarutobi Toru blew apart Kusagakure's gate and sent its two guards crashing into the village.
• Kusagakure ninja attacked Toru with weapons and restraining techniques, but he shook them off without injury.

Sarutobi Toru crushed the Kusagakure ninjas who tried to stop him and continued toward the village hospital. Kusagakure's leaders decided to bring out a mother and daughter with a Kekkei Genkai and negotiate with him.

• Sarutobi Toru smashed through the Kusagakure leader's Earth Prison and killed the ninjas caught in his punch's path.
• A Kusagakure ninja recognized Sarutobi Toru as the Devil of Lightning, and Toru killed him before asking where the hospital was.
• Sarutobi Toru headed for the hospital, killing successive squads of Kusagakure ninjas who tried to intercept him.
• Kusagakure leaders discussed whether to fight or negotiate and suspected Toru wanted the mother and daughter at the hospital.
• A Kusagakure leader ordered Bing San to bring out the mother and daughter so they could negotiate with Toru.

Sarutobi Toru rescued Uzumaki Kanao and her daughter, Karin, from Kusagakure after the village handed them over to appease him. He left them with Pakura, while a masked Kusagakure higher-up considered activating a plan involving the Box of Paradise.

• Sarutobi Toru continued toward Kusagakure Hospital after most of the village's ninja withdrew.
• Two Kusagakure Anbu took Uzumaki Kanao and Karin from the hospital and brought them to Sarutobi Toru.
• A Kusagakure higher-up asked Sarutobi Toru to spare the village, and he agreed after taking Kanao and Karin.
• Sarutobi Toru led Kanao and Karin out of Kusagakure without using ninjutsu, while its ninja watched from a distance.
• A masked Kusagakure higher-up wondered whether the village had lost its fighting spirit and considered activating the Box of Paradise plan.
• Pakura met Sarutobi Toru, who entrusted Kanao and Karin to her and said he would later strengthen their Kekkei Genkai.

Tsunade and Shizune encountered Sarutobi Toru and Pakura outside a casino, and Tsunade fought Pakura after Toru claimed to know her intimately. Pakura exposed Tsunade’s weakened combat skills and countered her techniques, leaving Tsunade wary of facing both opponents.

• Tsunade lost all her money gambling, while Shizune secretly protected their lodging money.
• Sarutobi Toru and Pakura confronted Tsunade, and Toru claimed to know her well enough to be her husband.
• Tsunade attacked Toru, but Pakura redirected her punch and struck a weakness in her Super Strength Technique.
• Tsunade expelled the alcohol from her body and questioned how Pakura knew how to counter her technique.
• Tsunade used a Chakra Scalpel against Pakura, but Pakura evaded it and kicked her several meters away.
• Shizune helped Tsunade up, and Tsunade realized Pakura’s close-combat skill and Toru’s presence put her at a disadvantage.

Tsunade and Shizune fought Pakura and Sarutobi Toru, but both were quickly overwhelmed by their opponents’ strength. Sarutobi Toru showed Tsunade compromising photographs of her, leaving her shocked and furious.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to fight Pakura, but Pakura’s Scorch Release burned the slugs and kept Tsunade at a disadvantage.
• Shizune charged Sarutobi Toru and tried to anesthetize him with silver needles, but the needles bent against his body and he struck her down.
• Tsunade attacked Sarutobi Toru, who dodged her punch and tapped her forehead with Body Disturbance Charge, disrupting her movements.
• Sarutobi Toru claimed he and Tsunade had developed the technique together, but Tsunade denied knowing him.
• Sarutobi Toru showed Tsunade a stack of nude photographs depicting her in compromising poses, and she reacted with shock and anger.

Sarutobi Toru used Tsunade’s hemophobia and a genjutsu to force her to treat the gravely wounded Shizune while confronting visions of Dan Katō and Nawaki. As Tsunade struggled to save Shizune, Toru secretly stabbed her in the neck, and terror overwhelmed her.

• Tsunade accused Sarutobi Toru of using Transformation Jutsu and secretly spying on her, but the photos convinced her the women pictured were not transformed.
• Sarutobi Toru used the Uzumaki Clan’s Contract Seal to send Katsuyu back to the summoning realm, then revealed that he knew about Tsunade’s hemophobia.
• Sarutobi Toru plunged his hand into Shizune’s chest and gave Tsunade five minutes to save her, triggering Tsunade’s hemophobia at the sight of the blood.
• As Tsunade tried to heal Shizune, Sarutobi Toru trapped her in a genjutsu of Dan Katō and Nawaki standing bloodied before her.
• Sarutobi Toru silently stabbed Tsunade in the back of the neck, and overwhelming terror made her hands tremble over Shizune’s wound.

Sarutobi Toru used Tsunade’s fear of blood and his Hormone Fruit ability to break down her resistance and change her feelings toward him. Tsunade learned he came from a Parallel World and, with Shizune and Pakura present, heard his plans to recreate the photos that had first brought them together.

• Sarutobi Toru treated Shizune after Tsunade’s uncontrolled Chakra made her appear to die, then used the crisis to manipulate Tsunade’s emotions.
• Tsunade woke the next morning confused by her affection for Sarutobi Toru and embraced him when he entered, while Shizune appeared alive and well.
• Sarutobi Toru explained that he came from a Parallel World, and Tsunade confronted him about using the photos to deceive her and involving Kushina.
• Sarutobi Toru proposed reenacting the photos with Tsunade, and Pakura noted that there were enough people present to do so.
• Tsunade realized the childlike versions of herself in the photos had been created with the Yin Seal.

Sarutobi Toru taught Tsunade, Shizune, and Uzumaki Kanao before traveling to Konoha to examine Orochimaru’s research. He discovered that Orochimaru had used the Reincarnation Technique to take a body with Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku, and heard his plans to investigate the Sage of Six Paths’ bloodlines.

• Sarutobi Toru woke beside Tsunade, Shizune, Uzumaki Kanao, and Pakura, then taught Tsunade, Shizune, and Uzumaki Kanao after breakfast.
• Sarutobi Toru helped Tsunade overcome her Hemophobia and taught her advanced Medical Ninjutsu, Sage Jutsu, and the Sage Art Yin Seal over the following week.
• Sarutobi Toru went to Konoha’s Root Base to collect Orochimaru’s research results and realized Orochimaru had changed after using the Reincarnation Technique.
• Orochimaru revealed that his new body had Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku, and explained why cloning could not provide the Sharingan or Hashirama Cells.
• Orochimaru described his plan to use the compatible Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku bloodlines as a foundation for studying the Sage of Six Paths’ mutations, while Sarutobi Toru recognized the Chakra Fruit as their likely source.

Sarutobi Toru gave Orochimaru the Chimera Technique and questioned him about the Uchiha Clan and the disappearance of Uchiha Shisui. Orochimaru revealed that Konoha suspected Shisui had been killed for his Mangekyō Sharingan, while the masked attacker’s identity remained uncertain.

• Sarutobi Toru gave Orochimaru the Chimera Technique after receiving data from Orochimaru’s experiments.
• Sarutobi Toru asked Orochimaru about the Uchiha Clan, and Orochimaru said Uchiha Itachi had emerged as a genius.
• Orochimaru explained that Konoha suspected Uchiha Shisui had been killed and his Mangekyō Sharingan used to help awaken an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Sarutobi Toru and Orochimaru discussed how Mangekyō Sharingan transplants could work without requiring blood brothers.
• Orochimaru said Konoha was pursuing Shisui as its only lead, partly to prevent the village’s conflict with the Uchiha from worsening.
• Orochimaru withheld further suspicions, including Namikaze Minato’s encounter with a masked Uchiha and the Third Hokage’s doubts that the masked man was Uchiha Madara.