Chapter Summaries

Naruto learned that Neji and Hinata were troubled by the Hyuga clan’s treatment of the Branch Family and promised to abolish the Caged Bird Seal. At the Hyuga Conference Hall, Tokuma revealed that Uchiha Yun had removed his seal, prompting Branch Family members to confront the Main Branch and leaving tensions on the verge of open conflict.

• Naruto learned that the elder had activated Tokuma’s Caged Bird Seal and promised Hinata and Neji he would abolish it when he became Hokage.
• Naruto asked Hinata if she would become his wife, and she fainted before Neji sent him away from the Hyuga Compound.
• Neji and Hinata heard that Tokuma’s Caged Bird Seal had been removed and went to the clan’s Conference Hall.
• Tokuma told Hyuga Nitten, Hiashi, and Hizashi that his teacher Uchiha Yun had removed his seal as a gift for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Tokuma declared that protecting the Main Branch did not justify the Caged Bird Seal, while Nitten insisted that the clan’s rules must remain in force.
• Branch Family members gathered behind Hizashi, and Nitten activated Huang’s father’s seal before Tokuma challenged him to kill Tokuma now that his own seal was gone.

Uchiha Yun confronted Hyuga Nitten over removing Tokuma's Caged Bird Seal and protected Tokuma from the Hyuga Main Branch's attempt to restore it. After Hiashi denied reinstating Nitten as an elder, Yun used genjutsu to silence the hall and asked whether a coup was underway.

• Hyuga Nitten challenged Tokuma and summoned Uchiha Yun to answer for removing the Caged Bird Seal.
• Minato and Shikaku discussed Yun's intervention, the growing threat he anticipated, and the need to help him prepare Naruto and Sasuke.
• Yun joined Hiashi, Hizashi, Tokuma, Neji, and Hinata at the Hyuga Compound, where Hinata asked him to help Tokuma.
• Yun defended removing Tokuma's seal as his Jonin Instructor and warned Nitten against trying to kill Tokuma by reapplying it.
• Nitten threatened to report Yun to the Hokage, but Hiashi said Nitten had no authority and had never been reinstated as an elder.
• As the hall erupted in protest, Yun cast genjutsu to silence everyone and asked Hiashi whether the Hyuga Clan was facing a coup.

Uchiha Yun forced the Hyuga Clan’s traditionalists to accept gradual change to the Caged Bird system, while Minato and Shikaku weighed Konoha’s response to Akatsuki. The chapter ended with news that Kurama Murakumo and his wife had died in a fire, as Yun’s household carried on with the bickering Nine Tails and Shukaku.

• Uchiha Yun used genjutsu to defeat Hyuga Nitten and explained that qualified Branch Family members could eventually have their Caged Bird seals removed.
• Uchiha Yun warned the Hyuga Clan that he and Lord Hokage would intervene if its internal conflict harmed the village, then left the Conference Hall.
• Minato and Shikaku discussed Akatsuki’s disappearance, the fragile alliance among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and the need to maintain the status quo.
• An Anbu reported to Minato that Kurama Murakumo and his wife had died in a fire at the Kurama Clan compound.
• Uchiha Yun returned home and told Shukaku that he would need to earn money for toys and household rent, while the Nine Tails mocked him.

Yun agreed to help Yakumo Kurama control her bloodline power, then persuaded Minato that the Stone Tablet might not have been left by the Sage of Six Paths. Minato began splitting the Nine Tails that night, and Yun restored Kushina after the extraction.

• Minato and Shikaku told Yun that Yakumo Kurama had accidentally killed her parents when her power ran wild, and asked him to train her.
• Yun questioned the Stone Tablet's origins and reported that a Black Shadow had shared information about it, prompting Minato to begin the Nine Tails' extraction that night.
• Yun's Shadow Clone met Asuma and Kurenai at a dumpling shop, where Asuma said he had concluded the Third Hokage was wrong.
• Minato, Kushina, Naruto, and Yun gathered at a secluded mountain site, where Yun entered Kushina's Sealing Grounds and spoke with the Nine Tails.
• Minato divided the Nine Tails' Chakra between Naruto and a seal, while Yun used Secret Scroll: Restore to revive Kushina after the extraction.

Yun sealed the Nine-Tails’ other half inside Naruto, while the Mini Nine Tails absorbed the Chakra and grew stronger. Naruto finally got the Nine-Tails to talk by asking for its story, and the fox began recounting an embellished version of its past.

• The Nine-Tails refused to trust Yun and said it would wait until he was gone before taking over Naruto, while Minato believed Naruto could eventually change it.
• Yun returned home and released the sealed Chakra for the Mini Nine Tails, which absorbed it over two hours and then easily defeated Shukaku in a playful scuffle.
• Yun wondered why sealing the Nine-Tails inside Naruto had raised his change-tracking value by only one point, then worried about how Sasuke might awaken his Sharingan without the Uchiha massacre.
• Naruto stayed awake talking to the Nine-Tails until the fox finally answered and agreed to tell him its story.
• The Nine-Tails began describing its past to Naruto, exaggerating how it had outsmarted Madara Uchiha and subdued Hashirama Senju.

Uchiha Yun entered Yakumo Kurama’s inner world, subdued Ido, and helped Yakumo understand how her power and guilt had led to her parents’ deaths. Yakumo chose to live and become Yun’s student, while Kurama Unkai entrusted her to Yun’s care.

• Kurama Unkai brought Yakumo to Yun, who recognized Ido as a monster born from Yakumo’s kekkei genkai and agreed to help her.
• Yun drew Yakumo into his genjutsu space, where Ido accused the Uchiha of killing her parents and broke free by unleashing Yakumo’s power.
• Yun restrained Ido again and helped Yakumo recover her memories, revealing that Ido had killed her parents.
• Yun encouraged Yakumo to control her power and become a ninja, and she asked him to teach her.
• Yun erased Ido, and Kurama Unkai entrusted Yakumo to Yun as his student.
• At the Uchiha Compound entrance, Yakumo vowed to become a ninja and live up to her parents’ expectations.

Uchiha Yun used Hinata’s blood to bring her into the Trading Space, where he showed her memories of her childhood and Naruto’s Nine Tails sealing. He advised her to seek the Byakugan’s ultimate power to help Naruto, then left her wondering about her future with him.

• Yun chose Hinata’s blood as the medium and summoned her to the Trading Space.
• Yun showed Hinata a memory of boys bullying her as a child and reminded her that Naruto had once protected her.
• Yun revealed a scene of Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Yun sealing the Nine Tails’ power inside Naruto to prepare him for a future disaster.
• Hinata spent her three bargaining chips to ask how she could help Naruto, and Yun told her that Otsutsuki Chakra could awaken the Byakugan’s ultimate power.
• Yun suggested Hinata marry Naruto and have a child with him, leaving her blushing before she departed the Trading Space.
• Yun wondered whether Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Hagoromo were watching the Shinobi World.

Yun used three tokens to acquire Hinata's Hyuga bloodline and Byakugan, triggering a new power to form between his brows as his body changed. He trained Yakumo at Training Ground 7 while Mini Nine Tails and Mini Shukaku drew crowds at a photo shop, and Naruto's angry Nine Tails alarmed Sasuke and Shikamaru.

• Yun used three tokens to gain Hinata's Hyuga bloodline and Byakugan, and felt a new power taking shape between his brows.
• Yun wondered whether the changes could lead to a Tenseigan or a power like Kaguya's, while noting he still lacked the Tailed Beasts' power.
• Izumi left for a border reconnaissance mission, and Yun sent a Shadow Clone to continue developing his power and protect her.
• Yun tested Yakumo's genjutsu at Training Ground 7, then praised her control of her Kekkei Genkai.
• Mini Nine Tails and Mini Shukaku posed for children's photographs at a shop on Commercial Street.
• Naruto explained that the Nine Tails was sealed inside him, and its angry Chakra alarmed Sasuke and led Shikamaru to consider informing the Hokage.

Naruto promised Nine Tails that he would free him once he got the seal’s key, even if it meant giving up Nine Tails’ power. After the disturbance at the photo studio passed, Yun found Mini Nine Tails and Shukaku earning money and took it as rent before the two Tailed Beasts went out for drinks and skewers.

• Nine Tails’ chakra took shape on Naruto’s shoulder, and Shikamaru realized its negative emotions were provoking arguments among people in the photo studio queue.
• Inside the studio, Mini Nine Tails told his other half that he was jealous and reminded him that the seal kept Naruto’s Jinchuriki body at risk.
• Naruto told Nine Tails he would let him out once he got the seal’s key, and Nine Tails stopped releasing chakra after warning that Naruto would die if he lost his Tailed Beast.
• Yun arrived after Naruto’s change rating rose, learned the disturbance was a false alarm, and took the money Mini Nine Tails and Shukaku had earned as rent.
• Mini Nine Tails and Shukaku secretly saved a little cash, then spent time drinking sake and eating skewers outside an oden shop.

Mini Nine Tails and Shukaku discussed their distrust of humans with Uchiha Yun, then left for work after revealing that Naruto had passed the Nine Tails’ test. At the Hyuga Compound, Hinata told Hiashi that the Byakugan might hold a hidden power, leaving him and Hizashi weighing whether to tell the Hokage.

• Mini Nine Tails explained to Uchiha Yun how the Tailed Beasts had learned to distrust humans, while Shukaku described being captured by Sunagakure.
• Mini Nine Tails revealed that Naruto had passed the other half of the Nine Tails’ test by opening his seal, and the two Tailed Beasts hurried off to work at the photo studio.
• Hanabi teased Hinata about Naruto, and Hinata tried to speak privately with Hiashi.
• Hinata told Hiashi that Uzumaki Sora had revealed a connection between the Hyuga, Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans and suggested that the Byakugan might have an ultimate power.
• Hiashi summoned Hizashi and repeated Hinata’s news, and the brothers considered whether to inform the Hokage about the Hyuga’s possible hidden power.

Hiashi and Hizashi brought the Hokage information about the Byakugan's ultimate power, prompting Minato and Yun to investigate the Otsutsuki. Jiraiya returned from Mount Myoboku with an account of Kaguya and her sons, while Hinata revealed Uzumaki Sora's claim that marrying Naruto could help unlock a power beyond the Otsutsuki; Yun suggested the Sage of Six Paths might have left Chakra behind.

• Hizashi warned Hiashi that the Hyuga needed to consider the danger of Uzumaki Sora gaining the Byakugan's ultimate power, and Hiashi decided to tell the Hokage what they knew.
• Yun left Yakumo's training after an Anbu messenger summoned him to the Hokage Building, where Minato and the others discussed Sora's trade with Hinata.
• Jiraiya told Minato, Yun, and the others that Mount Myoboku's carvings named the Sage of Six Paths as Otsutsuki Hagoromo and described how he and Hamura sealed their mother, Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• After Shikaku questioned whether Naruto and Sasuke's inherited Chakra was Otsutsuki Chakra, Hinata revealed that Sora had said marrying Naruto might let them gain Six Paths Power and surpass the Otsutsuki.
• Hinata fainted after revealing Sora's claim, and Yun suggested the Sage of Six Paths could have left Chakra in the world or in a descendant.

Minato, Yun, and the others discussed how the Hyuga might awaken the Byakugan's ultimate power and how to prepare for Uzumaki Sora's growing threat. They decided Yun should learn Senjutsu, while Jiraiya left to investigate old information and Yun played a genjutsu prank on him.

• Yun proposed that Naruto's Asura Chakra could catalyze dormant Otsutsuki blood in Hinata and the Hyuga, and Minato arranged for the Hyuga to consult Tsunade and the research department.
• Yun explained that Hamura Otsutsuki likely had Byakugan-like powers and that the Hyuga might descend from him, while he and Minato urged trust between Konoha's clans.
• Minato asked Jiraiya to investigate the Otsutsuki Clan at Mount Myoboku, and the group worried that Uzumaki Sora's life-restoring mineral made him difficult to defeat.
• Jiraiya suggested Yun learn Senjutsu, and Minato agreed that it could strengthen Yun's normal abilities and his Nine Tails-enhanced Susanoo.
• Jiraiya postponed taking Yun to Mount Myoboku because he planned to leave the village to verify old information, then tried to persuade Yun to call him Sensei.
• Yun warned Jiraiya that a genjutsu would catch him if he went to the women's bathhouse roof, and Jiraiya insisted he was going to Minato's house for dinner.

Jiraiya entered the increasingly closed-off Land of Rain as Nagato, Konan, and Uzumaki Sora discussed the Akatsuki’s hidden masterminds and the final peace plan. Sora healed Nagato and revealed that he was actually Uchiha Yun, leaving Nagato and Konan to question why he had told them the truth.

• Jiraiya reviewed Konoha’s intelligence on Uzumaki Sora and the Akatsuki before heading toward Amegakure.
• Nagato asked whether the Akatsuki should begin its final plan, but Sora said the time was not right and revealed that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara Uchiha to free Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Konan questioned whether Sora was another hidden mastermind, and Nagato and Konan agreed to follow his plan after he threatened to kill them if they betrayed him.
• Sora used Secret Scroll: Restore to heal Nagato’s legs and restore his body and Chakra, prompting Nagato to recognize the ability from the battle at the Sea of the End.
• Sora revealed that he was a special clone of Uchiha Yun and that Uchiha Yun had been his true body all along.
• Uchiha Yun appeared beside Sora, and Nagato and Konan realized the battle at the Sea of the End had been one person fighting himself; Nagato asked why Yun had revealed the truth to them.

Uchiha Yun revealed to Nagato and Konan that he and Uzumaki Sora were the same person, and Nagato and Konan agreed to join his plan for peace. When Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure, Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain to confront him, leaving Jiraiya suspicious of the Akatsuki Organization’s connection to the village.

• Uchiha Yun told Nagato and Konan that Uzumaki Sora was his clone and explained that he no longer needed Nagato’s Rinnegan because greater power was awakening within him.
• Nagato and Konan agreed to pursue peace alongside Yun, and Yun planned to use them to force the Five Great Shinobi Villages to unite against his forces.
• Nagato sensed Jiraiya entering Amegakure, and he and Konan decided to drive their former teacher out without exposing the Akatsuki Organization’s secrets.
• Jiraiya discovered that Hanzo’s rule had ended and encountered former guards who refused his offer of help before the Six Paths of Pain killed them.
• The Six Paths of Pain challenged Jiraiya, who summoned Gamaken and accused them of reacting suspiciously when he mentioned the Akatsuki Organization.

Jiraiya left Amegakure after confronting the Six Paths of Pain, while Uzumaki Sora and Nagato planned to manage the fallout and keep the connection between Amegakure and Akatsuki hidden. In the Land of Fire, Obito ambushed Uchiha Izumi, but Uchiha Yun arrived and began fighting him and Black and White Zetsu.

• Jiraiya noticed that the five Rinnegan-wielding Paths did not fight like Nagato and left Amegakure, while the Paths watched him go.
• Uzumaki Sora told Nagato and Konan to send Konoha a formal protest and keep Jiraiya away from Amegakure for a week.
• Masked Obito and Black and White Zetsu left the Valley of the End as Uchiha Izumi led Otake and Yuki through the Land of Fire.
• Obito and eleven White Zetsu disguised as Iwagakure Ninjas ambushed Izumi; she fought them with Chidori and sent Otake and Yuki to fetch help.
• Uchiha Yun appeared, revealed that Obito was not truly from Iwagakure, and attacked him while using Amaterasu and Mini Nine Tails to pin Black and White Zetsu beneath a forming Tailed Beast Bomb.

Uchiha Yun and Mini Nine Tails defeated the Akatsuki’s attempt to frame the Four Great Shinobi Villages and draw Yun toward Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Obito and Black Zetsu escaped. Back in Konoha, Yun told Minato and Shikaku that he had prepared safeguards to protect Izumi on her missions.

• Izumi, Yuki, and Otake escaped the battlefield after Izumi sealed a path through Obito’s Amaterasu flames.
• Black Zetsu tried to persuade Yun to support Infinite Tsukuyomi, but Yun explained the plan to Mini Nine Tails, who attacked Obito and Zetsu.
• Obito used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Mini Nine Tails, but Yun broke the control with Restore and declared that he opposed their false peace.
• Obito and Zetsu escaped as Minato and Itachi arrived; Yun sealed the remaining flames, and Minato sent Izumi’s injured teammates for treatment.
• Yun returned to the Hokage Building and told Minato and Shikaku that he had kept a Shadow Clone with Izumi on every mission since the Chunin Exams.

Minato revealed that the Spiral-Masked man was Uchiha Obito and explained how Kakashi’s Sharingan could counter Obito’s space-time technique. The group agreed to protect Kakashi from learning the truth for now, while Shikaku negotiated with the Mini Nine Tails over information about the Sage of Six Paths.

• Minato apologized to Itachi and revealed that Uchiha Obito was the man behind the Spiral Mask, explaining that Obito’s eyes had evolved in sync with Kakashi’s.
• Yun explained that Obito’s five-minute limit made his ability vulnerable to Kakashi’s eye, and Itachi accepted Minato’s decision to keep Kakashi out of the fight for now.
• Minato said Obito’s identity might help them investigate the Akatsuki Organization and asked the Mini Nine Tails what it knew about the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Mini Nine Tails demanded payment for its information and for helping rescue Izumi, while Shikaku explained the ninja registration and mission system.
• Shikaku offered to record the rescue as an S-rank mission and the Sage’s history as an A-rank mission, and the Mini Nine Tails eagerly accepted the deal.
• Itachi stayed behind to hear about the Sage of Six Paths, hoping the ancestor of the Uchiha and Senju might know the secret of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

Mini Nine Tails explained the origins of Chakra and the Tailed Beasts, while Itachi connected Black Zetsu to Otsutsuki Kaguya. As Konoha weighed threats including the Akatsuki and five pairs of Rinnegan in the Land of Rain, Minato left Yun to consider the village’s next move.

• Mini Nine Tails said the Sage of Six Paths divided the Ten-Tails, created the Tailed Beasts, and shared Chakra through Ninshu to connect humanity, but humans turned it toward war.
• After Itachi paid Mini Nine Tails for its thoughts, it and Yun connected Black Zetsu to the black-and-white creature that had accompanied Uchiha Obito, and Mini Nine Tails sensed a faint resemblance to the Sage of Six Paths in him.
• Minato summarized the myths surrounding Otsutsuki Kaguya, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, Hamura Otsutsuki, Indra, and Asura, and Itachi revealed that Uzumaki Sora had identified Black Zetsu as Otsutsuki Kaguya’s will.
• Minato and the others received Jiraiya’s report of five pairs of Rinnegan in the Land of Rain, along with a demand for an explanation, and agreed that Konoha should avoid making the first move.
• Yun advised caution because Konoha risked becoming a target, so Minato ordered Shikaku to tell the Land of Rain that Jiraiya had been passing through on a mission and would return to Konoha.

Yun warned Itachi about Obito’s powers and learned why Itachi wanted Kakashi kept unaware of the danger. After a lively meal with their friends, Obito and Black Zetsu regrouped underground and began considering their next move.

• Mini Nine Tails cursed Shikaku over the mission payments, then agreed to help Itachi if he paid it.
• Yun warned Itachi that Obito could repeatedly use his Space-Time Dojutsu and suppress the Nine Tails; Itachi explained that Kakashi’s eye could counter Obito and that Kakashi needed to act without hesitation.
• Yun persuaded Itachi to relax at a dango shop, where Mini Nine Tails and Guy drank heavily with Yun, Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, and Itachi.
• Obito returned to Black and White Zetsu’s cavern after their failed attempt, and Black Zetsu noted that Yun had anticipated their move.
• Black Zetsu urged patience while the Four Great Shinobi Villages prepared their forces, and Obito asked whether they should provoke them.

Jiraiya told Tsunade that Amegakure’s five Rinnegan users and the wider threat required further investigation, then prepared to take Yun to learn Senjutsu before returning to the Land of Rain. The chapter ended with Jiraiya getting caught peeping by Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru, who threatened to tell Kushina.

• Jiraiya told Minato he planned to investigate Amegakure again after taking Yun to Mount Myoboku to learn Senjutsu, and Minato warned him about the risks.
• Jiraiya ran into Tsunade, explained the strange powers and five pairs of Rinnegan in Amegakure, and urged her to recognize how much she had come to care about Konoha.
• Tsunade worried that Jiraiya might not return from his mission, but Jiraiya left to see Naruto and promised he would not die easily.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru heard from the Nine Tails that someone was peeping behind the women’s bathhouse and set a trap for the culprit.
• The three boys attacked Jiraiya with Shadow Possession Jutsu, shuriken, and a fireball before Jiraiya bound them with his hair and carried them to Kage Rock.
• Naruto and Sasuke threatened to tell Kushina about Jiraiya’s behavior, leaving Jiraiya wary of being caught by her again.