Recaps

Kabuto pursued a disgruntled Konoha deserter to Rōran, where the Dragon Vein cut him off from the chakra network, but he killed the man without its support. A masked Uchiha with a Sharingan then appeared, and Kabuto confronted him.

• Kabuto stopped the deserter’s water attack and pursued him for two hours after he escaped using a sealed scroll.
• In Rōran, the deserter revealed that the Dragon Vein disrupted Konoha’s chakra network and challenged Kabuto to fight without its support.
• Kabuto used the Body Flicker Technique and an ordinary kunai to kill the deserter atop a tower.
• A masked youth emerged from a spatial vortex, and Kabuto recognized his Sharingan and suspected he was an Uchiha.

Obito arrived in the past at Rōran and tried to recruit young Kabuto by claiming that Hiroki’s chakra network was meant to reclaim all chakra. As Hiroki completed the Land of Wind network deployment, the Sage of Six Paths appeared before him in a strange consciousness space.

• Obito realized the Dragon Vein had sent him to an earlier era and questioned Kabuto about the date and Hiroki’s progress.
• Obito told Kabuto that his future self had created the time-travel jutsu and warned that Hiroki intended to reclaim all chakra.
• Kabuto was unsettled by Obito’s claims but remained curious about Hiroki’s true plans.
• Hiroki completed the chakra network deployment in the Land of Wind as work on the Land of Earth was about to begin.
• Hagoromo appeared before Hiroki in a gray consciousness space and addressed him as an outsider.

Hiroki met the Sage of Six Paths in a mysterious space, where Hagoromo explained that chakra naturally connects all things and that Hiroki’s system was his way of manifesting that power. The Sage thanked Hiroki for using connection differently, but had not yet explained what he meant.

• Hiroki found himself in a white void and confirmed that his consciousness space, abilities, and connection to Konoha’s barrier network still worked.
• The Sage of Six Paths identified Hiroki as a traveler from another world and described their location as the depths of chakra connections, the Shinobi World’s mainframe room.
• Hiroki questioned how they could be connected there before his physical network infrastructure was complete.
• Hagoromo explained that chakra carried will, recorded spirits, and naturally connected all things, and that Hiroki’s system was his own interface for that medium.
• Hagoromo said he had failed because forced connections led to misunderstanding and hatred, then thanked Hiroki and said he was different.

The Sage of Six Paths explained why his chakra-based path to peace failed and praised Sawada Hiroki’s rule-governed network for preserving choice. He warned that Kaguya Otsutsuki’s unsealing was approaching and told Hiroki to send the system back to his past self before preparing to face her.

• The Sage of Six Paths showed Sawada Hiroki visions of Kaguya’s sealing, the era of Ninshu, Indra and Asura’s split, and centuries of war caused by chakra’s failed connections.
• The Sage explained that uncontrolled chakra links spread emotions without their context, while his mother pursued forced unity and he had hoped free connections would create understanding.
• The Sage acknowledged the dangers of Hiroki’s network but said Hiroki’s caution, restraint, and fear of abusing power made his approach worth pursuing.
• The Sage warned that Kaguya Otsutsuki would soon be unsealed as the network spread chakra and increased its total amount.
• The Sage told Hiroki to use time and space to send the entire system back to his past self, then urged him to grow stronger and face the final enemy.

After learning that his future self had created the system in a time loop, Sawada Hiroki planned to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki and eventually pass the system to his past self. He considered Kaguya’s abilities and posted anonymously on the Shinobi World Grand Forum to seek a strategy for sealing an enemy like her.

• Sawada Hiroki realized that his future self had created the system and hypothesized how the time loop might have begun.
• Sawada Hiroki concluded that he needed to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki before returning to the past to give his younger self the system.
• Sawada Hiroki assessed Kaguya’s dimensional control, regeneration, and resistance to ninjutsu, identifying Fuinjutsu, senjutsu, and taijutsu as possible ways to defeat her.
• Sawada Hiroki posted an anonymous tactical question on the Shinobi World Grand Forum about sealing an effectively immortal enemy with space-time ninjutsu, taijutsu, and Fuinjutsu.
• Might Guy recommended the Eight Inner Gates Formation, while other forum users suggested sealing, senjutsu, and poison.

Shikaku Nara discussed how the Shinobi World might seal the powerful, seemingly invulnerable enemy described on the forum. Hiroki confirmed the threat was real and identified her as Kaguya Otsutsuki, leaving Shikaku to realize the work ahead could be deadly.

• Forum users debated the enemy’s origins and proposed sealing techniques, while Shikaku Nara was caught browsing and posting during work.
• Hiroki told Shikaku he was interested in the chakra-sealing plan Shikaku had suggested.
• Shikaku asked whether the forum’s description was real, and Hiroki confirmed that the monster was a genuine threat.
• Shikaku reasoned that ordinary attacks and sheer numbers would not work, then proposed a large composite Fuinjutsu powered by chakra from across the Shinobi World.
• Hiroki revealed a document naming Kaguya Otsutsuki as the Sage of Six Paths’ mother and a lifeform from another planet.
• Shikaku lamented that confronting Kaguya would be life-threatening rather than ordinary overtime.

Hiroki and Shikaku planned defenses against Kaguya, focusing on disrupting her chakra absorption and sealing her through coordinated techniques that could also restrict space-time ninjutsu. Black Zetsu revealed that the chakra network was bringing Kaguya’s seal close to breaking, and wondered whether she could defeat Hiroki.

• Shikaku proposed using the chakra network to trap Kaguya with corrupted Fuinjutsu, while also dispersing chakra reserves, exhausting her, and preparing a synchronized seal.
• Hiroki agreed to coordinate the sealing effort, and Shikaku promised to protect him as the operation’s essential core.
• After reading forum suggestions about gravity interfering with space-time ninjutsu, Hiroki ordered the ninjutsu division to analyze Banshō Ten'in and incorporate gravitational fields into a restraint system.
• Hiroki and Shikaku planned buffer zones and tighter surveillance of every chakra base station before convening a meeting.
• Black Zetsu sensed that the chakra network’s growing reserves were nearing the critical point that would automatically release Kaguya’s seal.

Over four months, Sawada Hiroki organized the Shinobi World to prepare for Kaguya Otsutsuki’s arrival while Kabuto planned to travel into the past and oppose him. Kaguya emerged at the Land of Earth border, sensed the world’s chakra network and united forces, and demanded that all chakra be returned to her.

• Sawada Hiroki’s network distributed combat information across the Shinobi World, and villages prepared coordinated forces and chakra-network defenses.
• Kabuto finished his programmer mission and planned to travel five or six years into the past to build forces and bring the Fourth Hokage under his control.
• The Fourth Raikage, A, accepted that Kumogakure had been absorbed into the unified Shinobi World and prepared to follow Sawada Hiroki’s orders against the resurrected enemy.
• Black Zetsu sensed the moment had arrived as chakra across the world surged toward the Land of Earth, overwhelming the network’s safeguards.
• Sawada Hiroki warned all personnel that the target was about to appear and ordered combat units to prepare for Flying Thunder God translocation.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from a chakra cocoon, surveyed the network and assembled shinobi with her Byakugan, then raised her hand and demanded that everything be returned to her.

Sawada Hiroki and the Shinobi World used a chakra-network firewall, prepared sealing formulas, synchronized attacks, and a gravitational field to trap Kaguya Otsutsuki. Shikaku Nara declared that Kaguya had lost, and Hiroki stepped forward to speak with her.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki absorbed the chakra from the network and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, but a firewall created by programmers blocked its spread.
• Kaguya's absorbed chakra activated Sawada Hiroki's sealing formulas, while more than a thousand ninja teleported in to attack her with sage-chakra-enhanced ninjutsu.
• Programmers bound Kaguya with Fuinjutsu chains, and the chakra network linked their strength to restrict her movements and spatial abilities.
• Hagoromo recognized that Hiroki had turned the Shinobi World into a coordinated system capable of restraining Kaguya through the combined efforts of ordinary ninja.
• Hiroki ordered the Shinobi World to activate a gravitational field that disrupted space and further restricted Kaguya's abilities.
• Shikaku Nara told Kaguya she had lost, and Sawada Hiroki stepped forward to talk with her.

Kaguya Otsutsuki’s attacks failed against Sawada Hiroki’s chakra-network defenses, and Hagoromo convinced her that waiting for the system to collapse would only leave her obsolete and imprisoned. Kaguya agreed to negotiate, while the Shinobi World entered a new era of shared prosperity and automation that left people free to pursue their own creations.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki fired All-Killing Ash Bones at Sawada Hiroki, but a network-powered Wind Release deflected them.
• Hiroki explained that the unified chakra network could distribute and convert her attacks, and Kaguya stopped resisting.
• Kaguya reasoned that she could outlast Hiroki and his system, but Hagoromo warned her that the network could evolve without its creator and leave her reduced to an energy source.
• Kaguya agreed to negotiate with Hagoromo.
• The chakra network introduced Limited Tsukuyomi, free food and medical care, limb regeneration, and machines that replaced much exhausting labor.
• With survival no longer dependent on work or wages, people began considering what they wanted to create and do for themselves.

Dongye Zhai used his strange computer-like ability to alter creatures and planned to obtain chakra through Uzumaki Kushina after he failed to sense it at the Ninja Academy. When classmates challenged Kushina and Zhai to a fight, Zhai agreed, intending to use the confrontation to create an opportunity to connect to her.

• Before birth, Dongye Zhai copied Higashino Kuriko’s memories and learned he would be born in the Naruto world; at age five, he used his ability to make unusual spiders and silkworms.
• Dongye Zhai’s parents agreed to send him to Konoha’s Ninja Academy, and Higashino Goro recalled how Zhai’s strange creature modifications had frightened him and improved the family’s livelihood.
• After failing to sense chakra during his second week at the Academy, Dongye Zhai befriended Uzumaki Kushina and considered copying her abilities and memories as a last resort.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned from Mushita Boshi that Zhai had a Kekkei Genkai involving animal memories and modification, while Kushina asked Zhai to make her harmless spiders.
• Jinzhu Canwan and Takeshi Momo challenged Kushina and Zhai to fight; Zhai accepted despite Kushina’s concerns, and a yellow-haired girl decided to go to the fight as well.

Azhai used a fight with Jinzhu Canwan and his older brother, Jinzhu Daimaru, to copy Uzumaki Kushina’s body and memories through his Golden Finger. Konoha’s investigators examined the new Kekkei Genkai, while Azhai’s attempt to merge the copied body with his original caused a dangerous reaction in his arm.

• Azhai prepared his system files and hidden memories while Kushina hurried him to the grove for her duel with Jinzhu Canwan.
• Kushina defeated Jinzhu Canwan, then fought Jinzhu Daimaru after he ambushed her and Azhai.
• Azhai threw venomous spiders at Daimaru, charged him with a kunai, and was fatally wounded when Daimaru instinctively struck back.
• Kushina held Azhai as his Golden Finger copied her body and memories, transforming him into a second Uzumaki Kushina.
• Mushita Boshi and Minato arrived, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered investigations that confirmed Azhai had replicated Kushina’s physical traits and Kekkei Genkai.
• Azhai tested merging the copied body with his original at Konoha Hospital, but his arm swelled from an incompatibility reaction, so he restored his backup.