Recaps

Simu manipulated events around the Uchiha and prepared to exploit their growing conflict with Konoha. When the Uchiha coup erupted, he approached the Nine-Tails and was stopped by Minato Namikaze, who learned of the village’s treatment of Naruto and the clan’s oppression.

• Simu joined Kakashi’s team with Tenzō, monitored the Uchiha, and manipulated Uchiha Inabi into gathering Sharingan and seeking power.
• Simu met Naruto while disguised as Kimura, learned of his isolation, and entered the Nine-Tails’ sealed world to discuss taking it out of Konoha.
• Simu discovered that Tobi was Obito Uchiha, then fought Itachi with a Wood Release clone and revealed that Danzo had defeated Shisui and taken one of his eyes.
• Itachi told Fugaku about the threats against Sasuke, and Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and plan for an Uchiha coup.
• Itachi chose to stop the coup and protect Sasuke, while Simu decided to interfere and Danzo absorbed B to gain Wood Release.
• Inabi’s actions triggered the coup, and Itachi joined Konoha’s forces against Fugaku as the Uchiha and village ninja clashed.
• Simu defeated the ANBU guarding Naruto, reached the Nine-Tails, and offered to break its seal in return for help destroying Konoha.
• Minato appeared before Simu could remove Naruto’s sealing talisman, and Simu told him about the Uchiha conflict and Naruto’s mistreatment.

Simu and the Jashin Cult shattered Konoha, leaving Hiruzen dead and Danzo in power while Itachi’s attempt to protect Sasuke ended with Sasuke taken by the cult. As Konoha and Sunagakure prepared to fight back, Jiraiya infiltrated the Divine Kingdom and uncovered the cult’s meager food supply.

• Minato failed to restore Naruto’s seal, and Simu removed the talisman that restrained the Nine-Tails, prompting Naruto to transform and attack Konoha.
• Hiruzen and Enma resealed the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, but the battle left Hiruzen badly injured as Simu’s forces continued their assault.
• Itachi killed Fugaku and the Uchiha rebels, then used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke, but Simu branded Sasuke with Jashin’s mark and made him the cult’s vessel.
• The Apostle of Desire devastated Konoha, and Danzo used Kotoamatsukami to influence Hiruzen before Hiruzen named him successor and died.
• Sasuke transformed and fought Itachi, then collapsed after a mysterious cold aura surfaced, and Jiraiya and Tsunade arrived, but Simu escaped with Sasuke.
• Danzo became Fifth Hokage and rallied Konoha against the Jashin Cult, while Konoha and Sunagakure later formed an allied force to oppose it.
• Jiraiya infiltrated the Divine Kingdom and investigated its beliefs and food, discovering that a cult meal consisted of insects and tree bark.

Jiraiya’s campaign against the Jashin Cult ended in defeat and betrayal as Sand Village turned against Konoha and the great nations entered war. Simu expanded his influence in Kirigakure, while Mei and her allies launched a rescue of Utakata from Yagura’s forces.

• Jiraiya and the Allied Shinobi Forces fought through the Jashin Cult’s strongholds, but Simu’s followers used transformed civilians and powerful monsters to resist them.
• Jiraiya defeated Simu in battle, but Rasa betrayed Konoha, forcing Jiraiya and the survivors to flee as Sand Village occupied the Land of Rivers.
• Simu secretly survived through Izanagi and used the Blood Pool to strengthen Sand Village, while Kumogakure and Iwagakure advanced and Ai invaded the Land of Fire.
• Danzo fought Ai at Rido, and Pain declared the Fourth Shinobi World War before assigning Akatsuki to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Simu and Hidan traveled to Kirigakure, where Simu recruited Zabuza by awakening his power and helped him protect Ringo Ameyuri and Kimimaro during the attack on the Kaguya Clan.
• Simu took Samehada and recruited Ringo Ameyuri, while Zabuza concealed her survival and began watching Utakata for Yagura.
• Mei, Ao, and Hozuki Mangetsu attacked Utakata’s guarded cabin and reached him, but Fuguki and Kisame arrived as Utakata escaped in a bubble and Fuguki absorbed Mei’s Water Dragon Bullet Chakra.

Simu helped overturn Kirigakure’s Blood Mist regime, claimed the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, and pursued ways to replicate the Ten-Tails as the Fourth Shinobi World War spread. The Night Raid Squad captured a town with Stone forces, while Konoha settled into a standoff and the squad received orders to head for the Land of Wind’s capital.

• Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s elite shinobi fought Yagura Karatachi, while Simu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to free Utakata and control the Six-Tails, helping Mei’s forces purge the Blood Mist Faction.
• Simu confronted Obito over the Eye of the Moon Plan, escaped their battle with Hidan, Yagura, and Utakata, and secured both the Three-Tails and Six-Tails before Mei Terumi began rebuilding Kirigakure under new leadership.
• Simu revived Gaara and Kimimaro, recruited Haku into the Jashin Cult, and defeated Yagura and Utakata in a trial that left him with Little Isobu and Little Saiken.
• Sunagakure and Konoha fought a costly campaign, while Simu brought Yagura to Akatsuki for sealing and began investigating whether Tailed Beast Chakra could help him create a new Ten-Tails.
• Simu deciphered the Naka Shrine tablet with two Mangekyō Sharingan and tested Hashirama Cells, while Kakashi led a mission into the Land of Lightning and Simu rescued him after Yugito Nii and the Two-Tails defeated him.
• Itachi Uchiha and Biwa Juzo abducted Yugito Nii, then attacked Killer B at Cloud Lightning Gorge, but withdrew after their battle drew Kumogakure’s reinforcements and the Fourth Raikage.
• The Night Raid Squad joined Stone Shinobi in taking a Konoha-held town, raising the squad’s bounty as Tsunade’s forces became locked in a half-year standoff with Iwagakure.
• After repeatedly defeating Konoha scout teams, the Night Raid Squad received orders from the Jashin Cult to travel to the Land of Wind’s capital, and Gaara and Kimimaro informed Kitsuchi they were leaving.