Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Rou spent the evening eating and walking with Uchiha Itachi after falling out with Uchiha Kō, while her father secretly monitored them through Anbu. As Uchiha Itachi escorted Rou home, Uchiha Kō prepared to welcome her and apologize, but froze when he saw Itachi drape his coat over her shoulders.

• Uchiha Itachi grilled barbecue for Uchiha Rou, and they ate together for more than two hours.
• Uchiha Rou agreed to go home after taking a long walk with Uchiha Itachi, while Uchiha Kō received regular reports from Hatake Sakumo.
• An Anbu member took a noisy flash photograph of Uchiha Rou and Uchiha Itachi, but Rou stopped Itachi from confronting him.
• Uchiha Itachi draped his trench coat over Uchiha Rou and escorted her home, and Uchiha Kō decided to apologize to his daughter.
• Tsunade encouraged Uchiha Kō to trust Uchiha Rou and spoke favorably of Uchiha Itachi, but Uchiha Kō froze when he saw Itachi caring for Rou.

Uchiha Kō confronted Uchiha Itachi over his feelings for Uchiha Rou, then reconciled with his daughter before a new Ōtsutsuki threat arrived at Konoha. The chapter ended with Uchiha Kō and Tsunade facing Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki, who accused Kō of killing his brother.

• Uchiha Kō restrained Uchiha Itachi with Susanoo and demanded to know how long he had liked Uchiha Rou, but Itachi endured the pain without yielding.
• Uchiha Kō healed Uchiha Itachi and told him to meet at the Hokage Building the next day; Itachi left after using Kō's respect for resolve to ease his anger.
• Uchiha Kō apologized to Uchiha Rou for hiding his identity, and they made up before Tsunade joined their family embrace.
• Uchiha Kō sensed a powerful presence near Konoha and went to meet it with Tsunade, while Uchiha Rou stayed behind.
• Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki found Uchiha Kō and accused him of killing Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, and Kō answered by surging with chakra.

Uchiha Kō and Tsunade fought Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki and Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, revealing their formidable abilities and forcing Kinshiki into a sealing technique. Uchiha Kō let Kinshiki form a chakra pill, which flew toward Momoshiki as Kinshiki collapsed.

• Uchiha Kō blocked Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki's axe, then used Shinra Tensei and revealed his Golden Rinnegan and Sage Mode.
• Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki arrived, identified Uchiha Kō as human, and attacked Tsunade, who shattered his Shinra Tensei barrier with Heavenly Foot of Pain.
• Uchiha Kō used Time Leap to undo Kinshiki's Heavenly Feathered Arrow, then battled Kinshiki while Momoshiki fired a red Rasengan that a Wood Golem caught.
• Uchiha Kō repelled Kinshiki's attack and bound him with thirty-six Adamantine Chains, which began draining his chakra.
• Second Pillar (Adult) warned Uchiha Kō not to let Kinshiki give Momoshiki a chakra pill, but Uchiha Kō let Kinshiki create one; Kinshiki collapsed as the pill shot toward Momoshiki.

Uchiha Kō seized Kinshiki’s chakra pill and gave it to Tsunade, who gained Kinshiki’s power and joined the fight against Otsutsuki Momoshiki. After Momoshiki was defeated, he branded Karma onto Sasuke, who collapsed as a new arm bearing blue Karma grew in place of his missing left arm.

• Uchiha Kō interrupted Momoshiki’s attempt to take Kinshiki’s chakra pill and pulled it away from him.
• Uchiha Kō gave the pill to Tsunade, who swallowed it and gained Kinshiki’s abilities, white hair, and a golden longsword.
• Momoshiki attacked Tsunade with a lava ape and then charged at her, but Uchiha Kō’s Susanoo-clad Buddha defeated the ape while Tsunade and Sasuke fought Momoshiki.
• Sasuke used Amenotejikara to make Momoshiki miss Tsunade with his Rasengan, and Momoshiki then impaled Sasuke with Karma before dying.
• Sasuke blasted Momoshiki away with Shinra Tensei, then collapsed as a new left arm grew with blue Karma on it.

Uchiha Kō entered Sasuke’s body and used his soul technique to remove Otsutsuki Momoshiki’s Karma, with unexpected help from the Black and White Impermanence. After Tsunade celebrated her new power, Uchiha Kō sent the exhausted Sasuke away with Uchiha Itachi and warned them to keep the events secret.

• Uchiha Kō tried to restore Second Pillar’s chakra but stopped when Momoshiki’s Karma began absorbing it, then entered Sasuke’s body to find Momoshiki’s soul.
• Uchiha Kō hooked Momoshiki’s soul, and Fan Wujiu and Xie Bi'an arrived to seize and subdue him.
• Fan Wujiu and Xie Bi'an left with Momoshiki, the Karma vanished from Sasuke, and Uchiha Kō stored Momoshiki’s soul in the Nine Netherworld Hell.
• Uchiha Kō told Tsunade that Sasuke’s Karma was gone and explained that Chakra Pills formed only when an Ōtsutsuki willingly passed on power.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived, and Uchiha Kō told him to take Sasuke Uchiha (adult) back to the Uchiha clan and keep the incident secret.

Uchiha Kō and Tsunade returned home after the battle, while their family and the Uchiha household settled into domestic life. As representatives of smaller nations arrived to join Konoha, Nara Rokumei and Nara Shikaku struggled through the negotiations and considered making young Shikamaru their future successor.

• Uchiha Kō and Tsunade returned to Uchiha Rou and kept the Ōtsutsuki state they had encountered secret.
• Uchiha Kō cooked breakfast for Uchiha Rou, who walked to school under Hatake Sakumo's watch while Uchiha Itachi waited for her at the gate.
• Uchiha Fugaku recovered at home as Uchiha Mikoto tended his wounds, and he proposed that they have a third child.
• Nara Rokumei and Nara Shikaku received representatives from smaller countries and villages seeking to join Konoha, while complaining about the workload.
• Nara Shikaku suggested that his seven-year-old son Shikamaru could eventually take over their work and viewed the negotiations as training for him.

Nara Rokumei brought Nara Shikamaru into discussions about receiving leaders from smaller nations seeking Konoha’s support and negotiating tribute and cooperation. Shikamaru agreed to observe the negotiations that day and handle them himself the next day, knowing Konoha held the advantage but still needed to protect its reputation.

• Nara Shikaku used the Shadow Possession Technique to bring Nara Shikamaru to the Hokage Building during lunch.
• Nara Rokumei welcomed Shikamaru, shared lunch with him, and praised his intelligence before explaining why he had been summoned.
• Nara Rokumei described how Uchiha Kō had unified the ninja world under Konoha and said smaller nations were seeking Konoha’s support.
• After Shikaku’s snort interrupted Rokumei’s persuasive speech, Shikamaru recognized that his grandfather wanted his help and agreed not to refuse.
• Nara Rokumei asked Shikamaru to learn negotiations that day and lead them the next day, and Shikamaru accepted the responsibility.
• Nara Shikamaru realized Konoha held the negotiating advantage but resolved to act courteously to preserve its image.

Nara Shikamaru was given his first chance to negotiate on Konoha’s behalf under the supervision of Nara Rokumei and Nara Shikaku. At the meeting with the Daimyo of Shadow Country, Shikamaru turned the daimyo’s attempt to exploit his youth into a series of concessions.

• Nara Shikaku proposed letting Nara Shikamaru handle a negotiation, and Nara Rokumei approved the plan.
• Hizashi Hyuga reported that the visiting daimyos and their advisers were waiting, then agreed to protect Nara Rokumei and Nara Shikamaru.
• Nara Rokumei brought Nara Shikamaru to meet the Daimyo of Shadow Country, who was displeased to find a child representing Konoha.
• Hizashi Hyuga used Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to blast open the meeting room door, making the Daimyo of Shadow Country restrain his anger.
• The Daimyo of Shadow Country decided to exploit Nara Shikamaru’s youth, but Shikamaru anticipated the plan and negotiated confidently until the daimyo made concessions.

Nara Shikamaru secured favorable terms for Konoha in negotiations with the Daimyo of the Shadow Country. At the Uchiha compound, Itachi tested Boruto in a spar, provoking him until he broke Tsukuyomi, but Boruto was still struggling against Itachi’s Shadow Clones.

• Nara Shikamaru read the Daimyo of the Shadow Country’s intentions and negotiated a deal that gave Konoha the greatest benefit.
• The Daimyo of the Shadow Country praised Konoha, shook hands with Nara Rokumei, and left on friendly terms.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Boruto about Sasuke’s future and learned that Sasuke had been lonely despite having a wife and daughter.
• Itachi sent a Shadow Clone to spar with Boruto, who used the Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan before Itachi trapped him in Tsukuyomi.
• Boruto awakened his cyan-blue Jōgan and broke Tsukuyomi, but Itachi’s five Shadow Clones attacked him and proved unusually durable.

Boruto Uzumaki sparred with Uchiha Itachi, using his Jōgan and invisible Rasengan to evade him until Itachi conceded. Boruto then tricked Itachi into thinking Sasuke had awakened, and Sasuke woke in the Uchiha Clan Compound, reunited with his big brother and told he had defeated Otsutsuki Momoshiki.

• Uchiha Itachi attacked Boruto Uzumaki, who countered with an invisible Rasengan that Itachi quickly identified.
• Boruto used the Jōgan to evade Itachi’s attacks and stall, so Itachi conceded the spar rather than be worn down.
• Boruto admitted he could not beat Itachi, then shouted that Sasuke had awakened, prompting Itachi to rush to his bedside.
• Sasuke woke and asked where he was, and Itachi told him he was in the Uchiha Clan Compound and that Uchiha Kō had praised his victory over Otsutsuki Momoshiki.
• Itachi arranged food, and Sasuke eagerly ate to recover his strength.

Second Pillar and Boruto returned to their own timeline, leaving Uchiha Itachi and his family grieving their departure. Uchiha Kō spoke with Itachi about his choices and urged him to live for himself, and Itachi felt his conception of being a ninja break apart.

• Second Pillar and Boruto left the timeline, and Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku that Sasuke had gone.
• Uchiha Kō demonstrated the seventh gate of the Eight Inner Gates and Day Tiger to Tsunade, who warned him against training the deadly eighth gate.
• Uchiha Itachi visited Uchiha Kō and said that Sasuke had left, then admitted he would regret his own actions but would still choose the village over his family.
• Uchiha Kō challenged Itachi’s assumptions about the Uchiha coup and Konoha’s leadership, urging him to allow himself some selfishness.
• Uchiha Itachi reflected on Uchiha Kō’s words, and the shackle of his ninja worldview seemed to break.

Uchiha Kō approved Uchiha Itachi’s request to pursue Uchiha Rou after making him promise to wait and remain faithful. Itachi left for Konoha Academy with candy figures he had copied using his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Kō worried about losing his daughter.

• Uchiha Itachi thanked Uchiha Kō for helping him accept his own selfish feelings, and Kō confronted him for taking Uchiha Rou away without permission.
• Uchiha Itachi admitted he had feelings for Uchiha Rou and agreed to wait until she was twenty, pursue only her, and accept the possibility that she might love someone else.
• Uchiha Kō gave Uchiha Itachi permission to pursue Uchiha Rou, warning him to behave properly and avoid relationships with anyone else.
• After Uchiha Itachi left, Uchiha Kō worried that Rou Rou would eventually marry and become less close to him.
• Uchiha Itachi headed toward Konoha Academy, copied a vendor’s candy-making technique with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and bought three candy figures to take to Uchiha Rou.

Uchiha Itachi met Uchiha Rou after school, gave her a rabbit-shaped popsicle, and walked home holding her hand, prompting excitement and concern among their families. Meanwhile, Kakuzu continued his work overseeing Konoha’s finances as civil servants questioned him on the street.

• Uchiha Itachi waited outside the Academy with popsicles, and Uchiha Rou ran to him after school.
• Uchiha Itachi gave Uchiha Rou a strawberry popsicle, then walked openly through Konoha holding her hand.
• Uchiha Fugaku celebrated the pair’s closeness, while Uchiha Kō struggled to accept it and Tsunade urged him not to interfere.
• Kakuzu walked through Konoha as civil servants questioned him about his financial work and incorruptible record.

Hidan attacked Kakuzu in Konoha and fought Uchiha Itachi, who was mortally wounded while protecting Uchiha Rou. Rou awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, overwhelmed Hidan, and trapped him in a genjutsu where Jashin rejected him.

• Hidan stopped Kakuzu in Konoha and attacked him with his scythe after Kakuzu refused to spar.
• Uchiha Itachi fought Hidan with Susanoo and pierced him with the Totsuka Blade.
• Hidan struck at Uchiha Rou as she descended, and Uchiha Itachi pushed her out of the way, taking the fatal blow himself.
• Uchiha Rou awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan and cut Hidan into six pieces with her complete-body Susanoo.
• Uchiha Rou used her left-eye skill, Heart-Rending, to trap Hidan in a genjutsu where Jashin disowned him.

Uchiha Kō arrived as Uchiha Rou prepared to kill Hidan, then revived Uchiha Itachi and learned Rou had severely depleted her body by using her Mangekyō. He ordered Hidan’s body parts sealed and carried Rou to Hokage Villa, while Orochimaru took the remaining part for research.

• In Uchiha Rou’s genjutsu, Hidan lost faith in the Evil God, tried to kill it, and was repeatedly defeated until the illusion shattered his conviction.
• Uchiha Kō blocked Rou’s Susanoo from striking Hidan, and Tsunade assured Rou that Kō could revive Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Kō healed Itachi’s body and restored his soul, bringing him back to life as Rou’s Susanoo vanished from exhaustion.
• Tsunade discovered that Rou had drained nearly half the cells in her body, and Kō ordered the Uzumaki ninja to seal five of Hidan’s limbs and give the sixth to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru arrived to claim Hidan’s remaining body part, while Uchiha Kō carried Rou to Hokage Villa.

After the operation, Orochimaru arranged for witnesses to have their memories erased and reported back to Uchiha Kō. Kō spent more than a day healing Uchiha Rou, then collapsed from exhaustion while Tsunade stayed by his side and Itachi watched over Rou.

• Orochimaru warned the Anbu and Military Police Force to keep the day's events secret, then had Yamanaka Unkai and his clan erase the memories of the civilians and ordinary ninja present.
• Yamanaka Unkai arranged for Torifu Akimichi and the Akimichi clan to escort the witnesses home, while Orochimaru returned to his laboratory with Hidan's body.
• Uchiha Kō used Resurrection to repair Uchiha Rou's damaged body, then spent until the following day transferring Yin Release Chakra to restore her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• After finishing the treatment, Uchiha Kō drank water and ate buns, then struggled away despite his numb, painful legs; Tsunade followed him while Uchiha Itachi stayed beside Rou.
• Tsunade carried Uchiha Kō to the sofa, covered him with a blanket, and promised to watch over Rou, and Kō immediately fell asleep.

Uchiha Fugaku accepted Itachi’s sacrifice for Uchiha Rou and planned to visit her after she recovered, while Madara, Izuna, and Hashirama hurried toward Konoha after hearing she was injured. In Kirigakure, Tobirama asked Hiruzen and Danzō how to handle Yugakure, leaving the chapter before either answered.

• Fugaku learned in Itachi’s Tsukuyomi why his son had risked his life for Rou, then urged him to treat her well and returned home.
• Mikoto and Fugaku decided to wait until Rou woke before visiting, while Mikoto planned to bring her gifts with Kushina.
• Madara left a powerful clone in Iwagakure and set out for Konoha after learning Rou was injured.
• Izuna left a half-strength clone and Pakura to oversee affairs in Kumogakure, then headed for Konoha.
• Hashirama departed Sunagakure for Konoha; afterward, Chiyo rebuked Hayashi for considering an attack and reminded him the village had been founded for peace.
• In Kirigakure, Tobirama asked Hiruzen and Danzō how they should handle Yugakure in the Land of Rivers.

Senju Tobirama tested Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō on how to respond to Hidan of Yugakure, and Danzō argued that Konoha should answer violations with force. Tobirama condemned Hiruzen’s lost resolve and endorsed Danzō’s approach, leaving Hiruzen shaken and ashamed.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Senju Tobirama to pursue pacification rather than provoke conflict over Hidan of Yugakure.
• Senju Tobirama asked Shimura Danzō how he would handle Hidan, and Danzō answered that Konoha should kill its enemies.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen condemned Danzō, who accused him of valuing his reputation over Konoha’s laws, dignity, and interests.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen slapped Shimura Danzō, who then rebuked him for compromising with other villages and leaving Konoha vulnerable.
• Senju Tobirama reminded Sarutobi Hiruzen of the courage that had once led him to choose Hiruzen as Hokage, then said Danzō had become the more mature leader.
• Senju Tobirama declared that Konoha should kill foreign enemies who violated the village rather than make compromises, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen ashen-faced.

Senju Tobirama ordered Shimura Danzō to lead three thousand Mist ninja and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist against Yugakure, using Hidan’s massacre in Konoha as justification. As the force assembled under Ao, Suikazan Fuguki warned the swordsmen to avoid looting or fighting, while Ao prepared to carry out the mission for Kirigakure’s spoils.

• Senju Tobirama ordered Shimura Danzō to lead three thousand Mist ninja and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to punish Yugakure for Hidan’s massacre in Konoha.
• Suikazan Fuguki and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist agreed to serve Konoha after Senju Tobirama promised they could keep their gains from the operation.
• Suikazan Fuguki warned the swordsmen not to fight or take money, suspecting Senju Tobirama meant to make the operation appear to be Kirigakure’s responsibility.
• Shimura Danzō oversaw the assembly of three thousand Mist ninja, and the swordsmen followed Suikazan Fuguki’s advice to stay out of the way.
• Ao arrived as the force’s leader and reported to Shimura Danzō that the troops were ready to wipe out Yugakure’s remaining fighting forces for Kirigakure’s spoils.

Ao helped Shimura Danzō take control of the Mist army and resolved to disgrace Kirigakure through its conduct. Uchiha Rou met the Sage of Six Paths in a strange inner space, then woke to find Uchiha Itachi alive and heard him say he liked her.

• Shimura Danzō ordered the army to march on Yugakure, and Ao took charge as his deputy.
• Ao rejected his former loyalty to Kirigakure and planned to make its troops notorious for slaughter and pillage.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained that he had entered Uchiha Rou to protect her potential and asked her to become his disciple.
• Uchiha Rou asked whether the Sage of Six Paths or Uchiha Kō was stronger, and the Sage admitted he was inferior to her father.
• Uchiha Rou asked the Sage to release her, and she woke beside the revived Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Itachi murmured that he liked Rou Rou, leaving her blushing and wondering whether he had said it on purpose.