Chapter Summaries

Karui and Omoi rescued the injured Shisui Uchiha and learned he was carrying a scroll for Konoha's Fourth Hokage. After Karui and Omoi left to deliver it, Madara Uchiha appeared before Shisui and recognized his newly evolved Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Karui identified the injured man as a Konoha Uchiha and treated his wounds despite Omoi's objections.
• Shisui woke, introduced himself to Karui and Omoi, and explained he had been hurt by an enemy he believed was no longer pursuing him.
• Shisui asked Karui to deliver his scroll to the Fourth Hokage, but Omoi urged her to refuse; Karui accepted it anyway.
• Karui and Omoi left the camp separately from Shisui, while Shisui stayed behind to rest and roast the rabbit.
• Madara Uchiha emerged from the forest, praised Shisui's eyes, and identified them as the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uzumaki Kuming began group training to help Naruto and the other Jinchuriki control their Tailed Beast Chakra. Naruto entered his inner world and found Uzumaki Kuming beside a massive cage containing a strange, enormous creature.

• Anbu searched a devastated clearing for the missing Shisui and decided to inform the village and border troops.
• Uzumaki Kuming trained Yoriichi Namikaze in taijutsu and keeping the First Gate open, while Naruto grew impatient to begin his own training.
• Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Karin Senju arrived, and Uzumaki Kuming explained that Rin would help Naruto improve his Chakra control.
• Uzumaki Kuming gathered the Jinchuriki and warned them to prepare for the threat of Madara Uchiha before sending them into their inner worlds.
• Naruto awoke in a dark sewer, followed the light to a massive cage, and saw a strange creature inside as Uzumaki Kuming stood nearby.

Naruto Uzumaki entered the Seven-Tails’ sealed space with Uzumaki Kuming and asked Chomei to fight alongside him, but Chomei rejected him and threatened Kuming. Kurama then attacked Chomei, sparking a battle that spread through Naruto’s seal and began in Rin’s and Karin Senju’s sealed spaces as well.

• Uzumaki Kuming shielded Naruto from Chomei’s roar and brought him through the lightning curtain into the Seven-Tails’ cage.
• Naruto introduced himself to Chomei and asked for its acknowledgment and help protecting their people, but Chomei refused and threatened Kuming.
• Kurama emerged from Naruto’s Chakra, struck Chomei, and demanded that Kuming release it so they could fight.
• Uzumaki Kuming withdrew the restraints and retreated with Naruto as Kurama and Chomei began battling inside the cage.
• Naruto, Rin, and Karin Senju released red Chakra in the real world, and Uzumaki Kuming reassured Obito Uchiha that the situation was under control.
• Kurama began fighting the Three-Tails and Six-Tails in Rin’s and Karin’s sealed spaces.

Uzumaki Kuming and Kurama tested Naruto, Karin, and Rin Nohara against the Tailed Beasts sealed inside them. Naruto used his own training to trap Chomei and earn his acknowledgment, but Chomei retaliated with a Tailed Beast Bomb before the confrontation was settled.

• Kurama split his Chakra to battle Chomei, the Six-Tails, and the Three-Tails in their sealing spaces, gaining the upper hand against them.
• After Kurama subdued Chomei, Naruto refused Uzumaki Kuming's help and stepped forward to earn Chomei's acknowledgment himself.
• Naruto attacked with Shadow Clones and Rasengans, then used Black Spring Swamp and Wild Lion's Mane Technique to immobilize Chomei.
• Chomei fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Naruto, but Uzumaki Kuming caught it with a golden fox claw and smashed it back into Chomei.

Naruto refused to take Chomei's Chakra without earning its recognition, so Uzumaki Kuming brought him to Mount Myoboku to train in Sage Mode. As Naruto went to hear the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, Rin lost control of her Tailed Beast Chakra and attacked Obito and an Anbu.

• Naruto told Uzumaki Kuming he wanted to earn Chomei's recognition and protect it with his own strength, and Chomei's hostility eased slightly.
• Uzumaki Kuming left Obito in charge of Rin and Karin, gave him sealing talismans, and took Naruto to Mount Myoboku.
• Uzumaki Kuming arranged for Naruto to learn Sage Mode, but Sage Shima arrived and summoned Naruto to hear the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
• Obito spoke with an Anbu while Rin struggled with the Tailed Beast's negative emotions, then Rin erupted in a three-tailed cloak and struck Obito with her tails.
• Rin pierced the Anbu with one of her tails and pinned him to the ground as Obito tried to reach her.

Karin lost control of Saiken during training, and the resulting attack and explosions killed the Anbu Miyano before Uzumaki Kuming returned. Kuming accepted responsibility, ordered the incident concealed, and learned that Shisui had gone missing on a mission.

• Obito rescued Rin from her Tailed Beast transformation, but Karin transformed into the Six-Tails Saiken and attacked him.
• Saiken’s chakra bubbles triggered a massive explosion that engulfed Uzumaki Kuming just after he returned from Mount Myoboku.
• Kuming emerged unharmed, and Saiken retreated into Karin’s seal as she regained consciousness beside Miyano’s corpse.
• Obito apologized and told Kuming that Shisui’s squad had been found dead at the Land of Fire border and Shisui was missing.
• Kuming took responsibility for Miyano’s death, ordered compensation for his family and secrecy about the incident, and told Obito to recall Uchiha members stationed outside the village.
• Karin followed Kuming home while the gathered ninja concluded that she had killed Miyano, and rumors about the incident began spreading.

Konoha’s response to Karin Senju’s rampage sparked an organized protest, which Minato Namikaze calmed by taking responsibility and defending her. Meanwhile, Naruto Uzumaki successfully entered Sage Mode at Mount Myoboku, though he still needed to master it.

• Rumors about Karin Senju killing an Anbu member spread through Konoha, and Killer B and Yugito Nii discussed what the incident might mean for Konoha and Kumogakure.
• Organized protesters gathered outside the Hokage Building and demanded Karin’s punishment, prompting Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku to suspect a conspiracy.
• Nara Shikaku proposed faking Karin’s execution to draw out the mastermind, but Minato rejected the plan and publicly took responsibility for the incident.
• Minato’s speech persuaded most protesters to leave, though Karin Senju and Rin Nohara continued to face suspicion and exclusion from villagers.
• Naruto Uzumaki entered Sage Mode at Mount Myoboku, then fell from a rocky peak while trying to move and discovered he was unharmed.

Naruto entered Sage Mode and sparred with Uzumaki Kuming, learning through repeated defeats and adapting quickly. That night, Sage Fukasaku revealed that the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy foretold two boys fighting the ancestor of Chakra, with Kuming absent from the battle.

• Naruto discovered Sage Mode had left him unharmed after his fall, and Sage Fukasaku praised how completely he had mastered it.
• Kuming agreed to spar with Naruto and quickly knocked him down, showing him the gap between their abilities.
• Naruto charged Kuming repeatedly, and Kuming used the bouts to teach him that Sage Mode alone would not make him invincible.
• Through a full day of fighting, Naruto improved his combat instincts, Sage Mode control, and ability to anticipate Kuming’s attacks.
• At the campfire, Fukasaku told Kuming that the prophecy described Naruto fighting beside a boy with powerful eyes to defeat their enemy.
• Fukasaku identified the enemy as the ancestor of Chakra and said only two boys fought him, while Kuming was absent; Kuming wondered what the future held.

Uzumaki Kuming challenged Sage Fukasaku’s faith in prophecy and revealed that his immense power was growing again, then left Mount Myoboku after Naruto resumed training. Back in Konoha, he met Killer B and two Kumogakure envoys who had encountered Shisui and brought a message for him.

• Uzumaki Kuming questioned whether fate was fixed, told Sage Fukasaku that people from the future had predicted his death, and showed signs of controlling the weather and wielding immense Chakra.
• Sage Fukasaku sensed that Uzumaki Kuming’s Chakra surpassed even the Great Toad Sage’s and worried about the powerful enemy Naruto might eventually face.
• Naruto woke at dawn and began meditating on a stone peak, while Uzumaki Kuming watched before declining Sage Shima’s breakfast and leaving Mount Myoboku.
• Kisame told Uzumaki Kuming that Omoi and Karui, disciples of Killer B, had arrived in Konoha with a message from Shisui, and Kuming asked Kisame to bring them to him.
• Killer B brought Omoi and Karui to meet Uzumaki Kuming, who apologized after his pressure alarmed them, and Karui placed a scroll on the table.

Uzumaki Kuming received Shisui's message through a genjutsu hidden in Karui's Sharingan and learned that Shisui's attempt to assassinate Madara Uchiha had failed. After seeing Madara target Shisui's eyes, Kuming set out to find him and ordered that no Uchiha leave the village.

• Karui gave Uzumaki Kuming a blank scroll from Shisui, and Kisame confirmed it had no hidden writing or measures.
• Uzumaki Kuming seized Karui, causing her to lose consciousness and awaken with a Sharingan that trapped him in Shisui's genjutsu.
• Kuming watched Madara Uchiha demand Sharingan eyes, then saw Sasuke Uchiha bring him Shisui as a target.
• Shisui activated Susanoo and attacked Madara, but the vision later showed him injured and meeting Karui and Omoi in a forest clearing.
• Kuming returned to the living room, realized Shisui's assassination had failed, and left to search for him while ordering Kisame to keep all Uchiha in the village.

After Kuming left to search for Shisui, Fugaku ordered the Uchiha clan to stay in Konoha and sent Itachi to Minato, who raised the village’s alert. Madara and the Masked Man reached the Land of Whirlpools to search for Uzumaki secrets, while Kuming remained unable to find Shisui, who awoke blind and wounded in a stranger’s cabin.

• Fugaku received Kuming’s order restricting the Uchiha clan from leaving Konoha and suspected it was connected to Shisui’s disappearance.
• Fugaku sent Itachi to stay with Minato, and Minato made him his personal guard as Konoha’s ninjas became tense and active.
• Madara and the Masked Man landed in the Land of Whirlpools to search Uzushio Village for the Uzumaki Clan’s treasure vault and a way to reclaim Madara’s power.
• Kuming searched the battle sites near the Land of Fire’s border but found no trace of Shisui and grew increasingly worried.
• Shisui awoke injured in a cabin, unable to see, and asked the young woman caring for him who she was and where he was.

Shisui Uchiha woke blind and badly injured in Misa’s home, where she and her butcher father cared for him. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha and the Masked Man searched for Uzumaki Fuinjutsu, and Uzumaki Kuming’s search for Shisui brought him to the Land of Hot Water, where he unexpectedly met Mei Terumi.

• Misa told Shisui Uchiha that her father had rescued him and returned his Konoha forehead protector, while Shisui realized he was blind.
• Shisui introduced himself without revealing his surname, then protected Misa when her bloodstained father entered; Misa explained that her father was a butcher and she was a veterinarian.
• Misa treated Shisui’s reopened wounds and stitched them with catgut, while Shisui refused her pig anesthetic.
• Madara Uchiha found Uzushio Village’s underground chamber empty, so the Masked Man urged him to head to Konoha for Uzumaki Fuinjutsu scrolls.
• The Masked Man planned to use Senju Nawaki and Tsunade as distractions so he could infiltrate Uzumaki Kuming’s residence and take its Fuinjutsu.
• Uzumaki Kuming searched the Land of Hot Water for Shisui, rested at a hot spring inn, and was surprised when Mei Terumi joined him.

Uzumaki Kuming met Mei Terumi at a hot spring, then followed her to a huge battlefield while searching for his missing disciple, Shisui. He found Shisui’s marked kunai by a river and reached the injured young man, who asked to stay with Misa instead of returning to Konoha.

• Mei Terumi admitted she had come to find Uzumaki Kuming after her guards discovered his trail while investigating a devastated battlefield.
• Uzumaki Kuming examined a massive crater and identified traces of Fire Style and Wood Release from a likely decisive battle between Shisui and his enemy.
• Uzumaki Kuming found Shisui’s Flying Thunder God kunai beside a river and took its presence as a sign that Shisui might still be alive.
• Shisui recovered enough to walk and spent a peaceful day by the river with Misa, who had cared for him.
• Uzumaki Kuming and Mei Terumi arrived with Mist Ninja, and Misa stood in front of Shisui to protect him.
• Shisui stepped in front of Misa and told Uzumaki Kuming that he did not want to return to Konoha.

Shisui told Uzumaki Kuming he no longer wanted to be a ninja, but Kuming warned him that staying outside Konoha would endanger the village sheltering him. As Shisui and Misa considered returning to Konoha, Mei Terumi confessed her feelings to Kuming, and they decided to marry; Minato Namikaze received a scroll announcing their elopement.

• Shisui revealed his injuries and pleaded with Kuming to let him leave the ninja life, while Misa defended his choice.
• Kuming warned Shisui that he could not safely live outside Konoha and gave him until the next day to think it over.
• Mei Terumi invited Shisui to Kirigakure, then left with Kuming and confessed that she wanted to be with him.
• Shisui asked Misa whether she would live in Konoha, and she agreed to go wherever he went.
• Mei Terumi embraced Kuming, and he proposed that they skip dating and get married.
• Minato Namikaze read a scroll about Kuming and Mei Terumi eloping and dropped his teacup in shock.

Uzumaki Kuming and Mei Terumi faced Kirigakure leaders debating whether Mei could marry and leave her post as Mizukage. The Great Elder supported their marriage only if they settled in Kirigakure, and Kuming objected to being treated as though he would marry into the village.

• Mei Terumi convened Kirigakure’s leaders to discuss her marriage to Uzumaki Kuming and the consequences of stepping down as Mizukage.
• Soma and other Mist Ninja warned that Mei’s departure could destabilize Kirigakure, while Hozuki Mangetsu voiced support and maneuvered for influence over the succession.
• Mei asked Hozuki Mangetsu to name her successor, then said she would recommend a candidate for the Jonin meeting to vote on.
• The Great Elder interrupted Mei and declared that Kirigakure needed her to remain Mizukage, though he would accept her marriage if she stayed in the village.
• The Great Elder offered to build Mei and Kuming a home and give Kuming a role in Kirigakure, prompting Kuming to ask if the old man expected him to marry into the family and live off him.

Uzumaki Kuming rejected the Mist Ninja Great Elder’s request to settle in Kirigakure, while Mei Terumi agreed to remain Mizukage until a successor appeared and planned to move to Konoha. In Konoha, Minato Namikaze linked a theft of Fuinjutsu scrolls to Madara Uchiha, then learned that Madara had destroyed Iwagakure and that the village was preparing to demand an explanation from Konoha.

• Uzumaki Kuming refused to settle in Kirigakure, and Mei Terumi said she would move to Konoha but serve as Mizukage until a suitable successor emerged.
• The Mist Ninja Great Elder raised concerns about their wedding and Kirigakure’s security, but Mei Terumi assured him Kuming would protect the village.
• News spread in Konoha about Shisui Uchiha’s planned marriage to a civilian and Uzumaki Kuming’s upcoming wedding to Mei Terumi.
• A Chunin reported to Minato Namikaze that 1,140 stolen archive scrolls all contained Fuinjutsu, and Minato suspected the thief wanted to seal or unseal something connected to Madara Uchiha.
• Minato received an S-rank report that Madara Uchiha had destroyed Iwagakure, killed Ōnoki, and taken the Four-Tails and Five-Tails; Iwagakure was gathering forces to demand an explanation from Konoha.

After learning that Madara Uchiha had destroyed Iwagakure and taken its Tailed Beasts, Minato Namikaze prepared Konoha for possible attacks while Madara headed for Sunagakure to seize the One-Tail. Madara was ambushed by Rasa and a force of Sand Ninja, and the chapter ended as Stone Ninja caught up with him.

• Minato Namikaze told Nara Shikaku that Iwagakure had been destroyed, Ōnoki killed, and the Four-Tails and Five-Tails taken by Madara Uchiha; Shikaku urged him to reinforce the borders and summon Uzumaki Jiuming.
• Madara told the Masked Man and Sasuke Uchiha that they would take the One-Tail from Sunagakure before he confronted Konoha, and he warned the Masked Man not to underestimate Uzumaki Jiuming.
• At the border between the Land of Earth and the Land of Birds, Madara and his companions were ambushed, and Madara's Majestic Destroyer Flame was blocked by Rasa's Gold Dust.
• Rasa identified himself as the Kazekage and declared that he had come to kill Madara, who attacked the Sand Ninja with Susanoo despite Sasuke urging him not to waste time.
• Stone Ninja intervened to block Madara's Susanoo slashes, and their bloodshot-eyed leader confronted him, saying he had finally caught up.

Kitsuchi’s Iwagakure forces and Deidara attacked Madara Uchiha, but Madara countered with Wood Release and nearly wiped out the Stone Ninja. As Madara turned his assault toward Sunagakure, Rasa ordered his children to retreat with Gaara and prepared to hold him back alone.

• Rasa ordered Temari to withdraw the Sunagakure forces while Kitsuchi’s Iwagakure unit charged Madara Uchiha.
• Deidara’s clay bombs obscured Madara’s view as Akatsuchi and Kitsuchi used a rock giant and cement to damage and restrain Susanoo.
• Madara broke free with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, killing most of the Stone Ninja with trees and poisonous pollen.
• Rasa and the Sunagakure Wind Style ninja dispersed the drifting pollen, but Madara then used Shinra Tensei to attack their forces.
• Rasa told Temari and Kankuro to retreat with Gaara, raised a Gold Dust barrier against Madara, and entrusted Gaara to his children.

Rasa sacrificed himself to let Sunagakure’s forces escape, but Madara defeated him and seized Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki. As Madara began extracting Gaara’s soul to release Shukaku, the battlefield was hit by a sudden torrential downpour.

• Rasa used a Gold Dust pyramid to shield the retreating Sunagakure ninjas, while Temari dragged Kankuro away despite his protests.
• Madara broke through Rasa’s defenses, drained the chakra from his Gold Dust, and knocked him down; Gaara arrived and rescued his father with sand.
• Gaara attacked Madara with Sand Binding Coffin, but Madara broke free, struck Gaara down, and grabbed him by the neck to take the One-Tail.
• Madara’s allies noticed Deidara’s clay bugs underground, and Deidara fled with Kurotsuchi, Kitsuchi, and Akatsuchi after Madara spotted them.
• Madara used the Prison King of Hell to begin pulling Gaara’s soul from his body as thunder and torrential rain swept across the battlefield.

Uzumaki Kuming arrived to confront Madara Uchiha, trapping the battlefield in a barrier and revealing his increased power. Their battle escalated as Kuming’s Golden-Armored Nine-Tails attacked, but Madara defended himself with Wood Release.

• A lightning strike marked Uzumaki Kuming’s arrival, and he told Madara Uchiha that he had come because he took Shisui’s eye.
• Madara Uchiha transformed his Susanoo with fiery Chakra and used Banshō Ten’in, but Uzumaki Kuming vanished in black lightning and struck through the Susanoo.
• Uzumaki Kuming raised a vast barrier that trapped Madara Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, White Zetsu, and the Masked Man, while Gaara and Rasa were teleported outside it.
• Uzumaki Kuming summoned a Golden-Armored Nine-Tails, which charged Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo and knocked it off balance by sweeping away the Gold Dust beneath it.
• Uzumaki Kuming tore into the Susanoo and sent Adamantine Sealing Chains at Madara Uchiha, but Madara blocked both attacks with Wood Release: Tree World Wall.