Recaps

Ueno Kei arrived at the Allied Forces headquarters as the ninja villages faced a worsening war against Akatsuki. After learning that their units were being suppressed and that Kabuto’s revived ninja and Obito’s tailed beasts posed major threats, he joined the leaders in confronting the crisis.

• Ueno Kei left the Cloud Ninja base after speaking with Naruto, who promised himself they would fight together and continued training with Killer B.
• Ueno Kei reached the Allied Forces headquarters, where Jiraiya, Tsunade, the Fourth Raikage, and Ōnoki greeted him.
• The five great nations had reluctantly agreed to unite, placed their daimyo and key families under protection, and appointed the Fourth Raikage commander-in-chief, Gaara general commander, and Shikaku strategist.
• Ueno Kei asked about the battlefield and learned that all Allied Forces units were being suppressed.
• Shikaku identified Kabuto’s Impure World Reincarnation and Obito’s control of seven tailed beasts as the greatest threats.

At the Allied Forces Headquarters, Ueno Kei discussed Akatsuki’s surprise attack and the threat posed by Obito and Yakushi Kabuto. He refused to handle Kabuto himself, revealing that the Uchiha brothers would take him on, while Kakashi searched for Obito.

• Jiraiya reacted to learning that Obito led Akatsuki, and the commanders reviewed the White Zetsu army, Kabuto’s Impure World Reincarnation, and the Allied Forces’ heavy losses.
• The Fourth Raikage condemned the Uchiha Clan, while Ueno Kei asked why the commanders had summoned him.
• Shikaku explained that Kakashi had left with Might Guy, Sarutobi Asuma, and others to find Obito, his former teammate.
• The Fourth Raikage and Jiraiya urged Ueno Kei to deal with Kabuto, whose power threatened the battlefield.
• Ueno Kei said the Uchiha brothers would handle Kabuto, prompting the commanders to realize who he meant.

Ueno Kei explained Konoha’s ties to Itachi and Sasuke after the Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Raikage challenged Konoha’s sincerity in forming the Shinobi Allied Forces. The Fourth Raikage accepted Konoha’s offer of compensation and agreed that Sasuke could join the fight against Akatsuki.

• The Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Raikage demanded an explanation after Ueno Kei mentioned the Uchiha brothers.
• Ueno Kei told the leaders that Itachi had originally infiltrated Akatsuki on Konoha’s orders, while concealing the truth behind the Uchiha Clan massacre.
• Ueno Kei said Itachi could help keep Second Pillar in check and promised that Sasuke and Itachi would fight Obito alongside the Allied Forces.
• Tsunade acknowledged Sasuke’s attack on Killer B and said Konoha would compensate the Cloud Ninja.
• The Fourth Raikage agreed to set aside Sasuke’s past actions if he joined the fight against Akatsuki.

Ueno Kei secured the allied villages’ agreement to let Itachi Uchiha and Second Pillar handle Yakushi Kabuto, with Konoha accepting responsibility for them. He then refused to tell the other villages about Kaguya Otsutsuki yet, assuring Jiraiya and Tsunade that he would deal with her himself.

• The Fourth Raikage required Konoha to guarantee that Itachi Uchiha and Second Pillar would cause no further trouble, and Ueno Kei and Tsunade accepted responsibility.
• The Fourth Raikage allowed Ueno Kei to remain at headquarters and join the final battle when Obito and the seven tailed beasts appeared.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade asked Ueno Kei whether the other villages should be told about Kaguya Otsutsuki, whose escape from her seal threatened the world.
• Ueno Kei insisted that the time was not right to reveal Kaguya Otsutsuki’s existence and promised Jiraiya and Tsunade he would find a way to handle her.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade accepted Ueno Kei’s judgment and agreed to leave the matter to him.

Ueno Kei reconsidered Hamura’s wish to reconcile with their mother, while Itachi reunited with Sasuke and tried to explain his choices. Sasuke demanded answers, leaving the brothers’ meeting tense and unresolved.

• Ueno Kei recalled Hamura’s hope that he could reach an agreement with their mother and vanished into the shadows, still uncertain what to do.
• Itachi approached Sasuke, touched his forehead, and told him that he had always loved him.
• Sasuke rejected Itachi’s apology and demanded an explanation for the Uchiha Clan massacre.
• Itachi admitted he had tried to decide Sasuke’s future and pursue peace, but said he had failed and had always loved both Sasuke and the village.
• Sasuke coldly challenged Itachi’s appeal to the greater good, leaving their reunion unresolved.

Itachi asked Sasuke to help stop the Fourth Great Ninja War, promising to reveal the truth after the conflict was resolved. Sasuke agreed to deal with Yakushi Kabuto first, but reserved his decision about fighting Uchiha Obito and Akatsuki until afterward.

• Itachi recognized that Sasuke had developed firm convictions and could no longer be easily persuaded or controlled.
• Itachi told Sasuke that Uchiha Obito was behind the war and that Yakushi Kabuto had revived many ninjas with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Itachi explained that Akatsuki's Eye of the Moon Plan threatened the world's future and promised Sasuke answers once peace was restored.
• Itachi asked Sasuke to join him in stopping Yakushi Kabuto and Uchiha Obito, saying peace mattered as much as Sasuke did to him.
• Sasuke agreed to deal with Yakushi Kabuto first but said he would decide afterward whether to join the fight against Uchiha Obito and Akatsuki.

Itachi sent Ueno Kei intelligence about his recent investigation while he and Sasuke set out to find Yakushi Kabuto. Ueno Kei received the message during his search for Obito, and its contents left him shocked and wary.

• Itachi agreed to Sasuke's plan, summoned a Ninja Hawk, and sent Ueno Kei a scroll containing information from his investigation.
• Itachi and Sasuke followed intelligence about Yakushi Kabuto's location while Sasuke remained confident he would surpass Ueno Kei.
• The Shinobi Allied Forces struggled against the reincarnated Kage and a mysterious enemy wielding Moryo's chakra, so Jiraiya went to support Darui's forces.
• Ueno Kei joined the search for Obito while Tsunade and the Fourth Raikage remained at headquarters.
• Ueno Kei received Itachi's scroll, read its contents, and reacted with shock and wariness.

Ueno Kei learned from Kisame Hoshigaki that a suspicious group had been discovered and that one member might have been forcibly controlled. After deciding to investigate their route first, he used a blood-based technique to locate them and set off.

• Ueno Kei burned the scroll and traveled to meet Kisame Hoshigaki, who explained Itachi Uchiha's intelligence in greater detail.
• Kisame Hoshigaki told Ueno Kei that one of three people might have been under forced control and handed him a scroll listing suspicious locations.
• After Kisame Hoshigaki left, Ueno Kei suspected the newcomer was Kaguya Otsutsuki and decided to investigate the direction the three had taken.
• Ueno Kei smeared blood from a jade bottle across his forehead, completed complex hand seals, and formed a red formation.
• Ueno Kei found the group with the technique and leaped away toward their location.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu continued toward their destination after spotting Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, while Otsutsuki Toneri concealed his anger and ambitions. The chapter left Ueno Kei and the people of the world facing new enemies from both Hamura's descendants and the true Otsutsuki Clan.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki sensed Kaguya's aura from two departing figures, and Black Zetsu stopped him from giving chase after recognizing Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Black Zetsu told Momoshiki he was uncertain who the figures were and worried that Obito might have acted against their plan.
• Momoshiki dismissed the figures as mongrels, and Otsutsuki Toneri silently raged at the insult to his clan and ancestor Hamura.
• Black Zetsu noticed Toneri's resentment and considered how he might use the young Otsutsuki for Mother's revival.
• Momoshiki threatened Black Zetsu against deceiving him, then rode on Kinshiki Otsutsuki as the group continued toward its destination.
• Ueno Kei and the people of the world were left with new enemies: Hamura's descendants and the ambitious true Otsutsuki Clan.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki and his group headed toward the ruins where Black Zetsu claimed Kaguya was sealed, while Ueno Kei followed them and worried about their strength and motives. The chapter revealed that Momoshiki had come to the world seeking an opportunity to gain power, but had not yet reached Kaguya’s level.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki questioned whether the Land of Rainbow border was where Kaguya had been sealed, and Black Zetsu directed him toward nearby ruins.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki and his group left the shore, and Ueno Kei arrived more than an hour later after tracking them for two days.
• Ueno Kei used Hamura’s blood-based secret technique to confirm the group’s identities and considered the warnings and contingency plans Hamura had left him.
• Ueno Kei worried that the Otsutsuki might have strength comparable to Kaguya and decided to continue following them cautiously.
• The chapter explained that Momoshiki had originally come to welcome Kaguya and now sought to exploit her situation and the unclaimed God Tree fruit to increase his power and status.

Black Zetsu trapped Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Otsutsuki Toneri in a powerful sealing barrier, hoping to make them pawns in Kaguya Otsutsuki’s resurrection. Momoshiki began to break free, so Black Zetsu detonated the ruins, but a familiar voice confronted him afterward.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki found no trace of the Otsutsuki clan or Kaguya Otsutsuki in the ruins, and Black Zetsu mocked him for searching there.
• Black Zetsu used a sealing power bestowed by Kaguya Otsutsuki to pin Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, and Otsutsuki Toneri down and demand their submission.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki released red chakra that began loosening the seal, alarming Black Zetsu, who wanted to use the three as backup pawns in Kaguya Otsutsuki’s resurrection plan.
• Black Zetsu activated the barrier’s core mechanism, and a red light spread across the Land of Rainbow before an explosion flattened the ruins.
• Black Zetsu celebrated the apparent destruction of his opponents, but a familiar cold voice asked what would happen to him for opposing its speaker.

Ueno Kei arrived as Momoshiki Otsutsuki interrogated Black Zetsu and recognized that Black Zetsu was only a part of a larger body. Seeing the injured Otsutsuki, Ueno Kei welcomed the chance to confront them, but Kinshiki Otsutsuki attacked him before he could act.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki restrained Black Zetsu and used his Rinnegan to discover that Black Zetsu was only part of a larger body.
• Kinshiki Otsutsuki dropped the unconscious Otsutsuki Toneri and moved to guard Momoshiki Otsutsuki when someone approached.
• Ueno Kei emerged, startling Black Zetsu and drawing wary attention from Momoshiki Otsutsuki.
• Ueno Kei said Black Zetsu had made it easier to deal with the injured Otsutsuki and revealed his knowledge of Kaguya's revival plans.
• Kinshiki Otsutsuki vanished and swung a heavy fist at the back of Ueno Kei's head.

Ueno Kei fought Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki after Kinshiki attacked him, revealing that he knew about the Otsutsuki Clan and their purpose. The battle escalated as Ueno Kei entered Sage Mode and unleashed lightning beasts at Momoshiki, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Ueno Kei blocked Kinshiki Otsutsuki's punch, seized his arm, and slammed him aside.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki introduced himself and questioned Ueno Kei, who said he knew about the Otsutsuki Clan and why they had come.
• Ueno Kei sensed Kinshiki approaching underground, shattered the ground, and struck him with Lightning Flash.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki rushed Ueno Kei, who evaded him and entered Sage Mode with power flowing from the Lingyu Blade.
• Ueno Kei summoned three lightning beasts with Sage Art—Lightning Release—Tiger Roar, and they charged at Momoshiki Otsutsuki as thunder shook the Land of Rainbow.

Ueno Kei fought Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki while using Hamura’s power alongside natural energy, and Black Zetsu realized the source of Kei’s unusual aura. The battle remained unresolved, with Black Zetsu hoping Momoshiki would win to protect Kaguya’s resurrection plans.

• Ueno Kei struck Momoshiki Otsutsuki, leaving a bleeding wound on his face, before Kinshiki blocked Kei’s next attack with chakra-like red power.
• Ueno Kei recognized the red substance as a threat because it could burn him and devour his chakra and natural energy.
• Black Zetsu watched the fight and hoped Momoshiki would defeat Ueno Kei before the Shinobi Allied Forces learned about Kaguya.
• Ueno Kei combined natural energy with the power Hamura had given him, and the two forces worked together without harming his body.
• Black Zetsu sensed Hamura’s power in Ueno Kei and realized Kei was a descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Ueno Kei battled Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki, using lightning and earth techniques to counter their attacks. The fight continued as Momoshiki and Kinshiki withdrew to a high rock above him.

• Black Zetsu mistook Ueno Kei's strength for a gift from Hamura Otsutsuki and expected Hagoromo Otsutsuki's backup to appear.
• Ueno Kei used Gale Break against Momoshiki Otsutsuki, then resisted the corrosive mist and immobilized a group of white-robed figures with a lightning technique.
• Ueno Kei tracked Momoshiki Otsutsuki, but Kinshiki Otsutsuki intercepted him and blocked the Lingyu Blade with his bare fist.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki struck a Shadow Clone, while the real Ueno Kei triggered a ground collapse beneath them.
• Kinshiki Otsutsuki stopped the ground from shaking and carried Momoshiki Otsutsuki away before the earth collapsed.
• Ueno Kei blew away the white and black mist with a wind technique and faced Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki on a high rock.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki tried to persuade Ueno Kei to let him reclaim his clan’s secret treasure and offered to hand over the black fellow, but Ueno rejected any truce. Momoshiki then secretly triggered an attack, and Ueno dodged as a shocking sight appeared before him.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki recognized Ueno Kei’s unusual Byakugan and guessed that he had inherited Hamura Otsutsuki’s power.
• Momoshiki claimed he only wanted to reclaim a secret treasure, promised not to interfere with Kaguya, and offered to hand over the black fellow.
• Ueno Kei dismissed Momoshiki’s claims and refused to negotiate, declaring that knowing they were enemies was enough.
• Momoshiki hid his hands behind his back and secretly activated a red flash.
• A violent roar alerted Ueno Kei to danger, and he dodged away before seeing something that shocked him.

Ueno Kei summoned the Great Elder to stabilize the spatial rifts created by Black Zetsu, while Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki prepared to escape. The Great Elder closed the rifts but could not stop them, and Momoshiki vanished, leaving Ueno Kei clenching his fists.

• Ueno Kei realized Black Zetsu had escaped and suspected him of causing the spatial rifts.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki recognized Black Zetsu's trick and ordered Kinshiki Otsutsuki to prepare their escape.
• Ueno Kei summoned the Great Elder, who used his spatial abilities to halt and close the rifts.
• Ueno Kei noticed Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki gathering energy and asked the Great Elder to stop them, but the Great Elder said he could not attack them.
• The Great Elder stabilized the space, but Momoshiki Otsutsuki vanished in a flash of red light, and Ueno Kei clenched his fists.

Ueno Kei and the Great Elder worried about the approaching threat of Kaguya Otsutsuki and debated how to handle her possible revival. Black Zetsu returned and offered Kei a tempting deal involving Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki, leaving Kei conflicted about whether to accept.

• Ueno Kei identified Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki as members of Kaguya Otsutsuki's clan and recognized how dangerous they were.
• The Great Elder urged Ueno Kei to prepare quickly for Kaguya Otsutsuki, while Kei weighed Hamura Otsutsuki's hope for reconciliation against the possibility of sealing her again.
• Ueno Kei detected Black Zetsu nearby and attacked, forcing him to reveal himself.
• Black Zetsu proposed a deal in which he would deal with Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki in exchange for a condition that could give Ueno Kei something he could not obtain otherwise.
• Ueno Kei recognized the offer as an open scheme but struggled to refuse it because of how tempting it was.

Ueno Kei accepted Black Zetsu’s dangerous bargain and left the Great Elder to handle other matters, while Momoshiki and Kinshiki were ambushed by Black Zetsu and Toneri. Their ensuing battle devastated the Land of Rainbow, and Kei continued on without checking who won, focused on what Black Zetsu had promised him.

• Ueno Kei admitted to the Great Elder that he was uneasy about accepting Black Zetsu’s deal but could not refuse its temptation.
• Ueno Kei and the Great Elder departed, leaving arriving scouts to find the aftermath of the earlier destruction.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki emerged on the Land of Rainbow’s coast, where Momoshiki vowed revenge against Ueno Kei and Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu and Toneri confronted Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and the Otsutsuki prepared to fight them.
• The battle caused tremors, a tsunami, and widespread deaths, leaving roughly a third of the Land of Rainbow destroyed.
• Ueno Kei sensed the battle but did not turn back, continuing onward to pursue what Black Zetsu had promised him.

Ueno Kei left to deal with Obito after learning from Black Zetsu that Obito was the key to reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki. Meanwhile, Naruto and Killer B reached the battlefield, where Sasuke had Yakushi Kabuto trapped in a genjutsu as the war’s other fronts deteriorated.

• Ueno Kei agreed to Black Zetsu’s deal and set out to confront Obito before Kaguya Otsutsuki could be revived.
• Two days earlier, Naruto and Killer B had secretly left the Cloud Ninja island after the Fourth Raikage refused to let them join the war.
• Obito appeared on the western battlefield with six tailed beast jinchuriki, while Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Gaara, the Third Tsuchikage, and their forces.
• The Five Kage sent Jiraiya and Kakashi to face Obito, called Ueno Kei back, and joined forces against Uchiha Madara.
• Naruto questioned Sasuke, while Yakushi Kabuto stood motionless under a genjutsu on the battlefield.

Naruto accepted Sasuke’s decision to seek his own answers and left for the battlefield with Killer B, while promising to keep believing in their bond. Sasuke stayed with Itachi, who revealed that Orochimaru could help answer Sasuke’s questions.

• Sasuke refused to join Naruto until he found answers that satisfied him, and Naruto accepted that they had to follow their own paths.
• Naruto told Sasuke he would wait for him on the battlefield and left with Killer B.
• Itachi watched Naruto depart with relief, while Sasuke privately affirmed that he still regarded Naruto as his real brother.
• Sasuke demanded the promised answers from Itachi, who said several people could provide them with help.
• Orochimaru appeared behind Itachi, and Sasuke recognized the man he had believed dead.

Sasuke, Orochimaru, and Itachi set out for Konoha so Sasuke could question the previous Hokage, while Kisame carried Itachi’s message and a scroll to the Shinobi Allied Forces headquarters. Ueno Kei received urgent reports as the war worsened, with Madara still present and Kakashi and Jiraiya facing seven tailed beasts.

• Orochimaru told Sasuke that he understood his search for answers and offered to take him to the previous Hokage in Konoha.
• Itachi summoned Kisame, gave him a scroll and ninja pack for Ueno Kei, and sent him to the Shinobi Allied Forces headquarters before ordering him to go to their agreed meeting place.
• Itachi, Sasuke, and Orochimaru left Yakushi Kabuto behind, but a black shadow appeared and made Kabuto vanish in black mist.
• Ueno Kei received urgent messages reporting that Uchiha Madara had overwhelmed the Five Kage and remained in the world after the other Impure World Reincarnation ninja disappeared.
• Reports also described Kakashi and Jiraiya struggling against seven tailed beasts while Ueno Kei faced a predicament of his own.

Kazahana Yuki and Shion worried about Ueno Kei and Naruto while Shion sensed Moryo’s return and Kei’s chakra. In the northwest, Kei confronted Moryo and attacked him, but the chapter ended as Moryo sacrificed his arm to trigger a violent explosion.

• Kazahana Yuki worried about Kei, while Shion reassured her that Kei and Naruto would return safely.
• Shion sensed Moryo’s immense power and recognized Kei’s chakra within it, but concealed her discovery from Yuki.
• Shion left Yuki and wished for Kei and Naruto to return safely.
• Kei faced Moryo, who vowed to kill him, Naruto, and Shion and rebuild his millennium kingdom.
• Kei drew the Lingyu Blade and cut through Moryo’s purple-black tentacles with a swift strike.
• Moryo severed his right arm, triggering a violent explosion as Kei’s attack closed in.

Ueno Kei fought Moryo and his regenerating creatures, using lightning attacks to repel the swarm while Moryo restored his severed arm. The chapter ended with Moryo emerging triumphantly after a creature marked Ueno Kei’s Lingyu Blade and his vision went black.

• Moryo escaped Ueno Kei’s strike by sacrificing his right arm and using a secret technique, then unleashed purple corrosive earth and creatures.
• Ueno Kei used Lightning Armor and the Lingyu Blade to fend off the creatures, but discovered they could regenerate after being struck down.
• Moryo restored his arm with the help of his creatures and merged into the purple ground to attack Ueno Kei.
• Ueno Kei called down lightning to destroy Moryo’s tentacles and strike a crocodile-headed monster that attacked from behind.
• A purple-black creature bit Ueno Kei’s Lingyu Blade, leaving a black mark, and Ueno Kei’s vision went dark as Moryo emerged with a triumphant laugh.

Ueno Kei trapped Moryo, used the Lingyu Blade to destroy the purplish-black monsters and clear the dark fog, then cornered Moryo and demanded answers. Moryo detonated himself and escaped in weakened form, but Ueno Kei appeared behind him again.

• Moryo swallowed what he believed was Ueno Kei, realized the attack was a trap, and tried to retreat underground.
• Ueno Kei revealed he had used the Clone Technique, then burned the purplish-black monsters with the Lingyu Blade and cleansed the darkened ground with a burst of power.
• Ueno Kei held Moryo at swordpoint and offered to spare his soul if he answered questions, but Moryo refused and claimed the world was more complicated than Ueno Kei knew.
• Moryo swelled up and exploded, destroying the battlefield and escaping as a weakened mass of black mist.
• Moryo transformed into his former human appearance, but Ueno Kei appeared behind him and told him to behave himself.