Chapter Summaries

Ueno Kei and the Konoha group traveled with Kumogakure to its secret sea fortress, a gigantic sea turtle, where they reunited with Killer B. Naruto learned that Killer B would guide him in controlling the Nine-Tails’ power, and Killer B recognized the purpose of Naruto’s visit.

• Motoi told Ueno Kei that Kumogakure’s secret facility was a giant sea turtle raised by the village and used to protect confidential items.
• Ueno Kei and the others reached the enormous turtle, surprising him with its size.
• Ueno Kei greeted Killer B, whom he had not seen since their battle over a year earlier.
• Yamato told Naruto that Killer B was the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki and would teach him to control the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Ueno Kei introduced Naruto as Konoha’s Nine-Tails jinchuriki and asked Killer B to guide his training.

Naruto arrived on the Cloud Ninja island and began training with Killer B at the True Falls, where he would face his true self. After sensing a strange resonance from the waterfall, Ueno Kei asked to try it too, and Killer B agreed.

• The Nine-Tails sensed Gyuki on the island, and Gyuki told Killer B that Naruto had arrived.
• Killer B eagerly offered to start Naruto's training, while Motoi took the seasick Might Guy and Yamato to rest.
• Killer B led Naruto and Ueno Kei to the True Falls, where he instructed Naruto to sit before the waterfall.
• Ueno Kei asked to try the True Falls after sensing a special resonance there.
• Killer B bumped fists with Ueno Kei, and they felt a connection before Killer B encouraged him to try the waterfall.

During the Waterfall of Truth trial, Ueno Kei entered an illusion of his former life and confronted a ruthless version of himself. His double revealed that they sought Kaguya Otsutsuki’s power to return to their original world, leaving Ueno Kei stunned.

• Ueno Kei meditated at the waterfall and found himself in a familiar city from the soul’s former life.
• Ueno Kei entered an old mansion and followed his memories to a room he had both feared and longed to visit.
• Ueno Kei encountered his father and a second version of himself in the room.
• The other Ueno Kei killed his father and claimed he was inseparable from Ueno Kei.
• The other Ueno Kei said they could use Kaguya Otsutsuki’s power to return to their original world, and Ueno Kei stared at him in silence.

Ueno Kei resisted his dark self’s temptation to use the Ten-Tails’ power to return to his previous world, knowing that agreeing would let the dark self replace him. He destroyed the dark self with the power of True Falls and saw his loved ones as he began to fade away.

• Dark Ueno Kei urged Ueno Kei to gather the tailed beasts, revive the Ten-Tails, and return to his previous world.
• Ueno Kei remembered Killer B’s warning that accepting would allow Dark Ueno Kei to take over his body and trap him in True Falls.
• Dark Ueno Kei attacked Ueno Kei after he refused the offer.
• Ueno Kei unleashed white light and destroyed Dark Ueno Kei, then saw his mother and his parents from this life smiling at him as he faded.

Ueno Kei emerged from True Falls after confronting his inner self and followed Killer B and Naruto through the waterfall to Kumogakure’s tailed-beast facility. As they prepared to enter, Ueno Kei sensed someone hiding nearby and demanded they reveal themselves.

• Naruto worried while Ueno Kei spent two hours confronting his other self beneath True Falls.
• Ueno Kei opened his eyes, reassured Naruto, and moved on to the next stage of training.
• Killer B led Ueno Kei and Naruto through True Falls to an ancient facility used by Kumogakure to control tailed beasts.
• Ueno Kei reflected on his ambition to unify the ninja world under the Land of Fire and Konoha, an ambition disrupted by Akatsuki and Tobi.
• As Killer B invited them farther inside, Ueno Kei sensed a hidden presence and called for it to come out.

Kisame Hoshigaki infiltrated the Cloud Ninja secret base by hiding inside Samehada, but Ueno Kei detected him and forced him to flee. Ueno Kei later found Kisame waiting in the forest, where Kisame revealed that Itachi had sent him to deliver intelligence.

• Ueno Kei sensed Kisame Hoshigaki concealed inside Samehada, and Killer B drew the sword, exposing him.
• Kisame blocked Ueno Kei's attack and escaped under cover of a genjutsu that Ueno Kei and Killer B quickly broke.
• Ueno Kei told Killer B to continue Naruto's training, then followed Kisame away from the sealing grounds.
• Ueno Kei found Kisame waiting in the forest and accused him of delivering intelligence on Itachi's behalf.
• Kisame said he was acting as a double agent and had made use of Itachi.

Ueno Kei met Kisame Hoshigaki, who revealed Akatsuki’s military strength and shared two additional pieces of intelligence at Itachi’s request. Kisame began explaining the likely identity of Tobi, but the chapter ended before he named him.

• Kisame Hoshigaki told Ueno Kei that Akatsuki had nearly a hundred thousand White Zetsu clones, Yakushi Kabuto’s Impure World Reincarnation forces, and Pain’s Rinnegan, which Tobi had taken after killing Konan.
• Ueno Kei offered to meet any price for Kisame’s further intelligence, but Kisame said he needed no reward and was passing it on at Itachi Uchiha’s request.
• Kisame said Nagato’s Rinnegan had been transplanted into him without his knowledge and that only Tobi knew whose eyes they had been.
• Kisame said Tobi was not Madara and suggested that examining Uchiha Clan members who had disappeared without bodies left one person as the likeliest candidate, but he did not finish the explanation.

After learning that Tobi was almost certainly Uchiha Obito, Ueno Kei sent instructions to his allies and the Grand Elder to prepare for what came next. Meanwhile, Obito revived Moryo and forced him to agree to cooperate.

• Kisame told Ueno Kei that Tobi was likely Uchiha Obito, then departed to sever ties with Akatsuki and find Itachi.
• Ueno Kei summoned Shin and sent him with a sealed message for Jiraiya or Tsunade and instructions for the Grand Elder.
• In ruins in the Land of Demons, Obito watched Moryo take human form and revealed that he had revived him for his plans.
• Moryo claimed that no one could restrain him, but Obito used his Mangekyō Sharingan to drain Moryo's strength and frighten him.
• Moryo agreed to cooperate with Obito in exchange for freedom after the plans were completed.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki and his companions captured Black Zetsu to learn about Kaguya and his plan, unaware that he left behind a clone to warn Obito. As Hagoromo Otsutsuki declared his resolve to protect the world, Ueno Kei reaffirmed his determination to stop Obito and prevent Kaguya’s revival.

• Momoshiki Otsutsuki recognized Black Zetsu as Kaguya’s creation and introduced Kinshiki Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri, whom Black Zetsu identified as Hamura’s descendant.
• Black Zetsu told Momoshiki that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki had sealed Kaguya and claimed he was seeking a way to revive her, while mixing lies into his account.
• Momoshiki ordered Kinshiki to take Black Zetsu away, not realizing that Black Zetsu had left a clone behind.
• The Black Zetsu clone decided to inform Obito that the plan needed to change while the original stalled Momoshiki’s group.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki declared that he would defend the world and oppose his mother, Hamura, and his fellow clansmen if necessary.
• Ueno Kei sensed the turning of fate, resolved that the future belonged to them, and focused on defeating Obito and keeping Kaguya sealed.

Naruto emerged from training with Killer B having gained control of the Nine-Tails' chakra and resolved an emotional knot by seeing his mother. Ueno Kei told him to remain at True Falls until he completed the task described in a scroll, then join the war.

• Ueno Kei waited outside the Cloud Ninja barrier while Naruto trained to control the Nine-Tails' chakra with Killer B.
• Naruto emerged at great speed and surprised Ueno Kei, who recognized that his physical speed rivaled the Fourth Raikage's.
• Killer B credited Naruto's hard work, and Naruto revealed that he had seen his mother.
• Ueno Kei told Naruto that he had grown up, but ordered him to stay behind for now because his unfinished training and another urgent matter needed attention.
• Naruto read the scroll Ueno Kei gave him and agreed to resolve its matter before joining the battle.

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.