Chapter Summaries

Shion awakened the original Miko Power and used it to purify Moryo’s body, ending the threat of the Ghost Legion. Afterward, she thanked Ryusuke and claimed control of her own destiny.

• Ryusuke had Shion bite his forearm, transferring his blue energy into her and triggering her transformation into Miko Mode.
• Shion’s sealed power merged with the soul power from Moryo’s return to its original form, giving her a holy aura and a vertical halo.
• Shion returned to normal, thanked Ryusuke, and accepted his congratulations for breaking the fate linking the Miko and Moryo.
• Shion entered Miko Mode again and purified Moryo’s remaining body on the altar with white chakra.
• The undead puppets and Ghost Legion across the Land of Demons turned to dust, and Yuhi Kurenai realized Ryusuke’s side had succeeded.

Ryusuke destroyed Moryo and the Ghost Legion, ending the threat to the Land of Demons, while Shion chose to remain a miko and confessed her feelings to him. After spending several days helping Shion, Ryusuke returned to Konoha and fled Tsunade's teasing by teleporting away.

• Shion thanked Ryusuke for saving her, and he credited the Daimyo's decision to trust the Land of Fire before joking that their meeting was fate.
• Shion decided to continue as a miko and use the power Ryusuke had given her to cleanse evil; she asked him to lend her his power, and he kissed her.
• Ryusuke stayed at Shion's shrine for several days, teaching her about her chakra affinities and Miko Power and leaving her ninjutsu scrolls and a Flying Thunder God Kunai before saying goodbye.
• Ryusuke returned to Konoha and told Tsunade he had only helped Shion rebuild her shrine and deal with Moryo's remaining contingencies.
• Tsunade challenged Ryusuke to swear he had not flirted with Shion, so he teleported away and appeared at the Kurama Yakumo family's mansion.

Ryusuke trained Hanabi and Kurama Yakumo, then learned that the Three-Tails had revived and Akatsuki had begun assigning missions to capture the tailed beasts. He welcomed the news after waiting nearly ten years for the plan to move forward.

• Ryusuke easily countered Hanabi's Gentle Fist attacks, then sent her flying and healed her by sharing his life force.
• Kurama Yakumo attacked Ryusuke with disasters in an illusion, exhausted her chakra, and was carried into her house by him.
• Hanabi secretly left Kurama Yakumo's home and watched from outside as a section of the wall moved toward the mansion.
• Black and White Zetsu watched the Three-Tails revive and traveled to Amegakure to report the news.
• Deva Path Pain assigned Akatsuki members to capture the tailed beasts, and Ryusuke received the meeting's intelligence through Hundred Faces.

Obito Uchiha and Hundred Faces planned to capture the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, while Ryusuke chose not to warn the other villages because he intended to use the coming war to cripple them. Ryusuke invited Yuhi Kurenai and Kurama Yakumo on an S-Rank mission and left Konoha with them, Hinata, and Shino as Sasori and Deidara set out for the Land of Wind.

• Obito Uchiha and Hundred Faces discussed capturing Yugito Nii and agreed to wait until she left Kumogakure on a mission.
• Ryusuke decided not to warn Sunagakure or Tsunade about Akatsuki's plans, intending to exploit the Fourth Great Ninja War to weaken rival villages.
• Ryusuke visited Yuhi Kurenai and invited her and Kurama Yakumo to join an S-Rank mission with him, Hinata, and Shino.
• Yuhi Kurenai agreed, and Ryusuke left Konoha with her, Kurama Yakumo, Hinata, and Shino.
• Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara met in a small country and set off toward the Land of Wind.

Ryusuke tested Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Kurama Yakumo’s judgment during an S-Rank assassination mission on an island. Shino devised a cautious plan using Yakumo’s Kekkei Genkai, and the team began carrying it out.

• Ryusuke brought Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Kurama Yakumo to observe the mission target’s heavily guarded residence.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to report the guards and explain that the target might be a double.
• Aburame Shino analyzed the possible traps and disguises, then recommended capturing everyone for interrogation.
• Kurama Yakumo was astonished by Shino’s detailed reasoning and recognized how much she still had to learn.
• Shino proposed using Yakumo’s Kekkei Genkai to trap the people at the residence in an illusion space before capturing them.
• Ryusuke ordered Hinata and Yakumo to follow Shino’s plan, and a wave of Yin Release Chakra soon enveloped the target’s location.

Yuhi Kurenai and Ryusuke entered Yakumo’s genjutsu world and found Hinata and Shino fighting Cloud Ninja. Hinata and Samui clashed, then both became distracted by each other’s chests.

• Yuhi Kurenai praised Yakumo’s growth, and she and Ryusuke entered the purple chakra cocoon to find Yakumo painting inside her frozen genjutsu world.
• Hinata and Aburame Shino defeated the samurai and archers surrounding the mansion, while Yakumo restrained the fallen with vines and earth.
• Karui attacked Shino, but Hinata sent her flying with a chakra-powered strike that left her badly injured.
• Hinata and Shino faced Omoi and another Cloud Ninja, with Shino engaging Omoi as Hinata blocked Samui’s attack.
• Hinata and Samui’s weapons clashed, and both briefly stared at each other’s chests in surprise.

Team 8 defeated Samui and Omoi after discovering their target was a Shadow Clone, and Samui surrendered and offered to help Ryusuke. Ryusuke accepted her proposal but secretly placed a Puppet Curse on her, then sealed her memories.

• Samui recognized Hinata and realized Ryusuke and Team 8 were present, so she surrendered while Shino subdued Omoi.
• Ryusuke bound Samui with Wood Release, and Samui revealed that Takeshita was a Shadow Clone and Omoi dispelled it.
• Samui offered to hand over the client and help Ryusuke kill him and secure victory in the war, and Ryusuke agreed.
• Ryusuke placed the Puppet Curse on Samui, then used the Uzumaki Clan's Memory Sealing Technique on her.

Ryusuke finished the mission, learned that Akatsuki had captured Gaara, and led Team 8 to join the rescue effort. As Akatsuki’s reinforcements confronted Konoha’s teams, Hundred Faces summoned Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation.

• Ryusuke planted Puppet Curses in Samui, Omoi, and Karui, then had Samui kill the samurai and archers and bring the client’s head to his Wood Clone.
• Ryusuke learned that Akatsuki had captured Gaara and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Team 8 to the Land of Rivers.
• Aburame Shino tracked Gaara’s scent, and Ryusuke killed a White Zetsu Clone and warned the teams that Akatsuki was extracting the One-Tail.
• Pain sent Hundred Faces, Obito Uchiha, and Uchiha Itachi to stop Konoha’s reinforcements while the sealing ritual had five hours remaining.
• Hundred Faces chose to fight Team 8 as Uchiha Itachi confronted Team 7, then summoned Hashirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation.

Ryusuke helped Akatsuki secure the One-Tail while secretly delaying its members, then watched Hinata and Sakura defeat Sasori and saw Deidara captured before Obito rescued him. Akatsuki escaped with Shukaku sealed, and the Konoha teams were left behind after the battles.

• Hashirama Senju unleashed Wood Release, but Ryusuke countered him and trapped him inside a Four Red Yang Formation while Team 7 and Team 8 continued toward the Land of Rivers mountains.
• Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi used Reincarnation Transfer Technique clones to delay Team 7 and Team 8, and Itachi implanted a crow carrying Kotoamatsukami in Naruto before both clones were defeated.
• Akatsuki completed the extraction and sealing of One-Tail Shukaku, while Ryusuke trapped Hashirama Senju and Hundred Faces released their reincarnated bodies.
• Hinata and Sakura overwhelmed Sasori of the Red Sands, destroying his puppet army and shattering his heart with a joint attack.
• Kurama Yakumo, Kakashi Hatake, and Aburame Shino defeated Deidara, but Obito appeared and escaped with him.

Chiyo sacrificed her life to revive Gaara, and Ryusuke’s group returned to Konoha after Sunagakure celebrated Gaara’s survival. Meanwhile, Orochimaru took Sasori’s blood, Nagato resolved to act faster, and Temari received a Flying Thunder God kunai from Ryusuke.

• Chiyo used Life Reincarnation to revive Gaara, with Sakura and Hinata supplying chakra, and died after entrusting Sunagakure’s future to him.
• Gaara reunited with Temari and Kankuro, and Sunagakure pledged an alliance with Konoha through Naruto and Ryusuke.
• Orochimaru collected Sasori’s blood, while Zetsu’s halves discussed restarting a plan to keep Madara’s corpse from Ryusuke.
• Nagato learned that Konoha’s forces had killed Sasori and told Konan to summon Madara when he returned.
• Ryusuke teleported Team 7 and Team 8 back to Konoha, after giving Temari a Flying Thunder God kunai that made her ecstatic.

Ryusuke reported that Hiruko had revived Hashirama through Impure World Reincarnation, then took Hinata to the Land of Demons to meet a “good sister.” Later, Akatsuki members Obito Uchiha and Hundred Faces ambushed Yugito Nii and Samui’s team, and Hundred Faces overwhelmed Yugito with the Uchiha Flame Fan.

• Ryusuke told Tsunade and Karin that Hiruko had mastered Impure World Reincarnation and possessed Hashirama Cells, prompting Tsunade to warn other villages about the Akatsuki’s threat to Jinchuriki.
• Ryusuke parted from Team 8, took Hinata to his house, and then brought her to a shrine in the Land of Demons.
• More than half a month after Gaara’s capture, Yugito Nii returned from a mission with Samui, Omoi, and Karui while the Five Great Ninja Villages still had not united against the Akatsuki.
• Obito Uchiha and Hundred Faces appeared before Yugito and Samui’s team; Obito pursued Omoi and Karui while Hundred Faces confronted the two women.
• Yugito and Samui attacked Hundred Faces, but he blocked their strikes with bone and the Uchiha Flame Fan, absorbed Yugito’s chakra, and blasted her away with a scorching counterattack.

Hundred Faces defeated Samui and captured Yugito Nii, but Ryusuke arrived and drove off the Akatsuki attackers with devastating ninjutsu. He escorted Samui to the Land of Lightning, where she resolved to warn the Raikage about the Akatsuki and found herself falling for Ryusuke.

• Hundred Faces used his Sharingan and genjutsu to incapacitate Samui, then defeated and sealed Yugito Nii as Obito claimed he had killed Omoi and Karui.
• Hundred Faces ordered Samui killed, but Ryusuke appeared and blocked his attack with Wood Release.
• Ryusuke launched immense water and fire tornadoes, prompting Obito to escape with Yugito and Hundred Faces to flee underground.
• Ryusuke warned Samui to tell the Raikage that the Akatsuki were dangerous and that Kumogakure should protect the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ryusuke transported Samui to the Land of Lightning, and she departed to report what had happened while privately realizing she had fallen for him.

Akatsuki sealed the Two-Tails, while Uchiha Itachi prepared to face his younger brother after learning Sasuke was heading for the organization’s hideout. Ryusuke reunited with Ino, and the chapter left Sasuke approaching Itachi as their long-awaited battle was about to begin.

• Obito Uchiha described the encounter with Konoha’s Wood Release ninja, and Deva Path Pain praised him for helping Akatsuki escape with Yugito Nii.
• White Zetsu revealed that Uchiha Sasuke had learned Akatsuki’s headquarters location, and Uchiha Itachi agreed to handle his younger brother himself.
• Three days later, Akatsuki sealed the Two-Tails Matatabi, and Ryusuke reunited with Ino and spent time with her at home.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived at an abandoned Uchiha Clan base with Kisame Hoshigaki and waited for Sasuke, intending to eliminate threats around him before their confrontation.
• Uchiha Sasuke reached the mountain with Hozuki Suigetsu and Jugo, left them to face Kisame Hoshigaki, and entered the base alone while Obito Uchiha, Black and White Zetsu, and Ryusuke watched.

Sasuke Uchiha fought Uchiha Itachi, unaware that Itachi was deliberately weakening himself and guiding the battle toward Orochimaru’s defeat. After Itachi sealed Orochimaru and died, Ryusuke intervened in Obito Uchiha’s attempt to take the brothers, disappearing with Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi’s body.

• Sasuke Uchiha confronted Uchiha Itachi about the massacre and attacked him after hearing that he had been spared as a source of eyes for Eternal Eye Power.
• Uchiha Itachi let Sasuke Uchiha believe he had broken Tsukuyomi, then fought him with ninjutsu as Sasuke unleashed Lightning Release: Kirin against Susanoo.
• Orochimaru emerged from Sasuke Uchiha’s Cursed Seal as an Eight-Headed Serpent, but Uchiha Itachi sealed him with the Sword of Totsuka and burned the remaining white snake with Amaterasu.
• Uchiha Itachi used his last eye power to place a Transcription Seal on Sasuke Uchiha, apologized, and died beside him.
• Obito Uchiha tried to take Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi’s body into the Kamui Dimension, but Ryusuke’s sealing technique forced him back and Ryusuke vanished with both brothers.

After Uchiha Itachi’s death, Ryusuke revealed the truth behind the Uchiha Clan’s massacre and offered to help Sasuke Uchiha take revenge. Sasuke agreed to serve Ryusuke, and the chapter ended with him accepting Ryusuke’s call to punish the clans that benefited from the massacre.

• Sasuke Uchiha woke in Ryusuke’s cabin and agreed to return to Konoha as head of the Anbu after Ryusuke became Sixth Hokage in exchange for learning the truth.
• Ryusuke showed Sasuke memories revealing that the Masked Man caused the Nine-Tails’ attack and that Konoha’s leaders fueled the conflict with the Uchiha Clan.
• Sasuke learned that Shimura Danzō killed Uchiha Shisui and later forced Uchiha Itachi to choose between the clan and Sasuke’s life.
• After witnessing the massacre again, Sasuke turned his hatred toward Konoha’s leaders and accepted Ryusuke’s offer to help him take revenge.
• Ryusuke urged Sasuke to wipe out the clans that benefited from the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, and Sasuke agreed after recalling his innocent clansmen.

Ryusuke led Sasuke Uchiha to a sealed site and freed Uchiha Hikari, a powerful Uchiha from the Warring States Period. Hikari awakened and recognized that Ryusuke knew her true name.

• Ryusuke warned Sasuke Uchiha to master his Mangekyō Sharingan carefully before seeking Eternal Eye Power, and Sasuke accepted the advice.
• Ryusuke revealed that their destination was a Warring States sealing site containing a Uchiha clanswoman named Uchiha Noname.
• Ryusuke explained that Uchiha Hikari had wielded several transplanted ocular techniques and a powerful ability of her own, and he planned to recruit her.
• Ryusuke opened the hidden entrance and broke the eight combined Sealing Techniques around the stone coffin.
• Ryusuke treated the sleeping girl, and Uchiha Hikari woke as he welcomed her by her true name.

Ryusuke explained the modern Shinobi World to Uchiha Hikari, then freed her from her identity as Uchiha Noname by welcoming her into his family. Hikari accepted him as her oniichan, while Sasuke grew mortified watching her affection mirror his own childhood behavior.

• Ryusuke told Uchiha Hikari that the Senju and Uchiha had founded Konoha, and she initially accused him of lying before his reassurance calmed her.
• Ryusuke revealed that Sasuke Uchiha was the last Uchiha and that the Uchiha, Forest Senju, and Uzumaki clans had all perished.
• Ryusuke told Hikari she was free to live as herself, and she cried as memories of her parents and her lost freedom returned.
• Ryusuke invited Hikari to live with him, and she embraced him and accepted his offer of salvation.
• Ryusuke asked Hikari to call him Oniichan and declared them family, while Sasuke became increasingly embarrassed by her repeated affectionate calls.

Ryusuke and Uchiha Hikari marked Konoha’s Sarutobi and Shimura clans, elders, and Root operatives with Hikari’s Eight Thousand Spears, then trapped the targets in Ryusuke’s illusionary battlefield. After restoring Hikari’s eye power, Ryusuke sent her and Sasuke to attack the marked shinobi, and the battle ended with Ryusuke summoning Sarutobi Hiruzen through Impure World Reincarnation.

• Ryusuke told Uchiha Hikari that they would avenge her by erasing the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, and she promised to help him.
• From Hokage Rock, Hikari used Eight Thousand Spears: Engraved Tsukuyomi to mark people throughout Konoha and identify the Sarutobi and Shimura clans and Root members.
• Ryusuke activated Hikari’s marks and created an illusionary battlefield, then transferred life force to her to restore her eye power.
• Ryusuke sent Hikari and Sasuke Uchiha to attack the marked targets, and they began killing the Sarutobi and Shimura clansmen with their Mangekyō abilities.
• As the clans fought back, Ryusuke used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Sarutobi Hiruzen from a coffin in the Sarutobi compound.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was resurrected through Impure World Reincarnation and forced to attack his own clan, while Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari slaughtered the Konoha F4 clansmen trapped in the genjutsu. Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura set out to find a powerful ally, then arrived at the Sarutobi compound as its battle continued.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen emerged from his coffin and nearly killed Konohamaru with a Great Flame Technique before someone rescued the boy.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen urged his clan to destroy and seal his Impure World Reincarnation body, while Sasuke Uchiha encircled the compound with Amaterasu to prevent anyone from escaping.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari attacked the Konoha F4 clansmen across Konoha, and Uchiha Hikari unleashed her fourth-form Susanoo.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura concluded that the Uchiha attackers had trapped them in a genjutsu and went to find a powerful helper.
• Sarutobi Asuma and the Sarutobi clansmen tried to restrain Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Sasuke Uchiha burned away their barrier with Amaterasu.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura appeared near Sarutobi Hiruzen and Sarutobi Asuma.

Shimura Danzō used Kotoamatsukami to free Sarutobi Hiruzen from the Impure World Reincarnation, and the two joined Konoha F4 to fight Sasuke Uchiha. Uchiha Hikari then absorbed chakra from the fleeing clansmen and Root ninja, raising her Susanoo into its Perfect form above Konoha.

• Shimura Danzō used Kotoamatsukami to free Sarutobi Hiruzen, who released the Impure World Reincarnation and summoned Enma to fight alongside him.
• Sasuke Uchiha headed for the Sarutobi Clan compound after his Shadow Clone reported that Sarutobi Hiruzen had broken free.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha F4 countered Sasuke Uchiha's attacks, sealed the Black Flame underground, and trapped him with their techniques.
• Konoha F4 combined four chakra natures in a Great Barrage that devastated Konoha Central Street, but Uchiha Hikari protected Sasuke Uchiha with Susanoo.
• Uchiha Hikari drew chakra from the fleeing Konoha F4 clansmen and Root ninja, then raised her Susanoo into a towering Perfect Susanoo.