Chapter Summaries

The Kage and their guards assembled for the Six Kage Summit while Natsuki brought Tobirama Senju to join Jiraiya’s investigation in the Land of Valleys. The summit began with all six Kage present.

• Ōnoki, Deidara, and Kurotsuchi traveled with Minato to the summit venue, where they met Mifune and Mei Terumi with her guards.
• Natsuki brought Tobirama Senju to Jiraiya, who shared his recent intelligence from the Land of Valleys.
• Tobirama praised Jiraiya’s efforts and asked to review the intelligence, while Natsuki left to fetch Gaara’s delegation.
• Natsuki brought Gaara, Kankuro, and Maki to the venue as Minato brought the Raikage with Darui and Mabui.
• Minato and Natsuki returned with their guards, and Mifune announced that the Six Kage Summit had officially begun.

At the Five Kage Summit, Natsuki exposed Obito’s army and explained the Moon Eye Plan, while Obito appeared and declared war on the gathered villages. The chapter ended with Obito vowing to take back the Six-Tails from Kara.

• Naruto asked Itachi why Sasuke had not come, and Itachi said Sasuke had not returned to Hidden Light Village.
• Natsuki warned the Kage that Obito commanded a hundred thousand White Zetsu, and Minato revealed and restrained one of them.
• Obito appeared at the summit, confirmed Natsuki’s claims, and described his Moon Eye Plan.
• Natsuki explained that Obito intended to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, repeatedly undercutting Obito’s vision by pointing out that everyone would die afterward.
• Natsuki revealed that Kara’s Leader, Jigen, had already captured the Six-Tails, and Obito vowed to take it back.
• Obito formally declared war on the gathered villages.

Obito confronted the assembled Kage with a weakened Susanoo, but Natsuki exposed his limitations and let Deidara challenge him. As Deidara's aerial assault continued, Natsuki watched from above with his companions and Naruto.

• Obito manifested a forty-meter Susanoo that broke through the building, and Natsuki identified him as a weakened clone without the Rinnegan's abilities.
• Natsuki and his companions floated above the battlefield while Obito challenged the Kage, and Ōnoki sent Deidara to fight him.
• Deidara bombarded Obito with clay owls and a giant clay dragon, but Obito used Kamui to tear a hole in the dragon.
• Natsuki praised the script Itachi had written with Shisui and Keimei, then used Flying Thunder God to bring Naruto up to watch the battle.
• Natsuki took candy from Naruto's pocket and shared it with Shisui and Itachi while Naruto watched Deidara and Obito's fight.

Natsuki explained Obito’s Kamui abilities as Deidara fought him, then Deidara defeated Obito with his Dust Release technique, Starry Sky. After Obito’s body transformed into C, Natsuki revealed that C had been sacrificed to create a clone, leaving the Raikage to face the loss of his comrade.

• Natsuki detailed how Obito’s Kamui worked, including its limits and weaknesses, and the Kage turned their killing intent toward Obito.
• Obito used Susanoo and Fire Release to withstand Deidara’s attacks, while Deidara unleashed Dust Release: Cube Split.
• Deidara detonated hidden Dust Release attacks around Obito and destroyed most of his body with Starry Sky.
• The Kage applauded Deidara’s victory, and he returned to Ōnoki’s side as Kurotsuchi praised his technique.
• Obito’s body changed into C, and Natsuki told the Raikage that the Rinnegan’s Cloning Technique had used C as a living sacrifice.

Natsuki revealed to the Kage that Uchiha Madara would be resurrected and that the real plan involved reviving Otsutsuki Kaguya. The Kage demanded evidence, leaving Natsuki poised to explain further.

• Obito returned from the Kamui Dimension and went to confront Black Zetsu about Kara taking the Six-Tails without informing him.
• At the summit, Natsuki told the Kage that Madara had once worked with Obito and would be resurrected during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Natsuki explained that Madara and Obito planned to use the Ten-Tails and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, while each sought to betray the other.
• Natsuki declared that Madara would not defeat him, then revealed that Madara and Obito were both meant to serve as vessels for Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• The Raikage and Ōnoki asked Natsuki to provide evidence for his shocking claims.

Natsuki explained Kaguya, the Ten-Tails, and the coming Otsutsuki threat to the Five Kage, urging them to trust one another in the Fourth Shinobi World War. The Kage agreed to keep the information secret and focus on defeating Kaguya before deciding what came next.

• Natsuki explained the Otsutsuki Clan, the God Tree, and the Chakra Fruit, warning that Kaguya's resurrection would lead to further invasions.
• Natsuki said the circumstantial proof of Kaguya's threat would be to resurrect her and witness her power, which he believed had become inevitable.
• Natsuki told the Kage he had revealed the threat to prevent them from weakening the Ninja World through war and urged them to trust one another.
• The Raikage and Ōnoki struggled with their deep mutual hatred, while the other Kage had fewer obstacles to cooperation.
• Natsuki asked everyone to work together in the Fourth Shinobi World War and keep his revelations secret, and the Kage thanked him.

The leaders discussed the threat Obito posed and nominated a commander for the Allied Shinobi Forces. After each nominee deferred to another, Ōnoki argued that Natsuki would best inspire the alliance.

• Minato explained that he had split the Nine-Tails into yin and yang halves, while Natsuki warned that Obito could revive the Ten-Tails without capturing every beast.
• Mifune raised the need to choose an Allied Forces Commander, and the leaders considered Ōnoki, Minato, and Natsuki as candidates.
• The Raikage and Mei Terumi nominated Minato, Minato and Natsuki nominated Ōnoki, and Ōnoki and Gaara nominated Natsuki.
• The leaders explained their nominations and praised one another, turning the contest into an exchange of mutual deference.
• Ōnoki said the commander’s key role was to inspire morale and declared that Natsuki was best suited for it.

Natsuki accepted command of the Ninja Alliance and laid out a detailed plan for organizing its forces, communications, medical support, intelligence, and defenses against White Zetsu. Ōnoki then asked Natsuki to demonstrate the full extent of his strength.

• Ōnoki argued that Natsuki was the best choice to command the Alliance because he could focus on countering Obito and respond quickly to other threats.
• Gaara, the Raikage, Mei Terumi, and Minato agreed that Natsuki should be Allied Forces Commander, and Natsuki accepted.
• Natsuki assigned Ōnoki as an advisor, gave Konoha's Nara Clan and Tsunade command roles, and asked the Cloud Village to handle large-scale telepathic communication.
• Natsuki proposed six combat divisions, special Uchiha and Minato units, Hyuga guards, and coordinated intelligence and medical support.
• Natsuki warned that White Zetsu could absorb Chakra and disguise themselves, and said Orochimaru would prepare Natural Energy-based weapons or medicine to counter them.
• Ōnoki asked Natsuki to show the full extent of his strength.

After becoming Allied Forces Commander, Natsuki brought the Kage and Mifune to a secluded island to demonstrate his strength against the threat of the resurrected Madara. He began fighting them together, and his Susanoo blocked Mifune’s sword strike as Gaara and Mei Terumi attacked.

• Ōnoki announced that Natsuki would serve as Allied Forces Commander, and Natsuki returned to Hidden Light Village with Itachi and Shisui.
• Natsuki told Shisui to revise the script for the Planetary Devastation plan and took Itachi to a secluded training island.
• Natsuki explained to Itachi that the future would bring enemies beyond the shinobi villages, then admitted that his bonds had made life feel real and promised to consider marriage.
• Minato brought Gaara, Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Mifune to the island, where Natsuki invited them to attack him together.
• Gaara sent sand, Mei Terumi launched a water dragon, and Mifune struck with his sword; Natsuki’s Susanoo Bone Armor blocked Mifune’s blade as the other attacks arrived.

Natsuki fought the Five Kage and Minato, then revealed his Complete Body Susanoo after they coordinated their attacks. He left the battlefield’s fighters blasted hundreds of meters away, having deliberately held back.

• Natsuki deflected the Five Kage’s attacks and evaded Minato’s Flying Thunder God strikes while criticizing their lack of coordination.
• Ōnoki boosted the group’s mobility, and the Five Kage coordinated Gaara’s sand and Mei Terumi’s Water Release with attacks from the Raikage, Ōnoki, and Minato.
• Mei Terumi’s water dragon and the Raikage’s assault pressured Natsuki, while Minato used the Nine-Tails’ claws to break through his hastily formed Susanoo armor.
• Natsuki unleashed overwhelming Chakra and slowly formed his Complete Body, Warrior God Form Susanoo as Itachi watched.
• Natsuki drew one of Susanoo’s Greatswords and blasted everyone except Minato hundreds of meters away, holding back his power.

Natsuki showed the Five Kage his Perfect Susanoo and Sage Jutsu, then warned them about Madara’s strength and urged them to prepare for war. He privately told Ōnoki how Kurotsuchi’s son would die because of a misunderstanding, leaving Ōnoki determined to prevent that future.

• Natsuki revealed that his Perfect Susanoo display had used only forty percent of his strength and demonstrated his Sage Jutsu.
• Natsuki warned the Five Kage that Madara’s Wood Release clones could use Susanoo and told them to call for his support if they encountered Madara.
• Natsuki urged the Kage to stock up on weapons, medicine, and manpower before Obito appeared, and Minato sent them away.
• Natsuki privately told Ōnoki that Kurotsuchi’s son would die after misinterpreting Ōnoki’s advice to face trouble without running away.
• Natsuki reassured Ōnoki that the future had not happened and said Deidara’s return would likely prevent the danger; he also revealed Deidara would otherwise die by blowing himself up.

The Shinobi Alliance began preparing for war while the Sarutobi Clan joined Kara and its human experiments. After Jiraiya reported Kara’s activities, Tobirama Senju questioned him about Natsuki’s knowledge of the future and the past, then asked what Jiraiya knew about Hiruzen’s actions.

• Natsuki and Minato escorted the Kage home, and the daimyo accepted the Ninja Alliance as the villages prepared troops, equipment, medicine, and unified forehead protectors.
• Victor confronted Takashi Sarutobi, played him a recording revealing Orochimaru and Natsuki’s deception, and persuaded the stranded Sarutobi Clan to board Kara’s aircraft.
• Kara transported the Sarutobi Clan to its bases, where members encountered advanced technology and some volunteered for experiments and modifications to improve their strength.
• Jiraiya told Tobirama Senju that Kara’s medical equipment factory imprisoned and experimented on civilians, and explained how Natsuki’s identifying list had led him to it.
• Jiraiya assured Tobirama Senju that Natsuki could foresee the future and knew his private past, prompting Tobirama to ask what Jiraiya knew about Hiruzen’s actions.

Tobirama Senju learned how Natsuki had risen to power and concluded that Natsuki’s foresight and plan were credible. He then attacked the medical equipment factory where the Sarutobi Clan Members were gathered, leaving the facility in chaos as Jiraiya guarded the exit for ordinary people.

• Jiraiya recounted Natsuki’s political maneuvers, his alliance with Orochimaru, and the Uchiha Clan’s departure from Konoha to establish the Radiant Country.
• Tobirama Senju connected Natsuki’s actions and confirmed that Natsuki had foreseen events, then decided the plan was worth trying.
• Tobirama asked how many Sarutobi Clan Members were at the factory, then entered with two Shadow Clones and ordered Jiraiya to guard the front entrance.
• Ryunosuke Sarutobi’s forces attacked Tobirama with flame-launching ninja tools, but Tobirama’s Shadow Clones used Flying Thunder God to slaughter the Sarutobi Clan Members.
• Tobirama killed Ryunosuke Sarutobi and unleashed a Great Waterfall Technique as workers and fleeing people streamed toward Jiraiya at the gate.

Obito prepared to advance on the Ninja Alliance while Black Zetsu secretly worked to restore Madara and investigated Jigen’s condition. At Kara’s factory in the Land of Valleys, Tobirama ordered Jiraiya to gather evidence and spread the claim that Kara had taken the Six-Tails.

• Obito learned that Black Zetsu and Dionysus had gone to revive Madara, then planned to advance with the Stone Golems and White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu used a specially prepared White Zetsu to restore Madara’s body and planned to supply it with more Chakra before using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu considered the Six-Tails, the Nine-Tails Chakra, and Natsuki’s suspected trap, then decided to visit Hyuga Sora to close a loophole.
• Jiraiya entered Kara’s factory after Tobirama Senju’s signal and saw the bodies and human specimens left inside.
• Tobirama ordered Jiraiya to give the evidence to the Land of Valleys, demand help locating Kara’s bases, and spread the news that Kara had captured the Six-Tails.

Jiraiya’s evidence forced the Land of Valleys to shut down the Medical Equipment Company, but its army could not dislodge the Sarutobi Clan from their fortified headquarters, so the daimyo requested Konoha’s help. As Natsuki prepared to send forces against the Sarutobi Clan and considered the looming war, Sasuke’s fourth day of waiting ended with a lounge chair appearing from one of his scrolls.

• Jiraiya gave the physical evidence to the daimyo of the Land of Valleys, who ordered the Medical Equipment Company closed and its assets confiscated after the company’s human experiments became public.
• The Medical Equipment Company’s ninja guards drove back the Land of Valleys’ army, and the company retreated with its equipment to its fortified headquarters, prompting the daimyo to ask Konoha for help.
• Minato prepared Konoha’s twenty thousand ninjas while Natsuki assessed the enemy forces and planned to send people to clear out the Sarutobi Clan’s headquarters.
• Natsuki wondered why Obito had not gone after Kara and decided to proceed with the plan involving the First and Second Hokage, Hashirama, and Nagato.
• Sasuke unsealed a scroll on the fourth day of waiting and found a lounge chair inside.

Hashirama and Tobirama brought Nagato to the Land of Valleys to confront the Sarutobi Clan, while Hashirama urged that less serious offenders be imprisoned. Victor’s fortress came under attack from an unseen user of overwhelming Wood Release, and he suspected Hashirama had been revived.

• Hashirama welcomed Nagato as an Uzumaki, and Tobirama confirmed that Natsuki had replaced Nagato’s eyes.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that the Sarutobi Clan had retreated into the fortified Medical Equipment Headquarters, and Hashirama asked him to spare those who had not committed serious crimes.
• Tobirama transported Hashirama and Nagato to the Land of Valleys, where Jiraiya greeted Nagato and asked about Konan.
• Victor’s security system detected intruders, and Victor watched trees rise around and beneath the fortress.
• Victor ordered Sarutobi Clan Members to search outside with Explosive Hand Cannons, while they feared that Hashirama had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation.

Nagato used Wood Release to overwhelm the Sarutobi Clan Members surrounding Kara’s base while Hashirama instructed him. Victor learned that Kara’s secrecy had been compromised, failed to contact Jigen, and chose to keep the Sarutobi Clan Members probing the attackers as he prepared for the possibility of escape.

• The Sarutobi Clan Members used hand cannons to blast a gap through the trees and clear the area around the fortress entrance.
• Hashirama taught Nagato advanced Wood Release techniques and recognized him as a suitable successor.
• Nagato unleashed Deep Forest Emergence, crushing the surrounding wall, killing more than a dozen Sarutobi Clan Members, and pushing the forest forward.
• Jiraiya played a recording demanding that Kara surrender the Six-Tails or face the destruction of its base.
• Victor learned that Kara had been exposed, tried unsuccessfully to contact Jigen, and decided to keep the Sarutobi Clan Members probing while he considered escape.

Natsuki and Minato traveled to Rōran to investigate whether its Dragon Vein could help Sasuke become more attuned to Natural Energy. Minato confirmed the idea was feasible, but Natsuki warned that opening the seal would make the Dragon Vein go berserk.

• Natsuki decided to examine the Dragon Vein as a possible way to improve Sasuke's affinity for Natural Energy.
• Minato gave Shikaku battle preparations to handle, then used a Flying Thunder God Mark to take Natsuki to the Dragon Vein.
• Natsuki asked Minato who had sealed the Dragon Vein, and Minato said Choza, Shibi, Kakashi, and he had been there.
• Minato explained how Rōran had used the Dragon Vein to power its puppets before its energy-hungry empire declined into an isolated kingdom.
• Minato found that Dragon Vein Energy could make a body more attuned to nature, though drawing on it would require opening the seal.
• Natsuki warned Minato that the Dragon Vein would definitely go berserk and described how Naruto from another spacetime had helped him defeat Mukade.

Natsuki discovered that the Dragon Vein had developed a young spirit and learned its energy could attract Natural Energy, then planned to return for it later. In Konoha, Hyuga Sora delivered the Six-Tails' remains to the black market under Hyuga Hayato's surveillance, but Zetsu attacked him as he left.

• Natsuki used the Spirit Transformation Technique to find the Dragon Vein's source and communicate with its newly born spirit.
• Natsuki demonstrated that Dragon Vein Energy attracted Natural Energy, and he and Minato recognized its potential to help others grow stronger.
• Hyuga Sora left the Hyuga Clan Compound with the Six-Tails' remains after checking for watchers with his Byakugan.
• Hyuga Hayato secretly followed Hyuga Sora, keeping him under surveillance for Konoha.
• Hyuga Sora handed over the remains at the black market, but Zetsu attacked him on his way back and pierced his chest with tree roots.

Hyuga Sora survived Black Zetsu’s attack with the Sage of Six Paths’ help and learned he must seek power on the moon to take revenge. Back in Konoha, Natsuki concluded that Black Zetsu had killed Sora to conceal Jigen’s identity, so the plan for the Land of Valleys would likely fail.

• Black Zetsu fled when Hayato fired a signal flare, but Sora used his revived eyes to make Hayato believe Black Zetsu had taken Sora’s body.
• Sora’s chest wound healed, and the Sage of Six Paths explained that he had returned Sora to life and offered to help him seek revenge.
• The Sage told Sora to go to the moon to obtain power left by Hamura, and Sora asked how to get there.
• Hayato reported Sora’s apparent death to Shikaku, who filed the account for Minato to review.
• Natsuki read Sora’s black-market intelligence and inferred that Black Zetsu recognized Jigen as Isshiki and had killed Sora to protect his plan to revive Kaguya.
• Natsuki concluded that Black Zetsu’s actions would likely derail the plan for the Land of Valleys.