Chapter Summaries

Obito Uchiha learned to balance natural, physical, and spiritual energy under Tagorihime’s guidance and began training at Ryūchi Cave while war raged outside. Meanwhile, Gamamaru foresaw a snake bringing disaster to the Shinobi World and urgently warned Fukasaku and Shima to tell Jiraiya.

• Tagorihime explained how to gather Sage Chakra and warned Obito Uchiha about the dangers of taking in too much or too little natural energy.
• Tagorihime struck Obito with a whip when he began to transform, and Obito eventually balanced the three energies and gained control of Sage Chakra.
• Tagorihime advised Obito to stay at Ryūchi Cave to train during the war and warned him not to provoke the red snake in the back mountain.
• At Mount Myoboku, Gamamaru said the future he had foreseen was changing and ordered Fukasaku to warn Jiraiya about snakes.
• Fukasaku suggested Gamamaru’s warning might be metaphorical, while Shima wondered whether he meant to start a war with Ryūchi Cave.

Jiraiya sought clarification from the Great Toad Sage about a prophecy warning him to beware of a snake, but the Sage forgot who he was before explaining it. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha remained in Ryūchi Cave as the war spread across the Shinobi World and major events unfolded on several fronts.

• Jiraiya read the Great Toad Sage's warning about a snake, suspected Orochimaru, and traveled to Mount Myoboku to ask what the prophecy meant.
• The Great Toad Sage asked Jiraiya who he was, and Sage Shima scolded him before Sage Fukasaku and the Great Toad Sage eased the tension.
• Obito Uchiha spent four years cultivating in Ryūchi Cave while the Shinobi World was consumed by war.
• Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Konoha's forces fought the Hidden Sand Village's powerful puppets, and Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Minato, Choza Akimichi, Shibi Aburame, and Kakashi Hatake to investigate the Ancient City of Loulan.
• Kirigakure battled the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan, and Ao seized a main-family Hyuga member's Byakugan, provoking the Hyuga Clan.
• Hanzo of the Salamander killed Konan after using a meeting to threaten her, so Yahiko and Nagato killed Hanzo and Akatsuki sealed off the Land of Rain.

After four years of training in Ryūchi Cave, Obito Uchiha mastered Sage Mode and prepared to return to the war. When Garaga attacked his cave, Obito decided the furious snake would make a suitable summoning beast and tried to subdue him.

• Obito Uchiha completed his Sage Mode training and set out to leave Ryūchi Cave for the Third Shinobi World War.
• Garaga repeatedly rammed Obito's cave entrance and demanded that the human come out and die.
• Obito dodged Garaga's attacks and offered to make him a summoning beast, but Garaga refused because a human had betrayed him and cost him an eye.
• Garaga sprayed venom at Obito, who avoided it with Kamui and noticed the snake's reverse scale.

Obito Uchiha defeated Garaga by trapping him in a Sharingan illusion and then tamed him. The White Snake Sage urged Garaga to accompany Obito to the Shinobi World and aid Konoha in the ongoing ninja war, and Garaga agreed cautiously.

• Garaga repeatedly attacked Obito Uchiha with strikes and venom, but Obito dodged and remained unharmed.
• Garaga caught Obito in his Death Coil, but Obito told him to examine his own situation.
• Garaga realized Obito had used the Sharingan to make him trap himself, while Obito held Garaga's reverse scale.
• The White Snake Sage restored the petrified animals and plants and encouraged Garaga to follow Obito to help Konoha in the ninja war.
• Garaga agreed to go with Obito as long as Obito did not betray him, and Obito assured him they were heart to heart.

After four years of training in Ryūchi Cave, Obito Uchiha learned that Konoha was in crisis as Hidden Cloud Village attacked on three fronts. As Hiruzen Sarutobi debated how to reinforce the battlefield, Obito headed there while Hiruzen ordered the newest generation of Jonin into action.

• Obito Uchiha left Ryūchi Cave after learning that the Third Raikage, the AB brothers, and Yugito Nii were leading Hidden Cloud Village forces against Konoha.
• Orochimaru defected after Jiraiya discovered his human experiments, and Jiraiya pursued him, leaving Konoha without either Sannin.
• Obito Uchiha formed a seal and vanished toward the front lines.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to face the Third Raikage, but Hiruzen doubted his strength and joked about his age.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō rejected sending Kushina as a reinforcement because she had not mastered the Nine-Tails' power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to send the newest generation of Jonin, including Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Asuma, and the entire Ino-Shika-Cho, to the Hidden Cloud Village battlefield.

Minato Namikaze learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi would not personally reinforce the Hidden Cloud battlefield, leaving him and Kakashi Hatake to face the Third Raikage’s forces. Meanwhile, A and Killer B attacked Konoha’s troops in the Land of Fire, where Rin Nohara and the others waited desperately for reinforcements.

• Minato Namikaze received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order and told Kakashi Hatake that they would have to face the Hidden Cloud Village without the Hokage.
• Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s main force to intercept the Third Raikage, thinking of his absent disciple Obito Uchiha.
• A and Killer B led elite Hidden Cloud ninjas in a surprise attack on Konoha’s forces in the Land of Fire, breaking through their defenses.
• Rin Nohara, Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai, and Shinku Yuhi struggled against the A-B combination while the promised reinforcements failed to arrive.
• Rin Nohara called out for Obito Uchiha as Konoha’s troops continued to fall.

Obito Uchiha appeared at the last moment and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to divert Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb away from the Konoha forces. The battle remained unresolved as Obito ordered the wounded ninja to retreat, while Rin urged him not to face the A-B brothers alone.

• Killer B formed and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the battered Konoha ninja force.
• Obito Uchiha arrived on a crimson serpent and teleported the bomb to the sea a kilometer away.
• Rin Nohara recognized Obito, and the Konoha ninja realized that the Blood-Red Flash had returned.
• Obito told the Konoha ninja to retreat while he faced the Hidden Cloud forces alone.
• Rin urged Obito to retreat with them rather than risk facing A and Killer B alone.

Obito Uchiha stayed behind to cover the Konoha ninja’s retreat and faced the Hidden Cloud Village’s A-B duo. After Killer B challenged him with the Wild Heron-Slaying Blade, Obito entered Sage Mode and met his six-blade assault head-on.

• Obito reassured the Konoha ninja that he did not understand what it meant to be unable to defeat an opponent, and they believed he was sacrificing himself for them.
• Rin urged Obito to win, and he nodded as Sunset Red led her away.
• Garaga approved of Obito’s decision to stay behind, while he and Obito faced the A-B duo across the battlefield.
• A recognized Obito as Konoha’s Blood-Red Flash and sent Killer B to test him with the Wild Heron-Slaying Blade.
• Obito entered Sage Mode, parried Killer B’s six simultaneous blade attacks, and called him pathetically weak.

Obito Uchiha and Killer B fought fiercely, with Obito using Sage Mode, Kamui, and powerful blade strikes to overcome B’s attacks. B survived Obito’s final thrust by sacrificing a tail, and the young A caught him as the battle continued.

• Obito Uchiha matched Killer B’s six-blade swordsmanship and dodged his attacks with Sage Mode-enhanced reactions.
• Killer B threw all six blades at Obito, but Obito used Kamui to let them pass through him and trapped B with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
• Obito slashed through Killer B’s Tailed Beast Cloak, forcing B to retreat to the young A before insisting on fighting alone.
• Killer B charged with Lightning Plow Hot Knife, but Obito turned intangible, appeared behind him, and thrust with his blade.
• Killer B blocked Obito’s fatal thrust by sacrificing a tail, and Obito kicked him away before the young A caught him.

Obito Uchiha used Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb to wipe out the Hidden Cloud ninjas, then fought Killer B and the young A with his White Rage Technique. The chapter ended with the young A taking Obito’s Rasengan on his arm to protect Killer B.

• Killer B fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Obito Uchiha, who used a Flying Thunder God mark to make it explode among the Hidden Cloud forces.
• The blast killed the surrounding Hidden Cloud ninjas, while Killer B and the young A survived behind the Eight-Tails’ protection.
• The young A and Killer B charged Obito Uchiha, who slowed them with Sage Art: White Rage Technique.
• Obito Uchiha ended the technique and teleported behind Killer B to strike him with a Rasengan.
• The young A reached Killer B and blocked the Rasengan with his arm, and Killer B caught his big brother.

Obito Uchiha battled the A and B Brothers, surviving their coordinated attacks with Kamui and snake techniques. After sustaining serious injuries, he activated Sage Art: Dragon Riding as an Honored Guest, turning the damage into increased power and sending young A flying.

• Young A and Killer B coordinated a Double Lariat, but Obito Uchiha avoided it with Kamui.
• Young A and Killer B deduced that Obito Uchiha could not use Kamui repeatedly and burned away Killer B’s Flying Thunder God mark with Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Young A struck Obito Uchiha with a Lariat and Guillotine Drop, but Obito escaped from a snake and revealed he was badly hurt.
• Obito Uchiha activated Sage Art: Dragon Riding as an Honored Guest, which made him stronger as he took damage.
• Obito Uchiha counterattacked and blasted the injured young A dozens of meters away.

Obito Uchiha escaped Killer B’s Eight-Tails attack and reached Minato Namikaze’s battlefield just as Minato was about to sacrifice himself against the Third Raikage. Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and Minato combined their chakra into a massive Rasengan to face the enemy.

• Killer B transformed into Gyuki and fought Obito Uchiha, but Obito defeated him and discovered that A had escaped while Killer B had left behind a tentacle clone.
• Obito Uchiha retreated to the Kamui Dimension to recover, then went to find Minato Namikaze after deciding to avoid revealing Kamui and considering seeking Hashirama Cells from Madara Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha found Rin at Shinku Yūhi’s camp and brought her with him to Minato’s battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze and Kakashi struggled against the Third Raikage and Darui as their chakra ran low, and Minato prepared to use the Reaper Death Seal to protect the surviving Konoha ninja.
• Obito Uchiha stopped Minato’s sacrifice, and Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and Minato pooled their chakra to create a gigantic Rasengan.

Minato’s Team killed the Third Raikage and fought off the Hidden Cloud shinobi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi received the news and rewarded the team. Hiruzen rejected objections to promoting Obito and Kakashi and revealed that he planned to remain Hokage after the war.

• Obito Uchiha, Minato Namikaze, and Kakashi Hatake killed the Third Raikage, but the Hidden Cloud shinobi refused to surrender and charged into battle.
• Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake joined Minato Namikaze and Rin Nohara in fighting the Hidden Cloud forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports that Obito had intercepted the A-Bee brothers and Minato’s Team had killed the Third Raikage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Minato Namikaze a Hokage cloak and appointed Obito Uchiha ANBU captain and Kakashi Hatake vice-captain, despite Danzo Shimura’s objections.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would continue as Hokage after the war and eventually pass responsibility to Minato, shocking Danzo Shimura.

Obito Uchiha killed Madara Uchiha while disguised as Kenji, then took control of Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu to inherit Madara’s plans. Kenji traveled to the Land of Rain to approach Nagato and Yahiko.

• Minato congratulated Obito, Kakashi, and Rin, and Obito used Flying Thunder God to leave and disguise himself as Kenji.
• Kenji found Madara Uchiha at his base and killed him instantly with Kamui.
• Kenji forced Black Zetsu to submit, learned that Madara’s Rinnegan were with Nagato, and claimed Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu for himself.
• Kenji decided to use both Konoha and the Akatsuki to pursue the Tailed Beasts and left for the Land of Rain with Black Zetsu and a White Zetsu.
• Kenji appeared before Yahiko and Nagato, who raised their guard as he greeted them.

Kenji revealed himself to Yahiko and Nagato, proposed gathering the Tailed Beasts to end war through pain, and rejoined Akatsuki as its strategist. After Kenji departed, Obito disguised his sudden change of clothes with an awkward explanation to Minato.

• Kenji proved his identity to Yahiko and Nagato by recalling their shared past, then learned that Konan was dead.
• Kenji proposed gathering all nine Tailed Beasts to create an ultimate biological weapon and asked to return as Akatsuki's strategist.
• Yahiko gave Kenji the Daizong ring, and Kenji assigned Zetsu the Genbu ring and intelligence work.
• Kenji gave Yahiko a scroll of potential recruits, then vanished after telling Zetsu to support Akatsuki's leaders.
• Obito met Minato after changing into a robe and claimed he had bought new clothes and recycled his old ones.
• Minato told Obito that the war was about to end and that the Third Hokage would soon order them back to the village.

Konoha celebrated its wartime victory as Obito Uchiha returned and was appointed an ANBU captain alongside Kakashi Hatake. Fugaku Uchiha asked Obito to report on the Hokage’s actions, but Obito agreed only outwardly before leaving the clan estate.

• Konoha welcomed its returning forces, and Obito Uchiha exchanged a knowing look with Shisui Uchiha as the procession passed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Obito and appointed him and Kakashi Hatake as ANBU captain and vice-captain under his command.
• Obito returned to his dusty home, then went to meet Fugaku Uchiha at the Clan Head Estate.
• Fugaku Uchiha asked Obito to pass along information about the Hokage’s decisions, and Obito agreed without intending to serve as the clan’s spy.
• As Obito left the estate, a child with prominent nasolabial folds greeted him as Big Brother Obito.

Obito Uchiha decided to steal Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan so he could use Kotoamatsukami to control Konoha and gather the Tailed Beasts. Kenji attacked Shisui at the Kitaika River and ripped out his right eye.

• Itachi Uchiha asked Obito Uchiha about the meaning of life and said he wanted to dedicate his life to the village.
• Obito Uchiha considered using Kotoamatsukami to control Hiruzen Sarutobi and make Konoha gather the Tailed Beasts, then plotted to take Shisui Uchiha’s eyes.
• Shisui Uchiha reflected on the conflict between the village and the clan beside the Kitaika River when Kenji appeared behind him.
• Kenji revealed he knew Shisui’s Mangekyo ability was Kotoamatsukami and said he wanted to use it to rule the world.
• Shisui Uchiha trapped Kenji with a genjutsu, but Kenji vanished and reappeared to strike him and rip out his right eye.

Kenji stole Shisui Uchiha’s right Mangekyo Sharingan, then used Kotoamatsukami to influence Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen canceled surveillance of the Uchiha Clan, while Danzo Shimura objected, unaware that Hiruzen had been manipulated.

• Kenji defeated Shisui Uchiha, but Shisui destroyed his left eye before Kenji could take it, leaving Kenji with only the right Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Kenji used the Kamui Dimension to escape attention and took Shisui’s remaining eye after killing him.
• Kenji posed as Obito Uchiha and used Kotoamatsukami on Hiruzen Sarutobi, who then let him leave the Hokage Building.
• The real Obito Uchiha confronted Tobi, revealed that Tobi had used the eye, and warned him against misusing it.
• Hiruzen called Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzo Shimura together and canceled surveillance of the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo Shimura challenged Hiruzen’s decision, but Hiruzen defended treating the Uchiha fairly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi removed Shimura Danzō as Hokage Assistant and forced Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to retire, appointing Minato Namikaze, Shikaku Nara, and Inoichi Yamanaka to new roles. Obito Uchiha believed Hiruzen was under his control as Konoha prepared for a political upheaval.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha's leaders and proposed disbanding Shimura Danzō's ANBU Training Program, replacing him with Minato Namikaze, and appointing Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka as advisors.
• Konoha's clan and department leaders supported Hiruzen Sarutobi's proposal, and he declared the appointments and dismissals final.
• Shimura Danzō protested and was dragged from the Hokage Building by ANBU, while Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura's request to keep nominal positions.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Danzō left the village's upper ranks in resentment and predicted Hiruzen would soon be sidelined.
• Obito Uchiha imagined Hiruzen Sarutobi as a puppet under his control as Konoha's leaders sensed a new era approaching.

Fugaku Uchiha left Konoha on an investigation mission while Obito and Rin helped Minato and Kushina choose Menma as their child’s name. In the Land of Rain, Kenji waited for Fugaku, intent on taking his Mangekyo.

• Fugaku Uchiha accepted an ANBU mission and left Konoha after telling Mikoto Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha to look after each other.
• Rin Nohara told Obito Uchiha that Kushina was pregnant, and they went to congratulate her and Minato.
• Obito Uchiha suggested Menma as the baby’s name, and the group adopted it instead of Naruto.
• Jiraiya revealed that Obito Uchiha had helped inspire Make-Out Paradise, prompting teasing from Kakashi and Rin and a scolding from Kushina.
• Kenji appeared on an overpass in the Land of Rain and said he would take Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyo.