Chapter Summaries

Konoha’s air raid devastated the Sand camps, and Chiyo rallied the survivors to counter the attack. Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and unleashed Daytime Tiger at Chiyo’s main camp, leaving the Sand ninjas scrambling to defend themselves as it struck.

• Konoha’s explosive tags rained down on Sunagakure’s camps, setting them ablaze and killing or injuring many Sand ninjas.
• Chiyo used her puppets to shield some survivors and ordered Wind Release users to attack the airborne Star ninjas.
• Might Guy jumped from a Star ninja’s back, opened the Seventh Gate, and fired Daytime Tiger to scatter the gales and strike the camp.
• Chiyo summoned Chikamatsu’s Ten Puppets and used Ten Treasures Suction Crush while urging the Sand ninjas to raise defensive barriers.
• Daytime Tiger crashed into the ground, and its shockwave engulfed Chiyo’s camp.

After Might Guy's Daytime Tiger devastated Sunagakure's main camp, Chiyo awoke to learn the village had lost most of its forces and faced surrender or continued defeat. As she struggled to decide, Konoha's forces arrived again.

• Might Guy ordered the Star ninja to return to the main camp and report the attack to Lord Hokage.
• The Daytime Tiger broke through Sunagakure's defenses, killing at least half the ninja at the main camp and leaving Chiyo unconscious.
• Sunagakure's elders told Chiyo that the village had suffered at least three thousand casualties and could field fewer than five thousand fighters.
• Chiyo learned Konoha had lost fewer than a hundred ninja and considered whether to surrender or seek Iwagakure's help.
• A Sunagakure elder urged Chiyo to surrender before the village was destroyed, and she asked for time to think.
• Terrified cries announced that Konoha's people had arrived again.

After Konoha’s renewed air raid devastated Sunagakure’s camp, Chiyo ordered the village to surrender. Chiyo and two elders met Tobirama Senju at Konoha’s camp, where Chiyo studied the revived Hokage’s younger brother.

• Konoha and Star Clan ninja launched another air raid on Sunagakure, dropping Explosive Tags on the camp.
• Chiyo weighed the attack against Sunagakure’s heavy casualties and chose to surrender to Konoha.
• Sunagakure’s elders announced the surrender, and the Konoha Jonin leading the raid sent a team to land while he returned to report to Lord Hokage.
• Konoha’s army learned of the surrender and accepted it after Chiyo and Sunagakure’s Elder Council arrived at their camp.
• Chiyo and two Sunagakure elders sat across from Tobirama Senju, while Might Guy and Kakashi Hatake sat beside him.

After Sunagakure’s defeat, Chiyo negotiated with Tobirama Senju for the village’s surrender. She agreed to Konoha’s demands, leaving Sunagakure bound to pay heavily, accept Konoha troops on its borders, and give up the One-Tail Jinchūriki.

• Chiyo offered Sunagakure’s surrender, arguing that conquering the Land of Wind would cost Konoha more than it gained.
• Tobirama Senju demanded two billion ryo in compensation and the right to station troops along the borders of the Land of Rivers and the Land of Wind.
• Tobirama Senju also demanded that the One-Tail Jinchūriki remain in Konoha forever, threatening to continue the war if Sunagakure refused.
• After several minutes of hesitation, Chiyo agreed to all of Tobirama Senju’s terms.

Chiyo accepted Tobirama Senju’s terms, ending Sunagakure’s defeat and earning Tobirama a surge of power. Kept in Konoha while his siblings returned to Sunagakure, Gaara began to see a place for himself among Naruto and Sasuke.

• Chiyo agreed to Tobirama Senju’s terms to preserve Sunagakure, and Tobirama received doubled mental and natural energy as his mission was completed.
• Tobirama’s strengthened presence caused Chiyo to faint, and he ordered Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy to collect Sunagakure’s compensation supplies.
• Two days later, Konoha’s villagers celebrated the victory as the ninja returned with cartloads of supplies, while the Star ninja boasted about their flying techniques.
• Tobirama sent the detained Sand ninja, including Temari and Kankuro, back to Sunagakure but kept Gaara in Konoha.
• Naruto Uzumaki invited Gaara to train with him and Sasuke Uchiha, and Gaara began looking forward to life in Konoha as Gaara of Konoha.

Sunagakure chose Temari as its next Kazekage while Chiyo secretly planned to seek Sasori’s help against Konoha, and Konoha’s victory alarmed the other villages. In the Land of Rain, Orochimaru offered Akatsuki a partnership and revealed that Itachi Uchiha was Konoha’s spy within the organization.

• Chiyo declared Temari the candidate for Fifth Kazekage, intending to use her as a controllable figurehead while she sought Sasori and his organization’s power against Konoha.
• Konoha’s seven-day victory over Sunagakure and its occupation of part of the Land of Wind alarmed the shinobi world, especially villages that feared Tobirama Senju would seize their tailed beasts.
• Mei Terumi stayed wary of Konoha because the Sharingan had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, though she kept the matter quiet to protect Kirigakure’s reputation.
• In the Land of Rain, Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi met Sasori, Konan, and Pain, and Orochimaru voiced his interest in Itachi Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Orochimaru offered Akatsuki cooperation against Konoha and revealed that Itachi Uchiha was Konoha’s spy inside the organization.

Orochimaru offered Pain a way to restrain Tobirama Senju in exchange for Itachi Uchiha, and they agreed to cooperate. As their plan to hunt Itachi began, Itachi carried out a mission with Kisame Hoshigaki while worrying about Sasuke Uchiha’s safety in Konoha.

• Orochimaru showed Pain a scroll proving Itachi Uchiha had passed Akatsuki intelligence to Konoha and proposed a deal for Itachi.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon Rasa and claimed the technique could produce enough Kage Level fighters to hold back Tobirama Senju.
• Pain agreed to let Orochimaru have Itachi Uchiha and to cooperate against Konoha, while reserving final say over the use of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sasori of the Red Sands asked for Itachi’s corpse after his death, and Orochimaru agreed because he wanted only Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki carried out a mercenary mission, while Itachi worried about Sasuke Uchiha and considered returning to Konoha.

Itachi was lured toward the Land of Rice Paddies under the pretense of hunting Orochimaru, but he suspected an ambush and prepared for it. When Sasori and the others attacked, Itachi detonated a clone around Hiruko, leaving the battle's outcome unknown.

• Sasori told Itachi that the Akatsuki had located the injured Orochimaru and ordered him to join the hunt, then led him toward the Land of Rice Paddies.
• As they approached a massive waterfall, Itachi grew suspicious and pretended to contact Pain to confirm the mission.
• When Sasori waited for him to approach, Itachi unleashed a barrage of shuriken, but Sasori deflected them with Hiruko's iron tail.
• The Deva Path and other attackers emerged from the waterfall, surrounding Itachi with suction, snakes, and paper shuriken.
• As the Deva Path dragged Itachi toward Hiruko's poisoned tail, Itachi used Clone Great Explosion, engulfing Hiruko in a massive blast.

Uchiha Itachi fought Orochimaru and the Six Paths of Pain, using his Mangekyō Sharingan to counter their attacks. He summoned Susanoo to block their assault, while Orochimaru urged the others to keep attacking because Itachi was nearly exhausted.

• Uchiha Itachi's Shadow Clone exploded, destroying Sasori's Hiruko shell and revealing Sasori's Human Puppet body.
• Uchiha Itachi burned Orochimaru's giant pythons with a Great Fireball and dodged the Asura Path's missiles.
• Uchiha Itachi used Amaterasu to bring down the Animal Path's Three-Headed Hellhound and Giant Bird, then charged toward Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru concealed himself with Hiding in Mist Technique and used Crystal Release: Crystal Shuriken to stop Uchiha Itachi from approaching.
• The Deva Path and the others attacked Uchiha Itachi, who summoned Susanoo to block them with its chakra sword and shield.
• Orochimaru urged the others to continue attacking, believing Uchiha Itachi was nearly exhausted.

Itachi endured the Six Paths of Pain, Orochimaru, Konan, and Sasori’s attacks with his Susanoo while planning an escape. He launched a feint at Sasori, then redirected the Yasaka Beads toward the exposed Naraka Path.

• Itachi used Amaterasu to burn the Animal Path’s summoned beasts and gained a brief moment to recover.
• Nagato realized the Yata Mirror reflected most energy attacks and concluded that a stronger Shinra Tensei could break Itachi’s Susanoo.
• Itachi assessed his opponents and chose the Naraka Path as his target, suspecting that it was important and vulnerable.
• Itachi’s Yasaka Beads destroyed Sasori’s puppets and flew toward Sasori’s chest core, prompting Sasori to defend himself with the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand.
• The other fighters moved to intercept the attack, leaving the Naraka Path exposed, and Itachi abruptly redirected the Yasaka Beads toward it.

Itachi’s Susanoo collapsed under the Akatsuki’s combined attacks, and Orochimaru tore out Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Facing the Deva Path, Sasori, and Konan, Itachi summoned a crow bearing Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan to survive.

• Nagato destroyed the Naraka Path and decided to use the Deva Path’s full power to kill Itachi.
• Sasori, Konan, and Orochimaru attacked Susanoo, damaging it until Nagato’s Shinra Tensei crushed it.
• Orochimaru emerged from a snake and stole Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan while Itachi knelt, weakened and bleeding.
• As the Deva Path, Sasori, and Konan closed in, Itachi recalled Shisui’s entrusted eye and his promise to protect Sasuke.
• Itachi summoned a crow whose other eye contained Shisui’s shuriken-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan.

Itachi Uchiha used Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami to control Konan, who then revealed an explosive trap beneath the battlefield and rescued him. As the tags began to detonate, a spiral-masked figure appeared through a space-time vortex.

• Konan, Sasori, and the Deva Path attacked Itachi, but crows emerged from the explosion and Konan discovered that one carried a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The crow cast Kotoamatsukami on Konan, while the Deva Path used Banshō Ten'in to gather and destroy most of the crows.
• Itachi re-formed from the fleeing crows and fell, badly wounded, as Sasori pleaded with the Deva Path to preserve his body.
• Konan used her Paper Person of God Technique to reveal the Explosive Tags hidden beneath the terrain and surround the Deva Path, Sasori, and Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru realized Shisui’s eye had controlled Konan, and Konan triggered the Explosive Tags as the three prepared to defend themselves or flee.
• A spiral-masked figure emerged from a black vortex.

Obito rescued Orochimaru, the Deva Path, and Sasori from Itachi’s explosive trap, then helped Nagato contain the threat posed by Konan’s Kotoamatsukami control. The Akatsuki accepted Orochimaru’s cooperation and ordered its members to hunt down and kill Itachi Uchiha.

• Obito used Kamui to pull Orochimaru, the Deva Path, and Sasori into the Kamui Dimension as Itachi’s explosive tags devastated the battlefield.
• The Deva Path asked Obito how to free Konan from Kotoamatsukami, and Obito proposed sealing her chakra until the control might fade.
• Obito brought the unconscious Konan to the Kamui Dimension, where the Deva Path restrained her with Black Receivers.
• Obito revealed that he had founded the Akatsuki with Pain and secured Orochimaru’s promise to serve the organization in exchange for help finding powerful corpses.
• Nagato ordered the Akatsuki to find and kill Itachi, and Kisame Hoshigaki reacted with concern when he received the mission.

Tobirama Senju learned that Akatsuki was pursuing the badly wounded, eyeless Itachi Uchiha near the Land of Fire and set out to rescue him. Itachi reached a stream near the border, unaware that Zetsu was watching from the opposite bank.

• Tobirama Senju considered the risks of attacking other villages and ordered Shikaku Nara to find the Star Clan a suitable clan ground.
• Shikaku Nara reported that Akatsuki members were pursuing Itachi Uchiha near the Land of Rice Paddies.
• Tobirama Senju decided to save Itachi Uchiha and vanished from the Hokage Office using the Flying Thunder God.
• Itachi Uchiha, guided by a crow, reached a stream near the Land of Fire border while fleeing Akatsuki.
• Zetsu emerged from a tree on the far bank and watched Itachi Uchiha drink.

Black Zetsu alerted Nagato to Itachi Uchiha’s location, and Akatsuki members ambushed Itachi as he traveled through the forest. Outnumbered and gravely weakened, Itachi was nearly killed by Hidan before a marked kunai flew toward him from an unseen attacker.

• Black Zetsu told Nagato where Itachi was and sank into the ground with White Zetsu.
• Itachi entered a forest, where Deva Path, Sasori, Kakuzu, Deidara, and Hidan sprang an ambush; Itachi realized they had surrounded him and noted Kisame’s absence.
• Itachi summoned Susanoo despite having lost his Mangekyō Sharingan, but his weakened body could sustain only its skeletal form.
• The Akatsuki members overwhelmed Susanoo with combined attacks, and Deidara’s clay birds struck Itachi’s Shadow Clone instead of him.
• Hidan found Itachi in a stream and swung his scythe at him, but a kunai bearing strange markings flew toward Hidan as Itachi seemed about to die.

Tobirama Senju arrived just as Hidan was about to kill Itachi Uchiha and attacked the Akatsuki without hesitation. After revealing powerful Wood Release, he forced Nagato’s Deva Path to unleash a massive Shinra Tensei as the other Akatsuki members fled.

• Tobirama Senju kicked Hidan away and saved Itachi Uchiha, identifying him as a surviving member of the Uchiha clan.
• Kakuzu recognized Tobirama Senju as the Hokage who had once nearly killed him and considered retreating.
• Tobirama Senju attacked the Akatsuki with Flying Thunder God, destroying Kakuzu’s Fire-Release heart and striking at Kakuzu.
• The Akatsuki members targeted Tobirama Senju’s marked kunai, and the Deva Path pulled him in with Banshō Ten'in before they unleashed their attacks.
• Tobirama Senju revealed that he had survived by reassembling his body and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to send a vast surge of trees at the Akatsuki.
• The Deva Path ordered Sasori, Deidara, and Kakuzu to retreat, then unleashed a powerful Shinra Tensei against the forest.

Tobirama Senju defeated the Akatsuki’s Deva Path and found Hidan trapped in his Wood Release. He invited Itachi Uchiha to return to Konoha, and after hearing Itachi explain the Uchiha massacre, Itachi asked whether he could still come back.

• Tobirama Senju’s Wood Release overwhelmed the Deva Path, while Deidara, Kakuzu, and Sasori fled on a clay bird.
• Nagato rescued the Deva Path with the Animal Path’s Summoning Technique and wondered how Tobirama Senju had learned of the plan.
• Tobirama Senju stopped the spreading Wood Release, found Hidan pinned and bound, and sealed his mouth.
• Itachi Uchiha arrived, and Tobirama Senju asked whether he was willing to return to Konoha.
• Itachi Uchiha explained the Uchiha clan’s coup plans, Shisui Uchiha’s failed attempt to prevent them, and his own decision to massacre the clan to protect Sasuke Uchiha.
• Itachi Uchiha asked Tobirama Senju whether someone who had slaughtered the Uchiha and betrayed Konoha could still return.

Tobirama Senju persuaded Itachi Uchiha to return to Konoha, urging him to tell Sasuke the truth and treat him as an equal. They set off for the village with Hidan, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu discovered the rescue and decided to report it to Obito.

• Tobirama Senju offered to clear Itachi Uchiha's name and told him to be honest with Sasuke, prompting Itachi to agree to return to Konoha.
• Itachi Uchiha explained that Orochimaru had taken his Mangekyō Sharingan and that Shisui's remaining eye had helped him escape the Akatsuki.
• Tobirama Senju gave Itachi the other eye of Shisui, which he had recovered from Danzō, and promised to arrange a transplant in Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju collected Hidan and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave with him and Itachi.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu emerged from the forest, learned that Tobirama Senju had rescued Itachi, and chose to report the news to Obito.

Tobirama Senju brought Uchiha Itachi back to Konoha and replaced his damaged eyes with Uchiha Shisui’s Sharingan. Itachi recovered his sight and awakened unusual Kotoamatsukami eyes, but Tobirama discovered that Itachi was terminally ill.

• Tobirama Senju told Shikaku Nara that Orochimaru had taken Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered him to search for Orochimaru.
• Tobirama Senju sent Hidan to Konoha’s prison and warned the guards about his immortal body and deadly curse.
• Tobirama Senju replaced Itachi’s eyes with Shisui’s Sharingan at Konoha Hospital.
• Itachi activated his new Mangekyō Sharingan and found that both eyes held Kotoamatsukami, while his former abilities were gone.
• Tobirama Senju discovered Itachi had a terminal illness he could not treat, then left the hospital.

Orochimaru transplanted Uchiha Itachi’s Sharingan and discovered that Hashirama Cells restored the Mangekyō Sharingan’s depleted ocular power. He fused its abilities with Crystal Release and left convinced he had uncovered a connection between the Senju and Uchiha clans.

• Kabuto Yakushi completed Orochimaru’s Sharingan transplant, and Orochimaru awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan but found his vision nearly blind.
• Orochimaru realized Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō ocular power had been exhausted and ordered Kabuto to bring Hashirama Cells.
• Orochimaru injected the Hashirama Cells, regained his vision, and used Amaterasu through his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Orochimaru fused Amaterasu with his Crystal Release blade, destroying part of the laboratory wall.
• Orochimaru concluded that Hashirama Cells could restore Mangekyō ocular power and wondered whether the Senju and Uchiha were connected to the Sage of Six Paths.