Chapter Summaries

Masayo helped Kurenai Yuhi recognize her part in her conflict with Asuma, then accompanied Kurama Yakumo through Konoha’s night market. There, they spotted Hanabi and Hinata secretly following Naruto and Jiraiya, leaving Masayo puzzled by the sisters’ reversed roles.

• Kurenai Yuhi complained to Masayo and Kurama Yakumo about Asuma, then revealed that their arguments stemmed from her growing dominance and resentment.
• Masayo sobered Kurenai Yuhi and told her she had been in the wrong, helping resolve her conflict with Asuma.
• Kurama Yakumo invited Masayo to walk around Konoha’s night market, and they visited stalls together.
• Masayo and Kurama Yakumo spotted Naruto and Jiraiya, then noticed Hanabi following Naruto while Hinata followed Hanabi.
• Masayo wondered when Hanabi had become interested in Naruto and how she had escaped the Hyuga clan’s curfew.

Masayo and Kurama Yakumo arranged for Naruto and Hinata to spend time together at the night market while keeping Hanabi away. After Naruto and Jiraiya departed to train, Konoha's new guild system drew the attention of a masked man and Zetsu.

• Masayo brought Hinata to Naruto at the night market, then pulled Jiraiya away so they could talk alone.
• Kurama Yakumo stopped Hanabi from following Naruto and Hinata, and questioned her interest in Naruto.
• Naruto and Hinata walked through the night market, where Naruto praised Hinata and unknowingly made her jealous by mentioning Hanabi.
• Naruto and Hinata's date helped them understand each other, and Naruto began paying closer attention to Hinata's feelings.
• Naruto and Jiraiya left on their training journey as Konoha implemented its guild system.
• A masked man and Zetsu discussed Konoha's recent changes and Danzo's death in an underground chamber.

The masked man learned that the Land of Demons’ shrine maiden had lost her prophetic powers and foretold the end of the world, prompting him to investigate. After Tsunade received an urgent request to rescue the shrine maiden from a rebellion, Masayo set out with Sakura, Jiraiya, and Naruto, and told Jiraiya about Flower Island and the Evil God.

• The masked man heard from Black and White Zetsu that the shrine maiden’s prophecies had failed, she had foretold the end of the world, and factions were rising against her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura reflected on their past mistakes and went fishing together after letting go of their resentment toward Tsunade and Masayo.
• Tsunade received an urgent letter from the Land of Demons and ordered Masayo to rescue the shrine maiden and bring her safely to Konoha.
• Masayo left for the Land of Demons with Sakura, Jiraiya, and Naruto, explaining that several factions had turned against the shrine maiden and the country had fallen into chaos.
• Masayo told Jiraiya about the daimyo’s rebellion, the Evil God, and Flower Island, and Jiraiya agreed that they would need his strength if they found evidence connected to it.

Masayo and his team rescued Shion from rebels who had seized the Daimyo Mansion and escorted her out of the Land of Demons. Shion remained defiant and refused to explain the unrest as the group traveled toward Konoha.

• Masayo reached the Daimyo Mansion ahead of Jiraiya, Naruto, and Sakura and defeated the rebels outside.
• Shion told Taruho that her prophecy of the Ninja World's destruction could not be changed, and Taruho urged her to survive until Konoha's shinobi arrived.
• Masayo introduced himself, agreed to protect Shion, and prepared to take her to Konoha while Taruho stayed behind to stabilize the Land of Demons.
• Masayo, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Sakura escaped through a hidden passage, with Sakura carrying Shion and Naruto carrying her belongings.
• Shion complained about being carried by Sakura, then denied Naruto's accusation that she had oppressed her people.

Masayo’s group struggled to manage Shion’s hostility during their journey, but she softened after Masayo told her he had met her mother and prepared hot ramen for her. An explosion signaled an enemy ambush, and Masayo entered Sage Mode as the group prepared to defend Shion.

• Naruto and Shion argued during the journey, and the group stopped to camp so Shion could rest.
• Shion rejected Sakura’s dinner, insulted Masayo’s eyes, then stopped when he said he had met her mother, Lady Miroku.
• Masayo reassured Shion that the unrest in the Land of Demons might have another cause and urged her to value her life.
• Masayo prepared hot Ichiraku Ramen for Shion, who accepted it despite insisting she was not grateful.
• An explosion and battle sounds warned the group that enemies were attacking, and Masayo entered Sage Mode and ordered Naruto and Sakura to protect Shion.

Masayo fought the masked man who called himself Madara Uchiha while Naruto and Sakura escorted Shion away. Masayo wounded the masked man but failed to finish him, and the masked man sought Shion to learn about her prophecy of the world's end.

• Masayo used Wind Sense to detect Jiraiya's fight, then defended Shion with Naruto and Sakura from the masked man who emerged through a spatial distortion.
• Masayo's Water Release countered the masked man's Fire Release, and Sakura carried Shion away while Naruto followed.
• The masked man struck Masayo's shadow clone, but Masayo attacked while he was tangible and wounded his chest with the Light-Concealing Sword.
• The masked man claimed to be Madara Uchiha and said he wanted Shion because her prophecy concerned the end of the world.
• Masayo rejected the masked man's demand, countered his Wood Release, and pierced him with a Wind Clone before his Sage Mode faded.

Masayo used Sage Mode to battle the masked man, nearly killing him with a series of powerful techniques before Black Zetsu and White Zetsu rescued him. After realizing how much stronger he had become, Masayo worried that Naruto and Sakura had been hurt by the blast.

• The masked man attacked Masayo, but Masayo entered Sage Mode and struck him with a Great Spiraling Ring.
• Masayo survived the blast and confronted the masked man, whose arm was severed and mask shattered after he used Izanagi to survive the attack.
• Masayo unleashed Senjutsu: Toyoshigeshin and a Fire Dance Whirlwind, nearly finishing the weakened masked man.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu rescued the masked man before Masayo's final attack could kill him.
• Masayo reflected on his newfound strength, then worried that Naruto and Sakura had been injured by the Great Spiraling Ring's blast.

Masayo defeated the masked man after a fierce battle, then learned that Shion’s prophecy foretold the end of the world. He and the others continued escorting Shion while Masayo stayed on guard, and the chapter ended peacefully at dawn.

• Shion protected Naruto and Sakura from the blast, and Masayo arrived to heal them after the masked man escaped.
• Shion told Masayo that people in the Land of Demons feared her prophecy and offered him her bell, but he postponed hearing more until they were somewhere safe.
• Jiraiya arrived, and Masayo told him about the masked man’s intangibility, his claim to be Uchiha Madara, and his connection to the Nine-Tails incident.
• The badly injured masked man recovered in an underground tunnel with Black Zetsu and vowed to face Masayo again.
• Masayo, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Sakura escorted Shion through the night, then stopped at dawn so she could rest while Masayo maintained Sage Mode on guard.

Masayo, Jiraiya, Naruto, Sakura, and Shion prepared to leave after a sleepless night, and Masayo used his many storage scrolls to provide a well-stocked breakfast. The group remained together at camp, where Naruto and Sakura ended up arguing after he tripped into her.

• Masayo and Jiraiya discussed how Masayo had maintained Sage Mode through the night, and Masayo suspected someone else had mastered Shikkotsu Forest's Senjutsu.
• Shion woke and urgently needed to relieve herself, so Sakura escorted her nearby while Naruto and Jiraiya went as well.
• Masayo opened several storage scrolls and produced food, cooking supplies, and toiletries, astonishing the others with his provisions for a month.
• Naruto told Jiraiya that Masayo had bought an apartment villa while still at the Ninja Academy, as the group gathered supplies and prepared breakfast.
• Naruto tripped over a tree root and fell into Sakura, prompting her to attack him while Masayo rescued the pot of rice.

On the journey back to Konoha, Shion revealed a prophecy that the world would end in twelve years, and Masayo resolved to prepare for it. That night, Masayo dreamed again of a burning cavern and a monstrous Shantak Bird, waking in terror.

• The group traveled back into the Land of Fire, and Shion asked Masayo whether they would reach Konoha the next day.
• Shion told Masayo, Sakura, Naruto, and Jiraiya that an evil demon bird and a descending Evil God would destroy the world.
• Masayo learned that the prophecy named December 22nd, Miko Calendar Year 2012, which was Konoha Year 76, twelve years away.
• Masayo urged Shion not to give up and privately resolved to prepare for the apocalypse, while Jiraiya teased him and Naruto for being frightened.
• While keeping watch and resting in Sage Mode, Masayo entered a dream where a huge creature flew from a burning cavern toward him.
• Masayo woke gasping and sweating, cried out "Shantak Bird!", and found Shion, Jiraiya, Sakura, and Naruto watching him with concern.

After Masayo brought Shion safely to Konoha, Shion demanded that he remain her protector and offered information about Flower Island to secure Tsunade’s agreement. The masked man also learned that Konan possessed a Puzzle Ball made by Masayo and ordered her movements watched.

• Masayo woke from a strange dream and refused to stop keeping watch, while the masked man’s White Zetsu failed to approach him because he maintained Sage Mode.
• The masked man learned that Konan had been cultivating and carried a Puzzle Ball made by Masayo, so he ordered White Zetsu to watch her closely.
• Masayo, Sakura, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Shion reached Konoha, where Jiraiya left with Naruto to begin training.
• Masayo, Sakura, and Shion reported Shion’s prophecy and the unrest in the Land of Demons to Tsunade, who arranged protection and lodging for Shion.
• Shion demanded that Masayo protect her on future missions and revealed that she knew Flower Island’s location, offering the information in exchange for Tsunade’s agreement.

Shion persuaded Tsunade to let her stay at Masayo’s house while the investigation into Flower Island continued. Masayo agreed to host Shion and her maid Yuriko, whose Hokushin Ittō-ryū heritage surprised him, and the chapter ended with Shion exploring his home and speculating about his connection to Kazahana Koyuki.

• Shion asked Tsunade to let her live with Masayo for protection, and Tsunade said Kurama Yakumo’s approval was also needed.
• Shizune brought Shion and Yuriko to Masayo’s house and explained that Shion’s knowledge about Flower Island was important to Tsunade.
• Masayo agreed to let Shion and Yuriko stay as long as they behaved quietly, then showed them where they could settle in.
• Masayo learned that Yuriko was a descendant of Hokushin Ittō-ryū and that her family had stayed in the Land of Demons after Miroku saved her parents.
• Shion explored Masayo’s home, noticed his private theater and Chakra-Powered Car, and grew jealous when Yuriko mentioned his rumored connection to Kazahana Koyuki.

Kurama Yakumo learned that Shion and Yuriko were staying at Masayo’s home and confronted Shion there. After trading barbs, Yakumo realized Masayo was away and left planning to ask him about the priestess’s power and Yuriko.

• Shion and Yuriko moved into Masayo’s home, where Yuriko began preparing breakfast for them and Masayo.
• Kurama Yakumo asked Tsunade whether Masayo had returned, and Tsunade told her about Shion and Yuriko staying at his home and the masked man who claimed to be Madara Uchiha.
• Tsunade explained that Masayo’s report described the masked man surviving a Great Spiraling Ring through Izanagi, and Yakumo said she would not make things difficult for Masayo.
• Yakumo arrived at Masayo’s home and exchanged pointed insults with Shion while Yuriko trained nearby.
• Yuriko told Yakumo that Masayo had left and that messages for him could be passed through the Fifth Hokage.
• Yakumo warned Shion and Yuriko not to cause Masayo trouble, then left while suspecting there might be something unusual about Yuriko.

In Shikkotsu Forest, Katsuyu explained the dangerous Great Deity Sage Mode and told Masayo that he would need to reconcile with his dark self to master it. Meanwhile, an uninvited Yuriko entered Masayo’s storage room and found the Spirit-Sensing Pearl.

• Katsuyu told Masayo that Great Deity could enhance his abilities and extend Sage Mode, but mastering it required stillness and risked destroying his body.
• Katsuyu explained that Masayo had to merge with his dark side and revealed that Shikkotsu Forest contained a Realm of True Self created with Yin Release.
• After learning that Kurama Yakumo had returned, Masayo asked Katsuyu to show him his dark self and followed her to a cave.
• At night, Yuriko appeared inside Masayo’s storage room and sneered at the Spirit-Sensing Pearl, criticizing Kitano for leaving it with ninjas.

Yuriko stole the Spirit-Sensing Pearl from Masayo’s home and reunited with her brother, Qianye Chen, but Konoha’s fighters intercepted them. After Kakashi revealed that the siblings could split apart and reassemble, Chen fled with the Pearl while Yuriko stayed behind to fight.

• Yuriko took the Spirit-Sensing Pearl from Masayo’s storage room and vanished after Kakashi confronted her.
• Yuriko met Qianye Chen in the forest, and they fled when Tsunade, Might Guy, and Hyuga Hiashi approached.
• Masayo arrived with Kurama Yakumo and blocked the siblings’ escape, and Yakumo struck them with Illusory Lightning.
• Tsunade, Might Guy, Hyuga Hiashi, Masayo, and Yakumo surrounded Yuriko and Qianye Chen, while the siblings focused their attention on Might Guy.
• Kakashi warned the group that the siblings could split apart and reassemble, and Chen flew away with the Spirit-Sensing Pearl as Yuriko held off the others.
• Tsunade’s Heavenly Foot of Pain shattered the ground, and Might Guy’s Leaf Hurricane kicked Yuriko flying.

Tsunade’s team believed Kurama Yakumo had killed Yuriko and rushed to help Masayo, while Yuriko survived and flew away. Masayo struck Qianye Chen with powerful senjutsu attacks, but news that Yuriko was still alive left Tsunade fearing Qianye Chen had survived too.

• Hyuga Hiashi sealed Yuriko’s chakra points, Kakashi trapped her underground, and Kurama Yakumo struck her with Lightning Illusion Heavenly Plain, apparently annihilating her.
• Hyuga Hiashi confirmed Yuriko’s death, and Tsunade sent the group to help Masayo; after they left, Yuriko reformed from black chakra, grew bat-like wings, and flew away.
• Masayo pursued Qianye Chen through the air, dodged his attacks, and struck him with Ultra-Great Spiraling Ring after revealing he had thrown a clone at Masayo.
• Masayo followed with Senjutsu: Fire Dance Whirlwind, creating a vast tornado of flames that shook Konoha and alarmed its villagers.
• A contact lizard told Kurama Yakumo that Yuriko had survived and escaped with wings, prompting Tsunade to fear Qianye Chen was alive as well.

After Yuriko and Qianye Chen escaped despite being presumed destroyed, Masayo and the others learned the pair had recovered the Spirit-Sensing Pearl and planned to go to the Land of Snow. Shion revealed that Flower Island was now in the Mist Triangle Sea Region, leaving the group with its location but no knowledge of where it had been before.

• Kurama Yakumo reported that Yuriko had survived and flown away, so Masayo considered sealing her and decided he should bring Might Guy to Flower Island.
• Shion secretly left for the Hokage Building while Yuriko and Qianye Chen flew toward the Land of Snow with the Spirit-Sensing Pearl and discussed their orders to seize it.
• Masayo gave Shizune the purple crystal ball and told the group that Yuriko and Qianye Chen had escaped, after Kurama Yakumo's scout exposed their survival.
• Shion insisted that Shizune leave the Hokage's Office to prevent future information from leaking, and Shizune was thrown out while holding Tonton.
• Shion told Tsunade and the others that Flower Island was in the Mist Triangle Sea Region, where Mi hid amid unusual magnetic fields and sea fog.

Shion asked Masayo to help train her to open the gate to Nether Spring, while offering to teach him the Yin-Yang Dual Separation Technique. The chapter ended with Shion asking him to treat her to the Ichiraku Ramen he had made for her in the wilderness.

• Shion said Kurama Yakumo's Phantom Demon's abilities were effective against Mi's and asked Masayo to train with her for three days.
• Tsunade sent Kakashi and Might Guy to Kumogakure to explain Flower Island's situation to the Raikage.
• Masayo brought Shion and Kurama Yakumo home, where they argued over Shion having a key and learned Kazahana Koyuki would arrive in Konoha the next day.
• Masayo danced for three hours during Shion's spirit-invoking ritual training while Kurama Yakumo recorded him.
• Shion explained that she was preparing the Underworld Sealing Technique and offered to teach Masayo the Yin-Yang Dual Separation Technique if he treated her to Ichiraku Ramen.

At Ichiraku Ramen, Masayo reunited with Kazahana Koyuki, Haku, and Natsuhi Hoshi, then warned them that Shion’s prophecy foretold the end of the world and asked the Land of Snow to prepare. Meanwhile, Yuriko and Qianye Chen learned Koyuki was in Konoha and decided to return to Flower Island rather than pursue her.

• Masayo met Kazahana Koyuki, Haku, and Natsuhi Hoshi at Ichiraku Ramen, where Koyuki greeted him affectionately and Natsuhi thanked him for helping Hoshigakure find refuge in the Land of Snow.
• Haku teased Masayo about trying to keep him in Konoha, while he and Natsuhi said they hoped their peaceful lives under Koyuki would continue.
• Shion explained the end-of-the-world prophecy to Koyuki and Haku, and Masayo urged Koyuki to prepare the Land of Snow because it might be needed when disaster came.
• Koyuki tried to enjoy herself with Masayo before the world ended, but Shion pulled her away and argued with her.
• Yuriko and Qianye Chen discovered Kazahana Koyuki had gone to Konoha, then decided to return to Flower Island instead of trying to recruit her.

The Land of Fire’s daimyo and Enishi were reprimanded by Qianye Chen for failing to secure the Land of Snow and were told to stop pursuing unnecessary schemes. In Konoha, Tsunade’s team and four Kumogakure shinobi clashed over access to the Mist Triangle and the Flower Island mission, leaving Samui demanding an explanation.

• Qianye Chen told the Land of Fire’s daimyo and Enishi that the Evil God wanted the Land of Snow and ordered them not to interfere with her plans.
• The daimyo and Enishi admitted they had misunderstood the Evil God’s aims and agreed to wait for her descent.
• Kakashi and Might Guy returned to Konoha with Samui, Omoi, Karui, and Darui.
• Samui challenged Masayo over the secrets of the Mist Triangle, while Masayo accused Kumogakure of concealing its investigations there.
• Samui said the Raikage would not allow Konoha’s shinobi ships into the Land of Lightning, but offered to let Konoha join the Flower Island mission with Shion.
• Karui nearly attacked Masayo, Omoi restrained her and then annoyed her with his pessimism, and Samui asked Tsunade to explain Konoha’s position.