Recaps

Obito Uchiha abandoned the plan to recruit Hidan after discovering that spies from every great nation surrounded him. As Kakuzu, Deidara, and Sasori left the Akatsuki, Konan revealed her identity as the Arms Queen, while Pain decided Obito Uchiha would make up for the organization’s shortage of members.

• Obito Uchiha returned to the Kamui Dimension and told Black Zetsu that Hidan’s hideout was crawling with spies, so they should cut off contact with him.
• Kakuzu told Pain he could not reach Hidan and requested to leave the Akatsuki to open an Assassination Classroom.
• Deidara admitted he missed home, and Sasori said he wanted to pursue becoming a Digital Life; Pain approved both departures and ordered Kakuzu to tell Hidan he was expelled.
• Kakuzu asked Pain to return most of the organization’s operating funds, but Konan revealed she had invested them in Explosive Tags and confirmed she was the Arms Queen.
• Kakuzu pledged to work as Konan’s Black Market agent, and she agreed to let him follow her.
• Konan worried that four members had left and threatened the Tailed Beast plan, but Pain said power mattered most and expected Obito Uchiha to solve their shortage of people.

Pain convinced Konan that he could use the Ten-Tails’ power to overcome Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu’s schemes. Deidara returned to Iwagakure, while Sasuke considered whether the Rabbit Talisman could let him travel beyond time and change the Uchiha’s fate.

• Pain told Konan that becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki would render Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu’s plans powerless.
• Kurotsuchi and Ōnoki waited at Iwagakure’s gate as Deidara flew in on an Explosive Clay bird and wrote Kurotsuchi’s name across the sky.
• Kurotsuchi embraced Deidara, and Ōnoki ordered him to stay and learn to handle village affairs.
• Deidara resisted taking on Tsuchikage responsibilities but agreed after Kurotsuchi urged him not to upset Ōnoki.
• Sasuke tested the Rabbit Talisman and wondered whether its power could let him travel beyond time and change the Uchiha’s fate.

Sasuke traveled back in time to Konoha Year 56 and reunited with his young brother Itachi, realizing the Uchiha massacre was little more than a year away. He raised rumors of the clan’s danger at dinner, prompting Fugaku’s grim response, and Itachi questioned him afterward.

• The Rabbit Talisman transported Sasuke into his four- or five-year-old body, and he found Itachi nearby.
• Sasuke accepted comfort from Itachi, then learned they were in Konoha Year 56 and realized the massacre was approaching.
• At dinner, Sasuke told Fugaku Uchiha that students were spreading rumors that Konoha might eliminate the Uchiha clan.
• Itachi took Sasuke from the tense dinner, while Mikoto worried that the children were being affected and Fugaku vowed to resist Konoha.
• Itachi asked Sasuke whether he had truly heard the rumors at school or whether something else had happened.

Sasuke reflected on the Uchiha clan’s future destruction and decided to seek Hiruzen Sarutobi’s help by winning his favor at the Ninja Academy. Two days later, he waited nervously for Hiruzen’s speech, while Naruto wondered why Sasuke seemed so alert.

• Sasuke reassured Itachi that he had overheard talk of the Uchiha’s possible destruction and asked whether Itachi would stand with the clan.
• Sasuke recalled how Konoha’s policies, the Nine-Tails Incident, and Danzo’s schemes had led to the Uchiha coup and massacre.
• Sasuke decided he needed help and identified Hiruzen Sarutobi as someone with the authority to restrain Danzo.
• Sasuke remembered Hiruzen would soon visit the Ninja Academy and planned to show his belief in the Will of Fire to gain the Hokage’s attention.
• Sasuke secretly studied books about the Will of Fire in the family study, while Fugaku and Itachi heard him but left him alone.
• Two days later, Sasuke waited tensely in class for Hiruzen’s visit, and Naruto Uzumaki asked why he was acting differently.

Sasuke Uchiha tried to impress Hiruzen Sarutobi during the Academy’s lesson on the Will of Fire, delivering a speech that connected the Uchiha clan’s strength with protecting Konoha. The chapter ended with Hiruzen reflecting on Sasuke’s words in the Hokage’s Office.

• Sasuke restrained himself from snapping at Naruto and urged him to listen to Hiruzen’s speech on the Will of Fire.
• Hiruzen gave his annual speech, and most of the students, including Naruto, struggled to stay awake.
• Sasuke volunteered to explain the Will of Fire and said the Uchiha could use their strength to protect Konoha and its people.
• Hiruzen praised Sasuke, while Naruto and Sakura reacted with surprise and admiration.
• Back in the Hokage’s Office, Hiruzen remembered Sasuke’s speech about the Uchiha protecting Konoha’s flame.

Danzo used Sasuke’s speech and the Uchiha’s secret meetings to deepen Hiruzen’s suspicions, while Sasuke worked to build friendships between his classmates and the Uchiha’s next generation. Danzo then reported another secret clan gathering and argued that the Uchiha were preparing to act against Konoha.

• Danzo warned Hiruzen that Sasuke’s speech was rehearsed propaganda and reported that Fugaku had met secretly with radical Uchiha elders.
• Hiruzen weighed Danzo’s warning against his impression of Sasuke and dismissed Danzo so he could consider the matter.
• Sasuke resolved to win broader support for the Uchiha and gave carefully chosen gifts to Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata, Kiba, and Akamaru.
• Sasuke’s classmates warmed to him, while Naruto watched their gathering with jealousy and resentment.
• Danzo presented Hiruzen with a report portraying Sasuke’s new behavior as a deliberate distraction and revealed that the Uchiha planned another secret clan gathering.

Haunted by his failure to change the Uchiha’s fate, Sasuke resolved to warn Shisui about Danzo and sought the Four Souls Jewel to gain enough power to help. He found no trace of the jewel at Canaan Shrine, but recognized the Longbow Izumi would later use against Naraka.

• Sasuke woke from a nightmare about Itachi and brooded over how his efforts to earn the Third Hokage’s trust and make friends had failed.
• Sasuke remembered that Shisui would soon return and be ambushed by Shimura Danzō and Naraka, and resolved to warn him.
• Sasuke recalled that the Four Souls Jewel might be hidden in Canaan Shrine and asked Izumi to take him there.
• Izumi guided Sasuke through the shrine’s mechanisms to an empty room, and Sasuke found no sign of the Four Souls Jewel.
• As they left, Sasuke spotted a Longbow hanging in the main hall and recognized it as the weapon Izumi would use against Naraka.

Sasuke failed to persuade Izumi to leave the village and decided to seek help from Naruto to stop Danzo from taking Shisui’s eyes. He befriended Naruto with ramen and told him a fabricated story about a plot to kill Shisui.

• Sasuke tried the Longbow but found it had no special powers, then urged Izumi to leave the village the following year.
• Izumi refused to abandon the Uchiha, and Sasuke ran home in tears, determined to stop Shimura Danzō and save Shisui’s eyes.
• Sasuke decided Naruto could warn Hiruzen Sarutobi without raising suspicion.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sasuke called Naruto his best friend and invited him to Ichiraku Ramen, easing Naruto’s resentment.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Sasuke told Naruto he had overheard a bandaged old man and a mysterious man in black planning to kill Shisui Uchiha.

Sasuke warned Naruto, Itachi, and Mikoto about a plot against Shisui, using Naruto’s supposed eyewitness account to prompt action. After telling Mikoto, Sasuke resolved to influence Fugaku next, while the chapter left her reacting to his warning.

• Sasuke convinced Naruto to tell the Third Hokage about the danger to Shisui without revealing Sasuke as his source.
• Sasuke told Itachi that Naruto had overheard Danzo and a masked man discussing Shisui’s eyes, and Itachi promised to warn Shisui.
• Sasuke concluded that he had to influence Fugaku’s decision to prevent the conflict between the Uchiha and the village from worsening.
• Sasuke told Mikoto that Naruto had overheard masked men plotting to take Shisui’s Sharingan, and Mikoto’s knife paused when he described them.

Sasuke Uchiha used Naruto Uzumaki’s account of Danzo and a masked man plotting against Shisui to warn Mikoto and Fugaku, who concluded that Konoha’s leadership intended to destroy the Uchiha. Sasuke then searched for signs of Obito near the village, while Hiruzen visited Naruto that night.

• Sasuke told Mikoto that Naruto had seen Danzo meeting a black-robed, one-eyed masked man who discussed killing Shisui and taking his eyes.
• Mikoto told Fugaku what Sasuke had reported, and Fugaku blamed Konoha’s leadership for conspiring against the Uchiha and vowed to warn Shisui.
• Sasuke searched abandoned training grounds near Konoha and found signs that Obito had been operating nearby.
• Hiruzen arrived at Naruto’s home with a small parcel, and Naruto welcomed him inside.

Naruto relayed Sasuke’s warning about a plot against Shisui Uchiha to Hiruzen, prompting Hiruzen to confront Danzō and authorize preparations without formal permission to act. Shisui returned to the Uchiha Compound, where Fugaku demanded his power to protect the clan, leaving Shisui afraid Fugaku knew about his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Naruto told Hiruzen he had overheard a bandaged old man and a mysterious man plotting to go after Shisui Uchiha, but denied anyone had taught him what to say.
• Hiruzen questioned Danzō about the alleged plot, and Danzō denied it while accusing the Uchiha of spreading rumors and preparing to act.
• Hiruzen told Danzō to begin necessary preparations but forbade him from acting without a formal order.
• Shisui reported the clan’s unrest to Hiruzen, then returned to the Uchiha Compound and received an invitation to meet Fugaku.
• Fugaku told Shisui the Uchiha needed his power to withstand the coming storm, and Shisui feared Fugaku knew about his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha warned Shisui Uchiha that Shimura Danzō was targeting his eyes, but Shisui clung to his faith in Konoha and rejected their suspicions. When Shisui met Danzō the next day, Danzō ambushed him and took his right Mangekyō Sharingan; Shisui escaped with his left eye.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Shisui that Danzō and the masked man were conspiring to steal his eyes and demanded that he choose between Konoha and the Uchiha clan.
• Itachi Uchiha warned Shisui about Danzō, but Shisui accused him of trying to undermine his trust in the village and refused to help an uprising.
• Shimura Danzō told Shisui that Fugaku had spread the rumors to push him toward the Uchiha rebels and demanded that Shisui choose sides.
• When Shisui denied that he would use Kotoamatsukami on Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō seized the opening and ripped out Shisui's right eye.
• Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to escape the woods while clutching his bleeding eye.

After Danzō persuaded Hiruzen to let him act against the Uchiha if they staged a coup, Sasuke learned that Shisui had died despite his attempts to change the future. Convinced that Itachi would soon massacre the clan, Sasuke poisoned the tea his brother liked and resolved to stop him himself.

• Danzō told Hiruzen that Shisui had tried to use his Mangekyō genjutsu on him, and Hiruzen tacitly allowed Danzō to proceed if the Uchiha staged a coup.
• At dawn, Sasuke learned that Shisui had killed himself and collapsed in despair.
• Sasuke remembered Izumi’s warning about fate and vowed to change the Uchiha clan’s future.
• Sasuke took poison from Fugaku’s Ninja Tool storeroom and mixed it into Itachi’s favorite tea.
• Sasuke picked up the poisoned tea and resolved to kill the future that threatened the Uchiha, even if it meant losing his brother.

Sasuke revealed to Itachi that he had returned from a future in which Itachi massacred the Uchiha, and admitted he had poisoned him to prevent that fate. Itachi entrusted Sasuke with three powerful eyes and the Uchiha’s future before drinking the poison and dying.

• Sasuke brought Itachi poisoned tea, but Itachi sensed something was wrong and confronted him.
• Sasuke broke down and revealed that he came from the future, where Itachi killed their family and clan, and said he poisoned him to stop that tragedy.
• Itachi understood Sasuke’s actions and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi tore out his two Mangekyō Sharingan and gave them, along with Shisui’s eye, to Sasuke, entrusting him with the Uchiha.
• Itachi drank the poisoned tea and died as Sasuke watched in devastation.

Danzo and the Advisors pressured Hiruzen into authorizing the Uchiha clan’s extermination after Itachi was reported dead. At Itachi’s funeral, Sasuke recognized how his actions had worsened the clan’s fate, then accepted an invitation to enter Ichiraku Ramen.

• Danzo told Hiruzen that Itachi was dead and blamed Fugaku, then urged an immediate attack on the Uchiha.
• Koharu and Homura confirmed the report and pressed Hiruzen to act against the clan.
• Hiruzen gave the order to proceed, and Danzo left with the Advisors to begin the extermination plan.
• At Itachi’s funeral, Sasuke realized his attempts to change the future had added to his brother’s burden and brought the Uchiha closer to destruction.
• Sasuke wandered the streets late at night until someone inside Ichiraku Ramen invited him in and offered to buy him a bowl.

Sasuke learned from Teuchi that letting go of his obsession might send him back to where he belonged, then waited anxiously as the Uchiha Massacre began without Itachi. Danzō killed Mikoto and presented Sasuke with Fugaku’s severed head, driving Sasuke to awaken his Sharingan and unleash Chidori.

• Teuchi served Sasuke ramen and urged him to return to where he came from by letting go of his obsession.
• Sasuke hid at home, fearing the massacre would happen despite Itachi’s death.
• ANBU attacked the Uchiha Compound, and Fugaku sent Mikoto and Sasuke to hide while he fought.
• Danzō found Mikoto and Sasuke, killed Mikoto, and tossed Fugaku’s severed head at Sasuke.
• Sasuke awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan and forced himself to unleash Chidori.

Sasuke Uchiha used the Rabbit Talisman to escape the altered past and returned to a time when Itachi was alive, where his traumatic failure strengthened his resolve to pursue absolute power. Hyuga Xiu learned that Sasuke’s actions had split the Naruto Main World into parallel timelines and temporarily disabled time travel.

• Shimura Danzō overpowered Sasuke and tried to force him into Root, so Sasuke used the Rabbit Talisman to return to the past.
• Sasuke emerged in his family’s courtyard and learned from Naruto Uzumaki that Itachi Uchiha was alive, then resolved to become strong enough to protect his clan.
• Hyuga Xiu returned to his room and received a system warning about a severe temporal paradox caused by Sasuke.
• The system explained that Sasuke’s revelations drove Itachi to take his own life, and the timeline split Sasuke into two individuals across the Main World and a new parallel world.
• The system reported that time-travel abilities and items would remain unusable until both timelines stabilized, while Hyuga Xiu looked forward to seeing what happened next.

Sasuke discovered that he had arrived in a different world where Minato Namikaze was alive and Naruko Uzumaki was his friend, while the Rabbit Talisman had disappeared. Elsewhere, Kakuzu questioned why the value of Explosive Tags remained stable despite his future bankruptcy.

• Sasuke woke by the river and found that the Rabbit Talisman was gone, leaving him afraid he could never return to the future.
• Naruko Uzumaki greeted Sasuke, who mistook her for Naruto and tried to expose what he thought was a Sexy Technique prank.
• Sasuke learned from Naruko that it was year 56 of Konoha and that her father, Minato Namikaze, was the Fourth Hokage.
• Sasuke saw his reflection and realized that he might have arrived in an entirely different world rather than the past he remembered.
• Kakuzu reviewed market records and wondered how he could become bankrupt when Explosive Tags held their value so reliably.

Kakuzu reviewed his intelligence records to find trustworthy partners for future Black Market transactions with Konan. Twelve years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kabuto Yakushi met Anya at the Konoha Orphanage and learned she dreamed of becoming a spy because she thought spies were cool.

• Kakuzu suspected future Black Market deals could be exploited and began assessing potential agents and partners from his records.
• A month later, the Canopy Screen showed Konoha twelve years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, where Kabuto Yakushi directed the village orphanage.
• Kabuto found Anya watching Super Spy and asked whether she had settled in at the orphanage.
• Anya told Kabuto she wanted to become a spy like Bondman.
• Kabuto worried that Anya's wish came from a painful past, but Anya explained that spies seemed cool to her.

Anya’s admiration for Kabuto Yakushi grew when she heard his thoughts and realized he was a spy, while Kabuto left to answer an urgent summons from the Hokage. At the Interrogation Department, Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka recognized that Anya’s effortless mind-reading could upend the intelligence world.

• Kabuto Yakushi warned Anya that being a spy was a dark and painful path, but Anya heard his thoughts and became more excited by the idea that he was a super spy.
• An ANBU member summoned Kabuto Yakushi to the Hokage’s Office, and he left the activity room without telling Anya more.
• Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka watched the Canopy Screen reveal Anya’s ability to hear Kabuto Yakushi’s thoughts.
• Ibiki Morino wondered whether Anya might be connected to the Yamanaka Clan, but Inoichi Yamanaka explained that her ability differed from their techniques and bypassed defenses without detection.
• Ibiki Morino concluded that Anya could become the most feared spy in history if she entered the intelligence world.

Orochimaru planned to draw Sasuke Uchiha to him while Kabuto Yakushi reflected on his dream of running an orphanage. Later, Kakashi asked Kabuto to investigate Darui’s suspicious change in Kumogakure.

• Kabuto told Orochimaru that Sasuke Uchiha would likely come to him, and explained that he hoped to create an orphanage like Director Nonō’s.
• Kabuto left Orochimaru’s cave after warning him that Jiraiya had been sent to track them down.
• Kakashi met Kabuto in the Hokage’s Office and thanked him for helping establish the orphanage.
• Kakashi told Kabuto that Darui had become unusually ambitious and might be influenced by an outside force.
• Kakashi asked Kabuto to infiltrate Kumogakure and discover what was behind Darui’s change.

Kakashi assigned Kabuto a mission to infiltrate Kumogakure by posing as a psychiatrist with a child who would befriend Darui’s son, Damian. After the Canopy Screen revealed the plan, A and Samui condemned its use of a child, while Darui questioned whether a young child could maintain such a dangerous cover.

• Kakashi gave Kabuto a prepared identity and ordered him to enter Kumogakure First Hospital and use his child’s friendship with Damian to approach Darui.
• Kabuto objected to involving a child in the mission but accepted the scroll and left the Hokage’s Office.
• The Canopy Screen broadcast the mission plan to A, Samui, and Darui in the Raikage’s Office.
• A angrily denounced Konoha, while Samui acknowledged that the plan could exploit trust between children to penetrate Kumogakure’s leadership.
• Darui argued that a six- or seven-year-old could not reliably sustain a long-term espionage role, and A’s anger subsided as the others fell silent.

Kakashi and Guy’s sparring match led Kakashi to spot a strange rooster-carved stone, but their search turned up nothing. At the cliff below, Uzuki Yugao found a glowing orange Talisman and recognized its design from the Canopy Screen.

• Kakashi questioned whether peace could require sacrificing children after seeing his future self order an orphanage spy mission.
• Guy attacked Kakashi, and the two fought their usual contest with thrown objects and hand-to-hand techniques.
• Kakashi noticed a dark stone carved with a rooster among the objects Guy threw, but Guy could not remember where he had found it.
• Kakashi and Guy led nearly twenty ANBU and Jonin in a search, but they found no trace of the stone.
• Uzuki Yugao practiced swordsmanship at the cliff’s base while grieving, then discovered a glowing orange rooster-carved Talisman.

Uzuki Yugao chose to keep the Rooster Talisman rather than surrender it to Konoha, resolving to pursue revenge for Gekko Hayate. Meanwhile, Kabuto Yakushi tested Anya’s abilities and began considering her for a dangerous infiltration mission in Kumogakure.

• Uzuki Yugao remembered Gekko Hayate and decided not to turn in the Rooster Talisman, hiding it against her body as she left the ravine.
• Kabuto Yakushi returned to the Konoha Orphanage troubled by Kakashi Hatake’s proposal to send a six-year-old child on an infiltration mission.
• Anya reminded Kabuto that her sixth birthday was a month away and emphasized that she would soon be six.
• Anya used Kabuto’s thoughts to explain a difficult question about Chakra nature transformation and Sealing Runes, impressing him with her understanding.
• Anya displayed sharp observation by pointing out color similarities and small changes around the courtyard.
• Kabuto reconsidered Anya and wondered whether she had the talent needed for the mission, while Anya celebrated inwardly at the prospect of becoming a spy.

Kabuto Yakushi adopted Anya and prepared to enter Kumogakure under the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger for the Owl espionage mission. As they traveled, Kabuto searched Konoha’s intelligence records for a local woman to marry and strengthen his cover.

• Kabuto asked Anya if she would go with him, and she eagerly agreed to become his daughter.
• Kakashi assigned Kabuto the codename Twilight for the Owl mission and told him to gather intelligence in Kumogakure.
• Kabuto used the Orochimaru Style's Shedding Disguise Technique to become Loid Forger and accepted that he needed to find a genuine local wife.
• Kabuto told Anya that they were now father and daughter, and she called him Father as they left Konoha.
• On the train, Anya imagined their mission as an exciting spy adventure while Kabuto searched his intelligence files for potential wives.
• Kabuto narrowed his search to two high-priority profiles of unmarried Kumogakure women.