Recaps

Naruto, Sasuke, Deidara, and Sasori fought Boros and his alien forces, but Deidara sacrificed himself to destroy the warship. After Naruto defeated Boros, the Twelve Talismans were torn from him, Iwagakure mourned Deidara, and the Jashinist Cult began drawing the nations into a wider conflict.

• Naruto named himself, Sasuke, Deidara, and Sasori as the squad to confront the unknown enemy, and the four entered the alien fortress together.
• The squad battled Boros’s monsters and defeated a colossal beast, then confronted Boros after he demanded people from the Shinobi World as tribute.
• Naruto and Sasuke weakened Boros and sealed him, but Aether particles restored him and shattered their sealing cube.
• Deidara sacrificed himself with C-Negative: Return of All Things to the Void, destroying Boros and the warship as Naruto and Sasuke escaped.
• Boros returned and threatened Iwagakure, but Naruto used Baryon Mode to drain Boros’s life force and kill him.
• Dao Long extracted the Twelve Talismans from Naruto, while Sasuke carried the unconscious Naruto back to Iwagakure.
• Naruto vowed to protect Iwagakure and Deidara’s family, and Kurotsuchi became the Fifth Tsuchikage at Deidara’s funeral.
• The Jashinist Cult advanced its plans as the nations investigated it, while Obito found skilled Jonin infiltrating Hidan’s gathering.

Sasuke used the Rabbit Talisman to return to his childhood and tried to prevent the Uchiha massacre, but his actions led to Itachi’s death and the clan’s destruction. He escaped into a parallel world as Kabuto prepared to infiltrate Kumogakure with Anya as his daughter.

• Kakuzu, Deidara, and Sasori left the Akatsuki, while Konan revealed she had invested its funds in Explosive Tags and Pain relied on Obito Uchiha to address their shortage.
• The Rabbit Talisman sent Sasuke into his childhood, where he tried to avert the Uchiha massacre by gaining Hiruzen’s trust and warning his family about the danger to Shisui.
• After Danzō stole Shisui’s right eye, Sasuke poisoned Itachi, revealed that he came from the future, and watched Itachi die after he entrusted Sasuke with the Uchiha eyes.
• Danzō launched the extermination of the Uchiha, killed Mikoto and Fugaku in front of Sasuke, and drove Sasuke to use the Rabbit Talisman to escape back through time.
• Sasuke arrived in a parallel world where Naruko Uzumaki told him it was Konoha Year 56 and Minato Namikaze was Hokage, while Hyuga Xiu’s system reported that Sasuke’s actions had split the timeline.
• Kabuto agreed to Kakashi’s request to investigate Darui in Kumogakure, and the Canopy Screen showed Anya’s ability to hear thoughts as she eagerly sought to become a spy.
• Uzuki Yugao found and concealed the Rooster Talisman, while Kabuto decided Anya could accompany him on the infiltration mission.
• Kabuto took the codename Twilight, disguised himself as Loid Forger, and left Konoha with Anya, whom he called his daughter, while he searched for a suitable wife in Kumogakure.

Kabuto Yakushi built a cover family with Yor and Anya while investigating threats in Kumogakure, but Anya’s academy interview ended in humiliation when an interviewer rejected her. Yor’s coworkers secured Anya a place on the Alternate Admissions List, while Kabuto waited at home with the Kumogakure Daily.

• Kabuto Yakushi chose Yor as his marriage target and arrived in Kumogakure with Anya, while Shinichi Kudo followed Demiurge and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, was shrunk, and became Conan Edogawa.
• Yor and Kabuto agreed to pose as spouses, then married under fire from Jashinist Cultists and passed Yor’s review while completing Anya’s school registration.
• Kabuto and Yor prepared Anya for the Ninja Academy exam, and Anya passed by copying some of Conan Edogawa’s answers.
• Jashinist Cultists planned to kidnap Yor and Anya, but Yor knocked out Fujiwara Ransetsu when he grabbed Anya, prompting Kabuto to investigate the cult.
• At Anya’s academy interview, Tengjiyunwen pressured her over whether she valued Kumogakure or peace, and Kabuto carried her out after she broke down crying.
• Kabuto reported the failed interview and privately considered returning Anya to Konoha, while Yor’s coworkers rallied to help her challenge the rejection.
• Ran Mouri told Yor that Anya was first on the Alternate Admissions List, and Yor returned home to find Kabuto reading the Kumogakure Daily.

Anya began at the Ninja Academy and tried to make peace with Damian while Konoha investigated a massacre and a missing Sunagakure convoy. Yugao’s attempt to avenge Hayate was manipulated by Naraka and ended in her sacrifice, while Yuri began interrogating a suspected pirate informant.

• Kabuto Yakushi secretly entered Konoha Underground Base after Anya received confirmation that she would start at Kumogakure Ninja Academy.
• Anya punched Damian after he threatened her, then apologized and told him she wanted to be friends, though he ran off without forgiving her.
• Kakashi Hatake investigated the ambushed Sunagakure convoy and found evidence that the killer used Konoha ANBU and Root methods.
• Uzuki Yugao captured Asuma Sarutobi and Aoba Yamashiro, killed the Sunagakure investigation captain, and sought to provoke a war over Hayate’s death.
• Kakashi’s team confronted Yugao, but she swallowed a Four Souls Jewel shard and attacked her former comrades under Naraka’s influence.
• Yugao broke free of Naraka’s control and fought it, but died after using Final Dance: Moonfall Heavenly Radiance to destroy most of its Clone.
• Tsunade named Yugao the Guardian Moon and arranged her burial beside Gekko Hayate, while Konoha and Sunagakure avoided war.
• Yuri helped arrest Ishida Akira and began torturing him for information about where he had been three nights earlier.