Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke returned to Iwagakure after surviving the battle, where the villagers welcomed them as victors. Three days later, the allied Kage and Iwagakure mourned Deidara at his funeral, and Naruto stepped forward to speak.

• Naruto woke beside Sasuke, and Sasuke helped him walk back while insisting he stay alive to see Boruto and Himawari grow up.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned to Iwagakure, where the villagers cheered their victory and Darui concealed his disappointment that his scheme had failed.
• Three days later, Iwagakure held Deidara's funeral, attended by his family, the villagers, and Kage from other villages.
• Naruto stepped forward to address the mourners and looked toward Deidara's portrait, Kurotsuchi, Haimā, Klee, and the gathered villagers.

Kurotsuchi became the Fifth Tsuchikage after Deidara’s funeral, and Sasori left a recording of Deidara’s final art at his grave. When the Canopy Screen broadcast ended, Deidara celebrated the ultimate art he had seen in his future, even after Sasori pointed out that it had killed him.

• Naruto swore to protect Iwagakure and Deidara’s family, and Kurotsuchi accepted the Iwagakure hat and became the Fifth Tsuchikage.
• After the funeral, Sasori placed a crystal ball recording Deidara’s final work on his gravestone and acknowledged Deidara’s art before bidding farewell.
• The Canopy Screen broadcast ended after showing the crystal ball replaying Deidara’s final work for eternity.
• Deidara fell into raptures over the art he had seen his future self create and excitedly told Sasori it had erased the stars.
• Sasori reminded Deidara that his future self had been annihilated by his own art, but Deidara insisted that witnessing such art was worth dying for.

Sasori and Deidara argued over whether art’s eternity came from preserving life or from a brilliant moment remembered after death. Naruto provoked the Nine-Tails into reacting to the name Kurama, stirring buried memories and the thought that Naruto might be the one foretold by the Sage of Six Paths.

• Sasori and Deidara fiercely disputed whether true art required continued existence or could live on through a fleeting, memorable moment.
• Sasori warned Deidara that he would regret his belief when he faced the end of his existence, then returned to his puppet work.
• Naruto asked the Nine-Tails whether his name was Kurama, and the fox reacted angrily when Naruto called him by it.
• The Nine-Tails told Naruto that the Sage of Six Paths had given him the name Kurama, though he had never accepted it.
• Naruto kept taunting the Nine-Tails until the fox expelled him from the sealing space.
• Alone again, the Nine-Tails recalled his buried past and wondered whether Naruto was the one the Sage of Six Paths had foretold.

Darui hesitated to approve Nine Nether’s plan to target Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, suspecting the organization had hidden motives. Meanwhile, Hidan ordered the Jashinist Cult to spread chaos and bloodshed as its members prepared to advance their plans.

• Demiurge reported Deidara’s death to Darui and urged him to authorize the next phase against Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Darui questioned why Nine Nether was supporting him, but Demiurge flattered his ambitions and compared him favorably to Obito Uchiha.
• Darui delayed making a decision, while Demiurge left the office hiding his impatience and calculations.
• Dao Long told Hidan that he had extracted the power of the Twelve Talismans from Naruto Uzumaki.
• Doma warned that Sasuke Uchiha’s Rinnegan remained a threat, and a man in a white kimono volunteered to settle an old score with him.
• Hidan ordered the cultists to spread chaos and shed blood, declaring that their sacrifices would prepare for Lord Jashin’s return.

After the broadcast ended, the Five Great Nations began investigating the Jashinist Cult, and Obito Uchiha decided to make use of it. He arrived at Hidan’s growing congregation and realized skilled ninja had infiltrated the crowd.

• Kakuzu walked away from Hidan after Hidan urged him to join the Jashinist Cult, while Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru over their teacher’s death.
• Tsunade ordered Shikaku Nara to investigate the cult, its size and hideouts, and whether an Evil God truly existed behind it.
• Leaders and intelligence chiefs across the other Great Nations also sent elite agents to investigate the Jashinist Cult.
• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed using the cult’s forces and the possibility that powerful figures from the broadcast might appear early.
• Obito used Kamui to reach the cult’s base and found Hidan preaching to a crowd of at least a hundred people.
• Obito spotted several wary, chakra-concealing ninja among the followers and recognized that skilled Jonin had infiltrated the gathering.

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.