Chapter Summaries

Fugaku Uchiha laid out the Uchiha clan’s plan to escape Konoha as Itachi Uchiha arranged with Obito Uchiha to slaughter the clan that night. After the broadcast ended, Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered Konoha’s leaders to investigate what had driven Obito to hate the village.

• Fugaku Uchiha assigned the clan’s forces and ordered everyone to assemble that night for their escape.
• Itachi Uchiha asked Obito Uchiha to help kill the Uchiha clan, and Obito agreed in exchange for the Sharingan.
• Itachi Uchiha demanded that Obito spare Sasuke Uchiha, and Obito promised not to harm him.
• The broadcast ended, leaving Sasuke Uchiha and the Shinobi World questioning Obito’s motives.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha’s senior officials, and Shimura Danzō blamed Zetsu while Jiraiya suspected Obito had suffered a personal trauma.

Kakashi recounted Rin’s death to Konoha’s leaders, who debated why Obito turned against the village and whether grief or a darker truth had driven him. The meeting ended without a plan to pursue Obito, and the next day Sasuke braced himself for the Canopy Screen to show the Night of the Massacre.

• Kakashi told Tsunade and the others that Kirigakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin and that she had deliberately run into his Lightning Cutter to protect Konoha.
• Tsunade, Hiruzen, and the others considered whether Obito blamed Konoha for Rin’s death, while Kakashi suspected Obito had witnessed a darker truth connected to the village.
• Shimura Danzō argued that Obito’s grief and Uchiha nature had driven him mad, making him hate the world that took Rin from him.
• Hiruzen said Konoha still had to stop Obito, but the leaders ended their meeting without a plan because the village could not spare a Kage Level fighter.
• The next day, Sasuke shut his eyes as the Canopy Screen appeared, and memories of the Night of the Massacre made him tense and sweat.

Naruto comforted Sasuke as he struggled with memories of his nightmare, while the Canopy Screen showed Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha carrying out the massacre of the Uchiha. Obito searched the Military Police Force headquarters for survivors, and Naraka killed Izumi Uchiha's parents after Itachi left.

• Naruto put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder and promised to protect him, briefly warming Sasuke despite his irritation.
• Obito Uchiha attacked the Uchiha guards at the Military Police Force headquarters, using Kamui to evade their attacks and kill them.
• Obito Uchiha killed the surviving Uchiha ninja, took their Sharingan, and entered the headquarters to search for more survivors.
• Itachi Uchiha killed the people he encountered, including Izumi Uchiha's parents.
• Naraka emerged from the shadows, took the heads of Izumi Uchiha's parents, and disappeared.

Itachi Uchiha slaughtered his way through the Uchiha compound and confronted his parents, Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha, who chose to support him and asked him to protect Sasuke. After Itachi killed them, someone opened the room door.

• Itachi Uchiha killed Uchiha clan members, including a young couple and three Elite Jonin who tried to stop him.
• Itachi reached Fugaku Uchiha's home, where Fugaku and Mikoto waited calmly without preparing to fight.
• Fugaku told Itachi that he and Mikoto would support his choice and asked him to take care of Sasuke.
• Itachi broke down in tears, then killed Fugaku and Mikoto as they knelt with their eyes closed.
• Someone opened the door to the room just after Fugaku and Mikoto fell.

Sasuke witnessed Itachi standing over their murdered parents, and Itachi used a mental attack to awaken Sasuke’s one-tomoe Sharingan. The Canopy Screen then showed Danzō ambushing the Four Uchiha Elders, whose combined Fire Release attack he turned back with Wind Release.

• Sasuke returned home and found his parents dead while Itachi knelt beside them in a pool of blood.
• Itachi told Sasuke to hate him, survive, and seek him out once he had eyes like Itachi’s.
• Itachi’s mental attack made Sasuke relive his parents’ deaths, awakening a single tomoe in each of Sasuke’s eyes before he passed out.
• The Canopy Screen shifted to Setsuna Uchiha’s home, where the Four Elders prepared to join Fugaku and the others.
• Danzō attacked the elders’ courtyard, and the elders launched four Fire Release techniques at him.
• Danzō blocked the flames with Great Breakthrough, then sent the wind-fed fire surging back toward the Four Elders.

Shimura Danzō overwhelmed the Four Uchiha Elders with Wind Release, but they transported him to their family vault and invoked the Pig Talisman. The talisman awakened Mangekyō Sharingan in all four elders, who confronted Danzō with Susanoo.

• Shimura Danzō wounded the Four Uchiha Elders with relentless Wind Release and resisted their Genjutsu.
• Setsuna Uchiha and the other elders transported Danzō and themselves into the Uchiha vault using a formation.
• Setsuna released the Pig Talisman and joined the other elders in placing their hands on it and performing a ritual.
• Four orange Susanoo rib cages protected the elders from Danzō's Vacuum Great Sphere.
• The elders revealed their newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, and Setsuna explained that the Pig Talisman had strengthened their visual powers.

The four Uchiha elders killed Shimura Danzō, but he resurrected and unleashed an aura that overwhelmed them with regret. As their Susanoo crumbled, Setsuna Uchiha detonated his remaining life force and power in a final attempt to take Danzō down, leaving the Stone Chamber engulfed in an explosion.

• The four Uchiha elders cornered Shimura Danzō and destroyed him with their Susanoo attacks.
• Shimura Danzō reassembled himself and released an ominous power that caused the Stone Chamber to decay.
• The four elders were consumed by regret, weakening their wills and causing their Susanoo to collapse.
• Setsuna Uchiha resisted the regret long enough to turn his remaining life force, ocular power, and Susanoo into a bomb.
• The explosion filled the sealed Stone Chamber with blinding light and a devastating shock wave.

Izumi Uchiha attacked Naraka with a purifying arrow, which sealed Danzō's evil spirit and took part of his soul before Naraka betrayed him and fled. Danzō recovered his composure and continued toward the Uchiha Compound, while the Danzō watching the Canopy Screen remained unsure what was real.

• Naraka seized Danzō as a shield when Izumi Uchiha's purifying arrow struck, and the arrow sealed his evil spirit and took part of his soul.
• Izumi pursued Naraka beyond Konoha as it fled in fear.
• Root ninjas found Danzō in the courtyard, and he ordered them to notify Lord Hokage to begin rescue efforts after Itachi Uchiha left.
• Danzō headed into the Uchiha Compound to inspect the massacre's results.
• The Danzō watching the Canopy Screen wondered whether Naraka's betrayal had erased his memories and whether the Death Paper had been on him all along.

Naraka trapped Izumi Uchiha in a Mental Domain and showed her visions of Itachi killing her parents and slaughtering the Uchiha clan, then tempted her to swallow a quarter of the Four Souls Jewel. Memories of Itachi helped Izumi resist despair, and she accused Naraka of controlling him and vowed to purify him.

• Naraka drew on the Uchiha clan’s suffering to restore his power and showed Izumi the severed heads of her parents.
• Naraka showed Izumi visions of Itachi killing her parents and other Uchiha, driving her into despair.
• Naraka offered Izumi a quarter of the Four Souls Jewel and urged her to eat it for power and revenge.
• Izumi swallowed the Jewel, but memories of her time with Itachi helped her recover her resolve.
• Izumi accused Naraka of controlling Itachi and vowed to purify him.

Izumi Uchiha awakened sacred powers in the Uchiha Detention Room, drove Naraka into flight, and pursued him with the spirits of her fallen clan. After the Canopy Screen’s vision ended, Sasuke Uchiha learned that Izumi survived the massacre and wondered why she had never returned to Konoha.

• Izumi Uchiha transformed into a sacred Miko, awakened the Demon-Repelling Bow, and fired a purifying arrow at Naraka.
• Naraka fled deeper into darkness as Izumi’s sacred power gathered the lingering souls of the Uchiha into Dead Soul Worms.
• Izumi rode the Dead Soul Worms into the night to pursue Naraka, leaving her burning clan compound behind.
• The Canopy Screen’s vision ended, and Sasuke Uchiha rejoiced that Izumi had survived the massacre.
• Sasuke’s joy gave way to doubt, and he concluded that Izumi might have stayed away because she rejected Konoha.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shikaku planned how to bring Shimura Danzō to justice, with Shikaku arguing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had left the task for Tsunade to avoid destabilizing Konoha. Danzō ordered Root to search for special stones so he could contact Nine Nether and hire an assassin, while a crow near Sasuke briefly showed a trace of remembrance as Izumi Uchiha’s soul left Konoha.

• Shikaku told Tsunade and Jiraiya that Hiruzen had held back against Danzō to let Tsunade remove him without disrupting Konoha.
• Shikaku proposed gathering intelligence, preparing a sealing technique, and waiting for a chance to strike Danzō at low cost.
• Tsunade put Shikaku in charge of planning and assigned Jiraiya to gather intelligence.
• Danzō ordered Root to suspend its missions and search for the special stones, especially in the Uchiha Clan’s former compound, so he could contact Nine Nether and arrange Tsunade’s assassination.
• A crow beside Sasuke briefly showed a trace of remembrance as Izumi Uchiha’s soul left Konoha.

Konoha’s rescue forces searched the devastated Uchiha Compound and found Sasuke Uchiha alive. Hiruzen Sarutobi stripped Shimura Danzō of his adviser duties and placed Root under his command, while Danzō later realized Itachi Uchiha had been watching him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō entered the ruined Uchiha Compound as rescue forces searched for survivors.
• An ANBU Jonin reported that Sasuke Uchiha had been found unconscious, and Danzō said the Uchiha coup was no longer a concern.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi angrily condemned Danzō and relieved him of his adviser duties, ordering Root to report directly to him.
• Danzō left the Compound, convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi would restore his position and that the other clans had allowed the massacre to happen.
• A Root operative revealed that Itachi Uchiha had been watching, and Itachi warned Danzō not to harm Sasuke before disappearing into crows.

After losing Naraka’s trail, Izumi Uchiha met Morpheus, who offered her a place in the Paradise Organization in exchange for help finding and defeating the demon. Izumi accepted, and Morpheus opened a strange door to take her onward.

• Izumi Uchiha tracked Naraka’s demonic aura into a forest, but it vanished before she could find him.
• Morpheus appeared and invited Izumi to join the Paradise Organization, offering Naraka’s whereabouts and weapons or knowledge to counter him.
• Izumi questioned Morpheus about the organization and Naraka, then asked what she would have to give up.
• Morpheus said she only had to join, and Izumi accepted on the condition that her goal remained destroying Naraka.
• Morpheus opened a strange pink-framed door in the forest.

Izumi Uchiha entered Eden and met the Lord of Heaven, who explained that his organization sought to protect the Shinobi World from potential alien threats. She renamed herself Kikyo and learned that she had been brought to Mars.

• Izumi Uchiha left the forest and entered Eden through the Anywhere Door with the Dead Soul Worms.
• Morpheus apologized to the Lord of Heaven for failing to save the Uchiha clan and introduced Izumi as someone who had changed her fate.
• Izumi rejected the Uchiha name and asked to be called Kikyo.
• The Lord of Heaven showed Kikyo the Shinobi World from Mars and described the countless worlds and civilizations beyond it.
• The Lord of Heaven said their goal was to make the Shinobi World too formidable for other civilizations to covet.

After the Canopy Screen revealed the truth of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, the shinobi world reacted and Kikyo began searching for Naraka. In Amegakure, Black Zetsu revealed that the Lord of Heaven resembled Hagoromo Otsutsuki and that Hagoromo and Hamura had created the moon with Ninjutsu, leaving Akatsuki stunned.

• The Lord of Heaven told Kikyo to gather the scattered Talismans, warned her about Nine Nether, gave her memories of Naraka, and sent her back to Konoha.
• The Canopy Screen announced the end of its Uchiha Clan Massacre broadcast and opened the Soul Chatroom, where the Kage and other shinobi debated the events and Danzō’s ability.
• Kikyo called for Naraka, who taunted her, while Naruto and Sakura discovered they could speak in the Soul Chatroom.
• Sasuke wondered where the Pig Talisman had gone, and Neji resolved to defy the fate of the Caged Bird.
• Obito mocked Black Zetsu for comparing the Lord of Heaven to Hagoromo, but Black Zetsu said the Lord of Heaven resembled Hagoromo and revealed that Hagoromo and Hamura had created the moon with Planetary Devastation.
• Pain, Konan, Obito, and the Zetsus were stunned by Black Zetsu’s revelation about the moon’s creation.

Black Zetsu persuaded Pain to resume the plan to gather the Tailed Beasts and make him the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, while Naruto complained about his low-ranked missions at the training ground. The chapter left the Akatsuki preparing to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts and Team 7 bickering during training.

• Black Zetsu used the Sage of Six Paths' power to convince Pain that reviving the Ten-Tails could make him a god equal to the Sage.
• Pain ordered the Akatsuki Organization to prepare to launch the Tailed Beast Capture Plan, and Konan supported him.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu were pleased that their plan was back on track.
• At Konoha's Training Ground, Naruto Uzumaki complained about boring D-rank missions and demanded more exciting work.
• Haruno Sakura scolded Naruto for causing trouble on simple missions while Sasuke Uchiha practiced shuriken throwing.

Kakashi told Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke that Team 7 had been assigned a secret B-Rank Mission and ordered them to meet at the Village Gate at five the next morning. Unable to sleep, Naruto used the Sheep Talisman to enter Kakashi’s dream and ask about the mission, but Kakashi froze and the dream began to ripple violently.

• Kakashi announced that Team 7 had a secret B-Rank Mission and told them to meet at the Village Gate at five the next morning.
• Naruto celebrated the mission, while Sakura worried about it and Sasuke considered but rejected using it as a chance to leave Konoha.
• Naruto lay awake imagining the mission and decided to use the Sheep Talisman to learn its details from Kakashi’s dream.
• Naruto entered Kakashi’s dream and found him relaxing in a strange world filled with Make-Out Paradise books.
• When Naruto asked about the B-Rank Mission, Kakashi froze and the dream space began to ripple violently.

Naruto entered Kakashi's mental world with the Sheep Talisman and was warned that probing another person's mind could leave him permanently harmed. Worried about the B-Rank Mission, he asked Nine-Tails for power, but Nine-Tails challenged him to understand its hatred after claiming it killed his parents by choice.

• Kakashi caught Naruto in his mental world, learned he had used a talisman, and warned him never to enter another person's mind without permission.
• Naruto returned to his body and worried that he would be unable to keep up with Sasuke and Sakura on the B-Rank Mission.
• Naruto used the Sheep Talisman to enter the sealing space and asked Nine-Tails to lend him power for the mission.
• Nine-Tails asked whether Naruto hated it for killing Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Naruto said the man in the Swirl Mask and Shimura Danzō had controlled Nine-Tails, but Nine-Tails claimed it had killed Naruto's parents because it wanted to and demanded that Naruto understand its destructive nature.

Naruto confronted the Nine-Tails’ hatred and connected it to their shared loneliness, earning the fox’s tentative approval and a measure of its Chakra. The next morning, Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Sasuke Uchiha gathered at Konoha’s gate for their B-Rank mission.

• The Nine-Tails told Naruto to leave until he understood what understanding meant, but Naruto admitted his own hatred and described the loneliness they shared.
• Naruto reached through the cage and offered to begin with their shared pain, and the Nine-Tails touched his palm with a claw and let Chakra flow into him.
• Before five the next morning, Naruto arrived first at Konoha’s gate, excited for the mission.
• Haruno Sakura arrived second and teased Naruto for being on time, and Naruto declared he wanted to set an example as the future Hokage.
• Sasuke Uchiha arrived last, looked over Naruto and Sakura, and leaned against the gate to rest.

Team 7 began escorting Tazuna to the Land of Waves on a B-rank mission, where bounty ninja were expected to attack him. Two rogue ninja ambushed the group, but Kakashi intercepted their chains before they could reach Tazuna.

• Kakashi introduced Tazuna and briefed Team 7 on their B-rank escort mission to the Land of Waves.
• Team 7 left Konoha while Hiruzen received an ANBU report, and Hyuga Xiu planned to use the mission to introduce characters he had invented.
• As Team 7 traveled through a forest, Tazuna complained about the Land of Waves and the tycoon Gato while the Genin kept watch.
• Two rogue ninja burst from a roadside puddle and launched iron claws at Tazuna.
• Kakashi appeared in front of Tazuna and caught the attackers' chains, stopping their strikes.