Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu warned Obito Uchiha to avoid Naruto Uzumaki after Naruto killed Kisame and revealed the Rinnegan. Obito questioned how Naruto could have awakened it and demanded to know how Kisame died so quickly.

• Naruto buried Kisame’s body and placed Samehada in the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu fled to Obito and urged him to suspend the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, avoid Naruto, and prepare a successor.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Naruto had killed Kisame, leaving Obito stunned.
• Black Zetsu explained that Naruto had activated the Rinnegan before Kisame died, but could not explain how Naruto had awakened it.
• Obito questioned how Naruto could possess the Rinnegan at his age and asked Black Zetsu to explain Kisame’s one-blow death.

Obito Uchiha rejected Black Zetsu’s plan to wait for Naruto Uzumaki to die and set out to confront him, while Akatsuki launched its first operation against Star Ninja Village. Naruto learned of their target from a report and recalled the village’s dangerous Meteorite.

• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Naruto Uzumaki’s Rinnegan had killed Kisame without Naruto moving, and urged Obito to hide and raise a successor.
• Obito Uchiha refused to wait, ordered Black Zetsu to revive him with Impure World Reincarnation if he died, and vanished using Kamui.
• Deva Path Pain led Kakuzu, Sasori, Deidara, and Konan toward Akatsuki’s first target, Star Ninja Village in the Land of Bears.
• Naruto Uzumaki read Nagato’s report that Akatsuki had chosen Star Ninja Village as its first target and recalled its Meteorite, which affected Chakra through radiation.

Naruto Uzumaki learned about the women of Star Ninja Village while Tsunade, Uzuki Yugao, and Kurenai Yuhi tried to avoid his advances. Meanwhile, Pain, Deidara, and Sasori arrived in Star Ninja Village to demand its submission, and Pain killed Kazuo when he attacked.

• Naruto Uzumaki considered bringing Hokuto to Konoha and pursuing Natsuhi, then pulled Tsunade, Uzuki Yugao, and Kurenai Yuhi away from their paperwork.
• Deva Path Pain, Deidara, and Sasori flew to Star Ninja Village and Deidara and Sasori questioned why Akatsuki was targeting such a small village.
• Pain told the Third Hoshikage that Akatsuki sought to unify the Shinobi World and gave Star Ninja Village ten days to submit.
• Kazuo attacked Pain, and Pain killed him with a Chakra Rod, enraging the Ninja of Hoshigakure.

Deva Path Pain destroyed Hoshigakure and gave its survivors ten days to provide the answer he wanted. Natsuhi told the Third Hoshikage that Akatsuki was too powerful to fight and urged him to seek help from Naruto Uzumaki, leaving him to weigh whether Hoshigakure should submit to Konoha.

• Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei to reduce Hoshigakure to ruins, then warned the survivors they would die in ten days if they did not give him the answer he wanted.
• The Third Hoshikage calmed the terrified Star Ninja and decided to consult Natsuhi about the threat.
• Natsuhi learned that the attackers belonged to Akatsuki and explained that its members were S-Rank Missing-nin, even its weakest members being Kage Level.
• Natsuhi told the Third Hoshikage that Hoshigakure could not defeat Akatsuki and suggested asking other Ninja Villages for help.
• Natsuhi recommended Naruto Uzumaki and argued that joining Konoha would be an honor, but the Third Hoshikage questioned how Naruto differed from Akatsuki.

Natsuhi persuaded the Third Hoshikage to have Hoshigakure join Konoha, but Akahoshi and the hardliners learned the truth about Hoshi and killed the Third Hoshikage. Natsuhi reached Konoha to meet Naruto Uzumaki, leaving Hoshigakure's fate uncertain.

• Natsuhi convinced the Third Hoshikage that joining Konoha would help Hoshigakure and told him where she had hidden Hoshi.
• Akahoshi, Shizō, and Night Hawk overheard Natsuhi and the Third Hoshikage discussing Hoshi and their plan to join Konoha.
• Akahoshi and the other hardliners accused the Third Hoshikage of betraying the village, then killed him and set out to retrieve Hoshi.
• Natsuhi arrived at Konoha and was escorted to Naruto Uzumaki's office.
• Naruto welcomed Natsuhi and invited her to sit.

Natsuhi sought Konoha’s help against Akatsuki, and Naruto Uzumaki agreed to protect Hoshigakure after she offered herself as payment. He brought her to the Uzumaki Clan Compound, where she felt insecure around the women there before entering a room with him.

• Natsuhi offered Hoshi and Hoshigakure’s submission to secure an alliance, but Naruto Uzumaki dismissed both proposals.
• Natsuhi revealed that Akatsuki had attacked Hoshigakure and begged Naruto Uzumaki to help.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked what Natsuhi could offer, and she offered her body in exchange for saving Hoshigakure.
• Naruto Uzumaki accepted Natsuhi’s offer and brought her to the Uzumaki Clan Compound.
• Natsuhi saw Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao, and the others around Naruto Uzumaki, then followed him into a room.

Natsuhi returned to Hoshigakure with Naruto Uzumaki, only to find Akahoshi accusing her of treason and claiming the Third Hoshikage had killed himself. As Akahoshi’s followers rejected her account and dismissed the threat from Akatsuki, Natsuhi realized they had likely murdered the Third Hoshikage and taken Hoshi back.

• Naruto Uzumaki told Natsuhi to remain in Hoshigakure and warned her not to let another man touch her.
• After several days together, Naruto Uzumaki used Kamui to take Natsuhi from Konoha to Hoshigakure in less than a day.
• Akahoshi and the Star Ninja surrounded Natsuhi and Naruto Uzumaki, accused Natsuhi of treason, and claimed the Third Hoshikage had killed himself.
• Night Hawk said the Third Hoshikage had conspired with Natsuhi to steal Hoshi and bring Hoshigakure under Konoha’s rule.
• Natsuhi accused Akahoshi of killing the Third Hoshikage and inferred that he and his allies had recovered Hoshi after she left.
• Natsuhi warned Akahoshi that Akatsuki was about to attack, but Akahoshi dismissed the danger.

Naruto Uzumaki stopped Akahoshi from seizing Natsuhi and went with her to a wooden house. Hokuto warned Natsuhi that the village planned to punish her, while Natsuhi insisted Naruto was Hoshigakure’s only hope against Akatsuki.

• Akahoshi ordered the Star Ninja to seize Natsuhi and tie up Naruto Uzumaki, but Naruto slapped and choked Akahoshi until he let them go.
• Naruto Uzumaki left with Natsuhi, while Akahoshi refused Shizō’s suggestion to retaliate and planned to deal with Naruto after driving off Akatsuki.
• Hokuto arrived at Natsuhi’s house and warned her that villagers planned to punish her for stealing Hoshi once Akatsuki was gone.
• Natsuhi told Hokuto that the villagers could not defeat Akatsuki and introduced Naruto Uzumaki as the only person who could save Hoshigakure.
• Hokuto became flustered while looking at Naruto Uzumaki, then quickly greeted him.

Naruto promised Hokuto he would heal Sanlian after Hoshigakure’s troubles were resolved, then used the Rinnegan to order Akahoshi to kill Ang. When the ten-day deadline arrived, Deva Path Pain, Deidara, and Sasori returned to face the assembled village ninjas.

• Naruto offered Hokuto one wish, and she asked him to heal Sanlian; he agreed to do so after the village’s troubles were settled.
• Naruto left Natsuhi asleep and used Kamui to appear behind Akahoshi while he practiced with the star.
• Naruto trapped Akahoshi in Genjutsu and ordered him to kill Ang, then let him leave into the night.
• Deva Path Pain arrived at Hoshigakure with Deidara and Sasori as the village ninjas gathered at the entrance.
• Deva Path Pain asked the assembled ninjas whether they had made their decision.

Akahoshi ordered Hoshigakure’s Star Ninja to attack Pain, but Pain, Deidara, and Sasori quickly crushed the resistance. As Akahoshi tried to flee, Hokuto exposed him as the killer of the Third Hoshikage and the one who had sabotaged the village’s plan, turning the Star Ninja against him.

• Akahoshi ordered the Star Ninja to attack, and Deva Path Pain repelled and slaughtered many of them with Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in.
• Akahoshi sent Night Hawk and Shizō to fight Deidara and Sasori, who killed them with Explosive Clay and Iron Sand.
• Akahoshi tried to escape with Hoshi, but the Star Ninja blocked his way and demanded that he stay and fight.
• Hokuto accused Akahoshi of killing the Third Hoshikage and sabotaging the Hoshikage's plan, prompting the Star Ninja to turn against him.

Naruto Uzumaki intervened when Deva Path Pain tried to destroy the Star Ninja, then fought him and overwhelmed him. Pain called in Deidara and Sasori, who began a dramatic display using a white bird and Iron Sand.

• Deva Path Pain rejected the Star Ninja's surrender and prepared to crush them with falling boulders, but Naruto Uzumaki stopped the attack with Shinra Tensei.
• Naruto Uzumaki claimed the Star Ninja as his territory and faced Deva Path Pain while Natsuhi assured the villagers that Naruto would win.
• Naruto Uzumaki entered Kurama Chakra Mode and fought Deva Path Pain at great speed, then sent him flying with a powerful kick.
• Deva Path Pain ordered Sasori and Deidara to attack Naruto Uzumaki, and Deidara took to the sky on a white bird as Sasori raised Iron Sand with Magnet Release.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated Sasori’s Iron Sand attack with Wood Release, then protected the Star Ninja from Deidara’s devastating C3 No. 18 explosion with Majestic Attire: Susanoo. The Star Ninja survived, but discovered the blast had erased Hoshigakure and were left in awe of Naruto’s power.

• Sasori trapped Naruto Uzumaki in an Iron Sand barrier filled with spikes, but Naruto used Wood Release to tear it apart and kick Sasori away.
• Deva Path Pain signaled Deidara, who launched his enormous C3 No. 18 bomb at the Star Ninja.
• Naruto Uzumaki activated Majestic Attire: Susanoo and shielded the Star Ninja from the explosion.
• The Star Ninja survived and initially mistook the blast for a weak attack, until Natsuhi made them look outside.
• The Star Ninja saw that the explosion had obliterated Hoshigakure and realized Naruto had protected them from its full force.

Naruto Uzumaki defeated the attackers, secured Hoshi, and rebuilt Hoshigakure before healing Sanlian. He left after Sanlian learned that Ang had been killed by Akahoshi.

• Natsuhi and the Star Ninja pledged allegiance to Naruto Uzumaki and offered him Hoshi, which he stored in the Kamui Dimension.
• Naruto Uzumaki filled the crater at Hoshigakure with rock and built wooden houses, prompting the Star Ninja to call him a god.
• Naruto Uzumaki suppressed Sanlian's overactive Chakra and healed him.
• Sanlian awoke, thanked Naruto Uzumaki, and asked Hokuto about Ang.
• Hokuto told Sanlian that Akahoshi had killed Ang and that Natsuhi had built a grave for him by the village entrance.
• Naruto Uzumaki left the wooden house.

Naruto Uzumaki admitted to Hokuto that he had orchestrated the events in Hoshigakure and invited her to return to Konoha with him. After their ten-day journey, Hokuto arrived in Konoha and was amazed by the village’s prosperity.

• Naruto Uzumaki told Sanlian that Dawn might not have been the villain and that he might not have been a good person.
• Naruto Uzumaki slept with Natsuhi, then wrote in his Diary that he had engineered the events in Hoshigakure and planned to tell Hokuto the truth.
• Hokuto read Naruto Uzumaki’s Diary and learned he was a traveler from another world who had planned what happened in Hoshigakure.
• Naruto Uzumaki left Natsuhi in charge of Hoshigakure, revealed the truth to Hokuto, and asked her to return to Konoha with him.
• Hokuto agreed to follow Naruto Uzumaki, and he used Magnet Release to fly with her toward the Land of Fire.
• After ten days of travel and sightseeing, Naruto Uzumaki brought Hokuto to Konoha, where she marveled at the bustling streets and buildings.

Naruto Uzumaki brought Hokuto to the Uzumaki Clan Compound, where Tsunade and the others welcomed her as a new sister. After enjoying Naruto’s cooking and learning that the women all had Diaries, Hokuto began settling into her new home.

• Naruto Uzumaki took Hokuto to the Uzumaki Clan Compound, where Tsunade, Yugao, Shizune, and the others greeted them.
• Tsunade and the women welcomed Hokuto and explained that Naruto cooked a special meal whenever a new sister joined the household.
• Naruto Uzumaki served Hokuto and the others a lavish dinner, and Hokuto declared it the best meal she had ever eaten.
• After dinner, Tsunade and the others told Hokuto about their Diaries and the rewards they could grant.
• Tsunade added Hokuto to the Group Chat and asked Ino, Sakura, and Karin to show her to her room and around the compound.

As Akatsuki forced the small countries to submit to Konoha, Pain demanded the Land of Snow surrender, but Kazahana Dōtō refused and prepared to defend it. Dōtō also planned to lure Kazahana Koyuki back to reclaim the Hexagonal Crystal, while secretly requesting aid.

• Several small countries submitted to Konoha after Akatsuki's attacks, bringing most of the Shinobi World under Naruto Uzumaki's control.
• Pain told Kazahana Dōtō that the Land of Snow must pay tribute to Akatsuki or face destruction within ten days.
• Dōtō refused, confident that his new Chakra Armor would let the Snow Ninja defeat Pain and his forces.
• Blood Collapse Fang reported that Kazahana Koyuki's film crew had accepted an invitation to scout locations in the Land of Snow.
• Dōtō ordered his followers to take back the Hexagonal Crystal when Koyuki arrived, then wrote a letter requesting aid.

Kazahana Koyuki arrived in Konoha as Fujikaze Yukie to seek help against Kazahana Dōtō and the Akatsuki, but she resisted meeting Naruto Uzumaki. After Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, and Hinata Hyuga helped her guards catch up with her, Yukie explained that Naruto had repeatedly refused their requests to meet.

• Kazahana Dōtō prepared to fight the Akatsuki himself while keeping Konoha's ninja as a backup plan.
• Kazahana Koyuki arrived in Konoha with Sandayu, who hoped to hire ninja and ask for help reclaiming the Land of Snow.
• Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, and Hinata Hyuga watched The Adventures of Princess Gale, then recognized Fujikaze Yukie riding past the theater.
• Sandayu's armed guards chased Yukie, but the three kunoichi stopped and tied them up after Yukie escaped their trap with a substitution.
• Sandayu explained that he wanted to work with Naruto Uzumaki, and Yukie admitted she was angry because Naruto had repeatedly refused to meet them.
• Hinata Hyuga suggested Naruto might be busy and that Yugao handled such matters.

Ino Yamanaka brought Kazahana Koyuki and Sandayu to meet Naruto Uzumaki, who learned that the Akatsuki threatened the Land of Snow and that Koyuki was the murdered former king’s daughter. Naruto questioned their claim to rule, and Koyuki knelt and offered anything in exchange for his help.

• Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, and Hinata Hyuga helped Kazahana Koyuki and Sandayu reach Naruto Uzumaki after receiving autographed photos from Koyuki.
• Naruto recognized Fujikaze Yukie from the movie, while Uzuki Yugao revealed that she had turned down Koyuki and Sandayu’s previous requests for an audience.
• Kazahana Koyuki told Naruto that the Akatsuki planned to target the Land of Snow and that Kazahana Dōtō had usurped the throne and killed her father.
• Naruto questioned what claim Koyuki and Sandayu had to ask Konoha for help, and Koyuki knelt and offered to agree to anything if he would protect the Land of Snow.

Kazahana Koyuki secured Naruto Uzumaki’s promise to help reclaim the Land of Snow, though his casual agreement left her humbled by the gulf between them. After arriving in the Land of Snow with the film crew, Koyuki and Sandayu grew wary as the snow began to stir.

• Naruto Uzumaki agreed to help Kazahana Koyuki after Ino, Hinata, and Sakura spoke up for her.
• Kazahana Koyuki realized her status and preparations meant little to Naruto Uzumaki, and she thanked Ino and the others for helping her meet him.
• Ino Yamanaka teased Naruto Uzumaki about liking Koyuki, and Naruto announced he would finish work early before leaving the next day.
• Kazahana Koyuki, Sandayu, and the film crew arrived in the Land of Snow, where the director chose to film beside an iceberg.
• Sandayu warned Kazahana Koyuki that they were in Kazahana Dōtō’s territory, and the snow ahead began to stir.

Nadare Rōga and his Snow Ninja ambushed Kazahana Koyuki’s party, killed her guards, and demanded the hexagonal crystal. Just as Fubuki Kakuyoku moved to kill Sandayu, Naruto Uzumaki arrived to protect Koyuki.

• Nadare Rōga, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Winter Bear Hail attacked Koyuki’s party, killing the knights and trapping the survivors.
• Nadare Rōga demanded the hexagonal crystal and rejected Koyuki’s offer to bargain for their lives.
• Fubuki Kakuyoku approached Sandayu with a kunai as Koyuki pleaded for Naruto Uzumaki to come.
• Naruto Uzumaki appeared between Koyuki and Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Koyuki warned him about the Snow Ninja’s powerful armor.