Recaps

Hashirama demonstrated how he made a Rasengan disappear and reappear, then asked Naruto and Sasuke to become his students. After revealing his face, he was recognized as the First Hokage, and Naruto eagerly asked him to teach him how to become Hokage.

• Hashirama told Naruto that Shinji would likely return after the war ended, making Naruto excited.
• Hashirama demonstrated a Rasengan that vanished in mid-flight and reappeared to destroy a distant target.
• Naruto agreed to learn from Hashirama, while Sasuke questioned what it would cost and who Hashirama was.
• Hashirama removed his mask, and Naruto recognized his face from Kage Rock as the First Hokage.
• Naruto asked Hashirama to teach him how to become Hokage, and Sasuke dazedly called Hashirama Teacher.

Hashirama decided to remain in Konoha as a teacher to Sasuke and Naruto, while Tobirama agreed to investigate the village and help Shisui. Hashirama welcomed the boys as his students and asked what they wanted to learn.

• Hashirama told Tobirama that he had realized the old era’s ideals could not guide the future, so he would stay in Konoha to teach Sasuke and Naruto.
• Hashirama encouraged Tobirama to pursue his own investigation and asked him to help Shisui, whom he believed could become the Uchiha Clan’s first Hokage.
• Tobirama questioned whether Shisui could become Hokage and criticized Konoha’s decision to place the Uchiha Compound on the village’s outskirts.
• Tobirama left, and Hashirama reflected that his past mistakes had placed too much pressure on his brother.
• Sasuke worried that Shinji would be angry to learn he had become Hashirama’s student, but Hashirama reassured him that he was only their teacher.
• Naruto and Sasuke accepted Hashirama as their teacher, and he asked which principles and Ninjutsu they wanted to learn.

Itachi questioned Zetsu’s orders and suspected the identity and abilities of the man calling himself Madara. Meanwhile, Hiashi led a hundred Hyuga toward the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, while Zetsu confronted Kabuto in the Land of Waterfalls and provoked him over a woman Kabuto had killed.

• Itachi asked Kisame whether he had met the Akatsuki’s true leader, then concluded that Zetsu’s mission to take Kakashi’s Sharingan was connected to that leader.
• Itachi reasoned that Madara’s Dōjutsu involved space-time and wondered whether to pass his suspicions to Nobihi.
• Hyuga Hiashi and another stern middle-aged man reached a cliff overlooking the Valley of Clouds and Lightning with a hundred-strong force of Hyuga fighters.
• Kabuto confronted Zetsu at a cave in the Land of Waterfalls after following a bait trail connected to someone he had believed dead.
• Zetsu accused Kabuto of killing a woman who had cared for him, and Kabuto angrily insisted it had been an accident.

Shinji studied Ninjutsu and Kekkei Genkai research while considering future training and missions, then discussed the war and a proposed ceasefire with Tsunade. He questioned the purpose of the Five Kage Summit and began explaining his doubts about the balance among the five great villages.

• Zetsu offered Kabuto the truth about how he became an orphan during the war, and Kabuto gave him ten minutes to explain.
• Shinji reviewed the Red Book and planned to ask Hashirama Senju about Senjutsu, investigate the Three Great Sage Lands, and help Orochimaru and Karin later.
• Tsunade visited Shinji and told him that Kumogakure was still resisting despite its crushing defeats.
• Tsunade proposed a temporary ceasefire and a Five Kage Summit to discuss dividing the spoils after the war.
• Shinji called the Five Kage Summit pointless and questioned why five nearly equal great villages existed in the Shinobi World.

Shinji argued that Konoha’s past mercy and the villages’ endless wars had made conflict inevitable, while Tsunade suspected his determination to unite the Shinobi World echoed Madara Uchiha’s ambitions. Their conversation turned to Jiraiya, Hiruzen’s critical condition, and Shinji’s changed personality, ending with Tsunade demanding to know why he kept involving her and carrying everything alone.

• Shinji told Tsunade that Hashirama’s distribution of the Tailed Beasts had left the Shinobi World in turmoil and urged her to defeat and frighten Konoha’s enemies rather than negotiate.
• Tsunade connected Shinji’s urgency to unify the villages with an idea she had once heard discussed by Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara Uchiha.
• Shinji admitted that Killer B would be difficult to control and promised to deal with him, while Tsunade reported that a Kumogakure squad had failed to steal Raikage A’s body from the Konoha camp.
• Tsunade asked about Jiraiya, and Shinji said he was in danger but had not encountered the threat in the Land of Rain.
• Tsunade told Shinji that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s organs were badly damaged and that he could die at any moment; Shinji praised Hiruzen’s service and sacrifice for Konoha.
• Tsunade confronted Shinji about how much he had changed and asked why he deliberately acted heartless, drew her into events, and bore everything alone.

Shinji rejected Tsunade’s plea to spare Hiruzen Sarutobi, then sensed his Flying Thunder God Kunai and set out to confront the Eight-Tails. In the Land of Grass, Yehuo detected an enemy’s genjutsu and chased a fleeing figure while Kakashi prepared for battle.

• Tsunade left Shinji after he refused to change his verdict on Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Shinji’s Flying Thunder God Kunai activated, and he headed off, eager to fight the Eight-Tails.
• Yehuo carved a wooden doll while Kakashi kept him company and warned him not to go off alone again.
• Yehuo sensed a genjutsu and attacked a dark figure with Fire Release: Ryuka Like an Arrow.
• Yehuo chased the fleeing figure, while Kakashi shook off the genjutsu and revealed his Three Tomoe Sharingan.

Yehuo fought Kisame Hoshigaki in the forest, using his Sharingan and Genjutsu to disrupt Kisame’s attacks and Chakra. Kisame was left weakened and helpless before Yehuo’s bloodied Sharingan.

• Yehuo recognized Kisame Hoshigaki as an Akatsuki member and faced his powerful Taijutsu and Samehada.
• Kisame countered Yehuo’s Great Fireball with Great Shark Bullet and forced him into a clash of swords.
• After Kisame mentioned Itachi, Yehuo struck him and used Demonic Illusion: Descending into the Mind and Genjutsu: Demonic Devouring.
• Yehuo launched Majestic Destroyer Flame while Genjutsu briefly stopped Kisame from responding, but Kisame recovered and unleashed Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
• Yehuo’s Genjutsu disrupted Kisame’s Chakra, causing his waterfall to collapse and leaving him unable to reach Samehada as Yehuo confronted him.

Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, and Mitarashi Anko encountered the missing-nin Uchiha Itachi in the forest, where he said he had come to take something back. Itachi attacked the team, and his cryptic question about who Kakashi meant by “missing-nin” left his motives unclear.

• Uchiha Yehuo trapped Kisame Hoshigaki in a genjutsu and demanded to know where someone was.
• Kakashi, Uzuki Yugao, and Mitarashi Anko searched the dark forest for Yehuo and waited for an unknown threat.
• Uchiha Itachi emerged and told Kakashi he had come to take something that was never Kakashi’s.
• Kakashi recognized Itachi as an S-rank missing-nin and wondered whether Itachi was after his left eye.
• Itachi attacked with a Fire Release technique and shuriken, then pressed Kakashi in close combat.
• Kakashi refused to surrender, and Itachi questioned who Kakashi was calling a missing-nin.

Kakashi, Yugao, and Anko fought Uchiha Itachi in the forest, but Itachi used clones and genjutsu to incapacitate the two women and outmaneuver Kakashi. The chapter left Kakashi charging at Itachi with Chidori after countering his Great Dragon Fire Technique.

• Itachi blocked Kakashi's attacks and used fire techniques against him, while Kakashi defended with an Earth-Style Wall.
• Yugao and Anko joined Kakashi, and the three countered Itachi's Majestic Destroyer Flame with Water Formation Wall before attacking together.
• Itachi's Shadow Clone vanished after Yugao's sword strike, and the real Itachi knocked Anko unconscious and struck Yugao under the chin.
• Kakashi pierced a flock of crows with Lightning Blade, then fought Itachi again and avoided looking directly at him.
• Kakashi countered Itachi's Great Dragon Fire Technique with Chidori Current and charged at him with Chidori.

Uchiha Itachi fought Kakashi and took his Sharingan while Nobihi tortured Kisame Hoshigaki. Itachi arrived to save Kisame, and Nobihi challenged him to choose how he wanted to die.

• Uchiha Itachi used Amaterasu against Kakashi, but Kakashi charged through the flames and wounded Itachi with Chidori as he lost his right arm.
• Uchiha Itachi overwhelmed Kakashi with Wind Release: Breakthrough, then used the Body Flicker Technique to pluck out Kakashi's Sharingan.
• Uchiha Itachi noticed a distant explosion and realized that Nobihi's newly awakened eyes possessed space-time Dōjutsu.
• Nobihi cut off one of Kisame Hoshigaki's arms and learned from the explosion that Itachi had been fighting Kakashi.
• Uchiha Itachi deflected Nobihi's attack with a Shuriken and appeared beside Kisame, and Nobihi taunted him before demanding to know how he wanted to die.

Uchiha Yehuo fought Uchiha Itachi in the forest, trading taunts and attacks as Itachi struggled with exhaustion. Kisame Hoshigaki broke free from a Genjutsu but held back at Itachi’s request, and the duel continued with both men launching Great Dragon Fire Techniques.

• Yehuo challenged Itachi to a fight, and they clashed with Kunai and Steel Cutter while trading blows.
• Itachi threw lime powder at Yehuo, who drove it away with Wind Release: Breakthrough and mocked Itachi for using the trick.
• Yehuo charged Itachi again, and they exchanged Fire Release attacks while Itachi praised Yehuo’s improvement but insisted it was not enough.
• Kisame broke free from the Genjutsu and started toward Yehuo, but Itachi told him to leave the fight to them.
• Yehuo and Itachi each used Great Dragon Fire Technique, sending fire dragons toward one another.

Uchiha Itachi trapped Uchiha Nobihi in Tsukuyomi and forced him to relive the deaths of Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, Sasuke, and his brother. Nobihi ended the chapter laughing blankly after his brother was killed in the illusion.

• Nobihi used an Earth-Style Wall and Shuriken Manipulation against Uchiha Itachi, but Itachi turned Nobihi's wire trap against him with the Dragon Fire Technique.
• Uchiha Itachi overcame Nobihi's genjutsu and cast Tsukuyomi, trapping him in an illusion.
• Nobihi relived Uchiha Izumi's death and screamed that he would kill Uchiha Itachi, but Itachi told him he could not protect her.
• Nobihi witnessed Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and Sasuke dead, while Uchiha Itachi told him he could do nothing.
• Nobihi recognized a memory of leaving with his brother and warned him to run, but the illusion showed Uchiha Itachi killing his brother, leaving Nobihi laughing blankly.

Uchiha Nobihi broke free of Itachi’s illusion and struck Itachi and Kisame with overwhelming force before collapsing from exhaustion. After Itachi and Kisame recovered and confronted each other over the stolen eye, Obito arrived to claim it, and Itachi charged at him as Kisame blocked his escape.

• Uchiha Nobihi woke from Itachi’s illusion, pursued Itachi and Kisame, and shattered their bodies with a single attack before losing consciousness.
• Itachi and Kisame rested in the forest, recovered with Samehada’s help, and discussed their loyalty and the eye they had taken.
• Kisame offered to let Itachi go if he left the eye behind, but Obito appeared and demanded it.
• Obito attacked Itachi with Wood Release and fire, while Kisame blocked Itachi’s path.
• Itachi charged at Obito with a Kunai as Kisame stood in his way.

Obito Uchiha overpowered Itachi, but Kisame intervened and Yehuo struck Obito with a newly awakened Dōjutsu, forcing Obito and Kisame to escape. As Itachi was taken for treatment, Kakashi reported that Konoha had been cut off and ordered to lead a team back to the village.

• Obito defeated Itachi and seized the bottle containing the Sharingan, but Kisame stopped him from killing Itachi.
• Yehuo arrived with a devastating attack that destroyed the right half of Obito's body, prompting Obito to escape with Kisame through a Space-Time Vortex.
• Yehuo struck the badly injured Itachi, then let the medical ninja carry him away while threatening to kill him at Izumi's grave.
• Kakashi told Yehuo that the Flying Thunder God Kunai was not responding and confirmed that the masked man had caused the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• Torifu Akimichi reported that messages from Konoha were delayed and could not get through, so Kakashi agreed to lead a team back to the village.

Kabuto heard Black Zetsu’s secret plan and became interested, while Shinji led the Uchiha and Hyuga toward Kumogakure and confronted Killer B at the altar. The chapter ended as Killer B launched his spinning Eight-Sword Style attack against Shinji.

• Black Zetsu invited Kabuto to join a plan beyond the Akatsuki, and Kabuto listened with growing interest.
• Shinji ordered Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi to lead their forces toward Kumogakure while he faced Killer B.
• Shinji descended to the altar and introduced himself to Killer B, then criticized his rap.
• Killer B blocked Shinji’s opening strike, drew his seven swords into an unusual fighting stance, and spun toward Shinji with his blades whirling.

Shinji overwhelmed Killer B with his swordsmanship, Lightning Release, and Storm Release, forcing the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki to unleash his partial Tailed Beast Transformation. The chapter ended with Shinji expanding his Susanoo into a Perfect Susanoo and stomping down on Killer B.

• Shinji opened his Sharingan, cut Killer B with a vibrating water blade, and struck his wound with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Killer B survived the blow, enchanted his remaining blade with Lightning Release, and attacked Shinji, but Shinji broke the blade with Storm Release: Light Fang.
• Shinji demanded that the Eight-Tails emerge, and Killer B and Gyuki agreed to use Form Two.
• Killer B transformed partially into the Eight-Tails and charged Shinji with his Eight-Headed Blade, cracking Shinji's ribcage Susanoo.
• Shinji restored and expanded his Susanoo into its Perfect form, then stomped toward Killer B with overwhelming force.

Shinji defeated Killer B but left him alive, then responded to signals from the Iwagakure and Sunagakure fronts. He arrived in the Land of Wind, where Shukaku was rampaging, and bound the Tailed Beast with golden chains as Kurenai recognized him.

• Shinji pinned Killer B with the Heavenly Jeweled Spear, then left him alive to recover while considering signals from Torifu Akimichi and Shibi Aburame.
• The system rewarded Shinji for helping Mei Terumi become her village's leader and for defeating Killer B, granting him a Purple Chest, gold, the Eight-Sword Style, and Tailed Beast Sense.
• Shinji marked Killer B with a Flying Thunder God Mark and promised to return before teleporting to the Land of Wind.
• Shinji found Shukaku rampaging near the Sunagakure forces and told Shibi Aburame to prepare a counterattack.
• Shinji restrained Shukaku with golden chains, and Kurenai Yuhi recognized him in surprise.

Shinji Uchiha appeared on the battlefield, restrained Shukaku with Adamantine Sealing Chains, and devastated the Sunagakure forces with his Susanoo. As Rasa realized the mysterious attacker might be Shinji, Susanoo captured Pakura.

• Shinji kicked Yashamaru into the sand and trapped Rasa inside a pyramid of Gold Dust, then emerged unharmed in a dark-gold Susanoo.
• Shinji swept his twin Susanoo blades across the battlefield, killing and scattering Sunagakure ninja as Shibi Aburame ordered Konoha's forces to retreat.
• Kurenai Yuhi withdrew to safety and bandaged her wounded shoulder while Shibi Aburame noticed Shinji's Adamantine Sealing Chains still restrained Shukaku.
• Pakura attacked Susanoo with Scorch Release, but her flames failed to harm it, and Susanoo seized her with an additional arm.
• Rasa recalled his fears about Pakura's strength and recognized that the attacker might be Shinji Uchiha.

Shinji unleashed a meteor on Sunagakure's forces, dismissing Pakura's plea to stop despite her offer to surrender. Rasa declared Sunagakure's surrender and offered major concessions, but Shinji said it was too late.

• Shinji used his Susanoo to darken the sky and summon a hundred-meter meteor, terrifying the Sunagakure and Konoha ninja.
• Shinji released Pakura, but refused her plea to spare Sunagakure, explaining that he wanted to preserve her Scorch Release Kekkei Genkai.
• Rasa ordered Sunagakure's ninja to defend against the meteor and raised a Gold Dust Dam, while Pakura begged Shinji to stop.
• Rasa announced Sunagakure's surrender and offered reparations, then promised territory, annual tribute, and no rebellion.
• Shinji called Rasa's proposal constructive but said it was insufficient and too late.

Shinji destroyed Sunagakure’s Gold Dust dam and defeated its forces, then sealed the One-Tail back inside Gaara. He left Gaara with Kurenai and entered the tent where the captured Rasa and Pakura were being held.

• Shinji’s lava meteor shattered the Gold Dust dam, flooding the battlefield with molten sand and devastating Sunagakure’s forces.
• Shinji used the Heavenly Jeweled Spear to capture the One-Tail Shukaku, while Rasa rescued Pakura with a Quicksand Hand.
• Inside Heavenly Pillar Time, Shinji sealed Shukaku back inside the unconscious Gaara.
• Shinji returned to the battlefield, where Konoha’s ninjas treated survivors and guarded the restrained Rasa, Pakura, and other captives.
• Shinji handed Gaara to Kurenai and awkwardly asked her for a Genjutsu duel before entering the tent where Rasa and Pakura were held.

Shinji forced Rasa to accept Konoha's control over Sunagakure, then dueled Kurenai to complete a system challenge and received Tsukuyomi. Afterward, he offered Kurenai a scroll of Genjutsu, which she refused because she felt she had done nothing to earn it.

• Shinji ordered Rasa to keep leading Sunagakure in name while Konoha took control and Shukaku, and Rasa agreed if Shinji stopped killing Sunagakure ninja.
• Shinji told Pakura she would come with him so someone could study her Kekkei Genkai, and he reassured her they only needed her cells.
• Shinji challenged Kurenai to a Genjutsu duel, and she used Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death against him.
• Shinji turned the illusion around on Kurenai, then released it after declaring that she had lost.
• The system marked Shinji's challenge complete and rewarded him with Genjutsu: Tsukuyomi.
• Shinji offered Kurenai a scroll of Genjutsu he had created, but she refused to accept it.

Shinji gave Kurenai Yuhi a Genjutsu Scroll and left with Gaara for the Land of Grass. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha recovered in an underground cavern, welcomed Kabuto Yakushi into his plans, and learned that healing his severe injuries could take over a year.

• Shinji insisted Kurenai Yuhi keep the Genjutsu Scroll, then vanished to find Gaara and travel to the Land of Grass.
• Kurenai Yuhi reflected on Shinji's awkward kindness and said she understood how he felt.
• Obito Uchiha ordered the White Zetsu to find Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, who arrived with Kabuto Yakushi.
• Obito Uchiha agreed to let Kabuto Yakushi treat him and detached Zetsu despite the risk of bleeding to death.
• Kabuto Yakushi estimated that treating Obito Uchiha's extensive injuries could take over a year.

Obito Uchiha postponed the Akatsuki’s plans while he sought genuine Hashirama Cells to strengthen himself against Shinji Uchiha. Nagato Uzumaki suspected something had happened to Madara Uchiha and ordered Akatsuki to withdraw and regroup.

• Kabuto Yakushi told Obito Uchiha that genuine Hashirama Cells could give him Wood Release as powerful as Hashirama Senju’s, so Obito agreed to wait a year for the transplant.
• Obito ordered Zetsu to cancel the Konoha Crush and the hunt for the Nine-Tails, and to tell Nagato to lie low until he heard more.
• Black Zetsu worried that Obito might become as powerful as Madara Uchiha, but decided to continue supporting the Eye of the Moon plan.
• Konan told Nagato that Kisame Hoshigaki had brought orders from Madara Uchiha to halt operations, while Tobi and Zetsu had disappeared.
• Nagato concluded that something might have happened to Madara Uchiha and ordered every Akatsuki member recalled so the group could withdraw.

Yehuo and the Konoha team were ambushed by masked strangers, and Yehuo fought one who used Wood Release. After the stranger subdued the team, he revealed a familiar voice and took Uchiha Itachi, leaving Yehuo stunned by his words and identity.

• Uchiha Nobihi sensed an ambush as masked figures surrounded the group carrying Uchiha Itachi.
• Yehuo dismissed Kakashi and the others’ concerns and challenged the masked attackers to fight him alone.
• The figure wearing the Bixi mask used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Yehuo countered with his Susanoo.
• The Wood Release overwhelmed the Konoha team and drained their Chakra, but Bixi stopped the attack once they were unconscious.
• Bixi used a Body Flicker Technique to reach Uchiha Itachi, subdued Yehuo with a look, and said he was taking Itachi with him.
• Bixi told Yehuo he was glad to see how much he had grown but still had a long way to go to become a true ninja.

Shinji examined his Purple Chest rewards and considered combining the Byakugan and Sharingan, then learned that Yehuo had badly wounded Obito after Obito stole Kakashi's eye. After hearing that the Iwagakure front was quieting, Shinji insisted the war continue until he returned and vanished using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Shinji received rewards for defeating Gaara, Shukaku, and Rasa, then opened a Purple Chest and considered its options, including Saiken's Chakra and Byakugan fusion.
• Shinji got distracted while Torifu Akimichi was briefing him and shattered the table with a slap.
• Torifu Akimichi reported that Obito had stolen Kakashi's Sharingan, but Yehuo had kicked Obito in half while saving Itachi.
• Shinji learned that Iwagakure's forces were pulling back and said the war could not end before he returned.
• Shinji used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the tent.