Recaps

Naruto and the others uncovered Kazuma’s impersonation of the daimyo and found the real daimyo incapacitated, prompting Konoha to form an investigation team. Minato and Kakashi discussed Konoha’s response while Naruto and Shikamaru considered how to pursue the unresolved Fire Temple disappearance.

• Naruto told Jiraiya and Minato that Kazuma, a former member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, had impersonated the daimyo, and Minato explained that the Zero-Tails was born from people’s negative emotions.
• Minato sent a Shadow Clone to investigate Kurama’s unusual sleep, while Jiraiya arranged for the Interrogation Department to question the resurrected Guardian Ninja.
• Naruto and the others questioned the captured Zero-Tails, and Minato confirmed that the real daimyo had been reduced to a mindless state by genjutsu.
• Minato organized Kakashi into an investigation team and rejected Kakashi’s suggestion to take control of the Land of Fire, arguing that Konoha needed to preserve its impartiality.
• Naruto and Shikamaru discussed using Kurama to locate someone connected to the Fire Temple, but worried that the badly injured Kazuma might know more and could be dangerous if he recovered.

Shikamaru suspected the Zero-Tails was a chakra lifeform, and the Nine-Tails healed the wound Naruto had left on it. The Nine-Tails reflected on how chakra lifeforms could divide their chakra and consciousness, then recalled its own research into chakra and the question it had once asked Naruto.

• Naruto called over the healed Zero-Tails after Shikamaru asked about it.
• The Nine-Tails explained that the Truth-Seeking Orb had erased part of the Zero-Tails' chakra body and lifespan, then treated its wound.
• The Nine-Tails recalled how it had survived being divided and sealed in two places, and compared this with Minato's self-aware chakra inside Naruto.
• The Nine-Tails wondered whether ninja could divide chakra and create life, then described how its chakra research led to Baryon Mode.
• The Nine-Tails said it had learned human chakra techniques from Minato Namikaze and reproduced them in this life.
• The Nine-Tails remembered asking Naruto whether chakra lifeforms needed to eat, then began recalling a question it had once asked Naruto, the Seventh.

Naruto and Kurama discussed whether chakra lifeforms could reproduce, and Kurama’s curiosity led him to research their biology with Minato’s help, allowing him to heal the Zero-Tails. After Naruto asked how Kazuma had become so powerful, the Zero-Tails revealed that its master had given him power.

• Kurama asked Naruto about human reproduction and wondered why tailed beasts and other chakra lifeforms could not produce offspring, embarrassing Naruto by admitting he had watched Naruto and Hinata.
• Kurama later researched chakra lifeforms with Minato as his research subject and learned how to repair the damage Yin-Yang Release had inflicted on the Zero-Tails.
• Kurama healed the Zero-Tails, then recognized it as an unofficial tailed beast after scolding it for acting spineless.
• Naruto asked the Zero-Tails how Kazuma had grown so powerful, and it said Kazuma had received power from its master.
• Kurama’s presence made the Zero-Tails hesitate after it realized it had let its master’s existence slip.

Naruto and Nine-Tails questioned Zero-Tails about his mysterious master, while Kabuto and Sora searched for an exit from an underground trap filled with monstrous former monks. The monster pursued them, and Kabuto suspected Sora held the key to escaping.

• Zero-Tails said he did not know his master's name and explained that the master had told him to follow Kazuma and help him.
• Nine-Tails beat Zero-Tails for rambling and demanded that he reveal where his master was.
• Kabuto dragged Sora through the underground battlefield but found the exit sealed behind a solid rock wall.
• A grotesque monster made from the missing Fire Temple monks attacked Kabuto and consumed the chakra snakes he summoned.
• The monster spoke of its master's orders and vanished as Kabuto fled with Sora, suspecting that Sora's survival and the monks' behavior concealed a way out.

Kabuto hid from the monster with Sora, but an unseen force overwhelmed him and exposed their hiding place. Sora’s red chakra let him hold off the monster, and the masked leader appeared beside Kabuto to ask what had happened.

• Kabuto concealed himself and Sora with his genjutsu, then discovered the monster was pursuing them and that his ring could not contact the leader.
• An unseen presence filled Kabuto with paralyzing terror, causing him to drop the genjutsu and reveal their location to the approaching monster.
• Sora transformed under the influence of red chakra and charged the monster, fighting it on equal footing.
• Kabuto realized the terror had been caused by a jutsu and recovered when its effect suddenly ended.
• The masked leader appeared beside Kabuto, boosted Sora so the fight would continue, and asked Kabuto what had happened.

Kabuto reported the underground monsters to the leader of Reshape, who left him to handle the crisis while investigating a revived figure. In Qianyu Village, Naruto questioned a local about strange disappearances and followed him to an empty house, where he noticed the village’s unsettling silence.

• Kabuto told the leader of Reshape about the underground cavern, the trapped boy, and the monsters, and the leader left him behind to investigate.
• The leader of Reshape found a clean, empty cavern and concluded that the revived figure had awakened early and was hiding his incomplete recovery.
• An old man warned Naruto about a haunted battlefield near Qianyu Village, and Naruto asked about villagers who had gone missing and returned.
• Naruto recalled that his modified Flying Thunder God technique let him travel within a marked area, making him the only one able to reach the village quickly.
• The old man led Naruto to a house, and Naruto asked why they had seen no one else in the village.

Naruto investigated an empty village whose residents were linked to the suspected God of Ōtsutsuki, while Minato and Tobirama prepared to join him. He entered a house that tried to transport him to another dimension, escaped, and killed the old man who had led him there.

• Naruto sensed that the old man guiding him through the village had no soul or life, despite appearing human.
• Kurama warned Naruto that the village might be connected to the God of Ōtsutsuki, and Minato prepared to send support with Tobirama.
• Naruto opened the house door and recognized that its strange power was trying to pull him into another dimension.
• Naruto let the trap pull him inside, then returned through the doorway and realized the house had devoured the villagers and previous visitors.
• Naruto killed the old man with a Mini Spiral Bullet.

Naruto entered a living, corpse-filled alternate dimension and confirmed that it contained the Nine-Tails’ chakra. After restraining a grotesque creature made from villagers’ bodies, he headed deeper into the dimension, hoping Tobirama and his father could find a way to save them.

• Naruto returned to the hidden space and recognized it as an alternate dimension where the Nine-Tails could sense his missing chakra.
• Naruto saw a monster assembled from human body parts charge at him and restrained it with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto sensed life energy and overwhelming negative emotions in the creature and decided to keep it alive until Tobirama and his father arrived.
• The Nine-Tails sensed another concentration of its chakra and a person overwhelmed by negative emotions deeper inside the dimension.
• Naruto secured the monster with his chains and set off toward the source of the chakra.

Kushina invited Karin to become her disciple and taught her and Naruto the Uzumaki Clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains. After Naruto mastered the technique, Kushina took Karin out of Konoha and headed for the Land of the Sea to search for Summoning Island.

• Kushina decided to teach Naruto and Karin Adamantine Sealing Chains, a rare Uzumaki sealing jutsu that depended on skill in sealing techniques.
• Kushina told Minato she wanted to take Karin as her disciple because she understood Karin’s painful history with the Uzumaki name, and Minato advised her to let Karin choose freely.
• Kushina asked Karin to become her disciple, and Karin eagerly agreed so she could study with Kushina and spend more time near Sasuke.
• Naruto returned to Konoha for Kushina’s lesson, learned Adamantine Sealing Chains, and left after Kushina confirmed he had mastered it.
• Kushina took Karin out of Konoha and headed for the Land of the Sea to search for Summoning Island.

Naruto captured six immortal monsters with Adamantine Sealing Chains and joined the battle against another creature. Kabuto recognized him and wondered whether the Reshape Organization’s leader could defeat him.

• Naruto bound a humanoid monster in Adamantine Sealing Chains and dragged it through the cave.
• Kabuto and Sora struggled against a many-armed monster that resisted their attacks.
• Naruto appeared beside Kabuto, knocked aside his Mystical Palm Technique, and immobilized him.
• Naruto handed Kabuto six chain-bound monsters and entered the fight.
• Kabuto recognized Naruto and considered warning the Reshape Organization’s leader to retreat.

Naruto rescued Sora from the monster in the underground cavern and left Kabuto to treat him. He continued deeper and confronted Reshape's leader, who said the God of Ōtsutsuki had awakened and was no longer in his tomb.

• Sora fought the monster with the Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak, but it struck him into a rock wall and left him gravely injured.
• Naruto bound the monster with Adamantine Sealing Chains, then restrained Sora and drew the Nine-Tails chakra away from his body.
• Naruto asked Kabuto to care for Sora, and Kabuto agreed despite admitting he was inexperienced at direct treatment.
• Naruto entered a vast cavern and found Reshape's leader waiting there.
• Reshape's leader said the God of Ōtsutsuki had awakened at least half a month earlier and was no longer in his tomb.

Naruto confronted Reshape's masked leader after hearing him mention the God of Ōtsutsuki, a threat Naruto had been investigating. The leader proposed that Reshape attend Konoha's Shinobi World Conference and offered to share what he knew about the God of Ōtsutsuki.

• Naruto realized Reshape's leader knew the name God of Ōtsutsuki, though the shinobi world had found no clues about the being.
• The Nine-Tails urged Naruto to attack Reshape's leader, then recognized he was facing a clone and returned to Naruto's Inner Space to sleep.
• Reshape's leader removed his mask but revealed only an ordinary face created with the Transformation Technique.
• Naruto asked Reshape's leader what he wanted, and the leader proposed that Reshape attend the Shinobi World Conference in exchange for sharing information about the God of Ōtsutsuki.

Naruto questioned Menma, the leader of Reshape, about his intentions and his theft of Urashiki Otsutsuki’s eyes. Menma requested permission to attend the Shinobi World Conference and to meet Black Zetsu, leaving Naruto to consult Konoha before answering.

• Naruto agreed that Menma and Reshape could attend the conference but said he did not trust them until their intentions were clear.
• Menma offered the name Menma but avoided explaining his origins or why he had taken Urashiki Otsutsuki’s Rinnegan.
• Menma said he might return the Rinnegan after the conference and asked to meet Black Zetsu, with Naruto present if he wished.
• Naruto sensed that Menma felt no hostility toward him, though Kurama remained asleep and could not help explain the feeling.
• Naruto said he would consult Konoha about Menma’s requests and refused to release Kabuto Yakushi while the village’s position remained undecided.

Naruto accepted Menma’s proposal to take Kabuto to Konoha as a Reshape Organization envoy, then examined Menma’s low-chakra clone and suspected it shared chakra with its original body. He decided to leave the organization’s mysteries to Konoha’s leaders and returned to collect Kabuto, Sora, and the chained monster.

• Menma proposed that Kabuto accompany Naruto to Konoha as an envoy, and Naruto allowed the arrangement rather than release him.
• Menma’s clone entered a nearly chakra-free standby state, and Naruto inspected it after Menma stopped speaking.
• Naruto concluded that Menma’s clone might exchange chakra with its original body and considered combining the technique with the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto thought Menma’s knowledge and organization were better left for Konoha’s leaders to investigate, then abandoned his study of the clone.
• Naruto returned to the cavern, picked up Sora and the chained monster, and beckoned Kabuto, who wondered if Menma had abandoned him.

Naruto brought Kabuto and the captured monsters to a guarded Konoha location, where he handed them over to the village’s ninja. He left Kabuto under supervision and went to report to the Second after arranging to meet Kakashi and the others.

• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to bring Kabuto, Sora, and the sealed monsters to a secret location in Konoha.
• Konoha guards surrounded Naruto and Kabuto, then recognized Naruto and stood down.
• Naruto identified Kabuto as an envoy of the Reshape Organization and told the guards to supervise him without mistreating him.
• Naruto handed over Sora and the monsters, warned that their unusual chakra made them difficult for ninja to handle, and said he would report to the Second.
• Konoha ninja sealed Kabuto’s chakra, and Kabuto cooperated while deciding not to risk disrupting Orochimaru’s plans.
• Naruto left to meet Kakashi-sensei and the others.

Tobirama and Toneri investigated the strange, unexplained recovery of Urashiki Otsutsuki’s corpse at Konoha’s Second Research Base. Naruto arrived with another problem for Tobirama, who teased him before asking what he had brought.

• Tobirama and Toneri dissected Urashiki’s corpse again, but its body instantly returned to its original state without any detectable process.
• Tobirama concluded that Urashiki’s recovery was likely an individual anomaly rather than a trait of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to arrive at a secluded spot, and Tobirama appeared there almost simultaneously.
• Naruto called Tobirama “Uncle Second,” and Tobirama corrected him, joked about Naruto’s height, and asked what he had brought.

Naruto reported the discovery of the Tomb of the God of Ōtsutsuki and the Reshape Organization leader’s presence at the Konoha Meeting to Tobirama, who chose not to voice his suspicion that Naruto had avoided mentioning the Nine-Tails’ abnormalities. Naruto returned to the Capital of the Land of Fire, where Kakashi told him Minato had taken the Zero-Tails to Sasuke.

• Tobirama met Naruto at their heavily secured woodland rendezvous and listened as Naruto described the Tomb of the God of Ōtsutsuki and the Reshape Organization leader attending the Konoha Meeting.
• Tobirama said he would contact the other Hokage to discuss the discoveries and told Naruto the Zero-Tails would remain with the other tailed beasts for now.
• After Naruto left, Tobirama observed that Naruto had unconsciously avoided mentioning the Nine-Tails’ abnormalities in his account.
• Naruto returned to the Capital of the Land of Fire and told Kakashi he had left the Fire Temple matter to Tobirama and the others.
• Kakashi said Minato’s shadow clone had taken the Zero-Tails to Sasuke, and Naruto noted that Minato and Tobirama had shared the same idea.

The tailed beasts lived in Konoha’s newly named Tailed Beast Home, where Shukaku challenged Zero-Tails and the others mocked the newcomer. The chapter recounted how Naruto found and subdued Four-Tails, while Kurama kept the beasts in line as they recovered.

• A young man with the Byakugan arrived at the forest with tomatoes and realized his companions had gone inside to handle trouble.
• Shukaku confronted Zero-Tails, which humbly called itself an insignificant soul, while Nekomata and Four-Tails traded barbs.
• The chapter explained that the tailed beasts Naruto had gathered lived in the Forest of Death, and their presence drove the forest’s wildlife away.
• Naruto found Roshi after receiving a lead from Ōnoki, subdued the berserk Four-Tails, and brought them back to Konoha.
• Four-Tails woke before Two-Tails and Three-Tails and nearly caused a disaster, but Kurama intervened and ordered the beasts to behave.

Naruto and Konoha investigated why the tailed beasts had gone berserk, piecing together their fractured memories and the history of the Shinobi World. Minato theorized that the God of Ōtsutsuki had caused their madness, while Kurama’s unusual rebirth may have spared him from the same fate.

• The tailed beasts denied Kurama’s claim that their number of tails determined their rank, while Kurama continued boasting to Naruto.
• Konoha learned that the tailed beasts’ madness had warped their jinchūriki, and that the beasts had tried to connect with them using memories of trusted partnerships.
• After Naruto brought the other tailed beasts back and they recovered, their accounts supported Shukaku’s memories and helped Konoha reconstruct the past.
• Minato theorized that the God of Ōtsutsuki had left behind something that caused the tailed beasts’ madness, and that Kurama had retained fewer memories than Shukaku.
• Minato suggested that the Nine-Tails sealed by the Reaper Death Seal might have been the version native to that era and could also have fallen into madness.

Minato and Konoha secured the tailed beasts’ agreement to cooperate, with the Nine-Tails volunteering to speak for them while Gyuki remained the only beast they had yet to find. In the Forest of Death, Sasuke arrived with the Zero-Tails and drew an eager challenge from three tailed beasts.

• The tailed beasts agreed to cooperate with Konoha’s plan and let the Nine-Tails speak for them while many of them remained affected.
• Minato sent word through Naruto that the Nine-Tails would persuade the other tailed beasts, and Naruto later realized he had mostly served as a messenger without understanding the discussion.
• Konoha’s search for the tailed beasts neared completion, with only Gyuki and Killer B still unaccounted for.
• In the Forest of Death, the three tailed beasts stared at the meek Zero-Tails and doubted it was the creature Kurama’s memories had described.
• Sasuke arrived beside the Zero-Tails, and the three tailed beasts excitedly challenged him and vowed to break his Sharingan.

Sasuke tried to control Shukaku with his Sharingan, but Shukaku resisted and launched a Tailed Beast Bomb, which Sasuke stopped with Susanoo and burned away with Amaterasu. The tailed beasts had learned that Ōtsutsuki influence triggered their madness, so they were training to resist control before facing future threats.

• Shukaku ignored Sasuke’s warning and began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb, startling Son and Two-Tails Nekomata.
• Sasuke’s Sharingan failed to control Shukaku, who fired the Tailed Beast Bomb at him.
• Sasuke summoned Susanoo to catch the bomb and used Amaterasu to melt it.
• Son told Sasuke that he, Shukaku, and Two-Tails could now resist the Sharingan, though the other tailed beasts still could not.
• The tailed beasts’ experiments with Black Zetsu, Otsutsuki Toneri, and Urashiki’s corpse showed that Ōtsutsuki contact made them feel compelled to submit and become mad when they resisted.
• Konoha and the tailed beasts concluded that they needed to learn to resist control after identifying Ōtsutsuki tampering as the cause of the beasts’ madness.

Sasuke reported that Shukaku, Nekomata, and Son had learned to resist the Sharingan, advancing Konoha’s plan to free the tailed beasts from dojutsu control. Neji and Hinata continued training the beasts to resist Mental Frenzy, but Son was still struggling.

• Shukaku, Nekomata, and Son cornered Sasuke after learning to resist the Sharingan, but Sasuke disappeared before they could fight him.
• Sasuke told Neji that the three tailed beasts had succeeded, then reported their progress to Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya said the Treatment Plan could move to its next stage and hoped to present Minato’s idea at the Shinobi World Conference.
• Jiraiya praised Sasuke for completing his assignment despite learning that Itachi had returned to Konoha, and Sasuke left without responding.
• Neji used Divine Empty Strike to knock Nekomata into the forest while Hinata helped Son resist Mental Frenzy.
• Shukaku repeatedly slapped the struggling Son, insisting that the tailed beasts needed a beating to improve.

Neji, Hinata, and Shukaku tried to calm the tailed beasts with the Tenseigan while Naruto waited in Kumogakure to meet the Eight-Tails. Sasuke arrived and learned that Naruto had accidentally left the Raikage unconscious after a fight, provoking the surrounding Kumogakure ninja.

• Neji observed that Nekomata regained some sanity after being suppressed, supporting the theory that the Tenseigan could reverse the God of Ōtsutsuki's memory tampering.
• Hinata told Neji that Son still held on inside his seal, but the Four-Tails suddenly roared, forcing Hinata to dodge as Neji used Divine Empty Strike.
• Sasuke and Tobirama's shadow clone found Naruto in Kumogakure, where Naruto explained that Killer B had shut himself off and the Eight-Tails could not be reached.
• Naruto told Sasuke that he had fought the Raikage after the Raikage refused to let him meet Killer B, and that one of Naruto's attacks had left the Raikage seriously injured and unconscious.
• Sasuke called the Raikage weak, and the surrounding Kumogakure ninja glared at him with killing intent.

Naruto and Sasuke discovered that the Raikage had faked his injury to delay Naruto from meeting Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. At Killer B’s sealed mountain home, Darui attacked Sasuke as Naruto tried to negotiate with the Raikage.

• Naruto told Sasuke that Kumogakure had refused his offer to bring Tsunade to treat the Raikage.
• Sasuke realized the Raikage’s lightning chakra had remained steady during the supposed injury, and Naruto concluded that the Raikage had been faking.
• Naruto and Sasuke used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to Killer B’s home, where they found the Raikage pounding on its sealed Iron Gate.
• The Raikage admitted through his actions that he had been trying to get Killer B to leave Kumogakure, while Sasuke identified the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s location.
• Darui appeared and threatened Sasuke, and Naruto stepped forward to assure the Raikage that Konoha would not harm the jinchūriki or tailed beasts.
• Darui attacked as Naruto moved past his blade.

Sasuke trapped Darui in genjutsu and then used Susanoo to incapacitate him while the Fourth Raikage attacked Naruto at extraordinary speed. Samui arrived with Kumogakure reinforcements as Naruto and the Raikage continued clashing in midair.

• Darui charged Sasuke behind a water curtain, but Sasuke's Sharingan caught him in genjutsu.
• The Fourth Raikage activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and attacked Naruto, startling both Naruto and Sasuke with his speed and power.
• Darui escaped the genjutsu when the Raikage drew Sasuke's attention, but Sasuke seized him with Susanoo and spun him around.
• Sasuke's use of Darui as an Uchiha windmill kept the Kumogakure ninja at bay until Samui arrived with reinforcements.
• Naruto and the Fourth Raikage burst from the dust and traded repeated midair blows.