Chapter Summaries

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.

Naruto fought the Fourth Raikage A and overwhelmed him after entering Six Paths Mode, but Sasuke stopped Naruto before he could kill him. The Eight-Tails Gyuki emerged from the valley to avenge A, and Kurama recognized Killer B as Gyuki appeared confused.

• A struck Naruto with Lariat and sent him flying into the lake, but Naruto returned unharmed in Fox Sage Mode and A recognized the Flying Thunder God mark on his fist.
• Samui signaled the Kumogakure ninja to attack Sasuke, who expanded Susanoo's armor, returned Darui, and went to calm Naruto.
• After A called Kurama a beast, Naruto entered Six Paths Mode and blasted A into the Iron Gate of the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
• Sasuke confronted Naruto about his killing intent, and Naruto calmed down and left Six Paths Mode.
• Gyuki emerged from the valley, attacked Sasuke's fading Susanoo, and crashed to the ground; Kurama then appeared and asked what had happened to Gyuki and identified Killer B.

Naruto and Nine-Tails discovered that Killer B, not Gyuki, was controlling Eight-Tails, while Naruto’s strength stunned both sides. The Raikage ordered his forces to withdraw with Killer B and called for a secret weapon, leaving Nine-Tails to wonder whether Naruto and Sasuke meant to destroy Kumogakure.

• Gyuki attacked Nine-Tails, and Naruto caught his tentacle in Fox Sage Mode before swinging and hurling Eight-Tails into the ground.
• Nine-Tails realized that Killer B was undergoing Tailed Beast Transformation and that Gyuki’s consciousness was absent.
• The Raikage rushed to Killer B and revealed that Naruto had broken his arm despite his Lightning Release Chakra Mode defenses.
• Samui and Darui offered to hold off Naruto and Sasuke, but the Raikage ordered them to take Killer B back to the village and tell the Special Technology Department to activate a weapon.
• Killer B refused to leave, and Nine-Tails asked Naruto and Sasuke whether they planned to wipe out Kumogakure.

Naruto and Sasuke faced the Raikage's forces after entering a restricted area while searching for Killer B. Minato arrived to defuse the confrontation, but the chapter ended with his kunai marked in one of Killer B's tails.

• Naruto and Sasuke realized they had trespassed in a restricted Kumogakure area, and Naruto proposed retreating to avoid escalating the conflict.
• The Raikage prepared to let his subordinates and Killer B escape, then spotted Naruto disappearing and leaped into the air, spinning to guard against a Space-Time Ninjutsu attack.
• Naruto reappeared with Minato, who questioned the Raikage about the misunderstanding as the Raikage recognized his former opponent.
• The Raikage asked whether Minato had come to declare war on Kumogakure, and Minato warned that he would continue the fight if the Raikage insisted on force.
• Minato vanished and reappeared, and Samui noticed that his custom kunai had been embedded in one of Killer B's octopus tails.

Minato confronted the Raikage over Kumogakure’s refusal to release the tailed beasts, then learned the Eight-Tails’ body and chakra housed Killer B’s consciousness instead of Gyuki’s. The Raikage revealed Gyuki’s final warning about the Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto’s trust in Kurama in question.

• Minato used an old Flying Thunder God mark on the Eight-Tails to appear beside Naruto and warned the Raikage against attacking Konoha’s envoy.
• Naruto told Sasuke that Minato had used a mark left on Killer B years earlier, not mastered Naruto’s advanced Flying Thunder God technique.
• Minato explained Konoha’s plan to free the tailed beasts, but the Raikage rejected it and threatened war.
• The Little Nine-Tails told Minato that the Eight-Tails’ body and chakra remained, but its consciousness was Killer B’s.
• Minato asked the Raikage to speak privately, and the Raikage revealed the Eight-Tails’ parting warning: Naruto should not trust the Nine-Tails, who intended to destroy the world.

The Raikage told Minato how the Eight-Tails went berserk roughly ten years earlier and how B nearly died trying to stop it. His account led Minato to reconsider the Nine-Tails’ secrets, while the Raikage reflected on the training that had made him powerful but still left him outmatched by Naruto.

• The Raikage explained that he had trusted Minato because Minato’s letter matched parts of a prophecy from the Eight-Tails about the Hokages’ resurrection.
• The Raikage recounted how the Eight-Tails suddenly went berserk in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, overwhelming Kumogakure’s assembled shinobi.
• The Raikage fought the Eight-Tails alone, but B stopped the rampage by severing his connection to the beast and calling its consciousness back at the cost of severe injuries.
• The Raikage said he had trained relentlessly after B’s sacrifice, surpassing the Third Raikage’s strength.
• The Raikage admitted that Naruto had still defeated him despite his confidence that he was the strongest current Kage.