Chapter Summaries

Minato questioned A about the Eight-Tails’ death and challenged Kumogakure’s past accusations against Konoha. A explained that Gyuki had returned with memories from the future, and Minato learned the Eight-Tails’ madness had not been caused by the God of Ōtsutsuki.

• A told Minato that Killer B had died after bringing the Eight-Tails back to his senses, and Kumogakure had been unable to save him.
• Minato reminded A that Kumogakure had tried to abduct Hinata and had forced Hizashi to die, explaining why Konoha had refused to send Tsunade.
• A recounted how Gyuki had awakened in B’s body and planned to use his life to prolong Killer B’s.
• A said Gyuki had gone berserk because he had traveled back in time and struggled with memories from the future.
• Minato asked whether the God of Ōtsutsuki had caused Gyuki’s madness, and A replied that Gyuki had described a future in which Konoha had already dealt with the Ōtsutsuki invaders.

Minato heard the Raikage recount the Eight-Tails’ warnings about the Nine-Tails, Naruto, Sasuke, and the future, leaving him wondering whether he could trust Kurama again. The Raikage agreed to take Killer B and his people to Konoha so the villages could discuss the crisis at the Shinobi World Conference.

• Minato questioned the Raikage’s distrust of the Ōtsutsuki threat and explained Konoha’s goal of preventing further tragedies, while the Raikage reserved Kumogakure’s position for the conference.
• The Raikage told Minato that the Eight-Tails had awakened in this era after dying to the Nine-Tails and had urged Kumogakure to cooperate with Konoha and prepare for the Nine-Tails.
• The Raikage relayed that Naruto and Sasuke would become saviors, chakra-based powers could not defeat the Nine-Tails, and the Eight-Tails had saved B by taking his place as a tailed beast.
• The Eight-Tails had also said the tailed beasts were killed soon after the final battle began and that Naruto had saved the world more than once, prompting Minato to question whether he could trust Kurama.
• Naruto and Sasuke chatted while waiting, then Minato and the Raikage returned after their discussion.
• The Raikage clarified that Killer B would not go to Konoha alone and said he and his subordinates would attend the Shinobi World Conference to discuss the situation.

Pain and Konan left Amegakure for Konoha, reflecting on the village and the danger ahead. Meanwhile, Menma led Orochimaru, Uchiha Izumi, and Sasori out of Otogakure toward Konoha, where Kabuto was already waiting.

• Pain and Konan saw a child lend his umbrella to a poor man, and Konan replaced the man's umbrella with her own.
• Pain told Konan that Amegakure might return to its former state without its God and angel, then asked her to keep herself alive and bring Yahiko's body back if he did not return.
• Menma found Orochimaru testing a new body in an underground laboratory and told him Kabuto had been in Konoha for several days.
• Menma and Orochimaru joined Uchiha Izumi and Sasori at Otogakure's gate, and the group set out for Konoha on foot.
• Menma explained that his Flying Thunder God marks in Konoha had stopped working and reminded Orochimaru of his promise concerning the pitch-black man he had met there.

As the Shinobi World Conference approached, leaders and delegations across the shinobi world prepared to travel to Konoha. Itachi and Obito planned to attend under the Land of Snow’s name, while the chapter ended with the conference about to begin.

• Itachi told Obito that the Reshape Organization would attend the conference, and they decided to go under a different identity because Minato would not let them attend openly.
• Itachi pointed out Kazahana Koyuki’s Land of Snow as a suitable cover, and Obito agreed that the Uchiha Clan should avoid drawing attention in Konoha.
• Kazahana Koyuki reflected on her comfortable life as queen and her growing distance from Naruto, while resolving to repay Sasuke Uchiha and avoid visiting Konoha afterward.
• Mei Terumi struggled to manage Granny Taiping’s mistaken ideas about the ceremonial procession for Kirigakure’s Mizukage.
• Granny Chiyo agreed to lead Sunagakure’s delegation to Konoha, and Ebizo revealed she hoped to confront Sasori.
• Delegations from across the shinobi world set out for Konoha as the Shinobi World Conference approached.

Konoha struggled to accommodate more than fifty thousand visitors who had arrived for the Shinobi World Conference, while Aoba Yamashiro worried about feeding them. Inside the sealed conference hall, Ebisu finished presenting Konoha’s account of shinobi history, and an attendee accused the village of fabricating it to claim the shinobi world’s legacy.

• Konoha’s roads and camps filled with far more visitors than the organizers had expected.
• Aoba Yamashiro realized that Konoha had prepared food for only about forty thousand people and arranged for villagers to buy grain.
• The conference participants entered a barrier that blocked outsiders from seeing or hearing what happened inside.
• Ebisu explained the history compiled by the Fourth Hokage, including Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Asura, and Indra.
• An attendee accused Konoha of inventing history to portray itself as the shinobi world’s sole legitimate heir.

At Konoha’s conference, Ebisu defended Konoha’s account of shinobi history against furious accusations that it was fabricated. As some of his answers matched secret records, the delegates began to wonder what Konoha intended, especially as the greatest powers stayed silent.

• Delegates accused Konoha of inventing the story of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Black Zetsu, and chakra reincarnation to justify unifying the shinobi world.
• Ebisu selected representatives to question him, and he answered with details that matched their hidden histories and even revealed information they did not know.
• The Land of Earth's envoy erupted when Ebisu said the daimyo's ancestor had repaired bridges with the Sage of Six Paths rather than being born to nobility.
• The envoy's furious reaction led other delegates to suspect that Konoha's account had struck a truth about the Land of Earth's past.
• The Land of Earth's envoy challenged Ōnoki to respond, but Iwagakure and the Land of Fire's delegation remained silent, leaving the other powers to question Konoha's intentions.

The delegates considered Konoha’s account that Black Zetsu had manipulated the ninja world’s centuries of conflict, and recognized that it explained why the wars had seemed so senseless. They remained confident that the Nobles could preserve their power even if Konoha united or dominated the Shinobi World.

• The delegates feared that the Five Great Shinobi Villages might already have colluded, since united ninja could threaten the Nobles’ control.
• The Nobles recalled how they had relied on rival Shinobi Villages to keep ninja dependent on their resources and to serve as proxies in war.
• The delegates questioned Konoha’s account of Ninshu’s history but recognized that Black Zetsu’s interference explained the endless, seemingly pointless ninja wars.
• The Nobles reasoned that even if Konoha unified the Shinobi World, they would retain power by controlling resources, administration, and people’s livelihoods.
• The Nobles recalled how the Land of Fire had used public opinion to isolate Madara Uchiha from Hashirama Senju and Konoha.

The chapter recounts how the shinobi world’s wars and dependence on the Great Nations grew from the ambitions unleashed after Hashirama Senju distributed the tailed beasts. At a meeting, the Land of Earth’s envoy suspects the ninja factions have secretly coordinated, and Ōnoki stops him from leaving.

• The narration explains how Hashirama Senju’s policies and the distribution of tailed beasts fueled ambition, while Tobirama Senju’s alliance plan failed after Kinkaku and Ginkaku rebelled.
• The ninja fought three great wars and became dependent on supplies from the Daimyo and Nobles, who suppressed their development.
• Konoha’s account of history alarms the Great Nations’ factions, which fear that the ninja may unite again.
• The Land of Earth’s envoy, Lord Dairi, notices that the envoys from the other four Great Nations are reacting while the ninja factions remain unmoved.
• Lord Dairi decides to leave and report to the Daimyo, but Ōnoki steps into his path and asks him not to act rashly.

Ōnoki defended Konoha’s meeting against the suspicions of the Land of Earth envoy, while Jiraiya made a grand entrance using a technique that impressed and unsettled the gathered factions. Pain and Konan reflected on Konoha’s offer to share its techniques and research, as Tobirama watched Jiraiya’s antics in irritation.

• Ōnoki assured Dairi that he understood his dissatisfaction with Konoha, leading Dairi to suspect Iwagakure had made a secret agreement.
• Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi discussed Ōnoki’s recent dealings with Konoha while the Land of Earth envoy and other factions considered leaving.
• Jiraiya recited verses and appeared onstage in Hokage Garb through a technique that surprised the gathered factions.
• Menma, Izumi, and Orochimaru examined the barrier technique, while Konan and Pain recognized it as Konoha’s show of force.
• Pain repeated Konoha’s offer to share its techniques and research, recalling his conversation with Jiraiya and noting that his original body was in Konoha’s Medical Room.
• Tobirama Senju watched Jiraiya’s flamboyant appearance and complained that he had been told to keep the meeting’s mood under control.

Hashirama and Tobirama discussed returning to the afterlife once the crisis was resolved, while Jiraiya took charge of the Konoha Meeting and announced its agenda. The gathered representatives were left stunned by proposals to replace the great-nation and hidden-village system and put the tailed beasts in charge of oversight.

• Hashirama told Tobirama that they would return once the crisis was resolved, leaving the next generation to handle what came afterward.
• Jiraiya took over from Ebisu as the crowd demanded answers about Konoha’s intentions.
• Ōnoki urged Dairi to stay, warning that the Land of Earth would fall behind if its representative left the meeting.
• Dairi returned to his room, while Ōnoki reflected on those history was destined to discard.
• Jiraiya announced that the meeting would discuss a new governing system for a unified shinobi world and whether the tailed beasts should oversee it.

Jiraiya revealed Konoha’s plans for a unified Shinobi World, explaining how Minato’s diplomacy and Naruto’s demonstrations of power had secured the factions’ submission. Tobirama reflected on how he and Hashirama might have achieved peace with Madara, and was left contemplating the peace he had failed to bring about.

• The crowd questioned Jiraiya’s announcement that the nations and Shinobi Villages would be replaced by a unified system overseen by the Tailed Beasts.
• Jiraiya presented the results of Minato’s diplomatic efforts, while observers realized Naruto had delivered invitations as Minato followed to secure agreements.
• Hashirama praised Minato and Naruto’s strategy of demonstrating force before negotiating.
• Tobirama wondered whether he and Hashirama could have unified the Shinobi World if Madara had stayed in the village.
• Hashirama recognized Tobirama’s regret, and Tobirama reflected that he had never achieved the peace his brother wanted.

Jiraiya presented Konoha’s detailed plan to establish an independent Union to coordinate the Shinobi World and prepare for the Ōtsutsuki invasion. He called for a vote, and approvals began appearing on the screen while factions continued to weigh the proposal.

• Tobirama dismissed Hashirama’s attempt to comfort him and turned his attention to Jiraiya’s presentation.
• Jiraiya explained the Union’s rules for sharing materials, resolving disputes, and coordinating its members while respecting their independence.
• The gathered factions questioned why Konoha would give up military advantages and doubted that agreements could keep the Shinobi World united over time.
• Jiraiya forgot his script, recovered by announcing that further details would be sent in writing, and introduced a red-or-green vote.
• Jiraiya checked the results as approval votes appeared on the screen and their number increased.

At a conference hosted by Konoha, a vote on peaceful unification ended with supporters ahead by only five, but Jiraiya declared the proposal rejected anyway. He invited opponents to leave and warned that Konoha would declare war on those who refused.

• A small ninja village under the Land of Water accidentally cast an opposing vote, and the opposition tally surged as more groups voted against the proposal.
• Tazuna worried as the votes shifted, while Jiraiya watched the opposition briefly overtake the votes in favor.
• The vote ended with supporters ahead by five, prompting Dairi to denounce the process as unfair to the Land of Earth.
• Jiraiya declared the resolution rejected and told groups that opposed Konoha's proposal they could leave the conference.
• Dairi challenged Jiraiya, who said Konoha would replace the proposal with a plan requiring no vote and declare war on the groups that opposed it.

Jiraiya announced that Konoha would pursue the unification of the Shinobi World by force after the Union proposal was rejected. When Naruto brought the Daimyo of the Land of Earth to the conference, the daimyo denied knowing Dairi and disavowed his declaration of war.

• Jiraiya revealed that he favored war and warned Dairi that Konoha had tried to achieve unification peacefully.
• Dairi threatened Konoha in the name of the Land of Earth, and Jiraiya summoned Naruto.
• Naruto vanished despite the conference barrier and returned with Daimyo Tsuruyama Shusei.
• Jiraiya told Tsuruyama that Dairi had accepted Konoha's declaration of war on the Land of Earth's behalf.
• Tsuruyama denied knowing Dairi, called him an impostor, and claimed the Land of Earth wanted friendship with Konoha.
• Dairi accused Konoha of seeking to strip nobles of power, but Tsuruyama pretended not to hear him.

Konoha exposed Dairi as an impostor, and Ōnoki arranged for Iwagakure to take custody of him while Daimyo Crane Mountain agreed to represent the Land of Earth at the conference. Ōnoki reassured the frightened Daimyo that he had reached an agreement with Konoha, then asked how Naruto Uzumaki had brought him there.

• Jiraiya accepted Ōnoki’s request to let Iwagakure investigate Dairi, and Kitsuchi escorted Dairi away.
• Jiraiya invited Daimyo Crane Mountain to represent the Land of Earth at the conference, and the Daimyo agreed after Ōnoki nodded.
• Daimyo Crane Mountain followed Ōnoki into Iwagakure’s delegation room and privately asked him to arrange his safe return.
• Ōnoki told Daimyo Crane Mountain that he had reached an agreement with Konoha, then asked how Naruto Uzumaki had taken him from the Land of Earth.
• Daimyo Crane Mountain recalled Naruto appearing in his bedroom, incapacitating the people around him, and leaving before the Daimyo woke.

Ōnoki failed to find any mark on Daimyo Tsuruyama, who agreed to avoid making an enemy of Konoha. Jiraiya resumed the vote on Konoha’s proposal and summoned the sages as observers, but the White Snake Sage’s arrival sparked a furious argument with Shima.

• Ōnoki examined Daimyo Tsuruyama for a Flying Thunder God Mark but found none, and Tsuruyama agreed to heed his warning about Konoha.
• Jiraiya asked the assembled representatives to vote again under proper procedures and summoned the observers.
• The Great Toad Sage's successors, Fukasaku and Shima, appeared alongside the White Snake Sage and Katsuyu.
• The White Snake Sage rejected Fukasaku's claim that the Great Toad Sage had died and mocked the toads.
• Shima confronted the White Snake Sage, and Fukasaku tried to stop their argument as the delegates watched in shock.

Konoha’s introduction of the three sage lands’ leaders descended into an argument before Jiraiya resumed presenting them to the gathering. The White Snake Sage’s attempt to demonstrate her power failed against the conference hall’s barrier, and she recognized Naruto as the one who had mastered her technique in a day.

• Sage Shima berated the White Snake Sage until Katsuyu and Jiraiya intervened, while Sage Fukasaku reminded Shima to keep up their act about the Great Toad Sage.
• Naruto approached the Toad Sages, and they improvised an excuse to conceal what they had nearly revealed.
• Orochimaru recognized the sages as the leaders of Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and Ryūchi Cave, and noticed that Menma seemed puzzled by the scene.
• Jiraiya introduced the White Snake Sage as the supreme Dragon-Snake Sage and watched her try to intimidate the gathering with her chakra.
• The conference hall’s barrier blocked the White Snake Sage’s chakra, and she turned toward Naruto, recognizing the shinobi who had mastered her technique in one day.

At the Konoha Meeting, Jiraiya oversaw the unanimous approval of a shinobi Union, then used Naruto and the sages to transport the attendees to a primeval forest where all ten tailed beasts appeared. He explained that the gathering would hear the beasts’ views on serving as Union inspectors before holding a vote, leaving the decision unresolved.

• Jiraiya introduced Sage Katsuyu and Mount Myōboku’s sages, Fukasaku and Shima, after the White Snake Sage refused to introduce herself.
• The factions unanimously approved the resolution to establish the Union, while the sages watched as witnesses.
• Naruto and the four sages took positions around the hall and activated chakra patterns that transported everyone to a primeval forest.
• The attendees found themselves surrounded by all ten tailed beasts, from the Zero-Tails to the Nine-Tails.
• Jiraiya explained that the tailed beasts would give their opinions on whether to serve as Union inspectors before the factions voted on the proposal.

Konoha gathered the world’s leaders and influential figures in the Tailed Beast Home, where Nine-Tails silenced them and revealed that the tailed beasts could hear their thoughts inside a barrier. Orochimaru recognized the barrier’s purpose and privately began negotiating with Nine-Tails, while the other attendees adjusted to communicating with the beasts.

• Nine-Tails swept his tail through the Forest of Death’s trees and ordered the gathered nobles and leaders to be quiet.
• The attendees wondered why Nine-Tails stood apart from Naruto and realized a voice was answering their inner thoughts.
• Nine-Tails told Orochimaru that only the tailed beasts could hear thoughts within the barrier and asked him for information about the Reshape Organization’s leader.
• Orochimaru recognized the barrier as an External Barrier modeled on a Jinchūriki Seal and deduced that Konoha planned to make influential figures answerable to the tailed beasts.
• Orochimaru considered the tailed beasts’ origins and agreed to hear Nine-Tails’ proposal, while the other attendees watched the Reshape Organization members react.

The tailed beasts established a mental communication barrier for the Union proceedings, revealing attendees’ thoughts and intentions while explaining that they would only ensure votes reflected each person’s true wishes. Kazahana Koyuki discovered that Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi had been using Sharingan Genjutsu to influence her, while the tailed beasts continued overseeing the gathering without intervening.

• The tailed beasts explained that the barrier let everyone hear inner voices and made hostility and intentions difficult to conceal.
• Kazahana Koyuki spoke with Chōmei and revealed her instinctive disgust toward insects, which he heard.
• Chōmei and Son told Kazahana that Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi were Uchiha, and Son explained that the tailed beasts would not interfere unless someone was controlled or threatened.
• Son revealed that Kazahana had been under Sharingan Genjutsu, which the mental connection had dispelled.
• Uchiha Itachi placed a simple genjutsu seal on himself as Three-Tails explained the barrier, while Isobu showed no reaction to Obito’s past actions.
• The tailed beasts calmly answered the attendees’ questions and let their concealed schemes remain exposed as they carried out their duty.