Recaps

Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, and Shikaku learned that the Allied Forces had sent elite squads to infiltrate the Land of Fire and target its supply lines and Daimyo. Uchiha Yanyue’s team ambushed a Hidden Cloud squad in the Mist Forest, killing several shinobi before Omoi recognized the Uchiha.

• Shikaku reported that twenty-three Allied Forces squads were bypassing the main battlefield to infiltrate the Land of Fire and assassinate the Daimyo.
• Fugaku ordered the Uchiha forces to begin hunting the infiltrators.
• Omoi led a twelve-person Hidden Cloud squad through the Mist Forest, but he grew wary when the forest seemed unnaturally quiet.
• An Aburame scout and a Hyuga scout located the Hidden Cloud squad, and Uchiha Yanyue prepared his team to attack.
• Yanyue’s team ambushed the Hidden Cloud squad with a fire dragon and wire-guided shuriken, killing several shinobi.
• Omoi survived the opening attack and recognized Yanyue’s Sharingan and Uchiha crest.

Uchiha Fugaku sent Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara with a hundred Konoha shinobi to provoke the Allied Forces and break the battlefield stalemate. The Fourth Raikage charged out to confront them, and the chapter ended as he appeared above Naruto, ready to strike.

• Uchiha Yanyue killed Omoi while a Yamanaka special jōnin held him with a mind technique, then ordered the battlefield cleared and the hunt to continue.
• Naruto urged Jiraiya to attack the Allied Forces, but Uchiha Fugaku proposed sending a hundred shinobi to provoke them.
• Fugaku assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara to lead the squad while he and Jiraiya supported them from the rear.
• The hundred Konoha shinobi marched toward the Allied Forces’ fortifications, prompting Nishidai Raikage A to order an attack despite Ōnoki’s warning that it might be a trap.
• A charged onto the battlefield and confronted Naruto, who taunted him; the Raikage then appeared above Naruto to attack.

The battlefield split into three clashes as Gaara fought the Raikage, Sasuke faced Kitsuchi, and Naruto confronted Ōnoki. Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra overwhelmed Ōnoki’s attack, while Gaara adapted to the Raikage’s speed and the Konoha fighters held back the Allied Forces.

• A battered Gaara used the Shield of Shukaku to survive the Raikage’s Liger Bomb and continued wearing him down with sand.
• Sasuke escaped Kitsuchi’s Mountain Jutsu and charged through a counterattack with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Ōnoki attacked Naruto with a rock fist, but Naruto crushed it with a Nine-Tails chakra claw and struck Ōnoki’s stone giant with a Rasengan.
• Ōnoki’s lower back flared with pain, forcing him to dismiss the stone giant and retreat.
• The Raikage saw that Gaara was adapting to his rhythm, while Kitsuchi and Ōnoki remained occupied and Konoha’s elite fighters held off the Allied Forces’ assault unit.

The Allied Forces argued over their defeat while the Wolf Pack’s mission to strike the Land of Fire’s capital proceeded. Raigamaru’s assassination squad killed the daimyo, but Uchiha Shidai and eleven Uchiha shinobi confronted them before they could escape.

• Raikage A and Ōnoki argued over the Allied Forces’ humiliating defeat, and Mifune said the Wolf Pack should have reached the Land of Fire’s heartland.
• Raigamaru led seven Kumogakure shinobi over the capital’s walls and ordered them to attack the Daimyo’s Mansion and spread chaos.
• Raigamaru’s squad cut through the mansion’s guards and killed the daimyo in his bedchamber.
• As Raigamaru and his squad prepared to flee, Uchiha Shidai appeared in the courtyard with eleven Uchiha shinobi and blocked their escape.

The Uchiha squad cornered Raigamaru and the Hidden Cloud infiltrators in the Daimyo's Mansion courtyard, killing several with genjutsu and fire. Raigamaru swallowed a secret pill and unleashed black lightning, forcing Uchiha Shidai and Uchiha Takuya to respond together.

• Raigamaru ordered the Hidden Cloud ninja to break through, but Uchiha Takuya and the Uchiha chunin blocked their escape routes with fire and shuriken.
• Uchiha Shidai trapped a Hidden Cloud chunin in genjutsu and killed him with a kunai.
• Raigamaru charged Shidai with a lightning-powered elbow, but Shidai dodged and struck him in the abdomen.
• Uchiha Takuya unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, killing two Hidden Cloud ninja and driving the others into a corner.
• Raigamaru swallowed a secret pill, boosted his Chakra with his life force, and attacked with black lightning as Shidai and Takuya formed hand seals together.

An Impure World Reincarnation attack brought Hatake Sakumo, Dan Katō, Hizashi Hyuga, Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Uchiha Itachi to Konoha’s camp. After learning Itachi had been summoned, Sasuke rushed to confront him, but Uchiha Fugaku stopped him.

• Five coffins rose outside Konoha’s main camp, and their occupants emerged through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kakashi recognized Hatake Sakumo as his father, while Guy identified the other resurrected fighters.
• Shikaku reported the attack and Uchiha Itachi’s presence to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Sasuke charged into the command tent and demanded to kill Itachi, rejecting Naruto’s attempt to restrain him.
• Uchiha Fugaku halted Sasuke and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Sasuke confronted the resurrected Itachi, but Fugaku ordered him to leave their family battle and fight elsewhere. Across the battlefield, Jiraiya, Guy, and Kakashi engaged their opponents, with Kakashi struggling against his father, Hatake Sakumo.

• Itachi addressed Sasuke, who angrily condemned him for betraying the Uchiha clan.
• Fugaku called Itachi an unforgivable disgrace and vowed to destroy him, then ordered Sasuke to stay out of their fight.
• Sasuke obeyed and teamed up with Naruto and Gaara against Kinkaku and Ginkaku, while Jiraiya fought Dan Katō and Guy attacked Hizashi Hyuga.
• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi that he had hesitated and repeatedly struck him, overwhelming Kakashi with his speed and strength.
• Kakashi got back to his feet and called for another attack.

Kakashi discovered his own form of Hatake swordsmanship and defeated the reanimated Hatake Sakumo. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and four Konoha ANBU trapped Dan Katō’s spirit with the Purple Fire Formation, where Dan asked whether she was well.

• Kakashi understood that swordsmanship meant compressing his essence, energy, and spirit into a single strike, then used Instant Flash to break Hatake Sakumo’s blade and wound him.
• Kakashi declared the technique his own Hatake swordsmanship, and Hatake Sakumo praised him before the sealing squad sealed him away.
• Dan Katō warned Jiraiya that his Spirit Transformation Technique was activating and urged him to trap him with the Purple Fire Formation.
• Four Konoha ANBU formed the Purple Fire Formation, trapping Dan Katō’s body and spirit before his spirit could reach the Konoha camp.
• Jiraiya and Dan Katō spoke through the barrier, and Dan asked whether she was well.

Fugaku and Itachi fought in a fierce exchange of fire ninjutsu and close combat while Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara battled Kinkaku and Ginkaku. The brothers entered partial tailed beast transformations as the fight intensified, and Itachi trapped Fugaku with wire before launching another fire technique.

• Fugaku overpowered Itachi's fireball and deflected his shuriken before countering with kunai, but Itachi escaped using a Crow Clone and appeared behind him.
• Fugaku and Itachi exchanged rapid taijutsu attacks, each using the Sharingan to anticipate the other's moves.
• Naruto countered Kinkaku's fire dragon with a Big Ball Rasengan, and Sasuke struck Kinkaku's shoulder with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Gaara avoided Ginkaku's word-spirit curse by attacking with sand, forcing Ginkaku to erupt with tailed beast Chakra.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku entered partial tailed beast transformations and charged Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara, who fought back with Rasengan and sand techniques.
• Itachi trapped Fugaku with wire and used Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, while Fugaku dismissed the tactic as petty.

Sasuke's Chidori failed to pierce Kinkaku's Tailed Beast Cloak, and Naruto and Gaara defeated Kinkaku and Ginkaku with their own Tailed Beast Balls. The brothers were sealed, while Sasuke was left feeling useless beside Naruto and Gaara.

• Sasuke attacked Kinkaku with Chidori, but Kinkaku blocked it with a Chakra tail and sent Sasuke flying.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku formed two Tailed Beast Balls, prompting Naruto and Gaara to answer with two of their own.
• The four Tailed Beast Balls collided, and the resulting explosion devastated the battlefield.
• Gaara's sand shielded Sasuke from the blast, while Naruto and Gaara emerged unharmed and Kinkaku and Ginkaku lay broken in the crater.
• Gaara bound Kinkaku and Ginkaku with sand, used Desert Layered Grand Burial, and called the sealing squad to secure them.
• The Konoha shinobi celebrated the victory as Naruto and Gaara bumped fists, while Sasuke watched them feeling unnecessary.

Itachi defeated Fugaku in their Susanoo clash, then used Tsukuyomi to ask his father to help awaken Sasuke’s Mangekyō by staging his own death. Fugaku agreed, and the chapter ended with him collapsing to one knee in the real world.

• Itachi’s crimson Susanoo deflected Fugaku’s attack and blasted his purple Susanoo backward, alarming Sasuke.
• Itachi trapped Fugaku in Tsukuyomi and explained that Sasuke needed the Mangekyō Sharingan to keep from straying in pursuit of power.
• Itachi proposed that Fugaku pretend to die at his hands so Sasuke’s grief and hatred would awaken his Mangekyō.
• Fugaku reluctantly agreed to the plan for Sasuke’s future, and Itachi thanked him.
• Back in the real world, Fugaku swayed from the mental blow and dropped to one knee.

Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after believing Itachi had killed Fugaku, then attacked Itachi with Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi as their Susanoo clashed. Fugaku remained alive but kept pretending to be dead so Sasuke could master his new power, while Naruto watched from across the battlefield.

• Itachi told Sasuke that Fugaku's death was a necessary sacrifice and part of the Uchiha's fate.
• Fugaku appeared to die in Sasuke's arms after urging him to live and grow stronger, driving Sasuke to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi with Amaterasu and shaped the black flames into spears with Kagutsuchi, while Itachi blocked with the Yata Mirror and counterattacked.
• Fugaku secretly remained conscious and continued feigning death so Sasuke could vent his hatred and take control of his new power.
• Naruto watched Sasuke's Susanoo from the other side of the battlefield with a furrowed brow.

Naruto learned that Fugaku had faked his apparent death to provoke Sasuke’s Sharingan evolution and agreed to keep the deception secret. Meanwhile, Hizashi defeated Might Guy with the Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms, leaving Guy on one knee.

• Kurama told Naruto that Fugaku was still alive and had been playing dead.
• Naruto had Gaara bring Fugaku over, then confronted him about deceiving Sasuke.
• Fugaku explained that he wanted Sasuke’s pain to push his Sharingan to its utmost limit, and Naruto agreed not to expose him.
• Might Guy attacked Hizashi Hyuga with a barrage of taijutsu, but Hizashi used his Byakugan and Gentle Fist to counter him.
• Hizashi struck Guy with the Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms, knocking him back and declaring the fight over.

Might Guy defeated Hizashi Hyuga, who asked him to guide a young Hyuga Branch Family genius trapped by the Caged Bird Seal. As Konoha's sealing squad took Hizashi away, Guy vowed to help the child; elsewhere, Sasuke's battle with Itachi continued.

• Might Guy used Morning Peacock to shatter Hizashi Hyuga's Rotation and break apart his reanimated body.
• Hizashi admitted that Guy's strength had eased his resentment and asked him to guide a young Branch Family genius who felt trapped by fate.
• Guy vowed to help the child escape his despair, and Konoha's sealing squad restrained Hizashi as he wished the child freedom.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi's Susanoo with a black-flame sword, but Itachi blocked it with the Yata Mirror and thought Sasuke was close to soaring on his own.

Orochimaru released the control seal on Itachi and seized control of him during his battle with Sasuke. Sasuke ignored Itachi’s warning to flee, leaving him trapped beneath Itachi’s third-stage Susanoo as the Totsuka Blade came down on him.

• Orochimaru watched Itachi and Sasuke fight and decided to capture Sasuke as a vessel.
• Orochimaru fully released the control seal, forcing Itachi to attack Sasuke against his will.
• Itachi tried to warn Sasuke to run, but Sasuke mistook the warning for mockery and attacked.
• Orochimaru took complete control of Itachi and used his third-stage Susanoo to lift and overpower Sasuke’s Susanoo.
• Orochimaru aimed the Totsuka Blade at Sasuke and thrust it down as Sasuke struggled helplessly.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara worked together to damage Itachi’s Susanoo, forcing Orochimaru to retreat and prepare another weapon. At the Shinobi Alliance camp, Raikage A and Ōnoki ordered an attack on Konoha’s main camp while it was under assault.

• Naruto arrived in golden Nine-Tails Chakra and rescued Sasuke from Itachi’s Totsuka Blade, while Gaara joined them.
• Naruto’s clones distracted Itachi’s Susanoo as Gaara bound its legs with sand, and Sasuke’s black-flame sword broke the ground beneath it.
• Naruto struck the off-balance Susanoo with a Rasenshuriken infused with Sasuke’s Amaterasu, cracking its armor, while Gaara prepared Sand Waterfall Funeral.
• Orochimaru retreated with Itachi’s Susanoo and decided to use another card.
• Raikage A and Ōnoki learned that Impure World Reincarnation users were attacking Konoha’s main camp and ordered the Shinobi Alliance to attack it.

Reanimated Namikaze Minato attacked Naruto with the Yin Nine-Tails’ power, while Sasuke and Gaara struggled against Itachi. As the battles intensified, a scout warned Konoha that more than ten thousand Shinobi Alliance forces were approaching.

• An Impure World Reincarnation coffin appeared on the Konoha battlefield, and Namikaze Minato emerged in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, apologizing to Naruto before attacking him.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique and a Rasengan to overwhelm Naruto, who defended himself with chakra arms and vowed to defeat his controlled father.
• Itachi and Orochimaru pressured Sasuke and Gaara with fire, projectiles, and the Totsuka Blade, breaking Sasuke’s Susanoo ribs and injuring him.
• Jiraiya carried the badly wounded Uchiha Fugaku to the Konoha camp, where medical ninja began treating him as he worried about Sasuke.
• A bloodied reconnaissance ninja reported that over ten thousand forces from the Hidden Cloud Village and Iwagakure had arrived as the Shinobi Alliance.

Uchiha Yao responded to Jiraiya’s Heavenly Might Kunai as the Shinobi Alliance’s vanguard broke through Konoha’s defenses, then arrived at headquarters and ordered a counterattack. As the troops prepared to deploy, the badly wounded Uchiha Fugaku knelt before Yao and asked to fight.

• Jiraiya activated the Heavenly Might Kunai after learning the enemy had broken through the first defensive line.
• Uchiha Yao sensed Jiraiya’s signal and left Kurenai Yuhi to travel to the front.
• The allied forces of the Hidden Cloud Village and Iwagakure advanced toward headquarters while Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara were tied down and Kakashi lay unconscious.
• Uchiha Yao arrived at the command tent, heard Jiraiya’s report, and ordered Jiraiya, Mei Terumi, Deidara, and the remaining troops to counterattack.
• Uchiha Yao told Jiraiya to leave Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara to face their opponents while he watched over them.
• Uchiha Fugaku forced himself off his stretcher, knelt before Uchiha Yao, and asked permission to fight.

Uchiha Yao ordered the injured Fugaku to stand down, then Deidara, Mei Terumi, and Jiraiya stopped the Shinobi Alliance’s assault on Konoha. The Alliance’s advance was forced back, while Ōnoki recognized how formidable Konoha’s forces were.

• Uchiha Yao used his authority as Hokage and clan leader to order Fugaku to rest, and Fugaku accepted his judgment.
• Raikage A and Ōnoki led the Shinobi Alliance’s charge toward Konoha.
• Deidara attacked from the sky with clay bombs, overwhelming the Alliance’s vanguard and forcing Ōnoki and the Iwagakure ninja to defend themselves with earth walls.
• Deidara’s guided missiles struck the Alliance’s flanks, while Mei Terumi blocked Raikage A with her Lava Style.
• Jiraiya arrived on Gamahiro and struck the Alliance’s flank, bringing its offensive to a halt.
• Ōnoki watched the Alliance retreat and grimly acknowledged Konoha’s strength.

Raikage A and Ōnoki exploited Uchiha Fugaku’s absence to launch a breakthrough against Konoha’s defensive line. As A led the Hidden Cloud elites toward Konoha’s rear, Deidara and Darui continued fighting above the Allied Forces, whose earth-style defenses withstood Deidara’s bombs.

• Raikage A demanded to know where Uchiha Fugaku was, and Jiraiya taunted him from atop Gamahiro.
• Ōnoki guessed that Fugaku had been badly injured by the reincarnated ninja and proposed that A take elite Hidden Cloud troops around the front line to attack Konoha’s rear.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to keep Jiraiya and Deidara occupied while Raikage A led dozens of Hidden Cloud ANBU into Konoha’s defensive line.
• Mei Terumi tried to stop A with Lava Release, but he forced his way through under his Lightning Release Armor as Ōnoki’s Earth Release delayed Jiraiya.
• Deidara’s clay birds were destroyed by Darui’s lightning and Storm Release, and the Iwagakure defenders raised earth walls to shield the Allied Forces from Deidara’s C2 bombs.

Might Guy stopped Raikage A from reaching Konoha’s rear, while Uchiha Shunichi and the Uchiha elites intercepted the Hidden Cloud Village ANBU. The surprise attack on Konoha’s camp failed.

• Raikage A broke through the battlefield and charged toward Konoha’s rear camp, knocking aside the ninja who tried to stop him.
• Might Guy opened the seventh gate and confronted A, halting his advance with a powerful kick.
• The Hidden Cloud Village ANBU continued toward the camp, but Uchiha Shunichi and the Uchiha elites blocked their way.
• Shunichi and the Uchiha unleashed a massive Great Fire Annihilation, scattering the assault force and beginning a counterattack.

Might Guy defeated Raikage A with the Daytime Tiger and Konoha captured him, while Uchiha Shunichi's force routed the Hidden Cloud Village raiding unit. Both groups of prisoners were taken back to the Konoha camp.

• Might Guy countered Raikage A's attacks with taijutsu, then struck him with the Daytime Tiger, breaking through his Lightning Release Armor.
• Raikage A fell into the crater, unable to move, and Konoha ANBU sealed his chakra and captured him.
• Uchiha Shunichi and the Uchiha defeated the Hidden Cloud Village raiding force, leaving its captain in terror.
• Shunichi ordered the surviving Hidden Cloud Village shinobi shackled and taken to the camp.

Konoha learned that Might Guy had defeated and captured Fourth Raikage A, breaking the Allied Forces’ unity and turning the battle into a rout. As Konoha counterattacked, Naruto answered Minato’s speed with hundreds of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode shadow clones, leaving their fight poised to escalate.

• A Konoha ANBU announced that Might Guy had defeated and captured Fourth Raikage A, shocking both armies.
• Darui led Hidden Cloud Village troops in a desperate charge to rescue the Raikage, while Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to retreat.
• Ōnoki blocked Konoha’s pursuit with an earthen wall, and Jiraiya led Konoha’s counterattack against the exposed Hidden Cloud forces.
• Minato repeatedly used Flying Thunder God Technique: Second Step to attack Naruto, who struggled to keep up with him.
• Naruto created hundreds of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode shadow clones and sent them after Minato.

Naruto used coordinated shadow-clone formations and saturation attacks to trap Namikaze Minato, then restrained him with Kushina Uzumaki’s Adamantine Sealing Chains. The Konoha Sealing Squad sealed Minato, and an exhausted Naruto watched his father praise him before disappearing.

• Namikaze Minato used Flying Thunder God to destroy over a hundred of Naruto’s shadow clones, while Naruto realized he could not match Minato’s speed.
• Naruto ordered his clones to form back-to-back groups and attack whenever Minato appeared, forcing Minato to teleport repeatedly.
• Naruto summoned hundreds more clones to bombard the battlefield, destroying or burying Minato’s Flying Thunder God coordinates and limiting his escape routes.
• Naruto’s clones distracted Minato at his last intact kunai while the real Naruto emerged and restrained him with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• The Konoha Sealing Squad sealed Minato, who praised Naruto before the scroll closed, and Naruto collapsed from exhaustion.

Uchiha Yao intervened as Itachi defeated Sasuke and overwhelmed Gaara, stopping the Totsuka Blade with one hand. Orochimaru taunted Yao through Itachi, and their confrontation escalated as Yao dismissed the reanimated Itachi as a dead man.

• Gaara tried to protect Sasuke from Itachi, but Itachi outmaneuvered Sasuke and trapped him in Tsukuyomi.
• Itachi used Susanoo to overpower Gaara and raised the Totsuka Blade to strike him and the unconscious Sasuke.
• Uchiha Yao appeared and stopped the Totsuka Blade with one hand, then criticized Sasuke for challenging Itachi too soon.
• Orochimaru spoke through Itachi and taunted Yao, while Yao used repulsive force to stagger Susanoo.
• Yao called Itachi a dead man and ordered Orochimaru to leave, prompting Orochimaru to angrily call Yao arrogant.