Chapter Summaries

Sasuke left Konoha with Kabuto after Tsunade saved him, while Shikaku revealed that Konoha’s advisors might be plotting with Root to remove Tsunade. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu then met with Aburame Ryoma and asked for his help in their plans concerning Hinata Hyuga.

• Tsunade told Sasuke that Kabuto’s surgery had succeeded, and Sasuke used Kabuto’s blood to summon the reincarnated Might Guy before leaving Konoha with Kabuto.
• Sasuke promised not to attack Konoha while Tsunade remained Hokage, and Tsunade sent guards to retrieve the orphaned Senju child at the location Kabuto had provided.
• Shikaku told Tsunade that Naruto’s clone had found signs that Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were conspiring with Root to install another Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu met Aburame Ryoma, who revealed that he had captured Yamanaka Fū and Aburame Tōrune and proposed that Hinata Hyuga was central to their plans.
• Homura and Koharu told Ryoma they needed his ability.

Mito Uzumaki and Tobirama worked on adapting forbidden techniques for reincarnated bodies, while Naruto arranged for A-Juan to go to Konoha to protect Hinata. A-Juan also revealed Tobi planned to spy on Konan, so Konan decided he would go with her.

• Mito Uzumaki told Tobirama she had adapted the Reverse Four Symbols Seal for reincarnated bodies but still needed help with the Reaper Death Seal, and he agreed to assist her.
• Captain Yamato discovered Tobi hiding in his toilet, and Tobi teased him about his spending before Yamato screamed.
• The Gates of the Great God woke and fought noisily outside the tower, disturbing Naruto as he tried to sleep.
• A-Juan visited Naruto, who asked her to go to Konoha and protect his mother, Hinata, and she requested that Tobi accompany her.
• A-Juan warned Konan that Tobi planned to spy on her in the sewer, and Konan decided Tobi would go to Konoha with A-Juan.

Naruto and Obito sent A-Juan and Tobi to Konoha to protect Hinata, giving them gifts and instructions to avoid drawing attention. After they left, Naruto and Obito discussed the eye A-Juan received and considered reviving its former owner, while Obito decided to visit an old acquaintance.

• Obito gave A-Juan a Sharingan, and she replaced her right eye with it.
• Naruto used Futsunomitama to give life to buried manure, naming the resulting creature Shit Slime and assigning it to Tobi as a companion.
• Tobi wrapped himself around A-Juan, returned Hiramekarei to Naruto, and set off with A-Juan and Shit Slime to protect Hinata in Konoha.
• Naruto learned that A-Juan's eye had belonged to Uchiha Izumi and suggested bringing Izumi back with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Obito declined to join Naruto in contacting Itachi and Kisame because he planned to visit an old acquaintance.

Naruto learned that Itachi and Kisame had located Tanuki Shinraku in the Land of Water, while Kurama explained A-Juan’s origins and revealed that the Sage of Six Paths had awakened Futsunomitama. In the Land of Water, Kakashi found peace during his travels until an unknown voice called out to him.

• Itachi and Kisame told Naruto that Tanuki Shinraku was hiding in a village in the Land of Water, and Naruto warned them not to summon the Bull-Headed Heavenly King.
• Naruto promised Itachi he would recover Sasuke’s eye from Madara, and Itachi asked him to send greetings to Jiraiya.
• Kurama explained that A-Juan was a conscious clone formed from the Demonic Statue’s vital essence and said Futsunomitama had also been awakened by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Naruto felt reassured about A-Juan’s loyalty and tried to persuade Kurama to explain how Futsunomitama users could strengthen their souls.
• Kakashi traveled to the Land of Water, found relief from his nightmares, and woke by a river before an unknown voice greeted him.

Obito gave Kakashi both Sharingan and reunited him with a recreated Rin, asking him to protect her while Obito protected the world. As Kakashi returned to Konoha, Root’s Aburame Ryoma plotted to make him Hokage and control him.

• Obito implanted both Sharingan in Kakashi, tested his new Mangekyō ability, and revealed he had joined Naruto’s side after losing to him.
• Obito explained that Naruto had given Rin’s remains a soul modeled on the living Rin, and asked Kakashi to protect her.
• Kakashi agreed to stand with Obito, who left through Kamui; Kakashi then decided his vacation was over and returned to the village.
• Three days earlier, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu asked Aburame Ryoma to arrange Kakashi’s succession as Hokage before he returned.
• After the advisers left, Ryoma planned to make Kakashi a puppet and considered sending Tanuki Shinraku and the Bull-Headed Heavenly King to lead Root members in the Land of Water.

Hinata learned that A-Juan, created by Naruto, had come to protect her from danger and discovered a possible conspiracy surrounding Konoha’s upcoming celebration. Meanwhile, Kakashi and Rin were ambushed by Root remnants in the Land of Water, as Kisame and Itachi watched and prepared to act.

• A-Juan revealed herself to Hinata and explained that Naruto had created her with a dōjutsu and sent her to protect Hinata.
• Hinata hid a miniature A-Juan in her clothing and told her about the dignitary’s visit and Konoha’s celebration the following evening.
• Kakashi and Rin encountered disguised Root remnants near the harbor, and Kakashi exposed their identities with his Sharingan.
• The Root remnants attacked with explosive-tag kunai, and Kakashi sent Rin into his right-eye space-time vortex to protect her.
• Kisame and Itachi watched from above, and Itachi said he would act if Kakashi summoned the Bull-Headed Heavenly King.

Kakashi Hatake fought Tanuki Shinraku’s Root squad in a mountain ravine and used his Mangekyō abilities to overcome their ambush. After Kakashi killed Yamanaka Muren with Kamui, the surviving Root ninja were left stunned.

• Tanuki Shinraku ordered the Root ninja to attack Kakashi with ranged weapons through Ding Mao’s Hidden Mist Technique.
• Kakashi used his Mangekyō’s intangibility to counter the attacks and kill several Root members.
• Kakashi combined Kamui with Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance to clear the mist and burn more than a dozen Root ninja.
• Tanuki Shinraku sent Yamanaka Muren to use the Mind Body Switch Technique, but Kakashi’s right-eye dōjutsu made him immune to mental control.
• Kakashi used Kamui to sever Yamanaka Muren’s head and draw it into spacetime, leaving the surviving Root ninja stunned.

Kakashi fought Tanuki Shinraku and the Root members in a mountain ravine, nearly losing after exhausting his chakra before Obito’s stored chakra revived his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Itachi and Kisame captured Tanuki and sealed the Bull-Headed Heavenly King, while Kakashi and Rin were left to recover and continue toward the Land of Fire.

• Kakashi used Great Debate to study Tanuki Shinraku, then charged through the Root members with Lightning Blade but collapsed when his chakra ran out.
• Tanuki ordered the Root members to attack Kakashi, but Obito’s stored chakra activated Susanoo and let Kakashi destroy most of them with Kamui Shuriken: Fragments.
• Tanuki tried to unleash the Bull-Headed Heavenly King, but Itachi stopped him with a shuriken and Tsukuyomi, then sealed the mark on his back.
• Itachi and Kisame took Tanuki away, and Kisame covered their departure with mist after Itachi told Kakashi to give Obito his regards.
• Obito vanished from Kakashi’s mind, and Kakashi summoned Rin back before collapsing from exhaustion; Rin began treating his wounded shoulder and said she had watched the fight.

Shikaku Nara and Tsunade let the advisers’ plot against Hinata proceed, trusting Naruto had secretly arranged protection for her. As the celebration began, A-Juan awakened a new Sharingan pattern, Tobi emerged from the sewers with the Shit Slime, and Root operatives entered the Hyuga compound.

• Shikaku Nara told Tsunade he suspected the advisers planned to target Hinata and chose to let them proceed so their crimes could be exposed.
• Tsunade agreed to trust Shikaku’s belief that Naruto had secretly sent people to protect Hinata.
• Hinata and A-Juan wandered through the quiet Hyuga compound, and A-Juan awakened a new Sharingan pattern while pretending Hinata had died.
• Tobi blasted out of a manhole as the fireworks began, and the Shit Slime formed from Konoha’s sewage.
• Root operatives slipped over the Hyuga Clan’s walls and moved to attack Hinata.

Root operatives used Aburame Ryoma’s poisonous insects to ambush Hinata, but she shielded herself and her companions with a new Tenseigan technique and freed Natsu Hyuga from the insects’ control. With the attack foiled, Tobi and A-Juan prepared to test their new abilities against the Root operatives.

• Root operatives infiltrated the Hyuga compound, poisoned Natsu Hyuga, and used her Byakugan to find Hinata at the training grounds.
• The operatives trapped Hinata, A-Juan, and Tobi inside a Four Violet Flames Formation and released poisonous insects throughout the barrier.
• Hinata used Tenseigan Observation Mode to see the insects, then deployed her Tenseigan Shield Technique until the insects died.
• Hinata pulled Natsu to safety and used Tenseigan: Mind Sphere to kill the insects in her brain, restoring Natsu’s senses.
• Tobi announced that he would test a new ninjutsu, while A-Juan activated Uchiha Izumi’s Mangekyō and used Yasaka no Magatama.

A-Juan and Tobi fought a Root squad sent after them, using their strange abilities to overwhelm the attackers. As Tobi prepared to unleash a foul secret technique, A-Juan said they would leave a few Root members alive to interrogate them about the mastermind.

• A-Juan used her Dōjutsu to strip the Root members of their clothes and equipment, while their captain Shimura Mai revealed that Shimura Danzō was her biological father and secretly let the others charge ahead.
• The Root members attacked with ninjutsu, and a fighter with Steel Release shattered Tobi’s Wood Locking Wall.
• A-Juan used Sharingan genjutsu to stop the Steel Release fighter, devoured him, and gained his Steel Release ability.
• Hinata hesitated over killing the Root members but turned away, saying she did not want to cause Naruto-kun trouble.
• Tobi began forming hand seals and invoked Secret Technique: Great Heavenly Stench Creation Cloud and Rain.

Tobi defeated the Root members with living filth techniques, but Shimura Mai accused Shikaku Nara of helping the enemy infiltrate Konoha. Shikaku suspected Aburame Ryoma had used Kotoamatsukami to manipulate her and proposed a plan that required Hinata’s consent.

• Tobi’s living filth techniques killed the Root members and trapped Shimura Mai, who escaped after releasing poisonous insects.
• Tobi tracked Shimura Mai toward Konoha’s Back Mountain and stopped her to ask who had helped the group enter the village.
• Shimura Mai named Shikaku Nara as their accomplice, but Shikaku arrived, knocked her unconscious, and denied the accusation.
• Shikaku theorized that Aburame Ryoma had used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Shisui Uchiha and used Kotoamatsukami to control Shimura Mai.
• Shikaku proposed handing Shimura Mai to Ibiki Morino for interrogation and revealed he had a plan requiring Hinata’s consent.

Naruto removed the Bull-Headed Heavenly King from Tanuki Shinraku and used Kotoamatsukami to give him a chance to live with his family. After learning that Aburame Ryoma had revived Shisui and possessed the Chimera Technique, Naruto sent Orochimaru and Itachi to deal with him, demanding Ryoma’s death because he had targeted Hinata.

• Naruto and Itachi concluded that they had to separate the Bull-Headed Heavenly King from Tanuki Shinraku and seal it until Naruto could destroy it with Yin-Yang Release.
• Naruto removed the Bull-Headed Heavenly King, sealed it beneath Amegakure, and used Kotoamatsukami to let Tanuki Shinraku escape Konoha’s pursuit and reunite with his family.
• White Zetsu told Naruto that Shikaku suspected Aburame Ryoma had brought Shisui back with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Itachi volunteered to confront Ryoma, and Orochimaru offered to join him, revealing that Ryoma might possess the Chimera Technique.
• Naruto sent Orochimaru and Itachi after Ryoma and ordered them to kill him, preferably in a way that prevented Impure World Reincarnation, because Ryoma had targeted Hinata.

Naruto sent Itachi and Orochimaru after Ryoma, while Violet traveled to Konoha intending to kill Danzo’s daughter. In Konoha, Tsunade exposed Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu’s conspiracy to seize power, and Shikaku Nara arrived with Kakashi Hatake and other ninja to end it.

• Naruto used Flying Thunder God to take Itachi and Orochimaru near Ryoma’s hiding place, then returned to Amegakure.
• Naruto told Violet that Konoha had arrested Danzo’s daughter, and Violet decided to go to Konoha to kill her.
• Violet persuaded Minato Namikaze to take her to Konoha with Flying Thunder God.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu revealed that they had framed Shikaku Nara and arranged for Aburame Ryoma to take control of Hinata Hyuga, then demanded that Tsunade step down.
• Tsunade revealed that she had recorded the advisors’ confession, and Hinata showed that she was not under their control.
• Shikaku Nara entered with Kakashi Hatake and other Konoha ninja, declaring that the farce was over.

Tsunade and Shikaku defeated the advisers’ attempted power grab, but rumors about Naruto and Hinata spread through Konoha. Violet killed and dissolved Shimura Mai before meeting Minato, while Itachi and Orochimaru prepared to confront Aburame Ryoma and Shisui.

• Shikaku detained Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, and Tsunade forced the advisers to leave as Mitokado warned that Naruto threatened the shinobi world.
• Hinata defended Naruto, but Shikaku stopped her from arguing further, and villagers began suspecting Tsunade, Hinata, and Naruto.
• Violet used a senbon to kill Shimura Mai and dissolved her body to prevent anyone from resurrecting her.
• Violet met Minato outside Konoha, and he decided to ask Naruto about moving her away from the Anbu.
• Itachi questioned Orochimaru about his motives for following Naruto, and Orochimaru said his curiosity about Naruto and his own feelings had become a pursuit of truth.
• Orochimaru injected himself with an antivenom serum, and he and Itachi began their mission against Aburame Ryoma and Shisui with combined fire and wind techniques.

Itachi and Orochimaru confronted Aburame Ryoma and the Shisui he controlled, sealing Fū and Tōrune before the battle escalated. Shisui defended Ryoma from Itachi’s attack, and Itachi and Orochimaru combined their Susanoo and Eight Branches Technique to unleash a massive cannon attack.

• Itachi and Orochimaru freed Fū and Tōrune from Ryoma’s insect control, then sealed them in the Totsuka Blade in case Kotoamatsukami still influenced them.
• Ryoma revealed that he controlled Shisui with both a control talisman and poison insects, and claimed Itachi’s Totsuka Blade was their only means of stopping him.
• Itachi attacked Ryoma with the Yasaka Magatama, but Shisui protected him with Susanoo.
• Shisui’s Susanoo fired a barrage of magatama, which Itachi’s Yata Mirror reflected and neutralized.
• Orochimaru summoned the Eight Branches Technique, and Itachi covered it with his Susanoo to form the Majestic Attire.
• Itachi and Orochimaru combined the Eight Branches Giant Bomb with Yasaka Magatama and launched the Three-Eight Serpent God Cannon.

Itachi defeated Shisui by using Amaterasu to restrict his movement and sealing him with the Totsuka Blade. Orochimaru then cornered Ryoma and demanded the Chimera Technique for Naruto.

• Itachi and Orochimaru’s combined attack shattered Shisui’s Susanoo, and Orochimaru pursued Ryoma while Itachi faced the regenerating Shisui.
• Shisui regained awareness but remained controlled by the Impure World Reincarnation talisman, so Itachi trapped them inside a Uchiha Flame Formation and attacked with Amaterasu.
• Shisui used a hundred-body Body Flicker Technique to attack Itachi, tearing through Susanoo’s rear armor while Itachi fought with his eyes closed to avoid Kotoamatsukami.
• Itachi used Amaterasu-ignited crows to spread black flames across the battlefield and deprive Shisui of room to move.
• Itachi pierced Shisui with the Totsuka Blade and sealed him, ending his connection to the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru blocked Ryoma and demanded that he hand over the Chimera Technique for Naruto.

Orochimaru defeated Aburame Ryoma, who used the Chimera Technique and five stolen kekkei genkai to try to kill him. Orochimaru extracted Ryoma’s Ketsuryūgan and the Chimera Technique’s hand seals, destroyed Root, and returned to Uchiha Itachi to report.

• Aburame Ryoma revealed his ambition to control humanity and attacked Orochimaru with abilities gained through the Chimera Technique.
• Orochimaru identified Ryoma’s four kekkei genkai and exploited his limited chakra reserves while avoiding ninjutsu Ryoma could absorb.
• Ryoma revealed his Ketsuryūgan, trapped Orochimaru in a genjutsu, and made his body explode, but Orochimaru reformed from snakes.
• Orochimaru pierced Ryoma with the Kusanagi Sword, used truth serum to learn the Chimera Technique’s hand seals, and removed his Ketsuryūgan.
• Orochimaru dissolved Ryoma’s body to destroy Root, then joined Uchiha Itachi to report back.

After Konoha expelled Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, Sasuke learned they were headed for the Land of Fire's Daimyo residence and set out with Kabuto to pursue them. The two advisers admitted their role in the Uchiha massacre and faced Sasuke as his battle for revenge began.

• Tsunade expelled Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu from Konoha, while Kokusho Senju was secretly brought back to the village in a severely weakened state.
• Sasuke resolved to pursue revenge against the surviving Root members and the two advisers, but struggled with the consequences of harming innocent people.
• Kabuto told Sasuke that the Root had been destroyed and that Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu had been expelled and were heading toward the Daimyo residence.
• Kabuto used the Orochimaru Style: Shedding Technique to emerge from his damaged body and recover a new, uninjured form, then joined Sasuke on his journey.
• Sasuke confronted Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, who admitted ordering Itachi to destroy the Uchiha clan and challenged him to take revenge.

Sasuke battled Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, who used a coordinated barrage of hidden weapons and explosive tags against his Susanoo. After exhausting their chakra, the two advisers refused to confess to crimes against the Uchiha and chose to die in Sasuke’s flames.

• Mitokado Homura attacked Sasuke with a barrage of hidden weapons while Utatane Koharu retrieved them and attached explosive tags.
• Sasuke defended himself with Susanoo and refused Kabuto Yakushi’s offer to intervene, insisting the revenge was his own.
• Homura and Koharu’s explosive barrage damaged Sasuke’s Susanoo, but the pair stopped after their chakra ran low.
• Sasuke entered Sage Transformation and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to force Homura and Koharu to expend more chakra.
• Sasuke demanded that Homura and Koharu confess to their crimes against the Uchiha, but they destroyed their scrolls and charged him instead.
• Sasuke used Kagutsuchi to surround the advisers with flames, and Homura and Koharu ran into the fire and died.