Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu watched the Sky Screen reveal Kushina and Mikoto’s friendship and realized Kushina’s unborn child was likely Asura’s reincarnation, but chose to focus on capturing the Nine-Tails. Naruto and Sasuke saw the childhood they might have shared and were left grieving the lives destroyed by Minato’s death and the conspiracies that followed.

• Black Zetsu concluded that the shinobi world had seen through his plans and decided the Sky Screen’s creator was his only remaining hope.
• The Sky Screen showed Mikoto holding infant Sasuke while she and newly pregnant Kushina talked about their children growing up together as friends.
• Black Zetsu recognized Sasuke as Indra’s reincarnation and suspected Kushina’s unborn child was Asura’s, but decided the reincarnations no longer mattered because he had the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu decided to seize the Nine-Tails while Kushina was weakened by childbirth and planned to tell Obito to prepare.
• Naruto and Sasuke watched the scene in shock as shinobi across the world regretted how Minato’s death had led to Konoha’s divisions and the Uchiha massacre.

Obito learned that Kushina’s due date was near and planned to attack Konoha, then overheard Kakashi reveal the pregnancy while visiting Rin’s grave. As Kushina’s due date approached, Konoha secretly prepared extensive defenses.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that Kushina was nearing the end of her pregnancy and reported that White Zetsu were monitoring Konoha.
• Kakashi visited Rin’s grave and mentioned that Minato and Kushina were about to have a baby, unaware that Obito was listening nearby.
• Obito kicked away Kakashi’s flowers, condemned him for revealing a village secret, and left to await his chance to strike Konoha.
• Watching the Sky Screen, Kakashi blamed himself for his failures and felt overwhelmed by guilt and self-doubt.
• As Kushina’s due date approached, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s High Command arranged decoy delivery rooms and deployed elite Anbu to strengthen the village’s defenses.

During the Nine-Tails' attack, Danzo prevented the Uchiha from joining the battle, and the clan obeyed by guiding civilians to safety. Afterward, Konoha blamed and persecuted the Uchiha, driving the growing conflict toward its destruction.

• Danzo blocked Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan from fighting the Nine-Tails, claiming the Hokage had ordered them to maintain public order and evacuate villagers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and other ninja fought the Nine-Tails while the Uchiha remained away from the battlefield.
• Uchiha Mikoto mourned Kushina as she watched the newborn Naruto Uzumaki in Konoha Hospital with Itachi and Sasuke.
• After the attack, Konoha's leaders encouraged suspicion that the Uchiha had controlled the Nine-Tails and caused the disaster.
• Konoha relocated the Uchiha to the village outskirts and placed them under constant Anbu surveillance, deepening their resentment and distrust.

The Shinobi World blamed Uchiha Fugaku’s hesitation and Danzo’s alleged fabricated orders for the Uchiha clan’s growing rift with Konoha. As villagers spread rumors accusing Hiruzen Sarutobi of arranging Minato’s death, Uchiha Itachi wondered why his father had not joined the battle against the Nine-Tails.

• People watching the Sky Screen argued that Fugaku should have questioned Danzo’s orders and led the Uchiha into battle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi insisted he had never forbidden the Uchiha from fighting, and Jiraiya blamed Danzo for the interception.
• Tsunade told Hiruzen that people were spreading rumors that he had used the Nine-Tails’ Attack to eliminate Minato and preserve his power.
• Jiraiya reassured Hiruzen that he and Tsunade still trusted him, while Hiruzen cursed Danzo for ruining his reputation.
• Uchiha Itachi listened to villagers discussing the attack and wondered why Fugaku had not used his Mangekyō Sharingan to help Minato.

Black Zetsu told Obito that Minato had died sealing the Nine-Tails and that Konoha was persecuting the Uchiha after their Sharingan were seen during the attack. After learning Uchiha Fugaku possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, Obito ordered the Uchiha Clan destroyed to prevent them from threatening his plans.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that Minato had sacrificed himself with the Reaper Death Seal, sealing half of the Nine-Tails in Naruto and the other half in himself.
• Obito dismissed Minato’s death as proof of the false world’s cruelty and renewed his resolve to create a perfect world where Rin lived forever.
• Black Zetsu reported that Konoha blamed and persecuted the Uchiha after the Sharingan appeared during the Nine-Tails’ rampage.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Uchiha Fugaku possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito decided the Uchiha’s hidden strength had to be eliminated.
• Obito ordered Black Zetsu to make the Uchiha Clan disappear when the time was right, then vanished using Kamui.
• White Zetsu wondered if Obito had gone to cry over Minato, but Black Zetsu dismissed the idea and called Obito a beast.

The Sky Screen revealed how Obito’s schemes contributed to the Uchiha massacre and showed Itachi’s traumatic childhood, from awakening the Sharingan after his squad was slaughtered to being taken to war at four. Itachi’s despair drove him to jump from a cliff, though he survived, leaving the Shinobi World shocked by what he had endured.

• Black Zetsu ordered White Zetsu to monitor the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Konoha High Command, and the Uchiha Clan.
• Sasuke and Naruto vowed to kill Obito after learning of his role in their families’ suffering.
• Obito slaughtered a Konoha squad but spared the wounded Uchiha Itachi, whose terror and grief awakened his Sharingan.
• Itachi returned home hoping for comfort, but Fugaku celebrated his son’s Sharingan and ignored his injuries and distress.
• The Sky Screen showed that Fugaku had taken four-year-old Itachi to a real battlefield, where he witnessed death and slaughter.
• Overwhelmed by despair, Itachi jumped from a cliff but survived, shocking and upsetting ninja across the Shinobi World.

The Sky Screen revealed how war, family pressure, and Konoha’s leadership shaped Itachi’s childhood, while Shisui’s attempt to stop the Uchiha coup ended in Danzo stealing one of his eyes. Shisui fled wounded and despairing, convinced he could no longer prevent the conflict.

• Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Tsunade condemned Fugaku and Konoha’s leaders for exposing children like Itachi to war and pressure.
• Sasuke learned that Itachi had silently endured a painful childhood, and the Sky Screen showed Shisui counseling him and helping him embrace the will of fire.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s recognition and the village’s acceptance strengthened Itachi’s loyalty to Konoha as relations between the village and the Uchiha Clan deteriorated.
• With the Uchiha coup looming, Shisui told Hiruzen about Kotoamatsukami and planned to use it to change the clan leadership’s minds.
• Danzo ambushed Shisui and gouged out one of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui escaped wounded and concluded that he could no longer stop the coup or resolve the conflict.

After Shisui’s death pushed Konoha and the Uchiha toward civil war, Danzo forced Itachi to choose between the clan’s destruction and Sasuke’s survival. Itachi joined forces with the Masked Man to massacre the Uchiha, and the chapter ended with Black Zetsu asking whether the plan had gone smoothly.

• Shisui entrusted his remaining Mangekyō Sharingan to Itachi, then took his own life, awakening Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan through grief.
• The Uchiha suspected Konoha High Command had caused Shisui’s death, and preparations for a coup brought the village to the brink of civil war.
• Itachi concealed Danzo’s role, while the Third, Hiruzen Sarutobi, failed to find a way to resolve the escalating conflict.
• Danzo told Itachi to destroy the Uchiha in exchange for sparing and protecting Sasuke, and Itachi accepted.
• Itachi contacted the Masked Man, and together they massacred the Uchiha Clan overnight, leaving Sasuke alive.
• Black Zetsu watched the outcome and asked whether the plan had gone smoothly.

Obito and Black Zetsu discussed using Itachi’s guilt and disillusionment to draw him into the Akatsuki’s plans, while the Sky Screen showed Itachi’s eventual death and glimpses of the future. It then shifted to a peaceful Konoha arena, where Naruto asked Lucci to judge the village’s young shinobi.

• Obito reported that the Uchiha Clan had been destroyed and that he had collected many Three-Tomoe Sharingan, while Black Zetsu urged him not to rush the Tailed Beast plan.
• Obito said Itachi would join the Akatsuki, and Black Zetsu planned to erode Itachi’s beliefs and turn him into a pawn.
• The Sky Screen showed Itachi leaving Konoha, joining the Akatsuki, losing faith in the Will of Fire, and eventually dying at Sasuke Uchiha’s hands.
• The Sky Screen flashed scenes of the Fourth Shinobi World War and showed Kakashi as the Sixth Hokage and Naruto as the Seventh Hokage, prompting excitement across the Shinobi World.
• The Sky Screen shifted to a peaceful Konoha arena, where Naruto asked Lucci what he thought of the young shinobi, and Lucci praised their strength.

Lucci revealed that the Celestial Dragons had abandoned their invasion plans because their leaders feared a secret threat still lurking in the Shinobi World. Before Naruto and Sasuke could learn more, they turned their attention to Youliangna Uchiha’s match, which she won decisively.

• Sasuke and Naruto questioned Lucci about the Celestial Dragons’ sudden change in attitude, and Lucci admitted that their headquarters had canceled its invasion plans.
• Lucci dismissed the Veil Organization as insignificant and revealed that only the Celestial Dragons’ king and five supreme rulers knew of the threat that had frightened their leaders.
• Naruto and Sasuke agreed to exchange information with Lucci about the hidden danger, but Sasuke interrupted the discussion to watch Youliangna’s match.
• Youliangna Uchiha used her Sharingan, Body Flicker Technique, Lightning Release, and inherited Monster Strength to defeat her opponent in a single sequence.
• Naruto praised Youliangna’s victory but complained that she had shown off Sasuke’s and Sakura’s abilities without acknowledging him as her teacher.

The Shinobi World reacted to Youliangna’s talent, while Itachi reflected on the future he had hoped to secure for the Uchiha. In the Hokage Office, Naruto and Sasuke began exchanging intelligence with Lucci and Kalifa about the Otsutsuki, but they had no details from Kaguya herself.

• People across the Shinobi World praised Youliangna’s inherited abilities and speculated about Imu, Isshiki, and Hara.
• Tsunade and Hiruzen admired Youliangna’s skill, while Jiraiya wondered when Naruto’s child would appear.
• Itachi watched Youliangna and hoped she would protect Konoha and one day become Hokage.
• Naruto and Sasuke met Lucci and Kalifa in the Hokage Office to share intelligence about hidden threats.
• Lucci asked whether Kaguya had revealed information about the Otsutsuki, and Sasuke said she had shared nothing when she emerged from her seal.

Lucci revealed that Kaguya was not the only Otsutsuki to come to the shinobi world and that Imu had lived in her era. Naruto and Sasuke realized new threats still lurked in the shadows and vowed to investigate Isshiki and Hara.

• Naruto told Lucci and Sasuke that Black Zetsu had claimed to be Kaguya’s will and had manipulated shinobi wars to resurrect her.
• Lucci revealed that Imu was an ancient being from Kaguya’s era who had secretly prepared for the Otsutsuki threat.
• Lucci named Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who came to the shinobi world with Kaguya, and Otsutsuki Hara, Kaguya’s powerful daughter, as other Otsutsuki who had arrived there.
• People across the shinobi world speculated about Isshiki, Hara, and Imu as the Sky Screen froze on Lucci’s revelation.
• Naruto and Sasuke recognized that Kaguya’s defeat had not ended the danger and vowed to investigate Isshiki and Hara together.

Lucci explained that the Ōtsutsuki sent Isshiki and Kaguya to the Shinobi World with Kaguya marked as the sacrifice, but she joined forces with Imu to ambush Isshiki and survive. Naruto and Sasuke learned how the Shinobi World’s chakra history began, while people watching the Sky Screen debated Kaguya’s motives and the origins of Hagoromo and Hamura.

• Naruto asked Lucci to explain everything he knew about Isshiki and Hara, and Lucci described how the Ōtsutsuki sacrificed one of their own to mature a Ten-Tails into a God Tree.
• Lucci confirmed that Kaguya had been assigned as the sacrifice so Isshiki could consume the fruit.
• Lucci said Kaguya fell in love with a mortal king, then secretly allied with Imu and ambushed Isshiki while he prepared the God Tree.
• Kaguya and Imu forced Isshiki into the Ten-Tails, but Isshiki survived by escaping in fragments, causing Imu to disappear out of fear of his return.
• Naruto and Sasuke absorbed Lucci’s account, while people watching the Sky Screen discussed Kaguya’s fear and questioned how Hagoromo and Hamura had gained their abilities.

Kaguya feared that Isshiki had survived, then reassured herself that he was too weakened or unable to reach her. Lucci explained how Kaguya took the God Tree Fruit and surpassed Imu, before revealing that her downfall began with the betrayal of the king she loved.

• Kaguya learned that Isshiki had survived and feared his return, but concluded that he had likely lost much of his strength and could not reach her while she remained sealed.
• The Sage of Six Paths realized that Kaguya's fear of the sky had come from her dread of Isshiki and the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, and worried that Isshiki might have recovered.
• Naruto asked Lucci what happened after Isshiki was sacrificed, and Lucci explained that the Ten-Tails became a God Tree after Isshiki fell.
• Kaguya seized the chance to eat the God Tree Fruit, becoming stronger than everyone alive and preventing Imu from interfering.
• Lucci revealed that Kaguya's strength could not protect her from human treachery, as the king she loved was cowardly, selfish, and disloyal.

Lucci revealed how Kaguya’s betrayal by a king led to her slaughter of two kingdoms, then explained that she secretly bore Otsutsuki Hara to preserve her pure bloodline. Hara vanished after Hagoromo and Hamura sealed Kaguya, leaving Imu wary of both her and Isshiki as unresolved threats.

• Lucci recounted how a king handed Kaguya over to an enemy kingdom, prompting her to sacrifice both kingdoms to the God Tree and inspiring a false legend about her pregnancy.
• Naruto and Sasuke reacted to Kaguya’s past, with Sasuke insisting that her suffering did not excuse her later crimes.
• Lucci explained that Kaguya bore Otsutsuki Hara on her own so a child with her pure Otsutsuki gifts could inherit her power.
• Lucci said Hara disappeared after Hagoromo and Hamura sealed Kaguya, and even Imu had never found her.
• Lucci identified Isshiki and Hara as Imu’s greatest concerns and said their whereabouts and fates had to be investigated.

Sasuke deduced that Imu feared the Otsutsuki because their power could kill him, while Naruto realized the Celestial Dragons sought the Shinobi World’s help out of desperation. Their alliance talks were interrupted by news that an unknown enemy had annihilated Kirigakure, leaving the Shinobi World in chaos.

• Sasuke argued that the Otsutsuki could kill Imu despite his immortality, and Naruto recognized why the Celestial Dragons wanted an alliance.
• Lucci warned Sasuke against ulterior motives as Naruto and Sasuke continued discussing a joint search for Isshiki and Hara.
• An Anbu ninja reported that an unidentified enemy had destroyed Kirigakure with enormous chains, leaving almost no survivors.
• Naruto ordered emergency alerts for Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure and called an emergency Jonin Summit.
• Sasuke warned that the Shinobi World had been thrown into complete chaos.

After learning that an unknown enemy had annihilated Kirigakure with chains that blotted out the sky, Naruto and Sasuke mobilized Konoha and enlisted Lucci’s help to investigate. The Shinobi World reeled from the news as Konoha entered its highest state of combat readiness.

• Naruto and Sasuke recognized that the destruction of Kirigakure revealed a major threat and asked Lucci to help find the enemy.
• Lucci agreed to deploy the Black Ship for the investigation and suggested contacting the Veil Organization, but Naruto said they had no way to reach it.
• Naruto and Sasuke convened Konoha’s Jonin and announced that Kirigakure had been destroyed overnight, with almost no survivors and endless chains as the only known clue.
• Naruto ordered reconnaissance, battlefield examinations, expanded sensory defenses, constant communications, and the highest state of combat readiness; Sasuke warned the Jonin to avoid fighting the enemy alone.
• People across the Shinobi World reacted with fear to Kirigakure’s destruction, while the surviving villagers and ninja remained terrified.

Tsunade, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jiraiya suspected that the chains which destroyed Kirigakure belonged to the Uzumaki Clan, and feared Danzo’s past crimes had put Konoha on the avenger’s revenge list. As the Sky Screen showed the red-haired attacker heading north, the shinobi world realized Kumogakure might be next.

• Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi linked the sky-shrouding chains to the Uzumaki Clan’s ancient techniques.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Kirigakure’s role in the destruction of Uzushiogakure and suggested Kirigakure had been destroyed in revenge.
• Tsunade warned that Danzo had secretly hunted Uzumaki survivors and stolen their teachings, potentially making Konoha a target.
• Jiraiya blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for indulging Danzo, leaving Hiruzen unable to deny that Danzo might have acted against the Uzumaki Clan.
• Orochimaru studied Karin and wondered whether the Uzumaki Clan had destroyed Kirigakure.
• The Sky Screen showed the red-haired avenger openly heading north toward Kumogakure, alarming the shinobi world.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Lucci intercepted the undead Uzumaki elder before he could reach Kumogakure, and Naruto revealed his connection to Kushina Uzumaki. Naruto then told the elder that other Uzumaki had survived, leaving the elder’s hatred beginning to waver.

• Naruto and Sasuke learned that an Uzumaki elder had destroyed Kirigakure and was marching toward Kumogakure, so they set out with Lucci aboard the Black Ship.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Lucci caught up to the elder and blocked his route north.
• The elder prepared to attack Naruto until Sasuke revealed that Naruto was Kushina Uzumaki’s son.
• Naruto confirmed his mother’s identity, and the elder acknowledged that he had known Kushina before admitting he was already dead.
• Naruto told the elder about Karin Uzumaki and other Uzumaki survivors sheltered by the Veil Organization, prompting the elder’s chains to lose some of their menace.

Naruto reassured the Uzumaki Elder that the Veil Organization had kept the surviving Uzumaki safe, then explained that the culprits behind Uzushio’s destruction were dead and their villages now obeyed him. The Elder reconsidered revenge as the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ submission to Uzumaki descendants, though his response remained unresolved.

• The Uzumaki Elder asked whether the Veil Organization had harmed or exploited surviving Uzumaki, and Naruto assured him that Karin and the others were safe and free.
• The Elder resolved to continue his revenge against the shinobi villages, but Naruto told him that the Uzumaki blood debt had already been repaid.
• Naruto revealed that he was Konoha’s Seventh Hokage and the Shinobi World’s supreme ruler, while Sasuke and Lucci explained that the four great hidden villages followed his orders.
• The Elder insisted that controlling the villages was not revenge because the people responsible for the massacre were still alive, and Naruto told him that the perpetrators had long since died.
• Naruto argued that the defeated villages’ lands, power, and legacies were now ruled by Uzumaki descendants, prompting the Elder to reconsider this lasting submission as complete revenge.