Chapter Summaries

Sasuke turned Orochimaru’s attempt to possess him against its caster, absorbing Orochimaru’s soul and power. The Sky Screen revealed the victory to the shinobi world, where Itachi and the students of Konoha reacted to Sasuke’s strength.

• Orochimaru poisoned and weakened Sasuke before launching Living Corpse Reincarnation to take over his body.
• Sasuke activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and suppressed Orochimaru’s invading soul, reversing the technique and devouring him.
• Sasuke searched Orochimaru’s shattered chamber for valuables as the shinobi world erupted over his victory.
• Itachi watched Sasuke with mixed feelings and worried that the revealed future would change.
• Naruto resolved not to lose to Sasuke, while Sakura admired him and the girls in the Academy cheered for him.

Danzo coveted Sasuke’s Sharingan, but Hiruzen forbade him and Root from approaching the Uchiha orphan, warning that Konoha could not risk conflict with Uchiha Itachi. After seeing his plan fail, Orochimaru devised a new scheme involving Karin and Sasuke, while Karin realized she might meet Sasuke through Orochimaru in the future.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to seize Sasuke for his Sharingan, but Hiruzen warned him not to target Sasuke or let Root approach him.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu opposed Danzo, and Hiruzen cited Konoha’s fragile peace and Uchiha Itachi as reasons not to provoke the Uchiha orphan.
• Danzo reluctantly backed down, though he continued coveting Sasuke and warned that Konoha would regret leaving him alone.
• Orochimaru reviewed his failed attempt to take Sasuke’s body and decided to approach Sasuke by a different method.
• Orochimaru planned to find Karin and raise her as part of his scheme to combine Uzumaki and Uchiha bloodlines.
• Karin watched Sasuke on the Sky Screen, then panicked when she realized she might meet him through Orochimaru in the future.

Sasuke formed the Snake Squad with Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu to find Uchiha Itachi and take revenge. The Sky Screen showed Sasuke confronting Itachi, whose claims about the clan massacre drove Sasuke to reject his brother’s attempts to define his future.

• Sasuke recruited Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu, naming their group the Snake Squad and declaring that they would find Uchiha Itachi and take revenge.
• The Snake Squad searched the Shinobi World for Itachi using Karin’s Mind’s Eye of the Kagura, while the Sky Screen rapidly showed scenes from their journey.
• The Sky Screen settled on the abandoned base, where Sasuke’s teammates faced Kisame Hoshigaki and Sasuke approached Itachi.
• Sasuke asked Itachi why he had slaughtered the clan, and Itachi claimed he had done it to make Sasuke awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sasuke angrily rejected Itachi’s claim and vowed that he would never become like his brother.

Itachi revealed that the Mangekyō Sharingan caused blindness and that taking a sibling’s eyes could awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, explaining that he had massacred the Uchiha clan to make Sasuke awaken it. Sasuke rejected Itachi’s pursuit of power, while Danzo suspected Itachi was preparing Sasuke to take his eyes after his death.

• Itachi explained the Mangekyō Sharingan’s blindness curse and claimed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan could overcome it.
• Itachi admitted he had massacred the Uchiha clan to force Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō and eventually take his eyes.
• Sasuke condemned Itachi’s actions and vowed never to become like him.
• Shinobi watching the Sky Screen reacted with shock to the massacre’s motive and the Eternal Mangekyō’s power.
• Itachi felt relieved that Sasuke had kept his principles and believed he would revive the Uchiha clan.
• Danzo told Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu that Itachi was seeking death and was laying the groundwork for Sasuke to take his eyes.

Danzo urged Konoha’s leaders to take action against Sasuke before he could awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and learn the truth about the Uchiha massacre. Hiruzen warned that Kakashi and Might Guy were already guarding the Academy, leaving the high command unable to touch Sasuke without risking Guy’s strength.

• Danzo warned Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu that a powerful Sasuke could take revenge on Konoha after learning the truth about the massacre.
• Hiruzen threatened to disband Root and strip Danzo of his positions if Danzo harmed Sasuke, but Homura and Koharu sided with Danzo’s call for preventive measures.
• Hiruzen explained that Kakashi treated Sasuke as importantly as Naruto because of his bond with Obito Uchiha.
• Hiruzen showed the others an image of Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy watching over the Ninja Academy, warning that they could not attack Sasuke while the two were there.
• Hiruzen asked which of them could withstand a kick from Might Guy and noted that Guy would follow Kakashi rather than the Hokage.

The Third argued that moving against Sasuke would risk turning Kakashi and Konoha’s major clans against the leadership, forcing Danzo and the elders to back down. On the Sky Screen, Sasuke and Itachi fought until Sasuke unleashed Kirin, a devastating lightning strike from the storm clouds.

• The Third warned that openly pressuring Sasuke could provoke Kakashi and Konoha’s clans, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu agreed with him.
• Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke battled with genjutsu, taijutsu, and ninjutsu, while observers suspected Itachi was holding back.
• Sasuke activated Curse Mark Stage Two and dodged Itachi’s Amaterasu as their battle left the secret chamber.
• Sasuke revealed that his Fire Release attacks had built storm clouds, then formed Kirin with Lightning Release.
• Sasuke shouted “Vanish with the thunder!” as a colossal torrent of natural lightning descended toward Itachi.

Sasuke believed he had killed Itachi with Kirin, but Itachi survived by shielding himself with Susanoo and revealed the overwhelming power of the Mangekyō. The chapter left Sasuke charging at Susanoo, only for his blade to shatter and the backlash to strike him.

• After using Kirin, Sasuke collapsed and realized that completing his revenge had left him feeling empty.
• The shinobi world watched Sasuke's apparent victory and reacted to Kirin's use of natural lightning.
• Itachi spoke from the dust, revealing that he had survived Kirin without injury.
• Itachi summoned Susanoo and declared that it showed the true power of the Mangekyō.
• Sasuke charged Susanoo with his ninja blade, which shattered against its armor and sent a backlash into his body.

Sasuke’s desperate attacks against Itachi’s Susanoo left him gravely wounded and triggered Orochimaru’s escape from within him. Itachi impaled Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade, sealed him in its gourd, and burned away his last attempt to flee with Amaterasu.

• Itachi taunted Sasuke as he repeatedly rose and charged despite being exhausted and injured.
• Sasuke’s body transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent, and Orochimaru emerged, explaining that Itachi’s assault had let him break free.
• Orochimaru attacked Itachi and Susanoo, but Itachi cut off the serpent’s heads as they regenerated.
• Itachi pierced Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade and explained that its power sealed both flesh and soul.
• Orochimaru was drawn into Susanoo’s Sealing Gourd, and Itachi burned his escaping white snake with Amaterasu.

After sealing Orochimaru and removing Sasuke’s Cursed Seal of Heaven, Itachi used his last strength to touch Sasuke’s forehead before dying. Sasuke collapsed beside him, unable to understand what had happened, while the Shinobi World questioned Itachi’s motives.

• The Shinobi World realized Itachi had drawn Orochimaru out by exhausting Sasuke, while Orochimaru accepted his defeat and vowed to wait for another chance.
• Susanoo faded as Itachi, drained by his techniques, approached the wounded and exhausted Sasuke.
• Sasuke feared Itachi would take his Sharingan, but Itachi gently tapped his forehead as he had in their childhood.
• Itachi fell dead in the ruins, and Sasuke collapsed in the rain, confused about whether he had won or what Itachi had wanted.
• The Shinobi World debated Itachi’s motives and wondered whether anyone could take the brothers’ bodies.

After Itachi’s death, a masked Akatsuki member took his Mangekyō Sharingan and abducted Sasuke. Sasuke awoke in a cave, where the stranger introduced himself as Tobi.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu believed Itachi had protected Konoha’s secrets, while Shimura Danzō silently considered the power of Itachi’s Mangekyō.
• Sasuke recalled Itachi’s final tenderness and questioned whether he had ever truly understood his brother.
• A masked man appeared beside the brothers, removed Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and carried the unconscious Sasuke away.
• The masked man brought Sasuke to a dark cave, where Sasuke woke injured and demanded to know who he was.
• The masked man told Sasuke to call him Tobi.

Tobi challenged Sasuke’s belief that Itachi deserved to die, pointing out that Itachi had spared him and could have killed him easily. Uchiha Sen then entered the cave, renewing Sasuke’s hatred over the hand Sen had severed years earlier.

• Sasuke recognized Tobi’s Red Cloud Robe and remained wary despite Tobi claiming he had saved him.
• Tobi asked Sasuke whether Itachi deserved to die, and Sasuke angrily blamed Itachi for slaughtering the Uchiha clan and killing their parents.
• Tobi asked why Itachi had spared Sasuke and said Itachi could have killed him in under two minutes, shattering Sasuke’s confidence in his revenge.
• Tobi teased the furious Sasuke, then a newcomer entered the cave and mocked Tobi for talking too much.
• Sasuke recognized Uchiha Sen, remembered that Sen had severed his left hand, and struggled to stand as he confronted him.

Uchiha Sen appeared before a weakened Sasuke, raising fears that he would reveal the truth behind the Uchiha massacre. In response, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to resign and name Tsunade as his successor to preserve Konoha’s stability.

• Uchiha Sen threatened to kill Sasuke, who suppressed his anger and stopped confronting him.
• People across the Shinobi World speculated that Uchiha Sen would expose the truth behind the massacre.
• Utatane Koharu blamed Danzo for leaving Uchiha Sen alive, and Danzo angrily defended his work to Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s demand for more Root resources and ordered Anbu to find Jiraiya and recall Tsunade.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would resign as Hokage and appoint Tsunade as the Fifth Hokage, warning the other three to behave.

Uchiha Sen began revealing how Itachi had used his final battle with Sasuke to protect him and carry out a larger plan. He explained the first objective and started describing the second, leaving Sasuke shaken and desperate to hear the rest.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu not to interfere with Tsunade's rise to power.
• Tobi urged Sasuke to learn the truth about the Uchiha massacre, and Uchiha Sen confirmed he knew what had happened.
• Sasuke demanded the truth, but Uchiha Sen first explained that Itachi had pursued three objectives during their battle.
• Uchiha Sen revealed that Itachi had forced Orochimaru out of Sasuke and sealed him with the Totsuka Blade, eliminating the threat of Orochimaru's Cursed Seal.
• Sasuke questioned why Itachi had sacrificed so much for him, and Uchiha Sen began explaining that Itachi's second objective was to clear Sasuke's name and give him a legitimate place to belong.

Uchiha Sen revealed that Itachi had planned his own death to protect Sasuke, including leaving Amaterasu in his eyes as a safeguard. As Sasuke struggled to reconcile his brother’s love with the massacre, Sen explained how Konoha’s oppression pushed the Uchiha clan toward a coup.

• Sasuke rejected the reputation and future Itachi had arranged for him, demanding to know why Itachi had decided his life for him.
• Uchiha Sen explained that Itachi had hidden Amaterasu in his eyes so it would strike Tobi if he took them and gave them to Sasuke.
• Ninjas watching the Sky Screen reacted to Itachi’s elaborate plans, while Tobi quietly left the hideout as the truth threatened to unravel his plans.
• Sasuke, watching the revelations on the Sky Screen, struggled to reconcile the massacre with the possibility that Itachi had always loved him.
• Uchiha Sen described Konoha High Command’s surveillance and oppression of the Uchiha clan, and Sasuke said the clan had been right to resist.
• Uchiha Sen said Konoha treated the Uchiha’s resistance as evidence of a coup plot, driving the clan into a cycle that eventually led them to plan a coup.

Uchiha Sen and Tobi explained to Sasuke how Konoha High Command trapped Itachi between a coup that would destroy the clan and a secret massacre that would preserve the village. Sasuke learned that Itachi accepted the role of traitor and died by Sasuke’s hand to protect him, leaving Sasuke devastated by the truth.

• Uchiha Sen explained that Itachi’s pride and intelligence led him to blame the Uchiha Clan and shoulder the crisis alone.
• Tobi and Uchiha Sen described how Konoha High Command presented Itachi with a false choice between civil war and secretly exterminating the clan.
• Sasuke condemned Konoha High Command for coercing Itachi, while Tobi explained how it used the threat of war to pressure him.
• Uchiha Sen revealed that Itachi agreed to become a rogue ninja and kill the clan in exchange for Konoha protecting Sasuke and allowing him to grow up safely.
• Uchiha Sen explained that Itachi planned to die by Sasuke’s hand so Sasuke could return to Konoha as a hero and rebuild the Uchiha Clan.
• Sasuke staggered against the rock wall and realized that Itachi had endured hatred and killed their family to protect him.

After learning the truth about the Uchiha massacre, Sasuke was left to decide what to do with his grief and anger. When he heard Konoha had been flattened by an enemy attack, he resolved to destroy the village, and his team pledged to follow him.

• Villagers condemned Konoha's leaders for orchestrating the Uchiha massacre, while Sasuke grieved that Itachi had decided his fate without his consent.
• Sasuke asked Uchiha Sen and Tobi what they wanted him to do, but Sen told him the choice was his.
• Uchiha Sen presented Sasuke with the heads of Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu and said he had kept Shimura Danzō alive for Sasuke to deal with.
• Karin told Sasuke that Konoha had been attacked and flattened, and Sasuke replied that it was good.
• Sasuke declared that he would destroy Konoha, and Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo vowed to follow him.
• Karin began to tell Sasuke one more important piece of news.

Karin told Sasuke that Tsunade was comatose and Danzo had become Acting Hokage, prompting Sasuke to set off for the Land of Iron to kill him. In Konoha, Danzo celebrated his rise to power while Hiruzen recognized that his ambition was leading him into a deadly trap.

• Karin told Sasuke that Tsunade remained in a coma and Danzo had seized power as Acting Hokage and was heading to the Five Kage Summit.
• Sasuke declared Danzo his next target, and the Sky Screen showed him setting out for the Land of Iron with Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo.
• People across the Shinobi World reacted to Uchiha Sen killing Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, while the two elders in Konoha feared their deaths.
• Danzo celebrated becoming Acting Hokage and ignored the threats facing Konoha, while Hiruzen worried about the village's destruction and the unknown enemy.
• Koharu and Homura urged Konoha to bring Jiraiya and Tsunade back, but Hiruzen concluded that Danzo was walking into a trap by attending the summit.

Sasuke confronted Danzo on a mountain road and used up Danzo’s stolen Sharingan before killing him. Danzo’s final sealing technique swallowed only rocks, and the Sky Screen disappeared.

• Sasuke blocked Danzo’s escape while Tobi intercepted and killed the Root ninja accompanying him.
• Danzo revealed the Sharingan implanted in his arm and used Izanagi to undo Sasuke’s repeated fatal attacks.
• Sasuke continued attacking until Danzo’s Sharingan were exhausted, then severed his arm and struck a fatal blow.
• Danzo activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Sasuke had already moved away, leaving the technique to seal rocks and part of a stone bridge.
• The blast left a crater with no trace of Danzo, and the Sky Screen disappeared.

After the Sky Screen revealed Danzo’s humiliating defeat and death at Sasuke’s hands, the Shinobi World mocked him and he erupted in anger in Konoha’s Hokage Office. Danzo demanded that Sasuke be eliminated, while Hiruzen urged him to stay calm and pointed out that Danzo had acted the same way before.

• The Shinobi World mocked Danzo’s reliance on Izanagi, his failed fight against Sasuke, and his death sealing only a pile of rocks.
• Danzo denied that the Sky Screen showed his true future, but Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu silently accepted what they had seen.
• Danzo confronted Hiruzen and warned that Sasuke would become Konoha’s greatest enemy and kill him.
• Hiruzen told Danzo that several years remained before his death and that the future could still change.
• Danzo insisted Sasuke had to be eliminated immediately, and Hiruzen remarked that Danzo had been doing exactly that already.

Hiruzen Sarutobi placed Root under Anbu control after confronting Danzo, while Sasuke resolved to grow stronger after seeing his future revenge. After the Sky Screen exposed Konoha’s secrets, public outrage forced Hiruzen to resign, and villagers redirected their anger toward Danzo.

• Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to oversee Root’s missions, personnel, and investigations, warning that unreported actions would be treated as treason.
• Danzo stood powerless as the Anbu moved to take direct control of Root, while Sasuke privately resolved to train harder and avenge his clan.
• Kakashi watched Sasuke and worried about the dangers facing Konoha after the Sky Screen exposed the village’s secrets.
• Orochimaru changed his plans, Itachi secretly left the Akatsuki to watch Konoha, and other villages and factions adjusted their strategies.
• The day after the Sky Screen ended, public outrage swept Konoha, and Hiruzen announced that he was stepping down as Hokage.
• Konoha’s villagers accepted Hiruzen’s resignation and shifted their blame toward Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.