Recaps

Wu Chiwu defeated the Mist Ninja who had come after him for a bounty and collected payment, while Kakuzu and Hidan fought Kakashi’s Konoha squad. As Kakuzu prepared to extract their hearts, Wu Chiwu sensed something and the story left his response unclear.

• Wu Chiwu used his Six Eyes to spot the Mist Ninja hiding in the mist, defeated them, and found bounty notices bearing his portrait.
• Wu Chiwu recognized another bounty target among the fallen Mist Ninja and dragged him to a bounty exchange, where he traded the shortfall for a rabbit.
• Kakuzu and Hidan battled Kakashi, Sakura, Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru, and Kakuzu restrained Kakashi and the others with black threads.
• Kakuzu explained that he survived by storing up to five hearts and threatened to take Kakashi’s heart to replace one Kakashi had destroyed.
• Hidan blocked Shikamaru from reaching his captured teammates as Kakuzu unleashed his heart-extraction technique, while Wu Chiwu sensed something and looked up.

Wu Chiwu interrupted Kakuzu’s attack on Kakashi’s team by cutting the black threads, then casually faced Hidan despite insisting it was his day off. As Hidan extended his scythe’s reach for a finishing strike, Wu Chiwu remained in danger.

• Wu Chiwu accidentally dropped a rabbit while throwing a kunai, but the blade cut the threads threatening Kakashi and the others.
• Kakuzu recognized Wu Chiwu, while Hidan eagerly challenged him; Kakashi, Ino, Sakura, Choji, and Shikamaru reacted with surprise and relief.
• Wu Chiwu ignored Hidan to inspect the injured rabbit, then dodged Hidan’s scythe while explaining that it was his day off.
• Hidan grew furious and unleashed a flurry of attacks, but Wu Chiwu evaded them and criticized his aim.
• Hidan suddenly extended the Bloody Triple-Bladed Scythe’s reach, believing he had caught Wu Chiwu.

Hidan began his curse ritual after believing he had obtained Wu Chiwu’s blood, but the damage appeared on a rabbit instead. Wu Chiwu realized the blood had come from the rabbit he had picked up, leaving Hidan furious and asking whether the cursed rabbit could still be eaten.

• Hidan found blood on his scythe, began his ritual, and Kakuzu told the Konoha ninjas that Hidan’s injuries would be inflicted on Wu Chiwu.
• Hidan stabbed himself, but Wu Chiwu remained unharmed and questioned where Hidan had gotten his blood.
• Wu Chiwu noticed blood on his hand and realized it had rubbed off the rabbit he had picked up earlier.
• Wu Chiwu found the rabbit pierced through the belly, and the others understood that Hidan’s curse had struck it instead.
• Hidan threatened to kill Wu Chiwu for blaspheming Lord Jashin, while Wu Chiwu asked if the rabbit could still be stewed and eaten.

Gorō Satoru stopped fighting Hidan and tossed Shikamaru into the battle, insisting the boy use Hidan as a free sparring partner. As Shikamaru prepared to fight, Kakuzu focused on finding a way to kill Gorō Satoru and take his heart.

• Gorō Satoru dodged Hidan's attacks and hurled Shikamaru into Hidan's path.
• Gorō Satoru and Kakashi urged Shikamaru to fight Hidan, and Shikamaru reluctantly agreed.
• Gorō Satoru told Hidan to fight without holding back and mocked the prospect of Hidan losing to Shikamaru.
• Hidan threatened Shikamaru, while Shikamaru regretted getting caught up in Gorō Satoru's trouble.
• Kakuzu watched Gorō Satoru warily and planned to exploit the moment Gorō Satoru appeared to attack, then take his heart.

Wu Chiwu overwhelmed Kakuzu, destroying three of his hearts while remaining completely unharmed, and the battle ended with Kakuzu dead and Hidan buried. Naruto and other Konoha ninja arrived to find Kakashi's team and noticed Wu Chiwu.

• Kakuzu unleashed his killing intent, but Wu Chiwu vanished and appeared behind him without warning.
• Wu Chiwu struck Kakuzu once, destroying three hearts, and Kakuzu discarded them before attacking with Fire Release.
• Kakuzu's flames engulfed Wu Chiwu, but he emerged without a scratch and explained that Kakuzu had missed.
• Kakashi and the others finished off Kakuzu and Hidan; Kakuzu died with one heart left, and Hidan was buried underground.
• Naruto led several Konoha ninja into the forest, checked on Kakashi, and recognized Wu Chiwu as Mr. Bandage.

After leaving the Land of Fire, Wu Chiwu stopped at a dessert shop for three hundred skewers of dango and came face-to-face with two Akatsuki members, including a familiar ninja. The chapter ended with his cover identity newly exposed and an awkward encounter about to unfold.

• Kakashi and the others learned that Danzo had issued Wu Chiwu’s wanted notice and found a gift box of photographs showing them being beaten.
• Naruto drew attention to the photographs, and the gathered ninja mocked Kakashi’s squad before they put the pictures away.
• Wu Chiwu checked that his template progress had reached seventy percent and decided to leave the Land of Fire after dealing with Black Zetsu.
• At a dessert shop near the border, Wu Chiwu ordered three hundred skewers of Three-Color Dango.
• Two Akatsuki members stood up after recognizing Wu Chiwu, and he realized his cover identity had been exposed.

Wu Chiwu reunited with Uchiha Itachi at a dessert shop and attacked him over the choices that had harmed the Uchiha family. After revealing that he was the white-haired ninja, Wu Chiwu carried Itachi into the woods, leaving Kisame Hoshigaki stunned by their connection.

• Uchiha Itachi froze when Wu Chiwu appeared in the dessert shop, and Wu Chiwu recognized that Itachi still believed his past actions had been the best choice.
• Itachi confronted Wu Chiwu, then tried to leave after realizing he was alive, but Wu Chiwu stopped him with a shuriken.
• Wu Chiwu challenged Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki to fight together, then struck Itachi and scolded him for refusing to listen to others.
• Itachi said he was glad to see Wu Chiwu again and praised his growth, while Wu Chiwu realized Itachi still intended to follow his own plan.
• Wu Chiwu used Space-Time Ninjutsu to seize Itachi and transport them to the woods, revealing to Kisame that he was the white-haired ninja.

Wu Chiwu confronted Uchiha Itachi with knowledge of his secrets and challenged his plan to give Sasuke the Mangekyo, arguing that Sasuke deserved to choose for himself. He then fought Itachi, whose Sharingan struggled to track Wu Chiwu’s speed and seemingly flawless Body Flicker Technique.

• Wu Chiwu revealed that he knew about Itachi’s work for Konoha, his efforts to save Sasuke, and his plan to awaken Sasuke’s Mangekyo.
• Itachi asked where Wu Chiwu had taken Sasuke and defended his plan to pass on his eyes as a way to protect Sasuke from blindness.
• Wu Chiwu condemned Itachi for deciding Sasuke’s future without asking him and mocked him for still prying into his son’s private matters.
• Wu Chiwu struck Itachi and sent him crashing through a tree, then dodged his counterattacks with overwhelming speed.
• Itachi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to follow Wu Chiwu’s movements and wondered what kind of Body Flicker Technique had no openings.

Gorō Satoru defeated Uchiha Itachi and revealed that the Uchiha Clan had survived, then tried to take Itachi home to his family. Itachi panicked and fled, but Satoru caught up to him with a coffin and hinted at a Ninjutsu demonstration.

• Gorō Satoru overwhelmed Uchiha Itachi in their fight, leaving him injured and unable to retaliate.
• Gorō Satoru told Uchiha Itachi that his family and the Uchiha Clan were still alive, and Itachi struggled to believe the news.
• Gorō Satoru invited Uchiha Itachi to go home and see his family, but Itachi panicked at the thought and fled using a clone.
• Gorō Satoru pursued Uchiha Itachi with a black coffin and blocked his path, saying he wanted to show him a Ninjutsu.

Gorō Satoru knocked Uchiha Itachi unconscious and brought him back to the Uchiha Clan Compound in a coffin, joking that he was their “Snow White Itachi.” Shisui Uchiha discovered Itachi was inside, and Satoru used Shisui’s guilt and embarrassment to bargain for thirty times the usual sweet dumplings.

• Gorō Satoru opened the empty coffin, struck Uchiha Itachi on the head with a shovel, and carried him inside it.
• Gorō Satoru brought the coffin to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Itachi heard the residents’ cheerful conversations and wondered at the peaceful place.
• Shisui Uchiha asked why Satoru had brought a coffin, then realized Itachi was inside and was stunned to see him alive.
• Itachi heard Shisui was alive and silently grappled with confusion and guilt over failing to fulfill Shisui’s request to protect the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Gorō Satoru teased Shisui about having wanted Itachi back, and Shisui agreed to give him thirty times the sweet dumplings to keep quiet.

Satoru reunited Itachi with Shisui and revealed that Shisui had helped fake the Uchiha Clan's relocation. Itachi said he could not stay because he could not forgive the choice he had made, leaving Shisui to find a way to reach him.

• Satoru opened the coffin and revealed Itachi, who was stunned to see Shisui alive.
• Satoru told Itachi that Shisui had used genjutsu to help the Uchiha Clan escape surveillance during the relocation.
• Itachi realized Shisui and Satoru had concealed the plan from him, but said he was only disappointed that they had not trusted him.
• Satoru blamed Shisui for organizing the plan, then teased him about their old drinking days as Itachi listened with a faint smile.
• Itachi said he did not intend to stay because he could not forgive himself for choosing Konoha over the Uchiha, even though the massacre had been genjutsu.
• Satoru left Shisui to handle the situation, and Shisui was bewildered about how to help Itachi.

Uchiha Itachi reflected on Uchiha Satoru’s achievements and realized he had been wrong to believe his own choices were the only possible path. At the Akatsuki base, Pain prepared to declare war on the Five Great Nations, while Obito Uchiha learned that Wu Chiwu had taken Itachi away and grew suspicious.

• Sasuke Uchiha and Wu Chiwu kept Itachi tied up in the Uchiha Clan Compound while Itachi listened to Sasuke recount Satoru’s accomplishments.
• Itachi recognized that Satoru had forged a path beyond the choices Itachi had considered and admitted to himself that his confidence in his own decisions had been self-deception.
• Itachi realized Uchiha Satoru had rescued him from the Masked Person and smiled at the youth beside him as they talked into the night.
• Pain told the Akatsuki that the organization would advance its second phase by declaring war on the Five Great Nations at the upcoming Five Kage Summit.
• Sasori reported that Wu Chiwu had taken Itachi away, and Obito Uchiha became alarmed and wondered what Wu Chiwu was plotting.

Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Orochimaru each considered Wu Chiwu’s interference and growing influence as they pursued their own plans. Orochimaru decided to attend the Five Kage Summit and turned his attention to Kakashi Hatake as a possible source of information about Wu Chiwu.

• Obito Uchiha reasoned that Wu Chiwu’s captures of Black Zetsu and Uchiha Itachi might be connected, and decided he would still need to start with Kakashi.
• Pain said the Akatsuki would settle its score with Wu Chiwu after dealing with its current affairs.
• Kabuto Yakushi questioned why Orochimaru would help Danzo, and Orochimaru explained that he wanted to watch Danzo struggle and fail as prey.
• Orochimaru said he would attend the Five Kage Summit and asked Kabuto Yakushi for news about Wu Chiwu.
• Kabuto Yakushi reported that Wu Chiwu had left the Akatsuki, helped Team Kakashi defeat Hidan and Kakuzu, and taken Uchiha Itachi.
• Kabuto Yakushi suggested Kakashi Hatake could tell Orochimaru more about Wu Chiwu, and Orochimaru repeated Kakashi’s name while looking into the darkness.

Kakashi visited Uchiha Satoru’s grave, where Orochimaru and Kabuto attacked and captured him. Naruto and Jiraiya headed toward the Memorial Stone to find Kakashi, and Jiraiya hurried forward after hearing a suspicious sound.

• Kakashi placed flowers at Uchiha Satoru’s grave and reflected on his death.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto approached Kakashi and claimed they had come to ask him something.
• Kabuto attacked Kakashi, and Orochimaru joined the fight after Kakashi defeated Kabuto.
• Orochimaru bound Kakashi with Multiple Hidden Shadow Snake Hands and ordered Kabuto to take him away.
• Naruto and Jiraiya made their way toward the Memorial Stone, where Kakashi usually visited on the anniversary of Uchiha Satoru’s death.
• Jiraiya heard a suspicious sound and quickened his pace with Naruto.

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi captured Kakashi to question him about Wu Chiwu, but Obito Uchiha intercepted them while seeking the same person. Kakashi escaped the barrel as Kabuto fled, leaving Orochimaru and Obito still fighting.

• Kabuto Yakushi anesthetized Kakashi, put him in a barrel, and explained that Orochimaru wanted information about Wu Chiwu in exchange for information about the Akatsuki.
• Orochimaru disguised himself as Kakashi and left with Kabuto Yakushi carrying the barrel, while Naruto and Jiraiya arrived at the scene and Jiraiya pursued them.
• Obito Uchiha, disguised as Tobi, blocked Orochimaru and asked where Wu Chiwu was, then recognized that Orochimaru was not Kakashi and attacked him.
• Orochimaru signaled Kabuto Yakushi to flee, and Kakashi broke out of the barrel as the two opponents fought.
• Kabuto Yakushi escaped without fighting Kakashi, who stayed behind to face the unfinished battle between Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Obito Uchiha converged in Konoha, each seeking information about Satoru Gojo from Kakashi. Orochimaru and Obito escaped, leaving Kakashi to face Konoha’s suspicions about his supposed connection to Gojo.

• Jiraiya found Orochimaru disguised as Kakashi fighting Obito Uchiha, and Orochimaru revealed himself while claiming he had come to speak with a junior.
• Obito announced that he, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya were all there for Kakashi, prompting Jiraiya and Naruto to wonder what Kakashi had done.
• Naruto and Kakashi confronted Orochimaru as Jiraiya attacked Obito, while Konoha’s barriers rose and its ninja gathered.
• Orochimaru escaped with a substitution and said he would question Kakashi about Satoru Gojo another time.
• Obito vanished after telling Kakashi he would return to ask about Satoru Gojo, and Konoha’s ninja questioned Kakashi about his connection to him.

Kakashi recounted what he knew about Wu Duwu, prompting Jiraiya to take a renewed interest in him. As the Five Kage Summit began, the nations gathered to intimidate the Land of Beautiful Eyes, but its representative had not yet arrived.

• Kakashi told Jiraiya and the others what he knew about Wu Duwu, and Jiraiya wondered why Orochimaru took him so seriously.
• Wu Duwu found that his roleplay points had increased, spent them to raise his template unlock progress to 75%, and gained the incomplete Unlimited Void domain.
• The Five Great Nations prepared to pressure the newly recognized Land of Beautiful Eyes, whose representative was late to the summit.
• The Raikage and Tsuchikage complained about the absent representative and insulted the new villages, angering Gaara's and Mei Terumi's attendants.
• Tsunade calmed the Kage, while Danzo suggested they stop waiting; the assembled shinobi turned their attention to the entrance.

Wu Guanwu and Sasuke arrived late to the Six Kage Summit and provoked the Raikage and Danzo. Wu Guanwu openly targeted Danzo, leaving the other Kage watching to see how their confrontation would unfold.

• Wu Guanwu and Sasuke entered the summit venue late after getting lost, and Wu Guanwu explained that he had wandered off the road of life.
• The Raikage confronted the newcomers, and Wu Guanwu mocked him as a talking orange while Sasuke blocked attacks from C and Darui.
• Tsunade ordered the representatives to stop fighting, while Danzo questioned why the Sweet Ninja Village had been invited.
• Wu Guanwu admitted that he and Sasuke had come to cause trouble for a rotten orange, then singled out Danzo.
• Wu Guanwu told Danzo that he and Sasuke wore bamboo hats to avoid scaring him into tripping to his death, as the other Kage watched.

Gorō Satoru revealed himself as the supposedly dead Uchiha Satoru and confronted Shimura Danzō at the meeting, while Sasuke stood openly beside him as a ninja from Sweet Ninja Village. After Danzō attacked, Satoru vanished, leaving Danzō terrified that he knew about the secretly transplanted Sharingan.

• Gorō Satoru and Sasuke removed their bamboo hats, revealing Sasuke's Sharingan and drawing the meeting's attention.
• Shimura Danzō recognized Gorō Satoru as Uchiha Satoru, whom he believed had died years earlier.
• The gathered ninja, including Tsunade, reacted with shock as they realized another Uchiha had appeared alongside Sasuke.
• Danzō accused Satoru of being a rogue ninja and considered silencing him to protect Konoha's secrets.
• Satoru mocked Danzō's weakness, then vanished as Danzō lunged at him.
• Danzō panicked, suspecting Satoru knew he had secretly transplanted Sharingan.

Wu Chiwu reappeared above Danzo and crushed him with a rapid barrage of attacks, stunning the Kage and guards. Danzo recognized Wu Chiwu as the masked man who had taken Sharingan from him, while Wu Chiwu sent Sasuke to fight him next.

• The guards recalled Wu Chiwu's reputation as the undefeated White Shinigami, while the Kage questioned his claims about the Sharingan and Tsunade suspected Danzo's involvement in its enhancement.
• Tsunade resolved to stop Danzo from silencing the two Uchiha and expose his hidden dealings.
• Wu Chiwu appeared above Danzo and overwhelmed him with a flurry of attacks, leaving him pinned beneath rubble.
• The Kage and guards marveled at Wu Chiwu's strength, while Tsunade worried about the damage his actions were doing to Konoha's reputation.
• Danzo recognized Wu Chiwu as the masked man who had stolen Sharingan from him and began searching for a way to escape.
• Wu Chiwu told Sasuke to use Danzo to stretch his muscles, and Danzo saw the opening as a chance to turn the fight around.

At the Five Kage Summit, Gorō Satoru blocked Tsunade from stopping Sasuke and Danzo’s fight, then challenged the Kage after accusing them of targeting the Sweet Ninja Village. The Raikage and Tsuchikage accepted, but both ended up embedded in a wall, leaving everyone stunned.

• Danzo fixed his killing intent on Sasuke, and Tsunade tried to stop their fight by smashing the ground between them.
• Gorō Satoru appeared in Tsunade’s path, mocked her, and refused to let her interfere with Sasuke and Danzo.
• Gorō Satoru called the gathering a Six Kage Summit and threatened to beat everyone if they disturbed the fight.
• Tsunade and the Raikage attacked Gorō Satoru, but he dodged both of them with ease.
• Gorō Satoru accused the Kage of conspiring to put the Sweet Ninja Village in its place and challenged them all to attack together.
• The Tsuchikage accepted the challenge, and the Raikage and Tsuchikage were suddenly embedded in a nearby wall.