Chapter Summaries

General William reviewed the Wolverine experiment and learned that Doctor Satomi’s healing ability was essential to its success. Fearing that Tobi could reach the Buddha’s Stone Bowl at Yokosuka Port, William secretly began arranging to move it while sending different personnel out with the same briefcase.

• Angelica demonstrated bone claws that pierced and cut through a wooden board, but General William demanded more useful results.
• The project director said phase four could succeed with Doctor Satomi’s healing technique, and William approved more funding, equipment, and volunteers.
• William dismissed a request for reinforcements against the Akatsuki, claiming Yokosuka Port was secure, but recognized that Tobi could bypass its defenses.
• William took the Buddha’s Stone Bowl from a security briefcase and decided secrecy was the base’s best defense.
• William ordered Major Carlos to deliver the briefcase to Okinawa Island Base, then gave an identical mission and briefcase to Captain Hawk.

The Metropolitan Police Department investigated Tobi’s notice demanding the Buddha’s Stone Bowl, while the Superintendent General suspected the Akatsuki were close to collecting all five treasures. Lieutenant General William secretly moved the real bowl and sent decoys across Japan; as Captain Hawk guarded one briefcase aboard an airborne command aircraft, someone began knocking from outside at 8,000 meters.

• The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that Tobi’s notice imitated the late Former Prime Minister Abe’s handwriting and found it had been mailed from Nakagawa 3-chome in Adachi Ward.
• The Superintendent General concluded that the Akatsuki might have collected four of the five treasures and tried to contact General William, but Yokosuka Port Base was locked down.
• The Superintendent General learned that the Buddha’s Stone Bowl might be the Akatsuki’s next target, while Lieutenant General William had secretly hidden the real bowl and sent officers carrying counterfeit briefcases to separate bases.
• Captain Hawk guarded a briefcase aboard an airborne command aircraft that had circled Japan for over eighteen hours, believing he was protecting the real bowl.
• As Captain Hawk and the armed soldiers grew sleepy near midnight, rhythmic knocking sounded from outside the aircraft at an altitude of 8,000 meters.

Uchiha Naruto recovered the Buddha's Stone Bowl from a military aircraft and revealed that it was a fabricated treasure. With the full moon approaching, he prepared to begin his performance on Mount Fuji.

• Captain Hawk ordered the airborne command aircraft to climb above ten thousand meters after an eerie knocking began at its cabin door.
• The Third Kazekage Human Puppet tore into the aircraft, stopped the soldiers’ bullets with Magnet Release, and demanded the security case’s code from Captain Hawk.
• Captain Hawk refused to cooperate and shot himself, while the Third Kazekage Human Puppet escaped before the aircraft broke apart and exploded.
• The Third Kazekage Human Puppet delivered the security case to Uchiha Naruto, who opened it and took out the Buddha's Stone Bowl.
• Uchiha Naruto crushed the bowl, revealed that it and the five treasures were fabricated, and declared that The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter would begin on Mount Fuji the following night.

Sakaki Namiru drove to Mount Fuji hoping to find Uchiha Senmon, then encountered the mysterious shrine maiden Hyuga Miko and followed her to Lake Motosu. There, she found Grace and watched Kabuto Yakushi use the Jeweled Branch of Mount Penglai to undo Mount Fuji’s seal.

• Sakaki Namiru picked up Hyuga Miko and drove her to Lake Motosu after Hyuga warned that Mount Fuji was dangerous that night.
• Sakaki Namiru encountered armed men and Grace in the woods, and Grace ordered her to leave.
• A streak of white light drew Grace and Sakaki Namiru to the shore of Lake Motosu.
• Hyuga Miko aimed her bow at Kabuto Yakushi, who stood in a boat holding the Jeweled Branch of Mount Penglai.
• Kabuto Yakushi dropped the Jeweled Branch into Lake Motosu and declared that Mount Fuji’s seal was undone.

Uchiha Naruto and Kabuto Yakushi placed the five treasures from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter into the Fuji Five Lakes to trigger a seal inside Mount Fuji. As Mount Fuji erupted with a dark-red barrier and a swarm of monsters, Tobi and Kabuto waited to discover which deity had been sealed there.

• Uchiha Naruto sank four of the five treasures into the Fuji Five Lakes while drawing a crowd and giving the authorities time to respond.
• Kabuto Yakushi threw the Jeweled Branch of Mount Penglai into Lake Motosu, and Hyuga Miko's arrow parted the lake but could not stop the treasure from undoing the seal.
• Tobi appeared beside Kabuto, and he and Kabuto discussed whether the sealed deity was a Hyuga ancestor or someone connected to Tobi's clan.
• Grace confronted Kabuto about working with Akatsuki, and he explained that he sought the Elixir of Eternal Youth despite his sincere wish to save lives.
• Hyuga Miko drew her bow against Tobi and Kabuto as Mount Fuji shook, released a dark-red barrier, and spewed forth black mist filled with monsters.

Uchiha Naruto waited inside Mount Fuji as King began the Chimera Technique, using corrupted flesh to make monsters devour and merge in preparation for rebirth. King unleashed the monsters beneath a great barrier and fell into slumber, while the transformed demons poured out of the crater.

• Uchiha Naruto hid in the cavern and watched as King arrived beneath the supermoon to begin his plan.
• King used his corrupted flesh to mutate a centipede and a bat, which fought until the centipede devoured the bat and gained wings.
• King revealed that one hundred and eight monsters would merge into his new body, then forced the spider monster to become part of the process.
• King’s body disintegrated into black sludge, mutating the cocoons’ monsters as he used Barrier Ninjutsu to cover Mount Fuji.
• King summoned the enormous black monster to swallow his head, then fell into slumber while the monsters charged out of Mount Fuji’s crater.

After three days of closed-door talks, Japanese officials established the Supernatural Countermeasures Headquarters to respond to supernatural threats, but the meeting was interrupted by news that monsters had escaped from Mount Fuji. The Superintendent General then learned that Prince Fumihito was also on the mountain.

• Mineko Yuki attended the high-level meeting as one of the three Superhumans under official control and worried about Uchiha Senmon’s suspension.
• A career bureaucrat announced the creation of the Supernatural Countermeasures Headquarters and Supernatural Investigation Divisions under each prefectural police headquarters.
• Officials rejected a proposal to appoint a Superhuman as director, while the Superintendent General recognized that the Pro-American Faction would likely control the new headquarters.
• A messenger interrupted the meeting to report that monsters sealed inside Mount Fuji had escaped.
• Imperial Household Agency employees told the Superintendent General that Prince Fumihito was on Mount Fuji, and he reacted in alarm.

Prince Fumihito of Akishino visited Mount Fuji hoping to encounter immortals, but an eruption of demonic creatures trapped the mountain beneath a blood-red barrier. As he fled with Imperial Household Agency employees, the monsters struck down by Demon-Purifying Arrows began regenerating and rising again.

• Prince Fumihito of Akishino recited poetry at the sixth station and argued with his escort about climbing farther to meet the chief priest at the summit.
• Prince Fumihito of Akishino reflected on his possible future as emperor and hoped to gain supernatural power before returning to the Imperial Palace.
• An earthquake shook the sixth station, then a red pillar rose from Mount Fuji's crater and formed a barrier as black clouds and demonic creatures poured out.
• A comet-like arrow killed a flying centipede, and Imperial Household Agency employees evacuated Prince Fumihito of Akishino while others covered their retreat.
• The flying centipede and other monsters regenerated from their scattered remains and rose again, revealing that the demons could not be killed by the arrows.

A rescue operation sent to Mount Fuji’s monster-filled barrier was destroyed by a flying centipede that survived repeated attacks. After the Wood Clone noticed a blue Rasengan-like orb, Tosu Hideo and Superintendent Uchiha arrived at the temporary operations room.

• Hundreds of monsters escaped from Mount Fuji’s crater, while the great barrier trapped tourists and turned the mountain into a battlefield.
• Three Self-Defense Forces attack helicopters entered the barrier to search for Prince Fumihito of Akishino, ignoring trapped tourists as they headed for the Sixth Station.
• The helicopters killed a six-winged flying centipede, but a blue spinning orb then destroyed two aircraft and forced the last one to land.
• The surviving crew encountered the centipede again, and despite shooting and blasting its head apart, they watched it regenerate before it devoured the commander.
• The Wood Clone saw the blue orb and recognized it as resembling a Rasengan, then vanished to investigate.
• Tosu Hideo and Superintendent Uchiha arrived at the temporary operations room near Mount Fuji.

As monsters fought and evolved inside the barrier surrounding Mount Fuji, Uchiha Senmon set out with Tosu Hideo to rescue Prince Fumihito of Akishino. At Kusushi Shrine, a mysterious black-haired shrine maiden saved the trapped climbers by destroying an attacking monster.

• Uchiha Senmon learned that Hyuga Miko had entered Mount Fuji's barrier and suspected the monsters were being made to merge into a sealed demon.
• Uchiha Senmon accepted the mission to rescue Prince Fumihito of Akishino and left with Tosu Hideo, while secretly planning to find the Uchiha Clan's secrets at Naka Shrine.
• At Kusushi Shrine, Shinto Priest Kubota and the climbers sheltered as two evolved monsters fought outside.
• One monster killed its rival, absorbed its flesh, and approached the shrine, terrifying the survivors and leaving Kubota helpless.
• A black-haired shrine maiden fired a brilliant arrow that shattered the monster and walked toward the survivors.

Hyuga Miko saved the refugees at Kusushi Shrine with a single arrow, but the enormous demon began regenerating as she prepared to attack again. Meanwhile, Uchiha Senmon’s rescue squad found Prince Fumihito of Akishino and escorted him toward the mountain’s foot after Kameno died, with Uchiha Senmon forcing Tosu Hideo to use Kameno’s heart to replace a lost clone.

• Hyuga Miko shattered the enormous demon with one arrow and drew cheers from the refugees she had saved.
• The demon’s scattered flesh began regenerating, and Hyuga Miko nocked another arrow to attack it.
• A six-winged centipede attacked Prince Fumihito of Akishino and Kameno in a mountain hut until Tosu Hideo’s clone lured it away.
• Uchiha Senmon and his squad reached Prince Fumihito of Akishino, but Kameno died from his injuries.
• Uchiha Senmon ordered his squad to escort Prince Fumihito of Akishino toward the foot of Mount Fuji rather than return to the helicopter.
• Uchiha Senmon cut out Kameno’s heart and ordered Tosu Hideo to use it to create a replacement clone.

Uchiha Senmon’s squad was trapped by a fused spider and flying centipede while fleeing Mount Fuji, and Tosu Hideo begged Jashin to save him. Jashin agreed in exchange for control of Tosu Hideo’s body for an hour, and Tosu unleashed a new Chakra-draining power as the monster attacked.

• Prince Fumihito of Akishino ran out of strength, so Uchiha Senmon ordered Tosu Hideo to carry him as the squad continued down Mount Fuji.
• A flying centipede attacked the squad, then a giant spider fused with it and trapped everyone in webs.
• The fused monster killed a squad member while Uchiha Senmon prepared the Great Fireball Technique and Tosu Hideo struggled to escape.
• Jashin refused to help Tosu Hideo at first, then offered to save him if Tosu let Jashin use his body for one hour when commanded.
• Tosu accepted, and a mouth-covered tongue emerged from him, drained the fused monster’s Chakra, and weakened its web.
• Jashin recognized the power’s source as the Princess of the Night.

Uchiha Senmon, Tosu Hideo, and Prince Fumihito of Akishino survived a demon dragon’s attack, but Tobi of the Akatsuki appeared as a second Crimson Moon rose and transported them away with Kamui.

• Uchiha Senmon destroyed the fused demon insect with grenades, while Tosu Hideo concealed Jashin’s revival and the new power he had gained.
• The fused demon insect began regenerating, but a black dragon emerged, devoured its remains, and sucked several team members into the air.
• The black dragon attacked the survivors with a destructive blue cyclone, until Hyuga Miko’s Sealing Arrow pinned it to a cliff and put it to sleep.
• Uchiha Senmon confirmed that Prince Fumihito of Akishino was unconscious but unharmed, then ordered Tosu Hideo to carry him down the mountain as the moon turned crimson.
• Tobi appeared atop the sealed dragon, used his Mangekyo Sharingan’s Kamui to transport the dragon, and then pulled Uchiha Senmon and Tosu Hideo into his vortex.

Hyuga Miko sealed the giant demon, but Tobi destroyed her bow and released it to fight a black dragon. After the two monsters merged, Kabuto Yakushi performed the Five Elements Unseal, causing a giant bamboo stalk with a human silhouette inside to emerge from Mount Fuji's crater.

• Hyuga Miko fired a Sealing Arrow at the giant demon and another arrow toward the mountainside as survivors gathered at Kusushi Shrine.
• A Crimson Moon appeared, and Tobi arrived, taunting Hyuga Miko before she attacked him with a Demon-Purifying Arrow.
• Tobi avoided Hyuga Miko's attack, broke her bow with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and pulled the Sealing Arrow from the demon's head.
• Tobi released a black dragon, and the dragon and giant demon fought until they merged into a dark sphere above the crater.
• Tobi brought Kabuto Yakushi, Uchiha Senmon, and Tosu Hideo to the crater, where Kabuto used the five treasures to perform the Five Elements Unseal.
• A giant bamboo stalk grew from the crater, with a human silhouette visible inside its glowing upper segment.

Princess Kaguya emerged from Mount Fuji’s seal, and Uchiha Senmon learned that Abe no Seimei had sealed her a thousand years earlier. Uchiha Naruto revealed that he had created her appearance through his Mangekyō Sharingan and, posing as an Akatsuki member, asked her about Tamamo-no-Mae.

• A giant bamboo pierced Mount Fuji’s barrier, and Princess Kaguya emerged as a moonlit maiden whose beauty enthralled the survivors and a fighter-jet pilot.
• Uchiha Senmon identified her as Princess Kaguya, while Kabuto Yakushi told her that she had been sealed by Abe no Seimei after taking the Elixir of Eternal Youth.
• Princess Kaguya erupted in hatred for Abe no Seimei, then asked her rescuers what they wanted; Kabuto Yakushi demanded the Elixir of Eternal Youth.
• Uchiha Naruto revealed that he had used Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto to shape the monster into Princess Kaguya and that he had awakened Kamui during the third Crimson Moon.
• Uchiha Naruto told Princess Kaguya he sought the whereabouts of Tamamo-no-Mae, and she asked whether he coveted the Nine-Tails’ power.

Uchiha Naruto and Kabuto Yakushi confronted the immortal Princess Kaguya, who sought to seize the Nine-Tails and break Abe no Seimei’s seal by absorbing the power of five people. Hyuga Miko halted her attack with the Tenseigan, forcing Kaguya to flee Mount Fuji, and Uchiha Senmon offered Miko his Browning M1911.

• Uchiha Naruto used Kamui to tear apart Princess Kaguya, but her immortal body healed, and he revealed that she had once been the Nine-Tails’ Jinchūriki.
• Princess Kaguya attacked Uchiha Naruto and Kabuto Yakushi with a massive Rasengan, but they reappeared unharmed after the blast.
• Uchiha Senmon tried to evacuate the survivors, but Hyuga Miko warned that Princess Kaguya had chosen him and Tosu Hideo as human pillars for breaking the seal.
• Princess Kaguya revealed that she intended to absorb the five people’s elemental powers, then used Dark Release to draw chakra into a storm above Mount Fuji.
• Hyuga Miko unleashed the Tenseigan and stopped the storm, causing Princess Kaguya to flee as her body swelled with absorbed energy.
• Uchiha Senmon gave Hyuga Miko his Browning M1911 after finding that her longbow had been broken.

Princess Kaguya summoned Moon City at Lake Motosu and sent an army of puppets against the humans, but Hyuga Miko struck her twice with Tenseigan power and forced her to retreat. Kaguya marked five people as sacrifices to undo Abe no Seimei’s Five Elements Seal, and Tobi brought Yuki to join the group.

• Princess Kaguya raised Moon City from Lake Motosu and unleashed hundreds of puppet soldiers against the Self-Defense Forces and U.S. troops.
• Hyuga Miko’s two Tenseigan attacks annihilated the puppet army and severely wounded Princess Kaguya, who fled into Moon City as it sank beneath the lake.
• Hyuga Miko told Uchiha Senmon that Princess Kaguya had escaped, while Kabuto Yakushi revealed that he, Hyuga Miko, Tobi, Uchiha Senmon, and Tosu Hideo bore marks corresponding to the five elements.
• Hyuga Miko resolved to seal the wounded Princess Kaguya, but Tobi rejected being led into the conflict and vanished through a space-time vortex.
• Tobi returned with Yuki, who recognized Senior Uchiha.

Uchiha Senmon and the officials confronted Kabuto Yakushi as Princess Kaguya’s marks began activating, but Mount Fuji erupted before they could decide what to do. Hyuga Miko led the five marked people toward Moon City through Lake Motosu, where Senmon entered a golden bubble and found himself facing Mikoto.

• Kabuto Yakushi warned Uchiha Senmon and the officials that Princess Kaguya’s marks would draw the five elemental powers together and undo her seal, then broke his handcuffs when threatened.
• Mount Fuji began a violent eruption, and Hyuga Miko said Princess Kaguya’s escape had triggered it and the eruption could surpass the Great Jogan Eruption.
• Tokyo ordered Uchiha Senmon to help Hyuga Miko seal Princess Kaguya, while the five marks activated and opened a passage through Lake Motosu to Moon City.
• Hyuga Miko entered Lake Motosu with an AWM Sniper Rifle, and Uchiha Senmon followed with Tosu Hideo and Mineko Yuki after packing supplies.
• Uchiha Senmon descended through the strange underwater passage, entered a golden bubble, and opened his eyes to Mikoto asking why he had cried in his sleep.

Uchiha Senmon broke free of a golden-bubble genjutsu built from his happiest memories, then continued through Lake Motosu’s passage with Kabuto Yakushi and the others. They emerged into a strange cavern and reached a seaside cliff in Moon City, where Senmon suspected they were inside the moon beneath an artificial sun.

• Uchiha Senmon awakened from a genjutsu in which he reunited with Mikoto and learned that their son had been named Naruto.
• Kabuto Yakushi released Tosu Hideo and Mineko Yuki from the golden bubbles and explained the five elemental attributes, identifying Senmon with wood.
• The group reached the cavern’s bottom and found a giant crab torn apart, which Kabuto attributed to Hyuga Miko.
• Uchiha Senmon discovered that gravity in the cavern was far weaker than on Earth, and Kabuto said they had been summoned to Moon City.
• The group found Hyuga Miko on a seaside cliff beneath a bright sun, and Senmon wondered if they were inside the moon.

Uchiha Senmon and his companions explored Moon City, where Hyuga Miko obliterated most of an attacking puppet horde and led them to the Hyuga Clan’s ancestral temple. As night fell, Miko remained inside to pray while a celestial procession approached the ruins.

• Uchiha Senmon planned for Hyuga Miko to confront Princess Kaguya while he, Tosu Hideo, and Mineko Yuki stayed back, and Kabuto Yakushi protected them.
• Hyuga Miko fired her sniper rifle at hundreds of black-clad puppets, blasting a great hollow through the ground and revealing space beyond it.
• Uchiha Senmon, Tosu Hideo, and Mineko Yuki fought the few surviving puppets, and Kabuto Yakushi healed Senmon’s shoulder wound.
• Hyuga Miko led the group through the abandoned settlement to a temple she identified as the Hyuga Clan’s ancestral temple, then entered alone to pray for her fallen kin.
• The artificial sun set, a bright moon rose, and a procession of celestial maidens and golden heavenly soldiers carried a carriage toward the ruins.