Chapter Summaries

Master Chiriku confronted Sasori of the Red Sands, an immortal Akatsuki member, after saving Yuuji Kanbara from his poisoned steel tail. Chiriku’s golden body withstood Sasori’s attacks, but Sasori flung him through a house, and his burning robes revealed that he was an enormous puppet monster.

• Master Chiriku stopped Sasori of the Red Sands from skewering Yuuji Kanbara and learned that Sasori planned to kill him for Akatsuki’s ambition.
• Sasori told Chiriku and the police that he had lived since the Heian Period and joined Akatsuki because he believed in its ideals.
• Chiriku transformed his skin into a golden, indestructible body and blocked Sasori’s steel-tail attacks.
• Chiriku trapped Sasori’s tail and used Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique to set him ablaze.
• Sasori flung Chiriku into a nearby house, and the fire destroyed his robes, revealing his enormous puppet body.

Sasori of the Red Sands revealed his puppet body and battled Master Chiriku, who summoned a giant Wisdom King Statue. Chiriku gained the upper hand, but Sasori prepared to unleash a treasured weapon from a scroll.

• Sasori of the Red Sands revealed that Hiruko was a giant puppet and fired poisoned needles at Master Chiriku, who emerged unharmed.
• Master Chiriku summoned the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara Statue and battered Sasori, who repeatedly re-formed from sand.
• Master Chiriku enlarged the statue into a twenty-meter Wisdom King as Sasori created a clay giant with Earth Release: Golem Technique.
• The Wisdom King Statue and the clay giant exchanged blows, and Chiriku punched through the clay giant's chest, making it collapse.
• Sasori of the Red Sands appeared atop the fallen giant's head, complained that he could use only a fraction of his power, and opened a scroll marked with the character for wind.

Master Chiriku defeated Sasori of the Red Sands’ clay giant, but Sasori summoned a Human Puppet made from the former Kazekage and renewed the attack. The Metropolitan Police Department watched helplessly as the puppet broke through Chiriku’s Buddhist shield and struck him.

• The Metropolitan Police Department officers cheered for Master Chiriku as he battled Sasori of the Red Sands, while Yuuji Kanbara and the others tried to stop the commander from jinxing him.
• Master Chiriku’s Vajra Wisdom King statue punched through the clay giant’s chest and destroyed it.
• Sasori of the Red Sands summoned a Human Puppet made from the previous Kazekage and explained how he had turned the man’s body into a puppet.
• Master Chiriku warned that Sasori’s projection should not have enough power to control the Kazekage Human Puppet, but Sasori said his remaining spiritual power was enough to kill him.
• The Kazekage Human Puppet attacked Master Chiriku, shattered his golden Buddhist light, and slashed his body with enormous blades.

Master Chiriku fought Sasori of the Red Sands, who used iron sand to threaten both the monk and the Metropolitan Police Department personnel. After protecting the mortals at the cost of a serious wound, Master Chiriku urged them to flee as Sasori prepared his final attack.

• Sasori of the Red Sands noticed Master Chiriku's exhaustion and explained that he controlled the Kazekage Human Puppet with chakra-coated threads.
• Sasori used Magnet Release: Iron Sand Giant Needles to attack Master Chiriku and the Metropolitan Police Department personnel at once.
• Master Chiriku summoned the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara Statue and deflected the spears aimed at the personnel, but one pierced his lower abdomen.
• Sasori's iron sand began immobilizing Master Chiriku, and the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara Statue vanished after punching through a wall.
• Master Chiriku urged the field commander and the Metropolitan Police Department personnel to flee, while Sasori announced his final attack, Iron Sand World Method.

Yuuji Kanbara and Master Chiriku survived Sasori of the Red Sands' iron sand assault, but Chiriku was gravely wounded and poisoned. As Sasori's projection vanished, fighter jets arrived on the scene.

• Yuuji Kanbara stayed beside the wounded Master Chiriku and fired at Sasori of the Red Sands' Kazekage Human Puppet, but the iron sand deflected his bullets.
• Master Chiriku summoned a Sealed Iron Wall that protected him and Yuuji Kanbara from Sasori's Iron Sand World Method.
• Sasori prepared another attack, but his iron sand disintegrated as his projection ran out of spiritual power.
• Sasori sealed away the Kazekage Human Puppet and warned that his poisoned iron sand would kill Master Chiriku within three days before vanishing.
• Yuuji Kanbara freed Master Chiriku from the iron sand, but his phone had no signal, and fighter jets suddenly arrived overhead.

Japanese officials monitored the supernatural battle in Ota Ward from an underground command center and prepared to contain the news and capture Chiriku. The clay giant disappeared, while officials debated whether to approach Chiriku peacefully as American fighters arrived.

• The Prime Minister ordered officials to restrict Ota Ward's internet and suppress reports of the battle, then rejected Russian and Chinese offers of humanitarian aid.
• Satellite images showed black iron spikes devastating part of Ota Ward before two Buddhist-style statues rose to block them.
• Officials watched the clay giant crumble away and worried that Superhumans could teleport beyond human control.
• The Prime Minister questioned why police had not arrested Chiriku, and officials confirmed that Self-Defense Force fighters had arrived.
• The Superintendent General urged caution toward Chiriku, and an American general said his soldiers would avoid violence if the monk cooperated.

Yuuji Kanbara learned that Sasori of the Red Sands could project himself again in at least a month, while the injured Chiriku warned rescuers away from poisoned iron sand. As officials monitored their conversation, Chiriku offered Yuuji guidance after seeing a lion hidden in his eyes.

• Chiriku warned Yuuji Kanbara that the iron sand and fine needles were poisoned and said Sasori of the Red Sands could not project himself again for at least a month.
• Chiriku explained that he would alert the Fire Temple about Sasori, whose projection drained immense power and left him vulnerable to his many enemies.
• Self-Defense Forces reinforcements stopped when researchers detected magnetic interference, and the United States officer ordered everyone to retreat after Yuuji warned them about the poison.
• Officials at a secret underground base used lip-readers to capture Chiriku's conversation with Yuuji.
• Chiriku told Yuuji that his upright gaze and righteous heart hid a lion, then asked whether he would practice under his guidance.

Yuuji Kanbara declined Chiriku’s offer to train under him, but Chiriku gave him a protective blessing before returning to the Fire Temple. The blessing drew the attention of powerful officials, who summoned Inspector Kanbara to Senso-ji.

• Yuuji Kanbara refused to become a monk, explaining that he wanted to keep his hair for his daughter and remain a lay Buddhist.
• The American officer pressured the Minister of Defense to send the Self-Defense Forces into Ota Ward without chemical protective suits.
• Yuuji Kanbara urged Chiriku to go to the hospital, but Chiriku said neither his injuries nor the poison could be treated in the Surface World.
• Chiriku drew a glowing 卍 symbol on Yuuji Kanbara’s palm and said it would protect him once on his most dangerous day.
• Chiriku chanted the Diamond Sutra and vanished in sacred flames as the Self-Defense Forces and officials watched.
• The officials saw the blessing in Yuuji Kanbara’s palm and ordered him invited to Senso-ji for an important discussion.

Uchiha Naruto reflected on his plan to use a staged supernatural spectacle to pressure the authorities into cooperating against monsters, then slept through Sunday before discovering that Yamanashi Inaba had recovered from her feigned-death state. He used the Spirit Transformation Technique to reach Gokokuji Temple, where her coffin was still sealed and emitting black smoke.

• Uchiha Naruto returned home with the Hiruko and Third Kazekage puppets and considered how he could use government resources to locate monsters while keeping his own power hidden.
• Uchiha Naruto decided he needed to build a team and then slept for a full day and night, waking on Sunday evening.
• Uchiha Naruto found a note saying Uchiha Senmon had been called back to work by the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Uchiha Naruto saw that Yamanashi Inaba's status had changed from feigned death to normal and used the Spirit Transformation Technique to reach Gokokuji Temple.
• Uchiha Naruto found Yamanashi Inaba's coffin in a side hall, still sealed with black smoke rising from its lid.

Uchiha Naruto hid Yamanashi Inaba’s coffin in Gokokuji Temple and waited as she neared the end of her seal, but an unknown, powerful figure entered the hall. Meanwhile, Teacher Great Snake ordered the monsters to withdraw from Tokyo and revealed that Yamanashi Inaba was becoming the vessel for his planned rebirth as a human.

• Uchiha Naruto saw black smoke pouring from Yamanashi Inaba’s coffin and moved it down from the rafters as a powerful soul approached the temple.
• A hooded figure with a white-scaled hand entered Gokokuji Temple’s side hall while Uchiha Naruto concealed himself.
• Teacher Great Snake decided to evacuate the monsters from Tokyo because the recent battle between Superhumans had drawn attention and made the city dangerous.
• Teacher Great Snake told Kihara that Tokito and Inukai might have been killed and that Yamanashi Inaba’s condition had changed remarkably.
• Teacher Great Snake explained that he intended to use Yamanashi Inaba as a vessel for his soul and decided to retrieve her himself.

Teacher Great Snake revealed that it had experimented on Yamanashi Inaba as a child, giving her a transplanted monster eye and a curse that she survived. At Gokokuji Temple, Yamanashi Inaba emerged from a coffin and swiftly cut down Higuchi Orochi, refusing to hear its name.

• Teacher Great Snake recalled how it and Kihara experimented on humans with monster organs and curses, and how Yamanashi Inaba alone survived receiving a monster eye and its curse.
• Teacher Great Snake went to Gokokuji Temple, where it sensed Yamanashi Inaba hiding inside a sacredly bound wooden barrel coffin.
• Teacher Great Snake sent two venomous snakes to attack the coffin, but Yamanashi Inaba burst out and killed them with her bare hands.
• Yamanashi Inaba revealed her altered eyes and Cursed Seal as her silver hair returned to normal.
• Higuchi Orochi introduced itself to Yamanashi Inaba, but she swiftly sliced it in half and said she had no time to talk or learn its name.

Yamanashi Inaba fought Higuchi Orochi at Gokokuji Temple, revealing the power of her Curse Mark Stage Two form. Higuchi bound her with pythons and declared that he would take her eyes, swordsmanship, and body so he could live as a human.

• Higuchi Orochi reattached his severed body with white snakes and taunted Yamanashi Inaba about her parents and the curse.
• Yamanashi Inaba rejected Higuchi's questions and attacked him, but he retreated into the side hall and fired a Gatling gun through the doors.
• Yamanashi Inaba evaded the gunfire, brought down the front half of the hall with a Sword Energy slash, and revealed her transformed form to the arriving monks.
• Yamanashi Inaba used Wind Release to blow away a tide of venomous snakes, but Higuchi Orochi trapped her with two pythons.
• Higuchi Orochi explained that he had abandoned his plan to rule as a monster and intended to take Yamanashi Inaba's powers and body to live as a human.

Higuchi Orochi tried to take Yamanashi Inaba’s body, but she escaped its pythons and cut off one of its arms with wind magic before being paralyzed by hidden snakes. As Higuchi Orochi prepared to carry her away, a black-clad figure with red clouds appeared on the roof.

• Higuchi Orochi told Yamanashi Inaba it planned to possess her and use other human bodies to pursue immortality and knowledge.
• Yamanashi Inaba returned from Curse Mark Stage Two to her petite form, slipped free of the pythons, and attacked Higuchi Orochi with wind blades.
• Yamanashi Inaba severed Higuchi Orochi’s arm, but hidden white snakes paralyzed her and began putting her to sleep.
• Higuchi Orochi shed its damaged body and prepared to take Yamanashi Inaba to its secret base for a reincarnation ritual.
• A black-clad figure with red clouds and scarlet eyes appeared on the side hall’s roof ridge behind Higuchi Orochi.

Uchiha Itachi confronted Higuchi Orochi, the Tokyo King of Monsters, and trapped him in a powerful Sharingan illusion after Orochi's surprise attack failed. Itachi severed Orochi's raised arm and declared that his tricks could not work against those eyes.

• Uchiha Itachi met Higuchi Orochi face-to-face after using Yamanashi Inaba as bait to draw him out.
• Higuchi Orochi explained that he gave monsters Japanese names because he considered them a new kind of humanity, then asked whether Superhumans came from another world.
• Uchiha Itachi said Superhumans and monsters drew their power from the same world and that he intended to recover the power scattered across the country.
• Higuchi Orochi attacked with a massive python and venomous snakes, but Uchiha Itachi revealed that Orochi had been caught in an illusion.
• Uchiha Itachi used the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique to inflict agonizing pain on Higuchi Orochi and then severed his raised arm.

Uchiha Itachi overwhelmed Higuchi Orochi with the Sharingan, but Higuchi Orochi used flashbangs and its serpent body to mount a desperate counterattack. Itachi saw through its poison-gas trap and burned its remains, leaving Higuchi Orochi's fate uncertain.

• Uchiha Itachi restrained Higuchi Orochi with a genjutsu, cut off its remaining arm, and demanded answers.
• Higuchi Orochi released flashbangs from its mouth, briefly disorienting Uchiha Itachi before revealing its white-scaled serpent body.
• Uchiha Itachi dodged the serpent's bite and sliced through its smaller snakes and body with his sword.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized that Higuchi Orochi was faking death and waiting for its poison gas to take effect.
• Uchiha Itachi used the Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Technique to set Higuchi Orochi's remains ablaze.

Uchiha Naruto and Uchiha Itachi stopped Higuchi Orochi from taking Yamanashi Inaba's body, but Orochi escaped amid a sudden Wood Release attack. Naruto recognized the growing branches as Wood Release and knew he could track Orochi by its soul signature.

• Itachi set the white-scaled serpent's remains on fire, but one white snake escaped and rushed toward the paralyzed Inaba.
• Inaba struggled against Orochi's possession and blew the snake away, but a masked man raised a wall of light that burned it.
• Naruto arrived with Inaba, injected her with an antidote, and gave her a chakra metal katana while Itachi confronted Orochi.
• Branches erupted from the ground, and Naruto carried Inaba onto the Buddhist hall's roof as Kihara urged Orochi to flee.
• Orochi shed its body and escaped as hundreds of white snakes; Naruto and Itachi burned most of them with Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
• Naruto noticed the branches spreading across the ground and identified the technique as Wood Release.

Uchiha Naruto burned away Higuchi Orochi’s Wood Release, recruited Yamanashi Inaba as his subordinate, and left the pursuit of the fleeing monster to Uchiha Itachi. Higuchi Orochi devoured two people on the road and continued toward the city before Uchiha Itachi confronted it.

• Uchiha Naruto burned the grove and Buddhist hall with Fire Style: Searing Migraine, killing Higuchi Orochi’s clone and receiving Wood Release, Medical Ninjutsu, Dead Soul Technique, and Ninja Jewels.
• Uchiha Naruto welcomed Yamanashi Inaba into her second life, gave her a Chakra Samurai Sword, and told her Uchiha Itachi would stop Higuchi Orochi.
• Higuchi Orochi’s body deteriorated as it fled downhill, and a convertible struck it on the road.
• Higuchi Orochi swallowed the driver and his companion with its mass of venomous snakes, then crawled toward the city seeking more people to devour.
• Uchiha Itachi emerged from the circling crows, confronted Higuchi Orochi, and attacked with Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique.

After killing Higuchi Orochi, Uchiha Naruto discovered that Orochi’s soul had survived inside Yamanashi Inaba’s Cursed Seal. He sealed the curse and sent Yamanashi to eliminate an evil spirit in Hokkaido, making the mission a test of her worth.

• Uchiha Naruto sensed Higuchi Orochi’s lingering soul inside Yamanashi Inaba’s Cursed Seal after burning Orochi’s body away.
• Uchiha Naruto showed Yamanashi Inaba the Cursed Seal and used the Evil Sealing Method to prevent Orochi from easily escaping or observing her.
• Uchiha Naruto secretly applied the Tongue Whirlpool Eradication Technique to Yamanashi Inaba as an added safeguard against her revealing his information.
• Uchiha Naruto gave Yamanashi Inaba a file on an evil spirit in Hokkaido and ordered her to eliminate it without exposing her identity to the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Uchiha Naruto gave Yamanashi Inaba one month to complete the mission and said she would learn the truth about the world if she passed the test.

Uchiha Naruto listened as Tanaka Hikaru described a Buddha statue battling a giant in Ota Ward and showed him a surviving video of the fight. Although authorities had erased most evidence, rumors and demands for the truth continued to spread online.

• Uchiha Naruto arrived at Class 1-B while Tanaka Hikaru suffered from severe hay fever.
• Tanaka Hikaru told Uchiha Naruto about the Buddha statue that had appeared in Ota Ward, and Uchiha Naruto pretended he knew nothing about it.
• Uchiha Naruto recalled how authorities had suppressed footage and reports of the battle he had orchestrated between Master Chiriku and Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Tanaka Hikaru showed Uchiha Naruto a short video of a golden Wisdom King statue fighting a clay giant and crushing nearby houses.
• Uchiha Naruto considered how rumors and online calls for demonstrations kept the incident alive despite the government’s cover-up.

Uchiha Naruto used Medical Ninjutsu to relieve his hay fever and took Tanaka Hikaru to the infirmary, where Tanaka pretended to be sicker than he was to skip class. When a car crashed at the school gate, Suzuki Maika rushed to treat the injured but could not stop one patient’s bleeding, and a man with round glasses offered to examine them.

• Uchiha Naruto cured his pollen allergy with Medical Ninjutsu and considered how its healing power could strengthen the influence of Superhumans.
• Uchiha Naruto escorted Tanaka Hikaru to the infirmary after Tanaka exaggerated his hay fever symptoms to get out of class.
• Suzuki Maika examined Tanaka Hikaru, who abandoned his plan to go home after seeing the attractive school nurse.
• Sakaki Namiru told Suzuki Maika that a car had crashed at the school gate, and Suzuki Maika hurried to help the injured.
• Suzuki Maika struggled to stop a seriously injured patient's bleeding before a man with round glasses asked to examine the patient.