Recaps

Granny Chiyo’s Mechanical Light Shield Block sliced Hidan apart, but she was shocked when he remained alive and Kakuzu revealed his body was made resilient by Earth Grudge Fear. Kakuzu reassembled Hidan, leaving both men ready to continue facing Granny Chiyo.

• Granny Chiyo used the Mechanical Light Shield Block to cut Hidan into pieces, but his body parts kept moving and his head continued to speak.
• Kakuzu picked up Hidan’s head and walked toward Granny Chiyo, while the pair argued over Hidan’s repair fee.
• Granny Chiyo attacked Kakuzu with ten threads, but Kakuzu kept advancing as his limbs and torso twisted and tore apart.
• Kakuzu’s black strands restored his damaged body, and Hidan explained that the strands were called Earth Grudge Fear before Kakuzu silenced him.
• Kakuzu used Earth Grudge Fear to gather and stitch Hidan’s body back together, then reattached his head to his neck.

Hidan and Granny Chiyo fought fiercely on the city wall, with Hidan’s regenerative power and strength countering her puppet techniques. The battle continued as Hidan was blasted backward and hurled the broken pieces of his scythe at the retreating Granny Chiyo.

• Hidan recovered from his injuries, retrieved his Triple-Bladed Scythe, and attacked Granny Chiyo, whose puppet hands caught its blades.
• Granny Chiyo sent chakra threads at Hidan, but he blocked them with a pitch-black staff and twisted the threads around it.
• Granny Chiyo controlled the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets with one hand while Hidan pulled her toward him with his weapons.
• Granny Chiyo let go of Hidan’s scythe and evaded his pull, then commanded the puppets to slash him with ten chakra blades.
• Hidan used his staff to recover from a backward fall, but the chakra blades sent him flying and broke his Triple-Bladed Scythe.
• While flying backward, Hidan twisted his body and launched the broken scythe blades and its chained shaft at the retreating Granny Chiyo.

Hidan used the Triple-Bladed Scythe and a barrage of fragments to overwhelm Granny Chiyo’s puppet formation, then cut her cheek and obtained her blood. He activated Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood, leaving the outcome of the curse unresolved.

• Granny Chiyo summoned a vast puppet formation to intercept Hidan and the Triple-Bladed Scythe.
• Hidan accelerated the scythe into the formation, then shattered its broken blades into fragments that pierced the puppets.
• Hidan sent a fragment through Granny Chiyo’s defenses and scratched her cheek.
• Hidan reassembled the scythe, revealed that he had targeted Granny Chiyo’s blood, and licked the blood from its blade.
• Hidan invoked Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood.

Hidan used his blood curse technique to fatally wound Granny Chiyo, who detonated her puppets and brought down part of Hozuki Castle's battlements. The Allied Shinobi Forces stormed through the breach, and Kakuzu uncovered Hidan beneath the rubble.

• Hidan performed his ritual and stabbed himself with a long black rod, causing Granny Chiyo to suffer the same wound through the blood he had taken from her.
• Granny Chiyo activated her puppets' self-destruct technique, engulfing herself and Hidan in an explosion that demolished part of Hozuki Castle's battlements.
• The Allied Shinobi Forces charged through the breach as the Ghost Lantern Guards fled and the battle turned into a rout.
• Kakuzu let the forces enter the castle, then used Earth Grudge Fear to uncover Hidan beneath the rubble.
• Hidan, with the rod still embedded in his chest, asked Kakuzu why he had let the forces into the castle.

Kakuzu repaired Hidan after Hidan’s fight with Granny Chiyo, while Hidan waited out the weakened period caused by his Curse Technique. Raijin and Hidden Jun Village’s elite Jonin seized the chance to attack the Immortal Duo, ending the chapter as Raijin summoned a lightning strike and an enormous bird from the storm clouds.

• Kakuzu stitched Hidan’s wounds and removed the black rod from his chest while Hidan recovered from his weakened period.
• Kakuzu guarded Hidan as he explained the limitations of Hidan’s Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood.
• Raijin and the Hidden Jun Village Jonin hid nearby and waited for Hidan to become vulnerable, knowing they could not help Granny Chiyo while Kakuzu guarded him.
• Raijin leaped from hiding with his metal hammer as dark rain clouds gathered overhead.
• Raijin’s attack began with a massive bolt of lightning and an enormous bird descending from the clouds.

Raijin and Azure Bird: Thunderclap battled Kakuzu while Hidan lay helpless, and Raijin urged the allied forces at Hozuki Castle to eliminate the Immortal Duo and prepare a retreat. San Feng joined the fight to test his Five Elements Talismans against Kakuzu, opening with the Zhurong and Gonggong Talismans.

• Raijin rode Azure Bird: Thunderclap into the air and struck Kakuzu with Lightning Release: Thunder Strike, but Kakuzu blocked it with Wind Release: Pressure Damage.
• Azure Bird: Thunderclap attacked with purple flames combining lightning and fire, and Kakuzu countered with Fire Release: Searing Migraine and Wind Release: Pressure Damage.
• Raijin warned the fighters to attack the Immortal Duo while cautioning the allied forces at Hozuki Castle not to advance too far and to clear a path of retreat.
• San Feng charged onto the battlefield with Windwalking Talismans on his feet and challenged Kakuzu with his Five Elements Talismans.
• San Feng activated the Zhurong Talisman and the Gonggong Talisman, and the Zhurong Talisman produced more than a dozen fireballs.

Daoist Master Sanfeng tested his Five Elements Talismans against Kakuzu, who protected Hidan and survived two powerful attacks with Ninjutsu. Sanfeng then unleashed a stack of weaker talismans, and Kakuzu began destroying them with greater ease.

• Daoist Master Sanfeng attacked Kakuzu and Hidan with a Zhurong Talisman and a Gonggong Talisman, creating a formation of explosive fireballs and a surging flood.
• Kakuzu encased himself and Hidan in a hardened shell with Earth Release: Earth Spear and shielded them from the flames with Water Release: Water Curtain.
• The talismans battered the Immortal Duo, shifting Hidan but leaving him within the ritual circle, while Kakuzu held his ground.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng excitedly pulled out a thick stack of talismans and began hurling them at Kakuzu as he studied their effects.
• Kakuzu realized the new talismans were weaker than the first two and calmly destroyed them one after another.

Daoist Master Sanfeng tested his Cursed Seal art against Kakuzu while Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master attacked Kakuzu's main body. Raijin spotted One Sword Opens Heaven approaching the rear and joined the assault from above as Kakuzu struggled to handle the pressure.

• Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master arrived and agreed to slow Kakuzu while Daoist Master Sanfeng tested his Cursed Seal art.
• Kakuzu separated two Earth Grudge Fear creatures from his shoulders to block them, and Daoist Master Sanfeng transformed with a Vermilion Bird phantom to attack the creatures.
• Raijin recognized the Vermilion Bird phantom from Azure Bird: Thunderclap's reaction, spotted One Sword Opens Heaven sneaking toward the battlefield, and dived down with his hammer.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng's Vermilion Bird phantom traded wind and fire attacks with Kakuzu's creatures while Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master advanced on Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu launched his detached arms at them, but their Eight Trigrams Palm attacks restricted the fists and left Kakuzu scrambling.

Kakuzu used Earth Grudge Fear to push Corpse Bearer's duo away, but they activated the Eight Gates Released Formation and closed in again. Kakuzu revealed his full strength and unleashed a combined Fire and Wind Release attack as San Feng and the two Jonin prepared their counterattacks.

• Kakuzu sent Earth Grudge Fear tentacles bursting from the ground to drive Corpse Bearer's duo away from him.
• Corpse Bearer opened six gates and Bullfighting Master opened five, then they used their speed and attacks to overcome the tentacles and approach Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu tore off his robe, revealed the masks and Earth Grudge Fear covering his body, and merged two masked creatures into a larger one.
• Kakuzu declared that all enemies he acknowledged must die, then used Combined Ninjutsu: Flame Wind Turbulence to unleash a sea of flames.
• San Feng strengthened his Vermilion Bird phantom and countered with fierce winds and flames while One Sword Opens Heaven and Raijin launched their attacks from behind.

Raijin exposed Kakuzu’s five hearts and focused his attack on the incapacitated Hidan, while Kakuzu rushed to stop him. Kakuzu used his Lightning Release heart as a shield, but Raijin and Azure Bird: Thunderclap destroyed it, leaving Kakuzu badly wounded.

• Raijin warned his companions that Kakuzu’s five masked Earth Grudge Fear forms held the hearts sustaining his life.
• Kakuzu charged at Raijin, who ignored him and continued his attack on Hidan.
• Kakuzu used his severed arm and Earth Grudge Fear tendrils to retrieve the Lightning Release masked creature and throw it in Raijin’s path.
• Raijin’s lightning struck the creature, which absorbed the attack and swelled to several times its size.
• Azure Bird: Thunderclap struck the overfilled creature with a purple-flame lightning sphere, vaporizing it and its heart.
• Kakuzu suffered the heart’s destruction and spat black blood as he charged.

Kakuzu used Earth Grudge Fear to restrain Raijin and Azure Bird: Thunderclap while preparing his Heart Seizure technique. Raijin’s allies rushed to help, but they were occupied fighting Kakuzu’s masked creatures and could not stop him.

• Kakuzu launched Earth Grudge Fear tendrils at Raijin and Azure Bird: Thunderclap to hold them in place.
• Raijin struck the tendrils with lightning and hurled a lightning spear at Kakuzu while Azure Bird: Thunderclap fired electrified feathers and struggled to break free.
• Kakuzu ignored the incoming attacks and maintained his restraint on Raijin as he recited an unknown ninjutsu incantation.
• Corpse Bearer and Bullfighting Master rushed toward Kakuzu, but Raijin and Azure Bird: Thunderclap were already bound.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng fought a fused wind- and fire-mask creature while One Sword Opens Heaven faced two masked creatures, leaving them unable to help as Kakuzu unleashed his secret technique.

Kakuzu killed Raijin with a ranged Heart Extraction technique, then taunted the furious Hidden Jun Village Jonin as they attacked him. The four focused on Kakuzu after seeing Raijin’s stolen heart turned into an Earth Grudge Fear creature.

• Kakuzu used Secret Technique: Heart Extraction to tear out Raijin’s heart, and Raijin warned the others that Kakuzu’s strength would return before dying.
• The Corpse Bearer duo drew their Tetanus Blade and attacked Kakuzu, while the other Jonin saw his injuries and Raijin’s heart incorporated into an Earth Grudge Fear creature.
• Kakuzu repaired his broken body with Earth Grudge Fear and mocked the four Jonin to provoke them and buy Hidan time to recover.
• Daoist Master Sanfeng and One Sword Opens Heaven abandoned their opponents and charged at Kakuzu, joining the Corpse Bearer duo and the fourth Jonin in their assault.

Kakuzu fused his lightning-based Earth Grudge Fear creature with the wind-and-fire creature and unleashed a devastating attack against Corpse Bearer and the others. Meanwhile, Mujo pushed Master of Open Stratagems’s force back into Hozuki Castle’s prison area, where Granny Chiyo emerged from the Soulwood Casket.

• Kakuzu drew Corpse Bearer and the other three away from Hidan while buying time for Hidan to recover.
• Kakuzu merged the lightning-based creature with the wind-and-fire creature, then charged an attack called Earth Grudge Fear: Ultimate Shot.
• Corpse Bearer and the others fled as Kakuzu’s attack engulfed the island’s cliffs in a pillar of light.
• Mujo used Fire Release: Heavenly Prison to turn the battle against Master of Open Stratagems and drive his force back into the prison area.
• Master of Open Stratagems set down the Soulwood Casket, and Granny Chiyo climbed out, complaining that he had left her inside too long.

Granny Chiyo joined the battle inside Hozuki Castle and targeted the injured Mujo, the lord of Hozuki Castle, after learning he was preventing the breakout. Mujo tried to provoke her into a trap, but she charged through his guards and attacked him with the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets, leaving him warning her not to force a fight to the death.

• Granny Chiyo set out for the front, but the Master of Open Stratagems persuaded her to help break the trapped fighters out first.
• The Master of Open Stratagems pointed out Mujo, the lord of Hozuki Castle, who was holding the Ghost Lantern Guards’ formation together.
• Mujo spotted Granny Chiyo and decided to stall for time rather than face her while injured.
• Mujo provoked Granny Chiyo, but she rushed through the guards behind a barrier formed by the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets.
• Granny Chiyo’s attack caught Mujo off guard, and he barely defended himself before warning her not to force a fight to the death.

Granny Chiyo fought Mujo, who tried to stop her by claiming he held Sunagakure's future successors hostage. When Mujo's captives were brought in, Chiyo saw Kankuro and Temari but not Gaara, and continued attacking as Mujo prepared to retaliate.

• Granny Chiyo stopped attacking when Mujo claimed he knew where Gaara was, and Mujo used the pause to demand an apology and her departure.
• Granny Chiyo charged Mujo when he refused to reveal Gaara's location, forcing him to order his subordinates to bring out his captives.
• Mujo's guards brought Naruto Uzumaki, Kankuro, Temari, and other youths, all bound by Fire Release: Heavenly Prison.
• Granny Chiyo spotted Kankuro and Temari but failed to find Gaara, so she resumed her assault despite Mujo's threats.
• Mujo said Chiyo had forced his hand and put his remaining thumb to his mouth.

Mujo used his blood to trigger the restrictions and set Kankuro, Temari, Choji, and other youths on fire, driving Naruto Uzumaki to despair until the Nine-Tails took over his body and rampaged through Hozuki Castle. Granny Chiyo incapacitated Mujo and urged Master of Open Stratagems to sign contracts with the youths so they could be resurrected, as he rushed toward them despite the raging Nine-Tails.

• Mujo bit his thumb and triggered the restrictions, setting Kankuro, Temari, Choji, and other youths on fire.
• Naruto Uzumaki broke down at the sight of his friends burning, and the Nine-Tails took control of his body.
• The Nine-Tails grew into a gigantic beast, attacked the surrounding buildings, and gathered a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Granny Chiyo severed Mujo's thumb, restrained him with threads, and cut off his tongue before he could trigger the restrictions again.
• Granny Chiyo told Master of Open Stratagems to sign contracts with the youths so they could be resurrected, and he rushed out toward them.

Master of Open Stratagems risked the flames at Hozuki Castle to collect blood from the burning youths, while Granny Chiyo confronted Black Zetsu after he possessed Mujo. Black Zetsu revealed that he had come to capture the Tailed Beast, and Mujo’s body began transforming into an unfamiliar young man.

• Master of Open Stratagems placed the Soulwood Casket at a safe distance, dodged the Tailed Beast’s attack, and collected bodily fluids from the burning youths.
• The Tailed Beast changed targets and attacked other buildings in Hozuki Castle after Master of Open Stratagems shouted at it.
• Granny Chiyo prepared to imprison Mujo and interrogate him about Gaara’s whereabouts.
• Black Zetsu appeared behind Mujo, revealed that he was a member of Akatsuki, and declared his intent to eliminate the outsiders and capture the Tailed Beast.
• Black Zetsu possessed Mujo, blocking Granny Chiyo’s control, and Mujo’s body transformed to reveal a young face unfamiliar to her.

Black Zetsu took control of Bibiye and trapped the fighters at Hozuki Castle in Kusagakure’s Secret Art: Ultimate Black Domain. As Black Zetsu moved to kill Granny Chiyo, an unfamiliar white-haired old man stepped in front of her.

• Granny Chiyo questioned the confused Bibiye after Black Zetsu’s black liquid receded.
• Black Zetsu revealed he had taken control of Bibiye’s body and intended to kill everyone present.
• Granny Chiyo tried to buy time by asking who had sent Black Zetsu and how he planned to defeat them.
• Black Zetsu used Kusagakure’s Secret Art: Ultimate Black Domain, blinding everyone and cutting off their ability to sense their surroundings.
• Black Zetsu approached the helpless Granny Chiyo and thrust a spear of flesh toward her chest.
• An unfamiliar white-haired old man moved in front of Granny Chiyo, and Black Zetsu asked who he was.

Old Yu Next Door tried to protect Granny Chiyo from Black Zetsu, enduring repeated attacks despite having no way to fight back. After Black Zetsu pierced his head, he remained standing, and Black Zetsu began investigating him before setting his severed arm ablaze.

• Old Yu Next Door stood between Black Zetsu and Granny Chiyo, saying he would do everything he could to stop Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu pierced Old Yu Next Door's chest twice, but the old man refused to move aside.
• Black Zetsu thrust his flesh spear through Old Yu Next Door's head, yet Old Yu Next Door remained standing with a faint trace of life.
• Black Zetsu examined Old Yu Next Door and cut open his arm, whose hand gripped the flesh spear.
• Black Zetsu tore off Old Yu Next Door's arm, but its hand kept hold of the spear, so he formed a hand seal and set the arm on fire.

After Black Zetsu's Genjutsu plunged the battlefield and Falcon's Eye into darkness, Night Owl's distant livestream became the only view of the scene. The feed later cleared enough to show an old man resisting the Genjutsu and taking Black Zetsu's attack, leaving the viewers furious and horrified.

• Black Zetsu's Genjutsu incapacitated nearly everyone, while Night Owl remained high above the battlefield and kept Falcon's Eye's livestream running.
• Netizens argued over Black Zetsu's unexpected appearance and demanded clearer footage, but Falcon's Eye explained that the Genjutsu had sealed his senses and cut off his contact with Night Owl.
• Some viewers suggested using an outside force to break the Genjutsu, but Falcon's Eye could not control Night Owl while their connection was severed.
• The livestream view became clearer and showed an old man who had cursed out Orochimaru outside the Hidden Jun Village moving on the battlefield.
• The old man took Black Zetsu's attack with his body, prompting netizens to condemn Black Zetsu and react with horror.

Ye Chen discovered a livestream showing Black Zetsu tormenting Old Mr. Yu and regretted not stopping him from joining the mission. He checked Old Mr. Yu’s real-world condition, and what he found nearly made him collapse.

• Viewers condemned Black Zetsu for tormenting Old Mr. Yu and argued over whether the old man’s determination was admirable or pitiful.
• Ye Chen sensed an unease while soaking in a hot spring with Jiraiya, then searched the official forums for its cause.
• Ye Chen followed a forum link to Falcon's Eye’s livestream and watched footage of Black Zetsu tormenting Old Mr. Yu.
• Ye Chen regretted not stopping Old Mr. Yu before the main force departed and used the remaining Feedback System functions to check his condition in reality.
• Ye Chen discovered Old Mr. Yu’s real-world condition, and the result nearly made him collapse.

The Nine-Tails broke free of Black Zetsu’s Genjutsu and unleashed its power across Hozuki Castle, killing Old Yu Next Door and Granny Chiyo before Black Zetsu escaped its attacks. Black Zetsu used the rampaging beast to kill his enemies, but the Soulwood Casket resurrected many of them, turning the battle against his plans.

• The Nine-Tails recovered from Black Zetsu’s Genjutsu and struck at him, crushing Old Yu Next Door and Granny Chiyo in the process.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb through Hozuki Castle, but Black Zetsu survived by using a chakra-made decoy and the Substitution Technique.
• Black Zetsu led the pursuing Nine-Tails around the battlefield, using its attacks to kill the Genjutsu-afflicted Allied Shinobi Forces members.
• Granny Chiyo returned with the Soulwood Casket, and Black Zetsu recognized the resurrection item as a threat.
• The Soulwood Casket resurrected many of the members killed by the Nine-Tails, while those without contracts remained dead.

Black Zetsu used White Zetsu infiltrators to sow chaos among the Allied Shinobi Forces, but Master of Open Stratagems devised a way for the Hidden Jun Village players to identify the clones and regroup. The allied force and Granny Chiyo cornered Black Zetsu again, and he clapped his hands as he prepared another attack.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces pursued Black Zetsu, but his clapping triggered disguised White Zetsu to attack their comrades and scatter the crowd.
• Black Zetsu evaded the Nine-Tails’ strike with the Substitution Technique while the Nine-Tails’ shock wave left nearby fighters vulnerable to further attacks.
• Master of Open Stratagems ordered the Hidden Jun Village players to gather and use the Rasengan to expose White Zetsu Clones who could not perform it.
• The players eliminated the infiltrators and regrouped, while Master of Open Stratagems left the other villages to fend for themselves.
• Granny Chiyo joined the renewed effort to surround Black Zetsu, and the Nine-Tails continued pursuing him until he clapped his hands again.

Black Zetsu and the disguised White Zetsu vanished, and Yamato helped the Allied Shinobi Forces subdue the rampaging Nine-Tails and restore Naruto. Yamato then learned the front line was still in danger, while Raijin arrived after being resurrected and was questioned about his death.

• Black Zetsu and the disguised White Zetsu disappeared, and the Nine-Tails crushed Mujo before Yamato rushed in to seal it.
• Yamato called for help, and the gathered experts restrained the Nine-Tails while its Tailed Beast Bomb shot harmlessly skyward.
• Yamato used his sealing technique to return Naruto to human form, then covered him and left his treatment to the medical ninja.
• Yamato told Master of Open Stratagems and Granny Chiyo that Kakuzu was stalling on the front line and that Raijin had advised him to join forces inside the castle.
• Master of Open Stratagems sent Yamato and Granny Chiyo toward the front line while he stayed behind to coordinate.
• Raijin arrived after being resurrected through the Soulwood Casket, and Master of Open Stratagems asked what had happened and how Raijin had died.

After Raijin reported Kakuzu’s attack at the front, Master of Open Stratagems urged the forces to concentrate on defeating him. Kakuzu tried to flee with Hidan as Granny Chiyo and Raijin returned to the battle, but the allied forces surrounded them.

• Raijin told Master of Open Stratagems that Kakuzu had taken his heart during the fighting on the front line.
• Master of Open Stratagems called for everyone to concentrate their forces on Kakuzu, while Granny Chiyo and Raijin set out for the front.
• Kakuzu struggled against four Hidden Jun Village experts as Hidan’s recovery neared completion.
• Granny Chiyo and Raijin arrived with reinforcements, and Kakuzu decided to flee with Hidan.
• Kakuzu dodged attacks from the pursuing forces but was surrounded, so he dropped Hidan and told him they were on their own.