Chapter Summaries

Su Yu brought Itachi and Kisame to a forest outside Konoha, where Sasuke confronted his older brother and revealed that he knew the truth about the Uchiha Clan massacre. Itachi learned that Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan with Su Yu’s help, then abandoned his plan to attack Su Yu after sensing how outmatched he was.

• Su Yu transported Itachi, Kisame, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to a forest outside Konoha, and Itachi realized Su Yu had used Space-Time Ninjutsu rather than an illusion.
• Itachi tried to provoke Sasuke, but Sasuke told him he knew why Itachi had killed their parents, forced him to hate him, and sought the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sasuke activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to show Itachi his strength, then explained that Su Yu had helped him awaken it and had brought him to find Itachi.
• Itachi asked Su Yu whether he had revealed the truth, and Su Yu admitted it without explaining how he had learned it.
• Itachi prepared to use Tsukuyomi on Su Yu, but Su Yu warned him off and overwhelmed him with a display of intimidating power, causing Itachi to abandon the attack.

Itachi reunited with Sasuke but refused to return to Konoha because he still had to spy on Akatsuki. Sasuke joined Naruto, Sakura, Su Yu, and Kakashi on their mission, and Jiraiya came along to help find Tsunade.

• Itachi reassured Sasuke, praised his strength and comrades, then left by turning into a flock of crows; Kisame followed after giving Sasuke an interested look.
• Itachi told Kisame he had come to see Sasuke and described how Su Yu's aura had overwhelmed him, leaving both men puzzled by Su Yu's power and Samehada's lack of interest in him.
• Sasuke felt happier after seeing Itachi, and Su Yu transported him, Naruto, and Sakura back to Naruto's home.
• Kakashi agreed to let Su Yu join the group, and the five headed for Konoha's gates to begin their journey.
• Naruto recognized Jiraiya as the Pervy Sage, and Jiraiya agreed to accompany the group to help persuade Tsunade to return.

Su Yu led Jiraiya’s squad toward Tsunade by claiming his spiritual power could locate anyone across the Shinobi World. As the squad traveled, Sushi Otsutsuki and Ginshi Otsutsuki arrived from outer space, found Naruto and Sasuke, and confronted the group.

• Jiraiya apologized to Su Yu for Konoha’s actions, and Su Yu said he held no grudge over Danzo’s death.
• Su Yu offered to lead the squad to Tsunade, explaining that his spiritual power could cover the entire Shinobi World.
• After five days of travel and a brief rest in a village, the squad resumed its journey.
• Sushi Otsutsuki and Ginshi Otsutsuki sensed two presences they wanted to destroy and flew toward them.
• Sushi and Ginshi found Naruto and Sasuke with the squad, while Kakashi and Jiraiya recognized the pair’s Byakugan and sensed their immense strength.

Ginshi and Sushi attacked Naruto and his companions, revealing powers that overwhelmed their defenses. Jiraiya was badly injured by Ginshi and lay helpless in a crater as Ginshi brought his foot down toward his head.

• Sushi ordered Ginshi to deal with the others while he handled Naruto and Sasuke, and Ginshi nearly struck Kakashi with a devastating punch.
• Naruto attacked Ginshi with a Rasengan, but the Rinnegan in Ginshi's palm absorbed it without a sound.
• Jiraiya recognized the eye as a Rinnegan, and Ginshi used the eye in his other hand to release a massive blast that Kakashi and Jiraiya dodged.
• Kakashi and Jiraiya reasoned that one eye absorbed ninjutsu and the other amplified it, then agreed that Kakashi would occupy Ginshi's right hand while Jiraiya attacked.
• Ginshi vanished from Jiraiya's sight, struck him from above, and smashed him into a crater, leaving him badly injured.
• Ginshi raised his foot and brought it down toward Jiraiya's head.

Ginshi nearly killed Jiraiya, but Kakashi and Sakura helped save him while the others were overwhelmed by the attackers’ strength. When Ginshi struck again, Su Yu finally intervened and immobilized him, leaving everyone astonished and relieved.

• Kakashi used his Mangekyō ability to pull Ginshi away from Jiraiya, and Sakura healed Jiraiya and brought him to safety.
• Jiraiya and Sasuke realized they could not keep up with Ginshi, while Naruto asked Kurama for help and remembered that Su Yu was with them.
• Ginshi attacked Jiraiya again, but Kakashi’s eye pain stopped him from using his ability in time to intervene.
• Ginshi’s punch stopped just before Jiraiya’s head, and Ginshi found that an invisible force had frozen his entire body.
• Su Yu revealed that he had immobilized Ginshi, prompting Jiraiya, Sakura, Naruto, and the others to breathe a sigh of relief.

Su Yu destroyed Ginshi and effortlessly protected Kakashi and the others from Sushi’s poisonous technique. Sushi, enraged by the humiliation, vowed to make Su Yu regret provoking him.

• Sushi offered Su Yu eternal life in exchange for serving him, but Su Yu snapped his fingers and made Ginshi shatter into sand.
• Sushi attacked Su Yu with Great Spider's Shadow-Void Life: Insect Devouring, and its rainbow mist inflicted unbearable pain on Naruto, Sakura, and the others.
• Su Yu remained unaffected, enclosed the others in a barrier, and healed them with green light.
• Su Yu dismissed Sushi’s attack and erased the rainbow mist with a wave of his hand.
• Sushi threatened Su Yu, who mocked him for doing nothing but raging.

Su Yu easily countered Sushi Otsutsuki’s attacks and sent him crashing into a distant mountain, but Sushi recovered and opened a mysterious gate of light with his final move. The gate began to ripple as fierce winds and darkening skies signaled that something was about to emerge.

• Sushi fired All-Killing Ash Bones at Su Yu, but the bones veered away and passed harmlessly by him.
• Sushi charged and thrust the bones at Su Yu, who caught them without being harmed and kicked Sushi through the forest into a distant mountain.
• Sushi returned badly injured, using his blue Rinnegan to remain mobile, while Su Yu challenged him to use his remaining moves.
• Sushi ate the Rinnegan in his palms and his own eyes, then entered a gate of light that appeared before him.
• After Sushi vanished, strong winds swept through the silent, overcast world, and ripples spread across the gate of light.

Sushi Otsutsuki transformed into a spider-like monster and attacked Su Yu with his powerful Hyper Beam, but Su Yu erased the beams without moving. Realizing his attacks could not harm Su Yu, Sushi Otsutsuki considered using his life-ending strongest move.

• Sushi Otsutsuki emerged from the light gate in a monstrous spider form and gained a Fear Aura that Su Yu's barrier blocked from affecting Kakashi and the others.
• Sushi Otsutsuki fired two Hyper Beams at Su Yu, confident that the attack would kill him.
• Naruto urged Su Yu to dodge, while Sakura and the others watched helplessly as the beams neared him.
• Su Yu remained unharmed, and the Hyper Beams vanished; Sakura, Naruto, and the others struggled to understand what they had witnessed.
• Sushi Otsutsuki froze when Su Yu asked, “That's it?” and began weighing whether to use his strongest attack, which would cost him his life.

Sushi Otsutsuki transformed into his powerful final form to fight Su Yu, but Su Yu caught every punch without moving. With his half-hour limit running out and unable to hurt Su Yu, Sushi Otsutsuki unleashed his final, mutually destructive technique, leaving his body compressed into a pitch-black point.

• Sushi Otsutsuki abandoned his hesitation after Su Yu taunted him and used his ultimate technique, allowing the spider to devour his body and emerge in his final form.
• Sushi Otsutsuki attacked Su Yu with a full-strength punch, but Su Yu caught it without moving.
• Sushi Otsutsuki unleashed tens of thousands of punches, and Su Yu caught every one while Kakashi and the others watched from inside the barrier.
• After ten minutes of failing to land a hit, Sushi Otsutsuki stopped attacking and prepared his final measure as his form's time limit ran low.
• Sushi Otsutsuki released all his power, and his body swelled, contracted, and shrank into a pitch-black point.

Su Yu stopped Sushi Otsutsuki’s black hole and erased his consciousness, ending the threat from Sushi and Ginshi Otsutsuki. He told Kakashi and the others that the attackers were aliens and began explaining his own distant origins.

• Sushi Otsutsuki created a black hole, but Su Yu extinguished it before it could threaten the world.
• Sushi Otsutsuki tried to place Karma on Su Yu, begged for mercy when it failed, and was erased by Su Yu.
• Su Yu removed his protective barrier and rejoined Kakashi, Jiraiya, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, who reacted to his overwhelming strength.
• Naruto guessed that Sushi and Ginshi were aliens, and Su Yu confirmed that aliens existed and said they would not affect the Shinobi World’s current situation.
• Kakashi recalled that Su Yu had said he came from a distant place and asked him about it.

Su Yu explained Kaguya Otsutsuki’s arrival, the origins of chakra, and the threat posed by her clan to Jiraiya, Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. After assuring them he would handle the danger, he snapped his fingers and transported the group beside a bustling town.

• Su Yu began recounting how Kaguya Otsutsuki came to the planet, gained power from the God Tree’s fruit, and was eventually sealed.
• Su Yu revealed that Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Kaguya’s eldest son, spread chakra throughout the world, leading to wars that became even more devastating.
• Su Yu explained that Kaguya had come as an invader to plant a tree and that the two aliens belonged to the Ōtsutsuki Clan, which might send more members to find her.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi worried about future Ōtsutsuki arrivals, but Su Yu assured them he would handle everything.
• Su Yu snapped his fingers and transported the group from the devastated area to a bustling town, astonishing Jiraiya.

Su Yu brought Jiraiya and the others to Tanzaku Town, where they found Tsunade drinking with Shizune. Jiraiya asked Tsunade to return to Konoha and become Hokage, but she firmly refused before leaving to rest.

• Su Yu used his spatial ability to take Jiraiya and the others to Tanzaku Town.
• Jiraiya reunited with a drunken Tsunade at a bar, and she became wary of Su Yu before he reassured her.
• Tsunade agreed to leave the bar with the group and hear why Jiraiya had come.
• Jiraiya asked Tsunade to return to Konoha and become Hokage, but she refused resolutely.
• Jiraiya changed the subject and chatted with Tsunade, while Su Yu read nearby.
• Tsunade grew tired and went next door to rest, leaving Jiraiya and the others uncertain what to do.

Su Yu revealed why Tsunade had refused to become Hokage, and Jiraiya’s team persuaded her to return to Konoha by betting that Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke could defeat her. After Tsunade lost, Su Yu teleported the group back to Konoha, where she reunited with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Su Yu told Jiraiya and the others why Tsunade had refused the Hokage position, and they realized they could not resolve her grief over her dead boyfriend and younger brother.
• Jiraiya challenged Tsunade to a bet: if she lost to the three young ninjas, she would return to Konoha and become Hokage.
• Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke defeated Tsunade, who honored the wager despite her shock at losing to newly promoted Chunin.
• Jiraiya praised Su Yu’s strength to Tsunade, who wondered whether he could rival her grandfather, the First.
• Su Yu teleported the group from Tanzaku Town to Konoha, where Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi met again.

Tsunade successfully operated on Rock Lee, while the Akatsuki leader ordered Hidan and Kakuzu to investigate the mysterious Su Yu in Konoha. Back in Konoha, Su Yu challenged Naruto to reconsider why he liked Sakura after Hinata asked him out.

• Might Guy promised to die alongside Rock Lee if the surgery failed, and Rock Lee chose to risk the operation.
• Tsunade improved the surgery's odds, and Rock Lee's operation succeeded.
• At an Akatsuki meeting, Itachi described the mysterious person in Konoha as “Unfathomable,” so the leader sent Hidan and Kakuzu to test his strength.
• Naruto returned home after a date with Hinata and told Su Yu that he still liked Sakura.
• Su Yu asked Naruto what he liked about Sakura and pointed out that Hinata was cute and pretty too, leaving Naruto speechless.

Su Yu urged Naruto to question whether he truly liked Sakura or merely her beauty, hoping he would notice Hinata’s devotion. Meanwhile, Kakuzu and Hidan attacked Konoha, killing the gate guards as the village’s defenders rushed to respond.

• Su Yu explained to Naruto that love involved accepting a person’s flaws and urged him to consider whether he liked Sakura herself or only her cuteness and beauty.
• Naruto reflected on Su Yu’s advice while Su Yu hoped he might turn his attention to Hinata.
• Kakuzu and Hidan reached Konoha and agreed that Kakuzu would draw attention while Hidan infiltrated the village to pursue their target.
• A Konoha sentry called out to the approaching masked monsters, and the yellow mask killed him with Lightning Release: False Darkness.
• The red and blue masks combined Fire Release and Wind Release to send a massive wave of flames toward Konoha’s gates.
• Two Konoha ninja raised a Water Formation Wall to block the fire, but the yellow mask used the steam to kill the defenders with lightning spears.

Kakuzu's four masked hearts overwhelmed Konoha's defenders while Hidan used the distraction to enter the village and find Su Yu. Hidan confronted Su Yu near Naruto's home, and the chapter ended with Su Yu asking why Hidan had come and whether he even knew the Akatsuki's goal.

• Kakuzu's four masked monsters bombarded Konoha's ninja with elemental Ninjutsu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Kakashi as the village responded.
• Hidan slipped into Konoha while its defenders focused on the attack at the entrance, then went to Naruto's home to find Su Yu.
• Su Yu confronted Hidan, and Naruto mistakenly concluded that Hidan was a good guy because he belonged to Itachi's organization.
• Su Yu told Naruto that the Akatsuki was a terrorist organization that sought to destroy the world, leaving Naruto shocked and Hidan skeptical.
• Su Yu asked Hidan why he had come to Konoha and whether he knew the Akatsuki's goal.

Hidan attacked Su Yu in Konoha, but Su Yu stopped his scythe with one finger and sent him crashing into a building. Kakashi arrived as Su Yu drew out a drop of his own blood and made it float toward Hidan.

• Hidan said he had come to see whether he could cut down Su Yu, then charged at him with his scythe.
• Su Yu stopped Hidan's blade with one finger and flicked him into the building opposite.
• Hidan rose from the rubble and realized he had no way to wound Su Yu or obtain his blood for his ritual.
• Kakashi arrived after Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent him to investigate suspicious activity, and Naruto told him Hidan had come for Su Yu.
• Su Yu cut his wrist, healed the wound instantly, and sent the floating drop of blood drifting toward Hidan.

Hidan swallowed Su Yu’s blood and completed his ritual, expecting to transfer his injuries to Su Yu. But Su Yu remained unharmed even after Hidan stabbed himself repeatedly, leaving Hidan baffled and Kakashi and Naruto reassured.

• Su Yu gave Hidan a drop of blood and told him to perform his ritual, while Kakashi and Naruto realized how dangerous Hidan’s ability was.
• Hidan stabbed his wrist, drew a ritual circle with his blood, and transformed as Jashin sensed and praised the blood.
• Hidan stabbed himself in the abdomen, but Su Yu showed no sign of injury.
• Hidan inflicted several more wounds on himself, yet Su Yu remained calm and unharmed.
• Su Yu suggested Hidan try his heart, and Hidan drove the spear through his chest as Kakashi suspected he was immortal.

Hidan’s heart-piercing ritual failed to harm Su Yu, and Kakuzu withdrew after Konoha’s ninja destroyed two of his masked monsters. The Anbu took over the fight against Hidan, who revealed his extraordinary resilience by attacking even after they ran him through with swords.

• Hidan accused Su Yu of worshipping his god, and Su Yu rejected the idea before Hidan charged at him in anger.
• Konoha’s ninja shattered the water- and lightning-nature hearts of Kakuzu’s masked monsters, prompting Kakuzu to retreat.
• More than a dozen Anbu arrived and insisted that Su Yu leave Hidan to them, while Kakashi tried and failed to warn them about Hidan’s danger.
• The Anbu captain and six others pinned Hidan’s scythe as the remaining Anbu stabbed his limbs and shoulders, then withdrew their swords to capture him alive.
• Hidan swept his scythe at the Anbu despite his severe wounds; they dodged, but three suffered cuts as his body was left mangled and bleeding.

Hidan used his blood ritual to kill three Anbu by inflicting his own injuries on them, while the remaining squad hesitated to attack. As Hidan prepared to escape, Su Yu stopped Naruto and sensed that Hidan’s god might truly exist; then a strange aura erupted from Hidan and terrified the surrounding Anbu.

• Hidan completed his blood ritual, transformed, and stabbed his own leg, causing three Anbu to feel the same pain.
• Kakashi explained Hidan’s immortality and ritual to the Anbu, who realized that attacking him could kill their wounded comrades.
• Hidan stabbed himself in the heart and killed the three wounded Anbu, then used his scythe to keep the others at bay as he prepared to flee.
• Naruto tried to charge after Hidan, but Su Yu stopped him and said the god Hidan worshipped seemed to exist.
• Hidan suddenly went rigid and released an evil, cold aura that made the Anbu’s hearts stop briefly and their weapons fall from their hands.