Chapter Summaries

Su Yu confronted the Akatsuki, overwhelming them with an inexplicable power and killing intent before announcing that he had come only to beat them. Nagato chose not to fight back, and the Akatsuki members’ view of their once-mysterious leader began to change.

• Su Yu’s display of power made the Akatsuki hesitate, while Jiraiya gave up trying to persuade Nagato and Kakashi wondered why Obito had not appeared.
• Su Yu explained that he had come because the Akatsuki had ignored his warning, then released killing intent that left them convinced they could not defeat him.
• Su Yu withdrew his killing intent and assured the Akatsuki he would not kill them, but would only beat them to vent his anger.
• Nagato asked who Su Yu was, but Su Yu told him to stand still and accept the beating.
• Nagato considered using Chibaku Tensei but decided it was not worth the cost and relaxed his fists.
• The Akatsuki watched Nagato submit to Su Yu and lost some of their awe for their leader.

Su Yu effortlessly withstood Nagato's Shinra Tensei and then struck the Deva Path with a punch that blasted through the cave and carved a rift kilometers long. Nagato feared the blow had destroyed Yahiko's body, while the others were left stunned by Su Yu's physical power.

• Nagato ordered the Deva Path to use Shinra Tensei, but Su Yu stood unharmed as the repulsive force stopped before reaching him.
• Su Yu appeared in front of the Deva Path so quickly that even Itachi's Sharingan could not follow his movement.
• Nagato realized the force gathering in Su Yu's punch had left the Deva Path unable to respond and feared Yahiko's body would be destroyed.
• Su Yu punched the Deva Path, and the impact blasted through the cave and carved a rift several kilometers long.

Su Yu effortlessly destroyed Nagato’s Deva Path with a single punch, leaving the gathered fighters terrified by his overwhelming physical strength. Nagato remained unconscious, and the survivors realized they could not overpower Su Yu while White Zetsu hid nearby.

• Su Yu’s punch pulverized the Deva Path and carved a vast rift through the landscape.
• Nagato lost consciousness from the terror of witnessing the punch, leaving his other five puppets lifeless.
• Kisame and Itachi recognized that they had no way to defeat Su Yu, while Kakuzu trembled in fear.
• White Zetsu watched from hiding and feared Su Yu, unaware that Su Yu had already spotted him.

Obito Uchiha waited in a cave for White Zetsu to report on Su Yu’s confrontation with Akatsuki. He learned that Su Yu had defeated Nagato and every other Akatsuki member in minutes, but took comfort in believing his Mangekyō Sharingan made him untouchable.

• Obito Uchiha waited in his cave for White Zetsu to report what had happened when Su Yu confronted Akatsuki.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Nagato and the other Akatsuki members had suffered a complete defeat.
• White Zetsu explained that Su Yu had used a single punch to smash Nagato and carve a rift several kilometers long through the ground.
• Obito was shocked by Su Yu’s strength but concluded that his Mangekyō Sharingan’s intangibility would protect him.

Black Zetsu feared that Su Yu might be an Ōtsutsuki and concluded that Obito could not carry out the final plan alone. After hearing White Zetsu’s report, Obito weighed the threat Su Yu posed and considered how to secure more manpower.

• Black Zetsu was alarmed by Su Yu’s strength and suspected he belonged to the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Black Zetsu decided that Obito could not complete the final plan and considered reviving Madara Uchiha early.
• White Zetsu reported Su Yu’s power and abilities to Obito.
• Obito worried that Su Yu could disrupt Akatsuki’s efforts to capture the Jinchūriki and decided to plan ahead.
• Black Zetsu suddenly spoke to Obito, surprising him because Black Zetsu had rarely spoken since Madara entrusted him to Obito.

Obito and Black Zetsu discussed how to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki despite Su Yu’s power, settling on recruiting help through Impure World Reincarnation. Obito realized he did not know the technique, but Black Zetsu reminded him that it was sealed in Konoha’s Scroll of Seals, renewing his hope.

• Obito vowed to continue the Eye of the Moon Plan despite Su Yu’s strength and considered using his other eye to trap Su Yu in the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu warned that Obito and Nagato would need more allies and suggested reviving powerful figures from the Shinobi World’s past with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Obito became excited about recruiting former Kage, then remembered that he did not know the forbidden technique.
• Black Zetsu said he did not know the technique either but told Obito it was sealed in Konoha’s Scroll of Seals.
• Obito regained hope at the prospect of obtaining the Scroll of Seals, while Black Zetsu privately rejoiced.

Obito set out for Konoha to steal the Scroll of Seals while Su Yu faced the remaining Akatsuki after defeating the Deva Path puppet. Su Yu and Sasori discussed Sasori’s pursuit of eternity, leaving the Akatsuki members calmer but with a diminished view of Nagato.

• Black Zetsu persuaded Obito to take advantage of Kakashi, Su Yu, and Jiraiya being away, and Obito headed to Konoha with a White Zetsu clone to steal the Scroll of Seals.
• Su Yu destroyed the Deva Path puppet with one punch, and Nagato fainted from shock while Konan checked on him.
• The Akatsuki members stayed to face Su Yu, and Sasori calmly told him that he had chosen puppetry to pursue eternal life.
• Su Yu respected Sasori’s right to follow his own path but said he did not share his belief in eternity, briefly exciting Sasori before the latter accepted their disagreement.
• Kakuzu and the others relaxed as they saw Su Yu’s easygoing manner, and their opinion of Nagato worsened by comparison.

Su Yu overwhelmed Sasori and Kakuzu, carefully controlling his strength against Sasori but repeatedly killing Kakuzu by destroying his hearts. Kakuzu was left unconscious in a crater after Su Yu struck him down again.

• Su Yu punched Sasori several kilometers away, and Sasori eventually recovered and marveled at the force of the blow.
• Su Yu struck Kakuzu unconscious, then woke him and tore out and crushed two of his hearts in succession.
• Kakuzu's black threads repaired his chest after each attack, but he was left with only one heart and grew terrified of Su Yu.
• Su Yu wiped his hands with a handkerchief, then knocked Kakuzu unconscious again, leaving him sprawled in a crater.

After defeating Kakuzu, Su Yu faced Itachi and Kisame, who tested him with Amaterasu and a massive water technique. Su Yu casually extinguished Amaterasu, while Kisame's attack surged toward Su Yu, Kakashi, and Jiraiya.

• Su Yu turned his attention to Itachi and Kisame after finishing off Kakuzu.
• Itachi activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and struck Su Yu with Amaterasu.
• Su Yu grabbed and rubbed the black flames, then snuffed them out with his hand, leaving himself and his clothes unharmed.
• Kisame formed Hand Seals and unleashed Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, sending a lake-sized surge toward Su Yu and the nearby Kakashi and Jiraiya.

Su Yu overwhelmed Kisame’s water attack with a mysterious starry flame, then promised to fight using only Taijutsu. Itachi successfully pulled Su Yu into Tsukuyomi Space and believed he had regained the advantage, while Su Yu faced him without fear.

• Su Yu’s starry flames annihilated Kisame’s massive wave, leaving Kisame and the others stunned.
• Su Yu dismissed the flames and promised not to use them again, then said he would use only Taijutsu.
• Kisame attacked Su Yu with Great Shark Bullet Technique while Sasori struck from the side with iron-sand cones.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to draw Su Yu into its illusion space, where Itachi regained his confidence.
• Su Yu smiled at Itachi and asked if he thought he had what it took again.

Itachi trapped Su Yu in Tsukuyomi and tried to stab him, but Su Yu turned the technique against Itachi. Itachi realized he had been made to stab himself, while Su Yu confirmed that Tsukuyomi had genuinely been used.

• Itachi explained that he could control everything inside Tsukuyomi and believed he could harm Su Yu there.
• Su Yu challenged Itachi to try stabbing him, and Itachi bound him to a wooden post inside Tsukuyomi.
• Itachi stabbed the figure on the post, felt the pain himself, and discovered that he had been bound in Su Yu's place.
• Su Yu appeared beside Itachi and confirmed that Itachi had used Tsukuyomi, despite Su Yu's reversal of the situation.
• Su Yu praised Itachi's willpower, and Itachi asked him not to tease him.

Su Yu explained that he had willingly entered Itachi's Tsukuyomi and then taken control of its space through overwhelming mental power. He offered to cure Itachi and let him return to Konoha, but Itachi refused, believing he deserved to die for killing the Uchiha clan; after Tsukuyomi ended, Su Yu effortlessly stopped attacks from Kisame and Sasori.

• Su Yu told Itachi that he had willingly entered Tsukuyomi and had become the master of its space by overpowering the technique.
• Itachi accepted his defeat and declined Su Yu's invitation to reclaim Tsukuyomi Space.
• Su Yu offered to clear Itachi's name and cure his failing body, but Itachi refused because he could not forgive himself for killing his parents and the Uchiha clan.
• Su Yu snapped his fingers, ending Tsukuyomi and returning himself and Itachi to the real world, where only one second had passed.
• Su Yu punched Kisame's water shark into mist and caught Sasori's two iron-sand cones without moving.

Sasori unleashed an Iron Sand Plasma Storm against Su Yu, whose overwhelming power left the Akatsuki and their allies stunned. After the storm's explosion obliterated the surrounding mountain, Su Yu stood at its center completely unharmed.

• Su Yu caught Sasori's two iron sand cones and crushed them into sand.
• Sasori formed the iron sand into a plasma storm that surrounded Su Yu, alarming Kakashi, Jiraiya, Itachi, and Kisame.
• Sasori compressed the storm and detonated it, while Su Yu shielded Kakashi and Jiraiya from the blast.
• Itachi used skeletal Susanoo to protect himself and Kisame as the explosion erased the mountain and flattened the surrounding area.
• Sasori withdrew his iron sand and found Su Yu standing unharmed at the center of the blast.

Su Yu defeated Sasori, Itachi, and Kisame with ease, leaving Sasori alive in a deer’s body and Itachi unconscious. Kisame chose not to fight, and Su Yu ended the encounter.

• Su Yu removed Sasori’s core and threw it away, but Sasori later took over a deer and set off to find a human body.
• Itachi summoned his Susanoo and attacked Su Yu with the Totsuka Blade, but Su Yu stopped the blade with one hand.
• Su Yu shattered Itachi’s Susanoo with a punch and knocked Itachi unconscious with a blow to the neck.
• Samehada broke its fusion with Kisame and trembled in fear as Kisame faced Su Yu alone.
• Kisame admitted he could not defeat Su Yu, and Su Yu declared the encounter over for the day.

After Su Yu and Sasori wiped out the Akatsuki members present, Jiraiya and Kakashi reflected on the organization’s strength. Su Yu explained why Kakashi could not bring Obito back, and Jiraiya raised the possibility that Obito had caused the Nine-Tails Incident, leaving Kakashi shaken.

• Su Yu knocked Kisame unconscious, and Samehada fainted as the Akatsuki members were defeated or killed.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi considered how powerful the Akatsuki were, despite being no match for Su Yu.
• Kakashi asked about Obito, and Su Yu said Obito had not attended and was unlikely to be persuaded to abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Su Yu warned Kakashi that Obito most wanted to kill him because Kakashi had killed Rin, and that losing the plan could make Obito more dangerous.
• Jiraiya recalled the masked man who controlled the Nine-Tails during the Nine-Tails Incident and suggested that he could have been Obito, leaving Kakashi struggling to accept the possibility.

Su Yu confirmed that Obito Uchiha caused the Nine-Tails Incident, forcing Kakashi and Jiraiya to confront the crimes Obito had committed. Su Yu identified the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as the Ten-Tails' empty shell, while Kakashi and Jiraiya realized they could neither destroy it nor keep it from the wielder of the Rinnegan.

• Su Yu confirmed that Obito Uchiha broke Kushina Uzumaki's seal and controlled the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha.
• Jiraiya urged Kakashi to accept that Obito had changed and must be punished, and Kakashi agreed to help bring him back.
• Jiraiya asked Su Yu about the enormous statue, and Su Yu revealed it was the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, also known as the Ten-Tails.
• Su Yu explained that the statue was the Ten-Tails' empty shell and would revive if it received the chakra of all Nine Tailed Beasts.
• Jiraiya suggested destroying the statue, then considered moving it to Konoha, but Su Yu warned that the Rinnegan's wielder could summon it back at will.

Su Yu returned Jiraiya and Kakashi to Konoha just as Obito stole what he believed was the Scroll of Seals. After discovering Hiruzen Sarutobi had tricked him with a decoy, Obito abandoned his plan to find Impure World Reincarnation in Konoha and asked White Zetsu to locate Orochimaru.

• Su Yu brought Jiraiya and Kakashi back to Konoha, then vanished when an Anbu ninja summoned them to the Hokage.
• Obito stole the Scroll of Seals, triggering an alert that sent Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Anbu into action.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the gathered Jonin that the stolen scroll was a decoy and ordered them to search for clues and stay alert.
• Obito discovered the scroll contained repeated Multiple Shadow Clone Technique entries and incomprehensible scribbles instead of the techniques he wanted.
• Obito decided to seek Impure World Reincarnation through Orochimaru, and White Zetsu sent a clone to find him.

Jiraiya told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Akatsuki consisted of powerful Kage-level rogue ninja led by Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, and urged Konoha to unite with the other villages. He revealed that the Akatsuki sought the Nine Tailed Beasts, while the identity of the person who tried to steal the Scroll of Seals remained uncertain.

• Jiraiya urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to join forces with the other shinobi villages against the Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya described the Akatsuki's Kage-level members and warned that Nagato possessed the Rinnegan and abilities he could not confidently overcome.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked whether an Akatsuki member might have tried to steal the Scroll of Seals, and Jiraiya said it was possible but did not know what they wanted from it.
• Jiraiya revealed that the Akatsuki's true targets were the Nine Tailed Beasts and explained their plan involving the Sage of Six Paths, the Ten-Tails, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned whether the information was true, and Jiraiya said Mr. Su Yu had told him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya learned that Akatsuki planned to destroy the Shinobi World and suspected it would use Impure World Reincarnation, so they began seeking an alliance with the other villages. Meanwhile, Obito confronted Orochimaru at one of his secret bases, where Orochimaru discovered that attacks passed through him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected hope that Jiraiya could persuade Akatsuki's leader to change course, and identified Impure World Reincarnation as the forbidden technique Akatsuki likely wanted.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Anbu to watch Konoha's cemetery, unaware that White Zetsu had already taken tissue from the bodies of powerful shinobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya decided to invite the other four Kage to a meeting, and Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka to deliver his letters.
• White Zetsu found one of Orochimaru's secret bases and alerted Obito, who went there to meet Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru attacked Obito with a venomous snake, saw it pass through him, and asked who he was.

Obito, posing as Madara Uchiha, approached Orochimaru to obtain Impure World Reincarnation and offered Hashirama cell research in exchange. Orochimaru agreed to trade the technique formula, and the two exchanged scrolls.

• Obito claimed to be Madara Uchiha and explained that Izanagi and Hashirama cells had let him survive and remain strong.
• Orochimaru questioned Obito's identity, then asked why he had sought him out.
• Obito requested Impure World Reincarnation and offered his Hashirama cell research materials in return.
• Orochimaru weighed the danger of confronting Obito and chose to make the exchange peacefully.
• Orochimaru wrote the Impure World Reincarnation formula on a scroll, and Obito tossed him the prepared research scroll.