Recaps

Karn and Nawaki arranged Konoha’s relocation and planned to deny Hanzō the five hundred million ryō bounty for Danzo’s corpse. As Konoha’s clans prepared for political change, Uchiha Fugaku turned his hopes toward Shisui and Kushina, while Itachi questioned what a ninja should do if the village threatened the Shinobi World.

• Karn told Nawaki that the ninja clans needed to lead Konoha’s relocation and that classified departments should move first.
• Nawaki said Hanzō was bringing Danzo’s corpse to claim a five hundred million ryō bounty, and Karn argued the money should fund schools instead.
• Nawaki used the possibility that Hanzō had stolen Konoha’s secrets to justify investigating him, then gathered shinobi to confront him.
• Karn and Nawaki discussed border conflicts and plans to integrate Konoha’s military, finances, education, and healthcare with the Land of Fire.
• At dinner, Tsunade asked about Nawaki’s marriage, while Fugaku decided Mikoto should take Sasuke to visit Kushina and build ties for Shisui’s future Hokage prospects.
• Itachi asked Fugaku how Konoha’s ninjas should respond if the village threatened the Shinobi World, and Fugaku told him to remember his duties to the Uchiha and Konoha.

Uchiha Itachi continued secret training with Sarutobi Shinnosuke while Konoha captured Hanzō and obtained Danzo’s sealed corpse. Nawaki then secured Karn’s support for a campaign against Amegakure, and Karn headed toward Ryūchi Cave after suspecting Orochimaru had caused a tailed beast incident.

• Uchiha Itachi met Sarutobi Shinnosuke outside the village, and they trained through sparring as Itachi prepared to visit the Sarutobi Clan on weekends.
• Hatake Sakumo and Konoha’s forces trapped Hanzō and his escorts inside a Four Violet Flames Formation, then defeated them after Uchiha Itachi ordered the attack.
• Hatake Sakumo’s party recovered Hanzō’s corpse and Danzo’s sealed corpse and returned toward Konoha despite suffering injuries.
• Nawaki obtained two hundred Biochemical Mechanical Warriors from Karn to support an invasion of Amegakure, and Uchiha Fugaku took command with Uchiha Shisui as his second-in-command.
• Karn spoke with Yakushi Nonō about his plans, then summoned Ichikishimahime after suspecting Orochimaru had caused the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki’s recent rampage.

Karn gave Orochimaru samples and serums for a pair of nine-headed dragons, then injected Ichikishimahime with Kaido's azure dragon ability serum. As Konoha moved toward occupying Amegakure, Nagato refused to abandon the Land of Rain and Konan prepared to seek negotiations; the chapter ended with Karn visiting the isolated Rin Nohara.

• Karn asked Orochimaru to create two nine-headed dragons using the samples he brought and the tailed beast chakra Karn would provide.
• Karn injected Ichikishimahime with Kaido's azure dragon ability serum after she tried to escape.
• Konan told Nagato that Hanzō was dead and Konoha planned to search Amegakure, while Obito explained that Danzo was probably dead as well.
• Nagato decided the Akatsuki would stay in the Land of Rain, and Konan agreed to gather its members and try negotiating with the Land of Fire.
• Karn visited Rin Nohara, who had spent nearly two years isolated, and apologized for not coming sooner.

Karn secured Rin Nohara’s agreement to belong to him in exchange for leaving confinement, then marked her with a Magic Rune Cursed Seal and planned to use her against Obito Uchiha. In the Land of Rain, Shisui Uchiha led Konoha’s forces toward Amegakure while Obito discovered a hologram of Rin asking him to gather the Tailed Beasts to save her.

• Karn told Rin about Obito’s Eye of the Moon Plan and made her freedom conditional on belonging entirely to him.
• Rin agreed, and Karn placed a Magic Rune Cursed Seal on her neck before telling her that her cooperation would help provoke Obito.
• In the Land of Rain, Uchiha Fugaku put Shisui Uchiha in command as Konoha’s ninjas and Biochemical Mechanical Warriors prepared to attack Amegakure.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension and found a device projecting an older Rin Nohara, who begged him to gather the Tailed Beasts before someone pulled her away and ended the projection.

Amegakure’s forces attacked Konoha’s much smaller group, but Nawaki’s Biochemical Mechanical Warriors routed them with missiles, guns, and devastating explosions. Uchiha Itachi witnessed the slaughter with Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi, then returned home resolved to grow stronger and keep Sasuke from becoming like their father.

• Yu Zang mobilized more than seven hundred Rain ninja to attack the Konoha force and planned to search for Hanzō afterward.
• Shisui Uchiha pulled Konoha’s squads back as the Biochemical Mechanical Warriors advanced and engaged the Rain ninja.
• The Biochemical Mechanical Warriors used missiles, cannons, and heavy machine guns to inflict massive casualties and rout Amegakure’s forces.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the Konoha ninja watched the battlefield, while masked Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed the slaughter with Uchiha Itachi.
• Minato Namikaze returned Uchiha Itachi near Konoha, where Itachi went home and vowed to protect Sasuke from becoming like their father.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze secretly sought to rebuild their forces while Shisui Uchiha’s forces captured Amegakure and Karn began developing magic. The chapter ended with Obito Uchiha advancing his plans to gather the Tailed Beasts while remaining wary of the Kamui Dimension.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi resolved to rally Root and alert Iwagakure and Sunagakure rather than intervene directly in the Land of Rain.
• Shisui Uchiha ordered the Biochemical Mechanical Warriors to stop pursuing fleeing Rain Ninja and occupy Amegakure.
• Nawaki passed news of the battle to Karn and supported unifying the Land of Fire’s military and government.
• Karn decided to focus on developing magic, created the powerful Lightning Net spell, and considered using Kamui Dimension to house souls.
• Kushina caught Naruto after Karn left and bound him with her Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Obito Uchiha refused White Zetsu’s help, ordered him to gather information on all the Tailed Beasts, and left through Kamui.

Karn obtained and devoured the Four-Tails, gaining Lava Release, then persuaded Rin Nohara to help him provoke Obito Uchiha. Meanwhile, Konoha took control of Amegakure and won over its civilians with compensation and supplies, leaving Pain and the Akatsuki arriving too late to intervene.

• Obito Uchiha gave Karn the sealed Four-Tails, and Karn swallowed it and gained Lava Release.
• Karn asked Rin Nohara to help him provoke Obito Uchiha, and she agreed despite her reluctance.
• Konoha forces conquered Amegakure after Yu Zang and many Rain Ninja fled, and Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha took control of the village.
• Uchiha Fugaku gave Shisui Uchiha orders to distribute food, money, and compensation to Amegakure's civilians and ninja.
• Pain arrived in Amegakure with the Akatsuki and found the civilians welcoming Konoha and the village already under its control.

Nagato abandoned plans to fight Konoha after Amegakure fell, while the Land of Fire invited Sunagakure to discuss joining it. The chapter left Rasa and Chiyo traveling to the Land of Fire as Obito flew into a rage after watching a projection of Rin.

• Nagato learned that Konoha had taken Amegakure and ordered the Akatsuki to retreat rather than expose themselves to a war with Konoha.
• Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure’s army and sent envoys to Konoha and Sunagakure to oppose the Land of Fire’s expansion.
• The Third Kazekage received Karn’s invitation for Sunagakure to join the Land of Fire and gathered senior officials to discuss it.
• Chiyo warned the Third Kazekage against traveling to an enemy country, so Rasa and Chiyo set out as Sunagakure’s representatives.
• Obito watched a Virtual Projection featuring Rin and roared in fury when he saw someone put a hand on her waist.

Konan sought Kushina’s help to end Konoha’s war in the Land of Rain, but learned the war had already ended and left without securing aid. Meanwhile, Karn tested Naruto’s lightning magic, and Orochimaru announced Konoha’s relocation and reforms, including plans for a Fifth Hokage election.

• Konan met Kushina at the Daimyo’s Mansion and asked her to make Konoha withdraw from the Land of Rain, but Kushina said the war had ended and refused to intervene in affairs between countries.
• Kushina sensed Konan’s malice, and Konan left the capital with the other Akatsuki members; Kushina then went to tell Karn about them.
• Karn tested Naruto’s Divine Gift: Lightning Chain, which drew on his power and Natural Energy to destroy several trees, before Kushina interrupted their outing.
• Karn dismissed the Akatsuki as naive and suspected Nagato would soon act to collect the Tailed Beasts.
• Orochimaru convened a Jonin meeting and outlined Konoha’s relocation to New City, including the clans and civilian households moving in the first batch.
• Orochimaru announced that civilian ninjas would come under the Daimyo’s Mansion, the Hokage would become General, and Konoha would elect a Fifth Hokage after the relocation.

The Land of Fire expanded its industry, population, and military under Karn while Minato Namikaze warned Iwagakure that the Daimyo threatened the shinobi world. Ōnoki considered building an alliance against the Land of Fire, while Tsunade returned to Karn’s residence furious after arguing with Nawaki over an investigation.

• The Land of Fire developed its cities, infrastructure, schools, and military, while Karn restricted civilian use of ninjutsu and Orochimaru strengthened his biological weapons.
• Obito Uchiha refused to help Karn capture more Tailed Beasts after capturing the Seven-Tails, despite watching Rin Nohara’s virtual projection to the end.
• Minato Namikaze told Ōnoki that a prophecy identified the Daimyo of the Land of Fire as the one destined to destroy the ninja world, and urged Iwagakure to prepare for the Daimyo’s weapons.
• Ōnoki rejected the idea of relying on the other villages’ existing alliances, but decided to send envoys to the Cloud Ninja and Kirigakure.
• Tsunade complained to Karn that Nawaki had angered her after she failed to argue against his decision to detain a suspected traitor for investigation, and Yoko left for class using Apparition.

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Konoha captured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s supporters after their failed escape, and Nawaki ordered the four implicated clans investigated. Uchiha Itachi secretly met with Obito Uchiha and offered to work for him if he rescued Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Nawaki intercepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s group at the Land of Earth’s border; Minato Namikaze escaped, while the others were captured and the Ino-Shika-Cho and Sarutobi clans were placed under investigation.
• Nawaki rejected Tsunade’s plea and ordered the four clans disarmed and interrogated, with their memories to be searched under his supervision.
• At dinner, Uchiha Fugaku told Itachi that Hiruzen Sarutobi would likely be executed and refused Itachi’s request to join the Security Force before finishing advanced schooling.
• Itachi sneaked out of Konoha and confronted Obito Uchiha, revealing his three-tomoe Sharingan and agreeing to cooperate in exchange for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s rescue.
• Obito Uchiha agreed to consider rescuing Hiruzen Sarutobi and left using Kamui, intending to recruit Itachi for his organization and exploit his potential Mangekyō Sharingan.

Obito Uchiha manipulated Hiruzen Sarutobi into sacrificing himself to awaken Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, while Karn and Rasa negotiated Sunagakure’s merger into the Land of Fire. The chapter ended with Fugaku investigating the deaths and Itachi concealing what had happened.

• Obito Uchiha infiltrated the Security Force prison, told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Itachi needed his death to awaken a Mangekyō Sharingan, and left him poison pills.
• Obito Uchiha told Uchiha Itachi that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to see him, and Itachi arranged to enter the prison with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Karn, Nawaki, and their allies negotiated Sunagakure’s merger with Rasa, who accepted an eighty-three-article agreement and agreed to transfer the One-Tail to the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sarutobi Shinnosuke swallowed poison, and their deaths triggered Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan awakening.
• Uchiha Fugaku confirmed the deaths, questioned Uchiha Itachi, and warned him to let Fugaku handle any investigation.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shinnosuke Sarutobi died in custody, Uchiha Fugaku confronted Uchiha Itachi and Obito Uchiha, but Itachi helped Obito kill his father and fled with him. Konoha identified Itachi as a suspect and fugitive, while Uchiha Mikoto and Nawaki learned of the deaths.

• Uchiha Fugaku returned home, found Uchiha Itachi's room empty, and went to search for him alone.
• Obito Uchiha met Uchiha Itachi, who said Hiruzen Sarutobi was dead, and asked Itachi to help investigate Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha.
• Uchiha Fugaku found Itachi with Obito, but Itachi helped Obito fight him and used Tsukuyomi to incapacitate his father.
• Obito Uchiha impaled Uchiha Fugaku with Wood Release, took his body, and escaped through Kamui with Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Yashiro's security force reported Fugaku's death and Itachi's suspected crimes; Uchiha Mikoto collapsed after hearing the news.
• Nawaki and Shisui left to handle the crisis, while Tsunade agreed to help with the medical centers before Karn took her to her room.

After Uchiha Fugaku's murder, Shisui refused Mikoto's plea to spare Itachi, while Karn prepared to capture Obito and told Rin that Obito was responsible for the Uchiha and Sarutobi deaths. The chapter left Mikoto without a way to stop Itachi's pursuit, as Kushina agreed to support her and Karn refused to intervene.

• Shisui offered condolences to Mikoto but refused to help spare Itachi, then asked to take Sasuke as his student after graduation.
• Karn finished developing his lightning magic and prepared a device to restrain Obito with powerful electrical currents.
• Karn visited Rin and told her that Obito had helped kill Fugaku and was tied to the Sarutobi deaths; Rin agreed to help him deal with Obito.
• Karn recorded Rin's rejection of Obito and told Red Queen to edit the footage before he returned to the Daimyo's Mansion.
• Kushina asked Karn to help Mikoto, but he refused to intervene and urged Kushina to support her by focusing on Sasuke.

Uchiha Mikoto repeatedly asked Karn to save Itachi, but Karn refused because he would not interfere with the investigation into Itachi’s crimes. After Mikoto offered to pay any price, she returned determined to make the personal sacrifice she believed might persuade him.

• Kushina told Mikoto that Karn could intervene but refused, and she showed Mikoto and Sasuke the Daimyo's Mansion before they went home.
• Karn pursued plans to bring Sunagakure and Kirigakure under the Land of Fire, then visited Ryūchi Cave and brought back his Nine-Headed Dragon.
• When Mikoto visited again, Karn refused to help Itachi and told her to trust Konoha’s investigation; he gave her an Elixir to Induce Euphoria when she became distraught.
• Mikoto offered Karn anything in exchange for helping her son, but he sent her home to think it over.
• After Mikoto returned the next day, Kushina urged Karn to help, and Mikoto declared that she was willing to pay the price.

Karn arranged for a clone to replace Uchiha Itachi while Uchiha Mikoto agreed to keep the real Itachi hidden. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha pursued the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Karn captured and tortured him, leaving him broken and in possession of an unexpected Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Karn told Uchiha Mikoto that Uchiha Itachi would live in seclusion and that Sasuke should not learn the truth until he was older, and Mikoto agreed.
• Obito Uchiha told Uchiha Itachi that the Akatsuki would relocate to the Land of Earth and sent him to its new base.
• Obito Uchiha considered using Impure World Reincarnation to summon past Kage, then found a device in the Kamui Dimension and was caught in an electrified restraint.
• A projection of Rin Nohara showed her willing relationship with Karn, driving Obito Uchiha into despair and awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• After several days, Karn entered the Kamui Dimension, sealed Obito Uchiha, removed his eyes, and learned that Obito wanted only to die or lose consciousness.

Karn captured Uchiha Itachi, cloned him, and concealed the original in a remote town so Mikoto could see him. He also prepared a plan for the Land of Fire to unify the shinobi world, while leaving its leaders with assigned tasks as he considered departing again.

• Karn found Itachi at an Akatsuki hideout in the Land of Earth and defeated him despite his Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.
• Karn sealed Itachi and took him back to clone, intending the clone to care for Mikoto and Sasuke.
• Over the next month, Karn captured Black and White Zetsu and drew up a detailed shinobi-world unification plan.
• Karn held a meeting with the Land of Fire's leaders, who supported unification and received assigned tasks.
• Karn took Mikoto to the Land of Tea, where she visited the original Itachi, who would live there in hiding.

Ōnoki learned that the Land of Fire was demanding the surrender of several fugitives and moved toward war after Konoha forces crossed the border. Karn extracted several Tailed Beasts, killed Uchiha Itachi and Obito Uchiha, and then returned to the Marvel Universe as the Shinobi World story temporarily concluded.

• Ōnoki read the Land of Fire’s demands to Iwagakure’s officials and ordered an investigation into Akatsuki and envoys to other nations.
• Ōnoki learned that Konoha ninjas had raided a stronghold in the Land of Earth and ordered Iwagakure to prepare for war.
• Karn’s hidden computer backdoor recorded Iwagakure’s meeting, while Karn captured Han, Yugito, and the Six-Tails Jinchūriki and extracted their Tailed Beasts.
• Kushina prepared to face Kumogakure alongside a Sky Fortress, and the Fourth Raikage accepted Ōnoki’s alliance proposal after learning the Tailed Beasts had been extracted.
• Karn killed Uchiha Itachi and Obito Uchiha, burned their bodies, and later controlled Shizune Kato after discovering her revenge plot.
• Karn gathered the Tailed Beasts and returned to the Marvel Universe, while the author noted that the next world would be Swallowed Star.

Karn returned to celebrate Thaddeus Ross’s presidency and planned the academy’s future while Ross established the Superhuman Personnel Bureau with Karn’s support. Meanwhile, the Avengers faced a military assault over the Tesseract, and Umbrella forced a Hydra research base to surrender.

• Karn reviewed his plans for the Kamui Dimension, the magic academy, and a spacefaring aircraft carrier while arranging to support Ross’s Superhuman Personnel Bureau.
• Steve Rogers urged the Avengers to move the Tesseract, but Tony Stark insisted on rescuing Pepper Potts before her final court hearing.
• Tony Stark discovered that government forces had surrounded the Avengers Compound with heavy weapons and Umbrella personnel, so Steve prepared a breakout plan with Bruce Banner drawing the attackers’ fire.
• The military attacked Hulk as Natasha carried the real Tesseract and the others used fake cases to distract the troops.
• Umbrella surrounded a Hydra research base, blocked its call for help, and forced its members to surrender before separating senior Hydra officers for the military.
• Ross pursued Hydra’s personnel and equipment to build the Superhuman Personnel Bureau, but Karn refused Ross’s attempt to appoint Betty as its first director.

Thaddeus Ross advanced plans for the Superhuman Personnel Bureau while Karn supplied soldiers and refused to let Betty join the administration. Meanwhile, Umbrella tracked down Natasha Romanoff and seized the Tesseract, leaving her captured and the artifact secured.

• Thaddeus Ross ordered the Superhuman Personnel Bureau to begin operating within two months and planned to use it to capture fugitives from S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA.
• Karn and Betty met Thaddeus Ross for dinner, where Karn offered fifty modified soldiers for the Bureau but refused Ross's request for Betty's help.
• Karn told Betty that he had prepared a space carrier and offered to take her to visit civilizations beyond Earth.
• Natasha Romanoff, carrying the Tesseract in a Nike backpack, was surrounded at a Virginia motel by Umbrella soldiers who had tracked its energy signals.
• Natasha surrendered the Tesseract and was captured, while the Umbrella captain secured the artifact in a metal case and ordered her handed over to the military.

Karn used the Space Stone to strengthen and expand his Kamui Dimension, then turned his attention to mastering its abilities and building a magical academy. Meanwhile, Sharon Carter and Jemma Simmons fled toward Karn Manor, where Simmons faced a choice between seeking Karn’s help and risking capture or prison.

• Karn used interconnected magic circles to channel the Space Stone’s energy into the Kamui Dimension, expanding and stabilizing it while enhancing his ocular abilities.
• Karn arranged for researchers to build Tesseract energy-extraction equipment and continued plans to supply the Pent Group and establish a network of magic circles.
• Karn’s shadow clone began teaching the first students at the magic academy, where students praised Karn before class.
• Sharon Carter drove Jemma Simmons toward Karn Manor, explaining that his help was their best chance to avoid prison or Hydra.
• Jemma agreed to continue to Karn Manor, but a car appeared behind them, and Sharon sped away, suspecting Hydra had caught up.

Sharon Carter and Jemma Simmons sought refuge with Karn, and Sharon accepted his offer to become deputy director of the Superhuman Personnel Bureau in exchange for helping him consolidate power. Elsewhere, Lucy, Joe, and Eli found the Darkhold and debated whether to claim the $500 million bounty for it.

• Sharon Carter and Jemma Simmons escaped Hydra pursuers, but the Basilisk wrecked the attackers’ cars and cleared their path to Karn Manor.
• Karn had Isaac take the women to wash and change, then Sharon asked to join him and offered her services.
• Karn showed Sharon a map of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, and Superhuman Personnel Bureau territory and offered her the deputy director role, challenging her to eliminate the red and green markers within six months.
• Sharon accepted Karn’s offer and placed his magical ornament around her neck; Simmons chose to stay as well, while Karn told her she could leave safely along the coastal highway.
• Lucy, Joe, and Eli unearthed the Darkhold, found a $500 million bounty for it, and debated whether to sell the book or study it.

Karn obtained the Darkhold and studied its dark magic, especially Dreamwalking, while Sharon Carter began managing field agents for the Superhuman Personnel Bureau. Karn eventually cast Dreamwalking and awoke in the body of a younger version of himself in an unfamiliar classroom.

• Karn broke through the Darkhold’s disguise and studied its spells, deciding to try Dreamwalking without drawing on Chthon’s power.
• Director Sim welcomed Sharon Carter as deputy director of the Superhuman Personnel Bureau and assigned her to manage field agents.
• Sharon set out to eliminate S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra remnants in the United States while seeking to bring former colleagues into the bureau.
• Karn used Soul Tentacles to create six Wood Release Clones and left the Space Stone in the Kamui Dimension to release energy.
• Karn cast Dreamwalking, opened his eyes in an unfamiliar classroom, and answered a teacher who called on him.

Karn successfully Dreamwalked into Kane Penter’s body in another universe, but found he could not access Kane’s memories and began investigating his new life. After learning about his family, school, and the world’s limited technology, he arranged to move into an empty villa and continued studying the Darkhold.

• Karn answered a teacher’s question, then discovered he could not access Kane Penter’s memories and searched online for information about this universe.
• Karn learned that Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker attended his school, then fought off Jim Bruns and four other students who tried to take his money.
• Karn returned home, used Kane’s diary and a computer to learn about the Penter family and his school bullies, and found no evidence of the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., or Hydra.
• Karn asked Beth Penter to use the family’s empty Brooklyn villa, and she agreed to give him the key without charging rent.
• Karn registered a financial account, created a simple artificial intelligence, and continued studying spells in the Darkhold.