Recaps

Gekkō Raito rejected Naruto’s plea to return to Konoha, and Sasuke refused as well, blaming the village for the Uchiha Clan massacre. Naruto challenged Sasuke to fight, prompting Suigetsu and Jūgo to prepare for battle.

• Gekkō Raito hosted Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Sai, Sakura, and Taka Squad for a meal, while Naruto assessed him and Kakashi reflected on how their former students had been driven from Konoha.
• Naruto asked Gekkō Raito whether he would return to Konoha, but Gekkō Raito said he was happier as Kirigakure’s Sixth Mizukage and had no reason to go back.
• Naruto turned to Sasuke, who said he would never return to Konoha and accused the village leadership of allowing the Uchiha Clan massacre.
• Naruto rejected Sasuke’s accusation, stood up, and challenged him to take the argument outside.
• Suigetsu drew the Kubikiribōchō, and Jūgo transformed his arm as they prepared to fight.

Gekkō Raito transported Naruto, Sasuke, and their companions to an ice arena so Naruto and Sasuke could fight without damaging the hotel. Naruto and Sasuke traded increasingly powerful attacks, with Sasuke gaining the upper hand through his swordsmanship, before their Rasengan and Chidori collided.

• Gekkō Raito used ROOM: Shambles to move everyone from the hotel to the frozen lake outside the Mizukage Building, where he raised ice walls around the arena.
• Sasuke challenged Naruto, and the two began fighting with their lightning- and wind-infused blades.
• Naruto initially pressed Sasuke with his Wind Release, but Sasuke's refined swordsmanship turned the tide and cut Naruto several times.
• Sasuke used Chidori Sharp Spear to clear Naruto's shadow clones, while Naruto countered with Wind Release techniques and a Rasengan.
• Sasuke met Naruto's Rasengan with Chidori, and their collision shattered the ice beneath them as Kakashi and Sai watched.

Naruto and Sasuke escalated their duel with powerful techniques, but Gekkō Raito intervened and crushed their attacks with his bare hands. He left the former Team 7 facing one another as he urged them to stop fighting.

• Naruto and Sasuke clashed with the Rasenshuriken and Chidori Blade: Extreme, while Gekkō Raito shielded the Mizukage Building from the blast.
• Sasuke activated the Cursed Seal of Heaven, and Naruto entered Sage Mode before they prepared to attack again.
• Naruto and Sasuke charged with the Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan and black Chidori, but Gekkō Raito stepped between them.
• Gekkō Raito used Armament Hardening to extinguish both ultimate moves with his bare hands.
• Gekkō Raito told Naruto and Sasuke to stop fighting as they stared at his overwhelming strength.

Raito tested Naruto and Sasuke in battle, overwhelming both with his Haki and then revealing his own Sage Mode. Naruto lay injured as the Nine-Tails urged him to use its chakra, insisting it could contend with Raito.

• Naruto and Sasuke asked Raito to fight them again, and he caught Naruto's punch and Sasuke's Chidori with ease.
• Raito struck Naruto flying, swatted Sasuke away, and caught Sasuke's lightning-enhanced Kusanagi Sword barehanded.
• Raito revealed his own Sage Mode, surprising Naruto with a mastery of natural energy unlike Mount Myōboku's senjutsu.
• Raito used ROOM: Shambles to move Naruto in front of him and punched him into the ice, leaving him badly injured.
• The Nine-Tails offered Naruto its chakra and claimed it could challenge Raito, while Naruto worried that Raito also possessed tailed beast chakra.

Naruto unleashed eight-tailed Nine-Tails chakra against Gekkō Raito but was defeated, and Gekkō Raito sent him and his companions away while secretly absorbing a fragment of Nine-Tails chakra. As Gekkō Raito began analyzing it, the Akatsuki learned the Four-Tails had vanished from its host and suspected the Mizukage.

• Naruto transformed into his eight-tailed state and attacked Gekkō Raito, who blocked his blows and drained some of his chakra before knocking him down.
• Gekkō Raito advised Naruto to combine the Nine-Tails' power with Sage Mode, then helped him stand; Naruto and Sasuke admitted defeat and left with Sakura and Sai.
• Gekkō Raito returned to the Mizukage Building with Sasuke and promised to locate Uchiha Itachi, though he already knew where Itachi was.
• Gekkō Raito placed the captured Nine-Tails chakra in his Passive Skill Slots and began a sixteen-hour analysis with help from Great Sage and the other Tailed Beasts' chakra.
• Pain learned that the Eight-Tails had been sealed and that the Four-Tails was missing from its host, prompting Obito to suspect Gekkō Raito.

Obito and Nagato planned separate attacks on the Nine-Tails in Konoha and the Five-Tails in Kirigakure, while Zetsu volunteered to target the Two-Tails. Beneath the Mizukage Building, Gekkō Raito used Degenerate to evolve Light Release into a power resembling the Glint-Glint Fruit and unlocked Elementalization.

• Zetsu reported that Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, was in Kirigakure, along with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Obito and Nagato agreed to attack Konoha and Kirigakure separately, using Itachi to draw Gekkō Raito out, while Zetsu offered to capture the Two-Tails in Kumogakure.
• Itachi spotted a white dove he suspected was Gekkō Raito’s spy and decided he needed to find a suitable place to die.
• As the Nine-Tails chakra accumulated, Gekkō Raito’s Degenerate ability transformed his simulated Haki into black lightning.
• Gekkō Raito directed Degenerate to reconstruct Light Release, turning his body into photons and unlocking Elementalization at forty percent fidelity to the Glint-Glint Fruit.
• Kyuji rushed into the shaking basement and found Gekkō Raito reforming from light, while Great Sage warned that senjutsu and Tailed Beast Bombs could still hurt him.

Gekkō Raito took Sasuke to confront Itachi while the Akatsuki moved to capture Tailed Beasts in Kirigakure and Kumogakure. Nagato also decided to accelerate the Eye of the Moon Plan before Gekkō Raito collected more power.

• Gekkō Raito used Spatial Transfer to meet Sasuke and confirmed that Itachi was waiting at a hideout.
• Gekkō Raito and Sasuke left Taka Squad behind, and Kyuji ordered Karin, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to leave Kirigakure within an hour.
• Gekkō Raito carried Sasuke across the sea atop a water dragon and began developing an enhanced Dragon Dive technique.
• Obito and Zetsu headed to capture the Five-Tails after Gekkō Raito left Kirigakure.
• After Killer B's death enraged the Fourth Raikage, Zetsu entered Kumogakure to target Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Nagato told Konan that they had to gather the Tailed Beasts before Gekkō Raito could ruin the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Nagato prepared to invade Konoha despite Konan warning that Jiraiya might be there, while Raito brought Sasuke to confront Itachi. Sasuke entered the fight in a fury as Raito waited outside and wondered why Obito was absent.

• Nagato rejected Konan's suggestion to provoke the other villages and said he would not spare Jiraiya if he stood in the way of peace.
• Raito brought Sasuke to Itachi's hideout and agreed to stay outside while Sasuke faced him alone.
• Sasuke confronted Itachi, who taunted him for being too weak to fight him yet.
• Sasuke and Itachi began exchanging shuriken and kunai at high speed.
• Raito listened from outside and sensed no trace of Obito's chakra.

Obito discovered several Jinchūriki training together in a hidden Kirigakure facility and planned to capture them with Deidara’s help while Gekkō Raito was away. Meanwhile, Pain’s forces attacked Konoha, and Tsunade recognized the Rinnegan in the Paths confronting her.

• Obito infiltrated a secret training ground and found Haku, Hiroshi Akayama, Yumiko Waves, Kozuki Kage, and Han gathered there as Jinchūriki.
• Obito realized the Tailed Beasts were not sealed inside Gekkō Raito and decided to recruit Deidara to distract Kirigakure while he captured the Jinchūriki.
• Obito vanished through space, pleased that Gekkō Raito was away and the Jinchūriki were gathered in one place.
• Deva Path Pain hovered above Konoha and declared that the village would feel pain.
• Tsunade noticed the figure in the sky, ordered the Anbu to investigate, and then faced the Human Path and Asura Path as they demanded the Nine-Tails.
• Tsunade recognized the Rinnegan in the Paths’ eyes and recalled Jiraiya’s account of the children he had taken in at Amegakure.

Nagato declared himself the god who would bring peace as Zetsu hunted Yugito with Wood Release and Obito and Deidara attacked Kirigakure. Deidara’s assault was stopped by Kirigakure’s Ice Release defenses and Water Release counterattack, while Obito’s plan to capture a Jinchūriki remained unresolved.

• Nagato mocked the question of who he was and declared himself the god who would bring peace to the world.
• Zetsu pursued Yugito through the forest with Wood Release vines that suppressed her tailed beast chakra, while Cloud Ninja searched for the missing Jinchūriki.
• Obito told Deidara to create a distraction in Kirigakure while he handled capturing a Jinchūriki, and Deidara insisted on being treated as the senior ninja.
• Deidara flew over Kirigakure on a clay bird, but Kirigakure’s Barrier Team detected him and Obito before Obito’s presence vanished.
• Deidara bombarded Kirigakure, but its Ice Release ninja formed a dome that blocked the attack.
• Kirigakure’s Water Release ninja launched multiple Water Dragon Bullets at Deidara, forcing him to dive toward the ground.

Deidara was surrounded in Kirigakure by Kaguya Clan ninja whose bones and rapid healing resisted his explosives, then by Yuki Clan troops whose Ice Release froze his bombs. Gekkō Raito watched the attack remotely and chose not to return, while the Kozuki Clan joined the fight and struck Deidara from hiding.

• Deidara landed in Kirigakure and found himself surrounded by Kaguya Clan ninja wielding bone blades.
• Deidara's clay bombs mangled the Kaguya Clan ninja, but their Shikotsumyaku and rapid healing let them recover.
• Gekkō Raito watched the battle through the Cloud Eye and decided to let the village defend itself while he stayed away.
• More than twenty Kaguya Clan ninja surrounded Deidara as additional Kirigakure forces arrived.
• The Yuki Clan froze the ground and Deidara's bombs, preventing him from detonating them.
• A hidden Kozuki Clan member wounded Deidara with an invisible wind blade, prompting an argument between the Kozuki and Kaguya clans.

Kirigakure’s clans and Mei Terumi stopped Deidara’s attack, while Itachi and Sasuke’s fight reached its final stage. Gekkō Raito saved Sasuke from Amaterasu, then found himself trapped in Itachi’s Tsukuyomi, where Itachi asked to talk.

• The Yuki Clan calmed the Kaguya Clan as Yu Wucheng Clan ninjas used Acid Mist against Deidara, and Mei Terumi confronted him.
• Gekkō Raito watched as Itachi and Sasuke’s battle moved outside, where Sasuke said Raito would not interfere.
• Itachi struck Sasuke with Amaterasu, but Gekkō Raito used ROOM: Shambles and Glutton to save him and devour the flames.
• Itachi cast Tsukuyomi on Gekkō Raito, who realized he could break free but paused when Itachi appeared and asked for a calm conversation.

Itachi asked Gekkō Raito to protect Sasuke after his death, and Gekkō Raito agreed to let Sasuke join Kirigakure. In exchange, Itachi gave him Shisui's eye after securing a promise that he would save Sasuke if he ever faced danger.

• Gekkō Raito told Itachi that Sasuke was one of his closest friends.
• Gekkō Raito revealed that he knew the truth about the Uchiha Clan Massacre and argued that Sasuke deserved to know it.
• Itachi asked Gekkō Raito to take Sasuke into Kirigakure after his death, and Gekkō Raito agreed if Sasuke was willing.
• Gekkō Raito asked Itachi for Shisui's eye, explaining that he wanted to study Kotoamatsukami to protect Kirigakure.
• Itachi made Gekkō Raito promise to save Sasuke if he acted foolishly or fell into danger, then handed him Shisui's eye.

Gekkō Raito devoured Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan and gained Kotoamatsukami and access to Shisui's Susanoo, while Degenerate began expanding the technique's effects. As Itachi unleashed Susanoo against Sasuke, Raito chose not to interfere with Itachi's resolve, and Great Sage finished analyzing Tsukuyomi.

• Itachi used genjutsu to place Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan in Gekkō Raito's hand in reality while they were in Tsukuyomi Space.
• Gekkō Raito devoured the eye and acquired Kotoamatsukami and authorization to activate Shisui's version of Susanoo.
• Degenerate switched to Skill Proliferation and began optimizing Kotoamatsukami, with an estimated completion time of twenty-four hours.
• Sasuke entered Curse Mark Stage Two, and Itachi summoned Susanoo while coughing up blood from his use of Mangekyō techniques.
• Gekkō Raito considered using Kotoamatsukami to stop Itachi, but saw Itachi's relief and decided not to override his resolve to die for Sasuke.
• Great Sage announced that its analysis of Tsukuyomi was complete.

Gekkō Raito acquired Tsukuyomi as Itachi sealed Orochimaru and died after entrusting Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan to him. Sasuke awakened his own Mangekyō Sharingan, and Raito carried both brothers toward Kirigakure.

• Gekkō Raito learned that the Great Sage had reverse-engineered Tsukuyomi and was still analyzing Amaterasu.
• Orochimaru emerged from Sasuke as the Eight-Headed Serpent, but Itachi sealed him with the Totsuka Blade.
• Itachi tapped Sasuke’s forehead and quietly entrusted Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan to Gekkō Raito before dying.
• Sasuke questioned Itachi’s motives, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and passed out; Raito caught him.
• Gekkō Raito wrapped Itachi’s body in mist and headed toward Kirigakure with Sasuke.

Gekkō Raito raced back to Kirigakure while its defenders overwhelmed Deidara and trapped Obito during Akatsuki’s invasion. Zetsu’s arrival warned Obito that Gekkō Raito would soon return, leaving him desperate to escape with the mission in ruins.

• Gekkō Raito used a water dragon and flame clouds to speed toward Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s powerful clans and swordsmen badly wounded Deidara and prevented him from using his explosive art effectively.
• Obito struggled against Kirigakure’s twenty-member Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the surrounding jinchūriki and elite troops.
• Zetsu emerged from the ground, and Obito realized Gekkō Raito would return after Itachi and Sasuke’s battle ended.
• Obito recognized that the invasion had failed and feared he would not escape Kirigakure alive.

Obito fled Kirigakure when Gekkō Raito returned, and Raito confronted Deidara outside the village. Deidara’s point-blank clay bomb failed to hurt Raito, leaving him stunned.

• Obito praised Kirigakure’s strength, then vanished through space when he sensed Raito returning.
• Kyuji Kaguya confirmed Obito had fled and went outside with the others to see Raito and an Akatsuki member.
• Raito arrived atop a massive water dragon, and Deidara recognized him as the legendary Sixth Mizukage.
• Deidara threatened Raito with a clay bomb, but Raito caught the clay spider and remained unharmed after it exploded.

Gekkō Raito defeated and captured Deidara in Kirigakure while Jiraiya and Naruto fought Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain in the ruined Konoha. Though both entered Sage Mode, they were being overwhelmed by Nagato.

• Gekkō Raito struck Deidara through an ice wall, and Cloud Mist Chains bound him for imprisonment.
• Mei Terumi checked on Raito, who looked toward Konoha as the battle there continued.
• Jiraiya confronted Deva Path Pain, recognized Yahiko, and joined Naruto in defending Konoha.
• Raito learned that Kirigakure’s hidden Jinchūriki had been exposed and ordered Kyuji to keep Deidara under constant guard.
• Jiraiya and Naruto fought Nagato in Sage Mode, but Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain suppressed them with overwhelming strength.

Jiraiya recognized Nagato behind Pain before Nagato killed him, and Naruto's grief triggered a rampage that devastated Konoha. Gekkō Raito set off from Kirigakure to intervene, while Naruto continued attacking the village as he raced against time to arrive.

• Jiraiya identified Deva Path Pain as Nagato, but Nagato pierced his chest and killed him.
• Naruto saw Jiraiya die, lost control to the Nine-Tails' chakra, and erupted in a scarlet blast as Tsunade sensed Jiraiya's death.
• Gekkō Raito learned of Jiraiya's death and Naruto's rampage, agreed to grant Sasuke residency in Kirigakure, and hurried toward Konoha.
• Mei Terumi questioned Gekkō Raito's departure, then was left with his paperwork after he vanished.
• Naruto rampaged through Konoha, shattered the ninja's earthen walls, and tore through defenders while Shikaku tried to direct resistance.

As Naruto rampaged in his Nine-Tails form, Kakashi and other Konoha ninja failed to stop him, and the village’s defenders prepared to flee. Gekkō Raito suddenly arrived, rescued Kurenai Yuhi, and faced Naruto as the surviving Konoha ninja looked on with conflicted hope.

• Kakashi charged Naruto with Lightning Blade, but Naruto struck him with a tail and sent him crashing into rubble.
• The Konoha ninja lost hope as Naruto rampaged, while Ino wished Gekkō Raito were there and Choji blamed Danzo for driving him away.
• Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Mitaraishi Anko arrived and ordered the Konoha 12 to retreat.
• Naruto’s chakra storm swept through the battlefield, and his claw descended toward Kurenai as Kiba Inuzuka cried out.
• Gekkō Raito appeared, caught Kurenai with ROOM, and set her down safely before confronting Naruto about the people he had killed.
• The surviving Konoha ninja welcomed Gekkō Raito’s arrival with conflicted expressions when they noticed his attire.

Gekkō Raito intervened in Konoha’s battle as the Sixth Mizukage, taking over from an exhausted Tsunade and confronting both Naruto in his Nine-Tails form and Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain. As the Konoha shinobi watched, Naruto’s chakra tails surrounded Gekkō Raito while Nagato withdrew and waited for the beast to weaken him.

• Naruto attacked Gekkō Raito from behind, but his claws failed to injure him, and Gekkō Raito hurled him toward Tsunade and the Six Paths of Pain.
• Gekkō Raito used ROOM: Shambles to appear beside Tsunade, then told her to treat the wounded while he handled the fight.
• Konoha’s shinobi recognized Gekkō Raito as Kirigakure’s Sixth Mizukage, and Nagato accused him of having deep feelings for Konoha.
• Gekkō Raito said he had come because Nagato’s people had crossed him, while Nagato considered the failed capture mission and the new threat.
• Naruto charged Gekkō Raito and wrapped him in his nine chakra tails as Nagato ordered the Six Paths of Pain to retreat and waited for Naruto to wear him down.

Gekkō Raito overwhelmed the Nine-Tails with water, ice, and physical attacks, then sealed it beneath a frozen lake. He turned to face Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain and Konan, and Nagato chose to fight while ordering Konan to stand down.

• Gekkō Raito used Water Release techniques to repel the Nine-Tails and reshape the crater into a vast lake.
• Gekkō Raito battered the Nine-Tails with water attacks, blocked its claws with Ice Release, and knocked it into the lakebed with two kicks.
• Gekkō Raito froze the lake and spread sealing formulas through the ice, silencing the Nine-Tails’ chakra and sealing it.
• The Konoha Ninja realized the Nine-Tails had been sealed rather than killed and were stunned by Gekkō Raito’s strength.
• Gekkō Raito greeted Konan and faced Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain, while Nagato ordered Konan to stand down and decided to handle the fight himself.

Raito fought Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain and overwhelmed them with his strength, swordsmanship, and strange space-time ability. Nagato lost more than half of Pain’s bodies, while Raito remained ready to continue the battle.

• Konan dissolved into scattered sheets of paper and warned Nagato to be careful as Raito declared neither she nor Nagato would escape.
• Raito caught Asura Path’s punch, knocked Asura Path and Human Path away, and broke their black chakra rods with his bare hands.
• Raito evaded Animal Path’s giant bird, punched its summoned rhinoceros backward, then cut the beast in half with Zangetsu.
• Raito’s Getsuga Tenshō was absorbed by Preta Path, but Raito appeared beside it and stabbed it with his blade, paralyzing it with black lightning.
• Raito used ROOM to appear behind Asura Path, shattered its mechanical head, and then cut off Human Path’s head.

Gekkō Raito eliminated the Naraka and Animal Paths, leaving him to face the Deva Path alone. He overwhelmed Nagato with his speed and attacks, but the Deva Path blocked his strongest strikes and countered at close range.

• Gekkō Raito pulled the Naraka Path to him, crushed and killed it, and taunted Nagato about losing his ability to revive the other Paths.
• Gekkō Raito destroyed the Animal Path, leaving only the Deva Path Yahiko standing against him.
• Gekkō Raito clashed with the Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei, and Nagato used a surge of chakra to repel him.
• Gekkō Raito attacked with a golden cross-shaped marker, flames, and Getsuga Tenshō, but the Deva Path blocked the assault with Shinra Tensei.
• Gekkō Raito teleported in front of the Deva Path and pressed his attack until Nagato made it grab his wrist and thrust out a black rod.

Gekkō Raito overwhelmed Deva Path Pain, while Obito and Black Zetsu recognized that the Akatsuki could not advance its plans without changing course. Obito arrived to help Nagato, and Gekkō Raito prepared to resume the fight with his blade glowing dark green.

• Gekkō Raito shattered Pain's black rod with his Armament haki and relentlessly attacked Deva Path Pain across the ice.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in to try to withstand Gekkō Raito, but Gekkō Raito dodged the attacks and kept overwhelming Pain.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched the battle and discussed how Gekkō Raito threatened their plan to capture the tailed beasts.
• Obito decided Nagato could not die and used Kamui to appear beside him as Nagato continued fighting.
• Nagato blasted Gekkō Raito backward with a supercharged Shinra Tensei, and Gekkō Raito taunted him before his blade began glowing dark green.