Recaps

Raito dismissed the Five Kage Summit and ordered Kyuji to find the Shinigami Mask while he and Sasuke used Impure World Reincarnation to revive the Uchiha clan. The newly resurrected Uchiha learned that Sasuke had allied himself with Kirigakure, leaving Fugaku to accept that his younger son had chosen a path opposite to Itachi’s.

• Tsunade chose Kakashi and Might Guy as her bodyguards for the Five Kage Summit.
• Raito dismissed Kumogakure’s invitation and sent Kyuji with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to find the Shinigami Mask.
• Raito and Sasuke used Impure World Reincarnation and Kotoamatsukami: Ultimate to revive the Uchiha clan.
• Sasuke told Fugaku and the other Uchiha that six or seven years had passed since the massacre and that Raito had brought them back from the Pure Land.
• Sasuke announced that he had sworn allegiance to Kirigakure and that the Uchiha clan would join it, while Fugaku accepted his choice.

Gekkō Raito left Sasuke to decide how the resurrected Uchiha would settle in Kirigakure, while Hinata persuaded him to bring her to the Five Kage Summit. Sasuke showed Fugaku the Uchiha’s new land and explained why he had chosen Kirigakure over Konoha.

• Gekkō Raito returned the resurrected Uchiha to Sasuke’s care, and Fugaku was astonished to learn the young Mizukage was Sasuke’s age.
• Sasuke postponed explaining his defection until he had settled the Uchiha, then led them to their future clan land in Kirigakure.
• Hinata asked to accompany Gekkō Raito to the Five Kage Summit, and he agreed after acknowledging her improved abilities.
• Sasuke told Fugaku that Kirigakure had welcomed many kekkei genkai clans and described how Gekkō Raito’s reforms had drawn them back.
• Sasuke explained that Gekkō Raito had once been from Konoha before its leaders traded him to Kirigakure, where he rose to become Mizukage.

Sasuke gave his Mizukage's Guard assignment to his father, Uchiha Fugaku, so he could oversee the newly revived Uchiha Clan in Kirigakure. As the Five Kage Summit began in the Land of Iron, the Fourth Raikage arrived first, followed by Ōnoki with Kurotsuchi and Deidara.

• Sasuke told Fugaku that Raito had guided his training and enabled the Uchiha Clan's revival, and Fugaku agreed to let Sasuke decide their future.
• A Mist Ninja announced Sasuke's appointment as one of the Mizukage's guards for the trip to the Land of Iron, but Fugaku volunteered to take his place so Sasuke could manage the clan.
• Mei Terumi recognized Fugaku's substitution as a sign that the Uchiha Clan did not seek the Mizukage's seat, and Raito looked forward to the reactions his guards would provoke at the summit.
• Mifune welcomed the Fourth Raikage and his aides, Darui and C, to the Land of Iron as the first delegation to arrive.
• Ōnoki arrived with Kurotsuchi and Deidara, and Mifune recognized Deidara as a former Akatsuki S-rank missing-nin before Ōnoki explained that he had returned to Iwagakure.

Raito arrived at the summit and found that the other four Kage had arranged the seats to isolate him opposite them. As Mifune rushed to explain, Raito's gaze turned cold, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Gaara noticed the tribunal-like seating arrangement, sat down, and rebuffed the Raikage's attempt to provoke him.
• Tsunade condemned the setup but took the seat beside the Raikage, warning the others that they might regret their decision.
• Mifune told his samurai to prepare for the arrival of the Mizukage, whom he described as a heavyweight.
• Raito arrived with two guards, including a man wearing the Uchiha clan crest, and asked whether the other Kage were waiting.
• Raito entered the meeting hall, saw the four Kage seated together opposite his lone chair, and Mifune hurried to explain the arrangement.

At the Five Kage Summit, Gekkō Raito rejected the other Kage’s attempts to pressure him over the Tailed Beasts held by Kirigakure. He left the meeting in open confrontation with the Raikage and Ōnoki, while Tsunade watched the talks teeter toward violence.

• Gekkō Raito dismissed the summit’s formalities and demanded that the other Kage state the meeting’s purpose.
• Ōnoki tried to use his seniority to calm and influence Gekkō Raito, but Raito silenced him and insisted on a direct answer.
• The Raikage asked what Raito intended to do with Kumogakure’s Two-Tails and Eight-Tails and offered him an opening to return them.
• Gekkō Raito refused to give up the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, calling them spoils he had taken from the Akatsuki.
• Ōnoki demanded the return of Iwagakure’s Four-Tails and Five-Tails, and Raito argued that Kirigakure had merely taken care of them after Iwagakure abandoned them.
• Tsunade watched as the Raikage and Ōnoki grew furious and the meeting edged toward violence.

At the Five Kage Summit, Raito refused to return Konoha’s Scroll of Seals or give up the tailed beasts, provoking the other Kage and pushing the talks toward war. Gaara offered to place Sunagakure under Kirigakure’s leadership in exchange for ending its gold dust deliveries, but Raito rejected the offer and Gaara threatened to stake his village’s future on a confrontation.

• Tsunade asked Raito to return Konoha’s Scroll of Seals, and Raito agreed only to let Konoha collect it after he finished reading it.
• The Third Tsuchikage warned that Raito could copy the scroll’s forbidden techniques, deepening Konoha’s anger toward Kirigakure.
• Gaara offered to yield Sunagakure’s claim to One-Tail Shukaku and accept Kirigakure’s leadership if Raito stopped the gold dust deliveries.
• Raito refused, saying One-Tail was his spoils of war and that he would not surrender the tailed beasts.
• The Raikage and Third Tsuchikage condemned Raito’s refusal, and the Raikage smashed the conference table as the Kage considered joining forces against Kirigakure.
• Gaara warned Raito that Sunagakure was desperate enough to take him down with it, and Raito dismissed the stakes for the village.

Gekkō Raito rejected the other villages’ offers and declared the Fourth Shinobi World War, prompting the Kage’s guards to reveal themselves. The gathered leaders were then stunned when Uchiha Fugaku appeared beside Gekkō Raito, leaving Tsunade and the Raikage to confront the implications of his return.

• Tsunade offered to negotiate with Gekkō Raito and return the tailed beasts, but he dismissed the appeal.
• Gekkō Raito declared the Fourth Shinobi World War, and the Raikage angrily demanded that he consider the consequences.
• The Raikage smashed the table, and the Kage’s guards revealed themselves, including Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Kurotsuchi, Deidara, Darui, C, Kankuro, and Sasori of the Red Sands.
• The gathered leaders noticed Hinata and Uchiha Fugaku standing beside Gekkō Raito, and Tsunade recognized Fugaku as a man who should have died in the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Gekkō Raito teased Tsunade about Fugaku’s return, while she suspected Kirigakure had resurrected Uchiha elites; the Raikage recalled Fugaku’s mysterious wartime record and feared his hidden strength.

Raito left the Five Kage Summit after rejecting the other villages’ demands, but the four Kage decided to attack him before he could return to Kirigakure. As the confrontation began, Hinata accidentally struck first with a powerful Gentle Fist air cannon.

• Raito told the other Kage to return home and prepare for war, then started to leave with Hinata and Fugaku.
• Ōnoki urged the Raikage, Gaara, and the others to kill Raito before he could strengthen Kirigakure, and the Raikage agreed to attack.
• Raito heard their plan, turned back, and challenged the Kage to fight, while Mifune desperately tried to stop them.
• Hinata nervously unleashed a Gentle Fist air cannon at the Raikage, surprising everyone and accidentally starting the battle.

Gekkō Raito and his allies faced the Five Kage's guards, with Hinata and Fugaku repelling their attacks. The Raikage and Ōnoki then attacked Raito, but he survived Dust Release and reappeared unharmed.

• Darui and Kurotsuchi attacked Hinata, but she shattered their assaults with her Gentle Fist and sent Kurotsuchi flying.
• Kakashi suspected the blindfolded girl was Hinata, the Hyuga heiress whom Raito had abducted and trained.
• Fugaku's Fire Release pierced Ōnoki's Earth Flow Wall, and he destroyed Kankuro's puppet before it could poison Raito.
• The Raikage feinted toward Hinata and struck at Raito, but Raito stopped the punch with an invisible barrier.
• Ōnoki hit Raito with Dust Release, but Raito reappeared unharmed and praised Tsunade for understanding him.

Gekkō Raito confronted Gaara and the allied Kage after teleporting outside, easily breaking through Gaara’s defense and throwing him into a crater. He then unleashed an enormous black-ice dragon against the Raikage and the others, extinguishing Kakashi’s fireball as it charged toward them.

• Gekkō Raito used Elementalization to survive the attacks, then teleported himself, Hinata, and Fugaku outside with ROOM.
• Gaara asked Gekkō Raito to reconsider his proposal, but Raito attacked him with ice spikes that pierced his Absolute Defense.
• Gekkō Raito teleported to Gaara, seized him by the throat, and hurled him into a crater before returning to Hinata and Fugaku.
• Gekkō Raito froze the surrounding ground and summoned an enormous ice dragon as the Raikage and the other Kage prepared to fight.
• Kakashi’s Great Fireball Technique vanished when it struck the black-ice dragon, which continued its charge toward the group.

Gekkō Raito unleashed a coordinated assault using all five elemental releases and overwhelmed the four Kage-level fighters, though the Fourth Raikage resisted and Tsunade healed the wounded. The Tsuchikage ordered everyone to spread out, and Gaara trapped Raito in a crushing mass of sand.

• Gekkō Raito turned shattered ice into shuriken and redirected them against the Raikage's group.
• Gekkō Raito used the Great Sage's calculations, ROOM, and all five elemental releases to bind and injure the fighters before engulfing them in flames.
• The Fourth Raikage survived the attack with Lightning Release Chakra Mode and struck at Gekkō Raito, while the other fighters were left injured.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and healed Kakashi and the other wounded fighters.
• The Tsuchikage ordered the group to spread out, and Gaara attacked Gekkō Raito with sand before crushing him with Sand Binding Coffin.

Raito overwhelmed the assembled shinobi by devouring Ōnoki’s Dust Release, catching and redirecting lightning, and turning Kurotsuchi’s Water Release against her. As Might Guy and Kakashi confronted him, Raito broke Kakashi’s Lightning Blade and threw its lightning back at him.

• Raito teleported in front of Ōnoki, devoured his Dust Release, and acquired the technique.
• Raito caught Darui’s Lightning Release and hurled it back, then altered Kurotsuchi’s Water Release and kicked it into her.
• Raito cut apart a hill with Zangetsu and used ROOM to send the severed hill flying toward the shinobi.
• Might Guy attacked Raito, and Kakashi joined him by blocking Raito’s sword with Lightning Blade.
• Raito sliced Kakashi’s Lightning Blade in half, caught its explosive lightning, and threw it back at Kakashi.

Raito fought the Five Great Nations’ leaders and their allies, using Kotoamatsukami: Ultimate to counter their attacks. After Deidara saved Ōnoki from Raito’s sword, the unharmed Raito faced the Fourth Raikage’s Liger Bomb.

• Ōnoki caught and lowered the hill Raito had sliced away, while Katsuyu restored his chakra and stamina.
• The Raikage, sand, and iron sand attacked Raito, but he blocked them with ice walls, then teleported toward Sasori and turned Sasori’s iron sand defenses into smoke.
• Might Guy intercepted Raito and declared that he would fight to protect Konoha and the Hokage, so Raito challenged him.
• Raito altered Ōnoki’s Dust Release so he could seize and throw it, then teleported in front of Ōnoki and swung his sword.
• Deidara detonated a clay bomb beside Raito, saving Ōnoki, but Raito emerged unharmed behind Antibacterial Armament.
• The Fourth Raikage attacked Raito from above with Liger Bomb.

Raito beheaded the Fourth Raikage inside his ROOM, then Kakashi explained how the domain let Raito control space. Might Guy challenged Raito and wagered that Konoha would withdraw from the war if Guy lost, leaving the other villages shocked by the proposed deal.

• Raito beheaded the Fourth Raikage, but the Raikage remained alive and painless inside Raito's domain.
• Tsunade explained that Raito's beheading ability did not kill its victims, and Kakashi identified the barrier as ROOM and described its powers.
• Raito confirmed that ROOM enabled his teleportation and spatial manipulation, while Gaara and Kakashi discussed its range and limits.
• Might Guy challenged Raito to a fight that would end when either side surrendered, and Raito returned the Raikage's head to Darui.
• Guy wagered that Raito would return the captured tailed beasts if Guy won, while Konoha would withdraw from the war if Guy lost, prompting alarm among the allied village leaders.

Raito accepted Might Guy’s challenge, and the two began a fierce battle as the other Kage watched. After Guy’s Sixth Gate attack failed to stop Raito, he opened the Seventh Gate, leaving the battlefield stunned by his power.

• Raito accepted the wager to fight Might Guy despite Fugaku warning him about the Eight Gates of Restriction.
• Guy opened the Sixth Gate and unleashed Morning Peacock against Raito.
• Raito revealed the immense chakra of multiple tailed beasts and destroyed Guy’s flaming punches with a black-and-red lightning slash.
• Raito counterattacked and struck Guy’s shoulder, narrowly missing a vital spot as Guy dodged.
• Guy opened the Seventh Gate, the Gate of Wonder, and his blue energy shook the battlefield.

Gekkō Raito met Guy’s Seventh Gate Daytime Tiger head-on and emerged uninjured, leaving the watching ninja stunned by his strength. Guy was left panting and questioning how Gekkō Raito had stopped his ultimate attack.

• Guy unleashed his Seventh Gate Daytime Tiger at the charging Gekkō Raito.
• Gekkō Raito used Armament Haki and black-and-red lightning to halt the tiger’s charge without touching it.
• The clash unleashed immense explosions and shock waves that forced the watching ninja to retreat.
• ROOM dissipated, and Gekkō Raito emerged unscathed from the smoke, standing in a crater with a furrow behind him.
• Gekkō Raito praised Guy’s Taijutsu as Guy panted and wondered how his attack had been blocked.
• Kankuro struggled to believe that Guy’s world-shattering move had failed to harm Gekkō Raito.

Guy opened the Gate of Death and unleashed Evening Elephant against Gekkō Raito, who met the attacks with Haki. Guy’s escalating strikes overwhelmed Gekkō Raito’s defenses and blasted him into a mountain, leaving his condition unclear.

• Guy praised Gekkō Raito for blocking the Daytime Tiger and agreed to continue their fight.
• Guy opened the Eighth Gate, releasing a crimson vapor as he burned through his life force.
• Gekkō Raito unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking the watching Land of Iron samurai unconscious, then prepared to face Guy.
• Guy began Evening Elephant, firing successive compressed-air punches at Gekkō Raito.
• Gekkō Raito blocked the first strike with infused Haki but struggled against the later blows, and his Antibacterial Armament barrier shattered.
• Guy’s attack sent Gekkō Raito crashing into a mountain, collapsing much of its summit.

Gekkō Raito survived Might Guy’s Evening Elephant and rapidly healed, so Guy used his final technique while Gekkō Raito formed a Ten-Tails Bomb. Their attacks collided in a catastrophic blast, leaving the battlefield devastated as the Fourth Raikage and the others fled for cover.

• Guy’s Evening Elephant badly wounded Gekkō Raito, but Gekkō Raito regenerated almost instantly with his tailed beast chakra.
• Gekkō Raito taunted Guy and unleashed his Ten-Tails chakra to form a powerful Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Guy warned Gekkō Raito that he had one final move left, then launched Night Guy.
• Gekkō Raito fired the Ten-Tails Bomb as Guy’s kick struck, creating a tremendous explosion that tore through the battlefield.
• The Fourth Raikage and the others ran from the spreading shock waves and took shelter behind a boulder.

Raito defeated Might Guy after Guy opened the Gate of Death, then used Six Paths Power to restore him and prevent lasting disability. As Raito left with Hinata and Fugaku, he warned the other villages that Kirigakure would not fear war, while Madara realized Raito possessed Ten-Tails chakra.

• Raito survived Guy's Eight Gates assault and praised him as the strongest taijutsu user.
• Kakashi found Guy near death, but Raito used Six Paths Power to revive him and rapidly heal his body.
• Raito departed with Hinata and Fugaku, warning the Fourth Raikage and the other leaders that Kirigakure was ready for war.
• Tsunade ordered Kakashi to take Guy back to Konoha for treatment, while the Fourth Raikage, Ōnoki, and Gaara reconsidered fighting Kirigakure.
• Madara recognized the Ten-Tails chakra within Raito and wondered how he had obtained it.

Raito flew back to Kirigakure with the captured Tailed Beasts, eager to obtain the Shinigami Mask and claim the remaining Nine-Tails chakra. Left behind, the Raikage, Ōnoki, and Gaara agreed to seek peace with Kirigakure by trading away their Tailed Beasts, while Ōnoki planned for a chance to reclaim them in the future.

• Madara wondered how Raito had gained Ten-Tails chakra and remained frustrated that Obito had not awakened the Rinnegan.
• Raito sensed someone watching him, then hurried toward Kirigakure after Kyuji reported finding the Shinigami Mask.
• Raito used a water dragon to carry himself, Fugaku, and Hinata through the sky toward Kirigakure.
• Mifune advised the Raikage, Ōnoki, and Gaara to propose exchanging their Tailed Beasts for lasting peace rather than fight Raito.
• The three leaders agreed to contact Kirigakure, and Ōnoki added a clause allowing them to demand the Tailed Beasts back if peace ended.

Gekkō Raito discovered that Asura’s and Indra’s chakra had entered his body and greatly strengthened his Six Paths power. He concluded that the chakra had instinctively chosen him as a stronger vessel, then considered how Six Paths power persisted across the Shinobi World.

• Gekkō Raito felt an alarming surge of Six Paths power and asked Great Sage to investigate two unfamiliar chakra sources.
• Great Sage ruled out outside interference and identified the sources as chakra matching Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Gekkō Raito deduced that the chakra belonged to Asura and Indra, and Great Sage confirmed he had acquired both powers.
• Great Sage reasoned that the chakra had instinctively chosen Gekkō Raito as a vessel because of his strength.
• Gekkō Raito reflected on the Six Paths power scattered among the tailed beasts, the reincarnations of Asura and Indra, and the Sage of Six Paths, then concluded Hamura Otsutsuki’s chakra endured elsewhere because he had left the Shinobi World.

Gekkō Raito resolved to pursue the Ten-Tails and develop his Six Paths Power while waiting for Kyuji. Elsewhere, Madara Uchiha, Obito, and Orochimaru identified bloodline purity as the likely reason Obito had failed to awaken the Rinnegan and planned to target Uchiha outside Kirigakure.

• Gekkō Raito concluded that he needed the Ten-Tails to complete his Six Paths Power and chose to spend the wait developing his abilities.
• Orochimaru found no breakthrough in Obito's Rinnegan experiments and suggested that Obito's Uchiha bloodline was not pure enough.
• Madara Uchiha agreed that bloodline purity could explain why Obito had failed to evolve his eyes.
• Madara Uchiha told Obito and Orochimaru that the Uchiha Clan had been resurrected and now lived in Kirigakure.
• Obito warned that approaching Kirigakure would risk a fight with Gekkō Raito, and Madara agreed they needed to be cautious.
• Orochimaru proposed ambushing Uchiha who left the village, and Madara approved the plan.

Black Zetsu reached the moon and discovered the Ōtsutsuki Clan, hoping to use their power to free his mother and defeat Gekkō Raito. Meanwhile, Raito summoned Minato Namikaze through Impure World Reincarnation and began explaining why he had brought him back.

• Madara could no longer sense Black Zetsu and wondered whether Zetsu had developed an independent will.
• Black Zetsu possessed a Hyuga branch family ninja, traveled to the moon, and secretly followed the Ōtsutsuki Clan, believing their power could help him defeat Gekkō Raito.
• Raito strengthened his passive skills while waiting for Kyuji's right-hand man to return with a Shinigami Mask and a worn short blade.
• Raito performed the ritual, released Minato Namikaze's soul, and used a White Zetsu Clone as the sacrifice for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Minato recognized Raito as the Sixth Mizukage, and Raito reassured him that Konoha was safe and said Naruto was his friend.

Gekkō Raito extracted the Yin Nine-Tails from Minato, revived him, and sent him to Konoha to see Naruto. He then summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used the Tailed Beasts taken from his Jinchūriki to resurrect the Ten-Tails, absorbing its Six Paths Power.

• Gekkō Raito used Glutton to take the Yin Nine-Tails from Minato and absorbed its Chakra.
• Gekkō Raito revived Minato, who rushed toward Konoha to see Naruto.
• Gekkō Raito ordered Kyuji to warn the Jinchūriki that their Tailed Beasts would be temporarily requisitioned.
• Gekkō Raito summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and fed it the Yin Nine-Tails and Chakra extracted from the other Jinchūriki.
• The statue transformed into the Ten-Tails, and Gekkō Raito absorbed its surging Six Paths Power.

Raito began a three-month fusion of the native Ten-Tails and the Degenerate Ten-Tails while placing Kirigakure under Mei Terumi’s authority. Madara and Obito learned that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had been summoned away and suspected Raito was preparing to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Raito decided to fuse the two Ten-Tails, and the Great Sage estimated the uninterrupted process would take three months.
• Raito ordered Kyuji to give Mei Terumi full authority over Kirigakure and told the village to resist any attacks from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, or Sunagakure.
• Raito sealed himself inside an absolute exclusion zone and began the fusion as the two Ten-Tails clashed and merged on a microscopic level.
• White Zetsu told Madara and Obito that someone had summoned away the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leading them to conclude that the Rinnegan still existed.
• Madara suspected Raito intended to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and told Obito to obtain more Uchiha material so he could awaken the Rinnegan and revive Madara.
• Orochimaru reported that Minato Namikaze had left Kirigakure’s territory, while Obito guessed that Raito had revived him for Naruto Uzumaki.