Chapter Summaries

Raito defeated Deva Path Pain, then negotiated with Kurotsuchi over Deidara and met with Kumogakure’s C, who asked for the Akatsuki’s location. C left without a map but received a trained white pigeon, leading him to suspect that Raito’s network was monitoring the entire Shinobi World.

• Raito used Gamma Knife and Shambles to cut Deva Path Pain apart, then used Takt to bring its upper half within reach.
• Raito told Kurotsuchi that Kirigakure would hand Deidara over but would keep any other rogue ninja from Iwagakure it captured; Kurotsuchi accepted and left with Kyuji.
• Raito considered Han, the Five-Tails Jinchūriki, a future bargaining card against Iwagakure.
• Ameyuri Ringo told Raito that Kumogakure’s C had arrived, and C asked for the Akatsuki’s exact base location in exchange for any terms Kirigakure wanted.
• Raito agreed to help C but sent him away, saying he would understand once he left Kirigakure’s gates.
• A trained white pigeon landed on C’s shoulder aboard his boat, and C realized Raito might be monitoring Kumogakure and the wider Shinobi World.

Sasuke asked Raito to help him find the people who manipulated Itachi, and Raito agreed to lead an expedition against Akatsuki and assemble the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Meanwhile, Naruto insisted to Tsunade that he had mastered the Nine-Tails' power and would not lose control again.

• Sasuke visited Raito and asked to join him in finding Akatsuki so he could uncover the truth about Itachi.
• Raito decided to accompany Sasuke and wipe out Akatsuki, partly to obtain the Two-Tails chakra and prevent the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Raito ordered Ameyuri to summon every member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and planned to leave the next morning.
• At Konoha's temporary camp, Naruto told Tsunade that he had mastered the Nine-Tails' power and would not lose control again.

Naruto persuaded Tsunade to let him leave Konoha with Sakura and Sai to hunt Akatsuki, while the group led by Gekkō Raito raced toward the Land of Rain. At Akatsuki’s base, Orochimaru returned with Kabuto and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon two figures, leaving Nagato stunned and furious.

• Naruto demanded to avenge Jiraiya, and Tsunade finally allowed him to go with Sakura and Sai on an S-rank reconnaissance mission.
• Fourth Raikage A led Darui, C, and the Samui Squad toward the Land of Rain, following Gekkō Raito’s messenger pigeon.
• Nagato, Obito, and Konan completed the ritual that made them Jinchūriki, while Black Zetsu warned them that the Mizukage and Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were approaching.
• Obito urged Akatsuki to retreat, but Black Zetsu introduced Orochimaru as a source of reinforcements.
• Orochimaru presented Kabuto, who performed Impure World Reincarnation and summoned two figures, provoking Nagato.
• Sasuke asked why Gekkō Raito did not use the Water Dragon Bullet Technique to travel, and Gekkō Raito explained that their group was too large to carry.

Orochimaru offered to rejoin the Akatsuki in exchange for learning the secret of the Tailed Beasts, and revived Yahiko to secure Nagato’s agreement. After Obito revealed the Eye of the Moon plan, Orochimaru joined, but Black Zetsu warned that forces from Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure were closing in on the base.

• Obito confronted Orochimaru, who demanded Sasuke and offered to rejoin the Akatsuki to learn the Tailed Beasts’ secret.
• Nagato agreed to let Orochimaru join if he revived Yahiko, and Kabuto awakened Yahiko with a talisman-bearing kunai.
• Obito explained the Eye of the Moon plan and the role of the Tailed Beasts and Rinnegan, and Orochimaru eagerly agreed to join.
• Black Zetsu warned that Naruto’s group, the Raikage’s squad, and Raito with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were approaching the Akatsuki base.

Yahiko awoke to help Nagato and Konan as Orochimaru prepared an army of reanimated shinobi for the approaching Kumogakure forces. The Fourth Raikage charged into the factory, where reanimated Kimimaro stopped his attack and prepared to fight.

• Yahiko offered to help Nagato and Konan, while Orochimaru and Kabuto raised rows of coffins for the coming battle.
• The Fourth Raikage led Darui and the Kumogakure squad into the abandoned factory to avenge Killer B.
• Nagato sensed the intruders, and Orochimaru announced that the Raikage's group had received his first welcome gift.
• The Raikage attacked the figure blocking the underground corridor, but Kimimaro took the punch head-on and cut the Raikage with bone fangs.
• The Raikage recognized Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku, and Orochimaru revealed that Impure World Reincarnation had freed him from his terminal illness.

Kimimaro, Hanzo, and Kakuzu—three Impure World Reincarnation fighters—cornered the Fourth Raikage’s squad inside an underground factory while Nagato, Obito, and Orochimaru watched from the control room. Elsewhere, Gekkō Raito and Sasuke launched a devastating attack that forced the Fourth Raikage to evade a collapsing building.

• Kimimaro fought the Fourth Raikage evenly, and the Raikage shattered Kimimaro’s bone spike with his Lightning Release Armor before knocking him through a pillar.
• Hanzo ambushed Darui and Samui, wounding them, while Kakuzu emerged from the darkness and the Fourth Raikage warned his squad that more enemies were present.
• The Fourth Raikage charged Kimimaro and ordered Darui’s squad to hold off Hanzo and Kakuzu, while Nagato, Obito, and Orochimaru watched their reanimated fighters bog down the Kumogakure ninja.
• Obito praised the plan to use the reanimated fighters, while Orochimaru privately coveted Sasuke’s body and Gekkō Raito’s body as vessels.
• Gekkō Raito and Sasuke attacked, slicing through a towering building; the Fourth Raikage leapt clear as it collapsed, and Zabuza and the others angrily cursed at the attackers.

Chōjūrō’s overwhelming strike revealed how powerful the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had become, and Gekkō Raito joined the battlefield as they engaged Nagato’s group. The Fourth Raikage witnessed their strength firsthand and asked whether Darui could keep fighting.

• Chōjūrō’s sweeping strike reduced the industrial park to rubble, narrowly missing Zabuza and Ming.
• Gekkō Raito praised Chōjūrō’s growth, while Sasuke realized the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had reached Kage Level strength and suspected Gekkō Raito had trained them.
• Zabuza attacked Nagato’s group with Kubikiribōchō and used Water Breathing: Water Surface Slash, which Nagato recognized as a sword technique combining chakra and water release.
• Ming charged with Kabutowari and Boil Release: Peerless Strength, blasting a crater into the ground and sending nearby buildings collapsing.
• A member of the Seven froze the falling buildings with Ice Release as Gekkō Raito entered the battlefield, and the Fourth Raikage judged the Seven to be formidable opponents.
• Chōjūrō descended while supporting a panting Darui, and the Fourth Raikage asked whether Darui could still fight.

Gekkō Raito confronted Nagato while Kirigakure and Kumogakure’s forces battled the Akatsuki in Amegakure. After Haku blocked Konan and the others, Gekkō Raito carried Nagato away to continue their fight, leaving the remaining battles to his allies.

• Gekkō Raito identified Nagato as a jinchūriki and learned from Haku that Orochimaru was missing while Kabuto remained nearby.
• Gekkō Raito told the exhausted Raikage to stand aside and challenged Nagato to continue their unfinished fight from Konoha.
• Haku kicked Yahiko away and traded attacks with Konan, while Gekkō Raito seized Nagato and smashed him through a building before pursuing him into the ruins.
• Haku sealed the passage with ice and stood against Konan, while Zabuza sent Chōjūrō back to fight the regenerating Hanzō.
• Zetsu attacked Zabuza with Wood Release, revealing that he could control thick vines.

Kirigakure’s fighters held their ground against powerful opponents, impressing the Fourth Raikage with the village’s strength. Sasuke chased a figure he believed was Itachi, while Raito faced Nagato and the resurrected Hashirama Senju.

• Ming battered Kabuto with his Kabutowari as the Fourth Raikage surveyed the battles and concluded Kirigakure had become the foremost village in the shinobi world.
• Sasuke spotted a familiar figure he thought was Itachi and charged after him, while Orochimaru secretly welcomed the chance to pursue Sasuke alone.
• Raito overpowered Nagato in taijutsu, but Nagato summoned Wood Release roots and revealed Hashirama Senju through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama recognized Raito from their earlier encounter and questioned why he wore another village’s clothes.
• Nagato told Hashirama that Konoha’s leaders had handed Raito over, leaving Hashirama stunned and condemning their judgment.

Gekkō Raito fought Hashirama, who Nagato controlled with Impure World Reincarnation, and proved he could withstand the First Hokage’s monstrous strength. Hashirama unleashed a vast Wood Release forest that scattered the fighters, while Haku led the others to safety and Gekkō Raito remained inside.

• Nagato forced Hashirama to attack Gekkō Raito, who caught his punch and kicked him away.
• Nagato revealed that Gekkō Raito was Kirigakure’s Sixth Mizukage and a member of the Yuki Clan; Hashirama sent Wood Clones after him, and Gekkō Raito cut them down.
• Hashirama used Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees, creating a huge forest that interrupted the battle and shocked Zabuza, Kisame, and the Fourth Raikage.
• Obito escaped using Kamui, while Kisame and Zabuza fought off the roots and regrouped with the others.
• Haku worried that Gekkō Raito was still in the forest, but Kisame warned that they would only hinder him; Haku froze the pursuing roots and led the group out.

Gekkō Raito unleashed Full Tailed Beast Sage Mode and used his ROOM to turn Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release attack against him. Nagato then pulled Gekkō Raito toward him with the Rinnegan as Hashirama was swallowed by his own wood dragon.

• The Raikage and the others watched from outside as Hashirama Senju trapped Gekkō Raito and Nagato inside a dome of Wood Release vines.
• Hashirama activated Sage Mode and urged Gekkō Raito to escape, but Gekkō Raito erupted with tailed beast chakra and entered Full Tailed Beast Sage Mode.
• Gekkō Raito expanded ROOM: Shambles, cut apart a building, and hurled its floating wreckage at Hashirama before Nagato destroyed it with Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato recognized that Gekkō Raito’s strange power worked within the blue sphere, and Gekkō Raito confirmed it before hinting that his abilities could develop further.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to drag Gekkō Raito toward him as Hashirama summoned a wood dragon to attack, but the world seemed to spin and the dragon swallowed Hashirama instead.

Gekkō Raito fought Nagato and Hashirama, using his spatial abilities and invisible attacks to wound Nagato before narrowly surviving their coordinated assault. He cleaved Hashirama’s Wood Golem in two and left both opponents engulfed in a massive fire inside the abandoned factory.

• Gekkō Raito failed to use his spatial ability directly on Nagato and cut apart Hashirama’s attacking Wood Release vines.
• Gekkō Raito struck Nagato with Injection Shot, then appeared behind him and attacked with Counter Shock, but Nagato stopped the blow with Shinra Tensei.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Golem and sent its fist toward the airborne Gekkō Raito.
• Gekkō Raito cleaved the Wood Golem in two with Zangetsu.
• Gekkō Raito activated Fiery Red Eye and engulfed Nagato, Hashirama, and the fallen Wood Golem in flames.

Raito fought Nagato and Hashirama, testing his strength against their abilities while considering a new use for ROOM. The chapter ended as Raito unleashed Getsuga Tenshō against Nagato’s Eight-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Raito used water to cool himself while flames consumed Hashirama’s Wood Release vines, then Nagato blasted the fire away with Shinra Tensei.
• Raito clashed with Nagato’s repulsive force, was sent flying, and wondered whether he could cut through Nagato’s defenses at close range.
• Raito chopped apart Hashirama’s vines as Nagato gathered chakra for a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Raito kicked Hashirama away, then faced Nagato’s completed Tailed Beast Bomb without dodging.
• Raito concentrated his chakra into Getsuga Tenshō and launched a black-and-red slash at the incoming bomb.

Gekkō Raito gathered the flames around the ruins into a massive fireball and hurled it at Nagato, destroying the abandoned factory. Afterward, Kisame noticed that the Akatsuki members who had been providing support had vanished, suggesting their disappearance was deliberate.

• Gekkō Raito used ROOM: Shambles to draw the surrounding flames together into an enormous fireball.
• Nagato realized his absorption technique could not absorb natural flames, while Hashirama watched the meteor descend.
• Gekkō Raito's fireball struck the ground, unleashing a blast and heat wave that nearly erased the abandoned factory.
• Haku and Ameyuri Ringo worried about Gekkō Raito, but Zabuza pointed out that his ROOM technique was still active.
• Kisame noticed that the Akatsuki support team had disappeared and concluded they had not simply fled.

Gekkō Raito discovered that the Akatsuki had stalled him while Uzumaki Ashina prepared a powerful sealing barrier. Hashirama Senju and several reanimated ninja appeared to keep Raito trapped as the Great Sage began analyzing how to break the barrier.

• Gekkō Raito realized Nagato and the Akatsuki members had vanished after the explosion, then saw a huge barrier seal off the area.
• The Great Sage warned Gekkō Raito that the barrier would take an estimated thirty minutes to analyze and break.
• Hashirama Senju, Kakuzu, Kimimaro Kaguya, Hanzo of the Salamander, and an unfamiliar old man emerged through the steam to confront Gekkō Raito.
• Hashirama explained that the dead had been summoned and controlled with a forbidden jutsu, and identified the old man as Uzumaki Ashina, former leader of the Uzumaki Clan.

Raito realized Akatsuki had stalled him so they could attack Kirigakure and seize its jinchūriki, and he sent a Cloud Pigeon to warn Mei Terumi. Akatsuki arrived offshore and prepared to attack, while Nagato and Obito reviewed Kirigakure’s defenses and targets.

• Hashirama prompted Raito to consider what Akatsuki might do while he was delayed, and Raito suspected they were heading for Kirigakure.
• Raito used a Cloud Pigeon to reach Mei Terumi and send her an urgent warning as she handled Mizukage affairs.
• Nagato, Obito, Yahiko, and the other Akatsuki members appeared offshore, with Obito explaining that Raito’s sensory network prevented them from teleporting into the village.
• Nagato ordered Akatsuki to enter Kirigakure and capture its jinchūriki, believing they needed only the Nine-Tails after collecting the village’s beasts.
• Obito warned Yahiko about Kirigakure’s powerful clans and explained that Yuki Haku was already with Akatsuki, leaving Hiroshi Akayama, Kozuki In, and Yumiko Waves as their targets.

Nagato led the Akatsuki’s assault on Kirigakure, drawing the village’s forces away while Obito, Zetsu, Konan, and Yahiko infiltrated. As Nagato slaughtered the Mist Ninja at the harbor, Mei Terumi ordered the Jinchūriki and other defenders to hold their underground shelter and await the enemy’s trap.

• Obito warned Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan that Kirigakure had powerful defenders, including Mei Terumi, three Jinchūriki, and fifty elite Water Breathing swordsmen.
• Nagato agreed to avoid destroying the village and began the capture operation, splitting Obito and Zetsu from Konan and Yahiko while he attacked from the front.
• Nagato blasted Kirigakure’s harbor with repulsive force, then fought the responding Mist Ninja and killed more than a dozen.
• Mei Terumi ordered Hiroshi Akayama, Kozuki Kage, and Yumiko Waves to remain in the underground shelter and wait for the enemy to enter their trap.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist assembled in the plaza before the Mizukage Building.

Raito used the Food Chain network to prepare chakra support for Kirigakure's defenders while fighting Hanzō, Kakuzu, Kimimaro, Hashirama Senju, and Uzumaki Ashina. He killed Hanzō, immobilized and bound several opponents, and cut Hashirama in half, leaving Hashirama and Uzumaki Ashina as the only foes still standing.

• Kozuki Sankan rallied fifty ninja swordsmen and other Kirigakure elites to defend the village until reinforcements arrived.
• Raito asked the Great Sage whether he could send chakra to the defenders through the Food Chain network, then decided to supply them from his reserves.
• Raito blocked Hanzō's sneak attack and beheaded him with one stroke of Zangetsu.
• Raito's Water Breathing attack cut Kakuzu in half, severed Kimimaro's arm, and pinned Kakuzu and Hanzō with black chakra rods that disrupted their control.
• Raito cut through Hashirama Senju's Wood Release vines and sliced him in half, then froze Kimimaro and sealed him, Kakuzu, and Hanzō in cloud chains.
• Raito turned toward the fallen Hashirama as only Hashirama Senju and Uzumaki Ashina remained on the battlefield.

Gekkō Raito defeated Hashirama and used Kotoamatsukami to take control of Uzumaki Ashina, but learned Ashina could not undo the activated sealing jutsu. The Great Sage then revealed that Raito’s new ocular jutsu, Kotoamatsukami: Ultimate, could alter reality, and Raito used it on the barrier.

• Hashirama attacked Raito with the Gate of the Great God, but Raito split it with Getsuga Tenshō and cut apart Hashirama’s wooden hands.
• Raito teleported Hashirama in front of him, disabled his chakra flow, and bound him with the White Vine Seal Technique.
• Raito used Kotoamatsukami to take control of Uzumaki Ashina, severing Orochimaru’s control, but Ashina said the activated forbidden sealing jutsu could not be undone.
• The Great Sage announced that Raito’s new ocular jutsu, Kotoamatsukami: Ultimate, could rewrite reality using Six Paths Power.
• Raito activated Kotoamatsukami: Ultimate on the barrier, draining more than half of his chakra and Six Paths Power.

Gekkō Raito shattered Hashirama’s seal and used Kotoamatsukami to bring him back to life, then rushed toward Kirigakure and ordered the others to protect Sasuke. Meanwhile, Sasuke demanded the truth about the Uchiha massacre from Itachi as Nagato overwhelmed the Mist Ninja.

• Gekkō Raito used his modified Kotoamatsukami to destroy the White Vine Seal barrier, astonishing Hashirama.
• Gekkō Raito used Kotoamatsukami again and changed Hashirama from dead to alive, apparently spending less Six Paths Power than expected.
• Gekkō Raito flew toward Kirigakure and told the Seven Swordsmen and the others to find and protect Sasuke, leaving Hashirama bewildered.
• Orochimaru sensed Hashirama’s living presence and wondered whether Gekkō Raito had truly resurrected the God of Shinobi.
• Sasuke confronted Itachi and demanded the truth behind the massacre, refusing to be deterred by Orochimaru’s trap.
• Nagato killed Mist Ninja with Shinra Tensei while the last five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen continued fighting despite their injuries.