Recaps

Naraku told Sasuke that Sharingan taken from the Uchiha Clan had ended up with Itachi, Danzo, and Orochimaru, then revealed that new intelligence from the Mountain Graveyard laboratory concerned Obito. Sasuke learned that the fate of the stolen Sharingan might still be investigated, but the chapter left Naraku about to explain what the intelligence revealed about Obito.

• Sasuke read Madara's legacy of Sharingan experience and treasured it as a potential inheritance for the Uchiha Clan.
• Naraku received an intelligence report compiled by the Analysis Team and ANBU, then asked Sasuke about Obito's role in the Uchiha Clan's destruction.
• Naraku explained that Danzo had given Root's stolen Sharingan to Orochimaru, who experimented on them and equipped Danzo with an arm covered in Sharingan.
• Naraku told Sasuke that Kabuto might know what happened to Orochimaru's Sharingan and said the new report came from the hidden laboratory at the Mountain Graveyard.
• Sasuke reacted with anger as Naraku identified Obito as the person he wanted to discuss next.

Shihōin Naraku told Sasuke Uchiha that the village had found clues to the locations of Obito’s stored Sharingan. Sasuke hurried off to recover them, while Naraku reflected on the eyes and his own slowly accumulating system draws.

• Shihōin Naraku gave Sasuke Uchiha documents containing vague clues about where Obito had stored the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan.
• Sasuke vowed to search every location and rushed out, agreeing to take Naruto and reconnaissance specialists if needed.
• Naraku wondered how Sasuke would preserve the Sharingan and decided to leave that choice to him.
• Naraku considered how slowly his system accumulated draw chances and concluded he had time to grow stronger before the Ōtsutsuki appeared.

Sasuke visited Kabuto at the Konoha Orphanage to ask whether Orochimaru still had Sharingan and where they might be stored. Kabuto revealed that a former subordinate named Uchiha Shin had defected, leaving Sasuke wondering whether another member of the Uchiha Clan had survived.

• Sasuke asked Kabuto whether Orochimaru still had Sharingan, and Kabuto said there might be some at Base A near the Land of Rice Fields and No. 3 Southern Base in the Land of Lightning.
• Kabuto drew Sasuke a map to the two possible bases and warned him that supplies and secrets could be hidden deep within them.
• Sasuke asked about Orochimaru's task for Danzo, and Kabuto explained that Orochimaru had used Sharingan and Hashirama Cells in experiments to create Danzo's arm.
• Kabuto mentioned a defector named Shin, and Sasuke recalled being sent to investigate a deserted base in the Land of Hot Water.
• Kabuto told Sasuke that the defector's full name was Uchiha Shin, and Sasuke was stunned by the possibility of another Uchiha survivor.

Sasuke learned from Kabuto Yakushi about Uchiha Shin, a Sharingan-immune experiment subject who admired Itachi and wanted to kill Sasuke, and set out to investigate Orochimaru’s bases with Naruto. At the Ninja Academy, Sakura Haruno encountered them just as Naruto waited for Sasuke to decide whether to tell her about the mission.

• Sasuke questioned Kabuto Yakushi about Shin and learned that Shin had adopted the Uchiha name because he admired Itachi, while blaming Sasuke for Itachi’s death.
• Kabuto explained that Shin’s body could accept transplanted Sharingan, that Orochimaru’s research on him aided Danzo’s Sharingan arm, and that Shin had left with modified test subjects and possibly his own clones.
• Sasuke concluded that Shin might attack anyone searching Orochimaru’s bases and vowed to defeat him if he encountered him.
• Sasuke went to the Ninja Academy and recruited Naruto to help search for the remaining Sharingan, insisting that he did not want others involved.
• Sakura Haruno met Sasuke and Naruto as they left the Academy, and Naruto paused before revealing the mission, leaving the decision to Sasuke.

Sasuke told Sakura that he and Naruto were setting out to recover the Uchiha clan’s scattered Sharingan, and invited her to join them as a medical ninja. The three prepared to leave for the Land of Rice Fields, where they might face Orochimaru’s former test subject, Uchiha Shin.

• Sasuke explained that he planned to search for the Uchiha clan’s Sharingan with Naruto, and Sakura wished them luck.
• Sasuke asked Sakura to come along in case any recovered Sharingan needed medical care, and she agreed despite being unsure of her abilities.
• Sakura joined Sasuke and Naruto as they learned that Kabuto Yakushi’s information pointed to two of Orochimaru’s old bases in the Land of Rice Fields.
• Sasuke told them that Uchiha Shin, a Jonin-level Itachi admirer with transplanted Sharingan, might oppose them.
• Sasuke ordered Naruto and Sakura to meet him at the Konoha Gate in ten minutes while Sakura arranged coverage for her hospital patients.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno traveled to the Land of Rice Fields to investigate a hidden Orochimaru base and search for Shin. They found an abandoned underground laboratory, where Sasuke discovered records of experiments involving natural energy and Hashirama cells but no evidence of stored Sharingan.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno left Konoha through the main gate and headed for the Land of Rice Fields, intending to let Shin know they were searching for him.
• Sasuke found Base A using information from Kabuto Yakushi and opened its concealed underground entrance.
• The three entered the abandoned laboratory and split up to search its rooms and documents.
• Naruto found a room containing filing cabinets, research notes, and a bloodstained operating table, then called Sasuke over.
• Sasuke examined the records and concluded that the base held no Sharingan experiments, only records concerning natural energy and Hashirama cells.

Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno searched Orochimaru’s base but found no clues about the Sharingan. Sasuke revealed another possible location in the Land of Lightning, and the group prepared to investigate it.

• Naruto asked Sasuke whether he had killed Orochimaru, and Sasuke explained that he had joined Orochimaru for power before turning on and killing him.
• Sakura Haruno reported that the records concerned Hashirama cells and natural energy, with no mention of the Sharingan.
• Naruto and Sasuke searched the base’s other rooms, but the three found no Sharingan clues and suspected that some areas had been searched before.
• Sasuke revealed that Kabuto had identified a second possible location in the mountains of the northern Land of Lightning, where he had once seen Sharingan cultivation tanks.
• Sasuke said the group would travel to the second base, despite the risk of attracting Kumogakure’s attention.

Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno searched an abandoned Orochimaru base in the Land of Rice Fields, then continued toward another base in the Land of Lightning. They detected a growing group of pursuers and waited for Shin, whom Sasuke suspected wanted to find more Sharingan.

• Sakura Haruno sealed records about Hashirama cells and natural energy for Tsunade, and Sasuke Uchiha restored the seal on the laboratory door before the team left.
• Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno discovered they were being followed after leaving the Land of Rice Fields, and Sasuke proposed waiting for Shin to appear.
• The team traveled toward the Land of Lightning and camped outside its borders for the night, agreeing to search Orochimaru's bases carefully rather than rush.
• Naruto Uzumaki sensed the number of pursuers grow to six, while Sasuke Uchiha insisted they wait for Shin before attacking.
• Sasuke Uchiha reasoned that Shin might be following them to locate more Sharingan and use them to create additional subordinates.

Uchiha Shin pursued Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sakura Haruno, hoping to use Sasuke to locate Orochimaru’s surviving bases and obtain more Sharingan. The three reached the Land of Lightning while Shin’s clones continued to follow them toward Base No. 3.

• Uchiha Shin ordered his clone subordinate to keep watch on the group after learning they were heading to the Land of Lightning.
• Shin planned to ambush the group at the base and take Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan after killing him.
• Sasuke stood watch while Naruto and Sakura rested, and the night passed without the followers attacking.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura realized Shin’s identical clones were trailing them and intended to follow them to the base.
• Sasuke led Naruto and Sakura across the border into the Land of Lightning while Shin’s clones followed at a distance.

Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto traveled through the Land of Lightning toward Orochimaru’s base, stopping to admire Flame Mountain and discuss its history. They located the boulder hiding the base’s cave entrance, and Sakura called the others over.

• Naruto spotted Flame Mountain, and Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno joined him to admire the burning range.
• Naruto told Sasuke and Sakura that Kumogakure had begged Shihōin Naraku to extinguish the flames, but he had refused.
• Sasuke described the deadly heat and barren forbidden zone surrounding Flame Mountain, and the three resumed their mission to find the Sharingan.
• Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto traveled deeper into the Land of Lightning and searched a mountainside for Orochimaru’s hidden base.
• Sakura found a huge boulder near the cave entrance and called Sasuke and Naruto over.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura entered a concealed Orochimaru base and began disarming its traps while searching for the Sharingan. Uchiha Shin arrived outside with his clones and ordered them to prepare an ambush for the trio’s return.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura found the hidden entrance and agreed Sasuke would lead them through the narrow gap.
• The trio entered a large cavern filled with abandoned medical equipment and followed its passages deeper into the base.
• Sasuke spotted a concealed sealing formula and destroyed it, then continued dismantling traps with information Kabuto had provided.
• Uchiha Shin arrived with his clone subordinates and learned that Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura had gone inside.
• Uchiha Shin rejected entering the base and ordered his clones to set traps outside and attack the trio when they emerged.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura searched Orochimaru’s dismantled base for Sharingan, and Sasuke found three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan preserved in a cultivation tank. Sakura went to retrieve a special eye-preservation device while Sasuke remained undecided about what to do with the eyes.

• Sasuke finished dismantling most of the base’s seals and traps, then the three split up to search for the Sharingan.
• Naruto sent Shadow Clones through the base while Sakura searched a laboratory and found bottles of Stage Three Culture Medium.
• Sasuke spotted and disabled a mechanical trap before opening a hidden room containing three pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan in a cultivation tank.
• Sasuke told Sakura about the Sharingan, and she said she had brought sealing scrolls and found a special preservation device with instructions.
• Sasuke explained that the Sharingan could lose their viability in a sealing scroll and struggled to decide whether to keep or destroy them.

Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto searched Orochimaru’s base and found eight pairs of Sharingan in total, including five hidden pairs. After collecting the Sharingan and useful research materials, they prepared to destroy the base so Kumogakure could not claim what remained.

• Sakura removed three pairs of Sharingan from a cultivation tank and sealed them in a scroll for Sasuke.
• Naruto found a hidden chamber containing five more pairs of Sharingan, which Sasuke and his companions collected.
• Sasuke reasoned that Danzo and Orochimaru’s partnership had supplied Orochimaru with many Sharingan and decided there were likely no more in the base.
• Sasuke placed explosive tags around the base, explaining that they should destroy it before Kumogakure discovered its contents.
• Naruto and Sasuke finished searching the laboratories, while Sakura gathered Orochimaru’s experiment records, equipment, and materials to take back to the village.

Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto, and Sakura Haruno collected Orochimaru’s research materials and prepared to leave the base, where Uchiha Shin had set an ambush. Shin’s explosive traps failed to harm them, and he confronted Sasuke by claiming to be the Uchiha Clan’s true successor.

• Sakura Haruno sealed Orochimaru’s research materials so they could be delivered to Konoha’s Medical Department, while Sasuke dismissed the large Cultivation Apparatus as useless.
• Naruto sensed Shin and his subordinates waiting outside the base, and the three agreed to confront them as they exited.
• Naruto emerged first, followed by apparent versions of Sasuke and Sakura, and Shin ordered his clones to detonate the explosive tags around them.
• After two rounds of blasts, Shin’s group found no trace of the three and began doubting that the explosions had killed them.
• Naruto appeared unharmed behind Shin and his clones as Sasuke and Sakura joined him from another direction.
• Shin erupted at Sasuke, calling him a traitor and declaring himself the Uchiha Clan’s true successor, and Sasuke called him an idiot.

Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno overwhelmed Shin and his Sharingan-bearing clones in battle. As Sasuke pressed Shin, he discovered that Shin had awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan capable of redirecting the shuriken.

• Naruto revealed that he had sensed Shin’s explosive-tag trap and the clones’ movements, then explained that shadow clones had drawn out the attack.
• Shin ordered his clones to bombard the trio with explosive projectiles, but Sasuke protected them with Susanoo and the blasts caused no harm.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura incapacitated the clones with shadow clones, sword strikes, and Sakura’s devastating punch, leaving Shin unable to follow their movements.
• Sasuke decided he would kill Shin and the remaining clones rather than recover every transplanted Sharingan, and the trio charged into the fight.
• Naruto and Sakura rapidly defeated more clones while Sasuke fought Shin, who used his Mangekyō Sharingan to redirect shuriken toward Sasuke.

Sasuke battled Shin, identified his Mangekyō ability to control marked weapons, and awakened his own Mangekyō Sharingan to counter Shin’s blade attacks. The chapter ended with Sasuke’s Amaterasu burning through Shin’s blade shield while Shin faced him in a cold sweat.

• Sasuke dodged Shin’s weapons and realized Shin was controlling them with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shin formed a wall of blades and then broke it into fragments, forcing Sasuke to defend himself with Susanoo.
• Shin surrounded Sasuke with a sphere of weapons and contracted it from every direction.
• Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu on Shin, interrupting the attack.
• Sasuke shattered Shin’s weapon net with Susanoo while Amaterasu began consuming Shin’s shield.

Sasuke overwhelmed Uchiha Shin with Susanoo’s chakra arrows, leaving Shin gravely wounded and unable to stand. Naruto and Sakura watched from nearby and speculated that Orochimaru had given Shin his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sasuke identified Shin’s weakness and forced him to gather his blades into a single attack.
• Sasuke’s Susanoo destroyed Shin’s spiraling blade attack with a chakra arrow and shattered his next defensive shield.
• Sasuke fired three arrows in succession, leaving Shin wounded and collapsed on the ground.
• Naruto and Sakura observed that Sasuke had won without their help while the enemy clones lay defeated.
• Naruto guessed that Orochimaru had transplanted Shin’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

Sasuke defeated Shin and exposed him as a fake Uchiha, then stayed behind after Naruto and Sakura left. He burned Shin and the clones with Amaterasu, leaving Shin screaming as the black flames consumed him.

• Sasuke easily overpowered Shin and asked whether he had any last words.
• Shin tried one final sneak attack, but Sasuke destroyed the blades with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to leave before Kumogakure discovered them, and Sakura said Shin had idolized the Uchiha Clan.
• Sasuke told Naruto and Sakura to go ahead while he dealt with Shin and the clones.
• After Naruto and Sakura left, Sasuke used Amaterasu on Shin and the clones, and Shin screamed as the flames spread across his body.

Shihōin Naraku watched Sasuke Uchiha defeat Uchiha Shin and his clones, then learned that Sasuke had planted a vast number of Explosive Tags in Orochimaru's base. The mountain housing the base began to erupt as the explosions tore it apart.

• Sasuke Uchiha burned Shin and his clones to ash with Amaterasu after rejecting Shin's claim to the Uchiha name.
• Shihōin Naraku observed the battle from a mountaintop and approved of how Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura had defeated Shin without much difficulty.
• Naraku explained that he had come to prevent Naruto from taking Shin's clones back to Konoha, but Naruto left with Sakura while Sasuke dealt with the bodies.
• Explosions burst from Orochimaru's base and began ripping apart the mountain as Naraku watched.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura destroyed Orochimaru’s base in the Land of Lightning, setting off an enormous explosion that drew the attention of Kumogakure’s ninja. The trio headed toward the Land of Birds to search for Obito’s hidden bases, while Naraku noticed Cloud Ninja converging on the blast site and prepared to leave.

• Sasuke’s explosives and something hidden in Orochimaru’s base triggered a blast that devastated the mountaintop.
• Naruto questioned Sasuke about the explosion, and Sakura suggested Orochimaru had left something dangerous in the base.
• Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura left for the Land of Birds to search for Obito’s hidden bases and Sharingan.
• Naraku sensed Cloud Ninja approaching from several directions and recognized that Kumogakure had reacted quickly to the explosion.
• Naraku withdrew his Observation Haki and prepared to leave the area.

Shihōin Naraku visited Flame Mountain in the Land of Lightning to inspect the enduring inferno he had created during the war. After discovering how deeply the flames had transformed the mountain, he left to explore other places before returning to Konoha while Sasuke and his companions searched the Land of Birds for clues to Obito’s base.

• Shihōin Naraku decided to visit Flame Mountain instead of returning to Konoha immediately.
• Naraku reached Flame Mountain and saw that its fierce heat had forced nearby civilians and Ninja to relocate.
• Naraku shaped the mountain’s unusually powerful flames into a small bird and considered how Kumogakure might use them.
• Naraku spread his Observation Haki across Flame Mountain and discovered that the mountain was burning from the inside as well as the surface.
• Naraku left to explore other places while Sasuke and his companions searched the Land of Birds without knowing where Obito’s base was.

Kumogakure's elders argued over choosing the Seventh Raikage, with Burūi gaining the strongest support among the candidates. Their meeting was interrupted by news that an explosion had destroyed a mountain base linked to Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, leaving the elders to order an urgent investigation.

• Kumogakure's elders debated whether C, Tarui, or Burūi should become the next Raikage, and Burūi gained an advantage because of his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• A subordinate reported to Dianbingwei that an explosion had destroyed a mountain base near the border, where two groups of ninja may have fought, but no survivors had been found.
• The elders learned that scattered evidence connected the destroyed base to Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, prompting alarm over possible forbidden experiments and hidden materials.
• Dianbingwei and the elders considered whether Kabuto Yakushi had been hiding at the base or had attacked an unknown enemy there.
• A white-haired elder ordered Kumogakure to seal off and search the site, then identify and track the ninja involved.

Kumogakure debated how to respond to a suspected appearance by Kabuto Yakushi and asked Konoha for help. Naraku explained that Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura had actually fought Orochimaru’s clones while searching for Sharingan, and Konoha decided to send assistance without revealing the truth.

• Dianbingwei ordered Kumogakure to search for Kabuto Yakushi, contact Konoha, and raise the village’s alert, while Hikashirō persuaded the elders to postpone choosing a new Raikage.
• Hikashirō told Mǎwéiyī that Kabuto’s Impure World Reincarnation made confronting him too dangerous, though Kumogakure could search Orochimaru’s ruined base before Konoha arrived.
• Naraku received Kumogakure’s request and summoned Konoha’s senior officials to discuss the suspected Kabuto sighting.
• Naraku revealed that Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura had fought Shin clones at Orochimaru’s base while searching for stored Sharingan, and that Kabuto had only supplied them with information.
• Shikaku and the other officials warned that explaining the mission could expose Sasuke and Naruto’s covert entry into the Land of Lightning, so Naraku decided Konoha would send assistance without getting involved in the rest.

Shihōin Naraku announced that he intended to step down as Hokage in six months so he could personally hunt down Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Konoha’s leaders opposed the timing and urged him to keep searching through the existing team, leaving Naraku considering whether to postpone the decision until after the Chunin Ninja Exams.

• Shihōin Naraku asked Shikaku Nara to send a Jonin and several Chunin to support the Land of Lightning.
• Shihōin Naraku announced that he planned to nominate the Seventh Hokage and step down after the first postwar Chunin Ninja Exams, in about six months.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Shikaku Nara, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura questioned Naraku’s decision and warned that his departure could disrupt Konoha’s recovery and unsettle the Shinobi World.
• Shihōin Naraku explained that he wanted to personally find and kill Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, whom the Search Team had failed to locate.
• The others urged Naraku to let the Search Team continue or use his authority as Hokage to expand the search, and Naraku considered raising his resignation again after the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Shihōin Naraku agreed to remain Hokage for one year before stepping down to confront Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and he began planning the large-scale Chunin Ninja Exams with Shikaku and Kakashi. The chapter ended as Shikaku presented preliminary plans for adapting the exam stages to the hundreds of expected participants.

• Shihōin Naraku agreed not to raise stepping down before the Chunin Ninja Exams and accepted Jiraiya's proposal to leave the Hokage position within one year.
• Naraku and Jiraiya settled on the one-year deadline, while Naraku postponed choosing a successor and glanced toward Kakashi Hatake.
• After Tsunade and the others left, Naraku asked Shikaku and Kakashi to discuss preparations for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Naraku explained that the exams would include genin and representatives from the Five Great Shinobi Villages, smaller villages, and other factions, requiring extensive facilities and security.
• Shikaku framed the exams as a declaration of Konoha's place in the postwar order and presented preliminary plans to revise the usual three-stage format.