Vol. 9After the Fourth War

Naraku helped end the Fourth Shinobi World War, coordinated the villages’ recovery, and prepared them to face the hidden threat of Isshiki. As Sasuke’s search failed to find Isshiki, Naraku ordered the investigation to continue and gave Sasuke recovered Uchiha training materials.

  • Naraku ate the Chakra Fruit, gained an immortal body and new dōjutsu, and rescued Naruto and Sasuke as they fought Kaguya.
  • Kaguya formed a Final Truth-Seeking Orb, and Naraku knocked aside her All-Killing Ash Bones while preparing his Serious Punch.
  • Naraku helped Naruto and Sasuke seal Kaguya and Black Zetsu, then gave them Senzu Beans so they could release the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
  • Naraku approved Kabuto’s return to Konoha as director of the Konoha Orphanage.
  • Naraku coordinated the Allied Shinobi Forces’ return and postwar recovery, while the village leaders agreed to cooperate against Isshiki and appoint Sasuke to lead an Investigation Squad.
  • Naruto found Sasuke at the Field Hospital, and Sasuke asked him about the Search Team’s mission.
  • Naraku accepted Kabuto’s surrender and appointed him director of the orphanage under ANBU surveillance, while Sasuke led the Search Team to find Isshiki.
  • Sasuke returned without finding Isshiki, and Naraku ordered the investigation to continue while giving him recovered Uchiha training materials.
Chapters 801–900 Read from Ch. 801

Arc 33Naraku’s Final Power

Naraku escaped the supergravity dimension, gained the Chakra Fruit’s power, and repeatedly rescued Naruto and Sasuke as they fought Kaguya. In the Core Dimension, Kaguya formed a Final Truth-Seeking Orb, and Naraku prepared to test his Serious Punch against it.

  • Naraku recovered with a Senzu Bean, but Kaguya escaped the supergravity dimension after their renewed battle drained her chakra.
  • Naraku used ten draw chances to strengthen his abilities, created a Ten-Tails from the Demonic Statue, and grew a God Tree that bore a Chakra Fruit.
  • Naraku ate the Chakra Fruit, gaining an immortal body and new dōjutsu, including Life-Extending Feather of Misfortune.
  • Kaguya attacked Naruto in the Ice World Space, but Naraku arrived before she could drain him completely, healed him, and left Black Zetsu sealed behind.
  • Kaguya pursued Sasuke through the dimensions, but Naraku rescued him and joined Naruto and Sasuke in confronting her.
  • Naraku repeatedly overwhelmed Kaguya while Naruto and Sasuke tried to seal her, then helped Naruto strike her with the tailed beasts’ chakra and trigger her transformation.
  • Kaguya emerged from the monster’s remains and formed a Final Truth-Seeking Orb, while Naraku told Naruto and Sasuke to retreat and prepared his Serious Punch.
  • Kaguya fired faster All-Killing Ash Bones at Naraku, but he knocked them aside with a transparent shock wave.
Chapters 801–82525 summaries Read

Arc 34After the Fourth War

Naraku helped seal Kaguya, then watched Naruto and Sasuke settle their conflict and release the Infinite Tsukuyomi. As the Allied Shinobi Forces counted their dead and returned to Konoha, Naraku arranged Kabuto’s return and new role at the Konoha Orphanage.

  • Naraku helped Naruto and Sasuke seal Kaguya and Black Zetsu inside Planetary Devastation, ending the Allied Shinobi Forces' battle.
  • Sasuke sealed the nine tailed beasts and declared his revolution, then fought Naruto at the Valley of the End until both were exhausted and conceded peace.
  • Naraku gave Naruto and Sasuke Senzu Beans, and the pair released the Infinite Tsukuyomi to free the survivors.
  • Naraku directed battlefield cleanup and casualty searches while Shikaku organized Konoha to receive returning troops.
  • Jiraiya and Kakashi brought successive groups of survivors to Konoha, while Kumogakure and Iwagakure addressed leadership after their Kage died.
  • Naraku sent Tsunade, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and more than nineteen thousand ninja to Konoha, while he stayed behind with two thousand and continued recovery efforts.
  • Naraku found Kabuto surveying the battlefield, promised to help him pursue his wishes, and approved his return to Konoha as director of the Konoha Orphanage.
Chapters 826–85025 summaries Read

Arc 35The Shinobi World Rebuilds

Naraku brought the Allied Shinobi Forces home, coordinated postwar recovery, and secured the villages’ cooperation against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. The arc ended with Naruto finding Sasuke at the Field Hospital and Sasuke asking about the Search Team’s mission.

  • Naraku returned to Konoha with the Allied Shinobi Forces, where the villagers celebrated their homecoming and he addressed the crowd.
  • Naraku and the village leaders discussed the fallen, Kabuto Yakushi, and the threat of Isshiki, then agreed to cooperate and appoint Sasuke to lead an Investigation Squad.
  • Naraku told the surviving ninja of their victory and honored the dead, while Yunshui and Dianbingwei worried about his influence over Kumogakure’s forces.
  • The allied villages departed Konoha, and Naraku arranged treatment for the wounded, postwar reports, supplies, and a memorial for Konoha’s fallen.
  • Naraku assigned Sasuke to guard the Field Hospital, where Sasuke completed his duties without incident and helped ease resentment toward him.
  • Tsunade, Sakura, and Naruto traveled to the Field Hospital to transfer the wounded, and Naruto found Sasuke and told him his situation had been resolved.
  • Sasuke asked Naruto what he knew about the Search Team and its mission to find the enemy across the shinobi world.
Chapters 851–87525 summaries Read

Arc 36Kabuto’s Return and the Search

Naraku accepted Kabuto’s surrender and made him director of Konoha’s orphanage while Sasuke led a long search for Isshiki. As Isshiki stayed hidden, Naraku prepared the Search Team to continue and gave Sasuke recovered Uchiha training materials.

  • Naruto regained confidence after Sasuke encouraged him, but Naraku refused his request to join the Search Team and instead promoted Sasuke to jonin.
  • Naraku organized Konoha’s recovery and prepared for the Search Team, while Kabuto arrived at the East Gate and peacefully asked to return to the village.
  • Naraku accepted Kabuto’s surrender despite the advisors’ objections and appointed him director of the orphanage under ANBU surveillance.
  • Naraku introduced Kabuto to the orphanage staff and children, while Tsunade took Akame to meet the Daimyo and seek recognition of her status.
  • Sasuke departed with the Search Team as Naraku privately told Naruto and Sakura that he planned to step down as Hokage soon.
  • After months without leads, Sasuke searched Akatsuki’s former bases in the Land of Rain, while Isshiki secretly followed the team and avoided approaching Konoha.
  • Isshiki judged Naraku to be his greatest threat and chose to remain hidden as Konoha and the other villages organized a hunt for him.
  • Sasuke returned to Konoha without finding Isshiki, and Naraku ordered the investigation to continue while showing him recovered Sharingan and Fire Release training materials.
Chapters 876–90025 summaries Read
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