Recaps

Naruto used Wood Release to build a luxurious duplex villa for A and the Kumogakure group, then went hunting with Hinata for more food. The others settled in to prepare dinner while Kakashi continued practicing his lightning technique before Yugito called him to grill fish.

• A and the returning ANBU and Kumogakure shinobi found Naruto’s duplex villa in the clearing and admired its construction.
• Yugito explained that she had brought Naruto to build everyone a place to stay, and Naruto used Wood Release to raise the villa.
• Naruto offered the rooms to the group and asked where Yugito planned to sleep; she said she would stay with them but visit his place for a while.
• Samui reported that they had caught a deer and fish, so Naruto went into the woods to find more food, and Hinata followed him.
• A assigned the group rooms and told them to start preparing dinner while Kakashi practiced with his lightning technique.
• Yugito called Kakashi to come grill fish, and he let the blue lightning in his hand disperse before answering.

Kakashi prepared fish with Yugito Nii while they waited for Naruto and Hinata to return. Naruto brought back colorful mushrooms that Yugito suspected were poisonous, and Hashirama admitted he had helped Naruto find them.

• Kakashi recalled his retired days as he cleaned and seasoned fish for the bonfire.
• Kakashi promised Yugito Nii he would cook for her again once they reached Kumogakure, and she agreed.
• Naruto and Hinata returned with a basket of mushrooms and a dead black bear, which Kakashi began preparing.
• Naruto showed Yugito Nii the mushrooms, and she questioned whether many of them were poisonous.
• Hashirama insisted the mushrooms were good based on his past experience, while Kushina told him to give up cooking.

Naruto and his companions continued their journey into the Land of Lightning, while Kakashi hoped to meet Darui to learn about Storm Release. In Kumogakure, Killer B’s noisy patrol ended with Darui telling him that the Raikage was due back that day.

• After dinner, Naruto played cards with Yugito Nii and sold Kakashi to her as an adviser for three hundred ryō.
• The next morning, Naruto and his companions left their villas behind as a traveler rest stop and continued toward Kumogakure.
• During the journey, Kakashi told Naruto and Hinata about Kumogakure and asked Yugito Nii whether he could meet Darui to study his Storm Release.
• Killer B rapped through Kumogakure while patrolling, prompting residents to report the noise to the Raikage’s building.
• Darui found Killer B and told him that the Raikage was expected back that day.

A brought Naruto, Hinata, Kakashi, and Yugito Nii into Kumogakure, where the sensory barrier flagged Kakashi as an intruder and startled the guards. A arranged lodging for Naruto and Hinata and sent Kakashi to his former home with Yugito Nii, while Naruto sensed that A’s feelings toward Kakashi were more complicated than dislike.

• Yugito Nii explained Kumogakure’s reinforced sensory barrier, and Kakashi reacted uneasily because it singled out his chakra.
• The barrier detected A’s return, then sounded an alarm upon sensing Kakashi and two unfamiliar tailed-beast-level chakra signatures, leading the guards to speculate that A had captured Konoha’s jinchūriki.
• A welcomed Naruto and Hinata to Kumogakure and arranged accommodations for them, then directed Kakashi to stay at his old place.
• Yugito Nii invited Kakashi to shop for ingredients and make her grilled fish, while A watched them leave with mixed feelings.
• Naruto asked A if he disliked Kakashi and said he sensed more conflicted emotions before joining Hinata and the others.

Itachi returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound with Izumi and Tenzo to visit his family, uncertain about facing them after years apart. When Mikoto opened the gate, he called her “Mother.”

• Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo entered the Uchiha Clan Compound, where the Uchiha residents showed little hostility toward them.
• Itachi hurried ahead to the clan head's residence while Tenzo grumbled about his choice not to use Flying Thunder God to reach Sasuke.
• Tobirama reassured Itachi that family bonds endured, and Izumi told him that Mikoto and Fugaku often asked after him.
• Tenzo knocked on the courtyard gate, and Mikoto came outside to answer it.
• Mikoto opened the gate, recognized something familiar in the masked visitors, and heard Itachi call her “Mother.”

Itachi, Tenzo, and Izumi visited Mikoto, who joyfully reunited with her son and learned that a Shinobi World War had broken out. The visit ended with Mikoto tending to Itachi’s scalded hand and urging him to stay safe.

• Mikoto welcomed Itachi, Tenzo, and Izumi into her home and warmly examined Itachi after he removed his mask.
• Mikoto said Fugaku was working overtime at the Military Police Force, and Itachi told her that a Shinobi World War had begun.
• Mikoto asked whether Konoha had declared war, and Itachi explained that Tsunade had considered it before an unexpected event intervened.
• Itachi said they had come to see Sasuke but did not explain what had happened.
• Mikoto wrapped Itachi’s scalded hand in a cold towel and told him to protect himself and ask Fugaku for help if needed.

Karin and Sasuke found a lost girl named Xiujing and brought her to the Konoha Military Police Force, where officers reunited her with the search for her mother. Karin promised to look after Xiujing, then she and Sasuke headed home for dinner.

• Karin hid gossip from her brother while studying with Sasuke at the Konoha Library, and Sasuke noticed her strange behavior.
• Sasuke and Karin encountered a frightened girl named Xiujing, who had lost her mother and asked whether Sasuke belonged to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Karin comforted Xiujing and told Sasuke that he could not yet know why so many displaced children and adults had recently come to Konoha.
• Uchiha Chi checked the Military Police Force records and confirmed that Xiujing had arrived two days earlier amid unrest in the shinobi world.
• Karin left Xiujing with Chi to find her mother and promised that she could come to Karin if she ever needed help.
• Sasuke teased Karin by imitating Xiujing, and they went back to their home for dinner.

Karin sensed Itachi, Izumi, and Tenzo waiting at Sasuke’s home, where Itachi had returned to speak with his younger brother. In the Cross-Sealing Space, Tobirama revealed to Izuna and Sasuke that Madara Uchiha had been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.

• Karin sensed three familiar presences inside Sasuke’s home and suspected Itachi’s visit was connected to her recent contact with her big brother.
• Karin and Sasuke entered the living room, where Sasuke was surprised to find Itachi waiting with Mikoto, Izumi, and Tenzo.
• Itachi connected his and Sasuke’s mental worlds, bringing them to the Cross-Sealing Space with Tobirama and Izuna.
• Tobirama asked Izuna whether he had ever considered taking over Sasuke’s body, and Izuna denied it.
• Tobirama told Izuna and Sasuke that Madara Uchiha had been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.

Tobirama explained that Madara had planned to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and that an Uchiha was carrying out his plan, leaving Izuna torn between loyalty to his brother and the need to stop him. Tobirama offered to give Izuna a temporary body so he could meet Madara, and Izuna agreed to think it over.

• Tobirama told Izuna that someone had stolen his Impure World Reincarnation technique and summoned Madara.
• Tobirama explained that Madara's plan was to gather the Tailed Beasts, become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Izuna blamed the Senju for driving Madara away, while Tobirama warned that Madara's plan would end human civilization.
• Izuna reassured Sasuke that he would not take his body, and Tobirama urged him not to support Madara's destructive path.
• Tobirama offered to give Izuna a body that could not contain his full power so he could see Madara, and Izuna said he understood.

A returned to Kumogakure with Naruto, Hinata, Kakashi, Yugito Nii, and Samui, while villagers reacted to the Raikage’s injury and Kakashi’s arrival. At the Raikage Building, A arranged lodging for Naruto and Hinata and sent Kakashi to the house Yugito Nii had bought for him.

• An ANBU ninja met A, and A explained that Naruto, Hinata, and Kakashi were reinforcements from Konoha.
• Yugito Nii promised Naruto and Hinata a whole roast beef meal, and the group entered Kumogakure together.
• Villagers recognized Kakashi and gathered to follow him, hoping to confront him after he was alone.
• A assigned Naruto and Hinata rooms at the guesthouse and told Kakashi to stay at the old house Yugito Nii had bought.
• A told Naruto and Hinata to put their expenses on Kumogakure’s tab, while Kakashi would have to earn his own money.

Kakashi returned to his old house in Kumogakure, where he prepared it for a possible visit from Yugito Nii. After running into Darui and Killer B, he arranged to meet Darui and asked where the market was.

• Kakashi fed Haji Eagle birdseed, while the bird and several others watched him and planned to confront him over Yugito Nii.
• Kakashi caught the group spying on him and put them under a Genjutsu before continuing to his old house.
• Kakashi found the house much as he had left it, tidied it, and made the bed with his old sheets and quilt.
• Kakashi encountered Darui and Killer B, explained that he was in Kumogakure on the Hokage's orders, and arranged to meet Darui the next day.
• Kakashi asked Darui where the market was, saying he could cook well enough.

Kakashi bought fish and ingredients in Kumogakure while A told Darui and Killer B about his battle with Madara Uchiha and the truth behind Madara’s return. The chapter left A wondering how Konoha’s forbidden techniques kept reaching dangerous Shinobi.

• Kakashi bought four Pacific saury and a sea bass at the market, thinking about Asuma’s bounty.
• Darui and Killer B arrived at the Raikage Building and asked A about his missing arm.
• A said he had fought Madara Uchiha, and Killer B relayed Gyuki’s doubts about A surviving such an encounter.
• A explained that the enemy was Obito Uchiha, a former student of Minato Namikaze and teammate of Kakashi Hatake, revived through Impure World Reincarnation.
• A complained that Konoha’s forbidden techniques repeatedly empowered dangerous Shinobi and privately considered stealing the Scroll of Seals.

A explained Konoha’s revived Hokage and its powerful delegation to Kumogakure, then strengthened the village’s defenses for the expected attack. Yugito Nii visited Kakashi at his house, where he was cooking, and settled in to wait for lunch.

• A told Killer B and Darui that Konoha had revived the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage, and that Hashirama Senju and Minato Namikaze were inside Naruto Uzumaki.
• A explained that Kakashi, Naruto Uzumaki, and Hinata Hyuga had come to Kumogakure because the village was likely to be targeted next, and he ordered the village’s barrier and underground sensory defenses reinforced.
• Darui learned that his father, the Third, had also been revived through Impure World Reincarnation, then left A’s office to prepare for the war.
• Yugito Nii spoke with Darui, who said Kakashi had invited him to dinner, and she encouraged him to get along with Kakashi.
• Yugito Nii went to Kakashi’s house and found him cooking; she changed into slippers, stretched out on the sofa, and asked him to hurry because she was hungry.

Kakashi cooked a meal for Yugito Nii and Matatabi, who eagerly enjoyed it with him. Afterward, Yugito Nii pulled Kakashi from the sofa and invited him to the Training Ground for a proper fight.

• Kakashi prepared sea bass and tofu soup, grilled Pacific saury, and vegetable salad while Yugito Nii waited eagerly to eat.
• Yugito Nii devoured the grilled fish, then burned her tongue on the soup after insisting she could handle its heat.
• Kakashi invited Matatabi to join them, and Matatabi came out to eat with Yugito Nii and Kakashi.
• After the meal, Kakashi studied Lightning Release knowledge while Yugito Nii watched him.
• Yugito Nii pulled Kakashi to his feet and proposed that they train together at the Training Ground.

Kakashi and Yugito Nii began a sparring match at a Kumogakure training ground, but Yugito quickly escalated the fight with her Tailed Beast Cloak. Kakashi activated Lightning Release and stopped holding back as the close-quarters battle intensified.

• After sharing a meal, Kakashi reluctantly agreed to spar with the eager Yugito Nii.
• Kakashi and Yugito clashed with the White Blade and a kunai until Yugito reinforced hers with the Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Yugito pressed her attack with cloaked claws and urged Kakashi to stop holding back.
• Kakashi coated his body and blade in Lightning Release, blocked Yugito's strikes, and counterattacked against her cloak.

Kakashi fought Yugito Nii in a spar that escalated into a battle against Matatabi, then defeated her with his Thunder Beast technique. Afterward, Naruto and Hinata tried to guess why Yugito had fought him so intensely, while Naruto proposed getting Kakashi drunk to uncover their history.

• Kakashi and Yugito Nii began sparring, and Yugito used Matatabi’s chakra to unleash increasingly powerful attacks.
• Kakashi rejected using Kamui and dodged Yugito’s fireball, then activated his Mangekyō and formed a Lightning Beast around himself.
• Kakashi used Lightning Release: Thunder Beast: Stab to overcome Matatabi and force Yugito to end the fight.
• Yugito told Kakashi she had wanted to fight him with everything she had because she had lost to him before, and Kakashi led her home by the wrist.
• Naruto and Hinata watched from the grass, speculated about Kakashi and Yugito’s past, and Naruto suggested getting Kakashi drunk to question him.

After fighting together, Yugito Nii and Kakashi returned to Kakashi’s house and took turns showering, growing closer as they talked. The chapter ended with someone knocking at the courtyard gate while Kakashi went to answer it.

• Yugito Nii found her old pajamas in the guest room and showered first while Kakashi reflected on how he might defeat a jinchūriki in one strike.
• Yugito Nii startled Kakashi and jokingly accused him of plotting to kill her, and he explained that he would target the jinchūriki rather than the tailed beast.
• Yugito Nii told Kakashi not to use that attack on her, and he agreed, thinking of Obito as his intended target.
• While Kakashi showered, Yugito Nii quietly reflected that their lives might have been like this sooner if he had not left, then reassured Matatabi that she was happy now.
• After Kakashi finished showering, someone knocked at the courtyard gate, and he went to answer it.

Naruto and Hinata invited Kakashi and Yugito Nii to a feast hosted by the Raikage, and Naruto won money from Kakashi in a card game before they went. At the guesthouse, they joined the Raikage and Killer B for dinner.

• Naruto was shocked to see Kakashi's unmasked face when Kakashi opened his courtyard gate.
• Hinata invited Kakashi and Yugito Nii to the Raikage's whole roast cow feast, and the group agreed to go.
• Naruto proposed a card game, and Kakashi lost two thousand ryō while Naruto shared half his winnings with Yugito Nii.
• Tsunade sneezed while working through Konoha's refugee-related paperwork with Jiraiya and other officials.
• After six, Naruto and the others returned to the guesthouse, where they joined the Raikage and Killer B for the feast.

Naruto attended a barbecue with A and Killer B, where tiny Kurama emerged to feast on grilled meat. The Eight-Tails appeared in miniature form to meet Kurama, but Kurama won him over by feeding him meat.

• Killer B greeted Naruto, who called him a weird old man, and A reminded B that he was nearly thirty.
• The chefs served the grilled meat, and Kurama slipped out onto Naruto’s shoulder and began eating.
• Hashirama demanded that Kurama bring him some meat, but Minato and Kushina stopped him from attacking Kurama in the Sealing Space.
• Killer B asked the Eight-Tails to make a miniature version of himself, and the Eight-Tails sent out a small chakra form.
• The Eight-Tails questioned Kurama about eating human food, and Kurama stuffed a bite of grilled meat into his mouth.

Kurama, Gyuki, and Matatabi shared a meal before Kurama explained that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had absorbed four tailed beasts. Black Zetsu struggled to improve Impure World Reincarnation after learning Orochimaru had developed a stronger version.

• Kurama and Gyuki fought over grilled meat until Naruto stopped Kurama from forming a miniature Tailed Beast Bomb, and Matatabi calmed them down.
• Naruto brought grilled meat to Hashirama, Kushina, and the others in the Sealing Space, while Kurama imagined stealing Hashirama's food and being chased by a Wood Human.
• Kurama told Matatabi and Gyuki that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had absorbed Isobu, Son Gokū, Kokuō, and Saiken.
• Black Zetsu revised his version of Impure World Reincarnation but worried about its mobility and learned that Orochimaru had developed a version reaching ninety percent strength.

Black Zetsu struggled to improve Impure World Reincarnation while Madara pressed him for results and prepared to contact Orochimaru. Madara then learned that someone calling himself Uchiha Izuna was searching for him, and decided to meet him to find out whether the claim was true.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that the stable Impure World Reincarnation formula restored seventy percent of Madara's strength, and Madara urged him to keep improving it.
• Madara asked whether Obito could improve the technique, but Black Zetsu said Obito probably had not learned its basic formula.
• Madara decided to accept That Reptile's conditions and headed off to contact Orochimaru, hoping to regain enough strength to fight Hashirama.
• Tagitsuhime told Madara that a man calling himself Uchiha Izuna was searching for him and claimed to be his younger brother.
• Madara suspected Tobirama of impersonating Izuna, reconsidered the possibility, and decided to meet the man himself.

Orochimaru gave Madara research that helped perfect Impure World Reincarnation in exchange for answers about the Rinnegan, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the Sage of Six Paths. Madara agreed to check the scrolls and promised to release Orochimaru’s subordinate after two more days of testing.

• Orochimaru took control of Kabuto’s body, summoned a scroll containing half of his research, and asked Madara to explain the origins of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the Sage’s guidance, and the Rinnegan.
• Madara described the statue as the Ten-Tails’ husk, explained that the Uchiha tablet revealed Infinite Tsukuyomi, and said his eyes evolved after he gained Hashirama’s power.
• Orochimaru questioned why the Sage had not used Infinite Tsukuyomi himself, and Madara speculated that the Sage had left the plan as guidance in his later years.
• Orochimaru handed over the rest of the scrolls, and Madara brought him to Black Zetsu’s laboratory to inspect them.
• Black Zetsu found few problems in Orochimaru’s research and admitted that some of its approaches gave him new insight.
• Madara told Orochimaru that his subordinate would remain captive for two more days while Black Zetsu tested the new Impure World Reincarnation, and Orochimaru sat down to wait.

Obito arranged for Madara to meet Izuna before moving his forces toward Kumogakure. Madara and Izuna reunited, but their emotional moment was interrupted by a miniature Tobirama.

• Obito learned that Izuna had appeared and asked White Zetsu to arrange a meeting.
• Madara arrived at Obito’s base, then rushed aboveground after learning Izuna was waiting there.
• Obito questioned Black Zetsu about whether he could poop, then told him to ready the army for further advance.
• Izuna used a body and Spiritual Mark provided by Tobirama to draw White Zetsu out and reach Madara.
• Madara recognized Izuna by his familiar soul and Mangekyō resonance, and Izuna greeted him as his big brother.
• Miniature Tobirama appeared on Izuna’s shoulder and shattered the brothers’ reunion by calling himself their daddy.

Tobirama used a remote-controlled body growing from Izuna to taunt Madara while Izuna explained how he had awakened and encountered a mysterious technique formula. Madara revealed his plan to bring peace to the shinobi world, and Izuna asked whether the plan came from Madara or the Sage of Six Paths.

• Madara tried to cast genjutsu on Tobirama, but Tobirama avoided it by controlling Izuna's viewpoint and mocked him.
• Tobirama threatened that harming his body would kill Izuna, then refused to let Izuna speak with Madara privately.
• Izuna told Madara how he had awakened and described the Blue Screen as a special technique formula.
• Madara dismissed the technique formula and said he would carry out his plan to bring peace to the shinobi world.
• Tobirama mocked Madara's claim that the Sage of Six Paths had guided him, and Izuna asked whether the plan was Madara's or the Sage's idea.

Tobirama challenged Madara’s belief that the Eye of the Moon Plan reflected the Sage of Six Paths’ intentions, while Black Zetsu’s argument restored Madara’s confidence. Izuna reunited emotionally with Madara, but Tobirama interrupted to question Black Zetsu’s account of the Sage’s past.

• Black Zetsu emerged and listened as Tobirama argued that the Sage of Six Paths could not have intended Madara’s plan and questioned the Uchiha stone tablet’s reliability.
• Black Zetsu claimed the Sage had suffered enough to abandon the world and left the Eye of the Moon Plan as a path to liberation, prompting Madara to dismiss Tobirama’s objections.
• Tobirama questioned whether Black Zetsu was truly an incarnation of Madara’s will, and Madara explained that Black Zetsu had appeared after the Battle of the Valley of the End without inheriting his memories.
• Izuna hesitated over whether to support Madara’s plan or consider his clansmen, but Madara reassured him that he did not expect his help, and the brothers embraced.
• Tobirama interrupted the embrace and cited Uchiha, Uzumaki, and Senju records describing the Sage’s work founding Ninshu and spreading chakra, then demanded to know where Black Zetsu had gotten his claims.