Chapter Summaries

Hashirama told Tobirama what he learned from Madara, and Tobirama reviewed their conversation on an automatic recorder. Tobirama concluded Madara relied on White Zetsu and Black Zetsu, then left to investigate Black Zetsu while Hashirama failed to dispose of the recorder.

• Hashirama summarized Madara's words for Tobirama, while Naruto and Kushina teased him for leaving out his flirting.
• Tobirama showed Hashirama an automatic recorder and played back his conversation with Madara, leaving Tobirama exasperated by Hashirama's behavior.
• Tobirama reasoned that Madara had lost confidence and relied on White Zetsu and Black Zetsu, and he warned Hashirama to keep Madara sealed and under watch.
• Tobirama left to investigate whether he could catch Black Zetsu, then returned moments later to retrieve the recorder Hashirama had tried to take.

Izuna learned from Tobirama that Madara had been captured and returned to the base to pack his things. Black Zetsu came back with the remaining White Zetsu and planned to use Impure World Reincarnation on Indra and Asura, hoping their bodies were still intact.

• Izuna went to a dumpling shop with Little Tobirama on his shoulder and ate while the owner nervously served him.
• Tobirama told Izuna that Madara had lost and been captured, and Izuna accepted that he would have to wait until Madara returned to Konoha to see him.
• Izuna finished his meal, paid, and returned to the base to sort through Madara's belongings and look for a backup plan.
• Black Zetsu returned from the Land of Lightning with the remaining White Zetsu and decided to refine Impure World Reincarnation so he could better suppress the revived targets' wills.
• Black Zetsu planned to use Indra and Asura as his next trump card and hurried toward the base, hoping their bodies had not decomposed.

Itachi tracked Black Zetsu to the base and attacked him, but Black Zetsu escaped while the White Zetsu were driven off. Itachi and Tobirama searched the base and found a Rinnegan and Black Zetsu’s Impure World Reincarnation research materials.

• Itachi secretly met Izuna at Madara’s room, used a Sensory Barrier to locate Black Zetsu, and left to intercept him.
• Little Tobirama told Izuna to return to Konoha and monitored Itachi through a live feed.
• Black Zetsu returned to the base, where Itachi set his head ablaze with Amaterasu and fought the White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu escaped by separating from his burning body, and Itachi reported the encounter to Tobirama.
• Itachi found a Rinnegan in nutrient solution, while Tobirama took Black Zetsu’s Impure World Reincarnation research materials.

Madara returned to Konoha with Hashirama, where Tobirama insisted that Madara and Obito would ultimately face death despite Hashirama and Izuna asking for another way. In prison, Kakashi visited Obito and heard why he had continued Madara’s plan, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Hashirama restored Madara’s sight as they approached Konoha, and Izuna urged Madara to return and live with him.
• Tobirama told Hashirama and Izuna that Madara’s crimes meant he could only return to the Pure Land, while Konoha would decide Madara and Obito’s fate within a month.
• Kakashi received permission to enter Obito’s sealed prison cell and apologized for what had happened to Rin.
• Obito explained that he had pursued the Infinite Tsukuyomi to create a peaceful world with Rin, and that his other choice had been to die and go to the Pure Land.
• Kakashi asked whether Obito had chosen to keep carrying out the plan, and Obito nodded.

Black Zetsu uncovered Indra’s ancient stone coffin and prepared to revive him, hoping to use his nephew’s power in the plan to rescue his mother. He left for a new base with the coffin, intending to strengthen Impure World Reincarnation so he could control Indra.

• Black Zetsu found the undamaged burial site and ordered the White Zetsu to dig up Indra’s coffin.
• Black Zetsu told Tobi that Obito would not be freed soon and might already be dead, leaving Tobi to weep as a puddle.
• Black Zetsu studied ways to strengthen Impure World Reincarnation’s control over powerful spirits, especially Indra and Asura.
• The White Zetsu unearthed Indra’s cracked stone coffin, and Black Zetsu opened it to find Indra’s body intact beneath clothes that crumbled to dust.
• Black Zetsu ordered the coffin taken to the new base and told the White Zetsu to bring lamps from Orochimaru’s laboratory.

After leaving prison, Kakashi reflected on Obito and the end of the war while Guy and Team 3 briefly interrupted his solitude. He visited the Memorial Stone and returned home, where he tried to relax but wondered what might happen next.

• Kakashi left the prison and ran into Guy and Team 3, who were on a mission nearby.
• Guy challenged Kakashi to rock, paper, scissors, then tried to comfort him after hearing he had talked with Obito.
• Kakashi watched Guy leave with Team 3 and considered how difficult it would be to take his own students on missions.
• Kakashi visited the Memorial Stone, saw that Obito's name had been erased while Rin's remained, and sat there in silence.
• Kakashi returned to the Hatake Compound, picked up his Icha Icha Paradise: Collector's Edition, and wondered about the unresolved Impure World Reincarnation caster and the people in his life.

Hashirama persuaded Tobirama to let him take Madara on a tour of Konoha, with Naruto accompanying them. On East Street, Hashirama dragged the chakra-sealed Madara through shops in disguise while Kushina realized why Mito used to complain about Hashirama.

• Hashirama pleaded with Tobirama to let him take Madara around Konoha, and Tobirama agreed after Naruto offered to join them.
• Naruto stopped playing cards with Minato and resumed studying the Flying Thunder God Formula with Tobirama.
• On the seventh day after the battle, Hashirama and Naruto met Madara on East Street and convinced him to come along rather than stay imprisoned.
• Hashirama gave Madara a smiling mask to wear and pulled him through Konoha's shops while Naruto followed.
• Watching the trio from the Sealing Space, Kushina understood why Mito had complained about Hashirama.

Naruto introduced Kiba to Hashirama and Madara while they were shopping, and Kiba mistook Madara for Hashirama. After Madara revealed himself and teased Kiba, Hashirama greeted him warmly, and Kiba left while the two continued shopping.

• Kiba and Akamaru encountered Naruto while he was shopping with Hashirama and Madara.
• Kiba learned Naruto's teacher was the First Hokage and mistook Madara for Hashirama when he spotted the two masked men.
• Naruto revealed that the man Kiba had addressed as Hashirama was Madara, who removed his mask and intimidated Kiba and Akamaru.
• Madara stopped teasing Kiba, and Hashirama greeted him and said he had watched Kiba's class grow up.
• Kiba left with Akamaru, and Madara told Hashirama he took too long talking to children.

Hashirama took Naruto and Madara to the Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant, where his disastrous grilling knocked him unconscious. After waking, he made Kurama taste-test his cooking, while Madara watched Naruto grill normally and thought about his relationship with Obito.

• Hashirama brought Madara and Naruto to the Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant despite Madara reminding him that Impure World Reincarnation bodies could not taste food.
• Hashirama ate his badly burned barbecue, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed, so Naruto threw away the meat and grilled a fresh batch.
• Kurama came out of the Sealing Space, taunted Madara, and offered him some of Naruto's freshly grilled meat in exchange for calling him Lord Kurama.
• Hashirama grabbed Kurama and declared that he would use him to taste-test his cooking, while Madara decided not to torment the fox further.
• Madara watched Naruto grill for Hashirama and Kurama and wondered why Obito had become a rebellious brat.

Hashirama and Madara visited Haku’s shop, where Haku made an ice sculpture of them, then Naruto took them to Ino’s flower shop. Ino’s teasing about a rumor involving Hashirama and Madara upset Madara, and Naruto hurried the group on to the amusement park.

• Naruto introduced Hashirama and Madara to Haku, who made a lifelike ice sculpture of the two.
• Hashirama stored the ice sculpture in the Sealing Space and gave Madara a rough wooden sculpture modeled on Haku’s work.
• Naruto found Ino and Shikamaru at the flower shop and explained his outing with his teacher and his teacher’s friend.
• Ino asked Naruto whether a rumor about the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha was true, and Madara crushed a flower in anger.
• Naruto denied the rumor and urged Hashirama and Madara to leave for the amusement park.

Hashirama took Madara on a Ferris wheel ride and invited him to stay and witness the era Naruto and the others would create, while Madara remained concerned about Zetsu and unsure whether to accept. Afterward, Madara and Hashirama encountered Izuna, Sasuke, and Naruto, and Madara wondered why the Uchiha had never produced a Hokage.

• Hashirama asked Madara what he thought of Konoha, and Madara called it so-so before saying Infinite Tsukuyomi was better.
• Hashirama asked Madara about his dream, and Madara said he wanted to bring about Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hashirama invited Madara to witness the new era and explained that Tobirama would not use the Reaper Death Seal, though he would not release Madara's soul while Zetsu remained at large.
• Naruto met Hashirama and Madara as they left the Ferris wheel, and Hashirama began taking Madara back.
• Hashirama and Madara ran into Izuna and Sasuke, and Madara learned Sasuke was the son of the Third Hokage's father.
• Madara wondered why the Uchiha had never had a Hokage and thought Infinite Tsukuyomi could give him as many Uchiha Hokage as he wanted.

Black Zetsu tested a talisman that suppressed the will of Impure World Reincarnation subjects, using Hozuki Gengetsu as his first test. He then began preparing to revive Indra and considered how to perfect Asura’s reincarnation.

• Black Zetsu summoned Hozuki Gengetsu and used a kunai to implant a talisman that suppressed Gengetsu’s emotions and will.
• Black Zetsu tested the talisman’s effects on Gengetsu and other reincarnated subjects, finding that they followed commands more decisively.
• Tobi asked Black Zetsu to rescue Obito, but Black Zetsu said there was no rush and used Obito’s tissue to test whether he was dead.
• Black Zetsu performed Impure World Reincarnation on a White Zetsu with Obito’s tissue, but the White Zetsu remained unchanged.
• Black Zetsu finished reproducing an improved Impure World Reincarnation technique for Indra and began thinking about how to perfect Asura’s.

Zetsu used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Indra and Asura, then restrained them with talismans. Indra awoke confused and confronted Black Zetsu, who began to explain why they had returned.

• Zetsu used two specially modified White Zetsu and prepared bodies to revive Indra and Asura.
• Black Zetsu observed the Six Paths power within Asura and covered both brothers with talismans to suppress them.
• Indra awoke in an unfamiliar body and realized he had not truly returned to life.
• Indra recognized Black Zetsu and remembered how he had once encouraged him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Indra discovered Asura beside him and their corpses in cultivation tanks, then demanded an explanation from Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu claimed to be Indra’s uncle and told him that Hagoromo and Asura had sealed their mother, the Rabbit Goddess. He persuaded Indra that his past guidance had been part of a plan to revive her, leaving Indra considering the story.

• Black Zetsu paused Asura’s revival and told Indra he was his uncle, prompting Indra to demand an explanation.
• Black Zetsu asked Indra about his grandmother, and Indra recalled that Hagoromo had never spoken of her.
• Black Zetsu claimed that Hagoromo and Asura had betrayed and sealed the Rabbit Goddess, who left part of her will behind to escape someday.
• Indra concluded that Black Zetsu was the Rabbit Goddess’s creation and asked whether he had summoned him to revive her.
• Black Zetsu said he had guided Indra to obtain the Rinnegan so they could summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, gather the tailed beasts, and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Indra learned that more than a thousand years had passed since Hagoromo died and heard Black Zetsu’s account of the plan to free Kaguya. He agreed to help, and Black Zetsu restored Asura’s consciousness, leaving Asura confused about his unfamiliar body and surroundings.

• Indra asked Black Zetsu why he had stayed hidden, and Black Zetsu blamed Hagoromo’s interference and explained that Indra and Asura had both died.
• Black Zetsu told Indra that over a thousand years had passed since Hagoromo left the living world and recounted his efforts to awaken the Rinnegan and free Kaguya.
• Indra agreed to help Black Zetsu, partly because he wanted to make trouble for Hagoromo.
• Indra asked whether Asura would support their plan, and Black Zetsu said he had a way to handle him before restoring Asura’s consciousness.
• Indra kicked the newly awakened Asura to the floor, and Asura recognized his younger-looking elder brother before asking Black Zetsu what was happening.

Black Zetsu explained his plan to free his mother and used a safeguard from the Impure World Reincarnation to control Asura when he refused to help. Indra agreed to assist Black Zetsu, who considered reclaiming the Rinnegan from Konoha as their last option.

• Black Zetsu told Asura that he intended to undo their mother's seal and asked for his power, but Asura refused and defended Hagoromo's decision.
• Black Zetsu used a safeguard to control Asura's body and confined him until the battle or until he changed his mind.
• Asura insisted that people could find happiness through trust and bonds, while Black Zetsu said he only wanted his mother freed from loneliness.
• Indra asked how Black Zetsu controlled Asura, and Black Zetsu admitted that Indra's body had the same safeguard but promised not to use it.
• Indra agreed to help Black Zetsu and asked what he would do next, and Black Zetsu said they might have to take the Rinnegan back from Konoha.

Mui and Kusagakure’s masked leaders argued over the chakra needed to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, while Mui privately hoped to resurrect his son, Muku. Black Zetsu decided to steal the box before the group could charge it.

• Mui learned from information provided by Konoha’s retired officials that targeting a Jinchūriki could bring the Five Great Shinobi Villages down on Kusagakure.
• Ox Head urged Mui to press ahead while the major villages were weakened by war, but Mui said they still lacked the chakra to open the box.
• Monkey suggested using human lives instead of chakra, and Mui said that would not provide enough energy.
• White Zetsu complained while spying on the meeting, and Black Zetsu explained that the box could not grant wishes and instead produced destructive monsters called Satori.
• Black Zetsu decided the box had been charged too slowly and entered its barrier to take it.

Black Zetsu and Indra confronted Mui and the guards at the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and Indra swiftly incapacitated the guards. Mui pledged loyalty to Black Zetsu to protect his son, while Indra poured chakra into the Box, causing its aura to grow increasingly evil.

• Black Zetsu berated the Kusagakure guards for failing to create a Satori from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and they attacked him.
• Black Zetsu summoned Indra, who emerged from a coffin and killed Monkey Face with a Mangekyō Sharingan illusion.
• Mui recognized Black Zetsu and the summoned Indra, but stayed because his son was inside the Box; Indra incapacitated the other guards.
• Mui knelt and pledged loyalty to Black Zetsu, who considered whether to kill him before Mui offered his knowledge of the Box.
• At Black Zetsu's signal, Indra fed chakra into the Box of Ultimate Bliss until it consumed more than half his reserves and its aura turned evil.

Black Zetsu helped Mui open the Box of Ultimate Bliss to release his son, Muku, but the boy transformed into the destructive monster Satori. Indra subdued Satori with his Complete Form Susanoo, leaving Muku unconscious and Mui under Black Zetsu's control.

• Black Zetsu learned that Mui had spent eight years gathering chakra to free his son, Muku, who had been swallowed by the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• At Hozuki Castle, Mui opened the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and Muku emerged and ran toward him.
• Indra stopped Muku from attacking Mui and explained that he wanted to test the monster the box had created.
• Muku transformed into Satori, and Black Zetsu told Mui that his son had become a weapon devoted to destruction.
• Indra used his Complete Form Susanoo to overwhelm Satori with a barrage of slaps, forcing him to revert to Muku before Indra descended.

After Hozuki Castle was destroyed, reports of a gigantic purple Susanoo reached Tsunade, prompting her and Jiraiya to investigate the Uchiha Clan’s history with Fugaku. At Root, Itachi and Tobirama discussed the enemy’s likely Eternal Mangekyō and the possibility of reproducing Mangekyō eyes.

• Mui told Ryūzetsu that he had become one of Zetsu’s subordinates, and she joined Zetsu’s camp to stay close to Muku.
• Kusagakure recaptured most of the escaped prisoners from Hozuki Castle and reported the gigantic purple Susanoo to Konoha.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya examined the report, then visited the Uchiha ancestral shrine with Fugaku to search the clan genealogy for a powerful Mangekyō user.
• Fugaku told Tsunade that the Susanoo’s owner might have awakened the Mangekyō in Madara’s era, while Tsunade explained that Zetsu had stolen the wish-granting Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Itachi asked Tobirama whether he and Sasuke could obtain Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan by exchanging eyes, and Tobirama explained the process recorded on the Stone Tablet.
• Tobirama proposed studying Itachi’s Mangekyō to see whether he could replicate it, possibly with Orochimaru’s help.