Recaps

Baku’s uncontrolled rampage destroyed Danzo’s residence and much of the Shimura Compound, leaving Minato terrified and uncertain about Danzo’s fate. Orochimaru calmed the village, captured a White Zetsu for the laboratory, and threatened Minato into training as Might Duy’s students and another academy group reacted to the false alarm.

• Baku demolished Danzo’s residence and much of the Shimura Compound before recognizing Minato as the one who summoned him.
• Orochimaru arrived, stood down the village’s defenders, and sent Baku away after he spat out a White Zetsu.
• Orochimaru told Minato he was not strong enough to know what Danzo had been doing and ordered him to train if he wanted to survive.
• Orochimaru brought the White Zetsu to the Laboratory, where Hiruko discussed their research and Orochimaru wondered aloud about giving up being human.
• Might Duy led his students home walking on their hands, while an instructor and students from the Eastern Front Academy hid near the Shimura Compound to observe the supposed danger.

Danzo and the Konoha group defeated Madara’s apparent attack, captured Tobi, and secured the White Zetsu. After discussing Madara’s possible plans for the Land of Water, Danzo proposed opening a Konoha branch to speed up preparations for war.

• Madara revealed that he had never left his stone chair, then broke the life-support tubes connected to him and died after warning that Danzo’s path would fail.
• Tobi tried to drag away Madara’s body, but Sakumo severed his hands, and Jiraiya used Sage Technique: Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld to force him back above ground.
• Danzo’s subordinates sealed and gagged Tobi, while Danzo ordered the wounded tended to and some living White Zetsu sealed for transport to Konoha.
• Danzo asked Takahashi Yū about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and White Zetsu, then wondered whether Madara had still intended to unify the Shinobi World.
• Takahashi Yū said Madara might have gone to the Land of Water and disrupted Kirigakure, and Danzo proposed establishing a Konoha branch to prepare for war faster.

Danzo and his brothers discussed Konoha’s limited options for intervening in the chaotic Land of Water, where Root’s unreliable intelligence suggested Kirigakure was persecuting civilians and bloodline clans. Takahashi Yū outlined the Blood Mist Policy and the Third Mizukage’s conflicts, leaving the group considering how to act.

• Danzo warned Sakumo, Fugaku, and Takahashi Yū that Konoha could not make public military moves without provoking other countries.
• Danzo presented Root’s intelligence on the Land of Water, including reports of bloody clan conflicts and children’s bodies at Kirigakure’s Ninja Academy.
• Sakumo examined a photograph and questioned whether Kirigakure forced academy children to kill one another.
• Danzo declared that Konoha should save the suffering people of the Land of Water, then asked his brothers for suggestions.
• Takahashi Yū explained that the Third Mizukage’s Blood Mist Policy imposed lethal punishments and that the Mizukage was at odds with the Yuki, Kaguya, and other bloodline clans.

Takahashi Yū heard Danzo plan to exploit the Land of Water’s turmoil and was invited to watch the academies’ exchange. At Konoha’s packed arena, he found the event had become a fierce rivalry between the Eastern Front Academy and the Uchiha Academy.

• Danzo ordered Sakumo to capture Kaguya and Yuki ninja while disguising the team as ANBU under the Mizukage.
• Danzo invited Takahashi Yū to the academy exchange, and Fugaku agreed to attend after boasting that the Uchiha Academy had begun physical training.
• Takahashi Yū found Konoha’s streets nearly empty as villagers flocked to the arena and backed one academy or the other.
• Outside the arena, supporters wore academy uniforms, waved flags, traded insults, and offered freebies to fellow fans.
• The Military Police Force hauled away a man for running a betting pool, and Takahashi Yū decided the scene finally felt like a proper derby.

Takahashi Yū watched Konoha’s sixth academy exchange begin, with the Uchiha Academy facing the Eastern Front Academy before a fiercely divided crowd. As the Eastern Front’s team entered the arena, Yū was stunned by how muscular the supposed civilians looked.

• Takahashi Yū joined Danzo, Sakumo, and Fugaku in the arena’s VIP box and noticed that the major shinobi clans supported the Eastern Front while many civilians backed the Uchiha Academy.
• Fugaku said Shunji and Yashiro were representing the Uchiha, and explained that the exchanges had shifted to arena matches with eight competitors from each side and consecutive bouts as a possible format.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke opened the sixth academy exchange, announcing that the Uchiha Academy trailed the Eastern Front Academy by two wins to three.
• The Eastern Front Academy’s eight competitors entered the arena, and Takahashi Yū was shocked by the seven hulking, muscular men among them.

Uchiha Academy’s Tetsuya faced Watanabe of the Eastern Front in the tournament and used water techniques and agile taijutsu to gain the advantage. The fight continued with Tetsuya cutting Watanabe several times as the spectators cheered.

• The Beef Shop’s seven brothers and Uchiha Academy’s team entered the arena to cheers from their supporters.
• The draw paired Uchiha Tetsuya against Eastern Front’s Watanabe, while the other contestants returned to the waiting rooms.
• Tetsuya opened with Hidden Mist Technique and used a Water Clone and Water Body Flicker to surprise Watanabe with Konoha Whirlwind.
• Watanabe recovered and struck Tetsuya with a powerful punch, sending him flying, while the Uchiha supporters urged their ace to fight tactically.
• Tetsuya threw shuriken and charged Watanabe with a kunai, dodging his attacks and cutting several gashes into him.

Watanabe activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and struck back against Tetsuya, who used his training and Hidden Mist Technique to evade him. Watanabe eventually caught Tetsuya and knocked him motionless, leaving the red stands lamenting.

• Watanabe surrounded himself with electricity, revealing that he had learned Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while Fugaku protested that the fight was unfair.
• Danzo defended Watanabe's use of the technique, and Takahashi Yū silenced Shunji and Yashiro with killing intent when they tried to rile up the crowd.
• Watanabe charged through Tetsuya's defenses and punched him in the chest, but Tetsuya used Might Duy's advice to roll with the blow and create distance.
• Tetsuya concealed himself with Hidden Mist Technique as Watanabe entered the mist to pursue him, both fighters running low on chakra.
• Watanabe struck Tetsuya again and sent him flying out of the mist, leaving him motionless as the red stands despaired.

Shunji used his Mangekyō Sharingan to urge the unconscious Tetsuya back into the fight, helping him awaken the First Gate and unleash the Eight Gates. Later, Shunji explained his Mangekyō’s two communication abilities to Orochimaru, then proudly claimed they let him curse out anyone he wanted.

• Shunji spoke into Tetsuya’s mind and restored his resolve and chakra, prompting Tetsuya to rise.
• Tetsuya opened the First Gate and burst into action as Might Duy cheered from the stands.
• Yashiro noticed Shunji’s bloody eyes and tried to persuade him to remove them so Yashiro could use them.
• Orochimaru questioned the value of Shunji’s Mangekyō and mocked its apparent lack of combat usefulness.
• Shunji revealed that his right eye let him speak freely to anyone he saw, while his left let him contact someone at any distance through their token.
• Shunji declared that his abilities let him curse out anyone and ensure no one could hide.

Danzo brought Minato and the Three Little Ones into Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru sought Uchiha volunteers for experiments using Hashirama cells to restore Mangekyō ocular power. Shunji then used the Second Hokage’s Flying Thunder God Kunai to communicate with Tobirama Senju from the Pure Land, leaving Orochimaru convinced that Shunji’s Mangekyō was exceptionally useful.

• Minato visited Orochimaru’s laboratory to study the Second Hokage’s Flying Thunder God Kunai, while Danzo encouraged Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to stay in Konoha and make friends.
• Orochimaru told Danzo and Fugaku that Hashirama cells replenished Mangekyō ocular power and asked for Uchiha volunteers for live testing.
• Fugaku agreed to explain the risks at a clan meeting, while Takahashi Yū reminded him not to pressure anyone into the experiments.
• Shunji cursed at someone through the Flying Thunder God Kunai, claimed the unseen speaker was Tobirama Senju, and threw the kunai onto the floor.
• Danzo recognized the Flying Thunder God Mark on the kunai, and Orochimaru decided that no one should insult Shunji’s Mangekyō.

Tobirama Senju awakened in the Pure Land and began investigating it, then sensed that Konoha had fallen under Uchiha control and set out to find his brother. Back among the living, Shunji drew Orochimaru’s intense interest, and Orochimaru offered to remove his Mangekyo Sharingan to address its chakra consumption.

• Tobirama Senju woke in a misty expanse and concluded that the Pure Land was an alternate dimension rather than the true afterlife.
• Tobirama Senju used the Spirit Transformation Technique to sense familiar souls, including Madara Uchiha, and feared that Madara had taken control of Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju decided to find his elder brother and wake him, then realized he could fly as a soul and headed off through the air.
• Shunji cowered under Orochimaru’s fascinated gaze as Orochimaru wondered about the Pure Land and the nature of souls.
• Orochimaru apologized for dismissing Shunji’s ability and offered to remove his Mangekyo Sharingan to solve its consumption problem.

Sakumo led his disguised squad into Kirigakure to abduct Kaguya clan members, using the Land of Water’s sealed borders to conceal their actions. After killing a sentry, he triggered chaos at the clan grounds and discovered the Kaguya clansmen were immediately fighting over who would become their next Clan Head.

• Sakumo convinced his worried subordinate that the squad’s disguises and the Land of Water’s sealed borders would keep their killings from being traced to Konoha.
• Sakumo led the squad onto the Main Island and ordered them to target bodies with Shikotsumyaku and children at the Kaguya Clan Grounds.
• Sakumo killed a Kaguya sentry and realized Shikotsumyaku made the clan’s bodies extremely hard to cut.
• Sakumo used the Hidden Mist Technique and hurled the sentry’s corpse toward the clan grounds to draw the other sentries’ attention.
• The Kaguya clansmen mistook the dead sentry for their Clan Head and began dueling over who would take his place.

ANBU searched the Kaguya Clan compound for children and found them imprisoned underground, while Sakumo watched the clan’s adults kill one another in a mass brawl. He summoned a dog to request that Takahashi be deployed, then set up a coordinate system and headed deeper into the compound.

• ANBU searched the empty compound and used Earth Release to uncover the underground cells where the Kaguya children were imprisoned.
• The ANBU found the children ready to fight and began knocking them out, sealing them, and carrying them away.
• Sakumo watched Kaguya clansmen, including their deputy clan head and elders, fight each other to the death.
• Sakumo summoned a dog and sent a report requesting that little brother Takahashi be deployed.
• Sakumo marked a branch with a coordinate system and ran toward the interior of the compound.

Takahashi Yū was summoned to the Laboratory before dawn after Sakumo reported that the Kaguya Clan was fighting among itself in the Land of Water. Danzo and Orochimaru sent Yū there using the Heavenly Transfer Technique, leaving Orochimaru eager to learn about the clan’s bloodline.

• Mizuki woke Takahashi Yū and gave him homemade bread before he reluctantly headed to the Konoha Building.
• Danzo received Sakumo’s intelligence and decided to send Takahashi Yū to the Land of Water using the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Orochimaru told Danzo that trials of Hashirama cells could begin with ordinary ninja, and Danzo promised to provide test subjects within half a month.
• Danzo explained that Sakumo wanted Yū to teach the Kaguya Clan a lesson while its members fought among themselves.
• Orochimaru activated the Heavenly Transfer Technique with Takahashi Yū standing on the platform.

Orochimaru’s Heavenly Transfer Technique sent Takahashi Yū from the laboratory to a forest where Kaguya Bujin and his clan were fighting. Takahashi Yū’s killing intent empowered the Kaguya clansmen, but he began knocking them aside and left Bujin unconscious with a single punch.

• Orochimaru used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Takahashi Yū away, while Danzo promised they would apologize when he returned.
• Kaguya Bujin killed several clansmen in battle and challenged the others to attack him.
• Takahashi Yū arrived in the forest, where Kaguya clansmen recognized him as the man who had killed their previous Clan Head and charged at him.
• Takahashi Yū’s Murderous Intent Fluctuation halted the Kaguya clansmen and drove their bones to grow sharper and stronger.
• Kaguya Bujin led the empowered clan in a charge, but Takahashi Yū punched him unconscious and shattered his protruding bone spikes.

Takahashi Yū defeated the Kaguya Clan and declared that Shimura Danzō would become its new clan head. After finding Sakumo’s note saying his team had gone ahead, Yū prepared to lead the clan back to Konoha.

• Takahashi Yū overwhelmed the Kaguya clansmen, while his killing intent left many of them thinking more clearly after their defeat.
• Kaguya Bujin declared Yū their new clan head, but Yū appointed Shimura Danzō instead and named Bujin deputy clan head.
• Bujin told Yū that the clan had no valuables and could leave at once, and Yū ordered the clansmen to recover and prepare for the journey to Konoha.
• Bujin reported that the children were gone and gave Yū a note from Sakumo, who had taken his team ahead on another mission.
• Yū asked who knew the way to the Land of Fire, and Kaguya Ichifuku volunteered to lead the clan by boat while Yū went to sleep.

Hatake Sakumo’s ANBU squad discovered that Takahashi Yū had taken their ship, while Yū and the Kaguya clansmen drifted off course and landed in the Land of Wind. The chapter left Yū leading the battle-hungry Kaguya toward a Sand Shinobi border garrison.

• Hatake Sakumo found the ship gone and read Yū’s note saying he had taken it back to the village, so Sakumo rallied his squad to attack the Mizukage Building.
• Takahashi Yū realized that Kaguya Ichifuku had no idea how to navigate and had mistaken sleeping for a plan to reach the Land of Fire.
• Yū led the Kaguya clansmen ashore in the Land of Wind and set out across the desert for water and directions.
• Yū spotted a Sand Shinobi flag at a distant oasis, recognized it as a likely border garrison, and ordered the Kaguya to charge.

Takahashi Yū and the Kaguya clansmen overwhelmed a Sand Shinobi outpost, where Yū discovered they had only sixty-one survivors and planned to rest before crossing the Land of Wind. As Rasa arrived at the unlit outpost, Yū eagerly prepared to use the unexpected visitor as a local guide.

• Takahashi Yū led the Kaguya clansmen in wiping out the Sand Shinobi guards at the oasis outpost while they fought among themselves.
• Takahashi Yū searched the outpost and found a map, but the communications equipment had been damaged by a bone spike.
• A Kaguya clansman told Takahashi Yū that only sixty-one of them remained, and Yū ordered Afu to check the fresh water while the others settled in.
• Afu warned Takahashi Yū that someone was approaching from the sky, so Yū ordered the clansmen to hide the corpses and prepare for a local visitor.
• Rasa flew to the oasis with a scroll of mined gold dust, found the outpost dark, landed at its entrance, and shouted for someone to open the door.

Takahashi Yū and the Kaguya clan mistook Rasa for a Sand Shinobi at their outpost, beat him, and took his gold dust. After Rasa agreed to guide them through the Demon Desert, Takahashi Yū set out with the group and kept him on a leash.

• Takahashi Yū and the Kaguya clan members dragged Rasa into the outpost and took his gold dust scroll.
• The Kaguya clan members beat Rasa until he agreed to lead them through the desert.
• Takahashi Yū stopped the beating, tied Afu’s spine around Rasa’s neck, and ordered him to guide the group.
• Rasa led Takahashi Yū and the Kaguya clan members across the scorching Demon Desert with Afu holding his leash.

Takahashi Yū led the Kaguya clan and their captive Rasa to Rōran, where the city’s guards mistook the group for dangerous intruders. After the queen was notified, Rōran’s captain ordered the gates opened, while Rasa prepared to use the dragon vein to escape.

• Rasa guided Takahashi Yū’s group through the desert to Rōran, intending to use the city and its dragon vein to turn the situation in his favor.
• Takahashi Yū recognized Rōran and confronted Rasa about bringing the group there, but continued toward the city after checking his map.
• A Rōran soldier spotted the group through a telescope and raised the alarm after seeing Rasa’s Sunagakure forehead protector.
• Takahashi Yū told the guards that Rasa was their prisoner and was guiding them out of the desert.
• After confirming that the queen had been notified, Rōran’s captain ordered the guards to let the group in.

Rasa triggered the Dragon Vein beneath Rōran while trying to kill Takahashi Yū and the Kaguya brutes, then passed out when the expected explosion never came. In Konoha, Yūma sensed that his connection to Takahashi Yū had vanished and rushed to the Shimura Compound, where Uchiha Delia and Uchiha Kenichi were fighting with Susanoo.

• Rasa secretly drilled gold dust toward the Dragon Vein beneath Rōran while the Kaguya brutes watched over him.
• After the brutes threatened to beat him, Rasa escaped underground and used Gold Dust World Method to pierce the Dragon Vein.
• White light enveloped Rōran, but no explosion followed, and Rasa collapsed beyond the light's reach.
• Nara Yūma sensed that the Killing Intent Seed had lost its connection to Takahashi Yū and suspected Takahashi Yū had left on a mission for Danzo.
• Yūma ran toward the Shimura Compound as Uchiha Delia's red Susanoo rose above it and Uchiha Kenichi's blue Susanoo blocked her attack.

After Shunji’s Mangekyō Sharingan failed to reach Takahashi Yū, Orochimaru prepared a new combat unit while Konoha’s leaders gathered to search for the missing shinobi. Danzo placed the village on wartime footing, and Uzumaki Shui Ling arrived to represent Takahashi Farm.

• Shunji tore off his eye bandages and suffered as his Mangekyō Sharingan failed to reach Takahashi Yū, prompting Orochimaru to order the Chimera roster activated and prepare Explosion Release and Lava Release implants.
• Danzo learned that Takahashi Yū was missing and convened a meeting, where Nara Yūma reported that the last feedback from the captain’s blood traces came from southwest of Konoha.
• The Jonin demanded action against Sunagakure, but Danzo ordered them to stop shouting and placed the village on level-one alert and wartime footing.
• Most attendees left to carry out Danzo’s orders, while the Undying Squad, Orochimaru, Hiruko, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Sarutobi, and others remained in the conference room.
• Danzo summoned Minato, and Mizuki Uzumaki arrived with Uzumaki Shui Ling, who said she would participate on behalf of Takahashi Farm.

Danzo’s leadership discussed how to find the missing Takahashi Yū and prepared Konoha for a possible war. Minato revealed that he could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Danzo planned to help him transport people by sealing Nine-Tails chakra inside him.

• Minato told Danzo he could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, though he lacked the chakra to transport others.
• Uzumaki Shui Ling agreed that she could use the Mangekyō Sharingan and Adamantine Sealing Chains to extract Nine-Tails chakra and prepare a seal for Minato.
• Danzo and the Nara Clan Head concluded that Takahashi Yū may have traveled from the Land of Water to the Land of Wind and encountered trouble there.
• Danzo asked Orochimaru about counteracting the Mangekyō’s side effects, and Fugaku volunteered to undergo the final experiment.
• Danzo ordered Konoha’s forces to prepare for war and vowed to find Takahashi Yū.

Rasa survived the Dragon Vein’s rampage in Rōran and returned to Sunagakure believing he had killed Takahashi Yū and the Kaguya group. The Third Kazekage realized Rasa’s actions could give Konoha an excuse to attack, and ordered Sunagakure to prepare for war while Pakura contacted Iwagakure.

• Rasa recovered food, water, and supplies in the deserted Rōran, then headed back to Sunagakure.
• The Third Kazekage struck Rasa for attacking Takahashi Yū and the Kaguya group despite Sunagakure’s need to avoid conflict.
• The Third Kazekage sealed the Kazekage's Office and ordered Chiyo to examine the officials’ memories, while he killed those whose loyalty wavered.
• Chiyo confirmed Rasa was telling the truth, but the Third Kazekage warned that Konoha would blame Sunagakure and use the incident as a reason for war.
• The Third Kazekage ordered Rasa to prepare Sunagakure for war and told Pakura to contact Iwagakure.

Sasori learned that Takahashi Yū had disappeared and decided to pursue human puppetry in search of eternal life. Meanwhile, Takahashi Yū woke in a ruined Rōran after the Dragon Vein erupted and began investigating whether he had been sent to another time or timeline.

• Sasori heard that Takahashi Yū was dead or missing and resolved to study human puppets to overcome the fragility of the human body.
• Takahashi Yū woke in the desert among the Kaguya clan and Rōran’s people, who had gathered around the ruins of their city.
• Kaguya Bujin told Takahashi Yū that the group had appeared there overnight after a child ran off, and that they had stopped the queen from waking him.
• Queen Salan explained that the Dragon Vein had erupted and transported them to a place whose ruins and wells matched Rōran, though she could not control the Dragon Vein.
• Takahashi Yū asked Salan to take him to the Dragon Vein’s entrance so he could investigate their displacement.
• Takahashi Yū realized he could sense no Wave Seed and feared he had either failed to return to his own timeline or landed in a world where he had never existed.

Takahashi Yū found the Dragon Vein’s underground seal damaged and realized he needed to establish when and where he had arrived. He tested the Kaguya clan members’ absolute trust with Wave Seeds, which triggered a strange change in them, then rallied them to search for an escaped prisoner.

• Takahashi Yū followed Salan to the Dragon Vein passage, cleared the buried entrance with his killing intent, and descended with her and the Kaguya brutes.
• Takahashi Yū found the broken Flying Thunder God Kunai on the seal platform, while Salan noticed that the Dragon Vein’s chakra had shrunk.
• Takahashi Yū told Salan to settle Rōran’s people and asked the sixty-one Kaguya clan members to prove their absolute trust in him.
• Takahashi Yū sent Wave Seeds into the Kaguya clan members’ hearts, and their bones and shared killing intent began to change.
• Takahashi Yū saw that the Kaguya clan members had passed the test and called for volunteers to find the escaped prisoner.