Chapter Summaries

After three years absorbing sunlight in orbit, Pero evolved into a vastly more powerful Kryptonian and returned to the Naruto world when he heard Hanzō had captured Konan. He rescued her and overwhelmed Hanzō’s forces, then faced the defeated Hanzō directly.

• Pero awakened after three years in orbit and evolved from an ordinary Kryptonian into the Man of Steel through the Life Codex.
• Pero used super-hearing to learn that Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan were meeting Hanzō and that Hanzō had captured Konan.
• Pero arrived above Amegakure as Nagato reached for a kunai, then warned him not to kill Yahiko and froze the attacking ninjas with Freeze Breath.
• Pero rescued Konan from Hanzō, struck Hanzō into a boulder, and used heat vision to destroy the frozen ninjas.
• Pero lifted the injured Hanzō by the collar and asked whether he had any last words.

Pero killed Hanzō and Danzo, then confronted Yahiko and Nagato about the Akatsuki’s belief in peaceful change. When Pero revealed that Yahiko had been ready to sacrifice himself for Nagato, Nagato’s grief and anger erupted, and a shadowy hand seized his ankle.

• Pero used super-hearing to find Danzo, then pursued him as he fled with the Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Pero hurled two bio-electric pebbles at Konoha, killing Danzo in Root headquarters.
• Pero challenged Yahiko’s belief in peace without force, and Nagato declared that Pero himself could be the foundation of peace.
• Pero told Nagato that Yahiko had been prepared to die by Nagato’s hand, and Yahiko confirmed he valued Nagato’s life above his own.
• Nagato’s chakra erupted as a shadowy hand emerged from the ground and gripped his ankle; Pero recognized Madara Uchiha’s failsafe.

Black Zetsu possessed Nagato and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Pero destroyed the statue, removed Black Zetsu from Nagato, and revived Nagato. Nagato still concluded that peace required making the world feel pain and vowed to destroy the shinobi villages and their leaders, while Black Zetsu escaped in a hidden White Zetsu.

• Black Zetsu possessed Nagato, revealed his identity to Konan, and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The statue attacked Yahiko and the others, but Pero stopped its fist and tore through its chest, destroying it.
• Pero fused the Ten-Tails' core essence, gained the ability to generate chakra, and burned the Black Zetsu he had torn from Nagato.
• Pero awakened Nagato, who discovered that his right Rinnegan was gone and insisted that peace required making the world experience pain.
• Nagato vowed with Yahiko to destroy every shinobi village, leader, and daimyo, while Pero noticed that Black Zetsu had escaped by possessing a hidden White Zetsu.

Pero confronted Madara Uchiha at Mountain's Grave, learned of his plan to use Obito as a pawn, and rescued Obito before Madara could carry out his schemes. Pero then forced Obito to witness Rin Nohara's death, awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan and leaving him devastated under Pero's genjutsu.

• Nagato announced that the Akatsuki would seize the Tailed Beasts and rule the ninja villages, and Pero revealed that Nagato's Rinnegan had originally belonged to Madara Uchiha.
• Pero confronted Madara Uchiha at Mountain's Grave, where Madara was repairing the badly injured Obito and planning to use him in his resurrection scheme.
• Pero defeated Madara's Wood Release, healed Obito's injuries, and declared that Obito belonged to him.
• Pero took Obito to the battle where Rin Nohara died by Kakashi's hand, causing Obito to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and massacre the Kirigakure ninja.
• Pero used Sharingan Genjutsu on Obito, leaving him vacant-eyed as Pero held one of his eyes.

Pero rescued Kakashi, Rin, and Obito from the Kirigakure Anbu, then removed Rin’s heart curse mark and forcibly extracted the Three-Tails from her body. The tailed beast roared as Pero ripped it out, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Rin realized the Mist had sealed the Three-Tails inside her and asked Kakashi to kill her, but he refused.
• Kirigakure Anbu surrounded Kakashi and Rin, and Pero appeared, stopping Kakashi’s Lightning Blade and freezing the Mist Ninja.
• Pero revealed Obito, who awoke from a genjutsu and reunited with Rin; Pero struck off Obito’s pointing hand and had a White Zetsu attach a replacement.
• Kakashi and Obito confronted Pero after he said he wanted Rin, but Pero instead removed the curse mark on her heart.
• Pero used golden chakra to break Rin’s seal and violently pulled the Three-Tails out of her body.

Pero stabilized Rin after extracting the Three-Tails from her, while Minato arrived and fought Isobu alongside him. After defeating Isobu, Pero refused to hand the beast to Minato and hinted that Konoha would mistreat Minato’s unborn son before showing him a vision of the village.

• Minato arrived through a marked kunai and learned that Kirigakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin to make her attack Konoha.
• Isobu emerged and charged at Pero and the others, so Minato sent Obito, Kakashi, and Rin to safety and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to launch the beast into the air.
• Isobu fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Pero stopped it, sliced it in half, and then struck Isobu down with a punch.
• Pero extracted Isobu’s chakra and reduced the beast to a small turtle, then told Minato that the Akatsuki would collect the tailed beasts.
• Pero refused Minato’s request to take Isobu back to Konoha, warned him about his unborn son’s treatment there, and touched Minato’s forehead to show him Konoha.

Pero showed Minato visions of Naruto's mistreatment and Konoha's future, then took Obito and Rin away for secret training while leaving Kakashi with a Sharingan-induced false memory of killing Rin. Outside the planet, Pero spoke with the awakened Isobu about the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya.

• Pero showed Minato visions of Naruto's lonely childhood and the Uchiha massacre, but Minato said he could not judge their truth or betray Konoha.
• Pero told Minato to report as usual, explained that he was taking Rin for research, and showed him a Sharingan intended for Kakashi.
• Pero used the Sharingan to leave Kakashi blank, then took Obito and Rin into the sky while Minato stayed behind with Kakashi.
• Minato found Kakashi, who remembered killing Rin and fainted after asking what had happened to her.
• Pero carried Obito and Rin beyond the atmosphere, where Obito recovered from the trip and Isobu awakened, complaining that Pero had drained his chakra.
• Pero questioned Isobu about the Sage of Six Paths and said the Sage would likely appear when Kaguya emerged.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Kirigakure and Iwagakure were behind attacks on Konoha and ordered a war against them. In Amegakure, Pero returned with Obito, Rin, and Isobu, then set Nagato on a path to grow stronger while preparing to travel to Rōran.

• Minato told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kirigakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin and that Iwagakure might have helped attack Konoha; an Anbu reported that Shimura Danzō's killer left no detectable chakra traces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an all-out offensive against Kirigakure and Iwagakure, while Minato left to check on Kakashi.
• Pero brought Obito, Rin, and Isobu to Amegakure, where Nagato recognized the Rinnegan in Isobu's eyes and learned Obito was Black Zetsu's pawn.
• Pero told Nagato to take Yahiko and the others to capture the tailed beasts for experience, then challenged Nagato to block a punch that flattened a mountain summit.
• Pero spotted the Rōran Dragon Vein and learned that absorbing it would increase his energy and unlock world travel.

Hiruzen assigned Kakashi to Minato's Anbu unit and asked him to guard Kushina, hoping the family’s kindness would help him recover from his grief. Kakashi accepted the assignment and began living next door, where Kushina and Minato tried to support him.

• Hiruzen told Minato he planned to pass the Hokage role to him after the war and instructed him to bring Kakashi into Anbu to guard Kushina.
• Minato invited the distraught Kakashi to join Anbu and guard Kushina, and Kakashi accepted after voicing his anger over comrades being treated as expendable.
• Orochimaru questioned Minato’s lack of visible grief over Obito and Rin before leaving the hospital corridor.
• Minato brought Kakashi to his home, where Kushina welcomed him and Kakashi agreed to protect her.
• Kakashi ate dinner with Minato and Kushina, then lingered outside their door and heard Kushina worry that his grief would take time to ease.

Nagato, Yahiko, and Kakuzu infiltrated Sunagakure to retrieve its new jinchūriki, the newborn son of the Fourth Kazekage. After Nagato defeated Rasa but ran out of chakra, Pero killed Rasa and the Akatsuki left with the baby.

• Nagato learned from a Sand ninja’s memories that the Fourth Kazekage had sealed Shukaku inside his newborn son.
• Nagato, Yahiko, and Kakuzu attacked Rasa in Sunagakure and fought through his gold-dust techniques.
• Nagato used Chibaku Tensei to trap Rasa in a sphere of gold dust, but exhausted his chakra before killing him.
• Yahiko and Kakuzu retrieved the baby and helped Nagato withdraw as Yahiko identified them as the Akatsuki.
• Pero descended from the sky and killed Rasa by melting him together with the golden sphere.

Nagato assigned Sasori, Kakuzu, and himself to a mission in Iwagakure while planning to seize control of Amegakure and later collect the Tailed Beasts. Pero watched the Akatsuki prepare to unite Amegakure and resolved to reveal a god to the world.

• Yahiko protested being left behind, but Nagato knocked him down and told him he was not ready for the mission.
• Konan reported Konoha's victory over the other villages, Minato Namikaze's appointment as Fourth Hokage, and the leak about the Four-Tails Jinchūriki; she then assigned Nagato, Kakuzu, and Sasori to the mission.
• Nagato told Konan to let departing Akatsuki members go and declared that they would eliminate Hanzō's remaining forces before collecting the Tailed Beasts.
• Pero learned that absorbing chakra had unlocked system storage, decided to raise Gaara, and watched Rin spar with Kakuzu before Kakuzu began training Obito.
• Hanzō emerged and headed toward the square as Pero prepared to help unify Amegakure and announce the existence of a god.

Hanzō staged a massacre in Amegakure and declared himself Pain, while Pero helped him escape. Nagato, Kakuzu, and Sasori captured Roshi and demanded that he join the Akatsuki or die.

• Hanzō killed a Rain Ninja, revealed the Four Violet Flames Formation, and announced that he had joined the Akatsuki as Pain.
• Pero used Heat Vision to slaughter the Rain Ninja who resisted, then grabbed Hanzō and fled.
• Nagato left the cave after Kakuzu and Sasori reported finding the Jinchūriki’s trail.
• Kakuzu and Sasori ambushed Roshi with poison weapons, chains, and a swamp, but Roshi broke free and turned the area into lava.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in to overcome Roshi, then demanded that he join the Akatsuki or die.

Nagato pursued Roshi, defeated him, and began extracting the Four-Tails, but Pero arrived and took the beast before Nagato could seal it. Pero returned with Nagato and Kakuzu, leaving Sasori behind at the battlefield.

• Roshi broke free of Nagato's control with the Four-Tails' chakra and fled, but Nagato chased him with Black Rods.
• Nagato pinned Roshi with five Black Rods and used the Tailed Beast Release Seal to pull the Four-Tails out of him.
• Kakuzu struck the Four-Tails with Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot, while Nagato lacked the chakra to seal the beast.
• Pero heard Nagato's call for help, appeared beside him, and absorbed the Four-Tails, Son Goku.
• Pero took Nagato and Kakuzu back with him, and Sasori arrived too late and complained that he had been left behind.

After Roshi was killed while fighting the Akatsuki, Ōnoki called for a joint campaign against them at a Five Kage Summit in Konoha. The summit broke down when A refused to help Iwagakure, leaving Minato to delay the alliance agreement while Black Zetsu watched.

• Ōnoki found Roshi dead at the end of a trail of black rods and ordered his body returned to Iwagakure for burial.
• Ōnoki warned Hán to stay in the village and resolved to join forces with the major shinobi villages against the Akatsuki.
• The Five Kage met in Konoha, where A refused to commit Kumogakure’s forces to Ōnoki’s proposed campaign.
• Ōnoki confronted A, but Minato restrained him before the argument turned violent.
• A revealed his hatred of Ōnoki over his father’s death and stormed out, so Minato postponed the signing of the alliance agreement.
• Black Zetsu watched the failed summit and said the Kage could test Pero’s strength.

Black Zetsu stole the Impure World Reincarnation scroll from Konoha's Forbidden Jutsu Library but escaped only after Minato struck him with a Rasengan. He returned to Madara Uchiha, who outlined his plan before dying, and Black Zetsu took Madara's Rinnegan for his own purpose: reviving his mother.

• Black Zetsu triggered the library alarm while searching for the forbidden jutsu scroll, then escaped underground after Minato struck him with a Rasengan.
• Minato found a wriggling piece of Black Zetsu's white body and sent it to the Science Department for examination.
• Black Zetsu returned to Mountain's Grave with the scroll, and Madara Uchiha opened it and asked him to recover his eye from Pero.
• Madara Uchiha told Black Zetsu to use Impure World Reincarnation on him when Konoha's jinchūriki gave birth, then outlined his plans for the Nine-Tails, Nagato, and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Madara Uchiha died after telling Black Zetsu to find an Uzumaki descendant and revive him with Rinne Rebirth; Black Zetsu removed his Rinnegan and pledged to revive his mother.

Pero took Konan from Amegakure to the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, where he recovered the Uzumaki Clan’s secret sealing techniques. He then visited Minato and offered to handle the coming threat on the day Kushina gave birth, including Madara Uchiha.

• Pero made Nagato take over Konan’s paperwork so he could take her out to search the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools for sealing techniques.
• Pero and Konan entered Konoha, ate at Teuchi’s ramen shop, and Pero received an intelligence scroll from a Konoha Anbu ninja.
• Pero uncovered a secret chamber beneath the ruins and retrieved a scroll containing the Uzumaki Clan’s secret sealing techniques, which Konan learned included the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Pero appeared in Minato’s office and said he would deal with the expected attack on the day Kushina gave birth.
• Pero asked Minato to give him the Nine-Tails and leave Madara Uchiha to him, startling Minato with the revelation that Madara was alive.

The Five Kage watched footage of Pero’s overwhelming power and discussed the threat he posed, while Minato shared intelligence suggesting Pero might possess a sage body. In Kumogakure, Black Zetsu tried to capture the young Two-Tails jinchūriki Yugito but was driven off by Bee, and an urgent report left the Raikage furious at Akatsuki.

• The Five Kage watched Pero freeze Rain Ninja and defeat Hanzō’s followers, and Minato explained that Konoha had reconstructed the footage from witnesses’ memories.
• Minato shared reports that Pero had vanished after killing Konoha Anbu three years earlier and suggested he might possess a body like Hashirama Senju’s.
• Black Zetsu found the young Yugito and used Sharingan to ensnare her and Matatabi when she approached him.
• A household servant tried to protect Yugito, but Black Zetsu knocked her aside before Bee struck him with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Black Zetsu fled underground, leaving part of his Akatsuki cloak behind for Bee to find.
• A Cloud Ninja delivered an urgent report to the Raikage, who erupted in lightning and roared, “Akatsuki!!”

Kakashi returned to Konoha on the night Kushina gave birth, while Black Zetsu revived Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation. Madara extracted and controlled the Nine-Tails, then summoned it into Konoha as the village descended into panic.

• Kakashi returned home after his six-month escort mission and thought of Minato, Kushina, Obito, and Rin.
• Black Zetsu used a Konoha Root Anbu as a sacrifice to revive Madara Uchiha and restore his eyes.
• Madara infiltrated Konoha, attacked the cabin where Kushina was giving birth, and forced Minato to rescue the newborn Naruto.
• Madara used the Tailed Beast Release Seal to extract the Nine-Tails from Kushina and controlled the beast with his Sharingan.
• Madara summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha and watched as the villagers fled.

Minato saved Konoha from the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb, but Pero arrived and defeated the Nine-Tails and Madara with overwhelming force. Madara escaped to Mountain's Grave, handed his eyes to Black Zetsu, and released Impure World Reincarnation, leaving his plan for Infinite Tsukuyomi in motion.

• Minato took Kushina to Naruto, then teleported to Hokage Rock and used Flying Thunder God to redirect the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb into the mountains behind Konoha.
• Pero appeared atop the Nine-Tails, knocked it unconscious with one punch, extracted its chakra, and tossed its reduced form to Minato.
• Pero kicked Madara in half, but Madara formed hand seals and escaped before Pero could stop him.
• At Mountain's Grave, Madara handed both eyes to Black Zetsu and released Impure World Reincarnation, then crumbled away.
• Black Zetsu kicked the now-useless ninja into a fissure and sank into the ground.

Pero saved Kushina after Madara Uchiha extracted Nine-Tails, while Minato uncovered Root’s interference with the village’s reinforcements and purged its remnants. After seeing Konoha’s hidden corruption and recognizing the dangers ahead, Minato agreed to secretly support the Akatsuki in exchange for benefits for Konoha.

• Minato asked Pero to save Kushina, and Pero restored her health after Nine-Tails’ extraction.
• Minato noticed that injured shinobi had been attacked with Ninja Tools and realized someone had blocked the village’s reinforcements.
• Minato searched Root’s hidden chamber, found files detailing its crimes, and ordered an investigation and purge of its members.
• Minato told Pero he would secretly help the Akatsuki as Hokage while seeking the greatest possible benefits for Konoha.
• Pero accepted Minato as an ally, and the Fourth Hokage switched sides to support him.