Chapter Summaries

Otsutsuki Toneri faced Roshi after the Jinchūriki entered Version Two Tailed Beast Transformation, then confronted Four-Tails, Son Goku, when Roshi’s lava attack released it. After Matatabi revealed herself and argued for peace with humans, Toneri demonstrated his Susanoo against Four-Tails.

• Roshi entered Version Two Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Otsutsuki Toneri with Lava Release: Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Roshi’s lava eruption revealed Four-Tails, Son Goku, who demanded to know why Otsutsuki Toneri carried Matatabi’s chakra.
• Matatabi greeted Four-Tails from inside Otsutsuki Toneri’s collar and urged it to consider living in harmony with humans.
• Four-Tails became furious when Otsutsuki Toneri pushed Matatabi back into his collar and swung at him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri blocked Four-Tails’ punch with his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan Susanoo and struck it to the ground, leaving Konan and the others stunned.

Otsutsuki Toneri unveiled his Perfect Susanoo and defeated the Four-Tails with ease, leaving Konan shaken by the scale of his power. After ordering Roshi’s retrieval, Toneri noticed Konan wanted to ask him something, and she hesitated to speak.

• Otsutsuki Toneri summoned a towering Perfect Susanoo that stunned Konan and frightened the Four-Tails.
• Otsutsuki Toneri tested Susanoo’s sword on a distant mountain, destroying it with a single slash.
• The Four-Tails attacked Susanoo with Lava Release: Flower-Fruit Mountain and a punch, but Susanoo scattered the magma and kicked it down.
• Otsutsuki Toneri struck the Four-Tails with Susanoo’s sword, leaving Roshi unconscious, then dismissed Susanoo.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Konan to have White Zetsu retrieve Roshi, and Konan hesitated as she looked at him with a complicated expression.

Otsutsuki Toneri returned to Kirigakure with Konan and reconnected with Mei Terumi, who eagerly wanted an Akatsuki cloak. Five years later, as Toneri prepared for the Chunin Ninja Exams in Konoha, he reflected on Tsunade’s clash with the village and learned that Orochimaru wanted his help stirring up trouble.

• Otsutsuki Toneri assured Konan he would not harm Akatsuki’s members, escorted her to Amegakure, and then returned to Kirigakure with his companions.
• Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Mei Terumi in the Mizukage’s office, and she asked for an Akatsuki cloak.
• Five years passed, during which Mei Terumi began insisting on sharing Otsutsuki Toneri’s bed and Toneri rarely left Kirigakure.
• Tsunade fought Konoha three years earlier after demanding answers about the Senju Clan, awakened Wood Release, and was driven away by Jiraiya, the Third Hokage, and Danzo.
• Otsutsuki Toneri learned that Orochimaru had contacted him to help cause trouble during the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams in Konoha.

Otsutsuki Toneri left Kirigakure to join Orochimaru’s Konoha Crush plan and enter Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams with Otsutsuki Quxian and Yugito. After returning to Konoha for the first time in five years, he went to the Kurama Clan residence to find their intended teammate, Kurama Yakumo.

• Otsutsuki Toneri reassured Mei Terumi that he would return from his trip, then departed Kirigakure with Otsutsuki Quxian and Yugito.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Yugito that their third teammate was waiting for them in Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions presented their Chunin Ninja Exams invitation and entered Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri led his companions to the Kurama Clan residence to meet Kurama Yakumo.
• A familiar middle-aged man opened the door and looked puzzled as Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions arrived.

Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Kurama Yakumo after five years and brought her into his service as a Kirigakure ninja. While walking through Konoha with her and his other companions, he encountered Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi, and Asuma confronted him over the damage he had caused the village.

• Otsutsuki Toneri arrived at Kurama Yakumo’s home, where her father recognized him from his visit five years earlier.
• Kurama Yakumo joyfully reunited with Otsutsuki Toneri and showed that her training had made her powerful.
• Otsutsuki Toneri invited Kurama Yakumo to join him, gave her a Mist Ninja forehead protector, and asked her to say goodbye to her parents.
• Kurama Yakumo’s parents agreed to sell their property and move to Kirigakure with her.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left the Kurama home with three girls and encountered Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi while walking through Konoha.
• Asuma demanded to know why Otsutsuki Toneri had returned and accused him of harming Konoha.

Otsutsuki Toneri arrived in Konoha as a Kirigakure ninja taking part in the Chunin Ninja Exams, alarming Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi. As Toneri toured the village with Kurama Yakumo and the others, he spotted Gaara and his companions near Naruto’s group.

• Otsutsuki Toneri rebuked Asuma over the deaths of the ninjas who had attacked him, while Kakashi tried to prevent a confrontation.
• Otsutsuki Toneri showed his Kirigakure forehead protector and said he had come to take Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kurenai Yuhi recognized Kurama Yakumo, who confirmed she was now a Kirigakure ninja and an examinee; Otsutsuki Toneri warned Kurenai to watch her step because Yakumo was his family.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left with the women, and Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi discussed the danger he posed and Yakumo’s Kekkei Genkai.
• Otsutsuki Toneri spotted Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro near Naruto’s group; Gaara and his companions departed, leaving Naruto’s and Konohamaru’s teams behind.

Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno, then invited Naruto to challenge him at the Chunin Ninja Exams. He left with his companions and arrived at Danzo’s Root headquarters.

• Naruto and Sasuke recognized Otsutsuki Toneri as the young man who had encouraged them five years earlier, while Sakura Haruno admired his appearance.
• Toneri revealed that he was from Kirigakure, and Naruto eagerly challenged him to a fight.
• Toneri told Naruto to face him at the Chunin Ninja Exams, and Naruto vowed to get stronger before realizing he had forgotten to ask Toneri’s name.
• Toneri told Otsutsuki Quxian that Naruto could eventually become as strong as she was, surprising her and Yugito.
• Toneri and his companions reached the entrance to Danzo’s Root headquarters.

Otsutsuki Toneri met Danzo at Root and agreed to help with the plan to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi during the Chunin Exams in exchange for more Hyuga Byakugan. After Danzo backed down from demanding Toneri’s cells, Toneri left Root and decided to wander around Konoha with Otsutsuki Quxian.

• Otsutsuki Toneri returned to Root with Otsutsuki Quxian and the two girls, then met Danzo.
• Danzo proposed using the upcoming Chunin Exams as an opportunity to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Toneri agreed to act as the situation demanded.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Danzo to obtain more Byakugan from the Hyuga Main Family.
• Danzo asked for Toneri’s cells, but withdrew the request after Toneri reacted angrily.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left Root and told Otsutsuki Quxian they would wander around Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi discussed the danger posed by Otsutsuki Toneri and strengthened security for the Chunin Ninja Exams. Toneri stayed at Kurenai Yuhi’s home and raised the possibility of her joining Kirigakure, then reminded her of his old proposal that she become his partner.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed with Kakashi that Otsutsuki Toneri had come to Konoha for a purpose and ordered Jiraiya to return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi remembered Tsunade questioning his role in the Senju Clan’s destruction and accepted that his silence had broken their bond.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others planned tighter security for the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kurenai Yuhi returned home and found Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Quxian, and the other women waiting there.
• Otsutsuki Toneri suggested Kurenai Yuhi could join Kirigakure if Konoha distrusted her for hosting him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri praised Kurenai Yuhi and reminded her that he had once said she could become his partner when he grew up.

Otsutsuki Toneri rejected Kurenai Yuhi’s concerns about their age and attended the Chunin Ninja Exams with his companions. At the exam room, he reunited with Hinata Hyuga and called her his Byakugan Princess, leaving her flustered.

• Kurenai Yuhi tactfully refused Otsutsuki Toneri’s advances, but he said they could still become suitable and later insisted she would not escape him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri spent the night with Otsutsuki Quxian while Yugito overheard them and considered pursuing him herself.
• Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Quxian, Yugito, and Kurama Yakumo headed to the first Chunin Ninja Exam, where Toneri looked forward to seeing Hinata Hyuga again.
• At the examination room, Naruto greeted Otsutsuki Toneri and asked his name, and Toneri introduced himself before walking over to Hinata Hyuga.
• Otsutsuki Toneri called Hinata his Byakugan Princess, and Hinata blushed intensely.

Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Hinata Hyuga and teased her younger sister Hanabi before entering the Chunin Exams. In the Forest of Death, he encountered Orochimaru in disguise and learned that Orochimaru planned to act at the exams’ end; Toneri then spotted a familiar girl in trouble.

• Toneri asked Hinata to speak with him after the exam, and she shyly agreed while Kiba objected.
• Toneri called Hanabi his little sister-in-law, and she told him to win Hinata over first.
• The candidates completed Ibiki Morino’s written test and entered the Forest of Death under Mitaraishi Anko’s supervision.
• Toneri’s group followed a snake to three Grass Ninja, and Orochimaru killed two of them while disguised as a female Genin.
• Orochimaru told Toneri he would make his move after the Chunin Exams, and Toneri warned him to be careful.
• Toneri continued through the forest with Otsutsuki Quxian and Kurama Yakumo, then noticed a familiar petite girl in trouble.

Toneri rescued Hanabi Hyuga from her opponents, healed her, and gave her Ōtsutsuki Taijutsu training insights before she withdrew from the exam with her teammates. He then found Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno after Orochimaru’s attack and took Sakura aside after implying he expected payment for helping them.

• Hanabi fought her opponents while her two teammates struggled, and Toneri arrived to defeat the attackers and heal her wound.
• Toneri gave Hanabi the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s Taijutsu secrets, including Divine Sky Strike, and she chose to leave the Forest of Death with her teammates.
• Toneri reached the site of Orochimaru’s attack too late to witness the encounter and found Naruto unconscious, Sasuke collapsed, and Sakura kneeling in distress.
• Toneri moved Naruto and Sasuke beneath a tree, then told Sakura that helping them would not come for free.
• Toneri told Otsutsuki Quxian and Kurama Yakumo to watch Naruto and Sasuke before leading Sakura beneath a nearby tree.

Otsutsuki Toneri coerced Sakura Haruno into submitting to him while Naruto and Sasuke remained unconscious, then healed the boys and left Sakura with a protective strand of chakra. The chapter ended with Sakura calling him “Master” while inwardly vowing never to forgive him.

• Otsutsuki Toneri threatened Sakura Haruno until she knelt and forced her into a degrading encounter in the Forest of Death.
• Otsutsuki Toneri returned to Kurama Yakumo and Otsutsuki Quxian with a dazed Sakura Haruno following behind him.
• Otsutsuki Quxian reported that Naruto and Sasuke were recovering, and Otsutsuki Toneri healed them with green chakra.
• Otsutsuki Toneri made Sakura Haruno call him “Master,” then placed a strand of chakra inside her to protect her from life-threatening danger.
• Sakura Haruno suspected Otsutsuki Toneri’s apparent kindness was an illusion and resolved never to forgive him.

Otsutsuki Toneri brought Karin to Konoha and challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s authority at the Central Tower before the Chunin assessment began. Kurama Yakumo faced Kankuro in the first match and used an illusion that left him attacking the ground, while the match continued.

• Otsutsuki Toneri rescued Karin from a giant bear and told her to wait for him in Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri met Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Central Tower, mocked him, and refused to explain why he had entered the Chunin assessment.
• Otsutsuki Toneri watched the Genin arrive and saw Kurama Yakumo matched against Kankuro.
• Kurama Yakumo greeted Kankuro politely, and he began the match by attacking her with poisoned needles.
• Kurama Yakumo’s illusion made Kankuro attack the ground and ignore Temari’s shouts as he continued fighting.

Kurama Yakumo defeated Kankuro with her five-senses genjutsu, and Otsutsuki Quxian swiftly beat Shikamaru Nara with a repulsive force. Otsutsuki Toneri was then matched against Ino Yamanaka, who chose to face him despite expecting to lose, and he looked forward to seeing her Mind Body Switch Technique.

• Kurama Yakumo used her five-senses genjutsu to make Kankuro injure himself until he lost consciousness, and Gekko Hayate declared her the winner.
• Kurama Yakumo returned to Otsutsuki Toneri, who praised her and noticed the next matchup was Otsutsuki Quxian against Shikamaru Nara.
• Shikamaru Nara declined to forfeit and entered the arena, but Otsutsuki Quxian knocked him flying with an invisible repulsive force and won.
• The matchup display paired Otsutsuki Toneri with Ino Yamanaka, and Asuma tried to persuade Ino to forfeit.
• Ino Yamanaka chose to fight and asked Otsutsuki Toneri to go easy on her, while he agreed and anticipated seeing her Mind Body Switch Technique.

Otsutsuki Toneri defeated Ino Yamanaka by trapping her in his mental world, leaving her shaken and resentful. He later met Hinata for a walk, and she shyly returned his affection.

• Otsutsuki Toneri let Ino Yamanaka use the Mind Body Switch Technique, then sealed her inside his mental world when their spiritual strengths proved unequal.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sexually assaulted Ino in the mental world, and she collapsed in the real world after he released her.
• Ino concealed what happened from Shikamaru Nara and struggled with confusion and resentment toward Otsutsuki Toneri.
• The Chunin Ninja Exams continued, and Hinata lost to her teammate Shino instead of facing Neji Hyuga.
• Otsutsuki Toneri met Hinata, complimented her appearance, and took her for a walk after she agreed to join him.
• Otsutsuki Toneri held Hinata's hand and told her he had remembered her since they first met; Hinata bashfully said she felt the same.

Otsutsuki Toneri and Hinata Hyuga confirmed their relationship, and Toneri warned her that he might someday oppose Konoha. A week later, the Chunin Exam finals began as Toneri prepared to launch the Konoha Crush Plan, then joined Hinata and Hanabi to watch the first match.

• Hinata Hyuga woke on Hokage Rock, remembered Toneri's kiss, and joined him to look over Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Hinata that he and Konoha might become enemies, and Hinata said she would never stand against him.
• Toneri assured Hinata she would become his wife, and the two spent the day together before he took her home.
• A week later, the Fourth Kazekage arrived in Konoha for the Chunin Exam finals, where Toneri watched Hiruzen Sarutobi and prepared to begin the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Genma Shiranui announced the first match between Neji Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki, and Toneri sat beside Hinata and Hanabi to watch.

Otsutsuki Toneri left Hinata and Hanabi with Matatabi as the Konoha Crush began, then joined Orochimaru’s attack on Konoha. He revealed that he intended to leave the village weakened and faced the ANBU while Orochimaru dealt with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Otsutsuki Toneri gave Matatabi to Hinata Hyuga for protection, and Naruto Uzumaki defeated Neji Hyuga in the arena.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left Hinata and Hanabi before the Gaara-versus-Sasuke match and met Danzo in the stands.
• Sasuke attacked Gaara as the Temple of Nirvana Technique put spectators to sleep and Sand and Sound ninja began attacking Konoha.
• Orochimaru revealed himself disguised as the Fourth Kazekage and restrained Hiruzen Sarutobi, then called for Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri appeared beside Orochimaru, dismissed Hiruzen’s warning, and turned to confront the ANBU as Orochimaru prepared to fight his former teacher.

Otsutsuki Toneri and his allies blocked Konoha’s forces while Orochimaru trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi in a barrier for their duel. As Kakashi, Might Guy, and Jiraiya confronted Toneri, he challenged Jiraiya’s claim that Toneri had fallen into darkness by pointing to the innocent victims of Konoha’s wars, leaving Jiraiya with only a weak defense of the village.

• Otsutsuki Toneri ordered Quxian, Yakumo, and Yugito to guard the positions around Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo slipped away as Kakashi and Might Guy moved toward the platform, where the Sound Four sealed Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi inside a barrier.
• Otsutsuki Toneri stopped the ANBU from reaching Hiruzen Sarutobi and exchanged words with Kakashi and Might Guy.
• Jiraiya arrived and condemned Toneri for aiding evil, but Toneri challenged his judgment and accused Konoha of causing suffering through its wars.
• Jiraiya weakly replied that Konoha had never been a warmonger, and Toneri mocked his defense.

Jiraiya fought Otsutsuki Toneri while Kakashi, Might Guy, and the ANBU engaged Toneri’s allies during the battle in Konoha. After entering Sage Mode, Jiraiya launched a powerful attack, but Toneri repelled it effortlessly and rejected Jiraiya’s offer to make peace with Konoha.

• Jiraiya charged Otsutsuki Toneri, but Toneri used a powerful repulsive force to send him crashing to the ground.
• Kakashi and Might Guy split off to fight Toneri’s allies while the ANBU attacked the remaining opponent.
• Jiraiya summoned Fukasaku and Shima and gathered senjutsu chakra as Toneri watched and allowed him to prepare.
• Might Guy opened six gates to battle Otsutsuki Quxian, while Yugito held an advantage over Kakashi and Kurama Yakumo watched the ANBU fight.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and struck at Toneri with a Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but Toneri’s repulsive force stopped the attack.
• Jiraiya urged Toneri to consider peace with Konoha, but Toneri refused, and Jiraiya charged again, ready to risk his life.