Chapter Summaries

Tsunade agreed to join Otsutsuki Toneri’s Akatsuki in exchange for help taking revenge on Konoha, though he said another member would fight beside her instead of promising to act himself. After Tsunade left, Shizune warned her that Akatsuki had kidnapped the Kazekage and was targeting Jinchūriki.

• Tsunade waited for Otsutsuki Toneri in the woods and agreed to join Akatsuki, hoping it would help her take revenge on Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri gave Tsunade an Akatsuki cloak and ring, then said another member would join her in attacking Konoha after they had more time.
• Tsunade left with Shizune, while Otsutsuki Toneri took Hanabi Hyuga through a Space-Time Rift to check on Sasuke and Orochimaru in Otogakure.
• Tsunade and Shizune used the Reverse Summoning Technique to reach Shikkotsu Forest, where Tsunade considered her next move.
• Shizune warned Tsunade that Akatsuki had kidnapped Sunagakure’s Kazekage and that its members were targeting Jinchūriki.

Tsunade became interested in Akatsuki’s plan to use the Tailed Beasts to establish peace, but she focused first on revenge and reclaiming Konoha. In Otogakure, Sasuke asked Otsutsuki Toneri where he could find Itachi, while Toneri warned that Itachi was running out of time; afterward, Hanabi Hyuga reaffirmed her loyalty to Toneri despite his concerns about awakening the Tenseigan.

• Tsunade considered Akatsuki’s goal of capturing Tailed Beasts and decided to pursue revenge before taking back Konoha.
• Otsutsuki Toneri, Hanabi Hyuga, and their companion arrived in Otogakure and met Sasuke Uchiha and Hozuki Suigetsu.
• Sasuke asked Otsutsuki Toneri where Itachi was, and Toneri said Sasuke was not ready to face him and that Itachi’s body would not last much longer.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Sasuke that Itachi wanted to see him grow stronger and might hope to die by Sasuke’s hand; Sasuke insisted on finding him.
• Hanabi Hyuga reminded Sasuke that Naruto had cried for a long time after failing to bring him back, and Sasuke quietly recalled Naruto.
• Hanabi asked Otsutsuki Toneri for the Tenseigan, and he warned that awakening it would be painful and bind her closely to him; she said she would follow him.

Otsutsuki Toneri brought Hanabi Hyuga to Amegakure, where she declared she would choose him over Konoha, and he embraced her. At an Akatsuki meeting, Pain reported that Hidan and Kakuzu had been killed on a mission, leaving the remaining members stunned.

• Hanabi Hyuga told Otsutsuki Toneri she would stand by him even if that meant betraying Konoha, and he warmly embraced her.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought Hanabi Hyuga and Pakura into Amegakure and told Hanabi it was Akatsuki's headquarters.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Hanabi Hyuga that he was the strongest in the Shinobi World and left her with Pakura while he attended a meeting.
• Otsutsuki Toneri met Konan at the Central Tower, and they joined Pain, Zetsu, and Deidara in the underground chamber as Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki appeared remotely.
• Pain announced that Hidan and Kakuzu had been killed during the Three-Tails mission, and Deidara reacted with feigned disdain.

Pain ordered Itachi and Kisame to retrieve the Three-Tails while Otsutsuki Toneri pressed Itachi to act on Sasuke before his illness claimed him. Later, Toneri took Hanabi Hyuga to his room to grant her bloodline power, leaving her startled when he told her to take off her clothes.

• Pain told Itachi and Kisame to bring back the Three-Tails and postpone capturing the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails until the other tailed beasts were sealed.
• Otsutsuki Toneri reminded Itachi that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru and was looking for him, prompting Itachi to worry about Toneri's interest in his brother.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Konan that Itachi was gravely ill and admitted he wanted to accelerate events to release Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Hanabi Hyuga asked Otsutsuki Toneri to take her to Kirigakure, and he agreed to leave the next day.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought Hanabi to his room and told her he would grant her bloodline power, then instructed her to take off her clothes.

Otsutsuki Toneri helped Hanabi Hyuga awaken the Tenseigan, then returned to Kirigakure and set plans in motion for Akatsuki. He left Black Zetsu with instructions to guide Kabuto Yakushi to Madara Uchiha’s corpse and bring him to Obito.

• Otsutsuki Toneri transformed Hanabi Hyuga’s bloodline, and she rested while her Tenseigan developed.
• Three days later, Hanabi Hyuga awakened her Tenseigan, and Otsutsuki Toneri took her and Pakura back to Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi told Otsutsuki Toneri that Kabuto Yakushi had come looking for him, and Toneri decided it was fine that Kabuto had left.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to summon Black Zetsu and gave her and the other women Akatsuki cloaks.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Black Zetsu to guide Kabuto Yakushi to Madara Uchiha’s corpse so Obito could find him.

Otsutsuki Toneri helped Black Zetsu prepare a powerful teammate for Obito while planning to drive the Akatsuki’s campaign forward. After the Akatsuki sealed the Three-Tails, Toneri set out to target Kumogakure as Pain prepared to attack Konoha, and the chapter left him watching his allies’ immense power in Kirigakure.

• Otsutsuki Toneri told Black Zetsu to arrange a powerful teammate for Obito, then shared his plans with Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Ichikishimahime spent the night with Otsutsuki Toneri, and Mei Terumi teased him about it at breakfast.
• Otsutsuki Toneri fed Matatabi and learned from Pain that Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki had captured the Three-Tails.
• The Akatsuki completed sealing the Three-Tails and the other captured beasts, and Pain ordered Otsutsuki Toneri to retrieve the Eight-Tails from Kumogakure.
• Otsutsuki Toneri agreed to target Kumogakure while Pain planned an assault on Konoha for the Nine-Tails.
• Otsutsuki Toneri watched Otsutsuki Quxian and Kurama Yakumo spar behind a barrier as Hanabi Hyuga learned Sage Mode from Ichikishimahime.

Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Kumogakure with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, then confronted Fourth Raikage A and demanded to borrow the Eight-Tails. A refused him outright.

• Otsutsuki Toneri took Hanabi, Kaguya, and Ichikishimahime to Kumogakure and cleaved a deep fissure through the village with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Fourth Raikage A recognized Toneri’s attack and rushed to confront him despite Mabui’s warning to stay calm.
• Toneri greeted A casually and called the destruction a greeting gift, while A demanded to know why he had attacked Kumogakure.
• A refused to let Toneri into the village, and Killer B and the others arrived behind him.
• Toneri said he had come to borrow the Eight-Tails, and A immediately refused.

Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Kumogakure to take the Eight-Tails, overwhelming A and Killer B with his armored Susanoo while Hanabi Hyuga and Ichikishimahime held off the village’s other fighters. The battle continued as Toneri’s slash met Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb, and Toneri leaped toward the Eight-Tails to strike.

• A attacked Otsutsuki Toneri, but Toneri repelled him with his Tenseigan ability, and Killer B helped A back to his feet.
• Otsutsuki Toneri formed a skeletal Susanoo as A and Killer B charged, while Hanabi Hyuga and Ichikishimahime blocked Mabui and the others from joining the fight.
• A and Killer B attacked Toneri’s Susanoo, but Toneri expanded it into an armored half-body form and destroyed a distant mountain with a single slash.
• Gyuki warned Killer B not to fight Susanoo head-on, but A attacked again and Killer B launched a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Toneri’s Susanoo struck the Tailed Beast Bomb as Toneri leaped toward Killer B’s Eight-Tails form with his blade.

Otsutsuki Toneri defeated Kumogakure’s forces and forced Mabui to agree to go with him, then had a White Zetsu Clone take the unconscious Killer B away. He learned that Pain had reached Konoha and Deidara had been killed by Sasuke, and anticipated the coming battles.

• Otsutsuki Toneri used attraction and repulsion to defeat Killer B, while A and the other Cloud Ninja were left unable to fight.
• Otsutsuki Toneri threatened Mabui, and she agreed to go with him despite A’s furious objections.
• Otsutsuki Toneri discovered that Killer B was unconscious and ordered a White Zetsu Clone to take him away.
• The White Zetsu Clone reported that Pain had reached Konoha and that Sasuke had killed Deidara.
• A could only watch as the White Zetsu Clone carried Killer B away, while Otsutsuki Toneri anticipated Pain’s attack on Konoha and the brothers’ coming battle.

Otsutsuki Toneri brought Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Hanabi Hyuga to the Uchiha hideout as Sasuke met Itachi for their long-awaited confrontation. Sasuke revealed that he knew the truth and questioned why Itachi had sacrificed his clan and bonds for the village, leaving Itachi stunned and concerned.

• After Toneri left Kumogakure, A ordered Darui to contact the other villages and unite against Toneri and the Akatsuki.
• Toneri left Mabui in Mei Terumi’s care, then went with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Hanabi Hyuga to the Uchiha hideout, where Sasuke arrived with Jugo and Suigetsu.
• Kisame Hoshigaki let Sasuke enter to meet Itachi and agreed to speak with Toneri after the brothers’ confrontation.
• Sasuke called Itachi his foolish big brother and told him he had learned the truth but still could not understand his choices.
• Sasuke asked why Itachi had abandoned his clan, village, and bonds, while Toneri watched and Itachi grew stunned and worried.

Sasuke learned more about Itachi’s motives and vowed to restore the Uchiha Clan without letting his brother die disgraced. Their fight continued as Otsutsuki Toneri revealed Konoha’s role in the massacre, and Sasuke gained the upper hand in their Fire Release clash.

• Itachi reflected on Sasuke’s convictions and challenged him to prove his strength and take his eyes.
• Sasuke broke Itachi’s Tsukuyomi, and the brothers fought a fierce close-quarters battle.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Hanabi Hyuga that Konoha’s High Command had coerced Itachi into massacring the Uchiha Clan.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri discussed human nature and Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s vision of peace as Zetsu emerged and called for the world to be set right.
• Sasuke and Itachi began a Fire Release contest, and Sasuke’s Great Fireball started pushing Itachi’s back.

Sasuke used Kirin to devastate the Uchiha hideout, but Itachi survived with Susanoo and approached his exhausted brother. As the brothers faced their final moments, Orochimaru emerged from Sasuke’s Cursed Seal of Heaven as Yamata no Orochi.

• Itachi used Amaterasu, but Sasuke escaped its flames with the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique and launched the Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Sasuke formed Kirin from the storm clouds and struck the Uchiha hideout, while Itachi survived inside Susanoo.
• Sasuke and Itachi approached each other as Itachi’s strength failed and Sasuke mourned his brother’s impending death.
• Orochimaru’s white substance emerged from Sasuke’s Cursed Seal of Heaven and transformed into the eight-headed Yamata no Orochi.

Itachi sealed Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade, then died after sharing a final forehead tap with Sasuke, who collapsed in grief. Otsutsuki Toneri brought the brothers to Amegakure, where Konan stood alone after Nagato’s death and the Akatsuki’s collapse.

• Itachi drew Orochimaru out of Sasuke and sealed him and Yamata no Orochi with the Totsuka Blade.
• Itachi approached the exhausted Sasuke, tapped his forehead, and died; Sasuke then fainted.
• Otsutsuki Toneri learned that Nagato had died after using Rinne Rebirth and that the Akatsuki had only a few members left.
• Otsutsuki Toneri took Sasuke and Itachi to Amegakure, ordered Itachi’s burial, and settled Sasuke in the Central Tower.
• Otsutsuki Toneri found Konan on the Central Tower’s top floor after she had returned Nagato’s and Yahiko’s bodies.

After Nagato and Itachi died, Otsutsuki Toneri asked Konan to join his plan to rebuild the Akatsuki and impose peace by unifying the world. He claimed the Akatsuki had enough strength to face the Five Great Nations, leaving Konan wondering whether he had planned all along to take control of the organization.

• Konan mourned Nagato and the fallen Akatsuki members while Otsutsuki Toneri told her Itachi was dead.
• Konan admitted that Nagato’s path to peace had been wrong, and Otsutsuki Toneri said Nagato had failed because his heart remained fragile.
• Otsutsuki Toneri invited Konan to join a reborn Akatsuki and explained that he intended to end wars by ruling the continent.
• Konan questioned whether the Tailed Beasts could defeat the Five Great Nations, but Otsutsuki Toneri said he did not need them and that the Akatsuki could fight the nations.
• Otsutsuki Toneri hinted that the Akatsuki had more fighters than Konan knew, and she suspected he had prepared for its collapse so he could take it over.

Otsutsuki Toneri won Konan’s support for his plan to bring peace and revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been transplanted into him so he could be used. Obito Uchiha arrived to reclaim the eyes, and Toneri exposed his identity while the confrontation over Nagato’s legacy began.

• Otsutsuki Toneri told Konan he wanted to unite the continent and build an Akatsuki that would obey him, and she agreed to help him pursue peace.
• Otsutsuki Toneri asked about Nagato’s body, then revealed that the Rinnegan had been transplanted into Nagato to make use of his Uzumaki heritage.
• Otsutsuki Toneri explained that Nagato’s Rinnegan could summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and perform Rinne Rebirth, then called out Madara Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha appeared through a Space-Time Vortex and demanded that Konan return the Rinnegan, claiming they belonged to him.
• Konan refused to surrender the eyes, calling them Nagato’s legacy, and Otsutsuki Toneri identified the masked man as Obito Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha acknowledged Toneri’s knowledge and asked what he wanted, while remaining focused on becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and casting Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Otsutsuki Toneri persuaded Obito Uchiha to leave the Akatsuki without the Rinnegan, then comforted Konan as she grieved over Yahiko and Nagato. He and Konan headed to meet a new companion, whom he expected would surprise her.

• Obito Uchiha offered Otsutsuki Toneri control of the Akatsuki in exchange for the Rinnegan, but Toneri refused and asked for Kisame instead.
• Obito Uchiha left, while Toneri told Konan that Obito would find Nagato's body and take the Rinnegan regardless.
• Konan grieved over her inability to protect Yahiko and Nagato's bodies, and Toneri comforted her as she cried in his arms.
• Toneri reassured Konan that peace would come soon, and she said she would consider a relationship with him if their dream came true.
• Toneri took Konan to meet a new companion, then entered a room in the Central Tower after no one answered his knock.

Sasuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after Itachi’s death and joined Akatsuki to avenge the Uchiha and clear Itachi’s name. Otsutsuki Toneri offered him Itachi’s eyes and revealed that Tsunade of the Senju Clan would join him in seeking revenge on Konoha, leaving Sasuke to prepare for the eye transplant before they went to Konoha.

• Sasuke asked Otsutsuki Toneri for help and vowed to make Konoha pay for the Uchiha Clan’s destruction and Itachi’s tarnished reputation.
• Otsutsuki Toneri invited Sasuke to join Akatsuki, and Sasuke accepted Itachi’s Vermilion Bird ring and uniform.
• Otsutsuki Toneri gave Sasuke Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and Sasuke said he would first learn to use his newly awakened eyes before having them transplanted.
• Otsutsuki Toneri introduced Konan as Akatsuki’s White Tiger and told Sasuke that Tsunade of the Senju Clan shared his circumstances.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Sasuke to adapt to his strength and Mangekyō Sharingan before they accompanied Tsunade to Konoha.

Otsutsuki Toneri prepared to rebuild the Akatsuki and pursue his plan to unite the continent under a new order. He invited Kisame Hoshigaki to join him, leaving Kisame curious but without an answer yet.

• Sasuke agreed to rest and adjust to his Mangekyō Sharingan before pursuing revenge, while Otsutsuki Toneri said the Akatsuki still needed his strength.
• Otsutsuki Toneri left with Konan and decided they would move the Akatsuki's base from Amegakure to Kirigakure.
• Otsutsuki Toneri took Pain's Zero Burial Ring from Konan, and Kisame Hoshigaki joined them on the way to Toneri's residence.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Kisame Hoshigaki that Pain had died and invited him to help with a new Akatsuki plan.
• Otsutsuki Toneri warned Kisame Hoshigaki against trusting the Masked Man and proposed building a united continent governed by order and rules.

Otsutsuki Toneri brought Sasuke Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki to Kirigakure, where they encountered a gigantic Susanoo being used by Yakumo. He gathered his allies and began revealing the hidden history of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the origins of the shinobi world.

• Kisame Hoshigaki accepted Otsutsuki Toneri's offer to help establish a new order, hoping for a world without betrayal between comrades.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought Kisame Hoshigaki and Sasuke Uchiha through a Space-Time Rift to Kirigakure and said Mei Terumi would resolve Kisame's rogue ninja status.
• Sasuke Uchiha recognized Yakumo's enormous Susanoo, and Otsutsuki Toneri told him she was neither an Uchiha nor using transplanted eyes.
• Otsutsuki Toneri gathered his core group, including Tsunade, and announced that he would explain the origin of everything.
• Otsutsuki Toneri recounted Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's arrival, her conflict with her sons, the founding of Ninshu, and the creation of the nine tailed beasts.

Otsutsuki Toneri explained how Indra and Asura’s descendants became the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans, then revealed that his eyes were the Tenseigan and told Sasuke he might awaken the Rinnegan. Otsutsuki Quxian pieced together that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was the legendary progenitor of chakra, and Toneri chuckled as her suspicion came into the open.

• Otsutsuki Toneri described the dwindling descendants of Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura, identifying the Uchiha, Senju, Uzumaki, and Hyuga clans.
• Hanabi Hyuga pointed out that Toneri was a descendant of Hagoromo Otsutsuki after Kisame Hoshigaki asked whose descendant he was.
• Otsutsuki Toneri confirmed that his eyes were the Tenseigan and noted that Otsutsuki Quxian and Hanabi Hyuga could awaken the same eyes through Hamura Otsutsuki’s bloodline.
• Otsutsuki Toneri told Sasuke that, as Indra’s reincarnation, he had a chance to awaken the Rinnegan, while Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Toneri cautioned that the time was not right.
• Otsutsuki Quxian connected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s name, her escape from a seal on the moon, and Toneri calling her Grandmother, then asked him to confirm her identity.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki showed no concern about her identity being exposed, and Otsutsuki Toneri chuckled as Otsutsuki Quxian’s suspicion became clear.