Chapter Summaries

Otsutsuki Toneri revealed that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was present as a chakra incarnation while her true body remained sealed, then announced his plan to start the Fourth Shinobi World War to force the Five Great Nations to recognize their weakness. The chapter left him preparing for the Five Kage Summit, scheduled for one week later.

• Otsutsuki Toneri confirmed that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was his family and explained that the woman beside him was only an incarnation of her chakra.
• Otsutsuki Toneri said he wanted the war-weary continent to find peace and announced that he would start the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Konan questioned whether war was necessary, but Otsutsuki Toneri, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Sasuke argued that the Five Great Nations had to be defeated decisively.
• Otsutsuki Quxian asked how the war would begin, and Otsutsuki Toneri pointed to Akatsuki's capture of seven tailed beasts as a reason for the nations to unite.
• Mei Terumi revealed that the Raikage had invited her to a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to discuss how to deal with Akatsuki.
• Mei Terumi told Otsutsuki Toneri that the summit would take place in one week.

Otsutsuki Toneri completed Akatsuki’s lineup and decided the group would reveal itself at the Five Kage Summit after a week of training. As the group set out for the summit, Jiraiya waited in the Land of Iron, burdened by Konoha’s destruction and the political challenge from Danzo.

• Sasuke said he could prepare to attack Konoha within a week, but Otsutsuki Toneri persuaded him to wait until after the Five Kage Summit so his eyes could adjust.
• Otsutsuki Toneri assigned Akatsuki’s four remaining core positions to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Otsutsuki Quxian, Kurama Yakumo, and Yugito, then gave additional robes to Ichikishimahime, Pakura, and Mei Terumi.
• During the following week, Akatsuki members trained, Hanabi Hyuga improved her use of the Tenseigan, and Sasuke learned to use his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities before transplanting Itachi’s eyes.
• Otsutsuki Toneri opened a spatial passage and led the Akatsuki group toward the Five Kage Summit.
• Jiraiya waited at the summit venue with Kakashi and reflected on Konoha’s destruction, his strained position as Hokage, and Danzo’s challenge to his leadership.

Jiraiya, Gaara, Ōnoki, and A gathered to discuss Akatsuki, but their summit was interrupted when Otsutsuki Toneri and Akatsuki appeared through a spatial rift. The Kage faced the group in alarm, and A demanded to know why Toneri had come.

• Jiraiya and Kakashi discussed Konoha’s recent disasters before Gaara arrived for the Five Kage Summit.
• Ōnoki and A argued over how to handle Akatsuki, and A warned that Otsutsuki Toneri was too powerful for one or two villages to defeat.
• Ōnoki prepared to use Dust Release against A, but Jiraiya and Gaara moved to stop them.
• Otsutsuki Toneri opened a spatial rift and entered the conference room with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and the other Akatsuki members.
• Jiraiya recognized Tsunade, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hanabi Hyuga among the Akatsuki, while A recognized Yugito.
• A took a fighting stance and demanded to know what Otsutsuki Toneri was doing there.

Otsutsuki Toneri confronted the Five Kage at the summit, demanded that they submit to Kirigakure, and declared war when they refused. The chapter ended with the Fourth Shinobi World War underway and both sides preparing to fight for control of the continent.

• Otsutsuki Toneri entered the Five Kage Summit with Akatsuki members, including Yugito Nii, and revealed Mei Terumi as the Fifth Mizukage.
• Jiraiya and Ōnoki realized that Kirigakure had fallen under Otsutsuki Toneri’s influence, though he claimed the village belonged to Mei Terumi.
• Otsutsuki Toneri demanded that the Five Great Hidden Villages submit to Kirigakure, but A and Gaara rejected him.
• Jiraiya and Ōnoki condemned Otsutsuki Toneri’s claims of pursuing peace, while he defended uniting the continent under Akatsuki rule.
• Otsutsuki Toneri declared war on the Five Great Hidden Villages, and Ōnoki accepted the challenge on behalf of the Kage.

Otsutsuki Toneri warned the four Kage that Obito Uchiha was also targeting the continent, while Hanabi Hyuga explained why she had chosen to follow Toneri. The Kage then discussed Akatsuki’s strength and members, unaware that Obito was appearing in their conference room.

• Otsutsuki Toneri warned the four Kage that someone else had taken the captured Tailed Beasts and urged them to protect the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Hanabi Hyuga told Jiraiya she had not abandoned her clan or village, but had chosen to follow Toneri’s vision of peace; Jiraiya accepted that they would be enemies.
• Jiraiya and the other Kage discussed the coming war, with Ōnoki identifying Akatsuki as the greater threat than Kirigakure.
• A described Otsutsuki Toneri as a powerful monster, and Jiraiya shared what he knew about Tsunade, Hanabi Hyuga, Sasuke Uchiha, and Kurama Yakumo.

Obito Uchiha approached the four Kage and Jiraiya to propose an alliance against Akatsuki, claiming to be Madara Uchiha and offering intelligence about its members. He revealed that Akatsuki’s weakest members were already formidable and that Sasuke Uchiha had awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Jiraiya and Kakashi alarmed.

• Ōnoki remarked that many Akatsuki members had come from Konoha, and Jiraiya and Kakashi reflected on the former Konoha shinobi who had defected.
• Obito Uchiha appeared through a spatial ripple, and Jiraiya, Ōnoki, A, and the others reacted to his Rinnegan and space-time techniques.
• Obito offered to cooperate against Akatsuki and identified himself as Madara Uchiha, but Ōnoki doubted his claim before agreeing to hear him out.
• Obito explained that he wanted the villages’ help against Otsutsuki Toneri and also intended to investigate the Eight-Tails’ whereabouts.
• Obito warned that Akatsuki had ten powerful core members and said Konan and Kisame Hoshigaki could each capture a Tailed Beast alone.
• Obito revealed that Sasuke Uchiha had awakened Mangekyō Sharingan and was awakening Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, prompting Jiraiya and Kakashi to react with alarm.

Obito Uchiha persuaded Jiraiya and the four Kage to accept using Kabuto Yakushi’s Impure World Reincarnation to fight Akatsuki. Two days later, Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan finished developing, and Tsunade and Sasuke prepared to begin their revenge against Konoha’s leadership.

• Obito Uchiha revealed that Tsunade ranked near the bottom of Akatsuki’s ten core members and said Hanabi Hyuga ranked sixth after awakening the Tenseigan.
• Obito Uchiha proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to summon powerful dead fighters, and Jiraiya reluctantly accepted that they needed them to face Akatsuki.
• Obito Uchiha left after discussing the plan with the four Kage, who suspected he was the one secretly holding the Tailed Beasts.
• Otsutsuki Toneri learned Sasuke needed two days for his eyes to develop and agreed to bring Hanabi Hyuga along when they went to Konoha.
• After two days, Sasuke’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan finished developing at Mei Terumi’s residence.

Sasuke attacked Konoha to make the village answer for Itachi and demanded that Kakashi reveal Danzo’s location. Kakashi prepared to fight while Tsunade battled elsewhere, and Sasuke’s allies began their assault on the village.

• Otsutsuki Toneri, Sasuke, Tsunade, and Hanabi Hyuga entered Konoha through a Space Rift and split up to attack.
• Sasuke summoned an armored Susanoo and destroyed several ANBU, killing most of them with a single slash.
• Kakashi confronted Sasuke, but Sasuke refused to turn back and demanded Danzo’s location, blaming Konoha for Itachi’s fate.
• Kakashi refused to help Sasuke and tried to persuade him to stop, while Sasuke insisted that Konoha must pay for Itachi and the Uchiha Clan.
• Kakashi learned that Tsunade was fighting elsewhere and ordered Shikamaru to support him as he prepared to battle Sasuke.

Otsutsuki Toneri reunited with Hinata Hyuga at the Hyuga estate and asked her to leave with him, while Sasuke prepared to fight Kakashi. Hanabi Hyuga then confessed to Hinata that she and Toneri had gotten together.

• Sasuke challenged Kakashi over the Sharingan in Kakashi's eye as Shikamaru Nara and the others watched for an opening.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought Hanabi Hyuga to the Hyuga estate, where they encountered Hinata Hyuga on her way to help defend Konoha.
• Hinata Hyuga embraced Otsutsuki Toneri and agreed to leave with him after he said he had come for her.
• Hinata Hyuga noticed Hanabi Hyuga's changed eyes, and Hanabi explained that they had evolved with Toneri's help.
• Hanabi Hyuga told Hinata Hyuga that she and Otsutsuki Toneri had gotten together.

Hinata Hyuga accepted Hanabi Hyuga’s desire to be with Otsutsuki Toneri, and the three set off together. On Konoha’s battlefield, Sasuke overwhelmed Kakashi and the others, but Naruto arrived in time to destroy Sasuke’s attack and confront him.

• Hinata Hyuga struggled with Hanabi Hyuga’s feelings for Otsutsuki Toneri but agreed to stay together with her sister and share him.
• Hanabi Hyuga revealed that she was an Akatsuki higher-up with the codename Empty Chen, and Otsutsuki Toneri led the sisters away to check on the others.
• Sasuke used Blaze Release and Susanoo to attack Kakashi, Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuga, and the others, who could barely evade his flames and arrow.
• Kakashi used Kamui to block part of Sasuke’s arrow, but Sasuke struck him with Chidori, causing Kamui to disappear.
• Neji Hyuga failed to stop the remaining arrow with Eight Trigrams Great Vacuum Palm, but Naruto arrived and smashed it with a Rasengan.

Sasuke rejected Naruto’s pleas to abandon revenge, insisting that Itachi’s death and Konoha’s treatment of the Uchiha left him no path but vengeance. As Sasuke prepared to attack Naruto and continue searching for Danzo, Naruto remained determined to prove his ideals could overcome Sasuke’s and Toneri’s.

• Otsutsuki Toneri and his companions watched Naruto and Sasuke from above while Toneri told Hanabi Hyuga to let Sasuke pursue his revenge.
• Naruto asked Sasuke to stop hurting their former comrades and return from his hatred, but Sasuke said he never considered them comrades and would not abandon revenge.
• Sasuke condemned Konoha and its leadership for making Itachi suffer, and his deep-purple chakra surged as Shikamaru Nara and the others watched in alarm.
• Naruto acknowledged that he understood the pain of losing someone but vowed to stop Sasuke from harming Konoha and spreading hatred.
• Sasuke revealed that the Fourth Shinobi World War had begun and said Toneri would lead them to peace; Naruto vowed to prove them wrong.
• Sasuke formed an armored Susanoo and aimed its bow at Naruto before setting out to find Danzo.

Sasuke overwhelmed Naruto in their fight, while Hanabi stopped Shikamaru Nara and the others from reaching them and revealed her commitment to the Akatsuki. She defended the organization’s pursuit of peace despite Shikamaru’s objections, leaving the former comrades divided over her allegiance.

• Naruto entered Sage Mode and dodged Sasuke’s charged Susanoo arrow, then attacked with a Sage Art: Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken.
• Sasuke cut through Naruto’s attack with Susanoo’s light blade and knocked Naruto into the ground before turning toward Kakashi.
• Hanabi appeared in an Akatsuki cloak and blocked Shikamaru Nara and the others from approaching the battlefield.
• Hanabi identified herself as Akatsuki Empty Chen and told Shikamaru Nara and Neji Hyuga that she had chosen to leave Konoha and join the Akatsuki.
• Shikamaru Nara urged Hanabi to return to her senses, but she said the Akatsuki sought peace and stood by her chosen path.

Hanabi Hyuga and Sasuke confronted Konoha’s defenders while pursuing Danzo, and Naruto arrived in Kurama Mode to protect Kakashi. Tsunade joined Sasuke and moved to hold Naruto off while Sasuke sought Danzo’s location.

• Hanabi Hyuga cut a vast fissure into the ground with a golden beam and agreed to hold Shikamaru Nara and the others back for Sasuke.
• Tsunade arrived and told Sasuke she had not yet found Danzo, while Sasuke continued toward Kakashi’s location.
• Naruto, transformed by Kurama Mode, struck Sasuke with a chakra tail, but Sasuke blocked it with Susanoo.
• Naruto saw Hanabi Hyuga in an Akatsuki cloak and declared he would not let Sasuke and Tsunade hurt Kakashi-sensei.
• Tsunade told Sasuke to use genjutsu to find Danzo and attacked Naruto, who shattered the boulder she raised with his chakra beast claw.

Sasuke learned the new location of Root headquarters from Kakashi and tried to take Kakashi’s Sharingan, but Naruto pleaded with him and Jiraiya intervened. Sasuke and Tsunade then set out to find Danzo, while Jiraiya remained behind with Kakashi and the others.

• Sasuke used Genjutsu on Kakashi to learn the location of Root headquarters, then prepared to take Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Naruto tried to stop Sasuke and pleaded with him to spare Kakashi’s eye, while Tsunade blocked Naruto from reaching them.
• Jiraiya attacked Sasuke with a giant Rasengan, forcing Sasuke to retreat and abandon his attempt to take Kakashi’s eye.
• Jiraiya released Kakashi from Sasuke’s Genjutsu and wondered how many Akatsuki members were present.
• Tsunade and Sasuke decided to find Danzo, and Sasuke led her toward Root headquarters.

Tsunade, Sasuke, and Hanabi attacked Konoha to reach Danzo, but Jiraiya and Naruto intervened as reinforcements approached. Hanabi scattered the surrounding ninja, Sasuke confronted Danzo, and Tsunade unleashed Wood Release to attack the three men.

• Jiraiya surrounded Tsunade, Sasuke, and Hanabi with Konoha ninja and warned them they would not leave easily.
• Danzo appeared beside Jiraiya, and Tsunade and Sasuke identified him as their target.
• Hanabi used the Tenseigan to unleash a repulsive force that sent most of the surrounding ninja flying.
• Sasuke attacked Danzo with black flames, but Naruto blocked the strike with a chakra tail.
• Jiraiya offered to provide answers about the Uchiha affair, but Sasuke rejected his offer and advanced on Danzo.
• Tsunade used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to send enormous trees toward Danzo, Jiraiya, and Naruto.

Sasuke and Tsunade fought Danzo, Naruto, Jiraiya, and the arriving Kage while Sasuke tried to kill Danzo for his crimes against the Uchiha. As the battle escalated, Otsutsuki Toneri confronted Obito Uchiha, who appeared nearby.

• Sasuke burned Danzo with Amaterasu, but Danzo vanished and returned unharmed, puzzling Tsunade.
• Jiraiya and three Narutos attacked Sasuke and Tsunade, who blocked their strikes; Sasuke then detected Danzo and attacked him again.
• Hanabi Hyuga identified the approaching Kage and agreed to watch Danzo while Sasuke and Tsunade continued their fight.
• Ōnoki, A, and the other Kage arrived and decided to capture the Akatsuki members, prompting Tsunade to send her wooden human against them.
• Otsutsuki Toneri watched the battle and sensed Obito Uchiha arriving through a space-time vortex; he challenged Obito about joining the four Kage.

Sasuke defended the Akatsuki’s plan to impose peace through force, while Naruto argued that understanding and forgiveness were the only path to lasting peace. As the debate ended, Tsunade and Sasuke attacked Danzo and the other Kage, and Naruto moved to stop them.

• Obito Uchiha and Otsutsuki Toneri discussed the coming war and the reanimated shinobi who would fight for them.
• Ōnoki’s Dust Release missed the Wooden Human, while Gaara’s sand restrained it and Sasuke and Naruto prepared attacks.
• Sasuke explained that the Akatsuki would shoulder the world’s hatred and end war by ruling through force; Tsunade agreed that the village system was rotten, while Jiraiya warned them against becoming weapons for others.
• Naruto told Sasuke he would prove that peace could come through understanding, but Tsunade attacked Jiraiya and the others and Sasuke fired an arrow at Danzo.
• Naruto hurled a Spiraling Shuriken at Sasuke, who blocked it with Amaterasu, while Tsunade sent a Wood Dragon and the Wooden Human toward Jiraiya and the others.

Sasuke outmaneuvered Danzo, destroyed his Sharingan, and forced him to use a suicide sealing technique. After Tsunade rejected Jiraiya’s plea to stop, Sasuke gathered immense chakra to unleash his power against the remaining opponents.

• Ōnoki and A moved to attack Tsunade while Jiraiya and Gaara fought the Wooden Human and Wood Dragon.
• Sasuke used genjutsu to catch Danzo off guard, then severed his right arm and destroyed the Sharingan in his right eye.
• Danzo declared that he would never let Sasuke endanger Konoha, then activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and died as its expanding sphere consumed the area around him.
• Tsunade refused Jiraiya’s request to end the fighting and vowed to pursue the other Konoha leaders involved in her clan’s suffering.
• Sasuke appeared beside Tsunade and raised a towering surge of chakra, while Otsutsuki Toneri recognized that he had already adapted to his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

Sasuke demonstrated his Perfect Susanoo to the Four Kage, then Otsutsuki Toneri returned his group to Kirigakure as the Fourth Shinobi World War approached. Toneri reassured Hinata and Hanabi and spoke with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki about their eight years together and his long-standing desire for her.

• Sasuke manifested his enormous Perfect Susanoo, leaving the Four Kage and Obito stunned by its power.
• Hanabi compared Sasuke's Susanoo unfavorably with Kurama Yakumo's, prompting Sasuke to dismiss it and abandon his test.
• Tsunade left with Sasuke and Jiraiya's group after warning the Four Kage that they would meet again on the battlefield.
• Otsutsuki Toneri brought the group back to Kirigakure and promised Hinata and Hanabi a grand wedding after the war.
• Toneri embraced Kaguya Ōtsutsuki beneath the moon and said the approaching war would help him break her seal.
• Kaguya asked whether Toneri had desired her since their first meeting, and Toneri admitted it.

Otsutsuki Toneri learned from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki that the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s home planet had been consumed by the God Tree, then led Akatsuki in planning for war against the Four Great Ninja Villages. The chapter ended with the teams being discussed and Kisame Hoshigaki asking to partner with Sasuke.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki explained that the God Tree had drained and consumed the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s ancestral planet.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki talked through the night, then returned to their rooms.
• Otsutsuki Toneri warned Akatsuki that the Four Great Ninja Villages could use Kabuto Yakushi’s Impure World Reincarnation, and Mei Terumi said she had trained a hundred people in sealing jutsu.
• Otsutsuki Toneri reminded the group that reincarnated fighters might include people they had known, and Sasuke vowed not to forgive whoever brought back Uchiha clan members.
• Otsutsuki Toneri began assigning teams for the coming war, and Kisame Hoshigaki asked to team up with Sasuke, who did not refuse.