Chapter Summaries

Sōkyū Hatake ordered Rōran to covertly investigate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Urashiki, and the search uncovered Kara’s hidden leader, Jigen, and signs of Urashiki watching the Shinobi World. With the evidence assembled, Sōkyū Hatake made a decision.

• Sōkyū Hatake told Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi to investigate leads connected to Jigen, monitor possible Urashiki sightings, and trace both Otsutsuki through causal information signals.
• Over the following weeks, Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi linked Kara to a mysterious Lord Jigen and found evidence that ancient natural-energy sites had been drained.
• The tracing project detected an ancient, dormant Otsutsuki presence pointing toward a snowy northern region and an old monastic stronghold, suggesting Isshiki was hidden as Jigen.
• Mitaraishi Anko collected reports of strange surveillance and energy disturbances near Killer B, Isobu, chakra hot springs, and the Hyuga Clan’s training grounds.
• Rōran’s intelligence indicated that Urashiki was active across the Shinobi World and evading efforts to pinpoint him.
• Sōkyū Hatake reviewed the intelligence on the top floor of Sōkū Tower and made his decision.

Sōkyū Hatake set out to find the hidden Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, but reports of Urashiki Otsutsuki observing jinchūriki led him to track the scout’s movements. He suspected Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was Urashiki’s next target.

• Sōkyū Hatake traveled north to confront the hidden Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, taking only essential equipment and Orochimaru’s gifts.
• A classified report revealed that Urashiki Otsutsuki had been spotted near Sunagakure, where Shukaku’s chakra had briefly stirred.
• Sōkyū Hatake ordered Anko to gather reports of unusual sightings and chakra disturbances, and the data traced Urashiki’s apparent scouting of tailed-beast chakra sources.
• Sōkyū Hatake concluded that Urashiki was assessing the tailed beasts and identified Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki as a likely next target.
• Sōkyū Hatake found faint spatial fluctuations near Takigakure from the past week that resembled the traces recorded near Sunagakure.

Sōkyū Hatake prepared a trap near Takigakure, where the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki Shira lived, and sent a Lightning Illusion Clone to watch over her. On the clone’s seventh day of surveillance, detectors sensed Urashiki Otsutsuki’s spatial signature and an attempt to siphon Shira’s chakra.

• Sōkyū Hatake ordered Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi to create devices that could disrupt spatial movement and chakra theft.
• Sōkyū Hatake created a Lightning Illusion Clone and sent it to monitor Shira and lure Urashiki into a prepared trap.
• The original Sōkyū Hatake hid in a cave and linked his awareness to the clone’s surveillance network around Takigakure.
• The Lightning Illusion Clone tracked Shira’s routines and secretly placed detectors near the places she visited.
• On the clone’s seventh day of surveillance, the detectors registered Urashiki’s spatial signature and an attempt to drain Shira’s chakra.

Sōkyū Hatake’s clone ambushed Urashiki as he tried to steal chakra from Shira, disrupting his escape through space. Sōkyū’s original body arrived and trapped Urashiki beneath a massive lightning net.

• Thunder Illusion detected Urashiki hiding in another dimension and sent Sōkyū Hatake’s original body a warning while activating spatial jamming traps.
• Thunder Illusion’s Lightning Spear severed Urashiki’s chakra fishing line after hidden detectors briefly disrupted his space-time ninjutsu.
• Urashiki tried to flee through a larger spatial portal while Thunder Illusion blocked his path and protected Shira.
• Sōkyū Hatake’s original body arrived, compressed the surrounding space, and formed a vast lightning net around Urashiki.

Sōkyū Hatake trapped Urashiki Otsutsuki’s hiding place with a Thunder net, but Urashiki escaped and attacked with his Chakra Fishing Rod. The chapter ended with Sōkyū’s electromagnetic shield resisting the fishing lines as Urashiki realized his opponent’s power was unlike Chakra.

• Sōkyū Hatake sealed the sky with a Thunder net that disrupted Urashiki Otsutsuki’s spatial abilities.
• Sōkyū contracted the net to capture Urashiki, but Urashiki escaped with Yomotsu Hirasaka: Void Escape.
• Urashiki reappeared in the sky and Sōkyū deduced that his spatial movement had limits and a delay between uses.
• Urashiki attacked Sōkyū with his Chakra Fishing Rod, sending invisible lines to steal his Chakra.
• Sōkyū’s electromagnetic shield resisted the fishing lines and began eroding them, prompting him to ask Urashiki if he had had enough fun.

Thunder Illusion Sōkyū Hatake cornered Urashiki Otsutsuki with electromagnetic and lightning techniques, but Urashiki escaped by sacrificing his fish basket and using a forbidden technique to transfer himself onto another branch of causality. Sōkyū watched his escape with interest, leaving Urashiki’s fate unresolved.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki evaded Sōkyū Hatake’s electromagnetic attack and tried to seize Shira as a weak point.
• A protective device placed on Shira shocked Urashiki’s fishing rod and disrupted his ambush.
• Sōkyū formed a lightning vortex that trapped Urashiki and scrambled the space needed for Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Urashiki unleashed his stored chakra fish in the Hundred Fish Feast, but Sōkyū’s vortex endured and began drawing him in again.
• Urashiki sacrificed his fish basket to activate Fate-Reversing Transfer and vanished from the lightning chain.
• Sōkyū remarked that Urashiki had escaped in an unusual way.

Sōkyū Hatake tracked down and captured the wounded Urashiki Otsutsuki after sealing his powers with Thunder Shackles. He left with Urashiki as a specimen for Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, then turned his attention to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Sōkyū Hatake ordered Thunder Illusion to return Shira to Takigakure and continue sealing off the area.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki tried to escape and hide, but Sōkyū Hatake found him behind a cliff and trapped him in an electromagnetic barrier.
• Sōkyū Hatake revealed that he had planted a physical lightning mark on Urashiki’s hand, allowing him to track Urashiki despite Fate-Reversing Transfer.
• Sōkyū Hatake bound Urashiki with Thunder Shackles, suppressing his chakra, Rinnegan, and forbidden techniques.
• Sōkyū Hatake took Urashiki away to become a laboratory specimen alongside Momoshiki and declared that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was next.

Urashiki Otsutsuki was brought to Rōran’s underground laboratory and found Momoshiki Otsutsuki imprisoned and broken. After Urashiki mocked him, Momoshiki warned that the laboratory would soon teach him why their situation was hopeless, and Urashiki was restrained in a neighboring container.

• Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi celebrated the research potential of Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Urashiki Otsutsuki, and the damaged Fish Basket.
• Sōkyū Hatake left the laboratory while Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi continued discussing their research.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki was shoved into the laboratory and saw Momoshiki Otsutsuki bound and staring vacantly in a neighboring container.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki mocked Momoshiki Otsutsuki, who warned him that he would understand their predicament after spending time in the laboratory.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki was locked in a container and restrained again as Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi welcomed him.

Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi scanned Urashiki Otsutsuki and prepared to test his abilities in their Rōran laboratory. As Urashiki was restrained for a painful experiment, Momoshiki Otsutsuki told him that they were all specimens.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi welcomed Urashiki Otsutsuki as a research subject and began scanning him.
• The scan revealed Urashiki Otsutsuki's distinctive spatial abilities, chakra theft, damaged Fish Basket, and signs of repeated forbidden technique use.
• Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi discussed how Urashiki Otsutsuki's abilities and survival methods differed from Momoshiki Otsutsuki's.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi prepared a thought ripple detector to read Urashiki Otsutsuki's surface thoughts and amplify his pain.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki called to Momoshiki Otsutsuki for help, but Momoshiki said they were all specimens as the headpiece pierced Urashiki's scalp.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki later learned that Orochimaru's and Mayuri Kurotsuchi's research methods were far crueler than he had imagined.

Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi tortured Urashiki Otsutsuki to map his energy circuits and reverse engineer the Fish Basket, then tricked him into voluntarily activating it to collect data. They left Urashiki enraged and further restrained while considering how to make him activate his Kāma next.

• Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi implanted probes in Urashiki Otsutsuki and mapped the energy circuits linking his Byakugan to spatial perception.
• Orochimaru and Mayuri dismantled the Fish Basket and tested its runes on Urashiki, discovering that it could extract and store chakra.
• Orochimaru persuaded Urashiki to activate the Fish Basket by promising to consider loosening his restraints and allowing outside communication.
• Urashiki activated the Fish Basket, giving Orochimaru and Mayuri data on spatial folding and chakra storage, but Orochimaru tightened his Thunder Shackles instead of freeing him.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki briefly watched Urashiki's struggle before closing his eyes, while Mayuri and Orochimaru discussed using false hope to make Urashiki activate his Kāma.

Sōkyū Hatake had Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi continue extracting Ōtsutsuki secrets from Urashiki Otsutsuki. Urashiki learned of a three-minute weakness in his prison’s energy shield and endured a new experiment while waiting for a chance to use it.

• Sōkyū Hatake ordered Orochimaru to uncover every Ōtsutsuki secret, especially anything about Isshiki.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki suffered through repeated experiments as Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi studied him and Momoshiki Otsutsuki.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi told Orochimaru that the energy shield weakened every seventy-two hours for about three minutes, potentially letting Urashiki send information through his Kāma.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki secretly realized the attenuation could be his chance to escape or contact someone, and hid his excitement from the scientists.
• Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi began an experiment stimulating Urashiki Otsutsuki’s Kāma with energy pulses, and he endured the pain without crying out.

Urashiki Otsutsuki transmitted a plea for help to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki from his container in Rōran, unaware that Orochimaru, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and Sōkyū Hatake had arranged the signal as bait. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki received the message in his hidden northern monastery and learned that Sōkyū Hatake had captured Urashiki Otsutsuki, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, while Kinshiki was dead.

• Urashiki Otsutsuki sensed a brief weakening in the container's shielding and used his Kāma to send information about Rōran and the laboratory to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi confirmed that the signal had been transmitted north, while Sōkyū Hatake watched and anticipated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's arrival.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki awakened in his hidden monastery and received Urashiki Otsutsuki's message through the resonance between their Kāma.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki learned that Sōkyū Hatake had captured Urashiki Otsutsuki, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and that Kinshiki was dead.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki learned that Sōkyū Hatake held the Kāma of Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Urashiki Otsutsuki, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and feared Hatake could uncover their secrets. He left seclusion and headed for Rōran to assess Hatake and find a chance to rescue Momoshiki and Urashiki.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki realized Sōkyū Hatake’s research into three Kāma could threaten his plans and the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki decided to act before Hatake deciphered more of Kāma and prepared his combat suit and gauntlets.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki ordered the masked man to guard the samples and activate a backup plan if he failed to return.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki left the monastery for Rōran, intending to observe Hatake and seek an opportunity to rescue Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Urashiki Otsutsuki.

As Ōtsutsuki Isshiki approached Rōran, Sōkyū Hatake put the city on highest alert and withdrew to prepare for their confrontation. Isshiki secretly surveyed Rōran, sensed Sōkyū’s unfamiliar power, and located a likely entrance to the underground laboratory.

• Sōkyū Hatake sensed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki awakening and ordered Sara to raise Rōran’s defenses and intensify surveillance.
• Sōkyū Hatake went into seclusion to prepare, while Sara took charge of Rōran’s combat readiness.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki watched Rōran for three days and found its electromagnetic shield and information-blocking defenses difficult to assess.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed Sōkyū Hatake’s immense, unfamiliar energy at the city’s central tower and decided to avoid a direct confrontation for now.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki searched for the laboratory where Momoshiki and Urashiki were held and found abnormal energy flows beneath an administrative complex in southeastern Rōran.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki infiltrated Rōran City by exploiting a brief gap in its electromagnetic barrier and evading its patrols and sensory network. Sōkyū Hatake secretly tracked him and let him continue toward the administrative complex above the underground laboratory.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki studied Rōran City's defenses and planned to enter during a brief barrier-calibration gap while avoiding its sensory systems.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shrank himself enough to pass through the barrier without triggering an alarm, then navigated the city toward the southeastern administrative complex.
• Sōkyū Hatake watched Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with Observation Haki and told Anko not to close the net so they could learn his destination.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki reached the administrative complex above the underground laboratory, where patrols were denser and the buildings were stark and functional.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki infiltrated the underground facility beneath Rōran, evading its sensors and reaching an enormous laboratory. He forced his way through its powerful electromagnetic barrier, arriving inside badly burned but undetected.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki found a heavy hatch in a warehouse and shrank it with Sukunahikona to uncover a hidden elevator shaft.
• Unable to use the identification-locked elevator, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki descended the shaft and avoided the corridor’s cameras and sensors by exploiting their scanning rhythms.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki used his Black Eye to check for traps and saw familiar energy signatures inside the laboratory, confirming his information was correct.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki discovered that the laboratory entrance was sealed by a biometric electromagnetic barrier and burned his fingers when he touched it.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki strengthened his chakra shield and used a Daikokuten projection to force his way through the barrier, reaching the laboratory with his body and clothes scorched.

Isshiki found Momoshiki and Urashiki imprisoned in Rōran’s underground laboratory, while Sōkyū watched him through a hidden camera. Isshiki began analyzing the passage’s advanced traps and estimated that crossing it would take three hours.

• Isshiki discovered Momoshiki and Urashiki restrained in transparent containers in Rōran’s underground laboratory.
• Sōkyū watched Isshiki on a surveillance screen and waited to see what he would do.
• Isshiki reached the passage beyond the Electromagnetic Barrier and studied its unfamiliar sensors and traps.
• Isshiki used his Black Eye and Kāma to map the traps’ causal fragments and identify shifting safe paths.
• Isshiki estimated that the passage would take three hours to cross and started infiltrating its first physical trap zone.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki struggled through a series of deadly traps in a passage designed to challenge his abilities and judgment. After surviving gravity, laser, temperature, electromagnetic, mental, spatial, and mirror traps, he reached a memory-reading zone.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki used Sukunahikona to reduce his weight and pass through the gravity zone, then shrank an Energy Generator to slip through the laser array.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki put on a Thermal Suit taken from a Rōran warehouse and crossed the rapidly changing temperature zone.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki removed his metal-containing combat suit and accessories to survive the electromagnetic resonance zone, then used his Black Eye to navigate the mental interference zone.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki spent forty minutes crossing a spatial distortion zone created by Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi using Spatial Runes from Urashiki's Fish Basket.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki tested suspected paths with enlarged specks of dust to get through the mirror replication zone, then encountered a memory reading zone.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki survived Rōran’s exhausting, ability-targeting traps and reached the core laboratory where Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Urashiki Otsutsuki were imprisoned. He found Momoshiki in a horrifyingly weakened, numb state.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki endured illusions drawn from his fear of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s betrayal and forced his way through the Causal Confusion Zone by testing the path with enlarged dust.
• After three exhausting hours, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki emerged from the passage and recognized Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi as the designers behind Rōran’s formidable traps.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki opened the alloy door and entered the core laboratory, where Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Urashiki Otsutsuki were suspended in rune-covered containers and bound by Thunder Shackles.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki saw Momoshiki Otsutsuki emaciated, injured, and nearly unrecognizable, with vacant eyes and only a faint heartbeat.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki found Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Urashiki Otsutsuki imprisoned and scarred in Sōkyū Hatake’s laboratory, then vowed to make their captors pay. Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi revealed that Isshiki’s approach had been deliberately allowed, leaving him trapped in a carefully planned ambush.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki saw Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Urashiki Otsutsuki in a numb, battered state inside separate chambers.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki condemned Sōkyū Hatake for experimenting on the Ōtsutsuki and vowed to make him pay.
• Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi emerged from the shadows and said Sōkū had been waiting for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi explained that the distress signal, open energy-shield gap, and safe route had all been arranged to lure Ōtsutsuki Isshiki into a trap.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki asked whether they were not afraid he would rescue Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Urashiki Otsutsuki.