Chapter Summaries

Shihui Aburame promoted his New Edition of the Will of Fire, recruited Shizune into Heavenly Drive, and investigated new research and mission leads. Tsunade read his ideas and began to reconsider the shinobi and daimyo system, while Shihui prepared to take Team 10 on a mission to find Shinnō.

• After Shihui and Tsunade spent the afternoon together, Shizune returned home and read his New Edition of the Will of Fire while Tsunade concealed what had happened.
• Tsunade asked Shizune whether she liked someone, and Shizune avoided naming Shihui; Tsunade later asked Shihui to find out who it was.
• Shihui visited Orochimaru, who reported studying Fūka’s Yin Release-charged hair and developing a way to strengthen bodies for Cursed Seal experiments using White Zetsu and Hashirama Cells.
• Shizune praised the New Edition of the Will of Fire, joined Shihui’s new organization Heavenly Drive, and agreed to prepare a list of potential members; Shihui learned that Shinnō had been located near Soragakure’s ruins.
• Shihui arranged for Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka to join him on a mission the next morning, then visited Ino and promised her a future department to lead.
• Tsunade read the New Edition of the Will of Fire and reflected that daimyo and shinobi had helped prevent peace in the Shinobi World.

Shihui Aburame won Tsunade’s support for his plan to challenge the Land of Fire’s rulers, then led an Anbu division and the new Ino-Shika-Cho to Soragakure’s ruins. After confronting Shinnō in the Angkor Fortress, Shihui revealed himself as Konoha’s Sixth Hokage and faced Shinnō’s fully opened Eight Gates.

• Tsunade read Shihui Aburame’s revised Will of Fire and agreed to support his plan against the Land of Fire’s rulers.
• Shihui Aburame gathered an Anbu division and the new Ino-Shika-Cho, then traveled by train toward Soragakure’s ruins.
• Ino Yamanaka sensed a fortress beneath the rainforest, and Shihui’s group uncovered its entrance and subdued the Sky Ninja guarding it.
• Shihui Aburame’s team reached the power room, where an Anbu used Sharingan genjutsu to learn that only Shinnō could open the entrance below.
• Shinnō arrived and fought Shihui Aburame, then opened the Eighth Gate and forced Shihui to move them into a separate battle space.
• Shihui Aburame blocked Shinnō’s attack and identified himself as Konoha’s Sixth Hokage.

Shihui Aburame defeated Shinnō, captured the Angkor Fortress, and brought it back to Konoha, where he planned to convert it into the Konoha Fortress. After learning that Uchiha Itachi would kill the daimyo in three days, Shihui looked ahead to the Three-Tails’ revival and spent the night with Tsunade.

• Shihui Aburame overpowered Shinnō, then healed and captured him before ordering the Anbu to seize the fortress and its remaining Sky Ninja.
• Shihui Aburame used Moryo’s Yin Release chakra to power Zero-Tails and raise the Angkor Fortress from underground, then ordered it flown back to Konoha.
• Shihui Aburame brought the fortress to the Forest of Death, received Shinnō’s forbidden medical techniques, and planned to rename and modify the fortress for Konoha.
• Shihui Aburame arranged for Amaru to study medical ninjutsu and join Hanabi Hyuga and Fū as a team, while the captured Shinnō and others were imprisoned as power sources.
• Uzuki Yugao delivered Uchiha Itachi’s encrypted letter, and Shihui Aburame learned that the daimyo would be killed in three days, likely preceding the Three-Tails’ revival.
• Tsunade arrived wearing the nun’s habit Shihui Aburame had requested, and he began their promised private encounter.

Shizune discovered Shihui Aburame and Tsunade together, then agreed to consider a relationship with him while he prepared to depart for the Land of Water. Shihui led Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Karin to confront Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki over the Three-Tails, and his battle with Kisame began.

• Shizune sensed Shihui Aburame and Tsunade inside the bathroom barrier and realized they were together.
• Shizui told Shizune he wanted to be with her and Tsunade, and Shizune said she would think about it before kissing him.
• Shihui assigned Team 7 to a mission involving the Three-Tails and left for the Land of Water with Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Karin.
• Shihui's team reached Mirror Lake, where Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki were waiting near the Three-Tails.
• Sasuke Uchiha pursued Uchiha Itachi while Shihui sent Naruto Uzumaki and Karin to capture the Three-Tails and faced Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Kisame Hoshigaki merged with Samehada and attacked Shihui, who blocked his blade-like fins and sent him crashing into the water.

Shihui Aburame defeated Kisame Hoshigaki, claimed Samehada’s loyalty, and watched Naruto Uzumaki force the Three-Tails into submission. Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha then fought, and the chapter ended as Itachi manifested Susanoo.

• Kisame Hoshigaki used water clones and massive water attacks against Shihui Aburame, but Shihui defeated him with a strength-amplified punch.
• Samehada abandoned Kisame Hoshigaki for Shihui Aburame’s primeval essence, and Shihui gained the Water Strength Gu and White Form Immortal Snake Gu.
• Naruto Uzumaki battered the Three-Tails with Karin’s Adamantine Sealing Chains and the Eight Gates Released Formation until it surrendered, earning Shihui the Five Elements Bear Skin Gu.
• Sasuke Uchiha pursued Uchiha Itachi, fought him with his Lightning Fire Sword, broke free of Tsukuyomi, and used his Yomotsu ocular jutsu to attack him.
• Uchiha Itachi countered Sasuke Uchiha’s attack with Amaterasu, then summoned Susanoo as Sasuke prepared to continue fighting.

Sasuke Uchiha defeated and killed Uchiha Itachi, then returned to Konoha with Shihui Aburame, Naruto Uzumaki, and Karin after Shihui captured Kisame Hoshigaki and sent the Three-Tails to Shikkotsu Forest. Shihui planned to exploit the Land of Fire’s succession crisis and transform the Ninja Academy into a comprehensive school.

• Sasuke Uchiha used Lightning Release: Lightning Burial to shatter Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo, then killed him and asked Shihui Aburame how to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shihui Aburame gained a Purple Crystal Relic Gu and advanced to the upper stage of Rank Five; he stored Uchiha Itachi’s body and transported the Three-Tails to Shikkotsu Forest with Katsuyu’s help.
• White Zetsu reported Akatsuki’s losses to Nagato, Konan, Obito Uchiha, and Zetsu, and Nagato declared that he would attack Konoha himself.
• Shihui Aburame returned to Konoha with Kisame Hoshigaki as a prisoner and arranged Sasuke Uchiha’s eye-transplant surgery for the next morning.
• Shihui Aburame ordered Uzuki Yugao to contact the defeated second prince about taking the daimyo’s position, while he considered using Akatsuki to destabilize the Land of Fire.
• Shihui Aburame told Shizune he wanted to build a city powered by a Tailed Beast and proposed expanding the Ninja Academy into a comprehensive school.

Shihui Aburame planned reforms for the Ninja Academy and appointed Umino Iruka as its principal while growing closer to Shizune. After Shizune confessed to Tsunade that she liked Shihui, Tsunade confronted him and struggled with whether to accept their relationship.

• Shihui Aburame outlined a Ninja Academy survey and reforms that would sort students by chakra nature and into civil or martial schools.
• Shizune appointed Umino Iruka as principal, then led a meeting to explain the academy reforms to its teachers.
• Shizune returned home and confessed to Tsunade that she liked Shihui Aburame.
• Tsunade confronted Shihui about his relationship with Shizune, and he admitted he had long considered being with her.
• Tsunade hesitated to break up Shihui and Shizune, and Shihui offered to speak with Shizune.

Shihui Aburame secured Tsunade and Shizune’s agreement to share a relationship with him, then began planning an assault on the moon and a covert intervention in the Land of Fire’s succession struggle. The chapter ended with the second prince stabbing Maruichi Kyū during his birthday banquet.

• Tsunade accepted Shizune’s relationship with Shihui Aburame and arranged for him to spend the night with each of them.
• Shihui Aburame spent the night with Shizune and Tsunade, and Shizune saw Tsunade with him the following morning.
• Shihui Aburame decided to locate the passage to the moon and ordered Uzuki Yugao’s Anbu to search for it.
• Shihui Aburame sent Uchiha Mikoto to help the second prince, planning to disguise the killings of his rivals as the work of wandering shinobi.
• At Maruichi Kyū’s birthday banquet, the second prince approached him and stabbed him through the heart.

Shihui Aburame received news that the daimyo and his heirs had died, then ordered Konoha to prepare for the Land of Fire’s growing instability and expand the Ninja Academy. Jiraiya returned to Konoha, met Naruto Uzumaki and learned that Shino Aburame’s kikaichū could use Sage Mode; he took Naruto to Mount Myōboku for training while keeping his concerns about the Aburame Clan to himself.

• Shihui Aburame received the Blood Curtain Heavenly Flower Gu achievement reward and learned that Maruichi Kyū and the others had died, leaving the Land of Fire divided among three factions led by generals.
• Shihui Aburame ordered Uzuki Yugao to monitor the Land of Fire and keep the Uchiha Clan’s Jonin in Konoha, then told Umino Iruka to expand and divide the Ninja Academy.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha to help defend against the Akatsuki and went to find Naruto Uzumaki after learning Naruto was away from home.
• Jiraiya watched Naruto Uzumaki spar with Sasuke Uchiha, then learned that Shino Aburame’s kikaichū could use Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya observed Shino Aburame training with Hinata Hyuga, confirmed Naruto’s account, and took Naruto to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya withheld his suspicions about the Kikaichū and the Aburame Clan from Sage Fukasaku.

Shihui Aburame prepared to take control of the Land of Fire as its generals’ war drove refugees into Konoha. After Uchiha ninja subdued Takeda Shingen’s army and entered the capital, Shihui ordered Sasuke to alter the officials’ memories so they would obey Konoha.

• Jiraiya told Shihui that he had sent Naruto to Mount Myōboku, and they discussed the Aburame Clan’s Kikaichū Sage Mode and the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy.
• Shihui went home with Shizune, then admitted to Tsunade that he had arranged the attack at Maruichi Kyū’s birthday banquet and discussed the risks of governing the Land of Fire.
• After the three generals’ negotiations failed and war spread through the Land of Fire, Shihui assembled thirty-four Uchiha ninja to protect the railways and seize the capital.
• Shihui led the Uchiha force by train toward the Land of Fire Metropolis, where Takeda Shingen’s army stopped them at the destroyed railway.
• The Uchiha ninja used their Sharingan to subdue the soldiers, and Shihui hypnotized Takeda Shingen into welcoming them into the city.
• Shihui entered the royal palace and told Sasuke to reshape the officials’ memories so they would become obedient to Konoha.

Shihui Aburame took control of the Land of Fire, made himself its daimyo, and began planning reforms while preparing Konoha for the political fallout. As the other villages and the Akatsuki reacted, Nagato sent the Six Paths of Pain toward Konoha, beginning the next confrontation.

• Sasuke Uchiha used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to plant commands in the imprisoned officials, and Shihui Aburame took the daimyo’s seat.
• Shihui ordered Uchiha Mikoto to secure the other two great generals and announced plans to become daimyo, recruit non-Konoha ninja, and establish a Marketing Department.
• The Fourth Raikage and his aides discussed Shihui’s rise and continued searching for the missing Yugito Nii, while Konan learned of the news and Nagato resolved to go to Konoha.
• Shihui returned to Konoha, discussed reforms and road-building across the Land of Fire with Shizune, and explained that he planned to move there while keeping Konoha as a residential area for ninja families.
• The next day, Nagato and Konan reached a forest near Konoha, where Nagato ordered Deva Path Pain, made from Yahiko’s corpse, to advance.

Shihui Aburame confronted Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain and Konan outside Konoha, protecting the village with a barrier and overwhelming several of Pain’s attacks. Pain used Chibaku Tensei to trap him, but Shihui broke free in his Six Arm Heavenly Zombie King form and faced the stunned invaders.

• Deva Path Pain discovered Konoha’s new defensive barrier, abandoned the plan to sneak in, and led the others to attack through the main gate.
• Shihui Aburame met the Six Paths of Pain and Konan outside the barrier, while Jiraiya and Konoha’s other fighters arrived and recognized their old connection to Yahiko and Konan.
• Deva Path Pain attacked with Banshō Ten’in and Shinra Tensei, but Shihui blocked the black rod and forced Pain backward with his strength.
• Shihui used Heavenly Waterfall Light River to overwhelm Preta Path, then smashed through a stronger Shinra Tensei and destroyed Asura Path’s rocket fist and the Hellhound.
• Deva Path Pain cast Chibaku Tensei and pulled Shihui into its rocky sphere, but Shihui exploded it and emerged in his Six Arm Heavenly Zombie King form.

Shihui Aburame defeated Nagato’s united Six Paths and Super Shinra Tensei, then persuaded Nagato and Konan to come to Konoha without joining the village as ninja. After Shihui gained two Gu rewards, Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu learned that Nagato had joined Konoha and feared the Eye of the Moon Plan was in jeopardy.

• Shihui Aburame used Six Arm Heavenly Zombie King to withstand Deva Path Pain’s attacks, then defeated him even after Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei inside Battle Space Gu.
• The Sage of Six Paths sensed Shihui Aburame’s death energy and watched him before closing the mirror when he realized Shihui could detect him.
• Konan revealed her wager with Shihui Aburame, and Nagato agreed to go to Konoha with her while refusing to become a Konoha ninja; Shihui returned Yahiko’s body to them.
• Shihui Aburame received Fixed Immortal Travel and Earth Tunnel Gu as achievement rewards and brought Nagato and Konan back to Konoha, where Jiraiya learned that Yahiko had died in the battle with Hanzō.
• White Zetsu informed Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu that Nagato had been crushed by Shihui Aburame and joined Konoha, leaving them worried that they could not recover the Rinnegan.

Black Zetsu and Obito Uchiha planned an alliance against Konoha to create an opening for stealing Nagato’s Rinnegan, while Shihui Aburame brought Nagato and Konan into Konoha and negotiated Amegakure’s terms. The chapter ended with Obito seeking Kumogakure’s support and Mabui considering a coalition against Konoha.

• Black Zetsu persuaded Obito Uchiha to form an alliance with Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure, offering to return their Jinchūriki after the alliance was announced.
• Shihui Aburame promised to treat Nagato’s legs, housed him and Konan at the old Senju residence, and appointed Konan as the Hokage’s secretary.
• Nagato and Konan accepted terms that kept Amegakure independent with a limited roster while placing it and the Land of Rain under Konoha’s authority.
• Nagato restored the bodies of the Deva Path and Preta Path, and he and Konan agreed to wait and assess Shihui Aburame’s plans for peace.
• Obito Uchiha approached the Fourth Raikage and Mabui to propose an Anti-Konoha Alliance, and Mabui considered the combined strength of the other villages.

Shihui Aburame received news that Akatsuki had united several villages against Konoha, while he advanced his plans to strengthen the village and welcomed Konan as his secretary. After touring Konoha and reading the New Edition of the Will of Fire, Konan began to reconsider Nagato’s plan for peace.

• Shihui Aburame used a Purple Crystal Relic Gu to reach peak-stage Rank Five and decided to establish Cursed Seal and Aburame units after reviewing departmental reports.
• Shizune told Shihui Aburame that Akatsuki had formed an Anti-Konoha Alliance with Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and other villages, and he ordered preparations and reassurance for Konoha’s residents.
• Shizune took Konan through the Hokage secretary’s onboarding, introduced Konoha’s departments and commercial success, and gave Shibi Aburame an Earth Tunnel Gu to protect and install in the Land of Fire Metropolis.
• Konan learned about the Anti-Konoha Alliance, limb regeneration, and the Cursed Seal Unit during her tour with Shizune.
• Konan read Shihui Aburame’s New Edition of the Will of Fire and realized Nagato’s plan would only bring temporary peace, then met Shihui Aburame as the day ended.

Shihui Aburame spent the night with Tsunade and Shizune, then received a powerful Gu reward and considered how it could strengthen Tsunade. The next morning, Konan began working as the Hokage’s secretary and reflected on adapting to life in Konoha.

• Shihui Aburame persuaded Shizune to join him and Tsunade, and the three spent the night together.
• Shihui Aburame received the Thousand-Year Wood Charm achievement reward and decided Tsunade should use it.
• Tsunade grew angry when Shizune claimed the arrangement had been her idea, but Shihui Aburame soon distracted her.
• Konan dressed for work, went to the Hokage Building, and began sorting documents in her new office.
• Konan finished reviewing the documents and wondered whether she was adapting to Konoha.

Shihui Aburame learned that the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy still named one of Jiraiya’s students as the Child of Prophecy, while a new line promised peace under that person’s leadership. He arranged Nagato’s leg treatment at the Science Department, secured Isobu’s help producing chakra for Konoha, and ended the chapter overseeing the treatment’s start.

• Jiraiya visited Shihui Aburame about the approaching war, then went to Mount Myōboku, where the Great Toad Sage revealed a new prophecy line and promised Mount Myōboku would help Konoha.
• Konan asked when Nagato’s treatment would begin, and Shihui Aburame arranged for them to take him to the Science Department to see Orochimaru the next day.
• Shihui Aburame visited Isobu in Shikkotsu Forest and struck a deal for Isobu to supply chakra after learning the Five Nature Transformations.
• Shihui Aburame and Shizune agreed to sleep together, and he later entered Tsunade’s room carrying Shizune, prompting Tsunade to pin her down.
• Shihui Aburame brought Konan and Nagato to the Science Department, where Orochimaru was waiting, and told him to begin the treatment.

Shihui Aburame healed Nagato and took him and Sasuke Uchiha to Ryūchi Cave to subdue the White Snake Sage. After Shihui enslaved the Three Great Snake Princesses, Nagato refused the White Snake Sage’s offer of a contract and declared that they had come to make her submit.

• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi restored Nagato’s legs and began replenishing his depleted body, while Shihui Aburame ordered Orochimaru to study the Caged Bird Seal.
• Shihui Aburame sent Might Guy’s Team Three to Takumi Village to disrupt the Three Great Shinobi Villages’ logistics and prevent Seimei’s resurrection.
• Nagato signed a temporary Shikkotsu Forest contract, and Shihui Aburame appointed Sasuke Uchiha to lead a planned summoning unit before they traveled to Ryūchi Cave.
• Shihui Aburame defeated and enslaved Tagitsuhime and Tagorihime during their trials, while Sasuke Uchiha and Nagato helped stop Tagorihime from escaping.
• The White Snake Sage recognized Nagato’s Rinnegan and offered him a Ryūchi Cave contract, but Nagato refused and said they had come to make her submit.

Shihui Aburame defeated the White Snake Sage, forced her submission, and secured Ryūchi Cave for Konoha’s ninja. After returning to Konoha, he assigned Nagato to lead the Special Handling Department and reviewed Team Three’s report on Takumi Village, where the defeat of the Four Celestial Symbols Men had disrupted ninja-tool production.

• Shihui Aburame, Nagato, and Sasuke Uchiha fought the White Snake Sage after Shihui Aburame’s Snake Enslavement Gu had already taken control of the Three Great Snake Princesses.
• The White Snake Sage used Sage Art: White Rage Technique and other sage techniques, but Shihui Aburame transformed into the Six Arm Heavenly Zombie King and overpowered her.
• Shihui Aburame gave the White Snake Sage the choice to submit or die, then used Snake Enslavement Gu to control her and ordered her to teach Konoha’s ninja and guard Ryūchi Cave.
• Shihui Aburame received the Strength of a Thousand Jun Immortal Gu, sent Nagato and Sasuke Uchiha to deal with Ryūchi Cave’s powerful snakes, and returned to Konoha with them.
• Shihui Aburame appointed Nagato to lead Konoha’s Special Handling Department, and Nagato accepted the post.
• Konan delivered Team Three’s report, which said Might Guy’s team had defeated the Four Celestial Symbols Men in Takumi Village and confiscated their ninja tools.

Shiki Aburame spent the night with Tsunade and Shizune, then reviewed the new Summoning Unit roster as winter turned to spring. Meanwhile, the Anti-Konoha Alliance assembled in Kumogakure, where its leaders debated how to attack Konoha and Obito Uchiha revealed himself as Madara Uchiha.

• Shiki Aburame appointed Shino Aburame captain of the Aburame Unit and later spent the night with Shizune and Tsunade.
• Shiki Aburame accepted a massage from Konan, then reviewed the Summoning Unit roster and found Sakura Haruno among its members.
• Mabui, Samui, and Yugito Nii prepared to receive the Anti-Konoha Alliance representatives in Kumogakure.
• Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, the Fourth Raikage, and other representatives met with Obito Uchiha, who claimed to be Madara Uchiha.
• Mabui and the alliance representatives debated whether to concentrate their forces or attack Konoha on separate fronts, and Obito Uchiha argued for defeating Konoha one battle at a time.