Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Sasuke discussed the dangerous power sealed inside Deidara the Wanderer, while Sasori the Wanderer used a tiny white spider to contact his captive. Deidara the Wanderer realized Sasori had reached him, but the spider’s emergence and return caused him intense pain.

• Sasuke admitted he had secretly beaten Deidara the Wanderer, and Naruto warned him not to loosen the seals.
• Sasuke told Naruto he sensed terrifying power beneath the seals on Deidara the Wanderer’s body, and they agreed to keep it quiet and consider sealing him completely.
• Sasori the Wanderer noticed Deidara the Wanderer had not moved and used a tiny scroll marked “Dei” to send something to him.
• A small white spider marked with “Dei” emerged from a sealed mouth on Deidara the Wanderer’s abdomen and woke him with stabbing pain.
• The spider spoke in Sasori the Wanderer’s hoarse voice, mocked Deidara the Wanderer, then crawled back through the torn seal and caused him another wave of pain.

Sasori the Wanderer used a white puppet hidden inside Deidara the Wanderer to send a signal and monitor the Demon Tribe, while strange puppet-controlled figures emerged across the land. Naruto and Sasuke discovered and removed the puppet, briefly meeting Sasori's gaze through its eyes before he destroyed it.

• Sasori the Wanderer learned that Deidara the Wanderer was sealed and unable to use chakra, then settled down in the cave as puppet-controlled figures began emerging in the night.
• Naruto and Sasuke visited Deidara the Wanderer in prison and demanded to know what was sealed inside him.
• Sasuke spotted a chakra source in Deidara the Wanderer's abdomen and used Chidori to pull out a small white spider puppet.
• Naruto healed Deidara the Wanderer while the spider puppet revealed its many eyes and let Naruto and Sasuke see Sasori the Wanderer through them.
• Sasori the Wanderer severed his connection to the spider and made it self-destruct.

Naruto used genjutsu to strike Sasori the Wanderer, who escaped by switching bodies after his original body disintegrated. Back in the Demon Tribe, Sasuke beat Deidara the Wanderer while Naruto questioned whether Sasori would come, and Deidara remained confident in his master.

• Sasori the Wanderer saw Naruto’s scarlet eyes in his mind and suffered a devastating headache after Naruto warned him to hide.
• Sasori the Wanderer destroyed his body and emerged from the cave in a different body, realizing he had escaped Naruto’s attack.
• Naruto told Sasuke what had happened, and Sasuke wondered whether Sasori the Wanderer had died.
• Deidara the Wanderer declared that Sasori was immortal, so Sasuke punched him twice while Naruto’s seal prevented him from cushioning the blows.
• Naruto asked whether Sasori would come, and Deidara boasted that Sasori had destroyed a tribe and turned its members into clones.

Naruto and Sasuke left Deidara the Wanderer imprisoned after securing him, while Sasori the Wanderer led an eerie procession toward the Demon Tribe to investigate Sasuke’s eyes and rescue Deidara. The Demon Tribe sounded an alarm before Sasori’s procession arrived, leaving him bewildered.

• Sasuke used the great memory technique to make Deidara the Wanderer behave, and Naruto reinforced Deidara’s seal and checked him for more puppet spiders.
• Naruto doubted Sasori the Wanderer would risk coming to the Demon Tribe, while Sasuke suspected he would attempt a rescue.
• Sasori the Wanderer advanced toward the Demon Tribe with a strange procession of people moving in perfect unison, including people who had disappeared along the way.
• Deidara the Wanderer panicked in his cell, worried that Sasori would abandon him, and fell asleep fearing he would remain imprisoned forever.
• As Sasori’s procession neared the Demon Tribe, an alarm rang out, and Sasori wondered how the tribe had detected them.

Sasori the Wanderer came to rescue Deidara the Wanderer, forcing the Demon Tribe to confront him outside its borders. Naruto and the others discovered Sasori was controlling puppets remotely, and the chapter ended as Sasuke challenged him after his puppets attacked.

• A late-night alarm woke the Demon Tribe, and the council decided to keep Sasori the Wanderer outside the tribe and send fighters to meet him.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Tobirama the Wanderer, and Pain the Wanderer found Sasori's puppets outside the Demon Tribe, and Naruto used his Byakugan to identify them.
• Sasori spoke through the puppets, revealed that his real body was elsewhere, and mocked Tobirama the Wanderer when he destroyed one of them.
• Sasori accused Pain the Wanderer of betraying the organization and announced that he would make everyone present his new bodies before sending the puppets to attack.
• Sasuke fought off a puppet and warned Sasori that he would not leave if that was all the strength he had.

Naruto and his allies fought Sasori the Wanderer’s specialized puppets and destroyed them after revealing they had been holding back. Sasori the Wanderer escaped the battle’s immediate grasp but lost all of his deployed puppets and vowed to return.

• Sasori the Wanderer abandoned his weaker puppets and sent five specialized creations—Kinoe, Kinoto, Hinoe, Hinoto, and Tsuchinoe—to fight Naruto, Sasuke, and the others.
• Tobirama the Wanderer found that his chakra-enhanced blades could not cut through the puppets, while Naruto recognized their unusual ability to use ninjutsu and share vision.
• Naruto ordered everyone to stop holding back, and he and Sasuke destroyed nearby puppets with attacks and Fire Release.
• Sasori the Wanderer tried to retreat his remaining puppets, but the group burned and wrecked them all.
• Sasori the Wanderer roared that he would return while Tobirama the Wanderer stayed behind to watch the flames consume the puppets.

Sasori the Wanderer failed to rescue Deidara the Wanderer and recovered memories that made him suspect Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Meanwhile, Naruto grew closer to Jiraiya the Wanderer, and Obito recovered Black Zetsu from Danzo the Wanderer, giving him a way to address Obito the Wanderer's Rinnegan.

• Sasori the Wanderer escaped after his failed rescue attempt, then regained his memories and wondered whether Naruto resembled the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Jiraiya the Wanderer offered to teach Naruto to use Nine-Tails chakra, and Naruto demonstrated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode before walking on with him.
• After Sasori the Wanderer's attack failed and Deidara the Wanderer was captured, the Akatsuki members stayed away from the Demon Tribe.
• Danzo the Wanderer told Obito that an important mission was coming and handed him Black Zetsu, whom he had found outside the base.
• Obito took Black Zetsu to find Kakashi the Wanderer so they could address Obito the Wanderer's Rinnegan.

Obito and Kakashi the Wanderer woke Black Zetsu and explained the problem with Obito the Wanderer's Rinnegan. Black Zetsu connected it to Jashin and began revealing the truth about the Sage of Six Paths.

• Obito showed Kakashi the Wanderer the unresponsive Black Zetsu, and Kakashi woke him by threatening that his mommy would stop wanting him.
• Obito and Kakashi the Wanderer explained Obito the Wanderer's Rinnegan problem to Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu asked whether there were gods in Kakashi the Wanderer's world, then identified Jashin as the god who granted Hidan his immortality.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that the Sage of Six Paths had originally been only flesh and blood.

Black Zetsu concluded that Obito the Wanderer’s unusable Rinnegan might be part of a god’s trial, while Kakashi the Wanderer secretly received instructions from that god. Obito the Wanderer emerged from meditation with an idea and prepared to explain it to Black Zetsu.

• Black Zetsu suggested that a god had made Obito the Wanderer’s Rinnegan a trial and that someone had interfered with Kakashi the Wanderer’s memories of Obito’s eyes.
• Black Zetsu led the group back into the Genjutsu World and judged it to be a small, self-contained realm connected to the trial.
• A god secretly spoke to Kakashi the Wanderer, warned him not to reveal its existence, and described two possible paths for resolving the Genjutsu World’s conflict.
• The group found Obito the Wanderer meditating beside his katana as violent energy rippled around him.
• Obito the Wanderer opened his eyes, saw that Black Zetsu had arrived, and said he had come up with an idea to share.

Obito the Wanderer learned that a god may have influenced his Rinnegan and offered him two paths, each leading to different abilities. He recalled Danzo the Wanderer’s claim that the God Tree could revive Rin the Wanderer and asked Black Zetsu whether his choice would shape his awakened Rinnegan.

• Kakashi the Wanderer told Obito the Wanderer about two possible paths: ruling through nonaction or dominating through force, while hiding that a god had given him the choices.
• Obito the Wanderer pressed Kakashi the Wanderer to explain who had revealed the choices, but Kakashi the Wanderer refused to tell him.
• Black Zetsu speculated that a god existed in the Wanderer World and might have granted Obito the Wanderer his Rinnegan as a test of his ability to rule.
• Obito the Wanderer recalled Danzo the Wanderer telling him that making the God Tree bloom would revive Rin the Wanderer, and wondered whose claims to trust.
• Obito the Wanderer asked Black Zetsu whether the two choices would lead to different Rinnegan abilities, and Black Zetsu confirmed that the abilities depended on the choice.

Obito the Wanderer weighed two possible paths to awakening his Rinnegan and chose to pursue his own way, hoping to help save Rin the Wanderer. After Kakashi the Wanderer explained how Rin had been sealed by the God Tree, a red-cross-shaped spatial rift appeared, and they wondered whether someone had succeeded.

• Obito the Wanderer considered whether to pursue domination or let the people of the Genjutsu world develop on their own, then left to follow his chosen path.
• Black Zetsu stopped Kakashi the Wanderer from interfering with Obito's decision and led them out of the Genjutsu world.
• At the crown of the God Tree, Obito approached the crystal sealing Rin the Wanderer but stopped before touching it.
• Kakashi the Wanderer told Obito how Rin had made a deal with the God Tree to save Obito and had been sealed in return.
• A red-cross-shaped spatial rift appeared, and Obito and Kakashi wondered whether someone had succeeded.

Obito the Wanderer emerged from the Genjutsu World with a newly awakened Rinnegan that let him exert limited control over the God Tree, but he could not yet free Rin the Wanderer. He revealed that he had chosen Ultimate domination and received Final Moment of Silence, while Danzo the Wanderer sensed that someone had broken through his Mangekyō Sharingan's genjutsu.

• Kakashi the Wanderer and Obito confirmed that Obito the Wanderer had returned safely, and Black Zetsu sensed that his Rinnegan was his own.
• Obito the Wanderer said his Rinnegan let him control the God Tree to a limited extent, then used it to block Obito's view of Rin the Wanderer.
• Kakashi the Wanderer asked Obito the Wanderer to free Rin the Wanderer, but Black Zetsu explained that he could not yet do so.
• Obito the Wanderer promised to free Rin the Wanderer once his Rinnegan's abilities stabilized.
• Obito the Wanderer revealed that he had chosen Ultimate domination and received Final Moment of Silence.
• Danzo the Wanderer sensed that someone had broken through his Mangekyō Sharingan's genjutsu.

Danzo the Wanderer sensed that someone had broken his Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu, while Obito the Wanderer discovered that he himself had been under a powerful Genjutsu. Obito the Wanderer weakened its hold by using his Rinnegan, but Kakashi the Wanderer suspected a powerful Mangekyō Sharingan user was responsible.

• Danzo the Wanderer awoke when his Mangekyō Sharingan signaled that its Genjutsu had been broken, then went outside and gazed at the red moon.
• Obito the Wanderer heard a shell cracking inside him after using Final Moment of Silence and asked Obito to check whether he was under Genjutsu.
• Obito checked Obito the Wanderer with his Mangekyō Sharingan but could not detect any Genjutsu.
• Obito the Wanderer used his Rinnegan ability again and felt the invisible Genjutsu weaken, confirming that someone with greater ocular power had affected him.
• Obito the Wanderer said he had likely fallen under the Genjutsu before awakening his Rinnegan, and Kakashi the Wanderer wondered whether a powerful Mangekyō Sharingan user was responsible.

Kakashi the Wanderer and Obito the Wanderer suspected Danzo the Wanderer had placed Obito under Genjutsu, while Danzo suffered a painful backlash without realizing Obito was responsible. Danzo blamed Naruto and Sasuke instead and resolved to target the Demon Tribe after dealing with his Sharingan.

• Kakashi the Wanderer suspected Danzo the Wanderer because of his hidden Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito the Wanderer also began to suspect him.
• Obito the Wanderer used his Rinnegan to break Danzo the Wanderer's Genjutsu again, causing Danzo to suffer a severe backlash and collapse.
• Danzo the Wanderer awoke with lingering pain and mistakenly blamed Naruto and Sasuke for his suffering.
• Danzo the Wanderer considered using Izanagi to address the backlash and realized each attempt to break the Genjutsu could trigger it again.
• Danzo the Wanderer sent his subordinate away, examined his Sharingan-covered arm, and fell asleep dreaming of destroying the Demon Tribe and punishing Naruto and Sasuke.

Obito the Wanderer and Kakashi the Wanderer secretly watched Danzo the Wanderer sleep, and Obito discovered that Danzo seemed to have changed. In the Demon Tribe, Tobirama the Wanderer finally questioned Deidara the Wanderer about the Akatsuki after Naruto healed him through the beating.

• Danzo the Wanderer dreamed of defeating Naruto and Sasuke, woke after laughing aloud, then fell asleep again while Obito the Wanderer and Kakashi the Wanderer hid in his room.
• After leaving the Akatsuki, Obito the Wanderer explained that Danzo the Wanderer's plan would kill Rin the Wanderer, who was sealed inside the God Tree.
• Obito the Wanderer told Kakashi the Wanderer that Danzo seemed like a completely different person and decided to investigate what he had been doing.
• In the Demon Tribe, Tobirama the Wanderer beat Deidara the Wanderer while Naruto healed his injuries and Sasuke watched and mocked Tobirama.
• Deidara the Wanderer begged Tobirama to ask him questions, then agreed to reveal what he knew about the Akatsuki.

Tobirama the Wanderer finished interrogating Deidara the Wanderer, while Danzo the Wanderer prepared another attack on the Demon Tribe to settle his grudge with Naruto and Sasuke. The chapter ended as Danzo's eight hundred warriors confronted the tribe and Naruto and Sasuke appeared on its walls to face him.

• Tobirama the Wanderer sent the now-compliant Deidara the Wanderer back to his cell after deciding he had learned all he could.
• Danzo the Wanderer gathered eight hundred warriors and set out to attack the Demon Tribe, intending to kill Naruto and Sasuke.
• Obito the Wanderer refused Black Zetsu's urging to seek revenge on Naruto, then tried to persuade Black Zetsu to give him a Rinnegan.
• Danzo the Wanderer challenged Naruto and Sasuke outside the Demon Tribe, and the two appeared atop its walls to confront him.

Naruto and Sasuke confronted Danzo the Wanderer, who seemed to be the Danzo they knew from their own world, while Tobirama the Wanderer challenged him over his failures in Konoha. Naruto and Sasuke overwhelmed Danzo in battle, leaving him battered and furious.

• Naruto and Sasuke recognized Danzo the Wanderer's mannerisms and suspected that Danzo from their world had somehow arrived there.
• Sasuke mocked Danzo the Wanderer about being in prison, prompting Tobirama the Wanderer to confront him as a disappointing former student.
• Danzo the Wanderer ordered his samurai army to attack Naruto and Sasuke, but the pair rushed him before the soldiers could reach them.
• Naruto and Sasuke attacked in tandem, forcing Danzo the Wanderer to use Izanagi three times to rewind his injuries.
• Sasuke caught Danzo the Wanderer distracted and punched him in the eye, leaving Danzo to complain that young people had no martial ethics.

Naruto and Sasuke overwhelmed Danzo the Wanderer, forcing him to spend Sharingan to survive their attacks. After Sasuke countered his Mangekyō Genjutsu with Itachi’s appearance, Naruto choked Danzo, but Danzo escaped by vanishing and reappearing at a distance.

• Sasuke punched Danzo the Wanderer twice, and Naruto followed with a blow that broke his chest before Danzo rewound time to recover.
• Naruto and Sasuke combined Rasenshuriken, Blaze Release, and Amaterasu against Danzo, who survived by using Izanagi and closing two Sharingan on his arm.
• Sasuke shot Danzo’s pale arm off with a Railgun, but Danzo rewound time and restored it.
• Naruto attacked Danzo after the rewind, and Danzo used Izanagi again; Sasuke then kicked Naruto clear and faced Danzo’s Mangekyō Genjutsu.
• Sasuke turned the Genjutsu against Danzo by revealing Itachi behind him, shattering the illusion and leaving Danzo’s eye badly injured.
• Naruto grabbed Danzo by the neck and threw him aside, but Danzo vanished like a sheet of paper and reappeared far away.

Naruto and Sasuke drove Danzo the Wanderer into retreat, and his leaderless black-armored warriors fled from the Demon Tribe. Obito the Wanderer found the injured Danzo and began using Genjutsu to investigate whether he had previously placed a Genjutsu on him.

• Danzo the Wanderer fled alone, abandoning the eight hundred black-armored warriors fighting the Demon Tribe.
• The black-armored warriors lost morale and retreated as the Demon Tribe pursued them.
• Danzo the Wanderer collapsed beneath a tree, exhausted and afraid Naruto would catch him.
• Obito the Wanderer emerged from a spatial rift and mocked Danzo for wasting his forces and abilities.
• Obito the Wanderer threatened Danzo, stabbed him in the thigh, and cast Genjutsu on his damaged Mangekyō Sharingan to investigate whether Danzo had previously used Genjutsu on him.

Obito the Wanderer trapped Danzo the Wanderer in genjutsu and left him injured, but Danzo survived and killed a samurai who tried to strangle him. Naruto explained that this Danzo came from the Shinobi World and would return to face them, while the wounded Danzo woke up vowing revenge.

• Obito the Wanderer used genjutsu to make Danzo the Wanderer relive his past, noticed signs that someone had tampered with his memories, and stabbed both his legs before leaving.
• A black-armored samurai found Danzo the Wanderer alive, but another samurai tried to kill him for abandoning his army.
• While still unconscious, Danzo the Wanderer instinctively pierced the attacker’s throat and killed him.
• Tobirama the Wanderer confirmed that the wounded man was his former student, and Naruto told the group that this Danzo came from the Shinobi World.
• Naruto predicted that Danzo the Wanderer would come back to them, and Danzo woke up in bed swearing revenge.