Chapter Summaries

The battle split into four matchups as Kakashi and Shinsei faced Hiruzen and Might Duy, while Naruto fought Shisui and Sasuke attacked Danzo. Sasuke struck down Danzo repeatedly, then recognized that Danzo was using the Uchiha forbidden technique Izanagi to alter reality.

• Kakashi attacked Hiruzen with Lightning Blade while Shinsei intercepted Might Duy, then dodged and redirected Duy’s Evening Elephant attacks.
• Naruto entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and fought Shisui, whose Body Flicker Technique let him evade Naruto’s chakra claws.
• Sasuke attacked Danzo with chakra swords, forcing Danzo to evade and counter with Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere.
• Sasuke released his Cursed Seal and cut Danzo in half, but the body vanished, and Sasuke recognized Danzo’s use of Izanagi.

Sasuke battled Danzo while Shinsei fought Might Duy, who opened the Gate of Death and unleashed Night Guy. Shinsei diverted the attack into the ground, leaving Duy at the center of a massive crater as his chakra faded.

• Danzo reappeared and taunted Sasuke about Itachi before attacking him with Wood Release techniques.
• Sasuke cut through Danzo's wooden defenses and sliced him in half, but Danzo vanished again through Izanagi.
• Might Duy warned Shinsei that he could no longer control himself and opened the Gate of Death.
• Shinsei used Flying Thunder God to remove Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi from the battlefield.
• Shinsei realized Duy was aiming Night Guy at the Four Violet Flames Formation and tripped him, redirecting the attack into the ground.
• Night Guy blasted a huge crater into the earth, and Duy's surging chakra disappeared.

Shinsei sealed Might Duy while Sasuke and Shisui battled with their Susanoo, and Danzo summoned Baku before Sasuke sealed both the beast and Danzo with the Totsuka Blade. Shinsei then joined Naruto and Kakashi against Hiruzen Sarutobi, striking at him with a massive Storm Sword as Hiruzen smiled.

• Naruto shielded Shinsei from Might Duy's attack, allowing Shinsei to seal Might Duy in a storage scroll after hearing his request that Might Guy get married soon.
• Shisui and Sasuke fought with their Susanoo inside the chakra barrier while Naruto and Kakashi confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo appeared and summoned Baku, whose powerful inhalation shook the battlefield and the battling Susanoo.
• Sasuke pierced Baku with the Totsuka Blade and sealed it, then used the blade to strike Danzo, who disappeared as he was sealed.
• Shinsei charged into the battle against Hiruzen and unleashed a giant Sage Art: Storm Release: Storm Sword, while Hiruzen smiled at the descending attack.

Shinsei and his allies defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi and pursued Shisui Uchiha through the battlefield while repeatedly killing Danzo. Naruto helped restrict Shisui’s escape, but Danzo appeared again just as Shinsei was about to catch Shisui.

• Shinsei and Kakashi sealed Hiruzen Sarutobi after Shinsei defeated him, and Naruto said goodbye to the Third Hokage.
• Shinsei broke Danzo’s green Susanoo while Naruto protected Kakashi and Sasuke blasted Danzo with a Susanoo arrow.
• Shinsei pursued Shisui Uchiha across the mountains, laying Flying Thunder God marks as Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to evade him.
• Naruto extended his tails to block Shisui’s escape routes, forcing him toward a corner.
• Danzo appeared again, and Shinsei abruptly changed course to attack him instead of pursuing Shisui.

Shinsei, Sasuke, and their allies sealed Shisui Uchiha and left Sasuke to confront Danzo over the Uchiha Clan’s massacre. Sasuke repeatedly killed Danzo as he revived, and Danzo ended the chapter by launching a final Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere.

• Shisui Uchiha blocked Shinsei’s attack on Danzo, but Shinsei struck through him, and Sasuke cut off Danzo’s head.
• Shinsei restrained Shisui Uchiha while Kakashi sealed him, and Naruto, Shinsei, and Kakashi comforted Sasuke.
• Sasuke declared that Danzo was his to kill and demanded to know why Danzo had exterminated the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo defended the massacre and blamed the Second Hokage’s prejudice, but Shinsei challenged his claims and mocked him.
• Sasuke killed Danzo repeatedly as he revived and charged, until Danzo used the last Sharingan on his arm and unleashed Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere.

Sasuke killed Danzo after blocking his final attack, and the Konoha ninja secured Danzo’s body and the Sharingan from his arm. With the barrier down and the Sealing Squad dismissed, Shinsei thanked the ninja and imagined a future in which they made him Hokage.

• Sasuke blocked Danzo’s final ninjutsu with the Yata Mirror, used genjutsu to freeze him, and cut off his head with Lightning Release: Lightning Sword.
• Shinsei checked that Danzo was dead and that the Sharingan on his arm had closed, while Sasuke removed the eyes and Kakashi stored Danzo’s remains in a scroll.
• Katsuyu relayed Minato Namikaze’s question, and Shinsei told him to have the Sealing Squad release the chakra barrier.
• Sakura embraced Sasuke, while Shinsei teased Naruto about hugging Karin and Naruto said he thought of her as a little sister.
• Minato brought the Sealing Squad to Shinsei, who thanked them for their help and told them they could return to Konoha.
• Shinsei fantasized that ninja would one day drape a Hokage robe over him and proclaim him Hokage, then dismissed the squad after thanking them.

Shinsei and the others continued toward the Land of Swamps to deal with the demon, while Shion asked him about ninja strength and her own powers. She showed him a bell her mother had given her, and Shinsei found that it behaved strangely when he examined it with chakra.

• Naruto urged the group to continue their mission to deal with the demon, and the others agreed to go on toward the Land of Swamps.
• As they traveled, Shion asked Shinsei whether all ninja were as strong as his group and how she could become powerful.
• Shion told Shinsei that she had possessed the power of prophecy since childhood but could not change the deaths she foresaw.
• Shion explained that her mother had never discussed passing down her power, then showed Shinsei the bell her mother had given her.
• Shinsei examined the bell with chakra, sensed no information from it, and remarked that it was interesting.

Shinsei reassured Shion about her uncertain fate, then raced Naruto to a mountain peak while carrying her. After Naruto’s Nine-Tails refused to share chakra in exchange for the Body Flicker Technique, Shinsei resolved to offer a deal Nine-Tails could not refuse.

• Shinsei told Shion that her bell was unusual but admitted he could not determine how it related to her power, and he encouraged her not to dwell on fate.
• Naruto challenged Shinsei to race to a mountain peak, and both used chakra and techniques to surge ahead of each other.
• Shinsei used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the summit first, but the speed left Shion dry-heaving.
• Naruto asked Shinsei to teach him the Body Flicker Technique, and Shinsei offered to do so in exchange for some of Nine-Tails' chakra.
• Naruto reported that Nine-Tails had refused and cursed Shinsei, who decided to propose terms Nine-Tails could not refuse.

Shinsei's party reached the sealing site and discovered Yomi's enormous terracotta-warrior legion. Shion learned that her prophecies appeared to have failed, while Naruto attacked the army as its commander claimed she could no longer seal Moryo.

• Shion told Taruho that her prophecies of his death and her subordinates' deaths had not come true, and she thanked Shinsei for changing events.
• Darui spotted activity ahead, and Shinsei used Sage Art: Storm Release: Heavenly Net to detect a huge army approaching in formation.
• The group reached a cliff overlooking Yomi's legion, and Naruto leaped down to smash its warriors with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• Yomi's four subordinates appeared and taunted the group, while Shion declared she would seal Moryo even at the cost of her life.
• Kakashi noticed the shattered terracotta warriors reassembling, and Naruto kept destroying them with Rasengan attacks.

Shinsei took Shion into the underground hall to seal Moryo while Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Darui, and Sakura fought the terracotta soldiers and their allies outside. After Shion warned that her prophecy showed Naruto dying there, Shinsei reassured her, but a voice in the hall said he looked like Miroku.

• Shinsei left Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Darui, and Sakura to hold off the enemy forces while he carried Shion toward the demon’s lair.
• Darui confronted a woman who claimed Yomi had likely killed Killer B, then prepared to fight her for answers.
• Shinsei and Shion entered a vast underground hall where magma flowed beneath narrow stone paths.
• Shion warned Shinsei that her prophecy showed Naruto dying in the hall, and Shinsei told her the prophecy was wrong.
• A voice told Shinsei that he looked much like Miroku.

Shinsei and Shion confronted Yomi, who revealed that he had used Danzo to learn how tailed-beast chakra could strengthen him. As Shinsei countered Yomi’s sealing barrier, Yomi claimed that he and the priestess were once one, and that Shion’s mother, Miroku, lived inside him.

• Yomi summoned terracotta soldiers to attack Shion, but the bell at her waist released chakra threads that cut them apart.
• Yomi said he had used Danzo and discovered that the tailed beasts’ chakra could increase his power, including the chakra left behind by Eight-Tails’ Jinchūriki.
• Yomi formed a chakra barrier, but Shinsei overlaid it with his own sealing formulas and replenished his chakra with Sage Mode.
• Yomi told Shion that he could not kill her and she could not kill him because they had once been one, and that Miroku was inside his body.
• Yomi explained that Miroku had split her heart and mind to prevent her great power from being misused, leaving Shion shocked and disbelieving.

Shinsei fought Moryo inside Shion’s barrier, using a spinning Water Release technique to wear down the monster while protecting Shion. When Shion foresaw Shinsei’s death and used a bell to shield him, he warned her that Moryo might be influencing her mind with an illusion.

• Yomi explained that he and the priestess had become known as Moryo and the priestess, but Shion rejected his account and began raising a barrier.
• Yomi lunged at Shion, and Shinsei kicked him into the barrier, leaving Yomi badly injured as Moryo emerged from his body.
• Moryo warned that only one of them could leave the barrier alive, while Shinsei declared that he could instead kill Moryo and save Shion.
• Shinsei defended himself and Shion with a spinning Water Release technique, creating a stalemate as the current wore down Moryo’s power.
• After a tentacle broke through the water, Shion threw Shinsei a bell that shattered and formed a protective shield around him.
• Shion said she had foreseen Shinsei’s death, and Shinsei warned her that Moryo might have shown her an illusion.

Shion awakened the power sealed by her mother and helped Shinsei defeat and seal Moryo. After the group escaped the cave, Shinsei revealed that Killer B was nearby, and Sasuke confronted him.

• Shion regained her memories, awakened her inherited power, and helped Shinsei break Moryo’s barrier.
• Shinsei used Shion’s power to destroy Moryo’s manifested form, seal its remaining chakra into a sphere, and store it in a scroll.
• Shion thanked Shinsei and the others for saving the world, while Naruto celebrated and Sasuke called him an idiot.
• The group left the cave, where the terracotta soldiers had crumbled, and Samui asked Shinsei whether he had found Killer B.
• Killer B hid behind a tree and celebrated his escape, but Sasuke appeared and confronted him as his subordinate.

Killer B agreed to return to Kumogakure after learning that the Raikage was injured, and he advised Naruto on becoming a Perfect Jinchuriki. Shinsei said goodbye to Shion, and the group set off toward the mountain in a race.

• Shinsei told Killer B that the rescue mission was complete, and Killer B decided to leave with Samui and Darui after hearing that the Raikage was injured.
• Naruto asked Killer B how to become a Perfect Jinchuriki, and Killer B advised him to befriend the Nine-Tails and learn its name.
• Shinsei and Shion said goodbye, and Shion agreed to teach him about priestess chakra and asked to borrow his strength in the future.
• Naruto challenged Shinsei and Sasuke to race to the mountain summit, with the loser required to buy ramen, and the three raced off as Kakashi and Sakura watched.

After returning from the mission to seal Moryo, Shinsei received extra mission pay while Tsunade and her younger counterpart argued over their share. Tsunade then warned him that his grandfather was near death, and Shinsei went with his parents to visit the old man.

• Shinsei and his team reported sealing Moryo to Tsunade, who doubled their mission pay and awarded Shinsei an additional five million ryo.
• After the others left, the two Tsunades argued over how to divide Shinsei's mission pay.
• Tsunade told Shinsei that his grandfather's health was failing and asked him not to go running around.
• Shinsei returned home, found Riya crying, and went with his parents to his grandfather's house.
• Shinsei helped his ailing grandfather sit up, and the old man told him he was leaving.

After Shinsei’s grandfather died, Shinsei awakened a blue Mangekyō Sharingan and discovered its ability, Yomi-tsu, which could return his body to any point within the previous two hours. He tested Susanoo at a lake and began considering how he might overcome the Mangekyō’s limits.

• Shinsei’s grandfather asked to be left alone, and Riya later found that he had died peacefully.
• Shinsei mourned his grandfather and awakened a blue Mangekyō Sharingan with five petal-like shapes around his pupils.
• Shinsei studied his Mangekyō and learned that Yomi-tsu could rewind his body by up to two hours, but could not restore spent chakra.
• Shinsei traveled to a lake and manifested a white Susanoo, then tested its strength by striking the water.
• Shinsei found that using his Mangekyō placed little burden on him, but he believed he would need the Eternal Mangekyō to reach Madara Uchiha’s level and considered relying on his cloning plan.

Two years later, Shinsei celebrated his birthday while handling much of Tsunade’s work as Hokage. After arranging to visit the Hyuga family to train Hanabi, he went to the Hokage’s office, where Tsunade unexpectedly asked if he wanted to become Hokage.

• Shinsei’s family celebrated his birthday, and his mother complained that Tsunade gave him too much work.
• Ino gave Shinsei flowers and invited him to barbecue, but left after Hinata arrived with a birthday present.
• Hinata asked Shinsei to visit her family the next day about her younger sister Hanabi, and Shinsei agreed to train her.
• Shinsei found Tsunade playing Fight the Landlord in the Hokage’s office and heard that she would dock less of his mission pay.
• After finishing the game, Tsunade asked Shinsei whether he wanted to be Hokage.

Tsunade offered Shinsei a path toward becoming Hokage by appointing him team leader and asking him to take on students. Shinsei accepted Konohamaru, Moegi, and a third student, then returned to work and handled documents involving the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and local bandits.

• Tsunade told Shinsei that his growing authority and strength could qualify him to become Hokage, but Konoha’s tradition required him to teach disciples.
• Tsunade appointed Shinsei as a team leader and gave him information about three Ninja Academy students, including Konohamaru and Moegi.
• Shinsei accepted the students and agreed to collect them from the Ninja Academy the next day, before Madara Uchiha’s activity made him busier.
• Shinsei reviewed a proposal from the Daimyo to cut Konoha’s funding by ten percent and rejected it, warning that he would visit the capital if necessary.
• Shinsei approved sending ninja to eliminate bandits and ordered the mission fee increased by fifty percent, with the costs billed to the Daimyo.

Shinsei went to Konoha Hospital to test the chakra-based information system that Orochimaru and Dragon Princess had been developing. After Dragon Princess scanned his growing chakra reserves, Shinsei began testing the system as Orochimaru revealed a naked teenage boy inside a tank.

• Shinsei reviewed village documents because he wanted people to get used to taking orders from him before he introduced major changes.
• Orochimaru told Shinsei that the information system was ready for a compatibility test, and they went to the basement of Konoha Hospital.
• Shinsei greeted Little Nine and saw Moryo supplying chakra to Dragon Princess through conduits that drained its excess chakra.
• Dragon Princess scanned Shinsei and reported that his chakra reserves had grown enough to sustain her consumption.
• Shinsei read the latest instructions and formed hand seals while Orochimaru drained the solution from a glass tank, revealing a naked teenage boy.

Shinsei used a shadow clone as a test body while he began developing a lightning-based signal system that could provide the foundation for reaching the Six Paths level. After weighing the known paths to that power, he decided to forge a new one of his own.

• Shinsei created a shadow clone and entered its body while Orochimaru watched, then began replacing its natural signal system with lightning chakra.
• Shinsei reasoned that lightning-fast signals could overcome the limits of neural reactions and serve as a basis for Six Paths-level strength.
• Shinsei considered the Rinnegan and sage body, kekkei mōra, the Tenseigan, and becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, finding each path difficult or dangerous.
• Shinsei concluded that the known routes relied on Ōtsutsuki bloodline power and chose to pursue a new path to supreme power.