Recaps

Temari became the Fifth Kazekage and pledged Sunagakure’s war reparations to Konoha in exchange for its support, while Naoki Senju prepared her for the coming Fourth Shinobi World War. Kirigakure also mobilized as Mei Terumi warned that war could begin at any moment.

• After Sunagakure’s elders and other leaders were killed, Naoki Senju installed Temari as the Fifth Kazekage.
• Temari promised to pay Konoha’s reparations by taking resources from the Land of Wind’s nobles and accepted Naoki’s chakra crystal as a sign of Konoha’s acceptance.
• Naoki ordered Temari to recall Sunagakure’s Jonin and watch Iwagakure, saying the Fourth Shinobi World War would begin in one month.
• Naoki reflected that he had chosen to unleash the war to disrupt Obito and Black Zetsu’s plans and seize control of events.
• Chōjūrō and Ao followed Mei Terumi’s instructions to stabilize Kirigakure, while her latest secret letter ordered the village to recall its Jonin and watch Kumogakure.

Obito confronted Kisame and Uchiha Itachi after their failed attempt to capture the Two-Tails, but Itachi escaped after exploiting Obito’s Kamui. The Akatsuki extracted chakra from the Two-Tails’ severed tail and sent Kisame to capture the Four-Tails Jinchūriki.

• Obito rebuked Kisame for returning with only the Two-Tails’ severed tail and an arm after the capture mission went wrong.
• Obito used the Rinnegan to pull Uchiha Itachi toward him, but Itachi and Kisame trapped Obito in a Water Prison and created a chance for Itachi to escape.
• Kisame threatened to let Samehada devour the Two-Tails’ chakra, forcing Obito to let Uchiha Itachi flee.
• Obito broke Uchiha Itachi’s genjutsu on Kisame and ordered the remaining Akatsuki members to focus on Naoki Senju.
• Obito and the others used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to extract the Two-Tails chakra from its severed tail.
• Obito ordered Kisame to capture the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, and Kisame accepted while concealing his own intentions.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki attacked Kumogakure to capture the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii, but they escaped after Kisame wounded her and Itachi stopped her with Tsukuyomi. Kisame learned that Uchiha Itachi planned to leave the Akatsuki and allowed him to control his body with genjutsu.

• Uchiha Itachi used genjutsu to infiltrate Kumogakure with Kisame Hoshigaki, who destroyed a ninja tool factory to draw out their target.
• Yugito Nii confronted the pair and fought Kisame Hoshigaki, whose Samehada drained her chakra and cost her an arm.
• Uchiha Itachi used Tsukuyomi to immobilize Yugito Nii as he and Kisame Hoshigaki escaped Kumogakure.
• Kisame Hoshigaki asked whether Uchiha Itachi planned to leave the Akatsuki, and Uchiha Itachi confirmed that he did.
• Kisame Hoshigaki let Uchiha Itachi use genjutsu on him and asked him not to make his body do anything too dangerous.

Naoki Senju discovered that the Masked Man had taken Nagato’s Rinnegan and seized Pain’s Deva Path from Amegakure. He escaped with Konan and headed for Takigakure to capture the Seven-Tails before the Akatsuki could.

• Konan recognized that the figure posing as Pain’s Deva Path was not controlled by Nagato, and realized the Masked Man had taken Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Konan refused to leave Yahiko’s body behind, so Naoki Senju used Wood Release to seize Pain’s Deva Path and told her to run.
• Obito learned that Pain’s Deva Path had been taken while he and the Akatsuki sealed the Two-Tails’ chakra.
• Naoki Senju and Konan fled the Land of Rain with the Deva Path and traveled toward the Land of Waterfalls to target the Seven-Tails.

Konan explained the Akatsuki’s tailed beast weapon plan to Naoki Senju, who argued that it could not bring lasting peace. He left her confronting the possibility that the plan would either lead to renewed war or require mass killing.

• Konan mourned Yahiko and vowed to avenge Nagato before Naoki Senju interrupted her and invited her to discuss the Akatsuki.
• Konan explained that Yahiko and Nagato sought to end war by gathering the Tailed Beasts into a weapon that would deter the Five Great Nations.
• Naoki Senju asked Konan to consider the plan’s chances of success and then argued that the villages would unite against the Akatsuki if it possessed such a weapon.
• Naoki Senju warned that the Five Great Nations would keep seeking the weapon and eventually attack again, unless the Akatsuki killed everyone who resisted.
• Konan recognized that the plan’s supposed peace would bring more deaths than war.

Naoki Senju challenged Konan to rethink Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast Weapon Plan and explained his own belief in deterrence through personal strength. As they reached Takigakure to pursue the Seven-Tails, the beast escaped and village shinobi confronted Naoki and Konan.

• Konan reflected on how conflicts of interest made lasting peace impossible, while Naoki urged her to consider maintaining peace through deterrence.
• Konan questioned whether Naoki’s plan to use his strength differed from Nagato’s Tailed Beast Weapon Plan, and realized Akatsuki had ignored the Jinchūriki’s wishes.
• Naoki asked Konan to locate Takigakure, then declared that he could seal another Tailed Beast and save the world.
• The Seven-Tails tore through the jungle as Takigakure shinobi chased it and called for a barrier formation.
• Takigakure shinobi spotted Naoki and Konan and demanded to know who they were.

Naoki Senju and Konan encountered Takigakure ninja and the Seven-Tails, which Naoki subdued with Wood Release. As Naoki began sealing the tailed beast, Konan went to confront the Takigakure ninja outside.

• Takigakure ninja attacked Naoki Senju and Konan, but Naoki trapped them in vines without letting them fight back.
• Naoki and Konan discovered the Seven-Tails overhead, and Naoki used Wood Release to overwhelm it with pollen and bring it crashing down.
• Naoki asked Konan to deal with the Takigakure ninja outside while he sat down to absorb and seal the Seven-Tails' chakra.
• Takigakure ninja shouted threats from the forest's perimeter, angering Konan, who used Dance of the Shikigami.

Naoki Senju sealed the Seven-Tails and decided to let Obito Uchiha gather the remaining tailed beasts for him. In Iwagakure, news of Sunagakure's political shift and Amegakure's destruction convinced Ōnoki that a dangerous conspiracy was unfolding, so he prepared his village for war.

• Naoki Senju sealed the Seven-Tails, gained the ability to fly, and left the flowering forest with Konan.
• Naoki Senju said he would let the Masked Man gather the other tailed beasts so he could take them from him.
• Ōnoki reviewed reports about the recent upheavals and wondered why the Shinobi World had become so peaceful.
• An Iwagakure ninja reported that Temari would become Fifth Kazekage and that the Akatsuki had killed Chiyo and Ebizo.
• The Iwagakure ninja reported that Amegakure had been destroyed by a powerful ninjutsu.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to recall its Special Jōnin and Jonin, suspend A- and S-rank missions, prepare for war, and activate its spies.

After the Two-Tails sealing, Black Zetsu brought Obito Uchiha to meet Orochimaru, who proposed an alliance backed by the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. Obito’s position weakened when Orochimaru revealed Nagato’s power and hinted that Madara Uchiha could be revived at his peak.

• The Akatsuki took nearly ten hours to seal the Two-Tails' chakra, and Black Zetsu sent the exhausted Kisame Hoshigaki after the Four-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Black Zetsu led Obito Uchiha into a secret chamber, where Orochimaru revealed that he knew Obito’s identity and offered to work together.
• Obito attacked Orochimaru with Banshō Ten'in, but Orochimaru used an even stronger Banshō Ten'in to break free.
• Nagato emerged, and Orochimaru explained that the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu could revive the dead in their strongest state.
• Black Zetsu revealed a coffin bearing the Uchiha Gunbai, and Orochimaru warned that it could contain Madara Uchiha.
• Kabuto Yakushi gave Obito a box of control tools, and Nagato demonstrated his obedience by blasting away the chamber door with a blue laser.

Orochimaru offered Obito an army of reincarnated shinobi in exchange for the hidden Rinnegan, then used Rin Nohara’s revival to secure Obito’s agreement. After Obito left with Rin’s coffin, Orochimaru and Kabuto trapped Black Zetsu inside a giant Ryūchi Cave snake and launched an operation to capture him.

• Orochimaru offered Obito reincarnated Jinchūriki, Kage, Kekkei Genkai users, and dead Akatsuki members in exchange for the other Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru began reviving Rin Nohara, and Obito agreed to his terms, ordered White Zetsu to gather the Jinchūriki’s cells, and took Rin’s coffin into the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu confronted Orochimaru over reviving Rin, but Orochimaru revealed that Kabuto Yakushi had completed a Summoning Technique.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto trapped Black Zetsu inside a giant Ryūchi Cave snake’s digestive tract, where the snake crushed the coffins and White Zetsu could not escape underground.

Orochimaru confronted Black Zetsu and learned that he was tied to Princess Kaguya and the Eye of the Moon Plan. Black Zetsu escaped after sacrificing part of himself, while Orochimaru collected his remains and resolved to surpass Princess Kaguya.

• Orochimaru questioned Black Zetsu about the Sage of Six Paths, then revealed that Naoki Senju had told him about the ancient history.
• Black Zetsu blamed Hagoromo for interfering again and fused with White Zetsu to make his body expand inside the sage snake.
• Orochimaru allowed White Zetsu to keep expanding until it exploded, damaging the sage snake and giving Black Zetsu a chance to flee.
• Black Zetsu reunited with White Zetsu and discovered that half his body and much of his chakra were gone.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi gathered Black Zetsu's scattered tissue, which Orochimaru saw as material from Princess Kaguya, and he vowed to surpass her.

Obito returned to Amegakure but postponed seeking out Rin while he steadied himself and recommitted to the Eye of the Moon Plan. Meanwhile, Naoki returned to Konoha, where Konoha declared war on all four great shinobi villages, and Tsunade questioned him about bringing Konan back before agreeing to meet her later.

• Obito appeared in Amegakure three days after Pain's Deva Path was abducted, but avoided seeking out Rin because he feared her rejection and feared she might have changed.
• Naoki returned to Konoha as letters declared the Fourth Shinobi World War, with Konoha openly declaring war on Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure.
• Tsunade confronted Naoki about bringing Konan to Konoha, and he described her as a subordinate with impure intentions before winning Tsunade over with affection.
• Naoki told Tsunade that the Akatsuki was gone and highlighted Konan's Paper Release as a valuable technique, prompting Tsunade to ask to meet Konan privately another day.
• Tsunade refused to let Naoki leave that day.

Naoki Senju and Tsunade prepared Konoha for war, and Tsunade approved Shikaku Nara’s plan to fight Iwagakure and Kumogakure with Sunagakure and Kirigakure. Konoha’s forces prepared to move, while the threat of the Akatsuki remained unaccounted for.

• Naoki Senju tried to leave for the war, but Tsunade pulled him back to bed until midday.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha and reviewed Shikaku Nara’s battle plan with Jiraiya and Mei Terumi.
• Tsunade approved a plan that sent Sunagakure against Iwagakure first, while Naoki Senju led a second force and Jiraiya led Konoha and Kirigakure troops against Kumogakure.
• Tsunade ordered Mei Terumi to prove Kirigakure’s value, and Mei Terumi agreed despite her anger.
• Shikaku Nara ended the meeting and allocated wartime funds for supplies and pay for participating ninja.

Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure’s forces to attack Sunagakure while worrying about Naoki Senju and the Akatsuki. He refused Kurotsuchi’s request to join the war, but she secretly found the troops’ departure point and planned to go anyway.

• Kitsuchi reported that Iwagakure’s 324 jonin and supplies were ready, while Akatsuchi said the Akatsuki had not answered their offer.
• Ōnoki said he would secretly follow the war and questioned whether Kitsuchi could face Naoki Senju, prompting Kitsuchi to admit Wood Release would overwhelm Earth Release.
• Kurotsuchi arrived and pleaded with Ōnoki to let her join the war, but he refused and reassured her that Iwagakure would be safe with him there.
• Kurotsuchi sent an Earth Clone into the Tsuchikage’s office and found a report revealing the operation’s departure point.
• Kurotsuchi left with the location and delightedly resolved to take part in the war.

Obito Uchiha sent the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path toward Iwagakure after failing to obtain the Five-Tails and Seven-Tails chakra. Meanwhile, Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to attack Sunagakure, whose forces Temari led, and the two villages unexpectedly began the Fourth Shinobi World War.

• Orochimaru told Obito Uchiha that he would have to find the Five-Tails and Seven-Tails himself, then left the Akatsuki base.
• After draining Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Obito Uchiha ordered the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to march on Iwagakure.
• Han returned to Iwagakure and reported that Kisame Hoshigaki had captured the Four-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to attack Sunagakure and realized that Kurotsuchi had secretly joined the departing troops, so he chased after them.
• Temari prepared Sunagakure's forces, but they unexpectedly encountered Iwagakure, and the Fourth Shinobi World War began between the two villages.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure escalated a clash into an all-out battle, with Temari trying to save her outmatched forces by retreating into the desert. Ōnoki prepared to strike Temari with Dust Release, but Naoki Senju and Konoha arrived to stop him.

• Sunagakure and Iwagakure scouts discovered each other, and the fighting quickly escalated as Ōnoki and Temari sent in nearly all their forces.
• Temari ordered Sunagakure to retreat deeper into the desert and harass Iwagakure rather than fight head-on.
• Ōnoki sent Han into battle, and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki broke through Sunagakure's retreating forces.
• Temari summoned Kamatari and used Wind Release to pin Han down and steady Sunagakure's formation.
• Ōnoki flew toward Temari and formed Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, but Naoki Senju and Konoha arrived as he aimed at her.

Naoki Senju overwhelmed Ōnoki in battle, answering the Tsuchikage’s rock giant with vast Wood Release techniques. While the battlefield focused on their clash, Akatsuki captured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and began sealing the beast, bringing Black Zetsu closer to his goal.

• Ōnoki recognized Naoki Senju’s Wood Release and realized he might have sealed multiple tailed beasts, including the Seven-Tails.
• Naoki Senju used Wind Release and Seven-Tails’ Scattering Powder Technique against Ōnoki, who countered with Earth Release techniques.
• Ōnoki summoned the Golem Technique and faced Naoki Senju with renewed resolve, but Naoki’s Deep Forest Emergence and Wood Golem overwhelmed his confidence.
• Akatsuki ninja subdued the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and began sealing the beast into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Naoki Senju survived Ōnoki’s Dust Release and overwhelmed the battlefield with Wood Release, while Obito Uchiha continued sealing the Five-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Ōnoki died when an unseen attacker used the Rinnegan to stop his final Dust Release, and the chapter ended with the attacker addressing Naoki.

• Ōnoki’s Dust Release erased the wooden giant’s upper body, prompting Iwagakure’s ninja to cheer as he believed he had defeated Naoki Senju.
• Naoki used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to crush the rock giant and bind the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while Obito Uchiha’s Five-Tails sealing continued.
• The Seven-Tails’ chakra traveled through Naoki’s Wood Release into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, setting up the Ten-Tails’ resurrection once the Five-Tails was sealed.
• Ōnoki gathered his remaining chakra for another Dust Release, but an unseen person seized his arm and extinguished the attack.
• Ōnoki died, and the attacker asked Naoki what he thought of the Rinnegan.

Naoki Senju and Orochimaru discussed Black Zetsu’s escape with Madara Uchiha’s reincarnated body as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path transformed into the Ten-Tails. Obito Uchiha tried to control it, but Naoki appeared behind him and threatened to use Rinne Rebirth on Rin Nohara.

• Naoki Senju examined Nagato’s Impure World Reincarnation and told Orochimaru he would rather see Madara Uchiha at his prime.
• Orochimaru admitted Black Zetsu had stolen Madara Uchiha’s reincarnated body and severed its connection to Impure World Reincarnation.
• Naoki watched as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path sealed the final tailed beast, while Orochimaru warned that the Ten-Tails’ chakra might retain consciousness.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path threw off the reincarnated ninja and transformed into the Ten-Tails despite the Seven-Tails’ absence.
• Obito Uchiha leaped onto the Ten-Tails to control it, but Naoki Senju appeared behind him and mentioned using Rinne Rebirth on Rin Nohara.

Naoki Senju sealed the Seven-Tails, gained the power of flight, and left Takigakure with Konan while planning to use the Masked Man’s hunt for tailed beasts against him. Meanwhile, Ōnoki suspected a hidden conspiracy behind the shinobi world’s unusual calm, and Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi’s Two-Tails mission ran into trouble after Kumogakure detected them.

• Konan killed the leaders of repeated Takigakure groups sent to confront her, and the eighth group finally fled, quieting the area around the flowering tree world.
• Naoki Senju sealed the Seven-Tails with little resistance and gained transparent wings that let him fly.
• Naoki Senju told Konan he would let the Masked Man gather the other tailed beasts, intending to lure Obito Uchiha into a trap.
• Ōnoki reviewed intelligence about recent upheavals and chose to restrain Iwagakure’s pro-war faction because he suspected a deeper conspiracy.
• Kisame Hoshigaki praised Uchiha Itachi’s genjutsu as they moved unnoticed among Kumogakure ninja.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi’s attempt to capture the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was disrupted when the Jinchuriki’s complete transformation triggered Kumogakure’s alarm system.

Naoki Senju sealed the Seven-Tails and gained the ability to fly, while Konan watched Takigakure’s ninja repeatedly fail to stop them. Elsewhere, Ōnoki suspected the Shinobi World’s calm concealed a plot, and Orochimaru offered Obito a partnership after destroying Amegakure; the limits of controlling Madara Uchiha through Impure World Reincarnation remained unresolved.

• Naoki Senju used Wood Release to capture the Takigakure ninja who attacked him and Konan, while Konan drove off successive groups by killing their leaders.
• Naoki Senju sealed the Seven-Tails with little resistance and gained transparent wings that let him fly.
• Naoki Senju told Konan he would let the Masked Man gather the remaining tailed beasts, then use the situation to lure Obito Uchiha into a trap.
• Ōnoki reviewed reports of the recent upheavals and restrained Iwagakure from exploiting the weakened neighboring villages because he suspected a hidden scheme.
• Orochimaru showed Obito the ruins of Amegakure as an introductory gift and proposed discussing their cooperation, while keeping quiet about the limits of controlling those revived through Impure World Reincarnation.

Obito confronted Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi after their failed attempt to capture the Two-Tails, while Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure's forces for a war against Sunagakure. Konan faced Chiyo in battle, and the chapter ended with Chiyo's cutting-wire attack unable to harm Konan's paper body.

• Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi returned with chakra and an arm from the Two-Tails Jinchūriki after Kumogakure's alarm forced their mission to fail.
• Obito rebuked Kisame, used Banshō Ten'in to pull Uchiha Itachi toward him, and passed Itachi's shuriken attacks with Kamui Intangibility.
• Kitsuchi reported to Ōnoki that Iwagakure had assembled 324 jonin and its hired mercenaries, while the Akatsuki had not responded to their offer.
• Ōnoki said he would secretly follow Iwagakure's war effort and warned his companions not to reveal his presence.
• Chiyo attacked Konan with puppets and steel wires, but Konan's paper body was unaffected by the cutting attack.

Obito confronted Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi after their failed attempt to capture the Two-Tails, while Amegakure struggled to recover from its destruction. Elsewhere, Naoki Senju questioned Temari about Sunagakure’s leadership as Chiyo faced the crisis caused by the Fourth Kazekage’s death and Gaara’s loss.

• Pain's Deva Path organized rescue and repair efforts in the ruins of Amegakure, while White Zetsu caught ninja attempting to defect.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi failed to capture the Two-Tails Jinchūriki after Kumogakure's warning device alerted the village, though Kisame claimed Samehada had torn off a tail and an arm.
• Obito rebuked Kisame, then used Banshō Ten'in to pull Uchiha Itachi toward him as Itachi tried to escape; Obito's Kamui let the shuriken pass through him.
• Chiyo countered Konan's attacks with the Puppet Technique.
• Temari told Naoki Senju that Ebizo and Sunagakure's council held real power, while she viewed Chiyo as a threat to her bid to become Fifth Kazekage.
• Naoki Senju arrived in Sunagakure with a patrol, leaving Chiyo alarmed as Gaara's death and the loss of the One-Tail weighed on the confined siblings.

Konoha prepared reinforcements for the front while Black Zetsu ordered Obito Uchiha to use the Akatsuki and White Zetsu to kill Naoki Senju. Naoki faced the Fourth Raikage and Killer B in battle, and Temari and Kankuro encountered him when they came to the appointed meeting place to return to Sunagakure.

• Shikaku Nara assembled Konoha's reinforcements and logistics units to depart for the front at Tsunade's command.
• Black Zetsu ordered Obito Uchiha to have the Akatsuki kill Naoki Senju and offered to send all the White Zetsu to support them.
• Killer B located Naoki Senju amid the dust, and the Fourth Raikage charged him with Lightning Release: Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.
• Shikaku Nara woke Kakashi and decided he would serve as Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha's jonin instructor.
• Temari and Kankuro went to the designated meeting place to return to Sunagakure and found Naoki Senju waiting there.

Orochimaru forced Obito to accept a deal exchanging Impure World Reincarnation forces for the hidden Rinnegan, then used Rin Nohara’s cells to unsettle him. The story left Obito and Black Zetsu scrambling to advance the Eye of the Moon Plan while Amegakure struggled to recover.

• Orochimaru trapped Black Zetsu and offered to tell him about the Sage of Six Paths’ era if he cooperated.
• Orochimaru offered Obito an army of reincarnated ninja, including former Jinchūriki, Kage, Kekkei Genkai users, and deceased Akatsuki members, in exchange for the other Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru began reincarnating Rin Nohara, and Obito accepted the deal before taking the coffin into the Kamui Dimension.
• Black Zetsu confronted Orochimaru for reviving Rin, while blaming White Zetsu for failing to destroy her remains.
• Pain’s Deva Path organized rescue efforts in ruined Amegakure, while White Zetsu captured ninja who were preparing to defect.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi completed their mission to capture the Two-Tails, though not entirely.