Arrival at the Main Battlefield!!

Mū's sensory gifts let him slip clear of Naruto's opening strike, but pairing up with Gaara turns the tide, and a Planetary Rasengan finally connects. Ōnoki weighs the reincarnated shinobi down until he cannot move, giving Gaara the moment he needs to bind him before Mū can finish speaking. With the target sealed, Gaara demands to know why Naruto is roaming loose across the battlefield, and Shikaku Nara relays the wider picture to everyone through the command network.

Before rushing off again, Naruto reminds Gaara that he refuses to fall before claiming the Hokage title, insists he grasps the risks, and rejects being lectured just because his friend now leads Suna. Far away, Temari's unit is buckling under the Third Raikage while a separate group struggles against the Second Mizukage. Dodai lays out the Raikage's history and what his body can do, and Kabuto wipes the man's mind clean to buy himself more time. Naruto then reaches Temari's position and throws himself at the Third.

The chapter closes at the Mountains' Graveyard, where Sasuke tears through White Zetsu using his freshly awakened Susanoo. He shows off the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and boasts that the new eyes let him see clearly even in pitch dark. Readers spotted an art quirk here: as Sasuke cuts White Zetsu down, the creature lacks the plant-like growths that normally sprout from each half's torso.