End

When Obito challenges Kakashi's vow to shield Naruto, the badly weakened Guy voices the very same resolve. Gyūki observes that Konoha shinobi love their bravado, then seizes on the slackening Wood Release bonds to slip free, warning Naruto that such restraints can smother a tailed beast's strength. Obito tries to pin Naruto with his own wood technique while lunging at Kakashi, but a fierce headbutt from Naruto sends him reeling. Gyūki then breaks off to strike the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, hoping to reach it ahead of the Ten-Tails' revival, and leaves Obito to Naruto. Naruto insists he can read the pain on Obito's face, while Obito retorts that Kakashi is the one truly suffering. As Naruto moves to help his exhausted mentor, Kurama trades places with him and hurls Kakashi at Obito, who warps the Copy Ninja into another dimension. Moments later Obito abruptly coughs up blood: Kurama reveals it had lent Kakashi some chakra during the throw, letting him strike Obito from the far side of the rift. With Kakashi back and grateful, Naruto and Killer B merge their Tailed Beast Balls into an enormous sphere and blast the barrier holding the statue. The chakra seems to fade, and Kakashi wonders whether it is over, but the smoke parts to reveal the fully revived Ten-Tails, prompting Obito to proclaim the end of the world. Far off, a restored Madara, annoyed at missing the eight and nine-tailed beasts, decides it is time to set their scheme in motion.

Naruto headbutts Obito after wriggling out of the Wood Release binding. Kurama flings Kakashi into the other dimension so he can wound Obito from within it. The combined Tailed Beast Ball from Naruto and Killer B destroys the barrier, yet the Ten-Tails is reborn regardless.

The chapter closes on the Ten-Tails' resurrection, sharply raising the war's stakes. A continuity slip leaves Obito's earlier shuriken wound absent from Kakashi's torso, corrected in the following installment. Madara's parting words tease the next phase of the Akatsuki plan.