The Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki

As Obito's cry rings across the field, Madara recalls once telling him that he would eventually owe a debt to the legendary Uchiha who spared his life. Reading Madara's designs, Hashirama directs Naruto and Sasuke to handle Obito since they stand nearest to him, while he and Tobirama fashion wood and shadow clones as insurance against Madara should stopping Obito come too late. Obito, his hair thinning and greying from the strain of the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, drifts into memories of his days on Team Minato.

Riding atop Aoda, Sasuke glides across the Ten-Tails to approach Obito and fires a black arrow, only for the chakra receivers protruding from the beast to strike back. Minato, having produced a shadow clone of his own, teleports to the reminiscing Obito and cuts him down, then realizes with a jolt that Obito was the one who engineered the catastrophe that leveled Konohagakure years earlier.

Hashirama assigns Obito to Naruto and Sasuke while he and Tobirama ready clones against Madara. Minato teleports in and strikes Obito down, learning he masterminded the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha. Just as Sasuke observes that only Madara remains to be sealed, Obito smirks and reveals he has broken free of Madara's control, transforming before the stunned trio into the Ten-Tails' jinchuriki as the beast escapes.

The chapter belongs to the Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax arc and was collected in volume 66. It first appeared in issue 32 of Weekly Shonen Jump for 2013, dated July 22, 2013.