Chapter Summaries

Jin, Kakuzu, and Hiruko searched a ruined city in the Land of Rain for an underground Exchange Office and bought information about Hanzō's location. As they left, Rogue Ninja surrounded them and demanded their money or their lives.

• Jin told Hiruko he had lied to the boy at the marketplace to give him hope, then asked Kakuzu whether the Land of Rain had an underground Exchange Office.
• Jin and Kakuzu led the group to the Exchange Office in the ruined city where the Three Sannin had once fought Hanzō.
• Kakuzu explained that Rogue Ninja guarded the Exchange Office, and Jin bought a scroll containing uncertain information about Hanzō's location for 2.5 million.
• Hiruko pointed out that Rogue Ninja had been following them, and the group was surrounded by attackers demanding money or their lives.
• Jin sighed at the Rogue Ninja's threats and ordered them killed.

Jin and his group searched the Land of Rain for Hanzō, using a Rain Ninja’s memories to discover that the Hanzō on the mountain was a double. After Jin knocked out the surrounding Rain Ninja, he continued seeking a conversation with the real Hanzō.

• Jin’s group defeated the Rogue Ninjas and followed intelligence reports toward Hanzō’s reported location.
• Ryota told Jin that Hanzō was on the mountain, but Jin used the Soul Insight Technique to learn the Hanzō there was a fake.
• Jin’s group captured the double and searched his memories for the real Hanzō’s location.
• A patrolling Rain Ninja raised the alarm, and Rain Ninja rushed uphill to confront Jin’s group.
• Jin used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out most of the Rain Ninja and said he only wanted to talk with Hanzō.

Jin and his companions found Hanzō in an underground hideout, where he was recovering from Tsunade’s lingering injury and confronting the collapse of the Land of Rain. Jin greeted Hanzō as the Rain Ninja withdrew, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Jin explained to Hiruko that the Rain Ninja could become powerful if given a chance, then led Hiruko, Kakuzu, and Kiyoshi Hyuga to find Hanzō.
• Hanzō woke in an underground chamber and reflected on how Tsunade’s Chakra had continued damaging his body for half a year.
• A Rain Ninja reported that fewer than ten thousand people remained in the Land of Rain and that uncontrolled markets were losing survivors to shortages and gangs.
• Hanzō ordered the Rain Ninja to gather everyone in one place and kill anyone who resisted.
• Jin and his companions stormed Hanzō’s hideout, and Jin introduced himself while Hanzō sent the Rain Ninja away to face the intruders alone.

Jin confronted Hanzō and declared his intention to control the Land of Rain, then let Kiyoshi Hyuga, Kakuzu, and Hiruko fight the demigod. Hanzō turned the battle by flooding the underground space with water that mixed with the poison mist.

• Hanzō summoned Ibuse and demanded to know why Jin and his companions had come.
• Jin told Hanzō he wanted him as a partner under Jin’s control and the Land of Rain under his rule, enraging Hanzō.
• Ibuse sprayed poison mist, which Jin absorbed enough to protect the group before giving antidotes to Kiyoshi Hyuga, Kakuzu, and Hiruko.
• Kiyoshi, Kakuzu, and Hiruko attacked Hanzō together, forcing him back despite his counters and Ibuse’s attempt to crush them.
• Hanzō escaped Kiyoshi’s Air Palm with a water substitution and used the Great Waterfall Technique, filling the underground space with water that mixed with the poison mist.

Kakuzu and Hanzō battled in a flooded chamber before Jin rescued his companions and Hanzō appeared to kill Kakuzu with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Kakuzu survived, and Jin joined the fight by using Wood Release, ending the chapter by asking Hanzō whether he had ever seen despair.

• Hanzō attacked Kakuzu underwater, but Kakuzu broke through the ceiling and escaped as Hanzō’s other opponents vanished.
• Kakuzu fired lightning into the flooded chamber, while Jin rescued Hiruko and another drenched figure.
• Hanzō beheaded Kakuzu, but Kakuzu reappeared and resumed fighting him.
• Hiruko recognized Jin’s Flying Thunder God Technique, while Kiyoshi Hyuga lamented his weakness.
• Ibuse and Kakuzu’s mask monsters intervened in the fight until Jin appeared and restrained Hanzō with Wood Release.
• Jin asked Hanzō whether he had ever seen despair.

Uchiha Jin summoned a towering Wood Golem and defeated Hanzō’s attempt to reach him with Ibuse’s help and a Susanoo strike. He spared Hanzō at the last moment and demanded that he surrender or die.

• Jin signaled for Kakuzu, Hiruko, and Kiyoshi Hyuga to stand back as Hanzō charged him.
• Jin used Wood Release to form a nearly fifty-meter-tall Wood Golem and stood atop its head.
• Hanzō summoned Ibuse, which grabbed the giant’s foot, but the Wood Golem repeatedly stomped the summon and injured it.
• Hanzō climbed the Wood Golem and leaped toward Jin, who revealed his Sharingan and summoned a black Susanoo skeleton.
• Jin’s Susanoo swung its enormous blade and forced Hanzō to the ground, but Jin stopped the blade above him and offered him surrender or death.

Uchiha Jin forced Hanzō to surrender by threatening the Rain Ninja, then treated Hanzō and Ibuse and denied acting on Konoha’s behalf. Hanzō named Jin Amegakure’s new Kage, and Jin introduced himself to the gathered Rain Ninja as Mr. An.

• Jin threatened to kill Hanzō’s subordinates and, after a Rain Ninja was killed by his wooden spikes, gave Hanzō three seconds to choose; Hanzō surrendered to protect the Land of Rain.
• Jin ordered Hanzō to summon the Rain Ninja, then used his medical skills to heal Hanzō and Ibuse.
• Hanzō asked whether Jin was subduing the Land of Rain for Konoha, and Jin said he acted independently and would not stop Hanzō from attacking Konoha if his identity remained secret.
• The Rain Ninja gathered, and Hanzō announced that Jin would become Amegakure’s Kage.
• Hanzō ordered his subordinates to follow Jin, who introduced himself as Mr. An.

Jin took control of the Land of Rain and began rebuilding its ruined capital, gathering refugees under his rule. After Kiyoshi Hyuga, Hiruko, and Kakuzu departed, Jin and Kakuzu appeared beside Hanzō again, leaving him uncertain about who had truly left.

• Hanzō knelt before Jin, and the Rain Ninja reluctantly acknowledged Jin as their leader.
• Kakuzu reported that he, Kiyoshi Hyuga, and Hiruko had wiped out everyone at the underground Exchange Office.
• Jin ordered the surviving refugees gathered in the former capital, while Hanzō suggested the same plan and was mocked for it.
• Jin explained that the corpses piled at the city entrance would intimidate troublemakers and encourage other villages to underestimate the Land of Rain.
• Jin told Hanzō he stayed hidden in Konoha for stability and caution, then left with Kiyoshi Hyuga and Hiruko.
• After Hanzō watched the trio depart, Jin and Kakuzu appeared at the building door, prompting Hanzō's confusion.

Jin remained in the Land of Rain as a Flesh Clone and began planning reforms to rebuild the country and Amegakure. He exposed and killed numerous spies among the Rain Ninja, then prepared to discuss the reforms.

• Jin's Flesh Clone stayed behind after the original Jin left, and Hanzō gathered every Rain Ninja for a meeting at Jin's command.
• Jin and Kakuzu surveyed the impoverished Land of Rain, and Jin proposed training people and finding ways to generate income.
• Jin addressed all 343 surviving Amegakure ninjas in an underground chamber and ordered Kakuzu and Hanzō to kill anyone who resisted his inspection.
• Jin used an enhanced Soul Insight Technique to search the Rain Ninja's memories, revealing spies who tried to flee or attack.
• Kakuzu and Hanzō killed the exposed spies, and Jin began to discuss reforms for the Land of Rain.

Jin proposed abolishing the shinobi system and replacing it with a state-funded army as part of reforming the Land of Rain. Hanzō agreed to arrange for Jin to claim the Daimyō title, and Jin gave everyone three days to consider the plan.

• Jin explained that abolishing the shinobi system meant ending hired missions and organizing Rain shinobi into an army to defend the Land of Rain.
• Jin promised the army regular pay, housing, supplies, meals, training, leave, and a merit system that could be exchanged for ninjutsu.
• Jin said he could become the Daimyō, and Hanzō agreed to find a way for him to inherit the title.
• Jin dismissed the gathering and gave the Rain shinobi three days to discuss the reforms before meeting again.

Jin assigned Hanzō and Kakuzu to build and lead armies in the Land of Rain, giving them training plans and powerful new techniques. Elsewhere, Yahiko invited Jiraiya, Konan, and Nagato to visit a restored city, but Jiraiya declined as he wrestled with the prophecy and his role in the war’s devastation.

• Jin appointed Hanzō and Kakuzu Elite Jonin to train armies of a thousand each, recruit civilians, and use former market managers to administer the city.
• Jin gave Hanzō the Calamity Poison Body Technique and Kakuzu the Dead River Technique, and Hanzō recognized him as Uchiha Jin.
• Yahiko told Konan and Nagato that a city in the Land of Rain had been restored and proposed visiting it.
• Jiraiya considered whether Uchiha Jin or Nagato might be the Child of Darkness and wondered who the prophecy’s Child of Light was.
• Jiraiya declined to go with Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, reflecting that he had contributed to the Land of Rain’s suffering.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan toured New City and learned about the Land of Rain’s newly established armies, including their unusual recruitment and training. Inspired by what they heard, Yahiko decided to join the army after graduating and create the Akatsuki Army to bring peace to the world.

• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan entered New City and noticed its clean streets and the smiles of its struggling residents.
• Yahiko accepted a fish from a stall owner who remembered that he had returned the fish he once stole.
• The stall owner told the three about the Land of Rain’s army, and they went to a crowded recruitment office to learn more.
• An adult explained that Lord Hanzō led the Rain Army while Lord Kakuzu led the Money Army, where applicants could be killed for mistakes.
• Yahiko declared that he would enlist after graduating from Teacher Jiraiya and form the Akatsuki Army to bring peace to the world.

Jin reflected on the Land of Rain’s struggling recovery while preparing for the next phase of his plans, and returned home with Hiruko after his mission. There, Uchiha Kaji arrived and asked to join Jin.

• Jin reviewed the Land of Rain’s finances and told Kakuzu to fill the Money Army’s ranks for the next phase of the plan.
• Kakuzu questioned whether Jin intended to become the enemy of the entire ninja world, and Jin said the other villages would make themselves his enemies.
• Jin returned to the village with Hiruko and offered him access to a hidden laboratory for his experiments.
• Uchiha Kaji visited Jin’s home and respectfully said he had come to join him.

Uchiha Kaji asked Jin to lead the Radical Faction, but Jin declared that he wanted the Uchiha clan-head position rather than the Hokage’s. After accepting the faction’s support, Jin took Hiruko and Kiyoshi Hyuga to a hidden laboratory and showed Hiruko that he could control Danzō’s people.

• Kaji asked Jin to lead the Uchiha who opposed the clan’s current direction and sought to break away from Fugaku.
• Jin rejected the idea of becoming Hokage and said he wanted to become clan head, and Kaji pledged the Radical Faction’s support.
• Kaji offered Jin the Military Police Force’s deputy-chief position, but Jin said they could address that later.
• Jin transported Hiruko and Kiyoshi Hyuga to a hidden underground laboratory, where six of Danzō’s agents knelt to him.
• Jin told Hiruko to conduct experiments in the laboratory and said his barrier would keep it hidden from Hiruzen’s Telescope Technique.

After the war ended, Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina celebrated in Konoha’s crowded festival and ran into Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha. On their way home, they saw Tsunade grieving alone by the river after Dan Katō’s death.

• Sand, Mist, Stone, and Cloud surrendered, and Konoha accepted reparations, bringing the four-year war to an end.
• Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina joined Konoha’s peace celebrations, where Kushina and Minato Namikaze filled their goldfish bucket without breaking a net.
• Kushina greeted Mikoto Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha, while Jin mocked Fugaku and traded insults with Kushina.
• After the festival, Minato Namikaze explained that he and Kushina had met Mikoto Uchiha in the Land of Hot Water, and Kushina warned Jin not to bully her.
• Minato Namikaze, Jin, and Kushina saw Tsunade sitting alone by the river, and Minato Namikaze said she needed time to grieve Dan Katō.

Kushina worried that war would return, and Jin warned her and Minato that they would need to grow stronger to survive. Back home, Jin found Orochimaru and Hiruko at work and learned that Orochimaru planned to move his laboratory into Jin’s house and wanted Jin to develop more ninjutsu for Konoha in exchange for a reward.

• Kushina asked whether war would come again, and Jin told her that war would only be delayed and urged her and Minato to keep getting stronger.
• Jin returned home and learned from Orochimaru that Little White and Little Meow had gone to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru said Jiraiya should comfort Tsunade, while Jin remarked that Jiraiya was missing his chance because he was away in the Land of Rain.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had moved his laboratory into Jin’s house because Danzo had discovered his other laboratories, and Hiruko agreed to share the space.
• Orochimaru relayed the Third Hokage’s request for Jin to develop more ninjutsu for Konoha, promising that the Third Hokage would offer a reward, and Jin agreed to negotiate.

Hiruzen Sarutobi announced reforms to Konoha’s jonin system, creating the Elite Jonin rank and the Title Ninja honor. Uchiha Jin was named the village’s sole Elite Jonin.

• Jin met Minato Namikaze and teased him about being Konoha’s youngest jonin while White Fang joined their conversation and provoked Jin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered Konoha’s jonin and explained that the village would lower the difficulty of promotion to jonin while introducing an Elite Jonin examination.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Elite Jonin would outrank jonin and that ninja recognized by other villages could receive the Title Ninja honor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi named the Legendary Sannin, Konoha’s White Fang, and the Green Beast as the five current Title Ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Uchiha Jin to be Konoha’s only Elite Jonin.

Uchiha Jin was unexpectedly made Konoha’s first Elite Jonin, then clashed with White Fang and used a compromising photograph to threaten him. Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Jin to a meeting with Konoha’s leaders and asked what it would take for him to develop ninjutsu to strengthen the village.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Uchiha Jin had bypassed the Elite Jonin exam and become Konoha’s first Elite Jonin, while Might Duy became a Title Jonin.
• Minato Namikaze congratulated Jin, who drew swords with White Fang before threatening him with a photograph of him drinking with courtesans.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted the argument and asked Jin to visit his office, then chased White Fang after White Fang made an insulting remark.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Jin to a meeting with Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Danzō, where he asked what it would take for Jin to develop ninjutsu that could strengthen the village.

Jin demanded permission to establish a Research and Development Department under his leadership, and Hiruzen Sarutobi eventually agreed on the condition that Orochimaru become deputy director. After Jin left, the leaders worried about his self-serving outlook and his closeness to the Uchiha Radical Faction.

• Jin rejected Danzo and the advisers’ objections and refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer to make him captain of the Military Police Force.
• Jin clashed with Utatane Koharu, whose accusation prompted him to reveal his pitch-black eyes before Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped the confrontation.
• Jin insisted that establishing the Research and Development Department was his only condition and offered to let the village keep the ninjutsu it developed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to establish the department if Orochimaru served as deputy director, and Jin accepted.
• After Jin left, Utatane Koharu complained about him, while Danzo warned that Jin was close to the Uchiha Radical Faction.

Jin secured approval for Konoha’s Research and Development Department, with Orochimaru appointed deputy director. After Little Meow returned from a harrowing stay in Ryūchi Cave, the department finally received a building, and Jin and Orochimaru began preparing to staff it.

• Jin told Orochimaru that Hiruzen Sarutobi had agreed to establish a Research and Development Department and wanted Orochimaru as its deputy director.
• Jin said the department was primarily for research, while Orochimaru asked whether Jin also intended to raise troops.
• Little Meow and Little White returned, and Little Meow complained that Orochimaru had sent it to Ryūchi Cave after it teased Little White.
• Jin bound Little Meow to the ceiling for cursing him, and Orochimaru fled before Jin could confront him.
• Nearly a month later, the Research and Development Department received a building in Konoha, and Jin moved in with Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru asked Jin whom he planned to bring into the department.