Chapter Summaries

Kitagawa Gen fought Deva Path Pain while using Flying Thunder God and Lightning Release to probe Pain’s abilities and search for Nagato’s real body. As Kakashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others fought elsewhere, a tremendous blast erupted in the distant forest, leaving its cause unknown.

• Kitagawa Gen clashed with Pain, using his speed and attacks to test Pain’s gravitational and repulsive techniques.
• Kitagawa Gen questioned Pain about Obito Uchiha and learned that Pain cared more about what Obito could provide than his identity.
• Kitagawa Gen bluffed that he had figured out Pain’s five-second interval and noticed that black rods fed outside chakra into Pain’s body.
• Kitagawa Gen used a Lightning Clone and a barrage of kunai to attack Pain, declaring that he had been searching for Nagato’s real body.
• Kakashi continued fighting Obito while Jiraiya and Tsunade worried about Kitagawa Gen and Yahiko; Jiraiya prepared to summon Gamabunta.
• A massive air wave tore through the area, and a mushroom cloud rose from the distant forest.

Kitagawa Gen defeated Deva Path Pain and helped end the battle at Takigakure, while the enemy forces escaped. After receiving Seven-Tails Chakra and feeling his eyes begin to change, he watched the group prepare to return to Konoha, and the Fourth Raikage insisted on going with them.

• Kitagawa Gen used Flying Thunder God marks, lightning-enhanced attacks, and two different Rasengan to destroy Deva Path Pain, while the Fourth Raikage watched the battle.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed for Nagato with a fragment of a Black Rod but realized that the enemies had escaped.
• Jiraiya received Takigakure’s materials, and the village’s residents discussed the damage caused by the battle.
• Kitagawa Gen completed the side quest and received Seven-Tails Chakra, then felt a new fluctuation in his eyes and wondered whether they were evolving.
• Tsunade finished treating the Fourth Raikage, and when Jiraiya suggested leaving him behind in Takigakure, the Raikage insisted on returning to Konoha with them.

Jiraiya and the others returned to Konoha with the Fourth Raikage after Kitagawa Gen revealed that Yahiko had been controlled remotely by a distant body using a Black Rod. As they arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi received alarming news and was found recuperating in the hospital, leaving the Fourth Raikage’s reception to Jiraiya and Tsunade.

• Kitagawa Gen told Jiraiya that Yahiko had been a puppet controlled from afar, and Jiraiya recognized the Black Rod’s Chakra as connected to the Rinnegan.
• In Rain Country, Obito Uchiha blamed Nagato’s defeat on his overconfidence, ordered Black Zetsu to return and repair Yahiko’s damaged body, and went to check on Nagato.
• White Zetsu revealed that Kitagawa Gen had used Earth Release to show Obito Uchiha Kakashi and Rin, deepening Black Zetsu’s understanding of Obito’s anger.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received a scroll from a toad and was so shaken by its contents that he struggled to breathe.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi, Kitagawa Gen, and the Fourth Raikage reached Konoha, where Kitagawa Gen left to rest and study his gains.
• An Anbu told Jiraiya and Tsunade that Hiruzen Sarutobi was recuperating in the hospital, prompting Tsunade to criticize Konoha’s medical system.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Fourth Raikage had come to Konoha after overhearing a plan to assassinate him, then went to confront him. Kitagawa Gen used the Seven-Tails Chakra in a secluded valley, and his eyes transformed into a brilliant blue.

• Tsunade and Kakashi explained that the Fourth Raikage insisted on coming to Konoha after hearing Gen’s plan to kill him with a Flying Thunder God mark.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to meet the Fourth Raikage, acknowledged Konoha could defend itself, and scolded Jiraiya before striking him.
• Kitagawa Gen returned to his room, checked on the flowers Naruto had been watering, and then traveled to a valley near the Valley of the End.
• Kitagawa Gen used the Seven-Tails Chakra, which merged with his power and surged into his eyes.
• Kitagawa Gen floated as his hair turned white, then opened his eyes to reveal a dazzling blue color.

On the moon, the Tenseigan reacted on its own, prompting the elders to investigate while they delayed acting against the shinobi world. In Konoha, Kitagawa Gen enjoyed his newly awakened Tenseigan and sensed the hidden lunar eye, but the Hokage summoned him before he could explain his grand ambitions.

• The First Elder saw the Tenseigan flare without being used, and the Second Elder and Third Elder joined him to discuss the cause.
• The First Elder ordered the elders to monitor the Tenseigan and postponed any attack on the lower world until Toneri had grown up.
• Kitagawa Gen made Naruto worry over the bill at Ichiraku Ramen before Teuchi revealed that Kitagawa Gen had already paid for their previous meal.
• Kitagawa Gen checked his panel and considered his awakened Tenseigan, its gravitational, repulsive, and chakra-control abilities, and his growing hunger.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed the Tenseigan hidden within the moon and resolved to obtain it, but Kakashi arrived to take him to the Hokage.

Nagato mourned losing Yahiko’s body until Black Zetsu returned it and urged him to take Kitagawa Gen and Konoha seriously. Meanwhile, Gen discussed Konoha’s negotiations with the Fourth Raikage and proposed a covert ambush, leaving Kakashi wondering whether Gen resembled the Second Hokage most.

• Nagato blamed himself for losing Yahiko’s body and vowed to retrieve it, but Black Zetsu emerged and returned Yahiko’s repaired body.
• Black Zetsu warned Nagato that Kitagawa Gen and Konoha threatened their plans and urged him to remember what Gen had done.
• Kakashi told Kitagawa Gen that Konoha had signed an agreement with the Fourth Raikage, while keeping him outside the village until Hidden Cloud’s envoy arrived.
• Gen suggested pretending to remove the Fourth Raikage’s Flying Thunder God Seal, then ambushing and killing his party and blaming Akatsuki.
• Kakashi silently considered Gen’s sinister ideas and wondered whether Gen most resembled the Second Hokage.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure reacted to rumors of Konoha and Kumogakure's secret meeting, while the Fourth Raikage planned revenge after losing a hand. Back in Konoha, Kitagawa Gen considered his new powers and wondered whether Obito's right hand could help restore Yahiko's body and withstand the Rinnegan.

• Rasa ordered Ebizo to investigate the Konoha–Kumogakure agreement despite Sunagakure's lack of money, and asked him to monitor the survivors leaving Rōran.
• Ōnoki read a report that Kitagawa Gen had seemingly defeated the Fourth Raikage, while Deidara pressed him for news about Gen and continued training in Dust Release.
• The Fourth Raikage told Dodai to plan revenge against Konoha and investigate the organization of missing-nin, then refused Dodai's proposed shortcut because he distrusted Konoha.
• Kitagawa Gen woke at noon and grumbled that Kakashi had reported his plan to Hiruzen Sarutobi, then reflected on his improved eyes and increased chakra.
• Kitagawa Gen examined Obito's right hand and considered using it to restore Yahiko's body, wondering whether Yahiko could withstand the Rinnegan's full power.

Kitagawa Gen spent the new year waiting for his Jonin exam and developing his abilities, then celebrated his birthday with Naruto and the other young rookies. Meanwhile, Orochimaru considered a dangerous way to save Kimimaro, while Pain gathered the Akatsuki.

• Naruto complained to Kitagawa Gen about stricter lessons and celebrated the school break with him.
• Kitagawa Gen told Naruto he expected to take the Jonin exam in September and reflected on his training and unresolved abilities.
• Naruto and the other young rookies surprised Kitagawa Gen with birthday gifts, and he thanked them.
• Orochimaru examined Kimimaro's worsening illness and considered letting its chakra consume him in hopes of changing its nature.
• Pain addressed the assembled Akatsuki and began their meeting.

Pain’s group discussed the failed operation, recruiting new members, and recovering from their injuries, while Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Tsunade considered Obito Uchiha’s connection to Orochimaru. Kitagawa Gen returned home with birthday gifts, then sensed a strange power in the moon resonating with his eyes.

• Pain told the Akatsuki members that their operation had failed after they were exposed and underestimated Kitagawa Gen, and said they should avoid attacking Konoha for now.
• Pain asked the group to suggest recruits, and Black Zetsu offered to investigate rogue ninja from Kirigakure and Konoha, former Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and other hidden candidates.
• Kakuzu said he needed a powerful Wind Release ninja to recover fully, while Sasori planned to travel to the Land of Wind to replace his puppets, and each suspected the other might compete for the same targets.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade discussed the mystery behind Obito Uchiha’s Wood Release and whether Orochimaru or Danzō was involved, then Hiruzen asked Jiraiya to bring Kitagawa Gen a birthday gift.
• Kitagawa Gen returned home with gifts from friends and teachers, considered his upcoming jōnin assessment, and sensed a power in the moon resonating with his eyes.

Kitagawa Gen resonated with the Tenseigan on the moon, learned more about its abilities, and confirmed the elders there could interfere with its power. In Konoha he resolved to return to the moon in a few years, while Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed their plans before Black Zetsu sensed Chakra coming from the moon.

• Kitagawa Gen sensed the moon’s Tenseigan transmitting knowledge and gained some control over its power, but the First Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder sealed off the connection.
• The First Elder decided the elders would investigate the intruder later, prioritizing Toneri’s future and their own weakened condition.
• Kitagawa Gen closed his Tenseigan, realized he might use the moon’s eye to gather power for an attack, and planned to visit the moon in a few years.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed potential recruits, Shimura Danzō’s contact with Hanzō of the Salamander, and signs of Orochimaru near the Land of Wind.
• Black Zetsu sensed an unusual Chakra coming from the moon and reacted in astonishment.

Black Zetsu worried that Kitagawa Gen might be connected to the Otsutsuki on the moon, while Danzō received intelligence from a supposed Hanzō and considered how to investigate Orochimaru. At Konoha’s training ground, Kitagawa met Guy’s new student Rock Lee and looked ahead to the coming Otsutsuki threat as Kakashi approached.

• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu discussed a strange chakra eruption on the moon, and Black Zetsu suspected Kitagawa Gen might be connected to the Otsutsuki there.
• Black Zetsu planned to use Hanzō’s response to manipulate Danzō and Orochimaru while keeping the Hidden Cloud’s investigation under watch.
• Danzō received a letter from Rain Country claiming Hanzō had sealed himself inside Amegakure and tracked an organization toward the Land of Wind.
• Kitagawa Gen watched Rock Lee train while Guy praised his new student and described his other disciples.
• Kitagawa reflected on the approaching turmoil and his plans to confront the Otsutsuki before Kakashi walked up to him.

Kakashi told Kitagawa Gen that he, Guy, and Gen would soon travel to the Land of Wind after Akatsuki activity was detected there, while Akatsuki plotted around the mission. At the border, an elderly Sunagakure woman mistook Kakashi and Gen for the Konoha White Fang and charged at them.

• Kakashi told Gen that the Hokage was arranging a mission to investigate Akatsuki traces in the Land of Wind, and Gen accepted a new side quest to assist Kakashi and Guy.
• Guy declined Rock Lee's request to join the mission, while keeping Gen's exceptional record from him.
• Pain asked to join the operation, but Black Zetsu urged him and Obito to stay away and said he had warned the Akatsuki members and secretly passed information to the Hidden Cloud.
• Obito learned that Gen had cut off the Fourth Raikage's arm and wondered whether Gen had a strange fixation on cutting arms.
• Kakashi, Guy, and Gen arrived at the Land of Wind border, where Gen sensed Minato's Flying Thunder God seal and felt that the desert might hold gold.
• An elderly woman from Sunagakure charged toward Kakashi and Gen, mistook them for the Konoha White Fang, and demanded to know why there were two of them.

Kakashi, Kitagawa Gen, and Guy searched the Land of Wind for Akatsuki while Orochimaru investigated the ruins of Roran for a way to help Kimimaro. The chapter ended when Orochimaru encountered an unexpected visitor at the sealed tower.

• Darui asked the Fourth Raikage to let him join the mission, but the Raikage sent Toroi's squad instead and urged Darui to master Purple Lightning.
• Hidan, Sasori, and Kakuzu discussed being used as bait and agreed to cooperate, while Hidan asked about Shimura Danzō's ability to uncover their information.
• Kitagawa Gen disarmed Chiyo, and Kakashi, Guy, and Gen agreed to search the Land of Wind themselves after Chiyo reported they had found no leads.
• Gen suggested investigating the country within a country near Roran, and Kakashi agreed because he and Minato had been there before and his memories of it were unclear.
• Orochimaru entered Roran's tower to study its seal and Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Kunai, hoping to find something that could help Kimimaro.
• Orochimaru sensed another chakra presence, saw an unexpected figure, and complained that the person and Jiraiya were always bothering him.

Kitagawa Gen fought Orochimaru at the Dragon Vein ruins while Kakashi, Guy, and his shadow clone discovered more Akatsuki members nearby. The chapter ended with Hidan asking Guy who had been Dead Last in his class.

• Kitagawa Gen and Orochimaru clashed in the tower, where Kitagawa Gen used Flying Thunder God, Sage Mode, and Purple Lightning to overpower him.
• Kitagawa Gen told Orochimaru that Konoha's Root had tracked Akatsuki and that they had come to pursue him.
• Their battle shattered the upper half of the tower, alarming the Rōran survivors and drawing Kakashi and Guy's attention.
• Kakashi recognized that Kitagawa Gen's shadow clone was present and learned that his main body had found Orochimaru.
• Kakuzu, Sasori, and Hidan arrived in black cloaks, and Kakashi and Guy prepared to fight them.
• Hidan recognized Guy and asked him who had been Dead Last in his class.

Kitagawa Gen fought Orochimaru while Kakashi and Guy battled Kakuzu and Hidan, and Sasori faced Chiyo. As Hidden Cloud and Sunagakure forces joined the battlefield, Kitagawa Gen took to the air beneath the moonlight and unleashed a power that made Orochimaru feel the sky and earth collapse.

• Chiyo confronted Sasori and fought him, while Kakashi and Guy engaged Kakuzu and Hidan nearby.
• Kitagawa Gen used his unseen powers and swordsmanship to injure Orochimaru, who summoned Manda to continue the fight.
• Kakashi used Kamui through a lightning-coated kunai to destroy Kakuzu’s three hearts, but Kakuzu survived and prepared to retaliate.
• Sasori gained the upper hand against Chiyo as Hidden Cloud and Sunagakure shinobi arrived and attacked Kitagawa Gen and Orochimaru.
• Kitagawa Gen rose into the air beneath the bright moon, and Orochimaru sensed an overwhelming force as the sky seemed to collapse and the earth cave in.

Kitagawa Gen used his authority over the Giant Tenseigan to unleash a devastating blast across the Land of Wind, destroying much of the Ruins of Roran and overwhelming the fighters. The blast stopped, and Kitagawa Gen blamed the destruction on the Dragon Vein as strange Chakra began spreading from Roran.

• On the moon, the elders sensed the Tenseigan activate and struggled to retain control as Toneri noticed another power influencing it.
• The Giant Tenseigan's blast tore through the Land of Wind and damaged the Ruins of Roran, killing or scattering the Hidden Cloud and sand ninja caught in its path.
• Orochimaru tried to escape inside Manda, while Sasori and Chiyo used their puppets to withstand the blast; Sasori saved his core by transferring it to the Third Kazekage.
• Kakashi and Guy vanished from the battlefield, and Hidan was caught in the spreading energy as Obito Uchiha arrived at the area and saw the white radiance approaching.
• After Kitagawa Gen brought Kakashi and Guy away, the Tenseigan's energy abruptly cut off and the destruction stopped.
• Kitagawa Gen claimed that Orochimaru had disturbed a seal and released something from Roran, as strange Chakra spread from the ruins.

Kitagawa Gen investigated the Dragon Vein’s Sage Chakra and resealed it, then discovered that Dragon Vein Chakra had become a special energy source within him. As he wondered whether it could grant him power over time, two figures emerged from a warped space in the ruins of Rain Country.

• Kitagawa Gen used Flying Thunder God to reach the Dragon Vein and studied its turbulent chakra while Kakashi and Guy rested.
• The next morning, Kakashi told Rasa that Akatsuki had targeted the Dragon Vein, and Rasa asked what had happened to it.
• Kitagawa Gen explained that he had rearranged Minato’s Flying Thunder God seal to contain the Dragon Vein Chakra, disappointing Rasa, who had hoped to claim it.
• Kakashi accused Kitagawa Gen of deliberately provoking Rasa, while Kitagawa Gen checked his updated panel and found Dragon Vein Chakra listed as a special energy source.
• Kitagawa Gen wondered whether the Dragon Vein could give the Otsutsuki power over time, as two figures emerged from a twisted space in Rain Country.

Obito and the Akatsuki members pieced together how Orochimaru and Kitagawa Gen triggered the power hidden in Rōran, while Kitagawa Gen rested in Sunagakure and felt the Dragon Vein chakra strengthening him. Kitagawa received notice that a side quest was complete, and Orochimaru emerged from Manda’s wrecked corpse in Otogakure, blaming Shimura Danzō.

• Obito reunited with Kakuzu, Hidan, and Sasori, then heard Zetsu explain that Orochimaru had drawn Kitagawa Gen to Rōran and their battle had triggered the hidden power’s explosion.
• Zetsu said the Akatsuki had gained useful information about Kitagawa Gen and that Shimura Danzō would believe their report, though the Dragon Vein’s remaining chakra was uncertain.
• Kitagawa Gen, Guy, and Kakashi discussed Sunagakure’s austere conditions before Guy carried the wounded Kakashi off to train.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed the Dragon Vein chakra boosting the Three Tails and Seven-Tails’ chakra and accelerating his bones, then received notice that his side quest was complete.
• Orochimaru emerged from Manda’s nearly destroyed corpse in Otogakure and roared that Shimura Danzō deserved to die.

After Orochimaru recovered from his defeat, he planned revenge and ordered Kabuto to investigate Konoha's next Chunin Exams. Back in Konoha, Kitagawa Gen discovered new eye abilities and sensed the Nine-Tails reacting to his growing power, then helped Naruto drive Jiraiya away from a hot spring inn.

• Kimimaro told Orochimaru that Konoha and Sunagakure had issued bounties for him, and Orochimaru ordered him to have Kabuto investigate next year's Konoha Chunin Exams.
• Kakashi, Guy, and Kitagawa Gen discussed Akatsuki's suspicious operation and the deaths of Sunagakure and Hidden Cloud units as they traveled back to Konoha.
• Kakashi invited Kitagawa Gen to meet other Konoha ninjas, but Kitagawa Gen went home and decided to reveal his abilities gradually as a Kekkei Genkai.
• Kitagawa Gen encountered Naruto outside a hot spring inn and sensed the Nine-Tails reacting to his chakra; he then saw that his bloodline development had risen and gained the Sealing Technique Absorption Seal and Mind Labyrinth Dive.
• Kitagawa Gen shouted in Naruto's voice that Jiraiya was peeping, then fled with Naruto as Jiraiya was chased from the inn by its employees and female ninja.

The Fourth Raikage and Hiruzen Sarutobi considered how to respond to Akatsuki and the shifting alliances after the Land of Wind mission. Back in Konoha, Kitagawa Gen gained One's Own Life Reincarnation and unexpectedly manifested black and golden chakra, suggesting he could use Yin-Yang Release.

• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to monitor Akatsuki and allowed his forces to abandon a mission if they encountered Kitagawa Gen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Kakashi and Guy for strengthening Konoha's alliance with Sunagakure, discussed Akatsuki and Kumogakure, and heard that Jiraiya had ended up in the hospital after a run-in with Tsunade.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Kitagawa Gen teased Naruto about Jiraiya and suggested Naruto show his new technique to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kitagawa Gen left the ramen shop after Ino said Tsunade had hospitalized a peeping Jiraiya, and he asked Ino to prepare a bouquet for a visit.
• Kitagawa Gen reviewed his plans to seek the Divine Artifacts, find Sora, and study Reanimation Jutsu and Yin-Yang Release after absorbing the knowledge from his One's Own Life Reincarnation reward.
• Kitagawa Gen raised his hand and produced black and golden chakra, then wondered aloud if the result was possible.