Chapter Summaries

Jin Dafeng and his teammates celebrated defeating Shimura Danzō, but Hyuga Hiashi ambushed them in darkness and blinded Jin Dafeng. As Hanabi was rejected by her father, Sasuke’s concern for Team 7 distracted him during his battle with Uchiha Itachi, leaving the fight escalating with Susanoo: Thunderclap.

• Konohamaru and the other boy celebrated with Jin Dafeng after New Team 7 defeated Shimura Danzō, and Jin Dafeng credited the Human Puppet’s design to Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Hyuga Hiashi cast Byakugan: Solar Eclipse, ambushed the group, and injured Jin Dafeng’s eyes with his kunai.
• Konohamaru crawled through the darkness toward Jin Dafeng as Hanabi watched in shock and asked her father why he had attacked them.
• Hyuga Hiashi slapped Hanabi, disowned her, and ordered her home before kicking Jin Dafeng toward Konohamaru and telling him to take the injured boy to Konoha Hospital.
• Sasuke noticed the dark barrier around the Giant Rock and rushed at Uchiha Itachi despite Jiraiya’s warning, then unleashed Susanoo: Thunderclap against Itachi’s Susanoo.

Kakashi and Sakura watched Sasuke battle Uchiha Itachi while the Hokage’s order kept the village from openly intervening, and Inuzuka Tsume and Hana rescued two children from the darkness. After Sasuke appeared to defeat Itachi, Hanabi recognized the Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade in Itachi’s Susanoo and realized Sasuke was still in danger.

• Sakura told Kakashi that Uchiha Itachi had joined Danzo against Sasuke, so Kakashi and Sakura hurried to watch the battle with Might Guy.
• Kakashi judged that Sasuke could win if he stayed patient and told Sakura he would bring Sasuke back if necessary.
• Inuzuka Tsume and Hana entered the dark barrier and rescued Jin Dafeng and Konohamaru, but Jin Dafeng feared the damage to his eyes had left him blind.
• Sasuke’s lightning-wreathed Susanoo struck down Itachi’s dark-red Susanoo, and Sasuke turned toward the darkness believing Itachi had been defeated.
• Hanabi recognized the Yata Mirror that had protected Itachi and warned Sasuke as Itachi rose inside an expanded Susanoo holding the Totsuka Blade.

Hanabi Hyuga sacrificed herself to save Second Pillar and was sealed by Itachi’s Totsuka Blade, driving Sasuke into a furious counterattack that killed Itachi and Hyuga Hiashi. After taking Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, Sasuke escaped Danzo’s Reverse Four Symbols Sealing technique as it engulfed the battlefield.

• Hanabi Hyuga pushed Second Pillar out of the Totsuka Blade’s path, was sealed inside it, and left him with a farewell about eating coconut chicken again.
• Second Pillar restored his strength with Mangekyō Eye Technique: Cloud Arising, shattered Itachi’s Susanoo, and beat Uchiha Itachi to death.
• Second Pillar killed Hyuga Hiashi, took his head, and then removed Itachi’s intact right Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Second Pillar and accused him of using everyone around him, then began the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing technique.
• Second Pillar leaped clear as Danzo’s sealing technique expanded and swallowed the battlefield, including the bodies of Hiashi and Itachi.

Sasuke learned that Jin Dafeng had lost his sight and offered him a choice of eye transplants, then honored Tsunade’s request to witness Jiraiya’s revival. Jiraiya emerged safely from his tomb while Sasuke left Tsunade alone with him.

• Sasuke visited Neji and Kimimaro in the hospital, then learned that Jin Dafeng had been blinded.
• Sasuke gave Tsunade Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Hyuga Hiashi’s Byakugan for preservation, and heard her explain the risks of transplanting both kinds of eyes.
• Sasuke told Jin Dafeng that he could receive Hiashi’s Byakugan or consider Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving the choice to him.
• Tsunade reminded Sasuke that he had promised she could be present when Jiraiya was revived, so Sasuke took her to Jiraiya’s grave.
• Jiraiya emerged safely from the tomb, and Sasuke left Tsunade alone with him.

Jiraiya confessed his feelings to Tsunade, and the two reconciled after years of hurt. He told her he planned to return to the Rain Hidden Village to investigate Akatsuki, and they agreed to marry when he came back alive.

• Tsunade confronted Jiraiya in the tomb over his recklessness, and Jiraiya embraced her and asked her to become his wife.
• Tsunade accused Jiraiya of acting without regard for others, so he defended his devotion to Konoha's peace, the Child of Prophecy, and her.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade confessed their feelings and kissed, then discussed his plan to investigate whether the Rain Hidden Village trio had founded Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya warned that Akatsuki might target Konoha and said he needed to uncover the threat before it endangered Sasuke's ability to serve as Hokage.
• Tsunade asked Jiraiya to promise he would return alive, and they agreed to hold their wedding when he came back.

After waking from nightmares about the people he had hurt and lost, Sasuke received the abilities and rewards tied to Hyuga Hiashi’s and Uchiha Itachi’s deaths, then spent the day avoiding his thoughts on the system forum. He asked how to use one hundred Byakugan for maximum combat power and profit, and waited for replies as someone knocked at the Hokage Residence gates.

• Sasuke returned to the Hokage Residence, slept through the night, and woke at noon after nightmares about Itachi, Danzō, Jin Dafeng, and Hanabi.
• The system awarded Sasuke the Solar Eclipse secret technique for killing Hyuga Hiashi and Yasaka Magatama for killing Uchiha Itachi.
• Sasuke claimed a C-Rank Scroll for acting against his own choice during Itachi’s Izanami, gaining Wind-Attribute Chakra Nature Transformation insight and experience with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
• Sasuke spent the day reading and posting on the system forum rather than discussing the recent battles.
• Sasuke asked how to make the best use of one hundred Byakugan, and the veteran forum users speculated about his question without receiving an explanation.
• A gentle knock sounded at the gates of the Hokage Residence.

Shikamaru Nara visited Second Pillar to say goodbye, confronted him over Hanabi’s death, and left for Sunagakure after choosing loyalty to Lord Sasuke over friendship. As Konoha’s clans visited Second Pillar, Yamanaka Inoichi reported that the Hyuga Clan had chosen Hyuga Seyo as its new head and asked whether to prepare a file on him.

• Shikamaru Nara asked whether Second Pillar was all right and challenged his anger over Hanabi, explaining that the Hyuga Clan had left her with no path she could accept.
• Shikamaru Nara declared that the Ino-Shika-Cho clans would follow Lord Sasuke, then departed for Sunagakure after Second Pillar refused to discuss the Hyuga Clan with him.
• Inuzuka Tsume and Kiba Inuzuka visited Second Pillar, while Shino Aburame and Aburame Shibi discussed Aburame Torune, whom Second Pillar said would not be punished for his former Root Organization service.
• Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza discussed village affairs with Second Pillar, and Inoichi reported that the Hyuga Clan had selected Hyuga Seyo as its new head.
• Second Pillar refused to meet Hyuga Seyo and instructed Yamanaka Inoichi to monitor the Hyuga Clan, whose members had withdrawn from public view.

Second Pillar received visits from Konoha’s leaders and later visited his recovering students, where Jin Dafeng asked to take the Uchiha surname. Sasuke approved the name Uchiha Wind and urged him to proceed with a Byakugan transplant.

• Might Guy visited Second Pillar and excitedly discussed Taijutsu with him before Kakashi redirected Guy to inspect the training ground.
• Sarutobi Asuma awkwardly thanked Second Pillar and admitted he had misjudged Shimura Danzō, while Kurenai and Kakashi helped ease the tense exchange.
• Might Guy failed to notice that the training ground’s notable feature was a particularly large tree, leaving his contest record with Kakashi tied.
• Second Pillar visited his recovering students and learned that Kimimaro had left the hospital while Neji remained bedridden under Tenten’s care.
• Jin Dafeng told Second Pillar he wanted to change his name to Uchiha Wind, and Sasuke explained that surnames were only labels before accepting his choice.
• Second Pillar advised Jin Dafeng to receive a Byakugan transplant, and Jin Dafeng gratefully accepted his approval to become Uchiha Wind.

Naruto returned to the village after mastering Sage Mode, and Sasuke brought him to report to Tsunade before they could visit Jiraiya’s grave. Sasuke learned that Jiraiya had left to gather intelligence on Akatsuki without telling him, and he resolved to find his mentor.

• Naruto returned to the residence and told Sasuke he had mastered Sage Mode and planned to become an Elite Jonin and then Hokage.
• Naruto asked to visit Jiraiya’s grave, but Sasuke realized he had not told Naruto that Jiraiya was alive and decided to take him to Ichiraku Ramen instead.
• The next morning, Sasuke took Naruto to the Hokage Building to report his return to Tsunade before visiting the cemetery.
• After Naruto left Tsunade’s office, Sasuke asked where Jiraiya was, and Tsunade explained that Jiraiya had left to gather intelligence on Akatsuki, believing he had already arranged it with Sasuke.
• Sasuke became angry that Jiraiya had left without saying goodbye and decided they needed to find him.

Sasuke learned that Jiraiya had gone to the Rain Hidden Village to investigate Akatsuki and decided to go after him with Naruto. The chapter ended as Sasuke revealed their mission was to bring their master Jiraiya back.

• Tsunade told Sasuke that Jiraiya had left three days earlier to verify intelligence and gather information about Akatsuki.
• Naruto burst into the Hokage Office with a rumor that Jiraiya's grave was haunted, prompting Tsunade to angrily silence him.
• Sasuke decided to travel to the Rain Hidden Village and invited Naruto to join him.
• Tsunade agreed to watch over Jin Dafeng and Neji Hyuga while Sasuke and Naruto set out.
• After Naruto questioned their mission, Sasuke revealed they were going to the Rain Hidden Village to bring back Jiraiya.

Jiraiya infiltrated Rain Hidden Village to investigate Pain, learning from a shopkeeper that Pain ruled through Konan and might be inside the western tower. Pain sensed the intruder and, as the rain stopped, sent Konan's paper butterflies to search for him.

• Jiraiya entered Rain Hidden Village through a frog and discovered that Pain's rain technique could detect people in the village.
• Jiraiya paid a shopkeeper for information about Pain, and the frightened man said villagers believed Pain could identify anyone touched by the rain.
• The shopkeeper told Jiraiya that Pain was never seen in person, issued orders through Lady Angel, and might be in the tallest tower to the west.
• Jiraiya confirmed that Lady Angel was the blue-haired Konan and left the shop after giving the shopkeeper the remaining payment.
• Pain ordered Konan to search for the intruder once the rain stopped, and she scattered into paper butterflies as the rain ceased.

Jiraiya confronted Konan and the Pains in Rain Hidden Village, learning that Nagato stood behind Pain and that the Six Paths shared their vision. After defeating three bodies with a Sage Art genjutsu, Jiraiya was ambushed, lost his left arm, and faced all Six Paths of Pain.

• Animal Path Pain woke as Deva Path Pain entered a pod, and Konan confirmed that Jiraiya had arrived in the village.
• Konan trapped Jiraiya with paper, but he escaped using a Shadow Clone and the Toad Flat Shadow Manipulation Technique, then fought her and demanded to know what had happened to Nagato and Yahiko.
• Jiraiya immobilized Konan with Toad Oil, but Animal Path Pain arrived, freed her with a summoned crab, and began fighting Jiraiya with other Pain bodies and summons.
• Jiraiya deduced that the Pains shared their vision and, with Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, used Genjutsu: Toad Confrontation Chant to kill three of them.
• A hidden Pain body ambushed Jiraiya as he left, tore off his left arm, and joined the other five Pains atop the tower.

Uchiha Sasuke rushed with Naruto toward the Rain Hidden Village after learning from the system forum that Jiraiya was likely to die fighting Pain. The two reached the village, where Sasuke killed two guards and pressed on as Naruto struggled with the urgency and violence of their mission.

• Sasuke read forum replies suggesting Jiraiya would be killed by Pain and asked for advice about rescuing him.
• Sasuke and Naruto crossed the inland lake toward the Rain Hidden Village despite Naruto's concerns about conserving chakra.
• Sasuke killed two Rain Hidden Village guards who ordered them to stop, shocking Naruto.
• Sasuke told Naruto that they were invaders and angrily demanded that he follow or turn back.
• Naruto fell silent and continued with Sasuke until they reached the far edge of the lake and saw the Rain Hidden Village ahead.

Jiraiya stayed behind to uncover Pain’s identity, but the Six Paths overwhelmed him until Sasuke and Naruto arrived to rescue him. Jiraiya passed on a cryptic clue as Naruto entered Sage Mode and prepared to fight alongside Sasuke.

• Sasuke followed his certainty to the western waters of the Rain Hidden Village, where he found a hole in the tallest tower and realized Jiraiya had already fought Pain.
• Jiraiya recognized that Pain’s bodies were people he had encountered before, chose to keep investigating, and sent Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima toward Konoha with the evidence and a corpse.
• Pain surrounded Jiraiya as he emerged from the water, but Sasuke used Susanoo to pull him away from Deva Path Pain’s attack.
• Jiraiya wrote “No. True. Body.” in his blood before collapsing, while Naruto and Sage Fukasaku moved to protect him.
• Deva Path Pain confronted Naruto and Sasuke, and Naruto activated Sage Mode as the two prepared to fight.

Naruto and Second Pillar fought the Six Paths of Pain, destroying Asura Path and rescuing Jiraiya before Pain’s counterattack. Second Pillar killed Naraka Path Pain, and Naruto prepared a Rasenshuriken while confronting Deva Path Pain about his claim that Jiraiya had taught him.

• Naruto struck Asura Path Pain with a Sage Art Rasengan while Second Pillar’s Susanoo blocked its attack.
• Deva Path Pain pulled Jiraiya toward him, but Second Pillar’s Yasaka Magatama interrupted the attack and Sage Fukasaku reverse-summoned Jiraiya to safety.
• Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei to repel the Yasaka Magatama and send Naruto flying, while Second Pillar’s Susanoo protected him.
• Deva Path Pain recognized Second Pillar as a variable and recalled Obito Uchiha’s earlier discussion of Sasuke’s importance.
• After a forum suggestion identified Naraka Path Pain as the priority target, Second Pillar used Fleeting Splendor to decapitate him and kicked his head into the lake.
• Naruto formed a Rasenshuriken as Deva Path Pain revealed that Jiraiya had once been his teacher, then Naruto challenged Pain’s talk of peace.

Naruto and Second Pillar fought the Six Paths of Pain, destroying several bodies but allowing Preta Path to escape with Deva Path’s corpse. Second Pillar found a Black Receiver and considered using it to locate Pain’s real body, leaving Naruto startled by his question about whether he could take pain.

• Naruto hurled a Rasenshuriken at the Pains, but Preta Path absorbed it; Naruto used a smoke bomb and Transformation Technique to tackle Preta Path while the real Rasenshuriken struck at Deva Path.
• Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to erase the Rasenshuriken, but Second Pillar emerged from underwater and pierced him with Moon Shadow: Chidori Blade.
• Nagato felt Deva Path’s destruction and decided he and Konan should leave, while Naruto and Second Pillar confronted the remaining Pains.
• Human Path tried to reach Naraka Path’s headless corpse, but Second Pillar stopped and killed him with a wind-and-fire attack.
• Preta Path grabbed Deva Path’s corpse and escaped into the lake; Second Pillar gathered the remaining corpses and found a Black Receiver.
• After receiving a suggestion that a Black Receiver could help Naruto sense Pain’s real body, Second Pillar asked Naruto whether he could take pain.

Sasuke and Naruto returned to Mount Myōboku after fighting Akatsuki, where they reunited with the recovering Jiraiya and recounted their battle. Sasuke asked to learn Sage Mode, and Jiraiya agreed to help.

• Naruto ran out of Sage Art Chakra, so Sasuke abandoned his plan to find Pain's real body and sealed away the three corpses before leaving with Naruto.
• Konan announced that Naruto and Sasuke had invaded Akatsuki's base, and Gaara vanished from the meeting after hearing Sasuke's name.
• Sasuke and Naruto traveled to Mount Myōboku, endured Sage Shima's cooking, and learned that Jiraiya was recovering in the Spirit Healing Spring.
• Sasuke and Naruto visited Jiraiya, who was alive and healing; Jiraiya and Sasuke agreed to let Naruto believe Jiraiya had infiltrated Akatsuki to gather intelligence.
• Naruto and Sasuke described their battle with Akatsuki, and Jiraiya praised their decision to withdraw and said they could now plan countermeasures.
• Sasuke asked Jiraiya about learning Sage Mode, and Jiraiya welcomed his interest in Mount Myōboku's training.

Sasuke trained in senjutsu at Mount Myōboku, reflected on ideas of freedom and peace, and unlocked all five chakra nature transformations through system scrolls. After a month, he awakened a Sage Mode with purple dragon horns, and Sage Fukasaku recognized it as a new form beyond Perfect Sage Mode.

• Sage Fukasaku taught Sasuke to sense and absorb Natural Energy, and Sasuke began training at Mount Myōboku.
• Sasuke opened system scrolls that granted him Earth-Style Chakra Nature Transformation and Kant’s Perpetual Peace, which deepened his thoughts about freedom and political order.
• Sasuke read Jiraiya’s Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Ninja and rejected its faith in mutual understanding as a way to end hatred.
• After a month of training, Sasuke’s Sage transformation appeared with orange markings and purple dragon horns that drew Natural Energy into his body.
• Sage Fukasaku sparred with Sasuke and concluded that he had combined the senjutsu powers of Ryūchi Cave and Mount Myōboku into a state beyond Perfect Sage Mode.

Sage Fukasaku explained that Sasuke’s dragon horns let him absorb Natural Energy continuously, combining Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave sage powers without their usual risks. The Great Toad Sage summoned Sasuke to receive a prophecy, and the chapter ended as the ancient toad looked at him with a glimmer in his eyes.

• Sage Fukasaku explained how Sasuke’s dragon horns continuously absorbed Natural Energy, allowing him to maintain Sage Mode without its fatal weakness.
• Sage Fukasaku revealed that Sasuke’s Mount Myōboku Sage Mode had awakened and harmonized with Ryūchi Cave senjutsu power linked to Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal.
• Sage Fukasaku advised Sasuke to hide his dragon horns at Mount Myōboku because the younger toads might dislike them, and Sasuke deactivated Sage Mode.
• Gamariki told Sasuke that the Great Toad Sage had summoned him to give him a prophecy, so Sasuke followed him to the temple.
• The Great Toad Sage repeatedly forgot Sasuke’s identity while Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima corrected him, then silently watched Sasuke with a glimmer in his eyes.

After receiving a prophecy about a world-dividing war and a fateful battle against a dragon, Sasuke left Mount Myōboku with Jiraiya and Naruto. In Konoha, he helped Jiraiya prepare to propose to Tsunade, then reunited with Ino at her flower shop.

• The Great Toad Sage prophesied that Sasuke would face a dragon in a battle that would decide the ninja world's fate, then fell asleep before revealing more.
• Sasuke told Fukasaku he was leaving Mount Myōboku and later traveled to Tanzaku Town with Jiraiya and Naruto.
• Jiraiya repeatedly asked Sasuke about the dragon and whether he was the Child of Prophecy, while Sasuke reminded him to focus on proposing to Tsunade.
• Sasuke asked his forum-veteran friends for proposal advice and chose their suggestion that Jiraiya wear a suit and bring flowers.
• Sasuke paid for Jiraiya's suit, and the three headed toward Konoha Hidden Ninja Village to buy flowers.
• Sasuke entered Yamanaka Flowershop, where Ino recognized him and greeted him excitedly.