Chapter Summaries

Danzo and Hanzō agreed to join forces to capture Nagato after learning that he possessed the Sage Eye, while Chiyue prepared to protect Nagato and help him start a new life. As word of the Sage Eye spread, the Third Raikage led Kumogakure forces toward the Land of Rain to investigate.

• Danzo recognized Nagato's eyes as the legendary Sage Eye, and Hanzō agreed to cooperate with him to capture Nagato before the Five Great Shinobi Villages arrived.
• Nagato told Chiyue that he wanted ordinary eyes of his own, and Chiyue promised to protect him and welcomed him, Yahiko, and Konan to settle in Konoha.
• Chiyue asked Tsunade to pass information about the Sage Eye to Kirigakure and Sunagakure.
• The Third Raikage heard A's report about the Konoha trip, then sent the delegation home and took the combatants toward the Land of Rain to investigate the Akatsuki leader with the Sage Eye.

News that Nagato possessed the Sage Eye spread through the Five Great Shinobi Villages, prompting them to focus on the Land of Rain. After Jiraiya confirmed the rumor and left to investigate, Uchiha Madara learned the Rinnegan had been exposed and grew suspicious.

• The Third Raikage and Ōnoki sent delegations toward the Land of Rain, while Sunagakure and Kirigakure contacted Konoha for information.
• Yagura told Jiraiya that intelligence from the Land of Rain placed the Sage Eye within the Akatsuki Organization, and Jiraiya sent messages to Mount Myōboku and Minato.
• Minato confirmed that Nagato possessed the Sage Eye, and Jiraiya left Kirigakure to investigate while Yagura agreed to continue the Six-Tails mission with the sealing squad.
• The Five Great Shinobi Villages turned their attention to the Land of Rain, and White Zetsu reported to Uchiha Madara that Nagato's Rinnegan had been exposed.
• Uchiha Madara wondered how Nagato had revealed the Rinnegan as Uchiha Obito trained underground and grew stronger.

Uchiha Madara decided to seize the Rinnegan and abandon Nagato, while Chiyue learned Danzo was hiding in Amegakure and prepared to confront him. Chiyue set out with Minato and the Anbu, while Jiraiya had also arrived in the Land of Rain to investigate Nagato.

• Uchiha Madara ordered Black Zetsu to reclaim the Rinnegan and capture the girl Obito cared about, and told him to use Orochimaru as a tool.
• Black Zetsu warned Uchiha Madara that Kakashi and Rin Nohara had disappeared from Konoha, so Uchiha Madara ordered them to use disguises and rely on Obito.
• Minato told Chiyue that Danzo had mixed in with Amegakure's people and that Anbu were following him.
• Chiyue suspected Danzo planned to work with Hanzō and target Nagato, then uncovered his face and announced he would go meet Danzo.
• Minato told Chiyue that Jiraiya had learned about Nagato and had traveled to the Land of Rain, and Chiyue said they should focus on killing Danzo.

Chiyue tracked Danzo’s operation to capture Akatsuki Organization members and prepared an ambush on his route back to Amegakure. He confronted Danzo in the rain, leaving Danzo shocked that his whereabouts had been exposed.

• Danzo captured several Akatsuki Organization members, tortured them for information, and learned where Nagato was hiding.
• Chiyue and Minato joined the team tracking Danzo, and Chiyue sent White to discover Danzo’s route back to Amegakure.
• Chiyue and Minato discussed sage techniques, Nawaki, and Minato’s secret romance while they waited for White’s report.
• White confirmed Danzo’s route, and Chiyue led Minato and the Anbu to intercept him.
• Danzo started back to Amegakure with the captives and encountered Chiyue blocking the road; he was stunned that Chiyue had found him.

Chiyue and Minato cornered Danzo in the Land of Rain, where Chiyue revealed Danzo had planted a Four Symbols Seal on himself as a last-resort bomb. When Danzo tried to escape, Little White knocked him down, and Chiyue ordered the others to kill him from a distance rather than risk capturing him alive.

• Chiyue, White, Minato, and the Anbu surrounded Danzo while Minato killed the Amegakure ninja accompanying him.
• Danzo summoned a giant black tiger to create an opening, but White killed the beast before Danzo could escape.
• Chiyue told Minato that Danzo's Four Symbols Seal could explode and take everyone nearby with it, prompting the Anbu to retreat.
• Danzo accused Orochimaru of revealing his secrets, and Chiyue confirmed the false accusation to unsettle him.
• Danzo tried to use Wind Style, but Little White struck him down with its tail.
• Chiyue ordered the others to attack Danzo from a distance because they could not capture him safely.

Chiyue and Minato escaped Danzo’s Four Symbols Seal, which killed Danzo, then prepared for the growing struggle over Nagato’s Rinnegan. As the Five Great Shinobi Villages and other factions descended on the Land of Rain, Akatsuki and Amegakure came under attack.

• Danzo activated the Four Symbols Seal and charged at Chiyue and Minato, but they escaped before the seal exploded and killed him.
• Chiyue ordered the Anbu to dispose of Danzo’s remains, then told Minato to gather intelligence on who had come to the Land of Rain for the Rinnegan.
• The Four Great Shinobi Villages and other groups arrived in the Land of Rain, targeting Akatsuki to learn Nagato’s whereabouts.
• A reported to the Third Raikage that Nagato possessed the Sage Eye and that Hanzō had already rounded up Akatsuki, so the Third Raikage ordered the capture and interrogation of Amegakure ninja.
• The villages captured Amegakure ninja and disrupted Akatsuki, while Hanzō realized his forces were in trouble and Jiraiya captured several Amegakure ninja without gaining useful intelligence.

Jiraiya joined Minato and Chiyue’s operation in the Land of Rain after learning that Nagato was only a pawn in a larger conspiracy, not the savior he had hoped to find. Chiyue refused Jiraiya’s request to meet Nagato, and Jiraiya learned that Orochimaru’s whereabouts were unknown.

• Jiraiya met Minato outside Amegakure, and Minato explained that Chiyue was investigating the person manipulating Nagato and the Sage Eye.
• Minato warned Jiraiya that Nagato was not a savior, and Jiraiya agreed to cooperate without acting recklessly.
• Minato brought Jiraiya to the temporary base, where Chiyue fed him and told him to help Minato gather intelligence instead of meeting Nagato.
• Chiyue said meeting Nagato could cause trouble while the Land of Rain was unsettled, and Jiraiya decided not to pursue it.
• Jiraiya asked about Chiyue’s research, and Chiyue revealed that Orochimaru had disappeared and might be dead.

Chiyue warned Jiraiya that Orochimaru had likely fallen into the hands of an old enemy, while Black Zetsu struggled to salvage his plans after losing track of Kakashi and Rin. Orochimaru’s staged escape gave Uchiha Obito hope of breaking free, and Chiyue arrived at Nagato’s hiding place.

• Chiyue told Jiraiya that Orochimaru had probably encountered an old monster and might have been controlled, prompting Jiraiya to demand more information.
• Black Zetsu brought Orochimaru to the Land of Rain and worried that his plans were unraveling because Nagato was in danger and Kakashi and Rin had disappeared from Konoha.
• Black Zetsu decided to press ahead, search for Nagato, and prepare a replacement who could take Nagato’s place if needed.
• Uchiha Obito complained about being confined underground and hoped to return to Konoha, while Black Zetsu kept him under watch.
• White Zetsu Tobi announced that Orochimaru had escaped, giving Uchiha Obito hope that he could escape too.
• Chiyue arrived at the base where Nagato was hiding.

Nagato chose to keep drawing the Five Great Shinobi Villages toward him so he could expose Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu, while Chiyue refused the Rinnegan and explained why a dead Uchiha Madara was more dangerous. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu helped Orochimaru escape as Uchiha Obito continued training to break free of Madara’s control.

• Chiyue told Nagato that Danzo had died after activating the Four Symbols Seal and warned that the major shinobi villages were closing in.
• Nagato offered Chiyue his Rinnegan, but Chiyue refused and said the eyes should return to Uchiha Madara because a dead Madara was more terrifying than a living one.
• Nagato chose to continue the plan and lure the villages toward him to force Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu into the open.
• Nagato deliberately left clues behind while Chiyue stayed back and watched events unfold.
• Black Zetsu helped Orochimaru escape, while Uchiha Obito kept training in the hope of breaking free of Uchiha Madara’s control.

After Tobi told Uchiha Obito that Orochimaru had captured Rin Nohara, Obito rushed to rescue her and found what appeared to be her corpse. Overcome with grief, he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and tore through Orochimaru, while a small white snake escaped.

• Tobi told Uchiha Obito that Orochimaru had captured Rin Nohara during her mission to the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Obito believed Tobi's explanation that Orochimaru had taken Rin to sabotage Uchiha Madara's plans and charged out to save her.
• Tobi led Uchiha Obito to Orochimaru's underground hideout, where Obito saw a bloody corpse on the operating table.
• Uchiha Obito's Sharingan advanced to the Mangekyō Sharingan as he broke down in grief.
• Uchiha Obito attacked Orochimaru, pierced his heart, and tore open his chest while a small white snake escaped.

Black Zetsu took control of Uchiha Obito while Orochimaru escaped after being defeated by Uchiha Madara. Orochimaru reached Chiyue’s group in the Land of Rain, where Chiyue explained the Uchiha tablet’s message and suggested the Rinnegan might not be the final power.

• Black Zetsu controlled Uchiha Obito, planned to inform Uchiha Madara, and left the underground base with White Zetsu corpses.
• Orochimaru escaped in snake form, found Konoha’s Anbu, and asked to meet their leader with intelligence about Uchiha Madara.
• Orochimaru learned Chiyue was in the Land of Rain and blamed him for directing him toward White Zetsu’s hiding place.
• Minato and Jiraiya returned to meet Orochimaru, who confirmed Uchiha Madara was alive and terrifyingly powerful.
• Chiyue explained that the Uchiha stone tablet came from the Sage of Six Paths and linked the Senju and Uchiha powers to the Rinnegan.
• Minato concluded that the combined powers produced the Rinnegan, and Chiyue said he suspected it was not the final power.

Chiyue revealed the Rinnegan’s potential and discussed Orochimaru’s plan to remove Nagato’s eyes and unite the Five Great Shinobi Villages against Uchiha Madara. Chiyue agreed to proceed if Tsunade approved, while Tsunade reacted with alarm after receiving the message.

• Chiyue explained that the Rinnegan could grow stronger beyond the Mangekyo Sharingan, shocking Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Minato.
• Orochimaru revealed that Uchiha Madara planned to use Uchiha Obito as a future Rinnegan vessel and reclaim Nagato’s eyes.
• Orochimaru proposed removing Nagato’s Rinnegan and convening a Five Kage Summit to warn the villages about Madara’s Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Chiyue agreed to follow Orochimaru’s plan if Tsunade approved and considered moving Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko to safety.
• Tsunade received the message, slapped her desk, and paced anxiously as Nara Shikaku watched in confusion.

Tsunade agreed to convene a Five Kage Summit to share the burden of removing Nagato’s Rinnegan and confronting Uchiha Madara. After returning to Konoha, Nagato had the Rinnegan removed and ordinary eyes transplanted, and Chiyue entrusted the Rinnegan to Little White.

• Tsunade decided to call a Five Kage Summit and have Nagato’s Rinnegan removed so the villages could jointly decide what to do with it.
• Chiyue promised Nagato new eyes, and Orochimaru returned to Konoha with Nagato and Minato while Jiraiya stayed behind with the squads.
• Tsunade asked Chiyue to watch Orochimaru during the operation because she still suspected he might be under Uchiha Madara’s control.
• Tsunade removed Nagato’s Rinnegan and Orochimaru transplanted ordinary eyes while Chiyue, Minato, Konan, and Yahiko watched.
• After Tsunade confirmed the operation had succeeded, Chiyue handed the Rinnegan to Little White for safekeeping.

Tsunade prepared Konoha to host a Five Kage Summit after securing Nagato and the Rinnegan, while keeping Orochimaru under suspicion. The Four Great Shinobi Villages accepted the invitation and headed to Konoha, and Tsunade was left handling the summit preparations as Chiyue relaxed.

• Tsunade sent Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko to Shikkotsu Forest and discussed Orochimaru’s suspicious reaction with Chiyue.
• Tsunade gave Chiyue Katsuyu’s contract scroll for safekeeping, and he passed it to Little White to carry.
• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to follow Orochimaru wherever he went, and Jiraiya reluctantly agreed.
• After finding no trace of Nagato in the Land of Rain and nearly fighting, Ōnoki and the Third Raikage left for Konoha when they learned Nagato and the Rinnegan were there.
• Tsunade arranged the Five Kage Summit in Konoha, and the Four Great Shinobi Villages agreed to send their Kage within three days.
• While Tsunade managed the summit preparations, Chiyue rested and spent time with Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto, and Pakura, irritating Tsunade.

Chiyue and Tsunade planned to use the Rinnegan to draw Uchiha Madara out, while the Five Kage gathered in Konoha to negotiate over it. Uchiha Madara cut off his life support and died, and the summit began with the other Kage questioning Konoha's motives.

• Chiyue told Tsunade that Konoha should set conditions before handing over the Rinnegan, so the other villages would seek Konoha's help against Uchiha Madara.
• After learning that the four Kage were heading to Konoha, Black Zetsu returned to the lair and discussed retrieving the Rinnegan with Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara cut the tubes connected to his back, died, and had his corpse stored by Black Zetsu using Kamui.
• The four Kage arrived in Konoha, and Tsunade and Orochimaru represented the village at the Five Kage Summit.
• In the lounge, A asked Chiyue whether Konoha had leaked the Land of Rain incident, and Chiyue denied it.
• At the summit, the other Kage questioned Tsunade about whether Konoha had called the meeting only to discuss the Rinnegan.

At the Five Kage Summit, Orochimaru revealed that Uchiha Madara had survived and was pursuing the Infinite Tsukuyomi using the Rinnegan and the Tailed Beasts. Tsunade then offered to negotiate over the Rinnegan, which Nagato had handed to Konoha.

• Tsunade redirected the summit discussion to Orochimaru, who said a creature called White Zetsu had controlled the Third Mizukage by taking root in his body and absorbing his Chakra.
• Orochimaru identified Uchiha Madara as the one behind White Zetsu's control, and said Madara had faked his death at the Valley of the End and remained hidden.
• Orochimaru explained that Madara had obtained the Rinnegan and planned to summon the Ten-Tails by capturing all the Tailed Beasts, then trap the shinobi world in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Rasa questioned why Nagato had the Rinnegan, and Tsunade explained that Madara had placed it in Nagato as a vessel so he could later revive himself.
• Tsunade said Nagato had handed the Rinnegan to Konoha and offered to discuss terms with the other Kage if they wanted it.

At the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade negotiated the Rinnegan’s division while the other villages largely ignored the threat of Uchiha Madara. Ōnoki and the Third Raikage took one eye each, and the chapter ended with Tsunade facing an angry question from someone who had not been informed about the summit.

• Tsunade demanded supplies from the villages seeking the Rinnegan, while Ōnoki and the Third Raikage pushed Sunagakure and Kirigakure out of the contest.
• Yagura asked for compensation for Kirigakure, and Ōnoki offered compensation to Rasa as well; Rasa accepted the way out.
• Tsunade, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage negotiated for a day, then gave one Rinnegan each to Iwagakure and Kumogakure and arranged compensation for the other villages.
• Chiyue had White place the Rinnegan on the table, and Ōnoki and the Third Raikage left with their eyes as the summit ended.
• Tsunade complained that the other Kage cared more about the Rinnegan than Uchiha Madara, while Chiyue predicted Madara would soon make them understand the threat.
• After the other villages left, someone confronted Tsunade and asked why they had not been informed about the summit.

Tsunade confronted the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura over their objections to her ninja census and exposed the elders’ resistance to scrutiny. The dispute erupted when Utatane Koharu called Tsunade’s handling of clan affairs a threat to the clans and accused her of selling village assets, leaving Tsunade furious and Chiyue woken by news of the argument.

• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura confronted Tsunade for keeping them uninformed about the Five Kage Summit and other matters.
• Tsunade challenged the elders for refusing to persuade clans to cooperate with the Anbu census, and Utatane Koharu accused her of undermining the clans.
• Tsunade threatened to begin census checks at the resistant clans and send anyone who refused to cooperate to Konoha Prison for investigation.
• Utatane Koharu accused Tsunade of selling village assets, and Tsunade demanded to know when the Senju family's belongings had become village property.
• The Third Hokage offered cooperation from the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans, but Tsunade dismissed the three visitors and ordered them to attend the elders' meeting.
• A messenger woke Chiyue to report the argument in the Hokage's Office, and Chiyue angrily told the intruder to leave.

Chiyue broke up a dispute between Tsunade and the elders by revealing Uchiha Madara’s return and Danzo’s death, then used fabricated evidence of the elders’ corruption to order an arrest of the Shimura Clan. Hatake Sakumo carried out Tsunade’s authorization, leaving the Third Hokage panicking as the clan faced ruin.

• Chiyue arrived at the Hokage’s Office and challenged the Third Hokage for undermining Tsunade’s authority.
• Tsunade explained that Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had objected to being excluded from decisions about the Five Kage Summit.
• Chiyue told the elders that Uchiha Madara was alive and had nearly killed Orochimaru, then handed them responsibility for dealing with him.
• Chiyue revealed that Danzo had died after conducting human experiments in the Land of Rain and questioned how he had obtained forbidden sealing knowledge.
• Chiyue claimed Danzo’s base contained evidence implicating the Third Hokage and the elders in corruption and the misuse of funds and Forbidden Jutsu.
• After Tsunade authorized his order, Chiyue sent Hatake Sakumo to arrest the Shimura Clan’s prominent members, while the Third Hokage failed to stop him.

After Danzo’s death, Chiyue pushed the Third Hokage and the two elders out of the investigation and ordered the Shimura Clan detained. The Third Hokage received alarming intelligence about Uchiha Madara, while Tsunade prepared to pressure the other clans.

• Chiyue warned the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura that they were suspects and threatened to expose the Sarutobi Clan’s hidden strength, so the Third Hokage left and the two elders followed.
• Chiyue told Tsunade to send the Third Hokage intelligence about Uchiha Madara and admitted he had no evidence against the Shimura Clan, ordering the Anbu to detain and interrogate them.
• Chiyue directed Tsunade to continue the Shimura Clan census, pressure the other clans, and use the Hyuga Clan’s branch family to force Hyuga Hiashi’s cooperation.
• The Uchiha Clan Police Force and the Anbu arrested the Shimura Clan’s head and core members, spreading panic through the clan.
• The Third Hokage refused to meet Shimura Clan members seeking help and read intelligence that revealed Uchiha Madara was alive, planning the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and had controlled Orochimaru.