Chapter Summaries

After Shin returned to the underground base, Nao made him eat more premium beef. In the Land of Lightning, the Daimyo’s ministers argued over how to handle the infected, and Fukude revealed Alpha Team and its serum as he pursued a potentially lucrative opportunity.

• Shin left the tavern after the four actors failed to appear and returned to the base, where Nao served him a feast of snowflake beef.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning summoned his ministers to discuss civilians infected by the virus who were smashing valuables in the capital.
• The ministers split into factions over whether to expel the infected, protect them, or avoid taking a position, and the Daimyo demanded answers from them all.
• Fukude weighed the potential profits from the serum and revealed Alpha Team’s existence and a sample of the pale blue serum to the Daimyo and ministers.
• The Daimyo remained wary of Fukude’s claims but decided he needed to bring Alpha Team under his control and obtain more serum.

Nawaki and Kaoru escaped the Cloud Ninja sent to escort them to the daimyo, while Shin’s G-Virus operation advanced into its second phase in Kumogakure. Albert Wesker confronted the Third Raikage after Tyrant No. 1 mutated again, and introduced himself as an Umbrella Corporation executive.

• Nawaki took Kaoru’s handgun, knocked the Cloud Ninja into the corridor, and escaped with her through the hotel window.
• Shin observed one of the five mutated Cloud Ninja complete its transformation and ordered Wesker to begin the second phase.
• Nao spotted a pale-haired figure arriving and reported the target’s arrival while Shin raced toward the destination.
• The Third Raikage fought Tyrant No. 1, which began a second mutation and resisted his lightning-powered attacks.
• Wesker tore off and crushed Tyrant No. 1’s head, then faced the Third Raikage and introduced himself before striking him.

Shin evaded and fought the Third Raikage before escaping after cracking his Lightning Armor, while Kumogakure suffered heavy damage from the remaining Tyrants. Ji and the Third Raikage concluded that Kirigakure had caused the monsters’ mutations, leaving Kumogakure convinced it had uncovered the culprit.

• Shin used Amatsukami’s predictions and Lightning Chakra Mode to evade the Third Raikage, then shattered his Lightning Armor with a vibrating dagger and escaped.
• Shin returned to the base exhausted, and Nao tucked him in after checking that he was uninjured.
• The four remaining Tyrants attacked Kumogakure, killing Cloud Ninja and damaging buildings, while Ji helped defeat Tyrant Number Three with an experimental Chakra bomb.
• Ji and a researcher found high calcium levels and special liquefying tissue in the Tyrant’s body, which reminded the Third Raikage of Kirigakure’s Kekkei Genkai.
• Ji declared that Kirigakure was behind the mutations, and the Third Raikage agreed.

Nawaki and Kaoru fled the Land of Lightning while Shin and Nao dealt with awkward misunderstandings at their base. Meanwhile, Young Ai’s transformation reached its final stage, leaving the Third Raikage and Shin facing the birth of the sixth Tyrant.

• Nawaki grew furious over his wanted poster and cursed the artist while Kaoru dragged him away from the capital.
• Shin woke to find Nao had covered him with a blanket, then mistook chili sauce for strawberry jam at breakfast.
• Over the next three days, the G-Virus took over more than eighty percent of Young Ai’s body as the Third Raikage watched over him.
• Shin arrived at the hospital and fought the Third Raikage, warning that Young Ai was about to become the sixth Tyrant.
• Young Ai sat up, turned savage, and declared that he wanted to destroy everything.

Shin injected Ai with a serum and claimed he could save him, while the Third Raikage suspected Shin was a Kirigakure rogue ninja behind the G-Virus outbreak. Nao finished destroying the laboratory evidence, leaving Shin and the Raikage facing each other as the operation continued.

• Shin injected Ai with pale blue serum, gave the Third Raikage another dose for two days later, and said he was an Umbrella Corporation executive rather than the person in charge.
• The Third Raikage deduced that Shin had injected himself with the G-Virus and was likely a survivor of Kirigakure's experiments, but Shin questioned his conclusion.
• Nao entered the hospital room and said she had destroyed the brains of the six Tyrants.
• Earlier, Nao used her Byakugan, crossbow, Sage Mode, and fighting skills to eliminate the Cloud Ninja guarding the laboratory.
• Nao reached the laboratory's dissected corpses to destroy them and preserve the illusion that Umbrella Corporation and Kirigakure had opposing goals.

Nao destroyed the only Tyrant specimen that Kumogakure’s research institute could study, while Shin negotiated with the Third Raikage over the serum needed to save young Ai. The Third Raikage let them leave, unaware that the altered inhibitor would kill Ai once the G-Virus was removed.

• Nao entered Kumogakure’s research institute and destroyed the brain of the last usable Tyrant corpse, then escaped the pursuing researchers.
• Shin confronted the Third Raikage in the hospital room, where the Third Raikage demanded a year’s supply of serum in exchange for letting them leave.
• Shin told the Third Raikage that only he could save Ai, and the two sides avoided a fight after the Third Raikage chose not to gamble on Shin’s defenses.
• Shin and Nao promised to return in two days and escaped the hospital with their grappling guns.
• The Third Raikage vowed to kill Shin and Nao once Ai recovered, unaware that the altered inhibitor would become lethal after the G-Virus was withdrawn.

Nawaki and Kaoru confronted Fukude, who offered his wealth and covert trade channels to save his life. After they let him go to draw out his contact in Konoha, Fukude began packing his assets while Shin sneezed in Kumogakure and sensed trouble brewing in the Land of Lightning.

• Nawaki and Kaoru confronted Fukude about betraying them and the serum, and Nawaki threatened him with a gun.
• Fukude blamed the daimyo, then offered his wealth and promised to hand over trade channels in the Land of Fire and Konoha.
• Nawaki and Kaoru spared Fukude and gave him scrolls, intending to use him to draw out the person behind the Konoha channel.
• Fukude packed his assets, believing he could join Alpha Team and use the serum to gain power over the major countries.
• Shin sneezed in Kumogakure and sensed that something strange might happen in the Land of Lightning.

Shin returned to Kumogakure to inject young Ai with serum and confronted the Third Raikage, whose Anbu recognized Shin as a potential top fighter and threat to their village. Their controlled chakra standoff erupted into a clash outside Kumogakure, where the Third Raikage launched a Lightning Release attack at Shin.

• Shin arrived at the hospital alone, injected young Ai with serum, and provoked the Third Raikage into a chakra standoff.
• Ti and Eve discussed Shin's strength and the shifting balance of power in the Ninja World, with Ti suspecting the Umbrella Corporation was targeting Kumogakure.
• Shin and the Third Raikage held their ground for nearly five minutes, shattering the floor beneath them without damaging the rest of the hospital room.
• The Third Raikage gave Shin an opening, and the two crashed through a window and landed five kilometers outside Kumogakure.
• Shin seized the Third Raikage's wrist in the dust cloud as the Raikage spread Lightning Release across a wide area, while Ti ordered the Anbu to protect him.

Shin and the Third Raikage fought to a standstill in a high-speed taijutsu match until Nao arrived and called Shin away. Shin vanished with Nao and returned to Kumogakure's underground base, leaving the Raikage and his Anbu unable to track them.

• Shin and the Third Raikage exchanged blows at full speed, and neither could overcome the other's defenses.
• Nao arrived, deflected Eve's shuriken, and told Shin she was hungry while the Anbu mistook her words for something suggestive.
• Shin ended the sparring match, shook off the Third Raikage, and disappeared with Nao before the Anbu could stop them.
• The Third Raikage concluded that Shin was still hiding his strength, while Eve sensed no movement traces or Chakra fluctuations.
• Shin and Nao returned to Kumogakure's underground base, where Shin collapsed after using all his Chakra to stage their escape.

Shin explained Nao’s misunderstanding about what women meant when they said they were hungry, then surrendered his supplies to her teasing. At the Daimyo Estate, Nawaki used the serum negotiations to convince the Land of Lightning that Kirigakure was behind the virus outbreak.

• Nao returned with beef, and Shin cooked it before collapsing from overeating.
• Nao asked why people had looked at her strangely, so Shin used Amatsukami and then confessed the suggestive meaning of her words.
• Nao teased Shin by asking if he wanted to make her full, and he handed her his supply pendant.
• Nawaki rejected the Land of Lightning’s request for the serum manufacturing method while offering a thirty-percent price reduction.
• Nawaki claimed Beta and Sigma Squad had risked their lives to obtain the serum, leading the daimyo to suspect Kirigakure and the Mizukage were spreading the viruses.
• Fukude privately concluded that Alpha Team’s organization was manipulating the Land of Lightning, though the serum’s manufacturing method did not exist.

Nawaki and Kaoru persuaded the Land of Lightning’s daimyo to keep their intelligence deal secret, while he secretly organized a raid on Kirigakure. Black Zetsu captured and killed the raiders, then mistook their mission for a failed provocation by the Land of Lightning.

• Nawaki and Kaoru acted out a heartfelt appeal that convinced the daimyo to keep their arrangement secret.
• A week later, forty-nine rogue ninjas entered Kirigakure disguised as members of a merchant caravan, intending to reach the Mizukage Building.
• After discovering their target was beneath the Mizukage Building, the scarred leader called off the mission and led the group toward Kirigakure’s entrance.
• The ninjas encountered the Third Mizukage and Hanzo, whose Rinnegan abilities left the group unable to move.
• Black Zetsu extracted the ninjas’ memories and killed them, then wondered what the T-Virus and serum were before deciding the raid had been a Land of Lightning provocation.

Nawaki and Kaoru accepted billions of ryo from the Land of Lightning’s daimyo while Shin prepared a staged monster attack to turn the daimyo against the Third Raikage. Alpha Team’s battle with Tyrant No. 8 ended with them taking its head, clearing the way for the next stage of the operation.

• Black Zetsu refused to take the bait after successive groups from the Land of Lightning were destroyed before reaching Kirigakure.
• The Land of Lightning’s daimyo asked Nawaki and Kaoru to hire their organization to attack Kirigakure, and they tearfully accepted several billion ryo.
• Shin completed Tyrant No. 7, Tyrant No. 8, and Tyrant No. 9, then decided it was time to turn the Land of Lightning’s daimyo against the Third Raikage.
• Tyrant No. 8 rampaged near the Land of Lightning’s capital, and Nawaki and Kaoru arrived with Alpha Team.
• Nawaki missed Tyrant No. 8 with his gun, then charged with a tactical dagger as Kaoru joined him in a staged fight.
• Alpha Team severed Tyrant No. 8’s head after about ten minutes, winning the guards’ admiration and advancing the operation.

Nawaki’s drunken banquet with the Land of Lightning’s ministers ended with Kaoru hauling him away, while Shin and Nao advanced their plan in Kumogakure. After the Third Raikage ordered an investigation into two mysterious Tyrants, Shin and Nao exploited the village’s reliance on firsthand evidence and changed identities to prepare their next move.

• Nawaki dazzled the daimyo and ministers with his drunken wine-bathing stunt, and Kaoru dragged him back to bed after the banquet.
• Shin and Nao began Phase Four, summoned two rampaging Tyrants, and discussed a future in which they ended up together.
• The Third Raikage recognized the Tyrants as rogue ninja who had infiltrated the Land of Lightning years earlier and ordered Ti to investigate them.
• Ti found the daimyo’s ministers and Cloud Ninja passed out drunk, then left in disgust without questioning the scene.
• Shin and Nao concluded that Kumogakure’s leaders would believe what they saw, restored their original appearances, and Nao headed toward Kaoru’s room.

Ti concluded that the Land of Lightning's daimyo was secretly sending rogue ninja on missions to Kirigakure, though he lacked evidence to voice his suspicions. At the Daimyo Estate, Shin revised the next stage of his plan and assigned Nao a role that led her to accuse him of abusing public office for private gain.

• Ti identified the two Tyrants as rogue ninja from Iwagakure and Amegakure and hypothesized that the daimyo had dispatched them on secret missions to Kirigakure.
• Ti suspected the daimyo was bypassing Kumogakure and threatening the balance between ninja villages and their rulers, but he withheld the accusation for lack of proof.
• Shin woke Nawaki, who remembered drunkenly carrying more than a hundred men around the Daimyo Estate and learned that only Team One remembered the embarrassing stunt.
• Shin revised the fourth stage of his plan and told Nawaki, Nao, and Kaoru that he and Nao would play Leon Scott Kennedy and Claire Redfield.
• Nao accused Shin of abusing public office for private gain, and Shin admitted the charge after she confronted him.

After a banquet in the Land of Lightning, Shin confronted the Third Raikage over Kumogakure’s research into Tyrants and challenged him to a fight. Their evenly matched clash left them standing inside a vast hollow carved from the surrounding earth.

• The daimyo reminisced about banquets while Nawaki and Kaoru left the hall with him after seeing the ministers sprawled on the floor.
• At Kumogakure Hospital, Shin gave young A an injection, then asked the Third Raikage where the previous night’s Tyrant was.
• The Third Raikage revealed Kumogakure wanted to study Tyrant brains to control them, and Shin accused him of trying to create a mutant army.
• Shin provoked the Third Raikage, smashed through the hospital wall, and defeated the Anbu who tried to stop him.
• Shin and the Third Raikage met in the surrounding terrain and exchanged a punch and finger strike that hollowed out the earth around them.

Shin used All-Attribute Chakra Mode to defeat the Third Raikage while disguising the fight as a narrow victory. After Shin pretended to collapse, Nao negotiated their escape from the Cloud Ninja.

• Shin combined fire, wind, water, earth, and lightning Chakra to overwhelm the Third Raikage with rapid attacks.
• The Third Raikage unleashed his full strength, and Shin merged Yin, Yang, and Senjutsu Chakra into his All-Attribute Chakra Mode.
• Shin and the Third Raikage clashed in a blast that swept spectators into the air, and Shin eventually forced the Raikage away from Kumogakure.
• Shin exhausted most of his Chakra, pretended to fall unconscious, and called Ada for help.
• Nao arrived and offered to take Shin away if the Cloud Ninja reclaimed their Raikage, then Shin revealed his Sharingan and frightened them into fleeing.

After Wesker defeated the Third Raikage, Ti took charge of Kumogakure and ordered its forces to withdraw from the Land of Hot Water. The Third Raikage planned to recover before training with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, while Nawaki dealt with the angry Land of Lightning daimyo.

• Ti and Eve assessed the destruction left by Wesker's battle with the Third Raikage and discussed Kumogakure's weakening position among the ninja villages.
• The Third Raikage woke in the hospital, heard from young Ai that Wesker had promised to destroy Kumogakure's G-Virus research if it went out of control, and put Ti in charge while he recovered for half a year.
• Ti ordered Cloud Ninja on the Land of Hot Water front to withdraw into the Land of Lightning.
• The Land of Lightning daimyo complained to Nawaki that Kumogakure had withdrawn without consulting him, then drank until he passed out.
• As Nawaki carried the daimyo to his room, the guards joked about his supposed experience with Chris, and Nawaki silenced them with a glare.

Leon Scott Kennedy and Claire Redfield delivered 460 doses of serum to the Land of Lightning’s daimyo, while Sakumo learned he could take leave before his child’s birth. Chiken prepared Uchiha to win over Konoha’s rising stars and advanced his younger son’s path toward the Hokage position.

• Leon Scott Kennedy and Claire Redfield presented the daimyo with 460 doses of serum, and Shin, Nawaki, and Kaoru declined extra payment for the delivery.
• The Third Hokage told Sakumo that Shin had infiltrated Kumogakure and caused its retreat, granting Sakumo two months of leave.
• Wuzhe reminded Wenzhe that the Uchiha were working to win over Konoha’s young shinobi, including Sakumo and the Ino-Shika-Cho clans.
• Chiken returned to his tent after supplying Orochimaru with research materials and reviewed Uchiha Mumei’s draft news report.
• Chiken and Mumei discussed Uchiha’s growing influence and the goal of a Konoha where fairness depended on strength rather than privilege.

Chiken revealed his plan to spread the Uchiha across the Ninja World through branch companies and varied roles, with Nameless assigned to the Land of Wind. The chapter ended with Shin sneezing at the Daimyo Estate in the Land of Lightning and joking with Nao.

• Chiken and Nameless discussed the Uchiha’s status in Konoha and concluded that the clan needed to change rather than remain isolated.
• Chiken told Nameless that he planned to scatter the Uchiha across the Ninja World, using branch companies to extend their reach and give clan members different roles.
• Nameless asked whether the Second Young Master knew of the plan, and Chiken admitted through his bluster that he had not told him.
• Chiken assigned Nameless to the Land of Wind, and Nameless left carrying the news draft with a heavy sense of responsibility.
• At the Daimyo Estate of the Land of Lightning, Shin sneezed and joked with Nao, who told him to take his medicine.

At the ruins of the Whirlpool Country, the Third Hokage and Danzo resolved to stop the Mist’s repeated infiltrations, though for different reasons. Back in Konoha, Sakumo returned from vacation and agreed to temporarily guide Kushina and four other troublesome children.

• The Third Hokage abandoned his plan to infiltrate the Land of Water after Danzo reminded him not to imitate a certain young shinobi.
• Danzo recalled how the young shinobi’s battlefield feats and return had disrupted his plans to weaken the Uchiha and build Root’s funds.
• Sakumo returned to Konoha and encountered Teacher Nishino chasing Kushina and four boys after they caused trouble at the Ninja Academy.
• Teacher Nishino explained that he had been trying to keep the new students out of trouble and complained about Kushina’s past pranks.
• Teacher Nishino asked Sakumo to act as the five children’s guiding Jonin during his vacation, and Sakumo agreed.