Chapter Summaries

Kaze defeated Yugito Nii and the Cloud Ninja force, then ordered the arriving Anbu to secure the survivors and treat the wounded. He kept Yugito in the Police Department’s custody and, while considering Karin’s situation, reflected that Uzumaki clan members were suited to becoming Jinchuriki.

• The Anbu captain recognized Kaze and was stunned by his accomplishments as Kaze directed the Anbu to capture surviving Cloud Ninja and treat the injured Konoha ninja.
• Shirakumo Hayama recovered from the battle and realized Kaze’s arrival had saved his life.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi warned that Yugito might help the Cloud Ninja attack Konoha from within, so Kaze ordered Kiyoshi to carry her to the Police Department.
• Kaze covered the unconscious Yugito with his haori and rejected Kiyoshi’s proposed title of “noble Blue Lightning.”
• Kaze thought about Karin, who might still be with her mother in Kusagakure, and concluded that Uzumaki clan members were well-suited to becoming Jinchuriki.

After Uchiha Kaze defeated Yugito Nii and captured her, Hiruzen Sarutobi considered using her return to secure peace with Kumogakure. Kaze brought the recovering Jinchuriki to the Leaf Village Police Force, where Uchiha Setsuna and the others learned who she was.

• Konoha celebrated its victory, while Anbu Squad Two stayed at the border and Anbu Squad One escorted Kaze and the Cloud Ninja captives back to the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the battle through his Clairvoyance Jutsu, marveled that Kaze had defeated the fully transformed Yugito Nii, and decided returning her could help prevent further war.
• Anbu proposed taking Yugito Nii to the Interrogation Department, but Kaze laughed and had Uchiha Kiyoshi carry her to the Leaf Village Police Force instead.
• Kaze sensed that Yugito Nii was regaining consciousness and suspected she was pretending to be asleep while looking for a chance to escape or attack.
• At the Police Force, Uchiha Setsuna asked who Yugito Nii was, and Kaze identified her as Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered Konoha’s clan heads and Jonin after Kaze captured Yugito Nii, but proposed returning her and the captured Cloud Ninja to secure peace with Kumogakure. Kaze challenged Hiruzen’s plan and accused him of protecting the Raikage.

• Kaze left Fugaku in charge of guarding Yugito Nii and went to the Hokage Building for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s meeting.
• Hiruzen told the assembled clan heads and Jonin that Kaze and the Anbu had stopped Kumogakure’s invasion and captured Yugito Nii.
• Hiruzen argued that Konoha should avoid expanding the war and seek peace with Kumogakure, a position most clan representatives supported.
• Hiashi warned that Kumogakure might not accept peace after losing Yugito Nii, but Hiruzen said Konoha should return her and the captured Cloud Ninja.
• Kaze objected to returning Yugito Nii and cited Kumogakure’s past betrayals before asking Hiruzen why he was protecting the Raikage.

Kaze rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s proposal to return Yugito Nii unharmed, arguing that Konoha needed to defeat Kumogakure decisively rather than trade hostages for temporary peace. He revealed the Cloud-Hidden Valley Gambit, a plan to capture Killer B and extract the Eight-Tails.

• Kaze argued that returning Yugito Nii would only give Kumogakure time to recover and threaten Konoha again.
• Kaze called for a counterattack that would make Kumogakure afraid to challenge Konoha for a hundred years, shocking the Clan Heads and Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen warned Kaze not to underestimate the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, or their Liger Bomb.
• Kaze said he had learned through Genjutsu that the Fourth Raikage kept Killer B in Cloud-Hidden Valley to practice the Tailed Beast Bomb and would keep him from joining a war.
• Kaze proposed tying down the Fourth Raikage while a small Ninja Unit entered Cloud-Hidden Valley and kidnapped Killer B.
• Kaze explained that the plan required the Eight-Tails, not Killer B himself, and that Konoha could extract it and choose a new Jinchuriki.

Uchiha Kazekage proposed capturing the Eight-Tails and bringing Uzumaki Karin to Konoha as a Jinchuriki, astonishing Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village advisers with his knowledge of Karin. He asked Hiruzen to support the operation and said he needed three teammates, leaving the advisers asking whom he wanted.

• Koharu warned that choosing and preparing a Jinchuriki required suitable candidates and careful observation.
• Kazekage named Karin as his candidate and explained that Uzumaki Karin had survived the Land of Whirlpools Incident, lived in Kusagakure, and possessed strong sensory abilities and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura were stunned by Karin's existence and Kazekage's intelligence-gathering ability.
• Kazekage asked Hiruzen to support an operation to bring Karin and the Eight-Tails to Konoha as spoils of war.
• Kazekage said he needed three teammates to retrieve Karin and Killer B, and Mitokado Homura asked whom he wanted.

Kaze proposed an operation to rescue Karin and capture Killer B, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved it. Kaze prepared to leave for Kusagakure with Hizashi, a medical ninja, and Kakashi Hatake.

• Kaze explained that the mission could bring Karin and Killer B to Konoha, while failure would cost the village little beyond his own life.
• Kaze asked Hiashi to send Hizashi as the team’s sensory ninja, and Hizashi volunteered to join the mission.
• Kaze named a medical ninja and Kakashi Hatake as the other members of the team.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Kaze’s plan and told him to bring Karin back to Konoha.
• Kaze promised to bring back both Karin and Killer B and prepared to leave the village.

Kaze led Hizashi, Kakashi, and Shichiya to Kusagakure under the Third Hokage’s orders to bring Karin and her mother, survivors of the Uzumaki Clan, to Konoha. After Tsukiri welcomed them, Kaze stated their purpose, and Tsukiri was stunned by Konoha’s demand.

• The Third Hokage sent Kaze, Hizashi, Kakashi, and Shichiya to the Land of Grass, with Shichiya also tasked with monitoring Kaze.
• Kaze’s group traveled for two days and entered the Land of Grass, where Kaze considered the risks of taking Karin from Kusagakure.
• Tsukiri welcomed the Konoha ninjas after Kusagakure’s border scouts reported their arrival.
• Kaze told Tsukiri that they had come under the Third Hokage’s orders to take Karin and her mother to Konoha.
• Tsukiri’s friendly expression vanished, and he stared at Kaze in disbelief.

Kaze used Sharingan Genjutsu to make Tsukiri lead him and his companions through Kusagakure to Karin. They found the frightened five-year-old imprisoned in a dungeon, and Kaze suspected she had been punished for asking to see her mother.

• Tsukiri refused to hand Karin and her mother over to Konoha and told Kaze's group to leave Kusagakure.
• Kaze activated his Sharingan and placed Tsukiri and the nearby Kusagakure ninjas under Genjutsu, ordering Tsukiri to take them to Karin.
• Kaze had the other controlled ninjas sleep in a side alley, then led Kakashi, Hizashi, and Shichiya after Tsukiri.
• Tsukiri brought the group to Kusagakure's dungeon, where guards let them pass because of his status.
• Kaze and the others found five-year-old Karin curled up on straw, and Kaze suspected Kusagakure had punished her for asking to see her mother.

Kaze rescued Karin from Kusagakure’s dungeon and learned that her mother was still alive, being forced to heal injured ninja at the Medical Center. He led the group there to rescue her as well, where they discovered the horrific way she was being used.

• Kaze melted the lock to Karin’s cell, put her to sleep with Genjutsu, and had Kakashi carry her out.
• Kaze questioned Tsukiri and learned that Karin’s mother was at Kusagakure’s Medical Center.
• Shichiya urged Kaze to leave before the Kusa-nin noticed them, but Kaze insisted that Karin and her mother should not be separated.
• Kaze, Kakashi, Hizashi, and Shichiya followed Tsukiri to the Medical Center, with Kaze hiding Karin beneath his haori.
• Hizashi used his Byakugan to see Karin’s mother surrounded by injured ninja who were forcibly draining her Chakra.

Kaze rescued Karin's Mother from Kusagakure's medical room and faced a force of Kusa-nin blocking his group's escape. He ignored their demand for an explanation, and Chōsei's attack ended with the kunai flying back and killing him.

• Hizashi saw Kusa-nin draining Karin's Mother's chakra and abusing her in the medical room.
• Kaze broke into the room, knocked out the Kusa-nin who attacked him, and carried the badly weakened woman out while Kakashi and the others prepared to leave.
• Chōsei and a group of Kusagakure ninjas blocked Kaze's group and demanded an explanation for taking their medical ninja.
• Kaze said Konoha did not owe Kusagakure an explanation and ordered Hizashi, Kakashi, and Shichiya to leave with him.
• Chōsei threw a kunai at Kaze, but it flew back and pierced Chōsei's head.

Kaze and his team fought off the pursuing Kusa-nin and planned their next move toward Cloud-Hidden Valley. When Kakashi rejected Kaze’s attempt to recruit him, Kaze revealed that Obito was alive and intended to destroy Konoha, then claimed Obito had saved Kakashi in Kirigakure.

• Kaze used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s power to turn the Kusa-nin’s weapons against them and killed the pursuers who attacked his group.
• Kaze stopped the group at night, assigned Shichiya to treat Karin’s Mother and Hizashi to keep watch, then told Kakashi they would split up near the Land of Fire.
• Kaze planned to send Shadow Clones with Shichiya to escort Karin and her mother to Konoha while he, Kakashi, and Hizashi infiltrated Cloud-Hidden Valley.
• Kakashi refused when he suspected Kaze wanted him to join the Leaf Village Police Force, but Kaze stopped him by saying Obito was alive and planned to destroy Konoha.
• Kakashi seized Kaze in anger, and Kaze told him that Obito had saved him in Kirigakure.

Kaze told Kakashi that Obito had survived Rin’s death and become the Masked Man, then asked him to use his Mangekyō Sharingan to help counter Obito’s Kamui. Kakashi struggled to accept the revelation, while Karin’s Mother woke after treatment and threatened Shichiya with a kunai.

• Kaze explained that Obito survived Rin’s death, became the Masked Man, and used the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha.
• Kaze revealed that Obito had asked him to collect the Tailed Beasts and destroy Konoha and the other ninja villages.
• Kaze told Kakashi that his left eye had awakened Kamui and urged him to use it against Obito’s Kamui.
• Kakashi questioned why Obito would attack Minato and Konoha, then remained behind to grapple with Kaze’s claims.
• Shichiya treated Karin’s Mother, but Karin’s Mother woke and threatened her with a kunai.

Kaze offered Karin and her mother protection in Konoha in exchange for Karin becoming a Jinchuriki, after Karin's Mother confronted Shichiya over Konoha's failure to save the Land of Whirlpools. Karin's Mother weighed the offer but asked Kaze for one more reason to trust him.

• Karin's Mother confronted Shichiya with a kunai and accused Konoha of abandoning the Land of Whirlpools.
• Kaze heard Karin's Mother's accusations and reflected on Konoha's role in the Land of Whirlpools' destruction.
• Kaze promised Karin and her mother safety, dignity, and support if they joined Konoha, and warned that Karin could be exploited as a medical tool in the Land of Grass.
• Karin's Mother dropped her kunai after Kaze appealed to her concern for Karin's future.
• Kaze revealed that Konoha wanted Karin to become a Jinchuriki and promised her a protected, happy life.
• Karin's Mother asked Kaze why she should believe him.

Kaze secured Karin's mother’s agreement to the deal and split from Kakashi and Shichiya after they reached the Land of Fire. He and Hizashi infiltrated the Land of Lightning with Kakashi, aiming to capture Killer B and use the mission’s success to help free Hizashi and Neji from the Caged Bird Seal; they arrived near Cloud-Hidden Valley.

• Kaze used his Sharingan and displayed his control of the situation, persuading Karin's mother to accept his deal, though she asked to become the Jinchuriki in Karin's place.
• Kakashi returned to camp, and the group traveled into the Land of Fire before Kaze and Kakashi created Shadow Clones to escort Karin and her mother with Shichiya.
• Kaze learned from Uchiha Kiyoshi that the Raikage had invaded the Land of Fire with one thousand Kumogakure ninjas and that Kirigakure had landed on the southern coast.
• Kaze, Hizashi, and Kakashi bypassed the Land of Lightning’s border outposts and infiltrated the country in about two days.
• Kaze assured Hizashi that Killer B was in Cloud-Hidden Valley and explained that capturing him could make them Konoha’s Meritorious Officials and help free Hizashi and Neji from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Kaze, Hizashi, and Kakashi reached the vicinity of Cloud-Hidden Valley.

Kaze, Hizashi, and Kakashi reached Cloud-Hidden Valley to capture Killer B, with Kaze warning his companions about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s strength. After Killer B mistook them for autograph-seeking fans, Kaze launched the attack, leaving the confrontation just beginning.

• Kaze explained that Killer B was a powerful Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and an exceptional ninja, and Kakashi and Hizashi questioned whether Kaze could handle him.
• Hizashi used his Byakugan to locate Killer B while Kaze’s Mind Net detected him and the valley’s eight guards.
• Kaze and his companions reached Killer B’s training ground and found him practicing his rap.
• Killer B mistook the Konoha ninja for fans seeking his autograph, while Hizashi remarked that Killer B seemed unlike the ruthless ninja he had imagined.
• Kaze threw a kunai at Killer B and used Shave to begin the attack.

Kaze, Kakashi, and Hizashi attacked Killer B, but his speed and coordination with the Eight-Tails let him counter their assault. Killer B exploited their openings and charged at Kakashi with a sword aimed at his neck.

• Kaze rushed Killer B with a Kunai while Kakashi launched a Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but Killer B blocked the Kunai and split the water dragon with his sword.
• Killer B threw six short swords into the air and charged Kakashi, using Chakra to send three blades at Kakashi's hands and feet.
• Kakashi deflected two blades, but the third pierced his left shoulder and forced him backward.
• Hizashi tried to strike Killer B's Chakra points with Gentle Fist, but the Eight-Tails formed a Chakra fist and punched him away.
• Killer B charged Kakashi and thrust a short sword toward his neck.

Kaze revealed a lightning-based elemental technique that stunned Killer B and rendered his swords useless. He followed up with an electrically empowered Tempest Kick that threatened to cut through Killer B’s last two blades.

• Killer B defeated Kakashi’s Shadow Clone and charged at Kaze, while Hizashi watched in shock.
• Kaze transformed his body into lightning, surprising Killer B with a technique resembling the Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Killer B’s swords pierced Kaze harmlessly, but Kaze’s heat melted the blades and forced Killer B to retreat.
• Gyuki warned Killer B that Kaze’s energy-like body made him difficult to hit and advised him to use Lightning Release.
• Kaze launched an electrically strengthened Tempest Kick, and Killer B crossed his last two swords to block it as the blades began to crack.

Kaze, Kakashi, and Hizashi fought Killer B, but the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki powered up with Gyuki’s Chakra and charged Kaze with a Liger Bomb. Kaze anticipated the attack and met it with a powerful fist, leaving their clash unresolved amid a destructive blast.

• Kaze shattered Killer B’s short sword with Wind Release, and Killer B recognized him as the Konoha team’s trump card.
• Kakashi attacked Killer B from behind with Lightning Beast Tracking Fang, but Killer B countered it with Lightning Release and Gyuki’s Chakra.
• Gyuki urged Killer B to focus on Kaze, and Killer B cloaked himself in Tailed Beast Chakra with four tails.
• Killer B charged at Kaze with a Liger Bomb, while Kaze used his Mind Net, Moonwalk, and the Eight Gates to prepare a counter.
• Kaze struck the Liger Bomb with his Chakra-coated fist, and the collision shattered the stone slabs beneath them.

Kaze overwhelmed Killer B with his speed and strength, breaking both arms and several ribs before Gyuki took control and partially transformed him. The transformed Killer B began charging a Tailed Beast Bomb against Kaze.

• Killer B's Liger Bomb failed to move Kaze, who struck him with a lightning-powered punch and sent him flying.
• Kaze overtook Killer B and landed an axe kick, breaking his defending arm and driving him into a crater while evading Gyuki's Chakra Tails.
• Kaze opened the Second and Third Gates, then punched Killer B in the chest and broke four ribs.
• Gyuki warned Killer B that Kaze was an unusually powerful opponent, and Killer B handed over control so he could recover.
• Gyuki partially transformed Killer B, healing his injuries and forcing Kaze back with a sonic shockwave.
• Kaze landed and challenged the partial transformation, while Killer B began condensing a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Kaze countered Gyuki the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb with lightning, the Fifth Gate, and a Chakra air bullet shaped like a tiger. After predicting Gyuki's words and binding him in place, Kaze sent the bomb crashing into him, and the explosion swallowed Gyuki.

• Gyuki caught Kaze's ankles with his Chakra Tails and prepared to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Kaze sent high-voltage electricity through the Chakra Tails, then opened the Fifth Gate as Gyuki launched the bomb.
• Kaze struck the air and formed a lightning-covered tiger from a Chakra air bullet, stopping the Tailed Beast Bomb in midair.
• Gyuki tried to escape, but Kaze's Lightning Release hands seized his ankles and pulled him back into the bomb's range.
• Kaze predicted Gyuki's words, then his tiger drove the Tailed Beast Bomb into Gyuki and the resulting explosion swallowed him.