Chapter Summaries

Rasa realized that fighting Saiki Yuu would only get Sunagakure’s elites killed, so he tried to propose another way out. Yuu remained ready to cut down everyone present, leaving Rasa’s proposal as their last hope.

• A Kumogakure Elite Jonin asked Chiyo whether she had any option besides dying gloriously, and Chiyo looked to Ebizo for help.
• Yuu praised Rasa’s resolve and promised to bury him with his strongest slash.
• Rasa shouted for Yuu to wait and asked to make a proposal.
• Rasa reconsidered his decision to fight after realizing that resistance would not save Sunagakure’s elites or his reputation.
• Yuu asked whether Rasa had any last words and said he planned to cut down everyone there.

Rasa tried to save Sunagakure’s elites by offering Saiki Yuu exclusive wine from the Land of Wind Daimyo’s Mansion. Ebizo backed Rasa’s offer, leaving the fate of the gathered shinobi in Yuu’s hands.

• As Yuu prepared to strike Rasa, Rasa offered him exclusive wine from the Land of Wind Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Rasa addressed Yuu respectfully and argued that the wine was worth tasting, shocking the Cloud Ninja and sand shinobi.
• Chiyo grew furious at Rasa’s humiliation of Sunagakure, but Ebizo stopped her from intervening.
• Ebizo supported Rasa and offered to arrange a large supply of exclusive wine for Yuu.

Rasa and Ebizo tried to appease Yuu by offering him fine liquor in exchange for sparing them. The chapter left Chiyo restrained and buried face-first in sand after Rasa silenced her to keep Yuu from becoming angry.

• Yuu agreed that Sunagakure's specially supplied liquor was a worthwhile offer.
• Rasa eagerly promised Yuu plenty of fine wine if he spared them, while Ebizo suspected Rasa only wanted to survive.
• Yuu called out Chiyo for glaring at him, and Rasa rushed to silence her.
• Rasa used Magnet Release to bury Chiyo's face in sand and restrain her joints while he apologized to Yuu.

Rasa and Kumogakure's advisers tried to appease Saiki Yuu to save their villages from destruction. Yuu agreed to spare them but said he would still slash each of them, beginning with Rasa.

• The Fourth Raikage realized Kumogakure might have to surrender, while Rasa begged Yuu for mercy.
• Kumogakure's advisers covered the Fourth Raikage's mouth and offered Yuu the same price as Sunagakure.
• The Fourth Raikage pretended to struggle but held back from attacking the advisers, and Rasa watched nervously for Yuu's response.
• Yuu agreed that sparing them was possible but said he would still slash them, then pointed Shusui at Rasa.

Saiki Yuu prepared to slash Rasa and the surrendered shinobi despite promising to spare their lives, leaving the Sand and Cloud forces frightened and helpless before him.

• Rasa pleaded with Saiki Yuu after being ordered to stand before Black Blade Shusui, but Yuu clarified that sparing their lives did not mean sparing them from being slashed.
• Chiyo escaped Rasa's control with Ebizo's help and learned why Rasa had cooperated with Yuu.
• Chiyo blamed Rasa for pressing her head into the sand, then stiffened when Ebizo warned that Yuu might slash them too.
• Yuu told Rasa he might lose an arm or a leg but would not die.
• The Sand shinobi and Cloud Ninja grew pale at the prospect of being slashed, but dared not resist Yuu.

Yuu prepared to drink wine before dealing with Rasa, ordering Orochimaru to create furniture and Jiraiya to clean and arrange the bottles. The Sand and Cloud leaders watched their former battlefield nemeses serve Yuu and were left grimly aware of how powerful Konoha’s old pillars had been.

• Yuu told Rasa to wait while he prepared, then took out numerous bottles of fine wine.
• Orochimaru used Earth Style to raise an ornate table and chairs from the ground at Yuu’s signal.
• The Sand and Cloud leaders were stunned to see Orochimaru make furniture for Yuu and questioned his fearsome reputation.
• Jiraiya wiped sand off the wine bottles and arranged them on the table, prompting disgust among the Sand and Cloud forces.
• The allied forces felt heavyhearted as they recalled that Jiraiya and Orochimaru had once been Konoha’s pillar figures.

Yuu drank the fine wine before him until he became completely drunk, then staggered toward Rasa and attacked him with Shusui’s scabbard. The chapter ended with Yuu continuing to lash Rasa while the Kazekage insisted he had not moved.

• Tsunade uncorked the bottles of fine wine as Rasa and the Fourth Raikage recognized them as rare treasures.
• Yuu drank every bottle, and his system announced a special boost to his reward because he had entered a drunken state.
• Yuu stood up with Shusui and told Rasa he would chop him up, making Jiraiya and Orochimaru pity the Kazekage.
• Yuu struck Rasa with the scabbard and accused him of moving, though Rasa insisted he had stayed still.
• Yuu swung the scabbard at Rasa repeatedly.

Saiki Yuu brutally beat Rasa until he swayed along with Yuu’s movements, then slashed him nearly in half with Shusui. Rasa remained alive and screaming as the Cloud-Sand Allied Forces watched in horror.

• Rasa screamed as Saiki Yuu repeatedly beat him, leaving the Allied Forces shuddering with fear.
• Rasa used his sand to sense Yuu’s swaying and mimicked it until Yuu stopped beating him.
• Yuu ordered Rasa to stand still and raised Shusui, while Rasa realized the sword remained steady despite Yuu’s drunken movements.
• Yuu slashed Rasa from his neck to his abdomen, leaving a horrific wound as Rasa screamed and the Allied Forces stared in shock.

Saiki Yuu accidentally slashed Rasa while drunk, leaving the Fourth Kazekage on the verge of death. A mysterious power then completely healed Rasa, astonishing Chiyo and the Sand shinobi.

• Rasa collapsed from his wound and realized Saiki Yuu's slash was meant to kill him.
• Saiki Yuu remarked that he had missed because he was drunk, and Rasa despaired over his unjust death.
• A mysterious power descended and rapidly healed Rasa's injuries.
• Chiyo was stunned by the apparent miracle, while Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others remained unsurprised by Yuu's ability.

Yuu revived Rasa, then beat him for moving and wasting his time, leaving the Sand and Cloud Alliance ninjas terrified. The system rewarded Yuu for severely injuring Rasa, though the gains were modest.

• Orochimaru resolved to develop ninjutsu specifically for Yuu and keep him happy.
• Rasa awoke with his abdomen restored and praised Lord Yuu.
• Yuu whipped Rasa for moving during the procedure and wasting his Six Paths Power.
• Rasa fainted to escape the beating, while the Sand and Cloud Alliance ninjas trembled in fear.
• The system granted Yuu chakra, constitution, Armament Haki, and swordsmanship comprehension for injuring Rasa.

Yuu forced the Sand and Cloud Alliance ninjas into a line and began harvesting attribute points by inflicting nonfatal wounds on them. He left the Fourth Raikage for last as the allied forces watched in terror.

• Yuu ordered the Sand and Cloud Alliance ninjas to line up and struck the two Cloud Ninja at the front with Shusui's sheath.
• Yuu told the lined-up ninjas to relax, while the Kumogakure advisers massaged the humiliated Fourth Raikage.
• Yuu praised the Fourth Raikage for loosening up and said he would chop him last.
• Yuu began cutting the allied ninjas with Shusui, causing severe but nonfatal wounds and gaining attribute points with each swing.

Yuu repeatedly slashed Chiyo while searching for attribute points, and his apparent failure to remember cutting off her arm enraged her. Chiyo lay badly wounded and burning with anger as the scene ended.

• Yuu cut Chiyo, frowned when he received no attribute points, and slashed her leg again.
• Yuu struck Chiyo three more times, leaving her limp and close to passing out.
• Ebizo saw Yuu's relentless attack on his sister and reacted with pain and confusion.
• Yuu asked whether he had cut Chiyo before, making her realize he had forgotten severing her right arm half a year earlier.
• Chiyo, furious despite her severe wounds, resolved to fight Yuu to the death.

Yuu continued slashing the Cloud-Sand Allied Forces, while Ebizo and Sunagakure Medical Ninja treated Chiyo. He then wounded the Fourth Raikage and discovered that the Raikage granted him more attribute points than Rasa had.

• Chiyo's wounds bled heavily as she tried to move, so Ebizo and Sunagakure Medical Ninja began treating her.
• Chiyo fainted after hearing Yuu insult her, and Yuu ordered the remaining Cloud-Sand Allied Forces ninja to line up.
• The Allied Forces ninja massaged their muscles to make Yuu's slashes easier, and he cut through them one by one.
• Yuu examined the Fourth Raikage's muscles while Kumogakure advisers encouraged him, and the Raikage resigned himself to being slashed.
• Yuu cut a long wound across the Fourth Raikage, gained attribute points, and remarked that the Raikage was stronger than Rasa.

Saiki Yuu berated the wounded Fourth Raikage after mistaking him for someone else, then threatened to kill him. The strategist bought the Raikage time by reminding Yuu that he still needed to request fine wine from the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo.

• The Fourth Raikage felt pleased when he thought Saiki Yuu had finally recognized him, but Yuu asked where the “Little Electric Mouse” was.
• Yuu described A’s son as useless, and the Fourth Raikage revealed that he was the person Yuu meant.
• Yuu recognized the Fourth Raikage and furiously insulted him for disgracing his father and family.
• Yuu raised his blade and declared that he would clean house for A.
• Kumogakure’s strategist pleaded with Yuu to spare the Raikage until he had secured fine wine from the Daimyo, and Yuu agreed to wait.

The Fourth Raikage lost consciousness after Yuu’s attack caused him to vomit blood. Yuu ordered the Cloud-Sand Allied Forces to deliver wine to Konoha, and they reluctantly agreed to do so within ten days.

• The Fourth Raikage became enraged at Yuu’s words, vomited blood, and passed out from blood loss.
• Yuu finished slashing the Cloud-Sand Allied Forces and sheathed his blade.
• Yuu demanded that the Allied Forces deliver wine to the Konoha front line camp within three days.
• The Kumogakure strategist said three days was impossible, and Tsunade proposed ten days instead.
• Yuu threatened to slash them all if they failed to deliver the wine, so Rasa and the Kumogakure strategist agreed to the deadline.
• Sunagakure and Kumogakure began preparing fine wine for Yuu.

The Eight-Tails decided to take Shukaku and the Two-Tails to Konoha because they feared Saiki Yuu. After waking them, it announced their destination, leaving both tailed beasts stunned.

• The Eight-Tails carried the unconscious Shukaku and Two-Tails toward Konoha while Killer B accepted that they had no choice but to go there.
• The Eight-Tails dunked Shukaku in a lake to wake him, and the Two-Tails awoke as well.
• Shukaku celebrated when he saw that Saiki Yuu was gone and tried to leave, but the Eight-Tails restrained him with its tentacles.
• The Eight-Tails told Shukaku and the Two-Tails that it was escorting them to Konoha, leaving them dumbfounded.

The Eight-Tails told Shukaku and the Two-Tails that Saiki Yuu had ordered them to go to Konoha and await his judgment, not attack the village. It warned that fleeing would be futile because Yuu had gained even more of the Six Paths Old Man’s power, leaving Shukaku to remember how he had been repeatedly beaten and healed.

• The Eight-Tails corrected Shukaku and the Two-Tails, explaining that Saiki Yuu had ordered them to escort themselves to Konoha and wait for him.
• Shukaku and the Two-Tails protested at the idea of voluntarily surrendering and asked why they could not flee.
• The Eight-Tails warned them that Saiki Yuu could find them anywhere and would not spare them if he caught them after they ran.
• The Eight-Tails reminded Shukaku that Saiki Yuu could heal him instantly after nearly killing him, and Shukaku began recalling his repeated beatings and recoveries.

Shukaku and the Two-Tails agreed to follow the Eight-Tails to Konoha, fearing Saiki Yuu would torture them if they tried to escape. As the three raced toward the village, Hiruzen Sarutobi quietly drank wine alone in the Hokage's office.

• Shukaku realized Saiki Yuu could repeatedly inflict and heal its soul-damaging pain, and abandoned its plan to leave.
• The Two-Tails agreed to go to Konoha, fearing Saiki Yuu would capture and torture it again.
• The Eight-Tails urged Shukaku and the Two-Tails to hurry, and the three charged toward Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi checked that the Hokage's office was empty, then drank his wine and grumbled about Saiki Yuu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi wondered why reports from the front had stopped after Yuu’s devastating blitzkrieg against the Sand and Cloud Alliance. A growing tremor interrupted him, and a messenger rushed in to address the Hokage.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi lamented that Yuu had confiscated nearly all his fine wine and reflected on how much he trusted Yuu’s leadership.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reread the latest report about Yuu’s blitzkrieg and the destruction of Bridgehead Fortress 1.6.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi wondered why Jiraiya and Orochimaru had sent no further reports from the front lines.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi felt the ground shake and watched the tremors grow stronger.
• A messenger rushed in and called out to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Three Tailed Beasts—the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails—advanced on Konoha while most of the village’s important figures were away at the front. Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to use the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, or Nine-Tails to defend the village, leaving Konoha to face the attack with its own strength.

• An Anbu ninja staggered into the Hokage’s presence and warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Tailed Beasts were attacking.
• Konoha’s ninja rushed to prepare defenses as the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails approached the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the walls and learned the three beasts would reach Konoha in ten minutes.
• A Konoha jonin suggested using the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Nine-Tails to fight the attackers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the proposal and ordered that Konoha rely on its own strength.