Chapter Summaries

Yuu showed Mei Terumi evidence that Uchiha Madara had controlled Yagura and pressured her over Kirigakure’s possible ties to the Akatsuki. After sending everyone else out, Yuu revealed Konan in the lounge and announced a contest to decide whether she would face public execution.

• Minato showed Mei Terumi footage of Yagura kneeling before the man who called himself Uchiha Madara, and explained that Madara had controlled the Fourth Mizukage.
• Mei Terumi denied that Kirigakure had any connection to the Akatsuki, but Yuu told her that he alone would decide whether it did.
• Yuu dismissed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, leaving Mei Terumi alone with him in the office.
• Mei Terumi mistook Yuu’s private meeting for a sexual proposition and began offering herself to save Kirigakure.
• Yuu called Konan out of the lounge and explained that she would compete with him in a game involving killing rabbits, with her life and public execution at stake.

Saiki Yuu forced Konan and Mei Terumi into a drinking contest, leaving Kirigakure’s fate and Konan’s life at stake. As the contest began, Mei Terumi realized Konan could drink far more than she expected.

• Mei Terumi mistakenly believed Yuu wanted her to undress, then realized he had only arranged a drinking contest with Konan.
• Mei Terumi and Konan felt humiliated by their misunderstandings and focused on the severe consequences of losing.
• Yuu declared the contest, warning that Kirigakure’s fate and Konan’s life depended on the outcome.
• Konan and Mei Terumi began gulping down bottles of wine, and Mei Terumi was surprised by how much Konan could drink.

Yuu drank alongside Konan and Mei Terumi until the two women passed out, then carried them away from his valuable desk. He reflected on how his family had made him limit his drinking and regretted losing his attribute point rewards.

• Konan forced herself to keep drinking with Mei Terumi, relying on the tolerance she had built up from drinking with Qi Da You Yu.
• Yuu joined them and drank bottle after bottle of fine wine at a terrifying pace, shocking Konan and Mei Terumi.
• Konan and Mei Terumi exchanged a look and collapsed together to avoid losing their drinking contest.
• Yuu found that the women were unconscious, reflected on his family's drinking rules and his lost attribute point rewards, and carried them over his shoulders.
• When Konan and Mei Terumi began blowing bubbles, Yuu slapped each of them on the backside to protect his expensive desk.

Yuu prepared Mei Terumi and Konan for the public execution while Akatsuki gathered at the Land of Fire border to invade Konoha. The chapter then showed the world watching Konoha assemble hundreds of jonin around the execution platform.

• Yuu handed the unconscious Mei Terumi and Konan to Tsunade and Yugao and said they would be executed publicly the next day.
• Tendo Pain and the Akatsuki members gathered at the Land of Fire border, each expressing a reason for attacking Konoha.
• Peisi led the battle-ready Akatsuki toward Konoha to rescue Konan and launch their assault.
• People around the world watched live footage of Konoha as its streets stood empty and its buildings had been moved aside.
• Konoha displayed an execution platform and a battle formation of several hundred jonin before the village gates.

Konoha assembled its jonin, Anbu, and six Tailed Beasts for a worldwide spectacle attended by the leaders of the Four Great Shinobi Villages. Saiki Yuu appeared on the Hokage's office building and took his seat as black-purple lightning split the sky.

• Konoha gathered its jonin, countless Anbu, and the One-Tail, Two-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails, terrifying observers around the world.
• Tsunade Saiki, Yugao Saiki, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Fugaku Uchiha took their seats beneath the execution platform.
• Minato Namikaze stood atop the platform as Konoha's Fifth Hokage while observers noted the arrival of the Tsuchikage, Kazekage, Raikage, and Mizukage.
• Saiki Yuu appeared atop the Hokage's office building and sat on the exalted seat as black-purple lightning tore through the clouds.

As the world watched Saiki Yuu’s execution platform, Konoha’s barrier unit sealed it off while the gathered leaders waited for the Akatsuki Organization. Deidara launched an attack with explosive spiders and a swarm of birds, and a sword rang out as the battle began.

• Kushina and Konoha’s barrier unit raised a Four-Square Barrier around the execution platform four hours before the announced execution.
• The Fourth Raikage complained that the Akatsuki Organization had not appeared, while Ōnoki urged him to be patient.
• Kurotsuchi asked whether Deidara would come, and Chiyo worried that Sasori might appear under these circumstances.
• Deidara’s explosive spiders attacked the Konoha Anbu, drawing Ōnoki’s anger.
• A swarm of strange birds flew overhead, and a clear sword cry rang out.

Deidara’s attack on Konoha was stopped by Saiki Yugao, whose enormous sword slash destroyed his explosive clay birds and forced him to dodge. Deidara and Xi were left facing the continuing slash as Konoha celebrated Yugao’s strength.

• Deidara sent a flock of explosive clay birds toward Konoha while Xi watched.
• Saiki Yugao appeared on a rooftop and unleashed a massive slash that annihilated the birds.
• Deidara raged that Yugao had destroyed his art, then Xi warned him to dodge the oncoming slash.
• Deidara steered his giant bird aside, but the slash grazed its right leg and set off an explosion.
• Ōnoki compared Yugao’s swordsmanship to Saiki Yuu’s and reflected on how Saiki Yuu’s guidance had made her a formidable fighter.

The Akatsuki Organization escaped the explosion and began its assault on Konoha, where its members faced the village’s ninja forces. Asuma confronted Hidan, while Kakuzu attacked with his tendril creatures and demanded that Byakko return his money.

• Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi wondered whether Deidara had died, but Deidara escaped the explosion on a giant bird and announced that the Throne Plan would begin.
• The newly created Animal Path blamed Deidara for nearly getting the Akatsuki Organization wiped out, while Sasori threatened to kill him later.
• Yudala, Hidan, Kakuzu, and the other Akatsuki members descended toward Konoha, and Itachi vanished in a flock of crows.
• Konoha's ninja prepared for battle as Hidan charged their formation and Asuma kicked him away, declaring that he would be Hidan's opponent.
• Kakuzu demanded that Byakko return his money, then attacked Konoha's formation with black tendrils and four masked monsters.

Itachi Uchiha returned to Konoha amid a public execution and clashed with Shisui, who treated him as an Akatsuki spy and rival for Yuu’s approval. Yuu watched their fight from above as the spectators wondered about the Uchiha’s greater powers.

• Kakuzu attacked Konoha’s jōnin formation with five elemental techniques, and ten jōnin countered with a combined fire attack.
• Itachi arrived in Konoha and evaded a barrage of projectiles before finding Shisui.
• Shisui declared Itachi an Akatsuki spy and challenged him, while Itachi realized Yuu had shaped the confrontation into a contest between them.
• Itachi and Shisui began fighting as Yuu watched from the Hokage’s office building and warned Itachi not to lose.
• Da Ye marveled at the pair’s shuriken skills and wondered about their Rinnegan powers.

Animal Path confronted Konoha’s Jonin while Saiki Yuu watched from above, and the assembled leaders recognized the Rinnegan and recalled Saiki Yuu’s power. The Jonin injured Animal Path’s summoned beasts with combined ninjutsu, but the beasts recovered and three enormous figures appeared to face the formation.

• Ōnoki, Ao, Rasa, and Mei Terumi watched Animal Path and discussed the legendary Rinnegan and Saiki Yuu’s defeat of its wielder.
• Animal Path summoned six giant beasts and sent them charging toward Konoha’s Jonin formation.
• Konoha’s Jonin scattered and used combined Earth, Water, and Lightning Release techniques to injure the beasts.
• Animal Path used his Rinnegan to restore and strengthen the injured beasts.
• Three enormous figures appeared before the Jonin and told them to stand back.

Pain summoned the other five bodies and launched a devastating Shinra Tensei, while the Tailed Beasts attacked his summons. The blast shattered Konoha’s joint Earth Flow Wall, leaving Ōnoki to reckon with the power of the enemy Saiki Yuu had already defeated.

• The One-Tail, Four-Tails, and Five-Tails attacked Pain’s summoned creatures, shocking people around the world with their strength and obedience to Saiki Yuu.
• The Animal Path resolved to rescue Konan so Pain could use his strongest forbidden techniques against Saiki Yuu and Konoha.
• The Animal Path summoned five figures, revealing six Rinnegan-bearing bodies and astonishing Ōnoki and Mei Terumi.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei against more than a dozen Konoha jonin’s Earth Flow Wall, shattering it instantly.
• Ōnoki judged Deva Path’s power to be beyond Kage level and wondered how strong Saiki Yuu had become.

Nagato sent an enhanced Deva Path and the Six Paths of Pain against Jiraiya and Orochimaru as they tried to stop the assault on Konoha. Yuu watched from his throne, intrigued by the life force the Rinnegan consumed, while Deva Path overwhelmed the two defenders.

• Nagato rebuilt the Six Paths of Pain and poured much of his remaining life force into strengthening Deva Path, intending to attack Konoha and rescue Konan.
• Preta Path absorbed Jiraiya’s Flame Bullet, and Deva Path rejected Jiraiya’s plea to abandon his delusions.
• Orochimaru taunted Deva Path and said he planned to capture him as research material for Yuu.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru fought the Six Paths of Pain, but Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei scattered Orochimaru’s snakes.
• Yuu sensed that the Rinnegan was consuming Nagato’s life force and watched as Deva Path’s stronger repulsive force hurled Jiraiya and Orochimaru into the ground.

The Nine-Tails intercepted Deva Path and fought him while the battle’s overwhelming power impressed viewers across the world. Deva Path was left badly wounded and exhausted, still unable to reach Konan on the Execution Platform.

• Deva Path and the Six Paths of Pain rushed toward the Execution Platform to rescue Konan before Saiki Yuu intervened.
• The Nine-Tails struck all six Paths out of the sky and blocked Deva Path’s way.
• Deva Path charged the Nine-Tails, which decided to fight him while keeping Lord Yuu’s plan in mind.
• Viewers across the world watched Konoha’s jonin unleash powerful ninjutsu and revered Saiki Yuu as their ruler.
• Deva Path ended the fight battered and low on chakra after avoiding his strongest techniques to protect Konan.

The Deva Path surveyed the Akatsuki’s failing battle against Konoha and resolved to rescue Konan from the Execution Platform before Saiki Yuu intervened. He raced toward Minato Namikaze, uncertain whether he could overcome the Fifth Hokage’s Space-Time Ninjutsu while his own chakra was depleted.

• The Deva Path watched Yugao Saiki overwhelm Deidara, Konoha jonin silence Hidan, Kakashi Hatake’s forces press Kakuzu, and Konoha fighters push Sasori’s puppets back.
• The Deva Path saw Saiki Yuu sleeping on his throne and, furious at being treated like a plaything, renewed his determination to rescue Konan and make Saiki pay.
• The Deva Path unleashed his chakra and sped toward the Execution Platform while the defeated Nine-Tails watched him with mockery and resolved not to oppose Saiki Yuu again.
• The Deva Path recognized Minato Namikaze beneath the barrier and worried that the Fifth Hokage’s Space-Time Ninjutsu would prevent him from rescuing Konan quickly.

Deva Path broke through the barrier at the Execution Platform, only to discover that Minato was not there and Saiki Yuu had deceived him. As Deva Path faced the Nine-Tails’ mockery, Ōnoki explained why he believed Saiki Yuu had been manipulating him all along.

• Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to shatter the black barrier around the Execution Platform.
• Deva Path found a collared white rabbit instead of Minato and realized Saiki Yuu had toyed with him.
• The Nine-Tails revealed that its apparent weakness had been an act and mocked Deva Path.
• Ōnoki watched Deva Path’s humiliation and recalled how Saiki Yuu had once defeated him.
• Ōnoki concluded that Saiki Yuu had arranged the trials to torment Deva Path and would never have allowed him a real chance to win.

Jiraiya accepted that he could no longer defend Nagato, while the Deva Path and Nagato unleashed their full power to destroy Konoha and kill Saiki Yuu. The chapter ended as Konoha and Ōnoki faced the terrifying attack gathering in the sky.

• Shima Sage rebuked Jiraiya for still sympathizing with Nagato, and Jiraiya admitted he regretted failing his former disciples but had no reason to defend Nagato.
• The enraged Deva Path rose above Konoha and vowed to destroy the village and kill Saiki Yuu.
• Nagato poured his remaining chakra and life force into the Deva Path, turning his red hair ash-white as he exhausted himself.
• The Deva Path unleashed the gathered power, making the sky tremble and shocking everyone in Konoha.
• Ōnoki recognized the attack's overwhelming force, while Kurotsuchi urged him to use Earth Style to defend them.

A terrifying repulsive-force attack threatened to annihilate Konoha, while Itachi Uchiha abandoned his Susanoo duel with Uchiha Shisui and claimed victory. As the attack descended, Ōnoki told Kurotsuchi to watch the strength of the world's most terrifying person, leaving unclear who he meant.

• Hidan spat out the gag that bound him and reacted in horror to the attack gathering in the sky.
• Uchiha Shisui asked Itachi Uchiha to pause their battle so they could use Susanoo to stop the attack.
• Itachi Uchiha dispersed his Susanoo, declared that he had won, and told Uchiha Shisui that he understood Lord Yuu better.
• The Deva Path unleashed Super Almighty Push toward Konoha's Execution Platform, threatening the village and its gathered elites.
• Kurotsuchi feared that she and Ōnoki would be killed, but Ōnoki calmly told her to observe the strength of the world's most terrifying person.

Saiki Yuu stopped Nagato’s life-costing Super Almighty Push with Conqueror’s Haki alone, astonishing the shinobi watching from Konoha and the stands. As the attack remained frozen in the sky, Kurotsuchi, Ōnoki, and Ao struggled to comprehend Yuu’s seemingly divine power.

• Saiki Yuu stood with Shusui and judged Nagato’s Super Almighty Push too weak to represent true Beyond Kage-level power.
• Saiki Yuu unleashed Conqueror’s Haki as black-purple lightning, stopping the repulsive force in midair without moving.
• The Deva Path cried out in disbelief when his all-out attack failed to advance against Saiki Yuu’s aura.
• Konoha shinobi rushed toward the Hokage’s office building and knelt in loyalty to Saiki Yuu.
• Kurotsuchi suffered under Saiki Yuu’s pressure, while Ōnoki marveled at his power and noticed his granddaughter’s reaction.
• Ao stared at the spectacle, felt his legs weaken, and knelt toward the Hokage’s office building.

Saiki Yuu used ultimate-level Conqueror’s Haki coating on Shusui to cut through Deva Path’s repulsive force. The slash overwhelmed the attack, leaving the battle’s outcome hanging as the Kage witnessed Yuu’s power.

• Mei Terumi clenched her teeth and secretly decided to take revenge on Saiki Yuu for humiliating her.
• Deva Path poured his chakra into another repulsive-force attack, desperate to break through Yuu’s aura.
• Saiki Yuu drew Shusui and coated it with ultimate-level Conqueror’s Haki.
• Saiki Yuu swung Shusui and sent a devastating slash through the air.
• Saiki Yuu’s slash cleaved Deva Path’s repulsive force in two, stunning the Kage who watched.

Nagato realized that his strongest attack could not match Saiki Yuu and gave up hope of defeating him. Meanwhile, Might Guy killed Sasori, and Chiyo learned that Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage, drawing Sunagakure into war.

• Nagato concluded that Super Shinra Tensei was the limit of his power and that he could not defeat Saiki Yuu.
• Might Guy, using the Seventh Gate, pierced Sasori's chest and killed him.
• Sasori saw Chiyo before he died, while Chiyo mourned her grandson.
• Ebizo warned Chiyo that fighting Saiki Yuu would only bring more deaths.
• Chiyo realized Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage and caused Sunagakure's costly war with Konoha.