Chapter Summaries

Yei investigated the Rain Country and learned that Sasori of the Red Sand had joined the Akatsuki, while Rock’s Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, appeared on the battlefield against Sand. He reached the Rain Country and confirmed that Nagato controlled it and was using the Rain Tiger at Will Technique to monitor the land.

• Yei chose to investigate the Rain Country rather than risk exposing his disguise on the Mist battlefield, then visited Mui in the Grass Country.
• Mui reported that the Rain Country was sealed off and that Sand had attacked Rock after learning Sasori of the Red Sand possessed the Third Kazekage Puppet.
• Yei ordered Mui to investigate Sasori’s appearance and the Sand-Rock war more closely.
• Several days later, Yei learned that Roshi had appeared on the battlefield and that Sasori had joined a mercenary group wearing black robes with red clouds and straw hats.
• Yei concluded that Sasori had joined the Akatsuki and traveled to the Rain Country.
• Yei detected the Rain Tiger at Will Technique in the rain and realized that Nagato had taken control of the Rain Country.

Roshi learned that Ōnoki’s secret hiring of Akatsuki had helped spark Sand’s war against Iwagakure, then confronted Yei, who was disguised as an Akatsuki member. Yei attacked Iwagakure’s camp and challenged Roshi, ending the chapter as Roshi fought back with a Lava Release technique.

• Roshi blamed Ōnoki for hiring Sasori and causing Sand to attack Iwagakure.
• Explosions struck Iwagakure’s defensive line, and a sensory ninja reported that a lone attacker wearing Akatsuki’s cloak was advancing.
• Roshi went out to confront the attacker, while his men suspected the organization was angry that Iwagakure had ended its contract without compensation.
• Yei, disguised as an Akatsuki member, repelled Iwagakure’s ninjutsu with Wind Release and advanced through the camp.
• Yei identified Roshi and told him to come quietly, while Roshi attacked with Lava Release: Scorching River Rock Technique.

Yei lured Roshi and the Iwagakure pursuers toward Hidden Rain Village while his clone attacked the village with a Cero. Deva Path Pain repelled the attack, and Yei used the explosion to convince Roshi that the Akatsuki was powerful before fleeing into the village with the pursuers after him.

• Yei feigned weakness and taunted Roshi as he led the Iwagakure pursuers toward the Land of Rain.
• Yei's clone put on the Hollow Mask and fired a Cero at the tallest building in Hidden Rain Village.
• Deva Path Pain sensed the attack and countered it with Shinra Tensei, causing a huge explosion that shook the village.
• Yei pretended to blame Iwagakure for attacking the Akatsuki headquarters and claimed their leader had killed Hanzo the Salamander.
• Roshi took the Akatsuki seriously and ordered his ninja to capture Yei alive, but Yei dashed into Hidden Rain Village with them in pursuit.

Yei confronted Deva Path Pain in the Hidden Rain Village, probing him about Akatsuki’s plans while resisting Pain’s Almighty Push. As Sunagakure and Kusagakure approached the area, Nagato grew suspicious that one of the great villages had targeted Akatsuki.

• Mui falsely told Chiyo and the Sunagakure group that Akatsuki had killed Hanzo and taken control of the Land of Rain, drawing them toward the disturbance.
• Deva Path Pain recognized Yei as the masked man from Grass Country and flew to confront him, while Konan worried about the encounter.
• Yei teased Pain about his Reincarnation Eye and asked whether he had killed Hanzo, then resisted Pain’s Almighty Push.
• Yei questioned Pain about Akatsuki’s goals and claimed someone had hired him to investigate the organization.
• Pain suspected that Sunagakure or Iwagakure had set their sights on Akatsuki after Sasori’s involvement in their war.

Yei fought Deva Path Pain while Sand and Rock forces entered the Rain Country, and both sides realized the Akatsuki had been exposed. Konan went to face the incoming forces as Pain continued battling Yei, with neither fighter gaining the advantage.

• Yei used Hollow Bullets against Deva Path Pain, who blocked them with Shinra Tensei and restrained Yei with Almighty Attraction.
• Konan and Pain recognized the approaching forces as members of Rock and Sand, including Jinchuriki, and Konan left to confront them.
• Pain strengthened Almighty Attraction, but Yei anchored himself with golden chains and blocked Pain’s Shinra Tensei with Severing Void, sending Pain crashing through buildings.
• Yei and Pain traded Hollow Bullets, boulders, Black Rods, and punches before entering a Taijutsu clash in which neither gained the upper hand.

Sasori and Kakuzu defended Akatsuki against Sand and Iwagakure after Yei drew both villages into the Hidden Rain Village. As Kakuzu fought Roshi and Sasori faced Chiyo, Konan realized Roshi knew Akatsuki was targeting the Tailed Beasts.

• Sasori and Kakuzu watched the fighting in the Hidden Rain Village and discussed their new leader's strength as Konan arrived to warn that Sand and Iwagakure were targeting Akatsuki.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage Puppet and sent Iron Sand toward Sand, while Kakuzu charged toward Iwagakure and Konan created a paper clone to join the battles.
• Yei watched Iwagakure's ninja fight Akatsuki's peripheral forces, then vanished after spotting Kakuzu and Konan approaching.
• Kakuzu attacked Iwagakure's ninja, but Roshi blocked his flames with an Earth Flow Wall and challenged him as the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Roshi attacked Kakuzu with Lava Release, and Konan realized that Roshi knew Akatsuki's secret plan to target the Tailed Beasts.
• Sasori confronted Chiyo and defended his path as a puppet master while she condemned his actions.

Yei fought Deva Path Pain until Nagato unleashed Planetary Devastation, pulling Yei and the surrounding battlefield into a growing sphere of rubble. As the other fighters watched the attack, Konan worried that using it could drain Nagato’s life force.

• Yei evaded Deva Path Pain’s attacks, restrained his summoned rhino and Ninja Hound with Locking Binding Chains, and said he had only been hired to investigate the Akatsuki.
• Deva Path Pain summoned a black sphere and used Planetary Devastation to draw Yei, the summoned animals, buildings, and earth into the sky.
• Chiyo and Scorpion paused to look at the growing sphere, then resumed their fight as Scorpion revealed that its creator was the Akatsuki’s leader.
• Konan saw Nagato use Planetary Devastation and worried that forcing the difficult technique could drain his life force.

Yei broke Deva Path Pain’s Planetary Devastation with a powerful Cero and revealed that the fighter Pain had faced was only a clone. The encounter ended with Pain shaken by Yei’s strength and knowledge of the Reincarnation Eye, while Yei acknowledged how formidable Pain was.

• Roshi and Kakuzu continued fighting as they watched the distant clash and wondered about the masked fighter’s strength.
• Yei fired a powerful Cero that pierced Planetary Devastation’s core and shattered the stone sphere.
• Yei told Deva Path Pain that he knew how to counter the Reincarnation Eye technique and hinted at a connection to Pain’s hidden identity.
• Yei’s clone vanished, and his true body emerged, revealing that the clone had fought Pain.
• Deva Path Pain was shocked by the revelation, while Yei recognized that Pain was still an exceptionally powerful opponent.

Yei intimidated Deva Path Pain by briefly revealing a power that surpassed Pain’s, then left without attacking him or the Akatsuki. He had achieved his aim of bringing the Akatsuki into the open and left Nagato to decide how to respond to Rock and Sand.

• Deva Path Pain claimed that the Reincarnation Eye made him unbeatable, but Yei cited Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju as stronger examples.
• Deva Path Pain sensed that Yei’s Chakra was not much stronger than his clone’s and accused him of bluffing.
• Yei briefly combined the Hollow Mask and Flash Cry, revealing a surge of Chakra that surpassed Deva Path Pain’s.
• Yei told Deva Path Pain that the Shinobi World was more dangerous than he imagined, then vanished without attacking him.
• Yei concluded that the Akatsuki’s early exposure would draw the Five Great Ninja Villages’ attention and left Nagato to decide how to deal with Rock and Sand and Roshi, the Four-Tails.

After Yei left, Nagato resolved to grow stronger and sent Deva Path Pain back to capture Roshi. Roshi fought Pain and learned from Son Goku that Pain’s Reincarnation Eyes made him too dangerous to face.

• Nagato watched Yei leave and, wary of his strength, resolved that no one would stand above him.
• Deva Path Pain returned to Konan, who warned that they might have been set up, but Pain chose to deal with Roshi first.
• Pain pulled Roshi away from his fight with Kakuzu and repelled Roshi’s lava attack with Shinra Tensei, hurling him into a crater.
• Roshi rose from the crater and entered partial Tailed Beast transformation, while Son Goku recognized Pain’s Reincarnation Eyes.
• Son Goku warned Roshi to flee, explaining that Pain was too dangerous and that Akatsuki had set its sights on the Tailed Beasts.

Deva Path Pain defeated Roshi and the Iwagakure forces, capturing the Four-Tails' Jinchuriki as the Akatsuki began its plan. Back in Iwagakure, Ōnoki ordered a rescue team and planned to expose the Akatsuki as a threat to the other villages, hoping to halt the war.

• Deva Path Pain, Kakuzu, and Konan attacked the retreating Iwagakure Ninja, and Pain repelled Roshi's Tailed Beast Ball.
• Deva Path Pain defeated Roshi and wiped out most of the Iwagakure forces, while Chiyo withdrew from her fight with Scorpion and Konan's clone.
• An Iwagakure survivor reported Roshi's capture and the Akatsuki's strength to Ōnoki and the village's other leaders.
• Han urged the leaders to focus on rescuing Roshi, while they considered Iwagakure's limited forces and ongoing threats from Sand and Kumogakure.
• Ōnoki ordered a rescue team, planned to speak with the Kazekage, and directed Iwagakure to spread the word that the Akatsuki was targeting the Tailed Beasts and might be fueling the war.

Yei learned that Akatsuki had been exposed after Iwagakure and Sand discovered its role in their war and began planning a joint expedition against the Land of Rain. Obito learned of the exposure and, with Akatsuki’s plans disrupted, decided to accelerate his operations against Konoha and Mist.

• Yei returned to Konoha’s camp, learned through Mui that Akatsuki had been exposed, and burned the intelligence he received.
• Iwagakure and Sand recognized Akatsuki’s role in their conflict, ended their war, and began preparing to invade the Land of Rain and rescue Roshi.
• Kumogakure and Konoha paused their fighting while Mist held back from another offensive.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Akatsuki had been exposed and that Iwagakure and Sand were moving against the Land of Rain.
• Obito told Black Zetsu to return to Nagato, learned that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki would give birth within ten days, and decided to move faster against Konoha and Mist.

Yei’s squad reached the Land of Bears front, where Mist had launched a massive assault, and Yei suspected Obito was using the war to prepare a Nine-Tails attack on Konoha. Meanwhile, Minato battled the Three-Tails and the Fourth Mizukage, then sensed Kakashi and vanished from the fight to meet him.

• Kakashi, Yei, Shisui, and Gai hurried to reinforce the Land of Bears front after Mist launched an all-out attack on Konoha.
• Yei connected Jiraiya’s sudden return to Konoha with Mist’s assault and feared Obito was planning the Nine-Tails attack while Konoha’s forces were occupied.
• Minato fought the Three-Tails and Yagura Karatachi while trying to persuade the Fourth Mizukage to stop the war.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God Transfer to redirect the Three-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball into Mist’s forces, causing a devastating explosion.
• As Minato prepared to gather senjutsu Chakra, he sensed Kakashi nearby and teleported away, leaving Gamabunta to hold off the Three-Tails.

The Fourth Hokage began gathering senjutsu chakra and ordered Kakashi, Shisui, Yei, and Gai to hold off the Mist forces for five minutes. Shisui confronted the transformed Fourth Mizukage with Susanoo while the others fought Mist ninja, leaving Yei locked in battle with Kurosuki Raiga.

• The Fourth Hokage asked Kakashi, Shisui, Yei, and Gai to defend the battlefield while he prepared a technique, then sat down to gather Sage Mode chakra.
• Kakashi assigned Shisui to hold off the Fourth Mizukage and sent himself, Yei, and Gai to stop the Mist offensive.
• Shisui used Susanoo to knock back the Three-Tails and protect Gamabunta as Konoha and Mist ninja watched in shock.
• Yei, Gai, and Kakashi joined the fighting, with Kakashi facing Zabuza and Gai battling Kisame.
• Kurosuki Raiga attacked Yei with the Lightning Blades, Kiba, and Yei countered before the two began a fierce clash.

Obito gathered intelligence on Konoha, Nagato, and a mysterious Uzumaki Clan member before infiltrating Konoha and declaring his plan to destroy it. Meanwhile, Orochimaru continued experiments in hiding and prepared to confront Danzo over the child who had survived the First Hokage Cells.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that Konoha was weakened, Orochimaru had defected, and Nagato had driven Sand and Rock out of the Land of Rain using the Four-Tails’ Chakra.
• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed the mysterious Uzumaki Clan member who had controlled a monster comparable to a Tailed Beast and Nagato’s interest in Konoha’s sealing techniques and the Nine-Tails.
• Obito used Kamui to infiltrate Konoha, vowed to destroy the village, and left flowers at Rin Nohara’s grave before vanishing.
• Orochimaru emerged from a snake in his hidden laboratory and vowed not to let Danzo keep the child who had survived the First Hokage Cells and gained Wood Release.
• Orochimaru continued gathering Dark Chakra through increasingly cruel live experiments and prepared to test his new ninjutsu on Danzo.

The Fourth Hokage, Shisui, and their allies defeated the Fourth Mizukage and broke the genjutsu controlling him, ending the battle between Mist and Konoha. As the armies withdrew, a toad arrived with an urgent warning that something had happened in Konoha.

• The Fourth Hokage and Shisui restrained the Three-Tails while Gamabunta pinned it down, and the Fourth Hokage sealed it with the Four Symbols Seal.
• Shisui broke the Mangekyo genjutsu controlling the Fourth Mizukage, who realized he had been forced to start the war and recognized the Sharingan behind it.
• Zabuza retreated from Kakashi, Gai defeated Kisame, and Yei overwhelmed Kurosuki Raiga and the Mist ninjas defending him.
• The Fourth Mizukage ordered Mist to stop fighting and withdraw, and the Fourth Hokage ordered Konoha to stand down and return to camp.
• A red toad appeared at the Fourth Hokage's camp through the Reverse Summoning Technique and told Minato that something had happened in Konoha.

Orochimaru raided one of Danzo’s hidden laboratories in search of a successful Wood Release test subject, but found only secret research materials and was confronted by Danzo and Root. After revealing his new Zero-Tails-powered abilities, Orochimaru fought his way through Konoha and summoned Manda, leaving the village under attack.

• Orochimaru broke into Danzo’s underground laboratory, found Sharingan and First Hokage Cell experiments, and used a giant snake to take the equipment away.
• Danzo arrived with Root and ordered them to attack Orochimaru, who survived their ninjutsu through rapid regeneration and fought back with snakes and the Kusanagi Blade.
• Orochimaru escaped to the surface, killed Root ninja, and sent tiny snakes across Konoha to search for the missing test subject.
• Danzo denounced Orochimaru before arriving Konoha ninja, while Orochimaru declared that he would not be blamed for becoming a rogue ninja.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda in Konoha and ordered it to attack, causing widespread destruction as ninja evacuated nearby residents.

Orochimaru’s attack and the arrival of Nagato’s forces threw Konoha into chaos on the day Kushina gave birth. Obito reached Kushina to seize the Nine-Tails, but the Third Hokage intervened, and Deva Path Pain arrived to confront them.

• Manda rampaged through Konoha as Jiraiya went to investigate Orochimaru’s clash with Danzo’s Root, and the Third Hokage ordered the village evacuated before rushing toward Kushina.
• Obito infiltrated the guarded birthing area after killing Anbu, while Nagato and Konan sent Deva Path Pain toward Konoha to begin their assault.
• The Third Hokage intercepted Obito as he attacked Kushina, and Kushina’s Adamantine Sealing Chains failed to restrain him because he could turn intangible.
• The Third Hokage summoned Enma to protect Kushina and Biwako, then attacked Obito with repeated ninjutsu but could not hit him.
• Deva Path Pain arrived and used Shinra Tensei to repel the Third Hokage’s five-element attack, then declared that he would make the world know pain starting with Konoha.

Obito and Deva Path Pain attacked Kushina to seize the Nine-Tails, while the Third Hokage tried to protect her and hold off the invaders. After Obito released and controlled the Nine-Tails, Enma escaped with Kushina, and Obito and Pain headed for Konoha as the Third Hokage stayed behind to stop them.

• Deva Path Pain blasted the Third Hokage with Shinra Tensei, while Obito attacked Kushina and Biwako fled with Naruto.
• Obito bound Kushina with Wood Release and forced her Nine-Tails seal to break, then controlled the Nine-Tails inside her sealed space.
• The Third Hokage rescued Kushina from the Nine-Tails' attack and ordered Enma to take her away and alert Jiraiya so the Fourth Hokage could return.
• Obito vanished into his space-time vortex as the Third Hokage's attacks failed to stop him, and Deva Path Pain flew toward Konoha.

Jiraiya fought Orochimaru in Konoha while trying to protect the village, but Enma revealed that Kushina had lost the Nine-Tails to a mysterious attacker. Obito then summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha, turning the battle into a village-wide catastrophe.

• Jiraiya summoned the two sages and entered Sage Mode while Gamabunta and Manda fought, as Danzo withdrew with Root.
• Enma told Jiraiya that a mysterious attacker and Akatsuki members had extracted the Nine-Tails from Kushina, and Jiraiya sent Kosuke to warn Minato.
• Jiraiya accused Orochimaru of being connected to the attackers and resumed fighting him with a Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet.
• Obito arrived in Konoha and summoned the Nine-Tails, ordering it to rampage through the village.
• The Nine-Tails destroyed buildings and killed civilians as Konoha's ninja rushed to confront it, plunging the village into chaos.