Chapter Summaries

Shukaku convinced Sakura to accept its power after she rejected it for having too few tails, and Lin Feng saw his tailed-beast training succeed. The story then shifted to Kusagakure, where Karin was blamed for her team’s failure in the Chunin Ninja Exam and the mission that followed.

• Shukaku pleaded with Sakura to use its power, arguing that it was stronger than the Seven Tails and that the Seven Tails was a bug.
• Sakura accepted Shukaku, saying she would use it first because Lin Feng’s seal made tailed beasts easy to control.
• Lin Feng was pleased that both his disciples had become Perfect Jinchuriki and considered promoting his training course.
• Karin was scolded at Kusagakure’s First Ninja Hospital after her teammates blamed her for their failure in the Chunin Ninja Exam and a later mission.

After repeated mission failures, Karin was assigned to support the wounded at Northern Fortress, where Kusagakure intended to use her blood for healing. Meanwhile, Lin Feng and Konan led Amegakure forces to the Land of Grass border and announced that Lin Feng now ruled the Rain Country.

• Kusagakure blamed Karin for her team's failed missions and sent her to Northern Fortress as support.
• Karin realized the village planned to use her blood to heal wounded ninja and feared her fate.
• Lin Feng and Konan led an elite Amegakure force to the Land of Grass's southern border to make an open show of strength.
• The Grass Hidden Village Leader asked why Amegakure had come, assuming Salamander Hanzo still led the Rain Country.
• Konan told the Grass Hidden Village Leader that Hanzo had been executed and that Whirlpool Maple Forest was now the leader of the Rain Country and Amegakure.

Lin Feng arrived at Kusagakure’s border and told the Grass Hidden Village Leader he had come to bring Uzumaki Karin home. The leader refused, hiding Kusagakure’s exploitation of Karin and her mother.

• The Grass Hidden Village Leader congratulated Lin Feng on becoming Amegakure’s leader and asked why he had come to the Land of Grass.
• Lin Feng surveyed the land before explaining that he had come to bring Uzumaki Karin home.
• The Grass Hidden Village Leader acknowledged that Karin was in Kusagakure but claimed she could not return because she had become one of its ninja.
• The Grass Hidden Village Leader recalled that Kusagakure had exploited Karin and her mother for their healing abilities, and resolved not to let Karin leave.

Lin Feng confronted the Grass Hidden Village Leader over Kusagakure’s treatment of Karin and demanded to take her back to her clan. When the leader denied the abuse and claimed Karin was away on a mission, Lin Feng signaled Sakura, and a young man arrived carrying Karin.

• Lin Feng said he had come to take Karin back to her clan after his disciples learned about her treatment in Kusagakure.
• The Grass Hidden Village Leader denied mistreating Karin and claimed she was out on a confidential mission.
• Lin Feng dismissed the leader’s excuse and snapped his fingers to signal Sakura.
• Sakura activated a strange technique, and a young man carrying Karin descended from the sky before Lin Feng.

Sasuke brought Karin to Lin Feng after rescuing her from the Grass Hidden ninja who had been using her blood to heal the wounded. Lin Feng claimed Karin as a member of the Uzumaki clan and promised to protect her.

• Sasuke told Lin Feng he had rescued a girl from the Northern Fortress and defeated the Grass Hidden ninja there.
• Lin Feng confronted the Grass Hidden Village Leader and demanded that he hand Karin over.
• Sasuke denied that the girl was Uzumaki Karin, confusing the Grass Hidden Village Leader.
• Lin Feng asked the red-haired girl whether she was an Uzumaki, and Karin gave her name.
• Lin Feng promised Karin that she was family now and that no one would hurt her again.

Lin Feng accused Kusagakure of abusing Karin and declared war, then sent Sasuke and Sakura to attack its shinobi. The pair defeated the village leader’s elite forces while deliberately allowing a few survivors to escape and spread word of their performance.

• Lin Feng handed Karin to Konan to recover, then condemned Kusagakure for using her as a blood bag.
• Lin Feng claimed Kusagakure held other Whirlpool Clan members and declared that Kirigakure was at war with the village.
• Sasuke transformed into a Tailed Beast and attacked Kusagakure’s formation while Sakura supported him with Wind Release: Air Bullet.
• Sasuke and Sakura slaughtered the Grass Hidden leader’s elite shinobi but spared a few cannon-fodder fighters to spread the story.
• Sakura returned to human form and thought about how Ino was still at home while she was already fighting jonin.

Lin Feng led the Whirlpool Clan and Amegakure forces to defeat Kusagakure, expose its kidnapping and experimentation, and seize control of security across the Land of Grass. He returned to Amegakure after leaving the Land of Grass’s existing government and policies in place.

• Lin Feng’s disciples defeated Kusagakure’s leader and elite ninja, and his forces captured the village under orders to spare those who surrendered and kill those who resisted.
• Lin Feng’s Observation Haki helped locate a secret experimental base where Kusagakure had kidnapped ninja from other countries, and he told Konan to publicize the discovery.
• Lin Feng’s forces dismantled the Land of Grass’s other major armed groups in three days using the Flying Thunder God Formation.
• The Land of Grass’s daimyo offered to join the Rain Country, but Lin Feng kept the existing policies and made Amegakure responsible for the country’s security.
• Lin Feng led his people back to Amegakure.

After conquering Kusagakure, Lin Feng realized that taking over the Land of Grass would require political reform and capable administrators, not just military strength. Seeing Sakura, he considered using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to make use of her education.

• Nagato congratulated Lin Feng on winning his first battle after Konan recounted what had happened.
• Lin Feng recognized that governing the Land of Grass would require implementing the New Policy and managing relations with the daimyo.
• Lin Feng lamented that his team lacked the education and experience needed to govern effectively.
• Lin Feng looked at Sakura and thought of using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Lin Feng planned to use Haruno Sakura’s multiple personalities and the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to study vast amounts of knowledge, with Shukaku supplying her Chakra. Sakura agreed to learn, and Lin Feng presented a mountain of books on ancient Chinese culture and knowledge.

• Lin Feng explained that Shadow Clones could multiply learning but returned exhaustion and mental strain to the original body.
• Lin Feng said Sakura’s multiple personalities made her suited to processing many subjects at once, while Shukaku could provide the Chakra she needed.
• Nagato and the others were stunned that Lin Feng intended to use a tailed beast as a study aid.
• Shukaku agreed to help as long as he was not sent back to the tower for more training.
• Sakura asked what Lin Feng wanted her to learn, and he brought out a mountain of books about ancient China.

Lin Feng agreed to teach Sakura and Karin Chinese, while Sasuke protested the idea of studying. After Amegakure set its plans in motion, Sunagakure's elders struggled to believe reports that Lin Feng had destroyed Kusagakure despite recently appearing in Kirigakure.

• Sakura eagerly decided to study Chinese after Lin Feng introduced her to China's history and books.
• Karin asked Lin Feng to let her study with Sakura, and he agreed.
• Sasuke worried Lin Feng would make him study liberal arts, but Lin Feng dismissed his concerns.
• Amegakure became busy as the major ninja villages received reports that Lin Feng had wiped out Kusagakure.
• Chiyo and Ebizo questioned how Lin Feng could have traveled from Kirigakure to Kusagakure so quickly, and wondered whether the reports referred to someone else.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure reacted to reports that Lin Feng had taken two disciples and made them Perfect Jinchuriki. Chiyo and Ebizo decided against sending more assassins, while Ōnoki discussed the Whirlpool Clan’s history with Kurotsuchi.

• Chiyo and the others wondered how Lin Feng had returned to Kirigakure after destroying Kusagakure while Sunagakure’s assassins were still in the Land of Wind.
• Ebizo urged Chiyo to recall Baki and the other assassins, fearing they would die if they pursued Lin Feng in Amegakure, which had two Perfect Jinchuriki.
• Chiyo and Ebizo lamented Sunagakure’s decline and wished Sasori were still in the village.
• Ōnoki read intelligence about Lin Feng and told Kurotsuchi that the Whirlpool Clan had unusual vitality and mastery of sealing techniques.
• Ōnoki explained that Perfect Jinchuriki were exceptionally rare, and Kurotsuchi became interested in how Lin Feng had created two.

Ōnoki reasoned that the Whirlpool Clan might have developed a way to create Perfect Jinchuriki, while Konoha’s leaders worried about the upheaval caused by Whirlpool Maple Forest and the return of Amegakure and Kirigakure. The chapter left the villages preparing to watch their rivals and seize opportunities amid the turmoil.

• Ōnoki suggested that the Whirlpool Clan’s sealing expertise could explain how Lin Feng made two disciples into Perfect Jinchuriki.
• Kurotsuchi worried that Rōshi and Han might be targeted, but Ōnoki refused to protect the two rogue ninja.
• Ōnoki told Kurotsuchi to have Kitsuchi watch Konoha and Sunagakure and take advantage of their recent losses.
• Konoha’s upper ranks grew uneasy after Amegakure and Kirigakure ended their isolation, and Whirlpool Maple Forest became Amegakure’s leader and destroyed Kusagakure.
• Konoha’s leaders questioned how Whirlpool Maple Forest had gained his power and noted that Danzō had disappeared.

Lin Feng completed Sakura and Karin’s initial training, then reviewed intelligence on the remaining jinchuriki and planned to capture the Seven Tails for Karin. He left the Rain Country and headed north toward Takigakure.

• Sakura showed she could control over a hundred Shadow Clones to study, while Karin used dozens.
• Lin Feng listened as Sakura and Karin recited classical texts on a tower in Amegakure, then led Nagato and Konan away.
• Konan gave Lin Feng a scroll with information and recent locations for the remaining jinchuriki.
• Lin Feng decided to capture Seven Tails Chomei first and make Karin its jinchuriki, leaving the other targets for later.
• Lin Feng left the Rain Country and headed north for Takigakure.

Lin Feng entered the Land of Waterfalls and headed toward Takigakure to steal its tailed beast. Meanwhile, Kakuzu and Hidan reached the Fire Temple to claim the bounty on Chiriku, leaving the monks in chaos.

• Lin Feng learned that Fu was the Seven-Tails' jinchuriki and entered the Land of Waterfalls.
• Lin Feng noted Takigakure's history and its defensible terrain as he traveled through the country.
• Kakuzu and Hidan climbed to the Fire Temple while Kakuzu complained about losing time and money.
• Kakuzu blasted open the temple's sealed gates, prompting a novice monk to seek out Chiriku.

Chiriku confronted Kakuzu and Hidan, but his Thousand-Armed Murder attack failed to kill the immortal duo. Kakuzu prepared to fight while Hidan insisted on taking the next turn, and they remembered they had important business in the Land of Waterfalls.

• Chiriku challenged Kakuzu and Hidan after recognizing them as rogue ninja.
• Chiriku summoned the wrathful Wisdom King manifestation and battered Kakuzu and Hidan into separate craters.
• Hidan laughed and revealed that he and Kakuzu were exceptionally difficult to kill because of their abilities.
• Kakuzu rose and brought out Earth Grudge Fear, revealing five black-tendril monsters.
• Hidan demanded a turn to attack, and Kakuzu let him go first while reminding him of their business in the Land of Waterfalls.

Chiriku fought Hidan and Kakuzu at the Fire Temple but was killed by Hidan’s curse technique. The two Akatsuki members headed for the Land of Waterfalls to claim the Seven-Tails’ bounty, while Lin Feng arrived there and assessed its formidable terrain.

• Chiriku’s Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder battered Hidan, but could not seriously harm him, and the prolonged fight drained Chiriku’s Chakra.
• Kakuzu fought Chiriku and secretly obtained some of his blood, allowing Hidan to use his curse technique and kill Chiriku.
• Hidan waited out the thirty-minute curse ritual while Kakuzu urged him to collect Chiriku’s bounty and travel to the Land of Waterfalls for the Seven-Tails.
• Kakuzu claimed the current Takigakure would be no match for him, and Lin Feng reached a towering waterfall and noted how its terrain protected the Land of Waterfalls from invasion.

Lin Feng met Fu, Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and invented a traveler’s identity to hide his intentions. After Fu confessed she was a Jinchuriki, Lin Feng responded warmly, leaving her hoping he would accept her.

• Lin Feng flew over the waterfall and sensed someone approaching.
• Fu appeared and asked Lin Feng how he could fly.
• Lin Feng introduced himself as Ouyang Feng from the Land of Toads and claimed he wanted to travel the ninja world.
• Fu told Lin Feng her name and admitted she was Takigakure’s Jinchuriki.
• Lin Feng praised Fu’s wings and said being a Jinchuriki was impressive.

Lin Feng befriended Xiao Fu, a young Jinchuriki who had sneaked out of her village, while secretly considering how to capture her tailed beast. He learned that she had no relatives and remained uncertain whether he could bring himself to extract the beast from her.

• Xiao Fu asked whether Lin Feng hated her for being a Jinchuriki, and he reassured her that Jinchuriki were people who carried important responsibilities.
• Lin Feng encouraged Xiao Fu to make a hundred friends, and she declared that he would be her first friend.
• Lin Feng realized Xiao Fu had likely sneaked away from her village and asked her about it.
• Xiao Fu explained that villagers disliked her, so she had wanted to see whether people outside the village would feel the same.
• Lin Feng asked whether Xiao Fu had relatives in the village, and she said she had none.

Lin Feng persuaded Fu to take him to meet Takigakure’s village chief so he could discuss taking her away. As they reached the underground waterways leading into the village, Lin Feng sensed that something had happened there.

• Lin Feng offered to travel the world with Fu, but she refused to leave the village chief who had cared for her.
• Fu proposed that Lin Feng meet the village chief and go only if the chief agreed, and Lin Feng accepted.
• Lin Feng and Fu flew toward Takigakure, where Fu asked him to teach her his way of flying.
• Fu led Lin Feng into a cave with underground waterways that served as Takigakure’s hidden entrance.
• As Fu prepared to swim through a pool, Lin Feng sensed trouble in the village and stopped her.

Lin Feng sensed that Takigakure had been attacked and teleported Xiao Fu into the village. There, Hidan and Kakuzu questioned the captured leader Shibuki about the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Lin Feng sensed recently killed people in Takigakure and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Xiao Fu into the village.
• Xiao Fu smelled blood, and Lin Feng reassured her before locating the killers and teleporting them to their hiding place.
• Hidan stood on the captured Shibuki and bragged that defeating him might mean he could become a village leader.
• Kakuzu recalled how Takigakure's elders had imprisoned him after his failed attempt to assassinate Hashirama Senju, prompting him to break out and kill them.
• Kakuzu grabbed Shibuki and demanded to know where Takigakure's Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was.