Chapter Summaries

Kakuzu and Hidan invaded Takigakure and demanded the location of the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, while Shibuki tried to protect the village and its people. Shibuki agreed to reveal the location under threat, but Kakuzu made him use a scroll that exposed his thoughts, and Shibuki refused to trust him.

• Shibuki warned Kakuzu that Takigakure's Hero Water could empower its fighters, though using it would consume their life force.
• Kakuzu threatened to kill captured girls unless Shibuki revealed the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki's location.
• Shibuki agreed to lead Kakuzu to the Jinchuriki, but Kakuzu instead demanded that he open his mind and bleed onto a special scroll.
• Shibuki turned ashen at the sight of the scroll and rejected Kakuzu's demand, declaring that he did not believe him.

Kakuzu and Hidan attacked Shibuki and used two little girls to force him to reveal Takigakure’s secrets. Lin Feng arrived after Xiao Fu rescued the second girl, but Shibuki was still convulsing on the ground.

• Shibuki refused to reveal Takigakure’s secrets, so Kakuzu snapped the first little girl’s neck.
• Shibuki swallowed his Hero Water and attacked Kakuzu, but Kakuzu struck him down with Lightning Release: False Darkness.
• Kakuzu threatened the second little girl while Shibuki lay unable to move.
• Xiao Fu cut Kakuzu’s tentacles and rescued the second girl.
• Xiao Fu asked Lin Feng to save Shibuki, and Lin Feng reassured her that the village chief would not die.

Kakuzu tried to extract the Seven Tails from Xiao Fu using a special container and scroll, but his technique failed. Lin Feng pointed out flaws in Kakuzu’s sealing method as the chapter ended.

• Lin Feng and Xiao Fu appeared, and Kakuzu recognized Xiao Fu as the Seven Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kakuzu restrained Xiao Fu and prepared a container and scroll to extract the Seven Tails for Sunagakure’s bounty.
• Kakuzu used his extraction technique, but nothing happened, and Xiao Fu began crying.
• Kakuzu revised the scroll and tried again, but the extraction still failed.
• Lin Feng criticized Kakuzu’s symbols, arrangement, incantation, and Chakra control.

Lin Feng offered to revise Kakuzu’s sealing technique for extracting the Seven-Tails from Xiao Fu, agreeing after Kakuzu raised his payment. He completed a new scroll and left Kakuzu moving the container farther from Xiao Fu.

• Kakuzu studied the flaws Lin Feng had identified in his sealing technique, while Hidan asked who Lin Feng was.
• Lin Feng introduced himself as Ouyang Feng, a tourist, and said he knew a little about sealing techniques.
• Kakuzu asked Lin Feng to create a technique to extract the Tailed Beast from Xiao Fu and offered five million ryo.
• After Kakuzu said he would pay more because Lin Feng was Xiao Fu’s friend, Lin Feng agreed to try and wrote an improved technique on a scroll.
• Lin Feng placed the scroll beside Xiao Fu and told Kakuzu to set the container down and move it farther away from her.

Lin Feng used a Sealing Scroll to forcibly remove Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge, killing him. Afterward, Xiao Fu told Lin Feng she would willingly give him the tailed beast inside her because they were friends.

• Lin Feng told Kakuzu to inject his Chakra into the Sealing Scroll, and Kakuzu activated all five Chakra Natures at once.
• The scroll’s power resonated with Kakuzu, but Lin Feng added more strokes when the first attempt failed to remove the Earth Grudge.
• The scroll’s force pulled the Earth Grudge tendrils from Kakuzu into a container, leaving Kakuzu dead with his five hearts taken.
• Hidan picked up Kakuzu’s head and questioned whether he was dead, and Lin Feng confirmed that he had taken all five hearts.
• Lin Feng helped Xiao Fu up and asked whether she would give him the tailed beast inside her if he ever needed it, and Xiao Fu agreed because they were friends.

Lin Feng discussed ways to deal with Hidan’s immortality while reassuring Xiao Fu that she was safe. He left Hidan stunned by proposing to scatter his body parts or send him to Orochimaru for research.

• Hidan grew angry when Lin Feng ignored him and openly showed affection toward Xiao Fu.
• Lin Feng examined Hidan’s immortality and wondered how his blood-sharing curse worked.
• Xiao Fu hid behind Lin Feng, and he reassured her that he had several ways to deal with Hidan.
• Lin Feng suggested scattering Hidan’s head and body parts across different rivers so they could never be reunited.
• Lin Feng proposed sending Hidan to Orochimaru for research, and Xiao Fu agreed that this sounded better.
• Hidan stared at them in disbelief as they discussed dismembering him and having him sliced up for study.

Lin Feng defeated Hidan and captured him, then treated She Mu after Kakuzu’s attack. She Mu remained wary of Lin Feng, who challenged him over his lack of gratitude.

• Hidan challenged Lin Feng, but Lin Feng used Banshō Ten'in to pull him in.
• Hidan’s scythe failed to harm Lin Feng, who crushed it and captured Hidan in the Heavenly Dao Small Tower.
• Lin Feng checked She Mu’s condition and used acupuncture to restore his ability to move.
• She Mu pulled Xiao Fu close and eyed Lin Feng warily.
• Lin Feng asked She Mu if this was how Takigakure’s leader repaid someone who had saved them, then questioned whether She Mu thought he could defeat him.

Whirlpool Maple Forest apologized to She Mu for concealing his identity and asked to speak with him privately after rescuing the girls from Kakuzu. Once alone, he revealed who he was, leaving She Mu to suspect he had come for Takigakure’s Seven-Tails.

• She Mu apologized to Lin Feng for treating him warily and offered to guide him around with Xiao Fu.
• Lin Feng said he had come to find She Mu and asked Xiao Fu and the other girls to leave so they could talk alone.
• She Mu laid the dead girl on the ground, covered her with his clothes, and sent Xiao Fu and the surviving girls outside.
• She Mu asked Lin Feng who he was, where he came from, and why he had sought him out.
• Lin Feng revealed his real name, Whirlpool Maple Forest, and returned to his true appearance.
• She Mu recognized him as the Uzumaki Clan Leader and asked whether he had come to take the Seven-Tails.

Lin Feng explained that he had strengthened Fu’s seal and denied intending to take the Seven Tails from her. He admitted he had come to Takigakure because of Fu, then prepared to explain rumors that he planned to gather all the tailed beasts.

• Lin Feng told She Mu that he had secretly improved Fu’s seal, which had prevented Kakuzu from extracting the Seven Tails.
• She Mu accused Lin Feng of still intending to take the tailed beast, but Lin Feng said he would have acted already if that were his goal.
• Lin Feng admitted that he had come to Takigakure because of Fu, the Seven Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Lin Feng began explaining that rumors claimed he intended to gather all the tailed beasts in the world.

Lin Feng explained to Shibuki why he had come to Takigakure and said he wanted Xiao Fu to join Amegakure rather than take her tailed beast. He argued that Takigakure could not protect the Seven-Tails from Sunagakure, leaving Shibuki to consider Lin Feng’s warning.

• Lin Feng recounted how he obtained the One-Tail and Three-Tails, then pointed out that he had saved Takigakure from Kakuzu and Hidan.
• Shibuki acknowledged Lin Feng’s argument but said that taking the Seven-Tails was still robbery, whatever his intentions.
• Lin Feng argued that the Seven-Tails had not protected Takigakure from war and promised that his sealing technique would keep Xiao Fu alive if the beast were extracted.
• Lin Feng clarified that he wanted Xiao Fu to join Amegakure, not to take the Seven-Tails from her.
• Lin Feng warned that Sunagakure needed a replacement tailed beast after losing its own and the Kazekage, and that Takigakure lacked the strength to protect Xiao Fu.

Lin Feng tried to persuade She Mu to let Xiao Fu leave Takigakure and become the Seven Tails’ Perfect Jinchuriki. She Mu considered the village’s safety and the elders’ likely objections, but Lin Feng offered Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge as a way for him to protect the village.

• Lin Feng explained that Takigakure could not protect Xiao Fu from threats such as Kakuzu and offered to make her the Seven Tails’ Perfect Jinchuriki within half a month.
• She Mu acknowledged that Xiao Fu would be safer with Lin Feng but said he could not take her without considering the village elders.
• Lin Feng offered She Mu Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge so he could gain the power to protect Takigakure.
• Lin Feng explained that combining Hero Water with the Earth Grudge could let She Mu reach Kage Level strength without taking other ninja’s hearts.
• She Mu recognized the value of Lin Feng’s offer and saw that it would justify letting Xiao Fu leave with him.

She Mu and Takigakure agreed to let Xiao Fu leave with Lin Feng in exchange for Earth Grudge and Kakuzu’s money, and Xiao Fu chose to become a Perfect Jinchuriki so she could protect the village. Takigakure allied with Amegakure, while Xiao Fu insisted on traveling for fun rather than returning directly with Lin Feng.

• She Mu accepted Lin Feng’s offer on the condition that Xiao Fu could decide for herself, and Lin Feng added Kakuzu’s money to the deal.
• Xiao Fu agreed to leave with Lin Feng because she wanted the strength to protect She Mu and Takigakure.
• Takigakure’s elders accepted the proposal and formed an alliance with Amegakure.
• News of Lin Feng gathering three tailed beasts stirred the ninja world, while Sunagakure and the Fourth Raikage held back from challenging him.
• Xiao Fu refused Lin Feng’s offer to take her straight back with Flying Thunder God and asked to travel and have fun along the way.

Lin Feng and Xiao Fu traveled through a city in the Land of Fire, where Lin Feng spotted Yakushi Kabuto and sensed Orochimaru nearby. He decided to stay in the city, expecting to deal with matters involving his grandnephew and Tsunade.

• Lin Feng and Xiao Fu entered a prosperous city in the Land of Fire, and Xiao Fu enjoyed its snacks.
• At a barbecue restaurant, Xiao Fu asked whether Seven Tails Chomei would be hungry or bored inside the Heavenly Dao Tower, and Lin Feng reassured her.
• Xiao Fu asked whether she could become a Perfect Jinchuriki after Chomei graduated from the tower, and Lin Feng said she could.
• Lin Feng spotted Yakushi Kabuto and sensed Orochimaru nearby, then guessed Tsunade and Naruto might also be in the city.
• Lin Feng told Xiao Fu they would stay at an inn because he might need to take care of some things there.

Orochimaru explained that he attacked Konoha to prove himself to the Third Hokage, then asked Tsunade to heal the arms Sarutobi had crippled. Tsunade wondered whether Lin Feng had known Orochimaru’s plan, and the chapter ended with her hearing Orochimaru’s request.

• Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto cornered Tsunade and Shizune in a dead-end alley.
• Tsunade condemned Orochimaru for murdering his teacher, and Orochimaru said he had attacked Konoha because the Third Hokage had passed him over for Minato Namikaze.
• Tsunade recalled Lin Feng’s description of a student trying to prove his teacher wrong and wondered what Lin Feng’s connection to Orochimaru was.
• Orochimaru asked Tsunade, the finest Medical Ninja in the ninja world, to heal his crippled arms.
• Tsunade asked whether the rumors about Orochimaru’s injuries were true.

Tsunade refused to heal Orochimaru’s sealed arms, believing his condition was punishment for killing the Third Hokage. As she counted down to kill him, Orochimaru offered to use his Life Forbidden Ninjutsu to revive the younger brother and the man she loved.

• Tsunade deduced that the Third Hokage had sealed Orochimaru’s hands with the Reaper Death Seal and refused to treat him.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade he had a treatment plan and wanted her to perform the operation.
• Tsunade rejected his request and said she would never heal the injuries he deserved for killing his teacher.
• Orochimaru proposed a deal as Tsunade began counting down and threatened to kill him.
• Orochimaru revealed that his condition was to use his Life Forbidden Ninjutsu to revive Tsunade’s younger brother and the man she loved.

Orochimaru offered to revive Dan and Nawaki with Impure World Reincarnation if Tsunade healed his hands, prompting her to weigh the offer against his crimes. He claimed he no longer intended to attack Konoha and would use his hands for scientific research.

• Orochimaru pointed out that Tsunade had not killed him and suggested she was interested in his conditions.
• Orochimaru offered to revive Dan and Nawaki with Impure World Reincarnation and promised not to alter their consciousness.
• Shizune warned Tsunade that Dan and Nawaki would never forgive her for healing Orochimaru.
• Tsunade asked Orochimaru whether he would use his restored hands to keep destroying Konoha.
• Orochimaru said Danzo's death had ended his interest in Konoha and that he planned to pursue scientific problems instead.

Tsunade considered Orochimaru’s offer to restore her arms in exchange for her help, torn by the possibility of seeing Nawaki and Dan again. Jiraiya and Naruto arrived at the scene after Orochimaru had already left.

• Tsunade accused Orochimaru of colluding with Danzo, then asked for a week to decide whether to help him.
• Shizune warned Tsunade not to trust Orochimaru, but Tsunade told her to let her calm down before discussing it further.
• Orochimaru accepted Tsunade’s delay and left with Yakushi Kabuto.
• Half an hour later, Jiraiya and Naruto arrived at the alley and realized they had missed Tsunade again.

Naruto struggled to get Jiraiya to teach him Sage Mode while helping him search for Tsunade. After another fruitless search, Jiraiya disappeared at night, leaving Naruto to look for her alone.

• Naruto failed to persuade Jiraiya to teach him Sage Mode, as Jiraiya insisted on teaching him Making Rasengan instead.
• Jiraiya believed Tsunade was somewhere in the city because she had smashed a stone wall, and he proposed searching izakaya and gambling houses.
• Naruto accused Jiraiya of neglecting the search to peep at women's baths and gather material for his novel.
• Jiraiya and Naruto searched the city but did not find Tsunade's hiding place.
• Jiraiya vanished after nightfall, leaving Naruto with his wallet and the responsibility of searching izakaya and gambling houses alone.

Naruto met his uncle Lin Feng, who brought him and Xiao Fu into Kamui Space and introduced the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. In private, Lin Feng asked about Jiraiya’s training, and Naruto admitted he wanted to learn Sage Mode instead of Rasengan.

• Naruto complained about Jiraiya and ran into Lin Feng on the street.
• Lin Feng led Naruto and Xiao Fu into Kamui Space, where they shared juice and candy.
• Lin Feng introduced Xiao Fu as the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and said he planned to take her to the Rain Country to join Amegakure.
• Lin Feng brought Naruto into the study and asked about Jiraiya teaching him Rasengan.
• Naruto told Lin Feng that he wanted to learn Sage Mode and doubted that learning Rasengan would help.

Lin Feng considered why Jiraiya had not taught Naruto Sage Mode and decided to help Naruto win him over. He gave Naruto several books to memorize, claiming they would help lure Jiraiya in.

• Lin Feng warned Naruto not to aim too high before mastering the Rasengan, and Naruto said he doubted Jiraiya meant to teach him Sage Mode.
• Lin Feng reflected that Jiraiya had planned for Naruto to focus on the Rasengan, Shadow Clones, and controlling the Nine-Tails' Chakra instead of Sage Mode.
• Lin Feng considered how difficult Sage Mode was to use and decided he should help Naruto win Jiraiya over.
• Lin Feng gave Naruto several books to take home and memorize, saying he had a way to get Jiraiya to take the bait.