Chapter Summaries

Chen and Himeji finished their training on the moon, where Himeji had mastered her new Tenseigan power and overpowered Chen in their sparring. With the Akatsuki Organization's Eye of the Moon Plan already more than halfway complete, they prepared to return to Konoha after ten months away.

• Himeji used Gentle Fist, repulsive force, and her Tenseigan abilities to defeat Chen in their sparring, while he fought without his hidden trump cards.
• Himeji bandaged Chen after the fight, and he recognized that she had adapted to her new power and developed her own combat style.
• Chen told Himeji they needed to return home because the Akatsuki Organization's Eye of the Moon Plan was more than halfway complete.
• Himeji agreed to leave the moon after Chen promised they could return every year, and she carried him toward the Artificial Sun.
• Himeji asked about Kawa Aoi, and Chen explained that he wanted to introduce her to Hiashi so Hiashi would stop watching him so closely.

Chen returned from the moon to Konoha with Himeji and Kawa Aoi, reunited with Mikoto, and settled Kawa Aoi in the village. He then checked on Konoha’s affairs and learned that Danzo’s death and the disappearance of the Tailed Beasts had left the Shinobi World increasingly tense.

• Himeji and Chen left the remaining Otsutsuki Clan members on the moon and brought Kawa Aoi back to the Land of Snow.
• Chen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Himeji and Kawa Aoi to his courtyard, where he reunited with Mikoto.
• Himeji brought Kawa Aoi to the Hyuga Clan Grounds, where Hiashi attempted to hug her and was knocked out by one punch.
• Chen went to the Hokage Office, dispelled his Wood Clone, and reviewed the memories it had gathered while working with Minato and Nawaki.
• Chen learned that Danzo had died, the ailing Third Hokage had withdrawn from village affairs, and the disappearance of the Tailed Beasts had heightened tensions among the major nations.

The chapter explained how Akatsuki’s attacks had cost four of the Five Great Nations their Tailed Beasts, while the villages struggled to conceal their losses and tensions escalated. It ended with Hidden Stone Village losing both the Four-Tails and Five-Tails after Fugaku escaped Ōnoki.

• Konoha learned of Akatsuki’s movements through Hiruko, and Chen, Minato, and the others concluded that the villages could no longer hide their lost Tailed Beasts.
• Danzo defected rather than risk another attack on Hidden Cloud Village, and Deva Path sent the Third Hokage and Fourth Mizukage to steal the Three-Tails and redirect suspicion toward Hidden Mist Village.
• Konan and Zetsu disguised themselves as Hidden Cloud ninja and attacked the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, while Hiruko and Kakuzu went after the Seven-Tails.
• Roshi left Hidden Stone Village after his relationship with Ōnoki deteriorated, and Fugaku and Juzo captured him.
• Fugaku and Juzo lured Iwagakure ninja into a trap and captured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki; Ōnoki killed Juzo, but Fugaku escaped, leaving Hidden Stone Village without the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.

Fugaku moved the Akatsuki Organization toward collecting the Tailed Beasts quickly, unlike Obito, whose long delay had cost the organization its members. After Hidden Cloud Village was attacked, the Fourth Raikage called for another Five Kage Summit to demand an explanation and compensation from Hidden Mist Village.

• The chapter contrasted the Akatsuki Organization's original long-term mercenary strategy with its rapid Tailed Beast campaign under Fugaku.
• It argued that Obito had wasted years and opportunities, while Fugaku would not wait because Chen posed an immediate threat.
• Dodai questioned why the Fourth Raikage wanted to reconvene the Five Kage Summit so soon after the Third Great Ninja War.
• The Fourth Raikage said Hidden Cloud needed years to recover from three attacks and wanted Hidden Mist Village to answer for its role.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered ninja sent to notify the other villages that he was convening the Five Kage Summit.

The Fourth Raikage blamed Konoha for the attacks on Hidden Cloud and convened a Five Kage Summit, while keeping Killer B on Turtle Island for his safety. Motoi arrived on the island with a group of Cloud Ninja to help counsel his childhood friend.

• Dodai asked the Fourth Raikage what Hidden Cloud would do about Danzo and Kakuzu, but A insisted the attacks were connected to Konoha and ordered a Five Kage Summit.
• Dodai suggested sending Motoi to keep Killer B company, and A issued the transfer order after Dodai left.
• Motoi and the Cloud Ninja followed Turtle Island’s secret route and passed through its protective barrier.
• Nagasawa welcomed the group and warned them that Killer B had been demanding to leave the island.
• The chapter explained that Motoi had come to counsel Killer B and help him become a perfect Jinchuriki.

Motoi arrived on Turtle Island and met Killer B, who was living there under the Fourth Raikage’s orders. After learning that the village had been attacked again, B struggled with guilt and his strained bond with the Eight-Tails, while Motoi urged him to train so he could help the Raikage.

• A giant gorilla charged at the group, but Nagasawa reassured Motoi before Killer B revealed himself atop it.
• Killer B took Motoi through Turtle Island’s forest and explained that the village kept giant beasts for summoning and training.
• Killer B asked whether the Fourth Raikage would let him leave, and Motoi told him that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and the scroll holding the Three-Tails had been taken.
• Killer B blamed himself for being unable to protect the village, while Motoi comforted him and urged him to train harder.
• Killer B brought Motoi to his home, then discussed the village’s recovery and his increasingly strained relationship with the Eight-Tails.

Killer B struggled to trust Eight-Tails after the beast’s rampage, while Motoi recalled their childhood and confessed that he had once tried to kill him. Motoi urged Killer B to treat Eight-Tails with the same understanding he showed his friends, especially as another war threatened.

• Killer B worried that Eight-Tails might rampage like its third brother, leaving him unable to become a perfect Jinchuriki.
• Motoi reminded Killer B of their childhood friendship and how he had protected him from bullies.
• After Killer B became Eight-Tails’ Jinchuriki, Motoi’s grief over his father’s death turned into hatred, and he once tried to assassinate Killer B.
• Killer B calmly bumped fists with Motoi after hearing his confession.
• Motoi urged Killer B to keep trying to get along with Eight-Tails and revealed that the Fourth Raikage planned to convene the Five Kage Summit.

Killer B confronted and defeated his dark self at the Waterfall of Truth, then removed the seal restraining the Eight-Tails. He transformed into the beast and set off for the Land of Iron to find his brother at the Five Kage Summit.

• Killer B entered the Waterfall of Truth and faced Dark Killer B, who urged him to embrace his resentment toward the village and the people close to him.
• Killer B and Dark Killer B fought with short swords, and Killer B’s skill improved as the battle continued.
• Killer B defeated Dark Killer B but stopped his final strike and made peace with him.
• Killer B entered his consciousness and removed the seal restraining the Eight-Tails.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki and headed to the Land of Iron to find his brother.

News of the Hidden Cloud Village’s attacks and the apparent involvement of the long-missing Mizukage fueled suspicion and rumors across the Shinobi World ahead of the Five Kage Summit. Chen secured the Hidden Mist and Sand Villages’ attendance, and Ōnoki reluctantly agreed to go despite fearing his past connection to the Akatsuki.

• Spies spread news that the Hidden Cloud Village had been attacked twice, with cloud ninja identifying the long-missing Third and Fourth Mizukage as attackers.
• Rumors blamed the Hidden Mist Village for a wider conspiracy, while the Five Great Nations fell into a tense calm as they awaited the summit.
• Chen persuaded the newly appointed Fifth Mizukage to attend, and the Hidden Mist Village agreed to confront the Hidden Cloud Village over its own losses.
• Rasa reluctantly agreed to attend after Konoha pressed the Hidden Sand Village to join.
• Ōnoki decided to attend the summit but feared that the Akatsuki mission he had commissioned had ordered an attack on the Hidden Cloud Village.

Ōnoki worried that Akatsuki had taken his money to attack the Hidden Cloud Village and stolen its Tailed Beast as well, so he decided to attend the Five Kage Summit. Meanwhile, Chen trained Kushina in her new Nine-Tails power, prepared for a possible Akatsuki attack at the summit, and planned to awaken the Rinnegan afterward.

• Ōnoki recalled hiring Akatsuki to attack the Hidden Cloud Village and feared that the organization’s theft of a Tailed Beast would expose his role.
• Ōnoki decided to attend the Five Kage Summit and seek answers from the Hidden Mist Village about its attack on Iwagakure.
• Chen trained Kushina, who had become a perfect Jinchuriki after breaking the Nine-Tails’ Seal, to help her adapt to her new power.
• Chen told Kushina he expected Akatsuki might attack the Five Kage Summit and said she should stay in Konoha to protect the village.
• Chen chose Minato and Nawaki as his guards for the summit and said he would seek to awaken the Rinnegan afterward.

After three months spent undoing the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki’s elaborate Seals, the Akatsuki sealed her into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and argued over the ordeal. White Zetsu then reported that the Fourth Raikage had called a Five Kage Summit, leaving the Akatsuki to face a possible response to their recent activities.

• The Akatsuki members finished undoing the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki’s Seals and sealed her into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which opened another eye.
• Kakuzu complained about losing three months of bounty work and said he would refuse to help with another Tailed Beast like this one.
• Sasori mocked Kakuzu over Danzo’s Genjutsu, while Pakura demanded to know why the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki had so many Seals.
• Hiruko blamed Kakuzu for the Seals, but Kakuzu denied knowing anything about them, and Fugaku agreed the Hidden Waterfall Village could not have made them.
• Sasori accused Fugaku of getting Juzo killed, and Fugaku denied it.
• White Zetsu returned with news that the Fourth Raikage had called a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron and that the other Kage had agreed to attend.

Akatsuki debated the threat of the Five Kage Summit, and Nagato decided to attack the Five Kage while sending a separate team after the Nine-Tails. Konan insisted on staying with Nagato, who mourned Yahiko and blamed himself for failing to protect them.

• Konan, Sasori, Fugaku, Pakura, and Kakuzu discussed whether the Five Great Nations could uncover Akatsuki's operations, while White Zetsu suggested relocating.
• Nagato asked White Zetsu for Killer B's location, then announced that Akatsuki would attack the Five Kage Summit.
• Nagato assigned Sasori, Kakuzu, and Pakura to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki while the others accompanied him to the Land of Iron.
• Konan voiced concern about the attack, but refused to stay behind and said she wanted to remain with Nagato's real body.
• Nagato's hands trembled and tears fell as he blamed himself for failing to take care of Yahiko and Konan.

Chen, Minato, and Nawaki traveled to the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit, where Chen arrived last and assessed the other leaders. The summit began with old hostilities and political tensions hanging over the assembled Kage.

• Chen, Minato, and Nawaki traveled on foot for three days to reach the Land of Iron, since none of them had left Flying Thunder God Technique Formulas there.
• The Land of Iron's samurai admitted Chen and his companions into the fortress and escorted them to the summit room.
• Chen arrived after the Fourth Raikage, Third Tsuchikage, Fourth Kazekage, and Fifth Mizukage, then took his seat and placed his Hokage hat on the table.
• Chen noted that the Fourth Raikage A looked at him with hatred over the Third Raikage's death and Chen's attack on the Hidden Cloud Village.
• Chen assessed Ōnoki's composure, Rasa's silence, and the nervous Fifth Mizukage Hozuki Chijin, who had risen to the position with the Hozuki Clan's support.

At the Five Kage Summit, the Kage discussed their dwindling successors before Mifune opened the meeting over the Hidden Cloud Village’s lost Tailed Beast. Hozuki Chijin denied responsibility and counteraccused the Hidden Cloud of abducting the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, while Ōnoki joined A in demanding answers from the Hidden Mist Village.

• Ōnoki reflected on the Kage who had died or vanished since the last summit and envied Konoha’s abundance of talented successors, while A glared at the Hokage and Tsuchikage over his father’s death.
• Mifune officially opened the summit and explained that A had called it because the Hidden Cloud Village had been attacked and lost a Tailed Beast, allegedly to the former Mizukage.
• Hozuki Chijin denied that the former Mizukage had attacked the Hidden Cloud Village and challenged A to provide evidence.
• Hozuki Chijin accused the Hidden Cloud Village of sending disguised ninjas to capture the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and A called the charge slander.
• Ōnoki backed A, arguing that the Third and Fourth Mizukage had been seen attacking other villages and insisting that the Hidden Mist Village explain their actions.

At the Five Kage Summit, Chen rejected the claim that Hidden Mist Village was responsible for the attacks and argued that the Mizukage may have been controlled after death. As tensions with the Fourth Raikage eased, Orochimaru revived Danzo in a Root laboratory.

• Chen challenged the Fourth Raikage’s accusations and provoked him until the Raikage smashed the table and prepared to fight.
• Mifune and Ōnoki intervened, and the Fourth Raikage sat back down under the summit’s rules against violence.
• Chen suggested that someone had controlled the dead Third and Fourth Mizukage, and Ōnoki explained the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
• Chen offered to arrange a meeting between the Fourth Raikage and his father, then denied that anyone in Konoha used Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru welcomed the newly revived Danzo back to Konoha in a Root laboratory.

At the Five Kage Summit, Chen argued that a hidden group of Rogue Ninja had systematically taken seven Tailed Beasts and might be manipulating events across the villages. The Kage recognized the threat but assumed the group intended to destroy the Five Great Nations.

• Chen suggested that the Third Kazekage had been turned into a puppet by Sasori, and Rasa confirmed the Third Kazekage’s fate and Sasori’s theft of the One-Tails Sealing Scroll.
• Chen argued that techniques such as Human Puppet arts and Genjutsu could control people, so the Mizukage attacks did not prove the Mizukage acted freely.
• Chen connected the attacks on Konoha, Hidden Sand Village, Hidden Mist Village, and Hidden Stone Village, noting that Rogue Ninja had taken every Tailed Beast except the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Ōnoki confirmed that Juzo Biwa and Uchiha Fugaku had attacked Hidden Stone Village and taken the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• Hozuki Chijin prompted Chen to explain the group’s goal, while Rasa and the Fourth Raikage concluded that it planned to destroy the Five Great Nations.

Chen identified the Akatsuki Organization as the force gathering Tailed Beasts and faced accusations that Konoha was secretly supporting it. He rejected the charge by citing Konoha’s past victories and his own encounters with the Tailed Beasts, leaving the other Kage chilled by his defense of Konoha’s power.

• Chen told the Kage that Fugaku had joined the Akatsuki Organization, which included powerful Rogue Ninja and was gathering Tailed Beasts.
• Chen confirmed that the Akatsuki leader was Jiraiya’s disciple, prompting the Fourth Raikage to question Konoha’s ties to the organization.
• Rasa defended Chen, while Ōnoki called for an explanation and the Fourth Raikage accused Konoha of colluding with Akatsuki.
• Chen angrily condemned the Fourth Raikage’s suspicion and listed his own past captures and releases of several Tailed Beasts.
• Chen declared that Konoha had defeated the Five Great Nations in the Third Great Ninja War and had no need to gather Tailed Beasts through Akatsuki.

Chen warned the Five Kage that Akatsuki could rival a shinobi village and proposed an Allied Shinobi Force, but the Fourth Raikage rejected the plan. The Six Paths of Pain then attacked the summit, leaving the assembled leaders face-to-face with Akatsuki.

• Chen told the Five Kage that Akatsuki's powerful Rogue Ninja posed a threat capable of rivaling a shinobi village.
• Chen proposed forming an Allied Shinobi Force to fight Akatsuki, but the Fourth Raikage refused and said each village should act on its own.
• Chen mocked the Fourth Raikage for underestimating Akatsuki and warned that its main fighters had arrived.
• Chen moved beside Minato and Nawaki as an explosion destroyed the meeting hall's ceiling.
• Yahiko and seven others landed at the summit, and Yahiko announced that the Six Paths of Pain had arrived.

Chen sat out the confrontation as Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain attacked the Fourth Raikage at the Five Kage Summit. The Raikage fought through Pain’s abilities, but after ten minutes he was battered while the Six Paths remained unharmed.

• Chen refused to intervene and told Minato and the others to watch as Akatsuki Organization fought the Kage.
• The Fourth Raikage charged the Six Paths of Pain, while Hiruko and Fugaku moved to engage Rasa and Hozuki Chijin.
• The Fifth Mizukage, Ōnoki, and Rasa recognized the Rinnegan, identified several Paths as corpses, and realized Sasori had modified them.
• The Deva Path repelled the Fourth Raikage’s attack with Shinra Tensei, and Hanzō of the Animal Path summoned a Salamander and a rhinoceros against him.
• Roshi of the Asura Path fired a barrage of weapons at the Fourth Raikage, whose Lightning Release Armor cracked after ten minutes as the Six Paths remained uninjured.

The Fourth Raikage fought Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain while Ōnoki joined the battle and targeted the Deva Path. The chapter ended with A and Ōnoki pressuring the Deva Path, whose repulsive technique appeared to have a recovery interval.

• The Six Paths of Pain battered the Fourth Raikage with Roshi’s Lava Release-enhanced missiles and Shinra Tensei, but A’s Lightning Release Armor held.
• Ōnoki attacked the Deva Path with Dust Release, but Yugito absorbed the technique with the Rinnegan’s power.
• Ōnoki used Earth Style to expose the Deva Path and formed rock monsters to attack him.
• The Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to repel the attack, and A’s lightning spear narrowly missed him.
• Ōnoki warned A to keep attacking, and A repeatedly hurled lightning spears as his Lightning Release Armor dimmed.