Chapter Summaries

Jingū Kiraku rescued Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan from two Konoha ninja, then revealed that he had defeated Hanzo and become the leader of Hidden Rain Village. After Yahiko asked him to teach them ninjutsu so they could bring peace, Jingū Kiraku invited all three children to become his disciples and return with him to the village.

• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato tried to fight off a Konoha ninja, but he easily overpowered them.
• Jingū Kiraku appeared, crushed the first ninja’s shoulder, and sent him into his companion, whose body exploded from white bugs.
• Jingū Kiraku introduced himself as the new leader of Hidden Rain Village and said he had defeated Hanzo.
• Yahiko asked Jingū Kiraku to teach them ninjutsu, saying he wanted power to bring peace.
• Jingū Kiraku invited Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to return to Hidden Rain Village and become his disciples.

Jingū Kiraku brought Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato to Amegakure as his disciples and settled them in Hanzo’s former residence. After arranging food and medical care for them, he left for Amegakure Tower to meet Amemura, who had a report.

• Jingū Kiraku received rewards for recruiting Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, including improved Amegakure Ninja talents, Paper Release, 4,000 Technology Value, and the Rinnegan’s Asura Path.
• Jingū Kiraku brought the three children to Hanzo’s former residence and told them they would stay there and learn to take care of themselves.
• Yahiko celebrated the training ground and vowed to become a renowned ninja who would protect the Land of Rain, while Konan and Nagato said they wanted to remain together.
• Jingū Kiraku asked Erika to arrange food and a Medical Ninja for the children, then learned Amemura was waiting in his office and went to meet him.

Jingū Kiraku summoned an enormous Ibuse, the Salamander Clan’s chief, hoping to secure a powerful Summoning Beast and a source of poison gas for the Land of Rain’s weapons. When the chief refused and attacked him with poison gas, Jingū remained unharmed and mocked its strength.

• Amemura told Jingū Kiraku that the village’s Ibuse could not supply enough poison gas for expanded bomb production.
• Jingū Kiraku used the Salamander Clan’s Contract Scroll and his abundant Chakra to summon a gigantic black Ibuse.
• The Ibuse identified itself as the Salamander Clan’s Chief and refused to become Jingū Kiraku’s Summoning Beast.
• Jingū Kiraku sent Amemura away and challenged the chief after it dismissed him as a weak human.
• The chief engulfed Jingū Kiraku in poison gas, but Jingū remained unharmed and declared that the gas was not strong enough.

Jingū Kiraku defeated Ibuse in a fight and forced it to accept him as its summoner. After learning its name, Knife Fish, he asked it to gather more fish so he could make poison gas bombs.

• Jingū Kiraku resisted Social Fish’s poison gas, then used Clay Spiders and explosions to attack it.
• Jingū Kiraku withstood Social Fish’s tail strike and hurled the massive creature into the ground.
• Jingū Kiraku reformed after Social Fish cut him apart, then used ocular power to trap it beneath Exploding Tags and Clay Bombs.
• Social Fish surrendered and agreed to become Jingū Kiraku’s Summoning Beast.
• Jingū Kiraku learned that the creature’s name was Knife Fish and asked it to gather more fish for making Poison Gas Bombs.

Jingū Kiraku summoned Master Knife and five other salamanders to supply poison gas for Amegakure’s bomb factory. The salamanders agreed to work there in exchange for food and lodging.

• Jingū Kiraku summoned five salamanders after forcing Master Knife to produce materials for Poison Gas Bombs.
• Master Knife told the five newcomers to follow Jingū Kiraku’s orders because Amegakure was their ally.
• Jingū Kiraku led all six salamanders through Amegakure, astonishing villagers and impressing Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.
• Jingū Kiraku reassured the factory manager that the salamanders would not hurt him and assigned them to release poison gas from their venom sacs.
• The salamanders agreed to work at the factory after Jingū Kiraku promised to provide food and lodging.

Jingū Kiraku spent his Technology Value strengthening the Land of Rain’s economy, military, and medical capabilities, then discovered how the Asura Path had expanded his knowledge of machinery and Puppet Technique. After returning home late, he found Konan waiting for him and heard that her dream included staying with him as well as Nagato and Yahiko.

• Jingū Kiraku unlocked basic technologies and military upgrades, including Hunting, Animal Husbandry, Horsemanship, Ironworking, and Gunpowder.
• Jingū Kiraku spent his remaining Technology Value unlocking the Ninja Training Ground, Ninja School, Ninja Hospital, and Medical Ninja.
• Jingū Kiraku sensed that the Asura Path had awakened vast knowledge in his mind, especially about machinery and Puppet Technique.
• Jingū Kiraku finished working at two in the morning, dismissed Erika, and returned home.
• Jingū Kiraku found Konan asleep beside soggy ramen, told her she did not need to wait for him or apologize, and sent her to bed.
• Konan told Jingū Kiraku that her dream was to stay with Nagato, Yahiko, and him.

Jingū Kiraku ordered Amegakure to fight back against Konoha and Sunagakure, sending Amemura south while he confronted Konoha’s scouts. As Nishiki’s team rested in the Southern Land of Rain, a massive figure descended on their camp.

• Jingū Kiraku learned that Konoha scouts had entered Amegakure’s core territory and Sunagakure had established forward camps in the south.
• Jingū Kiraku ordered Amemura to lead Rain Ninja south and declared that he would deal with the Konoha scouts himself.
• Nishiki’s Konoha scouting teams rested in the Southern Land of Rain, dismissing the threat posed by Hidden Rain Village.
• A Hyuga Clan ninja warned Nishiki’s team about something above them, and a massive figure plunged toward their camp.

Jingū Kiraku ambushed a Konoha squad with Ibuse Master Knife, killed most of them, and captured four ninja for his plan. He met Amemura and five Amegakure Ninja near Sunagakure-occupied territory and prepared to disguise them in Konoha uniforms for a surprise attack.

• Jingū Kiraku and Ibuse Master Knife struck the Konoha squad from above, killing several ninja with a giant blade and poisonous mist.
• Nishiki used Hyuga Genma’s Byakugan to locate Jingū Kiraku, but Jingū Kiraku split into paper and detonated Exploding Tags, killing Nishiki and another ninja.
• Ibuse Master Knife subdued the remaining Konoha ninja, and Jingū Kiraku bound four captives with clay and took their uniforms, headbands, and two bodies.
• Jingū Kiraku met Amemura and five Amegakure Ninja near Sunagakure’s occupied territory and told them to change into the Konoha clothes so they could surprise the Sunagakure ninja.

Jingū Kiraku led a disguised Konoha attack on a Sunagakure outpost, waiting for reinforcements so he could carry out his plan. After revealing his Sharingan and killing several Sand ninja, he ordered the attackers to retreat when the reinforcements arrived, leaving a hidden Puppet Master behind.

• Sunagakure ninja dismissed the threat from Hidden Rain Village until their alarm line rang and Konoha attackers rushed the outpost.
• The Sunagakure squad sent up a signal flare and fought the attackers while Jingū Kiraku held back and watched for reinforcements.
• Jingū Kiraku revealed his scarlet Sharingan, stabbed a Sand ninja, tore apart a puppet, and killed its Puppet Master.
• Jingū Kiraku spotted the arriving Sunagakure reinforcements and ordered the Konoha ninja to retreat.
• The attackers withdrew without noticing the small Puppet Master hiding inside the second puppet.

Jingū Kiraku’s Rain Ninja destroyed a Sunagakure outpost and staged the attack to make it appear that Hidden Leaf, including Uchiha ninja, was responsible. Chiyo believed the evidence and ordered Sunagakure to reinforce the Land of Rain and pressure the Land of Rivers.

• Sunagakure’s reinforcements found the ruined outpost, Hidden Leaf corpses, and a surviving Puppet Master who identified the attackers as Hidden Leaf Uchiha before fainting.
• Jingū Kiraku returned to the rear with his subordinates and explained how he had planted evidence to frame Hidden Leaf for the attack.
• Jingū Kiraku ordered Amemura to keep the operation secret and bring the discarded Hidden Leaf uniforms back to Amegakure.
• Chiyo heard the survivor’s testimony and the report about the Hyuga corpse, then concluded that Hidden Leaf had launched the attack.
• Chiyo ordered Lord Kazekage to send more troops to the Land of Rain and directed Sunagakure to pressure the Land of Rivers.

After Sunagakure retaliated for an attack on its outpost, Konoha's commanders prepared for a possible conflict on another front. Orochimaru set out to confront Sunagakure, while his student Nawaki argued that he should join him.

• Sunagakure reinforced its forces and raided Konoha outposts after Elder Chiyo used the attack that killed eight ninja to request support.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru discussed Sunagakure's motives and agreed that Konoha had to prepare for an attack.
• Orochimaru volunteered to lead ninja to Sunagakure's frontlines, while Jiraiya promised to send reinforcements.
• Orochimaru told Nawaki that he would go to the frontlines without him because Nawaki was not ready for the battlefield.
• Nawaki argued that the logistics base was more vulnerable, and Tsunade said he should be allowed to gain experience.

Jingū Kiraku unlocked prosthetic designs and arranged for the Ninja Tool Factory to begin producing them for disabled ninja in Hidden Rain Village. As Watanabe began work, Konoha's main forces officially entered the Land of Rain, and Jingū Kiraku focused on the coming battle.

• Jingū Kiraku discovered the Vajra Type I, Mantis Blade Type I, and Shadow Hunter Type I prosthetic designs and decided they could help disabled ninja regain combat ability.
• Jingū Kiraku renovated the Ninja Tool Factory for 50 Production Value instead of building a new workshop for 200.
• Jingū Kiraku gave the prosthetic blueprints to factory manager Watanabe, who promised to produce a verification model within a few days.
• Watanabe gathered the craftsmen and began working day and night, while his understanding of machinery, ninja tools, and puppet devices rapidly improved.
• Konoha's main forces officially entered the Land of Rain as Jingū Kiraku focused on the coming battle.

Jingū Kiraku tried to draw Sunagakure into the war against Konoha while preparing Amegakure for Konoha’s advance. Sunagakure held back, and with food running short after a wave of civilian relocations, Jingū Kiraku turned his attention to the wealthy merchants’ grain stores.

• Jingū Kiraku noticed Nawaki was with Konoha’s forces and considered using his death to provoke a full war between Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Jingū Kiraku ordered Erika to send a scroll to a Sunagakure elder, and Chiyo received a verified map of Konoha’s deployments.
• Chiyo recognized the map as bait, ordered more reinforcements sent to the Land of Rain, and planned to attack Konoha after Amegakure weakened it.
• Jingū Kiraku learned that the second batch of relocated civilians had arrived and told Erika to ensure they were settled safely.
• Erika warned Jingū Kiraku that the village’s food reserves would last only half a month, and he proposed taking grain from wealthy merchants.

Jingū Kiraku ordered the execution of nobles and merchants who had driven up grain prices, confiscating their wealth to fund Hidden Rain Village. As the executions took place, the people saw that even nobles could be killed.

• Jingū Kiraku rejected Erika's concern about Daimyo's displeasure and ordered the price-gouging nobles and merchants hanged, with their assets confiscated.
• Amegakure Ninja arrested merchants and the representatives left behind by the fleeing nobles, sentencing them for reselling national strategic materials.
• Amemura carried out the executions before Amegakure Tower as the condemned first cursed Jingū Kiraku, then pleaded for mercy.
• Erika mocked the nobles' late pleas, but Jingū Kiraku said they only feared dying, not that they had done wrong.
• Watching the bodies hang, the people realized that nobles could die like anyone else.

After grain controlled by nobles was distributed to the people, Jingū Kiraku heard that elderly villagers wanted weapons to fight the invaders. He used the system to address every citizen of the Land of Rain and called them to defend their homeland until every invader was driven out.

• Villagers and refugees saw grain from the nobles’ stores being taken to granaries and understood why food had been scarce.
• Erika told Jingū Kiraku that some elderly people refused to relocate and wanted weapons to fight the invaders.
• Jingū Kiraku said their resolve showed that the backbone of the Land of Rain had not been broken and ordered Erika to maintain security.
• Jingū Kiraku used the system to project his voice into the minds of every citizen of the Land of Rain.
• Jingū Kiraku urged the people to protect their families and homeland and drive out every invader, and they answered with a vow of victory.

Jingū Kiraku prepared his disciples for his absence and deployed Hidden Rain Village’s Divine Raven unit to fight Konoha. The soldiers marched to arm the people of the Land of Rain and drive out the invaders.

• Yahiko complained about studying, but Konan and Nagato explained why Jingū Kiraku required it, and Jingū Kiraku warned him that he was not strong enough for battle.
• Jingū Kiraku told Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato to eat at the village’s Collective Cafeteria while he was away and reassured them that he expected to win.
• Jingū Kiraku arrived at Training Ground No. 4, where more than a hundred Divine Raven soldiers awaited deployment.
• Jingū Kiraku warned the soldiers that their mission against Konoha could be nearly suicidal, then ordered them to arm the Land of Rain’s citizens and drive out the invaders.
• The Divine Raven unit shouted its loyalty to the Land of Rain and marched toward the battlefield.

In the Land of Rain, the Poison Cavalry ambushed a Konoha squad with poison gas bombs and wiped out all twelve ninjas. The victory cost the cavalry five lives, and the battlefield fell quiet as the gas dissipated.

• A Konoha squad complained about the rain and mocked Amegakure as it advanced through the Land of Rain.
• The squad detected approaching riders in crow masks and prepared to attack, dismissing their cannons as outdated weapons.
• The Poison Cavalry fired poison gas bombs, which engulfed the Konoha ninjas and threw the squad into disarray.
• The cavalry charged and fired a second volley as the remaining Konoha ninjas fought back.
• A Konoha captain killed a cavalryman, who detonated his bomb and poisoned the captain in turn.
• The Poison Cavalry wiped out all twelve Konoha ninjas, losing five of its own.

Jiraiya adapted Konoha’s strategy after Amegakure’s poison cavalry inflicted heavy losses, then led his forces toward Graystone Town. The chapter left Konoha preparing to enter the ruined town, unaware of Jingū Kiraku’s larger plan.

• A Konoha ninja reported that poison gas bombs and cavalry raids had killed nearly a hundred Konoha ninja in two days, including one Jonin.
• Jiraiya ordered Konoha’s forces to split into supported squads, send out reconnaissance teams, request Hyuga sensory ninja reinforcements, and have Tsunade seek an antidote.
• Jingū Kiraku watched Konoha’s movements and intended to target its sensory ninja, but waited as Konoha advanced toward Graystone Town.
• Konoha’s poison cavalry raids caused little damage after the tactical changes, and the confident troops marched faster toward the town.
• Hyuga Mae reported that Graystone Town’s young people and children had evacuated and that there were no signs of an ambush, so Jiraiya ordered the troops to enter.

Jiraiya led Konoha’s troops into Graystone Town, where an old man offered to reveal a hidden basement in exchange for medicine for his dying granddaughter. Jiraiya followed him underground and discovered barrels of nitroglycerin, but the old man ignited them before Jiraiya could act.

• Jiraiya rejected Hyuga Mae’s proposal to kill Graystone Town’s civilians and offered them rations for information about Amegakure Ninja.
• An old man asked Jiraiya to cure his dying granddaughter in exchange for leading him to a basement where Amegakure Ninja had buried supplies.
• Tsunade said the girl could not be saved and explained that her illness was treatable with medicine, which Konoha had blockaded from the Land of Rain.
• Jiraiya promised the old man they would cure the girl if he led them to the basement.
• The old man showed Jiraiya barrels of nitroglycerin, admitted he knew his granddaughter could not be saved, and ignited the barrels, causing a deafening explosion.

A coordinated Rain Country attack trapped Konoha forces in a town with explosives and poison gas, leaving Tsunade and many ninjas missing. Jiraiya survived and summoned Sage Fukasaku, who began clearing the gas as the survivors faced the devastation.

• Tsunade and Hyuga Mae were caught in a massive explosion beneath the passage, which released dark purple poison gas.
• Rain Country civilians rose from the ruins, detonated hidden explosives, and attacked the Konoha forces with poison gas and artillery.
• The Konoha ninjas fled or became trapped in the gas, while Jiraiya’s and Tsunade’s whereabouts remained unknown.
• Jiraiya appeared at the town’s outskirts, having escaped with help from the Mount Myōboku toads, and worried over the civilians’ sacrifice.
• Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and asked him to disperse the poison gas and rescue Tsunade and the trapped ninjas.
• Sage Fukasaku gathered Natural Energy and unleashed a powerful wind that began clearing the gas from the town.