Chapter Summaries

Konoha forces in the Land of Rain faced another attack by Amegakure’s Poison Crows, whose modified fighters broke through their defenses and overwhelmed them in close combat. The chapter left the Konoha ninjas struggling against the unfamiliar enemy.

• Konoha ninjas worried that Sunagakure’s victory and Orochimaru’s severe injuries would leave the Land of Rain front isolated.
• An old Konoha ninja tried to raise morale by citing Danzo and Kato Dan, while the ninjas learned Hatake Sakumo would not reinforce them.
• Niijima led Amegakure’s Poison Cavalry in another attack, and the Konoha ninjas blocked the poison bombs with their prepared defenses.
• Niijima smashed through the Konoha ninjas’ earthen wall with his metal fist and ordered his modified fighters to charge.
• The modified Amegakure ninjas used powerful fists, blades, rapid movement, and poison bombs to drive the Konoha forces back.

Danzo learned that Amegakure’s prosthetic-equipped ninja had inflicted heavy losses on Konoha and decided to force Jingū Kiraku out of hiding. He ordered Root to round up civilians and threaten to kill ten each day until the Amegakure Leader appeared.

• Niijima’s Amegakure squad defeated Konoha ninja, recovered their fallen comrades’ equipment, and continued to its next mission.
• Kato Dan told Danzo that Amegakure’s prosthetic-equipped ninja were causing Konoha severe casualties.
• Danzo recognized that the battlefield stalemate could hurt Konoha’s war effort and demanded a way to draw out Jingū Kiraku.
• Danzo ordered Root to round up the civilians in a nearby town and threaten to kill ten each day unless Jingū Kiraku appeared.

Amegakure rebuilt itself as refugees worked, while Nagato and Yahiko used their skills to help the village and Konan treated wounded ninjas. Jingū Kiraku’s satisfaction ended when Danzo Shimura threatened to slaughter civilians unless he appeared.

• Jingū Kiraku assigned refugees to factory work and rebuilding projects, improving order in Amegakure.
• Nagato used Gale Palm to move rubble while Yahiko laid bricks, and the villagers praised their hard work.
• Nagato reflected that ninjutsu could serve peace, while Yahiko wondered how Konan was faring at the hospital.
• Jingū Kiraku watched his disciples and felt encouraged by the village’s progress.
• A messenger told Jingū Kiraku that Danzo Shimura would kill ten people each day unless he showed himself, threatening to slaughter the city.

Jingū Kiraku refused Danzo’s demand for a decisive battle and flew to the Land of Fire Capital to threaten its civilians in retaliation. He began preparing to unleash poison gas over the prosperous city.

• Jingū Kiraku agreed with Erika that time favored the Land of Rain, but vowed to retaliate against the Land of Fire for Danzo’s planned massacre.
• Jingū Kiraku left the village on a giant white bird and traveled toward the Land of Fire instead of accepting Danzo’s bait.
• Jingū Kiraku arrived at the Land of Fire Capital, where he saw its wealth and peaceful citizens contrasted with the hardship in the Land of Rain.
• Jingū Kiraku ignored the samurai who ordered him off a rooftop, formed paper wings, and flew above the capital.
• Jingū Kiraku took out a sealing scroll and announced that the people of the Land of Fire would experience the Land of Rain’s wrath.

Jingū Kiraku attacked the Land of Fire capital with explosions and poisonous gas, terrifying the Daimyo and devastating the city. The nobles then urged Konoha to stop Danzo Shimura’s planned massacre and protect the capital, and the shaken Daimyo agreed.

• Jingū Kiraku launched explosions and poisonous gas across the capital while the Daimyo watched dancers at Tenshukaku.
• The attack killed and injured civilians and nobles, leaving widespread destruction and lasting effects from the poison.
• At an emergency council meeting, a Sarutobi Clan jonin told the nobles that the Amegakure Leader had attacked because Danzo Shimura planned to massacre a city.
• The nobles demanded that Konoha stop Danzo’s plan and send enough ninjas to protect the capital.
• After mistaking a sudden address for renewed explosions, the Daimyo heard the nobles’ proposal and agreed.

After Jingū Kiraku bombed the Land of Fire’s capital, the Daimyo and nobles blamed Konoha, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors to address the threat and Danzo’s plans against the Land of Rain. Hiruzen decided to warn Danzo to stop, hoping to prevent further attacks and keep the conflict contained.

• The Daimyo and nobles sent furious complaints to Konoha over Jingū Kiraku’s attack, and Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed them with Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.
• Hiruzen said the Daimyo had fainted from fright, and Koharu urged Konoha to strengthen his protection, secure the border, and send Medical Ninja.
• Homura asked how Konoha could deal with Jingū Kiraku’s flying attacks, and Koharu said Danzo’s plan should be stopped before the conflict worsened.
• Hiruzen agreed to warn Danzo and judged that Jingū Kiraku had attacked as a response to Danzo’s plan to massacre civilians in the Land of Rain.
• Hiruzen said Konoha might move the Daimyo to Konoha if Danzo refused to stop, while arguing that the Land of Rain’s alliances with Sunagakure and Iwagakure were fragile.

Danzo captured civilians in the Land of Rain and ordered ten elderly people executed to provoke Jingū Kiraku, but a Hokage letter forced him to release them after Jingū Kiraku retaliated with an air raid on the capital. Danzo ended the chapter furious and vowing to remember Jingū Kiraku.

• Danzo learned Root had captured the civilians in the town and ordered ten of them beheaded to provoke Amegakure.
• Danzo blamed Jingū Kiraku for the civilians’ deaths, but the elderly people condemned Konoha and shouted their support for him and the Land of Rain.
• A communications ninja arrived with a letter from the Hokage, and Danzo learned Jingū Kiraku had launched an air raid on the capital in retaliation for Konoha’s planned massacre.
• Danzo ordered the captured civilians released, and they celebrated the Land of Rain and their leader.
• Danzo stormed into his tent and vowed to remember Jingū Kiraku.

Jingū Kiraku accepted Konoha’s request to stop bombing the Land of Fire’s capital, then headed to the battlefield with newly made, high-yield Poison Gas Bombs. The chapter ended as he bombed Konoha’s camp, leaving Danzo Shimura furious amid the spreading poison gas.

• Amemura told Jingū Kiraku that Danzo Shimura had released the hostages and provided rations, and delivered Konoha’s diplomatic letter asking him to spare nobles and civilians.
• Jingū Kiraku agreed to stop attacking the capital, reasoning that the nobles could constrain Konoha and that a direct assault on them was too risky.
• Jingū Kiraku inspected Watanabe’s large-yield Poison Gas Bombs, praised him, rewarded the Ibuse, and flew toward the battlefield.
• Kato Dan informed Danzo Shimura that Jingū Kiraku had stopped bombing the capital, and Danzo declared that Konoha would settle the conflict on the battlefield.
• Jingū Kiraku dropped a massive Poison Gas Bomb on Konoha’s frontline camp, and Danzo Shimura recognized him as flames and poison gas spread.

Jingū Kiraku attacked Konoha’s camp and logistics base with poison gas bombs, while Danzo Shimura struggled to defend his forces and warn other strongholds. After returning to Amegakure, Jingū Kiraku learned that an envoy from Kumogakure had arrived.

• Danzo Shimura dispersed the poison gas at Konoha’s frontline camp with Wind Release, saving many shinobi.
• Jingū Kiraku dropped more Poison Gas Bombs on the camp and escaped on his paper crane, while Danzo destroyed the bombs before they detonated.
• Danzo realized Jingū Kiraku was heading for Konoha’s eastern logistics sites and sent warnings, but the messages could not catch up with him.
• Jingū Kiraku and his Summoning Beast destroyed a logistics transfer base and wiped out its thirty-man supply unit.
• After another bombardment, Jingū Kiraku returned to Amegakure, where Erika told him that a Kumogakure envoy had arrived.

Jingū Kiraku learned that Kumogakure had sent Fourth A and Dodai to Amegakure, and he arranged for the delegation to be received while he prepared to join them. As the visitors assessed the village, Nagato used Wind Release to help with construction and felt encouraged by the villagers’ cheers.

• Jingū Kiraku recognized Fourth A and Dodai on the map and told Erika to have Amemura receive the Kumogakure delegation first.
• Fourth A criticized the Land of Rain’s poverty, while Dodai pointed out Amegakure’s organized refugee camps, construction work, and signs of capable leadership.
• Dodai and Fourth A watched Nagato use Wind Release: Gale Palm to move lumber at a construction site.
• Dodai praised Nagato’s talent and warned Fourth A not to become complacent, while Nagato enjoyed the villagers’ cheers and felt his Wind Release improving.

Jingū Kiraku welcomed Dodai and the Kumogakure delegation, who offered supplies and promised to seek more food for Amegakure. Dodai then revealed the Third Raikage’s real request: Amegakure should join Kumogakure in a coordinated attack on Konoha when the time came.

• Jingū Kiraku and Dodai exchanged flattering greetings before beginning their talks.
• Dodai presented a scroll listing Kumogakure’s supplies for Amegakure and said Konoha would retaliate against the Land of Rain.
• Jingū Kiraku accepted the aid and vowed that Amegakure would keep resisting Konoha.
• Jingū Kiraku described the hardship caused by Konoha’s blockade, and Dodai promised to ask the Raikage to send more food.
• Dodai asked Jingū Kiraku to have Amegakure cooperate with Kumogakure in attacking Konoha from both sides at a critical moment.

Jingū Kiraku agreed to cooperate with Kumogakure against Konoha in exchange for supplies, minerals, and industrial technology. As A challenged him to a spar, Jingū Kiraku turned aside A’s Lightning Style Lariat by scattering into sheets of paper.

• Jingū Kiraku explained that Amegakure could not afford to invade the Land of Fire without losing its main advantages and troops.
• Dodai revealed that Kumogakure wanted Amegakure to hold back one of Konoha’s top commanders and that Iwagakure would soon attack Konoha.
• Jingū Kiraku agreed to cooperate and demanded food, ninja tools, mineral resources, and the Land of Lightning’s industrial technologies.
• Jingū Kiraku and Dodai reached a preliminary agreement, while Erika, Amemura, and two other Amegakure Ninja negotiated the details.
• A asked Jingū Kiraku to spar, then attacked with Lightning Style Lariat and cut through a body that scattered into sheets of paper.

Jingū Kiraku defeated A in a brief spar, then learned the young Kumogakure ninja was the Third Lightning Shadow’s son. He reassured Amemura and Erika that Yahiko and the others had greater talent, leaving their future potential in focus.

• Jingū Kiraku struck A with overwhelming force and sent him crashing into a rock wall.
• Dodai stopped the other Kumogakure ninja from intervening, and A admitted defeat before promising to challenge Jingū Kiraku again after training.
• Dodai reminded Jingū Kiraku to prepare for their agreement, and Jingū Kiraku assured him that Hidden Rain Village would honor its promise.
• Jingū Kiraku revealed that A was the Third Lightning Shadow’s son, prompting Amemura and Erika to marvel at Kumogakure’s boldness.
• Amemura asked whether Yahiko and the others could surpass A, and Jingū Kiraku replied that their talent was far greater.

Recovering from severe injuries, Jiraiya learned that Konoha’s fronts were struggling against Sunagakure and Amegakure and offered to fight, but Hiruzen refused. Meanwhile, the Sky Ninja Village approached Konoha aboard warships and an Aerial Fortress and prepared to attack.

• Jiraiya left a Shadow Clone in his hospital bed and went to the Hokage Building to question Hiruzen Sarutobi about the war.
• Hiruzen told Jiraiya that Sunagakure was exploiting weaknesses in Konoha’s defenses and that Konoha had made little progress against Amegakure’s Leader.
• Jiraiya offered to join Elder Danzo against Amegakure’s Leader, but Hiruzen ordered him to keep recovering.
• The Sky Ninja Village approached Konoha in warships beneath an Aerial Fortress, intending to gather hatred and Dark Chakra to revive Zero Tails.
• The Sky Ninja leader ordered all Sky Ninja to take their positions and attack Konoha.

The Sky Ninja launched a surprise aerial assault on Konoha, overwhelming its defenses and devastating the village. Hiruzen Sarutobi fought back with Enma’s help, but the attackers withdrew toward the southern bay after their Flying Ninja Tools ran low on Chakra.

• The Sky Ninja launched themselves from their fleet and flew toward Konoha on Flying Ninja Tools.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Jiraiya away, but the Sky Ninja began bombing the village as Jiraiya was leaving.
• Jiraiya rescued a mother and daughter from falling rubble while Konoha’s ninja struggled to counter the aerial attack.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Great Dragon Fire Technique to destroy a squad approaching the Hokage Building.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi extended Enma in staff form into the sky, striking Sky Ninja and causing their damaged Flying Ninja Tools to explode.
• The Sky Ninja ended their bombardment as their tools’ Chakra dwindled and headed toward the southern bay.

Jingū Kiraku learned that Sky Ninja Village had launched an air raid on Konoha, inflicting heavy losses before retreating. He anticipated that Konoha’s enemies would exploit its weakness and that the shinobi world was about to fall into greater chaos.

• Jingū Kiraku finished his demanding work as Amegakure’s leader, relying on grain and minerals imported from Kumogakure while the village’s factories produced Prosthetic Armament around the clock.
• Erika reported that Sky Ninja Village had raided Konoha from the air, setting the village ablaze and causing heavy losses.
• Jingū Kiraku questioned the claim that the Third Hokage had driven the attackers back, suspecting they had instead withdrawn to replenish their chakra.
• Jingū Kiraku anticipated that Konoha’s enemies would seize the opportunity to act and concluded that the shinobi world was about to descend into chaos.

After the Sky Ninja attacked Konoha, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure saw an opportunity to exploit its weakness and prepared to intensify the war. Jingū Kiraku welcomed the prospect of Konoha facing pressure on multiple fronts.

• Ōnoki discussed Konoha’s losses with Kari and ordered a thousand Iwagakure ninja into the Grass Country to test Konoha’s response.
• The Third Raikage ordered Dodai to assemble two thousand Kumogakure ninja and ready them to attack Konoha’s border.
• Chiyo learned that Konoha had been bombed and called Sunagakure’s jonin together to seize the opportunity.
• The Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning committed troops to the front lines, while Jingū Kiraku celebrated the prospect of crushing Konoha imperialism.

With Konoha besieged as Iwagakure and Kumogakure entered the war, Jingū Kiraku prepared Hidden Rain Village for the coming battle. He opened a golden achievement treasure chest and obtained the SS-rank Spirit Paper Technique, which let him store large amounts of Chakra in paper.

• Iwagakure and Kumogakure moved their forces into position, leaving Konoha surrounded by enemies.
• Jingū Kiraku stopped bombing Konoha and stored his hundreds of thousands of Exploding Tags for the coming battle.
• Jingū Kiraku's Reputation Value surpassed one hundred thousand, so he prepared to open the golden achievement treasure chest.
• Jingū Kiraku drew the SS-rank Paper Release Secret Art—Spirit Paper Technique.
• Jingū Kiraku tested the technique and discovered he could control paper more precisely and store Chakra inside it with little loss.

Jingū Kiraku explored how spirit paper could store Chakra and considered using it to power Prosthetic Armament for ordinary people. He tested Fire and Water Release spirit paper, discovering that each could produce different effects depending on its nature.

• Jingū Kiraku considered using spirit paper as an energy source for Prosthetic Armament, potentially letting ordinary people in Amegakure wield it.
• Jingū Kiraku tested storing Fire Release Chakra in spirit paper and found that releasing it created flames whose explosive power increased with the amount of Chakra stored.
• Jingū Kiraku filled a sheet of spirit paper with Fire Release Chakra and produced an explosion that blasted a large crater into the ground.
• Jingū Kiraku tried Water Release spirit paper, first creating a stream of water and then shaping the Chakra into a large floating sphere resembling a movable Water Prison Technique.

Hiruzen Sarutobi led Konoha's assault on the Sky Ninja after Shibazaki revealed their base and fleet in the southern Land of Fire. Konoha crippled the Sky Ninja's launch systems and destroyed most of their aircraft carriers, while the Sky Ninja Leader watched in horror.

• Shibazaki told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Sky Ninja were based in a southern bay, with sixteen aircraft carriers and an Aerial Fortress.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado's objections and led Konoha's ninja toward the Sky Ninja fleet.
• The Sky Ninja Leader ordered his forces to deploy, but Konoha's black insects had already destroyed the fleet's launch systems.
• Konoha's ninja overwhelmed the grounded Sky Ninja with ninjutsu and destroyed more than a dozen aircraft carriers.
• Four aircraft carriers fled, and the Sky Ninja Leader was shaken by the destruction.