Chapter Summaries

Jingū Kiraku considered expanding production of Watanabe’s chakra-free prosthetic armament while preserving the Hidden Rain Village’s peace. After Sunagakure asked for military aid against Konoha, he chose to sell it equipment instead of joining the war.

• Watanabe showed Jingū Kiraku a prosthetic limb that Captain Niijima could operate without using his own Chakra, and credited a vivid Dream with inspiring its design.
• Jingū Kiraku praised Watanabe, ordered him to rest, and considered expanding production despite the prosthetic limb’s reliance on Jingū Kiraku’s spirit paper.
• Amemura delivered a letter in which the Kazekage asked the Hidden Rain Village to help Sunagakure resist Konoha.
• Jingū Kiraku decided to preserve the peace treaty with Konoha and avoid joining the war, but told Amemura to offer Sunagakure equipment for sale.

Sunagakure considered Amegakure’s offer of prosthetic limbs and intelligence, and the Third Kazekage sent Ebizo to negotiate for the technology. In Amegakure, Nagato spotted and pursued a suspicious man, then confronted him in an alley while warning that the Guard Squad and his teacher had been alerted.

• The Third Kazekage and Ebizo discussed Amegakure’s offer to sell Puppet Prosthetic Limbs in exchange for ore, puppet materials, and secret techniques.
• The Third Kazekage ordered Ebizo to travel to Amegakure and obtain the key technology behind the prosthetic limbs.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan discussed the nearly completed Ninja School and the difficulty of finding teachers.
• Nagato noticed a strange figure near the teaching building and told Yahiko and Konan to go ahead while he followed it.
• Nagato cornered a raincoat-wearing man in an alley and warned him that the Guard Squad and his teacher would come if he attacked.

Nagato and Jingū Kiraku discovered a wary wandering Uzumaki Clan Member in Hidden Rain Village and assured him the village would help rather than persecute his clan. Jingū Kiraku let the man leave so word of the village’s goodwill might draw other Uzumaki Clan Members to them, while secretly tracking him with the system map.

• Nagato questioned the raincoat-wearing man, exposed that he was an Uzumaki Clan Member, and revealed that he shared their bloodline.
• The man reached for his Ninja Tool Pouch, but Nagato assured him Hidden Rain Village bore no ill will toward the Uzumaki Clan.
• Jingū Kiraku appeared and offered the man and his clan freedom to move about the village and help if they needed it.
• Jingū Kiraku left with Nagato for the Dining Hall, surprising both the man and Nagato by letting the Uzumaki Clan Member go.
• Jingū Kiraku explained that treating the man kindly could persuade other wandering Uzumaki Clan Members to seek them out, and he secretly tracked the man with the system map.

Uzumaki Yōji tested Amegakure’s attitude toward his clan by applying for work at its hospital, where Konan treated him warmly and accepted him as a medical ninja. He left with an official work badge, still amazed that he had been welcomed.

• After meeting Jingū Kiraku and Nagato, the Red-Haired Man stayed in Amegakure to assess how the village treated the Uzumaki Clan and seek work.
• Uzumaki Yōji found a medical ninja opening at Amegakure Hospital and went there to apply.
• Konan welcomed Yōji and, after learning he was from the Uzumaki Clan, said one of her companions was also an Uzumaki.
• Konan explained that her teacher believed everyone was equal and led Yōji to a test in the operating room.
• Yōji healed a carp with Medical Ninjutsu, passed the test, and received his Amegakure Medical Ninja work badge.

After receiving news that Iwagakure had discovered and attacked the Uzumaki Clan’s temporary grounds, Uzumaki Yōji went to Jingū Kiraku and begged him to save his clansmen. Jingū Kiraku saw a system mission to aid and recruit the clan, with rewards that included a Sealing Team Ninja unit.

• Uzumaki Yōji healed an injured construction worker at Amegakure Hospital and reflected on how fulfilling his work in the village had become.
• Uzumaki Yōji found a sealed message from Elder Uzumaki Yang saying Iwagakure had discovered the clan’s temporary grounds, caused heavy losses, and forced them to relocate.
• Uzumaki Yōji decided to seek Jingū Kiraku’s help rather than leave the Uzumaki Clan to face Iwagakure alone.
• Amemura let Uzumaki Yōji into Jingū Kiraku’s office, where he knelt and pleaded for the leader to save the Uzumaki Clan.
• Jingū Kiraku saw the system’s Uzumaki Clan Subjugation Plan, which tasked him with helping and recruiting the clan.

Uzumaki Yang stayed behind to defend the surviving Uzumaki Clan members from pursuing Iwagakure ninja while Kana led the children through the cave. The Iwagakure attackers sent four ninja underground after them, leaving Yang trapped in battle as he feared for Kana and the children.

• Uzumaki Yang refused Kana's offer to treat his injuries and told her to save her Chakra for an emergency escape with the children.
• Uzumaki Yang sensed more than a dozen Iwagakure ninja approaching and ordered Kana to lead the children deeper into the cave while he held them off.
• Kana took the children toward the cave's underground passages as the Iwagakure ninja arrived and attacked Uzumaki Yang.
• Uzumaki Yang used Vajra Sealing to hold back the attackers, but the Rock Hidden Jonin sent four ninja underground to capture the children.
• Uzumaki Yang fought off the remaining Iwagakure ninja's rock attack and silently hoped Kana and the children were safe.

Uzumaki Kana tried to protect the children from Iwagakure ninja targeting her for her healing constitution. Just as a Rock Hidden Jonin was about to strike her, Jingū Kiraku appeared and revealed himself as the Hidden Rain Village Leader before unleashing his power.

• Uzumaki Kana led the children through a dark cave while worrying that Elder Uzumaki Yang would not survive his battle with Iwagakure.
• Four Iwagakure ninja ambushed the group and revealed that they wanted to capture Kana for the Black Market because of her special constitution.
• Kana attacked the Rock Hidden Jonin to let the children escape, but he kicked her down while another ninja trapped the children in a swamp.
• Jingū Kiraku arrived and blocked the Jonin's attack, then challenged Iwagakure's claim over the Grass Country.
• The Rock Hidden Jonin recognized Jingū Kiraku as the Hidden Rain Village Leader, the Rain Tyrant, just as dazzling light filled the cave.

Jingū Kiraku’s clone defeated the Iwagakure ninja in the cave and protected the Uzumaki children. After revealing that his main body had gone to help Uzumaki Yang, the clone disappeared, leaving Uzumaki Kana to lead the children out while his paper sheets healed her injuries.

• Jingū Kiraku’s clone drowned the Rock Hidden Jonin with a water sphere and electricity, then confronted the remaining Iwagakure ninja about capturing the Uzumaki Clan.
• Jingū Kiraku attacked after explaining that the strong preyed on the weak, and his Paper Release destroyed the Iwagakure ninja’s Earth Flow Wall before water needles killed them.
• Uzumaki Kana realized that Uzumaki Yang was still fighting above and pleaded with Jingū Kiraku for help.
• Jingū Kiraku revealed that his main body had already gone to assist Uzumaki Yang and told Uzumaki Kana to take the children back to the surface.
• Jingū Kiraku’s clone scattered into paper sheets, some of which healed Uzumaki Kana’s injuries.

Jingū Kiraku healed Uzumaki Kana and rescued the Uzumaki Clan members from the Iwagakure ninja. He invited them to Hidden Rain Village to help establish a Medical Ninja system, offering protection and payment for their techniques.

• Jingū Kiraku healed Uzumaki Kana, and she went to check the surface while the children waited below.
• Uzumaki Kana found the Iwagakure ninja incapacitated and Uzumaki Yang being treated by Uzumaki Yōji, who credited Jingū Kiraku with helping him arrive in time.
• Uzumaki Yang, Uzumaki Kana, and Uzumaki Yōji thanked Jingū Kiraku for saving them and the children.
• Jingū Kiraku asked the Uzumaki Clan to help establish a Medical Ninja system in Hidden Rain Village and offered to pay for their sealing and barrier techniques.
• Jingū Kiraku promised the Uzumaki protection in Hidden Rain Village and said they could apply to become village members afterward.

Jingū Kiraku offered the surviving Uzumaki Clan Members a chance to join Hidden Rain Village and prepared to take them there. The group departed aboard his paper dragon, bringing captured Iwagakure ninja along as prisoners.

• Jingū Kiraku told Uzumaki Yang and the others that they could join Hidden Rain Village and gave them time to decide.
• Uzumaki Kana brought the children out of the cave, and Jingū Kiraku counted the twenty-three surviving Uzumaki Clan Members.
• When Uzumaki Kana worried about traveling through Iwagakure territory, Jingū Kiraku created a giant dragon from paper to carry the group.
• The Uzumaki children eagerly boarded and admired the dragon, while Uzumaki Kana and Uzumaki Yang saw Jingū Kiraku smiling at them.
• Jingū Kiraku and the Uzumaki Clan Members set off for Hidden Rain Village with the subdued Iwagakure ninja aboard.

Jingū Kiraku showed the arriving Uzumaki Clan members the expanding Hidden Rain Village and explained his plans for its future growth. After he left to meet Sunagakure’s delegation, Amemura guided the newcomers around the village, where its construction technology impressed them.

• Jingū Kiraku described how Hidden Rain Village’s ambitious design prepared it to grow into a city of millions as the dragon descended.
• Amemura welcomed Jingū Kiraku and the Uzumaki Clan members, then reported that Ebizo had arrived with Sunagakure’s fourth delegation.
• Jingū Kiraku assigned the Uzumaki adults to the hospital and the children to the Orphanage before leaving to meet Ebizo.
• Amemura showed the newcomers the Paper Cows and Paper Gorillas transporting construction materials around the village.
• Uzumaki Kana repeated Jingū Kiraku’s words about ninjutsu building peace, and Uzumaki Yang praised his broad vision.

After welcoming the Uzumaki Clan, Jingū Kiraku received village-wide improvements and unlocked a policy for attracting bloodline and secret technique clans. He considered possible targets across the ninja world and settled on the imprisoned Chinoike Clan in Hell Valley.

• Jingū Kiraku received rewards for completing the Uzumaki Clan Subjugation Plan, including improved constitutions and Sealing Technique talent for Hidden Rain Village units.
• Jingū Kiraku saw that the Bloodline Limit, Secret Technique Clan Protection Policy required three qualifying clans and considered how to recruit more.
• Jingū Kiraku considered Konoha’s clans but judged them difficult to poach, while noting that the Land of Water’s persecution of bloodline clans could create an opportunity.
• Jingū Kiraku recalled the Chinoike Clan and its Ketsuryūgan abilities, including genjutsu, human bombs, and blood control.
• Jingū Kiraku located Hell Valley on the map and decided the imprisoned Chinoike Clan was a potential target.

Jingū Kiraku secured Sunagakure’s puppet-making methods and secret control techniques in exchange for prosthetic armaments and reconnaissance support. The deal unlocked the Prosthetic Workshop’s upgrade, revealing two new prosthetic types, Centipede and Spider.

• Jingū Kiraku pressed Ebizo to accept Hidden Rain Village’s demand for Sunagakure’s puppet techniques, and Ebizo agreed with a clause against sharing them with third parties.
• Jingū Kiraku signed the contract and delivered the first hundred sets of prosthetic armaments, with more to follow and Flying Ninja reconnaissance support for Sunagakure.
• Sunagakure gave Hidden Rain Village valuable ores, puppet-making technology, and secret puppet-control techniques, then departed for the battlefield.
• Jingū Kiraku saw that the Prosthetic Workshop upgrade was available and reviewed the Centipede Type Two and Spider Type Two prosthetics it would unlock.

Jingū Kiraku reviewed Hidden Rain’s production plans and heard that the Loyalty Statue atop Angkor Fortress was nearly complete. He learned that Erika had begun governing the New Eastern District through bold reforms, while Angkor Fortress’s looming presence reinforced Hidden Rain’s authority there.

• Jingū Kiraku considered upgrading the Prosthetic Workshop and learned that the Loyalty Statue was over ninety percent complete and due to be finished within a week.
• Amemura reported that Erika had arrested some Land of Fire nobles, confiscated their assets, and lowered taxes for commoners in the New Eastern District.
• Jingū Kiraku dismissed concerns about a noble rebellion and said Erika could use any unrest to end the old order.
• Erika rebuilt Ironwood Town as the New Eastern District’s core city and brought in residents from the Land of Rain.
• Angkor Fortress and its patrolling Flying Ninjas guarded the town as the enormous Loyalty Statue took shape on the fortress.

Erika and Asuka discussed the statue and the village’s response to nobles plotting against Hidden Rain Village. In Kikyo Town, nobles joined forces with two jonin-level fighters and planned to seize Hidden Rain Village’s Aerial Fortress and tailed beast.

• Erika told Asuka that she had put the nobles under watch and ordered that they be killed if they made suspicious moves.
• Erika asked Asuka’s aerial forces to assist, and he agreed as long as the village approved the orders.
• In Kikyo Town, disgruntled nobles gathered with rogue ninjas and complained about Erika’s seizure of their property and dismissal of their slaves.
• The fat noble introduced an Inu-Tobi Ninja and a samurai from the Land of Iron, both said to possess jonin strength.
• The nobles planned to surprise Hidden Rain Village, seize its Aerial Fortress and tailed beast, and use their two jonin against the region’s lone jonin, Erika.

Erika and Asuka used the Aerial Fortress to ambush the rogue ninja forces led by Quan Fei and Tie Shan, then destroyed them as they tried to flee. After the battle, a masked figure wearing a Takigakure Forehead Protector emerged from the ravine, leaving Erika and Asuka facing an unexpected survivor.

• Quan Fei and Tie Shan led the rogue ninja forces toward Ironwood Town to seize the grounded Aerial Fortress.
• Flying Ninjas spotted the approaching force and bombarded it while Erika watched from the fortress.
• Tie Shan cut a path through the flames, but the fortress’s Kunai launchers killed more rogue ninjas as they advanced.
• Quan Fei and Tie Shan tried to flee, so Erika ordered the Aerial Fortress to rise and fire its enormous energy beam.
• A masked figure wearing a Takigakure Forehead Protector emerged from the ravine after the beam struck, alarming Erika and Asuka.

Kakuzu attacked the Aerial Fortress for an eighty-million-ryō bounty, but Jingū Kiraku arrived in time to defend it. Jingū faced Kakuzu as the bounty hunter formed three Black Monsters and prepared a combined attack.

• Kakuzu used his black threads to shield himself from the Flying Ninja's kunai barrage.
• Kakuzu fired Lightning Release: False Darkness at the Aerial Fortress, while Erika countered with Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique and Asuka tried to move the fortress.
• Kakuzu followed with Wind Release: Pressure Damage, but Jingū Kiraku appeared and blocked the attack with Paper Release: White Shikigami.
• Jingū identified Kakuzu as a threat and took over the fight as Kakuzu split into three Black Monsters.
• Kakuzu's red-masked and White Mask monsters prepared the combined Fire-Wind Chaos Wave.

Jingū Kiraku fought Kakuzu amid clashing seas of flame, using the White Shikigami and paper-based techniques to counter the Immortal Ninja’s tactics. Kakuzu escaped a water trap, but Jingū Kiraku struck his White Mask with a flaming Cross Longsword.

• Erika ordered the others to retreat while Asuka raised Angkor Fortress and the Flying Ninjas returned to it.
• Jingū Kiraku sent the White Shikigami leaping through the flames to slash at Kakuzu, who dodged the blow and split the fire with its impact.
• Kakuzu used black threads to pull himself onto the White Shikigami and rushed toward Jingū Kiraku, but Jingū Kiraku broke apart its lower body to unleash a water sphere.
• Kakuzu split off his White Mask, which blasted him out of the water sphere before Lightning Release paper slips shocked the mask monster inside it.
• Jingū Kiraku released the water sphere and pierced the falling White Mask monster with the Cross Longsword, setting off a burst of flames.

Jingū Kiraku tried to force Kakuzu to join Hidden Rain Village after defeating one of his hearts, but Kakuzu refused and the two continued fighting. The chapter ended with Jingū Kiraku’s lightning-charged paper talismans emerging through the steam to pursue Kakuzu.

• Jingū Kiraku severed Kakuzu’s connection to his Wind-nature heart, and Kakuzu fled rather than risk his life.
• Jingū Kiraku used Paper Release to intercept Kakuzu and demanded that he join Hidden Rain Village.
• Kakuzu refused to join and offered to leave the Land of Rain, but Jingū Kiraku insisted that joining was his only choice.
• Kakuzu attacked with Lightning Release, and Jingū Kiraku blocked it with a wind-paper wall before striking with his Cross Longsword.
• Kakuzu dodged the sword, endured Jingū Kiraku’s Exploding Tags with Water Release, and was pursued through the resulting steam by Lightning Flash Talismans.

Jingū Kiraku defeated Kakuzu by exploiting his elemental weaknesses, then offered him a place in Hidden Rain Village. Kakuzu conceded and accepted the offer, though he secretly planned to wait for Jingū Kiraku to grow old.

• Jingū Kiraku’s lightning attack pierced Kakuzu’s Earth Release armor, and Kakuzu fell as though he had been killed.
• Jingū Kiraku anticipated Kakuzu’s recovery and readied more longswords, while Kakuzu healed his chest with black threads.
• Jingū Kiraku revealed that Kakuzu had three hearts left and demonstrated that he could counter each of Kakuzu’s elements.
• Kakuzu admitted defeat, deciding that survival and patience offered him better prospects than continuing the fight.
• Jingū Kiraku welcomed Kakuzu to Hidden Rain Village, and Kakuzu accepted with a grudging reply.