Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha unleashed Wood Release in Kirigakure, turning the battlefield into a vast forest and disrupting the village’s forces. Rinto summoned Tobirama Senju with Impure World Reincarnation, but Tobirama immediately attacked him.

• The Third Mizukage ordered Kirigakure’s Anbu and active ninjas to converge on the Mizukage Building and confronted Madara Uchiha.
• Madara Uchiha used Wood Release to raise a forest across the battlefield, splitting the gathered Kirigakure forces.
• Rinto summoned a White Zetsu with Flying Thunder God and used blood and a scroll to perform Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama Senju appeared, recognized that he had been reincarnated, and threw a kunai at Rinto, intending to kill the summoner.

Rinto revealed his identity to Tobirama Senju and warned him that the genuine Madara Uchiha, now possessing the Rinnegan, threatened Kirigakure and Konoha. Tobirama plunged into battle, while Rinto prepared to follow with a three-minute limit.

• Rinto caught Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God kunai, revealed his identity, and explained that he had been sent undercover to Kumogakure after Tobirama's death.
• Rinto told Tobirama Senju that Konoha was at war and that the genuine Madara Uchiha was attacking Kirigakure with the Rinnegan.
• Tobirama Senju decided to confront Madara Uchiha, and Rinto warned him that Kirigakure could not defeat Madara alone.
• Tobirama Senju leaped from the clouds toward Kirigakure, while Rinto removed his eyes and activated Sage Mode.
• Rinto placed a Three Tomoe Sharingan into his left eye socket and judged that three minutes would be enough.

Rinto, disguised as Inadagami, attacked Madara Uchiha with a colossal lightning-charged shuriken multiplied by the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu. Madara’s Perfect Susanoo deflected the attack, and Rinto redirected a shuriken across Kirigakure, shaving the village’s trees flat.

• Tobirama Senju arrived in the artificial forest and suspected Madara Uchiha had somehow gained Wood Release.
• Rinto combined the Seven Gates with Nekomata’s power and launched a gigantic shuriken toward Madara.
• Rinto used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu to create five enormous shuriken.
• Madara formed his Perfect Susanoo and blocked or deflected the incoming shuriken.
• Rinto pulled back a deflected shuriken and swept it low across Kirigakure, neatly cutting down the forest.

Rinto used the Seventh Gate to damage Madara’s Perfect Susanoo, while the Third Mizukage coveted the eyes that had controlled him. After Susanoo regenerated, Rinto and Madara prepared for a decisive exchange.

• Tobirama recognized that Rinto used the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Eight Inner Gates, and worried that Hiruzen had let him learn forbidden jutsu.
• The Third Mizukage gathered Kirigakure shinobi and resolved to obtain the eyes that had controlled him so he could gain power.
• Rinto removed a sprout growing from his Sharingan and realized his blood rapidly destroyed foreign tissues, limiting his use of Hashirama cells.
• Rinto opened the Seventh Gate and struck Madara’s Perfect Susanoo, shattering its knee and making it topple.
• Madara restored Susanoo’s leg, praised Rinto as a worthy opponent, and raised his sword as Rinto launched his next attack.

Rinto appeared to be decapitated by Madara Uchiha, but used Izanagi to turn the apparent defeat into a trap for Black Zetsu. He revealed that he intended to capture Black Zetsu and White Zetsu’s original body.

• Rinto burst through Madara Uchiha’s Shinra Tensei, but Susanoo struck him with its sword and sent his head flying.
• Tobirama Senju watched the battle and considered Rinto a growing threat to Konoha.
• Kirigakure’s ninjas recognized the fallen head as Inadagami, and Black Zetsu emerged from the ground to seize it.
• Minghuo remembered Inadagami’s request to destroy his corpse and attacked the head with Lava Style: Lava Monster Technique.
• Black Zetsu recoiled from Minghuo’s lava as Rinto activated Izanagi, making his head vanish and revealing his plan to claim Black Zetsu and White Zetsu’s original body.

Rinto captured White Zetsu and marked Black Zetsu before escaping the battlefield with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Sensing Isobu approaching, he released Nekomata from its seal and sent it to meet the tailed beast.

• Rinto used Izanagi to survive a decapitating blow, then captured Black and White Zetsu at the Kirigakure coastline.
• Black Zetsu enveloped Rinto, but the destructive monster within him began merging with Black Zetsu and drove it to flee; Rinto left a mark on it.
• Rinto took White Zetsu away with the Flying Thunder God Technique and trapped it inside an airtight sphere of Iron Sand high in the sky.
• Rinto restored his original eye and sensed a powerful Chakra approaching from the east, which he recognized as Isobu.
• Rinto broke the seal on his body and released Nekomata, which cheerfully rushed toward Isobu.

Madara Uchiha fought the Kirigakure ninja until Tobirama Senju launched a massive Water Style attack and challenged him. Rinto joined Tobirama’s battle, blasted Madara’s Susanoo with the Daytime Tiger, and earned Tobirama’s irritated rebuke for calling him “Second Grandfather.”

• Nekomata sneaked around the battlefield, leaving Rinto to watch her antics in disbelief.
• Madara Uchiha weakened his Perfect Susanoo and attacked the Kirigakure forces with Majestic Fire Destruction.
• Tobirama Senju ambushed Madara with Water Severing Wave, then flooded the battlefield with Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
• Madara Uchiha countered Tobirama’s water attacks with fire and Shinra Tensei, while Rinto watched from above.
• Rinto arrived beside Tobirama and unleashed the Daytime Tiger, blasting Madara’s Susanoo away.
• Tobirama Senju told Rinto not to call him Second Grandfather.

Rinto opened the Gate of Death and clashed with Madara Uchiha, devastating much of Kirigakure in their final exchange. Both were badly injured, but Rinto escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique after calling Tobirama Senju to take over.

• Rinto opened the Gate of Death, which overwhelmed his control of Chakra and made Madara Uchiha's genjutsu ineffective.
• Rinto struck Isobu hard enough to cave in its shell, but Madara Uchiha protected himself with Armored Susanoo around the tailed beast.
• Madara Uchiha countered Rinto's final kick with Limbo: Border Jail and Shinra Tensei, while Isobu's Susanoo-shrouded tails helped block the attack.
• The clash destroyed over half of Kirigakure, severed Isobu's three tails and Madara Uchiha's right arm, and left Rinto with his right leg severed.
• Rinto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape, then landed face-first on an Iron Sand cloud beside a prepared clone and blood-drawn formation.

Rinto used Blood Binding to make Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan fall out, then tried to claim it for himself. After Madara recovered the eye, grass sprouted from it, leaving both men stunned and Madara furious.

• Rinto used the Gate of Death to leave a Flying Thunder God formula on Madara’s severed arm, then activated Blood Binding from the ritual circle.
• Rinto gouged out his eyes as Madara’s Rinnegan fell from its sockets, and each man grabbed one of the fallen eyes.
• Rinto and Madara restored their vision, but grass grew from the Rinnegan Rinto had inserted, so he removed it.
• Madara used Banshō Ten'in to pull the Rinnegan from Rinto, then slapped Tobirama Senju away when he tried to seize it.
• Madara inserted the Rinnegan, but weeds sprouted from the corner of his eye, and Rinto denied laughing as Madara pulled out a handful of grass.

Madara confronted Rinto and tried to uncover the layers of his schemes, while Rinto revealed how he had tracked Black Zetsu. Madara decided to give up his Rinnegan in hopes of getting Rinto to stop interfering with his plans.

• A white body told Madara that the technique on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had been cleared, but Madara suspected Rinto had another scheme.
• Madara accused Rinto of manipulating him with layered plans involving the statue, Genji, and the Rinnegan.
• Rinto explained that he had used his Shadow Clones and a mathematical calculation to estimate Black Zetsu's sensory range.
• Madara concluded that Rinto had lured Black Zetsu back to him to provide intelligence, though he still could not determine Rinto's true motives.
• Wary of Rinto and unwilling to keep the Rinnegan, Madara gouged out his eye and considered trading it to make Rinto stop meddling.

Rinto acquired the Rinnegan from Madara and agreed to stay out of Madara’s plans as long as Madara’s people avoided Amegakure. After leaving the battlefield, Rinto revealed to Tobirama that his true goal was to track Madara and Black Zetsu while waiting for a chance to claim the Demonic Statue’s power later.

• Madara gave Rinto the Rinnegan and asked him to stop meddling in his plans, and Rinto agreed on the condition that Madara’s people stay away from Amegakure.
• Tobirama considered using Rinto to deal with Madara, while survivors began rescuing people from the battlefield ruins.
• Rinto, Madara, and Tobirama each left the battlefield, and Rinto returned to Konoha with Tobirama.
• Rinto told Tobirama that the Rinnegan could revive the dead through the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, prompting Tobirama to suspect he wanted to revive his former teacher, Sakuta Mizuguma.
• Rinto’s internal thoughts revealed that he had sought to mark Madara and Black Zetsu so he could track them, while postponing his plan to claim the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and its power.

Rinto experimented on White Zetsu in Amegakure and discovered that it could imitate being controlled, while Tobirama Senju told Hiruzen Sarutobi he had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation. Tobirama surveyed Konoha and left worried about the tightly united Uchiha Clan and the village’s divided clan districts.

• Rinto asked Kagami to use genjutsu on White Zetsu, but Kagami said he could not use Kotoamatsukami and tested the creature with his Sharingan instead.
• White Zetsu got up and circled the table, but Kagami revealed he had used no genjutsu, leaving Rinto to realize White Zetsu had only pretended to obey.
• Tobirama Senju appeared in the Hokage Building and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sakuta Rinto had revived him with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tobirama told Hiruzen not to worry about his return and reflected on Konoha’s prosperity, its divided clan districts, and the Uchiha Clan’s growing unity.
• Hiruzen left the office after Tobirama told him to rest, and Tobirama worried that the Uchiha Clan might produce another Madara Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about the war and learned how Sakuta Rinto had built influence through the village and the Land of Rain. He realized Rinto had steadily risen from a hostile subordinate to an equal the village feared, and suspected he was pursuing a hidden plan.

• Tobirama Senju asked Hiruzen Sarutobi about the front lines, and Hiruzen reported a favorable casualty ratio and said Hanzo of the Salamander was fighting for Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi described how Sakuta Rinto obtained intelligence from Kumogakure, brought back Matatabi, and profited from the Great Pig Iron Calamity.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recounted that Rinto became Daimyo of the Land of Rain, destroyed Kusagakure, and helped Sakuta Rie rebuild Amegakure after killing Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Tobirama Senju recognized that Rinto had steadily gained power and standing until the village treated him as an equal and feared him.
• Tobirama Senju suspected Rinto had been plotting something and might already have achieved his goal.

Tobirama Senju explored Konoha and witnessed Fugaku settle a dispute over Kagami's home. Impressed by Fugaku's strength and principles, Tobirama began considering him as a successor.

• Tobirama Senju let Hiruzen Sarutobi leave, then disguised himself and walked through Konoha to look around before speaking with Rinto.
• Tobirama Senju saw Haruna Uchiha arguing with a clan member who demanded the deed to Kagami's house, while Ryo Uchiha defended Haruna and her child.
• Fugaku arrived, restrained both men with Susanoo, and asked Haruna what had happened.
• Fugaku checked the deed, returned it to Haruna, and praised Ryo for defending her, offering to handle any trouble from the Uchiha clan head.
• Tobirama Senju admired Fugaku's principles and strength and considered him suitable to inherit his mantle.

Uchiha Fugaku confronted Uchiha Shinmi over his treatment of Haruna and refused to back down when Shinmi appealed to clan loyalty. Tobirama Senju then heard villagers discuss Fugaku’s authority and reflected on how the Konoha Military Police Force’s role had diverged from his intentions.

• The Konoha Military Police Force arrived and ordered Uchiha Fugaku to release Uchiha Shinmi, but Shinmi’s claims about clan loyalty only made Fugaku angrier.
• Fugaku challenged the Uchiha clan head to confront him, and the Guard Unit members withdrew rather than intervene.
• The narration explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi overlooked complaints against Fugaku, while Rinto’s offer of refuge in Amegakure made Konoha wary of pushing people away.
• Villagers praised Fugaku’s handling of disputes, and Tobirama Senju questioned them about what gave Fugaku the right to beat children.
• A villager explained that the Military Police Force was meant to handle disputes, prompting Tobirama to realize that his goal of building trust between the Uchiha and villagers had been distorted.

Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi secretly entered Kirigakure disguised as construction workers while Rinto helped Hozuki Gengetsu rebury his remains. After releasing Gengetsu from the Impure World Reincarnation, Rinto promised to protect Kirigakure and bring him back next year.

• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi worked as construction laborers in Kirigakure after sneaking in with the crew.
• Rinto placed Hozuki Gengetsu’s bones in a crabapple wood coffin while Gengetsu complained about his handling of them.
• Rinto and Hozuki Gengetsu discussed their farewell, and Gengetsu asked Rinto to revive him and Mu next year with suitable vessels.
• Rinto released the Impure World Reincarnation, and Hozuki Gengetsu vanished after learning Rinto’s real name.
• Rinto mourned Gengetsu’s departure and vowed to protect Kirigakure.

Haruna reunited with Kagami in Amegakure, where the village’s growing comforts and technology offered her and their child a new home. In the village chief’s office, Tobirama Senju discovered a sensational book about himself and flew into a rage, while Rinto tried to escape.

• Haruna left Konoha with her child and traveled to Amegakure, where Kagami welcomed them at the village entrance.
• Kagami embraced Haruna and their son, then led his family home for dinner.
• Rinto read in his office as Amegakure’s residents pursued research and developed new conveniences.
• Tobirama Senju arrived looking for Kagami, but Rinto refused to interrupt Kagami’s reunion with his family.
• Tobirama Senju found and read a fictional book full of romantic stories about himself, then became furious.
• Rinto offered to hunt down the author, accidentally revealed the author was a woman, and escaped using Flying Thunder God.

Kagami reunited with Tobirama Senju, who gently asked how he had been, but Rinto exposed the hardships Kagami had endured for the Uchiha Clan and Konoha. Kagami broke down in tears and asked Tobirama to treat him as if he were dead.

• Kagami found Tobirama Senju and Rinto waiting in his living room and stood before his teacher.
• Tobirama Senju asked Kagami how he had been, and Kagami knelt down and said he had been doing well.
• Rinto angrily challenged Kagami's answer and smashed the coffee table with his fist.
• Rinto listed how Kagami had served the village, faced suspicion and ostracism, been expelled from the Uchiha Clan, and been betrayed during the war.
• Kagami covered his face and cried as Haruna listened behind the door with their child.
• Kagami raised his head, smiled gently through his tears, and asked Tobirama Senju to treat him as if he were dead.

Rinto reassured Kagami and helped Tobirama Senju accept Kagami’s decision, then returned to Amegakure and faced Tobirama’s probing questions about Tsunade becoming Hokage. Their conversation exposed Tobirama’s concern that Rinto’s growing power might eventually threaten Konoha, while Rinto remained determined to build Amegakure independently before marrying Tsunade.

• Tobirama Senju accepted Kagami’s decision and vanished, after which Rinto admitted he had been pretending to be furious to fool him.
• Rinto teased Kagami about having more children, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Amegakure.
• Tobirama Senju inspected Amegakure’s prosperity and worried that Rinto’s growing village and strength could become a threat to Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju asked Rinto whether Tsunade should become the Fourth Hokage, and Rinto said it would be more useful for her to become the Fifth.
• Tobirama Senju and Rinto silently weighed their competing plans, as Tobirama considered tying Rinto to the Senju family while Rinto intended to establish his own power first.

Rinto ended his negotiations with Tobirama Senju by releasing the Impure World Reincarnation, destroying him before he could return to Konoha. Meanwhile, the Third Mizukage launched an investigation into Kirigakure’s infiltrators, and Minghuo was released from interrogation to go home with his pregnant wife.

• Tobirama Senju decided to counter Rinto by cutting ties with Amegakure and sharing intelligence with Konoha, but Rinto released the Impure World Reincarnation and made Tobirama disintegrate.
• Rinto swept up Tobirama Senju’s remains and joked that he would scatter them in the sea.
• An Anbu reported to the Third Mizukage that Suikazan Fuguki’s remains had been found and Inadagami had been discovered unconscious; the Third Mizukage ordered further investigations and Inadagami’s interrogation.
• The Third Mizukage suspected Minghuo and ordered him arrested and interrogated, prompting a sweeping investigation across Kirigakure.
• After two days of interrogation, Minghuo emerged and reassured his pregnant wife that he had told the Anbu everything; they returned home together.