Chapter Summaries

Rinto collected parenting advice from the mothers' club and promised to share the profits from a book with the women who contributed. After learning that Asuma Sarutobi had bullied Mei Terumi, Rinto began a campaign against Konoha, and his orders shook the ninja world.

• Rinto recorded the mothers' parenting advice and offered to pay them shares from his planned book, The Treasure Mom's Parenting Guide.
• Kakashi told Rinto that Asuma Sarutobi had called Mei Terumi a bad person and pushed her after she defended people from other villages.
• Rinto told Kakashi to protect his sister next time, then decided that Konoha's children needed to learn not to provoke people they should not provoke.
• Rinto ordered a Shadow Clone to open two trade routes, lift the blockade on Konoha's classified intelligence, and halve Cast Iron prices for outside buyers.
• The Cast Iron price crashed, shipments poured into the market, and tensions across the ninja world surged.

As Konoha’s intelligence leaks and battlefield losses worsened, Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Sakuta Rinto was involved and asked Danzo to deal with him. Danzo accepted the blame and secured funding from Hiruzen, who wanted him to persuade Amegakure to keep shielding Konoha.

• The Third Kazekage learned that Amegakure had opened its village and considered sending Chiyo to investigate its intentions.
• Information brokers began trading Konoha’s classified intelligence, exposing frontline squads and contributing to heavy casualties as the cost of ninja tools fell.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports of missing northern squads and renewed signs of movement from Sunagakure, and he thought of Sakuta Rinto.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo whether he had offended Rinto, and Danzo falsely claimed he had tried to get money from him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Danzo funding and told him to ask Rinto to have Amegakure hold the line longer.

Rinto trained Mei Terumi while investigating links between Black Zetsu, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure. He decided to visit Iwagakure and Madara, then coaxed Kakashi into eating more by teasing him.

• Rinto told Mei Terumi a fabricated story about her parents and Master Roshi to keep her training.
• Rinto sent Shadow Clones to ask Rie to search for Madara Uchiha and to protect Tsunade.
• Rinto considered whether Black Zetsu was plotting against Amegakure and decided to visit Iwagakure and Madara.
• Rinto served grilled meat to Mei Terumi and Kakashi, then provoked Kakashi into asking for another bowl.

Rinto visited Madara Uchiha in the Graveyard of Mountains, bringing gifts and provoking him with a book depicting him and Hashirama. Madara drove Rinto away, then secretly asked the White Zetsu to bring back the cushion.

• Rinto learned Madara Uchiha was still in the Graveyard of Mountains and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to visit him.
• Rinto brought Madara a quilt, cane, chakra rice cooker, rice, and oil, irritating the old man with his fussing.
• Rinto showed Madara a book depicting him with the First Hokage, and Madara flew into a rage and tore it apart.
• Rinto asked Madara for another Rinnegan, so Madara chased him out with his cane.
• Madara told the White Zetsu to throw away Rinto's gifts, then asked them to retrieve the cushion in case it bore a Flying Thunder God Technique formula.

Rinto suspected Black Zetsu was investigating his immortality and used a note to nudge Madara toward distrusting Black Zetsu. In Iwagakure, Rinto connected the village’s troop movements to a possible plan involving Kirigakure and realized he might be framed for removing the Dark Children.

• Rinto reasoned that Black Zetsu’s suspicion of him could lead it to investigate the origin of his immortality, and he prepared for the possibility that it might find a way to counter him.
• Madara found Rinto’s hidden note in the cushion, burned it, and realized its accusation about petty theft might refer to Black Zetsu rather than himself.
• Madara recalled that Rinto had taken White Zetsu’s original body but left Black Zetsu behind, and he began to suspect his embodiment of will had stolen something.
• Rinto observed Iwagakure’s defenses pulling back and wondered whether Ōnoki was concealing his strength or pursuing another target.
• Rinto connected the missing intelligence about the Dark Children in Kirigakure to White Zetsu’s scouting and suspected Black Zetsu might blame him for their removal.

Rinto practiced the Expansion Jutsu, discovered that it enlarged his cells and could help strengthen his physique, and began planning to exploit the effect. He ran out of calories and returned to normal before he could continue training.

• Rinto visited Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi asked what it felt like to like someone, and Rinto described the symptoms of a crush.
• Rinto returned home, left a Sage Chakra-infused Shadow Clone to watch for Black Zetsu, and went to the Land of Water to practice the Expansion Jutsu.
• Rinto grew over ten meters tall and found that the technique greatly increased his strength but slowed his movement and reactions.
• Rinto combined the Expansion Jutsu with Lightning Style Chakra Mode and realized the technique enlarged his cells, allowing him to strengthen his physique further.
• Rinto pierced his own stomach with Hell Stab: One-Finger Stab to test his theory, then reverted to normal when hunger made him unable to sustain the technique.

Rinto complained that his powerful immortal body made training difficult and resisted Matatabi’s suggestion to seek other Tailed Beasts. On the northern battlefield, Tsunade’s team discussed the war’s likely end and Dan’s ambition to become Naruto, while Tsunade advised him to seek prestige on the southwestern front if he pursued the position.

• Rinto stopped training on the island and complained that his body was too tough for him to use the Eighth Gate of Death or the Summoning Technique.
• Matatabi urged Rinto to find other Tailed Beasts, but he refused while privately considering the advantages of capturing Nine-Tails.
• Kunugi Mokume and Dan Katō discussed the weakening war and anticipated returning to the village soon.
• Kunugi Mokume asked Tsunade about her plans after the war, and she said she wanted to travel while remembering Nawaki and gripping her necklace.
• Hyuga Honma warned Dan Katō against competing to become Naruto, and Tsunade advised him to seek prestige on the southwestern battlefield if he still wanted the position.

Rinto asked Jiraiya to take him to Mount Myōboku so he could learn about Toad Oil, then drank a bucket of it to test whether it was edible. Toad Oil flooded his body with Natural Energy, and Katsuyu slime began seeping through his skin as Jiraiya and Gamatada watched.

• Rinto urged Jiraiya to take Yahiko and the others back to Konoha, but Jiraiya said Konoha did not suit them.
• Rinto asked Jiraiya to take him to Mount Myōboku to learn how Toad Oil was made and whether it could be eaten.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamatada, who filled a bucket with Toad Oil and warned that keeping it in the stomach could turn someone into a toad or stone.
• Rinto drank a huge gulp of Toad Oil, and Natural Energy poured into his body as his cells produced Chakra.
• Katsuyu slime seeped through Rinto’s skin, prompting Jiraiya to call the sight disgusting while Gamatada silently found it fragrant.

Rinto learned to extract Toad Oil and unleashed an enormous stream of oil and flames with Jiraiya, while the war across the ninja world moved toward its end. The chapter left Rinto reading that Ōnoki had invaded the Land of Rain, with Rie's intelligence revealing Iwagakure's plans ahead of the coming final battle.

• Rinto's Sage Chakra caused him to produce a vast amount of Toad Oil, and he asked Jiraiya to use fire.
• Rinto and Jiraiya burned the lake for ten minutes, leaving Yahiko and the others stunned by the devastation.
• More than two months later, Hatake Sakumo's victories had made him famous as Sunagakure struggled on the southwestern battlefield.
• Sunagakure and Kumogakure prepared to withdraw, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki sought to end their conflict with the Third Raikage through compensation.
• Ōnoki gathered Iwagakure's remaining forces and invaded the Land of Rain to seize Amegakure and its strategic trade routes.
• Rinto read that Rie's White Zetsu clones had already uncovered Iwagakure's route and forces as the final battle of the Second Great Ninja War approached.

Rie led Amegakure’s defense against Iwagakure, using coordinated Water Style attacks and a surprise assault to break the enemy formation. She fought Kitsuchi directly and rejected his accusation that Amegakure had attacked Iwagakure’s intelligence division.

• Iwagakure opened the battle with Iron Bullet Technique, and Rie ordered the Uzumaki ninja to block the boulders with Water Wall.
• Rie directed Amegakure’s forces to unleash Explosive Water Wave as Hanzo of the Salamander and Kagami attacked from the water and sky.
• Rie revealed her Rinnegan and used Shinra Tensei to scatter the Rock Ninja, splitting the battlefield so Amegakure could engage them in smaller groups.
• Rie fought Iwagakure commander Kitsuchi, blocked his Earth Dragon Bullet, and threatened to destroy Iwagakure.
• Kitsuchi accused Amegakure of sending Dark Child to attack Iwagakure and steal intelligence, but Rie denied it and used Banshō Ten'in.

Amegakure routed Iwagakure’s vanguard under Rie’s leadership, while Hanzo’s attack devastated another Iwagakure force. As Ōnoki ordered a renewed assault and debated strategy, Danzo challenged Hiruzen over Konoha’s response to the war, leaving their disagreement unresolved.

• Rie, Kagami, Hanzo, and the Amegakure ninja overwhelmed Kitsuchi’s troops, while Han concealed his Tailed Beast chakra and hid among his forces.
• Rie let Kitsuchi regroup and retreat, and spies reported Amegakure’s unexpected strength to their villages.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to regroup and attack again, explaining that he wanted control of the Land of Rain’s strategic crossroads.
• An injured Anbu reported that Hanzo had destroyed more than half of Iwagakure’s core force with multiplying Explosive Tags.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to make a gesture in response to Iwagakure’s invasion, while Hiruzen questioned his motives and weighed Konoha’s interests.

Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to aid Amegakure and discussed the Land of Wind’s proposed peace terms while Konoha remained wary of Kumogakure. Meanwhile, Tsunade’s squad reinforced a logistics unit under attack by Cloud Ninja, and Tsunade opened the battle with a devastating strike.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi withheld help from Amegakure and heard the Third Kazekage’s demands for reparations, discounted trade, and free water.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu proposed pressuring the Land of Wind and limiting its water concessions, while Shimura Danzō decided to distance himself from the meeting’s stance.
• Tsunade’s squad headed south to reinforce a logistics unit attacked by Cloud Ninja, and Hyuga Honma spotted three logistics personnel surrounded by nine enemies.
• Tsunade ordered Honma to reach and protect the logistics personnel, then charged into battle with Dan Katō and Kunugi Mokume.
• Tsunade used Earth Splitting Foot to shatter the ground, prompting two Cloud Ninja to keep their distance and prepare ninjutsu.

Tsunade was fatally attacked by a disguised White Zetsu while treating an injured ninja, and Rinto arrived too late to save her. He sent her corpse to Amegakure, but a masked man immobilized him as White Zetsu forces attacked Tsunade’s squad.

• After the Kumogakure raiders retreated, Tsunade’s squad found an injured ninja, and Tsunade began treating his wound.
• A disguised enemy stabbed Tsunade through the heart, revealing himself as a black-and-white humanoid; White Zetsu then retreated underground with another creature.
• Tsunade summoned Rinto before dying, and Rinto arrived, recognized Black Zetsu, and sent a Shadow Clone carrying her corpse to Amegakure.
• A masked man trapped Rinto with a blood-red-eyed gaze as White Zetsu emerged from the ground and charged at Tsunade’s squad.

Black Zetsu and a masked man used Soul Separation to pull Rinto’s soul from his body, releasing the monster that had been suppressed within him. The monster seized Rinto’s body, devoured Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, and left the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roaring in pain.

• Black Zetsu and the masked man prepared a Soul Separation formation to extract Rinto’s soul.
• Rinto spoke to the masked man as he drew the formation, but Black Zetsu ordered him to continue.
• The jutsu pulled Rinto’s soul into the scroll, allowing the monster within him to take control of his body.
• The monster grabbed Black Zetsu, expanded its head, and bit down on him and White Zetsu.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path collapsed in the Land of Iron and roared after part of itself was devoured.

Monster Rinto devoured part of Black Zetsu, then rampaged through Iwagakure with overwhelming power while Ōnoki failed to stop him. In the Land of Fire, Nekomata freed Rinto’s soul from the sealing scroll after he coaxed her.

• Black Zetsu fled underground, but Monster Rinto ate the ground where he had escaped and then left Matatabi behind.
• Monster Rinto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Iwagakure and began destroying the village.
• Ōnoki struck Monster Rinto’s head with Dust Release, but the monster regenerated his skull and hair within half a minute.
• Nekomata debated whether to keep Rinto sealed, then opened the scroll after he begged her sweetly.
• Nekomata tore the scroll apart, releasing Rinto’s blue humanoid soul.

Rinto reunited with his body and returned to his consciousness space, then studied the Reanimation Jutsu scroll while Tsunade lay unconscious. He learned that using the technique would weaken his recovery ability, and grew excited that he might finally be able to sustain the Gate of Death.

• Rinto explained to Nekomata that he had fed his violent emotions to the monster inside him, then waited for his monstrous body to find his soul.
• The monstrous Rinto attacked, but Rinto entered its fist and took control of its body, returning it to human form.
• Rinto reunited with Nekomata inside his consciousness space after the Five Elements Seal appeared and the flames vanished.
• In Amegakure's village head's office, Rinto took out the Reanimation Jutsu scroll, provoking the monster inside him to struggle violently.
• The monster warned Rinto that sharing vitality would weaken his recovery ability, and Rinto celebrated the possibility of opening the Gate of Death for longer.

Rinto revived Tsunade by transferring vitality from the monster inside his consciousness, then lied that they had both died before she realized the truth. He told Tsunade she had eaten her attacker and suspected that the transferred vitality had given her some traits of an immortal body.

• Rinto used chakra to draw a beam of vitality from the monster in his consciousness and transfer it into Tsunade, reviving her before she woke.
• Rinto told Tsunade they were dead and claimed he had separated his soul to wait for her, but she discovered they were still in the laboratory and scolded him for lying.
• Tsunade asked Rinto and Rie to confirm she was alive, then demanded to know what had happened to her attacker.
• Rinto told Tsunade she had eaten her attacker, who had absorbed part of Black Zetsu and passed vitality to Rinto.
• Rinto suspected Tsunade had gained traits of an immortal body and stabbed her thigh with a kunai to test it.

As peace followed the war, Rinto prepared Kagami for Amegakure’s delegation to Iwagakure and then attended a funeral at Konoha Cemetery. There, he teased Sakumo and reflected on how their long friendship had changed Sakumo’s outlook, leaving him hopeful that Sakumo would keep living.

• Rinto dressed Kagami in a black robe and sent him off as Amegakure’s representative to Iwagakure while Mei Terumi echoed Rinto’s teasing.
• Rinto recounted how the war ended with Konoha paying Kumogakure, Iwagakure paying Amegakure, and Sunagakure paying for water.
• Rinto left Mei Terumi in Rie’s care and traveled to Konoha for a funeral at the cemetery.
• Rinto stood beside Sakumo and repeatedly joked about Sakumo dying, while Sakumo endured the remarks in silence.
• Rinto concluded that his influence had made Sakumo more accepting of death and hoped that Sakumo would not take his own life.

After the funeral, Tsunade and Jiraiya prepared to leave Konoha while Orochimaru stayed to seal away his war experiments and pursue cloning research. Black Zetsu, suffering from memory loss, encountered Sakuta Rinto, who realized he may have forgotten how to revive Kaguya and planned to test him further.

• At Nawaki's memorial, Tsunade decided to leave the village, Jiraiya planned to travel and continue seeking the Child of Prophecy, and Orochimaru said he would stay to seal the war research data.
• Orochimaru reflected on his secret cloning agreement with Rie and left the memorial, while Tsunade said farewell to Jiraiya and headed back toward Konoha.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu emerged on Hokage Rock, where Black Zetsu realized he had forgotten many memories, including the steps to revive Kaguya.
• Black Zetsu spotted Sakuta Rinto and attacked him, but Rinto grabbed both Zetsu and tested Black Zetsu by mentioning Kaguya and her revival.
• Black Zetsu froze at Rinto's remark about reviving Kaguya, then fled underground after recognizing that Rinto was testing him.
• Rinto concluded that Black Zetsu may have forgotten how to revive Kaguya and planned to use a White Zetsu clone and a Sage Mode Shadow Clone to test him again.

Tsunade returned to Konoha after losing her money gambling and tried to persuade Rinto to travel with her, but he challenged her to a dice game instead. As Mei Terumi brought Rin Nohara and Shizune together at home, Rinto and Tsunade left to go drinking, leaving the girls to eat by themselves.

• Tsunade stopped gambling before borrowing money, then returned to Konoha with Shizune and asked Rinto for money and a gambling trip.
• Rinto refused to travel with Tsunade and challenged her to guess the dice, wagering money against her staying in Konoha for an hour.
• Mei Terumi brought Rin Nohara home for a sleepover, where Rin met Shizune and learned that Tsunade was there.
• Rinto and a flushed Tsunade emerged from the tearoom and told the three girls to eat by themselves while they went out drinking.