Chapter Summaries

After Rie graduated, Rinto was summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi, promoted to Jonin, and assigned to lead Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade on a dangerous mission in Uzushio Village. He also regained responsibility for contacting Hanzo, leaving him convinced Hiruzen had begun to trust him as one of his own.

• Rie proudly showed off her new Konoha forehead protector, and Rinto tried to persuade her to switch from Water Release to Earth Release.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Rinto's assessment, promoted him to Jonin, and gave him a forehead protector despite his not having finished Ninja School.
• Hiruzen assigned Rinto to investigate disappearances among the Uzumaki Clan in Uzushio Village after two Jonin squads vanished there.
• Rinto learned that he would lead Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade on the mission, and agreed to depart in a week.
• Hiruzen told Rinto to resume contact with Hanzo of the Salamander and consult Sakumo about two Amegakure spies who had entered the village.
• Rinto left the Hokage's Office believing Hiruzen had finally begun to treat him as one of his own.

Rinto bought a large courtyard house from Uncle Ippongi and made it a home for himself and Rie. He then recruited Rie’s former orphan followers for his new company, though their fervent obedience left him exasperated.

• Rinto brought Rie to Kato Ninja Tool Shop, where he bought a courtyard house from Ippongi for 21.95 million Ryo.
• Rinto and Rie moved into their new home, and Rie joked that she would care for him in old age and gold-plate his tombstone.
• Rinto asked Rie to gather Meiko and the other orphans so he could discuss his company with them.
• Rinto explained the company’s work schedule, pay, training, and expectations, but the group stayed silent until Rie reminded him to let them speak.
• Meiko and the others shouted their agreement in unison, and Rinto left in exasperation.

Rinto prepared to visit Mito Uzumaki and then sought out Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to introduce himself as their companion on a mission to Uzushio Village. After they verified his identity, the others recognized that Rinto was far more formidable than he appeared.

• Rinto told Rie to clean up the house with Meiko and the others, then planned to buy gifts for a visit to Mito Uzumaki.
• Rinto put on a dog-head mask and used his Flying Thunder God formula to track Tsunade to the training grounds outside the village.
• Rinto watched Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru spar, then Gamabunta's tongue caught him while he was secretly observing them.
• Rinto showed the trio his mission scroll and introduced himself as Dalabengba, their Jonin companion for the Uzushio Village mission.
• After Rinto left, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Gamabunta remarked on his strength and lack of hostile intent.

Rinto discovered that the mysterious Summoning Scroll rejected his signature but accepted Yawai’s, making him her summon when she called him. After agreeing on rules for summoning and proposing a fake war to profit from cast-iron trade, Rinto returned to Konoha and learned that Matatabi had witnessed the whole ordeal.

• Rinto summoned an ancient scroll, but his blood-written name vanished when he tried to sign it.
• Rinto brought Yawai to the scroll, and she signed her name and pressed her fingerprints onto it.
• Yawai summoned Rinto, revealing that he was the scroll’s Summoned Beast, and he later learned he could refuse her summons.
• Rinto set rules limiting when Yawai could summon him and asked her to arrange a meeting with Lord Raikage about cast iron.
• Yawai deduced that Rinto planned to profit from a staged war, and he outlined a scheme involving cast-iron exports and peace between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire.
• Rinto returned to Konoha, where Matatabi revealed that she had watched him get summoned.

Rinto brought Rie home and visited Mito Uzumaki, who learned that he was the Two-Tails’ Jinchuriki and examined his seal. In their mental world, Nekomata teased the Nine-Tails about her freedom, while Mito overheard a hint that Matatabi might be immortal.

• Rinto found Rie upset because his Shadow Clones had beaten her and threatened to make her Olympic math textbooks.
• Rinto took Rie to the Senju Main House and thanked Mito Uzumaki for caring for her over the past four years.
• The Nine-Tails told Mito that Rinto hosted the Two-Tails, and Mito saw his Five Elements Seal and warned that it was a poor choice for containing a Tailed Beast.
• Rinto explained that he had taken Nekomata in after the Raikage mistreated her, and Mito asked to meet the Two-Tails in their mental world.
• Nekomata freely wandered through Rinto’s mental world and mocked the caged Nine-Tails, who exclaimed that she was immortal.
• Mito heard the Nine-Tails call Nekomata immortal and wondered what the word meant.

Rinto wrote to Hanzo asking to return to Amegakure and for more money, then joined Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade on a mission to Uzushio Village. During their first night on the road, Jiraiya tried to unmask Rinto and was caught by his counterattack.

• Rinto wrote Hanzo a letter complaining about his long undercover assignment and asking for more money, then took it to Hatake Sakumo to send to Amegakure.
• Rinto asked Sakumo for a new dog mask before leaving the Hokage Building.
• Five days later, Rinto departed Konoha with Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade for Uzushio Village.
• At their first campsite, Tsunade and Orochimaru discussed Rinto's suspiciously familiar scent and lack of effort to conceal it.
• Jiraiya used his hair to bind Rinto and tried to remove his mask, but Rinto escaped with the Substitution Technique and struck back with Thousand Years of Death.

Rinto and the others arrived in Uzushio Village, where its chief planned to use Tsunade to strengthen ties with Konoha. While investigating the village, Rinto visited a Kabuki District and later encountered Orochimaru, who recognized him despite his mask.

• Kaisho Uzumaki welcomed Tsunade warmly but put Rinto, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru together in an ordinary guest room, angering Jiraiya.
• Rinto overheard Kaisho and his brother discuss marrying Tsunade into Uzushio Village to secure its relationship with Konoha.
• Rinto explored the village, left clones behind, and discovered a warehouse containing a large supply of cast iron.
• Rinto entered the Kabuki District and spent the rainy night with two red-haired women before leaving through the back door.
• Orochimaru met Rinto in the darkness and teased him for relaxing during a mission, while Rinto claimed he was only Tsunade's bodyguard.

Rinto discovered that kidnappers had abducted a child from Uzushio Village and joined Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya in pursuing them. The kidnappers reached an island hideout, where they held several children and waited for Konoha ninja to find them.

• Rinto learned that four kidnappers had attacked from the northeast, found the abducted child's home, and reported that the kidnappers had fled south.
• Kaisho Uzumaki accused Rinto of failing to save the child, and Rinto choked him unconscious before setting off after the kidnappers.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya followed Rinto toward the sea as Orochimaru suspected he had a hidden motive for confronting Kaisho.
• The four Kirigakure-dressed kidnappers brought their captive to an island cave, where seven or eight other children were being held.
• Puhara told the Genin they had to keep kidnapping children until Konoha ninja found them, and ordered them to take more food next time.

Rinto and Tsunade discovered that the Third Mizukage had cornered Puhara’s group at the cave, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru stayed hidden nearby. As the Third Mizukage revealed that he had killed Konoha’s search teams, Puhara vowed to keep provoking conflict until Kirigakure was forced to change.

• Rinto sent Jiraiya and Orochimaru to scout the cave while he and Tsunade watched the exit.
• Rinto sensed a powerful group approaching, but Tsunade removed his mask and recognized him before they hid from the newcomers.
• Rinto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Tsunade across the island, then the two approached the cave under cover of mist.
• Rinto identified the Third Mizukage as he surrounded the cave with seven or eight Kirigakure ninjas.
• The Third Mizukage confronted Puhara and admitted that he had killed the Konoha teams sent to find the captured Uzumaki.
• Puhara vowed that Rogue Ninja would keep attacking Uzushio Village until Konoha intervened and Kirigakure was opened.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade fought to protect the Uzumaki Clan children while Rinto kept the Third Mizukage occupied. After outmaneuvering the Mizukage’s water techniques, Rinto severed both his legs and pinned him down.

• The Third Mizukage ordered his Mist Ninja to kill the Rogue Ninja and capture the Uzumaki Clan children, while Puhara sent three Rogue Ninja toward the cave’s pit.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru emerged to fight, and Jiraiya used a summoning to send one Rogue Ninja flying.
• Rinto’s killing intent stopped the Third Mizukage from acting, while Tsunade joined Jiraiya and Orochimaru to defend the children.
• The Third Mizukage unleashed a flood, but Rinto cut through it with Lightning Scythe and was caught in a Water Prison Technique after striking a water clone.
• Rinto used the water prison as a decoy, found the Third Mizukage hiding in the cave, severed both his legs, and pinned him to the ground.

Rinto defeated the Third Mizukage and demanded a ransom, then refused the Kirigakure Rogue Ninja’s plea for help. After Jiraiya recognized Rinto, the two fought until Tsunade knocked them both down.

• Rinto defeated the Third Mizukage, demanded fifty million ryo for his release, and cauterized his wound before sending the Mist Ninja to fetch the ransom.
• Puhara begged Rinto to help the Kirigakure Rogue Ninja overthrow the Third Mizukage, but Rinto refused to get involved in Kirigakure’s affairs.
• Rinto told Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade to return the kidnapped children to the village and wait for him to share a cut of the ransom.
• Jiraiya recognized Rinto and attacked him, and the two fought with their techniques until Tsunade struck them both into submission.

As the team returned from rescuing the kidnapped children, Orochimaru suspected Rinto had hidden motives behind his choices during the mission. Rinto tried to recruit Jiraiya into writing illustrated adult books, while Jiraiya reflected on his uncertain ambitions and the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.

• Tsunade, Orochimaru, Rinto, and Jiraiya set off for their village with the unconscious Kirigakure Rogue Ninja after returning the children to Uzushio Village.
• Orochimaru reviewed Rinto's decisions during the mission and suspected he was pursuing a larger plan.
• Rinto and Jiraiya argued over Uzushio Village, Yugakure, and the Land of Snow before Jiraiya asked Rinto about attracting girls.
• Jiraiya explained that his goals had shifted from becoming Naruto to proving himself, living freely, and training the savior foretold by the Great Toad Sage.
• Rinto proposed that Jiraiya write adult books, offered to publish them and split the profits, and suggested adding illustrations.

Rinto learned that his pig iron shop in Yugakure had been attacked, but treated the loss as bait while iron prices continued to soar. As hired ninja kept disappearing and merchants poured money into pig iron, hiring shops opened across the major ninja villages.

• Meiko told Rinto that the Land of Hot Water outlet had lost at least fifty clones and more than fifty tons of pig iron, while iron prices had reached two hundred thousand Ryo per ton.
• Rinto reassured Meiko that he planned to release over a hundred times as much pig iron onto the market.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the mission report and scolded Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru in his thoughts, while Jiraiya stole the Hokage’s crystal ball.
• Over the next ten days, pig iron prices in Yugakure rose past five hundred thousand Ryo per ton as hired ninja attacked the shop and disappeared.
• Wealthy merchants kept buying pig iron, and hiring shops appeared in every major ninja village.

Rinto proposed staging a fake war with Kumogakure to drive iron prices higher and let him, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō profit. Hiruzen ordered the office sealed and summoned Hatake Sakumo as he began weighing the plan and its costs.

• Rinto revealed that he had controlled cast iron from the Land of Iron and raised its price over three years, warning that the market was nearing its limit.
• Rinto argued that a fabricated war could inflate iron prices further, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Hokage's Office sealed and Hatake Sakumo brought in.
• Rinto explained that he would release four thousand tons of iron at a higher price and estimated that the three men could split 2.4 billion Ryo.
• Rinto proposed that Kumogakure declare war and Konoha publicly accept the challenge, while Konoha recalled its forces and assumed a defensive posture.
• Rinto said Konoha's likely opposition would be limited and proposed using the conflict to draw people from the Small Nations, while Hiruzen questioned what the scheme would cost him.

Rinto brought Shimura Danzō to Kumogakure to negotiate a scheme involving a supposed war declaration, after Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Danzō to accompany him. The chapter ended with Rinto telling the Third Raikage that Danzō had come to declare war, leaving Danzō stunned as the Raikage began to crackle with electricity.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Shimura Danzō to accompany Rinto on his diplomatic mission to the Land of Lightning, and Danzō reluctantly agreed.
• Rinto used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Danzō to Kumogakure, where Danzō begged him to teach the technique and was refused.
• Rinto repeatedly entered the Raikage's Office and was thrown back out by the Third Raikage before finally calming him down.
• Rinto introduced Shimura Danzō to the Third Raikage and claimed that Danzō had come on Konoha's behalf to declare war.

Rinto negotiated with the Third Raikage to keep Matatabi in exchange for money and a staged threat of war, while Yawai and Hiruzen Sarutobi made separate plans to manage their villages’ families. The chapter ended with Kumogakure preparing to exploit the scheme politically and Konoha’s leaders confronting the balance between the Hokage faction and powerful families.

• The Third Raikage demanded the return of the Two-Tails, but Rinto refused and offered money instead.
• Shimura Danzō tried to join the negotiations, but Rinto and the Third Raikage ignored him as they settled on a payment of five hundred million Ryo.
• Rinto offered the Third Raikage another eight hundred million Ryo to stage preparations for an attack on Konoha, and the Raikage agreed to make it convincing without actually starting a war.
• After Rinto and Shimura Danzō left, Yawai proposed using a staged war and an Eight-Tails rampage to redirect Kumogakure’s families’ anger toward Konoha and strengthen her cousin’s future claim to the Raikage position.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained the full scheme to Konoha’s major family heads without naming Rinto, as the chapter described the village’s divide between the Hokage faction and powerful families.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered Konoha's clan heads to discuss their stockpiled iron ore, and Rinto manipulated the meeting to sow distrust between the Uchiha and the other clans. The clans agreed to sell their ore for One Hundred Thousand Ryo per ton, leaving Rinto poised to resell it at a huge profit.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the clan heads that the village would compensate their losses and warned them not to focus only on complaints about the iron trade.
• Rinto arrived with Shimura Danzō and introduced himself as Uchiha Nibann, provoking the Uchiha Clan Head.
• Rinto offered Fifty Thousand Ryo per ton for the clans' iron ore, then promised the Uchiha Clan Head Six Hundred Thousand Ryo per ton after he loudly demanded a higher price.
• The Nara Clan Head recognized Rinto's attempt to isolate the Uchiha and declared that the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clans would accept the lower price.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi set a uniform purchase price of One Hundred Thousand Ryo per ton, and Rinto agreed while planning to resell the ore for Six Hundred Thousand Ryo per ton.

Rinto’s cast-iron price manipulation destabilized the Shinobi World as the Land of Fire and Land of Lightning ended their fighting over the Tailed Beast. After exposing the greed and desperation beneath Yugakure’s prosperity, he prepared to trigger the conflict he had engineered.

• Kumogakure declared war on Konoha, while merchants and wealthy buyers rushed to buy cast iron at sharply inflated prices.
• Rinto watched Yugakure’s wealthy revel as starving villagers looked on, then told Nekomata he planned to burst the world’s fragile peace himself.
• Cast iron suddenly returned to fifty thousand ryo per ton as the Land of Fire and Land of Lightning ceased hostilities over the Tailed Beast.
• The Bounty Exchange sold information about the shop’s would-be attackers, and several wealthy magnates and small-nation daimyo disappeared or were killed.
• Rinto sat at home in Konoha, knowing he had created the uneasy calm and planning to fan its tensions until the powder keg exploded.

Rinto got the drunken Daimyo Amayutaka to agree to sell him the Land of Rain, then took him to the Temple of Fire to seek the Land of Fire daimyo as a witness. Meanwhile, Iwagakure debated how to deal with its losses from the Cast Iron bubble and leaned toward war against the surrounding Small Nations.

• Rinto offered Daimyo Amayutaka a contract while he was drunk, and Amayutaka agreed to sell him the entire Land of Rain for five hundred million.
• Rinto revealed that the document was an abdication notice, grabbed Amayutaka, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take him to the Temple of Fire.
• Rinto told the Land of Fire guards that he was Shimaru Dandan, a Konoha Jonin, and asked the temple monks to bring him before the Daimyo of the Land of Fire as a witness.
• Rinto explained to Nekomata that he needed witnesses to make his plan public and that he intended to spend the money he had earned.
• Ōnoki and Iwagakure's major clans discussed their losses from Cast Iron and agreed that turning their iron into weapons for a war of plunder could shift those losses onto nearby Small Nations.

Rinto visited the Daimyo of the Land of Wind and arranged for the Land of Rain to help divert water into the desert in exchange for payment and protection. He left planning to use war to empty and rebuild the Land of Rain, with its civilians relocated to the Land of Wind.

• Rinto presented his credentials and abdication contract to officials in Sunagakure, who escorted him to the Daimyo of the Land of Wind.
• Rinto and the Daimyo signed a contract for the Land of Rain to provide workers and technology to divert water into the Land of Wind in exchange for annual payments and protection for Rain's people.
• Rinto asked the Daimyo to arrange for Sunagakure to attack the Land of Rain while secretly bringing its civilians to the Land of Wind, and the Daimyo agreed to seek the Third Kazekage's support.
• Rinto declined a meal, left a Flying Thunder God formula, and returned to Konoha.
• Rinto planned to use the coming war to clear the Land of Rain, relocate its civilians, and rebuild Amegakure under his covert control.