Chapter Summaries

Rinto taught Fugaku and Rie how to expose the Uchiha Clan Head’s actions without deciding for clansmen what to think of him. After Fugaku left, Rinto reflected on his efforts to weaken the Uchiha’s attachment to their surname before the founding of a new Amegakure.

• Rinto explained to Fugaku that a clan leader faced different expectations from a friend or teacher because he held power and responsibility.
• Fugaku suggested telling clansmen about the Clan Head’s shortcomings, and Rie advised sharing them with the Clan Head’s opponents instead.
• Rinto told Fugaku and Rie to collect details about the Clan Head’s daily actions and let clansmen judge for themselves.
• Fugaku left Rinto’s home exhilarated, while Rie proudly teased Rinto about knowing him well.
• Rinto considered the Uchiha’s pride in their surname and worried that Kagami Uchiha’s ideals lacked the ambition and execution needed to unite a political faction.
• Rinto compared Tobirama Senju’s former students and concluded that Hiruzen Sarutobi deserved to become the Third Hokage.

Rinto reflected on how Danzo had deepened divisions within the Uchiha Clan and hoped the resulting disillusionment would draw people to Amegakure. At the Land of Wind border, Salamander Shinda’s mission to retrieve the Land of Rain’s civilians was rejected and he was forced to leave.

• Rinto reasoned that Danzo had redirected blame toward Hiruzen Sarutobi and worsened the Uchiha Clan’s internal conflict, which could leave some clansmen disillusioned.
• Rinto imagined bringing people to Amegakure and mixing bloodlines, then Rie entered the tea room and teased him about his sinister smile.
• Salamander Shinda and two guards approached the Land of Wind border as envoys from Amegakure and asked to meet the Kazekage.
• Sunagakure ninja mocked Shinda’s claim that Amegakure was a legitimate village and refused to recognize him as an envoy.
• Shinda asked Sunagakure to return the Land of Rain’s civilians, but the leading ninja threatened to kill him if he did not leave.
• Shinda and his guards departed the border, suppressing their anger.

In the ruined Amegakure, Hanzo of the Salamander prepared to attack the lowborn and Sunagakure ninja after hearing Salamander Shinda’s account. Sakuta Rinto appeared, revealed his identity as the Land of Rain’s Daimyo, and seized Shinda with astonishing speed.

• Hanzo of the Salamander reflected on the disasters that had weakened Amegakure and left him unable to support his remaining forces.
• Salamander Shinda returned with two guards and told Hanzo an embellished account of the lowborn and Sunagakure ninja refusing to return the people they had taken.
• Hanzo ordered his subordinates to kill the lowborn and Sunagakure ninja, and the crowd shouted in support.
• Sakuta Rinto appeared on a ruined wall, and Hanzo mistook him for Zhu Kangping before Rinto listed his former names and identified himself as the Daimyo of the Land of Rain and a Konoha Jonin.
• After Shinda insulted him, Rinto activated Lightning Style Chakra Mode and the Seventh Gate of Wonder, then instantly returned holding Shinda by the throat.

Rinto defeated Shinda and killed Hanzo of the Salamander, then used Impure World Reincarnation to bring Hanzo back. He controlled the resurrected Hanzo and warned him that he would remain trapped unless Rinto obtained the eyes he sought.

• Rinto unleashed Day Tiger, killing Shinda and the Amegakure ninja, while Hanzo fled using Body Flicker Technique.
• Rinto used Flying Thunder God Technique to catch Hanzo, shattered both his shoulders, and blamed him for Mizuguma's death.
• Hanzo released poisonous gas, but Rinto resisted it and snapped Hanzo's neck before carrying away his corpse.
• Rinto performed Impure World Reincarnation in an underground base, resurrecting Hanzo through a rogue ninja's body.
• Rinto embedded a talisman-bearing kunai in Hanzo's head and warned him that he would control him until he obtained the eyes he sought.

Rinto appointed Rie the First Amekage and tasked her with bringing the Land of Rain’s citizens home and transforming the country into a marshland. He then returned to Kirigakure and set out after Suikazan Fuguki, who had left the village on a mission.

• Rinto told Rie to bring all one hundred thousand citizens from the Land of Wind back to the Land of Rain and gave her an Earth Style scroll so she could turn most of the country into a marshland.
• Rinto declared Rie the First Amekage and gave her authority over a village in the Land of Rain.
• Rinto warned Rie that she would have to defend her village herself, but told her the Land of Wind would pay three hundred million Ryo a year in water fees and that she could command Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Rinto returned to Kirigakure and discovered that Suikazan Fuguki was no longer in the village.
• Rinto learned that some Kirigakure ninjas left the village for assassination missions and immediately pursued Suikazan Fuguki.

Rinto discovered Suikazan Fuguki’s assassination mission targeting the wealthy merchant Bopi and infiltrated Bopi’s guard detail without revealing his intentions. When Kirigakure’s assassins attacked, Rinto helped a guard feign unconsciousness as the fight began in the bedroom.

• Rinto overheard Suikazan Fuguki and four Kirigakure ninja plan to assassinate Bopi in Yugakure.
• Rinto found Bopi at the Big Sheep Casino and replaced one of his bodyguards after following him into the restroom.
• Rinto spent two days posing as Bopi’s guard and, when sleeping gas felled the corridor guards, secretly revived a hired Jonin and told him to pretend to be unconscious.
• Suikazan Fuguki’s assassination squad entered the corridor and opened Bopi’s bedroom door, triggering a volley of kunai from guards inside.
• The Kirigakure ninja evaded the kunai and used the Mist Technique as three more squad members appeared and battle began.

Rinto killed Suikazan Fuguki, took his place, and infiltrated Kirigakure without raising suspicion. The Third Mizukage ordered the Dark Children to reduce their missions and return to the village within three months.

• Rinto used the Flying Thunder God Mutual Instant Rotation Technique to bring Suikazan Fuguki to the underground base, where he killed him and took Samehada.
• Rinto altered his body to resemble Suikazan Fuguki, including filing his teeth, while his clone maintained Fuguki's appearance at the mission site.
• The assassination squad escaped Yugakure with the wealthy man's head, and Rinto switched places with his clone on the ship back to Kirigakure.
• Rinto turned in the mission, collected his reward, and imitated Fuguki's habits for more than a week to avoid suspicion.
• The Third Mizukage ordered the Dark Children to accept fewer missions and return to Kirigakure within three months.

Rinto subdued Samehada in Kirigakure and prepared to use it to strengthen himself and rise through the village ranks. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi dealt with growing Uchiha tensions and a fight involving Uchiha Fugaku and the Hyuga family, while Sakuta Rie arrived to post a mission.

• Rinto chased down Samehada, stripped off its barbs and teeth, and forced it to submit before wrapping it and slinging it across his back.
• Rinto returned to Suikazan Fuguki's house, checked his appearance, and planned to test Samehada's effect on his Chakra reserves while earning merit in Kirigakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the worsening Uchiha Clan situation and worried that making the clan head an advisor would deepen its internal divisions.
• An Anbu reported that Uchiha Fugaku had beaten Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga during their fight, then punched the Hyuga Clan Head when he intervened.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Fugaku brought to his office after hearing that he had gone to gather people, and Sakuta Rie announced that she wanted to post a mission.

Rie persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to approve an A-rank mission for Konoha to rebuild Amegakure, with strict requirements for who could join her. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku’s intervention in a Hyuga family dispute sparked an argument between the clan heads, which Hiruzen ended by arranging compensation and urging the Hyuga to drop the matter.

• Rie requested an A-rank mission to rebuild Amegakure for one hundred million ryo and threatened to give it to Iwagakure when Hiruzen initially refused.
• Hiruzen approved the mission after Rie agreed to bring others, provided they could use Earth Style: Earth and Stone Transition.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan Head confronted the Hyuga Clan Head over Fugaku’s fight with the Hyuga brothers, and Fugaku criticized the Hyuga clan’s cursed mark.
• Hiruzen watched the clan heads argue and imagined handing troubled youths over to Rie or Sakuta Rinto, then worried the resulting chaos could destroy the village.
• Hiruzen arranged for the Uchiha Clan to pay the Hyuga Clan’s medical expenses and asked the Hyuga to stop pursuing the dispute.

After three months undercover as Suikazan Fuguki, Rinto learned how Kirigakure’s economy and leadership worked and grew suspicious of the Third Mizukage. The chapter ended with the Third Mizukage telling Genji that Iwagakure and the Sand Village would pressure Konoha during an operation, while the Third Raikage’s participation remained uncertain.

• Rinto spent three months disguised as Suikazan Fuguki, gathering intelligence in Kirigakure’s taverns and observing the village.
• Rinto learned that Genji controlled Kirigakure’s economic lifeline because the Third Mizukage could not obtain funding from the Daimyo of the Land of Water.
• Rinto concluded that the Third Mizukage’s misguided belief that he acted for the village made him dangerous, and he noticed that the Mizukage’s legs seemed to have independent consciousness.
• The Third Mizukage told Genji that Iwagakure and the Sand Village would station troops near the Land of Fire and pressure Konoha during an operation.
• The Third Mizukage said the Third Raikage seemed uncertain about joining the operation.

The Third Mizukage and Genji planned an attack on Uzushio Village with Amegakure’s support, then ordered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to live and patrol together for a month. After introducing themselves, the swordsmen headed to a training ground to spar, while Rinto watched his new teammates.

• The Third Mizukage told Genji that Hanzo of the Salamander wanted Uzushio Village’s civilians in exchange for Amegakure joining the operation.
• Genji asked whether the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist could be deployed, and the Third Mizukage agreed to make them work together under Anbu supervision.
• Rinto received notice that he would spend the next month living and patrolling with the other six swordsmen.
• At the Mizukage Building, the seven swordsmen introduced themselves and Jūzō Biwa proposed that they spar.
• The swordsmen ignored the Anbu’s attempts to stop them and went to a training ground.

Rinto used his Suikazan Fuguki disguise to disrupt the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s contest, then returned to Konoha and learned that Lady Mito had been attacked. The village was under lockdown, and the attacker’s identity remained unknown.

• Jūzō Biwa tried to force Rinto to join the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s contest, but Rinto snapped Kubikiribōchō with a Water Style attack and drove Jūzō off with a barrage of sticky Water Candy Bullets.
• Rinto left the training field disguised as Suikazan Fuguki, switched places with his clone, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Konoha.
• Rinto noticed that Konoha’s streets were unusually quiet and that shops had closed early as he headed toward the Hokage Building.
• A Guard Unit member told Rinto that Lady Mito had been attacked, though she was safe, and that the village was under lockdown.
• Rinto wondered who had dared and had the ability to attack the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to manage the attack on Mito Uzumaki and the growing split within the Uchiha Clan after Kagami’s expulsion. Kagami’s supporters faced worsening hardship, while Rinto’s maneuver left the fractured Uchiha open to recruitment by others.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered replacing Mito as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and decided to send Anbu to bring Kushina from the Uzumaki Clan.
• Uchiha clansmen protested Kagami’s expulsion, and their conflict with the clan head intensified as he sought the High Council Advisor position.
• Villagers mocked and slandered the Uchiha, worsening tensions and contributing to a decline in Konoha’s public security.
• Kagami urged his supporters to stop making trouble, but they had lost jobs and homes and struggled to support their families.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi could not intervene in Uchiha clan affairs, and Rinto’s actions left a splintered group of Uchiha whom others would covet.

Rinto tracked down Jiraiya after learning he was in the village and found him hospitalized after Tsunade caught him spying on the women's bath. Jiraiya joked about his perversion, then said Orochimaru was far more suited to become Hokage than he was.

• Rinto visited Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked him to use the Scrying Jutsu to locate Jiraiya.
• Hiruzen used the crystal ball and saw Tsunade strike Jiraiya after catching him spying on the women's bath.
• Rinto found Jiraiya at Konoha Hospital, where a doctor said he had six broken ribs and needed to stay in bed for at least three months.
• Rinto bribed the nurse to tolerate Jiraiya, then teased him about his spying methods and his supposed suitability to become Hokage.
• Jiraiya rejected the idea of becoming Hokage and said Orochimaru was more suitable for the role.

Rinto argued with Jiraiya about whether changing the world meant acting directly or passing convictions to a prophesied reformer, then left him recovering in the hospital. He visited the Senju household and asked Tsunade to take him to Shikkotsu Forest so he could learn sage arts and restore his hair.

• Rinto urged Jiraiya to abandon his plan to guide a reformer, but Jiraiya insisted that passing on perseverance was his way of changing the world.
• Jiraiya said he planned to travel, meet beautiful women, and continue his cultivation; Rinto left the hospital hoping he would survive and privately planned to keep him in Konoha.
• Rinto decided to seek Tsunade rather than Mount Myōboku, then arrived at the Senju Main House and joined the family for dinner.
• Rinto and Tsunade left the dining room together, and he asked whether she could take him to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsunade complained that Rinto had been gone for over a month before he asked for a favor, and Rinto explained that he wanted to learn sage arts to regrow his hair.

Rinto visited Shikkotsu Forest with Tsunade to ask Sage Katsuyu about Sage Mode and learned that his cells constantly absorbed Natural Energy. After discovering that this had nothing to do with his rapid healing, he decided to train in Sage Mode despite the danger of failure.

• Tsunade summoned Rinto to Shikkotsu Forest and introduced him to Sage Katsuyu, who noticed that his cells absorbed Natural Energy.
• Rinto mentioned speaking with the Nine-Tails, prompting Tsunade to grab his ear and demand to know when he had done so; he explained that he had once been a Jinchuriki.
• Rinto activated Lightning Style Chakra Mode and pierced his palm to test whether an injury increased his Natural Energy absorption, but Katsuyu said the rate had not changed as the wound healed.
• Katsuyu explained that Sage Mode combined Natural Energy and personal Chakra in a ratio that differed for each person, and warned that failed trainees became trees.
• Tsunade urged Rinto to reconsider learning Sage Mode, but Rinto refused and decided to proceed because he trusted his immortal body.

Rinto cultivated Natural Energy in Shikkotsu Forest, transformed into a giant tree, and awakened Sage Mode before returning to Konoha with an unusual appearance. He formed a contract with Sage Katsuyu and ended the chapter back in his bedroom, looking at his green hair and dark circles.

• Rinto absorbed Natural Energy and discovered that his cells both took it in and released it.
• Rinto transformed into a towering, flower-topped tree, but resisted the urge to fall asleep and returned to human form.
• Rinto realized he could control Sage Mode’s sensory abilities, and the tree crumbled away as Tsunade rushed to him in alarm.
• Rinto used Sage Chakra to cover his naked body with green hair, then asked Sage Katsuyu to form a contract with him, which she accepted.
• Rinto returned to Konoha, changed clothes, and deactivated Sage Mode after seeing his green hair and dark circles in a mirror.

Rinto returned to Kirigakure after signing a contract with the slugs, then joined Jūzō Biwa and the others for breakfast. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha ordered the Third Mizukage to prepare an assault on Uzushio Village, but rejected Uchiha Fugaku as a candidate for his plan.

• Rinto recalled how difficult it had been to master the Flying Thunder God Technique and considered how to combine his three space-type ninjutsu.
• Rinto found Jūzō Biwa seated at the head of the table after the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had sparred, then sat at the far end and traded a joke with them.
• The Third Mizukage reported that Kirigakure's forces, including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, were ready to attack Uzushio Village.
• Madara Uchiha ordered the Third Mizukage to kill every member of the Uzumaki Clan, dismiss Hanzo of the Salamander, and continue sealing off Kirigakure.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Uchiha Fugaku had the Mangekyō Sharingan but rejected him as too unreliable to carry out his plan.

Rinto discovered Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and the Third Mizukage beneath the Mizukage Building, then resurrected the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, to get backup. Gengetsu mistook Rinto for Suikazan and realized he was still alive.

• Rinto sensed the Third Mizukage moving underground and used his sensory network to identify Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu beneath the Mizukage Building.
• Unable to find a way to attack Madara without revealing himself, Rinto decided to summon backup and left a Shadow Clone in his room.
• Rinto entered the Hozuki Clan cemetery, retrieved Gengetsu Hozuki's bones, and used Impure World Reincarnation to revive him.
• Gengetsu mistook Rinto for Suikazan, chatted about the Pure Land, and scolded him for inheriting Samehada instead of Kabutowari.
• Gengetsu tried to grab Samehada, which bit and drained his Chakra, and then realized Rinto was not dead.

Rinto, disguised as Suikazan Fuguki, revived Hozuki Gengetsu and claimed the Third Mizukage was acting suspiciously in Kirigakure. Gengetsu agreed to investigate the Mizukage Building basement, where Rinto sensed Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu waiting.

• Rinto told Hozuki Gengetsu about the Impure World Reincarnation and claimed the Third Mizukage had sealed off Kirigakure and was behaving strangely.
• When Rinto mentioned Jūzō Biwa and his Kubikiribōchō, Gengetsu complained that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had received the wrong swords.
• Rinto said he had seen the Third Mizukage enter the Mizukage Building basement alone, so Gengetsu summoned his Giant Clam and concealed them with Mirage Gas.
• Gengetsu realized Rinto was probably not the real Suikazan Fuguki but chose to cooperate while keeping his suspicions to himself.
• Rinto and Gengetsu entered Kirigakure unnoticed, and Rinto sensed Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu in the Mizukage Building basement.
• Gengetsu led Rinto to the Mizukage Building to inspect the basement he had built.