Chapter Summaries

Yūske and Mei Terumi fought Uchiha Obito and the Six Paths of Pain while Minato transported Jiraiya's group to Amegakure. There, Konan rejected Jiraiya's plea to return to Konoha and used the Paper Clone Technique to prepare for battle.

• Mei Terumi dissolved two summoned beasts with corrosive acid, while Yūske swiftly beheaded Hell Path Pain and trapped Preta Path Pain in Armament Haki-coated threads.
• Mei Terumi struggled against Uchiha Obito and the Three-Headed Hellhound, and Yūske stopped Obito from striking her with his scythe.
• Uchiha Obito considered retreat as Yūske and Mei Terumi faced him.
• Minato Namikaze transported Jiraiya's group to the tower in Amegakure, where Hyuga Reon sensed powerful chakra above them.
• Konan told Jiraiya she would not return to Konoha, explaining that she and Nagato would pursue Yahiko's vision of peace despite the cost.
• Konan used the Paper Clone Technique as sheets of paper filled the sky.

Yūske destroyed Nagato’s Planetary Devastation with the awakened power of his String-String Fruit and a Tailed Beast Ball, while Black Zetsu secretly removed Nagato from the battlefield. The chapter ended as Minato recognized Uchiha Obito, whose figure began to loom before him.

• Konan sent dozens of clones against Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Hyuga Reon as Nagato prepared Planetary Devastation.
• Uchiha Obito confronted Yūske and Mei Terumi while the Deva Path Pain unleashed Planetary Devastation.
• Yūske protected Mei Terumi, blasted open the black hole with a Tailed Beast Ball, then used blackened threads and Ten Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart to break the technique.
• Yūske returned to the ground with Mei Terumi and found the Deva Path Pain unconscious, sensing something was wrong.
• Black Zetsu knocked Nagato unconscious and took him away after seeing Yūske destroy Planetary Devastation.
• Uchiha Obito appeared behind Minato Namikaze, who recognized him, and Obito’s figure began to expand before Minato’s eyes.

Uchiha Obito took Nagato away, leaving Minato Namikaze and the others behind. Yūske began explaining the history behind the Rinnegan and the truth of Yahiko’s death, starting with Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.

• Uchiha Obito absorbed Nagato and disappeared with Tobi and Black Zetsu after telling Minato Namikaze that he was a pawn in a larger game.
• Konan, Jiraiya, and the others arrived, and Minato Namikaze told them that Obito and the black-and-white creatures had taken Nagato.
• Yūske arrived with Yahiko’s corpse and explained that the massive attack was Planetary Devastation, a powerful Rinnegan technique.
• Yūske offered to explain the history behind the Rinnegan and the truth of Yahiko’s death, prompting Konan to stay and listen.
• Yūske began recounting the Warring States Era and introduced Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara as leaders of the Senju and Uchiha Clans.

Yūske recounted how Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara’s shared grief and desire for peace led them to found Konoha, and how Madara secretly survived their later conflict. He explained that Madara arranged for Nagato’s Rinnegan to awaken and traced Nagato’s early life to his meeting with Yahiko, Konan, and the Three Legendary Sannin.

• Yūske described how Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara bonded over losing their brothers and resolved to create a peaceful village.
• Yūske explained that Hashirama and Madara founded Konoha after Madara stopped Hashirama from sacrificing himself, but Madara later left the village alone.
• Yūske recounted how Hashirama defeated Madara at the Valley of the End, while Madara faked his death and secretly awakened the Rinnegan.
• Yūske said Madara used Black Zetsu to arrange the deaths of Nagato’s parents, awakening Nagato’s Rinnegan, and had the Rinnegan transplanted into him.
• Yūske told how Nagato wandered under White Zetsu’s surveillance, met Yahiko and Konan, and later encountered Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.

Yūske explained how White Zetsu manipulated Salamander Hanzo into targeting the Akatsuki Organization, leading to Yahiko’s death and Nagato’s rampage. He revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan could be used to revive Uchiha Madara and urged Konan to leave for Konoha, where she might be able to reach Nagato if he lost control.

• Yūske continued telling the group how White Zetsu fed Salamander Hanzo false intelligence about the Akatsuki Organization, prompting Hanzo to plot against them during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Konan asked whether Uchiha Madara had orchestrated the tragedy, and Yūske said Black Zetsu had likely caused trouble behind the scenes.
• Yūske explained that Nagato’s Rinnegan possessed the Rinne Rebirth Technique, which could revive the dead at the cost of the user’s life.
• Jiraiya urged Konan to return to Konoha, but she refused because she wanted to remain by Yahiko and wait for Nagato.
• Yūske insisted Konan leave for Nagato’s sake, explaining that the enemy had exposed her hiding place and might keep Nagato hidden as a means to revive Uchiha Madara.
• Konan began to reconsider when Yūske said she might be the only one able to awaken Nagato’s consciousness if he lost control, while Jiraiya worried they could not find him in time.

Yūske explained how Uchiha Madara’s plans had led to Obito’s involvement and revealed that Nagato still did not know the Rinne Rebirth Technique. He warned Jiraiya that Kushina’s childbirth could bring another Nine-Tails attack, prompting them to prepare secretly while Konan remained undecided about returning with them.

• Yūske recounted how Tobi tried to recruit Uchiha Fugaku, then used the Nine-Tails rampage to turn Konoha against the Uchiha Clan before targeting Obito.
• Yūske explained that Madara had entrusted Black Zetsu with training Obito and manipulating Nagato into reviving him.
• Jiraiya realized Nagato might still be saved because he had not learned the Rinne Rebirth Technique, and Yūske asked Konan to return with them.
• Yūske sent Minato away before warning Jiraiya that Obito might control the Nine-Tails during Kushina’s childbirth, possibly alongside an invasion by Nagato.
• Yūske insisted that they keep the danger secret and prepare quietly, while Jiraiya resolved to stay near Konoha until Minato and Kushina’s child was born.

Yūske invited Konan to see Konoha’s vision of peace, then revealed a White Zetsu spy hidden on her and used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to bring Yahiko back. Yahiko reunited with Konan and Jiraiya, then asked where Nagato was.

• Yūske spoke privately with Konan about Konoha’s Commercial Street plan and asked whether she wanted to show Yahiko the peace she had hoped for.
• Yūske removed a White Zetsu using the Spore Technique from Konan’s shoulder, and Konan prepared to kill it before Yūske stopped her.
• Yūske proposed using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to let Konan and Jiraiya speak with Yahiko, and Konan agreed.
• Yūske used a strand of Yahiko’s hair and White Zetsu as a sacrifice to revive Yahiko, who recognized Konan and Jiraiya.
• Konan embraced Yahiko in tears, and Jiraiya welcomed his former student before Yahiko asked why Nagato was not there.

Yahiko chose to live again through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu so he could lead Amegakure and resolve his lingering concerns, while Konan returned to Konoha with Yūske. After Yahiko took control of Amegakure and announced a peace treaty with Konoha, he set out for Konoha with a team of ninjas.

• Yahiko, Konan, and Jiraiya agreed that Yahiko would remain in the world temporarily to lead Amegakure, while Konan went back to Konoha.
• Yūske agreed to revive Yahiko but warned that his body would not last long and that he would need sacrifices.
• Yūske promised to protect Amegakure and required Yahiko to visit Konoha every three months.
• Konan said she would gather the Akatsuki Organization's members while Yahiko prepared to lead Amegakure.
• Yahiko took control of Amegakure, announced plans for a peace treaty with Konoha, and left for Konoha with a team of ninjas.

Yūske brought Jiraiya, Yahiko, Konan, Mei Terumi, and Hyuga Reon back to Konoha after a five-day journey. He briefly joked that Minato should become Hokage, then arranged lodging for Amegakure’s leaders and ordered a meeting with the Hokage Assistants.

• Konan arrived in Konoha with Yahiko and Jiraiya, while Amegakure shinobi on patrol discreetly recognized Yūske and followed his orders to stay hidden.
• Near the village, Yūske asked Minato to become Hokage, prompting Minato and Jiraiya to urgently persuade him not to retire.
• Hyuga Reon and Mei Terumi discussed Yūske’s behavior as the group approached Konoha’s gate.
• Yūske entered Konoha without inspection and ordered the Anbu to summon the Hokage Assistants to meet Nara Haruna.
• Yūske told Jiraiya to take Yahiko and Konan to his home, then vanished while Mei Terumi and Hyuga Reon remained behind.

Yūske returned to his office, where Shikaku Nara and Luzhen were handling his work, and learned that the Third Raikage had died fighting Iwagakure. He dismissed concerns about the conflict reaching Konoha, arranged a gift for the incoming Fourth Raikage, and left Shikaku to keep working.

• Yūske returned to his office and told Shikaku Nara and Luzhen that Jiraiya had come back with Amegakure's new leader, and that Konoha and Amegakure would sign a peace treaty and build a road together.
• Luzhen showed Yūske Shisui Uchiha's jonin examination assignment, and Yūske suggested Shikaku Nara could succeed his father as Hokage Assistant.
• An Intelligence Department member delivered news that the Third Raikage had died after fighting Iwagakure's forces, prompting Yūske to question why no Kumogakure ninja had supported him.
• Yūske told Luzhen not to mobilize ninja to the border and ordered him to have Taichi prepare a gift for the incoming Fourth Raikage.
• As Luzhen left, Shikaku Nara tried to retreat, but Yūske told him to sit down and handle the work.

Yūske returned to Konoha, visited his family, and told Tsunade about the events in Amegakure while withholding Yahiko’s death and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. At a meeting, he arranged Konoha’s alliance and trade-road plans with Amegakure and officially accepted Konan as a Konoha jōnin.

• Yūske vanished from Shikaku Nara’s presence and returned to the Senju Clan Compound, where he greeted Tsunade, Yūhi Kurenai, and the others.
• Yūske told Tsunade about Amegakure but concealed Yahiko’s death and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Yūske decided Konan would join Jiraiya, Minato, and Kushina’s team and stay at Jiraiya’s home.
• Yūske attended a meeting and confirmed that Konoha and Amegakure would maintain a friendly alliance and develop a trade route, with Konoha funding the work.
• Yūske ordered the departments to coordinate the route’s construction with Amegakure and announced that Konan would officially join Konoha as a jōnin.

Yūske learned that Orochimaru’s experiment with Hashirama Senju’s cells had produced a child capable of using Wood Release, though fifty-nine subjects had died. After sending the child and his assistants away, Yūske suggested Orochimaru find an opportunity to defect.

• Yūske left Konoha’s construction site after an Anbu told him Orochimaru wanted him to save his life.
• Orochimaru revealed that his experiment had produced a Wood Release user, and Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto Yakushi brought the child, Yamato, before Yūske.
• Yūske learned that fifty-nine subjects had died and that Nonō had helped Yamato survive.
• Yūske sent Nonō and Kabuto away, then asked Orochimaru to find an opportunity to defect.

Yūske arranged for Orochimaru to move to the Land of Water, gave him the Eight Branches Technique, and devised a plan to fake his death and cover his defection. After receiving an invitation to the Fourth Raikage’s inauguration in Kumogakure, Yūske began considering whom to take on the trip.

• Yūske told Orochimaru to take command of the Land of Water base and gave him the Eight Branches Technique.
• Yūske and Orochimaru planned to stage an attack on the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru’s defection, and his apparent death.
• Yūske asked Orochimaru to keep the child who could use Wood Release and said they would carry out the plan after he and Tsunade had a child.
• Yūske received news that the Fourth Raikage’s inauguration ceremony would be held in Kumogakure one week later and told his Shadow Guard to have Taichi prepare.
• Yūske considered taking Mizuki Yuki and Haku on the trip because Tsunade and Aburame Shiho were pregnant.

Yūske traveled to Kumogakure with his companions and was welcomed by the Fourth Raikage, who assured him that the village held no intention of provoking Konoha. The Fourth Raikage brought Yūske to his estate and invited him to a private dinner, leaving the rest of the party to settle in.

• Yūske set out for Kumogakure with his Shadow Guard, Mizuki Yuki, Yuki Haku, Sarutobi Asuma, Yūhi Kurenai, Shisui Uchiha, and other companions.
• Yūske's party crossed the Land of Lightning's rugged mountain roads and admired Kumogakure's unusual setting among the peaks and clouds.
• The Fourth Raikage arrived to meet Yūske, and Yūske told him he had no interest in invading Kumogakure.
• The Fourth Raikage led Yūske into the village and arranged accommodations and freedom of movement for the rest of the Konoha party.
• The Fourth Raikage explained that some villagers still felt hostile toward Yūske, then invited him to spend the evening alone at his estate.

Yūske met with the Fourth Raikage in Kumogakure, reviewed records of the Five Kage Summit, and agreed to share intelligence about Uchiha Madara and the white species. The Fourth Raikage revealed his suspicions about his father’s death, then took Yūske sightseeing, ending their visit at a hot spring where several women arrived.

• The Fourth Raikage showed Yūske records left by the Third Raikage and asked about the white species and Uchiha Madara’s conspiracy.
• Yūske and the Fourth Raikage discussed cooperation between their villages, and the Fourth Raikage offered to sign a peace treaty with Konoha after the ceremony.
• The Fourth Raikage said he suspected his father’s death was connected to the conspiracy because none of the Third Raikage’s guards returned or left behind bodies.
• Yūske agreed to provide intelligence, sampled Kumogakure’s specialties, and accepted the Fourth Raikage’s invitation to jointly hold the Chunin Exams.
• The Fourth Raikage guided Yūske around Kumogakure and took him to a hot spring, where several women entered after he clapped his hands.

Yūske and the Fourth Raikage relaxed together in Kumogakure, building a friendly rapport over a stroll and dinner with their families. The chapter ended with Yūske enjoying the warmth of the gathering despite the distance others in Konoha kept around him.

• Yūske declined the Fourth Raikage’s offer of female attendants and asked after Killer B, who was adjusting to the Eight-Tails.
• The Fourth Raikage invited Yūske to dinner at his home, and Yūske agreed to bring his family and contribute Konoha shochu.
• The Fourth Raikage led Yūske through Kumogakure, introducing the village until his secretary summoned him back to work.
• Yūske returned that evening with Mizuki Yuki, Mei Terumi, and Yuki Haku to dine with the Fourth Raikage and his mother.
• Yūske and the Fourth Raikage drank and laughed together while their families relaxed around the table.

After leaving Kumogakure, Yūske detoured through the Land of Fields, where Hyuga Reon detected Kakuzu nearby. Yūske set a trap for his old acquaintance, and the chapter ended as his allies surrounded Kakuzu after repelling his attack.

• Yūske left Kumogakure after the peace treaty was signed and took a leisurely route through the Land of Fields with his group.
• Yūske sensed powerful chakra nearby, and Hyuga Reon used her Byakugan to detect a person containing five lifeforms.
• Yūske recognized the chakra as Kakuzu’s and arranged for Yunō Uchiha, Jūno Uchiha, and two Senju Clan members to disguise themselves as an escort group.
• Kakuzu ambushed Yūske’s group with a combined Wind Style and Fire Release attack.
• More than a dozen Senju Clan ninja blocked the attack with a Water Wall, while Hyuga Reon, Mei Terumi, Yunō Uchiha, and Jūno Uchiha surrounded Kakuzu.

Yūske confronted Kakuzu and learned that he had killed Shinnosuke Sarutobi for a bounty. Kakuzu attacked the group in hopes of claiming Yūske’s billion-ransom head, but the Shadow Guard members thwarted him, and he began considering retreat.

• Kakuzu recognized Yūske as the target of a billion-ransom bounty and admitted he had killed Shinnosuke Sarutobi for forty million.
• Sarutobi Asuma tried to fight Kakuzu, but Shisui Uchiha stopped him while Yūske ordered the four Shadow Guard members to attack.
• Yunō Uchiha, Jūno Uchiha, Hyuga Reon, and Mei Terumi struck Kakuzu with their techniques, and Kakuzu blocked their attacks with a Water Release barrier.
• Kakuzu used the steam as cover to send his Tentacle Fist toward Yūske, but Shisui Uchiha and Hyuga Reon intervened to protect him.
• Kakuzu assessed the six-jōnin force and began weighing retreat because Yūske had not yet joined the fight.

Kakuzu unleashed Earth Grudge Fear and attacked Yūske with a fusion of wind, lightning, and fire ninjutsu. Yūske countered with a Tailed Beast Ball Rasengan, stopped Kakuzu from escaping, and mocked his claim of having fought the First Hokage.

• Kakuzu revealed his four masked hearts and activated Secret Technique: Earth Grudge Fear.
• Kakuzu fired Final Shooting, a chakra cannon combining wind, lightning, and fire, at Yūske.
• Yūske told everyone to scatter and launched a Tailed Beast Ball Rasengan into Kakuzu's attack, leveling the forest with the collision.
• Kakuzu tried to flee, but Yūske caught him and used Tentacle Fist to pull him close.
• Kakuzu severed the threads on his arm to escape Yūske's grip, but threads from underground pierced him and one of his masks shattered.
• Kakuzu rose again, and Yūske taunted him about boasting that he had fought Hashirama Senju.

Yūske watched his five Konoha jonin fight Kakuzu and agreed to let Sarutobi Asuma deliver the final blow for his brother’s death. Kakuzu was driven to the ground but still searched for a chance to escape.

• Yūske mocked Kakuzu and left him to fight Yunō Uchiha, Hyuga Reon, Mei Terumi, Jūno Uchiha, and Shisui Uchiha.
• The five jonin coordinated their attacks, overwhelmed Kakuzu, and knocked him to the ground.
• Sarutobi Asuma asked Yūske to keep the truth from his father and let him kill Kakuzu to avenge his brother.
• Yūske agreed to intervene when Kakuzu had only one life left, so Asuma could deliver the final blow.
• Kakuzu looked for a chance to retreat as the Konoha jonin continued to press their attack.