Chapter Summaries

Gengetsu learned that Sage Three’s Brain Sage Transformation had caused emotional instability, enhanced perception, and changes to Yin Release, convincing him that Sage Transformation could lead to true immortality. After Tsunade warned that their research funds were running low, Gengetsu developed a Hemostatic Tag that successfully stopped her bleeding.

• Gengetsu reviewed Sage Three’s experiment results and learned that the team had undone his Yin-Yang Seal and sedated him after his transformation caused violent mood swings.
• Tsunade explained that the brain’s role in emotion and sensation might help account for the changes to Sage Three’s vision and Yin Release, and Gengetsu speculated about Sage abilities and the Rinnegan.
• Gengetsu concluded that the experiment had revealed a possible path to immortality and called for more controlled Sage Transformation experiments, but Tsunade demanded more funding.
• After returning to Konoha, Gengetsu considered ways to earn money, and Tsunade suggested developing new talismans.
• Gengetsu spent three days creating a Hemostatic Tag, which Tsunade tested by using it to stop bleeding from a cut on her arm.

Gengetsu showed Tsunade his new Healing Tag and proposed building a medical-talisman business staffed by trained disciples and employees. After Tsunade gathered candidates, Gengetsu selected two disciples and began organizing the rest of the group, then went to cook for everyone.

• Gengetsu gave Tsunade a Healing Tag and explained how it could help treat wounded ninja alongside Hemostatic Tags.
• Gengetsu proposed opening a medical-talisman shop and training people connected to the Senju, promising orphans, and other clans; Tsunade agreed to select candidates and speak with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tsunade brought Shizune and a group of teenagers and children to Gengetsu, who was surprised to learn they had been told he was taking disciples.
• Gengetsu accepted Kaori, a fourteen-year-old Medical Ninja, and Naohide, a thirteen-year-old Sealing Corps ninja, as disciples, while assigning the other teenagers to train as future employees.
• Tsunade returned from inspecting the shop and told Gengetsu to cook lunch for the whole group.

Gengetsu sought a powerful Summoning Beast for himself and a companion for Kanzuki Chiba, consulting Tsunade and Jiraiya about places to find them. Uchiha Shinsui’s cat Kinzhi revealed that lightning-releasing Strange Beasts lived in Thunder Valley, and Gengetsu eagerly decided to catch one.

• Gengetsu met Uchiha Shinsui’s Summoning Beast, Kinzhi, who agreed to let Kanzuki Chiba hold it in exchange for gold.
• Gengetsu learned that Kinzhi excelled at concealment, intelligence gathering, and silent attacks, making it a useful addition to their team.
• Gengetsu asked Tsunade where they could find powerful Summoning Beasts, and she suggested asking the recently returned Jiraiya.
• Gengetsu learned from Jiraiya about deserted islands south of the Land of Tea and told Uchiha Shinsui about the possible places to search.
• Uchiha Shinsui shared Kinzhi’s intelligence about Thunder Valley, where Strange Beasts that released lightning lived, and Gengetsu resolved to catch one as a mount.

Gengetsu, Uchiha Shinsui, and Kanzuki Chiba traveled to Thunder Valley to find a powerful strange beast that could become Kanzuki Chiba’s Summoning Beast. After the Blue Ox attacked them with a blazing pillar of light, Gengetsu summoned Triple Rashomon to defend against it.

• Gengetsu and Uchiha Shinsui tested Thunder Valley and found that its natural lightning struck intruders repeatedly, even hitting a clone underground.
• Gengetsu sensed a powerful strange beast deep in the valley and revealed that they had come to capture it for Kanzuki Chiba.
• Gengetsu’s Shadow Clone was destroyed, and the Blue Ox emerged unharmed as lightning struck it.
• The Blue Ox opened its mouth toward the group, and Gengetsu summoned Triple Rashomon as a blazing pillar of light erupted.

Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui abandoned their attempt to capture the powerful Blue Ox in Thunder Valley and sought a safer Summoning Beast instead. They bonded with a family of White Jade Sea Eagles, completed a summoning contract, and Chiba successfully summoned one of the chicks.

• Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui retreated from Thunder Valley after the Blue Ox pierced Triple Rashomon with a lightning attack.
• Gengetsu left a Shadow Clone behind, which watched the Blue Ox command lightning and wondered whether it could become the basis of a new sacred land.
• Three days later, Gengetsu, Chiba, and Shinsui used a genjutsu and Dragon Vein Chakra to make a pair of White Jade Sea Eagles accept them and begin developing Chakra.
• The three cared for the sea eagle pair, Black Feather and White Feather, and their four chicks before signing a summoning contract with the whole family.
• Chiba used the Summoning Technique and summoned Red Feather, one of the chicks, then prepared to try again.

Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui traveled to Ironstone Island to investigate the Iron-Eating Beasts and met Shitai, the clan chief, who recognized Gengetsu’s Dragon Vein power. Shitai offered them a trial to earn a summoning contract, and Jiro carried them toward Steel Valley to test whether they could master Steel Release.

• Kanzuki Chiba successfully summoned White Feather and flew with her while Gengetsu told Ao Cang they would gradually expand their gravity experiments.
• Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui reached Ironstone Island and spotted Iron-Eating Beasts hidden among its rocks and mountains.
• Shitai, chief of the Iron-Eating Beast Clan, recognized Gengetsu’s Dragon Vein power and revealed that the clan had surrounded the visitors.
• Shitai offered the three Konoha ninjas a trial: they could sign a summoning contract if they mastered Steel Release in Steel Valley.
• Jiro carried Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui toward Steel Valley, and he teased Kanzuki Chiba by pretending he might eat her.

Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui arrived at Steel Valley to attempt the Iron-Eating Beast Clan’s Steel Release test. After Kanzuki Chiba fell asleep before the talisman-covered Iron Wall, she woke to discover she had unexpectedly learned Steel Release.

• Jiro brought Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui to Steel Valley and explained that its strange power could help them cultivate Steel Release.
• The group saw the Iron-Eating Beast forebears guarding the valley and learned that Iron Flowers had to be eaten if picked.
• Ao Cang warned that Steel Valley was rich in Earth Power and had an unusual magnetic field, while Gengetsu examined the ancient talismans on the Iron Wall.
• Gengetsu and Uchiha Shinsui studied the talismans, but Kanzuki Chiba fell asleep during the test.
• Kanzuki Chiba woke the next day, found steel covering her palm, and excitedly announced that she had mastered Steel Release.

Kanzuki Chiba signed a contract with the Iron-Eating Beasts and gained the title Steel Divine Feather while Gengetsu and Uchiha Shinsui trained in Steel Valley. When Gengetsu learned that Might Duy was dying after opening the Eight Gates to save Guy and the others, he hurried to Konoha Hospital and prepared to try reviving him.

• Kanzuki Chiba signed the Iron-Eating Beasts’ summoning contract after Shitai offered it to her.
• Kanzuki Chiba summoned Jiro and accepted Uchiha Shinsui’s suggestion to call herself Steel Divine Feather.
• Uchiha Shinsui mastered Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation, while Gengetsu said he needed another day or two to complete his progress.
• Gengetsu learned that Might Duy had been gravely injured fighting the Ninja Blade Four and used Katsuyu to return to Konoha Hospital.
• Tsunade told Gengetsu that Duy’s life force had nearly run out, and Gengetsu asked her to keep others from entering the room.
• Gengetsu sent Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu outside, then began preparing the technique he hoped would bring Duy back to life.

Gengetsu mastered the One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique and revived Might Duy, then healed his injuries. As Guy reunited with his father, Gengetsu left the hospital with Tsunade and asked about the war.

• Gengetsu tried using Shadow Clones to perform the revival technique, but learned that the process could not be interrupted and required more vitality than the clones could provide.
• Gengetsu transferred his consciousness into a clone and performed the One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique himself while Tsunade and the others waited outside.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that the three great ninja villages had launched an all-out war against Konoha and ordered her to send Gengetsu to the Hokage Office after the treatment.
• Gengetsu understood how the technique formed a life energy field, awakened Might Duy's consciousness, and brought him back to life.
• Gengetsu restored Duy's broken limbs, and Guy rushed into the ward to embrace his father.
• Gengetsu left the hospital with Tsunade and asked her about the war situation.

Gengetsu learned he would be sent to the Land of Rain front as a medical ninja, then rushed to Shikkotsu Forest after Sage One completed Sage Transformation. Sage One revealed new eye abilities and a third eye called the Heavenly Eye, though its power remained undeveloped.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Gengetsu to lead the medical forces on the Land of Rain battlefield and support Jiraiya with Shadow Clones.
• Tsunade explained that Konoha had to confront the Land of Rain front first to prevent Iwa Ninja from joining forces with Rain Ninja.
• Gengetsu wondered whether Danzo was in the Land of Rain and thought of Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan before going to say goodbye to Kushina and rest.
• Tsunade told Gengetsu that Sage One's Sage Transformation was complete, and Gengetsu hurried to Shikkotsu Forest.
• Gengetsu saw Sage One's golden-pupiled eyes and newly emerged Heavenly Eye, while Sage One explained its puppet manipulation and Unity of Heaven and Man abilities.

Sage One explained the Heavenly Eye’s soul-perception, genjutsu-breaking, and intangibility abilities, while Gengetsu postponed his own Sage Transformation until his Wood Release Power had matured. The next morning, Gengetsu escorted a supply convoy toward the Land of Rain, where he confronted an Iwa Ninja ambush led by Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Sage One described the Heavenly Eye’s Soul Search, Reality Break, and Intangibility abilities, and Gengetsu agreed that its powers could grow further as Sage Transformation progressed.
• Gengetsu abandoned his plan to immediately transform his pineal gland after Tsunade warned that his clones’ success might depend on Hashirama’s cells; he decided to wait for his Wood Release Power to mature before transplanting the First Hokage’s cells.
• Gengetsu left Shikkotsu Forest with Tsunade and set out the next morning with a Konoha logistics unit bound for the Land of Rain.
• Hyuga Mana detected an ambush ahead, and Gengetsu also spotted three Iwa Ninja hiding in the blind spot of her Byakugan.
• Gengetsu recognized Roshi among the ten approaching Iwa Ninja and told the convoy to keep its distance as Roshi ordered his squad to attack the others.
• Gengetsu created two Shadow Clones and charged Roshi while Ao Cang urged him to capture the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

Uzumaki Gengetsu defeated and captured Roshi, then pursued the fleeing Iwa Ninja and delivered the supplies to Konoha’s main camp. Jiraiya explained that Iwa’s superior numbers, the Rain Ninja’s movements, and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki had made the front-line situation dire.

• Gengetsu used Water Release, Ice Release, and Lightning Release to restrain Roshi and seal him after Roshi’s Tailed Beast Cloak emerged.
• The Iwa Ninja fled after seeing Roshi captured, but Gengetsu sent Shadow Clones after them and captured most of the group.
• Gengetsu returned with the prisoners and continued with the Konoha unit to deliver supplies to the front lines.
• Gengetsu and his group arrived at Konoha’s main camp around noon the next day, where Jiraiya welcomed him.
• Jiraiya told Gengetsu that Iwa had more troops, the Rain Ninja were making moves, and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki was difficult to restrain.

Gengetsu and Jiraiya planned to force the Iwa Ninja into a decisive battle, then Gengetsu used his clones and Katsuyu to support the wounded. He entered Roshi’s sealed space to meet the Four-Tails, Sun Wukong, where Ao Cang immediately antagonized him.

• Gengetsu and Jiraiya concluded that the Land of Grass was the Iwa Ninja’s main target and planned to destroy their supply route at Kannabi Bridge.
• Gengetsu revealed his Dragon Vein Chakra Mode and ten Shadow Clones, persuading Jiraiya to assign them to support the squads while Gengetsu led the medical unit.
• Gengetsu summoned Katsuyu and created three Shadow Clones to treat the wounded, leaving the medical camp in their care.
• Gengetsu and Ao Cang entered Roshi’s sealed space, where they found Sun Wukong trapped beneath a Black Mountain.
• Gengetsu introduced Ao Cang to Sun Wukong, and Ao Cang insulted the Four-Tails and challenged his titles and strength.

Gengetsu warned the Four-Tails that someone planned to revive the Ten-Tails and asked the Tailed Beasts to help resist the scheme; the Four-Tails shared its power with him. Later, Gengetsu set out with Uchiha Shinsui and Kanzuki Chiba to destroy Kannabi Bridge, despite sensing that something was wrong.

• Gengetsu told the Four-Tails that the Ten-Tails' husk had been summoned and that a conspirator planned to capture the Tailed Beasts.
• Gengetsu explained that he wanted to stop the conspiracy and asked the Four-Tails to contribute its strength when the time came; the Four-Tails agreed and gave him its power.
• Gengetsu returned to the tent, where Jiraiya questioned him about Roshi and suggested using the Four-Tails Jinchuriki to lure Iwa Ninja into a trap.
• Gengetsu left the camp with Uchiha Shinsui and Kanzuki Chiba to head for Kannabi Bridge.
• Gengetsu sensed danger and considered going alone, but Uchiha Shinsui and Kanzuki Chiba persuaded him to continue with the mission.

Gengetsu and Jiraiya fought Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, while Gengetsu’s main body led a squad toward the Land of Grass. The chapter ended with Gengetsu, Uchiha Shinsui, and Kanzuki Chiba discovering that Iwa Ninja had surrounded them.

• Katsuyu warned Gengetsu and Jiraiya that Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, was charging toward their forces, and they realized Iwa planned to use the Five Tails to create chaos and target Gengetsu.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, and he and Gengetsu attacked Han with a combination of fire, oil, and wind, but Han broke through and charged at them.
• Gengetsu and Han clashed at high speed while Jiraiya and Gamabunta pursued them, and Gengetsu asked them to restrain Han while he completed a sealing.
• At the Land of Grass border, Gengetsu revealed himself as the main body and explained to Uchiha Shinsui and Kanzuki Chiba that the Five-Tails Jinchuriki might have gone to headquarters instead.
• Uchiha Shinsui suspected they were surrounded, and Kanzuki Chiba sensed a large number of Iwa Ninja closing in around them.

Uzumaki Gengetsu and his companions faced an Iwa Ninja force sent to intercept them, and Gengetsu deduced that Iwagakure planned to unleash the Five-Tails to keep Konoha's forces occupied. When the Iwa Ninja refused to let them pass, Gengetsu, Uchiha Shinsui, and Kanzuki Chiba fought back, ending the chapter as they leaped out of their steel defenses to attack.

• Routo identified Gengetsu and explained that the Iwa Ninja had intercepted them because Kannabi Bridge mattered more than rescuing Roshi.
• Gengetsu guessed that the Five-Tails Jinchuriki had stayed away so the beast could rampage and tie down Jiraiya and Konoha's reinforcements.
• Routo demanded that Gengetsu surrender in exchange for Roshi and the captured Iwa Ninja, but Gengetsu refused and warned them to move aside.
• Routo launched an Earth Release attack, and Gengetsu turned the ground to steel and raised walls to shield the trio from the Iwa Ninja's assault.
• Shinsui shocked attackers through the steel while Chiba destroyed incoming boulders, and the Iwa Ninja used Earthquake Core to sink the ground beneath them.
• Routo warned that the trio was coming out, and Gengetsu, Shinsui, and Chiba leaped from the defenses toward the Iwa Ninja.

Gengetsu and Uchiha Shinsui fought the Iwa Ninja forces while Kanzuki Chiba helped them with fog and Water Release. After the Iwa Ninja’s traps exposed their decoys, Gengetsu survived an explosion and unleashed Dehydration, leaving the survivors terrified of him.

• Gengetsu cut down Iwa Ninja in close combat while Uchiha Shinsui slaughtered enemies under Kanzuki Chiba’s cover of thick fog.
• Kanzuki Chiba used Water Release—Dehydration, then vanished as a Shadow Clone; Uchiha Shinsui killed an underground sensor ninja who discovered the deception.
• Iwa Ninja trapped Uchiha Shinsui with walls, explosives, and softened ground, but he escaped as a Shadow Clone, prompting them to search for the real team.
• Iwa Ninja Jonin trapped Gengetsu between two masses of earth and detonated Exploding Tags, but Gengetsu survived the blast.
• Gengetsu used Water Release—Dehydration to drain the Chakra and bodily water of more than a hundred Iwa Ninja, leaving Routo and a few others standing.

Gengetsu revealed that the battlefield version of him was a Shadow Clone, then used Sage Mode and Ice Release to stop the Iwa Ninja from pursuing his main body. He trapped the Iwa Ninja inside a Water Prison Barrier and began freezing it with Ice Sealing Grand Burial.

• Gengetsu offered to release the Iwa prisoners and end the battle, but the Iwa Ninja refused and accused him of stalling as a Shadow Clone.
• A Jonin explained that Gengetsu's companions had been Shadow Clones and that his main body had likely escaped underground; Gengetsu confirmed he was a clone, and Routo ordered a pursuit.
• Gengetsu unleashed Ice Needle Rain across the battlefield, wounding many Iwa Ninja and disrupting their pursuit.
• Routo's forces tried to trap Gengetsu with Earth Release, but he evaded their attacks and defended against an explosive barrage with swirling water currents.
• Gengetsu formed a Water Prison Barrier around the Iwa Ninja and began freezing the water with Ice Sealing Grand Burial, alarming Routo.

Gengetsu’s Shadow Clone delayed the Iwa Ninja, but the Four-Tails was unleashed and devastated Konoha’s camp before Gengetsu returned. After treating Jiraiya and Gamabunta, Gengetsu explained that the Rinnegan could break his seal, prompting Jiraiya to suspect Nagato.

• Gengetsu’s Shadow Clone froze hundreds of Iwa Ninja, then vanished when it ran out of Chakra as the survivors began breaking the ice to rescue their comrades.
• Gengetsu learned that someone had freed Roshi and unleashed the Four-Tails, while Jiraiya and Gamabunta returned to camp injured.
• Gengetsu found Konoha’s camp in ruins, summoned Katsuyu, created Shadow Clones to treat the wounded, and healed Jiraiya and Gamabunta.
• Jiraiya asked who could have broken Gengetsu’s seal, and Gengetsu explained that someone with the Rinnegan could undo it.
• Jiraiya connected the Rinnegan to Nagato, while Gengetsu clarified that calling him Pervy Sage was a familiar name used by friends and family.

Gengetsu explained the Rinnegan’s connection to the Uchiha and revealed Madara Uchiha’s plan to use it to revive himself and the Ten-Tails. Jiraiya decided the immediate priority was repelling the Iwa Ninja, while Gamabunta departed to ask the Great Toad Sage about the Rinnegan.

• Gengetsu corrected Jiraiya’s belief that Nagato could have inherited the Rinnegan through the Uzumaki bloodline, explaining that it evolved from the Sharingan.
• Gengetsu told Jiraiya and Gamabunta that Madara Uchiha had given Nagato the Rinnegan and planned to revive himself after death.
• Gengetsu revealed Madara’s connection to the Ten-Tails, leaving Jiraiya and Gamabunta stunned.
• Jiraiya considered meeting Nagato but acknowledged that there was no proof of the conspiracy behind Nagato’s parents’ deaths and that Nagato’s group was working for peace.
• Jiraiya said the Hokage should eventually learn the truth, but prioritized repelling the Iwa Ninja and ending the war.
• Jiraiya asked Gamabunta to consult the Great Toad Sage about the Rinnegan, and Gamabunta released the summoning.