Recaps

Torikaze helped Nagato clear the Rain Country’s skies and rebuild it, while Akatsuki guarded the country from spies and invaders. As reconstruction advanced, Fugaku sought Torikaze’s help against the Uchiha Elders’ rebellion, and Itachi learned of a possible future in which he killed his parents.

• Torikaze offered Nagato funding, workers, and technicians to develop the Rain Country in exchange for access to Konoha’s appliances, a nonaggression promise, and a share of future aquatic-product profits.
• Nagato and Konan entered the Trial Tower as a team, earned an SS rating, and Nagato chose Transformation Power, which let him renew his vitality and absorb Chakra.
• Torikaze used Cloud Orbs to absorb the Rain Country’s storm clouds, then helped Nagato organize reconstruction and relocate Amegakure’s residents.
• Nagato assigned Akatsuki members and Konoha reinforcements to secure the Rain Country, while Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and their teammate captured spies and repelled invading ninja squads.
• Obito woke in an underground cavern with his arms and legs destroyed, learned that Torikaze had defeated him, and chose to continue investigating Nagato despite Zetsu’s doubts.
• The Uchiha Elders plotted to close the portal and rebel, so Itachi informed Fugaku, who traveled to Torikaze’s World and asked Torikaze to help stop them.
• Torikaze showed Itachi a possible future in which Itachi killed Fugaku and Mikoto, awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, and urged him to help the Uchiha integrate into Konoha.
• Itachi told Fugaku and Mikoto about the vision and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Fugaku decided the rebellious Elders would die if they launched their rebellion.

Torikaze stopped the allied invasion of the Rain Country and compelled the attacking leaders to withdraw. He then helped Sunagakure develop its forests and opened a path for Rōsha to seek further aid in Another World.

• Torikaze exposed the Uchiha Elders’ plot against Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha Fugaku sided with him as he crystallized the rebels and absorbed them.
• Torikaze visited the Rain Country, where Nagato reported its recovery, while Rōsha, Ōnoki, and the Raikage planned to invade and divide its territory.
• Minato Namikaze mobilized Konoha after learning of the armies’ advance, then discovered they planned to attack the Rain Country and sent Torikaze’s clones to protect both places.
• Torikaze defeated the Sunagakure and Iwagakure armies, forced Rōsha and Ōnoki to withdraw, and made the Raikage promise not to invade other countries.
• Torikaze offered Rōsha desert trees in exchange for peaceful trade, then brought Hashirama’s thirty thousand saplings to Sunagakure and summoned rain that helped them grow into a forest.
• Rōsha visited Konoha to negotiate for trees and learned from Torikaze that he could travel to Another World, where he met his counterpart in Sunagakure.
• Rōsha arranged for three hundred thousand trees and promised Granny Chiyo that Sunagakure would prioritize growing its forest over making puppets.

Torikaze helped Sunagakure restore its forest and supported Rain Country’s aquaculture plans, while Jiraiya visited the other world and reunited with old friends. The stretch ended with Nagato returning to Amegakure with fish fry to begin the farming program and Jiraiya settling in for a visit with Tsunade’s family.

• Torikaze delivered three hundred thousand trees to Sunagakure and brought torrential rain that helped them flourish, while Rōsha paid him and focused on developing the village.
• Nagato and Yahiko worked with Konoha to establish a seafood partnership for Rain Country, and Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Hatake returned to Torikaze’s World after a year in Rain Country.
• Minato agreed to let Kakashi leave with his friends, and Torikaze welcomed Hatake to Konoha, assigned Sakumo as his guardian, and rewarded the four friends with Chakra Herbs.
• Nagato signed a one-year seafood trade agreement with Minato, then reunited with Jiraiya, who learned how Konoha and Rain Country had changed and decided to visit Another World.
• Jiraiya traveled through the portal with Nagato, met Torikaze, and watched Nagato obtain five million carp fry for Rain Country’s lakes.
• Jiraiya reunited with Tsunade at the Senju Clan Grounds, met Hashirama, Mito, Gang, Tobirama, and Ashina, and agreed to stay in Konoha for about half a month.
• Nagato returned to Amegakure with nearly all the fish fry alive and planned to distribute them among Rain Country’s farmers.

Torikaze expanded communication and water resources across the Land of Fire and allied villages while Jiraiya explored Konoha’s advances and renewed ties with Tsunade. The arc left Jiraiya and Tsunade preparing to visit the Rain Country after they reunited with Orochimaru.

• Nagato distributed five million carp fry among the Rain Country’s five fishing regions and accepted advice to raise them in smaller lakes.
• Jiraiya visited Konoha, entered the Trial Tower, gained the ability to remain in Sage Mode indefinitely, and decided to train Naruto without taking away his childhood.
• Torikaze honored his agreement with Shimura Danzō by installing Signal Towers that extended phone coverage throughout the Land of Fire.
• Torikaze visited Nagato and Konan in the Rain Country, then helped Rōsha build reservoirs and provide Sunagakure with a more reliable water supply.
• Torikaze and Minato reopened Konoha to visitors and planned a tourist district while Torikaze supervised Obito, Kakashi, and Rin’s training.
• Jiraiya spent nearly half a month exploring the Land of Fire with Tsunade, then returned home and advised Minato to delegate routine Hokage work.
• Jiraiya decided to visit his parents in Another World, while Tsunade and Mito agreed to travel with him to the Rain Country and seek Uzumaki descendants.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade visited Orochimaru, who showed them his failed experiments involving altered White Zetsu.