Recaps

Torikaze succeeded Tobirama as the Third Hokage, then used a Replicator to launch Amado’s phones and Naruto mobile game across Konoha. As players explored the game and competed in its Arena, Torikaze watched Minato win a Combat Training match at the Ninja Academy.

• Torikaze accepted the Hokage succession, and Tobirama declared him the Third Hokage at a ceremony attended by cheering villagers.
• Torikaze released the Cloud Palace to protect Konoha and took his place in the Hokage’s office, while Ashina’s changed behavior and grief over his eighth uncle’s death worried the family.
• Torikaze bought a Replicator and worked with Amado to produce phones, then arranged for Clones to operate it and for Amado to sell the devices.
• Amado’s phones and Torikaze’s Naruto game spread rapidly through Konoha, where Hashirama, Tsunade, Chisato, and other villagers began playing.
• Torikaze added a game recharger, helped Amado and Hashirama top up their accounts, and secretly defeated Hashirama in the Arena with three S-Rank Ninjas.
• Chisato visited Torikaze to recharge her account, and she and Torikaze went to watch Minato’s Combat Training.
• Minato avoided a Nara Clan child’s Shadow Imitation Technique and won by hitting him with a water ball, earning Torikaze’s praise.

Torikaze exposed Madara Uchiha’s attempt to infiltrate Konoha and reunited Kushina with Ashina, while Minato graduated and began learning Flying Thunder God. As Sunagakure and Iwagakure came under attack by mysterious masked men, Torikaze prepared Konoha for a possible assault.

• Torikaze exposed the impostor Ashina as a White Zetsu and fought Madara Uchiha, who escaped with Izanagi after their battle devastated the forest.
• Torikaze told Hashirama and Kagami that Madara had attacked Konoha, concealed his survival from the villagers, and later welcomed the real Ashina back to Kushina.
• Torikaze gave Minato the Flying Thunder God scroll, and Minato chose to master the dangerous technique after graduating from the Ninja Academy.
• The Third Kazekage told Torikaze that masked attackers had damaged Sunagakure, and Torikaze agreed to provide rebuilding materials and share intelligence.
• Torikaze learned that Minato had begun creating spatial fluctuations while training with Sakumo, then urged Sakumo to give Minato’s team time before another killing mission.
• Dan reported that masked men had also attacked Iwagakure, while Kakuzu told Torikaze he was considering recruiting Hanzo for their organization.
• After Iwagakure’s Tsuchikage killed two attackers but found no bodies, Torikaze suspended Konoha’s missions, ordered the ninja to remain in the village, and prepared for an attack.

Torikaze uncovered Hanzo’s use of Red Fruits to strengthen Amegakure’s fighters, secured an alliance with Sunagakure and Iwagakure, and prepared Konoha for war. As the Second Great Ninja War began, he urged Minato to remember what he was fighting for and arranged for Amado to protect him and prepare weapons.

• Torikaze and Konoha’s clan heads defeated and captured all twelve Kage-level attackers, but most prisoners later burned to ash through a mysterious power.
• Torikaze and the villagers celebrated Konoha’s victory with a bonfire carnival, which he and Chisato named the annual Carnival Festival.
• Torikaze had Yamanaka En extract the surviving Amegakure leader’s memories and learned that Hanzo had used Red Fruits made from captured children to empower his fighters.
• Torikaze invited the Kazekage and Ōnoki to Konoha, formed an alliance with them against Hanzo, and agreed to supply their villages with new appliances.
• Torikaze learned that Kakuzu had fought Hanzo and ordered him to leave the Rain Country, then mobilized most of Konoha’s forces as war approached.
• Hanzo declared war on the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Earth, and the system announced the Second Great Ninja War.
• Torikaze warned Minato that war would harm ordinary villagers and urged him not to become numb to killing, while Minato resolved to grow strong enough to protect peace.
• Torikaze ordered Amado to stop factory production and forge weapons, and Amado agreed to care for Minato while Torikaze went to battle.

Torikaze led Konoha to defeat Amegakure and Yan, then helped divide and rebuild the Rain Country while mourning Konoha’s fallen. Back in Konoha, he comforted bereaved families, prepared a memorial, and turned his attention to the village’s recovery and future.

• Torikaze led Konoha’s forces into the Rain Country, uncovered Kusa’s secret support for Hanzo, and pursued Amegakure through the rain.
• Konoha defeated Amegakure’s army, while Ōnoki fought off its forces and Hanzo prepared to face Torikaze.
• Torikaze battled Hanzo and Ibuse, then joined the Kage and Allied Forces in fighting Yan, who admitted she had turned Amegakure’s people into medicine.
• Hanzo escaped with Yan, and Torikaze and the other Kage divided the Rain Country while Konoha counted its dead and began its return.
• Torikaze brought the army home, told the villagers that more than four hundred Konoha ninja had died, and arranged for the fallen to be buried in Hero's Cemetery.
• Torikaze assigned Kakuzu to manage Konoha’s portion of the Rain Country and find two children, then visited the fallen ninja’s families to offer condolences and support.
• Torikaze prepared a village-wide funeral and monument, told Chisato he intended Minato to succeed him, and discussed Konoha’s recovery with Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Torikaze visited the Kato Clan Grounds, met baby Kato Shizune, and predicted that she would become a talented Medical Ninja as Tsunade promised to teach her.