Chapter Summaries

Torikaze and his companions boarded a fishing boat and set sail for the Land of Whirlpools. As they traveled, Torikaze cleared the ship’s fishy smell with his Cloud Release and entertained Chisato with conjured creatures, ending with a mermaid that resembled her.

• Torikaze, Hiruzen, Danzo, and the others reached the docks and boarded a large fishing boat after finishing their meal.
• Torikaze filled the cabin and ship with Cloud Release mist, removing the fishy odor and alarming the boatman and people on shore.
• The boatman’s two sailors returned, and the ship departed for the Land of Whirlpools.
• Torikaze and Chisato went onto the deck, enjoyed the sea view, and watched the sunset as the boat sailed.
• Torikaze created Cloud Birds and water dolphins for Chisato, then formed a mermaid that looked like her.

Torikaze and his companions traveled by fishing boat toward the Land of Whirlpools, where they were ambushed by Rogue Ninja from Kirigakure. After Hiruzen fought back, Torikaze confronted their leader and demanded to know who had sent them.

• Chisato saw a mermaid with her own face and told Torikaze she did not want immortality.
• Torikaze and his companions reached the vicinity of the Land of Whirlpools and paid the fishing boat captain before heading toward shore.
• Rogue Ninja attacked them with Water Arrows, but Hiruzen destroyed the arrows with his Chakra mantle.
• Torikaze dispelled the mist, revealing about fifty Rogue Ninja from Kirigakure.
• Hiruzen's Lava Release killed several attackers, and their leader challenged Torikaze to defeat him for information.

Torikaze’s team defeated fifty Rogue Ninja from Kirigakure, but their leader detonated himself after an unknown illusionist disrupted Kagami’s control. The team prepared for greater danger on the island, where Torikaze suspected a powerful illusion master was waiting.

• Torikaze left Hiruzen and Kagami to fight the Rogue Ninja while he watched with Chisato.
• Hiruzen and Kagami killed all fifty Rogue Ninja in less than five minutes, though their leader nearly killed Hiruzen with a chain and water clone.
• Kagami trapped the leader in his Mangekyō Sharingan illusion, but another illusion appeared to take control of him and trigger a massive underwater explosion.
• Torikaze warned the group to take the mission seriously and heal their nerves after the near-death encounter.
• Kagami suspected a powerful illusion master had interrupted his technique, and Torikaze told Koharu and En to stay together while he handled the remaining Prince.

Torikaze and his companions landed on the island to investigate the princes, the Eighth Prince’s murder, and a possible rebellion. After assigning each person a prince to approach, Torikaze sent puppets ahead and headed toward Uzushiogakure, where strange signs on the island deepened his curiosity.

• Torikaze and his companions reached the island and felt raindrops fall despite the clear sky.
• Torikaze used Cloud Birds to scout the island and spotted a village that might be Uzushiogakure.
• Kagami, Danzo, Koharu, Chisato, and Hiruzen each chose a prince to investigate, while Torikaze took responsibility for three.
• Torikaze told Chisato that the Seventh Prince was Kushina’s father so she could build rapport by discussing Kushina.
• Torikaze summoned ten puppets, sent the Wood Release and Boil Release puppets ahead, and entered the forest with the others.

Torikaze entered Uzushiogakure with eight puppets, posing as Konoha’s envoy and meeting Rain, a servant sent to escort him. He reached the Daimyo Estate as the village’s residents watched, while the Land of Whirlpools remained caught in a struggle among the princes and the daimyo was missing.

• Torikaze encountered Rain in the forest, and Rain asked to verify his identity before taking him into the village.
• Torikaze erupted with chakra and knocked Rain down, then showed him Konoha’s insignia and Tobirama Senju’s letter.
• Rain accepted the proof and led Torikaze and his puppets into Uzushiogakure, pointing out its walls carved with masks and its red-haired residents.
• Torikaze followed Rain toward the Daimyo Estate and noticed that the streets grew quieter and their residents’ clothes more luxurious.

Torikaze reached the First Prince’s residence in the Land of Whirlpools and challenged the prince’s claim of sincerity in seeking Konoha’s help against his brothers’ rebellion. The First Prince punished Rain for the poor reception, then eagerly asked Torikaze to discuss the matter in his letter.

• Rain led Torikaze through the guarded, maze-like Daimyo Estate, where Ashina’s Sealing Techniques suppressed the Chakra of weaker ninjas.
• Torikaze entered the First Prince’s residence with eight puppets and sensed that the First Prince and Rain were the only ninjas present besides himself.
• The First Prince welcomed Torikaze, but Torikaze accused him of showing little sincerity because no one had properly received him.
• The First Prince seized Rain with Adamantine Chains, berated him, and threw him against a wall.
• Torikaze told the First Prince to let Rain leave, and the prince ordered Rain out before asking to discuss the matter in the letter.

Torikaze questioned the First Prince about the princes’ conflict and the Eighth Prince’s death, then learned how the brothers’ alliances had shifted. The First Prince admitted he did not know where Lord Ashina was, despite Kushina having reached Konoha.

• Torikaze told the First Prince his subordinates could defeat his brothers, but the First Prince insisted they must not kill them.
• The First Prince said the Eighth Prince had killed himself during a gathering after declaring he would reclaim everything, leaving Torikaze to suspect genjutsu or brainwashing.
• Torikaze asked about outsiders and Rain; the First Prince said the outsiders had been expelled and that Rain had served him for a long time.
• The First Prince explained that only the Second Prince remained close to him, while the other brothers had moved out of Uzushiogakure, and said the Second Prince could not use ninjutsu.
• Torikaze asked where Lord Ashina was, and the First Prince said he truly did not know, though Kushina had already arrived in Konoha.

Torikaze met with the First Prince, who explained how Uzumaki Ashina had suddenly gone mad and disappeared, and promised to help find him. After Torikaze left the banquet, Rain gave the First Prince medicine and convinced him that no one else had visited.

• The First Prince told Torikaze that Uzumaki Ashina had bound him and the Second Prince with Adamantine Chains before running away, and that the Second Prince found Ashina gone from the shore.
• Torikaze promised the First Prince that he and his subordinates would help search for Ashina, and the First Prince welcomed him with a banquet.
• The First Prince chatted with Torikaze about his father, Konoha, and his family while they ate and drank together.
• Torikaze left the reception hall with a maid and his puppets after the banquet ended.
• Rain brought the First Prince medicinal soup, and the First Prince forgot that Torikaze had visited after Rain claimed no one else had come by.

Torikaze rested at a guest estate in the Land of Whirlpools while a group of Kirigakure Rogue Ninja tried to assassinate him and were killed by his Scorch Release puppet. He learned that the Second Prince had secretly sought Konoha’s help and wondered where Uzumaki Ashina had gone.

• The First Prince left after speaking with Rain, and Torikaze was escorted to a guest estate beside the Daimyo Estate.
• Torikaze scattered eight puppets around his room for protection and fell asleep.
• Five Kirigakure Rogue Ninja infiltrated the estate, but the Scorch Release puppet killed them with fireballs.
• Torikaze woke, found the corpses by the fish pond, and erased them with mist before identifying them as Rogue Ninja.
• Torikaze learned that the Second Prince had secretly requested aid from Konoha and wondered what had become of Uzumaki Ashina.

Torikaze explored the streets near the Daimyo Estate, then used the mark on his arm to reach Chisato and compare what they had learned about Uzushiogakure’s princes. They remained unsure who was behind the turmoil and the assassination attempts, so they agreed to keep investigating cautiously.

• Torikaze wandered the outer streets and planned to look for clues at the princes’ gathering three days later.
• Torikaze used the mark on his arm to appear in Chisato’s room outside Uzushiogakure.
• Torikaze told Chisato what he had learned, and she shared that the Seventh Prince believed the First and Second Princes had joined forces against the Daimyo.
• Torikaze urged Chisato to keep observing the Seventh Prince and warned her that a Kirigakure rogue ninja’s companion had been killed by his clone.
• Torikaze and Chisato discussed the investigation and the possible sponsors of the assassins until sunset.

Torikaze attended a dinner hosted by the First Prince, whose strange behavior and longstanding headache raised his suspicions. The Second Prince arrived and thanked Torikaze for coming from Konoha to help the Land of Whirlpools.

• Torikaze told Chisato that the First Prince would gather his brothers in three days, and Chisato said she would attend to protect the Seventh Prince.
• A maid invited Torikaze to dinner at the First Prince’s palace, where he noticed the First Prince acting restless and clutching his head.
• The First Prince apologized for his headache, and Torikaze used a Healing Technique that eased the pain but did not cure it.
• The First Prince briefly stared vacantly before returning to normal as Rain announced the Second Prince’s arrival.
• The Second Prince entered with an Iron Mask-wearing guard and thanked Torikaze on behalf of the Whirlpool Clan.

Torikaze attended a banquet with the First and Second Princes, seeking information about the Land of Whirlpools and Uzumaki Ashina while carefully watching the brothers. He left uneasy after sensing an unseen hostile gaze and noticing Rain standing motionless at the hall entrance.

• The First Prince welcomed Torikaze and discussed his plans to gather his brothers and address their father's disappearance.
• The princes praised Konoha's electrical appliances and asked Torikaze about meeting Sanzu Amado, but Torikaze said he lacked the influence to arrange it.
• Torikaze drank and talked with both princes while secretly studying them and sensing an angry gaze that disappeared whenever he searched for it.
• The Second Prince and First Prince ended the banquet without escorting Torikaze, who found Rain waiting silently at the entrance.
• Torikaze looked back from a hidden angle and saw Rain still standing in exactly the same posture.

Torikaze suspected Rain had been controlling the First Prince and left the Daimyo Estate before he could be discovered. Rain then used his strange power to manipulate the First Prince and the hall’s hidden ninjas, setting a gathering for three days later before making it rain.

• Torikaze connected Rain’s faint Chakra, his strange behavior, and the First Prince’s confused reaction, and concluded that Rain might have been controlling the prince.
• Torikaze transformed into mist and returned to his residence, while Rain revealed that he considered himself a failed product and believed his lord needed Torikaze.
• Rain returned to the First Prince and used his voice to make the prince and the hidden ninjas forget their suspicions.
• Rain recounted the past month to the blank-eyed First Prince and commanded him to convene a gathering of his brothers in three days.
• Rain sent the First Prince to bed, climbed onto the grand hall’s roof, and summoned rain.

Torikaze told Chisato that Rain might be controlling the First Prince, and they agreed to expose him at the Whirlpool Gathering in two days. Torikaze informed Hiruzen and the others, who accepted the plan, then returned to his residence to rest.

• Rain caused a heavy overnight rain, which Torikaze found pooling in his courtyard the next morning.
• Torikaze told Chisato about Rain's suspicious behavior around the First Prince and his doubts that Rain had deliberately revealed his influence.
• Chisato proposed exposing Rain at the upcoming Whirlpool Gathering and using the revelation to ease the princes' conflict.
• Torikaze agreed to Chisato's plan and asked her to notify Koharu and En.
• Torikaze met with Hiruzen and the others, shared his intelligence and Chisato's proposal, and gained their agreement to try it.
• Torikaze returned to his residence in the afternoon and fell asleep.

Lord Torikaze attended the Uzushiogakure princes’ Whirlpool Gathering to expose Rain’s control over the First Prince. The First Prince appealed to his brothers, but the Third Prince questioned Rain’s strange behavior.

• Lord Torikaze prepared for the noon gathering after learning it was a sacred Uzumaki Clan custom.
• Lord Torikaze arrived at the Daimyo Estate, where he met the princes, Chisato, and Hiruzen.
• The Second Prince arrived late, and the princes entered the estate together at noon.
• The First Prince said he had been unable to explain their father’s disappearance and mourned the family’s divisions.
• Lord Torikaze watched Rain maintain an unchanged smile as the First Prince spoke.
• The Third Prince asked the First Prince why Rain seemed strange.

At the Whirlpool Gathering, Rain was exposed as the one controlling the First Prince and admitted that he had targeted the missing father but settled for controlling the prince instead. The princes learned that Rain was also responsible for the Eighth Brother’s death, and Konoha intervened before they could attack him.

• The Third Prince and Torikaze persuaded the princes to make Rain speak at the Whirlpool Gathering, despite the First Prince and Second Prince’s objections.
• Rain calmly denied controlling the First Prince, then revealed that he knew what the gathering’s attendees suspected.
• Rain attacked Torikaze’s mind and made the First Prince order the arrest of everyone present, exposing the prince as a puppet.
• The Third Prince accused Rain of causing their father’s disappearance and the Eighth Brother’s death, and Rain admitted to his plan.
• The princes tried to rush Rain, but Hiruzen and the Konoha delegation stopped them and claimed responsibility for handling the matter.

Rain confronted the princes and Konoha's shinobi in the Daimyo Estate, revealed that he had manipulated Tobirama, and used his power to control those around him. As Torikaze fought the controlled guards and comrades, the Iron Mask Guard attacked him before a crimson light transported him away.

• Hiruzen and the other Konoha shinobi stopped the princes from attacking Rain, and Chisato and Kagami sensed his immense strength.
• The six princes attacked Rain with Adamantine Chains, but he shattered them and revealed that he had changed Tobirama's thoughts to arrange their meeting.
• Rain unleashed a wave of blue energy that took control of Chisato, Hiruzen, Kagami, Danzo, Koharu, En, and several princes.
• Rain ordered his controlled guards to capture Torikaze alive, forcing him to fight his own comrades as he fled into the courtyard.
• The Iron Mask Guard attacked Torikaze with a sword, but a crimson pillar of light descended and made Torikaze vanish.

Torikaze escaped Rain’s attack and was brought to a hidden refuge, where he met Uzumaki Ashina. Ashina explained that Rain could manipulate memories and hinted that he possessed more than one ability.

• A crimson beam made Torikaze vanish before the guard could strike him, and Rain ordered the controlled Whirlpool Clan members to search for him.
• Torikaze woke in a cave and followed an aged voice through a Hannya mask into a warm room, where he found Uzumaki Ashina watching television.
• Torikaze asked Ashina about Rain and the Land of Whirlpools, and Ashina said he had rescued him because fighting Rain head-on had been unwise.
• Ashina explained that Rain could control people and alter their memories, though his large-scale control could not directly affect Kage-level ninja.
• Ashina warned Torikaze that memory manipulation was only one of Rain’s abilities.

Torikaze stayed with Uzumaki Ashina to recover and learned how Ashina and his second son had escaped Rain’s control. Torikaze agreed to fight Rain to rescue Chisato and his companions, while Ashina decided he would move to Konoha after Rain was defeated.

• Uzumaki Ashina told Torikaze to remain hidden while his mental injuries healed, and Torikaze joined Ashina and the Second Prince for dinner.
• The Second Prince refused to help plan the defense, while Ashina admitted he was too old and weak to fight Rain himself.
• Uzumaki Ashina explained that Rain had controlled his eldest son and tried to control him, but Ashina escaped with Kushina and later brought his second son to safety.
• Torikaze agreed to defeat Rain to rescue Chisato and his companions and to fulfill Mito’s request to find Rain’s older brother.
• Uzumaki Ashina reminisced about Mito and Hashirama, then agreed to move to Konoha with Torikaze after Rain was defeated.

After recovering from Rain’s mental attack, Torikaze set out with Uzumaki Ashina to confront him and the forces controlling the Land of Whirlpools. Ashina teleported them to a seaside battlefield, where he expected Rain to come looking for them.

• Uzumaki Ashina agreed to help Torikaze fight Rain and reclaim the Land of Whirlpools, while the Second Prince stayed behind.
• Torikaze rested for four days, using items from the System Shop to heal his mental injuries and increase his spiritual power.
• Torikaze and Ashina left after breakfast, and Ashina used his teleportation ninjutsu to take them to a reef on the coast.
• Ashina explained that he had prepared teleportation Nodes and had chosen the open seaside as their battlefield because Rain would find them there.