Chapter Summaries

Torikaze and Uzumaki Ashina waited at the shore as Rain and the masked guard converged on them. Rain arrived with Chisato, Hiruzen, and the others under his control, and the battle began with Torikaze facing Rain while Ashina fought the guard.

• The fake Second Prince warned the Iron Mask Guard that he had to capture Torikaze, and the guard revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan before racing toward a red pillar of light.
• Rain saw the pillar and hurried toward Torikaze with Chisato, Hiruzen, and the others, while Torikaze sensed the approaching forces at the beach.
• The Iron Mask Guard attacked Torikaze, who blocked his blade with cloud vapor, as Ashina fought off the guard’s advances.
• Rain arrived and used Chisato and the others to obstruct Torikaze, who unleashed his six puppets and drew the Crane's Cry Sword to attack Rain.
• Torikaze and Rain exchanged attacks, then separated as Rain said he would fight more seriously.

Torikaze fought Rain on the beach, resisting Rain’s mind-affecting technique and trapping him with crystal ninjutsu. Rain escaped by sacrificing his legs and transforming into a fish as he reached the sea.

• Rain wrapped Torikaze in seawater that hindered his Chakra, but Torikaze froze it and wounded Rain with his sword.
• Rain healed his injuries and unleashed an azure technique that filled the beach with whispers, causing Torikaze, the Iron Mask Guard, and Uzumaki Ashina intense pain.
• Rain tried to seize Torikaze, but Torikaze escaped and pinned him with crystals before piercing his chest and inflicting crystal poison.
• Rain escaped the crystal restraints and crawled toward the sea while Torikaze tried to freeze his path.
• Rain shattered his crystallized legs to reach the seawater, transformed into a small fish, and swam away.

After Rain escaped into the sea, Torikaze prepared for the real battle and confronted him over the ocean. Rain attacked with overwhelming water techniques, and Torikaze faced a rain of shattered water with nowhere to escape.

• Rain turned into a small fish and escaped into the ocean, while Torikaze healed Uzumaki Ashina and prepared for the fight to continue.
• Uzumaki Ashina bound the controlled guard, and Torikaze reassured him that Rain's advantage at sea was not his fault.
• Torikaze said he would protect Chisato and his friends, then flew over the ocean on a Cloud Crane as a huge tide surged toward shore.
• Rain demanded that Torikaze become his lord's reincarnation vessel, but Torikaze refused and said he wanted to live peacefully.
• Rain attacked with a giant water whale, and Torikaze froze and cut it apart before summoning Seiryu and Ryuufuu to help.
• Rain ran across streams of water, withstood Torikaze's sword, and shattered a towering Water Pillar into a storm of falling water.

Torikaze battled Rain across the ocean, using ice, cloud techniques, and puppets against Rain’s scales, speed, and regeneration. As Rain summoned Water Knights and two enormous Cranes flew toward Torikaze, Torikaze unleashed a White Cloud Tornado that drew the sea into a vortex.

• Torikaze froze Rain’s falling Water Pillars and shattered the ice with Crystal Release, but Rain broke free unharmed.
• Rain attacked with water fish and Whales while Torikaze countered with sword strikes and Ice Release, freezing the surging waves.
• Torikaze wounded Rain’s unarmored back with exploding ice spikes, but Rain’s wounds healed quickly.
• Rain began preparing another technique, and ten whirlpools produced Water Knights that charged Torikaze.
• Torikaze released his puppets to fight the Water Knights, then announced that Rain’s companions would be freed from his control.
• Two enormous Cranes flew toward Torikaze as he summoned a White Cloud Tornado that pulled the sea into a massive vortex.

Torikaze fought Rain at sea and revealed his Sage Mode, eventually forcing Rain to transform into a powerful fish-tailed form. Rain purged Torikaze’s crystal poison, but the transparent part of his tail grew larger.

• Torikaze activated Sage Mode and used clouds and crystal fragments to injure Rain, then trapped him in a Cloud Orb and detonated it.
• Rain emerged from the sea in a transformed, fish-tailed form and attacked Torikaze with Water Arrows.
• Torikaze froze the Water Arrows, created mirrors across the sea, and moved between them to evade Rain.
• Rain smashed a mirror and inhaled crystal-filled gas that poisoned his lungs and began crystallizing his body.
• Rain unleashed energy that removed the crystals and restored his body, while Torikaze noticed that Rain’s transparent tail section had grown larger.

Torikaze and Rain fought fiercely over the sea, trading attacks that exposed the limits and strange effects of their abilities. Rain recovered from his wounds again, but his fish tail became nearly transparent, and both fighters prepared to continue.

• Rain escaped Torikaze’s attack underwater, then wounded Torikaze with a swordfish strike and a barrage of flying fish whose wounds healed slowly.
• Torikaze froze the sea, but Rain shattered the ice and used chains to grapple with him until Torikaze hauled him out of the water.
• Rain clawed Torikaze’s arm while Torikaze pierced Rain’s chest with a crystal spear and sent Crystal Snakes into the wound.
• Torikaze struck Rain with Cloud Transformation, then used clones and Healing Techniques on himself, but Rain’s poison kept his arm and chest wounds from healing quickly.
• Rain healed completely by consuming more of his fish tail, leaving it nearly transparent, and told Torikaze he intended to knock him out and take him back.

Torikaze fought through Rain’s poison and sonic attack, then used his strongest techniques to bind Rain over the sea. He prepared to finish him with Crystal Release—A Single Arrow of Light.

• Rain revealed that his poison made Torikaze drowsy and urged him to return as a vessel for his Lord’s reincarnation, but Torikaze refused and charged.
• Rain struck Torikaze with a sonic attack, and Seiryu and Ryuufuu helped him stay conscious until he used a System Shop item to heal his mind.
• Rain attacked with a fish-shaped current and concealed smaller fish that pierced Torikaze, who treated his wounds before Rain could repeat the trick.
• Torikaze gathered the clouds around Rain, blasted him onto the sea, and bound him with cloud chains and spikes.
• Torikaze gathered sunlight into a great crystal and aimed his Crystal Release—A Single Arrow of Light at the bound Rain.

Rain survived Torikaze’s scorching attack but was left badly wounded, so he used genjutsu to send Chisato and the others against Torikaze. Chisato struck Torikaze with a venom-coated kunai that ended his Sage Mode, and Rain emerged as his allies launched their attack.

• Torikaze’s Crystal Release beam burned Rain severely, but Rain escaped when his fish tail reverted and the Cloud Release Chains evaporated.
• Rain used genjutsu to awaken and control Chisato, then Hiruzen, Kagami, Danzo, Koharu, En, and the others, ordering them to attack Torikaze.
• Chisato surfaced and evaded Torikaze’s chains while he struggled against the poison’s drowsiness and tried not to hurt her.
• Rain sent flying fish at Torikaze, distracting him long enough for Chisato to pierce his shoulder with a venom-coated kunai.
• The kunai’s effect dispelled Torikaze’s Sage Mode, and Hiruzen and the others burst from the sea to attack as Rain emerged, saying the tide had turned.

Torikaze fought Rain and his controlled friends while venom and a mental attack clouded his mind. After impaling Rain with Crystal Judgment, Torikaze kissed Chisato's forehead and collapsed into the sea, leaving his friends' fate uncertain.

• Rain revealed that his venom had entered Torikaze, while Hiruzen, Kagami, Danzo, Koharu, En, and Chisato attacked under his control.
• Torikaze defended himself with Sigh Wall and ordered Qingyun and Ryuufuu to restrain Kagami and Danzo, but Rain interrupted their effort with Water Arrows.
• Rain used a bewitching song to worsen Torikaze's drowsiness as the attacks shattered his remaining shields.
• Torikaze unleashed a burst of cloud vapor and used Crystal Judgment to impale Rain with crystal spikes filled with Crystal Poison.
• Torikaze walked to Chisato, kissed her forehead, said, "Chisato, let's go home together," and collapsed into the sea.

After Torikaze collapsed into the sea, Chisato awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to save him and fight the ninja still under Rain’s control. She freed Kagami and Koharu, who took over treating Torikaze as Chisato feared her own strike had badly wounded him.

• Torikaze collapsed into the sea, and Chisato’s grief broke Rain’s control and awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chisato rescued Torikaze with Susanoo and fought Hiruzen, Danzo, and Kagami as they charged under Rain’s lingering control.
• Chisato freed Kagami with the Underworld Bloom Technique, and he summoned Susanoo to hold off Hiruzen and Danzo.
• Chisato gave Torikaze the antidotes from Kagami’s pouch, then freed Koharu and asked her to treat him.
• Koharu examined Torikaze, reassured Chisato that he would recover, and began treating his wounds.

After Torikaze defeated Rain, Chisato and the others prepared to return home, but a mysterious Uchiha guard emerged from the sea and demanded Torikaze. The guard revealed a Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked Chisato and Kagami, leaving the group in a new fight.

• Koharu healed Torikaze while Chisato freed Hiruzen, Danzo, and En from her control and explained what she remembered.
• Rain admitted his poison would not kill Torikaze, then crystallized and dissolved into the sea.
• Chisato and the others decided to take Torikaze home so Hashirama could treat the poison, but a guard emerged and demanded they hand him over.
• The guard revealed that the Second Prince and his guard had been false identities, then manifested a Susanoo with a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chisato and Kagami activated their Susanoo and clashed with the guard, who revealed he had incapacitated Uzumaki Ashina and waited for Torikaze's group to be weakened.

Chisato, Kagami, Hiruzen, and Danzo fought Guard while Torikaze remained unconscious, but their attacks could not overcome his Susanoo. Chisato revealed a flower-based ability that drained Guard’s chakra, but he recovered and prepared to finish them all.

• Guard’s slash forced Chisato and Kagami to defend together, while Danzo and Hiruzen’s attacks failed to break his Susanoo.
• Kagami and Chisato struck Guard with Yasaka Beads, but Guard pierced Kagami’s Susanoo before Kagami escaped the attack with genjutsu.
• Koharu reported that Torikaze remained unconscious despite his healed injuries, and Hiruzen and Danzo decided to fight without relying on their Tailed Beasts.
• Guard burned through Hiruzen and Danzo’s combined fire-and-wind attack, then trapped them with genjutsu until Chisato freed them using the Underworld Bloom Technique.
• Chisato spread red flowers across the sea, draining Guard’s chakra and cracking his Susanoo, but Guard erased the flowers, restored his armor, and declared that he would take everyone.

The guard overwhelmed Chisato and her allies while trying to capture Torikaze, and Koharu created an opening for Chisato to escape with him. As Chisato prepared to make one last stand, Torikaze woke up.

• The guard sealed the sea with flames and defeated Kagami and En, while Hiruzen and Danzo fought back without making a lasting dent.
• Chisato used the Flower Sea to drain the guard's Chakra, but he broke through and knocked Hiruzen and Danzo down.
• Koharu used the Great Exploding Water Collision Wave to extinguish part of the fire barrier and urged Chisato to flee with Torikaze.
• The guard caught Chisato, defeated her, and left her badly wounded beside the unconscious Torikaze.
• Chisato revived her crimson Susanoo for another fight, but Torikaze stirred and opened his eyes.

Torikaze awakened in time to help Chisato defeat Uchiha Setsuna, who escaped after his identity was revealed. Torikaze treated Hiruzen and the others, and the group prepared to return to shore as Uchiha Setsuna and White Zetsu left the beach.

• Torikaze awakened and helped Chisato strengthen her Susanoo with crystal armor, then the two fought back against the masked guard.
• Torikaze cut through the guard's Susanoo and mask, revealing him as Uchiha Setsuna, whom Torikaze said he had killed years earlier.
• Uchiha Setsuna bound the Susanoo with invisible chains and escaped while Torikaze and Chisato struggled to understand how he had returned.
• Uchiha Setsuna met White Zetsu on shore, blamed Rain for the mission's failure, and left Uzumaki Ashina behind.
• Torikaze and Chisato found Hiruzen and the others unconscious, treated them, and explained what had happened after they awoke.

Torikaze and his companions recovered in the Land of Whirlpools after defeating Rain and the Guard, while Uzumaki Ashina arranged for the Third Prince to take over as daimyo and clan leader. As Torikaze prepared to return to Konoha with Ashina, a mysterious man in monk's robes ordered his subordinate to wait for the right opportunity to capture Torikaze.

• Torikaze found Uzumaki Ashina asleep on the rocky beach and told him that Rain was dead and the Guard had been driven off.
• Torikaze and his companions returned to Uzushiogakure to rest, while the Land of Whirlpools appointed the Third Prince as its new daimyo.
• Uzumaki Ashina handed the daimyo and clan leader positions to the Third Prince and planned to travel to Konoha with Torikaze.
• Uzumaki Ashina asked Torikaze about becoming the Third Hokage, and Torikaze admitted that the sudden change had disrupted his plans.
• A man in monk's robes learned that the failed specimen had died, then told his subordinate to wait for the right opportunity to capture Torikaze.

Torikaze and his companions returned to Konoha with Uzumaki Ashina after resolving the troubles in the Land of Whirlpools. They reported to Tobirama, who welcomed Ashina as an old friend.

• Uzumaki Ashina said farewell to his sons and boarded the warship with Torikaze's group for the journey back to Konoha.
• Torikaze and Hiruzen discussed Torikaze's expected succession as Third Hokage while the group sailed home.
• Torikaze's group spent the night aboard the ship at Fisherman's Sea Village, then continued to Konoha the next morning.
• Torikaze introduced Uzumaki Ashina to a Konoha gate guard and led the group to the Hokage Tower to report to Tobirama.
• Tobirama greeted Ashina with a hug, and Ashina wondered why Tobirama looked so young.

After returning from the Land of Whirlpools, Torikaze received recognition for the dangerous mission and reunited with Minato, who had missed him during his half-month absence. Minato concealed his worry about Torikaze’s ordeal and resolved to grow stronger so he could help him.

• Tobirama greeted Ashina, and Torikaze explained how Rain’s powerful genjutsu had endangered the Land of Whirlpools.
• Tobirama awarded Torikaze and the others a major merit citation and credited their mission as three S-rank missions.
• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds and comforted Minato, who hugged him and said he had been gone for half a month.
• Torikaze took Minato out for barbecue, and Minato asked whether the mission had been dangerous.
• Torikaze reassured Minato that the mission had been easy, while Minato privately recalled seeing the exhausted Seiryu and Ryuufuu and resolved to grow stronger.

Torikaze visited the Senju Clan Grounds with Minato after returning from his dangerous mission, then told Hashirama and the others that a mysterious force had targeted him. The village leaders agreed to investigate as Torikaze prepared to take office as Hokage, with his inauguration date set.

• Torikaze took Minato to the Senju Clan Grounds, where they saw Tsunade, Nawaki, and Kushina training.
• Torikaze told Hashirama and the others that an enemy had tried to capture him as a vessel for reincarnation, and Tobirama agreed to send intelligence ninja to investigate.
• Torikaze revealed that Uchiha Setsuna, whom he had killed as a child, had appeared again with increased strength.
• Mito told Torikaze that Kurenai had nearly finished his Hokage cloak, and Hashirama and Tobirama encouraged him as he prepared to take office.
• Torikaze settled the date of his inauguration with the others, then took Minato home.

After receiving a Cloud Palace and an Intelligence Puppet from the system, Torikaze helped Minato form a summoning contract with a Crane named Fufeng. He discovered that the Cloud Palace could strengthen Konoha’s defenses and went to sleep satisfied with his new rewards.

• Torikaze received 10,000 Tranquility Points, a Cloud Palace, and an Intelligence Puppet for completing an S-rank mission.
• Torikaze used four Summoning Seeds to strengthen Seiryu and Ryuufuu’s young Cranes, and Seiryu agreed that Minato could contract with the strongest one.
• Minato formed a summoning contract with the Crane and named it Fufeng.
• Torikaze inspected the Cloud Palace and learned that it could detect outsiders and transport chosen messengers to him or let him switch places with them.
• Torikaze tested the Intelligence Puppet, found it suitable for handling paperwork, and went to sleep.

Torikaze used a mechanical cube from the System Shop to install Naruto Mobile Game on Amado’s phone prototype and explored the game’s changes in the Shinobi World. He tested Minato’s ninjutsu and praised his progress.

• Torikaze exchanged 50,000 Tranquility Points for a mechanical cube and learned how to use it.
• Torikaze used the cube to install Naruto Mobile Game on Amado’s phone prototype, then left the cube with Amado.
• Torikaze played the game and found that its available characters and story had been adapted to the Shinobi World.
• Minato woke up and demonstrated Wind Release: Wind Palm and Water Release: Water Bullet for Torikaze.
• Torikaze praised Minato for mastering both ninjutsu at his age.