Chapter Summaries

Torikaze and Chisato enjoyed Konoha’s bonfire celebration with their friends and watched Hashirama try to stop Dan from showing affection to Tsunade. Later, they spotted Shinku shyly talking with a woman in a floral dress, while Kosuke realized why Shinku had been avoiding him.

• Torikaze lit the bonfire with a flame crane, then joined Hashirama, Mito, Tobirama, and Chisato at the celebration.
• Hashirama saw Dan kiss Tsunade on the forehead and tried to confront him, but Mito stopped him and reminded him that the two had known each other for four years.
• Torikaze and Chisato took a photo of the dancing Fire Crane, then went looking for food but found a long line at Teuchi’s ramen stand.
• Kosuke told Torikaze and Chisato he had been searching for Shinku, and Chisato pointed him toward Shinku nearby.
• Torikaze stopped Kosuke from interrupting Shinku, who was talking shyly with a smiling woman in a floral dress.

Torikaze ended Konoha’s bonfire carnival and declared that it would become an annual holiday. Three days later, he visited the Interrogation Department and learned that the captured leader came from Amegakure and was one of Hanzo’s confidants.

• Torikaze and Chisato agreed to name the annual celebration the Carnival Festival, and Torikaze announced that Konoha would hold it every year.
• Torikaze extinguished the bonfire, announced the end of the festivities, and walked Chisato home before they parted.
• Three days later, Torikaze went to the Interrogation Department to check on Irando’s questioning of the captured leader.
• Irando told Torikaze that the leader was from Amegakure and obeyed only Hanzo’s orders.
• Torikaze praised Irando and stayed to watch as he continued interrogating the prisoner.

Torikaze watched Irando torture a captured Amegakure village chief for information, but the prisoner refused to betray Hanzo. Torikaze ended the interrogation and vowed that Amegakure would never rise by using Konoha as a stepping stone.

• Irando continued questioning the village chief while Torikaze watched, but the prisoner insisted he had already revealed everything he knew.
• Irando burned the village chief's wounds and used Wind Release: Fine Wind Blades to cover his body with cuts, yet the prisoner refused to talk.
• Irando summoned venomous ants that amplified the prisoner's pain, but the village chief still refused to betray Lord Hanzo.
• Torikaze ordered Irando to recall the ants and said they could use the Yamanaka Clan's methods or question the prisoner's body after death.
• The village chief declared that Amegakure would rise and defeat Konoha, while Torikaze promised it would never rise by using Konoha as a stepping stone.

Torikaze obtained intelligence about Hanzo’s secret experiments from a captured Amegakure ninja, learning that children were being turned into Chakra-boosting Red Fruits. He suspected an Ōtsutsuki was behind the operation and decided to contact the other Kage, leaving the threat unresolved.

• Torikaze killed the captured Amegakure leader and summoned Yamanaka En to extract his memories, with Irando assisting.
• Yamanaka En discovered that Hanzo had ordered children with Chakra and newly established ninja to be captured, and that the prisoner had refused after thinking of his talented daughter.
• The prisoner had accidentally seen children transformed into tiny Red Fruits in a secret chamber, then was forced to eat one before being sent to attack Konoha.
• Yamanaka En reported that the Red Fruits raised the prisoner and his companions from Elite Jonin to Kage-level, and rated the intelligence ninety percent reliable.
• Torikaze suspected an Ōtsutsuki was behind the fruits, ordered Yamanaka En to keep the matter secret, and said he would contact the other Kage.

After gaining intelligence from an interrogation, Torikaze worried about the coming war and invited Sunagakure and Iwagakure’s Kage to Konoha to coordinate against their enemy. He ate at Ichiraku Ramen’s opening and the Barbecue Shop, then met Minato back at the Cloud Clan Grounds.

• Torikaze left the Interrogation Department with useful intelligence and worried that war would hinder Konoha’s development.
• Torikaze wrote letters inviting the Kage of Sunagakure and Iwagakure to Konoha, then sent a puppet to deliver them within a week.
• Torikaze visited Teuchi’s newly opened Ichiraku Ramen before eating twenty plates of meat at the Barbecue Shop.
• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds and met Minato, who said he had completed a kitten-finding mission and would patrol Konoha’s outskirts the next day.
• Minato went to bathe while Torikaze settled down for his afternoon nap.

Torikaze prepared for the Kazekage and Tsuchikage’s visit while Sakumo told him his squad was leaving on a mission to the Land of Waves. The chapter left Torikaze waiting to learn the two Kage’s stance on Amegakure as tensions approached war.

• Konoha’s ninja returned with replies confirming that the Kazekage and Tsuchikage would arrive the next day, and Torikaze ordered preparations for their reception.
• Sakumo told Torikaze that his squad was heading to the Land of Waves to eliminate bandits, so they would miss the Kage’s arrival.
• Torikaze asked Sakumo to look for Mifune in the Land of Iron and tell him that Ikeda Tatsuya remembered him.
• Torikaze reminded Sakumo to prioritize the squad’s safety, and Sakumo left with the three children for a mission expected to take over a month.
• Torikaze awaited the Kage’s visit, intending to judge their positions on Amegakure as the Second Great Ninja War approached.

The Kazekage and Tsuchikage arrived in Konoha, where Torikaze welcomed them and arranged for them to rest before a meeting. Torikaze then discussed Amegakure’s ties to the forces behind past attacks with Hashirama, who said he would fight if Amegakure declared war.

• Torikaze welcomed the Kazekage and Ōnoki at Konoha’s gates and led them through the village amid cheers from the villagers.
• Torikaze arranged for the two Kage to rest before lunch, when they would discuss the matters raised in their letter.
• Torikaze visited Hashirama and told him that forces behind Amegakure were likely responsible for the past chaos in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Hashirama agreed that Konoha would retaliate if Amegakure declared war and said he would join the fight, partly to vent his frustration from losing games.

Torikaze met with Hashirama before hosting the Kazekage and Ōnoki at a banquet in Konoha, where he described the recent attack and the attackers’ bodies. The Kage questioned why Amegakure had sent one ordinary shinobi alongside its suicide troops, leaving open whether it was arrogance or something else.

• Hashirama told Torikaze that he and Tobirama would join him if Amegakure declared war, while Mito urged Hashirama to leave home and take a walk with her.
• Torikaze wandered through Konoha before welcoming the Kazekage and Ōnoki to a secluded banquet hall.
• Torikaze and the two Kage exchanged pleasantries over dinner, and the visitors remarked on Konoha’s abundant resources.
• Ōnoki asked Torikaze about the attackers’ bodies, and Torikaze recounted the events of the invasion.
• The Kazekage wondered why Amegakure had included one ordinary shinobi among its suicide troops and asked whether the choice reflected arrogance.

Torikaze discussed Amegakure’s motives with the Kazekage and Ōnoki, then secured an alliance to sanction the Rain Country. After the banquet, he returned home and learned that Amado’s Second Generation Appliances were ready for release.

• Torikaze and the two Kage considered whether Amegakure intended to seize territory in the former Land of Lightning.
• Torikaze proposed writing to Hanzo for an explanation and forming an alliance with the Kazekage and Ōnoki.
• The Kazekage and Ōnoki agreed to cooperate with Torikaze and toasted their alliance.
• After the banquet, Ōnoki went to visit the Senju Clan, while the Kazekage returned to his lodgings and Torikaze went home.
• Amado told Torikaze that the first batch of Second Generation Appliances would leave the factory the next day, and Torikaze ordered them put on sale immediately.

Amado prepared Konoha’s Second Generation Appliances for release, while Torikaze told him that Amegakure’s ambitions made war unavoidable. The chapter ended with Amado announcing a trade-in policy for usable First Generation Appliances.

• Torikaze and Amado discussed showcasing the new appliances to the Kazekage and Tsuchikage, and Torikaze said Amegakure’s conflict with three countries would lead to war.
• Torikaze asked Amado to announce the Second Generation Appliances, then went to rest while Amado headed to Konoha’s back mountain factories.
• Amado told Kato Hisashi to arrange overtime and prepare enough appliances for sale, and they inspected a packaged washing machine.
• Amado returned to the village and explained the new appliances to the gathered villagers, saying usable First Generation Appliances could be traded in for a one-thousand-ryo credit voucher.

Amado’s Second Generation Appliances went on sale in Konoha, drawing large crowds and the interest of the Kazekage and Ōnoki. The two Kage asked Torikaze to sell the appliances to Sunagakure and Iwagakure, and he agreed to explore increasing production at a higher price.

• Amado announced that villagers could trade in usable First Generation Appliances for vouchers worth one thousand ryō and warned that the first batch would be limited.
• Shop owners brought a little over three thousand appliances to Konoha, where villagers began lining up before sales opened at ten.
• The Kazekage and Ōnoki visited the crowded shops, then decided to ask Torikaze about commercial exchange for the new appliances.
• At the Hokage Tower, Ōnoki and the Kazekage asked Torikaze to sell Second Generation Appliances to Iwagakure and Sunagakure.
• Torikaze agreed to have the factory increase production, noting that the price would be higher, and Ōnoki said price was no issue.

Torikaze secured the Kazekage and Ōnoki’s agreement to join the campaign against Amegakure and protect civilians, then learned Kakuzu had fought Hanzo and failed to recruit him. Kakuzu asked to join the coming war so he could challenge Hanzo again.

• Torikaze agreed to sell electrical appliances to Iwagakure and Sunagakure at higher prices, and told the Kazekage and Ōnoki that their villages would converge against Hanzo when needed.
• Torikaze persuaded the Kazekage and Ōnoki to spare civilians during the invasion of the Rain Country, and they departed for their villages.
• Torikaze returned home, received Kakuzu’s contact, and learned Kakuzu had fought Hanzo and fled after Ibuse’s poison and Hanzo’s strength overwhelmed him.
• Torikaze told Kakuzu that intelligence suggested someone powerful was backing Hanzo, and Kakuzu asked to join the war to teach Hanzo a lesson.

Torikaze prepared Konoha for war while Kakuzu withdrew from the Rain Country, but Amegakure delayed its attack for a month. After Sakumo returned with Minato and his teammates, the system confirmed that Hanzo had launched the Second Great Ninja War against three nations.

• Torikaze told Kakuzu to leave the Rain Country with any organization members there before war began.
• Torikaze mobilized Konoha, sent seventy percent of its forces toward the Rain Country, and ordered the remaining ninjas to defend the village.
• Konoha’s ninjas trained for a month without an attack from Amegakure.
• Sakumo returned with Minato and two other children, reporting that they had found Mifune near death in the Land of Iron and left him a note.
• Minato demonstrated his improved Flying Thunder God Technique, and Torikaze ordered Sakumo’s team to stay in Konoha as war approached.
• The system announced the Second Great Ninja War, stating that Hanzo had begun a simultaneous war against the Land of Wind, the Land of Fire, and the Land of Earth.

After Hanzo declared war on several nations, Torikaze prepared Konoha for the coming conflict and spoke with Minato about the fear and moral cost of killing. Minato continued training the Flying Thunder God, hoping to become strong enough to fight, even as he wished the war would never come.

• Hanzo triggered the Second Great Ninja War by declaring war on the Land of Fire and other nations, and Torikaze decided to delay announcing it until Konoha's ninjas had finished training.
• Torikaze assigned Sakumo to an Elite Squad with Jiraiya and the others, then left a puppet in his office and returned home unnoticed.
• Torikaze found Minato practicing the Flying Thunder God and encouraged his progress as Minato performed simple flashes until his chakra ran out.
• Minato asked whether war was frightening, and Torikaze explained that he feared becoming numb to killing after taking many lives.
• Torikaze urged Minato never to become a killing machine and to remember what he was fighting for; Minato promised to remember while hoping to reach the battlefield and wishing war would not break out.

Torikaze explained to Minato that strength was necessary to maintain peace, inspiring the boy to train for that future. With war against Amegakure expected in half a month, Torikaze told Amado to prepare weapons and help manage the village while he was away.

• Torikaze told Minato that the Rain Country would be attacked soon and that its ordinary villagers would suffer despite efforts to protect them.
• Torikaze explained that powerful shinobi could maintain a false peace, and Minato resolved to become strong enough to do so.
• Torikaze told Amado that Amegakure had started the war and ordered him to halt factory production and forge weapons from their Ore.
• Amado agreed to care for Minato and help organize the village while Torikaze went to battle.
• Torikaze left Amado to his experiments, with plans to share any further preparations before the war began.

After Amegakure reached the Land of Fire border five days earlier than expected, Torikaze mobilized Konoha’s ninja and prepared to lead them into war. Konoha’s forces planned to depart that afternoon, leaving village affairs in Mito’s hands.

• Torikaze learned that Amegakure had reached the Land of Fire border five days ahead of schedule and summoned Konoha’s ninja.
• Torikaze announced that the war had already begun, assigned Mito to oversee the village, and ordered all ninja below Chunin rank to remain behind.
• Torikaze divided ten thousand ninja into five squads led by himself, Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō.
• Torikaze warned the ninja not to underestimate Amegakure and ordered them to depart at one o’clock after returning home for lunch with their families.
• Hashirama and Tobirama discussed their assignments, then decided to go home for a meal and drinks before the campaign.

Torikaze left Konoha with a force of ten thousand ninja to confront Amegakure at the Rain Country border. After killing a suspicious scout, he had Yamanaka En search the corpse’s memories, but En discovered the man was not from Amegakure.

• Hashirama and Tobirama agreed to share a meal and reminisce after returning, while Torikaze handed Konoha’s affairs to Mito and the secretary.
• Torikaze shared lunch with Minato and Amado, then told Minato to keep training while he was away.
• Torikaze addressed the assembled ninja at Konoha Gate and led ten thousand of them toward the Rain Country border.
• Torikaze intercepted and killed a man who claimed he was only passing through, then brought the corpse to Yamanaka En.
• Yamanaka En entered the corpse’s memories and reported that the man was not from Amegakure.

Torikaze's forces discovered that Kusa was secretly supporting Hanzo and prepared to attack Amegakure after scouting its army. Intelligence revealed thousands of enemy ninjas and more than twenty suspected Kage-level fighters, while Torikaze warned his squad leaders that Amegakure would likely rely on delaying tactics.

• Yamanaka En identified a captured ninja as a Kusa ninja disguised in Amegakure clothing, and Tobirama Senju concluded that Kusa was secretly backing Hanzo.
• Torikaze ordered scouts to locate Amegakure and said Konoha would end its cooperation with Kusa.
• A Hyuga ninja led a scouting team into the forest while Konoha's forces established camp and discussed the danger posed by Amegakure's Secret Medicine.
• The scouts reported that Amegakure's army numbered roughly five to seven thousand and included more than twenty suspected Kage-level fighters.
• Torikaze told the squad leaders to hold off their opponents until he could finish his own battles and support them.
• Torikaze explained that Amegakure would likely retreat and harass Konoha's larger force to wear it down before a final battle.

Torikaze led Konoha’s army to the Land of Fire border and defeated the Amegakure force led by the Blond Man, who retreated after a brief battle. Torikaze ordered Konoha to pursue them, with the larger conflict against Amegakure still ahead.

• Torikaze’s army reached the border and found that Konoha outnumbered the Amegakure force by half.
• The Blond Man insulted Torikaze, who ended their exchange by ordering Konoha’s ninja to attack.
• Torikaze fought the Blond Man with crystal and ice techniques, wounded him, and bound him with White Cloud Chains.
• The Blond Man escaped using the Substitution Technique and ordered Amegakure’s ninja to retreat.
• Torikaze stopped Konoha’s attacks and ordered the army to pursue the retreating Amegakure force.

Konoha’s army advanced through the Rain Country toward Amegakure, clearing guerrilla ambushes as Torifu chose not to risk sending troops to aid the Kazekage and Tsuchikage. The army found a villager who had visited Amegakure to guide them, leaving the advance ready to resume.

• Torifu, Hashirama, Hiruzen, and Chisato discussed the Rain Country’s resources and Hanzo’s likely defeat, while Torifu refused Kagami’s suggestion to support the Kazekage and Tsuchikage.
• Torifu killed Amegakure guerrillas who ambushed Konoha’s army and sent Cloud Birds ahead to scout for hidden enemies.
• The Blond Man’s forces used the terrain to evade Konoha, and Torifu slowed the pursuit when his ninjutsu and Cloud Birds could no longer locate them.
• Torifu’s army reached an abandoned village and searched for someone who could guide them toward Amegakure.
• Kagami used his Mangekyō Sharingan to question a young villager, and Torifu chose him as their guide and promised to let him return home.