Chapter Summaries

Torikaze reflected on the Chaos Event and watched the mission progress as Jiraiya's team traveled toward Rain Province. During a rest stop, Minato and Kushina shared a shy moment while Jiraiya considered ideas for his next novel, Tales of Gallantry.

• Torikaze wondered whether the small countries around the Rain Country might seek revenge and hoped the Chaos Event's reward would make his old door panel useful.
• Torikaze saw the rōnin camp count slowly rise and prepared to buy breakfast for Chisato and Hogen.
• Jiraiya's team stopped at a grassland halfway to Rain Province to eat and rest, and Kushina complained about being given Soldier Pills.
• Minato gave Kushina some jerky and tied back her hair with red string, making them both blush.
• Jiraiya noticed Minato and Kushina's awkwardness, considered using it as inspiration, and decided to work on his next novel, Tales of Gallantry.

Jiraiya led the ninja team toward Rain Province while Yahiko and Konan resolved to improve their skills during the mission. The team reached the rainy, swampy border without incident and carefully prepared to enter.

• Jiraiya ended the lunch break and ordered the team to clean up before setting out again.
• Yahiko vowed to hone his swordsmanship in Rain Province, while Konan resolved to train harder and keep pace with him.
• Jiraiya increased the team's pace so they could reach Rain Province before sunset, and the ninjas followed him.
• The team found signs of battle near the province and worried that their comrades had been attacked, but Jiraiya and the Squad Leader calmed them.
• Jiraiya led the team to Rain Province's rainy border and instructed everyone to adjust formation, follow his footsteps, and avoid the grass.

Jiraiya led Minato, Yahiko, Konan, and the Konoha ninjas through Rain Province toward Central City, where they found a clear blue sky beneath the surrounding storm. The group hurried into the city, convinced that Torikaze had cleared the weather there.

• Jiraiya warned the group to stay close and avoid the grass as they crossed Rain Province's flooded, dangerous terrain.
• The ninjas pressed on through worsening rain while Yahiko and Konan reflected on their former lives in the Rain Country and their desire to help Master.
• Jiraiya spotted a city ahead, and the Squad Leader urged the tired group to move faster.
• The group passed through torrential rain and found it had stopped, with blue skies and a setting sun above Central City.
• The ninjas credited Lord Hokage with clearing the skies, and Jiraiya led them toward the city.

Jiraiya, Minato, Yahiko, Konan, and Kushina arrived in Central City with the final group of Konoha ninja and met Torikaze’s clone. After receiving Cloud Orbs and housing, they prepared to rest before beginning their mission to clear out rōnin strongholds.

• Jiraiya led the Konoha ninja into Central City after guards inspected them at the gate.
• Jiraiya, Minato, Yahiko, and Konan met Torikaze’s clone at the office building, while the remaining ninja waited outside.
• Torikaze gave Jiraiya’s group Cloud Orbs and arranged Apartments for the arriving ninja.
• Torikaze told Jiraiya he could begin clearing rōnin strongholds without accepting missions first.
• Jiraiya and the others went to the Apartments to change and rest, finding them like the ones in Konoha.

After getting caught in the rain, Jiraiya and the others changed into dry clothes and settled in for the evening at their apartment. A dinner delivery sent by Torikaze turned their expected meal of Soldier Pills into a feast, and the group prepared to bathe and start their mission the next morning.

• Jiraiya and the others changed into dry clothes and hung their wet clothes by the fireplace.
• Jiraiya decided the group would stay in and eat Soldier Pills rather than go out for dinner.
• A messenger delivered a feast that Torikaze had sent on the Hokage's orders.
• Jiraiya and the others ate the meal, then prepared to bathe before setting out on their mission the next morning.
• Minato and Yahiko entered the bathroom together to bathe.

Minato, Yahiko, Konan, Kushina, and Jiraiya left Central City to search Rain Province for Rōnin camps, protected from the rain by Torikaze’s Cloud Orbs. Back in Konoha, Torikaze reassured Kato Mamiko that any coming war would be beyond her retired husband’s reach unless he attained Kage-level strength.

• After bathing and resting, Jiraiya’s group ate breakfast and set out from Central City to search for Rōnin camps.
• Heavy rain began once the group left the range of Torikaze’s ninjutsu, but their Cloud Orbs absorbed it and kept them dry.
• Torikaze learned through his clone that Jiraiya’s group had started the mission, and Chisato said she was worried about the young ninja in Rain Province.
• Torikaze and Chisato took Haoyuan for a walk and met Kato Mamiko, who asked about the situation in Rain Province and the possibility of war.
• Torikaze told Mamiko that war might happen, but ninja below Kage-level would not be able to take part, easing her worry about her husband.

Torikaze reassured Mamiko that Kato would not be sent to the battlefield, then visited the Uchiha Compound with Chisato and Hogen. They found Teruya at home and settled in for a family visit.

• Torikaze told Mamiko that Kato could live peacefully instead of risking his life on the battlefield.
• Torikaze, Chisato, and Hogen wandered through Konoha before arriving at the Uchiha Clan entrance.
• Kagami welcomed them and explained that his wife had taken their son to visit her parents.
• Teruya happily spun Hogen around, then asked Torikaze whether anything had gone wrong in Rain Province.
• Torikaze assured Teruya that Rain Province was stable, and Teruya invited the family to stay for a meal.

Torikaze visited Huiyao with Chisato and discussed the unstable situation in Rain Province, where ninja were purging thousands of Rōnin camps. He revealed that he planned to face Yan himself, and Huiyao warned him that the Shinobi World's peace depended on his strength.

• Torikaze and Chisato visited Huiyao, and Aika lamented missing the chance to join a mission to Rain Province before taking Hogen out to play.
• Torikaze told Huiyao and Kagami that Jiraiya was watching over Minato, Yahiko, Konan, and Lord Ashina's granddaughter in Rain Province.
• Torikaze reported that ninja from several countries were clearing around ten thousand Rōnin camps, though the fighters had suffered no major losses and the mastermind remained unknown.
• Kagami asked when they might need to fight, and Torikaze said he would inform them if anything happened.
• Torikaze said he wanted to go to Rain Province and try to defeat Yan himself, and Huiyao warned him that his safety and strength were vital to the Shinobi World's peace.

Torikaze told Huiyao and Kagami that he intended to face Yan alone, then spent time with Chisato and her family before returning home. Meanwhile, Jiraiya’s team celebrated eliminating more than twenty camps on their first day, with the Hokage sending them dinner.

• Torikaze said he wanted to try defeating Yan by himself, and Huiyao warned him that the Shinobi World’s peace depended on his strength.
• Chisato asked Kagami about Fugaku and Mikoto, and Kagami assured her that the couple was getting along well.
• Torikaze, Chisato, and their family shared dinner at the Uchiha Clan Grounds before returning to the Cloud Clan Grounds.
• Jiraiya praised his students after they eliminated more than twenty camps during their first day of missions.
• Jiraiya said he would ask his Big Brother to order takeout, and the Hokage’s dinner arrived just as the team prepared the table.

After dinner, the group trained for their journey through the Rain Country, while Minato worked on learning Senjutsu under Jiraiya’s watch. Minato absorbed and controlled Natural Energy more easily than Jiraiya expected, leaving Jiraiya surprised but vigilant.

• The group devoured the dinner delivered on the Hokage’s orders, then cleaned up and prepared to train.
• Yahiko and Konan trained their Chakra, while Kushina practiced improving her Medical Ninjutsu.
• Minato continued Torikaze’s Senjutsu training method as Jiraiya watched without interfering.
• Minato absorbed Natural Energy without a medium and gradually suppressed his body’s resistance to it.
• Jiraiya marveled at Minato’s progress and stayed close by to guard against the dangers of uncontrolled Natural Energy.

Minato trained with Natural Energy while Jiraiya watched, then the group prepared for another mission in Rain Province. They ran into Kakuzu, who gave them a map of enemy camps so they could strike before the information was distributed more widely.

• Jiraiya watched Minato suppress Natural Energy during training, then returned to his room to work on his novel.
• The next morning, Minato and the others prepared breakfast, and the five set out to carry out their mission.
• Minato, Yahiko, and Konan happily reunited with Kakuzu, who praised how much they had grown.
• Jiraiya joined the conversation, and Kakuzu gave him a map of enemy camps marked by the Village Chief.
• Kakuzu told the group to use the map to eliminate camps, mark the ones they cleared, and report back that night.

Kakuzu gave Jiraiya and his team a map of marked rōnin camps, helping them save time for Minato’s Senjutsu training. The team headed west and quickly cleared their first camp, with Jiraiya watching over the children as they moved on to the next target.

• Kakuzu gave Jiraiya and the others a map of rōnin camps and asked them to mark cleared locations and report back that night.
• Jiraiya chose to take the team west, where the camps were dense and likely unexplored.
• Jiraiya warned the others as they neared a camp of about ten rōnin, then sent Kushina to handle it.
• Kushina killed the rōnin with her golden chains, and a three-pronged Shuriken finished the surviving leader.
• Jiraiya’s team disposed of the bodies and set off for the next camp while Jiraiya guarded them.

Jiraiya and the children cleared more than a hundred Rōnin camps west of Central City while Minato trained. On their return, they found many injured ninja and learned that Kage-level fighters had attacked near the city’s outer border with the Rain Country.

• Jiraiya, Kushina, Minato, Yahiko, and Konan destroyed the bodies at the camps they cleared and planned to continue their cleanup the next day.
• Jiraiya agreed to let Minato train in the wilderness while the others sparred, wrote, or played games.
• Jiraiya led the group back to Central City before dark, where they saw many injured ninja and learned that a new enemy had appeared.
• Jiraiya and the others met Torikaze and Kakuzu, who said Kage-level ninja were appearing on the outermost fringes near the Rain Country border.
• Torikaze suspected that Yan was behind the Kage-level fighters, while Jiraiya and the others remained unclear about the situation.

After Kage-level ninja overwhelmed the forces in Rain Province, Torikaze called for reinforcements from the other villages and arranged for Konoha’s Kage-level ninja and medical teams to help. Tsunade agreed to leave for Rain Province, while Dan was told to wait.

• Kakuzu explained that ninja pushing beyond Central City’s outskirts had encountered enhanced Kage-level opponents, leaving many injured and some dead.
• Torikaze ordered Kakuzu to ask the Kazekage and Tsuchikage to send their available Kage-level ninja and more Medical Ninja to Central City.
• Torikaze told Jiraiya and the four children to wait for his notice before heading out again and gave them advice for surviving encounters with Kage-level ninja.
• Torikaze and Chisato decided to send Konoha reinforcements, including Chisato, Tsunade, and ninja from several clans.
• Tsunade accepted the mission and planned to bring half of Konoha’s Medical Ninja, while Dan asked to go and was told to wait.

Chisato led Tsunade and Konoha’s medical ninjas and clan heads to Rain Province to support the front lines. After arriving in Central City, the group was welcomed by cheering Konoha ninjas.

• Tsunade accepted the mission to help Rain Province and planned to bring half of Konoha Village Hospital’s Medical Ninjas, while Dan was told to remain in Konoha.
• Chisato told Hogen she would be away for a month, and Torikaze reassured her that he would care for their son.
• Chisato set out with Tsunade and the clan heads, leading the group toward Rain Province.
• Torikaze contacted the Tsuchikage and Kazekage, who sent Kage-level ninjas and Medical Ninjas to assist Rain Province.
• After a day, Chisato’s group arrived in Central City, where a Sunagakure gate guard recognized her and let them enter.
• Konoha’s ninjas cheered when Chisato entered Central City.

Chisato and the Konoha Clan Heads arrived in Central City, where the wounded ninjas welcomed them. After Torikaze assigned missions for the next day, Tsunade summoned a giant slug to heal the long line of injured ninjas.

• Chisato and her group entered Central City, and Konoha ninjas gathered to welcome them and ask for help.
• Chisato asked Torikaze why many ninjas still had untreated wounds, and he explained that his clone had limited Chakra and had reserved it for emergencies.
• Torikaze assigned Chisato and the Clan Heads areas to clear of enemies the next day, and Chisato arranged to accompany Konoha ninjas on their missions.
• Chisato, Tsunade, and the Clan Heads left the office and found Medical Ninjas treating a long queue of wounded ninjas.
• Tsunade summoned a giant white slug, whose green light began healing the injured ninjas.

Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to heal the many injured ninja, while Jiraiya briefed the newly arrived Konoha clan heads on the situation in Rain Province. The reinforcements planned their operations for the next day, and Jiraiya returned to Minato, Yahiko, Konan, and Kushina without buying dinner.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu, whose healing reached the long line of injured ninja and restored them quickly.
• Torikaze watched Katsuyu and considered whether Seiryu and Ryuufuu might develop into sages, but he had no way to pursue the idea yet.
• Jiraiya met the arriving clan heads, shared his intelligence and Torikaze's marked map, and heard the Yamanaka Clan Head offer to gather enemy information.
• The clan heads agreed that the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio would work together while the others searched separately and marked enemy locations.
• Jiraiya returned to Minato, Yahiko, Konan, and Kushina without food, explained that reinforcements had arrived, and Kushina complained that he still had not bought dinner.

Minato watched reinforcements from Sunagakure and Iwagakure arrive in Central City, where Torikaze welcomed Ebizo and Rōshi. The leaders discussed their shared mission in Rain Province as Minato recognized several powerful arrivals.

• Jiraiya told Minato that Konoha reinforcements had arrived and that more from other villages were expected.
• Minato saw groups from Sunagakure and Iwagakure enter Central City, including more than sixty ninja and many Medical Ninja.
• Minato recognized Rōshi among the Iwagakure group and noticed the red-haired Kage-level ninja with the Sunagakure group.
• Torikaze welcomed Ebizo and Rōshi, teasing Ebizo and urging Rōshi to fight their enemies.
• Ebizo introduced Chiyo's son, Scorpion's father, and Torikaze called on the three countries and villages to unite over the trouble in Rain Province.

Torikaze welcomed reinforcements from Sunagakure and Iwagakure, who agreed to help eliminate the Kage-level enemies in Rain Province. As teams prepared to attack the remaining camps, Torikaze checked the Lotus Organization’s progress and learned that its members had suffered injuries but no deaths.

• Torikaze met Ebizo and Scorpion’s red-haired father, who thanked him for his generosity toward Scorpion and agreed to follow his command.
• Minato returned to Jiraiya, and their group ate a simple meal before setting out to clear camps east of Central City while Jiraiya confronted the Kage-level enemy there.
• The clan heads left Central City for their assigned missions, while the new Sunagakure and Iwagakure teams received areas to attack the next morning.
• Torikaze relaxed as reinforcements prepared to advance, then asked Kakuzu for an update on the Lotus Organization’s work.
• Kakuzu reported that more than six thousand camps had been cleared and that no Lotus Organization members had died, though many had been injured and treated.

Torikaze checked on the Lotus Organization’s members and realized he had neglected their welfare, while Kakuzu reassured him that the organization was well supported. After learning that Dan was worried about Tsunade in Rain Province, Torikaze visited the Hokage Tower and found Amado and An'hua gazing at each other across the office.

• Torikaze asked Kakuzu whether any Lotus Organization members had been injured or killed, and Kakuzu reported that none had died and all injured members had been treated.
• Torikaze recognized that the Lotus Organization’s benefits were worse than the villagers’, and told Kakuzu that members should prioritize their safety over missions.
• Torikaze’s clone logged into his Naruto account and displaced him from a game, so Torikaze gave up playing and went for a walk.
• Dan visited Torikaze to ask about Tsunade, and Torikaze told him she was treating people in Central City, Rain Province.
• Torikaze walked to the Hokage Tower, entered Amado and An'hua’s office, and found them sitting apart while gazing at each other.