Chapter Summaries

Torikaze prepared to search the Rain Country for Yan and Hanzo, intending to defeat them before they could threaten Central City. After warning shinobi to leave or stay indoors, he secured the Kazekage’s and Ōnoki’s help for the coming battle.

• Torikaze gave Minato a map to a lake and crystal tower where he could continue training in Senjutsu, and Jiraiya agreed to let Minato travel alone.
• Torikaze warned that his coming battle with Yan would be dangerous, and Kushina and Konan reported that Central City’s streets were nearly empty.
• Torikaze posted an announcement telling Central City’s shinobi to return home within two days, then told Ōnoki he planned to search the Rain Country for Yan and Hanzo.
• Ōnoki agreed to travel to Torikaze, and the Kazekage also joined the effort, planning to arrive that afternoon.
• Torikaze said he would begin a sensory ninjutsu search once the Kazekage and Ōnoki arrived, which would reveal Yan’s whereabouts and start the battle.

Torikaze called the Kazekage and Ōnoki to join the search for Hanzo and Yan, while warning Central City’s ninjas to leave Rain Country or risk being trapped by his sensory ninjutsu. Underground, Yan explained that her altar was slowly refining the power of the dead into chakra to strengthen her, a process expected to take seven days.

• Torikaze summoned the Kazekage and arranged for Ōnoki to come to Central City before using sensory ninjutsu to locate Yan.
• Torikaze gave the ninjas in Central City the afternoon to decide whether to stay or return to their villages before his ninjutsu covered Rain Country.
• The Kazekage and Ōnoki set out for Central City at full speed.
• Kakuzu complained that Yan’s ritual had made the underground base unbearably hot, and Hanzo pressed her to explain her plan.
• Yan told Hanzo that a special medicine had gathered the power of slain rōnin and ninjas underground, where the altar was slowly refining it into chakra for her to absorb.
• Yan said the altar would need about seven days to absorb everything completely.

Yan continued absorbing the altar’s energy while Torikaze prepared to find and kill her. After the Kazekage and Tsuchikage arrived, the three Kage coordinated their tactics for the coming battle.

• Hanzo warned Yan that Torikaze’s Crystal Flowers covered the Rain Country and urged her to finish absorbing the altar’s energy quickly.
• Yan explained that the altar would take about seven days to absorb completely and assured Hanzo their underground base would remain hidden for a while.
• Torikaze planned to activate his sensory ninjutsu the next day, despite remaining puzzled about the purpose of the cleared-out camps.
• The Kazekage and Ōnoki arrived in Central City, and Torikaze explained that his Crystal Flowers had laid the groundwork for a low-cost sensory technique.
• The three Kage agreed to coordinate their attack, assigning the Kazekage to harass Yan from the perimeter while Torikaze and Ōnoki attacked from the front.

Torikaze prepared with Ōnoki and the Kazekage to search Rain Country for Yan and the mastermind behind the unrest. As the city prepared for the search, Chisato told Torikaze she would wait for him to return.

• Torikaze, Ōnoki, and the Kazekage planned a coordinated attack against Yan, assigning the Kazekage to harass her while they launched a frontal assault.
• The three leaders shared a meal in Central City and returned to their apartments to rest.
• Torikaze considered how the Lotus Organization could administer and rebuild Rain Province after resolving the problems caused by Hanzo and Yan.
• Torikaze ordered Central City's gates sealed and prepared to search Rain Country, while residents stayed indoors.
• Chisato urged Torikaze to finish breakfast and leave, telling him she would wait for him to return to the city.

Torikaze joined the Kazekage and Tsuchikage to search the Rain Country for Hanzo and Yan, unleashing a vast sensing technique. His search had not found them yet, and he continued combing the country while the other Kage stood ready for battle.

• Torikaze left Chisato at the apartment and met the Kazekage and Ōnoki at the office building.
• Torikaze assured the Kazekage and Ōnoki that he was prepared, then released an immense surge of power that shook Central City.
• Torikaze used the Cloud Release—Cloud Mist Sensing Technique to spread mist from the Crystal Flowers across the Rain Country.
• Torikaze told the Kazekage and Ōnoki that rain and other interference made finding Hanzo and Yan difficult.
• Torikaze searched Rain Province in the Land of Fire but found neither Hanzo nor Yan.

Torikaze searched across several countries for Hanzo and Yan, then used clouds and mist to probe underground caves. He found Ibuse and located Hanzo and a figure he believed was Yan, giving the allied leaders a possible target while leaving their next move undecided.

• Torikaze searched Rain Province and the territories of the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth but found no trace of Hanzo and Yan.
• Torikaze forced clouds and mist into cracks across the land to search underground, discovering multiple caves and mines along the way.
• Torikaze found Ibuse sleeping in a deep cave surrounded by signs of human habitation.
• Torikaze sent a faint wisp of mist through the connected caves and found Hanzo resting in a large cavern.
• Torikaze sensed a fiery figure training in the cavern and told the Kazekage and Tsuchikage that he had found Hanzo and likely Yan.

Torikaze located Hanzo and Yan in a hidden valley, where Yan was absorbing the altar’s power, and brought the Kazekage and Tsuchikage to confront them. The Tsuchikage’s Rock Giant shook the ground, prompting Hanzo to go investigate while Yan continued her cultivation.

• Torikaze found Hanzo guarding Yan, who appeared to be cultivating within a blazing mist-free area.
• Torikaze confirmed their location to the Kazekage and Tsuchikage, and the three agreed to leave at once and interrupt Yan’s cultivation.
• Torikaze called Chisato, reassured her, and then traveled with the Kazekage and Tsuchikage toward Rain Province on Seiryu and Ryuufuu.
• Torikaze led them into a hidden valley, cleared its weeds with a wind blade, and asked the Tsuchikage to draw out Hanzo.
• The Tsuchikage summoned a Rock Giant that pounded the ground, alerting Ibuse and interrupting Yan’s concentration.
• Yan asked Hanzo what was happening, and Hanzo apologized before going to investigate.

Torikaze and the Kazekage and Tsuchikage confronted Hanzo while Yan cultivated beneath the valley. Hanzo resisted their attacks rather than abandon Yan, leaving the fight unresolved as her second stage continued underground.

• Ibuse sensed tremors caused by Ōnoki, and Hanzo emerged from underground to investigate.
• Hanzo was shocked to see Torikaze and the other two Kage, while Torikaze revealed that Yan was his real target.
• The Kazekage trapped Hanzo and Ibuse in Iron Sand, but Hanzo broke free and unleashed Ibuse’s poison.
• Torikaze attacked with ice and Wind Release, while the Kazekage and Ōnoki defended themselves and struck back at Hanzo.
• Ōnoki challenged Hanzo to choose between betraying Yan and fighting the three Kage, as Hanzo recalled his life under Yan’s command.
• Yan’s first cultivation stage had succeeded, and she was continuing the second stage underground.

Yan and Hanzo were discovered in their underground hideout, and Hanzo fought Torikaze, the Kazekage, and Ōnoki while Yan continued absorbing Chakra from the altar. Yan secretly restored Hanzo with a ghostly blue flame, but the three attackers kept pressing him and badly wounded Ibuse.

• Yan and Hanzo returned to the Rain Country, where Yan began the second phase of her plan by absorbing Chakra from an altar.
• Torikaze, the Kazekage, and Ōnoki confronted Hanzo, and their coordinated attacks quickly wounded and exhausted him.
• Yan secretly sent a ghostly blue flame into Hanzo, healing his injuries and restoring his Chakra.
• Torikaze recognized Yan’s intervention and urged the others to defeat Hanzo before she completed her plan.
• Hanzo counterattacked with a water curtain, but Torikaze froze it, and Ōnoki’s Rock Giant struck Ibuse after the Kazekage pinned its tail with Iron Sand.

Torikaze and the Tsuchikage and Kazekage fought Hanzo, and Torikaze killed him by trapping him inside a Crystal. Yan ended her energy absorption and prepared to confront Torikaze after his Shadow Clones attacked her underground.

• Ōnoki struck Ibuse with his Rock Giant, but Ibuse survived and continued shielding Hanzo as Torikaze and Hanzo traded attacks.
• Torikaze stopped the Tsuchikage and Kazekage from intercepting Hanzo, then encased Hanzo in a large Crystal and declared him dead.
• Ibuse escaped the Kazekage’s restraints and burrowed underground, while Torikaze stored Hanzo’s Crystal in his ring.
• Torikaze sent two Shadow Clones into the cave to find Yan and drive her out.
• Yan ended her energy absorption early, then killed both Shadow Clones with flames when they reached her.
• Torikaze warned the Tsuchikage and Kazekage that Yan was angry and told them to follow their plan for fighting her.

Yan erupted in fury after Torikaze’s group killed Hanzo and destroyed her Clones, then attacked them with overwhelming heat and magma. The Kazekage wounded her with molten iron and Torikaze struck her with a crystallizing needle, but Yan healed and reached the Kazekage with a powerful punch.

• Yan killed both of her Clones in flames, and Torikaze, Ōnoki, and the Kazekage retreated as the ground collapsed into a vast lava-filled crater.
• Yan dried the clouds around them, preventing Torikaze from entering Thunder State, then emerged and vowed revenge for Hanzo’s death.
• The Kazekage melted Iron Sand into a chain of molten iron that burned Yan, but she broke free and quickly healed her injuries.
• Torikaze’s Crystal lotus released needles that struck Yan’s palm and briefly crystallized her blood and skin, but Yan burned away the effect.
• Yan flew at the Kazekage and punched her hard in the chest.

Yan counterattacked Torikaze, Ōnoki, and the Kazekage, using Clones to erase their numerical advantage before they destroyed them. Yan and Torikaze traded powerful attacks, and the chapter ended as she hurled a massive fireball at him while he sent a small ice sphere to meet it.

• Yan attacked the Kazekage, but he escaped with the Substitution Technique after revealing that he had hidden Clones.
• Yan created two Clones that fought Ōnoki and the Kazekage while she faced Torikaze alone.
• Torikaze redirected ice spikes to strike Yan’s Clones, and Ōnoki and the Kazekage destroyed them before Yan summoned two more Clones.
• Yan and Torikaze exchanged powerful attacks, including a fire dragon against Torikaze’s crystal and frost dragons.
• Yan hurled a fireball nearly one hundred meters wide at Torikaze, who threw a small ice sphere toward it.

Torikaze and Yan fought to a standstill until Torikaze used a Whirlpool Puppet to protect him while he entered Sage Mode. Yan then unleashed her own transformed form, bringing the battle to its final stage as the Tsuchikage and Kazekage returned to support Torikaze.

• Torikaze and Yan's ice and fire techniques collided evenly, and they continued trading attacks with their strength closely matched.
• Torikaze forced Yan back, summoned two Cranes, and began merging into Sage Mode while Yan charged at him.
• A Whirlpool Puppet used Mito Uzumaki's sealing chains to hold Yan off until Torikaze completed his Sage Mode fusion.
• Yan transformed inside a cocoon of flames, emerging with fiery wings and hair as Torikaze resisted the rising heat.
• Yan recalled her clones, freeing the Tsuchikage and Kazekage to rush back and support Torikaze.

Yan and Torikaze fought in their strongest forms, trading devastating fire and Ice Release attacks as each struggled to outlast the other. With both preparing their ultimate techniques, the battle reached a decisive final clash.

• Yan transformed into a blazing form, and Torikaze entered Sage Mode as the Tsuchikage and Kazekage withdrew from the fight.
• Yan attacked relentlessly, but Torikaze blocked her with Crane's Cry Sword and struck her with an ice explosion that only briefly wounded her.
• Yan tore Torikaze's arm, but he healed it, and the two continued exchanging injuries as their powerful forms drained their strength.
• Both fighters made mistakes and took each other's attacks head-on; Torikaze healed himself, while Yan struggled with lingering pain and freezing inside her body.
• Torikaze's ice fragments lodged in Yan's abdomen, and she became convinced that she had to finish the fight quickly.
• Yan gathered countless flames for her ultimate technique as Torikaze charged Crane's Cry Sword with Ice Release Chakra, and they prepared a strike that would decide the battle.

Yan and Torikaze unleashed their strongest fire and ice ninjutsu, whose collision devastated the surrounding land and cleared the skies over much of the Rain Country. Ōnoki and the Kazekage fled the blast, while Minato, Jiraiya, Yahiko, and Konan watched from Central City without knowing who had survived.

• Yan and Torikaze gathered their full power as Ōnoki and the Kazekage retreated, admitting they could not match the two fighters.
• Torikaze swung the Crane's Cry Sword at Yan, and Yan sent a blazing flower of fire to meet his strike.
• The two ninjutsu collided, unleashing a shockwave that shattered the earth and scattered the storm clouds over much of the Rain Country.
• Ōnoki grabbed the Kazekage and fled with him, but the expanding explosion pursued them and threatened to vaporize them.
• Minato asked Jiraiya whether Torikaze would win, and Jiraiya, Yahiko, and Konan voiced confidence in Torikaze while worrying about his fate.

After a devastating clash, Torikaze returned safely and confirmed that Yan had died, while the Kazekage and Tsuchikage celebrated their victory. He resolved to grow stronger against the future threat of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Jiraiya, Yahiko, and Konan worried as the explosion lit the sky, while the Kazekage and Tsuchikage escaped its shockwave.
• The Kazekage and Tsuchikage returned across the devastated land to search for Torikaze and Yan.
• Torikaze appeared through a golden mark, and the Kazekage and Tsuchikage rejoiced that he had survived.
• Torikaze told them Yan was dead and confirmed that they had won.
• Torikaze recalled escaping the explosion through the Leaf Mark and decided he needed to reach the Six Paths Level to face Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

After the battle, Torikaze proposed using the enormous crater in the Rain Country to establish an aquaculture base that would boost Central City's economy and benefit all three ninja villages. The Kazekage and Tsuchikage agreed, and they asked when the project would begin.

• Torikaze decided to return to Central City with the Kazekage and Tsuchikage rather than search the crater for Yan.
• As they traveled through the drizzle, Torikaze suggested that the Tsuchikage develop aquaculture in the new lake formed by the battle.
• Torikaze explained aquaculture methods to Ōnoki and proposed a shared base in Central City managed by all three villages.
• The Kazekage and Tsuchikage accepted Torikaze's proposal, with Konoha offering technical exchanges.
• Torikaze envisioned merchants and visitors bringing wealth and renown to Central City, and the two leaders asked when the Aquaculture Project would begin.

Torikaze returned to Central City after defeating Yan and Hanzo, announced the war’s end, and reunited with Chisato. The city celebrated as Torikaze and the other Kage prepared for a banquet and their return home.

• Torikaze proposed developing the battle crater into a large aquaculture lake, and the Kazekage and Ōnoki agreed to fund the project.
• Torikaze, Ōnoki, and the Kazekage returned to Central City, where shinobi had gathered to search for them and avenge them if necessary.
• Torikaze told the shinobi that Yan and Hanzo had been defeated, lifted the city lockdown, and released an official account crediting all three Kage with defeating Yan.
• Torikaze returned to his apartment, where Chisato welcomed him and confirmed their son Hogen was fine.
• Torikaze and Chisato planned to attend the victory banquet after he changed out of his muddy clothes.

Torikaze and Chisato attended a victory banquet in Central City with the allied Kage and other elite ninja, honoring the lower-ranking ninja who had cleared enemy camps. The feast ended with the Tsuchikage and Kazekage revealing that Torikaze had fought Yan alone, before they asked him to explain his aquaculture and breeding plans.

• Torikaze arranged a banquet for the Kage-level ninja and doubled the mission rewards of the many ninja who had worked behind the scenes.
• Torikaze and Chisato greeted cheering people in Central City before joining Ōnoki and the others at the hotel.
• Torikaze gave the first toast to the ninja who had cleared the obstacles, and the guests began their victory feast.
• After the group ate for over an hour, the Tsuchikage and Kazekage said Torikaze had fought Yan throughout the battle while they had barely helped.
• The assembled ninja accepted the revelation about Torikaze's strength, and the Tsuchikage and Kazekage asked him to explain aquaculture and the planned breeding department.

Torikaze secured Iwagakure and Sunagakure’s participation in a Rain Country aquaculture project, promising to supply fish fry for the three allied countries. After the celebration, he and Chisato prepared to leave Central City the next morning, while Minato’s first brief entry into Sage Mode gave them reason to celebrate.

• Torikaze explained his aquaculture plan, and Kakuzu asked where the fish fry would come from.
• Torikaze promised to supply enough fish fry, prompting the Tsuchikage and Kazekage to commit Iwagakure and Sunagakure to the project.
• Minato successfully absorbed Natural Energy and briefly entered Sage Mode after training with Jiraiya near Central City.
• The celebration banquet ended, and everyone planned to depart early the following morning.
• Torikaze and Chisato packed for their return and discussed the peace Torikaze had helped establish and his achievements as Hokage.