Chapter Summaries

Torikaze offered to fund Nagato’s plan to develop the Rain Country through aquaculture and environmental transformation. Nagato accepted Konoha’s investment terms, leaving Amegakure poised to begin a major rebuilding effort.

• Torikaze showed Nagato a Cloud Orb and explained that it absorbed mist and took about a year to grow.
• After returning to the Cloud Clan Grounds, Torikaze asked Yahiko and Nagato what they had learned, and Nagato described the Rain Country’s development and its lack of funds.
• Torikaze offered Konoha’s funding, technicians, and workers in exchange for access for Konoha’s electrical appliances, a promise not to attack Konoha, and thirty percent of future aquatic-product profits.
• Nagato accepted the terms, and Torikaze said the transformation would cost at least two or three hundred million.

Torikaze pledged hundreds of millions to develop Amegakure, and Nagato accepted the investment as the foundation for Rain Country’s future. Yahiko told Nagato about the Trial Tower and urged him to focus on steady growth rather than chasing Six Paths strength, leaving Nagato resolved to build toward their shared dream of peace.

• Torikaze explained that developing Amegakure, including an aquaculture base, would require two or three hundred million, and Nagato promised to use the investment well.
• Nagato and Alternate Konan chose to stay in Konoha for a few more days while Torikaze returned to his rocking chair.
• Yahiko and Alternate Konan joked about Torikaze sunbathing, and Torikaze’s cloud hammers lightly knocked them on the head.
• Yahiko offered to take Nagato and Konan to the Trial Tower, then explained that it contained a path toward Six Paths strength.
• Nagato was briefly excited by the possibility, but Yahiko cautioned him to pursue steady progress and accept that Peak Kage-level might be his limit.
• Nagato reflected on Yahiko’s words and reaffirmed his resolve to develop Amegakure and the Akatsuki toward their shared dream of peace.

Yahiko encouraged Nagato to keep pursuing his goals, and the group shared a meal before Torikaze reflected on the limits of his strength and spoke with Chisato. The next morning, Nagato admitted he was still excited about Torikaze's investment in Amegakure.

• Yahiko reassured Nagato about the difficulty of reaching the Six Paths Level and reminded him to keep moving forward.
• Yahiko took Nagato and both Konans to a hot pot restaurant, and the four spent the day together.
• Torikaze reflected on the possibility of a realm beyond the Six Paths Level, then discussed his investment in Nagato's country with Chisato.
• Nagato told Torikaze he had barely slept because he was excited about the two or three hundred million in funding.
• Torikaze shared that he had once felt similarly excited after inheriting the wealthy Windcloud Clan.

Torikaze advised Nagato to guard his Rinnegan and trust only himself and Konan, while Konoha’s cross-world travel and village life continued smoothly. Yahiko then took Nagato and the two Konans to the Trial Tower, where they joined the queue to enter as a team.

• Torikaze told Nagato to develop a leader’s composure and warned him that many people coveted his eyes.
• Torikaze advised Nagato to trust only himself and Konan, and Nagato agreed.
• Konoha’s cross-world transportation remained stable, while three enemy spies from the other world were arrested and imprisoned.
• Nagato was surprised by Minato’s relaxed routine, and Yahiko explained that Hokage slacking off was a Windcloud Clan tradition.
• Yahiko led Nagato and the two Konans to the Trial Tower and told Nagato and Konan to enter as a team.
• The four joined the long queue, which moved quickly as they approached the tower.

Nagato and Konan completed the Trial Tower’s preliminary trial with an SS rating and chose enhancement abilities. Nagato selected Transformation Power, which let him convert vitality and Chakra and absorb Chakra, prompting Yahiko to realize it might make Nagato immortal.

• Yahiko told Nagato and Konan to enter the Trial Tower together and give the trial their best effort.
• Nagato and Konan entered the tower, defeated two teams of ninjas in under five minutes, and received an SS rating with a choice of enhancement ability.
• Yahiko explained the rewards, and Nagato went to the Treasure Vault while Alternate Konan chose an ability related to wind.
• Nagato chose Transformation Power, which let him convert vitality and Chakra and actively absorb others’ Chakra.
• Yahiko realized Nagato might never age, and the four returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds before deciding to tell Shishou about the ability.

Nagato and Konan decided to return to Amegakure, and Torikaze accompanied them to place a Cloud Orb and clear the country’s storm clouds. Torikaze began absorbing the clouds above Amegakure, but their vastness forced him to summon shadow clones to help.

• Nagato explained that his Transformation Power let him renew his own vitality, and Torikaze praised the ability after hearing about it from Konan.
• Nagato told Torikaze that he and Konan planned to return to Amegakure in two days, and Torikaze agreed to accompany them and place the Cloud Orb.
• Nagato told Yahiko he planned to expel Madara Uchiha and Zetsu from Akatsuki, while Yahiko offered to visit and help Amegakure.
• Torikaze teleported Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, and the other companion to Amegakure, where they arrived amid heavy rain.
• Torikaze flew into the sky and used the Cloud Orb to draw in Amegakure’s storm clouds, then created shadow clones to help absorb them.

Torikaze absorbed the storm clouds over the Rain Country, bringing sunlight and clear skies to its people for the first time in generations. He then told Nagato and Yahiko to prepare Amegakure for reconstruction and help the citizens enter a new era.

• Torikaze created dozens of Shadow Clones and used Cloud Orbs to absorb the Rain Country’s storm clouds.
• The people of the Rain Country emerged to celebrate the sunlight and blue sky, while Nagato and Konan rejoiced at seeing their homeland clear.
• After absorbing every cloud, Torikaze teleported back to Nagato and asked whether he was satisfied with the changed skies.
• Torikaze judged Amegakure too dilapidated to repair and told Nagato to arrange housing for villagers while the village was rebuilt.
• Torikaze instructed Nagato and Yahiko to explain the coming golden age, prepare projects such as fish farms, and hire local residents for construction work.

Nagato told Akatsuki’s core members that Torikaze would fund the reconstruction of Amegakure and the Rain Country, provided the country gave him twenty percent of its annual revenue. The members and villagers welcomed the plan, and preparations for construction began.

• Nagato returned to Amegakure healthy and told Akatsuki’s members that Torikaze had ended the rain and would help rebuild the Rain Country.
• Nagato explained that construction would begin in a month and that Torikaze would cover its costs in exchange for twenty percent of the Rain Country’s annual revenue.
• Akatsuki’s members doubted the offer until Nagato revealed that Torikaze would provide two to three hundred million ryo and send construction personnel.
• Nagato assigned Akatsuki’s members to oversee villages and arrange work for residents without income.
• Amegakure’s villagers celebrated the sunlight and the promised changes to their country.

Yahiko and Konan explored Amegakure as the Rain Country celebrated the end of its endless rain and prepared for prosperity. In the Land of Wind, Rōsha learned of the change and worried it might be connected to Konoha, but chose to keep Sunagakure out of war while it recovered.

• Yahiko and Konan walked through Amegakure in disguise and saw ninja distributing announcements about the Rain Country’s transformation.
• Two Amegakure ninja challenged Yahiko and Konan, then let them pass after Yahiko showed a token identifying them as guests of the village chief.
• Yahiko told Konan they should explore before the village grew busy, then ran out of Amegakure to take her somewhere nice.
• A spy reported to Rōsha that the rain clouds over the Rain Country had disappeared, while Konoha’s New City remained difficult to investigate.
• Rōsha suspected the changes in Amegakure and Konoha might be connected, but ordered continued surveillance and decided Sunagakure needed time to recover.

Rōsha decided Sunagakure needed to recover before considering war, though he watched the Rain Country’s sudden clear skies as a possible opportunity. Torikaze prepared to rebuild the Rain Country, while Nagato and Akatsuki informed its citizens, who supported the plans.

• Rōsha postponed plans to attack Konoha because Sunagakure had lost too many young shinobi, but considered taking the Rain Country if its clear weather continued.
• Nagato told Torikaze that Yahiko had spotted foreign scouts, and Torikaze said he would handle any threat while Nagato managed Amegakure.
• Torikaze returned to Torikaze's World to organize the Rain Country’s reconstruction with the major clans, and Chisato offered to help intimidate other countries.
• Nagato and Akatsuki worked to inform the Rain Country’s citizens about the coming reconstruction, despite Nagato’s exhaustion.
• The citizens learned that the clear skies signaled major reconstruction and strongly supported the plan.

Nagato completed the effort to inform the Rain Country’s citizens about its transformation, and development teams from Torikaze’s World began rebuilding the country. As Nagato prepared to relocate Amegakure’s villagers for a new city, Yahiko and Konan patrolled the countryside and caught spies from the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.

• Nagato welcomed Sarutobi Hoshi and the development teams, who began transforming the Rain Country’s lakes using their experience from another world.
• Nagato and Konan discussed the country’s progress and learned that Amegakure would soon be demolished and rebuilt.
• Konan arranged to relocate Amegakure’s villagers while Nagato took on the many tasks needed to manage the Rain Country.
• Yahiko and Konan patrolled the Rain Country and caught two spies, one from the Land of Earth and one from the Land of Lightning.
• Yahiko and Konan discussed how difficult peace was to achieve and resolved to work together to bring peace to the world.

Yahiko and Konan helped quiet and rebuild the Rain Country while Torikaze oversaw rapid progress in both worlds. Meanwhile, Uchiha Elders secretly planned to kill Minato Namikaze and seize power after Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju returned to their own world.

• Yahiko and Konan captured spies and scouts, while Nagato organized a squad to help secure the Rain Country as its people were relocated and Amegakure was dismantled.
• Torikaze returned to the Windcloud Clan and continued overseeing the other world through a clone, while both worlds developed without interfering in each other's affairs.
• Five Uchiha Elders met to discuss their clan's standing in Konoha and resented that no Uchiha had ever become Hokage.
• The Fourth Elder proposed learning how the portal worked, cutting it off after Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju left, and killing Minato Namikaze to claim the Hokage position.
• The Grand Elder approved preparations for the plan, and the Elders intended to win Uchiha Fugaku over while investigating how to create a portal themselves.

Uchiha Fugaku considered how to reform his clan after hearing Itachi identify its flaws, while Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Hatake set out on a mission to the Rain Country. After a day and a half of travel, the team questioned why they had not seen any clouds.

• The Uchiha elders agreed to pursue their plan to control Konoha and learn how to create a portal, while Fugaku remained unaware and weighed how to deal with them.
• Fugaku told Itachi about the well-liked Uchiha Clan in another world, and Itachi pointed out the arrogance, rivalry, and elders’ excessive power in their own clan.
• Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Hatake prepared to travel to Amegakure to provide aid on a mission that Obito suspected Yahiko and Konan had requested.
• The four traveled toward the Rain Country, but after about a day and a half without seeing clouds, Obito and the others wondered whether they were lost.

Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and their companion traveled to the Rain Country to assist Amegakure, where Konan explained their patrol mission and the country’s recent upheaval. She led them away from the village to meet its chief, since Amegakure was being demolished and its residents had moved out.

• Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and their companion reached the transformed Rain Country and found its skies clear.
• The four arrived at Amegakure, where a patrol squad surrounded them until Konan identified them as trusted reinforcements.
• Konan explained that the four would patrol construction sites and capture suspicious people, including spies.
• Konan told the four that Alternate Yahiko had died, leaving her and Nagato with authority in the country.
• Konan led the four away from Amegakure to meet the village chief because the village and its residents had been moved.

Konan brought Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and their companions to Nagato’s hidden base, where they were assigned to patrol around Amegakure and catch spies. Obito excelled at the work by uncovering and interrogating three spies, leaving him triumphant as the team prepared to finish their shift.

• Konan led the four Konoha shinobi to Nagato’s hidden base and explained that Amegakure was being rebuilt.
• Nagato assigned the four to patrol the Rain Country under Konan’s command and catch informants.
• Konan arranged their lodging, and the four began patrolling the area around Amegakure the next day.
• Obito complained that the patrol was boring, then used his Sharingan to search the area.
• Obito and the others caught three spies, and Obito interrogated them with genjutsu to confirm their identities.
• Obito boasted to Kakashi about his success, while Rin urged the team to continue patrolling until the shift change.

Obito's team captured three spies during their patrol, while Zetsu watched them and decided to retreat from the Rain Country. Nagato continued rebuilding the country and prepared the Akatsuki for Madara's possible moves, unaware that Torikaze had crippled him.

• Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and their teammate captured three lookouts and returned them to the cave base.
• Zetsu spotted Obito and Rin, sensed Torikaze's immense Chakra had left the Rain Country, and chose to retreat for now.
• Konan praised the patrol team's catch, and Yahiko learned they had already captured three spies.
• Nagato reviewed reconstruction progress, accepted soup from Konan, and discussed Zetsu and Madara with her.
• Nagato asked Konan to tell the Akatsuki's Rogue Ninja the truth and invite those who stayed to join formally.
• Nagato remained wary of Madara, unaware that Torikaze had crippled him and left him unable to move around the Shinobi World for at least a year and a half.

Nagato and Akatsuki rebuilt the Rain Country as the great nations prepared to seize its newly fertile land, unaware that Torikaze stood behind its transformation. Two months later, Amegakure's defenses and development had advanced, while its village was being planned for reconstruction.

• Nagato told Konan to reveal the truth to the Rogue Ninja in Akatsuki and invite them to join officially if they stayed.
• Sunagakure trained its ninja as the Land of Earth, Land of Lightning, and other great nations prepared to claim the Rain Country, unaware of Torikaze's role.
• Torikaze told Chisato he was letting others handle the Rain Country's affairs so they could gain experience.
• Over two months, the Rain Country developed lakes for aquaculture, and Nagato began planning Amegakure's reconstruction.
• Kakashi's four-man team defended the Rain Country against invading ninja squads, winning every battle and earning Yahiko and Konan's approval.
• Nagato felt relieved that Torikaze and the newcomers had strengthened Akatsuki, and he looked forward to Amegakure's completion.

Nagato and Akatsuki looked forward to Amegakure’s development while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu waited for Obito Uchiha to awaken. Obito recovered consciousness, learned how badly Torikaze had injured him and how Akatsuki had fallen under Torikaze’s influence, and agreed to heal before considering his next move.

• Nagato felt relieved that Amegakure’s construction could proceed without enemy interference, and Akatsuki’s members celebrated their new hope.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu discussed Obito Uchiha’s prolonged unconsciousness and considered finding another person to manipulate if he did not wake.
• Obito Uchiha stirred, woke up in the underground cavern, and discovered that his arms and legs had been destroyed.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Torikaze had defeated him, absorbed half of Akatsuki, and protected Nagato, leaving Obito afraid to face Torikaze again.
• Obito insisted he would recover and investigate Nagato, while Zetsu warned that Akatsuki could no longer be relied on and that only the two of them remained.

With Hashirama rebuilding the Senju Clan in Konoha, the village prospered while the Uchiha Elders grew alarmed and resumed plotting. The Grand Elder promised they would strike soon, though he had not yet found a way to deal with Hashirama or the portal.

• Zetsu said Akatsuki could no longer be relied on and considered abandoning the plan, while Obito chose to keep going.
• Hashirama returned to Konoha and began restoring the Senju Clan, inviting Senju descendants to reclaim their surnames and move into the clan grounds.
• Mito, Tobirama Senju, and Tsunade Senju returned with Hashirama, while Torikaze's clone stayed on standby in Konoha.
• Konoha's economy improved through portal tickets and visitors from Torikaze's World, and nearly every household acquired a phone.
• The Uchiha Elders resumed their rebellion plans after Hashirama announced the Senju Clan's return, but the Grand Elder told them to wait until he found an opportunity to strike.

Uchiha Itachi overheard the Grand Elder and four other Elders planning a rebellion and warned Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto. Fugaku learned that the Elders intended to close the portal before starting their plan.

• The Grand Elder told the other Elders to keep quiet while they found a chance to rebel and figure out how to close the portal.
• Torikaze's clone realized the Uchiha Elders were plotting trouble and noticed Uchiha Itachi had overheard them.
• Itachi left the courtyard and went to tell Uchiha Fugaku about the plot, inviting Mikoto to listen as well.
• Itachi told Fugaku and Mikoto that the Grand Elder and four Elders planned to close the portal before beginning their rebellion.
• Fugaku reacted with shock and acknowledged that the Elders truly intended to rebel.