Ch. 1021Determination

Itachi warned Fugaku that the Uchiha elders were planning a rebellion, prompting Fugaku to seek Torikaze’s help in stopping them. Torikaze agreed, and urged Fugaku to guide the clan’s next generation after the coming upheaval.

  • Itachi told Fugaku that the Grand Elder and four other Elders planned to close the portal and begin a rebellion.
  • Fugaku ordered Itachi to watch the Elders and alert the Hokage if they made a move, then left through a secret passage to seek Torikaze.
  • Fugaku reached Torikaze’s World and asked whether Torikaze’s offer to help execute the Elders still stood.
  • Torikaze agreed to help because Fugaku led the Uchiha Clan and his wife was also Uchiha.
  • Torikaze told Fugaku to prepare for a major reshuffling of the clan and give its children unified ideological guidance.

Ch. 1022Uchiha Itachi

Uchiha Fugaku secured Torikaze’s help against the Uchiha Elders and accepted changes to the clan’s education and the Military Police Force. He sent Itachi to meet Torikaze, who welcomed the five-year-old into his room.

  • Torikaze agreed to help Fugaku deal with the clan rebellion and urged him to educate Uchiha children about the village and clan.
  • Fugaku agreed to open the Military Police Force to applicants beyond the Uchiha and to discipline clansmen who mistreated villagers.
  • Torikaze told Fugaku that his clone could handle the Elders and asked him to send Itachi for a visit.
  • Fugaku returned home and told Mikoto that Torikaze had agreed to help and wanted to meet Itachi.
  • Itachi went to the inn, knocked on Torikaze’s door, and entered when it opened amid rolling white clouds.

Ch. 1023Choice

Torikaze questioned Itachi about whether he would choose the Uchiha Clan or Konoha if they came into conflict. He showed Itachi another world's version of himself choosing to kill his parents, leaving Itachi horrified and confronting the cost of that choice.

  • Itachi met Torikaze in an inn and learned that he was the Third Hokage of Another World Konoha Village.
  • Torikaze asked Itachi whether he loved the Uchiha Clan or Konoha more, and Itachi could not choose between them.
  • Torikaze explained that countless similar worlds existed and offered to show Itachi another world's choice in the clan-village conflict.
  • Torikaze's genjutsu showed Itachi a version of himself apologizing to Fugaku and Mikoto before stabbing them with a long blade.
  • Itachi cried out, returned to the inn, and heard Torikaze ask whether he had seen the choice that other Itachi made.

Ch. 1024Awakening

Torikaze showed Uchiha Itachi a possible future in which he killed his parents and the Uchiha Clan was destroyed, awakening Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Reassured that the future had changed, Itachi returned home and revealed his eyes and the clan’s possible fate to Fugaku and Mikoto.

  • Torikaze’s genjutsu showed Itachi a possible future in which he killed Fugaku and Mikoto, causing him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
  • Torikaze explained that the vision was one possible outcome and that outside interference had changed the future, then urged Itachi to help the Uchiha Clan integrate into Konoha.
  • Torikaze gave Itachi a flower that reduced the side effects of using Dojutsu and told him to keep his Mangekyō secret from everyone except his parents.
  • Itachi returned home and told Fugaku and Mikoto that the clan would have died if Fugaku had not sought Torikaze’s help.
  • Itachi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Fugaku and Mikoto stunned and prompting Fugaku to ask what had happened.

Ch. 1025Duty

Itachi told Fugaku and Mikoto that Torikaze showed him a future in which the Uchiha Clan was destroyed, and revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. The family agreed to work together to reform the clan, while Fugaku prepared to deal with the rebellious Elders and warned Itachi to keep his Mangekyō secret.

  • Itachi told Fugaku and Mikoto that Torikaze showed him the Uchiha Clan's destruction in a future where Torikaze had not helped, and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.
  • Itachi explained that the vision showed him killing Fugaku and Mikoto, and Fugaku decided the rebellious Elders would die when they launched their rebellion.
  • Fugaku praised Itachi's talent and asked him to help identify the clan's flaws, while Mikoto insisted that she and Sasuke should be included in the family's efforts.
  • Fugaku warned Itachi to conceal his Mangekyō Sharingan and avoid using it, and Itachi said Torikaze had given him an herb to reduce the side effects of Dojutsu.
  • Fugaku told Itachi he could visit Torikaze's world after the clan's internal conflict was settled, and Itachi agreed to remain focused on the clan.

Ch. 1026Pipe Dream

Itachi waited for the Uchiha Clan’s unrest to be resolved before visiting the other world, while Torikaze learned that the clan’s Elders were planning to kill Minato Namikaze and seize Konoha. Torikaze arranged a false opportunity to draw them into an ambush, and the Elders prepared to act.

  • Itachi thought about visiting the other world, but agreed with his father that the Uchiha Clan’s crisis had to come first.
  • Torikaze monitored the Uchiha Elders and learned that they planned to kill Minato Namikaze and take control of Konoha.
  • Torikaze asked Minato Namikaze to let word spread that he would visit the Rain Country the day after tomorrow.
  • The Elders heard the news and decided to ambush Minato along his route, leaving Konoha secretly the night before.
  • The Elders agreed to kill Minato and blamed the Senju and Sarutobi clans for keeping the Hokage position from the Uchiha.

Ch. 1027Night

Torikaze learned that the Uchiha Elders planned to ambush and kill Minato Namikaze, and he told Fugaku he would stop them. As the Grand Elder led nearly three hundred clansmen out of Konoha that night, a white-haired stranger in white blocked their way.

  • Torikaze overheard the Elders plotting to kill Minato Namikaze and decided to eliminate them the following night.
  • Torikaze told Uchiha Fugaku that the Elders planned to ambush Minato Namikaze, and Fugaku agreed to keep the matter quiet.
  • Fugaku and Mikoto discussed how the clan might change through the younger generation, including Itachi's generation.
  • The Grand Elder gathered nearly three hundred Uchiha clansmen and urged them to reclaim the Hokage position by killing Minato Namikaze.
  • The Uchiha group reached the clan's back gate to leave Konoha, where a white-haired young man in white confronted them.

Ch. 1028Instant Kill (Remember 918, Never Forget National Humiliation)

Uchiha Fugaku confronted the Elders as they tried to leave Konoha and exposed their plot to stake the clan on their ambition for the Hokage position. Torikaze eliminated the gathered conspirators, leaving Fugaku to lead the Uchiha Clan and restore its fortunes.

  • The Elders led their followers toward the Uchiha Clan’s back gate to escape the village, where Torikaze was waiting.
  • Uchiha Fugaku appeared with his Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged the Elders about abandoning the clan’s interests for their own ambition.
  • The Grand Elder defended the plan by accusing Konoha of rejecting the Uchiha Clan, but Fugaku refused to support the Elders and ordered Torikaze to deal with them.
  • Torikaze turned the Elders and their gathered followers into Crystal, then shattered the Crystal and absorbed the remains with his Cloud Orb.
  • Torikaze told Fugaku to develop the Uchiha Clan properly, and Fugaku promised to restore its glory.

Ch. 1029Aftermath

After Torikaze wiped out the Uchiha Clan’s rebels, Fugaku and his family considered how to explain the deaths and thanked Torikaze for his help. Torikaze then traveled to the Rain Country to stay with Nagato, where Amegakure was nearing completion.

  • Torikaze warned Fugaku to develop the Uchiha Clan properly before leaving, and Fugaku collapsed from the pressure of witnessing his power.
  • Itachi and Mikoto joined Fugaku, who explained that Torikaze had turned the nearly three hundred rebels into crystal and made them disappear.
  • Fugaku and Mikoto went to rest with Itachi, while Fugaku worried about explaining the rebels’ disappearance to the clan and the village.
  • Torikaze decided to visit Yahiko and Konan in the Rain Country because Konoha felt dull and uneventful.
  • The next morning, Torikaze arrived in the Rain Country, where Nagato showed him a warm room in the partially rebuilt Amegakure.

Ch. 1030A Renewed Promise

Torikaze visited Nagato in Amegakure and promised to protect the Rain Country as it developed. Meanwhile, Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Rōsha prepared to invade and divide the Rain Country, believing it lacked powerful defenders.

  • Torikaze stayed in a newly built room and praised the Rain Country’s rapid reconstruction.
  • Nagato reported that a thousand people had learned aquaculture, and Torikaze urged him to develop trade and economics as well.
  • Nagato told Torikaze that scouts from other nations had decreased, and Torikaze warned that they were preparing to attack Amegakure.
  • Torikaze promised Nagato that the Rain Country would remain safe, then left him to govern without interference.
  • Ōnoki questioned Rōsha about the Rain Country’s defenses, while the Raikage pressed him about its wealth and construction.
  • Rōsha, Ōnoki, and the Raikage agreed to strike the Rain Country and divide its territory afterward.

Ch. 1031Division

Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Rōsha agreed to invade the Rain Country and divide its territory under the guise of a peacekeeping war. Meanwhile, Torikaze waited in the Rain Country, unaware that the invasion was planned, and encouraged Yahiko to guide Nagato.

  • Ōnoki proposed that the three countries surprise the Rain Country while it was rebuilding, then divide its land among themselves.
  • Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Rōsha negotiated their shares, giving the Kazekage thirty-five percent and agreeing to mobilize for an invasion in one week.
  • The three leaders departed after declaring their planned conquest a war to liberate the Rain Country’s citizens from the Akatsuki.
  • Torikaze left his cabin in the morning and remarked that no problems had appeared during his stay in the Rain Country.
  • Torikaze praised Yahiko for befriending Nagato and urged him to keep guiding him away from the wrong path.

Ch. 1032A New War?

Torikaze encouraged Yahiko to keep guiding Nagato and Konan, while Konoha learned that Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure were massing troops near its borders. Minato Namikaze ordered Konoha's ninja to assemble, leaving the village prepared to defend itself if war came.

  • Torikaze praised Yahiko for befriending Nagato and urged him to guide Nagato and Konan, and Yahiko promised to return to Konoha when the time came.
  • Konoha's spies reported that Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure were rapidly advancing troops toward the borders, prompting Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi to discuss preparations.
  • Minato Namikaze ordered every ninja in Konoha to assemble, and notices and messengers spread the news throughout the village.
  • Twenty thousand ninja gathered beneath the Hokage Tower as villagers joined them to hear Minato Namikaze explain the threat.
  • Minato Namikaze said Konoha would stay out of conflicts between the other nations but would defend its home if they attacked, and the assembled ninja stood ready to protect the village.

Ch. 1033Always Ready

Minato Namikaze prepared Konoha for a possible war after learning that three countries had dispatched troops, while wondering whether Rain Country might be their real target. He and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to stay alert and seek aid from another world if Konoha faced danger.

  • Minato Namikaze ordered Konoha’s ninjas to remain ready for battle while he investigated the three countries’ intentions.
  • Minato Namikaze worried that Konoha might need help from Big Brother Torikaze, who was no longer in the village.
  • Uchiha Fugaku visited Minato Namikaze and suggested the three countries might be targeting Rain Country rather than Konoha.
  • Minato Namikaze and Fugaku agreed Konoha must prepare for war and could seek aid from another world if necessary.
  • Fugaku promised that the Uchiha Clan would charge at the front if war broke out.

Ch. 1034Mixed Feelings

Minato Namikaze sought help from Torikaze after learning that three nations had mobilized troops near Konoha. Torikaze explained they planned to attack the Rain Country and sent two Clones to protect Konoha and the Rain Country, leaving Minato and the village reassured.

  • Minato Namikaze told Uchiha Fugaku that he would seek aid from the other world and then traveled through the portal to Torikaze's World.
  • Minato told Torikaze that the Land of Wind, Land of Earth, and Land of Lightning had sent armies to the border, and Torikaze admitted he had forgotten to warn him about the situation.
  • Torikaze explained that Yahiko and Konan had transformed the Rain Country, drawing the three nations' interest, and said his Clone was already there preparing for war.
  • Torikaze created two Clones to accompany Minato back to Konoha and protect the village and the Rain Country.
  • Minato told Konoha's ninja that the allied armies planned to attack the Rain Country rather than Konoha, and the villagers stood down from battle preparations.

Ch. 1035Elder Council Meeting

Minato Namikaze called off Konoha’s preparations after learning the threat had been a misunderstanding, and he apologized to the villagers. At the Hokage Office, the Elders accepted his mistake and discussed Konoha’s future ties with Rain Country, while leaving village affairs in Minato’s hands.

  • Minato Namikaze told the gathered ninjas that Konoha was safe and sent them home, prompting mixed relief and frustration among the villagers.
  • Minato Namikaze issued a public apology, while villagers discussed the allied forces’ planned attack on Rain Country.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Elders met with Minato Namikaze, who apologized for acting before completing his investigation.
  • Minato Namikaze explained that Torikaze had invested two hundred million in Rain Country and that the three nations had targeted the investment; he said Torikaze’s clone would protect Konoha.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze agreed not to send Konoha’s forces to Rain Country and discussed opening trade with it.
  • Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Elders left Minato Namikaze to handle village affairs and returned home to rest.

Ch. 1036Collision

Torikaze waited in the Rain Country for the three-country alliance, intending to force its armies to withdraw before they could attack Amegakure. When the forces of the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth arrived, he confronted them and challenged Rōsha.

  • Minato reassured Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Elders that Konoha was safe, then resolved to become a more capable Hokage.
  • The forces of the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth gathered at the Rain Country's borders, planning to seize Amegakure and eliminate the Akatsuki leader.
  • Torikaze told Konan he was looking forward to the coming conflict and decided he might take her and the others away from Amegakure for a while.
  • Torikaze's Cloud-Mist Perception detected the incoming armies, and two of his clones moved above the forces of Sunagakure and the Land of Earth.
  • Torikaze descended before Rōsha, rejected his claim that the alliance had come to liberate the Rain Country, and challenged him to act.

Ch. 1037Rōsha's Breakdown

Torikaze stopped Rōsha’s invasion of the Rain Country by turning Sunagakure’s thirty thousand ninjas into crystal, then restored them after Rōsha begged for mercy. Rōsha withdrew his troops and vowed that Sunagakure would never wage war again, while Torikaze warned him that another attempt would destroy the village.

  • Torikaze dismissed Rōsha’s claims of justice and crystallized all thirty thousand Sunagakure ninjas.
  • Rōsha grieved over his army and begged Torikaze to spare the ninjas, while Torikaze rebuked him for invading the Rain Country.
  • Rōsha promised that Sunagakure would never start another war, and Torikaze restored the crystallized ninjas.
  • Torikaze warned Rōsha that Sunagakure would have no reason to exist if it invaded again, then ordered him to withdraw.
  • Rōsha sent the ninjas back to Sunagakure and remained behind, shaken by the consequences of his decision.

Ch. 1038Two Villages Submit

Rōsha returned to Sunagakure with all thirty thousand ninjas alive after promising never to wage war again. Torikaze spared Iwagakure’s sealed army, and Ōnoki agreed to serve him to save his people.

  • Rōsha admitted that Torikaze had defeated Sunagakure’s thirty thousand ninjas and returned them alive, then led them home after promising not to start another war.
  • Sunagakure’s ninjas supported Rōsha as he struggled with shame and despair over the failed invasion of the Rain Country.
  • Torikaze threatened to kill Iwagakure’s thirty thousand sealed ninjas and destroy the village, causing Ōnoki to faint.
  • Torikaze revived Ōnoki and explained that he had built up the Rain Country, which Iwagakure had tried to seize.
  • Ōnoki knelt and offered to do anything in exchange for his people’s lives, and Torikaze melted the Dark Ice to show they were alive.
  • Torikaze warned Ōnoki that he could kill the ninjas at any time, and Ōnoki agreed to obey him.

Ch. 1039Nagato's Excitement

Torikaze forced Ōnoki to retreat with Iwagakure’s army and accept that he would serve as acting Tsuchikage until a successor appeared. Back at the cave base, Nagato learned that the Rain Country was safe and vowed to develop it and help other small countries carefully.

  • Torikaze freed Ōnoki’s army from the Dark Ice and ordered Ōnoki to work for him and leave the Rain Country.
  • Ōnoki led Iwagakure’s army home, admitted his judgment had nearly doomed them, and agreed to remain acting Tsuchikage until a successor was found.
  • Torikaze’s clones returned to the cave base, where Nagato and Konan asked whether the invading armies had withdrawn.
  • Torikaze confirmed that the armies had left, and Nagato thanked him for protecting the Rain Country.
  • Nagato promised to make the Rain Country wealthy and help other small countries through fair exchanges, while Torikaze warned him not to help them blindly.

Ch. 1040Seeking Cooperation

Torikaze warned Nagato to make small countries earn his help, then offered Sunagakure hardy trees in exchange for friendly trade with the Rain Country. Rōsha agreed to serve Torikaze, who said he could be considered a person of Konoha.

  • Torikaze cautioned Nagato against trusting small countries too readily, and Nagato promised to set fair terms for helping them.
  • Torikaze’s clone defeated the Raikage in the Land of Rice Fields, and the Raikage promised not to violate other countries’ territories.
  • Torikaze left one clone in the Rain Country, sent another toward Sunagakure, and teleported to the Kazekage Building after resting in Amegakure.
  • Torikaze froze Rōsha’s guards and offered Sunagakure trees that could survive in the desert if it traded amicably with the Rain Country.
  • Rōsha agreed to serve Torikaze, and Torikaze told him he could consider him a person of Konoha.
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