Chapter Summaries

Torikaze secured Rōsha’s loyalty by promising to help Sunagakure and arranging thirty thousand trees to fight the wind and sand. After Hashirama grew the saplings, Torikaze brought them to Sunagakure, where villagers gathered to begin planting.

• Torikaze told Rōsha he would help him achieve his goals if he proved useful, and Rōsha pledged to serve him.
• Rōsha explained Torikaze’s arrival and the tree-planting plan to Chiyo and Ebizo, who urged him to build a good relationship with the powerful ninja.
• Torikaze visited Hashirama and asked him to grow thirty thousand saplings for Sunagakure.
• Hashirama created the trees, and Torikaze stored them in his Space Ring for transport.
• Torikaze arrived in Sunagakure with the trees, and Rōsha gathered villagers to start planting them.

Torikaze brought thirty thousand trees to Sunagakure, where Rōsha led the villagers in planting them around the village. With the trees planted but no water to nourish them, Torikaze rose into the sky and summoned dark clouds to make it rain.

• Torikaze arrived in Sunagakure and gave Rōsha thirty thousand trees for the villagers to plant.
• Rōsha rallied the villagers, who eagerly gathered to plant the trees around Sunagakure.
• Torikaze encouraged Rōsha to join the work, while Chiyo and Ebizo watched from the windbreak wall.
• The villagers planted all thirty thousand trees, but Sunagakure had no spare water to nourish them.
• Torikaze flew into the sky and summoned dark clouds, astonishing Chiyo as thunder and lightning gathered overhead.

Torikaze made it rain over Sunagakure after its residents planted 30,000 trees, then collected 3,000,000 Ryo from Rōsha. The next morning, the trees had grown into a vast forest surrounding the village, leaving Rōsha and the villagers cheering.

• Torikaze flew above Sunagakure and used his Cloud Release ninjutsu to bring torrential rain.
• Torikaze inspected the newly planted trees, then went to Rōsha's office and received 3,000,000 Ryo for the 30,000 trees.
• Rōsha watched the rain and spent the night in his office, grateful that Sunagakure's reservoirs could collect the water.
• The next morning, Rōsha rushed to the village entrance after his ninjas reported something had happened to the trees.
• Rōsha and the villagers found that the saplings had grown into a lush forest surrounding Sunagakure.

An overnight-growing forest transformed Sunagakure’s outlook, and Rōsha, Chiyo, and Ebizo came to regard Torikaze as the village’s benefactor. Rōsha proposed restarting gold metallurgy to fund further tree purchases, while Chiyo and Ebizo warned him that depleting the desert’s gold dust could weaken his Magnet Release.

• Rōsha arrived at Sunagakure and saw that the saplings planted the previous day had grown into a vast forest encircling the village.
• Sunagakure’s villagers cheered at the forest, and Rōsha decided Torikaze had saved the village and resolved to buy and plant more trees.
• Chiyo and Ebizo saw the forest and agreed that Rōsha’s meeting with Torikaze had been a blessing for Sunagakure.
• Chiyo set aside her grudge against Konoha for the village’s future, and Ebizo urged her to guide the children toward new possibilities.
• Rōsha asked Chiyo and Ebizo about restarting metallurgy, and they warned him that extracting too much gold dust could weaken his Magnet Release.

Rōsha resumed Sunagakure’s gold-refining project while Torikaze reassured Minato Namikaze that Konoha must develop through its own efforts. Back in his world, Torikaze found Kushina and Chisato discussing Naruto’s future training.

• Rōsha consulted Chiyo and Ebizo about restarting metallurgy, and they agreed as long as he preserved enough gold dust for his Magnet Release.
• Rōsha led shinobi into the desert to gather gold dust, then returned to Sunagakure so workers could refine it into gold.
• Torikaze told Minato Namikaze that the other three countries posed no threat and that Konoha should develop independently, while calling him to seek help if a major crisis arose.
• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds and found Kushina and Chisato discussing whether Naruto should learn the Flying Thunder God or forge his own path.
• Torikaze said Naruto could do both.

Torikaze explained to Chisato that he was developing Another World to strengthen Konoha against a possible Ōtsutsuki threat. After Kushina revealed that Fourth Kazekage Rōsha was coming to visit, Torikaze agreed to receive him while keeping the portal under Konoha’s control.

• Torikaze returned to the Cloud Clan Grounds and found Chisato and Kushina discussing Naruto’s future training.
• Torikaze told Chisato that developing Another World could help Konoha gather resources and prepare for the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Kushina said Fourth Kazekage Rōsha was coming to visit Konoha, and Torikaze agreed to welcome him.
• Chisato worried that other villages might use the portal, so Torikaze assured her that only their leadership would be allowed to cross.

Torikaze reassured Chisato that Konoha would restrict portal access, while Rōsha and Scorpion traveled to Konoha to discuss cooperation. The chapter ended with Rōsha negotiating increased electrical-appliance purchases and a shipment of trees for Sunagakure.

• Torikaze told Chisato that only Konoha’s leadership could use the portal for now, easing her fears about outsiders flooding the village.
• Four days later, Rōsha arrived in Konoha with Scorpion, who warned him against antagonizing Konoha and criticized Sunagakure’s elders for pursuing a sensitive matter.
• Minato Namikaze welcomed Rōsha and escorted the Sunagakure delegation to the Hokage Tower for talks.
• Rōsha asked to increase Sunagakure’s electrical-appliance purchases by fifty percent, but Minato offered a maximum increase of thirty percent due to factory capacity.
• Rōsha requested around twenty thousand trees from Konoha to plant new oases in Sunagakure.

Rōsha met with Minato to ask about Konoha’s closed borders, and Torikaze revealed that Konoha had opened a gateway to another world and conquered its Sunagakure. Torikaze offered to take Rōsha there, leaving him alarmed to learn that the other world’s Kazekage was also himself.

• Rōsha asked Minato to arrange twenty thousand trees for Sunagakure and questioned why Konoha had stopped accepting visitors.
• Minato explained that Konoha had restricted entry for a project overseen by the Third Hokage, and Torikaze appeared to address Rōsha.
• Torikaze accused Rōsha of probing Konoha’s recent changes and revealed that Konoha had built a gateway to another world.
• Torikaze said he had conquered the other world’s Sunagakure and would allow Sunagakure to send three people there every six months.
• Rōsha accepted Torikaze’s offer to visit and was startled when Torikaze said the other world’s Kazekage was Rōsha himself.

Rōsha visited another world with Torikaze and saw how its Sunagakure differed from his own village. After meeting his counterpart, he arranged to buy three hundred thousand trees to expand the village’s shelterbelt.

• Rōsha prepared to travel with Torikaze and told Scorpion he might be away until late.
• Torikaze brought Rōsha through the portal to Another World, where Rōsha saw that its Konoha lacked the cities of his world.
• Torikaze took Rōsha to Another World’s Sunagakure, and Rōsha observed its harsh desert and developing shelterbelt.
• Rōsha met his counterpart in the Kazekage’s office and discussed the village’s affairs with him.
• Rōsha asked Torikaze to arrange three hundred thousand trees for Sunagakure, and Torikaze agreed to have them delivered in a couple of days.

Rōsha bought three hundred thousand trees from Torikaze to help Sunagakure overcome its harsh desert environment. After Torikaze and the Kazekage departed, Rōsha and Granny Chiyo planned how to plant the trees and use any surplus.

• Torikaze agreed to deliver three hundred thousand trees, and Rōsha thanked him before he left with the Kazekage.
• Torikaze explained that Hashirama Senju's Six Paths Level Wood Release had given the trees their special properties.
• Rōsha told Granny Chiyo that Sunagakure had bought three hundred thousand trees and would use them to combat wind and sand.
• Rōsha agreed to reserve one thousand trees for decorating the village and to prioritize growing the forest over making puppets.
• Rōsha promised Granny Chiyo that any trees left over after planting would be available to her puppet forces.

Torikaze delivered three hundred thousand saplings to Sunagakure, and the villagers planted them in a forest encircling the village. He prepared a day-and-night downpour to help the trees grow, leaving Rōsha and Chiyo watching as he filled the sky with dark clouds.

• Rōsha reassured Chiyo that Sunagakure would plant the forest and let her puppet forces use any leftover trees.
• Torikaze returned with three hundred thousand trees produced by Hashirama, and Rōsha accepted them without counting.
• Torikaze warned Rōsha that the rain needed to nourish the saplings could endanger Sunagakure's mud-and-sand houses, then admitted he had a way to prevent damage.
• Sunagakure's villagers planted all three hundred thousand trees within a month, creating a forest around the village.
• Torikaze told Rōsha to keep everyone indoors during the coming day-and-night storm, then created a Cloud Orb and summoned dark clouds over Sunagakure.

Torikaze brought torrential rain to Sunagakure, helping its newly planted trees flourish into a vast forest. Rōsha, Chiyo, and Ebizo celebrated the transformation and paid Torikaze with refined gold, though he warned that the Land of Wind’s drought remained.

• Torikaze covered the sky in storm clouds and summoned torrential rain while Rōsha and Chiyo watched.
• Rōsha hurried home as the rain began, and Torikaze said he would return the next day to inspect Sunagakure’s new forest.
• After a day and night of rain, the village’s three hundred thousand planted trees flourished, and Rōsha, Chiyo, and Ebizo admired the forest.
• Rōsha paid Torikaze with refined gold, which Torikaze accepted as payment for their deal.
• Torikaze cautioned Rōsha that the drought still persisted, though the trees would stay healthy unless someone deliberately damaged them.

Rōsha accepted Torikaze’s deal for three hundred thousand trees, giving Sunagakure hope for a more stable future. Half a year later, Rain Country’s construction was largely complete, and Nagato planned to launch aquaculture cautiously by first arranging a partnership with Konoha.

• Torikaze accepted Rōsha’s payment and warned him that the Land of Wind’s drought would persist, though the trees would remain healthy if protected.
• Rōsha focused on developing Sunagakure rather than pursuing his former ambition of making it the strongest ninja village.
• After six months of peace, Rain Country completed its initial construction, and eighty percent of its citizens passed aquaculture training.
• Nagato thanked Yahiko, Konan, Kakashi, and the others for helping build and protect Rain Country.
• Nagato planned to distribute aquaculture sites, buy fish fry from Torikaze, and seek buyers before expanding production.
• Kakashi’s team offered to speak with Minato about an initial partnership between Konoha and Rain Country.

Yahiko and Konan left the rebuilt Rain Country and returned to Konoha, where Minato confirmed that Konoha would partner with Nagato on Rain Country’s aquaculture business. They set off for home, relieved that Torikaze had already arranged the country’s first market for its products.

• Nagato agreed to begin Rain Country’s aquaculture partnership with Konoha for one year before considering other countries.
• Yahiko and Konan said goodbye to Nagato after Rain Country’s reconstruction and returned to Konoha.
• Yahiko and Konan asked Minato to establish a one-year partnership so Rain Country could sell its aquatic products.
• Minato told Yahiko and Konan that Torikaze had already arranged Konoha’s cooperation with Rain Country.
• Yahiko and Konan left the Hokage Office and headed home to tell Torikaze they were safe.

Yahiko and Konan left the Hokage Office relieved that their master had resolved their friends’ difficulties. Kakashi Hatake chose to leave Konoha and return to Another World with his companions after Minato Namikaze gave his blessing.

• Yahiko and Konan discussed how Torikaze’s funding could help Rain Country become self-sustaining, then headed home to tell him they were safe.
• The Kakashi Squad returned from a year of training in Rain Country and asked Hatake to come back to Another World with them.
• Obito and Rin urged Hatake to leave Konoha, while Hatake hesitated because he wanted to help his teacher and the developing village.
• Obito brought Hatake and the others to Minato Namikaze and asked permission to take Hatake to their world.
• Minato agreed, explaining that Konoha could manage without Hatake and that his friends could help him escape his loneliness.
• Hatake apologized to Minato and chose to keep adventuring and living with his friends.

Kakashi Hatake accepted Minato Namikaze’s encouragement and chose to return to Torikaze’s World with his friends. Torikaze welcomed Hatake to live in Konoha, and the four friends began settling back into their home.

• Minato Namikaze told Kakashi Hatake to live for himself, and Kakashi decided to leave with his friends.
• Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Hatake returned through a portal to Torikaze’s World after spending a year on a mission in the Rain Country.
• The four friends talked about returning to village life and went to the Cloud Clan Grounds to ask Torikaze whether Hatake could stay.
• Torikaze welcomed Hatake to live in Konoha, then teased Obito about planning to pester him.

Torikaze welcomed Hatake to live in Konoha under Sakumo’s guardianship and rewarded him and the other three with Chakra Herbs for their year of combat work. The four returned home, where Hatake felt reassured that Torikaze had given him the herbs because he recognized his efforts.

• Torikaze agreed that Hatake could settle in Konoha and assigned Sakumo to care for him as his guardian.
• Torikaze praised Kakashi, Rin, Obito, and Hatake for improving through a year of fighting traitors and spies in the Rain Country.
• Torikaze gave each of the four Chakra Herbs suited to their attributes and strength, and told them they would receive no more rewards before reaching Kage-level.
• Kakashi, Rin, Obito, and Hatake discussed the Rain Country with Torikaze, then left to absorb their herbs and resume training the next day.
• Hatake worried that he did not deserve such precious herbs, but Kakashi reassured him that Torikaze’s gift showed his recognition, and the two went home together.

Kakashi, Obito, and the other children returned to Konoha and prepared to resume training, while Torikaze and Chisato enjoyed the village’s peaceful life. Three months later, Nagato and Konan prepared to seek Konoha’s cooperation for the Rain Country’s fish-farming plans.

• Kakashi reassured Obito that Grandmaster Torikaze’s gift was rightfully his, and the children returned home after their stay at the Cloud Clan Grounds.
• Yahiko and Konan reported to Torikaze, then went to the Hokage Tower to resume village missions.
• Torikaze told Chisato that Kakashi and the others would restart training, while Hogen remained safe as he gained experience in the other world.
• Torikaze and Chisato discussed their quiet life together, and Chisato went to cook braised pork for him.
• Three months later, Konan and Nagato prepared to travel to Konoha and seek a cooperation agreement to support the Rain Country’s fish-farming plans.

Nagato traveled to Konoha to secure cooperation for the Rain Country’s aquaculture program and found Minato Namikaze eager to support the partnership. The meeting ended with plans for broader cooperation, which Minato said he would have pursued even without Torikaze’s recommendation.

• Nagato and Konan prepared to seek Konoha’s help as the Rain Country’s rebuilt village and aquaculture grounds stood ready.
• Nagato left Amegakure, reached Konoha, and met Minato Namikaze at the village gate.
• Minato welcomed Nagato as a fellow student of Jiraiya and led him through Konoha, where villagers spoke positively about the Rain Country.
• Nagato proposed an aquaculture partnership and offered Konoha a friendship price.
• Minato told Nagato that Torikaze had already asked him to establish an aquaculture partnership and that Konoha could cooperate in tourism and agriculture as well.

Minato Namikaze and Nagato established a seafood trade partnership between Konoha and the Rain Country. When Jiraiya returned to Konoha, he reunited with Nagato and learned that Yahiko had died.

• Minato Namikaze explained that Konoha would cooperate with the Rain Country in seafood, tourism, agriculture, and other fields, and Nagato agreed to the partnership.
• Minato Namikaze and Nagato signed a one-year seafood trade agreement before Konoha's Elders.
• A ninja reported that Jiraiya had been spotted outside the village, so Minato Namikaze and Nagato went to meet him at the entrance to New City.
• Jiraiya recognized Nagato and asked where Yahiko and Konan were, and Nagato told him that Yahiko had died.
• Jiraiya mourned Yahiko and told Nagato not to blame himself for the loss.