Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara interrupted Hanzo’s fight with Han and Xiao Zi, prompting the Iwa-nin to abandon their assassination mission. Xiao Zi’s poison then took effect, and Madara stopped Han from intervening before forcing him to face two halberd strikes over a debt from Han’s earlier attack on his Secret Base.

• Kokuō recognized Uchiha Madara’s aura and urged Han to flee, while Madara arrived and was recognized by Hanzo as the legendary dance king.
• Xiao Zi and Han realized Madara was the dangerous figure Ōnoki had warned them about and decided to retreat from their mission to assassinate Hanzo.
• Hanzo’s delayed neurotoxin drove Xiao Zi mad, and Xiao Zi struck Han before attacking Hanzo.
• Madara blocked Han from helping Xiao Zi and confronted him over Han’s earlier destruction of his Secret Base, offering to forgive the debt if Han blocked three moves.
• Han charged Madara’s first halberd strike, Po Jun, and was thrown into rubble but remained conscious.
• Han attacked with Wu Shan Tiao, and Madara hit him out of the air with the second strike, Jue Kong.

Hanzo and the rain ninja fought to contain Xiao Zi, whose poison-fueled rampage grew into a Mechanical Four-Tails that devastated Amegakure. With the village threatened, Hanzo injected himself with five doses of Tailed Beast medicine and prepared to make one last stand.

• Han overwhelmed Han with Uchiha Madara’s halberd and sent him flying, while Hanzo continued fighting the rampaging Xiao Zi elsewhere in Amegakure.
• Hanzo poisoned and wounded Xiao Zi, but the toxins drove him to draw more power from Son Gokū and transform into Mechanical Four-Tails.
• The Iwa Ninja retreated, and the rain ninja turned back toward the village as Mechanical Four-Tails began raining fire over Amegakure.
• Uchiha Madara left with Black Zetsu Uchiha Sasuke, explaining that the mechanical transformation would end on its own after ten minutes.
• Hydrangea brought Hanzo Tailed Beast medicine, and the Great Elder reunited with him after the rain ninja repelled the Iwa Ninja.
• Hanzo urged the rain ninja to protect Amegakure’s homes, then injected himself with five doses of medicine and prepared to fight again.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade discovered that the Mechanical Four-Tails was destroying Amegakure and watched Hanzo arrive with the enormous Ibuse to defend the village. Hanzo revealed that Ibuse was his old friend Maruta, brought back through his Chakra, and prepared to unleash a powerful combination technique against the Mechanical Four-Tails.

• Orochimaru returned to the shelter with Yahiko and Nagato and told Jiraiya and Tsunade that the third child was with the Second Earth Shadow and that Iwagakure’s invasion was led by Zi and Han.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade left the shelter and saw the Mechanical Four-Tails setting Amegakure ablaze.
• Jiraiya prepared to intervene, but Tsunade reminded him that the Rain shinobi had to protect their own home, and he saw them continue fighting the Mechanical Four-Tails.
• Hanzo arrived atop Ibuse and used the giant creature’s poisonous breath and tail to drive back the Mechanical Four-Tails and protect the Rain shinobi.
• Orochimaru realized Ibuse had no life force and was made from Chakra, while Hanzo explained that he had materialized his old friend Maruta using the energy from five Tailed Beast serums.
• Hanzo told Maruta to show the Mechanical Four-Tails Ibuse’s power and began the Bonds Combination Technique: Family of Three Technique.

Hanzo used multiple Ibuse to fight the Mechanical Four-Tails while Jiraiya and the others helped Amegakure’s villagers evacuate. The third Ibuse swallowed the machine, but Son Goku remained inside it, and Han was left hoping the tailed beast could deal with being trapped in its stomach.

• Ibuse’s venom and Son Goku’s counterattack shook Amegakure, while Uchiha Madara ordered Uchiha Sasuke and three Clones to shield the dance studio with a Four Red Yang Formation.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade discovered that a second Ibuse was a Clone, as earthquakes forced villagers to flee their damaged shelter.
• Jiraiya rescued the Boss Lady and carried the sleeping Yahiko and Nagato, while Hydrangea organized the evacuation and calmed the villagers by telling them Hanzo was fighting for them.
• After the villagers moved away, Hanzo sent a third Ibuse out from underground, and it swallowed the Mechanical Four-Tails.
• Hydrangea and the villagers celebrated, while Hanzo endured the potion’s backlash and learned from Maruta that the machine was being digested; nearby, Han worried about Son Goku inside it.

Xiao Zi and Son Gokū escaped Ibuse after the Mechanical Four-Tails burst out, while Hanzo’s serum-powered body began to fail. Hanzo gathered Amegakure’s forces to confront the Iwa Ninja, but the encounter ended with his threat about poisoned growth leaving the men around him tightening their gas masks.

• Son Gokū woke Xiao Zi inside the swallowed Mechanical Four-Tails and took control of the damaged machine to escape Ibuse’s stomach.
• Hanzo collapsed from the serum’s effects, ordered Hydrangea to rename it Nebula Gas, and learned that Ibuse was in agony as the Mechanical Four-Tails broke free.
• Hanzo prepared a final attack, but the Mechanical Four-Tails vanished when Xiao Zi’s Beast Fist Fusion ended, and the weakened Xiao Zi reunited with Han.
• Hanzo faced Xiao Zi and Han as the Great Elder and Amegakure’s forces arrived, while Han urged Xiao Zi to flee before Shukaku appeared.
• Hanzo claimed his venom would stop Xiao Zi’s growth, prompting the men nearby to tighten their gas masks.

Han and Xiao Zi escaped Amegakure after Chiyo trapped them with Magnet Release sand, while weakened Hanzo was left to recover. Chiyo then urged Hanzo to prepare for war with Iwagakure and offered to introduce him to an expert who could help with his Abdominal Mouth.

• Han carried the furious Xiao Zi toward the village outskirts, but Hanzo collapsed from weakness before he could stop them.
• Chiyo arrived and blocked Han's escape with a Sand Wall, but Han broke through it and fled with Xiao Zi.
• Hanzo abandoned the pursuit and let Hydrangea treat him as his armor disappeared, revealing the Abdominal Mouth embedded in his body.
• Chiyo met Hanzo at Amegakure's headquarters and pressed him to fight Iwagakure, promising Sunagakure's full support.
• Hanzo described the Abdominal Mouth as a new Amegakure ninja tool, and Chiyo offered to introduce him to an expert.

Uchiha Gin reunited with Orochimaru and Tsunade in Konoha and learned that Jiraiya had stayed behind to help a widow raise her child. Orochimaru revealed that Iwagakure had attacked Amegakure and that Hanzo had become a Knight, leaving Gin wondering whether the fighting had affected property prices there.

• Uchiha Gin recognized Orochimaru and Tsunade's staged street prank and learned Jiraiya would miss New Year's because he was helping a widowed restaurant owner raise her child.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade told Uchiha Gin their mission had ended early, then reported that Iwagakure had attacked Amegakure, killing or injuring over a hundred rain ninja and killing two officials.
• Orochimaru said Hanzo had become a Knight during the attack and showed Gin a sketch of him atop Ibuse.
• Orochimaru explained that Hanzo had nearly died and survived only because the Third Kazekage arrived to save him.
• Uchiha Gin wondered whether the conflict had affected housing prices in Amegakure.

Uchiha Gin learned that Iwagakure and Amegakure had gone to war and discussed lending Iwagakure money and selling supplies with Uchiha Tajima. In Konoha, Danzo celebrated the conflict, rewarded Jiraiya, and sent Tsunade and Orochimaru to the Wind Country while Hiruzen warned him not to interfere.

• Uchiha Gin followed a clan member to Uchiha Tajima, who showed him Iwagakure's loan applications and asked whether he could develop Dust Release.
• Uchiha Gin agreed to try researching Dust Release and suggested that Uchiha Tajima approach Sunagakure about selling strategic supplies.
• Uchiha Gin warned Uchiha Tajima that Konoha might refuse to sell strategic supplies to Sunagakure.
• Danzo praised Tsunade and Orochimaru for their intelligence, rewarded Jiraiya for staying in Amegakure, and ordered Hiruko to deliver the reward.
• Danzo assigned Tsunade and Orochimaru to travel to the Wind Country and contact Hatake Sakumo and the others.
• Hiruzen emerged from the shadows and warned Danzo not to get involved in the fighting between the Earth and Rain Countries.

Uchiha Gin celebrated New Year in Konoha while learning that the village had restricted essential exports to Wind Country amid the war. At Konoha’s gates, Reimu and Miroku arrived seeking Gin, and Hydrangea came to consult him about her artificial Knight System.

• Senju Itama woke Uchiha Gin, and he set off the household’s New Year firecrackers with Uchiha Hikari.
• Senju Itama and Uchiha Hikari went shopping, while Uchiha Gin secretly healed his bruises and headed into Konoha.
• Uchiha Gin learned that Konoha required Root’s approval for key exports after a Wind Country merchant was refused grain.
• Uchiha Gin realized the restrictions could drive Wind Country’s trading companies to seek supplies from Wave Country.
• Reimu and Miroku reached Konoha with Hydrangea, who hoped to find Uchiha Gin for advice on her artificial Knight System.
• Reimu told the gate guard that she and Miroku were visiting Uchiha Gin, claiming he had promised them a good life.

Reimu and Miroku arrived in Konoha seeking Uchiha Gin, whom Reimu believed was Miroku’s father, and met Minato and Kushina while looking for food. As Minato guided them through the village, he noticed Hydrangea following them and called the Uchiha Police Force for help.

• A Konoha gate staff member recognized Uchiha Gin’s name, gave Reimu his address, and nervously welcomed her and Miroku as Gin’s family.
• Hydrangea entered Konoha seeking her master, overheard Reimu and Miroku’s conversation, and secretly followed them.
• Reimu and Miroku met Minato and Kushina, who offered to show them around Konoha in exchange for romantic fortunes.
• Reimu foresaw a difficult future for Minato and Kushina but told them they would have a chubby son together.
• Minato led Reimu, Miroku, and Kushina toward a fried chicken shop while explaining Konoha’s history and landmarks.
• Minato noticed Hydrangea tailing the group and called to the Uchiha Police Force for help.

Hydrangea joined Minato's sightseeing party after the Police Force cleared up a misunderstanding, while Uchiha Chiri learned that gossip claimed Uchiha Gin had a child with a foreign woman. Uchiha Hikari tracked Gin to the Fried Chicken Shop, where he suppressed her tracking mark and overheard strangers insulting him.

• The Uchiha Police Force questioned Hydrangea after Minato reported her following the group, but Minato confirmed he did not know her and accepted her explanation.
• Minato invited Hydrangea to join the group heading to the Fried Chicken Shop, where she discussed women's figures with Kushina, Reimu, and Miroku.
• Uchiha Chiri told Uchiha Hikari and Senju Itama that a rumor claimed Uchiha Gin had fathered a child with a foreign woman.
• Uchiha Hikari activated Yachihoko to locate Gin, and Gin suppressed the tracking mark on his hand.
• Gin ordered fried chicken and overheard youths identify him as the man with a portrait in someone's grandfather's study.

Uchiha Gin cornered a Shimura youth over rumors about him and learned that Uchiha Fugaku had sold the story for ten thousand ryo. Hydrangea accidentally entered the men's restroom while eavesdropping, and the chapter ended with Xiao Xiao Guang and her guardians confronting Gin after finding him supporting Hydrangea.

• Uchiha Gin caught the Shimura youth spreading gossip and escorted him to the restroom to question him.
• Minato arrived at the fried chicken shop with Reimu and the others, while Hydrangea went to look for the restroom.
• Hydrangea overheard the Shimura youth say he had bought information about Uchiha Gin from Uchiha Fugaku for ten thousand ryo.
• Hydrangea slipped into the men's restroom and vomited after Gin opened a stall containing a fly-covered strawberry tower.
• Uchiha Gin offered Hydrangea fried chicken as an apology and helped her up, prompting Xiao Xiao Guang, Senju Itama, and Uchiha Chiri to confront him with murderous glares.

Uchiha Gin was suspected of secretly fathering a child after Hydrangea came to Konoha seeking him, but the interrogation revealed that she had no child and was not the woman from the rumor. Reimu then revealed that she had brought Miroku from the Rain Country to find Gin, and Gin realized the registration clerk who sent her to him had been involved.

• Uchiha Hikari, Uchiha Chiri, and Senju Itama confronted Uchiha Gin, and Uchiha Chiri hypnotized Hydrangea to question her.
• Hydrangea said she had come from the Rain Country to find Uchiha Gin, prompting Hikari and the others to attack him until he escaped into the Shadow Realm.
• Reimu arrived and said she knew Hydrangea, but clarified that Hydrangea had come to Konoha alone and had no child.
• Reimu revealed that she had brought Miroku from the Rain Country to seek refuge with Uchiha Gin, making Hikari and the others suspect she was the woman in the rumor.
• Uchiha Gin reappeared with fried chicken and asked Reimu whether the Konoha gate clerk who registered her had carried the Uchiha symbol; Reimu confirmed it and said the clerk had told her to take good care of him.

Uchiha Fugaku made money selling false intelligence, then went to buy limited-edition fried chicken with Namikaze Minato and encountered Uchiha Gin’s group at the shop. After Fugaku learned the flavor had sold out, his Great Uncle appeared behind him, leaving Fugaku facing the consequences of his gossip.

• Uchiha Fugaku refused to refund a Shimura clan boy for false intelligence, and the boy falsely assured him that the honey mustard fried chicken was still available.
• Uchiha Fugaku met Namikaze Minato outside the Fried Chicken Shop and boasted that he had earned money by selling information.
• Uchiha Gin treated Kushina, Miroku, Reimu, and Uchiha Hikari to honey mustard fried chicken while they questioned him about Hydrangea and his connection to her.
• Miroku explained that Reimu had spent the travel money helping poor villagers pay for medicine and treatment.
• Uchiha Fugaku discovered that the limited flavor had sold out and realized his earnings came from spreading romantic gossip about his Great Uncle.
• Uchiha Fugaku nervously wondered whether his Great Uncle would forgive his prank, and his Great Uncle answered from behind him.

Uchiha Gin punished Fugaku for spreading embellished rumors, and Fugaku nearly awakened his Mangekyo after losing his pocket money. After Fugaku was ordered to correct the rumors, Gin took Reimu and Miroku to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where Miroku would begin her new life.

• Uchiha Gin collected Fugaku’s rumor profits as compensation, beat him with Reimu’s Demon Subduing Staff, and cut off his pocket money until adulthood.
• Fugaku’s grief over losing his allowance briefly stirred his Dojutsu Power, but his Mangekyo awakening stalled before completion.
• Uchiha Gin promised Fugaku a birthday red envelope and ordered him to clarify the rumors within one day.
• Uchiha Chiri reclaimed three coins from Gin as refunds for the buyers, and the group finished their meal at the Fried Chicken Shop.
• Uchiha Gin reassured Miroku that she could eat fried chicken in Konoha and brought her and Reimu toward the Uchiha Clan Grounds as their new home.

Uchiha Gin brought Reimu and Miroku to Uchiha Lucha’s residence and arranged for them to take over Nanga River Shrine. Reimu learned the shrine received an annual budget of one million and eagerly reconsidered returning to her relatives in the Demon Country.

• Uchiha Gin intimidated the gossiping clan members and took a box of pastries from Uchiha Tesho.
• Uchiha Gin led Reimu and Miroku to Uchiha Lucha’s luxurious residence, where they learned Lucha was a former Managing Elder.
• Uchiha Gin introduced Reimu and Miroku as traditional priestesses and suggested that they perform regular blessings at Nanga River Shrine.
• Uchiha Lucha agreed to let Reimu and Miroku move into Nanga River Shrine and offered to assign them servants, but Reimu declined.
• Uchiha Lucha asked whether the shrine’s one-million annual budget would be enough, and Reimu eagerly asked Uchiha Gin if the budget was real.

Hydrangea arrived seeking Uchiha Gin as a teacher but mistook Uchiha Lucha for the lecherous man and attacked with poison needles and a Tailed Beast Chakra pendant. Gin stopped her, revealed Lucha’s bizarre humiliation, and learned why she had come, but Hydrangea still did not learn Gin’s identity.

• Uchiha Lucha questioned the unconscious Hydrangea, and Senju Itama accidentally woke her while searching for identification.
• Hydrangea mistook Lucha for Uchiha Gin, accused him of assault, and attacked with poison needles before drawing a ruby pendant containing Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Uchiha Gin seized the pendant and reflected Lucha’s eye technique, which caused Lucha to suffer an embarrassing transformation in front of everyone.
• Hydrangea told Gin she had come to seek Uchiha Gin as a teacher, then refused to say who had introduced her until he answered her question about his identity.
• Hydrangea warned Reimu to leave Gin, but Reimu defended her new boss by slapping Hydrangea’s chest, and Gin denied responsibility for Reimu’s actions.

Hydrangea revealed that she was Amegakure’s chief scientist and showed Uchiha Gin her research into purified Tailed Beast Chakra. Gin demonstrated his Chakra Solidification Technique, and Hydrangea asked him to teach her; a letter from Little Chiyo secured her introduction, while Uchiha Chiri escorted her to the bathroom and claimed the handkerchief Gin had given her.

• Hydrangea doubted Gin’s identity until he showed her his ID and a stack of membership and identification cards.
• Gin recognized that Hydrangea’s ruby pendant contained Tailed Beast Chakra, and she confessed her identity and mission to learn from Konoha’s First Developer.
• Gin shattered the pendant and used Chakra Solidification Technique to turn the released gas into a red artificial Chakra Fruit, astonishing Hydrangea.
• Hydrangea begged Gin to teach her, but Senju Itama accused her of trying to use a honey trap on Gin and struck her.
• Hydrangea presented a letter from Little Chiyo, and Gin recognized its sender and welcomed her as the recommender’s junior.
• Uchiha Chiri used the Body Flicker Technique to take Hydrangea to the bathroom, then demanded the handkerchief Gin had given her.

Uchiha Gin accepted Hydrangea as his disciple and demonstrated that his Chakra Solidification Technique could temporarily grant great power without harming her meridians. After learning that Hanzo was becoming less human following the Abdominal Mouth transplant, Gin offered a way to save him by transforming his body into a mechanical life-form, and Hydrangea revealed that Amegakure could pay.

• Uchiha Chiri accepted Hydrangea as Uchiha Gin's disciple on his behalf, and Gin gave her the name Old Eight.
• Uchiha Gin fed Hydrangea a Chakra Fruit, briefly surrounding her with a powerful red Chakra cloak before the effect wore off.
• Hydrangea explained that she had transplanted half of Abdominal Mouth onto Hanzo after conducting compatibility tests.
• Hydrangea told Uchiha Gin that Hanzo was becoming less and less human and asked whether he could be saved.
• After learning Hydrangea controlled Amegakure's finances, Uchiha Gin proposed transforming Hanzo into a mechanical life-form compatible with Abdominal Mouth.

Uchiha Gin took Reimu and Miroku into his home while claiming his sponsorship of Hydrangea was meant to preserve peace in the Ninja World. As the newcomers settled in, Uchiha Hikari's attempt to hide that she had given Reimu her own intimate clothing nearly exposed her feelings for Gin.

• Gin sent Hydrangea back to Amegakure and defended taking her as a student, saying he wanted to prevent war from spreading through the Ninja World.
• Gin promised Reimu shrine funding, then invited Reimu and Miroku to stay at his house until the shrine could take them in.
• Senju Itama brought the newcomers clean clothes, and Hikari gave Reimu a pink bag containing intimate clothing that appeared to be her own.
• Gin nearly revealed that the clothing belonged to Hikari, so she trapped him in Tsukuyomi and inflicted phantom pain before he announced a welcome party.
• After Reimu and Miroku washed and changed, Reimu claimed Hikari's clothes were tight, and Miroku exposed her lie by saying she had stuffed them with padding.