Recaps

Nara Kaikei sought Nagato’s Rinnegan and learned that Uchiha Madara had implanted it, while Nagato asked Konoha to help bring peace to the Land of Rain. As Hanzo attacked Akatsuki and Jiraiya fell to poison, Kaikei intervened, restrained Hanzo, and turned his attention to the salamander.

• Nara Kaikei told Nara Shikaku about the Rinnegan and his plan to travel to the Land of Rain, then informed Jiraiya that Akatsuki’s leaders were his former disciples.
• Nara Kaikei trained with Tsunade and Sage Katsuyu in Shikkotsu Forest, helped Tsunade enter Wood Style Sage Mode, defeated her in a spar, and discovered the Hundred Healings Technique in an S-rank scroll.
• Nara Kaikei traveled to Akatsuki’s base and claimed Nagato’s Rinnegan, revealing that Nagato’s parents were Senju Ise and Uzumaki Fusang and that Uchiha Madara had been the eyes’ original owner.
• Nagato offered his Rinnegan in exchange for peace, and Nara Kaikei proposed that Konoha help Akatsuki take control of the Land of Rain by defeating Hanzo.
• Hanzo led Amegakure’s forces against Akatsuki, and Jiraiya confronted him while Nara Kaikei stayed ready to protect Nagato’s eyes.
• Hanzo poisoned and overwhelmed Jiraiya, so Nagato offered his eyes in exchange for Jiraiya’s life, and Nara Kaikei attacked Hanzo and forced him to pause.
• Nara Kaikei restrained Hanzo with Shadow Tentacles, but Hanzo’s salamander emerged and sprayed poison mist as Kaikei focused on another target.

Nara Kaikei seized Nagato’s Rinnegan and stopped Hanzo’s attack, then secured a research and military alliance with Kazahana Sōsetsu in the Land of Snow. After Black Zetsu began targeting the Namikaze family, Kaikei strengthened Konoha’s defenses and developed a Chakra Crystal that produced Sage Chakra.

• Nara Kaikei rescued Nagato from Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, defeated Hanzo, and removed Nagato’s Rinnegan before entrusting it to Katsuyu.
• Yahiko and Konan helped Nagato receive replacement eyes, and Kaikei returned to Konoha after leaving Jiraiya to handle the aftermath in the Land of Rain.
• Nara Kaikei sent Minato Namikaze to protect Kazahana Sōsetsu, who ended the Land of Snow’s civil war and revealed his Natural Energy-powered heating device and Chakra Armor.
• Kazahana Sōsetsu and Nara Kaikei exchanged research, and Kaikei learned that the Rainbow Ice Wall research explained ways to manipulate solar energy.
• Nara Kaikei sent a Pig Deer Butterfly team led by Uchiha Shisui to the Land of Snow, where Sōsetsu’s government moved Yukigakure closer to Konoha’s control.
• Black Zetsu searched Konoha for the Rinnegan, sensed Asura’s Chakra in Naruto Namikaze, and watched the Namikaze family from underground.
• Nara Kaikei identified the watcher as Zetsu, warned Minato and Kushina, and ordered Konoha’s barriers upgraded to detect abnormal Chakra and Natural Energy.
• Nara Kaikei and Kazahana Sōsetsu modified a Chakra Crystal to produce Sage Chakra, creating the Limestone Forest Sage Chakra Crystal.

Nara Kaikei developed Shadow Release and maneuvered Pakura toward becoming Sunagakure’s Fifth Kazekage while taking Gaara and confronting Shukaku. The arc ended with Shukaku rejecting Kaikei’s offer to accept Gaara in exchange for a future chance at freedom.

• Nara Kaikei created Abyss Release and then Shadow Release, raising his evaluation to S (Super Kage-level) as he continued developing new Sage Mode and Kekkei Tōta techniques.
• Nara Kaikei tested Pakura, declared her strong enough to become Kazekage, and advised her to rescue Ebizo and earn Sunagakure’s support.
• Black Zetsu recruited Orochimaru with White Zetsu specimens and Madara’s secrets, and Orochimaru used their help to create a new body and pursue Sage Mode at Ryūchi Cave.
• Nara Kaikei warned Nara Shikaku that Rasa had ordered Gaara’s assassination, then joined Pakura in Sunagakure and subdued Rasa with genjutsu.
• Nara Kaikei persuaded Pakura to let Gaara leave with him, and Pakura moved to claim the position of Fifth Kazekage.
• Gaara chose to leave Sunagakure with Nara Kaikei, but Shukaku broke free of his seal and attacked them in the desert.
• Nara Kaikei bound Shukaku, told him that Kokuō had been freed, and offered him a future chance at freedom if he accepted Gaara, but Shukaku rejected the offer and retreated into the seal.

Nara Kaikei brought Gaara to Nara Forest and arranged for Kushina and Minato to care for him, then confronted Orochimaru at his Land of Fields base. After defeating Edo Madara and sealing Black Zetsu, Kaikei left Orochimaru alive, and the completed missions earned him two Ninja Scrolls.

• Nara Kaikei brought Gaara to Nara Forest, where Shukaku grew jealous of Kokuō, and arranged for Kushina and Minato to become Gaara’s guardians.
• After learning Orochimaru had invited him and Tsunade to meet, Nara Kaikei tracked Orochimaru to the Land of Fields and confronted him with Tsunade.
• Nara Kaikei and Tsunade battled Orochimaru through his Sage Arts and Yamata no Orochi form before Kaikei restrained him with Shadow techniques.
• Orochimaru summoned Uchiha Madara with Impure World Reincarnation, and Nara Kaikei fought and defeated Madara before sealing him in a scroll.
• Nara Kaikei pursued Orochimaru to his laboratory, sealed Black Zetsu in the Amber Purifying Pot, and watched Orochimaru turn White Zetsu Tobi into a puppet.
• Orochimaru offered White Zetsu Tobi to Nara Kaikei and abandoned their challenge, while Kaikei completed the missions and received an S-Rank and an SS-Rank Ninja Scroll.