Chapter Summaries

Su Xiao agreed to join the Akatsuki after Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki came to recruit him. As they traveled to meet the leader, he considered how the organization could help him find Tailed Beasts before his mission deadline.

• Su Xiao recognized Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki and learned that the Akatsuki wanted him to join.
• Su Xiao accepted the offer, asked about the organization's benefits, and followed Itachi and Kisame on Bubu Wang.
• Itachi told Kisame that Su Xiao would be a full member who could restrain Jinchuriki in close combat during the Tailed Beast capture plan.
• Su Xiao considered using the Akatsuki to reach Tailed Beasts and gain Chakra, while remaining wary of Zetsu, Obito Uchiha, and Itachi.
• Su Xiao remembered that he had thirty-two hours left before his mission deadline.

Su Xiao traveled with Kisame and Itachi to the Rain Ninja Village to join Akatsuki, while Nagato sensed his arrival through the village’s rain barrier. The chapter ended with Nagato summoning Konan as the newcomers approached.

• Su Xiao told Kisame and Itachi that Kirigakure ANBU were pursuing him and that he wanted to kill the Mizukage.
• Su Xiao, Kisame, and Itachi traveled through the night toward Akatsuki’s headquarters in the Rain Ninja Village.
• As the rain barrier’s chakra fell on Su Xiao, his Blue Steel Shadow energy destroyed it, and Itachi and Samehada sensed the unusual energy.
• Kisame said he would take Su Xiao to meet the leader, while Su Xiao noticed that Itachi’s life force seemed weakened.
• Nagato called for Konan in the dark tower, and she entered the room where he sat connected to an iron control device.

Su Xiao joined Akatsuki after convincing Konan of his abilities and negotiating help against the Mist Ninja pursuit. His choice sharply increased the world’s difficulty, and his new Main Quest required him to assist Nagato in destroying Konoha Village.

• Nagato told Konan that the new arrival, Byakuya, had tried to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage and ordered her to observe him carefully.
• Konan and Kisame met Su Xiao, who agreed to join Akatsuki but demanded help dealing with the Mist Ninja pursuit.
• Su Xiao listed his skills and explained demolition techniques in such detail that Konan accepted he had real expertise.
• Konan welcomed Su Xiao into Akatsuki, and he submitted his completed Main Quest for 3,000 Paradise Coins.
• The world difficulty rose to Lv.34, and Su Xiao received the Main Quest to assist Nagato in destroying Konoha Village within 60 days.

After joining the Akatsuki, Su Xiao received its ring and cloak and was assigned to a team under observation. He planned to earn the organization's trust and hunt the Jinchuriki before dealing with the Violator and the coming attack on Konoha.

• Konan gave Su Xiao the Akatsuki cloak and Ring of Emptiness, which let members communicate and locate one another through Astral Projection Technique.
• Konan told Su Xiao to find his partners in the Land of Rivers and warned him not to reveal Akatsuki secrets or let his teammates kill him.
• Su Xiao realized Konan had added him as a third member of a team so the other two could watch him.
• Su Xiao decided to build the Akatsuki's trust, hunt the Tailed Beasts, kill the Violator, and then assist Nagato in destroying Konoha.
• Su Xiao chose not to pursue the Contractors' battle or the Demon Hunter Set unless he encountered an opportunity without facing overwhelming opposition.

Su Xiao visited Rain Village’s Faction Shop and found several valuable techniques and items, including the Space Secret Pattern and Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique. After leaving to locate other Akatsuki members, he received a signal from Nagato through his Ring of Emptiness.

• Su Xiao entered Rain Village’s heavily guarded Faction Shop using the Ring of Emptiness and reviewed its exchange list.
• Su Xiao considered acquiring the Space Secret Pattern and planned to barter with Uchiha Itachi for Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Su Xiao left Rain Village to determine how long the other Contractors would remain in the world.
• Su Xiao traveled toward the River Country with Bubu Wang, and the Ring of Emptiness began sensing a nearby Akatsuki signal.
• Su Xiao was thrown by Bubu Wang’s drift, then received a stronger signal from Nagato and used Astral Projection Technique.

Su Xiao attended an Akatsuki meeting as its new member, then traveled to the Land of Rivers to meet Sasori, his assigned partner. After defeating a Sound Shinobi Village follower sent by Orochimaru, Su Xiao earned Sasori’s confidence and went with him to meet their other partner.

• Su Xiao joined an Akatsuki projection meeting, where Deva Path introduced him as Byakuya and assigned Itachi to watch Orochimaru.
• Deva Path told Sasori to stay after dismissing the other members, and Su Xiao resumed his journey toward the Land of Rivers.
• At Jue Mo Bridge, Su Xiao met Sasori, who explained that the leader had temporarily assigned them to a team because of Su Xiao’s special circumstances and important role.
• Su Xiao noticed a follower in the forest, chased him down, and returned with the badly injured Sound Shinobi Village sensor.
• Su Xiao identified the follower as one of Orochimaru’s people, and Sasori accepted him as a reliable partner before leading him to meet their other partner.

Su Xiao joined Sasori and Deidara at a wilderness camp as they prepared to assassinate the Daimyo of River Country. After Su Xiao and Deidara compared their bomb-making abilities, Sasori announced the target was approaching and Deidara offered Su Xiao an aerial vantage point.

• Su Xiao arrived at Sasori's camp and learned that their mission was to assassinate the Daimyo of River Country, who was expected to pass nearby.
• Deidara returned from collecting clay, met Su Xiao, and recognized the strange smell of bombs on him.
• Su Xiao showed Deidara his Alchemy Bombs, and the two discussed their materials and how to control them without revealing their core secrets.
• Deidara used Nen to shape Su Xiao's Alchemy Bomb into a flying bird, impressing Su Xiao, who asked how he made it fly.
• Sasori warned that the Daimyo would arrive in half an hour, and Deidara created a giant Clay Bird to give Su Xiao an elevated vantage point.

Su Xiao and Deidara ambushed the River Country Daimyo’s escort from the air, killing Kitada Ryota with a sniper rifle. As the surviving guards and contractors hid behind the carriage, Deidara prepared to use clay birds to flush them out.

• Zimo spotted a bird in the sky, and Su Xiao’s sniper fire killed the guard captain and several others.
• Zimo recognized the attacker as Akatsuki member Deidara, while his teammates dismissed the warning and the horses were shot.
• Su Xiao riddled the carriage with bullets and killed the Daimyo of River Country, Kitada Ryota, earning World Source and completing Akatsuki’s mission.
• Su Xiao and Deidara agreed to eliminate the remaining witnesses as Zimo, his teammates, and the surviving guards stayed trapped behind the carriage.
• Deidara grew impatient with the standoff and released fast-flying Twin-Winged Birds made from clay.

Su Xiao and Deidara ambushed the daimyo’s carriage convoy, killing its guards and contractors until only Zimo remained. Zimo’s pleas for help brought no rescue, and Su Xiao killed him as Deidara descended to inspect the aftermath.

• Deidara’s clay bird blew up the carriage, and Su Xiao shot Horse-Face Man through the neck as he fell.
• Zimo hid in a ditch while Su Xiao’s shots missed, then used the Derivative World Contact Platform to ask his Blood Gate teammates for help.
• Gulu mocked Zimo and warned that Blood Gate’s leader would not intervene against Akatsuki.
• Su Xiao shot Zimo in the leg, then broke his elemental shields with repeated shots and killed him with a headshot.
• Deidara lowered the Big Bird to inspect the bodies as a voice shouted, “Wild Lion Mane Technique!”

Su Xiao, Deidara, and Sasori encountered Jiraiya, one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, and attacked him. Su Xiao wounded Jiraiya in a close-range clash, but Jiraiya caught him in his hair and prepared a counterattack before sensing danger and changing tactics.

• Jiraiya emerged from beneath the ground and identified Deidara, Sasori, Su Xiao, and Bubu Wang as Akatsuki members and their companion.
• Deidara and Sasori supported Su Xiao as he charged Jiraiya, who blocked Sasori's poisoned Senbon and Deidara's explosive Clay Centipede.
• Jiraiya trapped Su Xiao in the Swamp of the Underworld and attacked with flames, but Su Xiao's Shelter shield let him press forward.
• Su Xiao struck Jiraiya with Inch Break, cutting his chest and sending Blue Steel Shadow energy into his body, while Jiraiya's hair pierced Su Xiao.
• Jiraiya hoisted Su Xiao into the air with his hair and formed a Rasengan, then noticed Su Xiao's smile and abandoned it to form hand seals.

Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara coordinated their attacks against Jiraiya and his summoned toad, Gamaken. Jiraiya survived their opening assault, but the trio’s tactics wounded Gamaken and left Jiraiya under growing pressure as Deidara began bombing the battlefield.

• Su Xiao escaped Jiraiya’s Great Flame Bomb on Deidara’s Clay Bird, while Sasori and Su Xiao praised their teamwork.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamaken and instructed him to hold off Su Xiao and Sasori as Jiraiya targeted Deidara.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage and attacked Jiraiya with Iron Sand, while Su Xiao took a sniping position a kilometer away.
• Su Xiao shot Jiraiya, but Jiraiya dodged the bullet and used his hair to protect himself, leaving Gamaken wounded instead.
• Sasori aimed an Iron Sand Spear at Gamaken, and Su Xiao fired again, punching a bloody hole through the toad’s skull.
• Jiraiya prepared to counterattack as Deidara flew overhead and dropped bombs.

Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara coordinated their attacks against Jiraiya, forcing him into Sage Mode after Deidara’s devastating clay bomb nearly killed him. Jiraiya counterattacked, but the trio’s final barrage drove him away, leaving all three attackers injured and depleted.

• Jiraiya dismissed the badly wounded Gamaken and summoned Gamabunta, while Su Xiao repeatedly interrupted his ninjutsu with sniper fire.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima as Deidara unleashed Clay Bomb No. 18, blasting a huge crater into the battlefield.
• Jiraiya survived inside a summoned stomach sac, then used Frog Tremor and Sage Shima’s tongue to disable Fei Liu Hu and expose Sasori’s real body.
• Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara trapped Jiraiya with Boundary Severing Thread, White Little Frogs, and clay bombs, then bombarded him until he disappeared.
• Deidara revealed that he had used all his clay bombs, while Sasori lost an arm and Su Xiao suffered numerous small wounds.

Jiraiya escaped after clashing with Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara, then sent intelligence about the Akatsuki to Tsunade and planned to investigate the Hidden Rain Village. The Akatsuki dismissed the possibility that their mission had been leaked and assigned Su Xiao and the others a mission in Water Country, where they rested before departing the next morning.

• Jiraiya escaped through Gama and sent Tsunade information about Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara, saying he planned to investigate the Hidden Rain Village.
• Konan questioned whether the Akatsuki's positions had been exposed, and Su Xiao explained that Jiraiya had recognized their cloaks and that the encounter was likely chance.
• Deva Path concluded that the Akatsuki had not been betrayed and told Konan to give the group a mission to end the civil war in Water Country.
• Su Xiao asked whether he could kill the Mizukage, and Deva Path said he could as long as he did not delay the mission.
• Sasori kept watch while Su Xiao and Deidara rested in River Country, and Su Xiao said they would leave the next morning because he had lost too much blood.

Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara investigated a suspicious commission to incite civil war in the Water Country after Su Xiao recognized that the client’s information about the Mist Ninja Village was false. The team agreed to gather intelligence before deciding whether to pursue the mission or target the client.

• Su Xiao challenged Sasori’s plan after learning that Konan had supplied the claim that the Mist Ninja Village had pro-peace and radical factions.
• Su Xiao explained that the radical leaders were already dead and Mei Terumi would not allow the faction to exist, suggesting the client meant to turn the Akatsuki and Mist Ninja Village against each other.
• Sasori, Deidara, and Su Xiao agreed to capture a Mist ninja and investigate before proceeding with the commission.
• Sasori went out to capture a Jonin while Su Xiao and Deidara waited at an inn near the Mist Ninja Village.
• Deidara left the inn to meet a girl, and Su Xiao stayed behind with Bubu Wang and examined the Crimson Card of a Mage.

Su Xiao opened a Crimson Card and received two useless items before luck granted him a Dark Purple Item Modification Device, which required a skilled mechanic to use. As he waited for Sasori, Deidara returned and revealed that a woman he had once visited was now raising a child.

• Su Xiao opened a Crimson Card and pulled out a Chinese Ultraman DVD collection, which Bubu Wang eagerly claimed.
• Su Xiao used Destiny Redemption’s Lucky State for his next draw but received a tent pole.
• Su Xiao’s final draw produced a Dark Purple Item Modification Device, and he decided to find a mechanic who could use it.
• Su Xiao waited for Sasori, but Deidara entered carrying oden instead.
• Su Xiao teased Deidara about looking heartbroken, and Deidara explained that he had found a woman he once visited feeding her child.

Su Xiao, Deidara, and Sasori interrogated Mist ninjas to learn about the village’s radical faction, but discovered it had already collapsed and everyone obeyed the Fifth Mizukage. Suspecting their mission was a trap, they stopped and Sasori contacted Nagato.

• Su Xiao tortured the captured Jonin Akai, who refused to reveal information, and then killed him.
• Sasori brought in a Genin, who said he knew nothing about a radical faction, and Deidara killed him.
• Sasori captured another group and tortured a Jonin until he revealed that the Fifth Mizukage had absorbed the radical faction after its three leaders mysteriously disappeared.
• Su Xiao, Deidara, and Sasori agreed the mission might be a trap and chose not to continue without consulting Nagato.
• Sasori used the Astral Projection Technique to contact Nagato.

After the Water Country mission was canceled, Su Xiao and his Akatsuki teammates received orders to capture Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki. Meanwhile, Stan discovered that Ghost Eye had betrayed the Blood Gate Adventurer Team and ordered Yinglan to kill him.

• Scorpion told Su Xiao and Deidara that their Water Country mission had ended because the client had vanished, then directed them to a meeting with Nagato.
• Deva Path Pain ordered Su Xiao, Scorpion, and Deidara to capture Gaara alive, and Scorpion said he had informants in Sand Shinobi Village.
• Su Xiao and Deidara traveled toward Wind Country with Scorpion to begin the mission.
• Ghost Eye reported to Stan that the Water Country plan had failed and that the team had not identified who joined the Akatsuki or who killed Zimo.
• Stan realized Ghost Eye had betrayed him, dismissed him, and ordered Yinglan to kill him.

Gaara’s council discussed the Sand Ninja Village’s recent progress before Yura’s dormant memories of Akatsuki began to surface. Meanwhile, Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara crossed the desert toward the village, planning to infiltrate it with Sasori’s unwitting spy as a key to their mission.

• Sand Ninja leaders reported that trade, water access, and training had improved under Gaara’s leadership.
• Yura raised the subject of Akatsuki, and a seal in his mind began to break as he recalled hidden memories.
• Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara traveled across the desert toward the Sand Ninja Village, struggling with the heat and sand.
• Sasori revealed that he had planted an unwitting spy in the village and planned to use him to help them infiltrate.
• Sasori asked Su Xiao to dispose of the spy after the mission, and Su Xiao agreed to handle it.
• The three reached the village’s outer wall as a Sand Ninja guard spotted them in the distance.

Su Xiao, Deidara, and Sasori infiltrated the Sand ninja village with Yura’s help and cleared its rooftop sentries. Their covert attack ended when Gaara confronted Deidara at the Kazekage Building.

• A Sand ninja spotted the approaching Akatsuki members, but Yura ordered the defenders to gather at One-Line Sky and then helped the trio enter the village.
• Sasori praised Yura’s usefulness as his pawn, while Deidara and Su Xiao flew over the village to clear its sentries.
• Su Xiao used alchemy bombs to control his Clay Bird and silently shot Sand ninja guards as Deidara attacked the opposite side with Clay Bombs.
• After five minutes, the rooftop sentries had been eliminated, and Deidara landed on the Kazekage Building.
• Gaara appeared behind a Sand Barrier and confronted Deidara after a bullet scattered the sand around him.

Su Xiao and Deidara attacked Gaara in the Sand Village, and Su Xiao wounded him before Temari intervened. Su Xiao turned to fight Temari while Deidara kept Gaara occupied.

• Gaara confronted Deidara as Su Xiao descended from the sky, and the Sand Village raised the alarm.
• Temari went to help Gaara while Kankuro gathered the Sand ninja, who hesitated to approach their Kazekage.
• Su Xiao and Deidara coordinated an attack, and Su Xiao pierced Gaara’s sand defenses with Shadow Thorn and knocked him back.
• Temari struck Su Xiao with a gust of wind before he could finish his attack on Gaara.
• Su Xiao told Deidara to hold Gaara for five minutes, then charged at Temari.