Recaps

Ronglin used Sunagakure’s weakness to secure ore and Temari, then ordered Konoha to occupy and stabilize the Land of Rain. As Konoha put residents to work on roads and waterways, Iwagakure and Kumogakure protested and moved toward the new border, while Ōnoki prepared to confront Ronglin.

• Ronglin told Rasa that Sunagakure’s deal would include ore and his daughter, and Shisui later spread a rumor that made Rasa a laughingstock in Konoha.
• Ronglin ordered Jiraiya and Minato to seize the Land of Rain, assigning Jiraiya to the crop project and Minato to lead five hundred personnel into the region.
• Minato occupied the Land of Rain while White Fang’s Anbu purged dangerous criminals and Konoha distributed food to the population.
• Ronglin directed Uchiha Diqin to recruit residents to build roads and drainage works in exchange for food, and the workers arrived in greater numbers than expected.
• Rasa sent Temari to Konoha, where Ronglin arranged for her to attend the Ninja Academy and study under a Wind Release teacher.
• Ōnoki and Ay protested Konoha’s occupation, but Rasa refused to join them, and Uchiha Diqin warned Ronglin that Iwagakure ninja had appeared near the new border.
• Ōnoki concluded that Ronglin might value Temari’s talent and resolved to fight Ronglin rather than send Kurotsuchi to him as compensation.

Ronglin rode the Nine-Tails to Kumogakure to retrieve the Uzumaki Clan survivors and demand compensation for Shisui’s injury. As Kisame and Killer B fought, Ay tried to intervene, but Ronglin prepared a Tailed Beast Ball aimed at the village.

• Ronglin learned that Kumogakure was holding Uzumaki Clan survivors and gave Ay ten days to release them before deciding to retrieve them himself.
• Ronglin arrived at Kumogakure atop the Nine-Tails with Shisui and Kisame Hoshigaki, rejected Ay’s invitation to enter the village, and demanded compensation for Shisui’s injured arm.
• After Ay refused to hand over the jonin who had insulted Ronglin, Ronglin threatened war and demanded that Kumogakure surrender someone’s arm in repayment.
• Killer B fought Kisame Hoshigaki, who used Samehada to drain his Chakra, while Shisui kept Ay from interfering.
• Kisame trapped Killer B and the Eight-Tails in a Water Prison, fused with Samehada, and drained the beast’s Chakra as it struggled to escape.
• The Eight-Tails used a severed tentacle to trick Kisame and burst out of the Water Prison, but Kisame continued attacking and weakening it.
• Ay rushed to help the Eight-Tails, but Ronglin stopped Shisui from pursuing him and ordered the Nine-Tails to prepare an extra-large Tailed Beast Ball aimed at Kumogakure.

Ronglin was lured into a sealed chamber while stopping the Nine-Tails from destroying Kumogakure, and he spent years mastering the Power of Time before breaking free. He returned to Konoha after ten years, where Tsunade and his former allies welcomed him and brought him up to date.

• Ronglin stopped the Nine-Tails’ attack on Kumogakure, then followed Katsuyu to the ruins of Uzushio Village to seek a hidden place connected to the Sage of Six Paths.
• Katsuyu and the Great Toad tricked Ronglin into activating a seal that dragged him into an underground chamber with no known way out.
• Trapped without food or a way to summon the Nine-Tails, Ronglin trained his Power of Time and discovered how to slow time throughout the chamber.
• After a year without Ronglin, Tsunade became Konoha’s Fifth Hokage as Akatsuki’s influence in Kirigakure helped trigger a wider war.
• Ronglin chose to master the Power of Time instead of pursuing the Rinnegan, evolved his Tenseigan, and broke the seal with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Ronglin returned to Konoha and reunited with Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Kisame Hoshigaki, Shisui, Mei Terumi, and Itachi.
• Tsunade confronted Ronglin at a barbecue restaurant, where Uchiha Diqin and Konoha’s leaders gathered to welcome him back.
• Ronglin comforted Uchiha Diqin as Tsunade scolded him for leaving her to manage the village, and the Nine-Tails’ arrival confirmed to Konoha that he had returned.

Ronglin returned to Konoha after ten years trapped in a sealed space, declined to resume the Hokage’s duties, and warned the Hyuga Clan of danger to its Byakugan. After learning the Sages had deceived him to prevent a calamity, he confronted Gama Bunta and sent the Nine-Tails to fight him.

• Ronglin reunited with the Nine-Tails, returned to Konoha, and let Tsunade remain Hokage while he learned what had changed.
• Ronglin told Tsunade and the others that the Toad Sage and Slug Sage had trapped him for ten years, and he refused to take over the Hokage’s duties.
• Ronglin warned Hyuga Hiashi that unknown attackers might target the Main Family’s Byakugan and asked him to guard his daughters’ eyes.
• Hiashi ordered Hinata to obey Ronglin because of his agreement with the Fourth Hokage, leaving her in despair.
• Ronglin extracted some of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, while Tsunade and Jiraiya summoned their beasts to question the Sages about his imprisonment.
• Gama Bunta explained that the Sages had sealed Ronglin because a prophecy foretold a calamity, but they had underestimated the seal and left him trapped.
• Ronglin sealed the area to prevent Bunta from escaping and challenged him, while Minato and Jiraiya held back.
• The Nine-Tails fought Bunta, broke his sword, wounded him, and blasted away his Water Style attacks with a Tailed Beast Bomb.