Recaps

Ronglin prepared Konoha for a likely war with Kumogakure and Iwagakure, then confronted Obito during the Nine-Tails’ attack and brought the beast under his control. The arc left the Nine-Tails living in Konoha while Ronglin addressed the casualties and ordered an investigation into Black Robe.

• Ronglin warned Konoha’s leaders that Iwagakure and Kumogakure might act against them, then organized a State of Readiness and a large intelligence deployment.
• Konoha and Kumogakure held a tense stalemate while Itachi took leave for Sasuke’s birth, and Obito later used the Nine-Tails to attack the village.
• Ronglin confronted Obito and disrupted his control of the Nine-Tails, while Kisame Hoshigaki fought the beast.
• Ronglin overpowered the Nine-Tails, forced it to accept his control, and returned to Konoha with it rather than sealing it away.
• Ronglin told Konoha’s villagers that the Nine-Tails would protect the village, while Tsunade and the Third Hokage considered the consequences of keeping it there.
• Ronglin ordered burials, medical care, compensation, and family support for the attack’s victims, then directed White Fang to investigate Black Robe and his control of the Nine-Tails.

Ronglin maneuvered Konoha toward war with Kumogakure while managing the Hyuga Clan and deploying the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails clashed at the border, and the Nine-Tails began attacking Kumogakure’s camp as Ay and Killer B prepared to counter it.

• Ronglin ordered Konoha to prepare for war, spread reports about the Nine-Tails incident, and sent rumors that led Kumogakure to declare war.
• Ronglin led a three-thousand-man force to the front, sent Hyuga Hiashi’s clan back to the village, then allowed them to stay and assigned them reconnaissance duties.
• Ay mobilized Kumogakure’s forces and advanced toward Konoha, while Ronglin brought the Nine-Tails to the border.
• Ronglin ordered the Nine-Tails to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at Kumogakure’s formation, and the Eight-Tails intervened to protect the Cloud ninja from the blast.
• Ronglin promised not to let Konoha attack before Kumogakure finished its camp, but ordered the Nine-Tails to bombard the camp morning, noon, and night.
• The Eight-Tails redirected the Nine-Tails’ nighttime attack away from Kumogakure’s camp, and the blast exploded in the mountains.
• Ronglin ordered the Nine-Tails closer to Kumogakure’s camp, where it broke through the barricades and struck Cloud ninja as Ay and Killer B moved to confront it.

Ronglin used the Nine-Tails to devastate the Land of Lightning and force Ay into a decisive battle, where Konoha defeated Kumogakure and captured Killer B. Ronglin returned to Konoha to a hero’s welcome, while hinting that he would soon address clans that had opposed him.

• Ay and Killer B fought the Nine-Tails as Ronglin and Kisame attacked Kumogakure’s camp, inflicting heavy casualties before Ronglin withdrew with the beast.
• Ay reviewed the losses and retreated, while Ronglin sent the Nine-Tails into the Land of Lightning to destroy villages and displace civilians.
• With the Land of Lightning under threat, Ay ordered Kumogakure to attack, and Ronglin led Konoha’s forces into battle against them.
• Ronglin, Tsunade, Kisame, and Mei fought Ay and Killer B as the Nine-Tails and Konoha’s forces broke Kumogakure’s formation.
• Ronglin subdued Killer B and threatened Ay, who admitted defeat after seeing Kumogakure’s battered forces.
• Konoha celebrated its victory as Ay’s forces gathered their dead and treated their wounded, while the Third Hokage received the news and announced the win.
• Ronglin returned to Konoha, explained that Killer B was being held under guard, and told White Fang that internal risks still remained.
• Ronglin hinted that he would act against clans that had opposed him, while Tsunade and Nara Shikaku managed the war’s losses and supplies.

Ronglin dismantled the Shimura Clan’s power, then took time away from Konoha until a Kumogakure attempt to abduct Hinata forced him back. He used the crisis to secure the Hyuga Clan’s submission and demanded that Ay come to Konoha or risk Killer B’s life.

• Ronglin exposed the Shimura Clan’s crimes and tax evasion, seized its assets, and effectively dismantled the clan.
• Ronglin left Konoha to relax by a lake, leaving the Third Hokage to handle village business and the waiting Kumogakure delegation.
• A Cloud Hidden Jonin abducted Hinata Hyuga, but Hyuga Hiashi caught and killed him before he could escape.
• Ronglin returned to Konoha, rejected the Third Hokage’s suggestion to negotiate over the incident, and made the Hyuga Clan responsible for resolving the crisis.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered concessions, and Ronglin demanded one Hyuga person and all the clan’s taijutsu scrolls while revealing a technique that might remove the Caged Bird.
• Hyuga Hiashi accepted Ronglin’s terms, and Ronglin ordered Kisame to arrest the Kumogakure operatives and demanded that Ay explain their actions or face war.
• Ronglin gave Ay ten days to come to Konoha, warning that he would otherwise send Killer B’s corpse and the other captives back to Kumogakure.