Chapter Summaries

Temari arrived in Konoha and feared she had been sent there to become a maid, though she was captivated by the village's lively streets and greenery. Uchiha Diqin reassured her that no one, including Ronglin, would harm her.

• Temari worried that she had been sent to Konoha to serve as a maid.
• Temari noticed Konoha's green landscape and bustling streets, unlike Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Diqin asked Temari whether she felt uncomfortable or out of place.
• Temari denied having any problems because she had been warned not to make requests.
• Uchiha Diqin told Temari that no one in Konoha, including Ronglin, would hurt her.

Uchiha Diqin reassured Temari about her place in Konoha and told her she would attend the Ninja Academy with a teacher chosen for her Wind Release. Temari began to relax, but doubted Diqin’s claim that she was a jonin.

• Uchiha Diqin told Temari that Ronglin had arranged for her to attend the Ninja Academy starting the next day and selected a suitable teacher for her.
• Temari was surprised that she could study alongside other children and pinched her cheek to check whether she was dreaming.
• Uchiha Diqin comforted Temari and promised to protect her from anyone who tried to bully her.
• Uchiha Diqin called herself a strong jonin, but Temari’s smile faded as she doubted the claim.
• Uchiha Diqin noticed Temari’s disbelief and said that Temari did not trust her.

Uchiha Diqin took Temari into her care and arranged for her to attend school without revealing her identity. Meanwhile, Ronglin’s plan to build roads and waterworks in the Land of Rain drew huge crowds of hungry residents seeking work and food.

• Temari accepted defeat, and Uchiha Diqin stayed with her until she gradually opened up.
• Uchiha Diqin took Temari to her residence overnight, then brought her to school and asked the teacher to keep her identity secret.
• Konoha transported construction materials to the border and recruited Land of Rain residents for road and waterworks projects, offering food for their labor.
• Residents rushed to registration sites in such numbers that the organizers sent word back to Konoha.

Ronglin oversaw a large worker recruitment and road-building effort in the Land of Rain, while other nations protested Konoha’s occupation. The protests gained support from Ōnoki and Ay, but Rasa refused to involve the Land of Wind.

• Ronglin’s recruitment effort drew more workers than expected, and Konoha hired them for road construction and other work in the Land of Rain, paying them in food.
• Workers began building roads by digging drainage ditches, clearing mud, and laying stones in the rain.
• Ōnoki led Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and other nations in protesting Konoha’s occupation of the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Diqin warned Ronglin that Iwagakure ninja had appeared near the newly connected border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth.
• Rasa refused to join Ōnoki and Ay’s protest, leaving them unable to compel the Land of Wind to participate.

Rasa refused to review intelligence from Iwagakure and Kumogakure, while Ay and Ōnoki discussed Konoha’s occupation of the Land of Rain. They suspected Ronglin had taken an interest in Temari for her talent, and Ōnoki worried Kurotsuchi might be targeted next.

• Rasa rejected intelligence jointly sent by Ōnoki and Ay and told his staff to handle it themselves.
• Ay and Ōnoki discussed Konoha seizing territory in the Land of Rain after shifting attention away from Sunagakure.
• Ōnoki recalled that Rasa had paid Konoha and withdrawn after sending Temari there as part of their agreement.
• Ay wondered why Ronglin kept trading for women, while Ōnoki suggested Ronglin might value Temari’s talent.
• Ōnoki resolved that he would fight Ronglin rather than send Kurotsuchi to him as compensation.

Ronglin continued expanding Konoha’s work in the Land of Rain while keeping Jiraiya stationed at the rubber tree planting base. The Third Hokage then told Ronglin that the new Ninja Academy was overcrowded and short of teachers, leaving him to find more space, staff, and funding.

• Ay complained to Ōnoki that they could only watch Konoha expand its food distribution and infrastructure projects in the Land of Rain.
• Ronglin learned that the rubber trees had been successfully planted, but Anbu ordered Jiraiya to remain at the planting base until Minato replaced him.
• Ronglin assigned Minato to a long-term posting, leaving Jiraiya stuck at the planting base for the foreseeable future.
• The Third Hokage told Ronglin that the Ninja Academy was full and lacked enough teachers to accommodate all the children in the capital.

Ronglin reconsidered his plans for expanding Ninja Academies after Konoha’s new school admitted far more students than expected. He decided that branch-school graduates would use a five-person squad system, while Konoha would keep its existing system.

• Ronglin told the Third Hokage to keep expanding the Ninja Academy and to recruit experienced, reputable teachers from Konoha rather than depleting its existing academy.
• After the Third Hokage left, Ronglin considered delaying plans to build more academies because they required too much funding and too many teachers.
• Ronglin anticipated that the growing number of graduates would create a shortage of teachers to lead teams.
• Ronglin decided that graduates from branch schools would form five-person squads led by one teacher, while Konoha would retain its three-person system.
• Ronglin planned to let outstanding branch-school students apply to study in Konoha.

Uchiha Diqin informed Ronglin that Konoha had found scattered survivors of the Uzumaki Clan, but Kumogakure was preventing a group in the Land of Lightning from leaving. Ronglin gave Ay ten days to release them or face Ronglin coming to Kumogakure himself.

• Uchiha Diqin reported that several Uzumaki Clan survivors had been found and some had returned to Konoha.
• Uchiha Diqin told Ronglin that Kumogakure was holding a group of Uzumaki Clan members in the Land of Lightning.
• Ronglin erupted in anger and threatened to bring the Nine-Tails to Kumogakure over Ay's refusal.
• Ronglin ordered Ay to release the Uzumaki Clan members within ten days or Ronglin would come and take them himself.
• Kumogakure refused to let the survivors go because it wanted Uzumaki Clan members as candidates for the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki.

Ronglin learned that Ay wanted to keep Uzumaki clansmen in the Land of Lightning and decided to retrieve them himself. He rode the Nine-Tails toward Kumogakure with Shisui and Kisame Hoshigaki, while Ay wondered why Ronglin had not responded.

• Ronglin ordered that discovered Uzumaki clansmen be handed to Tsunade and said he would personally retrieve those in the Land of Lightning.
• Ronglin stopped Uchiha Diqin from sending a warning and vanished to ask Tsunade to take over for him.
• Shisui and Kisame Hoshigaki joined Ronglin as he rode the Nine-Tails toward Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Diqin worried that Tsunade would be furious when she learned Ronglin had left.
• Ay considered whether keeping the Uzumaki clansmen was worth provoking Ronglin, then grew suspicious when no message or response arrived from Konoha.

Ay learned that Uchiha Ronglin had left Konoha with the Nine-Tails and feared Ronglin was acting over the Uzumaki Clan members in the Land of Lightning. Ay had sought those members as potential Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and the chapter left him alarmed about Konoha’s intentions.

• Ay received intelligence that Uchiha Ronglin had left Konoha with the Nine-Tails for an unknown destination.
• The report shocked Ay, who suspected Ronglin had taken the Nine-Tails because of the Uzumaki Clan members in the Land of Lightning.
• Ay recalled that the Nine-Tails had killed outsiders who provoked it, while Ronglin had dismissed their complaints.
• Ay had hoped to choose a member of the Uzumaki Clan as the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and have Killer B guide them.
• Ay grew more anxious after Konoha revealed the identities of Kisame Hoshigaki and Shisui.

Ay kept the Uzumaki people in Kumogakure despite his secretary’s misgivings, but Uchiha Ronglin’s arrival with the Nine-Tails now threatened to bring the conflict directly to the village. Ay asked for updates on Ronglin’s approach and was urged to prepare for an escalating crisis.

• Ay decided to keep the Uzumaki people in Kumogakure and brought them to the village despite the risk of confronting Uchiha Ronglin.
• Ay learned that Ronglin was bringing the Nine-Tails to the Land of Lightning and feared the consequences for Kumogakure.
• Ay asked his secretary for new information, but she had received no updates.
• The secretary urged Ay to prepare in case Ronglin came directly to Kumogakure.
• Ay recalled that Ronglin was an exception to the powerful leaders he believed he could suppress.

Ay and his secretary prepared to negotiate with Ronglin over the Uzumaki Clan members living in the Land of Lightning. When Ronglin entered the country atop the Nine-Tails, Ay ordered his forces to let him come directly.

• Ay argued that Ronglin would have to acknowledge the Uzumaki Clan members’ longstanding residence in the Land of Lightning.
• Ay and his secretary agreed to wait for Ronglin and try to persuade him not to take the Uzumaki Clan members away.
• A patrol spotted Ronglin entering the Land of Lightning atop the Nine-Tails and reported his arrival to Ay.
• Ay ordered his forces not to intercept Ronglin and to let him come directly.

Ronglin brought the Nine-Tails to Kumogakure and confronted Ay at the village entrance over the matter that had brought him to the Land of Lightning. The chapter ended with Ronglin insulting Ay and a Kumogakure jonin losing his temper.

• Ronglin ordered the Nine-Tails to speed up and head for Kumogakure.
• Ay waited with others at the village entrance as the Nine-Tails approached.
• Ronglin greeted Ay from atop the Nine-Tails and refused his invitation to enter the village and rest.
• Ronglin challenged Ay to settle their matter at the entrance and mocked his memory and Kumogakure's Medical Ninjas.
• A Kumogakure jonin cursed at Ronglin, while Ay was about to respond.

Ronglin confronted Ay over Kumogakure’s failure to explain Shisui’s injury and pointed out that Konoha had already captured the escaped Two-Tails. He left Ay facing the demand to settle the matter, while Shisui’s restored arm drew Ay’s attention.

• Shisui used a kunai to make a Kumogakure jonin look at him, and the jonin fell into his genjutsu until Ay broke it.
• Ronglin mocked the jonin’s inability to resist Shisui’s genjutsu, and Ay sent him away to protect him from Ronglin.
• Ay noticed that Shisui’s amputated arm had been restored and was shocked.
• Ronglin reminded Ay that Shisui had been injured helping Kumogakure and that Ay had promised an explanation.
• Ronglin said Konoha had captured the escaped Two-Tails, so Kumogakure no longer needed Konoha’s help.

Ronglin demanded compensation from Ay for Shisui’s injury and used the dispute to press Kumogakure over an earlier insult. When Ay refused to hand over the offending man, Ronglin called on the Nine-Tails to fire a Tailed Beast Ball at the village.

• Ay reminded Ronglin that he had promised Konoha an explanation for Shisui’s injury.
• Ronglin demanded compensation, insisting Ay show sincerity for the damage to Shisui’s arm.
• Ay asked what compensation Ronglin wanted, hoping to end the confrontation quickly.
• Ronglin demanded that Ay hand over the man who had insulted him, but Ay refused to protect Kumogakure’s dignity.
• Ronglin sat beside the Nine-Tails and ordered it to aim its largest Tailed Beast Ball at Kumogakure.

Ay tried to stop Ronglin from provoking Kumogakure, but Ronglin challenged the entire group and left them silent. Ay finally offered compensation to settle the confrontation, and Ronglin prepared to name his demands.

• Ay confronted Ronglin and argued that he should consider how Kumogakure would react to insults.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Shisui said they would kill Ay, making Ronglin laugh.
• Ronglin challenged the Kumogakure ninja to attack him, but none dared to respond.
• Ay suppressed his anger and asked Ronglin what compensation he wanted.
• Ronglin accepted Ay's offer and said he would not hold back.

Ronglin demanded that Kumogakure surrender an arm as compensation for Shisui’s lost arm, pushing Ay toward a breaking point. Killer B intervened, but Ay sent him flying before asking Ronglin what compensation he actually wanted.

• Ronglin demanded that Kumogakure send someone of Shisui’s strength to lose an arm in repayment.
• Ay resisted Ronglin’s demand, while Killer B emerged from hiding to offer his own arm.
• Ronglin said he wanted Killer B’s little brother instead, and Shisui’s teasing made Killer B cover himself in alarm.
• Ay struck Killer B and sent him flying back toward the village.
• Ay confronted Ronglin and asked what compensation he really wanted.

Ronglin demanded that Ay hand over the person who had insulted him, threatening to fight Kumogakure if Ay refused. Ay stood firm that the Uzumaki Clan members in the Land of Lightning were his country's responsibility, and Kumogakure prepared for battle.

• Ronglin stood atop the Nine-Tails and said he had hoped Kumogakure would surround him so he could reduce its population.
• Ronglin demanded that Ay hand over the person who had insulted him or face a war.
• Ay's secretary ordered Kumogakure's ninja to prepare for battle, and Ay gave no sign of opposition.
• Ronglin told Ay that both leaders had to answer to their people and declared they would fight from their respective positions.
• Ay argued that the Uzumaki Clan members lived in the Land of Lightning and that their fate was an internal matter for his country.

Ronglin refused Ay’s compensation offer, and the dispute led to a fight between Kisame Hoshigaki and Killer Bee. The two clashed with their weapons as Ay and the others watched.

• Ronglin rejected Ay’s offer and warned him not to regret refusing his demand for an arm.
• Killer Bee challenged Ronglin, but Ronglin teased him about needing help to face Kisame Hoshigaki two years earlier.
• Kisame Hoshigaki charged at Killer Bee with Samehada, forcing Killer Bee to fight him in front of the gathered shinobi.
• Killer Bee met Kisame Hoshigaki’s attack with his seven blades, and their weapons clashed repeatedly.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Killer B fought, with Samehada draining Killer B’s Chakra and forcing him to escalate his Tailed Beast transformation. The battle continued as Killer B unleashed a surge of Chakra that even Samehada could not absorb all at once.

• Killer B and Kisame Hoshigaki clashed while Ay watched without giving orders and Ronglin observed.
• Kisame Hoshigaki used Samehada to absorb Killer B’s Chakra, and the sword grew larger and shrieked.
• Killer B began transforming into the Eight-Tails, but Samehada continued draining his Chakra and putting him at a disadvantage.
• Killer B entered the second form of his Tailed Beast Cloak and unleashed a powerful burst of Chakra.
• Kisame Hoshigaki realized Samehada could not absorb all of Killer B’s Chakra at once, and the two fighters’ clash ended in an explosion.