Chapter Summaries

Ronglin tortured Danzo to death after the Shimura clan's defeat, then warned Itachi against pursuing a dangerous solution to Uchiha Fugaku's eye problem. With Danzo and the defecting Shimura clansmen dead, Ronglin ordered the corpses left behind.

• Ronglin tore off Danzo's left arm and tortured him, forcing him to use Izanagi before killing him.
• Itachi stopped pursuing the Shimura clansmen and handed the remaining enemies over to Kimimaro.
• Ronglin warned Itachi that forbidden techniques carried a heavy price and cautioned him about his actions.
• Ronglin told Itachi that Uchiha Fugaku's eye problem could be solved, but mishandling it could make him a monster or leave him blind.
• Kimimaro reported to Ronglin after Danzo and the defecting Shimura clansmen were dead, and Ronglin told him to leave the corpses alone.

After dealing with Danzo, Ronglin assessed the battles across Kumogakure and found several leaders in trouble. Jiraiya recovered with Minato’s help, while Rasa struggled against Sasori and Ōnoki fought Deidara.

• Ronglin told Kimimaro to return and wash up, then surveyed the chaotic scene after dealing with Danzo.
• Minato supported the badly wounded Jiraiya, who said Hidan’s strange curse had caught him off guard.
• Jiraiya asked about the battle at the village entrance, and Minato said Rasa was in a miserable state.
• Ronglin watched Rasa fail to force Sasori to use his full strength, including the Third Kazekage puppet.
• Ronglin looked up and saw that Deidara had also put Ōnoki in a difficult position, though Ōnoki was faring better than Rasa.

Ronglin stabilized a building while Akatsuki’s Six Paths of Pain devastated Kumogakure with Summoned Beasts and weapons. Ay led the village’s forces into battle as Tsunade treated the wounded, and the fight continued.

• Ronglin used Chakra to keep a building from collapsing while Itachi and Kimimaro watched Kumogakure fall into chaos.
• The Animal Path summoned monsters that rampaged through Kumogakure, while the Asura Path fired weapons and caused explosions.
• Ay watched the destruction and asked Tsunade to take charge of the wounded.
• Tsunade promised to do what she could despite the many casualties.
• Ay led Kumogakure’s divisions against Akatsuki as allied forces fought the Summoned Beasts and evacuated civilians.

Ay led several thousand shinobi toward the Six Paths of Pain as they searched for Killer B, but Yahiko’s Deva Path repelled Ay before he could land an attack. The battle in Kumogakure continued with Ay sent crashing through buildings.

• The Human Path tortured Kumogakure shinobi for information but failed to learn Killer B’s location.
• Ay led several thousand shinobi from the Five Great Shinobi Villages toward the Six Paths of Pain.
• Yahiko killed a Kumogakure shinobi while Ay watched and charged at him.
• Yahiko used Shinra Tensei to repel Ay, sending him crashing through buildings.

Yahiko’s attackers tried to overwhelm him with physical assaults and a barrage of ninjutsu, but Pain’s paths countered them effortlessly. The village ninjas were left helpless, unable to harm their enemy with either physical attacks or ninjutsu.

• Angered by the destruction and the Raikage’s fate, the arriving ninjas charged Yahiko and attacked with ninjutsu.
• Yahiko unleashed a repulsive force that hurled the charging ninjas away, killing some and injuring others.
• The rear ranks launched a large combined barrage of ninjutsu at Human Path Yahiko.
• Preta Path appeared before Yahiko and absorbed every ninjutsu attack into his palm.
• The village ninjas stared in shock as physical attacks and ninjutsu both proved ineffective against the paths.

The Deva Path overwhelmed the allied shinobi, killing a Cloud ninja while demanding to know Killer B's whereabouts. Minato joined Ay as the surviving leaders dealt with Akatsuki's other attacks, and Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to aid the rescue effort.

• The Deva Path pulled a Cloud ninja toward him with Banshō Ten'in, questioned him about Killer B, and killed him when he claimed not to know.
• Ay climbed from the ruins and watched the Deva Path kill the Cloud ninja before Minato arrived to support him.
• Minato told Ay that Jiraiya needed rest, Ōnoki had been taken by Deidara, the Hokage was treating the wounded, Kuzhuzhi was leading rescues, and Rasa was being overwhelmed.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to help treat injured shinobi while the rescue effort continued.

Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to treat Kumogakure’s wounded, but Katsuyu spotted Ronglin nearby and feared his hostility toward the summons from Shikkotsu Forest and Mount Myōboku. After enormous toads appeared, Tsunade told Katsuyu to proceed with treatment and hoped Ronglin would not retaliate during the crisis.

• Tsunade asked Katsuyu to divide herself and treat the many wounded in Kumogakure.
• Katsuyu sensed Ronglin nearby and warned Tsunade that he was there.
• Tsunade grew angry that Ronglin was watching instead of helping the injured.
• Enormous toads appeared in the distance, making Tsunade fear that Jiraiya and Minato had summoned them.
• Tsunade ordered Katsuyu to split up and save people, trusting that Ronglin would not act against the summons during the emergency.

Katsuyu and the giant toads treated the wounded and joined Kumogakure’s battle while Ronglin watched without intervening. As the fighting continued, Nagato’s forces discussed Ronglin’s unexpected arrival, and Minato and Ay faced the difficult Summoned Beasts.

• Tsunade ordered Katsuyu to split into tiny slugs and treat injured ninjas throughout Kumogakure.
• Ronglin watched Katsuyu and the giant toads from a rooftop while Itachi and Kimimaro waited to see whether he would act.
• Nagato controlled the Six Paths of Pain as Obito asked when Zetsu and Orochimaru would arrive, and Nagato’s heavy Chakra use left Minato looking unwell.
• Konan noted that Ronglin did not seem ready to fight, while White Fang led people against the strange Summoned Beasts.
• Jiraiya, despite his injuries, summoned Gama Bunta, Gama Ken, and Gama Hiro to help fight the beasts.
• Minato and Ay stood together with minor injuries and struggled against the difficult Summoned Beasts.

Minato and Ay struggled to contain Heavenly Path Yahiko as Tsunade informed them that Ronglin was in Kumogakure. The chapter left Minato confronting Yahiko, who justified the attack as retaliation for the suffering inflicted on small nations.

• Minato and Ay worked together to restrain Heavenly Path Yahiko and limit his attacks on the Kumogakure ninja.
• A cloud ninja told Ay that Tsunade had reported Ronglin was also in Kumogakure.
• Ay dismissed the messenger after concluding Ronglin had no intention of helping them.
• Heavenly Path Yahiko approached Minato and reminded him that they had both trained under Jiraiya.
• Minato questioned Yahiko's attack on innocent people, and Yahiko blamed the great nations for the suffering of small countries.

Minato’s words enraged Nagato, who controlled Heavenly Path Yahiko, and the battle at Kumogakure continued to escalate. Ronglin considered how Nagato might be defeated and wondered when Uchiha Madara would be revived.

• Minato challenged Heavenly Path Yahiko, and Nagato reacted with surprise.
• Nagato recalled Yahiko’s death and the wars that had devastated his country, then swore to kill everyone.
• Ay blamed Minato for provoking Nagato, while Minato wondered what he had said to cause the outburst.
• Ronglin judged that Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique and the others’ support could put Nagato at a disadvantage.
• Ronglin wondered whether Akatsuki would use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu or whether Black Zetsu would take control of Nagato to revive Uchiha Madara.

Ronglin watched the invasion of Kumogakure until the Asura Path attacked him, prompting him to destroy it and seize a nearby Katsuyu. He left the slug frightened and joked about stewing it for Kimimaro and Itachi.

• Ronglin considered whether to worsen the chaos as the Asura Path rampaged through Kumogakure.
• The Asura Path fired shells at Ronglin, who repelled them and pulled it toward him with Banshō Ten'in.
• Ronglin grabbed the Asura Path by the throat and blew it apart, drawing the attention of Tsunade, Katsuyu, and the Great Toads.
• Ronglin called a nearby Katsuyu over, grabbed it, and joked to Kimimaro and Itachi about stewing it.

Ronglin revealed that Akatsuki’s leader was a bedridden Nagato controlling the attackers remotely and sent Katsuyu to share his location. As White Fang and Minato headed for Nagato, Obito confronted him, while Black Zetsu and Orochimaru decided to accelerate their plans.

• Ronglin reassured Katsuyu, revealed Nagato’s location and condition, and sent her to inform Tsunade and the others.
• Katsuyu relayed Ronglin’s message, and White Fang and Minato left the battle to pursue Nagato.
• Obito confronted Nagato for provoking Ronglin and endangering Akatsuki’s plan, but Nagato insisted that everyone had to die.
• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru that Nagato had provoked someone he should not have, and Orochimaru agreed to move faster.

Ronglin destroyed the Asura, Human, Hell, and Animal Paths during the battle at Kumogakure, while Itachi wondered about his motives. Ronglin intended to provoke further conflict and lay the foundation for Uchiha Madara’s resurrection, leaving the gathered shinobi stunned and Tsunade suspicious of his intentions.

• Orochimaru and Black Zetsu hurried toward Kumogakure to reach Nagato before Minato and White Fang.
• Ronglin destroyed the Asura Path and Human Path as Itachi and Kimimaro followed him.
• Ronglin destroyed the Hell Path, leaving the nearby shinobi amazed by his power.
• Ronglin destroyed the Animal Path, causing its Summoned Beasts to vanish and ending their attacks on Kumogakure.
• Ronglin decided to provoke conflict and prepare for Uchiha Madara’s resurrection, while Tsunade questioned whether he was truly helping.

Ronglin taunted Ay and confronted Nagato, then watched Nagato withdraw the remaining Paths of Pain. After Ronglin sent Ay to help Rasa, Ay recognized Sasori as Rasa’s opponent and demanded to know why he was attacking.

• Ronglin appeared beside the battered Ay, teased him about his age and unmarried life, and remarked that he still looked young.
• Ronglin told Nagato that promises were useless and said he intended to destroy him, calling him pitiful.
• Ronglin calculated that Minato and White Fang had nearly reached their destination and predicted Nagato would withdraw the remaining Paths of Pain.
• Heavenly Path Yahiko and the Preta Path vanished, and Ronglin told Ay that Rasa was about to lose.
• Ay rushed to Rasa’s fight, recognized Sasori, and demanded to know why he was attacking.

Rasa struggled against Sasori, whose collection included the puppetized Third Kazekage, and learned that Sasori had killed him and caused the Third Shinobi World War. Tsunade and Ay joined the fight, and Tsunade knocked away the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand attack as the battle continued.

• Rasa fought Sasori and discovered that the Third Kazekage had been murdered and turned into a puppet.
• Sasori used the Third Kazekage’s Magnet Release and Iron Sand to overpower the wounded Rasa.
• Tsunade and Ay arrived, and Tsunade accused Sasori of making Konoha take the blame for the Third Kazekage’s disappearance.
• Rasa asked Tsunade and Ay for help as Sasori sent the Third Kazekage to attack him with an Iron Sand cube.
• Tsunade struck the Iron Sand cube and sent it crashing into a nearby building.

Tsunade and Rasa discussed Sasori’s puppet body while preparing to face him, and Tsunade treated Rasa’s wound. The fight against Sasori remained unresolved as the discussion turned to Sunagakure’s limited development and the villages’ secrecy around their techniques.

• Tsunade punched Sasori’s massive iron-sand block away, and Ay accepted the destruction caused by the battle.
• Rasa warned Ay and Tsunade that Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage and turned him into a puppet that could use his former Kekkei Genkai.
• Tsunade treated Rasa’s serious shoulder wound as he explained that Sasori had made his own body a puppet to preserve his youthful appearance.
• Tsunade questioned why puppet ninjas chose to alter their bodies, while Rasa contrasted Sasori’s artificial youth with Ronglin’s natural appearance.
• The narration criticized Sunagakure’s failure to develop puppet technology and noted that ninja villages, including Konoha, restricted access to their techniques.

Sasori unleashed an Iron Sand Shower with the Third Kazekage Puppet, forcing Rasa to shield the group while Ay charged through the attack toward Sasori. Tsunade trusted Ay’s armor to protect him but worried about Ōnoki.

• Sasori became enraged by Tsunade calling him a monster and launched an Iron Sand Shower.
• Rasa warned the others that he could not interfere with Sasori’s control over the iron bullets.
• Rasa raised a Gold Sand wall to protect the group from the raining iron bullets.
• Ay activated his Lightning Release Armor and charged toward the Third Kazekage Puppet.
• Tsunade said ordinary attacks would not harm Ay and wondered how Ōnoki was doing.

Ay disabled Sasori’s Third Kazekage Puppet by driving a Black Rod into it, allowing Rasa to attack Sasori again. The puppet and its iron weapons lay useless as the fight turned back toward Sasori.

• Ay charged through Sasori’s iron weapons and smashed the Third Kazekage Puppet’s head with a punch.
• Ay drove a Black Rod into the puppet, disrupting Sasori’s control and making it collapse.
• The puppet’s iron bullets and blocks fell harmlessly to the ground.
• Tsunade mocked Ay, while Rasa prepared to finish Sasori.
• Rasa unleashed a flood of Gold Sand toward Sasori, who regretted underestimating Ay’s speed.

Rasa, Tsunade, and Ay attacked Sasori, using Gold Sand to immobilize his puppets before destroying them. With his defenses gone, Ay struck Sasori directly.

• Sasori summoned many puppets resembling himself from a scroll.
• Rasa used Gold Sand to jam the puppets’ joints and slow their movements.
• Tsunade and Ay destroyed all of Sasori’s immobilized puppets.
• Ay rushed Sasori while he was distracted and struck his puppet-like body with a powerful attack.

Rasa, Ay, and Tsunade defeated Sasori and set out to support Minato Namikaze and White Fang against Akatsuki’s leader. They met Ōnoki, who had failed to capture Deidara, and continued toward the enemy’s hiding place.

• Rasa wrapped Sasori’s still-beating heart in Gold Sand and planned to return it to Granny Chiyo.
• Tsunade treated Rasa, and she, Rasa, and Ay hurried to support Minato Namikaze and White Fang.
• Ōnoki met the group after Deidara escaped by repeatedly dodging his attacks and throwing explosive clay bombs.
• Ay told Ōnoki that Minato Namikaze and White Fang had located Akatsuki’s leader and were heading there.
• Tsunade said she did not know why Uchiha Ronglin had come to Kumogakure, but credited him with helping them.