Chapter Summaries

Sunagakure envoy Yoshinohara arrived in Akatsuki Hidden Village to propose an alliance, and Katsuhira delayed his meeting with Yahiko by treating him to food and a bath. When Yoshinohara offered aid to help rebuild the village, Nagato objected to accepting such a large contribution, leaving the alliance talks unsettled.

• Katsuhira welcomed Yoshinohara and his three subordinates, then guided them to dinner and a bath instead of arranging an immediate meeting with Yahiko.
• The next day, Katsuhira brought Yoshinohara to Yahiko's office, where Yahiko asked whether Sunagakure had come to propose an alliance.
• Yoshinohara said the Third Kazekage wanted the neighboring villages to support each other and offered help with Akatsuki Hidden Village's rebuilding.
• Yahiko appeared hesitant about the alliance because his village lacked strength, and Yoshinohara offered to provide assistance.
• Nagato said Akatsuki Hidden Village should refuse because its needs were too great and accepting so much aid would take unfair advantage of Sunagakure.

Yahiko and Kakuzu tricked Sunagakure into funding an alliance by pretending that Konoha had offered more money. After Sunagakure delivered three hundred million, the Akatsuki Hidden Village secured another fortune from Iwagakure while Konoha’s supplies arrived in the Land of Rain and construction began.

• Yahiko and Konan pretended to hesitate over an alliance as Yoshino urged them to accept Sunagakure’s offer.
• Kakuzu posed as a greedy hardliner and claimed Konoha had offered five hundred million, prompting Yoshino to promise greater aid to keep Yahiko from allying with Konoha.
• Yoshino left believing he had secured the alliance, and Yahiko, Kakuzu, and the others laughed about how much money they could get from Sunagakure.
• Sunagakure sent a second delegation with three hundred million in cash within a week, and the alliance was finalized.
• Yahiko and the others used the same scheme to swindle money from Iwagakure while Shota arranged for Konoha’s supplies to enter the Land of Rain and construction began.

The Akatsuki Hidden Village struggled to handle pressure from Sunagakure and Iwagakure over the Land of Rain’s booming profits. As its leaders debated how to deter the two villages without starting a war, an intruder injured several Jonin.

• The Land of Rain prospered as the Akatsuki Hidden Village’s entertainment businesses drew wealthy visitors and improved local lives.
• Yahiko reviewed the monthly earnings with Kakuzu, Konan, and Nonō, while Kakuzu complained about Kawafune.
• Nagato warned that Sunagakure and Iwagakure were pressing for a share of the profits and that delaying a response could invite trouble.
• The group considered demonstrating their strength by defeating a super expert, but could not identify a suitable opponent.
• An Akatsuki ninja reported that someone was causing trouble and had already injured several Jonin.

Yahiko and the others learned that a masked woman had lost nearly a hundred million at their casino, accused it of cheating, and beaten several Akatsuki ninja. When they confronted her, they recognized her and the two masked men with her, but Yahiko tried to avoid provoking them.

• An Akatsuki ninja told Yahiko and the others that a masked woman had lost every round, accused the casino of cheating, and demanded compensation.
• The woman punched Nakamura Daiki and sent him and several other Akatsuki ninja flying.
• Yahiko and the others arrived at Dream Fulfillment Hall and found the woman confronting Nakamura Daiki and the injured ninja.
• The woman accused Yahiko's casino of cheating and demanded payment, while Yahiko recognized her and the two masked men beside her.
• Yahiko demanded an apology and amends but held back from making a harsher threat, prompting spectators to think he had lost the upper hand.

Yahiko confronted Tsunade and her companions after they demanded money from the Akatsuki Hidden Village, and the confrontation escalated when he refused to back down. The chapter ended with Minato and Nawaki stepping forward while Yahiko insulted them, committed to maintaining his act.

• Yahiko threw three kunai that sliced the masks from Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and Nawaki, exposing their identities to the onlookers.
• Tsunade silenced the crowd, then demanded money from Yahiko and threatened to tear down the Akatsuki Hidden Village.
• Yahiko refused to pay and challenged Tsunade, saying he would make her apologize and teach her a lesson.
• Minato and Nawaki stepped in to defend Tsunade, but Yahiko told them to get lost.

Minato, Nawaki, Kakuzu, and Konan fought at Dream Fulfillment Hall while Tsunade and Yahiko negotiated over the building. After the first fight moved outside, Nagato challenged Tsunade and used Banshō Ten'in to pull her after him.

• Minato and Nawaki attacked Yahiko, but Kakuzu and Konan intercepted them and the four began fighting.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God against Kakuzu while Nawaki fought Konan, and the spectators evacuated Dream Fulfillment Hall.
• Tsunade demanded the hall as payment if Akatsuki Hidden Village lost, then ordered Minato and Nawaki to drive the fight outside.
• Kakuzu and Konan retreated with Minato and Nawaki toward a remote area, while Nagato asked Yahiko for permission to fight Tsunade.
• Nagato provoked Tsunade into accepting his challenge, floated toward the exit, and used Banshō Ten'in to pull her outside.

Nagato and Tsunade fought before a crowd, while Konan battled Nawaki and Minato kept Kakuzu at bay elsewhere. After Nagato tested Tsunade with Water Clones, she knocked them all out, and he dismissed her taijutsu despite hiding how badly her punches hurt him.

• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull Tsunade toward him, but she unleashed crimson Chakra, sprouted wings, and broke free before chasing him to a secluded area.
• Nagato and Tsunade flew away as spectators followed, while Konan and Nawaki fought over the lake and Minato evaded Kakuzu's five nature transformations.
• Tsunade attacked Nagato, who blocked her punch with an Asura Path arm and dodged her kick.
• Nagato surrounded Tsunade with six Water Clones, but she fought them off and destroyed each one with her Monster Strength.
• Nagato traded blows with Tsunade, then claimed her taijutsu was nothing special while concealing the pain in his hand.

Tsunade fought Nagato, who countered her attacks with powerful Rinnegan techniques and summoned creatures. Tsunade summoned the Slug Sage to help, but their clash with Nagato’s five-element attack injured spectators, and the Slug Sage advanced toward him.

• Tsunade opened the fourth gate and destroyed Nagato’s Yatagarasu with one punch.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to blast Tsunade through a line of trees.
• Tsunade summoned the enormous Slug Sage and asked her to help fight Nagato.
• Nagato and four clones unleashed the Five-Element Great Bullet Technique, which the Slug Sage countered with Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid.
• The collision scattered corrosive liquid over the battlefield, injuring and killing spectators as the Slug Sage carried Tsunade toward Nagato.

Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to slam Tsunade and the Slug Sage into the ground, prompting Tsunade to transform into Chōmei. Chōmei attacked Nagato and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at him, leaving the remaining spectators braced for the blast.

• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in with both hands to pull Tsunade and the Slug Sage into the air and collide them, injuring Tsunade and sending the Slug Sage crashing into the ground.
• Tsunade activated Complete Tailed Beast Transformation and became the Seven-Tails, Chōmei.
• Chōmei used Scale Powder Concealment Jutsu, but Nagato dispelled the mist with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
• Chōmei charged Nagato and struck him with its antennae, sending him into a deep pit.
• Tsunade gathered Chakra in Chōmei's mouth and fired a massive Tailed Beast Bomb at Nagato, while most spectators fled.

Nagato defeated Tsunade in a staged battle, absorbing Chōmei’s Tailed Beast Bomb and overwhelming the Hokage before Minato and Nawaki intervened. The spectators and intelligence agents left believing Nagato had nearly killed Tsunade, spreading word of Akatsuki Hidden Village’s strength.

• Nagato absorbed Chōmei’s Tailed Beast Bomb with the Preta Path, stunning Tsunade and the spectators.
• Nagato used missiles and black rods to injure Chōmei, disrupt Tsunade’s Chakra, and bring her down.
• Nagato bound Tsunade with a giant chameleon and threatened her while she challenged him to kill her.
• Minato and Nawaki rescued Tsunade, and Nagato let them escape without pursuing them.
• Intelligence agents began reporting to the Tsuchikage and Kazekage that Nagato had defeated Tsunade.

After Nagato returned victorious from his battle with Tsunade, Yahiko restored order at Dream Fulfillment Hall and reassured its patrons. Later, Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, and Nonō reunited with Tsunade, Nawaki, and Minato at the canyon where their teacher had once fought Hanzō.

• Nagato returned to Dream Fulfillment Hall with the injured Konan and Kakuzu, and Yahiko praised his victory over Tsunade.
• Yahiko gave every patron one hundred thousand chips, reopened the casino, and warned that future troublemakers would be killed.
• Kakuzu declined to join Yahiko and the others on their nighttime visit, and he left to rest.
• Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, and Nonō traveled to the canyon where Kawafune had fought Hanzō and found Tsunade at her wooden house.
• Konan embraced Tsunade, Yahiko and Nagato greeted Nawaki and Minato, and Tsunade praised Nonō for her service to the village.

Tsunade offered Nonō a place as her disciple, then revealed she could stay with Nagato instead of returning to Konoha. After Nonō accepted and received Tsunade’s Medical Ninjutsu notes, the group discussed the Akatsuki Hidden Village’s recent troubles before parting near dawn.

• Tsunade teased Nonō by suggesting she return to Konoha as her disciple, and Nagato told Nonō he would support her choice.
• Nonō decided she could not leave Nagato and refused to return to Konoha, prompting Tsunade to reveal that she could become her disciple while staying where she was.
• Nonō accepted Tsunade as her teacher, bowed formally, and received Tsunade’s notebook of Medical Ninjutsu insights.
• Tsunade asked Nagato to help Nonō learn and praised the group’s work over the past year.
• Yahiko and Konan discussed the trouble with Ōnoki and Rasa, and Tsunade reassured them that her reputation would endure.
• Kawafune joined the conversation through the Slug Sage, and Tsunade dispersed the Wood Style cabin as the group parted near dawn.

After Akatsuki Hidden Village secured cooperation from Iwagakure and Sunagakure, it grew rapidly during a peaceful year. The story then returned to Konoha, where Kawafune prepared to take Ginji to the Ninja Academy’s enrollment ceremony as Kakashi faced giving a speech.

• Konan, Yahiko, Nagato, Nonō, and Kakuzu celebrated after Sunagakure’s envoy showed respect and sought cooperation with Akatsuki Hidden Village.
• Yahiko organized a celebratory meal, then Konan beat him after they returned home.
• Akatsuki Hidden Village used its growing funds to strengthen its military, and a year passed without major conflict.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, and others entered the advanced class, becoming the envy of their Ninja Academy classmates.
• Kawafune left Tsunade to take Ginji to his first day at the Ninja Academy, while Kakashi asked to skip his opening ceremony speech and Sakumo insisted he give it.

Kakashi agreed to give a speech at the Ninja Academy enrollment after his family encouraged him, then went with Kawafune, Ginji, and Little White to the academy. There, they met friends and Fugaku, who had brought a young Uchiha genius to enroll.

• Ginji and Kawafune persuaded Kakashi to give a speech for the younger children enrolling at the academy.
• Kawafune, Kakashi, and Ginji set off for the academy with Little White, while they joked about the Ghost Mastiff and Ginji's future children.
• At the crowded academy gates, Kawafune caught up with Pakura, Orochimaru, and Aotsuki, then greeted Might Duy, Might Guy, and Genma.
• Fugaku arrived with a young boy whose parents had died and whom he described as a once-in-a-century Uchiha genius, bringing him to enroll.

Fugaku brought five-year-old Uchiha Shisui, who had awakened his Sharingan, to meet Kawafune and the others before the children entered the Ninja Academy. Shisui befriended Ginji and the other children, and the adults completed the students’ registration before gathering in Kawafune’s office.

• Fugaku introduced Uchiha Shisui and revealed that he had awakened his Sharingan at five, impressing Orochimaru and Might Duy.
• Kawafune had Ginji welcome Shisui, and the children soon began chatting together.
• Orochimaru asked whether Fugaku planned to make Shisui his successor, and Fugaku said it was too early to decide.
• Jiraiya arrived with Naruto, and Kawafune proposed that the adults meet for a meal after the ceremony.
• Kawafune led the group to register the children at the Ninja Academy, then the adults went to his office while the children waited elsewhere.

Kawafune praised the advanced class and persuaded Orochimaru to teach the medical students and Pakura to teach combat. After registration ended, the group headed to the opening ceremony.

• Orochimaru criticized the medical class, and Kawafune confronted him for neglecting his teaching duties until he agreed to teach.
• Fugaku praised the advanced class, and Kawafune urged Orochimaru to guide the medical students.
• Kawafune invited Pakura to teach the combat class, and she accepted after Orochimaru assured himself she would not be forced back into ninja work.
• Orochimaru warned Kawafune not to underpay Pakura, and Kawafune promised to pay her properly.
• Onoda Ei announced that the opening ceremony was about to begin, and Kawafune led his old friends out to attend.

The Ninja Academy held its opening ceremony, where Kakashi delivered a speech as student representative and Ginji met several classmates. The ceremony ended with Kawafune's address, while Ginji and Aotsuki braced for punishment after disrupting the formation.

• Onoda Ei opened the ceremony and introduced Kakashi as the student representative.
• Kakashi gave a confident speech and said he would be waiting for the new students in the advanced class.
• Ginji introduced himself to Gekko Hayate, Uzuki Yugao, Might Kou, Uchiha Shisui, Naruto, and Aotsuki, and agreed to practice swordsmanship with Hayate.
• Kawafune delivered the final speech while Ginji and Aotsuki joked and disrupted the formation.
• Kawafune and Orochimaru glared at Ginji and Aotsuki, and Ginji feared they would both be punished.

After the opening ceremony, Ginji and his friends joined their families for a meal, where Kawafune and Tsunade punished Ginji for breaking formation. The families gathered at the barbecue restaurant, and the chapter ended as dinner began and Kawafune tried to deflect Nawaki's complaint that he had forgotten to invite him.

• After the ceremony, Ginji and his friends met Kakashi and the adults, and Ginji learned that Tsunade was waiting at the barbecue restaurant.
• Ginji tried to avoid going by pretending to have a stomachache, but Kawafune saw through him and Tsunade dragged him away to punish him.
• While Ginji was being disciplined, Shinku's family arrived, and Kurenai laughed as Kakashi explained how he had refused to help Ginji.
• Ginji returned without visible injuries and told Aotsuki that he had been beaten, prompting the children to share stories about their parents disciplining them.
• Orochimaru, Misaki, Nawaki, Minato, Kushina, Fugaku, and Mikoto arrived, and Nawaki accused Kawafune of forgetting to invite them.
• Kawafune blamed Kakashi, then redirected everyone's attention to the food as dinner was served.

At dinner, Jiraiya explained that his wife Maki had returned to Nadeshiko Village after beating him up, and revealed why they had argued. The gathering ended with Fugaku asking Jiraiya what happened after he refused Maki’s request.

• Naruto told everyone that Maki had beaten Jiraiya and returned to Nadeshiko Village.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru teased Jiraiya about his past habit of gathering material, while Jiraiya insisted he had changed.
• Jiraiya explained that Maki had been the chief of her generation in Nadeshiko Village, a matriarchal village that accepted defeated men who chose to stay.
• Jiraiya said Maki’s younger sister had asked him to send Konoha ninja to the village, but he had refused to keep Konoha from losing talented people.
• Might Duy suggested sending Might Guy and Genma to Nadeshiko Village to find wives, prompting teasing and protests from the others.
• Fugaku asked Jiraiya whether refusing Maki’s request should have ended the matter.

Jiraiya explained why he had refused Maki’s requests concerning Nadeshiko Village, and the group devised a plan to have the village send its ninja to Konoha instead. The gathering ended with Jiraiya agreeing and Fugaku announcing his upcoming wedding to Mikoto.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade and the others that Maki had repeatedly pressured him to send Konoha ninja to Nadeshiko Village, but he had refused.
• Orochimaru proposed making Nadeshiko Village send people to Konoha, and Kawafune suggested having them compete for Konoha husbands.
• Tsunade warned Jiraiya that Nadeshiko Village was vulnerable, and Jiraiya agreed to the plan.
• Fugaku and Mikoto toasted the group and announced that their wedding date was being arranged.
• Orochimaru offered to guide Fugaku and Mikoto’s future children, and the gathering ended as everyone returned home.