Chapter Summaries

Mingren defeated Orosuke Hime after a brutal three-day battle, leaving her humiliated and vowing revenge by building up Otogakure and gathering resources across the Land of Fields. Meanwhile, Mei Terumi and her allies restored order in Kirigakure and purged its departments.

• Mingren overwhelmed Orosuke Hime after extracting her Negative Emotions, then spent three days fighting her and photographing her defeat.
• Orosuke Hime recovered enough to swear revenge on Mingren and resolve to expand Otogakure and control the Land of Fields.
• Orosuke Hime planned to gain power through Danzo's arm transplantation and the S-rank Forbidden Jutsu: Impure World Reincarnation.
• Mei Terumi and her allies quelled Kirigakure's internal conflict, purged its departments, and classified Kisame Hoshigaki as a rogue ninja.
• Mei Terumi's group left Momochi Zabuza and his followers alone for the time being.

Amakawa Mingren told Kirigakure’s leaders he intended to unify the Ninja World and demanded one billion in compensation. When a Kirigakure official rejected the demand, Mingren killed him in front of the assembled leaders, leaving Mei Terumi and the others stunned.

• Mei Terumi welcomed Mingren to Kirigakure, and he explained that Sound had been an enemy spy connected to the people controlling the Fourth Generation.
• Mingren warned the leaders that the organization behind the Fourth Generation was powerful and declared that he planned to conquer the Land of Fields and eventually unify the Ninja World.
• Mei Terumi asked whether the Land of Water would become a target, and Mingren confirmed that it would, along with the other Great Nations.
• Mingren addressed the one billion in compensation agreed to by the missing Fourth Generation, while Ao hesitated to dispute the demand.
• A hostile Kirigakure official challenged Mingren’s claim, and Mingren killed him with a Dark Void Palm before asking the room who agreed or objected.

Amakawa Mingren forced Kirigakure to accept compensation and a truce, then outlined plans for a future alliance. He explained Mei Terumi’s history and began describing the outside world’s bloodline-based social order.

• Amakawa Mingren killed five Kirigakure officials who challenged his demand for compensation and threatened war.
• Mei Terumi agreed to pay one billion in compensation within a month and discussed signing a truce followed by an alliance agreement in one year.
• Amakawa Mingren invited Mei Terumi to inspect the Land of Rain, the Land of Demons, and the Land of Snow to see how their people lived.
• Amakawa Mingren explained that Mei Terumi had concealed her Kekkei Genkai to escape persecution under the Bloody Mist.
• Amakawa Mingren told Mei Terumi that the world outside Kirigakure was governed by Bloodline Theory.

Mingren secured a truce with Mei Terumi and shared information that could help Kirigakure recover the Six-Tails. After returning to Amegakure, he planned to expand his influence by targeting the Land of Fields, while Orosuke Hime began building up Otogakure.

• Mei Terumi agreed to a one-year truce with Mingren and promised to visit the Land of Rain after Kirigakure's reconstruction.
• Mingren told Mei Terumi that Utakata's defection had resulted from a misunderstanding, and she agreed to investigate recovering the Six-Tails.
• Mei Terumi ordered Suiren to gather one billion in compensation and deliver it to Amegakure.
• Mingren returned to Amegakure, briefed his followers on future plans, and chose the Land of Fields as his next target.
• Orosuke Hime returned to Otogakure and began planning to recruit rogue ninja clans and prisoners from her secret bases.

Orosuke Hime returned to Otogakure in a foul mood, killed a guard, and was escorted underground by Kimimaro and the Sound Four. She then visited Shin, whose experiments and obsession with Itachi Uchiha aligned with Danzo’s request to combine Hashirama Senju’s cells with the Uchiha’s power.

• Orosuke Hime killed an Otogakure guard who tried to stop her at the entrance.
• Kimimaro recognized Orosuke Hime and led her inside with the Sound Four.
• Kabuto Yakushi reported on Kirigakure, but Orosuke Hime interrupted him and asked where Shin was.
• Orosuke Hime went to the laboratory, where Shin was conducting experiments and drawing blood from his own arm.
• Orosuke Hime recalled Shin’s rare ability to accept transplanted Kekkei Genkai and his fixation on Itachi Uchiha’s power.

Orosuke Hime used Shin’s successful Sharingan-cloning experiments to complete a deal with Danzo and obtain the Impure World Reincarnation scroll. While she was away, Mingren pressured Otogakure and sent forces into the Land of Fields; after returning, Orosuke Hime learned that local clans were organizing and considered how to respond.

• Shin cut off his right arm, revealed his cloned Sharingan, and left to pursue his own dream; Orosuke Hime let him go and planned to send his arm to Danzo.
• Orosuke Hime ordered Kabuto Yakushi to recruit ninjas and clans across the Land of Fields and assigned Kimimaro to develop Otogakure.
• Mingren sent Kimimaro a diplomatic demand for an explanation and compensation over an attempted assassination, then publicized the dispute.
• Pakura, Ringo Ameyuri, Jūzō Biwa, and other Amegakure forces entered the Land of Fields, gathered intelligence, and clashed with Otogakure’s ninjas while Kimimaro kept most of the village’s forces out of battle.
• Orosuke Hime returned after obtaining the Impure World Reincarnation scroll from Danzo and learned that some local clans wanted to join Otogakure while others were forming an alliance; she rejected Kimimaro’s suggestion to eliminate them.

Orosuke Hime began researching Impure World Reincarnation and planned to use an alliance as a diversion, but Amakawa Mingren’s humiliating photographs drove her to swear revenge. Meanwhile, Kirigakure’s Suiren delivered the one-billion compensation payment and discussed Amegakure’s campaign against the Land of Fields, as ninja from across the Ninja World headed there.

• Orosuke Hime ordered Kabuto and Kimimaro to help turn an alliance into a weapon that would delay Amegakure while she studied Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto gave Orosuke Hime a package from Amakawa Mingren, and she found photographs documenting her humiliation in the Land of Water.
• Orosuke Hime destroyed the photographs and vowed to defeat Amakawa Mingren herself, turning to the Impure World Reincarnation scroll and a replicated Sharingan for ways to grow stronger.
• Suiren arrived in Amegakure with Kirigakure’s one-billion compensation payment, making the Truce Agreement official, and told Mingren that Mei Terumi would soon visit.
• Mingren and Suiren discussed the Land of Fields campaign and how rogue ninja were being rallied against Amegakure.
• Ninja with varied motives traveled to the Land of Fields, stirring conflict across the Ninja World.

Kabuto and Kimimaro encountered Hotaru, a young girl with powerful Chakra attacks who had been fighting criminals in the Land of Fields. After watching her defeat a Chunin-level rogue ninja, Kabuto befriended her over a meal and learned she had secretly left her family to stop wrongdoing.

• Kabuto and Kimimaro watched bandits rob a bar, but Hotaru stepped in and struck one with a blast of wind that badly injured him.
• Kabuto realized Hotaru was valuable and followed her with Kimimaro to observe her abilities.
• Hotaru defeated a Chunin-level rogue ninja with a powerful Chakra attack, then found herself hungry and without money.
• Kabuto offered Hotaru a meal and learned her name and that she had snuck away from her family.
• Hotaru told Kabuto she had been stopping murder, robbery, and arson because doing so made her feel fulfilled.

Ying joined Kabuto and Kimimaro on their way to the Alliance Assembly, believing Amegakure was responsible for the Land of Fields’ turmoil. Meanwhile, Orosuke Hime and Itachi attended an Akatsuki meeting where Itachi warned that they could not defeat Amakawa Mingren, then continued observing Amegakure in the Land of Fields.

• Ying explained that she had been secretly fighting criminals and voiced her determination to defeat Amakawa Mingren, unaware that Kabuto had spread false propaganda about Amegakure.
• Kabuto agreed to travel with Ying and Kimimaro to the Alliance Assembly, intending to learn more about Ying’s powerful techniques.
• Orosuke Hime joined Pain’s secret Akatsuki meeting, where Scorpion mocked her appearance and Pain praised the supposed success of her and Itachi’s mission in the Land of Water.
• Itachi warned Pain that he and Orosuke Hime could not defeat Amakawa Mingren, and Pain said Itachi would have a chance to see his own power.
• After the meeting, Itachi remained in the Land of Fields to monitor Amakawa Mingren and protect Sasuke from potential danger.

Itachi watched a gathering in the Land of Fields where Fūma Hayama organized resistance against Amegakure, while Kabuto and Ying observed from the crowd. Pakura and other Amegakure ninjas arrived to explain that Otogakure had attempted to assassinate their leader, but a planted agitator sparked a fight, leaving Fūma Hayama and the crowd charging forward.

• Itachi used the Transformation Technique to blend into a gathering of nearly four hundred people in the Land of Fields, where Kabuto and Ying also watched.
• Fūma Hayama urged the gathered clans and fighters to unite against Amegakure, and Ying joined the crowd’s cheers.
• Pakura arrived with Jūzō Biwa, Ringo Ameyuri, and other Amegakure ninjas, then stopped herself from attacking the crowd.
• Ringo Ameyuri explained that Amegakure had come to confront Otogakure after its ninjas tried to assassinate Amegakure’s leader.
• A hidden instigator accused Amegakure of killing his family and attacked Ringo Ameyuri, prompting Pakura to knock the attackers down.
• Fūma Hayama called on the Fūma Clan to follow him, and the gathered fighters rushed toward the Amegakure ninjas.

Pakura, Jūzō Biwa, and Ringo Ameyuri used a combined technique to stop the crowd, but Ying challenged them and revealed overwhelming power. After Ying unleashed two massive Chakra blasts, Jūzō Biwa recognized her as another hidden powerhouse like Might Duy.

• Jūzō Biwa and Ringo Ameyuri combined Water Style and Lightning Release to paralyze over a hundred people and halt the crowd’s attack.
• Pakura prepared to leave with Jūzō Biwa and Ringo Ameyuri after warning the crowd, while Ying helped the injured Kabuto Yakushi and accused the Amegakure ninja of being invaders.
• Ying’s Chakra surged into a powerful state, surprising Pakura and Itachi with its intensity.
• Ying fired a Chakra beam that blasted a long trench through the ground, then claimed she could keep using her power all day.
• Ying unleashed another powerful attack that created a crater, and Jūzō Biwa compared her to Might Duy.

Ying displayed overwhelming Chakra against Pakura and the Amegakure forces, prompting Jūzō Biwa to summon Amakawa Mingren. Mingren set out from Amegakure in the Aerial Fortress, while Ying and the others waited for his arrival in the Land of Fields.

• Ying gathered a Chakra sphere comparable to a Super Tailed Beast Rasengan, frightening Pakura and the others into calling for Amakawa Mingren.
• Ying warned Pakura to leave the Land of Fields, and Jūzō Biwa sent a signal for their leader.
• Mingren toured Amegakure with Suiren and promised that the Land of Water would also prosper under his rule.
• After receiving Jūzō Biwa's report, Mingren left for the Land of Fields aboard the Aerial Fortress.
• Jūzō Biwa told the group Mingren would arrive within a minute, and Ying and the crowd reacted with surprise.

Mingren arrived before the gathered shinobi and argued that the Land of Fields shared responsibility for Otogakure’s attack on Amegakure. Ying began to doubt her accusations, but Kabuto’s staged collapse renewed her resolve against Mingren.

• Mingren arrived in a high-speed entrance and faced the gathered shinobi, whose fear was intensified by his killing intent.
• Ying challenged Mingren for invading the Land of Fields, and Mingren asked her to consider how she would react if someone harmed her loved ones.
• Mingren argued that Otogakure’s attack on Amegakure made the Land of Fields responsible for starting a war, and that its people could not claim innocence after benefiting from the village’s violence.
• Ying faltered under Mingren’s argument, and he warned that a misdirected sense of justice could make her a weapon for others.
• Kabuto pretended to cough blood and urged Ying not to believe Mingren, prompting her to accuse Mingren and his companions of harming him.

Amakawa Mingren confronted Ying and the crowd, killing several disguised ninja who tried to turn her against him. He easily survived Ying’s powerful attack, knocked her out with one punch, and continued killing ninja from the great nations as Fūma Hayama realized his clan’s defeat was inevitable.

• Ninja from the great nations stirred up the crowd against Mingren, and he killed several of them with beams released by exhaling.
• Mingren challenged Ying’s judgment, and she attacked him with a massive blast of energy.
• Mingren emerged unharmed and knocked Ying down with a single punch while Kimimaro caught her.
• Mingren identified more ninja among the crowd and killed them with further blasts.
• Fūma Hayama watched in despair as he concluded that the Fūma Clan could not recover from the defeat.

Ying used her clan’s Natural Energy technique against Mingren, but he defeated her and Kimimaro with overwhelming strength. The rogue ninja leaders were also knocked down, leaving them and Kabuto confronted with the reality of Mingren’s power.

• Ying drew in Natural Energy and unleashed an attack powerful enough to destroy a small village, but Mingren and the others defended against it.
• Mingren explained that Ying’s clan secret technique let her gather and release Natural Energy, and recognized her potential despite her lack of a bloodline.
• Mingren struck the exhausted Ying and sent her flying, then used Dark Void Palm to shatter Kimimaro’s bone armor and knock him down.
• Fūma Hayama rallied the rogue ninja leaders and charged Mingren, but Mingren stomped the ground and sent them all tumbling.
• Kabuto realized that the rumors about Amakawa Mingren’s terrifying strength were true.

After Mingren exposed how Ying had been manipulated into opposing him, he sent her home and later received apologies from her and her mother, Tsuchigumo Cocoon. Cocoon described the clan’s progress and brought word that the Fūma Clan had sent a blacksmith to share its ninja-tool-making expertise.

• Mingren revealed that Orochimaru and ninjas from the Five Great Nations had exploited Ying’s sense of justice, and Fūma Hayama realized their group had been used.
• Mingren told Fūma Hayama’s group to take Ying home, leave Otogakure to him, and seek his help if they faced threats.
• Several days later, Tsuchigumo Cocoon and Ying visited Mingren in Amegakure, knelt, and apologized for Ying’s actions.
• Cocoon explained that the Tsuchigumo Clan had protected its settlement and improved its shared secret technique, while its members lived peacefully and chose their own paths.
• Cocoon told Mingren that the Fūma Clan had sent a blacksmith to share its ninja-tool-making expertise as an apology.

Mingren accepted Ying into Amegakure and planned to use her as one of the ordinary shinobi who would challenge bloodline supremacy. He ordered the village to prepare young candidates for Konoha’s Chunin Exam, then encountered Suiren waiting outside her room.

• Tsuchigumo Cocoon told Mingren about the Fūma Clan’s efforts to recreate Kusanagi-like blades, and Ying apologized for her earlier behavior.
• Ying asked to join Amegakure, and Mingren accepted her while assuring Cocoon that he would pressure Otogakure over the dangers facing rogue ninja in the Land of Fields.
• Mingren considered Ying a suitable candidate for challenging bloodline supremacy and planned to pass improved Dark Chakra techniques to the next generation.
• Mingren ordered Amegakure’s leaders to select young people to participate in Konoha’s Chunin Exam in a few years, and they began gathering candidates.
• After nightfall, Mingren visited the foreign guests’ residence, and Suiren was waiting outside her dormitory when he turned to leave.

Suiren's visit to Amegakure ended with Mingren keeping her there as a spy, while Cocoon and Ying heard troubling sounds during the night. The next day, Mingren announced that the war with Otogakure had temporarily ended and welcomed new talent from the Land of Fields.

• Suiren prepared to leave Amegakure, but Mingren stopped her and made her his spy as the two spent the night together.
• Ying celebrated becoming an official ninja while Cocoon heard cries and a heavy thud through the rain.
• The next morning, Amegakure's residents wondered why Suiren had not left, and Cocoon remained tired from the night.
• Mingren announced that the conflict with Otogakure had temporarily ended and that Otogakure would send diplomats to settle it.
• Mingren welcomed new talent from the Land of Fields, including members of the Fūma Clan, and pointed them out to Ying.

Ying became an official Amegakure ninja, then joined a special training group Mingren was assembling for the Chunin Exam. Mingren revealed Naruto Uzumaki’s parentage to his allies, leaving them to understand how Konoha survived the Nine-Tails Attack.

• Ying accepted an Amegakure forehead protector, and Ringo Ameyuri teased her by repeating her embarrassing declaration about the lord who had saved her clan.
• Tsuchigumo Cocoon encouraged Ying to face her shame, and Mingren called her over to arrange a task.
• Mingren reviewed candidates for special training, rejected Shiyu, Tsuyu, and Shuuyu, and selected Oboro, Kagari, Yumebi, and Ajisai among others.
• Pakura realized Mingren was preparing Amegakure for a future Chunin Exam involving Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Mingren confirmed her suspicion.
• Mingren told Pakura, Asuka, and the others that Naruto Uzumaki was the son of Uzumaki Kushina and Minato Namikaze, prompting Pakura to realize Minato had sealed the Nine-Tails inside his son.

Mingren assessed the younger ninjas’ prospects against Naruto and watched Ying spar with Ajisai before assigning Dark Chakra Jutsu to four of them. He took Ying aside without branding her, leaving her wondering whether she was being punished.

• Mingren explained Naruto’s powerful lineage and connections, and the others discussed whether their younger ninjas could defeat him in the Chunin Exam.
• Ying used Natural Energy to defeat Ajisai in their spar, while Ajisai revealed her Space-Time Ninjutsu with a marked talisman.
• Mingren stopped the spar and evaluated Ying’s strengths and weaknesses, while noting Ajisai’s limited Chakra reserves and potential.
• Mingren branded Kagari, Yumebi, Oboro, and Ajisai with Dark Chakra Jutsu but left Ying unbranded.
• Mingren took Ying away alone, and she followed in silence, wondering whether her past behavior had earned her punishment.