Chapter Summaries

Ying defeated Naruto in the arena, exposing his inability to move her mass-produced katana and leaving him with a three-year challenge. The Konoha Crush began as giant snakes breached the village walls and Mingren announced a plan to hunt the Hokage and Kazekage.

• Ying defeated Naruto, and Kakashi explained that ninja battles did not give opponents time to use every trump card.
• Naruto failed to pull Ying's katana from the ground, and Ying revealed that it was one of many mass-produced blades.
• Ying offered Naruto a chance to challenge her again in three years.
• Giant snakes broke through Konoha's outer walls, beginning the Konoha Crush.
• Mingren arrived above the arena and announced a plan to hunt the Hokage and Kazekage.
• Rasa killed two disguised Otogakure operatives, while Kabuto watched from the stands and revealed that Otogakure and Amegakure intended to prey on Konoha and Sunagakure.

Amakawa Mingren and Otogakure trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi and Rasa inside the Six Violet Flames Formation, and Mingren declared that he would kill them and reshape the Land of Rain Alliance. He revealed plans to conquer the Ninja World and destroy Konoha four years later, then explained that the date aligned with Naruto’s future actions.

• Kabuto Yakushi and the Otogakure ninja cast the Nirvana Mansion Technique as Mingren destroyed the viewing platform and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Rasa escaped.
• Kimimaro, Kabuto Yakushi, and the Sound Four raised the Six Violet Flames Formation, trapping Hiruzen Sarutobi, Rasa, Mingren, and Hanzo inside.
• Rasa proposed that he and Hiruzen Sarutobi join forces, while Mingren accused Konoha and Sunagakure of invading the Land of Rain and promised revenge.
• Mingren announced that he would kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and Rasa, become emperor of the Land of Rain Alliance, unite the nations, and destroy Konoha four years later.
• Mingren connected his four-year deadline to Naruto’s future conduct, including Naruto’s double standards over revenge and the devastation of the Shinobi Alliance.

Mingren prepared to crush Naruto’s beliefs and the legacy of bloodline power as Orochimaru, Hanzo, Asuka, and Pakura revealed themselves inside the barrier and confronted Hiruzen and Rasa. Outside, the village’s defenders responded to the sudden shift in the battle, while Naruto fixated on Ying and Kushina followed him from a distance.

• Mingren’s dark chakra surged as he resolved to defeat Naruto in his Six Paths form and overturn the outcome he associated with Naruto’s ideals.
• Orosuke Hime revealed herself as Orochimaru, and Hiruzen recognized his former student.
• Hanzo and Asuka revealed their identities to Hiruzen and Rasa, while Pakura challenged Rasa to fight.
• Baki sent Kankuro and Temari to take the unstable Gaara to safety, then left to stop Sunagakure’s forces from attacking Konoha.
• Kakashi ordered Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Shikamaru to follow Gaara, but Naruto watched Ying and vowed to defeat her and her allies.
• Kushina followed Naruto after he left, while Kakashi noticed Might Guy standing still and staring into the distance.

Mingren’s forces attacked Konoha while Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Hanzo inside the barrier and struggled to answer Mingren’s accusation that Konoha was an invader. The chapter left Pakura poised to decide her battle with Rasa.

• Kakashi and Might Guy spotted Hanzo, Mingren, Pakura, and others inside the barrier, but Kakashi urged Guy to trust Hiruzen and the ANBU.
• Orosuke Hime stepped aside as Pakura fought Rasa, while Hiruzen realized one of his guards was missing.
• Hizashi Hyuga revealed himself to Hyuga Hiashi and asked Hanabi to bring Neji so he could speak with him.
• Jiraiya and Konoha’s shinobi fought the invading forces as Shino blocked Kankuro and the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads directed the defense.
• Hanzo attacked Hiruzen, who summoned Enma and fought back with the Adamantine Nyoi-Bō before declaring that Konoha’s next generation would protect the village.
• Mingren challenged Hiruzen’s Will of Fire by pointing out Konoha’s invasions, leaving Hiruzen speechless as Pakura and Rasa’s battle neared its conclusion.

Pakura defeated Rasa in their fight, but he escaped underground as a Gold Dust Clone. Mingren then attacked the real Rasa, who fought back with Magnet Release as the battle continued inside the Six Violet Flames Formation.

• Pakura overwhelmed Rasa with Scorch Release, and he escaped by burrowing underground while she blasted the earth in pursuit.
• Maki called out to Pakura, whose anger nearly made her lose control until Mingren calmed her and reminded her that Maki could testify to Rasa's defeat.
• Pakura warned Maki that Sunagakure's leadership would persecute her, while Ying, Haku, Ajisai, Darui, Mabui, and Shi could spread the truth about what happened.
• Rasa transformed the soil inside the barrier into Gold Dust and emerged, but Mingren struck him down with a single punch, revealing that he had destroyed a clone.
• Rasa attacked Mingren with waves of Gold Dust Hands, but Mingren shattered them with punches and shockwaves.

Mingren killed Rasa with overwhelming physical attacks, then faced Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Third Hokage used the Reaper Death Seal and Darkness Technique to attack Hanzo and the others. The chapter ended with Hiruzen’s Shadow Clones striking through the darkness.

• Mingren blasted away Rasa’s Gold Dust and shattered his Absolute Defense, beating him to death in midair.
• Mingren landed before Hiruzen Sarutobi and signaled that Hanzo of the Salamander was next.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared that Konoha would endure and began using the Reaper Death Seal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Shadow Clones after Hanzo, Asuka, Pakura, and Orosuke Hime rather than confronting Mingren directly.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi cast Darkness Technique, plunging the area into darkness as the Shadow Clones attacked.

As Hiruzen Sarutobi began the Reaper Death Seal against Hanzo, Asuka, Pakura, and Orosuke Hime, Naruto and Sasuke returned and learned that the Kazekage had been killed. The battle left Hiruzen gambling his life on holding Amakawa Mingren long enough for the sealing technique to take effect, while Might Guy went after Neji, who had left Konoha with Hizashi Hyuga.

• Naruto and Sasuke returned after Naruto defeated Gaara, and Kakashi told them that Amakawa Mingren had killed the Kazekage.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Might Guy that Hizashi Hyuga had defeated him and taken Neji away, so Might Guy left to pursue them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi's Shadow Clones touched Hanzo, Asuka, Pakura, and Orosuke Hime, allowing the Shinigami's hand to seize their bodies and souls.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi trapped Amakawa Mingren inside an Adamantine Wall, hoping to delay him as the Reaper Death Seal began pulling at its targets.
• Amakawa Mingren's power erupted after he killed Rasa, reaching 76.5.

Amakawa Mingren killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Ying’s Sage Mode attack devastated the Konoha forces and left Kakashi paralyzed by grief and doubt. With the Third Hokage dead and the venue in ruins, the story left Konoha facing despair.

• Mingren blasted Enma out of his Adamantine Wall form, forcing the monkey summon to return to his original realm.
• Ying struck Uzuki Yugao with a compressed Sage Mode beam, and the Medical Team rushed to treat her pierced abdomen.
• Ying killed the seven ANBU members who charged her, while Kakashi and Uzumaki Kushina watched their comrades fall.
• Kakashi froze in an internal struggle over Konoha’s invasion of the Land of Rain and remembered his father, Hatake Sakumo.
• Mingren crushed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s neck and killed the Third Hokage before he could undo the Reaper Death Seal.

After Mingren announced the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Rasa, Konoha's shinobi began a counterattack under Kakashi's command. Ying's hidden Dark Shadow killed Nara Yuanhui, and Mingren's Dark Fist crushed the ANBU who attacked Asuka.

• Mingren announced that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Rasa were dead, dispelling the Six Violet Flames Formation.
• Naruto grieved for Hiruzen and tried to attack Mingren, but Sasuke stopped him.
• Kakashi organized Konoha's shinobi and sent Hokuto Hyuga to scout while other ninja advanced against Ying.
• The Dark Shadow hidden inside Ying's body knocked Tsume Inuzuka away and killed Nara Yuanhui with a crescent-shaped shockwave.
• Several ANBU attacked Asuka, and Mingren's Dark Fist crushed them along with their weapons.

Kakashi and his allies attacked Amakawa Mingren, but Dark Shadow defeated them and badly injured Kakashi’s Ninja Dogs. Kushina appeared and pleaded for Kakashi to stop, while Mingren dropped Hiruzen Sarutobi’s corpse before Naruto.

• Mingren used Dark Shadow to kill several ANBU and defeat Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter attack, even as Tenzo assisted with Wood Release.
• Kakashi combined Tenzo’s wood technique, Lightning Cutter, and the Tracking Fang Technique, but Dark Shadow blasted him and the eight Ninja Dogs away.
• Kakashi realized Dark Shadow had been carrying out Mingren’s attacks, then declared seven of his injured Ninja Dogs retired from ninja missions.
• Kushina appeared in the stands and begged Kakashi to stop fighting, bringing the conflict to an end.
• Mingren threw Hiruzen Sarutobi’s corpse to the ground, and Naruto felt an unexplained connection to Kushina.

After killing Konoha’s Third Hokage and the Fourth Kazekage, Amakawa Mingren took Kushina back to the Land of Rain and promised to destroy Konoha in four years. As the Ninja World reeled from the deaths, Mingren announced his plans to become Emperor, while the Akatsuki Organization gathered to discuss his growing power.

• Mingren told Naruto that he would destroy Konoha in four years, then seized Kushina and left with the Amegakure and Sound Ninja forces.
• Naruto mourned and raged over the attack, while Kushina urged him to train with Jiraiya and master the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Back in the Land of Rain, Mingren announced that he would become Emperor and unify the Ninja World.
• News spread that Mingren had killed the Third Hokage and Fourth Kazekage, alarming the nations and organizations across the Ninja World.
• Pain gathered the Akatsuki Organization, and Orosuke Hime recounted Mingren’s role in the operation.
• Scorpion warned Pain that someone might hire the Akatsuki Organization to deal with Amegakure.

The Akatsuki decided to watch Amakawa Mingren’s rise and began investigating the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, while Mingren reviewed reports in Amegakure and ordered officials to prosecute a foreigner who had harassed a local woman. The chapter ended with Mingren learning of Itachi and Kisame’s clash in Konoha and Jiraiya’s journey with Naruto, but choosing not to intervene yet.

• Pain and the Akatsuki members discussed a possible five-billion bounty on Mingren, then agreed to wait while he pursued his bid to become emperor.
• Pain ordered Itachi, Kisame, and the other Akatsuki members to investigate the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki, beginning with Naruto Uzumaki.
• Mingren reviewed reports in Amegakure and told his officials to prosecute a Land of Lightning tourist who had harassed a local woman.
• Mingren read that Itachi and Kisame had entered Konoha, that Itachi had broken Sasuke’s arm, and that Jiraiya had traveled north with Naruto.
• Mingren decided that Amegakure did not need to concern itself with the Akatsuki for now.

Mingren learned that Orosuke Hime was heading to Tanzaku Town to find Tsunade and decided to go there himself. After reminding Neji to train for their planned return to Konoha, he confronted Kushina for breaking their agreement and dragged her toward the Life Support Pod.

• Mingren sensed Orosuke Hime’s location and guessed that she planned to seek Tsunade’s help with the Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Mingren decided to travel to Tanzaku Town because a confrontation among the Sannin seemed likely.
• Mingren told Neji to train hard because they would return to Konoha in four years.
• Mingren entered Black Prison and faced Kushina, who apologized for revealing herself to Kakashi during the Chunin Exam.
• Mingren grabbed Kushina by the hair and dragged her toward the Life Support Pod as she begged him not to lock her inside.

Mingren confined Kushina in a Life Support Pod for four years, while Tsunade and Shizune encountered Orosuke Hime and Kabuto in Tanzaku Town. Orosuke Hime revealed that she had come to ask Tsunade for a favor and claimed Amakawa Mingren had killed the Third Hokage.

• Mingren sealed Kushina inside the Life Support Pod, declaring she would remain confined for four years as punishment for breaking their contract.
• Tsunade grew suspicious after she and Shizune won a slot-machine jackpot, but Shizune persuaded her to visit the Pavilion Ruins in Tanzaku Town.
• Orosuke Hime and Kabuto discussed Tsunade's contributions to Konoha's medical teams as they followed her.
• Jiraiya praised Naruto Uzumaki's progress in Rasengan training after seeing the chakra burn on Naruto's palm.
• Orosuke Hime and Kabuto appeared before Tsunade and Shizune atop a giant serpent after the pavilion exploded.
• Tsunade recognized Orosuke Hime as Orochimaru, and Orosuke Hime claimed Amakawa Mingren had killed the Third Hokage.

Orosuke Hime offered Tsunade a chance to see Dan Katō and Nawaki Senju again if she helped with a nuisance, while warning that Amakawa Mingren planned to destroy Konoha in four years. Jiraiya later told Tsunade that the village wanted her as Fifth Hokage and argued that Konoha faced destruction whether or not she accepted.

• Orosuke Hime offered to use an improved Impure World Reincarnation for Tsunade if she helped, and gave her a week to answer.
• Orosuke Hime revealed that Amakawa Mingren had threatened to destroy Konoha in four years and said she planned to hide and grow stronger before deciding whether to take revenge.
• Tsunade went to a restaurant to drink, where Jiraiya found her and told her that the village had chosen her to become Fifth Hokage.
• Jiraiya explained that Amakawa Mingren had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Kazekage after manipulating Sunagakure into attacking Konoha.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that Konoha might be destroyed in four years regardless of her decision, leaving her questioning whether his claim was true.

Jiraiya told Tsunade and Naruto about Amakawa Mingren, while Tsunade agreed to investigate Orochimaru’s claim that Mingren had placed a seal on him. Mingren arranged for Orosuke Hime to use Impure World Reincarnation on Dan Katō and Nawaki, and three days later Tsunade, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Shizune set out to meet Orochimaru as Kabuto watched them.

• Jiraiya explained Amakawa Mingren’s history to Tsunade and Naruto, and Naruto vowed to avenge the Fourth and Third Hokage.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Orochimaru had asked her to remove Mingren’s Eight Trigrams Seal, and she agreed to help investigate.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that he would kill her if she betrayed Konoha, while Mingren watched and decided to prepare for Tsunade becoming Hokage.
• Mingren visited Orosuke Hime and told her to use Impure World Reincarnation to revive Dan Katō and Nawaki from DNA samples.
• Three days later, Kabuto spotted Jiraiya and Naruto near Tsunade’s residence and decided to report their presence to Orochimaru.
• Tsunade, Shizune, Jiraiya, and Naruto set out to meet Orochimaru, and Naruto vowed to defeat Mingren within four years.

Tsunade met Orosuke Hime and agreed to help her after seeing the apparent bodies of Dan and Nawaki. Inside Orosuke Hime’s sealed Mental World, Tsunade encountered Amakawa Mingren guarding the talisman and clashed with him over his accusation that she was a war criminal.

• Orosuke Hime summoned two coffins containing lifelike figures of Dan and Nawaki, and Tsunade wept at the sight of them.
• Tsunade agreed to help Orosuke Hime, then transferred her Chakra into Orosuke Hime’s body to enter her Mental World.
• Orosuke Hime showed Tsunade the talisman on the iron gate and warned her to beware of its gatekeeper, Amakawa Mingren.
• Jiraiya, Shizune, Naruto, and Tonton watched from a rooftop while Jiraiya distractedly admired Orosuke Hime’s figure.
• Amakawa Mingren called Tsunade Hanzo’s defeated subordinate and a war criminal who had invaded the Land of Rain, provoking her anger.

Tsunade fought Amakawa Mingren’s chakra fragment inside her mental space, first trading blows with him and then unleashing the Yin Seal after he overwhelmed her. As Tsunade began their second round, Mingren’s hidden Quantum Transmission ability remained unknown to Orosuke Hime.

• Tsunade attacked Mingren after he mocked her, but he blocked her punch and matched her strength.
• Orosuke Hime estimated that Mingren’s chakra fragment had power between the seventh and eighth gates, while Tsunade continued exchanging blows with him.
• Mingren increased his attack speed and struck Tsunade with hundreds of punches, sending her flying.
• Tsunade released her Yin Seal, greatly increasing her chakra output and preparing to fight Mingren again.
• Outside the mental space, Shizune saw Tsunade’s seal appear and warned Jiraiya to be ready to fight.
• Orosuke Hime hoped Tsunade would defeat Mingren’s chakra fragment, unaware that Mingren could use Quantum Transmission.

Amakawa Mingren used Orosuke Hime’s Dark Chakra receiver to overpower Tsunade in the mental world and exploit her fear of blood. He left Tsunade frozen by invoking Dan Katō and Nawaki Senju, while his plan to drive her back to Konoha and make her Hokage remained underway.

• Dark Chakra flowed from Amakawa Mingren’s true body through Orosuke Hime to empower his consciousness, and he overwhelmed Tsunade in the mental world.
• Mingren restrained Tsunade and relentlessly struck her, while Orosuke Hime watched in shock and Jiraiya could not follow the attacks.
• Mingren shattered Tsunade’s Water Style defense with a supersonic assault.
• Mingren cut his palm and splashed blood onto Tsunade, triggering her hemophobia and leaving her frightened and disoriented.
• Mingren asked Tsunade what Dan Katō and Nawaki Senju would think if they saw her defeated, and she froze.

Mingren defeated Tsunade in the Mental Space, and her fury spilled into the real world when she punched Orosuke Hime, triggering a battle among the Sannin. After Orosuke Hime used Dan Katō and Nawaki Senju to strengthen Tsunade’s resolve, Tsunade agreed to become the Fifth Hokage and gave Naruto the Necklace.

• Mingren overwhelmed Tsunade with supersonic Dark Taijutsu and blasted her into the Eight Trigrams Seal Iron Door before ending their fight.
• Tsunade woke in the real world and punched Orosuke Hime, sending her flying and prompting Orosuke Hime to retaliate.
• Jiraiya joined Tsunade against Orosuke Hime, while Kabuto Yakushi fought Shizune and Naruto; Naruto defeated Kabuto with a Rasengan.
• Orosuke Hime summoned Dan Katō and Nawaki Senju as Unconscious Puppets, driving Tsunade to resolve to protect Konoha and become Hokage.
• Orosuke Hime and Kabuto departed, Dan Katō and Nawaki Senju returned to their coffins, and Tsunade gave Naruto the Necklace before returning to Konoha with Jiraiya.