Chapter Summaries

Hiruko unleashed a storm of natural lightning that flattened Mount Sumeru, but Mingren survived with only minor damage and counterattacked. Hiruko used his stolen Kekkei Genkai to evade Mingren’s punch and attack with bladed bandages and Steel Release arms, but Mingren cut off both arms.

• Hiruko gathered thunderclouds across Mount Sumeru and unleashed a massive lightning strike at Mingren.
• The lightning strike flattened Mount Sumeru, but Mingren emerged with only charred marks, which quickly disappeared as his Gelel-powered combat suit repaired itself.
• Mingren launched a devastating punch at Hiruko, who used Swift Release to evade it and charge toward him.
• Hiruko turned his bandages into blades and attacked Mingren, who drew his Kusanagi Sword and severed them.
• Hiruko transformed his arms into Steel Release blades and thrust at Mingren, who cut off both arms with his sword.

Mingren overwhelmed Hiruko despite his regenerative immortality, while Asuka defeated Hiruko’s subordinates and sealed Hiruko’s connections to them and his Summoned Beasts. Hiruko despaired over lacking companions and inherited power as Mingren insisted his strength came from mortal wisdom and collective effort.

• Mingren shredded Hiruko with rapid blade strikes, but Hiruko regenerated through his Five Elements Power.
• Asuka poisoned and defeated Hiruko’s three subordinates, then left to assist Mingren.
• Mingren repeatedly blasted Hiruko into the earth and scattered his blue gelatinous body when Hiruko tried to fuse with him.
• Asuka arrived and used Contract Seal to sever Hiruko’s connections to his subordinates and Summoned Beasts, then weakened his mobility with seals.
• Mingren denied possessing a Kekkei Genkai or Kekkei Tōta and attributed his strength to mortal wisdom and collective power.
• Hiruko lamented that he had no companions or inherited advantages, describing himself as an ordinary shinobi who had turned to the Chimera Technique.

Mingren persuaded Hiruko to abandon the Kekkei Genkai he had stolen and join Amegakure, while Naruto defeated Kakuzu with Rasenshuriken. Mingren confronted Naruto over killing Kakuzu, but their clash was interrupted when Yugito emerged in a half-awakened state.

• Mingren invited Hiruko to join Amegakure, and Hiruko accepted by using Separation Jutsu to expel the stolen Kekkei Genkai and Sharingan from his body.
• Naruto arrived and struck Kakuzu with Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, leaving him fatally injured as Hidan remained buried in Shikamaru's trap.
• Kakashi moved to finish Kakuzu, but Mingren intervened and Kakuzu died before Kakashi could strike.
• Mingren accused Naruto of killing Kakuzu, and Naruto angrily formed another Rasenshuriken to attack him.
• Yugito, surrounded by black flames with two tails swaying, emerged and knocked away Naruto's Shadow Clones.

Yugito survived Naruto Uzumaki’s Rasenshuriken thanks to her Dark Chakra Mode, and Kakashi realized this supported his suspicion that Kushina was still alive. Meanwhile, Sasuke left Otogakure after receiving White Snake Power, while the Akatsuki Organization focused on capturing the last two Jinchuriki.

• Yugito’s Negative Emotions formed Zero-Tails, whose Dark Chakra Mode let her withstand Naruto Uzumaki’s Rasenshuriken.
• Kakashi recognized Yugito as Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchuriki and connected her survival after extraction to the possibility that Kushina was alive.
• Mingren, Asuka, and Yugito vanished after Mingren declared that he would destroy Konoha.
• Sasuke completed a White Snake Power transplant, defeated the injured Kimimaro, and left Otogakure with Karin to find Itachi.
• Kabuto Yakushi considered transplanting Orochimaru’s power into himself after seeing Sasuke’s strength.
• The Akatsuki Organization began a meeting and prioritized capturing the remaining two Jinchuriki.

Itachi visited Orosuke Hime in Otogakure to propose a deal involving the Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged her to witness its power. Orosuke Hime summoned the Third Kazekage, but Itachi’s Susanoo cut through his Iron Sand defense.

• Pain assigned Itachi to settle matters with Sasuke while Deidara, Tobi, and Pain went after Naruto Uzumaki.
• Itachi and Kisame arrived at Otogakure, and Itachi entered Orosuke Hime’s underground base alone.
• Itachi offered Orosuke Hime Mangekyō Sharingan power in exchange for her help and revealed Susanoo.
• Orosuke Hime summoned the Third Kazekage and ordered him to attack Itachi with Iron Sand.
• Itachi’s Susanoo cleaved through the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand Absolute Defense.

Itachi used the Totsuka Blade to seal the Third Kazekage and negotiated with Orosuke Hime, while Deidara targeted Sasuke and Jiraiya prepared to infiltrate Amegakure. The chapter ended with Pain setting out to capture Naruto Uzumaki himself.

• Itachi pierced the Third Kazekage with Susanoo’s Totsuka Blade, sealing him and ending the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Several days later, Deidara spotted Sasuke and decided to attack Itachi’s little brother.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Akatsuki’s headquarters was in Amegakure and planned to investigate the village alone.
• Deidara used his ultimate self-destruction art in the Land of Fire, apparently perishing alongside Sasuke, though Itachi suspected Sasuke survived.
• Pain announced that he had found Naruto Uzumaki’s team and set out to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki personally.

Pain ordered Itachi and Kisame to capture the Eight-Tails, then redirected Itachi to deal with the still-living Sasuke. As Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure and headed for the Black Tower, Mingren experimented with a metal-fusing technique and learned that an intruder had arrived.

• Pain assigned Itachi and Kisame to capture the Eight-Tails, but told Itachi to deal with Sasuke first after Orosuke Hime revealed Sasuke had survived.
• Sasuke recovered quickly using the White Snake Power and set out to find Itachi, while Obito planned to watch their confrontation.
• Mingren used Hiruko's modified Chimera Technique to fuse and compress metal, producing a tiny cube that weighed eight tons.
• Asuka told Mingren that an intruder had entered Amegakure, and Mingren went to investigate.
• Jiraiya surveyed Amegakure's advanced cityscape, followed the contact frogs' clues to the Black Tower, and arrived at its entrance.

Jiraiya infiltrated a building in the Land of Rain and confronted Asuka and Mingren, who condemned him as a war criminal. Mingren declared his intent to destroy Konoha’s regime, and Jiraiya prepared to fight him in Sage Mode.

• Jiraiya released the Key Toad and instructed it to teleport into Naruto’s body if anything happened to him.
• Jiraiya met Asuka and Mingren, who challenged his record of killing in the Land of Rain and called him a Class A war criminal.
• Mingren said he would destroy Konoha’s regime and annex the Land of Fire, while sparing its people.
• Jiraiya vowed to kill Mingren for the village and summoned Gamakichi before gathering Natural Energy to enter Sage Mode.
• Mingren promised not to attack while Jiraiya entered Sage Mode, and Jiraiya sent Gamakichi away.

Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima fused to his shoulders, then faced Amakawa Mingren. After their attacks failed to harm Mingren, Jiraiya declared him the bringer of destruction and launched a Sage Chakra-powered kick.

• Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, who fused with him using the Sage Art: Twin-Form Jutsu.
• Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku attacked Mingren with their tongues, but he severed both with his eight-ton Kusanagi Sword.
• Jiraiya recalled the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and concluded that he had reached the momentous choice foretold for him.
• Mingren interpreted the prophecy as leaving room for a third future in which humanity united and returned great power to ordinary people.
• Jiraiya called Mingren the one who brought destruction and, with the two sages arguing behind him, rushed forward to kick him with Sage Chakra.

Jiraiya and the two great sages attacked Amakawa Mingren with their strongest Sage Mode techniques, but Mingren effortlessly countered each one. Jiraiya recognized the immense gap between them as the battle continued.

• Mingren sent Jiraiya flying with a casual kick, and Jiraiya followed with the combined Sage Art: Goemon.
• Mingren punched the boiling oil back, forcing Jiraiya to cling to the wall and use partial Frog Transformation.
• Jiraiya attacked with Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Rasengan, but Mingren met it with his Dark Red Super Active Fist.
• Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku covered Jiraiya with a smoke bomb, but Mingren blocked Jiraiya's unseen Frog Kumite punch.
• Jiraiya released Sage-enhanced Hair Needles Senbon, but Mingren's Dark Chakra Aura stopped the attack and cleared the smoke.
• Jiraiya judged that he could not defeat Mingren even in Sage Mode and acknowledged his overwhelming strength.

Mingren defeated Jiraiya’s Toad Song genjutsu and blasted away his left arm. As Amegakure’s forces surrounded Jiraiya, Hanzo severed his contract with the Mount Myōboku toads, leaving him trapped.

• Mingren walked into Jiraiya’s sound-based genjutsu, but the Chakra Armor protected him from Toad Song.
• Mingren struck Jiraiya with overwhelming force and pulverized his left arm.
• Hanzo, Pakura, Ying, and Ringo Ameyuri arrived as Jiraiya’s allies urged him to escape.
• Hanzo used Contract Seal to sever Jiraiya’s connection to the Mount Myōboku toads.

Mingren captured Jiraiya and declared he would destroy Konoha and publicly execute him. Meanwhile, Itachi met Naruto and implanted Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan in him before Pain arrived with all Six Paths to capture the Nine-Tails.

• Mingren ordered Hanzo and the others to capture Jiraiya, sent Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima back to Mount Myōboku, and vowed to broadcast Jiraiya’s public execution to the Five Great Nations.
• In the Land of Fire, Naruto encountered Itachi, who asked why he cared so much about Sasuke; Naruto answered that he truly saw Sasuke as a brother.
• Itachi implanted Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan in Naruto and left, warning him that someone else would soon come to capture him.
• Obito told Pain he was leaving to watch the battle between the Uchiha brothers, and Pain promised to capture the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto reunited with Kakashi, Yamato, Sai, Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru, and Shino, and Kakashi proposed returning to the village to prepare for Akatsuki.
• Six figures wearing Akatsuki robes appeared before the group, and Deva Path Pain identified Naruto as the Nine-Tails and demanded his power.

Shino, Kakashi, and the others confronted the Six Paths of Pain, whose overwhelming abilities quickly crippled Kiba and Akamaru and devastated Naruto’s Shadow Clones. Kakashi ordered a retreat, and Naruto drew Pain away by making himself the target.

• Shino sent his insects toward Pain, but Deva Path repelled them and Yamato’s Water Style with an invisible force.
• Kakashi summoned Pakkun to warn the Hokage and request reinforcements after Pain demanded the Nine-Tails.
• Kiba and Akamaru attacked Deva Path, who struck them with repulsive force and left them severely injured.
• Naruto created a thousand Shadow Clones, but Asura Path revealed its weaponized body and fired a laser that destroyed them all.
• Kakashi told everyone to retreat, and Naruto lured the Six Paths of Pain after him.

Tsunade teleported to help Kakashi, Yamato, and Naruto fight Pain, initially turning the battle in their favor. Pain restored his damaged bodies and countered their techniques, leaving Naruto and the others facing his overwhelming power.

• Tsunade used the Flying Thunder God formula to teleport to Kakashi and joined him and Yamato in attacking Pain.
• Pain cornered Naruto, but Tsunade arrived and repelled Deva Path Pain's Shinra Tensei with her strength.
• Kakashi pierced Asura Path with Lightning Cutter, Yamato restrained a Hellhound, and Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to crush Pain's summoned beasts.
• Pain restored defeated bodies and adapted to the group's tactics, then nullified Naruto's Rasenshuriken with Shinra Tensei.
• Tsunade charged Deva Path Pain with a Heavenly Guard Kick.

Pain’s Six Paths overwhelmed Naruto, Tsunade, Kakashi, and their allies until Naruto released the Nine-Tails’ power and transformed with seven tails. His rampage destroyed several Paths, but the battle ended with a massive blast as Deva Path Pain interrupted his Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Outer Path Pain caught Tsunade’s kick while Human Path Pain pulled part of her soul out, leaving her restrained and drained.
• Asura Path Pain drove Kakashi back, the split Hell Hound attacked Yamato, and Deva and Hell Path Pains pinned Naruto with Black Rods.
• Deva Path Pain blasted Kakashi and Yamato away, while Tsunade and Katsuyu were overwhelmed and Shino and Hinata arrived to find the defenders defeated.
• Naruto called on the Nine-Tails, erupted with crimson Chakra, and transformed into a seven-tailed miniature Nine-Tails after crushing Hashirama’s necklace.
• Seven-tailed Naruto tore through Hell Path, Asura Path, Human Path, and Outer Path Pain, then gathered a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Deva Path Pain used Banshō Ten’in to interrupt the Tailed Beast Bomb, but its aftershock engulfed Naruto and Pain in a vast explosion.

Nagato used Planetary Devastation to capture seven-tailed Naruto, but Sakura supplied Yamato with enough Chakra to suppress the Nine-Tails. Naruto and the Konoha shinobi defeated Deva Path Pain, found Nagato’s true body, and Naruto began a private conversation with him about their ideals.

• Kakashi and Yamato pursued seven-tailed Naruto and Deva Path Pain while Nagato waited for Pain to get within range.
• Nagato used Planetary Devastation to trap Naruto in a massive artificial celestial body, leaving Nagato severely weakened.
• Naruto broke out of Planetary Devastation with Tailed Beast Bombs, but Yamato could not suppress his power until Sakura transferred her stored Chakra to him.
• Yamato’s suppression returned Naruto to normal, and Naruto charged Deva Path Pain while the Konoha shinobi joined the fight.
• Konoha’s shinobi overwhelmed Deva Path Pain, then Hinata and Kakashi’s Eight Ninja Hounds helped them locate Nagato’s true body.
• Naruto showed Nagato Jiraiya’s book and began discussing their worldviews and ideals with him.

Naruto persuaded Nagato to abandon his old beliefs, but Nagato warned that Madara remained a threat. Back in Konoha, Danzō seized the acting Hokage position while Sasuke confronted Itachi at the Uchiha stronghold, where their battle began.

• Naruto convinced Nagato that he was the Child of Destiny, and Nagato agreed to believe in him.
• Nagato said he would recover his body and prepare to face Madara, while Konan followed his lead.
• Naruto returned to Konoha and was promoted as the village’s hero, but Danzō took office as acting Hokage while Tsunade remained unconscious.
• Fukasaku arrived in Konoha with news of Jiraiya’s defeat.
• Sasuke confronted Itachi at the Uchiha stronghold, learned that Madara had helped with the clan massacre, and resolved to kill him as well.
• Itachi explained the Mangekyō Sharingan before the brothers began fighting; Sasuke used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Cursed Seal to break Tsukuyomi.

Sasuke fought Itachi at the Uchiha hideout, where Itachi removed Orosuke Hime's Chakra from him before collapsing. After Obito told Sasuke a partial version of the truth about the clan massacre and blamed Amakawa Mingren for Fugaku's death, Sasuke remembered his family and wept by the sea.

• Sasuke summoned Lightning Release: Kirin, but Itachi survived with Susanoo.
• Sasuke's Cursed Seal released the Eight-Headed Serpent, which Itachi destroyed with Susanoo and Amaterasu, removing Orosuke Hime's Chakra from Sasuke.
• Itachi collapsed after sealing Tsukuyomi Amaterasu in Sasuke's eyes, and Sasuke fell beside him as Obito watched.
• Obito took Sasuke away and told him that Konoha had orchestrated the clan massacre, while concealing his own role and his part in summoning the Nine-Tails.
• Obito told Sasuke that Amakawa Mingren had killed Fugaku Uchiha, and Sasuke later recalled his family by the sea and shed tears.

After Itachi’s death, Obito planned to use Sasuke and wait for Amakawa Mingren and Nagato to weaken each other. In Konoha, the village’s leaders learned of Jiraiya’s defeat, then the Ninja World watched as Mingren began Jiraiya’s public trial.

• Sasuke named his group Hawk Team and vowed to destroy Konoha and kill Amakawa Mingren.
• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed attacking Konoha now that Itachi was dead, and Obito revealed his plan to exploit a clash between Mingren and Nagato.
• Sage Fukasaku told Konoha’s leaders that Mingren had easily defeated Jiraiya, prompting them to consider training Naruto in Perfect Sage Mode and seeking Pain’s help.
• Aoba Yamashiro summoned the others to watch a broadcast announcing the public trial of Jiraiya as a Class A war criminal.
• Mingren opened the live trial in Amegakure, where the one-armed Jiraiya stood bound to a cross before a tribunal and gathered citizens.

Mingren publicly tried and executed Jiraiya, then announced that Amegakure would destroy Konoha in one month. After the broadcast shook the Ninja World, Sasuke set out to capture the Eight-Tails and strengthen his Mangekyō Sharingan before pursuing revenge.

• Danzo blocked the broadcast's audio and text in Konoha, but viewers across the Ninja World watched the trial.
• Mingren presented witnesses and charged Jiraiya with invasions and assassinations, including attacks on Hanzo and Mingren.
• Mingren sentenced Jiraiya to death and beheaded him before the public.
• Mingren announced that Amegakure would attack Konoha in one month, stirring discussion of an impending Fourth Great Ninja War.
• Sasuke told Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu that they would capture the Eight-Tails in the Land of Lightning so he could master his Mangekyō Sharingan before seeking revenge.