Chapter Summaries

Mingren kept Naruto alive while pressuring Kushina, and Konan arrived in New Konoha seeking to reclaim Nagato’s eyes. After waiting overnight, she met Mingren as the war was beginning, but he said he had little time for her.

• Kushina begged Mingren to spare Naruto, and he pressured her while making clear he would not kill Naruto immediately.
• Konan arrived in New Konoha to work with the Amegakure Emperor to reclaim Nagato’s eyes, and Hizashi Hyuga arranged a place for her to stay.
• Konan waited through the night and left breakfast untouched, while Sage Katsuyu noticed signs that Kushina had recently been in Mingren’s office.
• Mingren received Konan with Kushina disguised as an Amegakure ANBU and told her the war had already begun.
• Mingren explained that the first White Zetsu would attack the Ninja World Allied Forces from behind within two days and said he was too busy to deal with Konan.

Konan asked Amakawa Mingren to help reclaim Nagato’s Rinnegan from Madara, but Mingren refused and condemned her as a traitor to the Land of Rain. He had Kushina capture Konan, leaving her restrained while he pursued his own plans for the war.

• Konan urged Amakawa Mingren to recover Nagato’s Rinnegan, admitting she could not defeat Madara alone.
• Mingren said he would eliminate Madara but refused to claim the Rinnegan, insisting he could achieve his goals without it.
• Mingren accused Konan and Nagato of betraying their country by helping Konoha.
• Mingren crushed his cup as a signal, and Kushina bound Konan with Dark Chakra-stained Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kushina privately regretted carrying out Mingren’s mission, which was part of a deal concerning Naruto Uzumaki’s survival during the Fourth Great Ninja War.

Mingren subdued Konan with Kushina’s Dark Chakra-enhanced Adamantine Sealing Chains and told her that Kabuto had revived Nagato, possibly along with Yahiko. Konan pleaded for the dead to be left in peace, and Mingren offered to spare them in exchange for her becoming his subordinate.

• Mingren explained how Kushina’s guilt had strengthened the Adamantine Sealing Chains enough to immobilize Konan.
• Mingren confronted Konan about her role in the Land of Rain’s decline and spared her for Yahiko’s sake.
• Mingren told Konan that Kabuto had revived Nagato with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, leaving her shaken by the possibility that Yahiko had returned too.
• Konan begged Mingren to let Nagato and the others rest in peace, saying she did not want Naruto to fight them again.
• Mingren demanded sincerity in exchange for helping the dead, and Konan offered to serve as his subordinate and scout for the Fourth Great Ninja War.

Mingren made Konan his Dark Weapon and returned with her and Sage Katsuyu to Amegakure, where he prepared to use their abilities to gather battlefield intelligence. Meanwhile, Ajisai began building a Flying Thunder God Matrix in the Land of Frost for the coming assault, and Mingren sensed the fortress’s growing energy output.

• Mingren pressed Dark Chakra into Konan, creating a binding mark that made her his Dark Weapon.
• Mingren left Kushina behind in New Konoha and departed for Amegakure with Konan and Sage Katsuyu.
• Ajisai ordered her team to construct a medium-sized Flying Thunder God Matrix in an evacuated village in the Land of Frost.
• Mingren sensed that Ajisai was drawing energy from the Aerial Fortress and reflected on the matrix’s development from Tobirama Senju’s technique.
• The Aerial Fortress’s Dark Chakra experiments had increased the power of the Little Fishmen and Zero-Tails.

Mingren welcomed Kisame into Amegakure and gave him freedom to choose his role in the coming war. Meanwhile, Tsunade discovered that Mingren’s Dark Chakra Brand had fused with her Hundred Healings Jutsu, leaving her consumed by anger and a troubling sense of emptiness.

• Kisame delivered Mingren the mission target and chose to join Amegakure.
• Mingren gave Kisame a free-action mission, allowing him to reclaim Samehada or observe the Fourth Great Ninja War.
• At an evacuated town in the Land of Hot Water, Orosuke Hime noticed Tsunade was troubled, while Naruto misunderstood her distress as trauma from torture.
• Tsunade activated her Yin Seal and saw Mingren’s Dark Chakra Jutsu merge with her Hundred Healings Jutsu.
• Tsunade removed the Chakra Restraint Tool, felt pain give way to emptiness, and swore revenge on Mingren.

Deidara’s squad ambushed the Allied Forces’ reconnaissance team, turning its members into explosive puppets to clear the way for the war. In Amegakure, Mingren showed Konan Yahiko’s recovered remains and the prosperous city he had built, leaving her impressed but conflicted about his plans for the world.

• Deidara’s squad crossed into the Land of Hot Water and spotted Aburame Mutta’s reconnaissance team from the air.
• Deidara, Scorpion, Shin, and Chukichi captured Mutta’s four-person squad, and Deidara planted Explosive Clay on them for use as human puppet bombs.
• Mingren showed Konan Yahiko’s corpse, explaining that Kisame had recovered it with Earth Style to prevent the enemy from using it.
• Mingren sealed Yahiko’s remains away and invited Konan to view Amegakure from his office.
• Konan admired Amegakure’s prosperity and acknowledged Mingren’s care for ordinary people, but she remained unsure whether his plan to destroy the world’s order would create a better one.

Mingren described his plan for a peaceful new world to Konan, then began intensifying her Dark Chakra training. Meanwhile, Tsunade returned to Shinobi Alliance Headquarters with Naruto, Killer B, and Itachi, reclaimed the Hokage position, and heard that the war had begun.

• Mingren told Konan he intended to build a prosperous world by eliminating bad people and asked her to accept the plan.
• Mingren ordered Konan to remove her Akatsuki uniform and began a Dark Taijutsu training session to raise her Dark Chakra level.
• Tsunade and her companions returned to Shinobi Alliance Headquarters, where A reprimanded Killer B and Ōnoki questioned how Naruto had rescued Tsunade.
• Killer B explained Naruto's wager with the Emperor, and Kakashi returned the Hokage hat to Tsunade.
• Tsunade reviewed the battle plans and asked where Shizune was, while Naruto announced he intended to support the front lines.

Naruto defied A’s order to stay behind, and Killer B protected him, helping A understand the trust a jinchuriki needed. Naruto declared that his mother, Uzumaki Kushina, was still alive, while in Amegakure, exhausted Konan struggled to endure the Emperor’s relentless Dark Taijutsu.

• A refused to let Naruto and Killer B join the battle, but Naruto argued that he could not abandon the Allied Forces.
• A attacked Naruto and criticized Minato Namikaze, prompting Naruto to defend his father.
• Killer B blocked A’s strike and said he would risk his life so Naruto could fight.
• Killer B clashed with A and helped him understand that a jinchuriki needed someone who believed in their strength.
• Naruto said Minato and Uzumaki Kushina were his suns, then revealed that his mother was not dead.
• In Amegakure, Konan regained consciousness amid the rain after two days of fighting the Emperor’s Dark Taijutsu and recognized its power had grown overwhelming.

Mingren sent Konan to monitor the war from the Land of Frost while Amegakure’s forces secretly prepared teleportation matrices for future conquest. Elsewhere, Naruto and Killer B joined the battlefield early, and Kankuro’s unit captured Deidara after Scorpion’s soul departed; Mingren then arrived at the warfront.

• Mingren defeated Konan, ordered her to begin an operation in one hour, and sent her through the Flying Thunder God matrix to the Land of Frost.
• Mingren teased Sage Katsuyu about inspecting her Water Style training after the war, then left the office.
• Konan arrived in the Land of Frost, followed by Hanzo, Asuka, Pakura, Ying, and others, as Ajisai prepared to move the teleportation network toward Kumogakure.
• Naruto and Killer B headed to the battlefield while Kankuro’s group captured Deidara and Scorpion; Scorpion’s soul departed after Kankuro talked him down.
• Mingren stepped out of a teleportation matrix onto the battlefield and declared that the Fourth Great Ninja War had begun.

As the Fourth Great Ninja War spread across the Land of Frost and neighboring borders, Mingren’s Amegakure Allied Forces watched both sides and prepared to profit from their conflict. Kabuto’s reanimated forces deployed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen against Kakashi’s group, while Maki’s sealing technique gave the Allied Forces a way to capture reanimated enemies.

• Asuka relayed Mingren’s order for the Amegakure Allied Forces to wipe out both sides, and Sage Katsuyu’s clones broadcast it across the battlefields.
• Aburame Mutta’s intelligence warned the Allied Forces that about twenty thousand enemies were moving underground, prompting headquarters to alert Yugito and other units.
• Kakashi and Might Guy’s force fought reanimated enemies as the Surprise Attack Unit used traps, while the combat regiments received reports of underground attackers.
• Kabuto summoned the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to reinforce Kari’s side against Kakashi’s group, which included Maki, the creator of the widely taught Binding Cloth Technique for sealing reanimated enemies.
• Ringo Ameyuri and Jūzō Biwa joined Pakura to watch the battle, and Ringo criticized Raiga Kurosuki for wielding Thunder Sword Fang.

The Allied Forces faced reanimated Kage and other legendary fighters as Kabuto’s forces attacked across multiple fronts. After a day of fighting and a major redeployment, the surviving Allied Forces numbered only thirty thousand as night fell.

• Kakashi fought Hozuki Mangetsu to a fifty-fifty standstill before defeating him and helping his team turn the tide.
• Kabuto summoned the Third Raikage A, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Fourth Kazekage Rasa while Second Tsuchikage Mu explained the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Gaara’s unit encountered the four Kage, and the sensory unit reported that Darui’s First Combat Unit was facing Kakuzu, the Gold and Silver Brothers, Dan Katō, and other powerful enemies.
• The Allied Forces redeployed under Shikaku Nara’s plans, and Ōnoki joined the battlefield to confront Mu with Dust Release.
• Mei Terumi evacuated the Daimyo of the Land of Frost, while Kankuro reunited with Chiyo and told her he had released Scorpion from the Impure World Reincarnation.
• After a full day of fighting, the Allied Forces had lost half their sixty thousand soldiers, and night fell.

Mingren's predictions about the war came true as White Zetsu infiltrated the Allied Forces, while Naruto rushed to support the battlefields. Naruto, Killer B, and Itachi encountered Nagato and Uchiha Ryūka, and their fight left Nagato free of Kabuto Yakushi's control.

• Ringo Ameyuri and the others discussed the Allied Forces' losses, and Hanzo said Naruto's status as the protagonist might let him create a miracle.
• Mingren predicted a nighttime White Zetsu attack, and infiltrators caused the Allied Forces to slaughter one another.
• Sakura and Shizune's medical team discovered that White Zetsu were artificial plant humans, while Naruto made new clones to aid the troops.
• Obito Uchiha planned to intercept Naruto, and Gaara and Ōnoki's regiment was surrounded by four Kage.
• Naruto, Killer B, and Itachi met Nagato and Uchiha Ryūka, who challenged Itachi over the Uchiha Clan's destruction.
• Itachi used Susanoo's Totsuka Blade to strike Nagato, breaking Kabuto Yakushi's control and restoring Nagato's consciousness.

Kabuto escaped after controlling Uchiha Ryūka, while the Allied Forces learned that the real Madara Uchiha had appeared alongside Mu. Mingren revealed that Obito Uchiha was leading the six Jinchuriki, and Nohara Rin asked to confront him despite Mingren warning that she would only die.

• Kabuto decided he could not fight Itachi and the others directly, controlled Uchiha Ryūka, and left while promising to use another plan.
• The Allied Forces received reports of victories across their divisions before Ao detected unusual chakra near the Fourth Division.
• Gaara, Ōnoki, and the Fourth Division identified Mu and the real Madara Uchiha, raising questions about the other Madara attacking elsewhere.
• Mingren told everyone that the real Madara had appeared before the Fourth Division and that Obito Uchiha was leading the Jinchuriki.
• Nohara Rin asked Mingren to let her meet Obito, but he explained Obito's Moon Eye Plan and warned her that confronting him would be suicide.
• Nohara Rin fell silent and blamed herself for Obito's turn toward destruction.

Mingren took the revived Nohara Rin to the Land of Hot Water to intercept Obito Uchiha and used Dark Taijutsu on her in front of him. Obito found them and watched in shock as Rin suffered, leaving him overwhelmed by pain.

• Nohara Rin agreed to help Mingren repel Obito Uchiha if she could truly become his Dark Weapon.
• Mingren learned that Obito was heading through the Land of Hot Water toward the Land of Frost and set out with Rin to intercept him.
• Obito traveled through the forest with six Reanimated Jinchuriki and heard familiar sounds coming from nearby.
• Obito found Mingren striking Rin while Dark Chakra gathered around her and increased her strength.
• Obito recognized Rin and froze in disbelief as he watched her suffer.

Mingren revealed that Nohara Rin had agreed to help stop Obito Uchiha, then kissed her in front of him. Obito’s shock and fury grew as Mingren’s actions shattered his composure, leaving him on the verge of attacking.

• Mingren told Obito Uchiha that Nohara Rin had asked him to stop the Moon Eye Plan, and Nohara Rin reluctantly confirmed it.
• Mingren’s narration framed Nohara Rin’s choice as another example of Konoha ninjas accepting responsibility when they lacked the power to stop a threat directly.
• Mingren ordered Nohara Rin to turn her head and kissed her in front of Obito Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha froze in shock as Mingren claimed Nohara Rin’s first kiss, then erupted with killing intent.

Mingren protected Nohara Rin while Obito Uchiha, enraged and broken by what he saw, used six reincarnated Jinchuriki to attack him. Mingren overwhelmed their assaults, and Obito recognized the speed behind his strength as a crimson beam rose into the sky.

• Mingren's Final Form shattered Nohara Rin's Water Formation Wall, leaving her exhausted as Obito Uchiha stared in shock.
• Obito Uchiha controlled the six reincarnated Jinchuriki and sent them to attack Mingren, who deflected their first wave while holding Nohara Rin.
• Obito Uchiha declared that he would defeat Mingren, capture the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, and complete the Moon Eye Plan, while Nohara Rin pleaded for him to stop.
• The six Jinchuriki borrowed Tailed Beast power and launched coordinated attacks, but Mingren knocked them back and broke through their techniques with rapid punches.
• Obito Uchiha used the Rinnegan to realize Mingren could throw 850 punches per second as a crimson beam shot into the sky.

Mingren repelled Obito Uchiha’s six controlled Jinchuriki with a single devastating punch and confronted him about the depleted Tailed Beasts and the Black Rods. He mocked Obito’s belief in his dream and demonstrated Nohara Rin’s allegiance by making her reveal the Dark Chakra mark on her abdomen.

• Obito Uchiha sent six partially transformed Jinchuriki to attack Mingren, but Mingren smashed the ground and blasted them away with a shockwave.
• Mingren inferred that the Tailed Beasts were nearly out of Chakra and offered Obito Uchiha the choice to leave or let Mingren destroy the Black Rods controlling the Jinchuriki.
• Obito Uchiha realized Mingren had noticed the Black Rods, while Mingren mocked his Sharingan, Rinnegan, and belief that Nohara Rin would love him in a dream.
• Mingren stroked Nohara Rin’s cheek and claimed she belonged to him, then ordered her to lift her coat and show Obito the Dark Chakra mark on her abdomen.
• Nohara Rin reluctantly revealed the mark, which supplied her power and preserved her youthful appearance.

Mingren marked the jutsu formula with his name, and Obito left with the six Jinchuriki after witnessing Rin’s humiliating declaration. The story then shifted to the Fourth Division, where Kabuto summoned the real Madara Uchiha, who prepared to face the Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Mingren altered the jutsu formula to declare Nohara Rin his own, while Rin endured the humiliation and blamed Obito Uchiha for what had happened.
• Obito Uchiha vanished into Kamui, and the Rinnegan recalled the six Jinchuriki so he could restore their Chakra before fighting again.
• Mingren took Nohara Rin to meet the real Madara Uchiha.
• Kabuto summoned Madara Uchiha through Mu at the Fourth Division, and Madara recognized that he had been revived with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Kabuto claimed he had restored Madara to his prime, while Madara questioned how Kabuto could know his former strength.
• Gaara sent sand at Madara, and Ōnoki warned the Allied Shinobi Forces not to look directly into his eyes.

Madara Uchiha overwhelmed the Allied forces, revealed that he possessed the Rinnegan, and summoned a massive meteor. Meanwhile, the Land of Snow began broadcasting the Fourth Great Ninja War live across the Ninja World, with Kazahana Koyuki providing commentary.

• Madara Uchiha fought through the Allied forces, and Naruto Uzumaki, Ōnoki, and Gaara failed to stop him with their attacks.
• Madara Uchiha absorbed Naruto Uzumaki's Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken with the Rinnegan and questioned Kabuto about his revived body.
• Kabuto explained that he had enhanced Madara Uchiha based on Orochimaru's research, but Madara Uchiha rejected Kabuto's claim to the power.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a meteor over a kilometer wide, leaving the Allied forces in despair.
• Airships from the Land of Snow broadcast the war across the Ninja World, while Kazahana Koyuki began commentating as seven hundred million people watched.

Shion and Princess Fuun explained Madara Uchiha’s meteor attack as the Shinobi Alliance struggled to survive two falling meteors. At the Fourth Division battlefield, Madara tested his power with Wood Release, but Naruto Uzumaki and the Nine-Tails countered the attack with a barrage of Rasengan.

• Shion and Princess Fuun used broadcasts to explain the meteor, while Ōnoki and Gaara slowed the first one before a second meteor struck.
• Tsunade and A decided to head for the Fourth Division battlefield after the Shinobi Alliance realized Madara Uchiha had deceived them.
• The survivors found Ōnoki badly injured as Madara Uchiha and Mu regenerated, and Madara questioned Kabuto about his identity and their plan.
• Madara tried to summon the Nine-Tails, learned it remained inside Naruto Uzumaki, and unleashed Deep Forest Emergence on the division.
• The Nine-Tails secretly lent Naruto its chakra, and Naruto’s Shadow Clones destroyed Madara’s trees with a Massive Rasengan Barrage.