Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ryūka’s Mangekyō Sharingan alarmed Konoha’s leaders, who sent him to Amegakure while quietly planning to monitor him. In Amegakure, Mingren trained with a Katana enhanced by Dark Chakra as Guren watched, and his supersonic slashes unleashed a storm of black blade aura.

• Fugaku Uchiha acknowledged Ryūka’s proposal, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved sending him to Amegakure.
• After Ryūka and Fugaku left, Danzō and Utatane Koharu discussed the threat of Ryūka’s Mangekyō and ordered intelligence gathering on his eyes.
• Hiruzen objected that the Uchiha were comrades, but Utatane Koharu invoked Tobirama Senju and warned that the clan might seize power.
• Guren followed the sound of training to the underground waterways, where she saw Mingren slice apart a hundred wooden targets with Uchiha Kiyomi’s Katana.
• Mingren coated the Katana in Dark Chakra and unleashed supersonic swings that sent overlapping black blade auras surging forward.

Amakawa Mingren finished a display of swordsmanship and learned that Guren was a Konoha spy who had helped Orochimaru infiltrate Amegakure. Guren revealed that Asuka was being held in Konoha, and Mingren decided he needed companions to take control of Amegakure and rescue her.

• Amakawa Mingren completed his sword training while Guren watched in fear.
• Amakawa Mingren took Guren to a bun shop, where she confessed that she was a Konoha spy.
• Guren explained that Orochimaru had sent her to infiltrate the Akatsuki Organization and then Amegakure.
• Guren told Amakawa Mingren that Asuka was in Konoha and that Konoha planned to use her as leverage in Amegakure.
• Amakawa Mingren said they needed companions to secure Amegakure and rescue Asuka.

Mingren rejected Bloodline Theory without opposing people with bloodlines, while Guren asked to become his companion and denied leaking news about Hanzo's meeting. After Mingren left, Uchiha Ryūka brought the unconscious Asuka to Amegakure as a hostage and claimed Konoha had come to form an alliance, while the village's ninja prepared to resist.

• Mingren told Guren he hated Bloodline Theory but was not anti-human, and said her becoming his companion depended on her sincerity.
• Mingren asked Guren whether she had leaked news of Hanzo's planned meeting with Akatsuki, and she denied it.
• Mingren left Amegakure while Hanzo remained unconscious in the care of Shennong and the medical team.
• Uchiha Ryūka arrived at Amegakure with Asuka and several Konoha ninja, and Ryu knocked Asuka unconscious to prevent her from provoking them.
• Uchiha Ryūka claimed Konoha had come to fulfill an alliance agreement as Amegakure's ninja gathered to rescue Asuka and oppose the visitors.
• Outside Amegakure's Tower, Uchiha Ryūka sensed the villagers lying in wait and recalled awakening new eyes after his wife's death.

Uchiha Ryūka massacred the Amegakure guards with his Mangekyō-enhanced speed and entered the Tower, but Hanzo had already been taken away. Ryūka declared Asuka the new leader of Amegakure and promised Konoha’s “support,” leaving the village under Konoha’s control.

• Uchiha Ryūka used his Mangekyō Sharingan to intercept the guards’ weapons and slaughter the Amegakure Ninja attacking him and his companions.
• Ryu realized that Ryūka’s speed surpassed his Swift Release and lost hope of escaping with Asuka.
• Ryūka entered the Amegakure Tower with his companions after the attack ended.
• Chuan of the ANBU carried Hanzo away with loyal colleagues before Ryūka arrived.
• Ryūka declared Asuka the leader of Amegakure and said Konoha would support the village, effectively taking control of it.

Uchiha Ryūka tried to recruit Ryu as Amegakure’s second-in-command by suggesting he could get closer to Asuka if Amakawa Mingren died. Meanwhile, Mingren tested a jutsu that made Guren a Dark Container, then headed toward the approaching Sunagakure ninja to plan Asuka’s rescue.

• Uchiha Ryūka agreed to wait for Sunagakure before pursuing the murderer and invited Ryu to consider becoming Amegakure’s second-in-command.
• Uchiha Ryūka hinted that Ryu might have a chance with Asuka if Amakawa Mingren died, and left him to think it over.
• Mingren revealed that the formula on Guren’s back absorbed her negative emotions and converted them into his Dark Chakra.
• Mingren absorbed Guren’s accumulated darkness, raising his strength to 14.1, and considered making more Dark Containers.
• Guren pointed out the direction of the approaching Sunagakure ninja, and Mingren planned to capture and recruit one to help rescue Asuka from within Amegakure.

Rasa sent Pakura to Amegakure while secretly hoping she would die, fearing her growing influence in Sunagakure. Pakura encountered Mingren and attacked him, striking him in the chest with a Wind Release-coated kunai.

• Rasa recalled Pakura's rising fame and feared she might eventually take the Kazekage position.
• Rasa sent Pakura to Amegakure on a mission that could force her to confront Hanzo, then ordered an ANBU to watch her.
• Pakura arrived with her companions and recognized Mingren as the culprit behind everything.
• Pakura signaled her subordinates to rush Guren while she hurled a Wind Release-coated kunai at Mingren.
• The kunai struck Mingren in the chest before he could react.

Mingren fought Pakura, killed the Sunagakure ninjas with her, and told her that Sunagakure’s leaders planned to sacrifice her on missions. Pakura rejected his warning and revealed that her kunai had been coated with poison.

• Pakura threw a supersonic kunai into Mingren’s chest, but his muscles stopped it from reaching his heart.
• Mingren moved at supersonic speed and killed several Sunagakure ninjas before forcing the kunai from his chest and healing.
• Mingren told Pakura he wanted to defeat her and warned that Sunagakure’s leaders would send her to her death out of jealousy of her popularity.
• Pakura dismissed Mingren’s claims as slander and formed a Scorch Release Fireball.
• Pakura revealed that she had poisoned her kunai and considered capturing Mingren alive for the Daimyo.

Mingren fought Pakura, proving immune to her poison and overpowering her Scorch Release attacks with his speed and swordsmanship. Pakura questioned his identity, and Mingren insisted he truly could not use the Three Basic Ninjutsu Techniques, prompting her to call him a liar.

• Pakura discovered that her poison had no effect on Mingren and tried to fight him directly.
• Mingren and Pakura clashed in close combat, and Pakura blocked his punch before taking to the air.
• Mingren warned Guren to take cover, then destroyed Pakura's Scorch Release fireball with a flurry of sword slashes.
• Mingren cut through Pakura's multiple fireballs, and the two landed as Pakura asked who he was.
• Pakura accused Mingren of pretending he could not use the Three Basic Ninjutsu Techniques, but Mingren said he had only recently begun learning hand seals.

Amakawa Mingren defeated Pakura and used a one-time Dark Chakra Jutsu to draw out her Negative Emotions and increase his strength. The jutsu faded after his strength reached 15, and Pakura pulled out a scroll.

• Pakura attacked Amakawa Mingren with Scorching Release fireballs, but he cut through them with Dark Blade Qi and caught her punch.
• Amakawa Mingren struck Pakura into a dirt slope, then slammed her into the ground when she charged back out.
• Pakura spat a Wind Release jutsu at Amakawa Mingren, who dodged and branded her back with a one-time Dark Chakra Jutsu.
• The jutsu drew Pakura’s Negative Emotions into Amakawa Mingren, raising his strength to 15 before the mark vanished.
• Pakura pulled a scroll from her Ninja Tools pouch and said that her Master had to rely on his disciple.

Pakura used a massive Scorch Release attack against Mingren, but he survived, killed the Sunagakure ANBU who found them, and left with Guren. Meanwhile, Konoha and Sunagakure treated Pakura and learned that Hanzo had disappeared from Amegakure.

• Pakura unleashed a gigantic Scorch Release fireball that engulfed both her and Mingren, leaving her unconscious and Mingren apparently charred.
• Sunagakure ANBU found Pakura in the crater, but Mingren regenerated, killed them, and departed after deciding to wait for Sunagakure to betray her.
• Guren followed Mingren through the rain as he said they would kill to grow stronger and wait for Pakura to become his subordinate.
• Two Konoha ninja found Pakura and carried her to a nearby camp, where Chiyo treated her while Rasa and Hiruzen Sarutobi assessed her condition.
• Uchiha Ryūka's companions reported that he had quelled Amegakure's rebellion while holding Hanzo's granddaughter hostage, but Hanzo had vanished.
• Rasa and Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Hanzo had fled Amegakure and encountered Pakura on the way.

Pakura woke after the battle and learned that everyone believed she had killed Hanzo, while she privately told Chiyo that Amakawa Mingren had defeated her. As Pakura returned to Sunagakure, Uchiha Ryūka took charge of Amegakure, and Danzo and Utatane Koharu reviewed reports on his Mangekyo abilities.

• Rasa and the Sunagakure elders planned to eliminate Pakura, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Rasa prepared to return to their villages and left Chiyo to oversee Amegakure.
• Pakura woke, asked whether Amakawa Mingren was alive, and learned that others assumed she had killed Hanzo.
• Pakura privately told Chiyo about Amakawa Mingren's strength, but Chiyo warned her not to tell Rasa and urged her to withdraw from the village's political struggle.
• Pakura set out from the Land of Rain for Sunagakure to report in as Uchiha Ryūka took charge of Amegakure under Konoha's orders.
• Danzo and Utatane Koharu reviewed reports of Uchiha Ryūka's supersonic speed and decided to observe him further.

Mingren prepared to enter Kirigakure to avenge the Land of Rain and leave Guren behind for her safety. He continued researching Dark Chakra, confirmed Hanzo had been moved to safety, and told Shennong that Pakura would help because Sunagakure would betray her.

• Guren told Mingren that Pakura seemed to be preparing to return to Sunagakure, and Mingren asked whether Ryu had survived the battlefield.
• Mingren decided to go to Kirigakure ahead of Pakura, but refused Guren's offer to accompany him and told her to find a safe place to hide.
• Shennong revealed that he had followed Mingren because Dark Chakra users could sense one another, and Mingren said he had tested both one-time and long-term Dark Extraction Jutsu.
• Mingren asked about Hanzo and learned that Shennong had moved him to safety with help from Chuan and the surviving Amegakure loyalists.
• Shennong asked whether Pakura would help Mingren, and Mingren said Sunagakure would betray her before black flames appeared in his eyes.

Mingren vowed to overthrow the existing order while he and Shennong planned to grow stronger and eventually rescue Hanzo's granddaughter. In Sunagakure, Pakura was celebrated as a hero, but Rasa and the elders arranged to sacrifice her to secure peace with Kirigakure as she began reporting her encounter with Mingren.

• Mingren said he intended to rule the Ninja World and accepted that he needed to keep growing stronger before retaking Amegakure and rescuing Hanzo's granddaughter.
• Shennong decided to accompany Mingren and continue observing the Dark Chakra within him.
• Pakura returned to Sunagakure and received a hero's welcome, while Rasa and the elders considered her popularity a threat to their rule.
• Yashamaru told Rasa that Kirigakure had agreed to peace talks if Sunagakure sacrificed Pakura, and Rasa and the elders approved the deal.
• Pakura praised Maki's talent in Sealing Jutsu, then went to meet Rasa and began describing Mingren's terrifying abilities.

Pakura delivered her account to Sunagakure’s leaders, who dismissed it as a lie and sent her on a mission they expected would keep her from returning. In occupied Amegakure, Asuka rejected Uchiha Ryūka’s demand that her village become a vassal and held on to her belief that Amakawa Mingren would return.

• Pakura reported what she knew, accepted Rasa’s diplomatic scroll for Kirigakure, and left on her mission.
• After Pakura departed, Rasa and the elders mocked her account and said she would not come back.
• Asuka watched Konoha and Sunagakure’s ninja mistreat Amegakure’s people while Ryu stood nearby.
• Uchiha Ryūka urged Asuka to accept vassal status, but Asuka blamed Konoha’s invasion for the war and cited other villages harmed by becoming vassals.
• After the Sunagakure representative told Asuka to take her own life, she privately resolved to wait for Amakawa Mingren to return and free Amegakure.

Asuka confronted Ryu about leaking her grandfather’s meeting with the Akatsuki and identified him as the traitor. Meanwhile, Kirigakure prepared an ambush for Pakura, while Mingren and Shennong reached the Land of Water to find her.

• Asuka told Ryu she knew Guren was a spy but had not leaked the news, then revealed that Ryu was the traitor because a Sensor Ninja could detect the truth.
• Suikazan Fuguki, Raiga Kurosuki, Chukichi, and more than fifty Kirigakure ninja prepared to kill Pakura and used the Mist Technique to conceal their ambush.
• Chukichi sensed Pakura approaching, and the exhausted Sunagakure kunoichi entered the foggy valley carrying a scroll.
• Mingren and Shennong searched for Pakura in the Land of Water, with Mingren lamenting that his master's poor sensing had delayed them.

Mingren and Shennong discovered that Kirigakure had surrounded Pakura, and Mingren prepared to intervene as she walked into their trap. Suikazan Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki led the attack, leaving Pakura to face overwhelming odds and question whether Sunagakure had betrayed her.

• Shennong identified Suikazan Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki among the Kirigakure forces surrounding Pakura, and Mingren decided to descend into the valley.
• A Bloody Mist ninja tried to stab Pakura as he guided her through the fog, but she caught his wrist and evaded a barrage of weapons.
• Suikazan Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki revealed the encirclement and attacked Pakura, explaining that killing her would weaken Sunagakure.
• Pakura fought back with Scorch Release, but Suikazan Fuguki used Samehada to extinguish her fireballs and counter her chakra.
• Suikazan Fuguki told Pakura that her death was the price of the truce, and Pakura refused to surrender while wondering whether Sunagakure had betrayed her.

Mingren arrived in the Land of Water during the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s attack on Pakura and killed Ganryu with a single punch. He declared that Kirigakure would pay for its destruction of the Land of Rain, as Shunsa charged at him.

• Suikazan Fuguki showed Pakura correspondence revealing that Kazekage Rasa had traded her to Kirigakure for a temporary truce.
• A falling Mingren landed beside Pakura, interrupting Suikazan Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki as they attacked her.
• Ganryu tried to strike Mingren, but Mingren crushed his sword and emerged from the crater.
• Mingren moved behind Ganryu and killed him with a supersonic punch, shocking Suiren and Shunsa.
• Mingren told the Kirigakure shinobi they would face retaliation for their attacks on the Land of Rain, and Shunsa charged at him despite Suiren’s warning.

Amakawa Mingren attacked the Bloody Mist ninja force, using overwhelming speed and strength to kill and cripple several of them. After Suikazan Fuguki recognized him as the one who had killed Hozuki Mangetsu, Mingren charged straight at Fuguki.

• Shunsa attacked Mingren from behind, but he killed her instantly and walked toward Raiga Kurosuki.
• Mingren threw Pakura away when she tried to intervene, then rushed into the enemy formation at supersonic speed.
• Mingren struck Chukichi, Kirigakure’s sensor ninja, and badly injured him with a powerful punch.
• Mingren deflected a Water Release: Iron Cannonball, killed its caster, and then stabbed Chukichi through the heart.
• Pakura returned to find the Bloody Mist ninja silenced as Suikazan Fuguki realized Mingren had killed Hozuki Mangetsu.
• Mingren charged at Fuguki, and Fuguki ordered everyone to fall back.

Amakawa Mingren killed Raiga Kurosuki with a supersonic barrage of sword strikes, then absorbed his Negative Mental Energy and grew stronger. As the Bloody Mist ninja feared Mingren, Suikazan Fuguki saw a resemblance to Might Duy and remained his next major opponent.

• Suikazan Fuguki blocked Mingren's punch while Raiga Kurosuki attacked with Thunder Sword Fang.
• Mingren dodged Raiga Kurosuki's lightning and killed him with a flurry of supersonic sword strikes.
• Mingren absorbed Raiga Kurosuki's Negative Mental Energy, raising his strength to 16 and increasing his attack speed.
• The surviving Bloody Mist ninja feared Mingren, while Pakura realized he had held back when they fought.
• Suikazan Fuguki watched Mingren and was reminded of Might Duy.

Amakawa Mingren avoided Suikazan Fuguki’s Water Prison Shark Dance and killed nearly all the Bloody Mist ninja watching from the rock walls to increase his strength. He then returned to fight Fuguki, leaving Suiren alive to carry a warning to Kirigakure.

• Suikazan Fuguki flooded the valley, transformed through Human-Blade Fusion, and unleashed Water Prison Shark Dance.
• Mingren evaded the expanding water prison and attacked the Bloody Mist ninja gathered on the rock walls.
• Mingren killed more than forty Bloody Mist ninja, raising his Strength to 18, but spared Suiren and told her to report his warning to the Mizukage.
• Mingren charged back toward Fuguki, who roared in anger and attacked him as the valley shook and its rock walls crumbled.