Recaps

Uchiha Jin and Jiraiya captured a White Zetsu in the Land of Rain, but Jin revealed that Pain had already detected them. A second White Zetsu appeared and reacted with alarm when Jin asked whether Obito was nearby.

• Jiraiya recognized the strange man from their previous encounter, while Jin identified him as White Zetsu and described him as a sensor and intelligence agent.
• Jiraiya captured the first White Zetsu, and Jin bound him with Adamantine Sealing before sending him to Mount Myōboku for later use.
• Jiraiya worried that capturing White Zetsu would expose their cover, but Jin told him Pain had already detected them with Rain Tiger at Will Technique.
• Jin sensed another presence in the woods and called it out, prompting a second White Zetsu to emerge from the muddy ground.
• The second White Zetsu greeted Jin and Jiraiya, then froze when Jin asked whether Obito was nearby.

Jin confronted White Zetsu, captured him with Kamui, genjutsu, and Adamantine Sealing chains, then successfully copied the Spore Technique. Jiraiya watched warily as Jin turned his attention toward him.

• Jin recognized White Zetsu and demanded that he reveal Obito, but White Zetsu refused to explain.
• After failing to copy White Zetsu’s traits at first, Jin attacked with Kamui and tore off White Zetsu’s right arm.
• White Zetsu used the Mayfly Technique and tried to send a mental message, but Jin trapped him with Mangekyo genjutsu, Phase Rush, and Adamantine Sealing chains.
• Jiraiya packed the bound White Zetsu into his toad while Jin successfully copied the Epic Trait Spore Technique.
• Jin laughed and approached Jiraiya, who watched him warily.

Jin demonstrated his mastery of Shisui’s Phantom Body Flicker Technique and discovered he could absorb chakra from Jiraiya. When Kisame attacked with Samehada, Jin caught the sword and activated Toad Sage Mode as it tried to drain him.

• Jin used a clone and Phantom Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Jiraiya, who recognized Shisui’s technique.
• Jin learned he could instantly absorb up to ten percent of a host’s chakra and considered using Jiraiya as a source.
• Kisame burst from the muddy ground and attacked Jiraiya with Samehada, which rapidly drained Jiraiya’s chakra.
• Kisame swung Samehada at Jin to force Jiraiya to return, but Jin stopped the blade with his bare hand.
• Kisame exposed Samehada’s teeth and sent its barbs toward Jin’s wrist, while Jin activated Toad Sage Mode.

Uchiha Jin used Sage Mode and his Three Feet Before Me technique to overpower Kisame Hoshigaki, then planted a spore that drained Kisame’s chakra and nearly all the flesh from his arm. After defeating Kisame, Jin copied his Water Style: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave trait and turned his attention toward Amegakure’s drainage system.

• Jin activated his golden Sage Mode, petrified Samehada’s barbs, and stunned Jiraiya and Kisame.
• Jin combined attraction and repulsion to trap Kisame, then planted a spore on his arm.
• The spore drained Kisame’s chakra and devoured the flesh from his right arm and shoulder, forcing him to drop Samehada.
• Jin wondered whether Amegakure’s pipes could handle a huge release of water.
• Jin defeated Kisame and copied his Water Style: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave trait.

Itachi defeated Orochimaru’s attempt to steal his eyes, but Orochimaru escaped after enduring Itachi’s genjutsu and black flames. Obito arrived to praise Itachi and prepare him for a new partnership, but opening the Kamui Dimension drenched him in a foul substance left by Kakashi.

• Itachi caught Orochimaru approaching and trapped him in Tsukuyomi, torturing him for what felt like seventy-two hours.
• Orochimaru cut off his right arm to escape the genjutsu, then used his snakes to flee after Amaterasu burned his left arm.
• Itachi regretted failing to use Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru and remembered that Jin had given him a marked kunai for the mission.
• White Zetsu reported Orochimaru’s escape to Obito, who appeared and told Itachi not to feel guilty.
• White Zetsu said Kisame had gone after two intruders outside the village, and Obito opened the Kamui Dimension to bring Itachi to his new partner.
• A yellow-brown, foul-smelling mass spilled out of the Kamui Dimension and covered Obito, who blamed Kakashi.

Obito found Kisame gravely injured and learned that Jiraiya and Uchiha Jin had defeated him. When Obito led the others to confront them, he recognized Jin and panicked as Jin descended behind him.

• Kakashi sneezed while picking up trash in the Leaf and wondered why his ears had been burning.
• Obito, Zetsu, and Itachi found Kisame badly injured beside his damaged Samehada in the Land of Rain.
• Zetsu used spores to keep Kisame alive, and Kisame told Obito that Jiraiya and a black-haired, red-eyed boy had defeated him.
• Kisame recognized Zetsu's ability in the boy, prompting White Zetsu and Black Zetsu to argue until Obito ordered them to lead the group to him.
• Obito saw Jiraiya and Uchiha Jin standing on a broken wall, recognized Jin, and tried to flee as Jin descended behind him.

Jin ambushed Obito as he tried to escape through the Kamui Dimension, humiliating him with Thousand Years of Death and dragging him back out. Obito was left on the ground as the unstable vortex splattered toad oil across his damaged mask.

• Obito opened the Kamui Dimension to flee, but a Tailed Beast Bomb struck him as he entered.
• Kisame, Itachi, and Zetsu watched Obito panic and retreat, while another Tailed Beast Bomb flattened Zetsu.
• Jin attacked Obito through the Kamui vortex with Thousand Years of Death, then grabbed his robe and hauled him back out.
• Obito rose from the mud, furious and humiliated, but the unstable Kamui vortex splattered toad oil onto his broken mask.

Jin acquired Obito’s right-eye Kamui and fused it with his left-eye ability, creating Double Kamui, but the resulting power caused severe mental strain. The chapter ended with thick liquid seeping from Jin’s eye as his body struggled to bear the ability.

• Obito tried to send Jin into the Kamui Dimension, but the spatial vortex failed to affect him.
• Jin taunted Obito, while Obito mistakenly suspected Kakashi had altered the Kamui Dimension.
• The system copied Obito’s right-eye Kamui trait, and Jin fused it with his left-eye Kamui to obtain the Legendary Kamui trait.
• Jin suffered a sharp headache from the strain of activating Double Kamui, despite his Wood Release Cells.
• A drop of thick liquid spread across Jin’s crimson pupil.

Jin kept attacking Obito with relentless Air Cannons to exploit the limits of his intangibility, leaving Obito panicked and wondering how Jin had discovered the technique’s weakness. Jiraiya and the others watched in shock as Jin’s enormous chakra supply became clear.

• Jiraiya urged Jin to retreat, but Jin said he still had more to harvest from Obito.
• Obito activated Kamui to make himself intangible, and Jin used Phantom Body Flicker Technique to create twelve copies that attacked him with Air Cannons.
• Jin’s continuous strikes carved a vast crater around Obito, who initially mocked the attacks because they passed through him.
• As the crater filled with rainwater and deepened, Obito began to panic and tried to persuade Jin to join him.
• Kisame, Jiraiya, Itachi, and the others reacted to Jin’s immense chakra, while Jiraiya wrote down a strange note about best friends, husbands, and children.
• Near the five-minute mark, Obito asked how Jin had identified the weakness of his intangibility, and Jin wagged a finger at him.

Nagato and Konan learned that a young Uchiha was overwhelming Uchiha Obito near Amegakure, and Nagato sent the Deva Path to investigate. Jin defeated Obito and copied his Wood Release: Root Binding trait, bringing his High Purity Wood Release Cells analysis to 45%.

• Konan told Nagato that an intruder was overwhelming Madara, and identified the attacker as a boy who looked about ten years old.
• Konan reported that the boy had unleashed nearly three thousand powerful Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palms, and Nagato ordered the Deva Path to investigate.
• Nagato sensed Jiraiya nearby and hoped his former teacher would not seek his own death.
• Jin struck Obito into the crater with an Air Cannon, and Obito disappeared beneath the muddy water.
• Jin copied Obito's Wood Release: Root Binding trait and fed it to his High Purity Wood Release Cells, raising their analysis to 45%.
• Zetsu shuddered when Jin looked down at him.

Jin defeated Black Zetsu and subdued him, then knocked Itachi down with one punch as the battle ended. Jiraiya watched Jin's overwhelming power and began considering making room for him to become Hokage.

• Kisame despaired after Obito was swallowed by the crater, while Black and White Zetsu tried to escape underground.
• Jin trapped Black Zetsu with Adamantine Sealing, and White Zetsu abandoned him to face Jin alone.
• Jin defeated Black Zetsu, copied the Rotten Decomposition trait, and marked him with Flying Thunder God before infecting him with the Spore Technique.
• Jin punched Itachi down before he could speak, leaving Kisame, White Zetsu, and Jiraiya stunned.
• Jiraiya reflected on Jin's strength and wondered whether it was time to make room for him to become Hokage.

Konan arrived at the devastated battlefield and found Jin had defeated Madara, Itachi, Kisame, and Zetsu. After Jin revealed he knew Nagato’s identity, failed to copy Konan’s traits through conversation, and challenged her to fight, she attacked as a terrifying pressure descended.

• Konan surveyed the crater and saw that Madara, Itachi, Kisame, and Zetsu were battered but alive after Jin’s battle.
• Jin noticed Konan watching him, walked through the air, and invited her to come down and talk.
• Jin told Konan he could help her and Nagato, shocking her by revealing that he knew Nagato’s name.
• Jin’s attempt to copy Konan’s traits after talking with her failed, so he decided to fight her instead.
• Konan hurled sharp paper shuriken at Jin, but an overwhelming pressure and strange melody suddenly filled the air.

Pain and the other Akatsuki members arrived at the ruins, where Jiraiya recognized Yahiko and Jin challenged Pain’s divine aura with a joke. The chapter ended as Pain began his famous speech and Jin interrupted him.

• Rain and other sounds stopped as six Rinnegan-bearing figures appeared above the ruins, and Konan worried about the toll Pain’s actions took on Nagato.
• Kisame, Zetsu, and Itachi reacted to Pain’s arrival, while Itachi found the six figures inhuman and wondered whether Pain was a god.
• Jiraiya recognized the yellow-haired Pain as Yahiko, questioned why he had Nagato’s Rinnegan, and warned Jin about the power of the Rinnegan.
• Yahiko focused on Jin and remarked on his Sharingan, while Jin casually invited him down to talk.
• Pain leapt down and began, “Let the world feel pain,” but Jin interrupted to ask how many floors a bag of rice could be carried.

Jin analyzed the Six Paths of Pain and considered taking the Hell Path’s King Yama trait, but Deva Path Pain suddenly attacked with Shinra Tensei. Jin’s Three Feet Before Me repulsion force neutralized it, though the collision sent him crashing into the crater and left Kisame badly injured.

• Pain paused his attack when Jin began telling him about War God Ah Xing, and listened to Jin talk for three minutes.
• Jin analyzed Deva Path Pain’s traits, then inspected the Asura Path and Hell Path and became interested in Hell Path Pain’s King Yama trait.
• Deva Path Pain abruptly used Shinra Tensei against Jin.
• Jin countered with Three Feet Before Me, and the two repulsion forces collided and sent Jin into the crater’s edge.
• The collision’s shock wave widened the crater and swept Kisame into the muddy water, leaving him badly hurt.

Jin fought Pain’s Six Paths in the wasteland outside Amegakure, resisting Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei and sealing Animal Path’s Summoned Beasts with Adamantine Chains. He vanished as Pain searched for him, leaving Flying Thunder God-marked insects behind the six Paths.

• Itachi, Jiraiya, and Zetsu witnessed Jin withstand Deva Path Pain’s Shinra Tensei, while Jiraiya prepared to enter Sage Mode.
• Animal Path summoned a menagerie of giant beasts, and Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, who was redirected to Jin instead of protecting Jiraiya from the Three-Headed Dog.
• Jin used six Adamantine Chains to bind and silence the Summoned Beasts, earning the trait Summoned Beast: Multiple Splits.
• Jin disappeared from Pain’s sight, and the six Paths scanned for him using their shared vision.
• Human Path detected a ripple nearby and called out, while purple Flying Thunder God-marked insects appeared behind the Paths.

Jin used Flying Thunder God and Dual Kamui to ambush and destroy four Paths of Pain almost instantly. Deva Path and Asura Path prepared to counterattack, but Jin taunted Nagato about being too slow.

• Jin teleported behind the five active Paths of Pain and used multiple Body Flicker images to conceal his real attack.
• Jin's Dual Kamui shredded Human Path, Preta Path, Animal Path, and Hell Path, while Adamantine Sealing chains pinned Hell Path in place.
• Jin fused the four Legendary Power of Samsara traits he obtained after defeating the Paths.
• Deva Path unleashed Shinra Tensei as Asura Path aimed its weapons at Jin.
• Jin calmly taunted Nagato, saying his years in a wheelchair had made him forget the importance of speed.

Jin used Phase Rush and the Power of the Nine-Tails to destroy five of Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain in a single exchange. The survivors were left stunned, while Nagato recognized Jin’s strange spatial technique as resembling the Masked Man’s and demanded answers about Uchiha Madara.

• Jin used Phase Rush to confuse Asura Path Pain, then tore apart its mechanical body and caused it to explode.
• Kisame hid himself in the mud, while Itachi and Jiraiya watched Jin’s victory in shock.
• Black Zetsu decided he might need to accelerate his plan to revive Uchiha Madara.
• Konan recognized that Jin’s space-time technique resembled the Masked Man’s ability.
• Nagato spat blood from the backlash of losing five Paths of Pain and demanded an explanation from Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Jin destroyed Deva Path Pain’s Chibaku Tensei by identifying and striking its gravitational core. Nagato collapsed from the effort, while Konan resolved to gather more money and power to protect him.

• Obito escaped the battlefield and decided it was time to reclaim his eye.
• Jin confronted the remaining Deva Path Pain as Pain gathered rain and debris into a Chibaku Tensei.
• Jiraiya, Itachi, and Kisame watched in alarm as Jin leapt toward the black sphere instead of fleeing.
• Jin unleashed Super Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm at the sphere’s core, shattering Chibaku Tensei and sending the debris falling.
• Nagato vomited blood and collapsed in his cave, realizing Jin had seen through Chibaku Tensei’s weakness.
• Konan sheltered Deva Path Pain and resolved to secure more money and power, while Kakuzu felt an unexplained chill at a bounty station.

Jin broke Pain’s Chibaku Tensei and asked him to talk for ten minutes, but the system failed to copy Pain’s trait. As thunder gathered over Amegakure, Jin’s system detected five high-level rule fragments and began fusing them.

• Jin smashed the core of Pain’s Chibaku Tensei with a palm strike, leaving Pain fearful and badly weakened.
• Jin asked Deva Path Pain to talk for ten minutes, and Pain agreed, astonishing Konan, Zetsu, Jiraiya, and Itachi.
• After Jin and Pain talked, the system failed to copy Pain’s trait, while Pain recovered enough strength to consider fighting or fleeing.
• Thunder sounded over Amegakure for the first time in years, and Pain realized Jin could draw on natural lightning without hand seals.
• Jin’s system detected five high-level rule fragments and began fusing them without waiting for his response.

Jin underwent a painful transformation that altered his eyes and produced black Chakra, while the Akatsuki members argued over whether to attack him. Black Zetsu tried to take control of Jin, but Pain and then Itachi stopped him, leaving Black Zetsu furious and questioning who truly belonged to the Akatsuki.

• Jin's eyes changed as a surge of black Chakra overwhelmed him, and Pain identified the episode as a transformation.
• Black Zetsu tried to approach Jin, but White Zetsu restrained him while Itachi trapped Kisame in a genjutsu.
• Jiraiya prepared to protect Jin, while Pain and Konan debated whether to attack him during his transformation.
• Black Zetsu used the Mayfly Technique to rush Jin, but Pain repelled him and stepped between them.
• Black Zetsu appealed to Pain's goal of ending war, then tried to reach Jin again, but Itachi and his crows blocked the way.

Tendo nearly sided with Black Zetsu, but Konan stopped him after invoking Uchiha Madara, and Itachi raised Susanoo to protect Jin. Jin’s Mangekyo began changing and released black chakra that overwhelmed Itachi and destabilized Susanoo, just as Black Zetsu rushed to seize him and a mysterious chain technique appeared.

• Tendo moved to confront Itachi, but Konan stopped him and hinted at Uchiha Madara, so Tendo held back.
• Black Zetsu used the Mayfly Technique to approach Jin from underground, but Itachi blocked him with Susanoo.
• Jin’s Mangekyo began changing, and black liquid chakra fell from his eyes and pierced the ground.
• Itachi was overwhelmed by the black chakra, spat blood, and watched his Susanoo begin to crumble.
• Black Zetsu charged toward Jin again, but chains filled the space around him as the voice of the Samsara Heart Chain sounded.

Jin awakened Yin Release and used the Forest of a Thousand Realms Heart Chains to threaten Black Zetsu, but he exhausted himself and was rescued by Jiraiya. Pain’s forces remained in the ruins while Konan and Nagato considered the strange chains and Jin’s abilities.

• Black Zetsu invaded Jin, but Jin’s newly awakened Yin Release formed six chains that pierced Black Zetsu’s consciousness and nearly captured him.
• Black Zetsu escaped into the ground after Jin withdrew the chains, and Jin learned that attaching Yin Release to Adamantine Sealing had created the Forest of a Thousand Realms Heart Chains.
• Jin collapsed from depleted Chakra and severe head pain, so Jiraiya fought off Pain’s attack and used a reverse summoning to escape with him.
• Deva Path Pain gathered the remains of the other Pains, while Black Zetsu lay trembling and Konan wondered whether Jin could restore Nagato’s vitality.
• Nagato examined the black rods behind him and reflected on Jin’s eyes and chains.

As Konoha’s investigation exposed corruption and hidden Root forces, its leaders discovered signs that shinobi from other villages had infiltrated the Forest of Death. Fugaku strengthened security and ordered protection for Jin and Jiraiya, while suspecting the Raikage and Tsuchikage were preparing for a wider conflict.

• Shikaku reviewed financial records linking unexplained spending to abandoned Root outposts and worried about reports of a Byakugan near them.
• Choza found that meat consumption had fallen while vegetables and grains had increased, and set out to investigate the unusual logistics figures.
• Inoichi detected a coded Kumogakure message near the Forest of Death and realized it had appeared deep inside Konoha territory.
• An Uchiha Jonin reported battle traces of Lightning and Earth Release in the Forest of Death, with at least five foreign Chunin-level shinobi suspected of infiltrating.
• Fugaku ordered Hyuga Fu to have the southeastern checkpoints investigated again and sent out more scouts and sensory teams to protect Jin and Jiraiya.
• Fugaku suspected the Raikage and Tsuchikage had recognized Konoha’s weakness and wondered whether the Fourth Great Ninja War was approaching.

After suffering severe mental exhaustion from awakening Yin Release, Jin began absorbing Natural Energy at Mount Myōboku, throwing the holy land’s senjutsu into chaos. The Great Toad Sage dismissed his power as unrelated to Indra, while the toads discovered Jin was draining their Senjutsu Energy.

• Jin retched black Chakra fluid after merging with the Reincarnation Rule Fragment, and Jiraiya worried over his injuries.
• Jin asked Jiraiya to train in Sage Mode, then absorbed Natural Energy beneath the waterfall and instantly formed Sage Mode markings.
• Jiraiya tried to absorb Natural Energy but fled when Jin’s presence made it violent and altered the waterfall’s energy.
• Sage Fukasaku reported Jin’s Yin Release to the Great Toad Sage, who said it had nothing to do with Indra and told him to carry on as usual.
• A fierce wind swept across Mount Myōboku, and Fukasaku recalled the chaos Jin had caused during his previous visit.
• Fukasaku sent the toads away from the waterfall, but one little toad noticed its Senjutsu Energy was being stolen by Jin.

Uchiha Jin forcibly absorbed Mount Myōboku’s Natural Energy for three days, draining its waterfall and deep pool as the toads and Sage Fukasaku watched helplessly. After recovering, Jin declared that the Leaf had entered the world and took Jiraiya back with him, while Sage Fukasaku accepted his departure because he was different.

• Jin unleashed a powerful pull that drew in Mount Myōboku’s Natural Energy and Senjutsu Chakra, leaving the toads unable to gather any.
• Sage Fukasaku warned Jin that absorbing so much Natural Energy could turn him to stone, but the force kept Fukasaku and Jiraiya at a distance.
• The Great Toad Sage woke, wondered whether change would begin on Mount Myōboku, and went back to sleep after accepting the destruction as a possible new beginning.
• After three days, Jin stopped absorbing energy, leaving Mount Myōboku’s waterfall and deep pool drained dry.
• Jin told Jiraiya that the Leaf had entered the world, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take them away.
• When the toads protested that Jin had left Mount Myōboku without its Senjutsu Energy, Sage Fukasaku said Jin was different.