Chapter Summaries

Karin detected a group of Konoha Ninja approaching Amegakure as a powerful gale swept away the rain and revealed clear skies. Pain identified Jiraiya among the invaders and ordered Orochimaru, Sasori, and the village’s forces to repel them while he watched their advance.

• Karin sensed more than ten unfamiliar Chakra signatures southwest of Amegakure, and sunlight suddenly replaced the rain.
• Haku warned Karin and Jugo to prepare for battle, then reported the approaching Konoha Ninja to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Haku to guard the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Sasuke Uchiha, Karin, and Jugo while he and Sasori went to meet Pain.
• Kakuzu led Hidan toward the main tower after recognizing that the Konoha Ninja had arrived.
• Pain and Konan sensed the gale and confirmed Jiraiya was among the Konoha Ninja.
• Pain ordered Konan to tell the Rain Ninja and Akatsuki members to repel the invaders, specifically directing Orochimaru and Sasori to the front lines.

Sōken’s forces confirmed that Naruto and Sasuke were being held in Rain Village, but they could not locate Nagato’s real body or identify the enemies’ true positions. Sōken ordered Plan D, splitting the rescue teams while he and Jiraiya prepared to meet Rain Village’s hidden master.

• Yamanaka Santen confirmed that the captive was Naruto by sensing both Naruto’s Chakra and the power sealed inside him, while Hyuga Iroha reported that Sasuke was held nearby.
• Hyuga Homura reported that several enemies were hiding among moving Shadow Clones, while Nagato’s real body and Black Zetsu remained unlocated.
• Sōken ordered Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku to proceed with Plan D, sending them with separate groups toward the rescue targets.
• Shisui led Fu, Torune, Tenzo, Hyuga Homura, and Inuzuka Hana down the hill, while Fugaku took Aburame Shikuroo, Itachi, Kimimaro, Yamanaka Santen, and Hyuga Iroha.
• Jiraiya questioned Sōken’s decision to split their forces, but Sōken said he would rescue both Naruto and Sasuke and insisted he knew what he was doing.
• Sōken told Jiraiya that they should meet Rain Village’s hidden master, and the two prepared to move.

Sōken advanced on Amegakure after crushing Pain’s summoned birds, while Jiraiya chose to accompany him and Uchiha Chihaya recovered her chakra. Pain learned that Sōken was targeting him and decided to wait for the Akatsuki members to gather information before confronting the Sixth Hokage.

• Sōken told Uchiha Chihaya to stop maintaining Shinatuhiko, then crushed the Strange Bird with his Crimson Susanoo.
• Jiraiya chose to stay with Sōken and investigate what had happened to the children of the Land of Rain.
• Pain ordered Zetsu to let Kakuzu, Orochimaru, and the others choose their opponents and bring back at least one head.
• Pain and Konan concluded that Pain could not confront Sōken directly while Jiraiya was with him, so they would wait for the Akatsuki members’ reports.
• Pain watched Sōken crush another Yatagarasu and realized the Sixth Hokage’s true target was him.

Zetsu gathered the Akatsuki members’ Shadow Clones and tried to coordinate an attack on Konoha’s divided forces, but they chose separate targets. As the battle began in Amegakure, Obito prepared to restrain Shisui while Zetsu hoped Pain would move against Sōken.

• Zetsu told the Akatsuki members that Konoha had split into three groups and urged them to attack together.
• Obito Uchiha argued that Shisui, who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, should be targeted first, while Sasori chose Fugaku and Orochimaru sought out Kimimaro.
• Kakuzu decided to pursue Uchiha Sōken for the nine-hundred-million-ryo bounty, and the others dispersed to their chosen targets.
• Obito Uchiha agreed to keep Shisui occupied with Deidara’s help, while Zetsu and Obito discussed Pain’s plans and Orochimaru’s uncertain loyalties.
• A distant boom signaled that Uchiha Sōken’s group had begun fighting, and Obito left to join the battle.

Sōken, Jiraiya, Chihaya, and Kabuto fought through the Rain Ninja guarding their path into Amegakure, with Chihaya’s Shinatuhiko overwhelming their attacks. As the group continued toward the village center, Kakuzu and Hidan received word that it was time to join the fight.

• A Rain Ninja leader threatened Sōken and his companions, but Sōken ordered Chihaya to clear their way.
• Chihaya cut through most of the Rain Ninja with a gale-wrapped sword strike, and Sōken explained that her Mangekyō Sharingan technique was Shinatuhiko.
• The surviving Rain Ninja used Ninja Art: Rain Shower Senbon, but Chihaya’s gale blew away the poisoned senbon and destroyed their umbrellas.
• Chihaya countered the Rain Ninja’s Water Style Jutsu with Uchiha Style: Heavenly Wind Chaos and wiped out the remaining attackers.
• Sōken, Jiraiya, and Kabuto continued toward the center of Amegakure as Kakuzu received reconnaissance information and told Hidan to move out.

Kakuzu and Hidan ambushed Sōken’s group as they advanced through Amegakure, but Sōken quickly incapacitated the immortal Hidan and explained his connection to the Evil God Cult. The chapter left the group facing a sudden wave of flames falling from the rooftops.

• Kakuzu warned Hidan that Uchiha Chihaya’s attacks were dangerous, so Hidan chose to target Kabuto instead.
• Sōken explained to Jiraiya that their slow advance gave them time to rescue Naruto and Sasuke, let Chihaya recover, and observe Pain and Orochimaru.
• Hidan’s scythe attacked Kabuto from an alley, but Uchiha Chihaya’s Vacuum Blade destroyed the surrounding buildings and buried Hidan in rubble.
• Sōken trapped Hidan with five Bashosen-made Rock Spears after Hidan’s scythe nearly struck Kabuto again.
• Sōken identified Hidan as a likely successful experiment of the Evil God Cult, and a sea of flames suddenly fell onto the group from nearby rooftops.

Uchiha Shisui’s team fought through Amegakure while racing to rescue Uzumaki Naruto, with Shisui holding off Obito Uchiha and Hyuga Homura countering Deidara’s clay bombs. Inuzuka Hana located Naruto in a building ahead, where more than ten people were nearby.

• Shisui intercepted Obito Uchiha’s attacks and ordered Fu, Torune, Tenzo, Homura, and Hana to continue toward Naruto.
• Obito repeatedly targeted Shisui’s companions, but Shisui used marked kunai to appear beside them and protect them.
• Hyuga Homura detected Deidara’s explosive clay birds and grasshoppers, then used Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm: Barrage to destroy them.
• Deidara attacked the advancing group from the air while Homura defended them and kept moving.
• Inuzuka Hana smelled Naruto in a building ahead and sensed more than ten people around it.

Fugaku's team fought through Orochimaru's snake swarm, and Itachi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan by using Amaterasu to drive Orochimaru and Scorpion away. After checking on Itachi, Fugaku cleared a safe path through the poisoned snake corpses so the rescue mission could continue.

• Orochimaru summoned a vast swarm of snakes to attack Fugaku's approaching team while Scorpion refused to join the fight.
• Aburame Shikuroo released poisonous insects that killed most of the snakes and opened the way toward Orochimaru and Scorpion.
• Itachi used Amaterasu on Orochimaru and Scorpion, burning Orochimaru's body and destroying Scorpion's puppet before both escaped.
• Orochimaru recognized Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan and fled after replacing his burned body, while Scorpion also withdrew.
• Fugaku asked Itachi if he was all right, and Aburame Shikuroo warned the team that the snake corpses were poisonous.
• Fugaku used Earth Release: Earth Flow Divide to clear a safe path through the corpses.

Sōken, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Chihaya overwhelmed Kakuzu, who escaped with one heart, while Pain’s remaining forces began to reveal themselves. Sōken confronted Pain as the main battle began, but a stone Iron-Eating Beast statue blocked his Susanoo strike.

• Sōken used the Bashosen to extinguish Kakuzu’s combined Wind and Fire Style attack, while he and Jiraiya discussed the Sage of Six Paths and the Great Toad Sage.
• Kakuzu attacked Jiraiya with Lightning Style, but Uchiha Chihaya deflected the strike and countered with her sword.
• Jiraiya and Uchiha Chihaya destroyed two of Kakuzu’s masked monsters, while Sōken turned two others to stone; Kakuzu fled with his last heart.
• Sōken surveyed the battlefield and concluded that Pain was the last major Akatsuki fighter yet to enter the battle.
• Pain arrived with two summoned figures, and Jiraiya was shocked to see multiple Rinnegan users.
• Sōken attacked Pain and the other two figures with Susanoo, but a stone Iron-Eating Beast statue blocked the blow.

Sōken and his allies fought Pain’s Six Paths in Amegakure, destroying the Asura Path and identifying the Preta Path’s ability to absorb Chakra. Pain then prepared to enter the battle himself, confident that the Rinnegan would ensure victory.

• The Asura Path broke Susanoo’s finger, and Sōken identified it, the Animal Path, and the Preta Path among the three attackers.
• The Preta Path drained Susanoo’s Chakra, so Sōken dispelled it; Jiraiya stopped the Asura Path’s missile barrage with Needle Jizō.
• The Asura Path charged and fired a concentrated Chakra beam, but Sōken blocked and reflected it with the Uchiha Gunbai, crushing it with the returned gale.
• Uchiha Chihaya and Jiraiya suspected the Pains were puppets, and Jiraiya thought their faces seemed familiar.
• Pain recognized the Uchiha Gunbai and, despite Konan’s warning, declared that the Rinnegan was invincible before disappearing with the two remaining bodies.

Sasuke was rescued by Fugaku Uchiha’s team, and he urged them to save Naruto as well. As the Konoha teams converged on Naruto’s location, White decided to confront them with Orochimaru’s subordinates.

• Itachi Uchiha reached Sasuke’s cell, broke its barrier with Amaterasu, and freed him as Fugaku Uchiha and the rescue squad arrived.
• Sasuke told his father and brother that Naruto was still captive, and Fugaku ordered the squad to help Shisui’s team.
• Hyuga Iroha chose a route through a wall, which Kaguya Kimimaro smashed through as the squad advanced.
• Karin reported that Fugaku’s team and Shisui’s team were closing in on the area where Naruto was held.
• White decided to meet the Konoha shinobi and told Jugo to protect Karin while he prepared Orochimaru’s other subordinates to join him.

Black Zetsu watched Konoha’s forces confront Pain, while Sōken, Jiraiya, Uchiha Chihaya, and Kabuto faced the Six Paths in a rapidly escalating battle. Pain countered Sōken’s petrification technique, and the chapter left Uchiha Chihaya battling a regenerating Multi-Headed Dog as their clash demolished the surrounding street.

• Black Zetsu decided to focus on eliminating Konoha’s forces, especially the Sixth Hokage, rather than pursuing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Jiraiya recognized Pain as Nagato and questioned him about Yahiko, but Pain dismissed Yahiko’s body as a resource and claimed that pain had made him a god.
• Sōken attempted to turn Pain to stone with Ishanagihime, but Pain used Shinra Tensei to repel the technique, forcing Sōken to use Susanoo to block its returning effect.
• Uchiha Chihaya attacked Pain, but the Preta Path absorbed her slash while the Animal Path summoned a winged Multi-Headed Dog against Sōken’s group.
• Uchiha Chihaya expanded her Susanoo and fought the hound, which regenerated and multiplied whenever it was cut, while the battle’s shockwaves destroyed nearby buildings.

Uchiha Sōken and Pain escalated their battle as Susanoo, summoned beasts, and powerful attacks clashed across Amegakure. Sōken endured Pain’s barrage and countered with his weapons, but the chapter ended as a hand burst from the ground and seized his ankle.

• Jiraiya watched Sōken and Pain’s battle and wondered what had happened to Nagato.
• Sōken and Pain resumed fighting, with Pain’s Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten’in clashing against Sōken’s Susanoo and Yasaka no Magatama.
• Pain restored the Asura Path and launched rockets, a laser cannon, and Lightning Release: False Darkness, breaking Sōken’s Susanoo.
• Sōken used the Uchiha Gunbai to rebound Pain’s attack, then resisted Pain’s Earth Spears with a Hardening Technique.
• Sōken swung the Bashosen to destroy Pain’s attacks and withstand his counterattack, but a hand emerged from underground and grabbed Sōken’s ankle.

Pain’s Human Path failed to extract Sōken’s soul, and Sōken revealed that he possessed a Rinnegan and was fighting through a Deva Path clone. Nagato could not locate Sōken’s real body, leaving him and Konan on guard against an attack.

• Pain sent the Human Path underground to seize Sōken and extract his soul, but it found no soul inside the body.
• Sōken revealed his Rinnegan, shocking Nagato, who realized the eyes were not unique to him.
• Sōken destroyed the Human Path with Shinra Tensei and revealed that he was using a Deva Path clone.
• Nagato searched Amegakure for Sōken’s real body but found no trace of it.
• Nagato warned Konan to stay alert for a surprise attack from Sōken.

Uchiha Sōken revealed that he possessed the Rinnegan, shaking Nagato and Black Zetsu’s confidence as the battle continued. Uchiha Chihaya defeated several of the Animal Path’s summoned beasts, while Pain and the other Paths remained occupied fighting Sōken’s clone.

• Nagato warned Konan that Uchiha Sōken had the Rinnegan, and Konan concealed them with the Art of the Paper God.
• Black Zetsu realized Sōken truly had the Rinnegan after seeing him use its techniques and worried Nagato might lose.
• Uchiha Chihaya kept attacking the Multi-Headed Dog until its repeated splitting exhausted its life force and killed it.
• Uchiha Chihaya killed the bull and Giant Centipede with Susanoo and Shinatuhiko, leaving the Animal Path under pressure.
• Pain, the Preta Path, and the Asura Path continued fighting Sōken’s Deva Path Clone, which held its ground with Susanoo and Uchiha weapons.

Orochimaru and Sasori watched Pain and Sōken Uchiha fight while concealing their Chakras, and argued over Sasori’s capture of Kakuzu. When Sōken revealed a pair of Rinnegan, Orochimaru’s plans collapsed, while Sasori decided to stay out of the conflict and wait for spoils.

• Orochimaru observed the battlefield beside Sasori, whose white cloak concealed his Chakra just as Orochimaru’s black cloak did.
• Orochimaru questioned Sasori about capturing Kakuzu, but Sasori warned him not to interfere with his prey.
• Orochimaru and Sasori agreed to keep the peace because a fight between them would disrupt their plans and be difficult to resolve quickly.
• Orochimaru saw Sōken put on a mask and reveal pale purple, ripple-patterned eyes, and Sasori recognized them as another pair of Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru realized his plan to profit from Pain and Sōken fighting had been undermined, while Sasori concealed himself and chose to wait for spoils.

Sōken searched Amegakure’s underground maze for an important hidden item while his Deva Path Clone fought Pain’s forces aboveground. Meanwhile, Shisui’s team struggled against Obito Uchiha and Deidara after White arrived and froze Inuzuka Hana and her Ninja Dogs.

• Sōken used his Deva Path Clone to battle Pain’s forces while his real body searched Amegakure’s underground shelters and passages for a hidden item.
• Uchiha Chihaya gained the advantage over the Animal Path after its Multi-Headed Dog was defeated.
• Uchiha Shisui’s rescue team fought Obito Uchiha and Deidara as they pushed toward Uzumaki Naruto.
• White arrived with four subordinates and froze Inuzuka Hana and her three Ninja Dogs in a massive block of ice.
• Obito Uchiha told Shisui that White and the others served Orochimaru, but Shisui refused to abandon his team.

Tenzo revealed Wood Style as Konoha’s rescue team clashed with Haku’s group, while Shisui kept Obito occupied elsewhere. Aburame Torune killed Left with his Phosphorus Kikaichū after Left’s Parasitic Destruction Technique failed, and the battle continued.

• Tenzo used Wood Style to drag the enormous block of ice to Konoha’s side, startling Haku and Obito.
• Shisui and Obito continued fighting, with Obito focused on keeping Shisui from joining the battle elsewhere.
• Yamanaka Fu used his Mind Disturbance Body Technique to seize control of Jirobo and make him attack his teammates.
• Kidomaru attacked Fu with webs while Left charged Torune, who met him in close combat.
• Torune’s Phosphorus Kikaichū consumed the abnormal Chakra Left had introduced into his body, and Left’s Parasitic Destruction Technique failed.
• The Phosphorus Kikaichū spread through Left’s body and killed him, leaving Torune to check on Fu’s fight with Kidomaru.

Yamanaka Fu used his Mind Transfer Puppet Cursed Seal Technique to take control of Kidomaru and turn his companions’ trust against them. The resulting explosion killed Kidomaru, critically wounded Tayuya, and left Jirobo alive but dazed as Fu and Aburame Torune remained occupied.

• Kidomaru’s webs pinned Yamanaka Fu to a broken wall while Jirobo blocked Aburame Torune with a boulder.
• Fu used his scarecrow to deflect Kidomaru’s golden spider thread, then trapped Kidomaru’s consciousness inside the puppet with the Mind Transfer Puppet Cursed Seal Technique.
• Fu took control of Kidomaru’s body, tricked Jirobo and Tayuya, and threw six Explosive Tag-laden Kunai at them before attaching another Explosive Tag to Kidomaru.
• The six tags severely wounded Tayuya and burned Jirobo, while the tag on Kidomaru’s chest exploded before his Sticky Gold Armor could protect him, killing him.
• Jirobo stood dazed among the ruins as Fu and Aburame Torune were too busy to attack him.

Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune regrouped after defeating Kidomaru and Tayuya, then turned to help Tenzo, who was trapped between Haku and Deidara’s attacks. Tenzo fought back with a massive Wood Style golem, forcing Haku to consider using a stronger technique.

• Yamanaka Fu explained how he had used the Mind Transfer Puppet Cursed Seal Technique to take control of Kidomaru and help defeat him and Tayuya.
• Yamanaka Fu sent Aburame Torune after Jirobo and threw Shuriken to destroy bombs threatening Tenzo and Hyuga Homura.
• Tenzo kept Haku’s ice attacks at bay with Wood Style while Haku trapped him inside a huge iceberg.
• Tenzo burst out of the iceberg by growing a massive tree, then summoned a twenty-meter wooden golem.
• Haku realized he could not defeat Tenzo by getting only a little serious and hesitated over whether to use a stronger technique.