Chapter Summaries

Hanzo explained why Akatsuki threatened Amegakure and condemned Yahiko’s naïve plan for peace, leaving Yahiko shaken but ready to flee. Hanzo then attacked Uchiha Mai and declared that everyone present had to die.

• Hanzo told Yahiko that Akatsuki’s growth would weaken Amegakure and that he had acted to protect his village’s interests.
• Hanzo argued that scarce resources forced people and nations to struggle, calling Yahiko the Ninja World’s number one egoist.
• Yahiko collapsed in despair, but Nagato urged him to recover, and Yahiko regained his resolve to escape.
• Hanzo leaped into the valley and attacked Uchiha Mai with his chain sickle, knocking him back and injuring his hand.
• Hanzo declared that everyone present had to die, keeping his collusion with Danzo secret.

Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, and Uchiha Mai fought Hanzo together, combining their techniques to withstand his attacks and gain a slight advantage. Hanzo acknowledged that the four were stronger than he expected, especially Nagato and Uchiha Mai.

• Yahiko attacked Hanzo with Water Style, but Hanzo shattered his blade and unleashed a torrent until Nagato used Shinra Tensei to protect them.
• Konan rained paper Senbon on Hanzo while Uchiha Mai launched a tracking flame beast at him.
• Hanzo diverted the flame beast with Water Fang Bullet, then used a Water Wall and his sickle to stop it as the others evaded his water attacks.
• Uchiha Mai doubled his flow of time and struck Hanzo from above, sending him back and cutting his sickle.
• Hanzo inspected the damage to his weapon and told the four that they were stronger than he expected, especially Nagato and Uchiha Mai.

Uchiha Mai, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan gained the upper hand against Hanzo, but Yahiko’s attempt to end the fight peacefully failed. Hanzo summoned Ibuse and released poisonous gas, leaving Yahiko to face the threat as the chapter ended.

• Uchiha Mai and Nagato led Yahiko and Konan in a prolonged fight that eventually pinned Hanzo down.
• Yahiko urged Hanzo to stop fighting and leave Akatsuki alone, but Hanzo rejected his plea and warned him about the consequences of mercy.
• Hanzo summoned Ibuse, whose poisonous gas spread rapidly through the canyon.
• Uchiha Mai warned the others to retreat, but Yahiko stayed in place and asked Nagato, Konan, and Mr. Wu to lend him their strength.

Uchiha Mai and Yahiko’s group fought Hanzo and Ibuse, but Ibuse’s poisonous mist steadily weakened them. The four were eventually driven onto the defensive, while Yahiko struggled to understand why they were losing despite their numbers.

• Uchiha Mai recognized Ibuse’s mist as a neurotoxin and warned Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to breathe as shallowly as possible.
• Hanzo attacked Konan and Yahiko while Ibuse charged Nagato, and the group countered with their techniques.
• Uchiha Mai blocked Hanzo’s water blade from striking Yahiko, then was slowed by the poison and sent flying by Hanzo’s sickle.
• Nagato attacked Hanzo with a machine gun, and the ensuing fight continued as the poison progressively reduced the group’s strength.
• After dozens of exchanges, Hanzo had suppressed the four, and Yahiko wondered why they were faring worse than the Sannin had against him.

Uchiha Mai and the Akatsuki trio retreated from Hanzo, but Yahiko was badly wounded after tripping over a suspiciously placed root. Uchiha Mai restrained Hanzo with his time-control technique and ordered the others to escape.

• Uchiha Mai urged a retreat, and Yahiko finally ordered the group to withdraw from Hanzo.
• Uchiha Mai commanded Nagato and Konan to keep Hanzo occupied while he prepared a technique.
• Nagato attacked Hanzo with machine-gun fire, and Konan launched paper spears as the group fought its way back.
• Hanzo slashed Yahiko after a tree root tripped him, leaving Nagato and Konan grieving and Uchiha Mai suspicious.
• Uchiha Mai used The End of No Ignorance to slow Hanzo inside a barrier, then told the others to go.

Yahiko sacrificed himself to hold Hanzo back, allowing Nagato, Konan, and Uchiha Mai to escape. Uchiha Mai promised to bring help and kill Hanzo within ten days, then led Nagato and Konan south for an unexplained reason.

• Yahiko, fatally poisoned by Hanzo’s scythe, held Hanzo back while Uchiha Mai carried Konan away and Nagato fled.
• Hanzo killed Yahiko, ordered his forces to pursue Nagato and Konan, and carried Yahiko’s body back to Amegakure.
• After reaching a secluded cave, Nagato asked Uchiha Mai how soon they could kill Hanzo, and Uchiha Mai promised to bring help within ten days.
• Nagato and Konan agreed to support Uchiha Mai, who took temporary command of the group.
• Uchiha Mai led Nagato and Konan south instead of toward Konoha, prompting Nagato to ask where they were going.

Uchiha Mai took Nagato and Konan to the Underground Exchange and placed a bounty on Sasori of the Red Sands, offering his help in killing two non-Konoha targets as a reward. He explained that Sasori could counter Hanzo’s greatest weapon, Ibuse, leaving the group confident in their plan to kill Hanzo.

• Uchiha Mai said they could not rely on Konoha for reinforcements and continued traveling with Nagato and Konan.
• The three reached a town in the Land of Rivers and entered the Underground Exchange through a casino.
• Uchiha Mai posted a ten-million-ryo bounty for Sasori of the Red Sands and promised to help the successful hunter kill two non-Konoha people.
• Nagato questioned why Uchiha Mai believed Sasori could help them defeat Hanzo.
• Uchiha Mai explained that Sasori’s puppet and poison skills could reproduce Chiyo’s past success in neutralizing Ibuse’s venom and weakness.

Sasori tracked down Uchiha Mai after Mai placed a bounty on him, and the two began fighting while Nagato and Konan watched. Mai easily dodged Hiruko’s attacks and knocked the puppet away, but Sasori countered with a barrage of poisoned needles.

• Sasori arrived at Uchiha Mai’s residence after following the clues Mai had left and threw down the heads of the bounty hunters who had pursued him.
• Mai introduced Sasori to Nagato and Konan, then traded taunts with Sasori over their past enmity and their respective strength.
• Sasori released Hiruko and sent it to attack Mai with a series of poisoned blade strikes.
• Mai dodged Hiruko’s attacks, caught its blade between two fingers, and elbowed the puppet away.
• Sasori regained control of Hiruko and unleashed Needle Eight Waves, prompting Mai to draw his blade and slash at the incoming poisoned needles.

Uchiha Mai defeated Sasori of the Red Sands in a test fight, then sought his help killing Amegakure's leader, Ibuse Hanzo. Sasori was tempted by the offer of Hanzo's corpse, which could give him a powerful Human Puppet and a chance to revive the glory of puppeteers.

• Uchiha Mai used the Hatake Sword Technique to exploit Sasori of the Red Sands' hatred of Hatake Sakumo, then severed Hiruko's steel scorpion tail.
• Sasori of the Red Sands acknowledged Uchiha Mai's strength and asked why he had arranged a bounty on him.
• Uchiha Mai asked Sasori of the Red Sands to help kill Ibuse Hanzo and offered him Hanzo's corpse.
• Sasori of the Red Sands rejected the offer as unfair, so Uchiha Mai explained that Sasori needed a powerful Human Puppet to take revenge on Hatake Sakumo.
• Sasori of the Red Sands recalled his parents' deaths and considered joining forces with Uchiha Mai to kill Hanzo.

Uchiha Mai introduced Nagato and Konan to Sasori, who joined their plan to kill Hanzo after seeing Nagato’s power. The four planned to infiltrate Amegakure, with Sasori preparing an antidote to Hanzo’s poison and Mai intending to grow stronger by killing the village’s ninja.

• Uchiha Mai introduced Nagato and Konan to Sasori and described Nagato’s Rinnegan and their training under Jiraiya.
• Sasori attacked Nagato, who repelled his Chakra Threads with Shinra Tensei and convinced Sasori of his strength.
• Sasori agreed to join the hunt for Hanzo, despite fearing Uchiha Mai might betray him afterward.
• Uchiha Mai gave Sasori poisoned blood to use in developing an antidote to Hanzo’s poison.
• Nagato raised the problem of Hanzo’s Amegakure subordinates, and Uchiha Mai and Sasori agreed to storm the village and kill them.
• Uchiha Mai revealed that killing many people quickly would strengthen him and fuel a powerful lightning strike against Hanzo.

Uchiha Mai and his companions launched a night attack on Amegakure after taking Sasori of the Red Sands' antidote. Mai activated Blood Prison Massacre and slaughtered the village's defenders, replenishing his strength as the battle spread.

• Sasori of the Red Sands gave Uchiha Mai, Nagato, and Konan antidotes that would protect them from Ibuse's poison for at least six hours.
• The four reached Amegakure at night, and Uchiha Mai activated Blood Prison Massacre, draining his own life force to form a Blood-Energy Blade.
• Uchiha Mai killed the guards at the village entrance, and his blade absorbed their life force to restore him.
• Rain ninja poured into the streets after the guards raised the alarm, and Uchiha Mai charged into the crowd, cutting down his opponents and using the absorbed life force to boost his chakra and strength.
• Nagato realized why Uchiha Mai was feared by enemy villages as Mai continued his rampage through Amegakure.

Sasori, Nagato, Konan, and Uchiha Mai slaughtered more than a hundred Amegakure shinobi before Hanzo arrived. Uchiha Mai confronted Hanzo with a declaration of revenge, and Hanzo vowed to kill him despite Konoha's support.

• Sasori released more than a hundred puppets and used the Performance of a Hundred Puppets to overwhelm Amegakure's forces.
• Nagato and Konan joined Uchiha Mai and Sasori, and the four killed more than a hundred Amegakure shinobi in under a minute.
• Hanzo rushed from his residence, ordered his remaining shinobi to retreat, and recognized Uchiha Mai as the one behind the attack.
• Sasori stopped Nagato from addressing Hanzo and said Uchiha Mai was the professional at making grand declarations.
• Uchiha Mai told Hanzo, "I returned from hell," and Hanzo vowed to kill him for the deaths of his shinobi.

Uchiha Mai, Nagato, Konan, and Sasori fought Hanzo in Amegakure after learning that Yahiko had been buried behind the mountain. Their rotating strategy gave them the upper hand, but both sides still believed they had an advantage and held back from taking desperate risks.

• Uchiha Mai accused Hanzo of breaking his word, and Nagato asked where Hanzo had put Yahiko's body.
• Hanzo said Yahiko had been buried behind the mountain, reassuring Nagato and Konan that his body had been laid to rest.
• Uchiha Mai launched the fight with a sword strike, while Sasori sent puppets, Konan attacked with paper spears, and Nagato fired machine guns at Hanzo.
• Hanzo blocked the attacks, and Uchiha Mai countered with Dragon Star Style: Gluttony before Nagato took his place in the rotation.
• The four fought Hanzo for over half an hour across Amegakure, with Uchiha Mai's side gaining the upper hand while both sides avoided reckless attacks.

Uchiha Mai and his allies fought Hanzo, whose Ibuse poison failed against Sasori’s antidote. Mai overwhelmed Hanzo with a nine-strike sword combination, then used Nagato’s life force to recover after exhausting his chakra.

• Hanzo summoned Ibuse and released poison, but Nagato, Konan, and their allies remained unaffected by Sasori’s antidote.
• Uchiha Mai attacked Hanzo with Dragon Star Style: Phantom Sword Dance, using Innate Time Control to unleash eight rapid strikes that wounded him badly.
• Mai launched Deathfire: Thousand Wings, but Hanzo’s Hard Vortex Water Blade overcame the attack and sent Mai flying after he blocked it.
• Sasori attacked Hanzo with his puppets while Nagato supported him from a distance.
• Mai drew life force from Nagato with Deathfire, healing his wounds and replenishing his chakra.

Sasori revealed that he had neutralized Hanzo’s poison, but Hanzo overwhelmed him in close combat before Sasori unleashed a powerful fire technique. Nagato rescued Sasori and took over the fight, confronting Hanzo over Yahiko’s death and his rule of the Land of Rain.

• Sasori told Hanzo that he had neutralized Ibuse’s poison and the poison on Hanzo’s sickle, then vowed to turn him into a puppet.
• Hanzo trapped Sasori’s weapon with his chain and battered him, breaking his blades and sending him crashing to the ground.
• Sasori rose again and used Blazing Prison Formation, but Hanzo’s Breaking Torrent overwhelmed the flames and hurled Sasori away.
• Nagato caught Sasori with Banshō Ten'in, set him down behind him, and summoned creatures to attack Danzo.
• Nagato confronted Hanzo over Yahiko’s death and the suffering of the Land of Rain, but Hanzo rejected his right to judge him.

Nagato and Konan fought Hanzo while Uchiha Mai and Sasori of the Red Sands supported them and waited for an opening. When Nagato restrained Hanzo, Uchiha Mai unleashed Ura 108 Shiki: Ya Sakazuki to bind him as well.

• Hanzo launched a massive Water Dragon Bullet at Nagato, who used Shinra Tensei to hold it back before pulling Hanzo and Ibuse toward him with Banshō Ten'in.
• Konan attacked Hanzo with explosive paper cranes, leaving him badly scorched and battered.
• Nagato and Konan continued fighting Hanzo while Uchiha Mai and Sasori of the Red Sands harried him and prepared their strongest attacks.
• Nagato caught Hanzo in another Banshō Ten'in, and Uchiha Mai used Ura 108 Shiki: Ya Sakazuki to send a wave of compressed purple flames surging toward Hanzo's feet.

Uchiha Mai trapped Hanzo and Ibuse in Blood Prison Massacre, but Ibuse swallowed Hanzo before dying. Hanzo emerged badly burned and weakened, and Uchiha Mai insisted on facing him alone.

• Uchiha Mai warned his allies away, then unleashed Blood Prison Massacre on Hanzo and Ibuse.
• Ibuse swallowed Hanzo to shield him from the flames, then died as the attack consumed its life force.
• Uchiha Mai and Nagato found Ibuse's corpse, and Uchiha Mai deduced Hanzo was inside it.
• Hanzo cut his way out of Ibuse's body and attacked Uchiha Mai, who parried his scythe and kicked him away.
• Uchiha Mai barred Nagato and the others from intervening, claiming he had recovered enough to fight Hanzo alone.

Uchiha Mai fought Hanzo alone and killed him with his forbidden Eight Maidens technique and Deathfire. Absorbing Hanzo’s spiritual energy evolved both of Mai’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan into unusually powerful Three-Tomoe eyes, which stopped just short of Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Uchiha Mai persuaded Sasori of the Red Sands, Nagato, and Konan to let him fight Hanzo alone.
• Hanzo attacked Uchiha Mai with his sickle and chain, but Mai blocked his strikes and continued fighting after Hanzo disarmed him.
• Uchiha Mai overwhelmed Hanzo with taijutsu and finished him with Forbidden 1210th Style: Eight Maidens.
• Uchiha Mai engulfed Hanzo in Deathfire, which absorbed his life force and resentment-filled spiritual energy.
• The absorbed energy evolved both of Uchiha Mai’s Sharingan to Three Tomoe, but they did not awaken Mangekyo Sharingan.

After defeating Hanzo, Uchiha Mai and Sasori fought over the corpses of Hanzo and Ibuse, and Nagato and Konan sided with Mai. Mai remained in Amegakure to absorb the rewards from the operation, while considering how Sarutobi Hiruzen might react to his decision to act without orders.

• Sasori attacked Uchiha Mai and tried to seize Ibuse's corpse, but Mai protected it and Sasori retreated with Hanzo's corpse.
• Sasori accused Mai of bad faith and demanded Ibuse's corpse, while Mai insisted their agreement covered only Hanzo.
• Sasori urged Nagato to help him attack Mai, but Nagato and Konan joined Mai instead.
• Sasori left with Hanzo's corpse after failing to obtain Ibuse's or Nagato's support.
• Uchiha Mai stayed in Amegakure with Nagato and Konan to process his gains and consider the risks of acting without Sarutobi Hiruzen's orders.

Uchiha Mai drew and fused the Mystic Eyes of Distortion with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, gaining a powerful ability to twist matter within his field of vision. His eyes changed to an amethyst color, while he hoped the ability could strengthen his standing in Konoha and wondered whether it might later awaken Spirit Vision.

• Nagato struggled to secure Amegakure's loyalty, while Uchiha Mai chose to avoid getting involved and focus on becoming stronger.
• Uchiha Mai spent 5,000 style points on a two-star draw and received the Mystic Eyes of Distortion.
• Uchiha Mai learned that the eyes could directly distort matter, with their power determined by his field of vision and their use consuming eye power and chakra.
• Uchiha Mai considered how Spirit Vision might let him see through physical substances and offset the drawbacks of a future Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Uchiha Mai fused the Mystic Eyes of Distortion with his Sharingan, changing both eyes to shades of amethyst.