Chapter Summaries

Genji went to the Daimyo's Mansion to warn the daimyo that Mist Village had been attacked, but killed a guard who tried to stop him. The daimyo finally agreed to meet Genji after the surviving guard reported his request.

• Mei Terumi stopped herself from charging at Pain and Obito after Chojuro warned her that Mist Village had few fighters left.
• Genji arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion and asked two guards to inform the daimyo that enemies had destroyed the Mizukage's Office Building.
• Genji killed one guard with Wind Release: Blade of Wind after the guard accused him of fleeing instead of fighting.
• The surviving guard hurried to tell the daimyo that Genji was waiting outside.
• The daimyo went outside to see Genji, carried by his two attendants.

Genji confronted the Daimyo and demanded that he mediate Mist Village’s crisis and provide resources, but the Daimyo tried to flee instead. Genji crippled one maid to stop him, then forced the Daimyo to agree to come along, while the Daimyo secretly planned to ambush him.

• A chunin guard decided to steal valuables and flee after realizing Genji had killed a guard and something major was happening.
• Genji told the Daimyo that Mist Village was under attack and asked him to mediate and lend support.
• The Daimyo tried to escape, but Genji’s wind blade severed the left maid’s legs and stopped him at the gates.
• The Daimyo blamed the injured maid, then used the unconscious right maid as a shield when Genji approached.
• Genji demanded Chakra-conducting metal, land resources, mineral veins, and other resources, and the Daimyo agreed.
• As Genji turned to leave, the Daimyo decided to ambush and kill him.

The Daimyo followed Genji toward the destroyed Mizukage Office Building, struggling to keep up and guessing at who had caused the destruction. When Pain approached him among the ruins, the Daimyo panicked and wondered why Genji had shoved him out in front of the Akatsuki.

• A Chunin guard fled the Daimyo's Mansion with a sack of back pay, leaving the injured maids behind.
• The Daimyo struggled to follow Genji and awkwardly tried to explain himself after calling him an old man.
• Genji and the Daimyo reached the collapsed Mizukage Office Building, and the Daimyo speculated that Iwagakure or Konoha Village might have attacked.
• Genji shoved the Daimyo out from behind the ruins, drawing Pain and the others' attention.
• Mei Terumi and Chojuro recognized the Daimyo, and Pain walked toward him as the Daimyo retreated in fear.

Pain argued that daimyos had turned ninja into weapons and declared that the Akatsuki Organization would purge every daimyo and rule as the ninja world’s sole god. Mei Terumi questioned the purpose of daimyos as the Water Daimyo lay pinned and helpless.

• The Water Daimyo threatened Pain, who pinned his leg to the ground with a black rod.
• Mei Terumi and Chojuro broke through the Akatsuki Organization’s defensive line to reach the Daimyo, while Obito Uchiha and the others let them pass.
• Mei Terumi confronted Pain over his attack on a daimyo, and Pain accused daimyos of controlling ninja through the mission system.
• Pain urged Mei Terumi to question the daimyo system and declared that the Akatsuki Organization would purge all daimyos and become the ninja world’s only god.
• The Water Daimyo realized that the Akatsuki Organization, like the daimyos had feared, intended to hold the rulers of the Five Great Nations accountable.

As Pain prepared to kill the Land of Water's daimyo, the daimyo begged for his life by praising Pain's plan to eliminate all daimyos. Genji stopped Mei Terumi and Chojuro from protecting him, and the chapter ended with the daimyo delivering an extravagant speech that left everyone stunned.

• The daimyo stopped Pain from killing him and announced that he approved of Pain's plan, even after Pain pointed out that it included eliminating him.
• Mei Terumi ordered Chojuro to protect the daimyo, but Genji arrived and told them to stand down, asserting his authority as Mizukage.
• Genji told Chojuro to leave Mei Terumi to her choice, and Chojuro retreated from the daimyo's side.
• The daimyo pleaded with Pain, claiming that he had never wanted to be a daimyo and had endured the role to keep worse people from taking power.
• The daimyo praised Pain as a god and savior of the shinobi world, leaving the others speechless and Black Zetsu amazed by his lung capacity.

Mei Terumi tried to protect the Water Daimyo when Pain attacked, but she hesitated after realizing the Daimyo had sided with the enemy and let most of the Black Receivers pass through. Pain then disrupted Mei Terumi’s Chakra, leaving Chojuro ready to fight while Genji watched grimly.

• The Water Daimyo praised his own lung capacity, mocked Mei Terumi’s concern for honor, and agreed with Pain’s ideals.
• Pain sent Black Receivers toward the Daimyo, and Mei Terumi leaped to intervene but changed her trajectory after reconsidering whom she was protecting.
• The Black Receivers pierced Mei Terumi’s right arm and struck the Daimyo through the chest, and Mei Terumi told him he was no longer under her protection.
• Pain disrupted Mei Terumi’s Chakra, making her collapse, and Chojuro moved to defend her with Twin Swords: Hiramekarei while Genji stood behind them.

After Pain’s forces occupied the Mist Village and renamed it Akatsuki Village, Mei Terumi and Chojuro dealt with the daimyo’s corpse and returned to the Hokage’s Office. Genji told Mei that the village needed someone to take over issuing missions and urged her to lead it.

• Pain asked Chojuro why the ninja still resisted, then declared that the Mist Village was now Akatsuki Village and left with his organization.
• Mei Terumi pulled the Black Receiver from her arm and ordered Genji and Chojuro to help throw the daimyo’s corpse into the sea.
• Mei told Chojuro she was fine and reflected that the ninja villages could continue to operate without the daimyo.
• Genji explained that the village needed someone to issue missions and bring it back to life, then urged Mei to take the role.

Nagato and Konan planned to use Ōnoki’s test to negotiate for a secret base, while Feng An and Hinata discussed their possible wedding and the question of his surname. Hiashi Hyuga assured them he would not require Feng An to take the Hyuga name.

• Nagato told Konan they would return without the daimyo’s corpse and see whether Ōnoki would give them the tailed beasts before or after verifying their mission.
• Nagato planned to ask Ōnoki for land in Cloud Village or Iwagakure to serve as a secret base for Akatsuki.
• Hanabi Hyuga summoned Feng An, and Hinata told him that Hiashi had begun discussing their wedding date.
• Hinata worried that Hiashi might ask Feng An to take the Hyuga surname, and Feng An guessed that his surname might be Uzumaki.
• Hiashi Hyuga interrupted them and said he would not make Feng An take the Hyuga surname.

Hiashi Hyuga agreed to arrange Feng An and Hinata Hyuga’s wedding, while Feng An refused to have Hinata change her surname. After Hiashi left, the couple reminisced and teased each other, ending with Feng An praising Hinata’s sweet voice.

• Hinata Hyuga learned that Hyuga Kō had confessed his mistake to Hiashi Hyuga after getting drunk.
• Feng An told Hiashi Hyuga that Hinata could keep the Hyuga surname, and Hiashi agreed to choose a wedding date with the clan.
• Hiashi Hyuga left, and Hinata Hyuga admitted she had worried that he and Feng An would argue.
• Feng An and Hinata Hyuga recalled their first meeting and teased each other about Hinata’s earlier shyness.
• Hinata Hyuga asked Feng An to finish what he had been saying, and he told her that she sounded sweet.

Feng An and Hinata shared a playful, affectionate moment before Pain’s group negotiated with Ōnoki for the Four-Tails. Pain took Roshi and claimed Mist Village had become Akatsuki Village, while Ōnoki ordered an investigation and required Akatsuki to establish a branch in Cloud Village.

• Hinata gave Feng An a Gentle Fist massage, and they agreed to visit her father’s home for a while.
• Three days later, Pain returned to Cloud Village and demanded that Ōnoki hand over the Four-Tails.
• Kitsuchi presented Roshi, and Obito Uchiha absorbed the Four-Tails Jinchuriki into the Kamui Dimension.
• When a Black Ghost Ninja threatened Obito Uchiha, Pain killed him with a Black Receiver and repelled Ōnoki’s Dust Release attack.
• Pain said Mist Village had become Akatsuki Village, and Ōnoki demanded proof before Akatsuki could leave.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to investigate and agreed to let Akatsuki establish a branch in Cloud Village; Pain then told his group to choose a location.

Ōnoki confronted the Akatsuki Organization over its incomplete takeover of Mist Village, while Pain’s dramatic recruitment drive in Cloud Village drew new members. The meeting ended with Nagato calmly defending the Akatsuki’s approach and promising that Mist Village’s leaders would understand their place after the other great ninja villages were occupied.

• Ōnoki received a report that the Daimyo of the Land of Water had been killed, but Mist Village’s regime remained in place under the name Akatsuki Village, and he summoned the Akatsuki’s leader.
• Pain killed Ōnoki’s messenger with black rods after the ninja ignored his command to stop, then flew toward the Tsuchikage’s office.
• Cloud Village residents rushed to join the Akatsuki Organization after seeing Pain fly, and Konan stayed behind to manage their recruitment.
• Pain, Obito Uchiha, and Black Zetsu met Ōnoki, while Itachi Uchiha wandered around the village separately.
• Ōnoki accused the Akatsuki Organization of failing to take control of Mist Village’s political power, and Nagato replied that its original ninja were only managing the village temporarily.

Ōnoki rejected Pain’s attempt to expand Akatsuki without making it an affiliate of Iwagakure, while privately planning to use the organization before turning on it. In Konoha, Feng An noticed his Chakdora reserves had grown after being with Hinata Hyuga and wondered if their union had awakened an Otsutsuki bloodline; the chapter ended with Hinata asking him to buy a larger bath towel.

• Ōnoki agreed that the Mist Village should govern itself but told Pain that Akatsuki recruits had to understand the organization was affiliated with Iwagakure.
• Pain and the others left without answering Ōnoki, who recalled Madara Uchiha and planned to subdue Akatsuki after Sand Village and Konoha Village.
• Feng An discovered that his Chakdora reserves had increased by at least a third and suspected his union with Hinata Hyuga had given him a preliminary Otsutsuki bloodline.
• Hinata Hyuga came out of the bath with a towel that was too small, and Feng An told her she had grown quickly.
• Hinata Hyuga blushed and suggested they buy a larger towel next time.

Feng An tested whether his increased Chakdora was connected to his time with Hinata Hyuga, then examined his physical strength in a secluded grove. When he returned home, Hinata told him she had found the opportunity their ancestor had mentioned.

• Hinata Hyuga worried that Feng An was overexerting himself, so he carried her upstairs and sealed the bedroom from outside perception.
• After nearly an hour, Feng An sensed a slight increase in his Chakdora and left Hinata asleep to test his physical abilities.
• Feng An used the sixth gate of the Eight Inner Gates to punch a Wood Clone, shattering it before he could gauge his own toughness.
• Feng An restored the damaged trees with Wood Release and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return home.
• Hinata Hyuga greeted Feng An excitedly and said she thought she had found the opportunity their ancestor had mentioned.

Hinata awakened a purple Tenseigan and discovered several abilities, including summoning Hamura’s statue and creating a sphere that could manipulate thoughts. Feng An moved her outside Konoha to test her powers safely, where she formed the Mind Sphere.

• Hinata revealed her purple Tenseigan to Feng An and sensed its abilities after he prompted her to focus.
• Hinata accidentally summoned Otsutsuki Hamura’s giant stone statue into the courtyard, then returned it to her own space.
• Feng An took Hinata to an uninhabited area outside Konoha and raised a Wood Golem as a precaution before her tests.
• Hinata formed a glowing purple Chakra sphere and sensed that it could control other people’s thoughts.
• Feng An identified the ability as the Mind Sphere, which could manipulate thoughts but could be removed to end its effect.

Hinata Hyuga awakened Tenseigan Chakra Mode and tested its abilities with Feng An, who concealed how he knew so much about the Tenseigan. The chapter ended with Hinata and Feng An continuing their experiments.

• Hinata Hyuga asked Feng An how he knew so many secrets, and he claimed he could glimpse the future rather than explain his true knowledge.
• Hinata Hyuga activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, which she immediately recognized.
• At Feng An's suggestion, Hinata Hyuga summoned nine black Chakra Infused Orbs behind her.
• Feng An considered how he might awaken the Rinnegan, concluding that he lacked Indra reincarnate cells and the power of the Six Paths.
• Hinata Hyuga fired a Chakra light wave at Feng An's Wood Human, gradually increasing its strength until it left a crater.
• Hinata Hyuga and Feng An continued testing the Tenseigan's remaining abilities.

After finishing the Tenseigan tests with Hinata, Feng An learned that Akatsuki had killed the Land of Water’s daimyo and that Naruto had returned from Mount Myōboku demanding a spar. Feng An agreed and arrived at the Hokage’s Office, where Naruto prepared to show off his sage techniques.

• Hinata and Feng An finished testing the Tenseigan’s abilities, and Feng An reflected on his eye powers and the threat posed by Akatsuki.
• Tsunade told Feng An that Akatsuki had killed the Land of Water’s daimyo and that Mist Village might be changing its name.
• Tsunade revealed that Naruto had returned from Mount Myōboku and insisted on challenging Feng An, who agreed to spar.
• Feng An teleported with Tsunade to the Hokage’s Office, where Naruto greeted him and boasted about his sage techniques.

Naruto took Feng An to their old training grounds to show off the Sage Mode he had learned during his training. When Naruto revealed he could enter Sage Mode instantly, Feng An activated his own just as quickly, leaving Naruto astonished.

• Naruto took Feng An to the abandoned dueling grounds behind the Ninja Academy and recalled their childhood training there.
• Naruto asked why Feng An had become so strong after sleeping through classes, and Feng An credited his persistence and hard work.
• Naruto challenged Feng An to compare their Sage Mode and claimed he could enter it instantly.
• Feng An activated Sage Mode with a hand gesture, and Naruto stared in disbelief at how quickly he had entered it too.

Feng An revealed that he could enter Sage Mode instantly without Shadow Clones, leaving Naruto stunned by the difference in their abilities. Naruto challenged him to a fight, but Feng An summoned a wooden giant over two hundred meters tall, and Naruto was left questioning what he had been competing for.

• Naruto assumed Feng An used Shadow Clones to enter Sage Mode instantly, but Feng An explained he could enter and leave it on his own.
• Feng An repeatedly demonstrated his instant Sage Mode, leaving Naruto dejected before Naruto renewed his determination to compete.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode and warned Feng An about his powerful Rasenshuriken.
• Feng An agreed to let Naruto attack first, then summoned the Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique and rose atop the giant.
• Naruto stared at the towering wooden giant and suffered a complete crisis of confidence.

After overwhelming Naruto in a brief Sage Mode encounter, Feng An told Hinata about the Akatsuki and Cloud Village alliance and set out for Sound Village to find Orochimaru. He arrived and was stopped by a woman he recognized, whom he suspected Orochimaru had recruited after Sasuke failed to arrive.

• Feng An dismissed his Wood Golem Technique after Naruto froze in fear, and Naruto gave up on their spar.
• Naruto asked why Feng An was so strong, and Feng An said he had worked hard because the sun was about to fall.
• Feng An told Hinata that Akatsuki and Cloud Village had allied and explained he planned to visit Orochimaru in Sound Village.
• Hinata urged Feng An to be careful, and he left Konoha using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Feng An reached Sound Village and was confronted by a woman, whom he recognized and asked whether Orochimaru had brought her back after Sasuke failed to arrive.

Feng An escaped Kurenai's Crystal Coffin Jutsu and defeated her with a single punch after opening the seventh gate. He then confronted Orochimaru, who revealed that he considered Feng An an exceptional vessel.

• Kurenai recognized Feng An and trapped him in her Crystal Coffin Jutsu, but he broke free by opening the seventh gate.
• Feng An dodged Kurenai's Crystal Wall and knocked her unconscious with one punch, sending her crashing into a ruined temple.
• Orochimaru ambushed Feng An with a sword attack from his extended throat, but Feng An evaded it.
• Feng An questioned Orochimaru about his vessel, and Orochimaru declared that Feng An would make an exceptional one.