Chapter Summaries

Torifu led his army west through the Land of Rain while Hanzo prepared to face Konoha and dismissed warnings about Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama. Torifu’s forces reached a large lake and expected to arrive at Amegakure soon.

• Torifu spared a village guide and ordered him to lead the army to Amegakure, while an elder learned that Hanzo had declared war on three countries.
• Hanzo learned that forty shinobi had reached Kage Level through his medicine and that his forces were delaying the Kazekage and Tsuchikage.
• Hanzo heard that Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama had joined Konoha’s forces, but dismissed his subordinate’s report that they looked young and fought well.
• Hanzo sharpened his scythe and anticipated facing the Hokage.
• Torifu and Kagami followed the guide west, reached a large lake, and prepared to turn north toward Amegakure.

Torifu, Kagami, and Hashirama traveled through the rain toward Amegakure while Ōnoki’s Iwagakure forces clashed with Amegakure’s army. Ōnoki unleashed Dust Release and the Kamizuru Clan’s bees, and the chapter ended as the Rain leader sent a torrent of water at him.

• Torifu’s group followed the route toward Amegakure through heavy rain, using Torifu’s Cloud Release to stay dry.
• Ōnoki faced ten Kage Level enemies with his ten thousand troops, while a Jonin warned that Iwagakure had only one Kage Level fighter present.
• A Kamizuru Clan shinobi introduced the clan’s bees, and hundreds of Kamizuru released their hives at Ōnoki’s command.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to disintegrate an Amegakure fighter and devastate the Rain shinobi ranks as the battle began.
• The Rain leader formed Hand Seals and sent a roaring stream of water toward Ōnoki.

Ōnoki overwhelmed the Rain ninja leader and forced the Rain forces to retreat. He halted Iwagakure’s advance for the night to avoid traveling through unfamiliar terrain, then oversaw the aftermath and received treatment for his injured arm.

• Ōnoki used a Rock Giant and Dust Release to overpower the Rain ninja leader, who escaped by transforming into water and attacking from the shadows.
• The Rain ninja leader ordered his troops to retreat toward Amegakure, and the outnumbered Rain forces fled.
• Ōnoki stopped Iwagakure from advancing into the unfamiliar Land of Rain at night and ordered the army to make camp.
• Iwagakure’s ninja cleared the battlefield and buried their fallen comrades, recording their names for memorials back home.
• A Medical Ninja treated Ōnoki’s arm and found that his injuries were minor before leaving to help the other wounded.

Ōnoki and the Kazekage led their armies toward Amegakure as Torifu’s Konoha forces clashed with Hanzo’s defenders outside the village. Hanzo joined the battle and faced Torifu, while the other armies were still on their way.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s army to hurry toward Amegakure, and the Kazekage likewise pushed Sunagakure to advance at full speed after heavy losses.
• Torifu reached Amegakure and found nearly sixty Kage Level shinobi waiting on its walls.
• Amegakure’s shinobi poured out to attack Konoha, and Torifu charged them while his Cloud Swords killed many defenders.
• Konoha’s Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence spread across the battlefield, crushing Amegakure shinobi and weakening their morale.
• Hanzo leaped into the battle, rallied Amegakure’s forces, and exchanged words with Torifu.

Torifu dominated Hanzo in battle, forcing him to summon his salamander Ibuse and unleash its poison. The chapter ended with the poison mist engulfing Torifu and threatening the shinobi behind the Crystal Wall.

• Torifu dodged Hanzo's scythe and overwhelmed him with Cloud Swords, the Heming Sword, and crystal attacks.
• Hanzo trapped Torifu with chains, but Torifu escaped by transforming into Cloud Cranes and continued attacking.
• Torifu taunted Hanzo and spread crystals across the battlefield, while planning to kill the woman behind Hanzo and bring her body to Konoha.
• Hanzo summoned Ibuse and revealed the salamander's rapid healing, but Torifu said he planned to take it back for study.
• Ibuse spewed a stream of purple poison that engulfed Torifu and threatened to spread beyond the Crystal Wall.

Torifu defeated Ibuse and countered Hanzo’s attacks while waiting for reinforcements, then urged Hanzo to reveal the powerful figure behind him. The Kazekage and Tsuchikage arrived and breached Amegakure’s wall, but Hanzo insisted they would soon learn helplessness.

• Torifu absorbed Ibuse’s poison in a Cloud Sphere, froze the salamander, and then froze Hanzo’s chakra-laced water droplets with Ice Release.
• Torifu told Hanzo that reinforcements were approaching and revealed he had learned about Hanzo’s lord by killing his confidant.
• The Kazekage and Tsuchikage joined Torifu, and Ōnoki used Dust Release to blast a breach in Amegakure’s wall.
• Torifu again demanded that Hanzo reveal the person behind him, but Hanzo warned that the three Kage Level opponents would soon feel helpless.

Torifu and the allied shinobi confronted a horned woman from the same organization as the attacker from the Land of Whirlpools, after she launched a gigantic fireball at them. Hashirama and Tobirama joined the fight, but their attacks barely affected her, leaving the alliance facing a far stronger opponent.

• Hanzo vanished as a gigantic fireball flew from Amegakure, and Torifu froze the ground before dispersing it with his Cloud Release technique.
• A white-robed, horned woman appeared and admitted she had launched the fireball, then lashed out when Torifu compared her to Rain.
• Torifu told Ōnoki and the Kazekage that the woman belonged to the same organization as the man he had killed in the Land of Whirlpools four years earlier.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, Uchiha Chirori, and the other reinforcements arrived, and Hashirama bound the woman with trees that her flames quickly burned away.
• Tobirama attacked with a massive whirlpool and water dragon, but the woman's flames evaporated them, and she challenged the group to attack again.

Yan unleashed scorching heat against Torifu and the Allied Forces, but the Kage coordinated their defenses and attacks to restrain her. She broke free from her initial setbacks and threatened to unleash even greater heat.

• Yan scorched the battlefield, forcing the Kage and Allied Forces to combine Water Release while Torifu used Ice Release to cool the area.
• Torifu froze the surrounding water and confronted Yan, who revealed she wanted to take him as a vessel for her lord’s reincarnation.
• Yan attacked Torifu with fireballs, but his Crystal Barrier stopped them, and the Kage launched a coordinated assault.
• Ōnoki’s Dust Release grazed Yan, and Torifu provoked her by claiming Rain had told him about her mission and its main objective.
• Hashirama knocked Yan down with Wood Release, and Torifu bound her limbs with Crystal Chains.
• Yan struggled to her feet and vowed to unleash an even greater heat against the Kage.

Yan broke free and unleashed her flames, forcing Hashirama, Tobirama, Torifu, the Kazekage, and Ōnoki to fight her together. Torifu transformed into a pitch-black Sage Mode and struck Yan with lightning, leaving their battle ongoing.

• Yan melted her chains and covered herself in intense crimson flames, melting the ice around her.
• Hashirama summoned his Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, while Tobirama flooded the battlefield with water and formed a whirlpool.
• Torifu summoned storm clouds and transformed into a black-winged form, wielding the Heming Sword amid crackling lightning.
• Hashirama and the other Kage attacked Yan together, and Tobirama's Heavenly Weeping needles pierced her Fire Ring and numbed one of her hands.
• Yan set the ground ablaze, but Torifu's lightning carved a crater and extinguished the flames.
• Torifu pointed the Heming Sword at Yan and struck her hair with lightning, challenging her to take him back.

Torifu and the Kage battled Yan as she unleashed devastating fire and revealed she had refined Amegakure’s people into medicine to create Kage-level fighters. Torifu struck her with his Sage Art: Lightning Release: Thunder Dragon Fall, leaving her charred and seemingly defeated.

• Yan unleashed searing flames across the battlefield, while Tobirama, Ōnoki, and the Kazekage countered with water, Dust Release, and Iron Sand.
• Yan admitted to Torifu that she had refined Amegakure’s people into medicine to create Kage-level fighters.
• Torifu wounded Yan with a lightning blade, and she retaliated with flaming blades and explosive green flames that Torifu absorbed into a Cloud Sphere.
• Torifu hurled the flame-filled Cloud Sphere into the sky and summoned a massive lightning strike followed by a lightning dragon.
• The lightning dragon crashed into Yan, blasting through the battlefield and leaving her charred and badly damaged on the ground.

Torifu and the allied Kage nearly killed Yan, but Hanzo rescued her and escaped with her underground. After dividing the Land of Rain and preparing to return home, Torifu learned the war had left 467 dead and wounded and arranged to bring the bodies back to Konoha.

• Yan survived Torifu's lightning strike, but Torifu and the other Kage attacked her while she was weakened.
• Hanzo used a chain to pull Yan away, then escaped with her inside Ibuse before the Kage could stop him.
• Torifu explained that the allies could not pursue Hanzo through the rivers and lakes of the Land of Rain.
• Torifu proposed dividing the Land of Rain among the allied countries and using Amegakure as a shared hub.
• Torifu ordered his shinobi to count their forces and treat the wounded, then learned the war had left 467 dead and wounded.
• Torifu ordered the bodies gathered so he could freeze them and take them back to Konoha.

Torifu led Konoha’s army home after defeating the Land of Rain, carrying the remains of the fallen and mourning the heavy losses. The troops rested at the Land of Fire’s border before setting out for Konoha the next morning.

• Torifu gathered the fallen Konoha ninja’s remains in ice, while Ōnoki and the Kazekage prepared to return to their villages.
• Torifu considered asking the Daimyo to govern the Land of Rain and turning it into a tourist destination or a base for his organization.
• Hashirama, Tobirama, and the clan leaders joined Torifu as he declared victory and led the grieving army back toward the Land of Fire.
• Hashirama comforted Torifu on the journey, and Torifu ordered the army to camp at the border for the night and treat its wounded.
• After resting and drinking ginger tea, the ninja set off toward Konoha, eager to return home.

Torifu returned to Konoha with the victorious army and grieved for the more than four hundred ninjas who had died. After reuniting with Mito and Minato, he learned that Amado had spent the entire time in the backyard Laboratory and went to confront him.

• Torifu led the army back to Konoha before sunset, and the villagers celebrated their victory over the Land of Rain.
• Torifu told the villagers that more than four hundred ninjas had died and planned to hold their funerals in Konoha's Hero Cemetery.
• Torifu reassured Mito that the war was over and that Hashirama and Tobirama had returned to their clan compounds.
• Torifu went home and reunited with Minato, who told him that Amado had stayed in the backyard Laboratory for days.
• Torifu headed to the backyard to give Amado a talking-to.

Torifu returned home after the war and confronted Amado for neglecting Minato, learning that Amado had been repairing villagers’ appliances. He told them about the victory and the fallen shinobi, then shared a peaceful evening with Minato before falling asleep.

• Torifu found Amado working in the Laboratory and warned him for leaving Minato alone, but accepted his apology and explanation that he had been checking faulty appliances.
• Torifu told Amado that Hanzo had escaped, their side had won, and more than four hundred shinobi had died; Amado agreed to attend the burial in two days.
• Minato had cooked dinner for Torifu, and Torifu told him about Amado’s work, the war’s casualties, and the plan to divide the Land of Rain among three countries.
• Minato said he had reached the third stage of the Flying Thunder God and hoped to master it within a year or two.
• Torifu watched Minato practice, considered why the Second Shinobi World War event remained incomplete, and went to sleep exhausted.

Torifu took Minato for ramen, then contacted Kakuzu to assign the organization a headquarters in the Land of Rain and ask him to find two orphaned children. Kakuzu agreed to the search without asking why.

• Torifu woke late, took Minato to Ichiraku Ramen, and told him he could practice while waiting for Sakumo to contact him.
• Torifu returned home and used a Puppet to contact Kakuzu in the Land of Earth.
• Torifu told Kakuzu to settle the organization’s members in the Land of Rain territory belonging to the Land of Fire and establish its headquarters there.
• Torifu asked Kakuzu to find an orange-red-haired boy and a purple-blue-haired girl, both around five or six, and bring them to Konoha.
• Kakuzu agreed to search for the children and did not question Torifu’s request.

Kakuzu led the Lotus Organization to claim its new home in the Land of Rain, while Torifu paid his respects to the families of Konoha’s fallen ninjas. After visiting more than four hundred households, Torifu prepared for the funeral the following day.

• Kakuzu told the Lotus Organization that Torifu had given them a third of the Land of Rain to govern, and they set out to build their home there.
• Torifu visited the families of the fallen ninjas, offering money and promising support for parents and children.
• Torifu returned home exhausted, spoke with Minato about his Flying Thunder God training, and fell asleep without eating.
• News of Torifu’s visits spread through Konoha, and the bereaved families were moved by his efforts.
• Torifu woke with aching legs, eased the pain with healing, and continued arranging preparations for the funeral.

Torifu arranged a grand funeral and a monument for Konoha’s fallen ninjas, then went out with Uchiha Chirori to reflect on the war and enjoy ramen. The chapter ended with Torifu confirming he would speak at the funeral the next day.

• Torifu instructed his secretary to prepare a grand funeral for the fallen ninjas and commission a monument for their names.
• Uchiha Chirori visited Torifu and told him that Konoha was praising his visit to more than four hundred bereaved families.
• Torifu rejected comparisons with his master and discussed the war’s impact with Chirori.
• Torifu and Chirori strolled through Konoha, then went to Ichiraku Ramen Shop for breakfast.
• Chirori asked whether Torifu would give a speech at the funeral, and Torifu said he would.

Torifu and Chirori toured the preparations for the fallen shinobi’s funeral, and Torifu discussed his plans for Konoha and Minato’s future. They visited Hashirama, who reflected on the war’s heavy casualties.

• Torifu told Chirori he would speak at the funeral because he felt responsible for honoring the shinobi who died.
• Torifu and Chirori saw the secretary overseeing the cemetery preparations, and Torifu said he was training her to support Minato after he stepped down as Hokage.
• Torifu revealed his confidence that Minato would eventually succeed him as Hokage.
• Torifu and Chirori visited Hashirama, who said he was ashamed he had not done as much for fallen shinobi during his own time as Hokage.
• Hashirama said more than three thousand shinobi had died across the other two villages, though Konoha’s losses had been comparatively light.

Torifu and Uchiha Chirori visited Hashirama and Mito, where Hashirama teased them about marriage and they discussed lunch with the family. The chapter left them preparing to attend Konoha’s funeral the next day.

• Hashirama invited Torifu and Uchiha Chirori to stay for lunch and teased them about when they would marry.
• Torifu said he and Uchiha Chirori had made plans to marry within the next few years, and Hashirama imagined their future child’s talents.
• Mito returned with groceries, welcomed Torifu and Uchiha Chirori, and went to prepare lunch.
• Tobirama joined them in pajamas, and Uchiha Chirori complimented his youthful appearance.
• Torifu asked Hashirama and Tobirama about the funeral scheduled for the next day, and they confirmed they would attend.

Torifu visited the Kato Clan and met the newborn Kato Shizune, whom he gave a gift that increased her Medical Ninja talent. Tsunade eagerly promised to train her, leaving Shizune with a promising future as a medic.

• Hashirama and Tobirama discussed the Senju Clan's strength and the question of how Naruto could be the Child of Prophecy while Hashirama was still alive.
• Mito hosted a meal where the group discussed Konoha's recovery after the war, and Torifu and Chirori left afterward.
• Torifu visited the Kato Clan, where Mamiko introduced him to the infant Kato Shizune.
• Torifu fed Shizune juice from a plant he obtained through the System Shop, increasing her talent as a Medical Ninja.
• Tsunade eagerly offered to teach Shizune everything she knew.