Chapter Summaries

After refusing Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha’s attempt to reconcile, Genkawa Uchiha continued toward the Land of Wind with Yugito Nii. In the Land of Rivers, he discovered Sunagakure shinobi waiting ahead and approached them to learn whether they were hostile.

• Fugaku Uchiha led the Uchiha clansmen away, while Mikoto Uchiha grieved that Genkawa Uchiha treated her like a stranger.
• Yugito Nii asked why Genkawa Uchiha had rejected the clan’s goodwill, and he explained that he saw their desire for his help and knew Fugaku Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō.
• Genkawa Uchiha noticed Black Zetsu’s chakra react to the Stone Tablet and teased it while keeping it sealed in a jar.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii traveled for two days, crossed into the Land of Rivers, and reached a fork leading toward the Land of Wind.
• Genkawa Uchiha sensed more than thirty Sunagakure shinobi waiting near the road and headed toward them to assess their intentions.

Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii encountered a group of Sunagakure ninjas led by Baki on the road to the Land of Wind. Baki followed Rasa’s instructions to offer help rather than challenge Genkawa, and Genkawa acknowledged that Rasa was smarter than he had thought.

• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii approached more than thirty Sunagakure ninjas waiting at the forest’s edge.
• Baki ordered a tense subordinate to take his hand away from his ninja tool pouch as the group faced Genkawa.
• Baki announced that he had come to negotiate on the Fourth Kazekage’s orders and asked Genkawa not to continue forward.
• Genkawa refused, but Baki shifted to a welcoming manner and offered assistance from Sunagakure.
• Baki explained that Rasa had instructed him to avoid confrontation and offer help, and Genkawa said Rasa was smarter than he had thought.

Baki escorted Genkawa Uchiha toward Sunagakure after Genkawa accepted the Kazekage’s invitation, despite revealing that he intended to inspect One-Tail Shukaku and obtain its chakra. The group camped for the night, and Baki secretly sent the Kazekage a warning, leaving the village’s response uncertain.

• Baki told Genkawa Uchiha that the Kazekage had invited him to Sunagakure, and Genkawa accepted and set off with the group.
• Genkawa told Baki he planned to inspect One-Tail Shukaku and take some of its chakra, and Baki promised Sunagakure would not make things difficult for him.
• Baki led Genkawa, Yugito Nii, and the Sunagakure ninja onward, then arranged their camp and perimeter for the night.
• Baki secretly summoned a Ninja Cat and sent the Kazekage a message about Genkawa’s plans, urging the village to prepare.
• Baki returned to the campfire and offered Genkawa food while waiting to learn how the Kazekage would respond.

Genkawa Uchiha traveled with Baki and the Sunagakure ninja across the Land of Wind, winning their respect by offering them practical training advice. As the group neared Sunagakure, Genkawa exposed Baki’s daily intelligence reports, and Fourth Kazekage Rasa arrived to welcome him.

• Genkawa Uchiha and the Sunagakure group crossed the desert toward their village, and the soldiers gradually became comfortable around him.
• Genkawa Uchiha corrected a young ninja’s Taijutsu and later answered the group’s questions about combat and ninjutsu.
• Baki worried that Genkawa Uchiha was winning the Sunagakure ninja’s loyalty and continued sending daily reports to Rasa through Ninja Cats.
• Genkawa Uchiha confronted Baki about using the Summoning Technique to report on him, leaving Baki embarrassed.
• Rasa arrived with Sunagakure’s senior fighters and formally welcomed Genkawa Uchiha to the village.

Rasa welcomed Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii into Sunagakure, then told the village’s leaders he would send the Jinchuriki to meet Genkawa the next day. An Anbu brought news that left Rasa asking when Iwagakure’s Five Kage Summit would be held.

• Rasa nervously escorted Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii through Sunagakure and arranged for them to stay in a courtyard.
• Rasa gathered Sunagakure’s senior officials in a secret chamber and announced that the Jinchuriki would be sent over the next day.
• Several jonin objected, but Rasa asked whether they had another solution and reminded them that Genkawa had defeated Madara Uchiha.
• A masked Sunagakure Anbu whispered a report to Rasa, who then asked when Iwagakure’s Five Kage Summit would be held.

Genkawa Uchiha extracted a small amount of Shukaku’s chakra from the sleeping Gaara without harming him and promised Sunagakure a gift in return. As Rasa arrived, Genkawa used his chakra to make a small tree grow into a flourishing one, leaving Rasa stunned and wondering what he had witnessed.

• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii explored Sunagakure’s market, where Baki found them and brought Yashamaru carrying Gaara, the village’s Jinchuriki.
• Baki explained that Rasa had allowed Genkawa to take Tailed Beast chakra from Gaara, and Genkawa returned to the courtyard with the child and supplies.
• Genkawa carefully drew some of Shukaku’s chakra from Gaara and sealed it in a Sealing Scroll without waking or hurting him.
• Genkawa told Baki to ask Rasa to visit, promising to give Sunagakure a gift in return for its cooperation.
• Genkawa meditated in the courtyard while Yugito kept watch, and Rasa arrived before sunset.
• Genkawa changed his hand seal, causing the small tree to grow rapidly into a flourishing tree as Rasa watched in shock.

Genkawa Uchiha agreed to use Wood Release to create an oasis for Sunagakure in return for the village’s cooperation. After Rasa selected a site by a small lake and brought Sunagakure’s leaders to watch, Genkawa began his technique.

• Yugito Nii and Rasa were astonished when Genkawa Uchiha revealed his Wood Release and offered it as a return gift to Sunagakure.
• Rasa thanked Genkawa, who promised to create an oasis and told him to choose a location.
• During the next three days, Rasa sent Genkawa Sunagakure ninjutsu, while Yashamaru brought Gaara over twice so Genkawa could draw Shukaku’s chakra.
• Rasa returned with a map of possible sites, and Genkawa chose a small lake less than ten li from Sunagakure.
• Rasa, Chiyo, Ebizo, Baki, and other Sunagakure ninja gathered at the lake as Genkawa ordered them to retreat.
• Genkawa Uchiha performed the hand seal and announced Wood Release: Million Forest Growth Formation as countless tree seeds burst from beneath the sand.

Genkawa Uchiha used Wood Release to transform the desert into a vast forest, then created rain that helped establish a lasting ecosystem. Rasa was left overwhelmed by Genkawa’s power and the possibility of restoring the land.

• Genkawa Uchiha caused trees to erupt across the desert, astonishing Rasa, Baki, Chiyo, and the Sunagakure shinobi.
• Rasa surveyed the enormous forest from the air and realized Genkawa had achieved in minutes what he had failed to do for decades.
• Genkawa Uchiha asked Rasa to lift him into the sky on a Gold Dust platform.
• Genkawa Uchiha unleashed a massive Water Style technique, and the falling water helped generate clouds and natural rain.
• Genkawa Uchiha told Rasa the forest and rain could stabilize the terrain, then said ninjutsu was meant for more than killing and fighting.

After Genkawa Uchiha transformed the desert outside Sunagakure into a forest, the village hailed him as a benefactor, but he soon chose to leave. He joined Rasa's delegation traveling to Iwagakure for a Five Kage Summit and sensed someone watching him as they entered the Land of Rain.

• Rasa returned to the Sunagakure crowd and led them back after witnessing Genkawa Uchiha create a forest in the desert.
• Sunagakure villagers celebrated Genkawa Uchiha as a hero, and crowds gathered outside his residence until he decided to leave with Yugito Nii.
• Rasa arrived as Genkawa Uchiha packed, learned he was heading toward Iwagakure, and invited him to travel with Sunagakure's delegation to the Five Kage Summit.
• Several days later, Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii departed Sunagakure with Rasa's group, passing through the new forest and traveling north.
• After crossing the Land of Rivers, the delegation entered the Land of Rain, where Genkawa Uchiha sensed hidden observers watching him.

Genkawa Uchiha spotted one of Nagato’s Rinnegan-controlled puppets secretly watching the group as they entered the Land of Rain. Nagato recognized Genkawa as a possible link to the real Madara Uchiha and ordered Konan to follow him rather than attack, while Genkawa remained curious about seeing the true Rinnegan.

• Amegakure shinobi escorted Rasa’s group through the Land of Rain while Genkawa sensed another watcher in the shadows.
• Genkawa used his Byakugan to identify the watcher as Pain, one of Nagato’s Six Paths puppets, and Yugito Nii quietly noticed him using his eyes.
• In his underground hideout, Nagato told Konan that Genkawa might be the key to finding the real Madara Uchiha and that they needed to prepare.
• Konan asked whether Akatsuki should attack Genkawa, but Nagato said he was not their enemy for now and ordered her to follow him.
• Genkawa continued toward the heart of the Land of Rain, anticipating what the hidden surveillance might lead to and hoping to see the true Rinnegan.

Genkawa Uchiha and Rasa's group reached Kusagakure while Nagato's hidden observers continued following them. After seeing a Kusagakure ninja abuse a red-haired mother and her baby, Genkawa ordered Yugito Nii to kill him as painfully as possible.

• Nagato's observers followed the group through the Land of Rain and the Land of Grass without attacking or revealing themselves.
• Rasa and his party arrived in Kusagakure, where the village leader welcomed them and invited Rasa to discuss village affairs.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii walked through Kusagakure and saw a ninja dragging and beating a red-haired woman who was protecting her baby.
• Genkawa Uchiha recognized the likely identities of the mother and child and ordered Yugito Nii to kill the Kusagakure ninja.
• Genkawa Uchiha told Yugito Nii to use the most painful method, and she approached the man with her nails extending.

Yugito Nii rescued a red-haired woman and her baby from a Kusagakure ninja, then tortured the attacker to death. More Kusagakure ninja arrived and confronted her, with one throwing a kunai and shouting for her to stop.

• Yugito Nii severed the Kusagakure ninja’s hand while he dragged the red-haired woman by her hair.
• Yugito Nii slashed the ninja’s face and told him she would tear his flesh off bit by bit.
• Yugito Nii slowly tore flesh from the ninja until he stopped moving as the woman clutched her crying baby.
• More than a dozen Kusagakure ninja arrived, and a young ninja threw a kunai at Yugito Nii while shouting, “Stop!”

Yugito Nii brutally killed a Kusagakure ninja and told the terrified red-haired woman to come with her. After Rasa warned Kusagakure's leader Kensuke Nakatani about Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii's identities, Genkawa declared that he was taking the mother and daughter with him.

• A young Kusagakure ninja threw a warning kunai at Yugito Nii, but she ignored it and continued tearing the wounded man apart until he died.
• Yugito Nii cleaned the blood from her hands and told the red-haired woman to get up and come with her.
• Genkawa Uchiha watched silently as the surrounding Kusagakure ninjas hesitated to intervene.
• Kensuke Nakatani arrived with Rasa and ordered his ninjas to seize Yugito Nii after seeing the corpse.
• Rasa stopped Kensuke Nakatani and identified Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii as a powerful figure and Kumogakure's Jinchuriki.
• Genkawa Uchiha told Kensuke Nakatani that he was taking the mother and daughter with him.

Genkawa Uchiha forced Kensuke Nakatani to let the Uzumaki people leave Kusagakure and rejected Rasa’s offer to pay compensation. Instead, he turned the dead subordinate into a powerful Living Human Puppet that would protect and monitor Kusagakure, including Kensuke.

• Kensuke Nakatani confronted Genkawa Uchiha over the death of his subordinate, but Genkawa calmly defended his actions and invoked the Uzumaki name.
• Kensuke agreed to let Genkawa take the Uzumaki people away, demanding compensation for Kusagakure’s losses.
• Rasa offered to pay, but Genkawa rejected him and used chakra threads to reassemble the corpse before inserting a golden orb into its chest.
• The corpse rose as a Living Human Puppet with all five elemental transformations and chakra far beyond that of an ordinary jonin.
• Genkawa ordered the puppet to protect Kusagakure and monitor everyone there, leaving Kensuke to realize that it would also keep him under watch.

Genkawa Uchiha rescued a red-haired woman and her baby from Kusagakure, leaving the village with its gruesome Living Human Puppet and no way to control it. A Six Paths of Pain led Genkawa out into the wilderness, and he followed it alone.

• Genkawa Uchiha explained that Kensuke Nakatani lacked the skills and knowledge needed to control the Living Human Puppet.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii led the red-haired woman and her baby away from the alley while Kensuke Nakatani watched helplessly.
• Rasa and his party left Kusagakure, and Kensuke Nakatani ordered his ninja to clean up the alley.
• Genkawa Uchiha spotted a Six Paths of Pain watching from an abandoned building and silently acknowledged it.
• The Six Paths of Pain left the village and headed into the wilderness, so Genkawa Uchiha told Yugito Nii to take the others back and followed it.

Genkawa Uchiha met one of the Six Paths of Pain outside Kusagakure and discussed their interest in the Tailed Beasts. When Pain summoned a giant Three-Headed Hellhound, Genkawa identified him as the Animal Path.

• Yugito Nii took the red-haired woman and her child to be settled while Genkawa Uchiha left Kusagakure for the wilderness.
• Genkawa Uchiha met a Rinnegan-wielding Six Paths of Pain across a river and confirmed the eyes were the Rinnegan.
• Genkawa Uchiha said he was collecting Tailed Beast chakra for an experiment, then inferred that Pain wanted to collect the Tailed Beasts.
• Pain asked whether Genkawa Uchiha would become his enemy, and Genkawa returned the question to him.
• Pain summoned a giant Three-Headed Hellhound, and Genkawa Uchiha recognized him as the Animal Path.

Genkawa Uchiha faced Animal Path and the Three-Headed Hellhound while searching for Nagato, but could not locate him because he was hiding far away. After Genkawa rejected Nagato’s offer of Tailed Beast chakra in exchange for becoming companions, Animal Path attacked and summoned the other five Paths, leaving all Six Paths assembled against him.

• Genkawa Uchiha searched the surrounding forests, hills, and underground with his Byakugan but could not find Nagato, and concluded Nagato was controlling Animal Path from a distant hiding place.
• Animal Path offered Genkawa Tailed Beast chakra if he would become Nagato’s companion, but Genkawa questioned the offer and rejected it.
• Animal Path sent the Three-Headed Hellhound charging at Genkawa, who kicked its middle head and knocked the giant beast back without moving from his spot.
• Animal Path escaped the Hellhound’s fall, performed a Summoning Jutsu, and brought out the other five Paths.
• Genkawa faced all Six Paths of Pain across the river and remarked that they had all appeared.

Genkawa Uchiha faced the Six Paths of Pain and their summoned beasts at the riverbank. He used Susanoo Armor to withstand their assault and smashed four beasts and the Preta Path, then heard the Deva Path begin its rice-carrying declaration.

• Genkawa Uchiha recognized Yahiko among the six unfamiliar vessels as the Six Paths of Pain and the Hellhound moved to attack him.
• The Animal Path summoned a Chameleon, a Bull, and a Yata Crow while the Asura Path fired missiles and the other Paths advanced.
• Genkawa Uchiha formed Susanoo Armor, which endured the missile barrage without taking damage.
• Genkawa Uchiha used Susanoo Armor to punch away the Hellhound, Bull, Yata Crow, and Chameleon, then drove the Preta Path into a crater.
• The Deva Path floated above Genkawa Uchiha and began reciting, “How many floors must one bag of rice be carried...”
• Genkawa Uchiha asked the Deva Path if he was going to make him carry rice.

Genkawa Uchiha endured Deva Path Pain’s Shinra Tensei, then revealed a matching repulsive force and hurled Pain into a hill. He met Pain again amid the arriving Sunagakure and Kusagakure forces and invited him to continue fighting.

• Genkawa Uchiha watched the summoned beasts and Pains retreat before Deva Path Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei.
• Shinra Tensei shattered Genkawa Uchiha’s Susanoo Armor and drove him into the ground, but he rose unharmed and praised the Rinnegan’s power.
• Genkawa Uchiha used a repulsive force from his palm to send Deva Path Pain crashing into a hill.
• Rasa, Baki, Chiyo, Ebizo, Sunagakure jonin, and Kusagakure ninjas approached after sensing the explosion, while Genkawa Uchiha flew toward Pain.
• Deva Path Pain emerged from the crater, and Genkawa Uchiha landed nearby and invited him to fight.

Genkawa Uchiha and Deva Path Pain fought a repeated clash of gravity and repulsive forces, devastating the battlefield. Rasa watched from a distance as Pain’s other bodies and summoned beasts vanished, leaving the two fighters still battling.

• Genkawa Uchiha challenged Deva Path Pain to a one-on-one fight and countered his Shinra Tensei with Rotation of Will.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Deva Path Pain repeatedly pulled each other together with gravity, clashed in midair, and blasted apart with repulsive forces.
• Rasa led the Sunagakure shinobi to a safe distance and saw the summoned beasts and the other Six Paths of Pain disappear.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Deva Path Pain continued fighting amid increasingly powerful shockwaves that wrecked the battlefield.
• Rasa watched the two figures and wondered who could be Genkawa Uchiha’s enemy.