Arc 11The Fall of Amegakure

Lin Qing defeated Father Pucci and helped end the war, then pursued knowledge about Kaguya while rebuilding his strength. After Obito seized Nagato’s Rinnegan and Amegakure was destroyed, Lin Qing rescued Konan and set out to investigate the Country of Demons.

  • Lin Qing killed Father Pucci, met Jotaro Kujo, and returned to Kyoto, where he defeated Nagato and helped bring the war to an end.
  • Lin Qing helped defeat the remaining forces, Nagato resurrected the civilians he had killed before dying, and Lin Qing later arrived at the coastal battlefield to rescue Amber and secure victory.
  • Lin Qing ordered the defeated Allied Forces imprisoned and assigned to labor, mourned the casualties, and used a limited-time draw to obtain Pearl Jam, Ticket to Ride, and Weather Report.
  • Lin Qing’s forces took control of the three nations, and he investigated Kaguya’s history with the Great Toad Sage, learning of her power and the God Tree’s threat to the world.
  • At Fukasaku’s urging, Lin Qing went to Amegakure to investigate Nagato’s Rinnegan and found the village destroyed, with no living people detected.
  • Obito took Nagato’s Rinnegan after Kabuto and the White Snake Sage helped defeat Konan, and Lin Qing rescued her from the ruins and restored her with Ripple.
  • Lin Qing used Hermit Purple to spy on Obito meeting Shion, then traveled with Konan to the Country of Demons to investigate his plans and encountered Kakashi on the road.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251The Final Opportunity

Lin Qing convinced Ermes and Narciso Anasui that he was not an enemy, then tested Weather Report's Disc and found he could use its power only briefly before it rejected him. At the space center, Father Pucci awakened his gravity-based Stand and realized the Joestar Family's blood was the final opportunity he needed.

  • Ermes and Narciso Anasui attacked Lin Qing, but Emporio stopped them and reasoned that they should let him use Weather Report's Disc.
  • Lin Qing briefly summoned Weather Report and used its abilities, but the Disc rejected his spirit and flew out of his chest.
  • Lin Qing persuaded the group to continue toward the space center, and Narciso Anasui warned him not to touch Jolyne Cujoh's body.
  • Father Pucci recovered at the visitor reception station and felt his body and spirit changing as a new Stand awakened.
  • Father Pucci recognized that the Joestar Family's blood was the final opportunity he needed when he saw Lin Qing and the others arrive.

Ch. 252C-Moon

Lin Qing fought Father Pucci’s C-Moon at Kennedy Space Center, using his combat skills and Stone Free’s threads to evade and restrain the Stand before it broke free. As Anasui searched for Pucci nearby, Jotaro Kujo was dispatched to assist the soldiers outside the gravity-distorted area.

  • Lin Qing received Anasui’s pouch of barbed nails and Steel Balls, then sent Anasui to search for the hidden Father Pucci while he, Ermes, and Emporio entered the plaza.
  • Emporio spotted C-Moon sneaking up behind Lin Qing and warned him, but Lin Qing detected the attack with Stone Free’s threads and pinned the Stand to the ground.
  • Lin Qing fired Emporio’s revolver at C-Moon, but the Stand inverted and tore apart the ticket hall, forcing Lin Qing to escape as C-Moon broke free.
  • Lin Qing and C-Moon resumed their fight, and Lin Qing told Anasui to narrow his search for Pucci to fifty meters; Anasui acknowledged Lin Qing’s performance.
  • Soldiers and police failed to enter the area, and their commander announced that Jotaro Kujo would arrive to help them.

Ch. 253Suppressing C-Moon

Lin Qing endured C-Moon’s gravity-reversing punches, learned to counter them with Möbius-strip-shaped fists, and gained the upper hand. Anasui found Father Pucci and relayed his location, leaving Lin Qing poised to attack him with a spinning steel ball.

  • C-Moon struck Lin Qing’s left arm and turned its flesh inside out, but Lin Qing calmly studied the effect.
  • Lin Qing let C-Moon hit his injured arm again, restoring it and confirming that the second reversal healed the damage.
  • C-Moon attacked repeatedly, but Lin Qing shaped his fists into Möbius strips and countered its inversion punches.
  • Emporio explained Lin Qing’s defense, while Ermes urged him to defeat Pucci.
  • Anasui found Father Pucci and sent his location to Lin Qing through a thread.
  • Lin Qing kicked C-Moon, leapt toward Pucci, and prepared to strike with a spinning steel ball.

Ch. 254Father Pucci Let Out a Painful Howl

Lin Qing used the Ghost Room, Ermes's KISS stickers, and his Golden Spin to bypass Father Pucci's gravitational defense. The two spinning steel balls struck Pucci's temples, leaving him howling in pain.

  • C-Moon blasted Lin Qing away with stone tiles, but Lin Qing anchored himself to the floor with threaded nails and Ripple.
  • Lin Qing and Narciso Anasui approached Father Pucci from different directions as Pucci hurled visitor-center debris at them.
  • Emporio helped Lin Qing use items from the Ghost Room to fill the battlefield with clutter and obscure Pucci's view.
  • Father Pucci's gravitational field deflected Lin Qing's first steel-ball attack, and he taunted Lin Qing when it failed.
  • Lin Qing used Ermes's KISS sticker to make two steel balls attract each other, and they struck Father Pucci's temples simultaneously.

Ch. 255Fate's Power

Lin Qing survived Father Pucci’s helicopter attack by using a rotating sphere of threads, ice, and Ripple to clear the flaming wreckage, then charged at him. Pucci exposed Lin Qing with C-Moon and fired a pistol at him.

  • C-Moon’s shifted gravity caused two helicopters to lose control, and one crashed into Father Pucci, disrupting the Steel Balls’ alignment.
  • The merged Steel Balls opened long wounds across Pucci’s face, but he declared the helicopter a gift from fate and used its wreckage to attack Lin Qing.
  • Ermes, Narciso Anasui, and Emporio feared Lin Qing had been overwhelmed by the burning debris.
  • Lin Qing formed a rapidly spinning sphere of Stone Free threads, Weather Report’s icy mist, and Ripple to deflect the wreckage, then rushed toward Pucci.
  • C-Moon flipped Lin Qing’s protective threads inside out, and Pucci fired several bullets at him with a pistol.

Ch. 256Father Pucci, Death

Lin Qing killed Father Pucci and took C-Moon, revealing that he could wield multiple Stands. Jotaro Kujo arrived and demanded to know who Lin Qing was.

  • Lin Qing used Golden Spin and Ripple to overcome Father Pucci, then recited Pucci's secret phrases as he stripped C-Moon away.
  • Lin Qing used C-Moon to crush Father Pucci's skull, killing him and ending the threat of his gravity ability.
  • Ermes embraced Lin Qing, and he removed a bullet from his wound and stitched himself back together.
  • Lin Qing told Emporio, Ermes, and Anasui that a spirit surpassing ordinary human limits could wield multiple Stands.
  • Jotaro Kujo arrived with Star Platinum and asked Lin Qing who he was, saying he reminded him of an enemy who died in Egypt.

Ch. 257The "World" Train Comes Racing In

After defeating Father Pucci, Lin Qing left Jotaro with advice meant to reach other parallel worlds, then returned to Kyoto and used C-Moon’s gravity control to stop Nagato and confront the incoming Tailed Beast Bombs. The chapter ended with the world watching Lin Qing face the attack threatening Kyoto City.

  • Lin Qing showed Jotaro a steel ball from their earlier battle, and Jotaro recognized him through a powerful sense of déjà vu.
  • Lin Qing studied the space center’s blueprints before Emporio and Jotaro wondered whether déjà vu could transmit warnings between parallel worlds.
  • Before returning, Lin Qing told Jotaro to carry a shield, and Jotaro took the advice seriously.
  • Lin Qing returned to Kyoto, unlocked C-Moon, and used its gravity control to break Nagato’s Planetary Devastation and send him falling.
  • Lin Qing reached Kyoto City’s wall as eighteen Tailed Beast Bombs approached, while Sasuke called the attack the “World” train hurtling toward them.

Ch. 258Brilliant Sparks

Lin Qing used the will of Kyoto City's citizens to destroy the Tailed Beast Bombs before they could hit the city, forcing Nagato to admit defeat. Obito escaped while four Tailed Beasts remained behind, and Lin Qing’s arrival frightened Matatabi and Isobu but did not stop Son Goku and Kokuō.

  • Lin Qing coated rising stones in Ripple flames and used the citizens’ will to fuel them, blasting the Tailed Beast Bombs into the sky before they struck Kyoto City.
  • Nagato caught a falling spark, admitted that he had lost, and collapsed.
  • Obito threw two half-transformed Jinchuriki into the Kamui Dimension and fled, leaving four Tailed Beasts behind as flaming stones battered them.
  • Matatabi and Isobu recognized Lin Qing and obeyed when he told them to be quiet, while Son Goku and Kokuō remained unafraid.

Ch. 259A Nameless Nobody

Lin Qing subdued the four tailed beasts, deciding to spare them for research, while the war’s defeat left Itachi without a purpose. As Sasuke and Xiaotao moved to kill him, Kisame sacrificed himself to help Itachi escape, and Sasuke killed Kisame.

  • Lin Qing crushed Son Goku, Isobu, Matatabi, and Kokuō with gravity, and they surrendered.
  • The Daimyo’s ninjas gave up as Lin Qing’s victory decided the war, leaving Itachi and Sasuke still fighting in Kyoto City.
  • Xiaotao joined Sasuke in attacking Itachi, and Kisame intervened to protect Itachi from her blade whip.
  • Kisame used a burst of water to scatter Sasuke, Xiaotao, and Itachi, allowing Itachi to flee as crows.
  • Sasuke killed Kisame, and Xiaotao asked who the dead man was before Sasuke called him an insignificant nobody.

Ch. 260The Final Gift

Sasuke killed Kisame, while the Daimyo ninja surrendered to Lin Qing after seeing his overwhelming power. As Nagato died, he gave Lin Qing intelligence on Akatsuki’s political and economic allies and used his final gift to resurrect the civilians killed by his attack.

  • Sasuke asked the Daimyo ninja if they wanted to continue, and they threw down their weapons and surrendered.
  • Lin Qing arrived with four Tailed Beasts, and Sasuke apologized for failing to stop Itachi Uchiha from escaping.
  • Nagato gave Lin Qing a scroll documenting conglomerates and bureaucrats connected to Akatsuki.
  • Nagato used a syringe and the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect the civilians he had killed.
  • Lin Qing wished Nagato peace as he died, and a notification awarded Lin Qing 2,000 Soul Shards.

Ch. 261We Won

After Nagato revived hundreds of thousands of people, Lin Qing allowed Konan to take Nagato’s body and then rushed to the coastal battlefield. He rescued Amber’s forces, defeated the invading army, and confirmed that the war was won.

  • Nagato revived hundreds of thousands of people before dying, and Lin Qing promised to keep winning as Konan arrived to take Nagato’s body.
  • At the coastal battlefield, Amber fought on despite severe injuries and the loss of his left arm while Allied forces pressed forward.
  • A hidden Daimyo ninja stabbed Amber, but Amber killed him and continued fighting alongside his comrades.
  • Lin Qing arrived as Amber was surrounded, used water dragons to destroy the invaders, and overturned thousands of warships.
  • Lin Qing told Amber that they had won, and the system awarded him 1 Dimensional Ascension Star Core.

Ch. 262The Dignity of Being Human

After the war ended, Lin Qing sent the surviving Allied Forces to prison labor, while ensuring they received clothes and basic dignity. Back in Kirigakure, the people celebrated victory as Lin Qing mourned Whitesnake and accepted that he could not bring him back.

  • Lin Qing ordered the disarmed Allied Forces imprisoned and assigned to labor, telling Akatsuchi that experts would determine when they had atoned for their crimes.
  • Lin Qing gave Kurotsuchi a coat and explained that even criminals deserved basic human dignity, prompting her to understand why people followed him.
  • Lin Qing returned to Kirigakure as the evening news announced the victory and crowds poured into the streets to celebrate.
  • Lin Qing told C-Moon that he had earned the Dimensional Ascension Star Core and reflected on the system's inability to restore Whitesnake.
  • Lin Qing watched the celebrating village and quietly mourned Whitesnake as footsteps sounded behind him.

Ch. 263Fate Ink

After mourning the thousands killed in the war, Lin Qing reviewed his rewards and discovered Fate Ink, an item that might let a fully upgraded Stand surpass its limits. He weighed the risks and mysteries surrounding the item, then decided to spend his Soul Shards on a limited-time draw.

  • Lin Qing asked Mei Terumi how many people had died, and she reported 3,126 casualties among Kirigakure ninja, the Extermination Army, and Oda Ieyasu’s samurai.
  • Lin Qing vowed to make those responsible pay, while Mei Terumi stayed beside him and eventually fell asleep against his shoulder.
  • Lin Qing counted his rewards and found that he had 42,000 Soul Shards, enough for many limited-time draws even after upgrading C-Moon.
  • Lin Qing examined the Fate Ink he had received after killing Zetsu and learned it could help a fully upgraded Stand surpass its limit, though using it required a special pen and carried a price.
  • Lin Qing considered the threats posed by Kaguya, Black Zetsu, and possible aliens, then decided to begin a limited-time draw.

Ch. 264Black Hole Card Draw

Lin Qing used the Dimensional Ascension Star Core to open a limited-time draw and won the five-star Stands Pearl Jam and Ticket to Ride. With 140 pulls left and no six-star yet, he felt a summons from the white-hole lottery and walked toward it.

  • Lin Qing crushed the Dimensional Ascension Star Core and entered the cosmic draw interface, where he learned that planets bought with Soul Shards could be fed to a black hole for Stand draws.
  • Lin Qing rejected the white-hole lottery as an overpriced slot machine and spent 150 pulls, winning the five-star Stand Pearl Jam.
  • Lin Qing recognized Pearl Jam's potential to heal injuries and restore chakra through specially prepared food, making it valuable for his team.
  • Lin Qing spent another 130 pulls and won the five-star Stand Ticket to Ride, whose tear blade could redirect misfortune at the cost of life force.
  • Lin Qing noted that he still had 140 pulls but no six-star Stand, then felt drawn toward the white-hole lottery and walked over to it.

Ch. 265White Hole Slot Machine

Lin Qing used the white hole draw to obtain the six-star Stand Weather Report after Mei Terumi’s sleeping movement disrupted his timing. The limited-time draw ended with 41 pulls unused, and Mei Terumi woke as Lin Qing thanked her.

  • Lin Qing switched from drawing cards from the black hole to the white hole, where he could target a six-star Stand by timing his presses.
  • Lin Qing successfully drew two rosy-glow planets, but the white hole’s rotation accelerated until he had to predict when the third would appear.
  • Mei Terumi shifted in her sleep and bit Lin Qing’s arm, distracting him as he pressed the button and completed a set of three aurora planets.
  • The white hole produced Weather Report, whose weather control gave Lin Qing a powerful large-scale offensive option against future enemies.
  • Lin Qing ended the draw with 41 pulls remaining; the 379 draws had also given him Ticket to Ride and Pearl Jam, and the limited-time card draw then expired.
  • Lin Qing thanked the sleeping Mei Terumi, who woke up and reacted coyly when he asked whether she had dreamed about something delicious.

Ch. 266My Rules

Lin Qing led the advance into the Land of Earth alone, drawing a crowd behind him as he walked toward its capital. There, the people seized Feudal Lord Sanada Kenshin, and Lin Qing declared that the land would follow his rules.

  • The armies allied with Konoha and Kumogakure advanced toward the capitals of the Lands of Fire and Lightning, while bureaucrats surrendered and Sky Battleships broke through resistance.
  • Lin Qing entered the Land of Earth alone and deflected attacks as he walked toward its royal capital, with a growing crowd following him.
  • The Daimyo of the three nations planned to negotiate, believing they could retain their positions and gradually regain power.
  • Sanada Kenshin learned that the people had breached the city gates, his guards had fled with his treasures, and his peace letter had received only the reply, “Understood.”
  • The crowd broke into Sanada Kenshin’s mansion and pinned him down before Lin Qing, who said the land would now follow his rules.

Ch. 267Kaguya? That Name Didn't Sound Like a Proper Woman's Name!

Tsunade visited the imprisoned Uesugi Tadakatsu and urged him to live until he could see how the Land of Fire had changed. In the Land of Wind, Yukino Tokugawa planned to strengthen her country and asked what Lin Qing had been doing, learning that he was looking for a woman named Kaguya.

  • Tsunade visited Uesugi Tadakatsu in prison, encouraged him to live, and left him pastries.
  • After Tsunade left, Uesugi Tadakatsu asked Sakamoto whether he had been a terrible daimyo, and Sakamoto said he had been born in the era of Lin Qing.
  • Tokugawa Shingen and Yukino Tokugawa discussed Lin Qing's victory and the future of the Land of Wind.
  • Yukino said she would make the Land of Wind strong enough that Lin Qing would need her, while Tokugawa Shingen approved of her ambition.
  • Yukino asked about Lin Qing, and Tokugawa Shingen said he had heard Lin Qing was looking for a woman named Kaguya.

Ch. 268Three Possibilities

Lin Qing considered how Fate Ink might be used to evolve a Stand beyond its limits and focused on Kaguya as one possible key. After Hayato Kamihara gathered ancient records about her, Lin Qing decided to seek answers from Mount Myoboku’s Great Toad Sage.

  • Lin Qing weighed Heaven's Door, the Stand Arrow, and Kaguya as possible sources of the pen connected to Fate Ink, and chose to investigate Kaguya without harming innocents.
  • At an izakaya, Lin Qing told Hayato Kamihara about Kaguya and the pen, prompting Hayato to misunderstand his motive.
  • Hayato mobilized his intelligence network and delivered ancient records from across the Ninja World that described Princess Kaguya as both a savior and a demon.
  • Lin Qing noted that the accounts dated back a thousand years and decided to ask Mount Myoboku’s Great Toad Sage about that era.

Ch. 269Journey to Mount Myoboku

Lin Qing traveled to Konoha and Mount Myoboku to learn the truth about Kaguya from the Great Toad Sage. The Great Toad Sage revealed that he remembered everything about her.

  • Lin Qing discussed the newly appointed civil servants with Oda Ieyasu, who recognized that Lin Qing feared an enemy coming from beyond the sky and worried about others dying.
  • Lin Qing arrived in Konoha with Hayato Kamihara, met Jiraiya, and persuaded him to summon a toad to Mount Myoboku.
  • Lin Qing reached Mount Myoboku and asked Fukasaku whether he could speak with the Great Toad Sage.
  • The Great Toad Sage confirmed that he had been waiting for Lin Qing, who had come to ask about Kaguya.
  • The Great Toad Sage told Lin Qing that he remembered everything about Kaguya and could never forget her.

Ch. 270A Thousand-Year Secret

The Great Toad Sage revealed Kaguya’s history and warned Lin Qing that an overwhelming darkness would soon engulf the world. After explaining how the God Tree drained the planet’s Natural Energy, he left Lin Qing wondering whether the Otsutsuki on the moon were enemies or allies.

  • The Great Toad Sage told Lin Qing that his visions had become chaotic and that he foresaw the world falling into endless darkness.
  • The Great Toad Sage said that Kaguya surpassed every other being, including Lin Qing, the White Snake Sage, and the Katsuyu Sage.
  • The Great Toad Sage recounted how Kaguya and the God Tree arrived, how he helped Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki seal her, and how the brothers chose different paths.
  • The Great Toad Sage explained that the God Tree had drained the world’s Natural Energy and could eventually cause the world to wither and perish.
  • Lin Qing asked whether the Otsutsuki clansmen on the moon would be enemies or friends.

Ch. 271A Profile of the Otsutsuki Clan

Lin Qing learned from the Great Toad Sage about the Otsutsuki clan, Kaguya’s seal, and how Hagoromo’s plan to restore the world had led to ninjas using their power for war. He left Mount Myoboku intending to prepare for contact with the moon’s Otsutsuki, but Sage Fukasaku stopped him with a warning about Nagato’s Rinnegan.

  • Lin Qing decided to accelerate the Research Institute’s space program, inspect Kaguya’s seal, and strengthen himself while seeking cooperation with the Otsutsuki on the moon.
  • The Great Toad Sage explained that Hagoromo’s spread of ninjutsu had helped replenish the world’s Natural Energy, though ninjas had turned their abilities into weapons for war.
  • Lin Qing speculated that the Otsutsuki were a small, powerful, resource-plundering people, while acknowledging that his assumptions came from limited evidence about Kaguya and Hagoromo.
  • Lin Qing told the Great Toad Sage he did not expect to alter the world’s course soon, then left the toad palace as the Sage fell asleep.
  • Sage Fukasaku asked Lin Qing to retrieve Nagato’s Rinnegan, saying it was very important.

Ch. 272Amegakure, Not a Single Living Person

Lin Qing sought advice from Sage Fukasaku about destroying Nagato’s Rinnegan, then traveled to Amegakure to speak with Konan about the village’s future. He found the village reduced to ruins, with no living people remaining.

  • Sage Fukasaku urged Lin Qing to make sure Nagato’s Rinnegan was destroyed, and Lin Qing agreed to investigate.
  • Lin Qing left an orange for the White Snake Sage before returning to the izakaya, where Jiraiya and Hayato Kamihara drank themselves unconscious.
  • Lin Qing decided to visit Konan, who had become Amegakure’s highest leader after Nagato’s death.
  • Lin Qing flew to Amegakure before dawn and found its buildings collapsed and its streets strewn with corpses.
  • Lin Qing used a ripple through the rain to search the village and detected no living people.

Ch. 273Heartbeat

Lin Qing discovered that Konan was buried beneath Amegakure’s ruins and rushed to save her. After he revived her with Ripple, their heartbeats answered one another, while Yahiko and Nagato watched from the darkness.

  • Lin Qing used Star Platinum’s drawing to identify the buried Akatsuki member as Konan, then hurried toward her.
  • Obito attacked Konan for Nagato’s Rinnegan, but she had prepared six hundred billion Explosive Tags to counter his Izanagi.
  • Kabuto Yakushi and the White Snake Sage brought conscious Impure World Reincarnation puppets, including Kakuzu, Kisame, and Deidara, and they defeated Konan.
  • Obito took Nagato’s body and detonated the Explosive Tags across Amegakure, killing everyone in the village while Konan survived underground with forbidden medicine.
  • Konan saw Amegakure’s destruction through a paper mouse and, near death, encountered Yahiko and Nagato in a vision.
  • Lin Qing pulled Konan from the ruins and restored her with Ripple, and their heartbeats resumed as Yahiko and Nagato watched.

Ch. 274Lin Qing Got Rich

After Amegakure's destruction, Konan mourned her losses and resolved to take revenge, while Lin Qing supported her and healed her injuries. Their attempt to spy on Obito revealed his hidden laboratory in the Kamui Dimension, and Lin Qing decided to upgrade Hermit Purple to its maximum level.

  • Konan grieved for Amegakure and the people she had lost, then told Lin Qing she intended to take revenge.
  • Lin Qing offered Konan a restorative medicine, which restored her injured body, and asked her what had happened.
  • Konan explained that the Masked Man had taken the Rinnegan and likely summoned away the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
  • Lin Qing used Hermit Purple to spy on Obito and saw him in the Kamui Dimension beside Kabuto Yakushi's laboratory before the surveillance ended.
  • Lin Qing checked Hermit Purple's status and told the system to upgrade it directly to the maximum.

Ch. 275Country of Demons

Lin Qing and Konan learned that Obito had gone to the Country of Demons, possibly to improve Impure World Reincarnation with the country's spirit-control techniques. They headed there in disguise, but on the way to the capital, Lin Qing encountered Kakashi.

  • Lin Qing maxed out Hermit Purple and used it to photograph Obito meeting Shion, the shrine maiden of the Country of Demons.
  • Konan explained the Country of Demons’ history with Mōryō, and Lin Qing guessed Obito wanted its expertise to improve Impure World Reincarnation.
  • Lin Qing invited Konan into the Ghost Room to bathe, change, eat, and rest while he set out for the Country of Demons.
  • Lin Qing and Konan reached the country’s border a day later, disguised themselves as a couple, and traveled toward the capital.
  • Lin Qing encountered Kakashi on the road.
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