Chapter Summaries

Rasa explained to Orochimaru that the Shinobi World’s fate might be planned by a greater will, but he would still strive to become the winner within his own world. After returning to the aircraft, he reassured Mei Terumi about her future with him and warned her to avoid conflict with Pakura; the group then arrived at New Sunagakure and marveled at its modern city under construction.

• Rasa described the Shinobi World’s original history and warned Orochimaru that neither of them could know whether they were protagonists or characters in a larger story.
• Orochimaru wondered whether Rasa’s resistance was itself fated, and Rasa said he would pursue power and struggle even if his choices were part of a plan.
• Orochimaru left for Konohagakure, while Rasa decided not to kill him and returned to the aircraft.
• Mei Terumi asked whether Rasa would marry her when she turned sixteen, and Rasa told her to be cautious around Pakura and try to improve their relationship.
• Mei Terumi asked whose side Rasa would take if they fought, and he said he would side with Pakura while protecting Mei Terumi.
• Rasa and the girls arrived at New Sunagakure, where they were astonished by the city’s fresh air and modern development.

Rasa completed New Sunagakure’s greening by prompting ninja villages across the Shinobi World to send help, then settled the girls he had brought from Kirigakure into the village. As the girls began choosing partners, Yashamaru introduced Mizuki Ling as his girlfriend, and Rasa welcomed her with a generous gift.

• Rasa ordered New Sunagakure’s urban green coverage to exceed forty percent, so Sunagakure ninja raided neighboring countries for trees and saplings.
• The major ninja villages mistook Sunagakure’s mobilization for a possible attack, then sent ninja to help with greening after learning Rasa’s purpose.
• Rasa registered the Kirigakure girls as his relatives and arranged homes for them, while Yashamaru helped them settle in.
• Sunagakure’s young ninja began courting the girls, and Mei Terumi warned them to behave respectfully and choose partners honestly.
• Yashamaru introduced Mizuki Ling to Rasa as his girlfriend, and Rasa accepted their relationship and gave her a box of gold coins.

After Rasa’s defeat of Kirigakure frightened the other great ninja villages, they sent resources and construction workers to Sunagakure. Orochimaru delivered Konohagakure’s gifts and proposed a marriage alliance, leaving Rasa surprised that Hiruzen Sarutobi might agree to Tsunade as a match.

• Kitsuchi sent hundreds of Iwagakure Ninja to support Sunagakure’s construction, and Rasa put them to work after learning their purpose.
• A sent Cloud Ninja with the compensation Kumogakure owed, and Rasa accepted the supplies.
• Orochimaru arrived with gifts from Konohagakure, which Rasa recognized as protection money.
• Orochimaru told Rasa that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted the villages’ relationship to advance through a marriage alliance.
• Rasa asked whether Hiruzen Sarutobi would agree to Tsunade as his match, and Orochimaru said Hiruzen would do his utmost to make it happen.

Orochimaru and Rasa discussed Sunagakure’s proposed marriage alliance with Tsunade and the shifting balance of the war, while Rasa revealed that Minato Namikaze was not the shinobi world’s true protagonist. Two months later, Sunagakure City declared independence, Tsunade left Konohagakure, and Kirigakure seized the opportunity to declare war on Konohagakure.

• Rasa agreed to consider a marriage alliance with Konohagakure only if it was with Tsunade, and promised Sunagakure would not initiate hostilities against Konohagakure for three hundred years.
• Orochimaru warned Rasa that Minato Namikaze was rising to prominence, and Rasa said Kirigakure would attack Konohagakure within two months.
• Rasa told Orochimaru that Minato was not the original protagonist and that the true protagonist would be the future reincarnation of Asura’s chakra.
• Rasa completed New Sunagakure, renamed it Sunagakure City, and declared it independent from the Land of Wind.
• Tsunade left Konohagakure after reportedly arguing with Hiruzen Sarutobi, weakening the village as Kirigakure prepared to attack.
• Yagura cited a missing Kirigakure ninja near the Land of Fire border as justification and unilaterally declared war on Konohagakure.

Kirigakure’s invasion left Orochimaru struggling to hold the front, so Rasa traveled to the Land of Fire to reinforce him but detoured to Tanzaku Town to investigate Tsunade’s gambling spree. As Tsunade faced a desperate high-stakes loss, a striking young man made a dramatic entrance.

• Kirigakure advanced into the Land of Fire, and Orochimaru led Konohagakure’s forces into a stalemate against Yagura and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Orochimaru sent a request for aid to Sunagakure, and Rasa dispatched a shadow clone toward the Land of Fire.
• Rasa detoured to Tanzaku Town, where a gambler told him that Tsunade had revived the town’s casinos by losing enormous sums every day.
• Tsunade told Shizune that she would not return to Konohagakure until Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted he was wrong for proposing her marriage to Rasa.
• Tsunade lost her savings and faced a two-million-ryo gamble with an empty wallet, then a dramatic young man entered the gambling den.

Rasa entered a gambling house disguised as Luo Runfa and used visual manipulation to turn Tsunade’s losses into winnings, then beat the dealer himself. Tsunade realized he had cheated and confronted him as he left, while the gambling house owner plotted to recover his losses.

• Rasa sat beside Tsunade, bet two million on her, and gave her ordinary chocolate while claiming it brought good luck.
• Tsunade won the round after her king card mysteriously became a three, and Rasa gave Shizune one hundred thousand ryo.
• Tsunade won more than ten rounds in a row until Rasa said the chocolate’s luck had expired, after which she lost several million and stopped playing.
• Rasa took Tsunade’s bet on him and won most of his rounds by reading the dealer and using Visible Light Manipulation to cheat.
• Rasa left the gambling house with his winnings, and Tsunade and Shizune followed him outside.
• Tsunade accused Rasa of using a trick, and he admitted that gambling was full of scams as the gambling house owner decided to pursue him.

Tsunade agreed to consider working as a dealer at a Sunagakure City casino after Rasa offered her a salary and lessons in undetectable sleight of hand. When she and Shizune followed him after spotting ronin tailing him, they found the attackers turned into metal statues and realized Rasa was Kazekage Rasa himself.

• Rasa explained that Tsunade’s terrible gambling luck was genuine, prompting her to question why she kept gambling.
• Rasa invited Tsunade to work as a dealer at Rich and Noble House in Sunagakure City and offered to teach her sleight of hand.
• Tsunade suspected Rasa’s identity, but he claimed to be Kazekage Rasa’s cousin and said his cousin had sent him to recruit her.
• Tsunade agreed to go to Sunagakure City if Rasa taught her an undetectable cheating technique, and Shizune began preparing to leave.
• Tsunade and Shizune followed a group of ronin who were tailing Rasa and found them transformed into red-hot metal statues by Metal Torrent.
• Tsunade recognized the technique Kazekage Rasa had used in battle and decided she and Shizune should still go to Sunagakure City.

Rasa disguised himself as Himura Kenshin and headed to the battlefield to deal with Orochimaru's trouble. After Orochimaru's attempt to use Dust Release failed, Rasa arrived as Kenshin and confronted Mizukage Yagura.

• Rasa transformed his appearance into Himura Kenshin's and set out for the battlefield between Konohagakure and the Mist ninja.
• Orochimaru attacked a Mist camp alone with the Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes, slaughtered its defenders, and drew Yagura and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to him.
• Orochimaru used an unstable Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu, but the technique collapsed before it could defeat Yagura and the others.
• Yagura and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen surrounded Orochimaru, who considered fleeing as Kisame watched.
• Rasa appeared in Himura Kenshin's guise, introduced himself to Yagura, and challenged him.

Rasa, using the Himura Kenshin Alias, cut down three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while advancing toward Yagura and Orochimaru. He urged Orochimaru to prove his worth, and Orochimaru began a summoning jutsu.

• Yagura recognized Himura Kenshin, and Hozuki Zangetsu challenged him with Kubikiribōchō.
• Rasa killed Hozuki Zangetsu with one slash, breaking Kubikiribōchō and nearly severing his head.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi attacked Rasa together, but Rasa destroyed Kushimaru with a sword aura and killed Munashi with Moonlight Slash.
• Rasa continued toward Yagura and the others, making them retreat as Kisame feared his improved swordsmanship.
• Rasa reminded Orochimaru that he had come to help at someone's request and warned him to prove his worth; Orochimaru formed hand seals and summoned.

Himura Kenshin pursued Mizukage Yagura and defeated him in a brutal sword fight, ending with a powerful finishing technique. Orochimaru arrived after Yagura fell, while the battle against the remaining Ninja Swordsmen continued elsewhere.

• Yagura used a water torrent to cover his retreat, and Himura Kenshin ordered Orochimaru to pursue the Ninja Swordsmen while he chased Yagura.
• Himura Kenshin lost Yagura's trail in a forest, but Yagura doubled back and attacked him with Water Style: Wave Rider Strike.
• Himura Kenshin overwhelmed Yagura in close combat, wounded him with Battōjutsu, and broke through Yagura's Water Mirror Technique with Phantom Sword Dance.
• Yagura tried to escape several times, but Himura Kenshin's relentless attacks left him badly wounded and weakened by blood loss.
• Yagura unleashed Water Fang Bullet, but Himura Kenshin destroyed the attacks and struck him down with his completed heavenly-aspect techniques.
• Orochimaru arrived carrying a corpse and witnessed Himura Kenshin's victory over Yagura.

Orochimaru and Kisame staged the deaths of Yagura and six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, raising Orochimaru’s standing in Konoha and making Kisame a leading candidate to become Mizukage. Back in Sunagakure, Rasa counted the operation’s gains as Tsunade settled into work at one of his casinos and quietly befriended his shadow clone.

• Himura Kenshin told Orochimaru to let Kisame wound him, and Orochimaru and Kisame arranged the battlefield and agreed on their account of the fight.
• News of Yagura and six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s deaths spread, boosting Orochimaru’s prestige while Kisame took command of Kirigakure’s retreat and emerged as a likely Mizukage candidate.
• Rasa returned to Sunagakure, tallied his points and future gains, and continued developing the village’s businesses.
• Kakuzu became director of Sunagakure City’s Culture, Entertainment, and Gambling Industry Regulation Office.
• Tsunade arrived in Sunagakure with Shizune, became a dealer at Rich and Noble House, and began losing money there.
• Rasa kept his distance from Tsunade in public while his shadow clone Luo Runfa chatted with her, and both knew the other understood his identity.

As Sunagakure City prospered, Rasa’s peaceful evening with his pregnant wives was interrupted when Bunpuku died and Shukaku broke free in Old Sunagakure. Rasa arrived to confront the rampaging One-Tail and sent him flying with a kick.

• Rasa discussed names for his and Pakura’s future child while Karura defended him from Pakura’s suspicions.
• An earthquake and sandstorm revealed that Bunpuku had died and Shukaku was rampaging in Old Sunagakure.
• Rasa left his pregnant wives at home and used Electromagnetic Propulsion to reach Old Sunagakure.
• Shukaku destroyed the abandoned village while the stationed shinobi withdrew to safety and waited for Rasa.
• After Shukaku stopped his rampage and wondered where everyone had gone, Rasa kicked him several hundred meters and introduced himself.

Rasa fought Shukaku after the One-Tail rampaged through Sunagakure City, overwhelming him with taijutsu, electromagnetic attacks, and metal spears. Shukaku’s Sand Desert Layer Imperial Funeral Seal failed against Rasa’s heat, and Rasa asked him to become his summoned beast.

• Shukaku learned Rasa was the Fourth Kazekage and asked about the Third Kazekage, who had already died.
• Shukaku attacked Rasa, but Rasa kicked him away and then blasted a massive hole through his abdomen with indigo electricity.
• Shukaku tried to fool Rasa with Air Bullet and flee, but Rasa raised a forest of metal spears that pierced and trapped him.
• Shukaku imprisoned Rasa inside the Sand Desert Layer Imperial Funeral Seal, but Rasa melted the pyramid with intense heat.
• Shukaku abandoned his forelimbs to escape the molten seal as Rasa emerged and asked him to become his summoned beast.

Rasa forced Shukaku to choose between becoming his summoning beast and enduring an endless cycle of death or imprisonment in a volcanic sphere. Shukaku signed the contract, and Rasa left with him shrunk to the size of a medium dog.

• Shukaku rejected Rasa's offer and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at him after Tsunade rushed over to warn him.
• Rasa used Electromagnetic Force to swat the Tailed Beast Bomb into the distant desert, then threatened Shukaku with repeated deaths and a high-temperature prison.
• Rasa revealed that the Eight-Tails and Five-Tails had become his summons and gave Shukaku a final choice between signing a contract and being sealed in a volcano.
• Rasa began counting, and Shukaku quickly signed the Summoning Contract before the Smelting Furnace could engulf him.
• Rasa shrank Shukaku into a fat cat and carried him away while imagining adding Matatabi and the Nine-Tails to his collection.

Rasa subdued Shukaku, reassured Tsunade, and devoted himself to preparing for the birth of his daughter, Temari. After celebrating her birth and planning a lavish full-month banquet, he upgraded Electromagnetic Force Precision to Lv.4 and began developing new techniques.

• Rasa returned Shukaku to Tsunade as a pet, and Tsunade asked about Rasa’s unusually long lifespan before he avoided answering.
• Rasa put aside his work to prepare for Karura’s delivery and trained Shukaku to serve as a nanny.
• Karura gave birth to a daughter, whom Rasa named Luo Temari, and Rasa arranged an extravagant full-month celebration for her.
• Rasa spent 5,000 points to raise Electromagnetic Force Precision to Lv.4 and tested his stronger control over microscopic particles.
• Rasa created a destructive beam he named Zetton Ultimate Beam and began researching an electromagnetic defense he called Zetton Barrier.

Rasa received Orochimaru as Konoha’s envoy for Temari’s one-month celebration and learned that Danzō and the Uchiha were provoking conflict with Iwagakure as Hiruzen Sarutobi tacitly allowed it. Rasa and Orochimaru concluded that Hiruzen and Danzō were using one another for political gain, but Rasa suspected Fugaku Uchiha had another motive.

• Rasa welcomed Orochimaru, who delivered Konoha’s generous gift and asked how Tsunade was settling in Sunagakure City.
• Rasa asked Orochimaru why Konoha ninjas had appeared near the Land of Earth border, and Orochimaru explained that Fugaku Uchiha had joined Danzō in protesting village policies and stirring tensions with Iwagakure.
• Orochimaru said Danzō and Root were provoking border conflicts and promoting war, while Hiruzen Sarutobi was tacitly allowing their actions.
• Rasa wagered that Hiruzen Sarutobi was gathering evidence to blame Danzō and Fugaku Uchiha, and Orochimaru confirmed that the three men were using one another.
• Rasa reasoned that Hiruzen and Danzō could both benefit from the situation, but wondered why Fugaku Uchiha had joined their political struggle.

At Temari’s full-month banquet, Kitsuchi asked Rasa to kill Danzo and the Uchiha clan head to protect Iwagakure from Konohagakure’s border provocations. Rasa refused and challenged Kitsuchi over his lack of respect and his attempt to buy help, leaving their negotiations unresolved.

• Rasa left Temari’s crowded banquet with Kitsuchi and heard how Konohagakure’s forces had provoked conflicts along Iwagakure’s borders.
• Kitsuchi explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had claimed he could not control Danzo or the Uchiha, and asked Rasa to intervene.
• Kitsuchi privately asked Rasa to kill Danzo and the Uchiha clan head.
• Rasa refused, saying Konohagakure was Sunagakure’s ally and Hiruzen should handle his own people.
• Kitsuchi offered Rasa a large payment and a share of Iwagakure’s future profits, but Rasa rebuked him for treating their relationship as a transaction and failing to show him respect.

Rasa agreed to aid Iwagakure, assigning Nagato and Kakuzu to help defend it against Konohagakure. After they departed to prepare, Rasa considered his larger strategy for uniting the Five Great Ninja Villages under his leadership.

• Kitsuchi asked Rasa to uphold justice for Iwagakure, and Rasa agreed after Kitsuchi showed him respect and accepted his offer of friendship.
• Rasa said Nagato and Kakuzu would take Iwagakure's commission, and he would intervene personally if Konohagakure persisted.
• Rasa used Electromagnetic Force to locate Nagato and Kakuzu, then summoned them to his office.
• Rasa explained the mission to Nagato, Kakuzu, and Kitsuchi; Nagato accepted eagerly, while Kakuzu asked for travel pay and received half a ton of gold.
• Nagato and Kakuzu left to make preparations, and Rasa considered resurrecting Madara Uchiha as part of a plan to unite the ninja villages and take charge of the Shinobi World.

Nagato and Kakuzu joined Kitsuchi’s forces to defend Iwagakure from Root and Uchiha attacks along the border. Nagato’s group was ambushed by thirty-three Uchiha, and he fought back with Shinra Tensei and a blade while Fugaku Uchiha watched from afar.

• Kakuzu and Nagato traveled with Kitsuchi to the Land of Earth after Root and Uchiha ninja began attacking Iwagakure outposts.
• Kitsuchi assigned Kakuzu to the Land of Grass front and Nagato to the Land of Waterfalls front, with Nagato accompanying Kitsuchi’s unit.
• Nagato told Kitsuchi he would fight Konohagakure without mercy, though he hoped not to face Jiraiya on the battlefield.
• Nagato detected an ambush ahead, and Kitsuchi sensed more than twenty hidden enemies before over thirty Uchiha attacked the group.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to repel the incoming weapons and Fire Release, then drew his sword and charged into the Uchiha.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Hiruko watched from a distant hill as Fugaku recognized Nagato and regretted that his eyes were not ready to be taken.

Hiruko challenged Nagato for the Rinnegan after Fugaku Uchiha offered it as a prize, while Fugaku and Black Zetsu discussed their plans from the ridge. Hiruko’s Dark Release failed to counter Nagato’s Rinnegan abilities, and their battle continued with Nagato absorbing Hiruko’s attempt to return his own fire attack.

• Hiruko recalled how he developed the Chimera Technique to gain power, then questioned why Fugaku Uchiha still wanted the Rinnegan.
• Fugaku Uchiha attacked Nagato with Great Dragon Fire, but Nagato absorbed the ninjutsu with the Preta Path.
• Fugaku Uchiha warned Hiruko against coveting the Rinnegan, then offered it to him if he could defeat Nagato.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed using Nagato and the Rinnegan to advance their plan while Hiruko charged into battle.
• Hiruko used Steel Release and Swift Release to attack Nagato, but Nagato blasted him away with Shinra Tensei.
• Hiruko absorbed Nagato’s Great Fireball with Dark Release and sent it back as blue flames, which Nagato absorbed with the Preta Path.