Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Qingfeng proved that his Sharingan had freed Miru from Orochimaru’s control, leaving her alive and independent. Nagato began considering Yahiko’s revival, while Qingfeng hinted that Nagato could keep using Deva Path Pain as a second leader.

• Orochimaru tested whether he could control Miru with talismans and found that his connection to her had vanished.
• Orochimaru confirmed that Uchiha Qingfeng had sealed Miru’s Reanimation Core and removed the caster’s control over her.
• Nagato decided that Yahiko could be revived, while Black Zetsu worried about the consequences and considered Qingfeng a growing threat.
• Kisame led Miru away and explained the situation to her as Deva Path Pain pondered how Yahiko’s revival would affect his role as leader.
• Uchiha Qingfeng asked Nagato whether he had a biological brother he wanted to revive, hinting that Yahiko and Deva Path Pain could both serve as leaders.

Nagato revived Yahiko, and the two left to catch up while Orochimaru began suspecting the truth about Pain. Before leaving the next day, Uchiha Qingfeng was approached by Zabuza Momochi, who regretted killing his classmates and appeared to want something from him.

• Nagato asked Orochimaru to revive Yahiko, and Orochimaru used the Reanimation Jutsu with materials supplied by Deva Path Pain.
• Yahiko woke and was embraced by Leader Pain, who called him brother and took him away to see the Akatsuki Organization.
• Orochimaru noticed Leader Pain's expression did not change during the reunion and began wondering whether Pain was a puppet.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told the Akatsuki members they could ask Orochimaru to revive someone within the next half month, then planned to leave the following day.
• Juzo Biwa brought Zabuza Momochi and Haku to Uchiha Qingfeng, and Zabuza admitted he regretted killing his graduating classmates.
• Uchiha Qingfeng asked whether Zabuza wanted all of his classmates revived.

Zabuza asked Uchiha Qingfeng to arrange an apology to the people he had killed, and Qingfeng agreed to help after Mist Village was defeated. Qingfeng waited all night for other Akatsuki members to seek his help reviving their loved ones, but no one came, and Deidara found him acting strangely the next morning.

• Zabuza admitted that he wanted to apologize to the people he had killed but could not reach their graves in Mist Village.
• Zabuza asked Uchiha Qingfeng to speak to Orochimaru about helping him after Mist Village was defeated, and Qingfeng agreed.
• Jūzō Biwa told Zabuza that Uchiha Qingfeng was exceptionally strong and rumored to be a Konoha Ninja who stayed near the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Qingfeng waited by his window all night for Akatsuki members to ask him to revive people, but nobody came.
• Deidara arrived to take Uchiha Qingfeng to breakfast, and Qingfeng pretended he had stayed by the window to enjoy the morning before wandering in the wrong direction.

Uchiha Qingfeng traded Mare's Milk Wine with Orochimaru and learned that it restored Orochimaru's damaged soul and strengthened his spiritual power. After Orochimaru gave him scrolls containing the Impure World Reincarnation and the Reanimation Jutsu, Qingfeng questioned whether Orochimaru feared retribution for manipulating the dead.

• Uchiha Qingfeng greeted Orochimaru over breakfast and heard that Mare's Milk Wine had restored Orochimaru's damaged soul and strengthened his spiritual power.
• Orochimaru offered Uchiha Qingfeng a scroll of the Impure World Reincarnation in exchange for another bottle of Mare's Milk Wine, and Qingfeng accepted the scroll and gave him the wine.
• Orochimaru showed Uchiha Qingfeng a second scroll containing the Reanimation Jutsu and asked why he dismissed the technique.
• Uchiha Qingfeng said he had no need for the Reanimation Jutsu and asked Orochimaru whether he feared retribution for playing with the souls of the dead.

Uchiha Qingfeng discusses Orochimaru’s Reanimation Jutsu and exposes Orochimaru’s former interest in using him as a vessel. He then meets Deva Path Pain, releases Yahiko from the jutsu’s control, and leaves Yahiko longing for the peaceful world he saw in Qingfeng’s genjutsu.

• Uchiha Qingfeng tells Orochimaru that the Second Hokage’s death was karma and criticizes Impure World Reincarnation as a disregard for human life.
• Uchiha Qingfeng reminds Orochimaru that he once tried to get close to him as a possible vessel, then leaves to check on Little Nine-Tails and meet Deva Path Pain.
• Deva Path Pain asks Uchiha Qingfeng to release Yahiko from the caster’s control over Reanimation Jutsu.
• Uchiha Qingfeng uses Sharingan genjutsu and Hiko-tsu-kami on Yahiko, showing him a Ninja World where people live in peace.
• Yahiko says he wants to live in the peaceful world, and Uchiha Qingfeng reminds him that it was only a genjutsu.

Uchiha Qingfeng told Yahiko that the Land of Rain had not changed as much as Yahiko hoped, while Nagato asked him to arrange a way for Konan to visit. When Qingfeng explained the risks of bringing her back, Nagato and Yahiko decided Yahiko would go to Konoha instead.

• Yahiko prepared to see the Land of Rain, but Nagato's Deva Path Pain offered to take him out later that afternoon.
• Nagato asked Uchiha Qingfeng to help Konan return from Konoha, and Qingfeng warned that leaving the village could expose her identity and endanger them.
• Uchiha Qingfeng offered to bring Nagato and Yahiko to Konoha for a visit or help them register as villagers, but Nagato said he could not leave the Land of Rain.
• Yahiko suggested that he could represent Nagato and visit Konoha to see whether Konan was well.

Uchiha Qingfeng agreed to escort Yahiko to Konoha to see Konan before bringing him back, while Nagato worried that Qingfeng knew about his true body. Yahiko and Nagato clashed over Nagato’s plans for peace, and Qingfeng left the Akatsuki base with Yahiko and Deidara for Konoha.

• Nagato ordered Uchiha Qingfeng to take Yahiko to Konoha to visit Konan and then escort him outside the village, and Yahiko agreed to go.
• Yahiko privately asked Nagato whether Qingfeng always spoke so rudely, and Nagato suspected Qingfeng already knew that Pain was a puppet and knew about his true body.
• Yahiko challenged Nagato’s plan to create an ultimate weapon and capture the Tailed Beasts, but Nagato insisted that violence and intimidation were necessary for peace.
• Nagato silently resolved to create the Ninja World Yahiko had dreamed of, while Yahiko accepted that Nagato would follow his chosen path.
• Uchiha Qingfeng fetched Deidara and told him they were returning to Konoha before searching for Little Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Qingfeng, Deidara, and Yahiko met at the base entrance and prepared to leave for Konoha.

Uchiha Qingfeng brought Yahiko and Deidara toward Konoha, where Yahiko questioned whether the Ninja World could ever achieve peace. Near the village, Qingfeng hid Yahiko in the Kamui Space and prepared to enter openly with Deidara.

• Yahiko asked Uchiha Qingfeng why he had reacted so strongly to the Reanimation Jutsu, and Qingfeng warned that tampering with the dead invited divine retribution.
• Uchiha Qingfeng formed his Complete Body Susanoo and carried Yahiko and Deidara toward the Land of Fire.
• Yahiko mourned how little the Ninja World had changed and said Nagato’s efforts would bring more pain rather than true peace.
• Uchiha Qingfeng opened a passage to the Kamui Space and told Yahiko to hide while he and Deidara approached Konoha.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Deidara to stay quiet and confident as they prepared to enter the village.

Uchiha Qingfeng returned to Konoha with Deidara and the little Four-Tails and Five-Tails, then told Minato that Little Nine-Tails had gone missing. Minato recognized that Qingfeng’s Mangekyo Sharingan space resembled the Masked Man’s technique, leaving him suspicious of a connection between the two.

• Minato left home to greet Qingfeng after sensing his enormous Susanoo outside Konoha, while Kushina questioned him before he went.
• Qingfeng registered Deidara as an orphaned attendant, and Minato escorted them into the village after Qingfeng handed over his completed mission scroll.
• Qingfeng explained that he had returned early because Little Nine-Tails had gone missing and asked to borrow Naruto so the Nine-Tails could help locate him.
• Minato questioned Qingfeng about taking Tailed Beasts from Iwagakure and bringing Deidara back, but Qingfeng claimed the little Tailed Beasts had wanted to leave.
• Qingfeng produced the little Four-Tails and Five-Tails from his Mangekyo Sharingan space and showed Minato its empty stone platforms.
• Minato declined to enter the space and privately suspected Qingfeng’s ocular technique was connected to the Masked Man’s.

Minato Namikaze refused to pay Uchiha Qingfeng for his investigations, citing the trouble Qingfeng had caused in Iwagakure by bringing Deidara to Konoha. When Qingfeng returned to his Veterinarian Shop, he found Inuzuka Hana inside and was left unsure how to handle the awkward situation.

• Minato Namikaze suspected Uchiha Yexuan might be Uchiha Qingfeng's biological father but decided to wait for the investigation to finish before telling him.
• Uchiha Qingfeng explained that Deidara had been driven out of Iwagakure and begged to leave with him, while Minato warned that Konoha could not shelter him indefinitely.
• Uchiha Qingfeng asked Minato for three million ryo, but Minato withheld the payment because Qingfeng had caused trouble with Ōnoki and brought Deidara to Konoha.
• Uchiha Qingfeng and Deidara returned to the Veterinarian Shop, where they found the door locked from inside.
• Inuzuka Hana recognized Qingfeng outside and asked whether he had returned, leaving him anxious about entering his own home.

Uchiha Qingfeng returned home with Deidara and found Inuzuka Hana living there, then tried to avoid going inside while she pressed him to come home. Deidara slipped away and sought shelter in Bear Two’s enclosure, where the chapter left him face-to-face with the bear.

• Uchiha Qingfeng introduced Deidara to Inuzuka Hana, who greeted them in pajamas and invited Qingfeng inside.
• Uchiha Qingfeng tried to leave, but Inuzuka Hana followed him, and he made excuses to avoid entering the house.
• Deidara quietly abandoned Uchiha Qingfeng and wandered through Konoha while Angel Konan watched the scene from her window.
• Deidara entered Bear Two’s open enclosure and came face-to-face with the startled bear.

Uchiha Qingfeng tried to keep his distance from Inuzuka Hana, but he brought her back into the Pharmacy when she turned to leave. As Hana clung to him, Qingfeng finally embraced her, though her sudden stiffness left the encounter uncertain.

• Inuzuka Hana stopped pursuing Uchiha Qingfeng, then said she would leave and headed toward the Inuzuka Clan.
• Uchiha Qingfeng stopped Hana, covered her with his outer garment, and persuaded her to stay the night at the Pharmacy.
• Inuzuka Hana shut and locked the Pharmacy door after they entered, while Konan left to go downstairs.
• Inuzuka Hana told Qingfeng she felt warm when holding him and clung to him as he wrestled with whether to give in.
• Uchiha Qingfeng put his arms around Hana's waist, and her body stiffened.

Uchiha Qingfeng fled the Pharmacy after Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura broke in and found Inuzuka Hana in disarray. He then appeared in Konan’s room, accused her of spying and sending the others, and claimed he had important news from the leader.

• Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura knocked at the Pharmacy, and Uchiha Qingfeng stopped embracing Inuzuka Hana when he heard them.
• Inuzuka Hana tried to hide upstairs, but Sanryo and Yakura forced open the door and followed her inside.
• Uchiha Qingfeng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape before Sanryo and Yakura could find him.
• Uchiha Qingfeng remembered that Yahiko was inside his Kamui Space and decided to bring him to meet Konan before leaving Konoha the next day.
• Uchiha Qingfeng appeared in Konan’s room and accused her of watching the Pharmacy and sending Sanryo and Yakura there.
• Konan denied spying and questioned why Uchiha Qingfeng had appeared in her room, while he said he had important news from the leader.

Uchiha Qingfeng explained to Konan how Inuzuka Hana’s invitation had left him with no good choices, then brought her to meet the person he had carried to Konoha. Konan reunited with Yahiko, whose clay body had brought him back, and immediately asked whether Uchiha Qingfeng was responsible.

• Konan pointed out that Inuzuka Hana had maneuvered Uchiha Qingfeng into a difficult choice, and he realized he could have taken her home himself but rejected that option to spare her gossip and criticism.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Konan that the organization had first planned for her to return, but changed its decision to avoid exposing everyone and sent him to bring someone to her instead.
• Uchiha Qingfeng opened a passage to the Kamui space and sent Konan inside to meet the person he had brought.
• Konan recognized Yahiko, whose body was made of clay, and struggled to believe that her old friend had returned.
• Konan greeted Yahiko but did not embrace him, then asked whether Uchiha Qingfeng had caused his return.

Konan reunited with Yahiko and questioned Uchiha Qingfeng about the dangers of Orochimaru’s Reanimation Jutsu and the Akatsuki Organization’s plans for war. Qingfeng defended the plan to capture the Tailed Beasts quickly to limit casualties, then left to check on his Pharmacy.

• Yahiko told Konan that Orochimaru had used the Reanimation Jutsu to bring back the dead and that Qingfeng had set rules against reviving people casually.
• Konan confronted Qingfeng over the danger of the jutsu and his intention to revive powerful Ninja, while Yahiko explained Qingfeng had wanted to strengthen the Akatsuki Organization.
• Konan recognized the seven little pets as Tailed Beasts and asked whether the organization’s plan had begun; Qingfeng said it had not, though it would start soon.
• Qingfeng explained that capturing the full Tailed Beasts simultaneously would give the Akatsuki Organization a quick victory and reduce the chance of the Ninja villages joining forces.
• Qingfeng sent the little Tailed Beasts away, opened a passage, and left to check whether his Pharmacy had been damaged.

Uchiha Qingfeng worried that Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura had not returned from confronting Inuzuka Hana, so he asked Konan to check on them. Konan entered the Pharmacy and heard Sanryo asking Hana what had happened next.

• Inuzuka Hana told Uzumaki Sanryo that she and Uchiha Qingfeng had been together and claimed they were nearly a couple, while Sanryo accused her of using a trick.
• Uchiha Qingfeng waited anxiously for Sanryo and Yakura to leave the Pharmacy, then went into the Kamui Space to ask Konan and Yahiko if they had finished talking.
• Konan agreed to check the Pharmacy after Qingfeng said Sanryo and Yakura had not returned and he could not go there himself.
• Konan found the Pharmacy’s hall empty and heard Uzumaki Sanryo asking Inuzuka Hana what had happened next as she went upstairs.

Uchiha Qingfeng learned that Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura planned to stay at the Pharmacy beside Inuzuka Hana, making his situation in Konoha more difficult. He decided to leave the village at dawn, while Deidara spent the night in Bear Two’s den.

• Uzumaki Sanryo refused to leave the Pharmacy, and Yakura stayed with her to keep her from acting rashly.
• Konan told Uchiha Qingfeng that Uzumaki Sanryo and Yakura would stay beside Inuzuka Hana, leaving him to find a room for the night.
• Uchiha Qingfeng worried the situation would spread through Konoha and decided to leave the village at dawn rather than marry Inuzuka Hana.
• Uchiha Qingfeng reflected on Ōnoki’s visit and the missing Roshi and Han, whose whereabouts remained unknown.
• Deidara discussed art with Bear Two and settled down in the bear’s specially made bed.

Uchiha Qingfeng fled Konoha to avoid facing his romantic troubles, then waited outside Minato Namikaze’s home to ask the Nine-Tails about the location of its other half. Minato teased him about the Inuzuka Clan’s princess before taking him to Naruto, who agreed to help.

• Uchiha Qingfeng left home before dawn, intending to find Naruto and retrieve Little Nine-Tails before searching for Bubble.
• Uchiha Qingfeng waited for Minato Namikaze outside his home, then went inside after Naruto answered the door.
• Uchiha Qingfeng asked Minato to help him question the Nine-Tails about the location of its other half.
• Minato Namikaze explained that he pitied Uchiha Qingfeng because of rumors about his relationship with Inuzuka Hana and the Inuzuka Clan’s princess.
• Uchiha Qingfeng followed Minato to Naruto, and Naruto agreed to help him.

Uchiha Qingfeng used Naruto to learn that the missing Little Nine-Tails was somewhere to the north or northwest, then set out to retrieve it. Before he could leave with Deidara, Inuzuka Gakku caught him at Bear Two’s den.

• Uchiha Qingfeng entered Naruto’s sealing space, forced the Nine-Tails to sense its missing half, and learned it was to the north or northwest.
• Uchiha Qingfeng received an intelligence mission scroll from Minato and left the village.
• Uchiha Qingfeng heard that someone was lying in Bear Two’s den and found Deidara asleep beside the bear.
• Uchiha Qingfeng opened the locked cage and woke Deidara, while the crowd praised the blond artist as bound for greatness.
• The Military Police Force dispersed the crowd, but Inuzuka Gakku spotted Uchiha Qingfeng and ordered him over.

Uchiha Qingfeng returned to Konoha and ran into Inuzuka Gakku, who confronted him about Deidara and demanded that he marry Inuzuka Hana. Qingfeng tried to delay the wedding by suggesting they date first, leaving Gakku furious and the matter unresolved.

• Inuzuka Gakku stopped Uchiha Qingfeng and Deidara, then insulted Deidara as mentally disabled.
• Uchiha Qingfeng pretended he had just returned to Konoha and did not know Deidara, who played along and left.
• Inuzuka Gakku told Uchiha Qingfeng that Inuzuka Hana had moved into his Pharmacy and demanded he give her a proper status.
• Uchiha Qingfeng said he had thought Hana was joking when she moved in, angering Inuzuka Gakku.
• Uchiha Qingfeng proposed dating before marriage, and Inuzuka Gakku accused him of avoiding responsibility.