Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Qingfeng left Sunagakure after warning Rasa about Ōnoki’s letter and revealing that a powerful leader stood behind him. Before heading on, he took Sasori and his parents on a private tour of the Land of Wind, despite Konan’s reminder that they were racing against time.

• Rasa reprimanded Temari for her treatment of Uchiha Qingfeng, apologized, and gave him Ōnoki’s letter.
• After reading the letter, Uchiha Qingfeng and Konan discussed moving faster and informing their leader, while Rasa realized Qingfeng worked for someone more powerful.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Rasa he could share what he knew with Ōnoki, since their actions could not remain secret and the organization’s leader would become the real target.
• After leaving Sunagakure, Uchiha Qingfeng remembered the two hundred million and brought Sasori and his parents out of the Kamui Space.
• Sasori’s parents admired Sunagakure’s recovery and asked to see the Land of Wind, so Uchiha Qingfeng flew them around while Konan questioned the delay.

As Uchiha Qingfeng traveled to the Land of Falls, reports of attacks by him and a mysterious red-cloud organization convinced Ōnoki and Minato Namikaze that the Ninja World faced a grave threat. Ōnoki prepared to renew his call for a Five Kage Summit, while Minato moved to seek Tsunade’s help.

• Ōnoki received reports that the red-cloud-cloaked attackers had struck Kumogakure and the Mist Village, though the Mist defenders forced the attackers to retreat.
• Ōnoki learned that Uchiha Qingfeng had taken the One-Tail from Sunagakure and that Rasa believed Qingfeng served a hidden leader.
• Ōnoki gathered reports that the organization had captured the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, and One-Tail, then began writing to demand a Five Kage Summit.
• Minato Namikaze warned Kakashi to keep Naruto inside the village and discussed how the mysterious organization threatened Konoha.
• Minato decided the Five Kage Summit was necessary and left to visit Tsunade for help.

Uchiha Qingfeng captured Fū and the Seven-Tails from Takigakure without killing anyone, then offered to let Fū go. Fū refused to leave Kamui Space until he returned the Seven-Tails.

• Uchiha Qingfeng approached Takigakure’s Sacred Tree and found Fū still there, despite her knowing he was capturing Tailed Beasts.
• Fū attacked Uchiha Qingfeng with the Scale Powder Concealment Technique, but he used the Sharingan to make her lose consciousness and carried her into Kamui Space.
• Uchiha Qingfeng forcibly took the Seven-Tails’ true body and sealed a small portion back into Fū so her life would not be in danger.
• Fū woke in Kamui Space, discovered the Seven-Tails was gone, and heard Uchiha Qingfeng say she was free to leave.
• Fū refused to leave because she feared Takigakure would imprison her without the Seven-Tails, and said she would go only when he returned it.

Uchiha Qingfeng told Fū he was borrowing the Seven-Tails, then spoke with Black Zetsu about the failed operations and Nagato’s plan to act personally. After learning how the Akatsuki ring worked, he gave it to Yahiko and Konan so they could try to stop Nagato.

• Uchiha Qingfeng left the Kamui Space after telling Fū he was borrowing the Seven-Tails, and Fū met Yakura and Deidara beside the beast.
• Uchiha Qingfeng encountered Black Zetsu, who reported that the operations in the Land of Water and the Land of Lightning had failed and that Nagato wanted to know whether Qingfeng could handle the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Qingfeng told Black Zetsu he would recover the remaining Tailed Beasts and asked him to tell Nagato to wait, while confirming that Juzo Biwa had survived.
• Black Zetsu explained that the Akatsuki ring could contact Nagato through the Illusory Lantern Body Technique, but Uchiha Qingfeng still left without using it.
• Yahiko and Konan worried that Nagato would endanger himself by acting alone, so Uchiha Qingfeng gave Yahiko his ring and asked them to try to stop Nagato.

Uchiha Qingfeng reached the Land of Fire and prepared to infiltrate Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails, while Konan confronted him over pinching her cheek. The chapter ended with Konan threatening him with Explosive Tags as he fled the Kamui Space.

• Uchiha Qingfeng avoided using the rings, piloted the Gundam into the Land of Fire, and waited for night to approach Konoha.
• Konan attacked Uchiha Qingfeng with paper shuriken over his cheek-pinch, and he evaded her before letting her strike his Susanoo Armor.
• Konan told Uchiha Qingfeng that she and Yahiko had bought time by persuading Nagato not to act personally until they returned.
• Uchiha Qingfeng said he would capture the Nine-Tails alone and promised Nagato that no Tailed Beast would escape him.
• Uchiha Qingfeng asked whether Konan had sensed him pinching her cheek, and Konan threatened him with Explosive Tags as he fled the Kamui Space.

Uchiha Qingfeng returned to Konoha, found his former Pharmacy turned into a pet shop, and set out to find the Nine-Tails as chaos broke out at the village gate. A mysterious attacker sealed Konoha inside a barrier, leaving Qingfeng trapped as the village fell into darkness.

• Uchiha Qingfeng infiltrated Konoha and found his Pharmacy renovated into a pet shop run by the Konoha Three Sisters.
• Uchiha Qingfeng overheard Inuzuka Hana explain that she had left the Ninja life to pursue her dream of running a pet shop, then quietly departed.
• Uchiha Qingfeng headed toward the Fourth Hokage's home but sensed Nine-Tails Chakra near the outskirts and heard an explosion at the main gate.
• Uchiha Qingfeng questioned Konan about the attack, but she told him to look for himself and nearly hit him with Explosive Tags.
• Uchiha Qingfeng decided to pursue the Nine-Tails while explosions and a power outage plunged Leaf Village into darkness.
• A mysterious man at Konoha's main gate raised eight altar-shaped gates and sealed the entire village inside a barrier.

Uchiha Qingfeng intervened in the fight between Naruto and Sora, subdued both, and reclaimed the Nine-Tails from Naruto while leaving him a small portion to survive. As Minato arrived at the village gate, he sensed the Nine-Tails and asked Kakashi where Naruto was.

• Uchiha Qingfeng recognized Sora as Kazuma's son, then used genjutsu to knock Sakura and Sasuke unconscious.
• Uchiha Qingfeng caught Naruto, forced the Nine-Tails to withdraw its Chakra, and separated most of it from Naruto while leaving him enough to live.
• Sora lunged at Uchiha Qingfeng, who struck him into the ground before ordering the Nine-Tails to reclaim its Chakra from him.
• Uchiha Qingfeng checked that the unconscious Sora was alive and kept half of the Nine-Tails for himself.
• Minato reached the village gate, sensed the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and asked Kakashi where Naruto was.

Kazuma’s forces attacked Konoha, and Fudo unleashed an earth technique that raised soil-made corpses across the village. Meanwhile, Uchiha Qingfeng took the Nine-Tails from Naruto and set out to take the other half from Kushina, leaving Minato to discover that Naruto’s Nine-Tails was gone.

• Minato learned that Kazuma’s group was attacking Konoha and left Kakashi and Asuma to deal with them while he went to check on Naruto.
• Asuma recognized Kazuma, who revealed his plan to destroy Konoha and rebuild a ninja force under the daimyo’s authority.
• Fudo used Earth Style Creation—Soil of the Dead to raise soil-made corpses throughout Konoha, while Kazuma ordered his men to prepare the Lightning Style Four-Man Squad’s technique.
• Uchiha Qingfeng placed the unconscious Naruto beside Sasuke, stored the Nine-Tails’ true body in the Kamui Space, and headed for Minato’s home to take the other half from Kushina.
• Minato found Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura unconscious, confirmed Naruto was not in danger, and discovered that the Nine-Tails had been removed from Naruto.

Minato learned that Uchiha Qingfeng had taken the Nine-Tails from Naruto and suspected he would target Kushina next. Qingfeng confronted Kushina to borrow her Nine-Tails, but Minato arrived before anything happened.

• Sasuke told Minato that Uchiha Qingfeng had controlled him and Sakura with his Sharingan, and Minato took Naruto to Konoha Hospital.
• Minato suspected Qingfeng was heading to Kushina to take the other half of the Nine-Tails and rushed home.
• Uchiha Qingfeng knocked on Minato's door and told Kushina he had come to borrow the Nine-Tails.
• Kushina threatened Qingfeng and demanded to know what he had done to Naruto; Qingfeng claimed Naruto was safe and denied causing the events outside.
• Minato arrived using the Flying Thunder God Technique and accused Qingfeng of invading Konoha and taking the Nine-Tails from Naruto.

Kakashi and Asuma fought the intruders who had attacked Konoha, with Kakashi overpowering Kazuma and then pursuing the Lightning Style Four-Man Squad. Kakashi cornered Buyuan, who used traps to delay him, while Nanwu continued toward the squad’s meeting point.

• Kakashi struck at Kazuma, who barely blocked the sword with his Chakra blade and retreated.
• Kazuma used Earth Style: Earth Split to escape underground, and Asuma pursued him by tracking his Chakra.
• Kakashi left Asuma to handle Kazuma and chased the fleeing members of the Lightning Style Four-Man Squad.
• Buyuan signaled her companions while Nanwu continued toward the designated location, then stayed behind to block Kakashi.
• Buyuan used Stone Rain, Stone Pit, and Falling Rocks, but Kakashi dodged the traps and charged toward her.

Kakashi fought Buyuan, then pursued Nanwu and battled Bufeng, defeating their traps and elemental jutsu with his swordsmanship. Bufeng escaped at the last moment, while Kakashi remained in pursuit of the Lightning Style Four-Man Squad.

• Buyuan trapped herself inside a Rock Pillar Prison, but Kakashi broke through and she escaped through a tunnel.
• Bufeng arrived, found Buyuan's escape tunnel, and hurried after Kakashi to protect the Lightning Style Four-Man Squad's plan.
• Kakashi fought Nanwu while Bufeng joined in and attacked him with Water, Lightning, Wind, and Fire Style techniques.
• Bufeng unleashed Rock Pillar Spear, but Kakashi shattered the stone spears and vanished to strike her.
• Bufeng used Stone Hiding Technique to escape Kakashi's killing slash, and he realized she had gotten away.

Uchiha Qingfeng demanded that Minato hand over the Nine-Tails, claiming it was needed for an organization’s plan to end war, and threatened to take it by force. After destroying Konoha’s sealing barrier, he fought off Kushina’s Adamantine Sealing Chains and remained determined to leave with the Nine-Tails.

• Uchiha Qingfeng asked Minato to lend him the Nine-Tails and promised Konoha would remain unharmed during the coming turmoil, but Minato refused.
• Uchiha Qingfeng explained the organization’s plan to unite the nations and use the Tailed Beasts as a deterrent, then insisted he would take the Nine-Tails regardless.
• Uchiha Qingfeng used Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to destroy the sealing barrier around Konoha, causing Buyuan to spit blood as her jutsu broke.
• Uchiha Qingfeng again demanded the Nine-Tails and warned Minato not to fight him inside Konoha.
• Kushina attacked Uchiha Qingfeng with Adamantine Sealing Chains, but he used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to break them apart.

Uchiha Qingfeng captured Minato and Kushina in his Kamui Space and persuaded Minato to let him extract the Nine-Tails without harming Leaf Village. After Minato and Kushina returned, Qingfeng reunited the Nine-Tails’ two halves, while the complete beast turned its attention to the hiding One-Tail.

• Uchiha Qingfeng caught Kushina with a Sharingan genjutsu and began absorbing her into Kamui, so Minato embraced her and was pulled into the Kamui Space with her.
• Minato refused to surrender the Nine-Tails until Uchiha Qingfeng reported that Konoha’s Anbu had raised the alarm and the Third Hokage had summoned the village’s Jonin.
• Minato agreed to lend Qingfeng the Nine-Tails for ten minutes in exchange for a guarantee that Leaf Village would remain unharmed and that the beast would be returned.
• Uchiha Qingfeng extracted most of the Nine-Tails from Kushina, left enough of its body to keep her alive, and sent Minato and Kushina back to Konoha.
• Uchiha Qingfeng reunited the two halves of the Nine-Tails in the Kamui Space, and the complete beast taunted the distant One-Tail.

Asuma confronted Kazuma after his plan to destroy Konoha collapsed, while Fudo abandoned Kitako to carry out his backup plan and exact revenge on the village. Minato returned to Konoha and revealed that Uchiha Qingfeng had taken the Nine-Tails, warning that greater turmoil might be coming.

• Asuma taunted Kazuma until Kazuma emerged from underground to fight him, and Kazuma insisted his goal of abolishing the ninja villages was right.
• Fudo left Kitako behind and headed off to create trouble for Konoha, driven by a grudge from the destruction of his village during the war.
• Minato brought Kushina home after Uchiha Qingfeng took the Nine-Tails, and Kushina threatened to crack Qingfeng's skull if she saw him again.
• Minato arrived at the meeting, where Hiruzen Sarutobi welcomed him and asked what had happened.
• Minato told the gathered Konoha leaders that Uchiha Qingfeng had taken the Nine-Tails and that Qingfeng's older brother had caused Konoha's previous Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• Minato warned that Konoha faced threats on all sides and urged everyone to prepare for possible turmoil in the Ninja World.

Kakashi learned that Obito was alive and connected to the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, then rushed to Konoha Cemetery, where he confronted Fudo. Obito and Rin watched from Kamui Space as Fudo signaled for help, leaving Kakashi to face the possibility that reinforcements would arrive.

• Kakashi heard Minato say that Obito had survived and caused the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, then left the meeting after handing Nanwu to Anbu.
• Minato ordered Konoha’s clans to guard the village gates and restricted travel as he warned that several Tailed Beasts had been captured.
• Kakashi went to the cemetery, realized Obito may have been visiting Rin’s grave, and found Fudo tampering with the graves.
• Obito and Rin watched from Kamui Space as Fudo spread soil around the cemetery to prepare his resurrection technique.
• Fudo sent a signal flare and claimed his partners would help him defeat Kakashi, who suggested Konoha Ninja might arrive first.

Kakashi stopped Fudo from using his forbidden technique to raise the dead, then confronted Obito at the cemetery. Obito denied responsibility for Fudo’s actions and made clear he no longer considered himself part of Leaf Village.

• Kakashi attacked Fudo before he could activate his technique, but Fudo escaped underground using Earth Style—Earth Split.
• Kakashi pierced Fudo with a lightning blade and killed him, then collapsed from the Chakra he had expended.
• Kakashi sat by Obito’s and Rin’s gravestones and questioned whether Obito was alive and why he had attacked Konoha.
• Rin declined to meet Kakashi, but Obito emerged from his gravestone and went to face him.
• Kakashi demanded to know why Obito had harmed the village, and Obito denied causing the cemetery attack and said he had only come to Konoha to accompany an old friend.

Obito confronted Kakashi over Rin before fleeing when Konoha’s forces arrived, while Asuma fought Kazuma to the death. Asuma killed Kazuma, and Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized that his son had become capable of standing on his own.

• Obito told Kakashi their next meeting would be to the death and condemned him for killing Rin before returning to the Kamui Space.
• Minato arrived with Anbu, and Kakashi claimed he had dealt with an intruder while the village locked down and pursued two escaped female ninja.
• Minato found Asuma fighting Kazuma as Hiruzen Sarutobi and other ninja watched; Hiruzen insisted they let Asuma settle the matter himself.
• Kazuma tried to persuade Asuma to spare him, then discarded his weapon and challenged Asuma to kill him.
• Asuma stabbed Kazuma through the heart and promised to care for his child, and Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded with satisfaction.

Ōnoki met with the Raikage, who agreed to attend a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to unite against the Akatsuki Organization and Uchiha Qingfeng. The Raikage also proposed attacking the Land of Fire afterward and left Killer B in Iwagakure for protection; meanwhile, Uchiha Qingfeng flew to the Land of Water.

• Ōnoki reviewed the villages’ replies and noted that the Tailed Beasts had been stolen from several villages, with the Six-Tails’ fate still unknown.
• The Raikage arrived in Iwagakure with Killer B and proposed uniting the Ninja World against the organization that had attacked Kumogakure.
• The Raikage suggested that the villages attack the Land of Fire after defeating the organization, and Ōnoki became tempted by the prospect of gaining territory.
• Ōnoki said the Five Kage Summit would take place in the Land of Iron within ten days, and the Raikage agreed to attend.
• The Raikage entrusted Killer B to Ōnoki and warned him against acting alone or underestimating Uchiha Qingfeng.
• Uchiha Qingfeng flew to the Land of Water.

Uchiha Qingfeng returned to Hidden Mist to pursue his plans for the Three-Tails, only to find that Genshi had anticipated his arrival and prepared a trap. After settling their old payment dispute, Qingfeng faced questions about his attempt to capture the Three-Tails.

• Uchiha Qingfeng infiltrated Hidden Mist and entered the underground base where Yagura Karatachi had once stayed.
• A Hidden Mist Ninja repeatedly called for Qingfeng to stop hiding while Yagura Karatachi, Genshi, and Mei Terumi waited nearby.
• Qingfeng appeared openly, and Genshi explained that he had predicted Qingfeng would return and guessed he possessed space-type ninjutsu.
• Genshi asked Qingfeng to fulfill their old deal for the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, but Qingfeng offered to hand it over only if Hidden Mist paid the remaining balance.
• Genshi waived the fifty-million-ryo advance payment, and Qingfeng agreed to cancel their old deal.
• Genshi confronted Qingfeng about infiltrating Hidden Mist to capture the Three-Tails, and Qingfeng challenged the village to try to stop him.

Uchiha Qingfeng and Genshi negotiated Hidden Mist’s transfer of the Three-Tails in exchange for a written agreement and other concessions. Mei Terumi agreed to accompany Uchiha Qingfeng, and the chapter ended with him preparing to take the Three-Tails Jinchuriki after Yagura Karatachi accepted his village’s decision.

• Genshi offered Uchiha Qingfeng the Three-Tails if he agreed not to attack Hidden Mist, and they bargained over the terms.
• Genshi required a written agreement and proposed that Mei Terumi accompany Uchiha Qingfeng; after initially refusing, Mei agreed so she could leave the village.
• Genshi revealed his plan for Mei Terumi to succeed as Mizukage, while Uchiha Qingfeng stayed out of Hidden Mist’s succession matters.
• Uchiha Qingfeng signed the agreement on behalf of the Akatsuki Organization and asked to take the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yagura Karatachi acknowledged that he deserved to be abandoned by Hidden Mist, and Genshi allowed Uchiha Qingfeng to proceed.