Chapter Summaries

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru headed to the front after poison gas devastated Konoha and Sunagakure shinobi. In Sunagakure, Sasori found comfort in puppets resembling his parents, while Nagato, orphaned by the war, was rescued from starvation by Yahiko and Konan.

• Tsunade summoned Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and others after a report revealed heavy losses from poison gas, and they suspected Amegakure had attacked.
• Chiyo examined poisoned Sand Ninja at the front and ordered equipment prepared so she could investigate the poison and find an antidote.
• Alone at home, Sasori built two puppets and controlled them with Chakra Threads; when they embraced him, he imagined his parents had returned.
• Nagato buried his dead parents near the hut, then wandered to a poor town and collapsed from hunger.
• Yahiko gave Nagato food at Konan's urging, and Nagato looked up at Konan's warm smile and thanked her.

Konan and Yahiko brought the starving Nagato to their village, where Minato recognized his Rinnegan before leaving to meet Sosuke. Minato reunited with Sosuke and pledged himself to his cause, while a flashback showed how Sosuke had once rescued a young Minato from bullies.

• Yahiko carried the exhausted Nagato after Konan and Yahiko found him on the road and brought him along.
• Minato welcomed Yahiko and Konan back, noticed Nagato's Rinnegan, and thought that Captain Aizen would be interested.
• Minato met Sosuke after four years and declared his willingness to follow Sosuke and help create a better world.
• Sosuke invited Minato to join him, and Minato followed with renewed conviction.
• A flashback showed Sosuke rescuing a young Minato from children who were beating him for being a Branch Family child.

Sosuke learned that a child with the Rinnegan was with Konan and headed to meet him with Minato. Meanwhile, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru confronted Hanzo over his deadly poison, while Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan stumbled upon the fight.

• Sosuke asked Minato to tell him about the Tailed Beast intelligence gathered over the past few years as they went to see the child with the Rinnegan.
• Tsunade said she could not make an antidote for the poison without identifying its source, and Orochimaru reported that it came from Hanzo.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru set out together to challenge Hanzo, after Orochimaru claimed that Jiraiya would only get in the way.
• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan took shelter from the rain, heard an explosion nearby, and went to investigate despite Konan's concern.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru faced Hanzo atop Black Ibuse, and Hanzo defended his actions as protecting the Land of Rain before promising to show why he was called a demigod.
• A white figure watched the confrontation and reacted to a presence it sensed.

Sosuke and Minato watched Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade battle Hanzo while the three young orphans observed from a nearby hill. Tsunade wounded Hanzo but was poisoned by his scythe, and Hanzo removed his mask as he prepared his next move.

• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato watched the battle from a hill as Sosuke and Minato appeared behind them and discussed Nagato and Yahiko.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru attacked Hanzo with fire and wind techniques, but Hanzo vanished and appeared in front of Tsunade.
• Sosuke told Minato not to underestimate the three Konoha shinobi, especially Tsunade, as Hanzo swung his scythe at her.
• Tsunade shattered the ground with her Heavenly Foot and wounded Hanzo, but his poisoned blade cut her shoulder.
• Tsunade removed the poisoned flesh and healed her wound with medical ninjutsu while Hanzo praised her and removed his breathing mask.

Hanzo ended his battle with Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru after recognizing them as Konoha's Sannin and urging them to seek a world with fewer wars. Yahiko and Nagato decided to approach the Sannin for training, while a young Rain Ninja waited for Hanzo and thought of Captain Aizen.

• Hanzo spread poison gas and attacked Tsunade with Explosive Flame Formation, but Jiraiya shielded her with Needle Jizo and was badly injured by the explosions.
• Tsunade healed Jiraiya as Hanzo put on his mask, dismissed the fight, praised the three as Konoha's Sannin, and left on Ibuse.
• Tsunade resolved to work toward a world with fewer wars, while Orochimaru silently decided he needed to tame Manda.
• Yahiko chose to ask the Sannin to train him, and Nagato insisted on going with him; Konan joined them as they approached the three ninjas.
• A young Rain Ninja waited in a forest for Hanzo and wondered why he was taking so long, then thought Captain Aizen could defeat ordinary ninjas with ease.

Sosuke and Minato ambushed Hanzo in the Land of Rain, and Sosuke used Kyoka Suigetsu to deceive and injure him. Hanzo summoned Black Ibuse to defend Amegakure, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Hanzo noticed Sosuke and Minato following him, and Sosuke said he had come to ask for Hanzo’s life.
• Sosuke activated Kyoka Suigetsu, and Hanzo believed he had cut Sosuke and Minato in half.
• Sosuke appeared behind Hanzo and stabbed his shoulder, while Minato used Secret Art: Rending Elephant to destroy Hanzo’s left arm.
• Sosuke told Hanzo he had no allegiance to Konoha and intended to rule Amegakure.
• Hanzo summoned Black Ibuse and prepared to stop Sosuke and Minato.

Sosuke unleashed Wind Release: Divine Gale to disperse Hanzo’s poisonous mist and devastate the forest. Hanzo was left facing Sosuke’s overwhelming technique as Rain Ninja rushed toward the spectacle.

• Hanzo stood atop Ibuse and released a vast cloud of poisonous miasma, forcing Sosuke and Minato to retreat.
• Sosuke told Minato to stay back and began using Wind Release: Divine Gale.
• Sosuke intensified the technique until four enormous tornadoes formed and swept toward Hanzo’s poisonous mist.
• The tornadoes blasted the poisonous mist away and uprooted trees across the forest.
• Hanzo stared in shock at Sosuke’s power while Rain Ninja noticed the spectacle and hurried toward his location.

Sosuke defeated Hanzo’s summon Ibuse with Raikōhō, then fought Hanzo in a battle shaped by illusion and explosive traps. Hanzo’s final explosion badly wounded Sosuke, who survived and acknowledged how close he had come to death.

• Hanzo tried to escape inside Ibuse, but Sosuke struck the summon with Raikōhō, leaving him mortally wounded.
• Hanzo emerged from Ibuse and faced Sosuke, who taunted him before the two charged into battle.
• Hanzo used Explosive Flame Formation to trap Sosuke’s feet, but Sosuke vanished and attacked with Kyoka Suigetsu.
• Hanzo appeared to wound Sosuke, only for a blade to pierce Hanzo’s heart from behind; Hanzo realized he had been caught in Sosuke’s illusion.
• Hanzo triggered Thousand Flame Talisman Explosion Array, blasting the ground into a vast crater and severely injuring Sosuke with an explosion mixed with Black Ibuse poison.
• Minato rushed to Sosuke, who survived the blast and admitted he had nearly lost his life.

Sosuke relied on the Hogyoku to heal his severe injuries while Rain Ninja arrived at the battlefield and confronted Kinnara. After the Rain Ninja attacked, Sosuke killed three of them with Kurohitsugi and continued reflecting on Hanzo’s death.

• Minato urged the wounded Sosuke to seek Tsunade, but Sosuke trusted the Hogyoku to heal him.
• A furious woman in a palace cursed the Hogyoku after sensing what it was doing.
• Rain Ninja found Ibuse’s corpse and discovered Minato, Sosuke, and Kinnara at the battlefield.
• Kinnara admitted he had helped reveal Hanzo’s whereabouts and asked Sosuke for help as the Rain Ninja turned on him.
• Sosuke ordered Minato to assist Kinnara, then trapped Kagari, Kaizo, and another Rain Ninja in Kurohitsugi and killed them.

Jiraiya stayed behind in the Land of Rain to recover and agreed to train Yahiko, Nagato, and their companion. Elsewhere, Minato and Kinnara finished their fight with Yando, while a hidden observer worried that Sosuke’s arrival might disrupt Madara’s plans.

• Jiraiya persuaded Tsunade and Orochimaru to leave him behind, and Tsunade warned him not to mislead the children or ignore Nagato’s eyes.
• Jiraiya learned the children lived with their grandmother and agreed to train them in exchange for a place to stay.
• A concealed white figure noticed Sosuke’s presence and decided to keep watching rather than inform Madara.
• Minato arrived as Kinnara fought Yando and said Captain Aizen wanted the battle ended quickly.
• Yando unleashed blood-red senbon toward Minato and Kinnara, but Kinnara used Rain Release Secret Technique: Bloodless Explosion Burial to kill him, causing the senbon to dissolve.

After Sosuke defeated Yando, he urged Kinnara to govern the Land of Rain and build a better future, and Kinnara accepted. Elsewhere, a young red-eyed Konoha ninja and Yuhi Ma prepared an ambush against a Sand Ninja squad.

• Kinnara resented that Yando had died too easily, while Sosuke silently reflected on Yando's devotion to Ibuse.
• Sosuke warned Kinnara that the surrounding nations might seize the Land of Rain and harm its people unless someone took charge.
• Kinnara agreed to govern the land and work toward the new world Sosuke described, then followed Sosuke and Minato.
• On another battlefield, a red-eyed Konoha ninja ordered his team to pursue the Rain Ninja and set an ambush for the Sand Ninja with Yuhi Ma.

Uchiha Tokino ambushed a Sand Ninja squad inside Yuhi Ma’s genjutsu and killed them with his lightning techniques. He overwhelmed the survivors with his speed and power, while the squad captain died wondering about the strange eyes and black phantom he had seen.

• Yuhi Ma trapped the approaching Sand Ninja in his environmental genjutsu, and Uchiha Tokino emerged to confront them.
• Uchiha Tokino killed a Sand Ninja who burrowed underground with Lightning Style: Thunder God's Hammer.
• Jiju panicked and fled, but Uchiha Tokino struck him down with the lightning-charged hammer.
• The Sand Ninja attacked with ninjutsu, and their captain unleashed Wind Release: Flower Scattering Dance against Uchiha Tokino.
• Uchiha Tokino charged through the wind blades and killed the remaining Sand Ninja with Lightning Style: Thunder Control; the captain wondered about Tokino’s changed eyes and a black phantom.

Uchiha Tokino pursued the retreating Rain Ninja while worrying about his deteriorating vision, as Sosuke and Minato arrived at Yahiko’s home and sent Kinnara to draw Jiraiya away. Konan recognized Sosuke as he approached, leaving their reunion poised to begin.

• Tokino ended his ambush, learned the Sand Ninja were withdrawing, and ordered Yuhi Ma to pursue the disorganized Rain Ninja while reflecting on his worsening vision.
• Sosuke told Kinnara he would provide support and intelligence to help rebuild the Land of Rain, then ordered him to distract Jiraiya.
• Kinnara went to draw Jiraiya away, and Sosuke and Minato prepared to approach the children and see Yahiko’s Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya sensed an enemy outside and rushed from the house, leaving Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato with the old woman.
• Sosuke and Minato approached the house, and Konan recognized Sosuke as her long-lost Aizen big brother.

Sosuke reunited with the elderly woman he had helped seven years earlier and comforted her before putting her to sleep with the Hogyoku. He then met Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato, and revealed that Minato and Jiraiya had once been companions.

• Sosuke greeted the elderly woman, who recognized him and thanked him for bringing Konan into her life.
• Sosuke reassured the old woman about the future and gently put her to sleep; the children carried her inside.
• Yahiko accused Sosuke of harming the old woman, but Minato reprimanded him until Sosuke asked Minato to calm down.
• Sosuke reunited with Konan, praised her for living bravely, and told Yahiko that Minato cared deeply about him.
• Sosuke acknowledged that Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato had taken Jiraiya as their teacher, and said Jiraiya had once been his and Minato's companion.

Sosuke told Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato that their families had suffered because of the shinobi wars and revealed why he and Minato had left Konoha. He persuaded the children to join him in using Nagato’s Rinnegan to create a new world, leaving them determined to help.

• Sosuke reminded Yahiko that his mother had been killed by the Sand Ninja.
• Sosuke told Konan that her parents had died at the hands of Konoha Ninja, and said he and Minato had betrayed Konoha.
• Sosuke uncovered Nagato’s Rinnegan and told him the eyes were linked to great pain and the power to end the world’s wars.
• Sosuke asked Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko to help him create a brand-new world.
• Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko agreed to help Sosuke, with Yahiko citing his bond with Minato.

Sosuke, Minato, and Kinnara headed toward Amegakure to finish the war, while Tsunade began analyzing the poison taken from Hanzo. News of Konoha’s rising heroes spread through the village, and a golden-haired child was inspired to become one of them.

• Sosuke, Minato, and Kinnara set out to eliminate the remaining holdouts in Amegakure and end the war with Konoha.
• Tsunade returned to the Konoha outpost with Orochimaru, confirmed Hanzo had caused the poison, and began testing a sample to find an antidote.
• Tsunade told a young ninja that Hanzo had called her, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru the Konoha Sannin, and the news boosted Konoha’s morale when it spread.
• Danzo ordered news released that Sosuke had single-handedly stopped an Iwagakure invasion at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth.
• A golden-haired child saw a report featuring Konoha’s heroes and vowed to protect the village one day.

A young boy sneaked out of his clan compound hoping to prove himself, while Shinya urged the Uchiha elders to repair ties with the Third Hokage and warned them to consider Sosuke’s future. In Amegakure, Sosuke told Kinnara he would eliminate the remaining leaders so Kinnara could help rebuild the country, and left Kinnara stunned by his confidence.

• A brown-haired boy heard villagers praising the Konoha Sannin, transformed into a cat, and slipped out to prove himself on the battlefield.
• Shinya praised Tokino’s achievements but told the Uchiha elders to use his reputation to mend relations with the Third Hokage.
• Shinya reminded the elders that Sosuke, the “Child of Konoha,” might become the Fourth Hokage, alarming them because of his past conflict with the Uchiha Clan and his connection to Danzo.
• In Amegakure, Sosuke told Kinnara he would deal with the remaining higher-ups and leave Kinnara to oversee the new nation.
• Sosuke dismissed even gifted experts as ants, leaving Kinnara astonished while Minato followed without reacting.

Sosuke Aizen and Minato slaughtered Amegakure’s leaders but spared Lord Meng, ordering him to cooperate with Kinnara. Kinnara became acting leader, improved life for villagers, and announced Amegakure’s surrender to Konoha while Hanzo and other officials remained missing.

• Sosuke told Minato to spare the surviving Lord Meng and warned him to cooperate with Kinnara’s performance.
• Kinnara arrived at the bloodied conference hall, ordered Lord Meng treated, and secretly showed amusement.
• Two days later, Kinnara visited Lord Meng and mentioned that Hanzo had disappeared.
• Kinnara was chosen as Amegakure’s acting leader and set out to restore diplomatic ties and search for Hanzo and the missing officials.
• Kinnara’s administration introduced policies that provided villagers with food and help, and Amegakure announced its surrender to Konoha.

Kinnara oversaw food aid in Amegakure as Sosuke arranged support and urged him to await Konoha’s response to a peace offer. Tsunade ordered a halt to fighting while the report reached Jiraiya, who reacted with concern.

• Kinnara watched villagers receive food and thanked Sosuke for helping change Amegakure.
• Sosuke told Kinnara to await Konoha’s reply and said Tamako would provide supplies to Amegakure.
• Tsunade learned that Hanzo had disappeared and the new Rain Ninja leader was willing to surrender and make peace.
• Tsunade ordered the report sent to the Third Hokage and told Konoha forces to stop fighting the Rain Ninja while they observed them.
• Jiraiya trained Yahiko and Nagato near their patched-up house, then received Tsunade’s report and frowned as he read it.

Jiraiya continued training Yahiko, Konan, and the other children while planning to secretly investigate Hanzo’s disappearance. Elsewhere, Nawaki traveled toward the Land of Rain, and the Cloud Ninja brothers faced a squad of Rock Ninja in the Land of Earth.

• Jiraiya decided to investigate Hanzo’s disappearance in secret, then returned to teaching the children after seeing Konan master tree walking.
• Jiraiya reflected that Yahiko, Konan, and the other children showed exceptional talent and continued training them.
• Nawaki encouraged himself to keep traveling toward the Land of Rain so he could find his sister.
• A Cloud Ninja scout warned the dark-skinned young man and Bee that their group had been discovered in the Land of Earth.
• The dark-skinned young man and Bee refused to retreat as sixteen Rock Ninja appeared before them, and Bee declared that they were the AB Duo.