Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hikari used her Perfect Susanoo to devastate Konoha and kill most of the Konoha F4 and Root, while Ryusuke revealed his soul-destroying Mangekyō Sharingan ability and killed Sarutobi Hiruzen. The survivors were left amid the ruins, and Ryusuke’s newly explained dōjutsu could also devour souls to fuel attacks or revive him.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and his shadow clones attacked Uchiha Hikari’s Perfect Susanoo with the Five Elements: Great Barrage Technique, but its sword strike carved a ravine through Konoha and split Hokage Rock.
• Uchiha Hikari repaired the Perfect Susanoo and swept its katana across Konoha, destroying half the village and killing most of the Konoha F4 and Root, while Shimura Danzō escaped with Izanagi.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen revived and broke down after discovering Sarutobi Asuma and Konohamaru had died, then tried to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal before Ryusuke immobilized him.
• Ryusuke explained that he had targeted Sarutobi Hiruzen and his clansmen to clear obstacles to his and Tsunade’s succession, then used Sasuke Uchiha’s Kusanagi Sword to kill Hiruzen with a soul-destroying slash.
• Ryusuke revealed that his Mangekyō Sharingan, Yomotsu Hirasaka, could destroy souls with its right eye and devour them with its left, storing up to nine souls for attacks or revival.

Ryusuke and his allies wiped out the surviving members of Konoha F4’s clans and Shimura Danzō’s Root, while Sasuke Uchiha defeated Danzō with Susanoo. After the battle, Ryusuke collected Danzō’s Kotoamatsukami eye and Hashirama-cell tissue, and Konoha descended into chaos.

• Uchiha Hikari used Yachihoko to control the survivors, who killed themselves, completing the destruction of Konoha F4’s clans and Shimura Danzō’s Root.
• Ryusuke restored Uchiha Hikari’s strength by letting her bite his forearm, then watched Sasuke Uchiha battle Shimura Danzō.
• Sasuke Uchiha awakened his third-form Susanoo, destroyed Danzō’s Dream Eater, and kept attacking until the Sharingan sustaining Danzō’s Izanagi were exhausted.
• Ryusuke deprived Shimura Danzō of the ability to use ninjutsu, and Sasuke Uchiha killed him with a Susanoo arrow.
• Uchiha Hikari burned the corpses while Ryusuke took Danzō’s Kotoamatsukami eye and a sample of his flesh, then released the illusion as Konoha fell into chaos.

Ryusuke returned to Konoha after making the deaths of the elders, Root, and four major shinobi clans real, while the village tried to understand the mass deaths. He told Tsunade that Hundred Faces and the Masked Man were likely responsible, then planned to retrieve Uchiha Itachi’s Kotoamatsukami eye from Naruto and bring Sasuke back to Konoha.

• Ryusuke left Sasuke Uchiha and Uchiha Hikari in Tanzaku Street, disappeared through reverse summoning, then returned and told Sasuke to look after Hikari.
• Ryusuke arrived at the Hokage's Office, where Tsunade reported that the Council of Elders, the four major shinobi clans, and Root had turned to ash.
• Ryusuke examined the jonin and said the marks were likely a sensory lock-on for a long-range Curse Kill, not the cause of their deaths.
• Ryusuke identified Hundred Faces and the Masked Man as likely culprits, and told Tsunade that Uchiha Itachi was dead and Sasuke Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Ryusuke told Tsunade he could use Uchiha Itachi's contingency with Naruto to bring Sasuke back, while secretly intending to retrieve the Kotoamatsukami eye Itachi had left behind.

Ryusuke told Team 7 that Sasuke had avenged himself and would return to Konoha, then revealed the curse attack that had killed the village’s elders and clans. Two days later, Ryusuke brought Sasuke and Uchiha Hikari to Konoha, where Tsunade welcomed Sasuke back and accepted Hikari into the village.

• Ryusuke told Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi Hatake that Sasuke had defeated Uchiha Itachi and would return to Konoha with him.
• Ryusuke reported that a large-scale Curse Kill had destroyed Konoha’s elders, several clans, and Root, and identified Hiruko as the likely culprit.
• Ryusuke removed Uchiha Itachi’s crow and its Kotoamatsukami from Naruto before sending Team 7 back to Konoha.
• Two days later, Ryusuke brought Sasuke and Uchiha Hikari through Konoha’s gates and presented them to Tsunade.
• Tsunade welcomed Sasuke back, confirmed his Mangekyō Sharingan was not the one seen during the curse attack, and accepted Uchiha Hikari into Konoha.

Ryusuke reunited Sasuke with Team 7, then brought Uchiha Hikari home and reassured her that she would have a family. When Hanabi visited, he introduced the two girls, who welcomed each other as sisters and friends.

• Ryusuke teased Sasuke about apologizing to Team 7, and Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi arrived to reunite with him.
• Ryusuke teleported home with Uchiha Hikari and showed her the room that would be hers.
• Ryusuke comforted Hikari when she worried that his other family members might dislike her.
• Hanabi visited Ryusuke, confessed she was frightened by the recent Curse Kill, and received his reassurance.
• Ryusuke introduced Hanabi and Hikari, and the girls exchanged a friendly greeting and accepted each other as sisters and friends.

Akatsuki regrouped after Itachi’s death and captured the Three-Tails for sealing in the Land of Rain. While Jiraiya investigated the gathering, he discovered that Akatsuki’s leader had the Rinnegan and headed toward Amegakure to learn what had happened.

• Deva Path Pain announced Itachi’s death, reassigned Deidara to Kisame, and ordered Obito and Hundred Faces to capture the Three-Tails.
• Obito and Hundred Faces brought the controlled Three-Tails to the Land of Rain, where Akatsuki began sealing it into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Deidara noticed that Tobi’s voice and manner had changed, and Obito told him that this was his real self.
• On the third day of sealing, Jiraiya sensed the powerful chakra and sent a Shadow Clone to investigate, but a black rod pierced the frog concealing it.
• Jiraiya learned from the Shadow Clone that Akatsuki’s leader possessed the Rinnegan, wondered whether Nagato was alive, and decided to investigate Amegakure.

After Jiraiya was killed by his former student, Akatsuki’s leader, Tsunade decided the organization threatened the entire Shinobi World and sent Ryusuke to convene a Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. Ryusuke arrived at Snow City to deliver her invitation to Mifune.

• Konoha held a memorial service for the dead Council of Elders and four major shinobi clans, while Yuhi Kurenai, Team 10, and Naruto mourned their losses.
• Ryusuke returned to Konoha and learned that Jiraiya had been killed by Akatsuki’s leader, one of Jiraiya’s former students from Amegakure.
• Tsunade told Ryusuke that Sage Fukasaku had brought the news and Jiraiya’s intelligence code, while Sasuke went to comfort Naruto.
• Tsunade declared Akatsuki a threat to the Shinobi World and ordered Ryusuke to invite the other Five Kage to a summit in the Land of Iron.
• Ryusuke used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Snow City and presented his envoy token to the guards, asking to meet Mifune.

Ryusuke visited the Land of Iron and Iwagakure to deliver Tsunade’s invitation to a Five Kage Summit focused on Akatsuki. Both Mifune and Ōnoki agreed to attend, while Ōnoki recognized Ryusuke as a growing threat whose power and mobility recalled Madara Uchiha.

• Ryusuke delivered Tsunade’s letter to Mifune, who agreed to host and moderate the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron.
• Mifune watched Ryusuke vanish with the Flying Thunder God Technique and anticipated Konoha’s return to power under him.
• Ryusuke arrived at Iwagakure, where Kurotsuchi recognized him as Konoha’s Wood Release shinobi and escorted him to Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki considered ambushing Ryusuke but abandoned the plan after recalling his Wood Release and Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Ōnoki read Tsunade’s warning about Akatsuki and agreed to attend the summit despite questioning Konoha’s intelligence.
• Ryusuke departed Iwagakure with the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi wary of his strength and mobility.

Ryusuke delivered Konoha’s warning about Akatsuki and an invitation to a Five Kage Summit to the Fourth Raikage, whose hostility and wariness grew after witnessing Ryusuke’s power. He then arrived in Kirigakure and met Mei Terumi, who escorted him to meet Genji while wondering what crisis had prompted Konoha to send such a formidable envoy.

• Ryusuke met Samui and confronted the Fourth Raikage, who challenged him over his Flying Thunder God Technique and dismissed Konoha’s warning about Akatsuki.
• Ryusuke gave the Fourth Raikage Tsunade’s letter, which revealed Jiraiya’s death and the Rinnegan’s appearance, and invited Kumogakure to a Five Kage Summit.
• Ryusuke warned that Akatsuki might target Killer B and the Eight-Tails; the Fourth Raikage agreed to attend the summit but planned to demand an explanation from the Hokage.
• After Ryusuke vanished, the Fourth Raikage recognized the threat posed by his power, while Ryusuke resolved to cripple Kumogakure first if war broke out.
• Ryusuke reached Kirigakure, where Mei Terumi received him and explained that the Mizukage was away, then agreed to take him to Genji with Konoha’s sealed message.
• As Mei Terumi escorted Ryusuke to Genji, she considered how formidable he was and worried about what he might become.

Ryusuke delivered Tsunade’s Five Kage Summit invitations and learned that Genji planned to appoint Mei Terumi as the Fifth Mizukage. After comforting a grieving Tsunade, Ryusuke resolved to stop relying on the original plot and intensify his surveillance of Amegakure.

• Ryusuke delivered the summit invitation to Genji, who accepted it for the absent Mizukage, and Mei Terumi learned that the Rinnegan and Akatsuki had prompted the meeting.
• Genji told Mei Terumi that the Mizukage was dead and entrusted Kirigakure’s leadership to her, sending her to the Land of Iron with two guards.
• Ryusuke visited Temari in Sunagakure, gave her Gaara’s invitation, and assured her that he would prevent another war.
• Ryusuke returned to Konoha and found Tsunade grieving Jiraiya’s death; she asked him to promise that he would not die before her, and he agreed.
• Ryusuke ordered his Wood Clones to intensify surveillance of Amegakure and concluded that Jiraiya’s death proved the original plot could no longer be trusted.

Ryusuke arranged to attend the Five Kage Summit with Sasuke as Tsunade’s guard and encouraged Sasuke to pursue sage arts, restoring some of his drive to grow stronger. In Amegakure, Akatsuki learned the Five Kage were gathering and Pain ordered a full mobilization to capture the Jinchuriki left unguarded by their leaders’ absence.

• Tsunade and Ryusuke agreed to leave for the Five Kage Summit on the seventh day, and Tsunade selected Ryusuke and Sasuke as her guards.
• Ryusuke demonstrated Sage Mode to Sasuke and explained how sage chakra could strengthen techniques such as Kirin and Susanoo, prompting Sasuke to consider training at Ryūchi Cave.
• Obito Uchiha told Akatsuki that the Five Kage were heading to the Land of Iron and described Konoha’s suspicions about the destruction of its clans and Root.
• Nagato was pleased by Konoha’s destruction, while White Zetsu reported the locations and status of several Jinchuriki.
• Pain declared that Akatsuki would use the Five Kage Summit to mobilize its members and capture every Jinchuriki except the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.

Tsunade, Ryusuke, and Sasuke attended the Five Kage Summit to discuss the Akatsuki, while the organization launched attacks on several Jinchuriki. Pain’s forces struck Iwagakure, and Hundred Faces defeated Utakata as Kisame and Pain captured other targets.

• Tsunade instructed Shizune and Karin to manage Konoha, then traveled to the Land of Iron with Ryusuke and Sasuke.
• Mifune opened the Five Kage Summit, where the leaders discussed the Akatsuki and Ryusuke noticed Ōnoki had left Iwagakure’s Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han unprotected.
• Obito sent Deidara and Kisame to capture the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, while Pain’s Six Paths attacked Iwagakure to seize Han.
• Hundred Faces trapped Utakata and Hotaru in a genjutsu, then defeated Utakata and left him unconscious.
• Kisame and Pain’s Six Paths captured the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki and dismissed them as too weak.

Obito Uchiha captured Kaede, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, as the Akatsuki rapidly seized several Jinchuriki. At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders argued over how to handle the Rinnegan and Ryusuke, then the meeting broke up without an agreement.

• Kaede trained in Takigakure and dismissed the Akatsuki as a threat, but Obito Uchiha appeared and defeated her after she transformed into the Seven-Tails.
• Obito Uchiha sealed Kaede and left with her, while a White Zetsu Clone reported that the Akatsuki's other battles had ended and that Konan was evacuating Amegakure.
• Tsunade urged the Five Kage to unite against the Akatsuki, but the leaders argued over whether to destroy or preserve the Rinnegan and the container holding the Tailed Beasts, while Ryusuke watched with disdain.
• The Fourth Raikage demanded an explanation for Akatsuki members from other villages and Yugito Nii's capture, but Tsunade, Gaara, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi rejected his accusations.
• The Fourth Raikage left the summit, and the other Kage departed without resolving their disputes.

At the Five Kage Summit, reports revealed that Akatsuki had captured the Seven-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, prompting the villages and the Land of Iron to agree to attack Akatsuki. The alliance formed with competing plans for the spoils, while Tsunade mobilized Konoha and sent Ryusuke to scout the Land of Rain.

• An Iwagakure ninja reported that Akatsuki had attacked the village and captured Han, leading Ōnoki to prioritize destroying Akatsuki.
• Tsunade told the summit that Akatsuki had captured Takigakure's Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and Ōnoki confirmed Han's capture while Mei Terumi warned that the Five-Tails and Six-Tails might also be in danger.
• Tsunade urged the Five Kage to unite against Akatsuki, and Mifune, Gaara, Mei Terumi, the Fourth Raikage, and Ōnoki agreed to take part, though the Raikage and Ōnoki wanted to claim the Rinnegan and sealing vessel afterward.
• Mei Terumi asked Ryusuke to transport her to Kirigakure, where she ordered Ao and Chojuro to gather active shinobi and prepare for war.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha's forces to mobilize and sent Ryusuke with Hinata to monitor the Land of Rain and search for Akatsuki's headquarters.

Nagato learned that the Five Great Ninja Villages and the Land of Iron were mobilizing against Akatsuki, but changed his mind about avoiding battle after Black and White Zetsu revealed an army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu. Akatsuki began sealing the Four-Tails in Amegakure as allied forces advanced, and the chapter ended with the Fourth Great Ninja War erupting at the Land of Rain’s border.

• Black and White Zetsu told Nagato that the Five Great Ninja Villages and the Land of Iron planned to surround the Land of Rain and hunt Akatsuki.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he could provide one hundred thousand White Zetsu, prompting Nagato to choose open confrontation over hiding.
• Obito Uchiha brought Kisame Hoshigaki and the other Akatsuki members to Amegakure, where they prepared a barrier and began sealing Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Five Great Ninja Villages and the Land of Iron recalled their forces and sent units toward the Land of Rain as small nations feared a new war.
• The Sensory Unit detected numerous creatures underground at the Land of Rain’s border, and White Zetsu attacked them, beginning the Fourth Great Ninja War.

Ryusuke exposed White Zetsu infiltrators and led a squad toward Amegakure, while the Akatsuki prepared to deceive the Allied villages and confront him. Ryusuke detected the Akatsuki and faced nine powerful opponents alone as the other scouting squads turned back.

• Ryusuke used Wood Release to expose White Zetsu Clones disguised as members of Konoha's Sensory Unit and reassured the survivors.
• Tsunade ordered Ryusuke to lead Hinata and Karin on a mission to infiltrate Amegakure and locate the Akatsuki.
• The Akatsuki learned that the villages had sent scouting squads, created decoys to provide false intelligence, and summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Mu with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ryusuke sensed the Akatsuki in Amegakure and sent Hinata and Karin back to report before a vast forest rose around him.
• Nine powerful chakra signatures appeared within Ryusuke's forest, and the other villages' scouting squads sensed the clash and returned to their camps.

Ryusuke battled Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain in a Wood Release forest, revealing his elemental Rasenshuriken and Sage Mode while concealing his true intentions. As the fight continued, Pain’s forces evaded his lightning attack, and Ryusuke left room for Hundred Faces to carry out the Akatsuki’s sealing plan.

• Nagato ordered Pain’s Six Paths and Hundred Faces’s controlled Senju brothers and Second Tsuchikage to hold Ryusuke back while the Akatsuki sealed the Four-Tails and Seven-Tails.
• Ryusuke’s Wood Release forest halted the attackers, and the Preta Path absorbed his massive flood before Pain used Shinra Tensei against three incoming elemental Rasenshuriken.
• Ryusuke identified Pain’s bodies as corpses controlled by Nagato, and he and Deva Path Pain declared that the other had to die for peace.
• Deva Path Pain used Banshō Ten'in and the Asura Path fired missiles at Ryusuke, but Ryusuke teleported between trees marked with his Flying Thunder God formula.
• Ryusuke entered Sage Mode and used Yin Release Lightning Dispatch to destroy the missiles and laser, but the Preta Path fled from vines growing beneath it, forcing the other Pains to evade the lightning.

Ryusuke battled Pain's Six Paths while the Five Great Ninja Villages and the Land of Iron launched their assault on Amegakure. As White Zetsu's army faltered, Hundred Faces summoned more than a hundred powerful figures through Impure World Reincarnation, leaving the advancing forces to face an overwhelming new threat.

• Nagato protected the Hell Path as Ryusuke resisted Deva Path Pain's attacks, broke his knee, and fought Pain's Six Paths alongside four Wood Clones.
• The Five Great Ninja Villages and Mifune's samurai began a full-scale assault, prompting Black Zetsu to order White Zetsu Clones to drain Chakra underground and impersonate the shinobi they weakened.
• White Zetsu warned Deva Path Pain that the allied forces could reach Amegakure within a week, and Hundred Faces responded by casting Impure World Reincarnation.
• More than a hundred coffins appeared across the Land of Rain, releasing powerful dead shinobi including Hozuki Gengetsu, the Third Raikage, Hatake Sakumo, and Kakuzu.
• Hundred Faces stripped the resurrected fighters of their consciousness, and Ryusuke's Wood Clones took control of them as they moved to attack the allied forces.

White Zetsu Clones disguised themselves as Cloud Ninja and threw the allied ranks into chaos in the Land of Rain. As Samui ordered a retreat, Ryusuke’s Impure World Reincarnation warriors arrived and began slaughtering the Cloud Ninja alongside the clones.

• Darui used Black Panther to kill White Zetsu Clones, then discovered that disguised clones had caused the Cloud Ninja to attack one another.
• Samui ordered the Cloud Ninja to spread out, communicate with coded hand signs, and withdraw toward camp, exposing some disguised clones but failing to restore order.
• The Third Raikage appeared and attacked the Cloud Ninja with black Lightning Release, Hell Stab, and Black Lightning Senbon.
• Darui warned the Cloud Ninja that the Third Raikage’s strongest spear and strongest shield made him nearly impossible to fight, and urged them to flee.
• Kakuzu and Hidan arrived as Impure World Reincarnation summons and joined the Third Raikage in killing Cloud Ninja and White Zetsu Clones.

The Five Great Ninja Villages were thrown into chaos by White Zetsu Clones and revived warriors, forcing several villages to retreat and seek help from Konoha. Mei Terumi and Ōnoki requested Yamanaka support, while Ryusuke’s forces continued weakening Sunagakure and eliminating survivors from Konoha’s allied clans.

• The Fourth Raikage learned that the revived Third Raikage was killing Cloud Ninja, then set out with Killer B to reinforce the battlefield.
• Mei Terumi fought Hozuki Gengetsu while Kirigakure withdrew in an orderly fashion, then sent Chojuro to request Yamanaka support and discreetly offer Konoha an alliance.
• Mei Terumi suspected the Rinnegan and its vessel concealed a power that required the Tailed Beasts, and feared Ryusuke could become a new God of Shinobi.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to disable revived Iwagakure enemies long enough for his Sealing Squad to capture them, then sent Kurotsuchi to request Yamanaka support from Konoha.
• Five revived Sunagakure powerhouses devastated their village, sparing only Temari and her brothers as Ryusuke pursued his plan to weaken Sunagakure and secure Temari’s marriage.
• Ryusuke’s forces killed many survivors from the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitokado, and Utatane Clans while Konoha suffered further casualties.