Chapter Summaries

Mingye forced Rin to sacrifice herself to Kakashi, then rescued her and gave her a new identity and life at Konoha's orphanage. There, he intervened when Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru confronted Yakushi Nonō, challenging Danzō over Nonō's past expulsion from Root.

• Mingye pressured Rin to give up her love for Kakashi and run into his Raikiri, killing her and awakening Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan as Obito arrived.
• Mingye escaped Zetsu's pursuit, then retrieved Rin's body and took her to a secret chamber.
• Mingye revived Rin, renamed her Su, and ordered her to live quietly as an orphan and care for children at Konoha's orphanage.
• Mingye visited Yakushi Nonō and learned that Konoha had brought orphans back from the Land of Wind battlefield.
• Wu found Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru confronting Yakushi Nonō, then challenged Danzō for approaching her despite her expulsion from Root.

Wu confronted Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru to stop them from taking the Land of Wind orphans for Root, then warned Nonō that Danzō would try again. As Wu’s health continued to fail, Orochimaru began considering a plan to kill him without being blamed.

• Wu rejected Shimura Danzō’s proposal to train the Land of Wind orphans as spies and threatened to destroy Root if Danzō tried to take them.
• Wu reminded Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru of his standing in Konoha and forced Danzō to leave the orphanage.
• Wu gave Nonō a kunai to signal for help if Danzō returned and told her to protect every child.
• Orochimaru told Shimura Danzō that Wu could live another three to five years, then offered to help kill him in exchange for the complete forbidden jutsu scroll.
• Tian Shansi warned Wu that his old injuries made further exertion dangerous, but Wu left the hospital to return to work.
• Wu declined Homura’s invitation for tea, and Homura feared it might be their last meeting.

Mingye arranged to be ambushed so he could meet Tsunade and set his apparent death in motion, while warning her that he might not live much longer. After Orochimaru killed Mingye’s escorts and confronted him, Jiraiya learned of Wu’s death and stormed Root, demanding that Shimura Danzō face him.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that Wu’s body was failing after the injuries he had suffered twenty-two years earlier.
• Mingye told Uchiha Ling that he was traveling without a full escort to create an opening for Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru to kill him, and he went to meet Tsunade.
• Mingye urged Tsunade to return to Konoha and admitted he might not live to see her again; Tsunade hid her concern and told him to leave.
• Rogue ninja ambushed Mingye’s party, and Orochimaru killed the surviving Konoha escorts before confronting Mingye.
• Jiraiya found Wu dead, vowed to treasure his anger, and returned to Konoha to attack Root and demand that Shimura Danzō come out.
• Minato Namikaze tried to restrain Jiraiya, while Shimura Danzō emerged from hiding and ordered him back to the front lines.

Jiraiya confronted Danzō over Wu’s death, then grieved with Tsunade before leaving Konoha. Mingye tracked Jiraiya’s disappearance and watched Obito, posing as Uchiha Madara, approach Nagato and Yahiko, while secretly warning Yahiko that Nagato’s Rinnegan did not belong to him.

• Jiraiya accused Danzō of killing Wu, but Hiruzen ordered Jiraiya to leave without pursuing the matter.
• At Wu’s funeral, Danzō faced the Konoha assembly’s hostility, and Jiraiya later reunited with Tsunade by a lake and decided to leave again.
• Mingye learned that Jiraiya had resigned and disappeared, then ordered his people to seal off news from Rōran.
• Obito introduced himself to Nagato and Konan as Uchiha Madara and claimed Nagato’s Rinnegan marked him as the Sage of Six Paths’ reincarnation.
• Mingye secretly told Yahiko that Obito was not Uchiha Madara and that Nagato’s eyes did not belong to him, warning Yahiko not to reveal the information.

Yahiko rejected Obito’s offer and accepted Mingye’s vision of peace through world unification, law, and impartial rule, while agreeing to weigh the sacrifices required. As Yahiko prepared to respond to a threat against the Land of Rain, Mingye left for Rōran and Yahiko returned to Konan with his plans still undisclosed.

• Yahiko refused Obito’s proposal, rejected his claims about peace, and left with Konan and Nagato.
• Yahiko met Mingye in a hidden cavern, where Mingye described his failed hopes for mutual understanding and proposed uniting the world under one power and a strict legal order.
• Yahiko accepted Mingye’s plan and promised to pursue peace at his side.
• Yahiko received a message that the nations of Fire, Wind, and Earth were threatening the Land of Rain to pressure Akatsuki into helping them.
• Yahiko told Mingye he would sever his current bonds if Nagato could be kept alive, while Mingye instructed him to prepare for their plan and said he was leaving for Rōran.
• Konan found Yahiko talking to himself, and he teased her about her beauty before they headed back.

Mingye captured Anrokuzan, summoned Sasori to take control of the Ryūmyaku and prepare an attack, while Naruto met Minato Namikaze and the Konoha team in the past. The chapter ended with Mingye dodging Naruto’s Giant Rasengan and facing Minato’s ambush.

• Mingye confronted Anrokuzan and watched Minato Namikaze, Akimichi Choza, and Aburame Shibi rescue Naruto from the puppets.
• Mingye killed Anrokuzan and extracted his memories, then summoned Sasori to take control of the Ryūmyaku and reorganize the puppet army.
• Sasori prepared to use the puppets against Minato, while Mingye chose to wait and watch the Konoha team.
• Minato questioned Naruto, who explained his future identity before Minato warned him not to reveal more about the future.
• Mingye ambushed Minato’s group, but Naruto attacked with a Giant Rasengan and Minato followed up as Mingye vanished.

Mingye and Minato Namikaze fought across Rōran while Sasori prepared a puppet trap, and Mingye tried to keep their plans from endangering the Ryūmyaku. Minato drew Mingye into the desert for another duel, where he struggled to find a way to damage Mingye before his chakra ran out.

• Mingye pursued Minato with his spatial technique, but Minato escaped after throwing special kunai toward five locations.
• Mingye told Sasori not to cause needless deaths or damage the Ryūmyaku, while Sasori described his planned rescue trap for Mukade’s prisoners.
• Yahiko and Nagato prepared to negotiate with Hanzo, and Yahiko asked Nagato to look after Konan and himself.
• Sasori continued building a trap capable of turning Rōran into hell, despite Mingye’s objections.
• Naruto entered the elevated control area, and Minato pulled Mingye away to fight him in the desert.
• Minato struck Mingye with a Rasengan and evaded his sandstorm blades, but he could not find an effective way to injure Mingye.

Minato Namikaze used his dangerous Flying Thunder God Second Stage to badly injure Mingye, but reinforcements arrived before Mingye could kill him. Mingye recovered at the Ryūmyaku control room and joined Sasori in confronting Naruto, whose identity as a Nine-Tails jinchūriki had caught Sasori’s attention.

• Minato Namikaze layered Rasengan attacks through space with Flying Thunder God Second Stage, shattering half of Mingye’s body before Mingye charged at him.
• Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shibi arrived to help Minato Namikaze, and Mingye’s killing intent faded before he escaped in a sandstorm.
• Minato Namikaze summoned a toad to request reinforcements for the crisis in Rōran and warned that their enemy was powerful enough to threaten even the Third Hokage.
• Mingye returned to the Ryūmyaku control room, healed himself with a blood-drawn barrier, and agreed with Sasori to question Naruto about being a Nine-Tails jinchūriki.
• Mingye and Sasori surrounded Naruto and the Rōran citizens with puppets, then threatened the captives while demanding answers.
• Naruto recognized Sasori as Granny Chiyo’s grandson and asked whether he had betrayed Sunagakure and joined Akatsuki.

Mingye and Sasori confronted Naruto in Rōran, where Minato and Shisui intervened to save Naruto and the princess from Mingye’s attack. Mingye ordered Sasori to take control of Rōran, while Yahiko revived in a blood pool and learned that Nagato and Konan were safe.

• Naruto identified himself as Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasori questioned him about being the Nine-Tails’ jinchūriki and his connection to Kushina Uzumaki.
• Sasori sent puppets after Naruto, but Minato rescued the Princess of Rōran from Mingye and Shisui saved Naruto with Chidori.
• Mingye used Godshock against Shisui, while Minato escaped with Naruto and the princess; Mingye’s attack flattened half the puppet workshop.
• Mingye told Sasori to seize control of Rōran and find the people in hiding, then left; Sasori reflected that he had grown up.
• Yahiko re-formed in the Immortal God Church’s blood pool, and Undying calmed him and told him that Nagato and Konan were safe.

Yahiko died to save Nagato and Konan, then returned under the name Void, while Minato Namikaze and his allies debated destroying Rōran to prevent the Ryūmyaku from aiding the Sand Ninja. The chapter left the Konoha group preparing to deal with the enemy and the Ryūmyaku, with Minato hoping to evacuate Rōran’s people first.

• Hanzo forced Nagato to choose between killing Yahiko and letting Konan die, but Yahiko drove the kunai into his own heart to save them.
• Yahiko later rose from a blood pool, accepted a mask from Undying, and chose the name Void.
• Minato Namikaze brought Naruto and Sāra to Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shibi, and Shisui Uchiha arrived to support them.
• Shisui Uchiha questioned Minato Namikaze for treating their A-rank mission like an SS-rank mission.
• Minato Namikaze and Aburame Shibi concluded that the Ryūmyaku could empower the Sand Ninja and threaten Konoha’s war effort.
• Minato Namikaze said the Ryūmyaku had to be sealed or destroyed, while he wanted Rōran’s people evacuated first.

Shisui Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and fought Mingye, but Mingye defeated him and reminded him that he had only one chance left in their wager. Mingye explained his method for disrupting space-time ninjutsu to Sasori, while Shisui later woke in the hospital beside the injured Minato Namikaze.

• Shisui Uchiha stayed behind so Minato Namikaze, Aburame Shibi, and Akimichi Choza could escape, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Mingye.
• Mingye and Shisui fought, but Mingye shattered Shisui’s Susanoo, broke both his arms, and defeated him.
• Mingye reminded Shisui that he had used two of his three chances to kill him and taunted him before leaving.
• Mingye explained to Sasori how he had created a disruption zone that prevented space-time ninjutsu, though Sasori declined to learn the method.
• Shisui woke in the hospital with both arms in plaster and saw Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the badly injured Minato Namikaze.

Shisui Uchiha, Minato Namikaze, and Jiraiya discussed the powerful enemy Shisui had encountered and their mission in Rōran. Meanwhile, Kisame Hoshigaki escaped a Konoha ambush after killing his code division teammates, and Mingye confronted him about his motives.

• Shisui Uchiha described his encounter with an enemy who used hand-sign-free ninjutsu and had an indestructible body, and Jiraiya recognized the opponent from a past fight in the Land of Water.
• Jiraiya told Shisui Uchiha and Minato Namikaze to focus on completing their mission in Rōran, since Orochimaru and Danzo had lost most of Konoha's support.
• Kisame Hoshigaki led the Kirigakure code division ninjas into an ambush by Ibiki Morino and Konoha Anbu, then killed four teammates to prevent the intelligence from being captured.
• Kisame Hoshigaki used Wind Release to escape over a cliff with the surviving female ninja, whom he knocked unconscious after they reached the river below.
• Mingye appeared before Kisame Hoshigaki, praised him, and asked about the person he wanted to kill after the battle; Kisame admitted that he planned to kill his superior and take Samehada.

Mingye manipulated Kisame Hoshigaki into questioning his cold-blooded ways, then returned to Rōran as Konoha forces attacked the city. He blocked Naruto and the fleeing citizens, killing several people to keep Naruto from fighting back.

• Mingye stopped Kisame Hoshigaki from killing the female ninja, took her away, and told Kisame to choose between joining him and following a mysterious gift after returning to the Land of Water.
• Mingye gave Kisame Hoshigaki a glass orb and vanished, then used spatial ninjutsu to return to Rōran, where Sasori reported that Jiraiya and twenty elite Konoha ninja were attacking under a barrier set up by Minato Namikaze.
• Mingye and Sasori planned to fight back, with Sasori asking Mingye to find someone who could let him control the Ryūmyaku.
• Naruto guarded Princess Sāra and the fleeing people of Rōran, but Mingye blocked their route and swept away Naruto’s shadow clones with a gale.
• Mingye trapped the citizens and killed several of them whenever Naruto spoke, forcing Naruto to stay silent as the people watched in horror.

Mingye captured Princess Sāra and forced her to help Sasori control the Ryūmyaku, while Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze confronted him in Rōran. The chapter ended with Minato ordering the Konoha ninja to retreat as he tried to hold Mingye back.

• Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze attacked Mingye, but Mingye killed nine Rōran prisoners and threatened to kill more while Minato rescued others.
• Mingye seized Sāra and took her to Sasori, who wanted her help accessing the Ryūmyaku through the Dragon Eye.
• Mingye terrorized Sāra by hurting a Rōran civilian, then forced her to cooperate with Sasori to protect the remaining people.
• Sasori agreed to begin his plans the day after tomorrow, while Mingye went to harass Jiraiya.
• Mingye blocked the Konoha ninja advancing through Rōran, and Minato ordered them to retreat before facing Mingye himself.

Mingye fought Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze, who used Sage Method and a coordinated attack to counter his destructive abilities. The chapter ended with Minato striking Mingye with repeated Rasengan hits after the toads enabled a surprise space-time maneuver.

• Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku warned Minato Namikaze that he needed Sage Method to face Mingye, and Jiraiya charged into battle.
• Mingye and Jiraiya traded lightning, fire, earth, and Rasengan attacks, devastating the northern district and leaving both badly injured.
• Minato Namikaze recognized that Mingye had inscribed explosive traps into the ground, while the sages explained Mingye’s ability to control the world’s basic elements.
• Mingye trapped Jiraiya behind a wind wall, but Minato used the toads’ coordinated transportation technique to appear behind Mingye and hit him with repeated Rasengan attacks.

Mingye was crushed by the Great Toad Sage, then disguised himself as Mukade and captured Naruto to search his memories for clues about the future. Inside Naruto’s memories, Mingye witnessed Minato Namikaze and Gamabunta contain the Nine-Tails before Minato teleported it away from Konoha.

• The Great Toad Sage used Great Freedom Suppression to overpower Mingye, whose body shattered under the deep-blue Sage Method.
• Mingye appeared before Sasori and ordered him to find Naruto, then transformed into Mukade and headed for Dragon Eye.
• Sasori located Naruto, and Mingye attacked him at the control platform, knocked him unconscious, and pressed a finger to his forehead to read his memories.
• Mingye witnessed the Nine-Tails attacking Konoha and Minato Namikaze entrusting his infant son to an Anbu ninja before fighting the beast.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Gamabunta to hold down the Nine-Tails, then teleported the beast and its Tailed Beast Ball away from Konoha.

Minato Namikaze tried to save Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto by splitting the Nine-Tails with Teacher Wu’s unfinished technique, but Kushina died protecting Minato from the masked attacker. Minato prepared to seal Kushina’s chakra into Naruto and entrusted their son to Sarutobi Hiruzen as he used the Reaper Death Seal.

• Kushina Uzumaki bound the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing Chains while Minato Namikaze rescued her and held Naruto.
• Shimura Danzō appeared to claim the Nine-Tails but was caught in Minato’s spatial trap and teleported away.
• Minato restrained Kushina and used the Reaper Death Seal and Yin-Yang Absolute Ruin to split the Nine-Tails, sending one half into Naruto and the other into the Reaper.
• A masked attacker struck Minato, but Kushina took the blow; Sarutobi Hiruzen attacked, and the masked man fled after noticing Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kushina Uzumaki died, and Minato asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to help seal her chakra into Naruto and raise the child as his own grandson.

Mingye was thwarted while probing Naruto’s memories and learned that Shimura Danzō had anticipated the time-travel incident and protected Naruto with a barrier. After destroying Rōran’s Dragon Eye connection, Mingye sent Sasori to gather intelligence in the Land of Wind and seek out Kabuto, while Konoha’s report on Rōran revealed that Jiraiya had left the village.

• Minato Namikaze entrusted Jiraiya with the first stage of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Technique before collapsing, and Shisui Uchiha stopped the masked man from reaching infant Naruto.
• Yamato Tenzō and Akimichi Choza disrupted Mingye’s Sage Method and killed him in Mukade’s form, while Shimura Danzō later learned that Naruto had returned from the future without his memories.
• Mingye told Sasori that Rōran had been destroyed and the Ryūmyaku severed, then ordered him to find Kabuto and organize sleeper agents in the Land of Wind.
• Mingye urged Sasori to keep a low profile and join Nagato’s organization when contacted, promising that he would revive Sasori’s parents.
• Minato Namikaze reported on Rōran to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who learned that Jiraiya had retired as a shinobi and left Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Orochimaru over Wu’s murder, giving him one year to complete his intelligence work before promising to kill him. Orochimaru recognized the sacrifices Wu had made for others, but the two began a fight inside Konoha’s spatial barrier.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen’s advisers confirmed their suspicions that Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō had orchestrated Wu’s death, but urged him not to disrupt their wartime intelligence operations.
• After the war ended in defeat for the Land of Wind, Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted the victorious Orochimaru and gave him one year before he would personally kill him.
• Orochimaru realized Wu’s teachings and support had helped many Konoha ninja grow stronger, and he broke the stone table while laughing about Wu’s words, “a life without regrets.”
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed the Anbu and activated the Five Elements Seal Heavenly Gate Formation, challenging Orochimaru to fight him to the death.
• Orochimaru attacked with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but Sarutobi Hiruzen burned the snakes away and shattered Orochimaru’s sword with a stone-arm punch.

Sarutobi Hiruzen defeated Orochimaru and explained how Wu’s plans helped him become Hokage and consolidate control of Konoha. After leaving, Orochimaru discovered Uchiha Itachi’s extraordinary talent and began plotting to take his body, but Shisui Uchiha stopped him.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen overwhelmed Orochimaru in battle, then spared him and ordered him to spend the year repenting.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained how Wu’s three plans helped him gain the Hokage position, strengthen himself, and reclaim control of Konoha.
• Orochimaru watched Uchiha Itachi train with kunai and became determined to take his body to increase his own strength.
• Shisui Uchiha confronted the injured Orochimaru, who left while fixating on Itachi.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Shisui Uchiha who Orochimaru was, and Shisui praised Itachi’s progress.