Chapter Summaries

Wuye learned that Kumogakure had sent an envoy after Konoha’s operations in the Land of Rice Fields led to the death of its shinobi village leader, and he refused to appease them by handing over a shinobi. On Hinata and Hanabi’s third birthday, he took them to visit Neji and told Hizashi that children should be free to choose their own paths.

• Nara Shikaku told Wuye that Anbu Commander Hatake Sakumo had rescued a spy in the Land of Rice Fields and killed the local shinobi village leader, strengthening Konoha’s supporters there.
• Wuye rejected Shikaku’s suggestion to show weakness by handing a shinobi over to Kumogakure and told him to send the envoy away with excuses.
• Hinata and Hanabi asked Wuye to take them to play with Neji, so he carried them to Hizashi’s home with Kaguya following.
• Wuye found four-year-old Neji practicing Gentle Fist and learned that Hinata and Hanabi were expected to begin training after their birthday.
• Wuye told Hizashi that children should be free to choose whether to become shinobi, and promised to protect them.

Wuye asks Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi what they enjoy and explains his child-rearing philosophy to Hizashi. He then visits Konan, where they discuss the Land of Rain, their future marriage, and Nagato’s plans for Akatsuki.

• Wuye asks Neji what he likes, then tells Hizashi that children should be allowed to pursue their interests rather than be raised with a utilitarian mindset.
• Hinata and Hanabi tell Wuye they like him, and he promises to attend their birthday party before leaving them to play with Neji.
• Wuye has a Slug summon him to Konan’s residence and joins her in her private bath.
• Konan tells Wuye that the Land of Rain is thriving and may soon join the Land of Fire; Wuye asks her to marry him, and she agrees.
• Wuye asks about Nagato, and Konan explains that Akatsuki is recruiting rogue ninja and working as mercenaries to become an organization that maintains peace through fear.

Wuye reassured Konan about Nagato and playfully coaxed her into smiling. Konan demonstrated her new Paper Person of God Technique, then flew with Wuye above the Land of Rain’s clouds, where they shared a quiet moment and kissed before Wuye proposed an unusual first time in the sky.

• Wuye promised Konan he would keep an eye on Nagato, then tickled her until she finally smiled.
• Konan revealed that her Paper Person of God Technique let her transform herself into paper and fly with paper wings.
• Wuye produced wings of his own and followed Konan above the storm clouds to see the sunny sky and sea of clouds.
• Konan told Wuye she believed he could bring hope and light to the Land of Rain, and they kissed.
• Wuye suggested using the clouds as a bed and the blue sky as a blanket, leaving Konan speechless.

Wuye left Tsunade after learning that a diplomatic dispute could become the spark for war, while Tsunade worried Konoha was not ready for a conflict against the wider ninja world. At the Hyuga estate, masked figures approached Hinata and Hanabi’s room on their birthday night.

• Tsunade asked Wuye about having a child because she feared losing him as she had nearly lost him after Kaguya’s death.
• Wuye’s talk of treating Hinata and Hanabi specially angered Tsunade, and they joked and argued before he prepared to leave.
• Wuye told Tsunade that a diplomatic dispute might trigger war and insisted Konoha would not back down from provocations.
• Wuye returned to the Hyuga estate, where Hinata and Hanabi had been put to bed after crying for their uncle.
• Several masked figures approached Hinata and Hanabi’s room.

Kaguya stopped Kumogakure envoys from kidnapping Hinata and Hanabi, and Wuye ordered their bodies sent to Konoha’s Intelligence Division to expose the attempted abduction. He then reunited with Kushina, promising that Kaguya would return and everyone would be together again.

• Kaguya incapacitated and killed three masked ninjas who had drugged Hinata and Hanabi and tried to abduct them.
• Wuye told Hyuga Hiashi that he had controlled Kaguya, and Hiashi identified the dead kidnappers as Kumogakure Village envoys.
• Wuye ordered Pakura to take the bodies to the Intelligence Division for questioning and then leave them at the envoys’ lodgings to demand an explanation.
• Wuye returned home and spent time with Kushina, who was relieved that he seemed more like himself again.
• Wuye promised Kushina that things would improve, Kaguya would come back, and everyone would be together forever.

Konoha faced mounting pressure from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sand Village after Wuye refused to yield over the deaths of three Kumogakure ninja. As enemy forces massed near the borders, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado arrived with a proposal to avert war.

• Kumogakure accused Konoha of killing its ninja, while Iwagakure and Sand Village backed its demands and pressured Konoha.
• Wuye told Nara Shikaku that he had killed the three ninja and refused to hand over Hiashi or withdraw Konoha's pursuit of Kumogakure's wrongdoing.
• After the Advisory Council failed to reach a decision, Kumogakure sent ten thousand ninja toward the Land of Fire, followed by five thousand from Iwagakure and three thousand from Sand Village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado entered the Hokage Advisory Council meeting after Wuye initially told them to leave.
• Danzo proposed removing Kumogakure's excuse for war, and Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado said they had come to persuade Wuye to avoid a conflict.

Wuye rejected the elders’ plan to hand over Hyuga Hizashi and promised to resolve the crisis with a show of force. He took Kushina to the Land of Rain to try dispersing its rain clouds, leaving Konan and Kushina suspicious of his motives.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed sending Hyuga Hizashi to Kumogakure in place of Hyuga Hiashi, but Wuye rejected the sacrifice and challenged Hiruzen to offer his own life instead.
• Hiruzen offered himself, and Wuye accused him of seeking redemption for his damaged reputation; Danzo and Homura Mitokado discussed whether the offer could prevent war.
• Wuye told Nara Shikaku and the advisors to stall for three days while he took Kushina to show Konoha’s strength, calling her and himself nuclear weapons.
• Wuye flew Kushina out of Konoha without waiting for approval, and the gate guards Hagane Kotetsu and Izumo Kamizuki watched them leave.
• Wuye arrived with Kushina at Konan’s residence in the Land of Rain and said he had brought her to help him disperse the rain clouds.
• Wuye put an arm around Konan and Kushina, prompting them to question him and Kushina to threaten to stomp him.

Wuye and Kushina used the Nine-Tails’ power to clear the clouds over the Land of Rain, frightening rival villages into retreating. After returning to Konoha, Wuye told Kushina he was leaving to seek revenge on the masked man, and Hinata and Hanabi lifted his spirits before he departed.

• Wuye persuaded the Nine-Tails to help disperse the Land of Rain’s clouds, and he and Kushina planned a simultaneous attack using four hundred Shadow Clones supported by Konan.
• Wuye and Kushina spread across the sky and launched Tailed Beast Shuriken together, clearing the clouds and bringing sunlight to the Land of Rain.
• News of the feat spread through the ninja world, and the Sand Village and Iwagakure Village recalled their forces while Kumogakure Village was left isolated.
• Three days later, Wuye returned to Konoha with Kushina and greeted Hinata and Hanabi at home.
• Wuye told Kushina he was leaving to take revenge on the masked man, and Hinata and Hanabi cheered him up before he set out.

Wuye told Terumi Mei she could return to the Land of Water and choose her own future, prompting her to ask whether he liked her. After she decided to leave, Wuye revealed he planned to travel with her to Kirigakure Village the next day.

• Wuye proposed helping Terumi Mei become Fifth Mizukage in exchange for Kirigakure forming an alliance that would leave the Land of Water under Konoha’s influence.
• Wuye told Terumi Mei she could return home, explaining that he had let her handle government work because she enjoyed it and because it would prepare her to become Mizukage.
• Terumi Mei embraced Wuye and asked whether he liked her, but he said he had not felt that way for a long time because he was tired.
• Terumi Mei offered to stay in Konoha if Wuye asked her to, then decided to return to the Land of Water when he did not ask.
• Wuye said he respected Terumi Mei’s choice and revealed he planned to go with her to Kirigakure Village, telling her to hand her duties over to Minato before they left the next day.

Wuye and Terumi Mei traveled together after leaving Konoha, trading teasing remarks and sharing a playful night by a campfire. As Terumi Mei wrestled with her attraction to him, Wuye ended the evening by feeding her grilled chicken.

• Wuye offered Terumi Mei the choice of being carried or flying by the neck, but she insisted they walk back toward the Land of Water.
• Terumi Mei asked why Wuye always liked making her mad, and he said he enjoyed pinning her down and teasing her.
• Wuye joked about dressing as a woman and keeping Minato Namikaze company, prompting Terumi Mei to tease him until he chased her through the forest.
• At their campfire, Wuye asked Terumi Mei how she wanted to live, then claimed he would conquer the world and make pretty girls submit to him.
• Wuye put a finger in Terumi Mei's mouth, and she later reflected on her attraction to him before accepting bites of grilled chicken from his hand.

Wuye and Terumi Mei explored the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, where Wuye’s Uzumaki seal opened a hidden chamber beneath the Uzumaki Shrine. Inside, they discovered three legendary artifacts, but they could not touch them.

• Wuye and Terumi Mei reached the abandoned ruins of the Land of Whirlpools and discussed the destruction of the Uzumaki clan.
• Wuye’s clan leader’s seal glowed as they entered the ruined Uzumaki Shrine.
• Wuye used the seal to open a concealed passage to an underground chamber.
• Wuye and Terumi Mei found descriptions of the Thousand-Pulling Stone, Divine Crossing Sword, and Heavenly Cloud Sword.
• Wuye and Terumi Mei tried to touch the Thousand-Pulling Stone, but their hands passed through it.

Wuye used Susanoo to obtain the Divine Crossing Sword, the Heavenly Cloud Sword, and the Thousand-Pulling Stone from the underground chamber. After reaching the Land of Water with Terumi Mei, he encouraged her to pursue becoming the Fifth Mizukage, then contrasted her ambitions with Kushina’s choice to stay by his side.

• Wuye tested Susanoo against the divine artifacts and collected the Divine Crossing Sword, Heavenly Cloud Sword, and Thousand-Pulling Stone.
• Wuye regretted that he had not obtained the Thousand-Pulling Stone sooner, then left the chamber with Terumi Mei.
• After traveling for seven days, Wuye and Terumi Mei reached the Land of Water and slipped past a coastal guard using genjutsu.
• Terumi Mei described the Land of Water’s hardships, and Wuye said its waterways could help the country if its pirate problem were solved.
• Wuye encouraged Terumi Mei to pursue becoming the Fifth Mizukage, and she questioned why he kept pushing her away.
• Wuye said he would let the people he cared about pursue their own paths, then told Terumi Mei that Kushina would choose to stay by his side.

Wuye and Terumi Mei were refused lodging in a village where the residents feared people with Bloodline Limits. After Haku’s mother was killed for revealing Haku’s Ice Release, Momochi Zabuza offered to take the grieving child with him, but Wuye confronted Zabuza and brought him down.

• Terumi Mei and Wuye tried several homes for lodging, but the villagers refused to take in outsiders.
• A little girl warned Wuye that the villagers were afraid, and he and Terumi Mei camped outside the village.
• A fire broke out, and the villagers discovered Haku had a Bloodline Limit when he helped put it out.
• A villager stabbed Haku’s mother, and Momochi Zabuza killed the attacker before offering to take Haku with him.
• Wuye objected to Zabuza pressing Haku while he grieved, and Zabuza threatened him with his sword.
• Zabuza swung his massive sword at Wuye and fell.

Wuye rescued Haku from the villagers and ordered Zabuza to take him to Konoha, while revealing to Terumi Mei that a masked man was behind Kirigakure’s turmoil. As they approached Kirigakure, the suffering there strengthened Terumi Mei’s resolve to change her country.

• Wuye offered to help Haku, made Zabuza take him to Konoha, and promised Konoha would accept Zabuza as a rogue ninja.
• Haku froze his mother’s body and placed the ice sculpture in a sealing scroll that Wuye gave him before Haku and Zabuza left.
• Wuye told Terumi Mei that the masked man, not the Fourth Mizukage, was behind Kirigakure’s persecution of Bloodline Limit clans.
• Over the next three days, Wuye and Terumi Mei saw Bloodline Limit ninja being hunted and civilians suffering, strengthening Terumi Mei’s determination to change the country.
• As they neared Kirigakure, Wuye observed that Terumi Mei had found her conviction, and she glared at him for claiming to know her so well.

Wuye and Terumi Mei infiltrated Kirigakure Village and attacked Yagura Karatachi, while Wuye searched for the masked Obito controlling him. Wuye exposed Obito with the Heavenly Cloud Sword, and the chapter ended as he recognized Obito’s Izanagi.

• Wuye opened Kirigakure Village’s barrier and entered with Terumi Mei, then disguised himself as an ordinary Kirigakure ninja.
• Terumi Mei confronted Yagura Karatachi in the Mizukage Building and attacked him with Lava Release and Boil Release techniques.
• Wuye hid underground while Kirigakure ninja gathered to watch the battle instead of helping Yagura Karatachi.
• When Yagura Karatachi began gathering power for a Tailed Beast Bomb, Wuye located the source of the genjutsu and shattered the bomb with Susanoo’s Divine Crossing Sword.
• Wuye pursued masked Obito and pierced his intangible body with the Heavenly Cloud Sword, making him tangible.
• Wuye recognized the crimson Sharingan in Obito’s exposed eye as Izanagi, startling Obito.

Wuye countered Obito’s abilities and defeated the rampaging Three-Tails, then left to pursue the masked man. Terumi Mei prepared to take control of Kirigakure by killing Yagura, and Elder Genji arrived as she did so.

• Wuye explained that Obito’s Izanagi only gave him temporary invincibility and repeatedly struck him, while Obito searched for a chance to escape.
• Obito released the Three-Tails and attacked Terumi Mei, but Wuye reversed Kamui’s pull and rescued her.
• The Three-Tails rampaged through Kirigakure, and Wuye’s armored Susanoo and Shadow Clones subdued it, leaving Yagura badly injured.
• Wuye told Terumi Mei that she would have to secure the Fifth Mizukage position herself, then promised to return after pursuing Obito and disappeared underground.
• Terumi Mei approached Yagura with a kunai, and Elder Genji questioned her before she stabbed Yagura in the heart.

Terumi Mei sought support to become the Fifth Mizukage and argued for a system modeled on Konoha, but Genji and the Mist ninja favored giving the elders control over the Kage’s decisions. Wuye returned after wounding the masked man and suspected that he would target the Uchiha Clan next.

• Terumi Mei revealed that the masked man had controlled Yagura and declared her intention to become the Fifth Mizukage with borrowed support from the Hokage.
• Genji proposed limiting the Mizukage’s authority and giving decision-making power to a council of elders, a plan the Mist ninja largely supported.
• Genji announced that Terumi Mei was the sole candidate for Fifth Mizukage and that elite jonin would form a council to govern alongside her.
• Wuye returned to Terumi Mei and said he had badly injured the masked man, who escaped with help from a companion.
• Wuye concluded that the masked man would likely seek more Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan and reassured Terumi Mei that his plans did not target the Land of Water.

Wuye and Terumi Mei confronted the conflict between their feelings and their political ambitions, then shared an intimate but unresolved moment in her bed. As Terumi Mei struggled to decide what she wanted, she unfolded the paper crane Konan had given her and read its hidden message.

• Wuye told Terumi Mei that becoming Fifth Mizukage could require her to cut ties with him, but said he would leave the choice to her.
• Terumi Mei thanked Wuye for trying to find compromises, though she remained uncertain about pursuing her ambitions or their relationship.
• Wuye climbed into Terumi Mei's bed, and their teasing turned into an intimate encounter before he paused to ask whether she had truly made up her mind.
• Terumi Mei reflected on her feelings and her desire to protect the Land of Water, then remembered Konan's paper crane.
• Terumi Mei unfolded the paper crane and read the message inside, her expression changing as she saw its contents.

Terumi Mei pursued the position of Fifth Mizukage while Kirigakure Village demanded that she break ties with Wuye and oppose Konoha. As she weighed her elders’ proposed Four Kage Summit against Wuye’s advice, she worried that becoming Mizukage would drive them apart.

• Terumi Mei kissed Wuye and asked him to stay with her for a few more days as she prepared to pursue the Mizukage position.
• Terumi Mei told Wuye that Kirigakure Village’s elders required her to distinguish herself from him, and Kumogakure Village’s forces had withdrawn.
• Terumi Mei explained that Elder Genji offered her the Fifth Mizukage position if she called a Four Kage Summit to unite the great nations against Konoha.
• Wuye argued that Konoha’s influence over smaller nations could create buffer zones and said the Bloody Mist Village had weakened Kirigakure Village’s old class structure, giving Terumi Mei room to reform it.
• Terumi Mei asked whether Wuye wanted her to become Mizukage, and he calmly noted that the decision she had made would not change.

Wuye took Terumi Mei to the lake where the Three-Tails lived and sealed it inside her without linking their life forces. Afterward, Terumi Mei led him toward a hidden hot spring on a mountain overlooking the lake.

• Terumi Mei asked why Wuye was helping her despite knowing she would oppose him, and he said he would not let the elders bully her.
• Wuye called the Three-Tails from its lake, and it agreed to become Terumi Mei’s jinchuriki because his seal would let it retain its memories if she died.
• Wuye created a sealing space and sealed the Three-Tails inside Terumi Mei, who was surprised by how easily he completed the transfer.
• Terumi Mei took Wuye’s hand and led him up a mountain to a hidden natural hot spring she had discovered as a child.
• Wuye lit a torch and guided Terumi Mei along the dark mountain path to the cave entrance.