Chapter Summaries

Omoi returned to Kumogakure carrying the gravely burned Raikage and reported that the Akatsuki had taken Killer B. Karui recovered Samui’s intelligence about Pain and pursued her trail, while Mifune learned that the Raikage had been attacked and ordered the information kept secret.

• Omoi brought the injured Raikage to Kumogakure and told the gathered Cloud Shinobi that seven enemies had attacked at Cloud Lightning Gorge and taken Killer B.
• Omoi reported that Darui had pursued the attackers and Samui had carried the Raikage out, then ran back toward the gorge.
• Karui found Samui’s marked tree and read her report on the Six Paths of Pain, Nagato, and the Raikage’s delayed arrival at the Five Kage Summit.
• Karui sent a faster Cloud Shinobi back with Samui’s intelligence and led the others onward in pursuit.
• At the Land of Iron, Chūsuke told Mifune that the Akatsuki had attacked the Raikage, and Mifune ordered the samurai to keep the report secret.

Mifune tried to keep the Five Kage Summit calm after learning the Raikage had been attacked, but rumors of the Raikage’s defeat and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s capture forced the summit to convene early. As Tsunade recognized the threat Akatsuki posed to her and Konoha, the other Kage turned their attention to Yuun.

• Chūsuke told Mifune that the Raikage had reportedly been attacked by Akatsuki, and Mifune ordered the samurai to keep the news secret and postpone the summit.
• Yuun passed the time in the Land of Iron with a samurai sword while Tsunade and Shizune insisted that he avoid using the Byakugan and stay with them.
• Rumors spread that Akatsuki had severely injured the Raikage and captured the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, prompting the Five Kage Summit to convene early.
• Mifune urged the Kage to consider Kumogakure’s interests despite the Raikage’s absence, and the Tsuchikage and the other leaders held back from escalating tensions.
• Tsunade realized Akatsuki might target her after defeating the Raikage and capturing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, then noticed the other Kage looking toward Yuun.

At the Five Kage Summit, the leaders discussed the Akatsuki Organization’s rapid capture of the Tailed Beasts and Tsunade proposed forming an Allied Forces to stop them. The Kazekage and Mizukage supported the plan, while the Tsuchikage stalled over its details.

• Tsunade worried that the Akatsuki Organization could target her after defeating the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, then noticed the Kage and other delegates staring at Yuun.
• Yuun asked to leave the meeting, and Gaara and Tsunade allowed him to go despite Mei Terumi questioning his departure.
• After Yuun left, Tsunade proposed an Allied Forces to prevent the Akatsuki Organization from collecting all nine Tailed Beasts.
• Gaara and Mei Terumi supported the proposal, while the Tsuchikage voiced support but delayed progress by raising objections about the nations’ history, logistics, and legitimacy.

The Five Kage argued over forming an Allied Forces against Akatsuki until the injured Raikage arrived and demanded help rescuing Killer B. The Kage agreed to act together, and Gaara offered to lead them while Tsunade treated the Raikage.

• Mei Terumi supported forming an Allied Forces, while the Tsuchikage repeatedly delayed the discussion over grievances, logistics, and naming.
• The injured Raikage burst into the meeting and demanded the Kage choose whether to help him fight Akatsuki and rescue Killer B.
• Tsunade, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and finally the Tsuchikage agreed to join the Raikage in pursuing Akatsuki.
• Tsunade offered to treat the Raikage before the rescue, and he accepted despite recognizing that he would owe her a favor.
• Gaara offered to lead the Kage to the tracked Akatsuki members, while the Tsuchikage remained reluctant because he did not want Killer B rescued.

The Five Kage and Mifune organized a rescue mission for Killer B, with Gaara providing transport and Tsunade treating the badly injured Raikage. As the team set out, the other Kage saw the Raikage’s wounds and grew more wary of Akatsuki, while he secretly smiled beneath his bandages.

• The Raikage accepted Tsunade’s medical help and Gaara’s transport, while Mifune volunteered the Land of Iron’s samurai for the rescue.
• Gaara formed a flying vessel from his sand, and the Raikage boarded first to show that Hidden Cloud remained formidable despite his injuries.
• Tsunade summoned Yuun, and the Five Kage, Mifune, their guards, and three samurai departed to rescue Killer B.
• Tsunade treated the Raikage and concluded that Akatsuki’s power made an alliance among the great nations essential.
• The Tsuchikage and Mizukage saw the Raikage’s injuries and reassessed Akatsuki as a greater threat, while the Raikage secretly smiled.

The Kage-led rescue team pursued Akatsuki after the Raikage and Killer B were defeated, while Tsunade treated the wounded Raikage and Darui. Yuun activated his Byakugan to locate Akatsuki, drawing wary attention from the other Kage.

• Tsunade treated the severely injured Raikage, and the Kage recognized Akatsuki as a major threat after seeing his condition.
• Pain carried the unconscious Killer B through the snow while Darui continued pursuing them despite two days of exhaustion and ambushes.
• The rescue team found Darui, and the Raikage urged Tsunade to treat him before he could deliver his intelligence.
• Yuun reassured Darui and activated his Byakugan to search for Akatsuki after Tsunade told him to hurry.
• The Tsuchikage and Mei Terumi watched Yuun with resentment and suspicion, while Tsunade and Gaara moved closer to protect Konoha's secret weapon.

Yuun led the Five Kage toward the Asura Path Pain holding Killer B and shared Konoha’s intelligence about Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain. The group learned how to counter Pain as they continued the rescue, with the confrontation still ahead.

• Yuun located the Asura Path Pain traveling with Killer B and warned that four other Akatsuki members were nearby.
• Gaara carried the group toward Pain while the Raikage vowed to rescue Killer B and destroy Akatsuki.
• Yuun and Tsunade agreed to share Konoha’s Akatsuki intelligence with the Five Kage, and Yuun slowed the group’s approach to explain it.
• Yuun revealed that Nagato controlled the Six Paths of Pain and described the Rinnegan’s abilities, including restoring destroyed Pains.
• Yuun advised the Five Kage to separate the Pains and quickly destroy the Naraka Path, then target the Human Path and Animal Path.

Yuun warned the Five Kage about Nagato’s abilities and explained how to fight the Six Paths of Pain, but the confrontation turned into a dangerous ambush when Nagato appeared with Orochimaru. The chapter ended with Orochimaru trading insults with the Tsuchikage as the two sides faced off.

• Yuun gave the Five Kage intelligence on Akatsuki and explained Nagato’s Rinnegan abilities, the Six Paths of Pain, and how to prioritize their targets.
• The Raikage, Gaara, and Mei Terumi agreed that Akatsuki had to be stopped, and Yuun warned that the enemy had discovered them.
• A samurai accompanying Mifune destroyed ten missiles launched from the ground, and Yuun realized the Asura Path had been waiting for them.
• The Asura Path used a scroll to summon Nagato beside the bound Killer B, with the other Six Paths of Pain surrounding him.
• Tsunade recognized Orochimaru, who claimed he had returned to help Akatsuki, and Yuun feared he might use Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru and the Tsuchikage exchanged insults as Tsunade confronted Orochimaru.

Nagato had Orochimaru summon seven former Kage through Impure World Reincarnation, then killed him before the Kage could react. The resurrected Kage recognized their living successors, leaving the Raikage and Tsuchikage facing their fathers and former mentor.

• Tsunade and the Tsuchikage argued with Orochimaru while the Raikage charged Nagato over his brother's fate.
• Nagato ordered Orochimaru to summon the dead, and Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to raise seven coffins.
• The Human Path extracted Orochimaru's soul, leaving the Kage to believe Pain had killed the summoner.
• The coffins opened, revealing the Second and Third Kage of the Hidden Stone, Hidden Cloud, Hidden Mist, and Hidden Sand.
• The Second Mizukage learned that the Third Mizukage had succeeded him, while the Second Tsuchikage recognized Ōnoki.
• The Second Raikage recognized the Third and Fourth Raikage as his son and grandson.

Pain killed Orochimaru by extracting his soul, but his Impure World Reincarnation summons remained, bringing seven former Kage back to the battlefield. The resurrected Second Mizukage identified Nagato as the source of their control and urged the living Kage to defeat him.

• Pain used the Human Path to extract Orochimaru’s soul and send it into the King of Hell, while the seven coffins summoned by Orochimaru opened.
• The resurrected Kage recognized their successors, including the Second Tsuchikage greeting Ōnoki and the Second Raikage recognizing the Third and Fourth Raikage.
• The Second Kazekage learned that Gaara was the Fifth Kazekage and that Akatsuki had taken Shukaku from him.
• Mei Terumi told the former Mizukage that Yagura had been controlled by Akatsuki and that Hidden Mist had become the Blood Mist Village.
• The Second Mizukage sensed that Nagato was controlling the resurrected Kage and advised Mei Terumi to target him.

Nagato confronted the Five Kage and demanded that they disarm and dissolve their villages in the name of peace. When they refused, the revived Second Kazekage attacked, and Mei Terumi and the Third Mizukage countered with powerful Water Release techniques.

• The Second Mizukage warned Mei Terumi that Nagato was controlling the revived Kage and advised her to avoid fighting him and the Second Tsuchikage.
• Nagato told the Five Kage that Akatsuki would kill them and use its Tailed Beasts to force the Five Great Nations to disarm.
• Tsunade, Gaara, and Mei Terumi rejected Nagato’s demands and challenged his claims that Akatsuki sought peace.
• The Second Kazekage launched Infinite Sandstorm Blast, but Mei Terumi’s Exploding Water Shock Wave overwhelmed the sand and swept toward Nagato’s group.
• The Third Mizukage turned himself into water, merged with Mei Terumi’s wave, and transformed the returning seawater into a giant sea demon.

Nagato forced the previous Kage to attack the Five Kage, and their combined assaults pushed the defenders into a desperate struggle. The Third Raikage broke through Gaara’s sand defense and clashed with the Fourth Raikage, leaving the Five Kage scrambling to escape.

• The Second Kazekage and Mei Terumi unleashed Wind and Water Release attacks, but the Third Mizukage absorbed Mei’s flood and turned it into a massive water giant.
• The Third Kazekage formed Iron Sand weapons as the Third Mizukage brought the water giant’s fists down on Gaara’s sand shield, while the Third Tsuchikage sank the Five Kage underground.
• The Third Mizukage’s attack weakened him, and the Third Raikage began struggling against Nagato’s control despite the Second Raikage warning him to protect his son.
• Nagato took control of the Third Raikage, who pierced Gaara’s sand cover with his Three-Fingered Nukite and struck toward the group below.
• The Fourth Raikage met his father’s attack, and Kitsuchi and the Third Tsuchikage smashed the Third Raikage into the ground before the Fourth Raikage ordered everyone to retreat.

The Third Raikage pierced Gaara’s sand defenses and forced the Five Kage and their allies to flee as they fought to contain the reanimated Kage. The Second Mizukage summoned Mirage, and just as Gaara shielded the group from the Third Mizukage’s water dragons, the Third Raikage broke through the barrier and charged again.

• The Third Raikage pierced Gaara’s sand dome with his Three-Fingered Nukite, but the Fourth Raikage met him while Kitsuchi and the Third Tsuchikage slammed him into the ground.
• The Third Raikage burst out with his Two-Finger Spearhand; Mifune’s sword shattered against him, so Yuun separated them and Tsunade struck him into the ground.
• Yuun urged everyone to escape the pit as Gaara withdrew the damaged sand dome.
• The Second Tsuchikage stopped resisting and fired Dust Release at the Third Tsuchikage, while the Second Mizukage laughed and summoned Mirage before losing consciousness.
• The Second Raikage explained that the Second Mizukage’s real body and Mirage were concealed by Genjutsu, while the Third Kazekage spread Iron Sand and the Third Tsuchikage collapsed the ground to evade it.
• The Third Mizukage sent water dragons at the Five Kage, but after Gaara’s Sand Barrier shielded them, the Third Raikage smashed through it and charged.

The Five Kage fought the reincarnated former Kage under Nagato’s control as the Second Raikage struggled to resist him. The Second Kazekage revealed Wind Rift, absorbing Temari’s gale into his Wind Release attack.

• The Second Mizukage summoned Mirage and hid his true body with Genjutsu while the Second and Third Tsuchikage’s Dust Release attacks collided.
• The Third Raikage pierced Gaara’s Sand Barrier, but the Fourth Raikage and Third Tsuchikage helped drive him back.
• Two samurai failed to pierce the Third Raikage’s defenses, and he beheaded them before the Third Tsuchikage prepared a Dust Release attack.
• The Second Tsuchikage’s Dust Release struck the Third Raikage from behind and collided with the Third Tsuchikage’s beam, disintegrating the reincarnated Raikage before his body began recovering.
• The Second Kazekage fired a Wind Release sphere at the Five Kage, and Temari tried to stop it with her gale.
• The Second Kazekage used Wind Rift to absorb Temari’s gale into the sphere, restoring its size and increasing its destructive power.

Mei Terumi and the Five Kage fought Nagato’s resurrected former Kage, whose crude attacks were meant to exhaust their chakra. The battle left the Five Kage struggling to keep up, and the Second Mizukage wounded Tsunade before Yuun intervened.

• Mei Terumi blocked the Second Kazekage’s Wind Release with Earth Release: Earth-Flow Rampart.
• Nagato continued using the former Kage as expendable attackers, while the Five Kage tried to stay together and conserve their strength.
• Mei Terumi melted the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand Black Prison with Lava Release, but the trapped heat and repeated attacks further drained the Five Kage.
• The Third Tsuchikage warned that the battle could not continue, as his Dust Release exchanges with the Second Tsuchikage were exhausting him.
• With Yuun’s help, Tsunade found and killed the Second Mizukage’s summoned beast, but the Second Mizukage pierced her arm with Water Gun Technique before Yuun blocked him; Tsunade healed the wound.

Yuun created a tornado that trapped the six previous Kage, allowing Third Tsuchikage to strike them with Dust Release while the Five Kage sealed them away. After the exhausting victory, Mifune warned that the real battle was about to begin.

• Mei Terumi melted Third Kazekage’s iron sand prison, and Tsunade defeated Second Mizukage’s summoning animal before Yuun protected her from his attack.
• Yuun proposed drawing the previous Kage into range for Third Tsuchikage’s Dust Release, then charged at Third Raikage and used released chakra to create a tornado.
• Third Tsuchikage fired Dust Release into the tornado, decomposing all six previous Kage while Yuun was swept into the air.
• Tsunade, Gaara, A, and Mei Terumi raised Four Crimson Yang Formation, and the Five Kage sealed the previous Kage with Underworld Burial.
• Mifune warned Shizune that the battle was only beginning.

The Five Kage sealed the six former Kage after Yuun’s tornado and the Third Tsuchikage’s Dust Release left them unable to fight back. The Second Raikage revealed that his Obsession was his family line and dissipated without a battle, leaving the living to face the real culprit behind Impure World Reincarnation.

• The Third Tsuchikage struck Yuun’s tornado with Dust Release, disintegrating the six former Kage, and the Five Kage sealed them with the Underworld Burial technique.
• Mei Terumi warned that the Second Raikage’s long resistance to control suggested how powerful he was, but he told the Fourth Raikage to find a wife and give him a great-grandson.
• The Second Raikage explained that his Obsession was his family line and that seeing his grandson had nearly erased it, so he began to dissipate without fighting.
• The Fourth Raikage promised to marry and have a child, while the others reacted with resentment after learning they had prepared for a battle that would not happen.
• Tsunade declared that the Impure World Reincarnation threat was over and turned the Five Kage’s attention to the real culprit.

After the Second Raikage disappeared, Nagato faced the Five Kage and Mifune. Nagato killed Mifune, and the Fourth Raikage threatened to destroy Amegakure, while the other Kage weighed the dangers of war against Akatsuki.

• The Fourth Raikage promised the Second Raikage he would marry and have a great-grandson, and the Second Raikage vanished.
• Tsunade turned the Kage's attention to Nagato, who dismissed the former Kage's failure and challenged the Five Kage's confidence.
• Mifune joined the fight as the Land of Iron's representative, but Nagato mocked him and killed him with black rods when he attacked.
• The Third Tsuchikage rebuked Nagato, who reminded him that he had once recruited samurai to invade Amegakure.
• The Fourth Raikage demanded Killer B's return and threatened to wipe out Amegakure, while the other Kage considered the costs of a new war and the threat posed by Akatsuki.

The Five Kage launched their attack on Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain, with Gaara destroying two Paths while the Raikage rescued Killer B. Nagato sent the Deva Path away and prepared to fight the Five Kage himself, while Yuun and Tsunade discussed holding back their strength.

• Nagato dismissed the Five Kage’s threats, and the Third Raikage charged at him as Mei Terumi and Tsunade rallied their forces.
• Gaara attacked with a wave of sand, and Nagato summoned a giant bird to carry himself and the Six Paths of Pain into the air.
• The Raikage struck the Animal Path and Human Path from the bird, and Gaara crushed and buried their bodies in the sand.
• Kankuro rescued Killer B while Gaara’s Sand Shuriken were dispersed by the Naraka Path.
• Nagato recognized the Five Kage’s strategy and sent the Deva Path away, preparing to fight them himself.
• Yuun warned that the Five Kage were not truly united, and Tsunade and the other leaders quietly discussed conserving strength.

Nagato destroyed Gaara’s desert battlefield with a massive Water Release technique after the Five Kage eliminated most of the Six Paths of Pain. The Kage regrouped on the Tsuchikage’s stone wall above the flooded terrain, while Gaara salvaged a supply of dry sand to remain in the fight.

• Gaara and the Raikage knocked the Animal Path and Human Path from Nagato’s summoned bird, and Gaara crushed and buried them.
• Nagato sent away the Deva Path and prepared to face the Five Kage himself as the other Paths attacked Gaara.
• The Raikage destroyed the Preta Path, and Gaara impaled the Asura Path and ground both bodies into fragments.
• Nagato unleashed a massive Water Release wave, forcing Gaara’s sand waves back until the Third Tsuchikage raised a towering stone wall to stop the water.
• Nagato flooded the battlefield and submerged Gaara’s desert, so Gaara gathered dry sand atop the wall to conserve chakra and continue fighting.