Recaps

Jingyi trained Nawaki and Minato Namikaze while the war in the Land of Rain escalated, then killed Hanzō and became Konoha’s celebrated hero. He returned to Konoha as its leaders debated retaliation against Sunagakure, and proposed targeting the Land of Wind’s oases.

• Tsunade seized the Sarutobi Clan’s ninja tool supplies, and the Third Hokage apologized to her and agreed to pay the clan.
• Tsunade sent Nawaki and Minato Namikaze to Jingyi’s camp, where Jingyi made them work in the Morgue before training them and teaching them about the war.
• As Sunagakure’s attacks and supply shortages worsened, Tsunade urged the Third Hokage to withdraw from the Land of Rain, but he refused.
• Hanzō attacked Konoha Camp with his Venomous Salamander, and Jingyi destroyed the beast with autonomous exploding puppets before killing Hanzō.
• Konoha defeated Amegakure, and Jingyi learned that Jiraiya had rescued Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko and planned to stay with them in the Land of Rain.
• Jingyi returned to Konoha as villagers celebrated him, while Tsunade and the daimyo protected his reputation and the leaders prepared to retaliate against Sunagakure.
• Tsunade told Jingyi that Konoha was struggling to choose a target, and Jingyi proposed attacking the oases that supplied the Land of Wind.

While Tsunade went to the front, Jingyi took command of the Anbu and clashed with the Third Hokage and the Elder Council over its authority and supplies. He forced the village to provide equipment, strengthened the Anbu with puppets, and rejected Fugaku Uchiha’s request for help integrating the Uchiha into the village.

• Jingyi accepted the Hyuga Clan’s apology but warned Hiashi that the clan would have to prove its sincerity, then began his vacation and obtained copies of forbidden techniques for Minato.
• Tsunade appointed Jingyi Deputy Commander of the Anbu before leaving for the front, and Jingyi brought Shikaku in to help manage the department.
• Jingyi suspected the Third Hokage’s faction was promoting Sakumo to undermine him, but sent Tsunade a plan to recommend Sakumo for rewards.
• At a village meeting, Jingyi challenged the Elder Council over medicine supplies and refused to assign Anbu shinobi to escort merchant caravans.
• Jingyi confronted Hiashi about the Caged Bird Seal and the Main House’s treatment of the Branch House, but refused to help him change the clan.
• Jingyi tried to arrest Shimura Lichu, then purged Anbu members he accused of sharing intelligence with the Hokage Office and surrounded the Shimura Clan Compound.
• The Third Hokage negotiated with Jingyi and agreed to provide 260 equipment sets, after which Jingyi withdrew the Anbu and deployed more than three hundred puppets to take over duties.
• Fugaku asked Jingyi to help the Uchiha integrate into the village, but Jingyi rejected his offer, and afterward, Jingyi shared dinner with Mikoto, Kushina, and Nawaki and told Nawaki he would double his training.

Jingyi led a mission to punish Sunagakure after the daimyo demanded retaliation, while keeping his distance from the senior advisors commanding the main force. The attacks devastated a village and an oasis, and the Third Kazekage received word of Konoha’s strikes.

• Jingyi refused to lead the retaliation mission alone unless Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura accompanied him, and the two advisors agreed to join the expedition.
• Before departing, Jingyi reassured Kushina, warned Minato Namikaze and Nawaki to stay in the village, and spent several days with Kushina.
• Mitokado Homura led the force through the Land of Rain and other small countries to avoid Sunagakure’s defenses, while Jingyi declined to help the Land of Rain daimyo suppress unrest.
• Jingyi split from the main force and headed south, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura led the elite unit north along the coast.
• Jingyi contacted Tsunade, who objected to dividing their forces, but he assured her that the plan posed little danger to him.
• Mitokado Homura’s force destroyed a small village, then attacked an oasis guarded by Sunagakure ninja and buried its vegetation and groundwater with Earth Release.
• After the force moved on, Jingyi’s Puppet Eagle set fire to the village and oasis, and a Sunagakure patrol reported the burning village to the Third Kazekage.

Jingyi’s attacks devastated the Land of Wind and drew Sunagakure’s forces into pursuit, while he returned to the front and began working with Orochimaru. The arc ended with Jingyi’s puppet assault throwing Sunagakure’s camp into chaos as Konoha prepared a full-scale offensive.

• Jingyi used Tenseigan Truth-Seeking Orbs to destroy his targets in the Land of Wind, prompting the Third Kazekage to pursue him and the two Konoha elders.
• Jingyi left the Land of Wind as Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura fled toward the Land of Bears, then captured Pakura in the Land of Rivers and brought her to Konoha’s camp.
• Jingyi took over the Medical Department under Orochimaru, who revealed his research into Nature Energy and recruited Jingyi to help cultivate special-chakra snakes.
• Jingyi and Orochimaru’s experiments continued as Pakura was held in the camp, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura waited in vain for reinforcements in the Land of Bears.
• Orochimaru refused to divert forces for the elders’ rescue and instead prepared to exploit Sunagakure’s weakened positions, while Jingyi supplied him with three hundred autonomous puppets.
• Orochimaru named Jingyi as the leader of the surprise attack, and Jingyi sent a Puppet Crow over Sunagakure’s camp to release hundreds of attacking, self-destructing puppets before dawn.