Recaps

Konoha’s disarmament crisis ended after the Daimyo restored its funds, while Kushina mastered the Nine-Tails’ power and gained freedom to leave the village. As Konoha and Sunagakure negotiated peace, Chiyo offered Sunagakure’s puppet techniques and manufacturing knowledge in a separate trade with Jingyi.

• The Daimyo sent Konoha two years of development funds, and the Third Hokage revoked the disarmament plan as protests and distrust continued.
• Jingyi warned Konoha’s clans to prepare for scarce work, recruited Shikaku Nara into the Anbu, and had him begin training at the Anbu base.
• Chiyo secured authority from the Third Kazekage to seek peace, and Sunagakure’s delegation arrived in Konoha to negotiate.
• Kushina entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode during a fight with Tsunade, and the Third Hokage lifted restrictions on her movements after Jingyi assured Konoha’s leaders she could control the power.
• Jingyi and Hatake Sakumo discussed Sakumo’s ambitions and the risks of pursuing the Hokage position before Jingyi attended the peace talks.
• Chiyo presented Sunagakure’s terms of military cooperation, non-aggression, and closer economic ties, while Jingyi argued that Konoha needed tangible benefits beyond the treaty.
• After Konoha demanded Sunagakure’s Puppet Technique and manufacturing methods, Chiyo refused the official demand and offered Jingyi a private trade for some of his puppets.
• Jingyi deferred Chiyo’s offer until the villages signed their agreement and told Tsunade he planned to arrange the techniques for sale as copied scrolls.

Konoha and Sunagakure ended their war, while Jingyi secured a puppet-technique exchange and took Kushina and her friends on a journey. Back in Konoha, the Hokage’s administration tried to manage civilian shinobi and the Uchiha elders, but Jingyi’s puppets intervened in the purge and Danzō turned toward the daimyo’s court.

• The Third Hokage and Chiyo signed the peace treaty, and Konoha began withdrawing its forces from the Land of Wind.
• Jingyi and Chiyo agreed to exchange thirty puppets for Sunagakure’s puppet techniques and manufacturing knowledge, while Konoha struggled to fund its departments.
• Nawaki returned to Konoha, lost a sparring match to Kushina, and later recovered with Minato’s support as Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru left on missions.
• Jingyi appointed Hatake Sakumo an Anbu squad leader, then took Kushina, Mikoto Uchiha, and Mie Hyuga to the Land of Whirlpools, where Kushina signed a Summoning Contract with Gold Fang.
• As civilian shinobi protested a shortage of work, Fugaku Uchiha agreed to take about a hundred of them into the Police Force and asked Konoha to deal with radical Uchiha elders.
• The Third Hokage enlisted Shimura Danzō to lead a secret operation against the elders, but Jingyi’s puppets stopped Danzō from keeping an elder’s Sharingan and took the bodies.
• The Third Hokage reprimanded Danzō over the Sharingan, then permitted a limited covert operation against people around the daimyo while forbidding harm to the daimyo himself.

Jingyi took Kushina, Mikoto Uchiha, and Mie Hyuga through the Land of Rain, the Land of Grass, and the major shinobi villages while assassinations drove nobles to seek refuge. He secured interest from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure in Perfect Jinchūriki information, then entered unrest-filled Kirigakure with Yagura’s welcome.

• Jingyi showed the girls the hardships and lawlessness left by war in the Land of Rain, then used surveillance puppets to track Shimura Danzō’s operatives as they assassinated officials and staged attacks at the Daimyo’s Court.
• The assassinations drove the Land of Fire’s daimyo and nobles to Konoha, where the Third Hokage struggled with their demands, while nobles elsewhere also fled to shinobi villages for protection.
• Jingyi toured Kumogakure with the girls, arranged for the village to buy and deliver a hundred Highland Cattle, and agreed to discuss selling the Third Raikage information about Perfect Jinchūriki.
• Jingyi visited Iwagakure, where Ōnoki welcomed him and sought information, while Jingyi explained the rivalries and resource conflicts among the shinobi villages to the girls.
• Jingyi brought the girls to the Land of Wind, where the Third Kazekage took Rasa to mine ore and help develop his character and control of Magnet Release.
• Chiyo welcomed Jingyi in Sunagakure and agreed to send someone to Konoha to discuss Perfect Jinchūriki information, as the village considered replacing its Jinchūriki.
• Jingyi flew the group to Kirigakure, where Yagura welcomed them but warned that unrest made their safety uncertain, then arranged guarded lodging near his clan.

Jingyi helped Konoha sell intelligence on Perfect Jinchūriki and form an alliance with Kumogakure, while Kirigakure ended its internal conflict and rejected Ōnoki’s alliance offer. The Third Raikage brought Killer B to Konoha, where Jingyi began training him.

• Yagura’s guards repelled an attack in Kirigakure, and Jingyi told Yagura that other villages planned to buy intelligence on Perfect Jinchūriki before returning to Konoha with Kushina and the others.
• Jingyi persuaded the Third Hokage to sell the intelligence and explained the risks of alliances, while Konoha’s elders debated whether to ally with Kumogakure or Iwagakure.
• Jingyi backed Fugaku Uchiha’s response to Police Force interference, and the Uchiha withdrew from duty until Fugaku dismissed the Shimura Clan members and the Police Force began recruiting civilians.
• Chiyo, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage negotiated for Konoha’s intelligence, and Konoha and Kumogakure agreed to an alliance that included Konoha’s help training a Jinchūriki.
• After the alliance alarmed Iwagakure, Ōnoki sought Kirigakure’s support, but Yagura ended the village’s factional struggle with Genji’s backing and rejected Ōnoki’s offer.
• Jingyi warned Jiraiya to take better care of Nawaki after the boy was injured on a mission, and Tsunade later visited Nawaki in the hospital with him.
• The Third Raikage brought Killer B to Konoha, where Jingyi agreed to train him and urged him to develop his chakra control, use more of the Eight-Tails’ chakra, and gain Gyūki’s acceptance.