Chapter Summaries

Genji went to the Daimyo Mansion to warn the Land of Water’s daimyo that Kirigakure had been attacked. After killing an insolent guard, he secured an audience with the daimyo, who went out to meet him.

• Mei Terumi restrained her fury after Ao’s death, while Chojuro warned her not to charge the powerful attackers.
• Black Zetsu remarked that Kirigakure had few ninja left to defend the village.
• Genji reached the Daimyo Mansion and asked the guards to inform the daimyo about the attack and the destruction of the Mizukage’s office.
• When a guard accused him of fleeing instead of fighting, Genji killed him with Wind Release: Wind Blade.
• The surviving guard told the daimyo that Genji requested an audience, and the daimyo went outside to meet him.

Genji confronted the Daimyo and demanded that he use the Daimyo Mansion’s resources to help Kirigakure amid the enemy attack. After Genji maimed one maid and the other fainted, the Daimyo agreed to cooperate, but secretly considered attacking Genji and escaping.

• A Chunin guard decided to flee the Daimyo Mansion after learning that Genji had killed a guard.
• The Daimyo came to meet Genji and announced that he would run away when he heard about the attack on Kirigakure.
• Genji used a wind blade to cut off the left maid’s lower legs and stopped the Daimyo from leaving.
• The Daimyo tried to shield himself with the unconscious right maid, but Genji demanded resources such as Chakra-Conducting Metal, land, and mineral veins.
• The Daimyo agreed to accompany Genji, then considered sneaking an attack on him so he could escape.

The Daimyo followed Genji through the aftermath of the attack and discovered that the Mizukage Office Building had been destroyed. Pain and the Akatsuki noticed the Daimyo as he emerged, and Pain approached him.

• The Daimyo followed Genji after deciding he had no chance of defeating a ninja, while a Chunin guard escaped with a sack of stolen wages.
• The Daimyo awkwardly addressed Genji as Lord Genji after accidentally calling him an old man, and the two continued in silence.
• Genji and the Daimyo emerged behind the Mizukage Office Building and found it collapsed; Genji told the Daimyo the attackers were neither Iwagakure nor Konoha Shinobi Village.
• Pain and Black Zetsu noticed the newcomers, and Mei Terumi and Chojuro recognized the Daimyo.
• Pain walked toward the frightened Daimyo and asked what he intended to do now.

Pain pinned the daimyo of the Land of Water and told Mei Terumi that Akatsuki intended to purge the daimyos and remake the shinobi world. The daimyo realized Akatsuki had come to target the rulers of the Five Great Nations, not just the shinobi villages.

• The daimyo of the Land of Water threatened Pain, who drove a Black Rod into his leg and pinned him to the ground.
• Mei Terumi and Chojuro reached the daimyo, while Obito Uchiha and the other Akatsuki members let them pass.
• Mei Terumi questioned Pain about why he was attacking a daimyo, and Pain condemned shinobi villages for serving the rulers and their commission system.
• Pain declared that Akatsuki would purge all daimyos and that the Ninja World would have only one god.
• The daimyo realized that Akatsuki had come to settle accounts with the rulers of the Five Great Nations.

The daimyo pleaded with Pain to spare him, praising Pain’s plan to eliminate the daimyo system while insisting that he was only a person trapped by his role. Genji stopped Mei Terumi and Chojuro from protecting him, leaving the daimyo to make his case to Pain.

• The daimyo interrupted Pain and declared that he approved of Pain’s plan, despite being a daimyo himself.
• Mei Terumi ordered Chojuro to protect the daimyo, but Genji arrived and told them to stand down as Mizukage.
• Genji had Chojuro move aside and warned Mei Terumi not to throw her life away for the daimyo.
• The daimyo pleaded with Pain, claiming he had never wanted to be a daimyo and had tried to restrain his own behavior.
• The daimyo praised Pain as a god and savior of the Ninja World, leaving everyone around him stunned.
• Black Zetsu remarked that the daimyo’s lung capacity must be over five thousand.

Pain attacked the Land of Water’s daimyo during negotiations, while Mei Terumi tried to protect him but reconsidered after he sided with Akatsuki. Mei was struck and lost control of her chakra, leaving Chojuro preparing to fight Pain.

• The daimyo mocked Mei Terumi and praised Pain’s goal of bringing lasting peace to the Ninja World.
• Pain declared that the daimyo would be a founding milestone for Akatsuki and sent Black Rods toward him.
• Mei Terumi moved to protect the daimyo, then changed course and let some of the Black Rods hit him after realizing he had sided with the enemy.
• Pain disrupted Mei Terumi’s chakra, leaving her unable to gather it or use ninjutsu.
• Chojuro raised Hiramekarei and prepared to attack Pain to protect Mei Terumi, while Genji watched grimly.

After the daimyo died and Akatsuki declared Kirigakure the Akatsuki Hidden Village, Mei Terumi and Chojuro disposed of his body. Genji then urged Mei to take charge of the village and restore its missions, leaving her facing leadership after refusing the Mizukage position before.

• Pain told Chojuro that Kirigakure had been occupied and renamed the Akatsuki Hidden Village, then left with the other Akatsuki members.
• Mei Terumi ordered Chojuro and Genji to help throw the dead daimyo into the sea, and she told Chojuro she had accepted his death.
• Mei Terumi and Chojuro returned to the Hokage's Office, where Genji explained that the village needed someone to assign missions after the daimyo's death.
• Genji asked Mei Terumi to lead the village, reminding her that she had refused the Mizukage position before.

Nagato explained to Konan why they had returned without the daimyo’s corpse and planned to use Ōnoki’s response to secure land for Akatsuki. In Konoha, Hinata told Kanami that her father was discussing their wedding and worried he might have to take the Hyuga surname, but Hyuga Hiashi arrived and said he would not make him do so.

• Nagato told Konan that he had deliberately returned without the daimyo’s corpse to see whether Ōnoki would verify their report, giving them a chance to negotiate for a secret base.
• Nagato planned to seek land in Kumogakure first and Iwagakure as a fallback for Akatsuki.
• Kanami stayed at the Hyuga Estate while Hinata told him that Hyuga Hiashi had begun discussing their wedding with Hyuga Ko.
• Hinata worried that Kanami might be pressured to take the Hyuga surname, while Kanami guessed that his surname could be Uzumaki and said he did not mind which name he used.
• Hyuga Hiashi spoke from outside Hinata’s room and said he would not make Kanami take the Hyuga surname.

Hyuga Hiashi discussed Hinata and Kanami’s wedding and accepted that they would keep their own surnames. After he left, Hinata and Kanami reminisced about their first meeting and shared an affectionate exchange.

• Hyuga Hiashi explained that Hyuga Ko had confessed to revealing Hinata’s secret because he could not keep secrets when drunk.
• Kanami declined to take the Uzumaki surname, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed that Hinata and Kanami could keep their respective surnames.
• Hyuga Hiashi said he would consult the clan about the wedding date and tell Hinata and Kanami once it was settled.
• Hinata and Kanami recalled how nervous they had been when they first met Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hinata shyly told Kanami that his encouragement mattered more to her than anyone else’s, and Kanami teased her before saying her words sounded sweet.

Kanami and Hinata joked about marriage before Hinata gave him a Gentle Fist massage and agreed to return home with him. In Kumogakure, Pain’s Akatsuki collected the Four-Tails from Ōnoki, claimed Kirigakure had become Akatsuki Hidden Village, and began arranging a base while Ōnoki ordered an investigation.

• Kanami and Hinata discussed marriage, and Hinata gave Kanami a Gentle Fist massage before agreeing to go home with him.
• Pain returned to Kumogakure and demanded the Four-Tails from Ōnoki, who had stayed there with Kitsuchi.
• Kitsuchi brought Rōshi forward, and Obito absorbed the Four-Tails Jinchuriki into the Kamui Dimension.
• A Black Ghost Ninja tried to attack Obito and was killed by Pain, whose Shinra Tensei blocked Ōnoki’s Dust Release.
• Pain told Ōnoki that Kirigakure had become Akatsuki Hidden Village and demanded a Kumogakure branch; Ōnoki agreed to provide a residence and ordered Kitsuchi to verify the claim.
• Pain told his companions to begin searching for a suitable location in Kumogakure.

Ōnoki summoned Pain and Akatsuki over their limited control of Kirigakure after they killed the Land of Water's Daimyō. Pain defended their approach, arguing that Kirigakure was only a small part of Akatsuki's larger plan to occupy the other great ninja villages.

• Ōnoki learned that Akatsuki had killed the Land of Water's Daimyō but left Kirigakure's government in local hands, and he ordered his confidant to summon Akatsuki's leader.
• Pain killed Ōnoki's confidant after the man ignored his order to stop, and the spectacle of Pain flying inspired several Kumogakure natives to join Akatsuki.
• Konan stayed behind to recruit the natives and manage Akatsuki's affairs while Pain and Obito Uchiha went to Ōnoki's office; Itachi Uchiha stayed in the village.
• Ōnoki confronted Pain, Obito Uchiha, and Black Zetsu about Akatsuki's failure to take direct control of Kirigakure.
• Pain and Nagato told Ōnoki that local ninja were merely managing Kirigakure for Akatsuki and that their greater goal was to occupy the other two great ninja villages.

Ōnoki let Akatsuki leave without accepting his demand that the group be subordinate to Iwagakure, while privately planning to deal with them later. In Konoha, Kanami discovered his chakra had increased and suspected that being with Hinata had awakened an Otsutsuki bloodline, then teased her about needing a larger towel.

• Ōnoki agreed that Kirigakure should govern itself but told Pain that Akatsuki recruits had to understand the organization was affiliated with Iwagakure.
• Pain ignored Ōnoki's demand and left with the others, while Ōnoki fumed and thought of Madara Uchiha as a true godlike figure.
• Ōnoki predicted that Akatsuki would eventually occupy Sunagakure and Konoha and make the other villages prisoners, then complained about Kitsuchi's handling of village affairs.
• Kanami noticed that his chakra had increased by at least a third and wondered whether his intimacy with Hinata had given him a preliminary Otsutsuki bloodline.
• Hinata came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and told Kanami it was too small, so he teased her that she had grown too fast.

Kanami investigated a sudden increase in his Chakra and found that it had become more refined, then tested his physical changes in a secluded grove. After returning home, he found Hinata Hyuga excited because she believed she had found the opportunity her ancestor had mentioned.

• Hinata Hyuga worried that Kanami had overworked himself, and Kanami took her upstairs to investigate his bodily changes.
• Kanami examined himself and discovered that his Chakra had grown more refined, then traveled to a secluded grove to test his strength.
• Kanami used a Wood Clone to test an ordinary punch while opening the sixth gate, but the clone was destroyed before he could measure his changed physical attributes.
• Kanami restored the damaged trees with Wood Release and returned home using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kanami found Hinata Hyuga beaming, and she told him she thought she had found the opportunity her ancestor had mentioned.

Hinata awakened a purple Tenseigan and discovered that it granted her several abilities. After safely moving away from Konoha to test them, she created a purple chakra orb that Kanami identified as the Mental Orb, which could control thoughts.

• Hinata showed Kanami her newly awakened purple Tenseigan, and they realized its abilities had not yet been explored.
• Kanami urged Hinata to sense her Tenseigan's abilities, and she summoned a gigantic statue of Hamura into their courtyard before dismissing it.
• Hinata sensed that she had several more abilities, so Kanami took her to a desolate area outside Konoha and summoned a Wood Man as a precaution.
• Hinata formed a purple chakra orb and sensed that it could control other people's thoughts.
• Kanami recognized the orb as the Tenseigan's Mental Orb, which controlled thoughts until it was pulled back out.

Hinata Hyuga awakened Tenseigan Chakra Mode and manifested nine Black Chakra Prayer Beads as Kanami guided her through testing her new abilities. She tested a chakra light wave on Kanami’s Wood Man, and they continued experimenting with the Tenseigan’s remaining powers.

• Hinata Hyuga asked Kanami how he knew so much, and he claimed he could glimpse the future rather than reveal his true reason.
• Hinata Hyuga activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and summoned nine Black Chakra Prayer Beads after Kanami prompted her to sense them.
• Kanami reflected on how Hashirama Senju’s cells might help him awaken the Rinnegan, though he lacked Indra’s cells and Six Paths Power.
• Hinata Hyuga asked Kanami to be her experimental target and struck his Wood Man with a chakra light wave.
• Hinata Hyuga increased the light wave’s power until it left a crater in the Wood Man, and she and Kanami continued testing her other Tenseigan abilities.

After finishing tests of Hinata’s Tenseigan, Kanami learned that Akatsuki had killed the Land of Water’s Daimyō and agreed to Naruto’s requested spar. The chapter ended as Naruto greeted Kanami outside the Hokage’s Office and boasted about his senjutsu.

• Hinata finished testing the Tenseigan, and Kanami returned home with her to rest.
• Tsunade told Kanami that Akatsuki had killed the Land of Water’s Daimyō and that Kirigakure might change its name.
• Tsunade revealed that Naruto had returned from Mount Myoboku and wanted to challenge Kanami, so Kanami agreed to spar.
• Kanami told Hinata he was leaving, then teleported with Tsunade to the Hokage’s Office.
• Naruto opened the office door, greeted Kanami, and declared that his senjutsu would make him powerful.

Kanami accompanied Naruto to an old training ground, where Naruto challenged him to a Sage Mode contest. The chapter ended with Naruto stunned when Kanami entered Sage Mode instantly too.

• Naruto excitedly challenged Kanami to show off his Senjutsu, and Kanami asked what the rules were.
• Naruto led Kanami to an abandoned training ground behind the Ninja Academy and reminisced about their time there.
• Naruto asked why Kanami had become so strong after sleeping through classes, and Kanami credited his persistence and hard work.
• Naruto announced that he could enter Sage Mode instantly and challenged Kanami to compete.
• Kanami activated Sage Mode instantly, leaving Naruto shocked and asking how he could do it too.

Kanami showed Naruto that he could enter and leave Sage Mode instantly without using Shadow Clones, then accepted Naruto’s challenge to compare their Sage Mode abilities. Kanami summoned a Wood Giant over two hundred meters tall, leaving Naruto stunned and questioning how he could compete.

• Naruto assumed Kanami used Shadow Clones to enter Sage Mode, but Kanami explained he could enter and leave it at will.
• Kanami repeatedly switched Sage Mode on and off, astonishing Naruto and reigniting his desire to compete.
• Naruto entered his Mount Myoboku Sage Mode and warned Kanami that his Rasenshuriken could be dangerous.
• Kanami used Wood Release: Wood Human Technique and rose atop a Wood Giant over two hundred meters tall.
• Naruto froze in disbelief, then despairingly wondered what he was supposed to compete against.

Kanami explained to Naruto why he had worked so hard to become strong, then told Hinata he was going to Hidden Sound Village to seek out Orochimaru. He reached the village and was confronted by a woman he recognized.

• Kanami dispelled his Wood Man Technique after Naruto lost the will to spar, and Naruto asked why Kanami was so strong.
• Kanami told Naruto he had worked hard because he believed the sun was about to fall, leaving Naruto startled and confused.
• Kanami told Hinata that Akatsuki and Kumogakure had joined forces and explained he planned to visit Orochimaru in Hidden Sound Village.
• Kanami left Konoha, traveled to Hidden Sound Village using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and was stopped by a woman at the village.
• Kanami recognized the woman and asked whether Orochimaru had brought her back because he could not wait for Sasuke.

Kanami escaped Guren’s Crystal Prison and knocked her unconscious with a single blow after opening the seventh gate. Orochimaru ambushed him and revealed that he considered Kanami a perfect vessel.

• Guren recognized Kanami and trapped him in her Crystal Prison Jutsu.
• Kanami opened the seventh gate, shattered the crystal prison, and defeated Guren with one punch.
• Kanami released the seventh gate and was ambushed by Orochimaru, but dodged his sword.
• Kanami questioned Orochimaru about his vessel, and Orochimaru called Kanami a perfect vessel.