Chapter Summaries

Tobitake Tonbo used layered genjutsu to confuse Hidan and Kakuzu while Ino’s squad and other Konoha ninja joined the fight. Kakuzu broke the genjutsu and Hidan turned toward the Konoha ninja as both sides prepared to continue battling.

• Ino and her squad followed the explosions and found Hidan apparently surviving a barrage of shuriken and kunai.
• Aoba Yamashiro explained Hidan’s immortality and Ino described how Tobitake Tonbo’s three genjutsu techniques distorted the enemies’ attacks.
• Tobitake Tonbo dodged a Water Release attack and struck a masked monster while continuing to play his flute.
• Ino, Aoba Yamashiro, and the others attacked, but Kakuzu shrugged off their assaults and broke Tonbo’s genjutsu by channeling chakra into Hidan.
• Hidan realized he had been trapped in genjutsu and glared at the Konoha ninja as they braced to keep him occupied.

Tobitake Tonbo rescued Ino and the others from Kakuzu’s compound attack, then trapped Hidan among bamboo decoys and extracted Kakuzu’s soul into a talisman. Kakuzu’s remaining masks fired a powerful Final Shot that appeared to reduce Tonbo to ashes, though the summoned beasts still fighting Hidan suggested he might have survived.

• Tobitake Tonbo saved Ino and the others from Kakuzu’s wind-and-fire attack with his Eye-Painting Hand.
• Pangolins and other summoned beasts restrained Hidan, but Kakuzu’s threads freed him; Hidan then fought the beasts, unaware they were bamboo figurines.
• Kakuzu attacked Tonbo with Lightning Release: False Darkness, and Tonbo blocked it with Air Severance before using the Soul-Body Separation Technique to draw Kakuzu’s soul into a talisman.
• Kakuzu’s remaining masks gathered chakra and fired Final Shot at Tonbo, who vanished in the blast.
• Ino feared Tonbo had been killed, but Aoba Yamashiro pointed out that Hidan was still fighting Tonbo’s summoned beasts.

Tobitake Tonbo defeated Kakuzu and Hidan, then joined Asuma’s team and took them into custody. Pain began extracting Yugito’s chakra, while Tonbo reported that he had recovered little intelligence from Kakuzu and could question the sealed Hidan instead.

• Tobitake Tonbo controlled Hidan with chakra threads, sealed him, and captured him after destroying Kakuzu’s masks and body.
• Ino, Choji, and the others praised Tonbo as Asuma’s team arrived and Shikamaru assessed the battle damage.
• Tonbo ordered the team to take Kakuzu’s body back and alert the other teams, and Aoba Yamashiro sent coded messages by crow.
• Pain concluded that Hidan and Kakuzu were dead and began extracting Yugito’s chakra with the other Akatsuki members.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Tsunade that Kakuzu’s altered brain yielded little intelligence, but said he could question the sealed Hidan.

Tobitake Tonbo read Hidan’s memories and uncovered Akatsuki’s history, abilities, and plan to capture all nine Tailed Beasts. Tsunade ordered Konoha to share the intelligence with other nations and destroy Akatsuki’s bases in the Land of Fire.

• Tobitake Tonbo forcibly read Hidan’s memories, learning how the Evil God Cult had made Hidan immortal and how Akatsuki recruited him to work with Kakuzu.
• Tobitake Tonbo saw how Kakuzu and Hidan killed Chiriku and learned that Akatsuki had captured the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Seven-Tails.
• Tobitake Tonbo told Tsunade and the Konoha leaders that Akatsuki’s Rinnegan-wielding leader sought to gather all nine Tailed Beasts and use fear of war to pursue peace.
• Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi warned that Akatsuki’s strength could spark a world war and might overwhelm Konoha alone.
• Tobitake Tonbo proposed destroying Akatsuki’s subordinate organizations, and Tsunade ordered intelligence sent to other nations and twenty squads deployed against Akatsuki’s Land of Fire bases.

As Konoha mobilized after Tobitake Tonbo captured two Akatsuki members, Tsunade assigned him to help Naruto improve his combat strength. Naruto revealed his Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, and Tonbo raised an enormous earth wall to demonstrate that he could withstand its power.

• Konoha sent messenger hawks to other countries and deployed its forces, with Shikamaru appointed commander-in-chief for the operation.
• Tsunade told Tobitake Tonbo to train Naruto with Battlefield Simulation Training rather than join the operation against Akatsuki.
• Naruto showed Kakashi and Yamato his completed Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and boasted that it could defeat an Akatsuki member.
• Tobitake Tonbo challenged Naruto to attack him, despite Kakashi warning that Naruto could not control the technique after releasing it.
• Tobitake Tonbo used Modified Earth-Style Wall to raise himself and Tsunade high above the others, assuring Kakashi not to underestimate him.

Tobitake Tonbo demonstrated his educational Earth-Style Wall as a way to measure ninjutsu, and Tsunade and Naruto tested their attacks on it. Naruto’s Rasenshuriken caused enormous damage but injured his hand, so Tsunade classified it as an S-rank forbidden technique and ordered him not to use it unless necessary.

• Tobitake Tonbo explained that his massive Earth-Style Wall could measure the rough data of offensive ninjutsu.
• Tsunade struck the wall with Chakra Enhanced Strength, creating a crater over ten meters wide and revealing data about her Taijutsu.
• Naruto used Wind Release: Rasenshuriken on the wall, leaving a crater dozens of meters wide and revealing that the attack could destroy cells.
• Tsunade examined Naruto’s hand, warned that the Rasenshuriken could cause necrosis, and classified it as an S-rank forbidden technique.
• Naruto bragged that he was stronger than Tsunade and urged Kakashi and Yamato to try their attacks, prompting them to act.

Tobitake Tonbo demonstrated a devastating Wind Release technique and explained that he amplified its power through mathematical calculations, leaving Naruto intimidated by the theory behind it. Tonbo then began Naruto’s combat training, telling him to keep fighting and use his brain.

• Yamato and Kakashi attacked the Earth-Style Wall, but Naruto bragged that his own ninjutsu had caused more damage.
• Tobitake Tonbo used Wind Release: Senju Kōten Taihō to collapse the wall with a thousand tiny wind cones.
• Naruto asked Tonbo to teach him the technique, and Tonbo explained how mathematical morphology and chakra control amplified its power.
• Tsunade, Kakashi, and Yamato admitted they could not follow Tonbo’s explanation and encouraged Naruto to study.
• Tobitake Tonbo reminded Naruto of his earlier illusion training and set him the goal of fighting continuously while using his brain.

Konoha launched coordinated attacks on Akatsuki strongholds across the Land of Fire while Ino and Shikamaru directed the operations. The chapter left the other villages wary of Akatsuki but divided over whether to cooperate with Konoha.

• Aburame clan ninja, Inuzuka Gō, Nara and Akimichi ninja, Hyuga ninja, Sarutobi ninja, and other Konoha forces destroyed Akatsuki targets across the Land of Fire.
• Taketori Tensho and the Royal Guard sealed and attacked an Akatsuki weapons shop in the Land of Fire Capital.
• Hagoromo Ken helped break an Akatsuki barrier and vowed to restore the Hagoromo clan.
• Ino coordinated Konoha's attacks from a central barrier while Shikamaru analyzed reports and adjusted troop movements.
• Ōnoki refused to join Konoha's proposed alliance against Akatsuki, despite the disappearance of Iwagakure's Jinchuriki Han and Roshi.
• Mei Terumi and Genji worried that Akatsuki might capture Utakata, while Genji considered exchanging intelligence with Konoha instead of cooperating.

Kumogakure and Akatsuki reacted to Konoha’s campaign against the organization as Jiraiya prepared to leave on a mission and Sasuke attacked Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Tobitake Tonbo continued training Naruto in combat, confident the larger plans would still unfold.

• A ordered Kumogakure to check on B and send assassins after Akatsuki members entering the Land of Lightning.
• Akatsuki discussed Konoha’s intelligence and the destruction of its bases, while Tobi teased Itachi about Orochimaru’s imminent reincarnation.
• Jiraiya declined Tsunade’s offer to send Tonbo in his place, then left for his mission after asking Tsunade to give him a chance if he returned.
• Sasuke confronted Orochimaru and struck him with lightning, but Orochimaru attacked back by revealing a monstrous body.
• Tobitake Tonbo used the Battlefield Simulation to train Naruto’s combat habits and reasoned that Naruto could grow stronger before gaining powers that would defeat the Genjutsu.

Sasuke devoured Orochimaru, who revealed that he had planned to pass his power to Sasuke if his attempt to take over Sasuke failed, so Sasuke could face the Shinobi World's prophesied crisis. Kabuto found Orochimaru's remains and, recalling his mentor's advice, was left to search for a reason to keep living.

• Sasuke used the Sharingan to devour Orochimaru, whose memories revisited his split with Jiraiya and his research into the prophesied catastrophe.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had prepared for both outcomes: taking Sasuke's Sharingan if he succeeded or transferring his power to Sasuke if he failed.
• Sasuke inherited Orochimaru's power and walked away after telling himself that Itachi was next.
• Kabuto saw Orochimaru's remains and, overwhelmed by his loss, considered ending his life.
• Kabuto remembered Orochimaru's advice to keep living until he found his own goal.

Kabuto transformed himself with Orochimaru’s specimens while news spread that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru, prompting Naruto to set out to find Sasuke. Tobitake Tonbo visited Keigo’s laboratory, assessed his research, and prepared powerful ninja tools for the coming war.

• Kabuto used Orochimaru’s body and other specimens to change himself, declaring that he had surpassed Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru’s released test subjects spread news of his death at Sasuke’s hands.
• Naruto asked Tsunade for a mission to find Sasuke and bring him back, and Tobitake Tonbo let him go with a warning for Sasuke.
• Tobitake Tonbo considered giving his young students battlefield experience when the Fourth War began, then went to check Keigo’s studies.
• Keigo showed Tonbo a Chakra and Nature Transformation model, and Tonbo told him to keep working toward their goal.
• Tonbo inspected five instrument-based ninja tools designed to amplify a Genjutsu shinobi’s power and help him make a name for himself without drawing too much attention.

Tobitake Tonbo learned that Jiraiya had died after confronting Pain, while Jiraiya received a prophecy that he would return to guide a future Child of Prophecy. Tonbo sensed Jiraiya’s chakra vanish and used Neural Transfer to reach him beneath the sea.

• Kiba Inuzuka tracked Sasuke and two Akatsuki members toward an explosion, while Naruto worried about his encounter with Itachi Uchiha.
• Tobitake Tonbo reviewed the unfolding events and believed his intelligence had helped Jiraiya, but not Sasuke or Itachi.
• Jiraiya fought Pain in Amegakure, forced him to reveal all his bodies, and was pierced before sinking into the sea.
• The Great Toad Sage told Jiraiya that he had to die beneath the sea and would awaken later to guide another Child of Prophecy; Jiraiya accepted the sacrifice after memories returned to him.
• Naruto sensed that something important was lost, and Tsunade discovered she had won the lottery but remained uneasy.
• Tobitake Tonbo felt the nerves he had attached to Jiraiya fade, concluded Jiraiya was dead, and used Neural Transfer to appear underwater beside him.

Tobitake Tonbo recovered Jiraiya’s memories after finding his corpse and learned about the prophecy that shaped Jiraiya’s choices. The memories also led him to suspect Orochimaru had deliberately used Sasuke as a vanguard, while Tsunade sensed an intruder near her office.

• Tobitake Tonbo found Jiraiya’s corpse, removed the Black Rods, and began reading his memories.
• Tobitake Tonbo accidentally saw Jiraiya’s memories of Tsunade bathing and abruptly withdrew from the memory-reading state.
• Tsunade felt as if someone had seen through her and ordered Cat to intensify the village’s sensory sweep and search the area around her office.
• Tobitake Tonbo discovered Jiraiya’s trust in the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and learned that Orochimaru had discussed it with him.
• Tobitake Tonbo suspected Orochimaru had planned his apparent defeat and sent Sasuke forward to bear pressure in the Shinobi World.

After Jiraiya’s death, Tobitake Tonbo secretly preserved some of his flesh for a possible future revival, while Kabuto escaped Konoha after completing his objective. Fukasaku and Shima reported Jiraiya’s final intel and request to Tsunade, who prepared to tell Naruto and organize Konoha’s response.

• Tobitake Tonbo took a piece of Jiraiya’s flesh for Impure World Reincarnation, then reconsidered reviving him and worried that others might be able to foresee the future.
• Kabuto sensed Konoha’s intensified patrols, used the Reverse Summoning Technique to escape, and left an ANBU squad investigating the spatial disturbance.
• Gamamaru watched Jiraiya’s death and turned his crystal ball toward Naruto, while Fukasaku and Shima traveled to Konoha to report the news.
• Fukasaku told Tsunade that Nagato was Jiraiya’s former disciple, described the enemy’s six puppets, and relayed Jiraiya’s request that Naruto train at Mount Myoboku.
• Tsunade ordered Naruto and Konoha’s leaders to be notified and called for a meeting; Naruto arrived expecting a mission, then saw the solemn faces in the office.

Tobitake Tonbo attended a Konoha meeting after Jiraiya’s death while struggling with an embarrassing memory of Tsunade. Elsewhere, Kabuto completed Sage Transformation, Sasuke’s team captured Killer B, and Naruto advanced in his Sage training.

• Tobitake Tonbo was summoned to a meeting about Konoha’s survival and tried to suppress his memories of seeing Tsunade through the Mind Reading Technique.
• The White Snake Sage gave Kabuto Sage Power, and he completed a powerful Sage Transformation in Ryūchi Cave.
• Tobitake Tonbo arrived at the meeting and awkwardly avoided looking at Tsunade before she announced Jiraiya’s death and warned that Akatsuki might target Naruto.
• Shimura Danzō considered a possible return to Konoha’s center of power while Tobitake Tonbo judged that Danzō would soon die.
• Sasuke carried Killer B out of Cloud Thunder Canyon, and two witnesses sent word to the Raikage.
• Naruto trained with Fukasaku to absorb Natural Energy and connected the Sage training’s stillness to Tobitake Tonbo’s combat lessons.

Urashiki Ōtsutsuki arrived in the past, learned that Akatsuki had collected seven Tailed Beasts, and began attacking shinobi. Tobitake Tonbo received word of Urashiki’s arrival as Konoha prepared for an impending attack, and the chapter ended with Urashiki draining Karui’s chakra.

• Urashiki Ōtsutsuki emerged from a space-time vortex and flew off after determining he had arrived before the Fourth Shinobi War.
• In Konoha, Tobitake Tonbo and Asuma joked together while Konohamaru and Tenyu learned that Akatsuki might soon attack and take Naruto.
• Tobitake Tonbo’s clone spotted Urashiki in the Land of Frost, and Urashiki tortured a shinobi for information before draining his chakra.
• Tobitake Tonbo received his clone’s warning and left Ayame to respond to the threat.
• Urashiki attacked Samui, Omoi, and Karui with his fishing rod, absorbed Karui’s chakra, and left Samui and Omoi on guard.

Samui, Karui, and Omoi survived Urashiki Ōtsutsuki’s attack when Tobitake Tonbo intervened, while Pain’s invasion of Konoha began. Tobitake Tonbo fought Urashiki as Konoha’s defenders engaged the Six Paths, and Tenyu, Maki, and Zhanbu Du faced the Human Path.

• Urashiki Ōtsutsuki drained Samui, Karui, and Omoi’s chakra, but a powerful blast drove him away and left a long passage through the landscape.
• Samui led Karui and Omoi toward Konoha to report what had happened and continue their mission.
• Tobitake Tonbo struck Urashiki Ōtsutsuki with powerful taijutsu, then dodged his chakra-stealing fishing line and prepared to fight seriously.
• Tobitake Tonbo’s Shadow Clone reached Konoha’s Barrier Team while the original battled Urashiki, after he had used Flying Thunder God to evacuate non-ninja family members.
• Asuma attacked a giant centipede with Fire Style, and Konohamaru drove the Naraka Path back with a barrage of wind-enhanced shuriken.
• Tenyu, Maki, and Zhanbu Du surrounded the Human Path and prepared to destroy the puppet while Hayama Shirakumo supported another front.

Tobitake Tonbo battled Urashiki Ōtsutsuki on the coast of the Land of Frost, testing his strange eye abilities and nearly sealing him before Urashiki struck back. Elsewhere, Konohamaru defeated the Naraka Path, while Tenyu, Maki, and Xiao Du struggled against the Human Path.

• Land of Frost ninja saw a massive battle at sea and decided to ask the daimyo to hire a great ninja village to investigate.
• Tobitake Tonbo used Genjutsu and Unlimited Void against Urashiki Ōtsutsuki, discovering that Urashiki’s Blue Rinnegan could freeze time but could not see through Genjutsu.
• Urashiki Ōtsutsuki used his ability to steal Tobitake Tonbo’s Nature Transformation and cut him in half with Heavenly Beard Wave Meteor Fate: Soul.
• Konohamaru destroyed the Naraka Path puppet with a Big Ball Rasengan, and Ebisu praised him.
• Tenyu, Maki, and Xiao Du faced the Human Path with most of their swords broken after trying to avoid touching it.

Choji and Choza unleashed Butterfly Transformation to fight Pain while Tenyu, Maki, and Zhanbu Du defeated the Human Path. Tobitake Tonbo watched the battle from the Barrier Team as the battle’s outcome and Naruto’s return remained uncertain.

• Choji entered Butterfly Transformation without secret pills, and Choza swallowed his prepared pills to join the fight against Pain.
• Choza and Choji attacked Pain in succession to exploit the cooldown of his ninjutsu, while Kakashi struggled against the Asura Path.
• Tobi and Zetsu watched from Konoha’s edge and decided not to assist Pain.
• The Human Path seized Tenyu and Maki to extract their souls, but they baited him so Zhanbu Du could split his body in two.
• Asuma destroyed the Yatagarasu with his Whirlwind Fist, and Ino caught him with her chakra net.
• Tobitake Tonbo praised the Barrier Team while wondering whether Pain would fall before Naruto returned.

Tobitake Tonbo identified Urashiki Ōtsutsuki’s time-reversal ability and adapted to his Space-Time Ninjutsu, gaining the upper hand in their fight. Urashiki unleashed a massive oarfish attack as Tonbo prepared to face it.

• Tobitake Tonbo deduced that Urashiki Ōtsutsuki rewound the outside world’s time while leaving himself unaffected.
• Urashiki activated his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan and used Space-Time Ninjutsu to attack Tonbo with his fishing rod.
• Tobitake Tonbo relied on Sage Mode perception and quick reactions to counter Urashiki’s spatial attacks, while his wound healed.
• Tobitake Tonbo adapted to Urashiki’s fighting pattern and judged his combat skill to be poor.
• Urashiki gathered purple energy and summoned a massive oarfish carrying a Tailed Beast Ball-like sphere to attack Tonbo.