Chapter Summaries

Konoha learned that the Uchiha, including Uchiha Chuan, had survived, while a new milk tea shop became popular. As the great nations prepared to attack Amegakure for the Rinnegan, Uchiha Chuan returned and Hanzo asked him to help awaken his Sharingan.

• Kakashi told Rin Nohara that Uchiha Chuan was alive and that the Uchiha who supposedly died in the massacre had been stand-ins.
• Mitaraishi Anko discovered the new milk tea shop, recommended it to Kurenai Yuhi, and they brought Rin Nohara and Kakashi; the shop soon became wildly popular.
• The Third Kazekage, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure prepared to invade Amegakure, while the Third Hokage recalled Konoha's border forces and Kirigakure planned to send the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• The Third Hokage told Danzo about the Rinnegan, and Danzo secretly decided to pursue it for himself.
• Uchiha Chuan returned to Amegakure, where Hanzo asked him to enter his mind and help awaken the Sharingan; Uchiha Chuan agreed.

Uchiha Chuan proposed building a Cloud-Gathering Formation to confine the Land of Rain’s rainfall to a northern mountain basin and provided techniques to construct it. When several major villages mobilized to attack Amegakure and seize the Uchiha and Rinnegan, Chuan declared he would command the defense and crush them.

• Uchiha Chuan explained that the Land of Rain’s weather could be redirected to a northern mountain basin using the Rain-Mist Grand Formation and an Earth Release construction technique.
• Yahiko, Nagato, Hanzo, and the others agreed to build the formation, and Yahiko thanked Uchiha Chuan for his contribution.
• An Amegakure intelligence officer reported that Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure were gathering troops to attack Amegakure and seize the Uchiha and Rinnegan.
• Tsunade warned that Konoha factions and Kirigakure might also launch covert attacks despite Jiraiya becoming the Fourth Hokage.
• Uchiha Chuan said he would command the battle, defeat the invading forces, and establish Amegakure as the Shinobi World’s sixth great shinobi village.

Uchiha Chuan took command of the Rain forces and planned to use a weather-controlling formation against the approaching Sunagakure army. Meanwhile, Jiraiya rejected Konoha’s calls for war and approved Kakashi’s request for early graduation.

• Uchiha Chuan explained how the enemy villages would arrive at different times and ordered Yahiko to gather three thousand Lightning-nature ninja for a formation against Sunagakure.
• The Third Kazekage, Third Tsuchikage, and Third Raikage set out for the Land of Rain, while Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Danzo’s Root forces departed secretly.
• Konoha villagers protested Jiraiya’s decision to recall the main army and demanded war against the Land of Rain and the Uchiha.
• Jiraiya refused to declare war, and the Third Hokage calmed the villagers as they called for him to return to office.
• Jiraiya approved Kakashi’s request for early graduation, despite the Third Hokage’s suggestion that they question him first.

The Third Hokage and Sasuke Sarutobi prepared 300 trusted people for the Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki plan while Uchiha Chuan ambushed Sunagakure’s forces with a vast lightning storm. After the attack crippled most of the force, Hanzo appeared to face the Third Kazekage as the Akatsuki withdrew to prepare for Iwagakure.

• Sasuke Sarutobi told the Third Hokage he had gathered 300 trustworthy people for the Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki plan, and the Third Hokage said he would arrange the operation discreetly.
• The Third Kazekage led Sunagakure’s forces into a foggy forest at the Land of Rain border, where Uchiha Chuan trapped them beneath dark clouds.
• Uchiha Chuan unleashed a massive lightning barrage that killed about one-tenth of Sunagakure’s elite force and seriously injured nearly all the rest, while the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand protected some of his ninja.
• Nagato offered to end the battle, but Hanzo volunteered to confront the Third Kazekage, and Uchiha Chuan ordered the Akatsuki to withdraw and prepare for Iwagakure.
• Hanzo appeared before the enraged Third Kazekage and said he would send him back to the Land of Wind.

Hanzo fought the Third Kazekage while Danzo’s Root force entered the Land of Rain and was driven back by villagers supporting the Uchiha. Near Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi began the Sarutobi Clan’s Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki Plan with Asuma and Sasuke Sarutobi.

• Hanzo countered the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand Rain with Water Senbon, and their forces clashed as Sunagakure’s remaining troops retreated with their wounded.
• Danzo ordered Root to kill villagers who spotted them in the Land of Rain, but one villager revealed a Sharingan and fired a signal flare.
• Da Yong and the villagers rallied against Danzo’s force, surrounding Root with support from thousands of Uchiha in the Land of Rain.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Asuma and 299 Sarutobi Clan ninja to a hidden valley and explained his plan to seal revived ancestors into them as Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki.
• Sasuke Sarutobi appeared and confirmed he was willing to help Asuma, and Hiruzen began the ceremony with Asuma.

The Third Hokage used Impure World Reincarnation to summon 299 Sarutobi ancestors and seal them into Sarutobi ninjas as Jinchuriki. Meanwhile, Uchiha Chuan prepared to repel Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and White Zetsu reported the Hokage’s plan to Black Zetsu.

• Hanzo defeated the Third Kazekage, who withdrew from the Land of Rain with his remaining subordinates.
• Yahiko told Uchiha Chuan that Konoha ANBU had invaded the Land of Rain, and Chuan chose to focus on Iwagakure and Kumogakure instead.
• Uchiha Chuan and Kushina planned to use Amegakure’s Senbon Rain and lightning attacks against the invading forces.
• The Third Hokage released 299 death-row prisoners and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Sarutobi ancestors, then sealed them into Sarutobi clansmen as Jinchuriki.
• The Third Hokage told Asuma to train with his grandfather and arranged for him to graduate early alongside Kakashi.
• White Zetsu witnessed the Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki plan and informed Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu ordered Uchiha Shanhuo to keep Shimura Danzō alive and pursue the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while the Third Kazekage withdrew after suffering heavy losses to Uchiha Chuan and Amegakure. As Uchiha Chuan, Yahiko, and Hanzo waited for Iwagakure, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen slaughtered Konoha ninja in the Land of Fire.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Shanhuo that Hiruzen Sarutobi had used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and ordered him to protect Shimura Danzō while seeking the technique.
• The Third Kazekage returned to the Land of Wind with only a tenth of his elite forces and decided to retreat from Amegakure.
• Uchiha Chuan, Yahiko, and Hanzo relaxed by fishing while they waited for the Iwagakure ninja to arrive the next day.
• Kushina and Konan said Minato and Nagato were studying Uchiha Chuan's formation so they could control the rainwater in the Land of Rain.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen killed a group of Konoha ninja who discovered a slaughtered village, and the group's leader died hoping his messenger pigeon would carry the warning.

Jiraiya assigned Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy to eliminate the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, while Ōnoki and the Third Raikage continued advancing toward the Land of Rain despite news of Sunagakure’s defeat. Uchiha Chuan and Hanzo ambushed Iwagakure with Rain Senbon, but Ōnoki dispersed the clouds, leaving Uchiha Chuan considering a more powerful move.

• The Third Hokage sent 299 Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki to kill the Seven Ninja Swordsmen before Hatake Sakumo could reach them.
• Jiraiya assigned Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy to eliminate the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Hatake Sakumo went to find Might Duy.
• Ōnoki chose to continue Iwagakure’s advance toward the Land of Rain despite learning that Sunagakure’s attack had failed, and the Third Raikage also ordered Kumogakure to press forward.
• Uchiha Chuan ordered Hanzo to make it rain as Iwagakure arrived, and Hanzo and the formation shinobi turned the rain into a barrage of senbon.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to clear the clouds, and Uchiha Chuan began considering a different move after Hanzo’s attack drained much of his chakra.

Uchiha Chuan used a formation to strip the air from the Iwagakure encampment, forcing Ōnoki to retreat after many of his troops suffocated. As the Land of Rain prepared to face Kumogakure, the Third Raikage ordered his forces to keep advancing so they could discover Amegakure’s methods.

• Uchiha Chuan repositioned the Akatsuki squads and activated a formation that removed the air around the Iwagakure camp.
• Kitsuchi realized the troops were suffocating and ordered them to flee, while Ōnoki returned to find his technique could not restore the air.
• Ōnoki led the survivors away after one-tenth of the Iwagakure ninjas suffocated, conceding that the invasion had failed.
• Uchiha Chuan told Hanzo that the Land of Rain would become the best place to live and said he wanted other nations to regret their choices.
• The Third Raikage learned that Iwagakure had retreated and ordered Kumogakure to continue advancing toward the Land of Rain.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen entered the Land of Rain and slaughtered villagers who tried to stop them, prompting Nagato and Minato to set out against them. As several other groups crossed into the country, Shimura Danzō learned that Sunagakure and Iwagakure had been defeated and ordered Root to retreat.

• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen attacked villagers with Sharingan, killed dozens, and forced survivors to flee and warn their leaders.
• Uchiha Chuan sent Nagato and Minato to confront the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• The White Fang of the Leaf and Might Duy entered the Land of Rain, followed by Uchiha Shanhuo and eight Uchiha ninja.
• A Root ninja told Shimura Danzō that the Land of Rain had defeated the Sunagakure and Iwagakure forces, including the Third Kazekage and the Third Tsuchikage.
• Shimura Danzō blamed Uchiha Chuan for the defeats and withdrew with the Root ninja.

Konoha’s leaders argued over the threat posed by Amegakure after its victories, while Jiraiya resisted special precautions. At Orochimaru’s laboratory, Black Zetsu offered the secret of the Rinnegan in exchange for help analyzing Impure World Reincarnation.

• Jiraiya argued with Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the Third Hokage that Konoha did not need special defenses against Amegakure.
• Kakashi announced he would take the early graduation examination, and Might Guy and Asuma also applied to graduate early.
• Black Zetsu introduced himself to Orochimaru as the Will of Madara Uchiha and offered to explain how the Sharingan evolved into the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu asked Orochimaru to analyze Impure World Reincarnation, promising that Orochimaru might learn to cultivate a Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru accepted and asked Black Zetsu to supply experimental material, which Black Zetsu agreed to arrange before leaving.

Uchiha Chuan prepared the Land of Rain’s forces to ambush Kumogakure as its army approached, while Danzo learned of Hiruzen’s Impure Reincarnation army and withdrew to build his own. Minato, Nagato, Might Duy, and White Fang of the Leaf confronted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen just as Kumogakure entered the Land of Rain.

• Uchiha Chuan and Yahiko positioned nearly twenty thousand Earth Release shinobi and the Cloud-Gathering Formation along Kumogakure’s likely route.
• White Fang of the Leaf and Might Duy met Minato and Nagato while searching for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and White Fang said he had no mission to capture Nagato.
• Uchiha Shanhuo told Danzo that Hiruzen had raised three hundred Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki, prompting Danzo to withdraw with Root and plan his own army with Orochimaru.
• White Fang of the Leaf, Minato, Might Duy, and Nagato surrounded the Seven Ninja Swordsmen in a dark forest, where Kushimaru Kuriarare recognized Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• The Third Raikage led Kumogakure’s forces into the Land of Rain, and Uchiha Chuan smiled as the battle began.

Nagato, Namikaze Minato, Hatake Sakumo, and Might Duy defeated six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while Suikazan Fuguki escaped. Meanwhile, the Kumogakure forces led by the Third Raikage, A, entered the Land of Rain and were caught in a massive Earth Release ambush.

• Nagato blasted Suikazan Fuguki away with Shinra Tensei, while Might Duy opened the Sixth Gate and struck Jinin Akebino down.
• Namikaze Minato used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Flying Thunder God to kill Munashi Jinpachi, and the others prepared to fight their way out.
• Nagato, Hatake Sakumo, Might Duy, and Namikaze Minato killed four more swordsmen as Suikazan Fuguki escaped into a river.
• The group returned to collect proof of the mission and found Raiga Kurosuki missing; the Leaf ninja took the heads, while Nagato collected the swords.
• The Third Raikage, A, led the Kumogakure forces into the Land of Rain, where Uchiha Chuan ordered more than ten thousand Rain ninja to unleash Earth Release and raise the ground beneath them.

Uchiha Chuan’s forces devastated Kumogakure’s invasion, and Hanzo drove off the Third Raikage after their duel. With the battle over, Yahiko prepared to build the Four Rivers Dam Power Station while Uchiha Chuan and Hanzo returned to fishing.

• The Third Raikage split the mountain into four pieces, but Uchiha Chuan’s Earth Release and lightning attacks killed seventy percent of Kumogakure’s forces.
• The Third Raikage challenged Uchiha Chuan, who sent Hanzo to fight him instead.
• Hanzo used the rain to evade the Third Raikage and gradually wound him, forcing the Raikage to retreat with the survivors.
• Uchiha Chuan told Yahiko to organize the battlefield and continue plans to keep rain over the northern mountain region and build the Four Rivers Dam Power Station.
• Yahiko got to work while Konan, Kushina, and Tsunade helped, and Uchiha Chuan and Hanzo went fishing.

News of Amegakure’s victories over Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure spread, while the Five Great Countries’ daimyō plotted to test the rising power in the Land of Rain. Back in Konoha, Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy reported their encounter with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Jiraiya approved their mission as completed.

• The Shinobi World learned that Amegakure had defeated Kumogakure after routing Sunagakure and Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain celebrated its rise.
• The Third Kazekage struggled to understand Uchiha Chuan’s power, Ōnoki sent an envoy to befriend Amegakure, and the Third Mizukage ordered negotiations for Kirigakure’s lost ninja swords.
• The daimyō of the Five Great Countries held a secret conference and agreed to find a descendant of the Land of Rain’s daimyō, fund his return, and use him to test Amegakure.
• Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy returned to Konoha on the day Kakashi and Asuma registered as Genin, then told Jiraiya they had killed six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, though Suikazan Fuguki and the missing Raiga Kurosuki had escaped.
• Jiraiya praised Hatake Sakumo and Might Duy and stamped their mission as completed.

Danzo pressed Orochimaru to learn the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu so he could create his own Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki, while the Third Hokage enlisted Koharu and Homura to prepare similar forces for their clans. In the Land of Rain, Uchiha Chuan persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha and keep the Senju neutral as U Hidden Village rose.

• Danzo asked Orochimaru about his progress on the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and ordered him to make Impure Reincarnation Jinchuriki subordinates.
• The Third Hokage told Koharu and Homura that he had sealed Sasuke Sarutobi inside Asuma, then urged them to revive their own Elite Jonin ancestors for their clans.
• Homura proposed strengthening Konoha and its Ninja Academy to counter the Land of Rain’s growing power, and the Third Hokage agreed to discuss it with Jiraiya.
• Uchiha Chuan asked Tsunade to return to Konoha and persuade the Senju to remain neutral in a future conflict with U Hidden Village.
• Uchiha Chuan explained his plan for the Senju and Uchiha to reunite under the Uchiha name and promised to make the Land of Rain a beacon of democracy, freedom, and peace.
• Tsunade agreed to return to Konoha and prepare the Senju to go into hiding.

Uchiha Chuan proposed turning the Land of Rain into U Hidden Village, governed directly and developed into a prosperous nation that could draw people away from war. Yahiko and the others accepted the plan, and the Uchiha Clan prepared to move in as Chuan assigned them plans for population growth and development.

• Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, Minato, and Kushina asked Chuan about establishing New Amegakure and bringing in Uchiha shinobi to help.
• Chuan declared that the Land of Rain would become U Hidden Village and be governed directly, arguing that strength and prosperity could secure lasting peace.
• Chuan explained his plan to make the Land of Rain a prosperous beacon that would attract people from other nations and discourage future wars.
• Yahiko and the others agreed to the plan, and Yahiko revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to Fugaku Uchiha.
• Chuan summoned Fugaku and instructed him to gather the Uchiha Clan to move into the Land of Rain and establish U Hidden Village.
• Chuan told Yahiko and the others to draft plans for population growth, land reclamation, and exporting electricity, and asked them to invite the Shinobi World's leaders to the village's founding.

Uchiha Chuan declared that the Land of Rain would become the Land of U and that its people would join the Uchiha, founding U Hidden Village on the basis of equality. As envoys spread invitations to the founding ceremony, Konoha argued over Kushina and the Nine-Tails, the great daimyo arranged to restore the Land of Rain’s daimyo, and Tsunade returned to Konoha.

• Uchiha Chuan announced that everyone in the Land of U would be Uchiha, while the existing Uchiha would have no special status and could not awaken Mangekyō Sharingan through his shortcut.
• Uchiha Chuan ordered Fugaku Uchiha to approach several Konoha clans and Tsunade about recruitment and watching the milk tea shops.
• After half a month of preparations, envoys invited people across the Shinobi World to the ceremony establishing the Land of U and U Hidden Village.
• Jiraiya accepted the invitation, while the Third Hokage, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu argued with him over returning Kushina and the Nine-Tails to Konoha.
• The five great daimyo agreed to bring back the Land of Rain’s daimyo bloodline to inherit the country on the founding day.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha after deliberating for half a month.

Tsunade returned to Konoha in disguise, but the villagers’ hostility toward the Uchiha erased her remaining loyalty to the village. She asked Kazamatsuri Taohong to help gather the surviving Senju so they could reclaim their inheritance in the Land of Rain and rise alongside the Uchiha.

• Tsunade heard Konoha residents curse the Uchiha and call for the Land of Rain to be destroyed, then resolved to leave Konoha behind.
• Tsunade visited Kazamatsuri Taohong, the former Senju steward, and asked what might have happened if the Senju name had never been abandoned.
• Tsunade told Kazamatsuri Taohong that the Senju and Uchiha shared ancient origins and that Uchiha Chuan’s Infection Technique could let people awaken the Sharingan.
• Tsunade proposed leading those who still recognized the Senju to the Land of Rain to reclaim their inheritance and join the Senju and Uchiha in rising together.
• Kazamatsuri Taohong agreed to notify the surviving Senju, while Tsunade left to visit her home.

Tsunade persuaded the surviving Senju families to leave Konoha, take the Uchiha name, and join U Hidden Village. She sent them to the Land of Rain, then went to sell the Senju Clan Lands and gave Jiraiya and Konoha’s elders three days to gather one billion ryo.

• Tsunade revealed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan and told the gathered Senju families she planned to merge the Senju and Uchiha under the Uchiha name.
• Old Namikaze and the other families agreed to follow Tsunade, while Old Namikaze asked her not to tell Minato that he was alive.
• Tsunade used a teleportation array to send more than a hundred Senju clansmen away, and Kushina received them in the Land of Rain.
• Tsunade went to the Hokage Building and offered to sell the Senju Clan Lands for one billion ryo.
• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura asked for time to gather the money, and Tsunade agreed to return in three days.