Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru defeated Yahiko and offered to join Akatsuki, claiming he was interested in protecting Amegakure. Yahiko was left immobilized and shocked, uncertain of Orochimaru’s motives.

• Orochimaru rode a giant snake through Yahiko’s Water Wall and struck him with a venomous snake.
• The venom paralyzed Yahiko as Orochimaru approached and declared that Yahiko could not stop him.
• Orochimaru said he had become interested in Amegakure and might join Akatsuki to help protect it.
• Yahiko was shocked by the offer and questioned why a rogue ninja like Orochimaru would want to join.

Orochimaru demanded that Yahiko hand over every intruder in Amegakure for experiments, and Yahiko reluctantly agreed to protect Nagato and keep the conflict from escalating. Orochimaru removed the snake that had been paralyzing Yahiko.

• Orochimaru demanded that Yahiko hand over all the intruders in Amegakure.
• Yahiko asked why Orochimaru wanted them and objected to killing people who might only be following orders.
• Orochimaru said he wanted the intruders for experiments and threatened Yahiko with a snake as he stood over two unconscious ninjas.
• Yahiko agreed, fearing that refusal would lead Orochimaru to take over Amegakure and endanger Nagato.
• Orochimaru made the snake vanish, and Yahiko's stiffness began to fade.

Yahiko brought Orochimaru to Amegakure after accepting him as a member of Akatsuki. Nagato met them warily and learned that Orochimaru would be staying.

• Yahiko shook Orochimaru's hand, then checked that the two unconscious Ninja were unharmed.
• Yahiko led the two Ninja and Orochimaru toward Amegakure, telling the Ninja that Orochimaru had joined Akatsuki.
• The two Ninja's fear of Orochimaru gave way to friendliness after Yahiko explained his new role.
• Yahiko, Orochimaru, and the two Ninja reached Amegakure, where rain was falling.
• Nagato met Yahiko and asked whether Orochimaru needed directions, but Yahiko told him Orochimaru was now an Akatsuki member.

Orochimaru entered Amegakure as a spy in Akatsuki, while Uchiha Yin learned that Raikage had sent ninja toward Konoha. Angered by the move, Uchiha Yin comforted Kushina before preparing to leave again.

• Nagato questioned whether Orochimaru could be trusted, and Yahiko explained that Orochimaru wanted Akatsuki to hand over future intruders in Kumogakure without interference.
• Nagato accepted Yahiko’s decision but resolved to watch Orochimaru closely, and Orochimaru entered Akatsuki as a spy.
• Uchiha Yin learned that Orochimaru had entered Amegakure and that ninja had left Raikage Tower for Konoha.
• Uchiha Yin crushed the message in anger, and Kushina comforted him until he calmed down.
• Uchiha Yin told Kushina he had to leave again, then lifted her from his lap and seated her beside him.

Uchiha Yin headed for Kumogakure, intent on confronting the Raikage and Ōnoki, who had prepared an ambush to kill him. He exposed their trap before they could spring it and demanded that they show themselves.

• Uchiha Yin left Kushina and used Space-Time Ninjutsu to travel toward Kumogakure.
• The Raikage and Ōnoki planned to lure Uchiha Yin with a feigned attack on Konoha and trap him with a Sealing Jutsu.
• The Raikage summoned Fukai and brought a third of Kumogakure's Jonin to the ambush.
• Uchiha Yin detected the waiting forces with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and landed in their midst.
• Uchiha Yin called for the Raikage and Ōnoki to come out, shocking the Raikage by seeing through the ambush.

Uchiha Yin faced the Raikage, Ōnoki, and the ninjas waiting in ambush, confident he could defeat them. The Raikage attacked with Lariat, but Uchiha Yin formed the same technique and strengthened it with Fire Nature Chakra.

• The Raikage and Ōnoki confronted Uchiha Yin and vowed to stop him from leaving.
• Uchiha Yin mocked the Raikage and challenged him to find out who would win.
• Uchiha Yin's presence overwhelmed the hidden ninjas as the Raikage launched Lariat.
• Uchiha Yin stood his ground, formed his own Chakra Blade, and added Fire Nature Chakra to it.

Uchiha Yin overwhelmed the Raikage in a clash of Lariat attacks, then broke out of a large Earthen Prison with a Rasengan. He emerged to find the ninjas who had cast the prison coughing up blood from the backlash.

• Uchiha Yin struck the Raikage with a Lariat and sent him flying nearly ten meters, leaving his arm slightly bleeding.
• Uchiha Yin mocked the Raikage for being weak and praised his toughness, provoking him to call for an attack.
• Ōnoki ordered the hidden ninjas to trap Uchiha Yin in an Earthen Prison, which they claimed could hold a Tailed Beast.
• Uchiha Yin formed a massive Rasengan and hurled it at the prison wall, destroying the earthen cage.
• Uchiha Yin stepped through the opening and saw the ninjas coughing up blood from the impact's backlash.

Uchiha Yin dodged the Raikage and Fukai’s Double Lariat, leaving their attack to collide and injure Fukai. The Raikage ordered Fukai to stay back and prepared to fight Uchiha Yin alone.

• The Raikage called Fukai to help him confront Uchiha Yin.
• The Raikage and Fukai launched a Double Lariat from opposite sides, but Uchiha Yin used the Body Flicker Technique to evade it.
• The Raikage and Fukai’s attacks collided, and the impact sent Fukai flying and injured his internal organs.
• Fukai tried to charge at Uchiha Yin again, but the Raikage ordered him to stay back and decided to fight alone.

Uchiha Yin and the Third Raikage faced off as the Raikage unleashed his Lightning Release techniques. The chapter ended with Yin inviting the Raikage to strike him with the Strongest Spear, One-Finger Thrust.

• The ambushers retreated, and Uchiha Yin summoned his complete Susanoo.
• The Third Raikage charged Yin with Lightning Release: Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.
• Yin threw a Shadow Windmill that swept away the Raikage’s lightning-charged hand-blade attacks.
• The Third Raikage appeared beside Yin and launched Hell Stab, the Strongest Spear—One-Finger Thrust.
• Yin welcomed the attack and made no attempt to dodge.

Uchiha Yin withstood the Raikage’s One-Finger Thrust with his Susanoo, leaving the Raikage’s confidence shattered. The Raikage then revealed his Black Lightning, and Yin eagerly prepared to test his Susanoo against it.

• The Raikage drove his One-Finger Thrust into Yin’s Susanoo, but Yin reinforced and repaired its armor with Chakra.
• The thrust’s lightning faded without damaging the Susanoo, and the Raikage withdrew his finger in despair.
• Yin praised the Raikage for making him work to repair the Susanoo, but the Raikage took the words as mockery.
• The Raikage surrounded himself with terrifying Black Lightning, and Yin recognized it as a technique he had nearly forgotten.
• Yin challenged the Raikage to attack so he could test the Susanoo’s defense.

The Raikage tried to stop Uchiha Yin with his black Lightning Release while relying on Fukai to use a sealing technique. His Black Spot Difference struck Susanoo and caused Uchiha Yin painful numbness, but Uchiha Yin remained standing.

• The Raikage realized his black Lightning Release had not impressed Uchiha Yin and decided to stall him while hoping Fukai would use Octopus Hold.
• The Raikage gathered black lightning in his palm and attacked Uchiha Yin with Lightning Release: Black Spot Difference.
• Black lightning spread across Susanoo and seeped through its Chakra, causing Uchiha Yin painful numbness.
• Uchiha Yin endured the attack because his body was not as fragile as the Raikage had expected.

Uchiha Yin paralyzed the Raikage with Lightning Release, then used Wind Release to dispel the lingering effect. When the Eight-Tails attacked, Yin summoned three gates that pinned it to the ground.

• Uchiha Yin wrapped his Susanoo in Lightning Release and sent the current back through the dark mark, paralyzing the Raikage.
• Uchiha Yin added Wind Nature Chakra to his Susanoo and dispersed the lightning numbing his body.
• Fukai forced a Tailed Beast Transformation, and the Eight-Tails swung its tentacles at Uchiha Yin.
• Uchiha Yin summoned three vermilion gates with the Gate of the Great God and pinned the Eight-Tails to the ground.

Uchiha Yin restrained the Raikage and suppressed Fukai’s Eight-Tails transformation, while Ōnoki intervened to free the Raikage. The Raikage escaped, but Uchiha Yin remained confident as he faced Ōnoki.

• Uchiha Yin suppressed Fukai’s Tailed Beast Transformation and pinned him down with Gates of the Great God.
• Uchiha Yin warned the Raikage and challenged Ōnoki for failing to help him.
• Ōnoki secretly attacked Uchiha Yin’s arm with Dust Release.
• Uchiha Yin knocked the attack away but released the Raikage, who escaped using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Uchiha Yin mocked Ōnoki and asked whether freeing the Raikage could really give him a chance to win.

Uchiha Yin confronted the Raikage, Ōnoki, and the other ninja, then unleashed a powerful Storm Release technique that summoned a gigantic lightning dragon. The dragon attacked the assembled ninja as they raised their strongest defenses.

• Uchiha Yin challenged the Raikage, Ōnoki, and the other ninja to attack him together.
• The Raikage ordered everyone to attack and said Uchiha Yin could not be allowed to leave alive.
• Uchiha Yin summoned a massive vortex of thunderclouds with Storm Release: Storm Demon Dragon.
• A gigantic lightning dragon burst from the clouds and targeted the ninja below.
• The ninja deployed their strongest shields to resist the dragon's attack.

Uchiha Yin defeated the Raikage after the Raikage’s attempt to avenge the fallen ninjas failed. Ōnoki and the surviving Kumogakure ninjas were left staring at the Raikage’s body.

• Uchiha Yin’s falling teardrops killed nearly all the ninjas present, and the Raikage shielded the few survivors.
• Uchiha Yin taunted the exhausted Raikage for failing to protect his village.
• The Raikage charged Uchiha Yin with the One-Finger Assault, focusing all his remaining Chakra into his index finger.
• Uchiha Yin shot the Raikage through the heart with an arrow, and the Raikage collapsed dead.
• Ōnoki and the surviving Kumogakure ninjas looked on as they found a bloody hole where the Raikage’s heart had been.

After Uchiha Yin killed the Raikage, Ōnoki surrendered to prevent Iwagakure from being destroyed. Ōnoki bowed and asked Uchiha Yin to spare the village's ninja.

• Ōnoki watched Uchiha Yin kill the Raikage and saw that Iwagakure could not overcome him.
• Uchiha Yin asked Ōnoki whether he wanted to continue fighting.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure's people to lower their weapons and surrender.
• Ōnoki bowed to Uchiha Yin and pleaded for him to spare Iwagakure's ninja.
• Iwagakure's people tried to stop Ōnoki, but he rebuked them.

Uchiha Yin demanded proof of Ōnoki’s surrender, and Ōnoki agreed to send his granddaughter Kurotsuchi to Konoha as a hostage. The chapter ended with Yin satisfied by Ōnoki’s reluctant concession.

• Ōnoki ordered the people of Iwagakure to stay back while he negotiated with Uchiha Yin.
• Yin challenged Ōnoki to prove that his surrender was sincere and not a chance to regroup.
• Ōnoki struggled to think of a guarantee that would satisfy Yin.
• Yin demanded that Ōnoki leave someone important to him as leverage.
• Ōnoki offered his granddaughter Kurotsuchi as a hostage to Konoha, and Yin accepted the concession.

Uchiha Yin spared Fukai and warned Kumogakure not to threaten Konoha again, then forced Ōnoki to lead him into Iwagakure. Ōnoki brought Yin to the Shadow's building and went to settle matters with Kurotsuchi, while Kitsuchi hurried to ask why Yin had come.

• Uchiha Yin agreed to spare Ōnoki and let the Iwagakure ninjas leave with him.
• Uchiha Yin spared Fukai and warned him to tell Kumogakure's next Raikage not to plot against Konoha.
• Ōnoki and the Iwagakure ninjas followed Uchiha Yin into Iwagakure, unable to resist him.
• Ōnoki escorted Uchiha Yin to the Shadow's building and said he needed to settle things with Kurotsuchi.
• Kitsuchi met Ōnoki and nervously asked why Uchiha Yin had come to their village.

Ōnoki decided to send Kurotsuchi to Konoha to protect her and Iwagakure from Uchiha Yin. He returned to the Iwagakure building, where Uchiha Yin was waiting.

• Kitsuchi panicked when Ōnoki told him to have Kurotsuchi pack her things and come see him.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi he was sending Kurotsuchi away because he had to consider all the Ninja of Iwagakure.
• Kitsuchi accepted Ōnoki’s decision and left in defeat.
• A ninja suggested fighting, but Ōnoki reminded him that the Raikage had died and they had little chance against Uchiha Yin.
• Ōnoki hurried back to the Iwagakure building, where Uchiha Yin remained.

Ōnoki met Uchiha Yin in Iwagakure, where Yin mocked the village’s scenery while Ōnoki kept his anger in check. Kitsuchi went home and raised the idea of sending Kurotsuchi to train at Haihui Temple, but his wife questioned whether their daughter was old enough and suited to become Tsuchikage.

• Ōnoki flew up to meet Uchiha Yin at the window and realized Iwagakure could not risk opposing him.
• Uchiha Yin compared Iwagakure’s scenery unfavorably with Konoha’s, while its people held back their anger.
• Kitsuchi returned home and asked his wife what she thought about sending Kurotsuchi away to gain experience.
• Kitsuchi said Kurotsuchi should train at Haihui Temple because she was destined to become Tsuchikage and his father was aging.
• Kitsuchi’s wife laughed and questioned whether Kurotsuchi was too young and whether becoming Tsuchikage would be too dangerous for a girl.