Chapter Summaries

Konan visited Yahiko and Nagato in the damaged village and was reassured that they were safe. After they escorted her out, Uchiha Yin met her, and she thanked him with a kiss before they headed home.

• Konan asked Yahiko and Nagato how they had been, and Yahiko said Nagato’s protection kept them safe.
• The three walked through the ruined village, where villagers repaired their homes, and Konan relaxed after seeing them alive and working.
• Yahiko and Nagato carefully escorted Konan out of the village because they feared what might happen if she were hurt.
• Uchiha Yin found Konan smiling, and she kissed his cheek and thanked him before they went home.

Uchiha Yin and Konan returned toward Konoha together while Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu searched Amegakure for another way to draw Uchiha Yin out. The chapter ended with them watching the village crowd and considering who to target next.

• Uchiha Yin took Konan's hand and headed back toward Konoha with her using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed how Uchiha Yin had protected Konan and decided to create another opportunity.
• Uchiha Yin noticed Konan's sacrifices and resolved to spend more time with her after seeing her worry about his mood.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu watched Amegakure's residents from above and looked for someone else to use as bait.

Yahiko and Nagato patrolled the village while Yahiko struggled with a sense of dread, then visited Orochimaru at the Clock Tower. They spent the night talking, leaving Yahiko’s unease unresolved.

• Obito Uchiha prepared to exploit a weakness he had found in Yahiko.
• Nagato noticed Yahiko’s unease and asked what was wrong, but Yahiko said he was only tired.
• Yahiko and Nagato went to the Clock Tower and found Orochimaru relaxing there.
• Yahiko complained that Orochimaru had it easy, and Orochimaru replied that their agreement did not require him to fight alongside them.
• Yahiko acknowledged that Orochimaru had protected the villagers and the Clock Tower, then they talked as the night passed.

Yahiko and Nagato patrolled Amegakure, where the villagers treated them with resentment despite their efforts to keep everyone safe. When a large force of ninja approached, they sent the villagers to shelter and prepared to defend them.

• Yahiko urged Nagato to rest, but Nagato insisted on joining him on patrol.
• The villagers greeted Yahiko and Nagato with coldness and accused them of doing nothing to save the village.
• Yahiko and Nagato completed their circuit and began returning when they sensed many ninja converging on them.
• They warned the villagers to flee to the shelter, and Nagato shoved aside a complaining man without injuring him.
• After checking that everyone had reached safety, Yahiko and Nagato took positions at the front and rear of the group.

Nagato and Yahiko brought the villagers to the shelter while Iwagakure and Kumogakure battled outside. When a woman said her daughter was missing, Nagato stopped her from rushing into danger, but Yahiko insisted on going to search instead.

• Nagato and Yahiko led the villagers to the shelter as Akatsuki members guarded the group.
• Iwagakure and Kumogakure were already fighting, and Nagato and Yahiko watched from the shelter entrance.
• A woman told Yahiko her daughter was missing and tried to leave the shelter to find her.
• Nagato knocked the woman unconscious, handed her to another villager, and offered to search for the girl himself.
• Yahiko told Nagato to stay behind and said he would go search for the daughter.

Yahiko went to search Amegakure’s center for a missing girl while Nagato stayed behind to protect the villagers. Yahiko entered the battle zone and heard a girl crying nearby.

• Yahiko insisted on searching for the girl and told Nagato to protect the crowd at the shelter.
• Nagato reluctantly stayed behind as Yahiko left for the center of Amegakure.
• Yahiko found that fighting between Iwagakure and Kumogakure had turned the village center into a dangerous battlefield.
• Yahiko dodged falling rocks and Ninjutsu as he made his way through the battle zone.
• Yahiko heard a girl crying in the distance.

Yahiko rescued a little girl from a falling boulder, but as he tried to carry her to safety, someone struck him from behind with Lightning Nature Ninjutsu. He shielded the girl and took the attack head-on.

• Yahiko heard a girl crying and rushed to find her near a crumbling wall.
• He spotted a boulder falling toward the girl, reached her in time, and pulled her clear.
• Yahiko comforted the girl and began carrying her away.
• Yahiko heard Lightning Nature Ninjutsu crackle behind him and turned the girl away, shielding her with his body.
• The attack hit Yahiko's back, leaving him with intense burning pain.

Yahiko carried an injured little girl through the battlefield toward shelter while Obito Uchiha secretly redirected an attack at him. Yahiko sensed the danger too late, and the chapter ended as the attack approached his back.

• Yahiko hurried through the battlefield with the little girl in his arms, already wounded by several Ninjutsu attacks.
• Yahiko soothed the crying girl and warned her to stay quiet so the fighters would not find them.
• Obito Uchiha watched Yahiko and decided to kill him because Nagato would not give in while Yahiko was alive.
• Obito Uchiha redirected a Kumogakure ninja's Ninjutsu through portals toward Yahiko's back.
• Yahiko sensed the incoming attack as it came toward him.

Yahiko fought to protect a little girl while escaping the battlefield, unaware that Obito Uchiha had redirected an Iwagakure shinobi’s Ninjutsu toward him. Trapped beneath falling stone slabs, Yahiko used Water Release to shield himself and the girl, then blasted the slabs away.

• Yahiko dodged an attack while carrying the girl, hurting his back as he rolled across the rocky ground.
• Obito Uchiha admired Yahiko’s kindness, then redirected an Iwagakure shinobi’s Earth Release toward him.
• Yahiko reached the edge of the battlefield before four massive stone slabs fell around him and began toppling inward.
• Yahiko set the girl down and formed a Water Formation Wall around them both.
• Yahiko expanded the water barrier until it hurled the stone slabs away.

Yahiko realized someone was manipulating attacks to trap him and the girl, then spotted Obito Uchiha watching from a distance. He fled in the opposite direction, while Obito prepared to attack.

• Yahiko stayed behind the fallen stone slabs and searched for whoever had interfered with their escape.
• The girl pointed toward the northwestern sky, where Yahiko saw Obito Uchiha hiding in a dark void.
• Yahiko recognized Obito as the man who had driven Nagato into a frenzy, but knew he could not defeat him.
• Yahiko took the girl and fled in the opposite direction before his Water Clone and Water Substitution disappeared.
• Obito watched Yahiko and the girl emerge and prepared to attack after a Kumogakure ninja used Lightning Release: Earth Flow.

Yahiko tried to escape with the little girl after Obito Uchiha destroyed his water clone, but Obito caught up and appeared in their path. Yahiko shielded the girl as he faced him.

• Obito Uchiha used lightning conducted through water to destroy Yahiko's clone and realized the real Yahiko had escaped with the little girl.
• Yahiko abandoned his detour and raced toward the village Shelter, spending his Chakra quickly as he carried the girl.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to find Yahiko, and Black Zetsu reported that Yahiko was nearly two li away to the south-east.
• Obito Uchiha vanished and reappeared ahead of Yahiko, who put himself between Obito and the little girl.

Yahiko confronted Obito Uchiha while protecting a frightened child, but Obito refused to let her go unless Yahiko defeated him. Yahiko launched a surprise attack, but Obito phased out of its path.

• The child clung to Yahiko as Obito Uchiha appeared and mocked him.
• Yahiko realized he could neither fight nor outrun Obito, but chose to protect the child.
• Yahiko offered to surrender himself if Obito would spare the child, but Obito refused.
• Yahiko attacked Obito with Water Release: Water Attack: Steel Current Torrential Rain.
• Obito phased into another space, and Yahiko's water monster passed through him.

Yahiko fought Obito Uchiha while trying to protect a little girl caught in the battle. After escaping Obito Uchiha’s Earth Release, Yahiko was left nearly out of Chakra and struggling to hold the girl.

• Yahiko blocked Obito Uchiha’s Great Fireball Technique with a Water Wall and escaped into the mist.
• Yahiko found the little girl and carried her toward safety.
• Obito Uchiha used Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, then withdrew it before Yahiko could counterattack.
• Obito Uchiha used Earth Release: Cracking Earth Palm, forcing Yahiko to leap across breaking slabs while carrying the girl.
• Yahiko escaped the technique’s reach with almost no Chakra left, and his arm began to tremble.

Obito Uchiha tried to make Yahiko abandon his belief that peace could not be achieved through force, but Yahiko reaffirmed his resolve. Obito attacked him, leaving Yahiko badly wounded and hoping someone from the village would come to help.

• Obito Uchiha challenged Yahiko to look at the battle engulfing the village and claimed Nagato was the only one who could save it.
• Yahiko rejected Obito's argument, warning that peace enforced by strength would leave hatred to fuel another war.
• Obito Uchiha threw the girl away, and Yahiko caught her, taking the impact on the back of his head to protect her.
• Obito Uchiha used Earth Release: Earth Spear, striking Yahiko with stone spikes and leaving him bleeding and dizzy.

Yahiko died after Obito impaled him on a stone spike, and Obito spared the frightened girl, putting her to sleep beside Yahiko. After hearing the battle had ended, Nagato left the Shelter to search for Yahiko.

• Yahiko saw the crying girl reach toward him and died, believing he could finally rest.
• Obito watched Yahiko die, then spared the girl and put her to sleep with Genjutsu.
• Obito laid the sleeping girl beside Yahiko, and Black Zetsu questioned why he had spared her.
• Obito warned Black Zetsu to keep quiet and vanished with him as the space around him warped.
• Nagato heard that the combatants had withdrawn and rushed out of the Shelter to find Yahiko.

Nagato found Yahiko dead on a field of rock spikes, and the shock awakened his Rinnegan. He mourned Yahiko before deciding to try another way to protect the village, his grief turning to hatred and killing intent.

• Nagato searched the battle area for Yahiko and followed traces of his Ninjutsu away from the Shelter.
• Nagato reached a clearing filled with jagged rock spikes and found Yahiko's lifeless body hanging from one.
• Nagato's grief and pain caused his Rinnegan to emerge as he stared at Yahiko.
• Nagato spoke to Yahiko for a long time, then said he would try another way to protect the village.
• Nagato's face filled with hatred and killing intent.

Nagato found the girl Yahiko had saved and learned Yahiko had asked her to stay by his side and care for him. Carrying Yahiko’s body, Nagato walked with the girl to the Clock Tower as night fell.

• Nagato found the frightened girl Yahiko had saved, and she recognized him by name.
• The girl told Nagato that Yahiko had asked her to stay by his side and take care of him.
• Nagato told Yahiko he would not let him die like this and lifted his body from the stone spike.
• Nagato carried Yahiko toward the Clock Tower on foot, while the girl followed close behind.
• Nagato noticed the girl resembled Konan, and they reached the Clock Tower near dark.

Nagato brought Yahiko's body to Orochimaru's laboratory and carefully cleaned and dressed him. When Orochimaru asked about burying Yahiko, Nagato answered in a low, hoarse voice, leaving his response unresolved.

• Orochimaru sensed Nagato approaching and saw him carrying Yahiko.
• Nagato entered Orochimaru's laboratory and laid Yahiko on the dissection table.
• Orochimaru told the accompanying girl to wait outside the Clock Tower.
• Nagato washed Yahiko, removed the blood, and dressed him in clean clothes.
• Orochimaru cautiously asked whether Yahiko should be buried, and Nagato began to answer in a low, hoarse voice.

Nagato told Orochimaru he had a way to bring Yahiko back to life, then left to carry it out. Uchiha Yin concealed Orochimaru’s message from Konan and reassured her, leaving her trusting him despite her worries.

• Nagato told Orochimaru he could bring Yahiko back to life and left the Clock Tower.
• Orochimaru sent word to Uchiha Yin, who burned the message before Konan could read it.
• Uchiha Yin refused to tell Konan what the message said, and she stopped questioning him.
• Uchiha Yin embraced Konan and assured her that he was on her side, easing her distress.

Orochimaru stayed near Yahiko’s corpse, wary of Nagato’s reaction, while a young girl feared Nagato blamed her for Yahiko’s death. The chapter left her waiting for Nagato to return and answer her question.

• Orochimaru refused to touch Yahiko’s corpse because he feared what Nagato might do if he returned.
• Orochimaru found the girl shivering outside the laboratory in the rain.
• The girl asked Orochimaru whether Nagato had left her behind because she got Yahiko killed.
• Orochimaru told the girl he did not know and urged her to go inside until Nagato returned.