Recaps

After Konoha defeated Sunagakure, Tetsuya received Kakuzu’s report confirming his prediction and discussed the coming conflict with Amegakure. Izuna became interested in testing Hanzo of the Salamander, whose title as the Ninja World’s Demigod he doubted.

• Orochimaru helped Tsunade develop an antidote to Sunagakure’s poison, while Hatake Sakumo cut the enemy’s supply lines and killed Chiyo’s son and daughter-in-law.
• Konoha’s forces overwhelmed Sunagakure, and the Third Kazekage surrendered to the Third Hokage, ending the war in Konoha’s favor.
• Itachi delivered Kakuzu’s letter to Tetsuya, who gave Itachi fried chicken and read the report with Izuna.
• Tetsuya explained that Konoha would need time to recover before fighting Amegakure and said Hanzo was a formidable opponent known as the Ninja World’s Demigod.
• Izuna questioned Hanzo’s title and wanted to test his strength.

Tetsuya and Izuna decided to travel to the Land of Rain to see Hanzo of the Salamander, while Kakuzu met the orphaned Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in Amegakure. Yahiko praised Hanzo as the world’s strongest ninja, and Kakuzu thought of an ever-smiling figure beside a golden giant.

• Tetsuya agreed to accompany Izuna to the Land of Rain, and he sent Itachi to inform Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu returned to his hideout in Amegakure and found Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan waiting outside for food.
• Kakuzu gave the Three Brats bread and invited them inside when the rain grew heavier.
• Yahiko offered Kakuzu the information he and his friends had gathered, including news of Konoha’s and Sunagakure’s battles and Hanzo’s attacks on Konoha’s encampments.
• Yahiko declared that he admired Hanzo and hoped to become strong enough to protect Nagato and Konan, while Kakuzu recalled a smiling figure and a golden giant.

Kakuzu challenged Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan’s idealized beliefs about ninja, explaining how power and money shaped the world. Yahiko remained determined to become strong, while Nagato wondered whether wealth and influence could let him change things.

• Kakuzu asked Yahiko why he wanted to become a ninja, and Yahiko said he wanted to protect Nagato and Konan and end suffering.
• Kakuzu told the children that ninja served the powerful and could not change the rules unless they had enough strength to ignore them.
• Konan grew angry at Kakuzu for focusing on money, while Yahiko vowed to become strong enough to change the world.
• Kakuzu argued that Yahiko lacked a powerful family, inherited techniques, and special advantages, leaving Yahiko devastated.
• Nagato asked whether becoming wealthy and influential could help him change the world, and Kakuzu replied that money could make life much easier.

Kakuzu explained to Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan that money drove wars and could solve Amegakure’s problems, while Yahiko vowed to become rich and change the country. After the children left, Kakuzu wondered whether Itachi’s message meant the boss and Boss Izuna were coming to fight Hanzo.

• Kakuzu told Nagato that the great nations fought wars to seize resources and wealth, and argued that Amegakure’s troubles stemmed from being broke.
• Yahiko asked what would happen if he stole money from a rich person, and Kakuzu warned that a bounty could make him a hunted rogue Ninja.
• Yahiko asked how the children could get rich and change the world, but Kakuzu mocked the idea and sent them away once the rain stopped.
• Nagato and Yahiko thanked Kakuzu before leaving, and Kakuzu privately wished the Three Brats luck and considered offering them work if they survived.
• Kakuzu recalled that Itachi had said the boss and Boss Izuna were coming, then wondered if Boss Izuna planned to challenge Hanzo.

Tetsuya and Izuna visited Kakuzu in Amegakure and met Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan while Kakuzu taught them accounting. Izuna noticed the Rinnegan hidden beneath Nagato’s bangs, and Tetsuya gave Yahiko basic ninja training books.

• Kakuzu taught Nagato, Konan, and a reluctant Yahiko the basics of accounting, while Nagato encouraged Yahiko to keep studying.
• Tetsuya and Izuna entered Kakuzu’s hideout and met the three children, and Yahiko complained about Kakuzu to Tetsuya.
• Izuna saw the Rinnegan beneath Nagato’s bangs and sensed that its chakra felt familiar to him.
• Tetsuya praised Yahiko’s ambition and gave him books on chakra extraction and the basic Three Body Technique.

Tetsuya and Izuna discovered that Nagato possessed the Rinnegan and deduced that the eyes belonged to Madara Uchiha. Instead of reclaiming them, Izuna decided to take Nagato as his disciple and asked him to become his student.

• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan received chakra-extraction and ninjutsu books from Tetsuya.
• Izuna recognized Nagato's eyes as the Rinnegan and reasoned that they were Madara Uchiha's eyes, entrusted to Nagato before Madara's death.
• Tetsuya asked Izuna whether he intended to take back the Rinnegan, but Izuna said he wanted to make Nagato his disciple.
• Izuna asked Nagato whether he wanted to learn ninjutsu and become his student.

Izuna set out to face Hanzo of the Salamander and brought Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to the battlefield. As the Sannin struggled against Hanzo and his giant salamander Ibuse, Izuna’s promised demonstration had yet to begin.

• Yahiko asked whether Izuna was as strong as Hanzo, and Tetsuya proposed that they settle the question with a spar.
• Izuna agreed to face Hanzo and brought Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan toward the battlefield with Kakuzu and Tetsuya.
• Hanzo summoned Ibuse and attacked Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru with explosive-tag kunai and a fire technique.
• Jiraiya shielded Tsunade with Needle Jizo while Orochimaru bound Hanzo with snakes and Jiraiya attacked with Hair Needle Senbon.
• Hanzo escaped with the Water Body Flicker Technique, leaving the exhausted Sannin regrouping as they admitted they could barely challenge him.

Tetsuya introduced himself as Tobi and presented Izuna as Madara Uchiha before Izuna challenged Hanzo of the Salamander. As Izuna fought Hanzo, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru debated whether to intervene, wait, or retreat, while Tobi watched them closely.

• Hanzo of the Salamander spared Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru and named them the Konoha Sannin.
• Tetsuya and Izuna appeared on the battlefield, and Tetsuya introduced Izuna as Madara Uchiha.
• Tsunade questioned Madara's identity, provoking Izuna to turn his killing intent on her before Tetsuya redirected him toward Hanzo.
• Izuna attacked Hanzo with Majestic Destroyer Flame, then closed in and fought him atop Ibuse.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru discussed their next move, while Tobi called them out for plotting during the fight.

Tetsuya pressured Konoha’s Sannin to withdraw from the Land of Rain and help end the war while Izuna continued fighting Hanzo of the Salamander. The Sannin left, and Izuna escalated the battle with a clash of fire and water that engulfed the field in steam.

• Tetsuya told Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru they could leave if they withdrew Konoha’s forces and helped end the war.
• Tetsuya revealed his overwhelming chakra to intimidate the Sannin, then warned that Hanzo might target them after he and Izuna departed.
• Tsunade agreed to return to camp and tell Konoha’s leaders to end the war, and Orochimaru led the Sannin away with the other Konoha Ninja.
• Izuna unleashed Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, and Hanzo countered with Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique.
• The fire and water collided, filling the battlefield with scalding steam, and Tetsuya used the Body Flicker Technique to retreat beyond its reach.

Izuna defeated Hanzo of the Salamander with his Perfect Susanoo but spared him, then asked Nagato, Yahiko, and Xiaolan to become his students. Nagato agreed only after confirming he could keep learning how to make money from Tetsuya.

• Hanzo of the Salamander used Ibuse's poison mist and a chain to attack Izuna, but Izuna broke free with Susanoo.
• Izuna activated his Perfect Susanoo and slashed at Hanzo and Ibuse, leveling mountains, while Hanzo survived by using his summon to absorb the attack.
• Izuna and Tetsuya returned to Kakuzu and the three children, where Yahiko excitedly asked about the blue Susanoo.
• Izuna offered to teach Nagato, Yahiko, and Xiaolan ninjutsu, and Nagato asked whether he could continue learning how to make money.
• Tetsuya offered to teach Nagato about making money while Izuna taught the children ninjutsu, and Nagato eagerly accepted.

After Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru reported seeing Madara Uchiha on the battlefield, Konoha's leaders disputed whether he was truly alive. Hiruzen Sarutobi began revealing what their teacher had told him about his escape from the battlefield, leaving the truth unfinished.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru reported that Madara Uchiha had defeated Hanzo with a perfect Susanoo, but Hiruzen Sarutobi's advisors doubted their account.
• Shimura Danzō blamed the Uchiha Clan and demanded that it be punished, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu agreed that Madara Uchiha was dead.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the Sannin to rest, then told Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu that Madara Uchiha might really be alive.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi began explaining that their teacher had privately told him the truth about how he escaped the battlefield.

Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that Uchiha Izuna had saved Tobirama and killed Kinkaku and Ginkaku, prompting the Konoha elders to consider that Madara Uchiha might truly have returned. In the Mountain Graveyard, the real Madara learned that someone was impersonating him and ordered Black Zetsu to investigate.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the elders that Uchiha Izuna had saved Tobirama and defeated Kinkaku and Ginkaku before disappearing with the Six Paths Tools.
• Danzo rejected the account, but Hiruzen Sarutobi challenged him, then concluded that Madara Uchiha might have returned.
• Mitokado Homura asked who the masked man Tobi was, and Hiruzen Sarutobi pointed out that Tobi had only one Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu woke Madara Uchiha and told him that an impostor had used his name to summon a Perfect Susanoo and defeat Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to investigate the man claiming to be him.

Kumogakure's leaders debated the return of Madara Uchiha and decided to strengthen their village by developing tailed-beast power. Meanwhile, Tetsuya returned to the Capital City of the Land of Fire with Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, who marveled at the city and learned that Tetsuya owned its food shops.

• The Third Raikage gathered Kumogakure's senior officials to discuss Madara Uchiha's reappearance, and Dodai questioned whether Konoha had staged it.
• Kumogakure's officials argued over Madara's identity until the Third Raikage ordered them to focus on the village's future.
• Dodai urged Kumogakure to strengthen its top fighters and put tailed-beast power to military use, and the Third Raikage asked Blue B to contribute.
• Shinobi villages and organizations across the world began seeking ways to increase their strength.
• Tetsuya returned to the Capital City of the Land of Fire with Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, who admired the city and its food.
• Kakuzu told the children that every food shop on the street belonged to Tetsuya, leaving them astonished.

At the Chiba Estate, Izuna began training Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan and discovered Nagato’s Rinnegan were weakening him because he could not deactivate them. Tetsuya suggested sealing their power, and Izuna agreed to help him try.

• Izuna tested Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan’s chakra natures and began teaching them ninja fundamentals.
• Tetsuya told Izuna that Nagato’s foreign Rinnegan drained his chakra and life energy, leaving him unusually weak.
• Tetsuya suggested replacing Nagato’s eyes, but Izuna considered giving Nagato his own eyes despite the risk to their evolution.
• Tetsuya proposed sealing the Rinnegan’s power, and Izuna agreed to assist him.

Izuna and Tetsuya sealed the power of Nagato’s Rinnegan to protect his health, while Tetsuya assigned Yahiko and Konan homework after their training. Tetsuya then considered killing Hanzo of the Salamander to prevent a future clash when the three returned to the Land of Rain.

• Tetsuya explained that Nagato’s Rinnegan was draining his strength, and Nagato agreed to let him and Izuna seal its power temporarily.
• Izuna channeled chakra into Nagato as Tetsuya performed a sealing jutsu, leaving a special mark on Nagato’s forehead and putting him to sleep.
• Yahiko and Konan checked on Nagato, and Tetsuya gave them workbooks after Yahiko said he had finished his training.
• Yahiko pretended to be injured to avoid the homework, but Tetsuya threatened him with an electric shock, so Yahiko and Konan ran off to study.
• Tetsuya reflected that Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan would eventually return to the Land of Rain and considered killing Hanzo of the Salamander.

Tetsuya and Izuna devised a plan for Yahiko and the others to gain control of Amegakure through Hanzo, while Nagato recovered from the sealing and learned about Tetsuya’s experimental ninjutsu. The chapter ended with Tetsuya promising to teach Nagato the technique once it was complete.

• Tetsuya rejected killing Hanzo outright and proposed controlling him to help Yahiko and the others eventually take leadership of Amegakure.
• Tetsuya explained the plan to Izuna, and they discussed how to shape the Land of Rain’s future.
• Nagato woke after sleeping for a day, and Tetsuya examined his recovery after the Rinnegan sealing.
• Tetsuya demonstrated a technique that added fire effects to Wind Release, impressing Nagato.
• Nagato asked to learn the technique, and Tetsuya agreed to teach him after he finished developing it.

Black Zetsu searched for the missing Nagato and mistakenly suspected the major shinobi villages had abducted him, while Nagato settled into life at the Chiba Estate. A Kumogakure spy reported that the Cloud Village planned to abduct Kushina Uzumaki to learn how to control the Eight-Tails.

• Black Zetsu discovered Nagato had vanished and sent White Zetsu to investigate the shinobi villages, suspecting one of them had taken him.
• Black Zetsu learned that the major villages were secretly preparing for something and ordered further investigation.
• Nagato and the other children followed a steady training and study routine under Tetsuya and Izuna at the Chiba Estate.
• A Kumogakure undercover ninja arrived at the Chiba Estate and gave Tetsuya an important report in person.
• The spy explained that Kumogakure had suffered repeated Eight-Tails rampages and planned to abduct Kushina Uzumaki to study her chakra and gain control over tailed beasts.

Tetsuya joined a Kumogakure mission to infiltrate Konoha and abduct Kushina Uzumaki, disguising himself as a Lightning Country native. When a Jonin accused him of being a spy, Tetsuya killed him with a Black Mamba Elbow Strike and silenced the others with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

• Yeruka explained that he and Yurubi, both Special Jōnin with years of experience in the Land of Fire, would lead the mission to kidnap Kushina Uzumaki.
• Tetsuya asked to join, learned Kumogakure already had operatives inside Konoha, and left with Yeruka for the gathering.
• Tetsuya transformed his appearance to resemble a Kumogakure ninja and told Yeruka to call him Mamba.
• At the gathering outside the Capital City, a Jonin questioned Tetsuya's presence and accused Yurubi of helping a Konoha spy.
• Tetsuya activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, killed the accusing Jonin with a Black Mamba Elbow Strike, and asked if anyone else objected.

Tetsuya led two Kumogakure Chunin into Konoha, then abandoned their plan to kidnap Kushina Uzumaki in favor of stealing Tobirama Senju’s Scroll of Seals. After the three infiltrated the Hokage Building and split up to search, Tetsuya transformed into Jiraiya.

• Tetsuya led the first group through a gap in Konoha’s barrier and guided them toward the training grounds where Kushina might appear.
• After finding Konoha’s defenses weakened by the recent war, Tetsuya persuaded the two Chunin to help steal the Scroll of Seals instead of waiting for Kushina.
• Tetsuya led the Chunin toward the Hokage Building, and they evaded Konoha patrols and hidden sentries along the way.
• The three entered the Hokage Building and split up to search for the scroll.
• Tetsuya transformed into Jiraiya and swaggered through the building.

Disguised as Jiraiya, Tetsuya found Konoha’s Scroll of Seals and memorized several techniques before the real Jiraiya caught him. Tetsuya fled with the scroll, and their fight across the village drew Konoha’s ninjas as they traded attacks.

• Tetsuya searched the Hokage Building for the Scroll of Seals, then followed a ninja to the room where it was kept.
• Tetsuya bypassed the room’s barriers, found the Scroll of Seals, and memorized the Eight Gates Formation and other techniques.
• The real Jiraiya caught Tetsuya reading the scroll, but Tetsuya grabbed it and escaped through a window.
• Jiraiya ordered a ninja to alert the village, then chased Tetsuya across Konoha’s rooftops as they exchanged fire techniques.
• Tetsuya attacked Jiraiya from behind with Thousand Years of Death, but Jiraiya countered with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.

Tetsuya fought Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade while Orochimaru retrieved the Scroll of Seals. As the Sannin and their summons pressed the attack, Tetsuya summoned the Yellow Immortal.

• Orochimaru stole the Scroll of Seals from Tetsuya and sent it underground inside a snake.
• Tsunade joined Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and the three Sannin attacked Tetsuya with fire, lightning, and snake techniques.
• Tsunade struck a wooden substitute, then Tetsuya hit her and Jiraiya protected her from a fire dragon with Needle Jizo.
• Orochimaru's snakes sank into Tetsuya's Swamp of the Underworld, and Tsunade healed Jiraiya's burns.
• Tetsuya tried to leave, but Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta to block him and attacked with a toad-oil fireball.
• Orochimaru summoned a large snake, and Tetsuya answered by summoning the Yellow Immortal.

Tetsuya and Huang Bai fought Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade in Konoha until Hiruzen Sarutobi drove them outside the village. Tetsuya then revealed a Sharingan, leaving Hiruzen shocked as he demanded to know who Tetsuya was.

• Huang Bai subdued Orochimaru's giant snake, and Gamabunta identified him as a member of the predatory Yellow Weasel Clan from the Weasel Burial Mound.
• Jiraiya and Gamabunta attacked Huang Bai with a flaming blade, but Huang Bai knocked it aside and sent sparks raining down in flames.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu, and Huang Bai recognized the slug as a creature from Shikkotsu Forest before preparing another fiery attack.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Enma and struck Huang Bai and Tetsuya beyond Konoha's walls to move the battle away from the village.
• Tetsuya denied trying to destroy Konoha, then revealed his Sharingan to Hiruzen, who reacted with shock.

Tetsuya, posing as Tobi, fought Konoha and convinced Hiruzen Sarutobi that he was the supposedly dead Kagami Uchiha. As Konoha regrouped after Tobi escaped, a Kumogakure squad kidnapped Kushina Uzumaki.

• Tetsuya warned Tsunade to withdraw Konoha's remaining troops from the Land of Rain and clashed verbally with Hiruzen Sarutobi over his Sharingan and Uchiha identity.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Tobi was Kagami Uchiha, and Tetsuya claimed Kagami had died because Hiruzen had chosen that fate before declaring himself Tobi.
• Tetsuya attacked with the Lightning Release: Wild Lightning Jutsu, then escaped while Jiraiya protected the others.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi led the Konoha ninja back to the village, ordered repairs and increased patrols, and called an emergency meeting with his old comrades.
• A Kumogakure squad took advantage of the chaos to kidnap Kushina Uzumaki and carry her out of Konoha.

Minato rescued Kushina from the Kumogakure kidnappers, while Tetsuya killed the unconscious captors and continued his plan. In Konoha, Hiruzen identified the masked attacker as Kagami Uchiha, prompting Danzo’s disbelief as the others considered the evidence.

• Minato ambushed the three Kumogakure ninja, rescued Kushina, and carried her back toward the village.
• Tetsuya arrived after Minato left, killed the unconscious captors, and headed to the rendezvous point to wait for surviving Kumogakure ninja.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen of failing to protect Konoha, but Hiruzen announced that Kagami Uchiha had attacked the village.
• Danzo denied that Kagami could be alive, and Hiruzen explained why he believed the masked man was Kagami.
• Jiraiya and the others supported Hiruzen’s account, noting that the masked man knew Konoha well and had avoided killing them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others concluded that Kagami had returned through a flawed resurrection technique and had come to steal the Scroll of Seals to study Impure World Reincarnation. Meanwhile, Tetsuya arranged for two surviving Kumogakure ninja to become his informants, then returned to the Chiba Estate to check on Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko.

• Danzo rejected the theory that Tobi was Kagami and left the meeting, while Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped Mitokado Homura from pursuing him.
• Orochimaru proposed that Kagami had been resurrected by a flawed technique and sought Impure World Reincarnation to improve it, and Tsunade suggested his mask concealed physical flaws.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled that the resurrected Uchiha Izuna had seemed to possess an immortal body, reinforcing the group's theory that someone was resurrecting powerful dead ninja.
• Tetsuya gave Yeruka and Yurubi scrolls containing Konoha ninjutsu and ordered them to rise through Kumogakure's ranks and serve as his informants.
• Tetsuya returned to the Chiba Estate, praised Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko's shuriken practice, and promised to check their homework after they ate his snacks.