Chapter Summaries

Tetsuya met Hatake Sakuya in Konoha and learned that unrest at the borders signaled the coming Second Shinobi World War. As Tetsuya left the village, Orochimaru recognized him and was shocked that he had not aged.

• Tetsuya posed as Chiba Ryo, Tetsuya’s son, and spoke with Hatake Sakuya, who remembered traveling with Tetsuya years earlier.
• Sakuya said he was leading an A-Rank Mission because the Land of Fire’s borders had grown increasingly unsettled.
• Tetsuya realized the twenty years of peace were nearly over and considered whether he could take advantage of the coming war.
• Tetsuya prepared to leave Konoha by carriage, thinking Kakuzu had probably been waiting for him.
• Orochimaru saw Tetsuya in the carriage and wondered how Mr. Chiba could still look so young.

Tetsuya returned to the Chiba Grand Hotel with Kakuzu, whom he had recruited, and told Izuna that another Shinobi World War was likely within three years. Rather than fight, the three planned to use their advance warning to profit from the coming war, beginning with Kakuzu's proposal to stockpile grain.

• Tetsuya returned to the hotel and found Izuna and Kakuzu reviewing the accounts.
• Tetsuya explained that he had met Kakuzu while Kakuzu was pursuing his bounty and recruited him to work for the hotel.
• Tetsuya told Izuna and Kakuzu that Kumogakure was gathering intelligence and that a Shinobi World War might begin within three years.
• Izuna proposed joining the war and fighting the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but Tetsuya said he wanted to make money from the conflict instead.
• Kakuzu proposed stockpiling grain so they could sell it at higher prices when war broke out.

Tetsuya organized a massive stockpile of food and iron ore, aiming to profit from the coming war by controlling supplies across the Land of Fire and other countries. As the Second Shinobi World War approached, food and iron prices soared, and Kakuzu celebrated the success of their plan.

• Tetsuya explained that he planned to stockpile iron ore, and Izuna revealed that he had acquired blacksmith shops and a contract with the Land of Fire’s iron mines.
• Tetsuya tasked Kakuzu with buying iron ore in other countries, assigned Izuna to stockpile food, and planned to secure priority access to the Land of Fire’s ore through the Daimyo.
• Tetsuya’s businesses filled granaries with food, while Kakuzu sent back Sealing Scrolls packed with iron ore and Refined Iron.
• Tensions rose across the Ninja World, and in Konoha Year 35 Hatake Sakuya died in a clash between Konoha and the Land of Earth.
• Food and iron prices surged as the major Shinobi Villages prepared for war, and Kakuzu rejoiced at their profits.

Tetsuya directed Kakuzu to sell iron ore to four Shinobi Villages at a higher price while keeping their supplies balanced, profiting from the escalating war. He told Izuna that Tobirama Senju was next in line for resurrection, and Kakuzu later delivered the villages’ payments without revealing that one seller supplied them all.

• Kakuzu reported that four groups from the Great Shinobi Villages wanted to buy iron ore, and Tetsuya told him to demand five percent more and sell each village roughly equal amounts.
• Tetsuya explained to Izuna that he wanted no single village to gain too great an advantage, since prolonged fighting would bring him more business.
• Tetsuya told Izuna that Tobirama Senju was next in his resurrection order, and Izuna angrily proposed killing or sealing him after his return.
• Tetsuya refused to reveal that he had used Izuna’s name to save Tobirama’s life.
• As the war intensified, the villages bought grain and iron ore from Tetsuya, and Kakuzu brought him the payments while assuring him that the shared source would remain secret.

Tetsuya gave Kakuzu access to the Treasury and heard his intelligence about the war and Amegakure’s plans. After mapping out how the Land of Rain could profit from trade, Kakuzu urged Tetsuya to conquer it.

• Tetsuya handed Kakuzu the Treasury key, and Kakuzu vowed to serve him while staying alive to make more money.
• Kakuzu reported that the war was deadlocked and that Senju Nawaki had died on the front lines.
• Kakuzu said Konoha was sending more Ninjas to the battlefield, including Jiraiya, and Tetsuya remarked that the fighting would not reach the Capital City.
• Kakuzu confirmed that Hanzo of the Salamander wanted to buy their Ninja Tools and join the war.
• Tetsuya explained that the Land of Rain could become a trade hub linking six countries, and Kakuzu suggested conquering it.

Tetsuya stopped Kakuzu and Izuna from trying to conquer the Land of Rain, warning that it would make them enemies of the Ninja World. Back in his room, Husky revealed a new Platinum Wheel draw pool that might offer a way to counter Ōtsutsuki Karma.

• Kakuzu proposed that Tetsuya, Izuna, and he eliminate Hanzō and take control of Amegakure and the Land of Rain.
• Tetsuya argued that attacking during the war would provoke the great nations and Shinobi Villages, preventing them from making money.
• Tetsuya privately worried that going to the Land of Rain could attract Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu, or Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then left the Tea House.
• Izuna asked Kakuzu to play Go while Tetsuya returned to his room and confronted Husky about appearing after he had cursed it in his thoughts.
• Husky offered Tetsuya a new Platinum Wheel draw pool and claimed it could provide a way to counter Karma.
• Tetsuya accused Husky of hiding the best rewards and asked whether Emerald and Diamond Wheels came after the Platinum Wheel.

Tetsuya spent a fortune on the platinum prize pool and asked Husky about his new rewards, including Hashirama Cells, Mangekyō Sharingan, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Isobu. He planned to save the upgrade materials for Izuna and ended the conversation after learning the statue and tailed beast came from another world.

• Tetsuya received ten rewards from the platinum prize pool and complained that its cost was draining his wealth.
• Husky explained that the Hashirama Cells had no harmful side effects, and Tetsuya considered saving them for Izuna or Kakuzu.
• Husky explained that the blood-kin Mangekyō Sharingan could help Izuna awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Tetsuya considered giving him the eyes and cells.
• Tetsuya said he would not take Izuna's future Rinnegan and could draw a pair later if he needed one.
• Husky told Tetsuya that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Isobu came from elsewhere, not from the Shinobi World.
• Tetsuya dismissed Husky after it ended its customer service, calling the dog greedy.

Hanzo of the Salamander prepared Amegakure to enter the war against the great nations, while Tetsuya and Izuna tested Izuna’s newly awakened Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. A letter from Kakuzu revealed that Hanzo had repelled the Land of Earth’s offensive and forced the Tsuchikage to withdraw.

• Hanzo of the Salamander ordered Amegakure’s Ninjas to prepare for war once their black-market equipment arrived.
• Tetsuya and Izuna fought with their Susanoo to test Izuna’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Izuna told Tetsuya that his ocular power was gradually increasing, and they speculated that his eyes might eventually evolve into the Rinnegan.
• Itachi delivered a letter from Kakuzu to Tetsuya and received a Sealing Scroll filled with chicken as payment.
• Tetsuya and Izuna read that Hanzo had repelled the Land of Earth’s attack and that the Tsuchikage had withdrawn his troops.

Tetsuya and Izuna discussed how the Second Shinobi World War might unfold as Hanzo of the Salamander’s Amegakure held off Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha. Tetsuya predicted Konoha would defeat Sunagakure before turning against Amegakure, and he told the skeptical Izuna to wait for news.

• Hanzo of the Salamander drove Iwagakure’s forces out of the Land of Rain, but Chiyo and Tsunade developed ways to counter his poison on the other fronts.
• Amegakure’s forces fought fiercely against Sunagakure and Konoha while those two great nations also battled each other.
• Tetsuya read Kakuzu’s intelligence and asked Izuna how he thought the war would change.
• Izuna predicted Sunagakure and Konoha would unite to eliminate Amegakure before settling their conflict, citing the Land of Rain’s limited resources.
• Tetsuya argued that Konoha and Sunagakure would keep treating each other as their true rival, and predicted Konoha would ultimately win before confronting Hanzo of the Salamander.
• Izuna doubted Tetsuya’s prediction, and Tetsuya said they would hear news soon.

Tsunade struggled to develop an antidote for the Sand Ninja’s poison while Jiraiya and Orochimaru learned that Hatake Sakumo had gone alone to attack Sunagakure for revenge. As Amegakure’s forces assaulted Konoha’s camp, Sakumo prepared to confront a team outside the Sand village.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya that Chiyo’s poison, complicated by Hanzo’s poison, would take more time to counter, though her suppressant was delaying its effects.
• Orochimaru revealed that Sakumo had entered the Land of Wind alone to attack Sunagakure and cut off supplies.
• Tsunade explained that Sakumo had gone to avenge his older brother, Sakuya, who had been killed by Sunagakure.
• Amegakure’s ninja attacked Konoha’s camp, and Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru fought them together.
• Outside Sunagakure, Sakumo drew his blade as two ninja led a team out into the desert.

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.