Chapter Summaries

Kenichi Amamiya tried to reach Rin Nohara while battling Obito, but Jiraiya intervened and attacked him with lethal intent. The fight escalated as Kenichi combined Wood Release and Susanoo, while Obito watched from nearby and faced his own opponents.

• Kenichi Amamiya sent evacuation instructions to gifted ninja, then realized Obito’s apparent assault was a Shadow Clone and that Obito had gone after Rin Nohara.
• Kenichi Amamiya headed back toward Rin Nohara, but Jiraiya struck him with Fire Release and declared that he would execute Konoha’s S-Rank Rogue Ninja.
• Jiraiya fought Kenichi Amamiya with Sage Mode, Rasengan, and Fire Release, while two toads began a genjutsu chant that threatened to incapacitate him.
• Kenichi Amamiya summoned a Wood Human and covered it with Susanoo armor, interrupting the toads’ chant with a devastating sword strike.
• Kenichi Amamiya attacked Jiraiya amid the ruined homes and brought down the Wood Human’s shield toward him, while Obito watched warily and considered how to handle his opponents.

Obito fought a group of Sharingan-wielding ninjas while Jiraiya battled Kenichi Amamiya’s Wood Human and summoned Gamabunta. Kenichi opened the Eight Gates and was trapped by Gamabunta for Jiraiya’s Super Great Ball Rasengan, but he activated his Mangekyo and used Decompose on Gamabunta’s hand.

• Obito was surrounded by coordinated Jonin-level ninjas with Three-Tomoe Sharingan and was wounded by their mysterious attacks.
• Jiraiya’s Goemon charred Kenichi Amamiya’s Wood Human, but it regenerated; Jiraiya then summoned Gamabunta and sank the giant into a Swamp of the Underworld.
• Kenichi abandoned the Wood Human, opened the Eight Gates through the Gate of View, and kicked Jiraiya into a ruined residence while fighting off Gamabunta.
• Jiraiya and Gamabunta coordinated a trap, with Gamabunta grabbing Kenichi’s arm as Jiraiya attacked with a Super Great Ball Rasengan.
• Kenichi activated his Mangekyo and used Decompose on the webbed hand holding him.

Kenichi Amamiya used his Mangekyo to control electrical charges in the storm clouds above the Land of Water while Jiraiya fought to protect Gamabunta. The chapter ended as Kenichi released a devastating white-light attack centered on Jiraiya.

• Kenichi Amamiya escaped Jiraiya and Gamabunta’s attacks by using his Mangekyo to erase the webbing binding his hands.
• Jiraiya exhausted himself fighting Kenichi, while Gamabunta lost both webbed feet and could not be sent back to Mount Myōboku.
• Kenichi gathered chakra to manipulate the storm clouds, and Shimura Danzō and the revived Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared to hold Jiraiya and Gamabunta back.
• Kenichi used his Mangekyo to identify and control positive and negative charges, despite the strain causing his eyes to bleed.
• Jiraiya charged at Kenichi to save Gamabunta, and Kenichi converged the charges on Jiraiya, unleashing a blinding white light across the Land of Water.

Kenichi Amamiya killed Jiraiya with a devastating lightning attack, and Orochimaru accepted her student’s actions after witnessing Jiraiya’s resolve. Nagato and Konan took Jiraiya and Gamabunta away, while Tsunade learned of the loss as she sat in the Hokage’s seat.

• Kenichi Amamiya found Jiraiya and Gamabunta’s charred remains after his lightning strike and returned to his laboratory.
• Uchiha Shiori told Kenichi Amamiya that she and the others had stopped Obito from taking Rin Nohara, and Kenichi ordered the capital’s repairs.
• Orochimaru told Kenichi Amamiya that Jiraiya had fought knowing he might die, and she chose not to intervene.
• Nagato and Konan arrived at the battlefield, and Kenichi allowed them to take Jiraiya and Gamabunta away.
• Tsunade sat in the Hokage’s seat after winning a gamble and stared at her documents as she thought of Jiraiya.

After Jiraiya’s death, Tsunade struggled between her grief and Konoha’s interests until the Fire Daimyo proposed a lavish four-village war against the Land of Water. Kenichi Amamiya learned the daimyo and Kumogakure were turning against him and decided to test whether the daimyo were truly united.

• Tsunade grieved Jiraiya, whom Kenichi Amamiya had killed, while weighing revenge against Konoha’s plan to cooperate with him.
• The Fire Daimyo issued a war mission for the Four Shinobi Villages to attack the Land of Water, offering five times the previous payment and a share of its territory.
• Tsunade summoned Konoha’s elders and clan heads and announced the daimyo’s plan, which left the gathered leaders stunned.
• Uchiha Shiori told Kenichi Amamiya that Kumogakure had shifted from defending him to condemning him and that the daimyo were moving their valuables.
• Kenichi Amamiya suspected the daimyo were preparing to strike him and resolved to test whether their alliance would hold.

Kenichi Amamiya tested an improved Wind Release technique for launching a satellite while preparing for Konoha’s possible retaliation after killing Jiraiya. After visiting Jiraiya’s grave, he wondered whether Obito might use Impure World Reincarnation.

• Shimura Danzō questioned Kenichi Amamiya about killing Jiraiya, then gave him a map marking where he had hidden his savings.
• Kenichi Amamiya woke Uchiha Hikari and found that she had made him 365 outfits, which he told her he liked.
• Kenichi Amamiya launched a Shadow Clone on a stone with his improved Airship Burst Technique, but the stone fell as the clone shot upward.
• Kenichi Amamiya visited Jiraiya’s grave, left flowers, and wondered whether Obito might revive Jiraiya using Impure World Reincarnation.

Obito and Black Zetsu revived Madara Uchiha with Impure World Reincarnation so he could improve the technique and confront Kenichi Amamiya. Madara learned about the disrupted Eye of the Moon Plan and became eager to fight Kenichi, but first set out to restore most of his strength.

• Black Zetsu mocked Obito for provoking Kenichi Amamiya, while Obito brooded over Kenichi’s power and his changed feelings after seeing Rin Nohara again.
• Obito decided to revive Madara Uchiha, hoping Madara would deal with Kenichi so Obito could take Rin away from the Shinobi World.
• Black Zetsu used White Zetsu as the sacrifice, and Obito completed the Impure World Reincarnation that brought Madara Uchiha back.
• Obito and Black Zetsu told Madara that the Eye of the Moon Plan had gone wrong and that Kenichi Amamiya had become a powerful obstacle.
• Madara learned that Kenichi possessed Sage Mode, Wood Release, and the Mangekyō Sharingan, then resolved to improve his reincarnated body before confronting him.

Kenichi Amamiya assessed the limits of using a Shadow Clone as a high-altitude satellite, then organized Flame Nation’s shipping, administration, and preparations for a possible war. He left the chapter with Nagato helping draft the nation’s first body of law while coastal evacuations and war logistics were set in motion.

• Kenichi Amamiya received his Shadow Clone’s memories and concluded that the Modified Airship Burst Technique needed less Chakra consumption and greater endurance.
• Kenichi Amamiya visited Amado Sanzu’s laboratory, found the clones developing well, and worried about the lack of fresh intelligence from Kabuto Yakushi.
• Kenichi Amamiya met shipping-company leaders, including Gato, and announced plans to manage trade and cargo transport while controlling Gato with a parasite.
• Kenichi Amamiya ordered administrators to relocate coastal residents inland and send war supplies to the capital in case war broke out.
• Kenichi Amamiya saw that Nagato was working with professionals to draft Flame Nation’s first body of law.

Tsunade completed Konoha’s war mobilization while the other shinobi villages prepared to invade the Flame Nation. Kenichi Amamiya learned that the Allied Shinobi Forces were advancing and decided to force them into battle on the Land of Fire by threatening their villages.

• Tsunade donned her Hokage gear and oversaw Konoha’s preparations against aerial attacks.
• Tsunade and the other Kage rallied their ninja with calls for revenge, territory, and village funding as the four shinobi villages completed their deployments.
• Kenichi Amamiya received Kabuto Yakushi’s report that Kumogakure had mobilized and its ninja were on the move.
• Kenichi Amamiya told Uchiha Shiori and Deva Path Pain that the war must stay out of the Flame Nation and proposed attacking the Land of Fire while threatening the other villages.

Kenichi Amamiya and Orochimaru prepared Flame Nation’s forces for war against the Four Shinobi Villages, assigning Akatsuki to support the campaign and planning to confront the Four Kages. As Orochimaru set out for the Land of Fire, Kenichi Amamiya decided to prepare a bomb as a surprise for Obito.

• Kenichi Amamiya asked Orochimaru to command Flame Nation’s large-scale military operations, and Orochimaru agreed.
• Kenichi Amamiya assigned Akatsuki as a paid mercenary force to fight on the main battlefield and conduct tactical strikes against enemy villages.
• Kenichi Amamiya warned Orochimaru to be gentle with Konoha’s ninjas, especially Might Guy, and planned to fight the Four Kages alongside Nagato.
• Nagato warned Kenichi Amamiya that Tobi and Black Zetsu might be plotting, while Kenichi Amamiya said war was unavoidable and noted that the Four Daimyo had also placed bounties on Flame Nation’s ninjas.
• Orochimaru left to prepare Flame Nation’s forces for the campaign in the Land of Fire, while Kenichi Amamiya planned to make Fusion Thermobaric Bombs as a surprise for Obito.

As Yan Country prepared for war, Kenichi Amamiya redirected Uchiha Hikari from the battlefield and set a trap involving Rin Nohara to ensnare Obito. Meanwhile, Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha agreed to join the war, and most of the Uchiha fighters departed to repay Kenichi’s kindness.

• Kenichi Amamiya refused to let Uchiha Hikari fight, instead asking her to stay behind and use Yachihoko to transmit Chakra if needed.
• Kenichi Amamiya ordered Uchiha Shiori to move Rin Nohara, leave a trail of clues and belongings, and have a squad protect her while prioritizing her death if the squad faced defeat.
• Kenichi Amamiya planned to use Rin Nohara to draw Obito into danger and returned to accelerate the Thermobaric Bomb’s fusion.
• Shisui Uchiha gave Itachi Uchiha a note about the war, and Itachi agreed to join him.
• Shisui Uchiha gathered the Uchiha fighters willing to fight; about ninety percent volunteered, and they left their village under the night sky.

Kenichi Amamiya tried to keep the war away from Flame Nation by drawing the Four Shinobi Villages into a decisive battle in the Land of Fire. He confronted Tsunade’s Konoha forces, then waited at a lifeless battlefield as Tsunade and the other Kage arrived.

• Kenichi Amamiya sent a Shadow Clone to locate the allied forces and planned to notify the Four Shinobi Villages that he wanted to fight in the Land of Fire.
• Konoha’s airship attacked Kenichi Amamiya’s airship, but he deflected the explosive kunai and used the Shadow Clone’s intelligence to find the Konoha forces.
• Kenichi Amamiya confronted Tsunade and her shinobi, while Nagato used Shinra Tensei to knock Tsunade back; Kenichi Amamiya then challenged her to meet where the Third died.
• Shikaku Nara realized Kenichi Amamiya was avoiding a battle on Flame Nation’s territory, and Kenichi Amamiya waited at a lifeless battlefield, prepared to pursue the Kage if they refused to come.
• Tsunade, Choza Akimichi, and Asuma Sarutobi arrived, but Nagato struck the Fourth Raikage with a hemispherical force; the Kazekage and Ōnoki then appeared to face Kenichi Amamiya and Nagato.

Kenichi Amamiya and Nagato faced the Four Kage as the war began, while Orochimaru coordinated Flame Nation’s forces and searched for Sunagakure’s missing unit. Madara Uchiha dismissed Obito’s suggestion to act against the Land of Water and sent him to retrieve the Uchiha Gunbai.

• Kenichi Amamiya removed his disguise and revealed himself as the Heavenly Demon, then Nagato summoned the Six Paths of Pain.
• The Four Kage attacked, while Tsunade, Choza Akimichi, and Asuma confronted Kenichi Amamiya, opening the war.
• Orochimaru assigned Akatsuki members and intelligence teams to monitor the allied forces and locate Sunagakure’s ninja unit.
• Deidara flew off on a Clay Bird to search for Sunagakure’s forces, whose whereabouts remained unknown.
• Obito asked whether he and Madara Uchiha should act, but Madara dismissed the Land of Water as beneath his notice and told Obito to retrieve his Gunbai.

Kenichi Amamiya overwhelmed Tsunade, Asuma Sarutobi, and Choza Akimichi, using his Mangekyo abilities and Wood Human to gain the upper hand. After Mei Terumi shrouded the battlefield in mist, Kenichi Amamiya answered with Great Fire Annihilation.

• Kenichi Amamiya pierced Asuma Sarutobi through the chest with a Shuriken and pinned him to a tree, taking him out of the fight.
• Kenichi Amamiya used the Eight Gates Formation to kick Choza Akimichi out of his Meat Bullet Assault Technique while evading Tsunade's attacks.
• Choza Akimichi enlarged himself with Super Expansion Jutsu, but Kenichi Amamiya summoned an armored Wood Human to seize him and cut off his left hand.
• Tsunade and Choza Akimichi coordinated an attack that toppled the Wood Human, but Kenichi Amamiya used Mangekyo Genjutsu and Susanoo to survive Tsunade's punch and disintegrated her right arm.
• Kenichi Amamiya opened the Gate of View, pierced Choza Akimichi with a Shuriken, and hurled him into a tree, where he went still.
• Mei Terumi spread dense mist across the battlefield, and Kenichi Amamiya responded by using Great Fire Annihilation.

Kenichi Amamiya and Nagato killed Fourth Kazekage Rasa during the battle against the Five Kage. Rasa’s death left A and Ōnoki facing the two attackers, with their uneasy alliance under strain.

• Tsunade withdrew with Asuma Sarutobi and Choza Akimichi, leaving Mei Terumi to confront Kenichi Amamiya.
• Mei Terumi attacked Kenichi Amamiya with mist, acid, and Water Release, while he prepared a Lightning Release strike.
• Kenichi Amamiya redirected the lightning toward Rasa, and Nagato used Deva Path Pain’s attraction ability to pull Rasa into its path.
• Rasa tried to defend himself with Gold Dust, but the lightning numbed him and Nagato’s Black Receivers pierced his body.
• Rasa died, and A charged Nagato while Ōnoki considered whether he and A could cooperate.

Orochimaru uncovered Sunagakure’s decoy force at sea and sent Sasori and other units to attack Iwagakure while searching for the hidden Sunagakure army. As Iwagakure came under attack, Shikaku Nara suspected the assault was a feint, but another explosion left Konoha unsure where the real strike would fall.

• Orochimaru learned from Deidara that Sunagakure’s force was advancing toward the Land of Fire and sent Kisame Hoshigaki and Deidara to intercept it.
• Kisame Hoshigaki and Deidara attacked the decoy force at sea, then realized the few Sunagakure corpses and puppets were bait.
• Orochimaru ordered Sasori to take fifty Jonin and three hundred Chunin to attack Iwagakure while the other forces searched for Sunagakure’s real army.
• A giant construct and a force of ninjas attacked Iwagakure’s camp, prompting Kitsuchi to order his ninjas to fight back.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka debated whether Konoha should support Iwagakure, and Shikaku suspected the attack was a feint before a deafening explosion sounded in the forest.

Kenichi Amamiya fought Tsunade and Mei Terumi while Nagato battled the Raikage and Ōnoki, then used the chaos to revive Rasa with Impure World Reincarnation. Nagato unleashed Planetary Devastation, and the chapter ended with Rasa attacking Tsunade and A from behind as Kenichi Amamiya pressed his assault.

• Tsunade and Mei Terumi pursued Kenichi Amamiya, who used his Mangekyo to make Tsunade's hand disappear.
• Kenichi Amamiya hid his movements in dense mist and touched Rasa's remains, secretly reviving him.
• Deva Path Pain arrived while Raikage A charged, and Nagato used Planetary Devastation to trap the fighters among rising rocks.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Nagato attacked A, Tsunade, and Mei Terumi as they struggled against the gravitational pull.
• Rasa rose among the rocks and sent Gold Dust spikes at Tsunade and A, forcing Tsunade to turn away from Kenichi Amamiya's wooden attack.

Obito Uchiha removed Madara Uchiha’s cursed seal and took the Uchiha Gunbai, intending to find Rin Nohara and live freely with her. Meanwhile, Sasori and Kakuzu’s assault on Iwagakure forced Han to unleash the Five-Tails, drawing the attention of Konoha, Kumogakure, and Orochimaru.

• Obito Uchiha entered Madara Uchiha’s cave to retrieve the Uchiha Gunbai and remove the cursed seal near his heart.
• Obito Uchiha tore out the cursed seal, took the Uchiha Gunbai, and ran toward Rin Nohara, hoping they could escape together.
• Madara Uchiha sensed a brief disturbance but continued preparing to fight Kenichi Amamiya, then wondered whether Obito Uchiha had taken his weapon.
• Sasori’s Unit-01 and the Yan Country Shinobi attacked Iwagakure, while Sharingan users used Mangekyo Genjutsu against its defenders.
• Kitsuchi rallied the Iwagakure Shinobi as Han confronted Sasori and Kakuzu, who targeted him for the bounty on Jinchuriki.
• Han transformed into the Five-Tails, prompting Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka to alert Konoha while Darui and Killer B watched from Kumogakure and Orochimaru welcomed the turn of events.

Kenichi Amamiya fought the four Kages while his forces attacked Iwagakure and its Five-Tails. The battle left the Kages under pressure, Iwagakure facing defeat, and Kakashi with disturbing intelligence about the enemy ninja.

• Kenichi Amamiya and Nagato confronted the four Kages, who joined forces after Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, Tsunade, and Raikage A shared what they knew about Pain and the revived Rasa.
• A roar from the Five-Tails revealed that Iwagakure was in trouble, and Kenichi fought to keep Ōnoki from leaving while planning to take the villages’ Tailed Beasts for the Flame Nation.
• Raikage A split Kenichi’s Wood Human and Susanoo with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, while Ōnoki attacked and Nagato blasted Tsunade and A away with Shinra Tensei.
• Kakuzu and the Flame Nation ninja attacked the Five-Tails, using Mangekyō Sharingan to hinder it before Sasori and the others struck it with a coordinated assault; Kitsuchi charged in defense of Iwagakure.
• Kakashi arrived with Konoha and Kumogakure ninja, but a Flame Nation Chunin detonated Explosive Tags while he was attacking him.
• A Hyuga Clan ninja saw enormous moving bugs in the backs of the Land of Water ninja, and Kakashi ordered the intelligence sent to Shikaku Nara before charging back into battle.

Kenichi Amamiya and Nagato used Wood Release, genjutsu, and Shinra Tensei to scatter the Four Kages, then trapped the battlefield in a dense forest and fog so they could pick off their opponents. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha reached Rin Nohara’s empty home and found a cryptic note directing him to Sunset Land.

• Kenichi Amamiya created two Shadow Clones and raised three Wood Humans, while Uchiha Hikari replenished some of his Chakra.
• Tsunade warned the others about Kenichi Amamiya’s ability to make whatever he saw disappear, and the Four Kages fought through the Wood Humans as Nagato battled Mei Terumi and Ōnoki.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Nagato drew the Four Kages together, then used Mangekyo Genjutsu and Shinra Tensei to scatter them across the battlefield.
• Kenichi Amamiya grew a vast forest from the scattered Wood Release fragments and covered it with fog, planning to separate the Kages and target Mei Terumi first.
• Obito Uchiha arrived in the capital of the Land of Water, found Rin Nohara’s home empty, and read a note telling him to seek her in Sunset Land.