Chapter Summaries

Yahiko reunited with Konan and learned that the crow had brought Konoha's forces to destroy Amegakure. When Konan attacked Kitahara, the crow fought back and sent Yahiko toward the village spire.

• Kitahara allowed Yahiko to meet Konan, and Yahiko cheerfully explained how he had been revived.
• Konan begged Kitahara to spare Yahiko and Amegakure, offering money in exchange.
• Yahiko asked why Amegakure's people were fleeing, and Konan revealed that Kitahara's crow was their enemy and had brought Konoha's ninjas to destroy the village.
• Konan warned Yahiko that the crow had revived him as part of a scheme, then attacked Kitahara with her paper jutsu.
• Kitahara's crow countered with a Tailed Beast Ball, struck Konan with a marked feather, and seized her by the throat.
• The crow directed Yahiko to leap toward Amegakure's towering spire.

Kitahara and the Konoha squad found Amegakure abandoned by the Akatsuki, and Konan offered intelligence on Uchiha Madara and Zetsu in exchange for sparing the village. Konan departed in a paper clone, leaving Itachi and the others to calm Amegakure’s civilians and ninja.

• Kitahara fired a Tailed Beast Ball into the sky, clearing Amegakure’s rain clouds.
• Konan offered to reveal information about Uchiha Madara and Zetsu and help lure them into a trap if the squad spared Amegakure.
• Uchiha Itachi reported that Kisame and the others had found no Akatsuki members in the village, though they confirmed it had been the organization’s base.
• Konan insisted that Amegakure’s civilians were innocent and offered the village to the squad in exchange for Yahiko’s soul being allowed to ascend.
• Konan left Amegakure using a paper clone, and Itachi and Kisame began addressing the village’s civilians and ninja.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki struggled to control Amegakure after Konan left them responsible for it, so Kisame summoned Senju Tobirama for help. Tobirama began turning the crisis into a lesson in political control, leaving Itachi with a plan to make Amegakure surrender to Konoha.

• Kisame killed an Amegakure ninja while Itachi tried to calm the villagers, and Might Guy's attempt to reassure them by smashing a building caused greater panic.
• Kisame told Itachi that Konan had made them responsible for protecting Amegakure in exchange for information about the masked man and Zetsu.
• Kisame summoned Senju Tobirama, who scolded Itachi and Kisame for accepting Konan's terms and suggested using the crow's threat to force her cooperation.
• Tobirama ordered them to bring him Amegakure ninja so he could appoint a leader and give the village a path forward, even if that meant surrendering to Konoha.
• When Kisame objected that some Amegakure ninja would resist, Tobirama told Itachi to treat the resisters as spies from Iwagakure and Sunagakure.

After Senju Tobirama helped restore order in Amegakure through a brutal puppet government, Uchiha Itachi endured political lessons from both Hokage and heard Senju Hashirama recount his history with Uchiha Madara. Tobirama then assigned Itachi to receive an Iwagakure delegation that included Deidara and assess the volatile young ninja during negotiations.

• Senju Tobirama helped Amegakure's puppet government restore order, sign a preliminary peace agreement with Uchiha Itachi, and purge its opposition in what became known as the Bloody Rainy Season.
• Senju Hashirama lectured Uchiha Itachi about perseverance and recounted how he met Uchiha Madara, their friendship, Madara's attack on Konoha, and their battle at the Valley of the End.
• Senju Tobirama told Uchiha Itachi that Iwagakure planned to send a diplomatic delegation to Amegakure, including Deidara, one of Ōnoki's disciples.
• Senju Tobirama instructed Uchiha Itachi to receive the delegation and assess Deidara, but Itachi misunderstood the assignment as waiting beside him and strangling him if he caused trouble.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki met Deidara, who arrived in Amegakure claiming he had come to wreak havoc and killed several Amegakure ninja with clay bombs. Itachi confronted Deidara, who seemed unfazed by his threat, leaving the two young ninja poised for a fight.

• Uchiha Itachi recalled that an Iwagakure ninja had tried to stab him when he was four, making him dislike Iwagakure.
• Amegakure ninja discussed Deidara as the Iwagakure envoy while Itachi and Kisame listened.
• Deidara arrived on a white bird, announced he had come to wreak havoc, and scattered clay spiders among the Amegakure ninja.
• Deidara detonated the clay bombs, killing several Amegakure ninja before Itachi and Kisame could intervene.
• Deidara challenged Itachi, who said he was good at killing Iwagakure ninja and formed a small black-flame dragon in his palm.

Deidara challenged Uchiha Itachi, and the two fought until Kitsuchi and other Iwagakure ninja arrived. Kitsuchi apologized for Deidara’s troublemaking and revealed that their team had come to negotiate with the Konoha ninja.

• Deidara challenged Uchiha Itachi and attacked him with clay bombs, but Itachi blocked them with a wall of black flames.
• Itachi pursued Deidara into the air and cut apart his clay bird, but Deidara escaped the fall and trapped Itachi in clay centipedes that he detonated.
• Itachi survived Deidara’s trap, destroyed his next wave of clay birds, and charged at him with a kunai.
• Kitsuchi caught Itachi’s arm and apologized for Deidara causing trouble.
• Two more Iwagakure ninja arrived and told Deidara to behave, explaining that Kitsuchi had led them to negotiate with the Konoha ninja.

A rogue Uchiha Itachi from another world tried to pass as Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, but Uchiha Izumi exposed his strange behavior and resisted his genjutsu. A crow-masked messenger revealed that Shisui had already identified the impostors and summoned Itachi to Naka Shrine.

• The rogue Itachi walked through Konoha and struggled with envy at the peaceful life of this world’s Itachi.
• Uchiha Izumi tested Itachi after hearing from Inuzuka Hana that Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi smelled suspicious, then invited him for a walk.
• At the Memorial Stone, Itachi used genjutsu on Izumi, but she countered him with her Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.
• A crow-masked messenger arrived with Shisui’s summons to Naka Shrine, and Izumi insisted on accompanying Itachi.
• The messenger told Itachi that Kisame had already been invited to Naka Shrine and that Shisui knew Itachi was an impostor.

Uchiha Itachi arrived at Naka Shrine, where Shisui explained that he would temporarily take the place of this world’s Itachi while the real one was away. Shisui revealed that Danzo remained a threat and planned to use the situation to eliminate instability and secure Itachi’s path to becoming Fifth Hokage.

• Kisame Hoshigaki remained a prisoner at Naka Shrine and told Shisui that Itachi’s clan had been massacred in his world, Shisui had died, and Orochimaru had killed the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Itachi met Shisui, who explained that Kitahara was expected to return with the real Itachi but that their arrival time was unknown.
• Shisui asked Itachi to temporarily replace his counterpart during the Fifth Hokage’s inauguration and offered guards, Sage Mode training, and Flame Release instruction.
• Itachi and Shisui discussed how Danzo had deceived them in their respective worlds, and Shisui claimed that Zetsu was one of Danzo’s hidden operatives.
• Shisui said Naka Shrine had repeatedly tried to assassinate Danzo and declared that Itachi’s uncertain identity made it necessary to remove hidden threats and ensure Itachi became Fifth Hokage.

Konoha and Iwagakure negotiated over Konoha’s presence in Amegakure, but Uchiha Itachi stalled with excuses about investigating Akatsuki. Deidara tried to end the talks with an attack, only for a small Tailed Beast Ball to explode nearby and leave him stunned.

• Kitsuchi demanded that Konoha withdraw from Amegakure and guarantee the independence of Amegakure and the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Itachi claimed Konoha was only conducting reconnaissance and needed more time to check for Akatsuki members.
• Deidara accused Konoha of making excuses and threatened to blow the negotiators up with his clay.
• Kitsuchi tried to stop Deidara as a small Tailed Beast Ball shot between their seats and flattened a distant mountain.
• Kisame Hoshigaki praised Deidara’s words while a crow landed on Uchiha Itachi’s shoulder.

Kitsuchi and Uchiha Itachi failed to settle the dispute over Konoha’s presence in Amegakure, while Orochimaru tried to control Rasa by making him fight his reanimated wife, Karura. After Zetsu delivered an old corpse and a fragment of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Orochimaru questioned whether the corpse was truly Uchiha Madara.

• Kitsuchi rejected Uchiha Itachi’s proposal for Konoha and Iwagakure to jointly hunt the Akatsuki and suggested waiting for orders from their villages.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had reanimated Karura and threatened to discard her if she could not defeat Rasa.
• Zetsu offered Orochimaru a deal involving the One-Tail jinchuriki and control over Sunagakure and the Land of Wind.
• Rasa buried Karura beneath his gold dust with Magnet Release: Great Gold Dust Burial, protecting Temari, Kankuro, and Sunagakure.
• Zetsu gave Orochimaru scrolls containing a fragment of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and an old man’s corpse, and Orochimaru asked if the corpse was Uchiha Madara.

Orochimaru revived Uchiha Madara with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Madara confronted the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa. Madara overwhelmed Rasa with speed and a powerful Fire Release technique, while Black Zetsu claimed he was stronger than ever.

• Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Uchiha Madara.
• Madara seized Orochimaru and demanded to know whether the plan had succeeded, then released him after Black Zetsu explained the situation.
• Black Zetsu identified the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, as their enemy and described his Gold Dust technique.
• Madara struck Rasa and dodged his gold dust spears, announcing that he would use the Kazekage for entertainment.
• Rasa used Gold Dust World Method, but Madara's Majestic Destroyer Flame melted the gold dust and broke the attack.
• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru that Madara was stronger than he had been at the Valley of the End, perhaps even stronger than the crow.

Uchiha Madara defeated and killed Rasa with Susanoo, then learned from Black Zetsu that the Eye of the Moon Plan had been delayed by severe interference. Black Zetsu began explaining that Uchiha Itachi’s crow was involved, but Madara demanded more details.

• Black Zetsu doubted that Madara could defeat Kitahara and hoped the Eye of the Moon Plan would eventually give Madara enough power to do so.
• Rasa used Gold Dust techniques to trap Madara and prepare to seal him, but Madara summoned Susanoo and swept away the Gold Dust.
• Madara cut Rasa in half with Susanoo, killing the Fourth Kazekage, and Black Zetsu proposed impersonating him to control Sunagakure and seize the One-Tail jinchūriki.
• Madara learned that the Eye of the Moon Plan had not begun and questioned Black Zetsu about the delays, including the status of Nagato and Uchiha Obito.
• Black Zetsu said that Uchiha Itachi had raised a crow, but Madara demanded that it explain what had happened.

Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Kitahara’s crow had defeated Senju Hashirama and described the Uchiha clan’s growing strength. Madara learned that Uchiha Itachi could become Hokage, leaving both Madara and Orochimaru brooding over the position they had once nearly claimed.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Kitahara’s crow had revived Senju Tobirama and that Senju Hashirama had also been revived at his peak.
• Uchiha Madara eagerly asked where Hashirama was, then rejected Black Zetsu’s claim that the crow had defeated him.
• Black Zetsu said the crow had also proved too strong for Uchiha Obito and was currently with the Senju brothers and Uchiha Itachi.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Itachi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan at seven, used Amaterasu, and practiced senjutsu, while Uchiha Fugaku also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu predicted that the powerful Uchiha clan’s rise could make Itachi Konoha’s Fifth or Sixth Hokage, unsettling Uchiha Madara and Orochimaru.

Uchiha Madara traveled toward Sunagakure with Orochimaru and Black Zetsu, planning to help take control of the Land of Wind while secretly pursuing the tailed beasts. In Amegakure, Senju Hashirama lost a gambling game to Kitahara, then agreed to Tobirama’s plan to threaten Iwagakure after misapplying a proverb Kitahara taught him.

• Black Zetsu outlined a plan for Orochimaru and Uchiha Madara to take control of the Land of Wind while Akatsuki distracted Uchiha Itachi’s group.
• Uchiha Madara endured the journey toward Sunagakure and vowed to reunite with Senju Hashirama after waiting patiently.
• Senju Hashirama gambled with Kitahara, won its money, and was caught in the destruction when Kitahara fired a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Senju Tobirama arrived to find Kitahara and said the organization had approved sending it to pressure Iwagakure into a peace agreement.
• Senju Hashirama accepted the decision, arguing that he should not use force against the organization after learning Kitahara’s proverb about treating others as he wished to be treated.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki confronted Sasuke and Orochimaru, with Kisame humiliating Sasuke in a fight. Itachi stopped Kisame from going too far, while Sasuke remained consumed by hatred and pride.

• The cloaked Fifth Hokage destroyed Second Pillar's attempt to create conditions for Kirin and casually praised the technique.
• Kisame Hoshigaki mocked Sasuke's Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Uchiha Itachi compared Sasuke unfavorably with Uchiha Izumi's Sharingan progress.
• Sasuke attacked Kisame with his sword, but Kisame cut his arm and revealed that Shisui had taught him Uchiha-style swordsmanship.
• Orochimaru questioned whether Itachi and Kisame had come to kill Sasuke, take him away, or humiliate him, and Kisame said they wanted to prevent Sasuke from clashing with the other Itachi.
• Kisame kicked Sasuke away and called him arrogant, but the cloaked Fifth Hokage stopped him from continuing the brutality.

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki questioned Orochimaru about Akatsuki and explained Indra’s connection to Sasuke. They asked Orochimaru to join them in targeting Akatsuki, especially Zetsu.

• Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki discussed Orochimaru’s former membership in Akatsuki and assured him they would keep him under control.
• Uchiha Itachi explained that Indra was the Sage of Six Paths’ son, the origin of the Uchiha bloodline, and the inventor of ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Itachi revealed that Sasuke, not himself, carried Indra’s reincarnated Chakra.
• Uchiha Itachi warned Orochimaru that taking Sasuke’s body would mean seizing the vessel of Indra’s reincarnated Chakra.
• Kisame Hoshigaki invited Orochimaru to help them cause trouble for Akatsuki and focus on identifying Zetsu.

Orochimaru’s arrival in Amegakure brought the Akatsuki face-to-face with an Itachi from another world, who planned to fight them alone. As Sasuke charged at the missing-nin Itachi, Kisame stopped him and the Fifth Hokage prepared to attack the organization.

• Zetsu reported that Orochimaru had two mysterious allies, one of whom used Yin-Yang Release, and that Sasuke was with them.
• Pain revealed that someone had broken the Rain Tiger at Will Technique, confirming that the intruders had infiltrated Amegakure.
• The Fifth Hokage and another Kisame Hoshigaki arrived, and the Hokage identified Nagato and Uchiha Obito as absent.
• The alternate-world Kisame challenged the Akatsuki to fight the Fifth Hokage, who took up a black rod and prepared to defeat them.
• Sasuke rushed at the missing-nin Itachi, but the alternate-world Kisame struck him down with Samehada.

The Fifth Hokage Itachi overwhelmed Akatsuki, killing Hidan and repelling Black Zetsu and Pain with Truth-Seeking Orbs and Rinnegan powers. Akatsuki regrouped under the other Itachi’s commands to fight back, while Sasuke watched for a chance to kill his brother.

• Kisame dismissed Orochimaru’s concern as the Fifth Hokage Itachi faced Akatsuki.
• Sasori saved Deidara from a black rod, but Itachi crushed Hidan’s scythe and killed him with another rod.
• Black Zetsu identified the rods as Truth-Seeking Orbs, then attacked Itachi and was repelled by Shinra Tensei and pinned down.
• Pain attacked Itachi with Shinra Tensei, but the force bounced back and sent Pain flying.
• Konan called for a group attack, while the rogue Uchiha Itachi organized Akatsuki’s members into a battle formation.
• Sasuke watched the two Itachis and resolved to kill his brother if he found an opening.

The Fifth Hokage and his allies fought the Akatsuki members led by the rogue Uchiha Itachi, using their own techniques against them. The Fifth Hokage defeated the enemy Itachi with Tsukuyomi World, leaving the battle’s outcome in his favor.

• Sasori attacked with iron sand, but the Fifth Hokage repelled his needles; Deidara shielded Sasori and was killed by the attack.
• The Fifth Hokage used the Great Shark Bullet Technique against Kisame, and the other world’s Kirigakure ANBU Commander captured the defeated Kisame alive.
• The Fifth Hokage defeated Konan with the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique and destroyed Kakuzu’s masks with a fireball.
• The Fifth Hokage used Wood Release to strike Sasori while the rogue Uchiha Itachi attacked him with Amaterasu.
• The Fifth Hokage overwhelmed the rogue Uchiha Itachi with Tsukuyomi World, defeating him in a single glance.

Senju Tobirama planned to provoke Amegakure into confronting Iwagakure by secretly planting Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and arranging for Kitahara to draw Iwagakure’s attention. The story left Uchiha Itachi worried about Kitahara and Senju Hashirama carrying out the mission together.

• Uchiha Itachi defended Deidara as a polite young ninja, but Senju Tobirama dismissed his judgment and warned that Deidara could become dangerous.
• Senju Tobirama revealed that he had hidden Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags inside clay and planted them across evacuated parts of Amegakure.
• Senju Tobirama explained that he planned to enrage Amegakure and send Kitahara to the Land of Earth so Iwagakure would receive word of the threat.
• Uchiha Itachi asked who would accompany Kitahara, and Senju Tobirama said Senju Hashirama would go with it.
• Senju Tobirama worried that Kitahara and Senju Hashirama might cause trouble or forget the mission, despite their strength being enough to destroy Iwagakure.