Recaps

Tsunade and Shikaku decided Konoha had to intercept Kirigakure’s envoys to Sunagakure and pressure Sunagakure, despite the risk of escalating tensions. Tsunade selected a team of Konoha shinobi, while Shikaku questioned why Kurenai Yuhi was included.

• Tsunade learned that Gekkō Raito had poached Sunagakure and worried that Konoha would lose prestige if it did not respond.
• Shikaku told Tsunade that Sunagakure’s alignment with Kirigakure made conflict unavoidable and urged her to strike first.
• Shikamaru reported that Gaara had become Sunagakure’s Fifth Kazekage, leaving Tsunade stunned.
• Tsunade agreed to intercept Kirigakure’s envoys and ordered Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Neji Hyuga, Rock Lee, and Tenten summoned.
• Shikaku questioned Kurenai Yuhi’s inclusion, and Tsunade gave him a deep look.

Gekkō Raito prepared to become the Sixth Mizukage as Kirigakure’s revival accelerated. With his inauguration set for the next day, he strengthened the village’s defenses and resolved to personally speed up his Op-Op Fruit training.

• Shikaku accepted Tsunade’s decision to keep Asuma off the dangerous mission and arranged personnel instead.
• Gekkō Raito ordered Zabuza Momochi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Yu Wucheng Ming to escort the negotiation delegation safely to its destination.
• Kirigakure’s elders urged Gekkō Raito to schedule his Mizukage inauguration, and he set it for the next day while considering a role for Mei Terumi.
• Gekkō Raito assessed the risks posed by Konoha and Akatsuki, then sent out over twenty thousand cloud-and-mist white doves and deployed thirty-six Cloud Eyes to monitor strategic locations.
• Gekkō Raito decided to work with the Great Sage himself to accelerate his Op-Op Fruit ability development and build muscle memory.

Before Kirigakure’s Mizukage inauguration, Gekkō Raito began developing new Ninjutsu while Sunagakure weighed its dependence on Kirigakure and Konoha prepared to intervene. The chapter ended with Mei Terumi adjusting Gekkō Raito’s collar on the inauguration rooftop as the villagers gathered below.

• Gekkō Raito ordered Kyuji to hand official duties to Mei Terumi and join him as a practice dummy for secluded Ninjutsu training.
• In Sunagakure, Gaara sparred with Sasori’s Third Kazekage puppet and discussed Sunagakure’s costly reliance on Kirigakure with Sasori and Kankuro.
• Sasori revealed that Konoha’s people were already on their way to intercept Kirigakure’s negotiating team and pressure Sunagakure.
• Pain-Nagato and Obito discussed Gekkō Raito’s strength and decided to focus on capturing the tailed beasts first.
• Kirigakure’s villagers gathered for Gekkō Raito’s inauguration, while Mei Terumi straightened his collar on the Mizukage Building’s rooftop terrace.

Gekkō Raito became Kirigakure's Sixth Mizukage in a celebratory inauguration. At the Land of Wind border, Zabuza, Kisame, and Yu Wucheng Ming encountered Kakashi's Konoha team, and Zabuza launched an attack.

• Mei Terumi placed the Mizukage hat on Gekkō Raito, who announced himself as Kirigakure's Sixth Mizukage to a cheering crowd.
• Zabuza, Kisame, and Yu Wucheng Ming sensed powerful strangers while escorting Chunin negotiators through a coastal forest.
• Zabuza cut down a tree and revealed Kakashi Hatake, whose team included Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten.
• Kisame and Kakashi recognized the risk of a clash on the day of Gekkō Raito's inauguration, while the teams faced off over Kirigakure's dealings with Sunagakure.
• Zabuza used a swift Body Flicker to attack Kakashi, bringing the Kubikiribōchō down toward him.

Zabuza, Yu Wucheng Ming, and Kisame fought Kakashi, Might Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi, overwhelming the Konoha team with their strength and swordsmanship. After receiving Kisame’s emergency report in Kirigakure, Gekkō Raito decided to retaliate against Konoha.

• Zabuza used Gekkō Raito’s Water Breathing swordsmanship to overpower Kakashi, while Yu Wucheng Ming nearly crushed Might Guy with the Kabutowari.
• Kisame broke free of Kurenai Yuhi’s genjutsu with Samehada and sent her crashing into a tree.
• Neji and the other young ninja watched the battles and were stunned by the Jonin-level fighters’ power.
• A shark delivered Kisame’s emergency report to Gekkō Raito in the Mizukage’s Office.
• Gekkō Raito read the report, declared that Konoha had provoked him, and prepared to strike back.

Gekkō Raito arranged a private meeting with Tsunade in the open waters outside Kirigakure and demonstrated the immense reach of his newly developed ROOM abilities. He began reshaping the nearby islands as a dramatic welcome for Konoha’s guests, alarming the Mist Ninja.

• Gekkō Raito ordered Kyuji to carry Tsunade an invitation to meet him in the open waters outside Kirigakure.
• Gekkō Raito revealed that he had developed ROOM abilities, including techniques for moving objects and attacking enemies at a distance.
• Gekkō Raito activated Sage Mode and Tailed Beast Mode, then teleported himself and Kyuji to the roof of Kirigakure’s tallest building.
• Gekkō Raito expanded ROOM over Kirigakure and the surrounding islands, startling the ninja who sensed the transparent dome.
• Gekkō Raito used Takt to lift an uninhabited island from the sea, and nearby ANBU hurried to report the disturbance.

Gekkō Raito reshaped Kirigakure’s coastline to prepare for a meeting with the Konoha Hokage and expand the village, while learning that Konoha had attacked Kirigakure’s negotiation delegation. At the Land of Wind border, Zabuza, Kisame, and Akira Hozuki were locked in fierce battles with Konoha shinobi when an approaching force interrupted them.

• Gekkō Raito moved several islands into place around Kirigakure and explained that the new land would host a meeting with the Konoha Hokage and support the village’s future expansion.
• Gekkō Raito ordered Kyuji to deliver an invitation to the Hokage, then showed Ao Kisame’s report that Konoha had attacked Kirigakure’s negotiation delegation.
• Ao condemned Konoha’s interference in the negotiations with Sunagakure, while Gekkō Raito trusted Zabuza and the others to handle the situation.
• At the Land of Wind border, Zabuza fought Kakashi Hatake, Kisame battled Kurenai Yuhi while Neji and two others interfered, and Akira Hozuki faced Might Guy, who had opened the sixth gate.
• As both sides prepared to use their strongest techniques, hurried footsteps and the howl of wind and sand approached the battlefield.

Gaara halted the clash between Sunagakure and Kirigakure and requested a meeting with the Hokage and Mizukage, while Gekkō Raito prepared a neutral venue and located the Four-Tails Jinchūriki. After learning that the three Kage would gather, Akatsuki decided to accelerate its hunt for the Tailed Beasts.

• Kankuro announced that Gaara had ordered both sides to stop fighting and proposed a meeting between the Kazekage, Mizukage, and Hokage.
• Gaara resolved to resist Kirigakure's harsh treaty terms and seek an equal footing for Sunagakure through the meeting.
• Gekkō Raito chose an offshore island as the meeting place and discovered the location of Iwagakure's Four-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Pain ordered Akatsuki to capture Yugito Nii, while Obito volunteered to hunt the Five-Tails Jinchūriki, Han.
• Obito told Nagato and Konan that the three Kage planned to meet, prompting Nagato to call for Akatsuki to speed up its Tailed Beast collection.

Tsunade, Gaara, and their entourages gathered on an island Kirigakure had moved into place for a summit, while Gekkō Raito kept them waiting. The chapter ended with Raito arriving at a waterfall in an unknown small country and finding a short figure meditating beneath it.

• Gekkō Raito accepted Sunagakure's request to join talks with Konoha and invited the major villages to a summit.
• Tsunade sailed toward Kirigakure with Shikaku and Hyuga Hiashi, while Raikage A and Ōnoki worried about a possible alliance between the three villages.
• Hiashi discovered an island absent from the charts, and Kirigakure's representatives explained that Gekkō Raito had moved surrounding islands with ninjutsu.
• Tsunade, Shikaku, and Hiashi saw Kirigakure's newly arranged island defenses and learned that Hinata was living safely in the village.
• Gaara arrived with Kankuro and a black-robed companion, then waited with the others as Gekkō Raito failed to appear.
• Gekkō Raito followed a white dove to a waterfall in an unknown small country, where a short figure asked who he was.

Gekkō Raito captured Roshi and devoured the Four-Tails’ chakra before returning to the Five Kage Summit with a display of overwhelming Water Release. He proposed that Konoha stay out of Sunagakure’s affairs because Kirigakure had already negotiated with them.

• Gekkō Raito overpowered Roshi, sealed him, and devoured the Four-Tails’ chakra, increasing Glutton’s repair progress to 65%.
• Gekkō Raito took the unconscious Roshi to his system space and flew toward Kirigakure while beginning repairs on his third skill.
• Nagato and Konan watched Killer B train and decided to seize the Eight-Tails while the Five Kage were occupied at their summit.
• Gekkō Raito arrived at the summit on a massive water dragon, startling Tsunade, Shikaku, Hiashi, Kankuro, and the others with its destructive power.
• Gekkō Raito told Tsunade that Konoha should leave Sunagakure alone because Kirigakure had already negotiated terms with them.

Gekkō Raito and Tsunade clashed over how Sunagakure should be dealt with, while Gaara bristled at their plans to divide his village’s spoils and debts. Gaara challenged Kirigakure and Konoha to a shinobi duel, and a silent, black-robed figure stepped forward to represent Sunagakure against Gekkō Raito.

• Shikaku demanded that Sunagakure compensate Konoha, and Kyuji threatened him before Tsunade defended her adviser.
• Tsunade refused to let Kirigakure claim Sunagakure without accounting for its attack on Konoha, and Gekkō Raito agreed to settle the dispute on the battlefield.
• Gaara denounced the villages for treating Sunagakure like spoils and challenged Kirigakure and Konoha to a shinobi duel.
• Gekkō Raito accepted the challenge, and Gaara clarified that Sunagakure would choose its own fighter.
• A silent, black-robed figure stepped forward and declared that they would challenge the Mizukage.

Gekkō Raito and Sasori of the Red Sands began a high-stakes duel after Gaara wagered Sunagakure’s future gold-dust payments against Kirigakure and Konoha’s compensation. Raito created an ice arena over the sea, pulled Sasori onto it, and opened the fight with a blazing Fire Release that left the ice untouched.

• Gaara revealed that Sasori of the Red Sands would fight for Sunagakure and agreed to raise the stakes of the duels against Kirigakure and Konoha.
• Raito accepted Gaara’s terms and promised not to use Water Release during his duel with Sasori.
• Raito froze the sea into a vast ice arena and sent Sasori flying onto it with a water whip.
• Sasori suspected Raito had deliberately soaked the iron sand in his robe, but Raito denied using Water Release as a trick.
• Raito unleashed Fire Release: Searing Migraine, engulfing the arena in flames without melting the ice.
• Shikaku and Gaara recognized Raito’s extraordinary control over his techniques as the ice remained intact.

Raito overwhelmed Sasori with powerful ninjutsu until Gaara surrendered, then Tsunade challenged him to fight for Hinata’s return to Konoha. The chapter ended with Raito and Tsunade preparing to face each other on the ice arena.

• Raito struck Sasori with lightning, a fire-and-wind combination technique, and crushing Earth-Style Walls, leaving him battered and trapped.
• Gaara surrendered after Raito threatened to crush Sasori further, and Raito released the walls and sent Sasori and his puppet parts to the stands.
• Tsunade rushed onto the arena and told Raito she would fight him, naming Hinata’s return as her stake if she won.
• Raito accepted Tsunade’s challenge, and the two prepared to fight on the ice arena.

Gekkō Raito overwhelmed Tsunade with a barrage of Water and Lightning Release attacks, forcing her to activate the Strength of a Hundred Seal and Creation Rebirth. He drew Zangetsu and expanded ROOM around the arena as their fight escalated.

• Gekkō Raito attacked Tsunade with water dragons and high-pressure water drills, but she dodged through the barrage and closed in with a Monster Strength Fist.
• Gekkō Raito blocked Tsunade with an ice wall, then kicked her into the air and struck her with Lightning Release before smashing her back with a spinning punch.
• Gekkō Raito pierced Tsunade with Water Severing Wave, leaving her covered in wounds as Shikaku and Hiashi watched in alarm.
• Tsunade released the Strength of a Hundred Seal and used Creation Rebirth to heal her injuries.
• Gekkō Raito formed the Black Blade, Zangetsu, and expanded ROOM across the arena, leaving Tsunade wary of his next move.

Gekkō Raito overwhelmed Tsunade in their sparring match, apparently beheading her with Zangetsu and terrifying the gathered leaders with the prospect of war. Tsunade remained alive despite being separated from her body, and Raito claimed she had lost the fight.

• Tsunade tore a massive iceberg from the ground and hurled it at Gekkō Raito, who stopped it in midair and sent it crashing back toward her.
• Gekkō Raito teleported through the mist and struck Tsunade, sending her head flying before catching it by the hair.
• Shikaku, Kyuji, Ameyuri, Gaara, Kankuro, and Sasori reacted in shock, while Shikaku sent Hiashi toward the arena.
• Gekkō Raito used ROOM to teleport Hiashi back to the island as he tried to enter the arena.
• Tsunade spoke from Gekkō Raito's hand, revealing that she was alive despite being decapitated, and demanded to know what he had done.
• Gekkō Raito released Tsunade's head to float before him and said she had lost and could no longer fight.

Gekkō Raito restored Tsunade after defeating her with spatial manipulation, then revealed he could potentially give Sasori a flesh-and-blood body. Gaara offered Sunagakure ten additional years of gold dust in exchange for Raito’s help, and Raito weighed the request while recalling Temari’s plea.

• Tsunade forfeited after Gekkō Raito separated her head from her body, and he reconnected them without injury.
• Gekkō Raito explained that he had separated Tsunade’s head and body into different spatial locations, shocking the spectators with his ability.
• Sasori asked Gekkō Raito whether he could restore a body even if only one heart remained, and Raito confirmed he could.
• Gaara asked Gekkō Raito to help Sasori and offered Sunagakure ten additional years of gold dust.
• Gekkō Raito considered Gaara’s offer and remembered Temari’s request that he help Sunagakure.

Gekkō Raito brokered a treaty between Kirigakure, Konoha, and Sunagakure that settled compensation and mission-sharing terms. As Tsunade and Gaara departed, a devastating attack engulfed Kumogakure, while Gaara began a secret search for a vessel for Sasori.

• Gekkō Raito proposed that Kirigakure provide Konoha one tenth of Sunagakure’s gold dust and arrange for Konoha to share higher-rank missions with Sunagakure.
• Shikaku urged Tsunade to accept, and Tsunade and Gaara agreed to Gekkō Raito’s proposal.
• Kyuji wrote the treaty, and Gekkō Raito, Tsunade, and Gaara signed it.
• An attacker set Kumogakure ablaze, and the bloodied Fourth Raikage vowed to hunt down the figure fleeing through the sky.
• Several days later, Gekkō Raito watched Tsunade sail away from Kirigakure, while Gaara sent word home to secretly search for a suitable vessel for Sasori.

Gekkō Raito selected candidates to become jinchūriki as Kirigakure prepared to expand its power, then used his abilities to give Sasori a living body. The Three Kage Summit ended peacefully, but news of Tsunade’s defeat and Kirigakure’s gains left the other villages questioning whether the balance of power had shifted.

• Gekkō Raito chose Haku as the Three-Tails' jinchūriki and planned to distribute the other tailed beasts to create new kekkei genkai clans and Kage Level fighters in Kirigakure.
• Sunagakure arrived with a living Sand Ninja whose body had exceptional chakra compatibility, and Gekkō Raito began Sasori's transplant operation.
• Gekkō Raito removed Sasori's Regenerative Core and transplanted it into the Sand Ninja's body, which Sasori successfully awakened in.
• Sasori thanked Gekkō Raito for restoring his body, and the Sunagakure delegation departed with him after he briefly met Gaara.
• News spread that the Three Kage Summit had ended peacefully and that Tsunade had conceded defeat to Gekkō Raito, prompting other villages to question Kirigakure's growing dominance.

Darui came to Kirigakure seeking intelligence after the Akatsuki abducted Killer B and left the Fourth Raikage gravely injured. Gekkō Raito explained what he knew but said Kirigakure had not yet found the Akatsuki’s hideout, leaving Darui anxious to return and organize a rescue.

• Darui asked Gekkō Raito whether he knew of the Akatsuki and revealed that it had invaded Kumogakure, captured Killer B, and severely wounded the Fourth Raikage.
• Gekkō Raito told Darui that two Akatsuki members had previously attacked Kirigakure and that he had defeated them.
• Darui asked whether Gekkō Raito knew the Akatsuki’s hideout, and Gekkō Raito first asked about the Fourth Raikage’s condition.
• Gekkō Raito reasoned that Killer B was likely still alive while the Akatsuki extracted the Eight-Tails, and Darui grew desperate to relay the warning to Kumogakure.
• Gekkō Raito said Kirigakure’s ANBU had clues but had not yet located the Akatsuki’s exact hideout.

Gekkō Raito launched a plan to create and reinforce Kekkei Genkai clans by modifying 300 selected Kirigakure ninja. After strengthening four existing clans, he began establishing a new Lava Release clan named Red Mountain.

• Gekkō Raito told Darui that he would share Akatsuki's location once it was confirmed and asked Kumogakure to wait for his signal.
• Haku reported that the 300 ninja Gekkō Raito had selected were assembled, and Gekkō Raito ordered the modification plan to begin.
• Gekkō Raito used Skill-Glutton to take the 300 ninja into the Food Chain space and modify their bodies and powers in just over ten minutes.
• Gekkō Raito sent 150 modified ninja to reinforce the Kozuki, Waves, Kaguya, and Yu Wucheng clans through staged recoveries and survivor scenarios.
• Gekkō Raito gave the Lava Release ninja the new surname Red Mountain as he began forming three new Kekkei Genkai clans.

Gekkō Raito gave four subordinates the Tailed Beasts he had removed from his body, creating new Jinchūriki for Kirigakure. Meanwhile, Naruto returned to Konoha with Jiraiya and remained determined to bring Gekkō Raito and Sasuke back.

• Gekkō Raito named the Scorch Release ninjas the Red Valley clan and the Storm Release ninjas the Chidori clan.
• Gekkō Raito told Haku, Hiroshi Akayama, Yumiko Waves, and Kageichi Kozuki that he would make them Jinchūriki, explaining that the Tailed Beasts could strengthen Kirigakure more in their hands.
• Gekkō Raito assigned Isobu to Haku, Four-Tails Son Goku to Hiroshi Akayama, Six-Tails Saiken to Yumiko Waves, and Seven-Tails Chōmei to Kageichi Kozuki.
• Gekkō Raito transferred the four Tailed Beasts and considered hunting the Two-Tails or Five-Tails next.
• Jiraiya returned to Konoha with Naruto, who insisted that he would bring Gekkō Raito and Sasuke back despite their new allegiances.

Tsunade warned Naruto and Jiraiya that Raito had become monstrously powerful and could devour tailed beast chakra. In the Land of Earth, Raito consumed the Five-Tails, forced Han to join Kirigakure, and Sasuke prepared to seek Raito’s help in finding Itachi.

• Tsunade told Naruto that Raito could easily defeat her without using tailed beast power and suspected he had developed a technique to devour tailed beasts.
• Raito overpowered Han in the Land of Earth and used Glutton to devour the Five-Tails, restoring Glutton to 70%.
• Raito returned Han from the Food Chain and showed him that his Boil Release had grown several times stronger.
• Raito threatened to strip Han of the Five-Tails and his abilities unless he joined Kirigakure, and Han agreed.
• Sasuke told Orochimaru he was going to Kirigakure to ask Raito for help finding Itachi.

Sasuke’s squad and Naruto headed toward Kirigakure, where Gekkō Raito was consolidating clans and collecting Tailed Beast chakra. With both rivals on their way, Gekkō Raito planned to study Naruto’s chakra and continue developing a powerful new ability.

• Sasuke led Jūgo, Suigetsu, and Karin toward Kirigakure, and persuaded Suigetsu to go by telling him the Hozuki Clan was rebuilding there.
• Gekkō Raito used Cloud Pigeons and ANBU to find and persuade scattered clans to return to Kirigakure.
• Gekkō Raito introduced Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, to the Boil Release Clan and ordered them to protect him.
• Gekkō Raito considered infiltrating Kumogakure to reach Yugito Nii, but learned that Sasuke’s squad was heading to Kirigakure.
• Naruto insisted on going to Kirigakure to see Gekkō Raito, and Tsunade sent Kakashi with him while warning Naruto not to attack the Mizukage.
• Gekkō Raito learned that Naruto and Sasuke were both approaching Kirigakure and planned to use the time before their arrival to develop his Op-Op Fruit ability.

Gekkō Raito unlocked Degenerate and used it to turn Six Paths Power into an Armament Haki-like coating. Meanwhile, Sasuke arrived at Kirigakure’s transformed outskirts and saw the village expanding through ambitious construction.

• Great Sage revealed that Degenerate could distort reality to mutate Gekkō Raito’s abilities toward his desired effects.
• Gekkō Raito activated Degenerate in his underground training ground and coated his arms in black Six Paths Power.
• Gekkō Raito tested the coating’s strength and imagined developing a complete Six Paths Three Colors Haki.
• Sasuke reached Kirigakure’s outlying islands with Suigetsu and found bustling ports, new bridges, and extensive construction.
• Suigetsu questioned whether the lively settlement was really the legendary Kirigakure.

Sasuke and his companions arrived in a transformed Kirigakure, where Gekkō Raito welcomed them and promised to help locate Itachi. Their reunion was interrupted by Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and Sai arriving to see Gekkō Raito as well.

• Suigetsu, Karin, and Jūgo admired Kirigakure’s prosperity as Sasuke acknowledged Gekkō Raito’s work.
• Jūgo sensed that they were being watched after the group landed, and Haku escorted them to Gekkō Raito.
• Gekkō Raito welcomed Sasuke and his companions to dinner, greeted Jūgo, and praised Suigetsu’s potential.
• Sasuke asked about Itachi, and Gekkō Raito said they were searching for his exact location.
• Naruto entered and was startled to find Sasuke with Gekkō Raito, while Kakashi, Sakura, and Sai followed him into the room.