Recaps

After Raito intimidated Kirigakure’s jonin into accepting Zabuza’s rogue-ninja status, the village celebrated his power as a jinchūriki with two tailed beasts. In private, Raito completed his Shukaku chakra and had the Great Sage use it to enhance his abilities and activate an automatic cloud defense.

• Mei Terumi declared that Raito and Zabuza had restored Kirigakure’s lost power, and Raito released the combined chakra of the Three-Tails and Six-Tails to silence objections to Zabuza’s status.
• Raito challenged anyone who still wanted to punish Zabuza to fight him, and Kirigakure’s jonin backed down.
• Kirigakure celebrated as news of Raito carrying two tailed beasts spread across the Five Great Nations.
• Raito’s Shukaku chakra reached 100%, and the Great Sage took control of it after the Three-Tails and Six-Tails sensed Shukaku’s presence.
• The Great Sage used Shukaku chakra to enhance Raito’s Cloud Release and activated an automatic cloud defense mode.

Gekkō Raito tested his strengthened Cloud Release and set out with Haku and Ameyuri to find Tsunade in the Land of Fire. He deployed thousands of chakra pigeons to search for her, beginning a hunt expected to take several days.

• Gekkō Raito used the Great Sage to block a kunai with solid cloud and considered how Shukaku's chakra enhanced his defenses and sealing power.
• Gekkō Raito decided to take Haku and Ameyuri to find Tsunade and asked the Great Sage to develop a wide-area search technique.
• Mei Terumi warned Gekkō Raito that news of his Dual-Tailed Beast Jinchūriki status had spread, but he departed on the Nimbus Cloud with Haku and Ameyuri.
• Gekkō Raito created 27,814 chakra pigeons with Cloud Release: Eye of God, exhausting Isobu's chakra as the flock spread across the Land of Fire to search for Tsunade.

Gekkō Raito encountered Naruto in a small town while searching for Tsunade, and Naruto realized Raito wore a Kirigakure forehead protector. Raito left Naruto behind and found Tsunade asleep in her room.

• Jiraiya brought Naruto to a small town while searching for Tsunade, and Gekkō Raito arrived there after tracking her chakra.
• Naruto recognized Gekkō Raito at a takoyaki stall and noticed his Kirigakure forehead protector.
• Gekkō Raito gave Naruto takoyaki and disappeared, leaving Naruto worried that he had defected from Konoha.
• Naruto decided to find Gekkō Raito instead of continuing to search for Tsunade, while Raito returned food to Haku and Ameyuri with a Shadow Clone.
• Gekkō Raito followed the pigeons' markings to Tsunade's room and found her asleep on the tatami.

Gekkō Raito offered Tsunade a fortune to save his gravely ill friend Ameyuri, but Tsunade admitted her hemophobia prevented her from performing the needed surgery. The chapter ended with Tsunade alarmed that Gekkō Raito knew her closely guarded weakness.

• Gekkō Raito woke Tsunade and offered her one hundred million to save a friend.
• Tsunade accepted the job after Gekkō Raito paid her fifty thousand upfront, and Shizune accompanied them to see the patient.
• Tsunade examined Ameyuri and said she could be cured, but not by her in her current state.
• Gekkō Raito raised his offer to two hundred million, but Tsunade explained that her hemophobia was a personal obstacle.
• Tsunade reacted with shock and suspicion when Gekkō Raito identified her hemophobia.

Gekkō Raito failed to persuade Tsunade to treat Ameyuri, but he chased her down and offered a deposit to secure her promise to help if she overcame her fear of blood. Tsunade softened at his sincerity, but her answer was left unstated.

• Tsunade demanded to know how Gekkō Raito had learned about her fear of blood, then refused to treat Ameyuri when he would not explain.
• Gekkō Raito returned to Ameyuri and assured her that he would find a way to help Tsunade save her.
• Ameyuri told Gekkō Raito she was moved that he valued her life enough to offer two hundred million, and Haku understood why she felt that way.
• Gekkō Raito caught up with Tsunade as she was leaving town and offered her a deposit of about two hundred thousand, asking her to treat Ameyuri if she could and Ameyuri was still alive.
• Tsunade asked whether Ameyuri was Gekkō Raito's sweetheart, then softened as she recognized his sincerity.

Naruto tracked down Raito and demanded that he return to Konoha, but Raito refused and led him outside town to fight. As Tsunade and Shizune followed to watch, Raito and Naruto began a clash that revealed Raito’s skill with Zangetsu.

• Naruto struck Raito’s shoulder with a Rasengan and demanded that he return to Konoha.
• Raito realized that the Nine-Tails had helped Naruto sense his location, then refused to go back with him.
• Naruto insisted on taking Raito back, so Raito headed outside town and Naruto pursued him.
• Tsunade recognized Naruto’s resemblance to the Fourth Hokage and followed with Shizune to watch the fight.
• Naruto attacked Raito with a kunai, and their weapons clashed with enough force to tear up the turf.
• Raito drew Zangetsu and unleashed a water-laced slash that surrounded Naruto with rippling blades of water.

Naruto and Gekkō Raito fought while Jiraiya found Tsunade and urged her to return to Konoha to treat Hiruzen and become the Fifth Hokage. Orochimaru suddenly appeared, revealing himself before Jiraiya and Tsunade as the former Sannin reunion gave way to a confrontation.

• Naruto dodged Gekkō Raito’s slash and counterattacked with a wind-enhanced kunai as their fierce battle continued.
• Jiraiya arrived, recognized Gekkō Raito as Naruto’s friend, and told Tsunade that Hiruzen had been badly injured by Orochimaru.
• Tsunade refused to treat Hiruzen, explaining that her hands were useless, and resisted Jiraiya’s request for her to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Tsunade revealed that Gekkō Raito wore a Kirigakure forehead protector, leaving Jiraiya shocked.
• Orochimaru appeared before Jiraiya and Tsunade and defended his actions as a pursuit of truth.

Orochimaru revealed that Konoha traded Raito to Kirigakure for a nonaggression alliance, where Mei Terumi now intended to groom him as the next Mizukage. As Raito overwhelmed Naruto with advanced Water Release techniques, he prepared a devastating water-infused Rasengan.

• Orochimaru told Tsunade and Jiraiya that Konoha High Command had traded Raito to Kirigakure instead of letting him defect.
• Orochimaru revealed that Raito had become an official Kirigakure ninja and that Mei Terumi wanted him to succeed her as Sixth Mizukage.
• Raito attacked Naruto with a water wall and two Water Dragon Bullets, but Naruto blocked the dragons with a Rasengan.
• Raito used Water Release: Body Flicker to reappear beside Naruto and force him to his knees with his sword.
• Raito revealed that he had independently developed the Rasengan and combined it with his Flowing Water Blade to create the Water Release: Vortex Hurricane Water Technique.

Naruto drew on the Nine-Tails’ chakra and attacked Raito, demanding that he return to Konoha. As the fight continued, Orochimaru revealed that Sasuke Uchiha was no longer in Konoha, but the chapter ended before he said where Sasuke had gone.

• Raito struck Naruto with a water-enhanced Rasengan, but Naruto got back up and accused him of holding back.
• Naruto bargained with the Nine-Tails for its chakra, promising to grant one request except freeing it.
• Naruto formed a two-tailed chakra cloak and broke Raito’s arm with a powerful punch.
• Naruto urged Raito to return to Konoha as Tsunade and Jiraiya reacted with surprise and Orochimaru praised the boys’ talents.
• Jiraiya asked where Sasuke Uchiha had gone, and Orochimaru began to answer.

Naruto and Gekkō Raito fought as Naruto unleashed more of the Nine-Tails’ chakra, eventually striking Gekkō Raito with a devastating Rasengan. Gekkō Raito survived and revealed his own Tailed Beast Cloak, leaving Naruto and the watching Sannin stunned.

• Naruto and Gekkō Raito traded close-range blows, with Gekkō Raito using his chakra control and healing to withstand Naruto’s two-tailed power.
• Naruto transformed into a four-tailed state and hit Gekkō Raito with a tailed-beast-chakra Rasengan, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Gekkō Raito healed his injuries and announced that he, too, had a monster inside him.
• Gekkō Raito unleashed a dark red Tailed Beast Cloak and formed three chakra tails, surprising Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.
• Naruto recognized Gekkō Raito as a fellow jinchūriki and told him that becoming one was nothing to celebrate.

Raito used the Three-Tails’ chakra to overwhelm Naruto with a massive Water Release followed by freezing techniques, then tested a new Ice Release technique. Naruto endured the attacks and countercharged, while Raito began transforming the nature of the Tailed Beast chakra he was borrowing.

• Naruto asked Kurama for more power, and Kurama assured him that his chakra could overpower the Tailed Beast inside Raito.
• Raito deflected Naruto’s chakra tails and unleashed a colossal Water Release that flooded the forest clearing and knocked Naruto into the water.
• Raito froze the lake with Ice Release: Freezing Moment, leaving Naruto and the nearby Sannin stunned by the sudden cold.
• Raito used Ice Release: Dance of the Seedling Fern to raise a forest of spikes, forcing Naruto to shield himself with his four tails.
• Raito punched Naruto through the ice spikes, but Naruto stopped his flight with his tails and rebounded toward Raito as Raito began transforming the nature of his borrowed chakra.

Raito completed Three-Tails’ conversion to ice-nature chakra and used its freezing power against Naruto. Naruto reached a five-tailed state and the two fought evenly, while the Sannin feared Naruto was close to losing control.

• Great Sage accelerated Three-Tails’ chakra conversion, allowing it to acquire the ice attribute just as Naruto charged at Raito.
• Raito formed an ice wall, ensnared Naruto with his tails, and struck him with a freezing punch that slowed Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• Nine-Tails pushed Naruto into a five-tailed state, shattering the ice on his chest as Naruto broke through Raito’s frost dragon.
• Naruto’s bone armor strengthened him, and he traded powerful blows with Raito, who formed ice armor to meet him head-on.
• Orochimaru admired their power, while Jiraiya and Tsunade warned that Naruto was losing consciousness and Nine-Tails might break free.

Jiraiya and Tsunade tried to respond as Naruto’s fight with Gekkō Raito pushed him toward losing control, while Orochimaru revealed he had come to kill Tsunade. The chapter ended with Naruto reaching his six-tailed form and charging across the battlefield as the Nine-Tails went berserk.

• Orochimaru blocked Jiraiya from stopping Naruto and said he had come specifically to kill Tsunade.
• Tsunade struck the ground with her Monster Strength Fist and told Jiraiya to check on Naruto while she held off Orochimaru.
• Gekkō Raito froze Naruto’s tails and limbs, then pinned him down and punched him as Naruto’s chakra grew more violent.
• Naruto shattered the ice with a roar and blasted Gekkō Raito away with a chakra shock wave.
• Naruto grew a sixth tail, prompting Orochimaru to declare that the Nine-Tails had gone berserk.
• Naruto dropped to all fours and raced wildly across the battlefield.

Naruto’s six-tailed Nine-Tails rampage overwhelmed Gekkō Raito and left Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru badly injured. As the beast turned on Shizune, Jiraiya feared no one could stop it in time except Orochimaru.

• Gekkō Raito’s ice attacks failed to slow the rampaging Naruto, who struck him into the ruins.
• The Nine-Tails seized Jiraiya with its tail and slammed him away, then pierced Tsunade through the abdomen.
• Orochimaru’s snakes failed to stop Naruto, who snapped his neck, but Orochimaru escaped using the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique.
• Jiraiya attacked Naruto with Fire Release and Wild Lion’s Mane Technique, but the Nine-Tails broke through and slashed his chest despite Needle Jizo.
• Tsunade healed her wound with Creation Rebirth but became unable to fight when her hemophobia flared up.
• Shizune struck Naruto with poisoned needles, drawing its attention away from Jiraiya as Jiraiya wondered whether Orochimaru could stop it.

Gekkō Raito survived Naruto's attack and confronted the six-tailed Nine-Tails head-on, revealing himself as the Dual Jinchūriki of the Three-Tails and Six-Tails. With his combined power surpassing Naruto's current output, Raito prepared to fight the rampaging beast again.

• The Nine-Tails cornered Shizune, but Gekkō Raito emerged from the ruins and drew its attention away from her.
• Gekkō Raito struck the charging Nine-Tails with Boil Release: Peerless Strength and sent it flying, then healed his shattered hand.
• Gekkō Raito manifested nine chakra tails and revealed that he was the Dual Jinchūriki of the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails.
• Raito's combined Tailed Beast chakra overwhelmed Naruto's six-tailed presence, and Raito walked toward him.
• The Nine-Tails charged at Raito again, and Raito transformed his right arm into the Six-Tails' acidic blue fluid.

Raito and Great Sage restrained Naruto and sealed away the Nine-Tails’ chakra with Cloud Release and Magnet Release. Raito tried to devour the Nine-Tails’ chakra afterward, but discovered Minato Namikaze’s chakra was blocking him and stopped after Glutton had consumed about one-tenth of it.

• Raito froze the Nine-Tails’ leg, grabbed its neck with corrosive acid, and struck it with a powerful Boil Release punch.
• Great Sage used Shukaku’s chakra to form a mist wall that caught and bound the Nine-Tails.
• Raito attacked Naruto with ice and fire blades while Magnet Release chains weakened the Nine-Tails’ chakra.
• Raito activated the White Vine Seal, enclosing Naruto in a sphere of mist and suppressing the Nine-Tails’ chakra completely.
• Raito ordered Glutton to devour the Nine-Tails’ chakra, but Great Sage warned that another chakra source was obstructing it.
• Raito stopped Glutton after it had consumed about one-tenth of the obstructing chakra, which he suspected belonged to Minato Namikaze.

Gekkō Raito learned the principles of Flying Thunder God from the chakra he absorbed from Naruto and decided to develop his own Space-Time Ninjutsu. As he confronted Tsunade about bringing her to Kirigakure, an attacker tried to kill her but was frozen in ice.

• Great Sage told Gekkō Raito that he had obtained an incomplete Flying Thunder God technique and could use its principles to develop a unique Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Gekkō Raito released Naruto, and Jiraiya confirmed that Naruto was unconscious from chakra exhaustion before entrusting him to Shizune.
• Gekkō Raito told Jiraiya that he expected to become the next Mizukage and revealed that he had come to ask Tsunade for help.
• Gekkō Raito planned to take Tsunade to Kirigakure so she could treat Ameyuri Ringo and Hiruzen Sarutobi, despite her fear of blood.
• A mysterious attacker appeared behind Tsunade and swung a Chakra Scalpel at her neck, but the attacker was instantly frozen in ice.

Gekkō Raito rescued Tsunade from Kabuto and declared that he would take her away, while Jiraiya and Orochimaru joined forces to stop him. After Gekkō Raito sent Tsunade toward a safe base, the two Sannin summoned Gamabunta and Manda to trap him.

• Gekkō Raito used the Body Flicker Technique to strike Kabuto Yakushi, severing his arm and saving Tsunade.
• Gekkō Raito suspected Danzo had persuaded Orochimaru to prevent Tsunade from returning to Konoha, then declared that he would take her away.
• Gekkō Raito enveloped Tsunade in a flying cloud and sent her toward Haku and the others' base while he faced Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru agreed to work together to stop Gekkō Raito, with Jiraiya insisting he would bring Tsunade back.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru summoned Gamabunta and Manda, who surrounded Gekkō Raito after learning he was a dual-tailed beast jinchūriki.

Raito fought Gamabunta, Manda, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru as their attacks forced him to rely on Isobu’s chakra and his ninjutsu. The chapter ended with Orochimaru restraining Raito, who prepared to counter with Acid Mist.

• Raito used Isobu’s chakra to match Gamabunta’s strength while Manda attacked him with its tail.
• Raito blocked Manda’s strike with an ice wall and Water Dragon Bullet, then froze Orochimaru’s Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
• Raito threw Gamabunta over his shoulder and countered Jiraiya’s Fire Dragon Flame Bullet with Wild Water Wave.
• Orochimaru pinned Zangetsu with the Kusanagi Sword, allowing Jiraiya to strike Raito from behind with a Rasengan.
• Raito’s cloud-and-mist shield blocked Jiraiya’s attack and sent spikes toward him, while Orochimaru wrapped his arms around Raito’s body.

Gekkō Raito fought Orochimaru and Jiraiya while Jiraiya tried to prepare for Sage Mode. After countering Orochimaru’s attacks, Raito waited for Jiraiya to complete his summoning ritual, intending to defeat Orochimaru and see Jiraiya’s Sage Mode.

• Gekkō Raito escaped Orochimaru’s grasp with corrosive acid mist and slashed Orochimaru until he used his substitution technique.
• Jiraiya attacked Gekkō Raito with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but Raito blocked it with clouds and mist and struck Jiraiya with a chakra-enhanced punch.
• Manda and Gamabunta joined the fight, and Gamabunta’s sword blow sent Gekkō Raito crashing into a crater.
• Orochimaru attacked Gekkō Raito with wind techniques, but Raito countered with the same technique and overpowered his air blades.
• Orochimaru used Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to stall Raito while Jiraiya gathered chakra to summon the toad sages of Mount Myōboku.
• The Great Sage told Gekkō Raito that Jiraiya was preparing a summoning technique rather than entering Sage Mode, and Raito chose to wait while targeting Orochimaru.

Gekkō Raito defeated Manda and Orochimaru, then confronted Jiraiya after sealing Orochimaru in ice. Jiraiya summoned the Toad Sages Fukasaku and Shima and prepared to fight for Tsunade.

• Raito used Hidden Mist to conceal himself, then cut Manda from head to tail with Water Breathing, forcing the snake to flee to Ryūchi Cave.
• Raito froze Gamabunta with Ice Release, then struck Orochimaru with a powerful punch and trapped him between two ice dragons.
• Raito activated Shukaku’s sealing power to seal Orochimaru inside the ice dragons.
• Jiraiya acknowledged Raito’s strength but resolved to stop him from taking Tsunade, then summoned Fukasaku and Shima.

Raito attacked Jiraiya while Jiraiya prepared to merge with Fukasaku and Shima, then entered Sage Mode. Raito recognized the transformation’s power but resisted imitating it and launched another attack to test Jiraiya.

• Fukasaku and Shima arrived, and Jiraiya urged them to merge with him immediately.
• Raito asked Great Sage to analyze Jiraiya and the two toads, then waited as the analysis began.
• Raito used Boil Release to slash at Jiraiya, who narrowly dodged and left a massive trench in the ground.
• Fukasaku and Jiraiya recognized Raito’s Boil Release, and Jiraiya realized Raito also wielded Ice Release and carried two tailed beasts.
• Shima completed the merge, and Jiraiya entered Sage Mode as Raito suppressed the urge to imitate it.
• Raito hardened his tails into spears and attacked Jiraiya, who chose not to dodge.

Gekkō Raito overwhelmed Jiraiya with a combination of Ice Release, taijutsu, and chakra tails, leaving the Sannin battered and wary. Just as Raito restrained him, Fukasaku and Shima struck with Frog Song, forcing Raito back and shifting the fight.

• Jiraiya caught Gekkō Raito's tail, but Raito soaked him with water and froze his clothes before following with a powerful kick.
• Jiraiya used Sage Art: Great Flame Bullet, but Gekkō Raito endured the flames and beat him in close combat.
• Gekkō Raito slammed Jiraiya with a knee and a high roundhouse, sending him flying until Fukasaku and Shima cushioned his fall.
• Jiraiya recognized Raito's overwhelming abilities and grew fearful, but Raito froze his legs and bound him with nine tails.
• Fukasaku and Shima used Sage Art: Frog Song, stunning Raito and driving him back several steps.

Raito acquired Mount Myōboku Sage Mode knowledge, then let the Great Sage control his body and defeat Jiraiya and the toad sages. He prepared to take Tsunade back to Kirigakure, while Shizune watched in terror.

• Jiraiya broke free and struck Raito with Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but Raito countered the Sannin’s Sage Art: Goemon with Ice Release.
• The Great Sage announced that Raito had acquired Mount Myōboku Sage Mode and recommended developing a Sage Mode of his own.
• Raito handed control to the Great Sage, which used acid mist, chakra threads, sealing jutsu, and freezing chakra to capture Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima.
• Raito decided to take Tsunade to Kirigakure and find a way to help her treat Ameyuri.
• Shizune watched from the bushes, shocked that Raito had defeated the legendary Sannin so easily.

Shizune freed Jiraiya from Gekkō Raito’s ice and discovered that Tsunade was gone. Meanwhile, Gekkō Raito brought Tsunade to Kirigakure and used a custom seal to restrain her, leaving Mei Terumi stunned when she walked in.

• Shizune carried the unconscious Naruto to safety, melted Jiraiya’s ice prison, and helped him and the two sages recover.
• Jiraiya realized Gekkō Raito had taken Tsunade and worried about how to explain her abduction to Konoha.
• Gekkō Raito flew to Kirigakure with Tsunade, Haku, and Ameyuri Ringo, then used the Great Sage to create a sealing jutsu for Tsunade.
• The seal suppressed Tsunade’s chakra and bound her with a cloud-and-mist collar and chain when she tried to attack Gekkō Raito.
• Mei Terumi entered the room, saw Tsunade suspended and bound, and stared at Gekkō Raito in disbelief.