Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fengyao defeated Kumogakure’s leaders and demanded all of its ninjutsu and 200 billion ryō in exchange for sparing the village. Kumogakure signed the debt treaty and was allowed to leave, but Feng Yao kept Yugito behind to take Killer B’s place.

• Yugito tried to take responsibility for Kumogakure’s attack, but Feng Yao said she would take Killer B’s place because she had helped him break free of Feng Yao’s control.
• A arrived with Killer B, Darui, and Kumogakure’s ninja, then offered his life in exchange for Feng Yao sparing the village.
• Feng Yao threatened to destroy Kumogakure and demanded all its ninjutsu plus 200 billion ryō.
• A negotiated no reduction in the sum but accepted Feng Yao’s offer to make it a debt with one percent annual interest, and Kakuzu presented the contract.
• After Kumogakure signed the treaty and Feng Yao let its people leave, he ordered Yugito to stay and take Killer B’s place.

Feng Yao forced Kumogakure to surrender Yugito in Killer B’s place, then sent her to the Kamui Dimension. Black Zetsu appeared and told Feng Yao he had important information about a stone tablet, prompting Feng Yao to take him back with the others.

• Feng Yao demanded that Raikage A treat Killer B’s capture as separate from Kumogakure’s compensation, and Yugito offered to take Killer B’s place.
• A tried to negotiate further compensation for Yugito, but Feng Yao refused and ordered Kumogakure to leave after warning them to deliver the ninjutsu and first payment on time.
• Black Zetsu appeared without the Uchiha noticing and claimed he had been hiding to assess Feng Yao’s strength.
• Black Zetsu told Feng Yao that he had important information about a stone tablet, and Feng Yao opened a Kamui passage to return with him.
• Feng Yao sent Yugito into the Kamui Dimension, leaving her confused about the strange space.

Feng Yao questioned Black Zetsu about the stone tablet and heard his account of Madara, Nagato, and the plan for Infinite Tsukuyomi. Black Zetsu agreed to provide his base and White Zetsu to Feng Yao, then asked how Feng Yao planned to deal with Obito.

• Feng Yao sent Shin and the others away, then confronted Black Zetsu about how he knew of the stone tablet.
• Black Zetsu claimed to be Madara Uchiha’s will and explained how Madara awakened the Rinnegan, recruited Obito, and entrusted the eyes to Nagato.
• Black Zetsu revealed the Rinnegan’s Cursed Seal and explained how to use it, convincing Feng Yao to keep talking with him.
• Black Zetsu introduced Spiral White Zetsu, whom Feng Yao renamed Tobi and assigned to follow him.
• Feng Yao ordered Black Zetsu to give Orochimaru their base and possessions and to keep Infinite Tsukuyomi secret; Black Zetsu then asked how Feng Yao would handle Obito.

Feng Yao returned to Amegakure with Tobi, assigned him to the Akatsuki, and made Yugito his personal maid. Black Zetsu reported that Obito had escaped.

• Feng Yao ordered Black Zetsu to kill Obito, then returned to Amegakure with Spiral White Zetsu.
• Feng Yao introduced Tobi as a new Akatsuki member, gave him a robe, ring, and mask, and took his right hand for his own use.
• Feng Yao left Tobi with Konan and returned to his residence with Yugito, whom he forced to serve as his maid.
• Black Zetsu emerged from the ground and told Feng Yao that Obito had escaped.

News of Amegakure’s power and Kumogakure’s defeat spread across the Shinobi World. As Kumogakure struggled with its debts, Ōnoki chose to support Amegakure’s trade and seek good relations.

• News spread that Uchiha Fengyao had defeated Kumogakure’s Raikage and two perfect jinchuriki, while Amegakure’s leader Pain possessed the Rinnegan and the village had opened its borders.
• Mabui told A that the daimyo refused to cover Kumogakure’s reparations, leaving the village to pay its debts and surrender its ninjutsu.
• A ordered Mabui to have Darui deliver the prepared payment and ninjutsu, while Kumogakure’s villagers learned that A and Yugito had accepted blame and hostage status to protect them.
• Ōnoki assessed Amegakure’s strength and Iwagakure’s weakness, then told Kitsuchi to support Amegakure’s trade and build good relations.

Ōnoki, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure reacted to Uchiha Fengyao’s defeat of Kumogakure and Amegakure’s growing power, with Sunagakure choosing diplomacy and Kirigakure focusing on its internal problems. In Konoha, Obito claimed Fengyao planned to gather the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails, while Hiruzen hesitated and Danzo urged him to act.

• Kitsuchi agreed to carry out Ōnoki’s instructions as Ōnoki worried about protecting Iwagakure’s younger generation.
• Luo Sha proposed intercepting Amegakure’s supplies, but Chiyo warned that Sunagakure could not risk provoking Uchiha Fengyao, so they decided to support his trade plans.
• Yagura grew furious at the news from Kumogakure, while Genji urged Kirigakure to avoid drawing attention and focus on repairing the village and finding its deserters.
• Obito told Konoha’s senior figures that Black Zetsu had controlled him and that Uchiha Fengyao wanted to capture the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails.
• Danzo accused the Uchiha of causing the Fourth’s death and pressed Hiruzen to believe Obito’s claims, citing Fengyao’s capture of the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails and Pain’s Rinnegan.

Danzo persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s clan leaders that Obito’s claims about the Rinnegan, the Ten-Tails, and Uchiha Fengyao were credible. Hiruzen promised Konoha would protect Obito, while Danzo urged action against Amegakure and the Uchiha.

• Danzo recalled his failed attempt to seize the Rinnegan from Nagato during the Second Shinobi World War and believed Obito’s account of the Ten-Tails.
• Danzo told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Jiraiya’s former disciples Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan served Madara Uchiha, and Jiraiya protested that they had been peaceful children.
• Obito claimed he had escaped Black Zetsu’s control when Uchiha Fengyao returned, and said Fengyao was Amegakure’s true leader while Pain served him.
• Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu urged Hiruzen to curb Amegakure and the Uchiha, fearing Fengyao might revive the Ten-Tails.
• Hiruzen told Obito that Konoha would stand behind him and sent him to reunite with Kakashi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi decided Konoha needed to bring Tsunade back and improve Impure World Reincarnation to oppose Feng Yao. He began organizing a research team, then privately asked Danzo about the progress on Hashirama’s cells.

• Obito seethed over Kakashi’s betrayal and feared what Feng Yao might do to Rin’s body.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s push for action, pointing out that no one in the Hokage’s office could defeat Feng Yao.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Utatane Koharu and Jiraiya to bring Tsunade back to Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed improving Impure World Reincarnation to revive the First Hokage and Tobirama Senju, and the others agreed to establish a research team.
• After the others left, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo about the research on the First Hokage’s wood release cells, and Danzo claimed it was going well.

Hiruzen Sarutobi approved more funding for Danzo's Hashirama-cell research despite doubting him. In Amegakure, Feng Yao explained Yugito's presence to Izumi, Karin, and Ajisai as they brought food to visit him.

• Danzo told Hiruzen that Hashirama cells were dangerous to most people but claimed his research had made progress and needed more funding.
• Hiruzen reluctantly agreed to provide Danzo with additional funding while warning him to produce results.
• Izumi, Karin, and Ajisai arrived at Feng Yao's home with bentos and found Yugito answering the door.
• Feng Yao told the girls that Yugito was his captive and that he kept her nearby because she was the Two-Tails' perfect jinchūriki.
• The girls accepted Feng Yao's explanation and came inside, while Yugito silently judged his excuses and found his discomfort amusing.

Feng Yao proposed dividing Amegakure’s growing workload among four government departments, and Konan helped shape the plan. The next day, invited candidates gathered at the Rain Shadow Building as the village prepared to appoint department heads.

• Feng Yao found Konan overwhelmed by the flood of national affairs and proposed creating Military, Administrative, Economic, and Science Departments beneath the Rain Shadow.
• Feng Yao suggested Orochimaru for Science and Kakuzu for Economics, while Konan appeared set to lead Administration; they left the Military Department’s leadership undecided.
• Feng Yao and Konan discussed how to implement the new structure, and Konan arranged invitations for candidates by the following day.
• Invited shinobi, elders, and village leaders gathered at the Rain Shadow Building, where Feng Yao, Konan, Kakuzu, and Setsuna sat at the head.
• Uchiha members helped maintain order, eager to support Amegakure after its villagers welcomed them and sympathized with their experiences.

Feng Yao learned that Obito had fled to Konoha and that Tsunade had returned, then traveled to the Land of Water to find Kimimaro before Orochimaru could recruit him. He found Kimimaro in a village, where the boy expected to be killed.

• Amegakure established its departments, with Konan, Setsuna, Kakuzu, Orochimaru, Ibuse Lufei, and Uchiha Fugaku taking leadership roles.
• A White Zetsu reported that Kimimaro was in a village near Kirigakure, while Black Zetsu revealed that Obito had fled to Konoha and exposed the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Black Zetsu told Feng Yao that Tsunade had returned to Konoha, and Feng Yao decided to visit the village to obtain her Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu.
• Feng Yao traveled with Shin to the Land of Water, where Shin killed Kirigakure ninja who attacked them.
• Feng Yao found Kimimaro sitting alone on the outskirts of a village and asked whether he was Kimimaro.
• Kimimaro mistook Feng Yao for a Kirigakure pursuer and told him to kill him, believing he had nothing left to live for.

Feng Yao welcomed the starving Kimimaro into his group and took him from the village, where Kisame and Kirigakure ninja ambushed them. After defeating the attackers with genjutsu, Feng Yao faced the still-standing Kisame.

• Feng Yao offered Kimimaro acceptance and invited him to leave Kirigakure with him, and Shin introduced himself as Uchiha Shin.
• Feng Yao took Shin and Kimimaro to eat, bought Kimimaro new clothes, and led them out of the village.
• Shin noticed they were being followed, and Kisame confronted them with Kirigakure ninja.
• Shin and Kimimaro fought and killed several attackers while Feng Yao absorbed their water ninjutsu and killed two more ninja.
• Kisame thought he had cut Feng Yao in half, but Feng Yao revealed that he had trapped Kisame's companions in genjutsu and asked Kisame, "Not bad, Kisame~"

Yugito secretly contacted Kumogakure and reported that Amegakure had left her free and seemed to be following Kumogakure’s development model. After reading her report, A decided to have Yugito win over Uchiha Fengyao, leaving her flustered by his letter.

• Yugito explored Amegakure, noticed its industrial development resembled Kumogakure’s, and concluded that Feng Yao admired Kumogakure.
• A Kumogakure woman found Yugito, who arranged to send a report to A through her the next day.
• A read Yugito’s letter with Mabui, Darui, Samui, and Killer B, and the group took pride in Feng Yao’s apparent interest in Kumogakure’s technology.
• A proposed that Yugito win Feng Yao over and offered to make him Raikage; Darui agreed to try the plan.
• Yugito received A’s letter telling her that Kumogakure’s safety depended on her winning Feng Yao over, and she blushed at the thought of him.

After the Uchiha Clan left Konoha, the other ninja clans used the Military Police Force to protect their own interests and punish civilians, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to investigate. At a high-level meeting, he confronted the clans over their abuses, and Danzo defended their actions before Hiruzen demanded that he use his title at work.

• After the Uchiha Clan left Konoha, the Hyuga Clan won control of the Military Police Force, and the major clans used it to protect their businesses and mistreat civilians.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the arrest and torture of villagers who insulted the Hyuga Clan, and other major clans followed his example.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports of arrests and disappearances, suspected Danzo's involvement, and ordered Yamato to investigate.
• After Yamato reported what he had learned, Hiruzen Sarutobi convened a meeting with the clan heads, Jonin, and Military Police Force leaders.
• Danzo defended the clans' treatment of villagers, and Hiruzen Sarutobi told him to address him by his title when they were at work.

Hiruzen Sarutobi warned the clan heads about abuses in the village and formed a Forbidden Technique Research Group to improve Impure World Reincarnation. At Rin’s grave, Obito rejected Kakashi’s attempt to speak with him while privately blaming Feng Yao for what had happened to Rin’s body.

• Hiashi admitted that villagers from his clan had caused trouble and promised Hiruzen Sarutobi he would handle them leniently.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that he would lead the Forbidden Technique Research Group, with Danzo as deputy, and ordered the clans to provide ninjutsu researchers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Danzo about the disappearances, and Danzo denied capturing the villagers.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Danzo funding and personnel to rebuild Root in exchange for quietly monitoring the ninja clans, and Danzo agreed.
• At Rin’s gravestone, Kakashi tried to address Obito and felt guilty for failing Rin and losing Obito’s Sharingan.
• Obito blamed Feng Yao for Rin’s condition, took private satisfaction in Kakashi’s guilt, and left the cemetery.

Feng Yao persuaded Kisame to abandon Kirigakure and join the Akatsuki by promising to end the shinobi world's cycle of war and hatred. Kisame accepted, and the chapter ended with him asking what they should do with the Kirigakure Anbu shinobi.

• Kisame admitted defeat and refused at first to betray Kirigakure, but Feng Yao challenged him to name anything in the village worth defending.
• Feng Yao explained Kirigakure's deep-rooted conflicts and revealed his identity as Uchiha Fengyao, whose reputation surprised Kisame.
• Feng Yao described his plan to end the shinobi world's corruption and build a unified nation where people could live in peace.
• Kisame decided to trust Feng Yao, knelt to join him, and accepted an Akatsuki robe.
• Kisame asked Feng Yao whether they should dispose of the Kirigakure Anbu shinobi.

Feng Yao learned that Suikazan Fuguki had betrayed Kirigakure and told Kisame that Samehada would suit him, then set out with him for Kirigakure. Meanwhile, Fuguki waited for the team sent to kill Kisame and recalled how he had long tried to eliminate Kisame, who had exposed his treason.

• Feng Yao confirmed that Suikazan Fuguki had sent Kisame and recognized that Kisame already knew Fuguki was selling Kirigakure's intelligence.
• Feng Yao said Kisame was still weak and that Samehada would suit him, then asked Kisame to lead the way to Kirigakure.
• Kisame hesitated about entering Kirigakure, but agreed to follow Feng Yao after resolving to trust him.
• Suikazan Fuguki waited at Kirigakure's intelligence base for news from the Anbu team he had sent after Kisame.
• Fuguki recalled that Yagura had spared him despite his treason, and that he had repeatedly sent Kisame on dangerous missions because he feared Kisame's talent.

Feng Yao and his companions entered Kirigakure, where Kisame confronted Fuguki over his betrayal of the village. As Yagura and Mei Terumi rushed to the Intelligence Building, Kisame and the others arrived there to face Fuguki.

• Shin used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to get past the guards, and Feng Yao, Kisame, and Kimimaro entered Kirigakure with him.
• Feng Yao asked Kisame to lead them to Fuguki, while a Kirigakure ninja spotted the group and reported their arrival to Fuguki.
• Fuguki learned Kisame was alive and accompanied by Kimimaro, killed the messenger, and ordered the Anbu to gather as he headed out with Samehada.
• A report of outsiders and an attack on the Intelligence Division reached Yagura, Mei Terumi, and the elders, who rushed toward the building.
• Feng Yao, Kisame, Shin, and Kimimaro entered the Intelligence Building, and Kisame accused Fuguki of selling the village's intelligence.

Feng Yao attacked Suikazan Fuguki to take Samehada, but the fight escalated when Yagura and Mei Terumi arrived and mistook Feng Yao’s intentions. Yagura recognized Feng Yao’s Intangibility and accused him of controlling him; Feng Yao countered their attacks and left both facing two enormous fireballs.

• Feng Yao demanded that Suikazan Fuguki hand over Samehada, and Kisame, Shin, and Kimimaro fought Fuguki and his Anbu forces.
• Yagura and Mei Terumi arrived and attacked Feng Yao with Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but his Intangibility made their attacks pass through him.
• Yagura mistook Feng Yao for the person who had controlled him, entered Three-Tails Tailed Beast Mode, and attacked; Feng Yao destroyed his Water Mirror copy and kicked him back.
• Mei Terumi intervened, and Yagura accused Feng Yao of controlling him and causing Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist Village; Feng Yao said he had come to take something.
• Yagura and Mei Terumi attacked Feng Yao together with water and lava, but he evaded them with Intangibility and launched two Great Fireballs at them.

Feng Yao seized Samehada for Kisame and revealed his identity to Mei Terumi and Kirigakure’s forces. When they refused to submit, he unleashed a towering golden form that destroyed the Intelligence Building, leaving Mei Terumi and the others stunned.

• Ao arrived with reinforcements, and Mei Terumi and Yagura identified Feng Yao as the culprit behind the Bloody Mist Village.
• Feng Yao kicked Fuguki away, took Samehada, and suppressed its resistance before giving it to Kisame, who became its new master.
• Mei Terumi confronted Feng Yao, who identified himself as Uchiha Fengyao and said he had come to take Samehada for his subordinate.
• Feng Yao declared that his grand undertaking would begin with Kirigakure and surrounded himself and his companions with golden chakra.
• Feng Yao’s complete golden form burst through the Intelligence Building, forcing Mei Terumi and the others to take cover behind an earthen fortress.