Recaps

Anyo found Sasori and Kakuzu attacking a group of Konoha ninja and turned the battle into an opportunity to recruit them into the Zero Organization. After ordering the survivors transported to the organization, he learned that its membership had grown to three hundred and that Kakuzu had eliminated rival mercenary groups along the way.

• Anyo discovered Sasori and Kakuzu besieging about a hundred Konoha ninja, then revealed himself after Kakuzu spotted him.
• Anyo told Sasori to incapacitate the Konoha ninja with poison, and he directed Sasori to save those in danger so they could join the organization.
• Anyo, Sasori, and Kakuzu agreed to use the code names Megatron, Blackarachnia, and Devastator.
• Sasori ordered Da'an to inform the organization of the code names and arrange for the captured ninja to be transported and held alive.
• Sasori told Anyo that the Zero Organization had grown to three hundred external members and that Kakuzu had killed rival mercenaries recruited through the black market.

Anyo searched the battlefield for Haku and found her under attack by Kirigakure Anbu. He awakened Susanoo to defeat them, then used his dōjutsu Reversal to save Haku, but collapsed from exhaustion.

• Tsunade saved Yugao with Anyo's shadow clone, and the clone returned to Anyo with the puppet.
• Anyo learned from Kakuzu that Kirigakure Anbu had pursued Haku, then rode Kakuzu's wind monster to search for her.
• Anyo followed traces of Haku's Ice Release and broke through battlefield barriers, killing ninja who confronted him.
• Anyo found Haku near death in a Hidden Mist barrier as Kirigakure Anbu attacked her, and his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened Susanoo.
• Anyo used Susanoo and its sword to destroy the Kirigakure Anbu, then caught Haku as she fell and treated her injuries.
• Anyo activated Reversal to restore Haku's life, then passed out from exhaustion as Haku held him tightly.

Sasori and Kakuzu found Haku protecting the unconscious Anyo, whose chakra was depleted after the battle. The Zero Organization recruited Haku and captured more than a hundred ninja, while Anyo began noticing the Mangekyō Sharingan’s side effects and planned the group’s next steps.

• Sasori examined Anyo and confirmed he was alive but unconscious from severe chakra depletion, so Haku passed him a pill with a kiss.
• Sasori invited Haku to join the Zero Organization and gave her the code name Megatron's Queen; Haku agreed.
• While Anyo was unconscious, Haku, Sasori, and Kakuzu captured over a hundred ninja, including Hyuga and Uchiha clan members.
• After waking, Anyo noticed blurry vision and recognized it as a side effect of using the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Anyo ordered the group to ransom captured kekkei genkai clan members, limit their kidnappings, and keep their identities secret.
• When Sasori told Anyo that Haku had joined as Megatron's Queen, Anyo approved the code name, and Haku smiled brightly.

After the war left all five great villages weakened, Anyo’s Zero Organization emerged as the chief beneficiary. In Kirigakure, Genji discussed the village’s losses with the Third Mizukage, who was secretly an imposter under control.

• Sasori told Anyo he would send selected captives back to their villages as undercover agents and share their information through a puppet.
• Anyo returned safely with Haku, and Tsunade’s anxiety eased; the war’s aftermath left every village weakened, with Sunagakure’s Rasa holding off Kumogakure and Minato earning the name Yellow Flash.
• Anyo’s Zero Organization grew in membership and wealth, while Tsunade faced blame for Konoha’s defeat.
• Genji told the Third Mizukage that Kirigakure’s Three-Tails jinchūriki would not survive, and the Mizukage ordered the beast extracted and sealed.
• After Genji left, the Third Mizukage’s controller and another voice discussed how someone had suspected the Mizukage was being controlled; a black-and-white figure then vanished from the office.

Madara Uchiha rejected the powerful Uchiha he had learned about and reaffirmed his plan to make Obito Uchiha his spokesman. At Konoha’s temporary base, Tsunade examined Anyo, questioned his judgment of her battlefield command, then kissed him after striking him for risking himself to save her.

• Madara Uchiha learned of an unknown Uchiha with a black Susanoo but chose to keep his plan focused on Obito Uchiha.
• Anyo gathered his Anbu squad, confirmed all four members had survived, and told them to rest before returning to Konoha.
• Tsunade examined Anyo and asked what he thought of his squad’s performance and her command during the battle.
• Anyo said Konoha should have feinted to gather intelligence or retreated after learning Iwagakure and Kirigakure had allied, rather than launching an all-out attack.
• Tsunade struck Anyo and said she did not need him to sacrifice himself to save her, then kissed him.

Anyo and Tsunade reconciled after he apologized for pushing too far, then agreed to marry and spent the night together. The next morning, they left the tent together, where Anyo reunited with his godson Itachi as Tsunade organized the remaining ninja for the return journey.

• Anyo apologized after Tsunade slapped him, and Tsunade invited him to stay the night and offered to let him hold her.
• Tsunade asked whether they would marry, and Anyo promised they would before they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Anyo recalled their promises to leave Konoha after the war and wed at the Senju Clan's former grounds.
• Anyo and Tsunade left the tent together, and Tsunade went to organize the remaining ninja for the journey home.
• Itachi ran to Anyo, who gave him a lollipop, while Uchiha Fugaku looked on.

As Konoha’s defeated forces prepared to return home, Anyo suggested that the missing Uchiha might have been captured by the Tsuchikage and encouraged Itachi’s training. He then left Tsunade and the others during the ceasefire to have a personal weapon forged in the Land of Crafts.

• Anyo told Fugaku that the Tsuchikage might have captured the missing Uchiha, though Fugaku was reluctant to believe it.
• Anyo asked Itachi what he had learned from the battlefield, then praised his Great Fireball Technique and encouraged him to keep practicing swordsmanship.
• Tsunade gathered the remaining ninja and announced that they were returning to Konoha, grieving the defeat and their missing comrades.
• Anyo comforted Tsunade and said he would not return with her because he planned to visit the Land of Crafts to have a weapon forged.
• Tsunade reluctantly agreed to Anyo's departure, and he flew away on his eagle puppet after blowing her a kiss.

Anyo visited Orochimaru in the Land of Rice Fields to seek a new base for the expanding Zero Organization, and Orochimaru recommended taking over a weak Ninja village in the Land of Hot Water. Orochimaru then revealed that Danzo had hired him to kill Anyo, and the chapter ended with Orochimaru ordering Anyo to abandon his plan to kill Danzo.

• Anyo tracked down Orochimaru's base in the Land of Rice Fields and fought him, stopping his attack with a powerful sword technique.
• Orochimaru showed Anyo his large experimental base and suggested that the Zero Organization take over the weak Ninja village in the Land of Hot Water.
• Anyo accepted Orochimaru's recommendation, seeing the village's location as useful for reaching the Five Great Nations.
• Orochimaru gave Anyo intelligence from Danzo ordering the death of an Anbu codenamed Night, who was Anyo.
• Anyo accused Orochimaru of trying to kill him for Danzo, and Orochimaru told him to give up his plan to kill Danzo.

Anyo persuaded Orochimaru not to target Danzo unless provoked and received a powerful Kusanagi Sword, which he named the Unintentional Blade. He then flew to the Land of Crafts to pursue a new weapon and develop a swordsmanship that combined all his techniques.

• Anyo promised Orochimaru he would not seek trouble with Danzo as long as Danzo did not provoke him.
• Anyo asked Orochimaru for a weapon, and Orochimaru manifested the Eight Branches Technique and offered him a choice of weapons.
• Anyo chose a silver Tang-style saber, tested its compatibility with his chakra, and named it the Unintentional Blade.
• Anyo left Orochimaru and flew on the Eagle Puppet toward the Land of Crafts to obtain a new weapon and advance his swordsmanship.

Anyo reached the Land of Crafts and, after its guards mistook him for an invader, paid them to commission a complex ring-shaped weapon. He left the craftsmen with the blueprint and a warning disguised as reassurance, intending to stay until the weapon was finished.

• Anyo arrived at the Land of Crafts and returned the ambushers’ shuriken and kunai without stopping.
• The leader prepared to attack, but Anyo tossed down a chest full of money and explained that he had come to commission a weapon.
• The leader escorted Anyo through the impoverished village and complained that the great nations underpaid the Land of Crafts for its work.
• Anyo gave the leader a blueprint for a weapon made of interlocking blades that could separate into smaller blades or six larger ones.
• Anyo promised to remain until the weapon was finished, then showed the leader the Unintentional Blade and left him unsure when he had departed.

Anyo commissioned a powerful chakra-controlled weapon from Sixiang’s village and paid one billion for its creation. Five days later, the ring-shaped blade was completed and Anyo named it Supreme Edge.

• Sixiang and Shuihu decided to forge Anyo’s weapon using the village founder’s green gemstone and redirected the village’s craftsmen to the project.
• Sixiang quoted Anyo one billion, and Anyo agreed to pay while promising to handle trouble from the Five Great Nations.
• Sasori arrived with the money, and Anyo sent him to eliminate a small ninja village in the Land of Hot Water as the Zero Organization’s future base.
• Anyo paid Sixiang one billion and instructed the craftsmen to prioritize the weapon’s quality over speed.
• The Five Great Nations learned of the Land of Crafts’ dealings and dispatched elite ninja, while the craftsmen completed the weapon five days later.
• Sixiang explained the weapon’s splitting blades, and Anyo named it Supreme Edge.

Anyo visited the Land of Crafts to commission a thousand-blade weapon and met Minato, who had come to investigate the village’s canceled orders. Killer B arrived to challenge Anyo to a sword fight, but Ao’s Byakugan revealed immense chakra ahead, prompting Ao and Juzo Biwa to retreat.

• Sixiang told Anyo that his weapon was nearly complete and needed cursed seals inscribed on each blade.
• Minato arrived to investigate the Land of Crafts canceling Konoha’s orders, and Anyo explained that he had commissioned a weapon there.
• Killer B recognized Anyo as Baiyun and challenged him to a sword fight, which Anyo accepted.
• Minato sensed another arrival, while Ao used his Byakugan to watch the group from the forest.
• Ao detected enormous chakra ahead, including one person with more chakra than anyone he had ever seen, so Juzo Biwa ordered their group to leave.

Anyo reunited with Killer B in the Land of Crafts, defeated him in a swordsmanship match, and agreed to teach him. Mabui arrived and recognized Anyo as Baiyun, while Killer B’s deference to her left Anyo wondering who she was.

• Minato left to report the Kirigakure ninja’s Byakugan-like sensory ability to Konoha and the Third Hokage.
• Killer B asked Anyo to demonstrate his swordsmanship, and Anyo defeated him by disarming his seven short blades.
• Killer B took notes on the fight and asked Anyo to teach him, immediately calling him teacher.
• Mabui arrived, recognized Anyo as Baiyun, and stopped Killer B from explaining why he had come ahead.
• Anyo noticed Killer B’s nervous deference to Mabui and wondered who she was.

Anyo let Mabui inspect the forge and Supreme Edge’s blueprints, then traded information with her about Minato Namikaze and her Heavenly Transfer Technique. He explained how Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique worked, but admitted he did not know how to counter it.

• Anyo let Mabui enter the forge, where she saw craftsmen making the tiny blades for his weapon.
• Mabui realized Anyo had not shown her the weapon’s prototype, and Anyo gave her Supreme Edge’s blueprints instead.
• After studying the blueprints, Mabui learned Anyo was a Konoha ninja and asked him about Minato Namikaze.
• Anyo told Mabui that Minato’s signature ninjutsu was the Flying Thunder God Technique, while she revealed that she could use the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Mabui asked how the Flying Thunder God Technique worked and how it could be countered, and Anyo explained its teleportation marks but could not name a counter.

Anyo told Mabui about the Flying Thunder God Technique, learned how the Heavenly Transfer Technique worked, and persuaded her to stay in the Land of Crafts for two more days. As Mabui gathered more intelligence from him, Anyo secretly sent a message and continued ingratiating himself with her.

• Mabui explained that the Heavenly Transfer Technique transported objects, and Anyo realized the Third Raikage might be able to withstand it.
• Anyo teased Mabui and persuaded her to stay two more days by suggesting he might join Kumogakure; she set rules against him approaching without permission.
• Anyo sent a bird puppet bearing Sasori's mark, while Mabui questioned Killer B and then sent him back to Kumogakure with two Anbu guards.
• Mabui recorded intelligence about Anyo and learned more from him, including details about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and Minato Namikaze's relationship with Kushina Uzumaki.
• On the second day, Anyo waited outside Mabui's room with breakfast, and she agreed to eat with him.

Anyo hosted Mabui for two days before driving off Kitsuchi and his Iwagakure Ninja, prompting Mabui to leave for Kumogakure. On the road, Sasori ambushed Mabui’s escort and captured her alive.

• Anyo shared a lavish breakfast with Mabui and the village children, then spent two days playing shogi and speaking with her.
• Kitsuchi arrived with Iwagakure Ninja and threatened the Land of Crafts, but Anyo incapacitated his men and forced them to leave.
• Mabui reproached Anyo for provoking Iwagakure, thanked him for his hospitality, and departed for Kumogakure with an Anbu escort.
• Sasori ambushed Mabui and her escort, killing the Anbu and revealing his puppet’s Magnet Release before knocking Mabui unconscious with purple gas.

Sasori abducted Mabui and mistakenly believed Anyo wanted her for sexual reasons, while Anyo tested the Supreme Edge and prepared to recruit Mabui into the Zero Organization. After Sasori apologized, he questioned why Anyo would make such a weak woman a full member.

• Sasori took the unconscious Mabui away, bathed her, and carried her to Anyo while misunderstanding Anyo's intentions.
• Anyo tested the Supreme Edge and discovered that its Dark Green Gemstone held power tied to Seimei and the Land of Crafts' founding treasures.
• Sasori presented Mabui to Anyo, who realized Sasori had badly misunderstood his request.
• Anyo ordered Sasori to give him the antidote and apologize to Mabui, then said he wanted her to join the Zero Organization as a full member.
• Sasori apologized to Mabui but questioned what qualified her to join the organization.

Anyo recruited Mabui into Zero as its Secretary after she learned of his ambitions, while Sasori was instructed to keep her under watch. After the Supreme Edge was completed, Sixiang offered the Land of Crafts’ allegiance to Anyo, who accepted it for after the war.

• After Anyo gave Mabui the antidote, she recovered her voice, learned that he had been scheming to recruit her, and refused to join Zero at first.
• Anyo explained Zero’s goal of making money, growing stronger, and changing the Shinobi World, then persuaded Mabui to join by promising she could leave if his vision failed.
• Anyo named Mabui Secretary and told Sasori to watch her closely, though he preferred to win her genuine loyalty rather than turn her into a puppet.
• Sasori left the Land of Crafts with Mabui, while Anyo practiced and the Land of Crafts’ ninjas fended off questions from Kumogakure.
• When the Supreme Edge was completed, Sixiang offered the Land of Crafts’ allegiance, and Anyo accepted on the condition that they finish their current orders and join him after the war.

Anyo returned to Konoha, recounted the battlefield defeat to Jiraiya, and helped Shizune treat wounded ninjas at the hospital. After reuniting with Tsunade, he embraced and kissed her, and their reunion became intimate.

• Anyo returned to Konoha and met Jiraiya, who asked him to explain the defeat on the battlefield.
• Anyo told Jiraiya what had happened, then went to the hospital to find Tsunade.
• Anyo stopped Shizune from continuing to treat a dying ninja and taught her to accept the limits of medical care.
• Anyo and Shizune treated the hospital's wounded patients, saving all but two whose injuries were beyond treatment.
• Tsunade found Anyo at the hospital, and after Shizune left them alone, Anyo embraced and kissed her.

After recovering from his encounter with Tsunade, Anyo returned to the Anbu and trained Yugao and Haku, then sparred against them alongside Shisui. The chapter left Itachi inspired to train and become as strong as his godfather.

• Anyo encountered Kushina and Minato outside the hospital, learned Kushina had nearly been captured by Kumogakure ninja, and told Minato that Jiraiya had returned to the village.
• At the Anbu, Yugao asked about Gekko Hayate, and Anyo told her that Orochimaru had killed him before leading her to train.
• Anyo taught Yugao the Dancing Blade Technique and Hidden Swordsmanship while correcting her swordsmanship.
• Anyo challenged Haku to improve her battlefield performance and control of Ice Release, then trained her in using less chakra to kill an enemy.
• Shisui arrived with Itachi, and Anyo had Shisui, Haku, and Yugao attack him together before he countered with Lightning Swordsmanship.
• Itachi watched Anyo fight and resolved to train hard and become as strong as his godfather.

Anyo proposed that Konoha use small squads rather than large frontal battles, and the Third Hokage gave him broad battlefield command authority while hinting that he could become head of the Anbu. As the Third Hokage prepared Minato for a future leadership role, Anyo accepted his assignment but privately resolved to let the war continue until his organization was strong enough to act.

• Anyo told the Third Hokage that Konoha should avoid large battles and deploy stronger small squads against enemy forces.
• The Third Hokage appointed Anyo, under the codename Night, to take command on the battlefield when necessary and suggested he could later lead the Anbu.
• The Third Hokage told Jiraiya that Minato was his intended future Hokage and assigned Jiraiya to command the Iwagakure Battlefield.
• The Third Hokage assigned Uchiha Fugaku to command against Kumogakure and sent Anyo there as well.
• Anyo accepted the plan to fight for Konoha but privately decided that the longer the war lasted, the more time his organization would have to grow.

Minato led a team to investigate a rumored puppet army in the Rōran Ruins while learning that war had resumed on the Kumogakure Battlefield. Anyo arrived there in time to save Uchiha Fugaku, but the Raikage appeared and confronted him.

• The Third Hokage assigned Minato, Shibi, Chōza, and Kakashi to protect the queen and investigate the Rōran Ruins.
• Minato questioned Anyo about an Anbu squad and learned that fighting had resumed against Kumogakure.
• Anyo sent a bird puppet marked for Sasori toward the Rōran Ruins to investigate the rumors.
• Killer B and a lightning-armored fighter attacked Uchiha Fugaku, who revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan as they cornered him.
• Anyo struck with Iaido, forcing Killer B to abandon his attack and saving Fugaku.
• The Raikage arrived, warned his son away from Anyo, and faced Anyo as Kumogakure's forces rallied.

Anyo fought the Raikage, whose lightning armor and speed overwhelmed Anyo’s attacks. Anyo used his Mangekyō abilities to evade the Raikage’s counter and land a poisoned sword strike, believing he had won.

• The Raikage used his lightning armor and Hell Stab to break Anyo’s Dancing Blade Technique and send him flying.
• Anyo used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, but the Raikage’s strongest lightning armor blocked his sword strike and let him counterattack.
• Anyo activated Eternity’s Time Stop to escape the Raikage’s grasp and retreat into the darkness.
• Anyo coated his blade with poison and attacked the Raikage, who relied on his armor to withstand the assault.
• Anyo used a powerful Iaido strike and Time Acceleration to bypass the Raikage’s One-Finger Nukite and pierce his body.

Anyo used a poisoned Iaido strike and a shadow clone to stall the Raikage, then helped Fugaku lead Konoha’s forces in a retreat. The Raikage broke free of the darkness technique but chose not to pursue, wary of Anyo and the risks of a decisive battle.

• The Raikage recovered from Anyo’s poisoned strike, while Anyo realized that the Raikage’s body activation made him nearly impossible to defeat in a direct fight.
• Anyo used a Lightning Release: Shadow Clone and Illusion Blade Technique to distract the Raikage, then slipped back to the battlefield as the fighting became even.
• Anyo joined the fight against Killer B, told his squad to retreat, and interrupted Fugaku’s battle with the Raikage’s son to give Konoha’s forces time to withdraw.
• Anyo urged Fugaku to order a retreat, and Konoha’s ninja escaped through their trenches while triggering buried traps.
• The Raikage exposed Anyo’s shadow clone with Black Lightning, but decided against pursuing Konoha’s retreating forces and became wary of Anyo.

As Konoha and Kumogakure settled into a bloody war of attrition, Anyo learned from Sasori that Sasori had claimed the power of the Ryūmyaku and sent him the empowered Third Kazekage puppet. The chapter left Anyo anticipating how powerful Sasori would become after mastering the Ryūmyaku.

• Anyo told Fugaku that the Raikage was difficult to defeat and urged Konoha to fortify its positions, disrupt supplies, and fight defensively with smaller units.
• Konoha and Kumogakure shifted into a prolonged struggle of raids and squad battles, while Anyo's Anbu squad and Shisui Uchiha distinguished themselves.
• Anyo fought the Raikage again, then withdrew when he could not defeat him and the Raikage could not quickly escape the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Anyo used the Supreme Edge to kill Kumogakure Ninja from a distance as he practiced Okatana Swordsmanship on the battlefield.
• Sasori sent Anyo a letter explaining that he and Mabui had unsealed the Ryūmyaku beneath the Rōran ruins and that he had infused some of its power into the Third Kazekage puppet.
• Sasori sent the empowered Third Kazekage puppet to Anyo through Mabui's Heavenly Transfer Technique, and Anyo burned the letter after reading it.