Chapter Summaries

Izayoi oversees Sasuke Uchiha’s Hashirama Cell transplant, which succeeds and greatly strengthens Sasuke while awakening his Wood Release. Sasuke wakes to find Izayoi has photographed his embarrassing surgery, then discovers his new abilities and learns he may eventually use Izayoi’s Ultimate Techniques.

• Izayoi tells Orochimaru to transplant Hashirama Cells into Sasuke Uchiha’s left chest and continue until Sasuke’s body can take no more.
• As Yakushi Kabuto injects the cells, Sasuke’s chakra surges, his chest turns white, and Hashirama Senju’s face appears on it.
• Izayoi observes Sasuke’s aptitude rise to Super Kage Aptitude (Gold) and sees him gain Kekkei Genkai: Wood Release (Blue).
• Izayoi stops Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto from continuing their experiments, heals Sasuke’s wound, and takes a photograph before Sasuke wakes.
• Sasuke chases Izayoi to recover the photograph, then notices Hashirama Senju’s face on his chest and tests his stronger chakra.
• Sasuke grows a branch from his palm and learns that he can cultivate Wind Release to gain an All-Attribute Constitution and use Izayoi’s Ultimate Techniques.

Izayoi traded the Death God Mask to Orochimaru for Sasuke’s Ryuchi Cave contract and a promise to teach him Sage Art, then secured a Kusanagi Sword for Sasuke. Half a month later, Sasuke’s boastful spar against Hinata and Karin ended when Hinata struck him down and Karin placed a curse mark on his back.

• Izayoi demanded that Orochimaru help Sasuke learn Ryuchi Cave Sage Art in exchange for the Death God Mask, and Sasuke signed the Ryuchi Cave Summoning Scroll.
• Orochimaru gave Sasuke a Kusanagi Sword after Izayoi asked for it, and Izayoi warned Orochimaru that the base’s location had been discovered.
• Half a month later, Sasuke taunted Hinata and Karin during a spar at the Naka River and dodged Hinata’s Empty Wall Palm.
• Sasuke’s Great Fire Destruction met Karin’s Water Surge, and he blocked Karin’s Water Release: Heavenly Weeping with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Sasuke used Wood Release to bind Hinata, but she smashed the wooden vines and blasted him onto the opposite bank.
• Karin appeared behind Sasuke and pressed a palm to his back, spreading tadpole-shaped curse marks and ending the battle.

Izayoi and his companions helped finish building his new home while Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain wiped out a Cloud Village Anbu squad in Rain Hidden Village. Jiraiya confronted Deva Path Pain, learned Nagato led Akatsuki and feared a mysterious second Rinnegan wielder, while Izayoi’s Wood Clone secretly watched them.

• Sasuke Uchiha lost to Hinata and Karin, and Izayoi teased him before inviting him to help with the new home.
• Izayoi, Sasuke, Hinata, and Karin used Shadow Clones to assist the construction crews and discuss mechanizing parts of the house.
• The Six Paths of Pain killed a Cloud Village Anbu squad carrying intelligence out of Rain Hidden Village.
• Deva Path Pain met Jiraiya and revealed that Nagato led Akatsuki, while denying that he had attacked Konoha or killed Danzo Shimura.
• Jiraiya learned that a mysterious enemy with a second Rinnegan had attacked Konoha and decided to search the Ninja World for information.
• Izayoi’s Wood Clone watched Jiraiya and Deva Path Pain without either of them noticing.

Izayoi’s new home was completed, and he hosted his friends and Tsunade and Shizune there, giving them a tour and a chance to enjoy the private hot springs. As the guests left, Izayoi settled into his new home with Hinata, while his surveillance of the ninja world showed that tensions around Rain Hidden Village were building.

• Izayoi’s Wood Clone observed Pain wiping out intruders in Rain Hidden Village, while the major powers waited to learn whether Hanzo would appear and confirm the reports about the Rinnegan.
• After more than three months of construction and renovations, Izayoi completed his sprawling new home, with gardens, hot springs, an arena, barriers, and an underground base.
• Izayoi invited the Little Strong Ones, Tsunade, and Shizune to visit; Shikamaru Nara suspected Izayoi had concealed the source of his wealth, while Ino Yamanaka wondered what name he would put on the gate signboard.
• Naruto Uzumaki defeated Kiba Inuzuka in the arena but was then beaten by Sasuke Uchiha, while Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno marveled at Hinata’s clothes and figure.
• After two days of hosting his guests, Izayoi relaxed at home as Hinata massaged him and blushed over the stretched Pikachu design on her shirt.

Hanabi visited Izayoi after being kept busy with clan training, and he promised to arrange for her to train at his house. The family spent the day playing and ended the evening in Izayoi’s hot spring, where a water fight escalated into a battle after Hinata retaliated with her Gentle Fist.

• Hanabi told Izayoi that the Hyuga Clan had confined her to extra training, then delivered the clan’s invitation to Hinata’s birthday party.
• Izayoi promised Hanabi he would persuade the Hyuga Clan to let her train at his house, and they spent the day playing in his garden, pool, and indoor court.
• Hinata and Karin joined Izayoi and Hanabi for dinner and a soak in the private hot spring.
• Izayoi brought sake to the hot spring, and Hanabi, Hinata, and Karin started splashing him with water.
• A chakra-powered water attack accidentally soaked Hinata, who opened her Byakugan and struck back with Gentle Fist Art: Trigram Water Stream Palm.

Tsunade warned Izayoi about the Rinnegan-wielding Mysterious Man while pressing him to take missions, and Izayoi prepared for Hinata’s lavish birthday celebration. After celebrating with Hinata and her family, Izayoi took her away with Space-Time Ninjutsu to reveal his special gift.

• Tsunade explained that the Rinnegan existed and warned Izayoi that the Mysterious Man might use the corpses of Danzo Shimura, Root members, and a Wood Release Experiment subject as enemies.
• Izayoi finished preparing Hinata’s birthday gift as the Hyuga Clan organized an unusually grand celebration for her.
• Izayoi brought Karin to the Hyuga Clan, where the Clan Elders welcomed him warmly and Hyuga Hiashi received him as a prospective son-in-law.
• Izayoi celebrated Hinata’s birthday with her, Hanabi, Karin, and Hyuga Hiashi, taking photos and joining in a cake fight.
• Izayoi told Hinata he had a surprise and vanished with her using Space-Time Ninjutsu, leaving Hanabi and Karin amazed.

Izayoi celebrated Hinata’s birthday with a stargazing trip, a handmade necklace, and a confession about the night they met. After they agreed they were together, he revealed a meteor shower as his final surprise.

• Izayoi took Hinata to a mountaintop in the Land of Lightning and gave her the handmade Margaret Necklace.
• Izayoi asked Hinata why she had run away from home, and she explained that she blamed herself for her uncle’s death.
• Hinata said she was glad she had run away because it led her to meet Izayoi.
• Hinata confessed that she liked Izayoi, and they joined hands and agreed they were together.
• Izayoi pointed out a meteor shower filling the night sky as the final birthday surprise.

Izayoi used the Tenseigan’s gravity to unleash a meteor shower on Cloud Village and discovered the village had survived without a Chakra Cannon. As the Cloud Ninja began rescue efforts, Izayoi’s Akatsuki clones attacked, leaving the village facing another calamity.

• The Fourth Raikage ordered Cloud Village’s evacuation and layered defenses as Mabui warned that a meteor shower would strike within minutes.
• Cloud Ninja raised barriers and attacked the falling meteors with lightning and other techniques, while Killer B sent a Tailed Beast Ball from afar.
• Izayoi watched the explosions with Hinata, who believed they were beautiful fireworks and called it her happiest birthday.
• Izayoi revealed that he had used Wood Clones and the Tenseigan’s gravity to test Cloud Village for a Chakra Cannon, and found it had none.
• After the dust cleared, Cloud Village lay in ruins, but its barriers had helped many villagers survive; the Cloud Ninja lowered them and began rescue work.
• Izayoi’s Akatsuki clones appeared among the ruins and attacked the recovering Cloud Ninja, who sounded the alarm and moved to protect the villagers.

Izayoi’s puppet army attacked Cloud Village, using misleading identities and unexpected abilities to gain an early advantage before Cloud’s forces adapted. Danzo Shimura then slaughtered more than a hundred Cloud Ninja with the Flying Thunder God Technique, but the Fourth Raikage rallied the village, forcing the puppets to retreat and leaving Danzo alone on the battlefield.

• The Human Puppets exploited the Cloud Ninja’s assumptions about their identities and abilities, while the pure puppets harassed the defenders and stole corpses.
• Cloud Ninja scouts discovered that the Human Puppets had limited chakra, and Darui and Hii pinned down Torune Aburame and Fuu Yamanaka.
• White Zetsu Clones secretly observed the battle as Izayoi sent Danzo Shimura into the Cloud Ninja ranks.
• Danzo used the Flying Thunder God Technique, his Sharingan, and his sword to kill more than a hundred Cloud Ninja in under thirty seconds.
• The Fourth Raikage attacked Danzo, rallied the scattered Cloud Ninja, and ordered them to prioritize their lives and defend themselves.
• The exhausted Human Puppets unleashed a vast wave of fire and escaped under Ranmaru’s Red Eye illusion, leaving Danzo as the only figure on the battlefield.

Izayoi used Danzo Shimura’s puppet to battle the Fourth Raikage, then arrived openly as Pain and declared war on Cloud Village. He ended the chapter by destroying the village with Super Almighty Push, leaving Cloud Village erased from the mountain.

• Danzo Shimura’s puppet fought the Fourth Raikage with Flying Thunder God marks, but the Raikage kept pace and nearly avoided the puppet’s attacks.
• Danzo used his Sharingan to trap the Fourth Raikage in Darkness Genjutsu, but Killer B intervened and freed him.
• Obito Uchiha and Black and White Zetsu watched as Izayoi appeared in Pain’s form, while Black Zetsu realized Izayoi had masked his chakra signature.
• Izayoi declared that Akatsuki would face any retaliation, and the Fourth Raikage ordered the Cloud Ninja to scatter as Killer B transformed to protect him.
• Izayoi unleashed Super Almighty Push, turning Cloud Village into a vast crater and destroying the village completely.

After the Mysterious Man’s meteor attack devastated Cloud Village, Obito Uchiha considered how to strengthen Nagato and the Fourth Raikage called for a Five Kage Summit. Izayoi returned to the Hyuga compound with Hinata, then left with Karin after promising to visit Hanabi again.

• Cloud Village survivors rescued the wounded and villagers, while Mabui reported that 3,654 people had died and many bodies were missing.
• Obito Uchiha asked Black Zetsu whether Hashirama Cells could restore Nagato, then decided to wait until Nagato faced harsh reality before offering help.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Mabui to search for the Chakra TV Sealing Scrolls and send envoys to the other four villages to convene a Five Kage Summit.
• Izayoi returned to the Hyuga Clan Head Residence with Hinata using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Hanabi asked him about it.
• Izayoi told Hanabi to keep the technique secret, promised to visit her, and left the Hyuga compound with Karin.

After harvesting a vast number of Points from the attack on Cloud Village, Izayoi considered the limits of his puppet army while the Akatsuki and the great villages reacted to the new threat. The chapter left the villages bracing for conflict as Izayoi continued studying the Sealing Scroll and Tsunade ordered him to earn a Jonin promotion.

• Izayoi checked his 281379 Points, regretted that the Bloody Mist had ruined Hidden Mist Village as a potential target, and recognized that his Human Puppets needed improvement.
• Karin massaged Izayoi in his private Hot Spring Pool as news of the attack on Cloud Village spread across the Ninja World and Sasori of the Red Sand's bounty rose to 548 million ryo.
• Deva Path Pain told the Akatsuki that a Mysterious Man with the Sage Eye had carried out the attacks, warned that Cloud Village might retaliate, and ordered the members to help strengthen Rain Hidden Village's barriers.
• Ōnoki ordered Hidden Stone Village's teams to improve its defenses and sent Huang Tu to receive an envoy from Cloud Village.
• Chiyo and Ebizo discussed Sand Village's need for defensive barriers, while Gaara resolved to become stronger.
• Tsunade let Izayoi read the Sealing Scroll, and Izayoi claimed he could defend Hidden Leaf Village from Meteor Shower before Tsunade ordered him to become a Jonin next year.

Samui’s Cloud envoy team delivered intelligence about Akatsuki and an invitation to a Five Kage Summit, then asked Izayoi to help rebuild their destroyed village. Izayoi refused after revealing that his girlfriend was Hinata Hyuga, leaving Samui to depart in low spirits.

• Tsunade received Samui, Omoi, and Karui and read the Raikage’s letter, which shared intelligence about Sasori and invited her to a Five Kage Summit.
• Tsunade accepted the invitation and ordered the Leaf to guard shinobi bodies and cemeteries against the threat described in the intelligence.
• Samui asked to meet Izayoi and requested that he use Wood Release to rebuild Cloud Village, offering payment for three super S-rank missions.
• Izayoi refused, explaining that Hinata Hyuga was his girlfriend, and Samui left after recalling Cloud Village’s past interest in the Byakugan.

Tsunade, Izayoi, and Kakashi traveled to the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit, where the leaders learned that Akatsuki had manipulated the Fourth Mizukage and that a second Rinnegan wielder might be behind attacks on the villages. The summit ended with the Five Kage confronting the possibility that an unknown enemy had been steering them toward war.

• Tsunade, Izayoi, and Kakashi camped on their journey, and Tsunade explained Izayoi’s powerful Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines as Kakashi asked about Sasuke’s Wood Release.
• Tsunade’s party reached the Land of Iron, where Mifune welcomed them and reported that the Raikage and Ōnoki had already arrived.
• The Five Kage Summit began with Tsunade, Chiyo, Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Genshi representing their villages, while their guards—including Izayoi, Kakashi, Mei Terumi, and Ao—watched.
• Genshi revealed that Akatsuki had controlled the Fourth Mizukage with genjutsu and had orchestrated the Bloody Mist, prompting the leaders to suspect the Sharingan or another powerful eye technique.
• Tsunade told the summit that Jiraiya had discovered a second Rinnegan and explained that its owner might have disguised attacks as Akatsuki’s work to pit the villages against their leader.
• The Five Kage considered Tsunade’s claim that a Mysterious Man had used them as pawns and worried that their conflict could leave them vulnerable to his intervention.

At the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade and Ōnoki opposed the Fourth Raikage’s plan to attack the Akatsuki, warning that a mysterious third party might be manipulating events. The villages left without forming an alliance, while Izayoi’s scheme to prolong the conflict advanced and he resolved to profit from the Ninja World’s suffering.

• The Fourth Raikage demanded that Konoha and the other villages answer for the Akatsuki’s actions, but Ōnoki challenged his accusations and defended Tsunade’s warning about a mysterious third party.
• Tsunade explained that the Akatsuki might have mastered Konoha’s stolen techniques, making an assault on Rain Hidden Village dangerous, and declared that Konoha would not participate.
• Ōnoki and Chiyo also rejected the subjugation, while Genshi said the Hidden Mist Village would follow the majority; the Fourth Raikage stormed out after the villages failed to unite.
• Chiyo, Ōnoki, and Genshi asked Tsunade to negotiate deals for Konoha’s barriers, and Tsunade told them to send representatives to the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Izayoi and the other Kage returned to their villages, while Izayoi realized an Akatsuki White Zetsu Clone had infiltrated the summit disguised as a samurai.
• Izayoi concluded that the summit’s divisions suited his plans and decided to encourage further conflict so he could earn more Points and upgrade his Perks.

Izayoi and Hinata were called back to duty when Tsunade assigned the Eighth Squad an S-rank mission to monitor Cloud Village's advance toward Rain Hidden Village. As they set out, Akatsuki faced two incoming Tailed Beast Balls, and Pain's Preta Path appeared to repel one.

• Izayoi spent several days taking artistic photos and enjoying time with Hinata before Tsunade summoned the Eighth Squad.
• Tsunade assigned Izayoi, Hinata, and Shino Aburame to observe Cloud Village and Rain Hidden Village and report any fighting in real time.
• Hinata signed a contract with Shikkotsu Forest so she could send intelligence through the Slug Sage.
• The Eighth Squad left for the Rain Country after Tsunade warned Izayoi to abandon the mission if they were discovered.
• Akatsuki gathered on a rooftop in Rain Hidden Village as two enormous black spheres appeared above the village.
• Preta Path appeared beneath the southern Tailed Beast Ball and used Shinra Tensei to repel it.

The Fourth Raikage’s forces attacked the Rain Hidden Village, but Akatsuki countered their Tailed Beast Balls with the Four Red Yang Formation and launched a full-scale battle. As both sides clashed, the Fourth Raikage and Killer B began to suspect a mysterious third party might be responsible for the destruction blamed on Akatsuki, but they chose to keep fighting and test Pain’s powers.

• Mabui’s transmitted Tailed Beast Balls failed to damage Rain Hidden Village, so the Fourth Raikage had Yugito Nii and Killer B fire another pair, which Akatsuki’s Four Red Yang Formation repelled.
• Deva Path Pain invited Akatsuki to join the battle, and the members agreed before leaving Rain Hidden Village as White Zetsu Clones infiltrated and disrupted the Cloud Ninja forces.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered his troops to identify and execute infiltrators, exposing White Zetsu Clones disguised with matching Chakra signatures, while the remaining Cloud Ninja reorganized into small squads.
• Preta Path absorbed Killer B’s Tailed Beast Ball, and Deva Path Pain struck the gathered Cloud Ninja with Shinra Tensei as Black and White Zetsu summoned thousands of White Zetsu Clones.
• Akatsuki members fought the Cloud Ninja, with Sasori and Deidara deploying a puppet army while Konan and the Six Paths of Pain engaged Yugito Nii, Killer B, and the Fourth Raikage.
• After Preta Path drained Killer B’s Chakra and Deva Path Pain repelled the Fourth Raikage, the Raikage and Killer B wondered whether a mysterious third party existed but decided to continue fighting and test Pain.

The Akatsuki and Cloud Ninja fought across several battlefields as both sides exposed their abilities and the battle shifted against the Akatsuki. Izayoi drained Chakra from Utakata, used the Tenseigan Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Danzo Shimura into the fight, then revealed himself as his Main Body and drew the assembled combatants toward him.

• Darui countered Deidara with Storm Release, while Hii and Samui’s Cloud Ninja teams pressured Sasori of the Red Sand after recognizing that the real puppet mastermind was still elsewhere.
• Hidan’s curse ritual exposed his technique’s weakness, while Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha continued to dominate their opponents and Obito Uchiha secretly watched the Akatsuki’s performance.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B battled the Six Paths of Pain, and the Fourth Raikage defeated Preta Path with a single punch.
• Izayoi subdued Utakata and drained his Chakra, then used the Tenseigan Heavenly Transfer Technique to send Danzo Shimura from the Land of Water to the battlefield in the Rain Country.
• Izayoi appeared above the battlefield with Ranmaru and his Wood Clones, prompting the Six Paths of Pain, the AB Combo, Konan, and Yugito Nii to turn their attention toward him.
• The assembled fighters headed toward Izayoi, who stood beside Shino Aburame and Hinata and realized that his Main Body would face the Akatsuki’s full lineup and the Cloud Ninja’s strongest fighters.

Otsutsuki Toneri revealed himself to the battlefield as the Tenseigan wielder from the moon, seeking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and overwhelmed Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain. As Nagato hesitated over how to counter him, Obito Uchiha appeared beside him.

• Black and White Zetsu recorded Izayoi’s chakra signature and realized he was descended from Hamura’s bloodline.
• Izayoi removed his mask, introduced himself as Otsutsuki Toneri, and declared that he had come from the moon to recover the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Izayoi repelled Deva Path Pain with overwhelming force, then destroyed Preta Path and Hell Path and quickly defeated Human Path and Animal Path.
• Nagato analyzed Izayoi’s abilities but hesitated between summoning the Demonic Statue and asking the Akatsuki to help.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from a Black Hole in front of Nagato, who demanded to know why he had come.

Obito Uchiha used Tobi and Hashirama Cells to restore Nagato’s body and awaken his full strength. Nagato left to test his renewed power as Izayoi sensed his arrival on the battlefield.

• Obito Uchiha offered to restore Nagato to his prime and explained that Hashirama Cells, Tobi, and Nagato’s Rinnegan and bloodline would let him survive the transplant.
• Nagato accepted after Obito Uchiha asked whether he wanted to protect Yahiko and Konan, and Tobi wrapped around him to carry out the procedure.
• Nagato absorbed Tobi’s Yang Release Chakra as the Hashirama Cells restored his health, chakra, mobility, and strength.
• Nagato summoned Deva Path Pain, reassured Yahiko that he would protect him and Konan, then left to get used to his new body and power.
• Izayoi sensed Nagato’s chakra grow stronger, and the Fourth Raikage and Killer B’s Double Lariat attack was repelled while Izayoi watched Nagato arrive.