Recaps

Hanzo of the Salamander summoned his enormous, venomous salamander to overwhelm Sasori’s puppet formation. As poison mist swallowed the battlefield, Hanzo taunted Sasori and continued his assault.

• Hanzo of the Salamander challenged Sasori and attacked his Immortal mecha, but the Twin-Blade Strongman puppets destroyed his Water Clone.
• Hanzo ordered the Rain Ninja to retreat, then used the Summoning Technique on the battlefield.
• Hanzo’s giant salamander emerged from the ground and filled the area with deadly poison mist.
• The salamander smashed aside the charging puppets and advanced through Sasori’s formation.
• Hanzo called Sasori’s puppets children’s toys as the poison mist surged toward them.

Sasori’s mechas self-destructed, but Hanzo of the Salamander survived by using Water Release to stop the metal jets. Mukai, Konan, and Sasori joined forces against him, and the chapter left Hanzo under attack from all three.

• Hanzo of the Salamander used Exploding Water Shockwave and Water Barrier to contain the Immortal Mecha’s self-destruction and limit its metal jets.
• Sasori revealed that he had destroyed both the Mountain God Mecha and the Immortal Mecha to hold Hanzo back.
• Mukai, Konan, and Sasori formed a team and vowed to avenge Yahiko by taking down Hanzo.
• Mukai summoned Shukaku, who attacked Ibuse with Drilling Air Serial Bullets as Hanzo dodged and tried to return to his summon.
• Mukai charged Hanzo with his electric mecha while Konan fired paper shuriken and Sasori launched Chakra Metal swords.

Mukai, Konan, and Sasori overwhelmed Hanzo of the Salamander’s defenses while the Rain Ninja praised his legendary strength. Hanzo believed they had retreated, but then he discovered an inescapable Explosive Tag on his chest and realized the danger.

• A Rain Ninja recounted Hanzo’s past victories and praised his reputation as the Demigod of the Ninja World.
• Shukaku crushed Ibuse, and Mukai, Konan, and Sasori attacked Hanzo as he used his water-style jutsu and sickle.
• Hanzo released a deadly poison mist by removing his respirator, but the trio countered with a coordinated combination attack.
• Mukai ordered a retreat, and Shukaku protected himself behind a towering sand statue while Hanzo assumed his opponents feared the poison.
• Hanzo noticed an Explosive Tag on his chest that he could not remove and cried out in terror.

Mukai, Konan, and Sasori killed Hanzo of the Salamander with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags. Standing over the defeated Amegakure forces, Mukai offered them surrender and a chance to rebuild the Land of Rain, and the Rain Ninjas laid down their weapons.

• Konan attached a Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag to Hanzo while Mukai kept him from escaping, and the tags detonated in an escalating chain of blasts.
• Konan ran out of Chakra and fell, but Mukai caught her and confirmed Hanzo was dead when Ibuse disappeared.
• Mukai landed on Shukaku and called on the Amegakure ninjas to surrender, accusing Hanzo of murdering Yahiko and betraying the Land of Rain.
• Hanzo’s loyal guards charged Mukai, and Shukaku killed them with Sand Binding Coffin Jutsu.
• Mukai promised safety and a better life to those who obeyed his laws, and the Rain Ninjas dropped their weapons.

After Mukai and his allies killed Hanzo and took control of the Rain Ninja, Madara investigated the upheaval and learned of Hiruko’s Impure World Reincarnation research. In Konoha, Hiruzen challenged Danzo over his unauthorized actions as a new report arrived and shocked him.

• Mukai watched the Rain Ninja surrender after Shukaku defeated the remaining defenders, but remained wary of the work of governing the Land of Rain.
• White Zetsu told Madara that Mukai, Sasori, and Konan had killed Hanzo at Moon Sake Town, and Madara wondered what had caused events to unfold early.
• Black Zetsu reported that Hiruko had used White Zetsu clones and Chimera technology to improve Impure World Reincarnation, and Madara ordered him to monitor Nagato and keep control of the research.
• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to attack Sunagakure, but Hiruzen challenged him over sending Root ninja out despite restrictions and demanding clan heirs.
• A messenger brought Hiruzen a report, and he exclaimed in shock after reading it.

After learning that Sunagakure had killed Hanzo and that the other great villages had begun mobilizing, Konoha prepared for the Third Shinobi World War and sent Tsunade to reinforce its alliance with Sunagakure. At Oasis Workshop, Mukai learned that Nagato’s injuries were beyond the local medics’ abilities, and a message revealed that Tsunade’s escort included Minato Namikaze and Team Kakashi.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the gathered Jonin learned that Mukai, Sasori, and Konan had killed Hanzo, then received word that Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure were mobilizing against Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Shimura Danzō to stop recruiting children and assigned forces to confront the three villages while Minato Namikaze took Team Kakashi to retrieve Tsunade and stabilize Konoha’s alliance with Sunagakure.
• Yakushi Nonō told Mukai and Konan that Nagato’s internal injuries were too severe for her and Kari to heal, and that his body seemed to drain away the Chakra it produced.
• Nawaki urged Mukai to ask Tsunade for help, while Dan Katō hoped Mukai could cure her fear of blood.
• Konan received a message from Konoha stating that Tsunade would go to Sunagakure with Minato Namikaze, Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Kakashi.

Minato found Tsunade gambling in Tanzaku Town and told her that Konoha faced a war on three fronts while Sunagakure had become a major power. Tsunade agreed to travel with him to Sunagakure as Konoha's envoy, determined to investigate the new Sannin and their Puppet Mecha.

• Minato approached Tsunade at the casino and asked her to hear a request from the Third Hokage.
• Minato explained that Konoha faced pressure from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure, while Sunagakure had overthrown the Land of Wind's daimyo and subdued Shukaku.
• Minato told Tsunade that Mukai, Sasori, and Konan had killed Hanzo of the Salamander and forced Amegakure to surrender using a powerful Puppet Mecha.
• Minato asked Tsunade to serve as Konoha's envoy to Sunagakure rather than fight, and said he would escort her with Team Kakashi.
• Tsunade told Shizune to pack and chose to go straight to Sunagakure with Minato to see the new Sannin and their Puppet Mecha.

Mukai refused Tsunade’s request for Sunagakure to join Konoha’s war, but offered to negotiate in exchange for her help treating an unconscious friend. He used the Spirit Transformation Technique to bring Tsunade into his consciousness, where she saw the familiar figure of her long-lost lover.

• Kakashi, Obito, and Rin met Sunagakure escorts who guided the Konoha delegation to Oasis Fortress.
• Mukai welcomed Minato, Tsunade, and the others, and Tsunade asked Sunagakure to send troops to aid Konoha.
• Mukai rejected the alliance appeal, citing Danzo’s actions against Sunagakure, then offered a transaction requiring Tsunade’s medical skills.
• Mukai explained that his friend had fallen unconscious after overusing a forbidden power while fighting Hanzō, and Tsunade requested Shizune as her assistant.
• After everyone else left, Mukai used the Spirit Transformation Technique to link his consciousness with Tsunade’s.
• Tsunade heard a familiar voice and saw the man who called her his Princess Tsunade.

Tsunade met the consciousness obsessions of Dan Katō and Nawaki, who comforted her and urged her to trust Mukai’s plans and face Konoha’s corruption with Orochimaru and Jiraiya. Their figures faded, and Tsunade returned to reality still holding Mukai.

• Tsunade entered a consciousness space and reunited with Dan Katō, who revealed his obsession resided in Mukai’s sea of consciousness.
• Dan Katō told Tsunade that Mukai’s plans offered a way to end conflict and urged her to discuss Konoha’s darkness with Orochimaru and Jiraiya.
• Dan Katō explained that Mukai wanted Tsunade to save Nagato, after Yahiko had died in a scheme by Hanzo of the Salamander and Danzo.
• Nawaki appeared and praised Mukai’s ideals and inventions, encouraged Tsunade to overcome her hemophobia, and said Mukai would avenge him, Dan Katō, Yahiko, and others.
• Nawaki revealed that Lord Hatake Sakumo was saving his obsession for a meeting with Kakashi, then faded as Tsunade returned to reality holding Mukai.

Tsunade saved Nagato by using the Healing Resuscitation Regeneration Technique and asked Mukai to find someone skilled in Sealing Jutsu. She then summoned Orochimaru and Jiraiya, confronted them about their failures as teammates, and demanded they help uncover the hidden crimes within Konoha.

• Tsunade treated Nagato’s failing body with Katsuyu’s help and the Healing Resuscitation Regeneration Technique, restoring him to stable condition.
• Tsunade asked Mukai for a sturdier, more spacious place and said she needed a sealing specialist to address Nagato’s underlying condition.
• Tsunade summoned Orochimaru and struck him for hiding what he knew about the mastermind behind Nawaki’s fate, then treated his injuries and asked for his help.
• Tsunade punched Jiraiya and herself, accusing both men of standing by while she grieved and lost her way.
• Tsunade told Orochimaru and Jiraiya that she had seen Nawaki’s and Dan Katō’s lingering obsessions in Mukai’s consciousness and suspected hidden forces within Konoha had caused their deaths.
• Tsunade demanded answers about Nawaki’s stolen body, Dan’s death, Danzo, Root, and Hatake Sakumo, then asked whether Orochimaru and Jiraiya were still her teammates.

Tsunade secured Jiraiya and Orochimaru’s support for her alliance with Mukai, while the Raikage and Ōnoki responded to Sunagakure’s alliance with Konoha by preparing their own military moves. The chapter ends as someone bursts into Ōnoki’s office.

• Jiraiya and Orochimaru accepted Tsunade’s request to help Mukai’s plan, and Tsunade explained that Nagato’s awakened Rinnegan needed a suppression seal.
• Jiraiya sealed Nagato’s eyes, then he and Orochimaru returned to their fronts; Tsunade agreed to establish her frontline base at Mukai’s oasis fortress.
• After learning Sunagakure had allied with Konoha and taken control of Amegakure, the Third Raikage ordered A and Killer B to reinforce the Konoha front and lead a force into the Land of Fire, while he prepared to face Sunagakure.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to halt large offensives against Konoha, investigate Sunagakure’s forces and poison, avoid close combat, and attack Sand outposts with the Explosion Corps.
• Someone smashed through the door of Ōnoki’s office.

Mukai learned that Iwagakure’s Explosion Corps were attacking the border while the Third Raikage appeared near Oasis Fortress, so he sent allies to meet both threats. Tsunade fought the Raikage head-on until Mukai blocked his three-finger thrust, and she ended by demanding to know how Mukai knew about her Yin Seal.

• Komushi warned Mukai about Iwagakure’s explosive attack and the Third Raikage’s arrival, and Mukai sent Sasori, Konan, and Teacher Pakura north while he, Tsunade, and Shisō headed to confront the Raikage.
• The Third Raikage destroyed an empty lookout post and attacked the approaching group with Four-Finger Nukite.
• Tsunade met the Raikage’s attack with Monster Strength Fist, trading powerful blows despite the numbing effects of his Lightning Release armor.
• When the Raikage used Three-Finger Nukite, Mukai stopped its thrust with repulsive force, and Tsunade cushioned him from the impact.
• Tsunade struck the Raikage again, then asked Mukai why he had stopped her from using the Yin Seal and how he knew she could use it.

Mukai equipped Shisō and Tsunade with mecha to help them fight the Third Raikage. With the White Phoenix Mecha boosting her strength and protecting her from paralysis, Tsunade drove the Third Raikage back and launched a powerful kick at him.

• Mukai told Shisō to use the tiger-form mecha and open the fourth gate to hold off the Third Raikage for three minutes.
• Shisō combined the Seven Heavens Breathing Method with the Eight Gates and matched the Third Raikage's strength, then struck him with a kick to the face.
• Mukai gave Tsunade the White Phoenix Mecha, and she put it on despite its tight fit.
• Tsunade discovered the mecha amplified her healing Chakra and blocked the Lightning Release Armor's paralysis, then knocked the Third Raikage back with her Monster Strength Fist.
• Tsunade pursued the Third Raikage and brought down a powerful Heavenly Foot of Pain.

Tsunade, Shisō, and Mukai battled the Third Raikage, whose Lightning Release Armor and speed made him difficult to defeat. As Tsunade and Shisō kept him occupied, Mukai shouted for them to get down.

• Tsunade used the White Phoenix Mecha’s healing support to trade powerful blows with the Third Raikage, who dodged her attacks and struck her with a Lightning Clone and Liger Bomb.
• The Third Raikage attacked Mukai with Hell Stab, Three-Finger Nukite, but Mukai’s repulsive force stopped the thrust and sent him flying backward.
• The Third Raikage charged Shisō, who evaded his attacks with the tiger-shaped mecha’s thrusters and countered with a Muay Thai combination.
• Tsunade and Shisō alternated attacks to keep the Third Raikage from pressing either of them, while he held his own against both fighters.
• Mukai called out to Shisō and Tsunade to get down.

Mukai activated a high-energy carbon dioxide laser against the Third Raikage, piercing his Lightning Release Armor and badly injuring him. The Third Raikage escaped into the Land of Birds, and Mukai chose not to pursue him.

• Mukai told Shisō and Tsunade to get down while he prepared his secret weapon on the Hierarch Mecha.
• Mukai activated the laser and locked it onto the Third Raikage as Shisō and Tsunade took cover.
• The Third Raikage charged Mukai but was struck by the laser, which pierced his Lightning Release Armor and wounded him repeatedly.
• The Third Raikage used his damaged right arm as a shield and fled into the Land of Birds.
• Mukai refused to pursue the Third Raikage, saying that crippling his arm was enough.

Mukai, Tsunade, and Shisō reached the Iwagakure battlefield, where Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to annihilate the Iwagakure Explosion Corps. After the victory, Pakura saw hope in Mukai’s ability to lead Sunagakure toward a different future.

• Tsunade teased Mukai about his schemes and claimed his Chakra Metal mecha as her own before the group set out to support the other battlefield.
• Minato Namikaze scattered marked kunai across the battlefield and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to attack the Iwagakure formation from every direction.
• Minato killed Iwagakure ninjas and squad leaders faster than they could coordinate their attacks, causing the Explosion Corps to collapse.
• Pakura admired Minato’s speed and trusted the reinforced White Phoenix Mecha to protect her against similarly fast opponents.
• Minato killed the last Iwagakure captain, and Pakura, Konan, and the others recognized that Mukai’s group had also defeated the Third Raikage.

After Sunagakure’s victories secured peace on the Wind and Rain fronts, Mukai opened a large, free Ninja Academy and delivered a speech urging students to use their wishes and science to build a prosperous future. The chapter ended with the students applauding Mukai, clad in his Hierarch Mecha.

• The alliance shifted fighting elsewhere, and Minato Namikaze took Team Kakashi back to his battlefield while Mukai established a medical support center at Oasis Fortress.
• Mukai prepared for the Ninja Academy opening, which welcomed Rain Ninja and offered free instruction without aptitude requirements.
• Wearing the Hierarch Mecha, Mukai told the students that Chakra expressed the wishes in their hearts and urged them to consider what they wanted to achieve.
• Mukai presented mecha and other technology as tools for protecting people and promised the village would shelter students rather than send them to meaningless sacrifices.
• The students fell silent, then burst into applause for Mukai.

Mukai explained to Nagato that Madara Uchiha had implanted the Rinnegan in him and offered him a role in rebuilding the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind. He then brought Konan to the mountain range between the two countries and prepared to use her Explosive Tags to reshape the region.

• Tsunade greeted Mukai when he returned to the surface, and Nagato thanked him for avenging Yahiko and asked to serve under him.
• Mukai told Nagato that Madara Uchiha was the Rinnegan’s true owner and had intended to use Nagato’s Rinne Rebirth to revive himself.
• Mukai offered Nagato a custom mecha and the choice between fighting on the front lines or helping build up the two nations; Nagato chose to stay with Mukai and hoped he could someday revive Yahiko.
• Mukai left the Oasis Fortress with Konan and explained that he wanted to address the floods and droughts caused by the mountain range separating the Land of Rain and the Land of Wind.
• Konan demonstrated how she could create ordinary, enhanced, and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, and Mukai said they would use them to blast open the mountains.

Mukai, Konan, and Shukaku carved a river channel through the border mountains and brought Rain’s water into the Land of Wind. Mukai then led a new effort to drive rain clouds over the desert, ending as his Hierarch Mecha accelerated toward them.

• Mukai had Shukaku draw sand from cracks in a mountain, and Konan filled the gaps with Explosive Tags before detonating them and blasting the mountain apart.
• Mukai, Konan, and Shukaku spent five days excavating a river channel along the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain.
• Pakura and the Gold Dust Brigade reinforced the channels, and Water Release ninjas diverted Rain’s water into them as construction of the main channel and branches took half a year.
• Mukai and Konan blasted open the border mountains, allowing several rains to fall on the Land of Wind, though Mukai said more was needed.
• Mukai gathered two hundred Wind Release ninjas in the Land of Rain, and they launched into the air to drive rain clouds toward the desert.
• Mukai summoned Shukaku to blast the clouds with a Super-Large Drilling Air Bullet, then accelerated his Hierarch Mecha toward them.

Mukai and his allies diverted Amegakure’s rain clouds into the Land of Wind, bringing rain to Sunagakure for the first time in years. On the Land of Rice Fields battlefield, the A-B Combo routed Konoha’s vanguard, and Fourth Raikage A charged toward Danzo.

• Mukai, Shukaku, and the Wind Release team set the rain cloud over Amegakure in motion and guided it toward the Land of Wind.
• Konan detonated Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and a hydrogen balloon, creating a wind corridor that carried rain clouds and water vapor into the desert.
• Chiyo and Ebizo realized Mukai’s Heavenly River Project had brought rain to Sunagakure, where the villagers celebrated.
• Danzo led Konoha’s forces in a frontal assault on Kumogakure, hoping to defeat or capture A and Killer B for prestige.
• A and Killer B broke through Konoha’s disorganized vanguard, and A charged toward Danzo.

Danzo fled after trapping A and Konoha ninja with the One Light Seal, while Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and overwhelmed the Konoha forces. Just as Killer B was about to attack the survivors, Jiraiya arrived with Gamabunta, but Killer B quickly threw the toad off and charged at them.

• Danzo used the One Light Seal to immobilize A, three Senju Clan ninja, and two Root ninja, then fled toward Konoha's main camp.
• A ordered Killer B to use Tailed Beast Transformation, and Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Chōza tried to stop him.
• Killer B's Eight-Tails transformation broke Shikaku's Shadow Imitation Technique and defeated the Konoha ninja around him.
• Chōza enlarged himself to shield Shikaku, but Killer B's Lariat: Burst sent him flying and pierced his belly with a horn.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, who landed on Killer B, but Killer B threw him off and threatened to kill him.

Minato Namikaze lured A away while Jiraiya and Gamabunta fought Killer B, who prepared to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb. Minato redirected the bomb toward A, leaving Killer B rushing to the explosion site and A's fate unknown.

• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to evade A's attacks, but his Kunai could not pierce A's Lightning Release Armor.
• Jiraiya and Gamabunta fought Killer B, whose Tailed Beast Chakra cloak let him withstand their attacks.
• Jiraiya and Gamabunta used Combination Ninjutsu: Toad Oil Flame Bullet, forcing Killer B to dodge the fire.
• Killer B gathered Chakra to form a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Gamaken prepared to shield the others with his rice bowl.
• Minato Namikaze appeared between Killer B and Gamaken, used Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to teleport the bomb away, and sent it toward A.
• A blocked the incoming Tailed Beast Bomb as it exploded, and Killer B rushed toward the blast site.

Killer B’s Tailed Beast Bomb nearly killed A, but Minato Namikaze redirected it and saved him. At the Kumogakure camp, the Third Raikage revealed that Sunagakure’s new, tracking annihilation technique had grievously wounded him and urged A to focus their forces on Konoha instead.

• Killer B found A alive in a hollow after the Tailed Beast Bomb exploded, and A explained how he had survived behind a barrier of earth and rocks.
• Killer B ordered a retreat to the main camp while Minato Namikaze credited Mukai and Konan with helping him develop Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.
• Minato Namikaze told Jiraiya that Mukai’s Puppet Mecha had used a technique on par with Dust Release, badly wounding the Third Raikage.
• A returned to the Kumogakure camp, learned that his father was gravely injured, and reported that Killer B was safe and more than three hundred ninja had been lost.
• The Third Raikage described Sunagakure’s invisible, tracking annihilation technique and warned A that Sunagakure was no longer weak, advising him to concentrate their forces against Konoha.
• A asked his father what they should do about Ōnoki’s Iwagakure.

Orochimaru led Konoha against Iwagakure, using Sunagakure-supplied weapons to break through their defenses and devastate their formation. He summoned Manda and threatened him with a destructive weapon, demanding his submission.

• The Third Raikage ordered a spy to infiltrate Sunagakure and investigate its terrifying weapon, then planned a renewed attack on Konoha after recovering.
• Orochimaru sent orphans and wounded to the Land of Rain, then led Konoha's forces out to meet Iwagakure's attack.
• Konoha's Explosive Tag kunai devastated Iwagakure's vanguard, and special Fūma Shuriken shattered the enemy's Earth Style Walls.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and demonstrated a lightning weapon that erased a large area of the Iwagakure position.
• Orochimaru threatened Manda with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and demanded that he submit or be destroyed.

Orochimaru and Manda fought Han, the Five-Tails Jinchūriki, and used a seven-chain Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag to bring him down. As Konoha celebrated, Ōnoki appeared above the battlefield and unleashed Dust Release.

• Manda submitted to Orochimaru after seeing the power of his Explosive Tag, then charged into the Iwagakure position with him.
• Han broke through Konoha’s defenses and attacked Manda, while Orochimaru supported the giant snake and helped him withstand Han’s blows.
• Orochimaru and Manda exploited a brief opening to bind Han with snakes and attach an Explosive Tag to him.
• The seven-chain Explosive Tag detonated repeatedly, and Han collapsed despite attempting Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Ōnoki appeared in the sky and formed a cube to use Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.