Chapter Summaries

Mei Terumi’s forces and Konoha prepared to investigate the Three-Tails’ revival, but Pain arrived and demanded both the Three-Tails and Naruto. The confrontation ended with Jiraiya revealing himself to Pain, who recognized his former teacher.

• Mei Terumi learned the Three-Tails would soon revive and ordered Kirigakure’s forces to mobilize and share the intelligence with Konoha.
• Kakashi and his students received the deployment order, woke Tsunade, and joined Mei Terumi’s party aboard a ship bound for the Three-Tails.
• Mei Terumi and Ao noticed no Kirigakure ninja along the route, then spotted Pain and five other figures waiting near the destination.
• Pain demanded the Nine-Tails after learning Naruto was aboard, and Tsunade ordered everyone off the ship.
• Naruto rescued Karin Uzumaki from the water and summoned Jiraiya, who asked Pain whether he should call him Yahiko or Nagato.
• Pain recognized Jiraiya and greeted him as his former teacher.

Jiraiya confronted Pain and Konan, learned that they intended to pursue their plan for peace through pain, and failed to persuade them to turn back. Inside the purple barrier, Shinsei fought Kakuzu, Deidara, and Hidan, cutting Hidan’s head off while Deidara’s attacks failed to reach him.

• Jiraiya recognized Nagato as Pain and reunited with Konan, then urged them to abandon the Akatsuki’s plan.
• Pain declared that he would kill Jiraiya if Jiraiya tried to stop him, and Konan flew back toward the ship.
• Shinsei entered Sage Mode and challenged Kakuzu, Deidara, and Hidan inside the purple barrier.
• Kakuzu attacked with Fire Style: Searing Migraine, but Shinsei protected himself with chakra armor and struck Deidara with a Storm Release beam.
• Shinsei’s Sage Art neutralized Deidara’s nanobombs, and he cut Hidan’s scythe and head with a Storm Sword.
• Deidara sent clay birds at Shinsei, who answered with Sage Art: Water Release: Great Water Shockwave.

Shinsei used a water-filled barrier to subdue Deidara and Hidan, but Minato interrupted the capture when he detected unusual activity in the Land of Water. The group arrived to find Pain preparing a devastating attack as they fled across the sea.

• Shinsei filled the Four Violet Flames Formation with water and used its current to overwhelm Deidara and Kakuzu.
• Shinsei used genjutsu and a sealing jutsu to capture Deidara, then turned to deal with Kakuzu.
• Minato signaled Shinsei about unusual activity in the chakra marker in the Land of Water, and they left the barrier with Hidan and Deidara.
• Shinsei and Minato delivered the captives to Ibiki Morino in Konoha's Interrogation Department before rushing away.
• Tsunade and the others fled across the sea as Pain declared his intent to make the world feel pain and unleashed Shinra Tensei.

Pain devastated the shinobi with Shinra Tensei, then fought them alongside the other black-robed figures while Kakashi and Sasuke went to search for his real body. As Pain summoned beasts to attack, Shinsei and Minato arrived beside Tsunade.

• Pain unleashed Shinra Tensei, sending a massive tsunami across the sea and knocking down nearly everyone around him.
• Sasuke and Naruto tried to stop the waves, while Tsunade punched through the force and Katsuyu protected the shinobi; Jiraiya and Sasuke rescued Naruto and Sakura from the water.
• Pain arrived with five black-robed figures and tried to pull Naruto toward him, but Sasuke used Amaterasu and Pain was restored after being burned to ashes.
• Tsunade told Kakashi and Sasuke to find Pain's real body while she, Jiraiya, and Mei Terumi held off the six figures.
• Pain summoned enormous beasts to attack the group, and Shinsei and Minato appeared beside Tsunade.

Shinjō and the others fought Pain’s summoned beasts and Six Paths while Minato evacuated allies and Sasuke and Kakashi battled Konan. Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with Fukasaku and Shima, and Pain rose above the battlefield to declare that there would be no more sages.

• Shinjō struck the three-headed giant dog with star power, but it split off two summoned ninja dogs as Jiraiya summoned Gamaken and prepared to enter Sage Mode.
• Tsunade ordered Minato to evacuate Naruto, Sakura, and the Kirigakure ninja; Minato removed Sakura and Chōjūrō, while Ao admitted he had not found Pain’s real body.
• Sasuke and Kakashi attacked Konan, but she reformed from sheets of paper after Kakashi struck her, and Katsuyu relayed that Pain’s real body was not in the ship’s hold.
• Shinjō gave Minato senjutsu chakra so he could use Flying Thunder God again, then sent him to bring Hinata to the battlefield.
• Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode with Fukasaku and Shima, and Pain rose into the air and declared that only a god was strongest and that there would be no more sages.

Shinsei and the Konoha and Kirigakure fighters battled Pain while waiting for a Byakugan user to locate Nagato. Shinsei broke Deva Path Pain’s arms and ribs, but Pain was restored with all six Paths’ chakra concentrated in him.

• Shinsei’s Sage Art sword was absorbed by one of Pain’s Paths, though its untuned senjutsu chakra made the Path go bald.
• Deva Path Pain pulled Shinsei in with Banshō Ten'in, but Jiraiya’s hair and Shinsei’s Flying Thunder God let him escape; Pain then repelled Tsunade with Shinra Tensei.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Mei Terumi fought Pain’s summoned beasts and Paths using taijutsu and other attacks that could harm them.
• Shinsei marked Deva Path Pain with Flying Thunder God and smashed his arms and ribs with powerful punches.
• A girl-like Pain restored Deva Path Pain, concentrating the chakra of all six Paths into him, and Jiraiya warned the others of the change.

Shinsei fought Deva Path Pain after Three-Tails revived, while the gathered shinobi chose to stay and fight. Three-Tails emerged under Sasuke and Kakashi, and Sasuke challenged Pain.

• Nagato said he was fighting for their justice as Three-Tails' chakra began to gather.
• Three-Tails revived, and Shinsei attacked Deva Path Pain, testing his toughness and repulsive-force barriers.
• Pain used a widespread repulsive force that sent Jiraiya flying, while Shinsei teleported himself and Tsunade to safety with Flying Thunder God.
• Shinsei asked the others to leave Pain to him, but Naruto, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Mei Terumi refused to retreat.
• Naruto controlled his four-tailed state as Three-Tails swam away and fell under the influence of Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Three-Tails emerged with Sasuke and Kakashi standing on his head, and Sasuke declared that he would join the fight against Pain.

Shinsei, Naruto, Sasuke, and their allies destroyed Pain’s Chibaku Tensei and left Deva Path Pain weakened. They seized the chance to attack him, and Tsunade landed a powerful blow while Shinsei held him in place.

• Pain used Chibaku Tensei to draw seawater, ships, and the fighters toward a growing sphere, but Naruto held everyone together with his tails.
• Shinsei repeatedly cut into the sphere with Sage Art: Storm Release: Severing Wave, while Sasuke’s Susanoo fired a Chakra arrow that destroyed it.
• Nagato collapsed and coughed blood after the fighters broke his Ninjutsu, while Konan supported him.
• The fighters attacked the weakened Deva Path Pain, but his Shinra Tensei blasted them across the sea.
• Shinsei grabbed Pain and held his arms in place, allowing Tsunade to punch him in the chest and make him spit blood.

Shinsei and the others defeated Deva Path Pain, and Hinata located Nagato beneath the sea so they could pursue him inside the Three-Tails. Before they reached him, a masked man stole one of Nagato’s Rinnegan, leaving Shinsei to prepare for a confrontation with Obito Uchiha.

• Shinsei and Tsunade defeated Deva Path Pain, and Jiraiya sealed Yahiko’s body in a scroll after agreeing to cremate it.
• Mei Terumi agreed to protect Kirigakure’s predecessors’ bodies from Impure World Reincarnation, while Hinata used her Byakugan to find Nagato hiding on the seabed.
• Sasuke brought the Three-Tails to the group, and everyone entered its mouth to travel underwater.
• Obito Uchiha appeared before Nagato and Konan, took one of Nagato’s Rinnegan, and said the eyes had always belonged to him.
• Hinata warned Shinsei that a masked man had stolen Nagato’s eye, and Shinsei recognized Obito as a new threat.

After escaping the destroyed ship inside the Three-Tails, Shinsei and the Konoha ninja found Nagato’s abandoned iron sphere and recovered his blood. Back at the island, Mei Terumi commissioned Konoha to seal the Three-Tails into Chōjūrō and considered Shinsei’s request to collect its chakra.

• The group emerged from the Three-Tails and found Nagato’s empty iron sphere, where Shinsei collected a pool of blood for possible Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sasuke guided the Three-Tails as the survivors searched the sea, recovering fewer than half of Kirigakure’s missing ninja.
• Mei Terumi asked Tsunade to accept an S-rank mission to seal the Three-Tails, and Tsunade agreed.
• Mei Terumi chose Chōjūrō as the Three-Tails’ next Jinchūriki and gave Tsunade Kirigakure’s sealing scroll.
• Shinsei asked Mei Terumi for some of the Three-Tails’ chakra, while Ao objected and Mei Terumi reprimanded him.

Shinsei and the Konoha team helped Mei Terumi seal the Three-Tails into Chōjūrō and returned to their island camp after completing the mission. The next morning, Kakashi told Shinsei that the Akatsuki had captured the Two-Tails.

• Shinsei cut off part of the Three-Tails' tail and sealed it in a scroll to collect its chakra.
• Tsunade sealed the Three-Tails into Chōjūrō while Sasuke used his Mangekyō Sharingan to keep it still.
• Mei Terumi paid Tsunade for the mission, and Shinsei urged her to consider forming a joint organization with Konoha against the Akatsuki.
• Shinsei carried the drunken Tsunade to her room, then reflected on his weaknesses and trained his cultivation before resting overnight.
• Kakashi told Shinsei that the Akatsuki had captured the Two-Tails.

Shinsei learned that Kumogakure had demanded an explanation for Uchiha Itachi’s attack on the Two-Tails’ jinchūriki, and he urged Tsunade to challenge the Raikage. Tsunade sent Shinsei away and secretly wrote a provocative reply inviting the Raikage to settle the dispute with a contest.

• Shinsei reassured his worried mother that Konoha would be safe despite rumors of a coming war.
• Shinsei recalled how he had helped stop the Akatsuki from capturing Gaara and the Three-Tails.
• Tsunade showed Shinsei Kumogakure’s demand for an explanation over Uchiha Itachi’s attack.
• Shinsei told Tsunade to challenge the Raikage, and she rebuked his suggestion.
• Tsunade sent Shinsei to find Shizune and secretly wrote the Raikage a taunting challenge.

Shinsei helped Minato and Kushina grow closer, then offered to increase Minato’s chakra so he could train in Sage Mode. Minato agreed and left with Shinsei, while Kushina warned him not to go with Jiraiya.

• Kushina scolded Naruto to wash his hands, and the family gathered for dinner with Karin at the Senju ancestral home.
• Shinsei teased Minato about having a child with Kushina and used his instant Rasengan to silence Naruto’s doubts about his skill.
• Shinsei told Kushina that Minato liked her, and the embarrassed Kushina retreated to the kitchen before Minato followed to help.
• After lunch, Shinsei offered to increase Minato’s chakra so he could train in Sage Mode, and Minato agreed despite the side effects.
• Shinsei took Minato out of the house, and Kushina called after them not to go with Jiraiya.

Minato underwent a painful chakra-enhancing injection from Orochimaru, while Shinsei learned that Orochimaru had absorbed the memories and soul energy of his counterpart from another world. Orochimaru reaffirmed his loyalty to Konoha and explained how much he valued Shinsei’s ideas, before Shinsei asked about the progress of Descent of the Thunder God.

• Minato refused anesthetic at first because he did not want Kushina to call him a sissy, but he cried out as Orochimaru injected the pale green liquid.
• Shinsei gave Minato anesthetic and laid him on the table as the injection began changing his body.
• Shinsei asked whether Orochimaru had met his counterpart in this world, and Orochimaru admitted he had absorbed that counterpart’s memories and soul energy.
• Orochimaru told Shinsei he would not betray Konoha and valued Shinsei’s imaginative ideas because he could help make them real.
• Shinsei asked Orochimaru about decoding nerve signals for Descent of the Thunder God, and Orochimaru said he had one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

Shinsei and Orochimaru tested a biological computer made from a White Zetsu while discussing ways to improve Shinsei’s Ninjutsu and the Cursed Seal. After Shinsei provided Orochimaru with his cells, he went to check on Minato, who had awakened from surgery.

• Orochimaru told Shinsei that decoding the body’s signals could enable the Descent of the Thunder God, but would take a century without faster computing.
• Orochimaru showed Shinsei a computer connected to a White Zetsu, which answered basic questions but crashed when Shinsei asked a barber paradox.
• Shinsei stopped Orochimaru from proposing experiments on living humans and discussed improving the Cursed Seal with Shinsei’s cells and other sources of power.
• Shinsei gave Orochimaru some of his cells and returned to find Minato waking after surgery.
• Shinsei told the confused Minato that the surgery had succeeded and that he and Kushina could now call each other sisters, prompting Minato to reach down in alarm.

After Shinsei restored Minato’s chakra reserves, Minato discovered he could use Flying Thunder God but could no longer sense his old marks. Shinsei then planned two new Ninjutsu, focusing on compressing water to create a powerful, wide-area attack.

• Minato felt his chakra reserves had nearly tripled and thanked Shinsei for restoring them.
• Minato discovered he could still use Flying Thunder God, but could not sense his old marks, including the mark left on Obito Uchiha.
• After Minato left, Shinsei assessed his existing techniques and decided he needed a powerful wide-area attack and a continuous-damage technique to counter Obito Uchiha.
• Shinsei chose Water Release for his new wide-area Ninjutsu and calculated that compressing a cubic meter of water to fist-size could produce an explosion capable of leveling everything within a hundred-meter radius.

Shinsei tested new techniques to counter Obito Uchiha’s Kamui, then devised a way to sense Obito and mark him through mist. Elsewhere, a red-haired woman sought to join the Akatsuki and was challenged to prove her worth.

• Shinsei compressed natural water into a sphere, but it exploded before he could stabilize it.
• Shinsei abandoned his plans to use rain and formed a Storm Release chakra cloak with spikes to stop Obito from grabbing him.
• Shinsei realized he could use dense mist to sense Obito’s physical appearance and instantly place a Flying Thunder God mark on him.
• A red-haired woman arrived at the Akatsuki with Kabuto Yakushi and asked to join.
• The masked man questioned what abilities she had and threatened to sell her to a bounty exchange if she was useless.

Kabuto Yakushi joined the Akatsuki after presenting Obito Uchiha with an improved Impure World Reincarnation and proposing Madara Uchiha as a summoning target. Nagato agreed to cooperate with Obito in collecting the Tailed Beasts first, while Obito learned that the White Snake Sage had exposed his identity and worried about the strength of Konoha.

• Kabuto Yakushi summoned the Fourth Mizukage and Pakura with his improved Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito Uchiha welcomed him into the Akatsuki.
• Kabuto Yakushi proposed summoning Madara Uchiha, then sent a message by white snake after White Zetsu showed him to his room.
• Nagato told Konan that Kakuzu and Kisame might support him, while he doubted Uchiha Itachi would.
• Obito Uchiha asked Nagato to continue the Eye of the Moon Plan, but Nagato proposed collecting the Tailed Beasts before they discussed their plans.
• Nagato called Obito by his true name, and Obito realized the White Snake Sage had exposed his identity.
• Obito Uchiha left, resolved to act against Konoha before its powerful ninja grew stronger.

Naruto and Sasuke fought at Shinsei’s regular training spot while their companions watched, and Shinsei teased them about their embarrassing first kiss. Naruto’s red chakra cloak began to appear as Sasuke steadily defeated his Shadow Clones.

• Kushina cheered Naruto on as he challenged Sasuke, but Sasuke knocked him down with a single punch.
• Shinsei teased Naruto and Sasuke about their first kiss, then showed Kushina, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze a drawing of it.
• Naruto returned to the fight and sent hundreds of Shadow Clones at Sasuke, who used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Taijutsu to defeat them.
• Shinsei observed Sasuke’s improved Taijutsu and resolved to train his own, thinking about enemies resistant to Ninjutsu.
• Naruto’s red chakra cloak began to form as Sasuke continued destroying his Shadow Clones.

Naruto trained to control the Nine-Tails’ power by fighting Sasuke’s Susanoo, while Shinsei recorded the results. The battle escalated as Naruto grew a fifth tail and began gathering chakra for a Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Naruto entered his four-tailed state and charged at Sasuke, who summoned Susanoo and swung him away by his tails.
• Naruto endured the corrosive Nine-Tails chakra as Kushina watched in distress, and Sasuke’s Susanoo advanced to a stronger form and fired an arrow at him.
• Naruto deflected the arrow and continued grappling with Sasuke while Shinsei recorded how long Naruto remained lucid.
• Shinsei considered seeking Yin and Yang Release techniques from the Nara and Akimichi clans to strengthen his own abilities.
• Naruto grew a fifth tail and gathered blue and purplish-black chakra in his mouth, prompting Shinsei to recognize that he was preparing a Tailed Beast Bomb.