Recaps

Konoha trapped the Third Kazekage, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo inside a Red Yang Formation, cutting off the Kazekage from his iron sand. As Chiyo led the Sand Ninja onward, she confronted Shin'un, whose attack tore apart one of her puppets before iron chains closed in behind him.

• Konoha Anbu raised the Red Yang Formation around the Third Kazekage, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo, isolating them and causing the Kazekage's iron sand to fall.
• Chiyo steadied the panicked Sand Ninja and urged them to keep moving toward the Land of Wind while she prepared to face Shin'un.
• Chiyo ordered the Sand Ninja to scatter as Shin'un charged, and their clash began with his Lightning Spear damaging the dog-headed puppet.
• Shin'un escaped the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets' encirclement with Lightning Release: Lightning Ring and charged toward Chiyo.
• Chiyo coordinated her puppets to attack Shin'un from both sides, but he pierced and split the bull-headed puppet with a Miniature Lightning Spear.
• Iron chains launched from the bald puppet swept toward Shin'un from behind as he began to straighten up.

Shin'un fought Chiyo and her Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, using Lightning Release techniques to survive their attacks. He escaped the pull of Three Treasures Suction Crush and ended the chapter suspended above the battlefield, facing Chiyo.

• Shin'un dodged the puppets’ chains and blades, then pierced the dual-sword puppet’s chest with Miniature Lightning Spear.
• Chiyo pulled the damaged puppet away with Chakra Threads and trapped Shin'un in Three Treasures Suction Crush.
• Shin'un formed Small Lightning Chain Prison to block the puppets’ attacks and ensnare them.
• Shin'un yanked the puppet bearing “Dharma” out of the suction formation, breaking Three Treasures Suction Crush.
• Shin'un lifted himself into midair with lightning chains and looked down at Chiyo surrounded by her puppets.

Shin'un overwhelmed Chiyo and her puppets, then learned that Chiyo had left over two thousand Sand Ninja in the Land of Rain to make a detour toward the Land of Wind. He revealed that Shikaku had anticipated the plan and prepared to stop them, then resumed threatening Chiyo.

• Shin'un attacked Chiyo with lightning chains, destroying most of her puppets while she survived behind chakra shields deployed through her prosthetic right hand.
• Chiyo tried to make Shin'un pause by pointing out that she had brought very few Sand Ninja to the battlefield.
• Shin'un estimated that Chiyo had left over two thousand Sand Ninja in the Land of Rain and deduced that they planned to detour through the Land of Rivers toward the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo realized that fewer than a thousand Konoha ninja had arrived, leaving a larger force in the Land of Rain to block her plan.
• Shin'un revealed that Shikaku had guessed Chiyo's strategy and threatened to kill her as lightning gathered for another attack.

Chiyo used genjutsu to distract Shin'un while assembling part of the Valkyrie Puppet, but Shin'un quickly broke free and attacked her. Chiyo launched the puppet’s wind blade past him and across the battlefield toward the crimson barrier.

• Chiyo recognized that Sunagakure’s remaining two thousand Sand Ninja were at risk and began preparing a desperate move while Shin'un watched her.
• Chiyo’s genjutsu trapped Shin'un in a grotesque vision, but he broke it by forcing his chakra into a sharp jolt.
• Shin'un recognized the partly assembled Valkyrie Puppet and realized Chiyo had assembled only the parts needed to use its wind blade.
• Shin'un sent lightning chains toward Chiyo as she hurled the wind blade over his head and through the Lightning Chain Prison.
• The wind blade crossed the battlefield and struck the crimson barrier near the Land of Wind.

Shin'un watched Chiyo die, but her final act freed the Third Kazekage from the crimson barrier. The Third Kazekage attacked Shin'un, then tried and failed to save Chiyo before confronting him.

• Chiyo died after the Third Kazekage’s chakra escaped through cracks in the crimson barrier and summoned the scattered iron sand.
• The Third Kazekage broke through the barrier with a massive iron-sand spear and escaped while Orochimaru’s snake heads pursued him.
• The Third Kazekage searched the battlefield, spotted Shin'un, and attacked with Magnet Release: Iron Sand Shower.
• Shin'un protected himself with Lightning Release: Lightning Ring Wall and expanded it into a ring of lightning, but the Third Kazekage avoided harm.
• The Third Kazekage lifted Chiyo with iron sand and tried to heal her, but withdrew when he could not save her.
• The Third Kazekage asked Shin'un whether he was the Konoha Lightning Lord and whether he had fought Chiyo.

Hirakawa Shin'un and Konoha’s forces forced Sunagakure to surrender, bringing the war in the Land of Rain to a close, while the Third Kazekage escaped with the badly wounded Chiyo. Later, a ninja hawk arrived at Shin'un’s camp as he worked on a sealing formula, and Yūichi teased him about the interruption.

• The Third Kazekage chose to surrender the remaining Sand Ninja after Chiyo neared death and Konoha reinforcements arrived.
• The Third Kazekage fired a yellow flare, prompting most of the Sand Ninja to surrender, then escaped into the sky with Chiyo.
• Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo told Shin'un that they had never expected to kill the Third Kazekage and noted that Sunagakure's defeat marked the end of the Second Shinobi World War.
• A ninja hawk flew into the camp toward Shin'un while he worked on a sealing formula, and Yūichi teased him about receiving a letter from Shikaku.

Shin'un received news that Shikaku had blocked Chiyo’s two thousand Sand Ninja from escaping through the Land of Rivers, leaving them stranded without supplies in the Land of Rain. He reported the news to Nara Shikahito, who concluded that Konoha was the only winner of the Shinobi World War.

• Shin'un read Shikaku’s message and told Yūichi that the Sand Ninja had been forced back to their original camp, where their lack of supplies left them at Konoha’s mercy.
• Shin'un urged Yūichi to take responsibility for his newly assigned teammates and help them work together; Yūichi promised he would get along with them.
• Shin'un joked that Yūichi would have much in common with a Genin named Might, then told him to find his teammates and left to report to the central tent.
• Shin'un arrived at the central tent and informed Nara Shikahito that Shikaku had blocked the two thousand Sand Ninja.
• Nara Shikahito relaxed and declared that, with the Sand Ninja in Konoha’s hands, Konoha was the only winner of the Shinobi World War.

Shin'un and Nara Shikahito discussed how to manage more than two thousand captured Sunagakure ninja and the growing anger Konoha's forces felt toward them. They rejected relying on a Hokage order to protect the prisoners, fearing it would turn suppressed hatred into resentment toward the Hokage.

• Nara Shikahito asked Shin'un for ideas on housing the large number of Sunagakure prisoners, while explaining that neither Konoha nor the wider Shinobi World had handled so many captives before.
• Nara Shikahito complained that White Fang had left to handle Anbu missions and Orochimaru had shut himself away in a mud house to read instead of helping.
• Nara Shikahito told Shin'un that Konoha ninja were demanding revenge on specific prisoners, and Shin'un confirmed that the veteran Jonin had proposed maiming or killing the captives.
• Shin'un and Nara Shikahito agreed that allowing revenge would set a precedent that could endanger the more than two thousand Sand Ninja prisoners in the Land of Rain.
• Nara Shikahito explained that he had considered asking the Hokage to forbid killing prisoners, but feared the order would suppress vengeance while breeding discontent and resentment toward the Hokage.

Shin'un arranged for Shimura Danzō to take charge of the Sand Ninja prisoners, then began testing how [Diligent Study] improved his Lightning Release. He left the chapter practicing new ideas in the stone forest while Nara Shikahito summoned him back to camp.

• Shin'un proposed Shimura Danzō as the person to enforce the prisoner policy, and Nara Shikahito agreed.
• A week later, Shimura Danzō arrived with a hundred Root ninja and took over guarding the Sand Ninja prisoners.
• Shimura Danzō threatened to treat anyone who killed a prisoner as a missing-nin, and a crowd of Konoha ninja gathered to curse him until Nara Shikahito dispersed them.
• Three days later, Nara Shikahito sent a Chunin to summon Shin'un from the stone forest, where he was practicing Lightning Release.
• Shin'un recalled that [Diligent Study] had finished loading three days earlier and that it had given him a stream of new Lightning Release ideas.

Shin'un tested Lightning Release: Body Transformation into Lightning and concluded that Yang Release was needed to connect lightning chakra with the body. He returned to camp, where Nara Shikahito told him Sunagakure had surrendered and requested postwar negotiations.

• Shin'un attempted to transform his fingertips into lightning, but his Lightning Release chakra turned unstable and blasted the surrounding stone forest.
• Shin'un reasoned that Yang Release could provide the missing bridge between Lightning Release and his body, then headed back to the Konoha camp.
• Shin'un used Lightning Body Flicker to reach Nara Shikahito's command tent, where he saw a letter bearing Sunagakure's emblem.
• Nara Shikahito confirmed that Sunagakure had surrendered and offered to stop the resistance of two thousand Sand ninja in the Land of Rain.
• Nara Shikahito told Shin'un that Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure would meet in the Land of Iron in half a month for postwar negotiations.

Shin'un and Nara Shikahito planned to move the postwar negotiations with Sunagakure from the Land of Iron to the Land of Birds, and Shin'un later traveled there with a Konoha team to meet Nara. Shin'un reflected on the month he had spent helping control two thousand Sunagakure prisoners before the negotiations.

• Shin'un and Nara Shikahito discussed Sunagakure's plan to involve Iwagakure in the postwar negotiations and agreed that Konoha held the advantage.
• Nara Shikahito proposed moving the negotiations to the Land of Birds, partly to shorten the team's journey, and Shin'un agreed.
• A month later, Shin'un arrived at the border of the Land of Birds and the Land of Rain with nine Konoha Ninja, an hour before the agreed meeting time with Nara Shikahito.
• Shin'un recalled that Sunagakure had surrendered and ordered its remaining Sand Ninja in the Land of Rain to become prisoners, bringing Konoha's total to two thousand.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned eight hundred ninja under Shimura Danzō to guard the prisoners and transferred Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Shin'un to support them as frequent conflicts and riots broke out.

Shin'un examined the loading progress and effect of [Bloodline Essence], which was designed to develop his Senju bloodline according to his preferences. He then met Nara Shikahito and prepared to travel with him to the negotiations in the Land of Birds.

• Shin'un reflected on how killing Chiyo had made him too valuable to the village to return home and train in peace.
• Shin'un found that [Bloodline Essence] had reached six percent progress and estimated that its loading speed was increasing.
• Shin'un reviewed the skill's effect and considered how it could strengthen and refine his bloodline without changing his human appearance.
• A Konoha Jonin spotted Nara Shikahito's approaching group, and Shin'un ordered his team to prepare to move out.
• Nara Shikahito met Shin'un and explained that the large escort was meant to project Konoha's strength and provide security for the negotiations.
• Shin'un and Nara Shikahito set out for the negotiation site, which was several hours away.

Hirakawa Shin'un and the Konoha delegation arrived at the negotiation town and faced the hostile Sunagakure party led by Ebizo. At the negotiations the next morning, Nara Shikahito opened by demanding an enormous ransom for Sunagakure’s prisoners.

• Shin'un led about a hundred Konoha Ninja into the town by scaling its wall after scouts detected ninja ahead.
• Nara Shikahito identified Ebizo as Sunagakure’s intelligence chief and the likely leader of its negotiations.
• Shikahito led the Konoha party past Ebizo’s hostile group without meeting them before the talks.
• The Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure representatives gathered for negotiations the following morning.
• Shikahito demanded 230 billion ryo for 2,300 of Konoha’s 2,380 Sunagakure prisoners.

Nara Shikahito laid out Konoha’s demands for Sunagakure, including supplies, techniques, an alliance, missions, and permanent residents, while Ebizo rejected the terms. Shin’un’s display of power stopped the confrontation, and Nara ended by demanding a giant puppet prototype within a month.

• Ebizo angrily rejected Konoha’s proposed ransom of 230 billion ryo, and Nara Shikahito said Konoha had alternative ways to reduce it.
• Nara read demands that Sunagakure surrender techniques and supplies, form an alliance, transfer forty percent of its missions, and send thirteen ninja to live in Konoha.
• Ebizo protested that the named ninja, including Karura, Sasori, and Pakura, could not be sent to Konoha, then smashed the negotiating table when Nara continued.
• A Sunagakure Jonin reached for his sword, so Shin’un unleashed a powerful display of chakra and lightning; Ebizo apologized and ordered the Jonin to stand down.
• Nara read the final demand: Sunagakure had to hand over the giant puppet prototype connected to a crater five years earlier within one month.

During the first negotiations among Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, Shin'un became fixated on Sunagakure's giant puppet prototype. Nara Shikahito explained that Shin'un had once gathered intelligence about it himself and gave him the classified dossier to read.

• The representatives concluded their preliminary negotiations without resolving the dispute over war reparations.
• Nara Shikahito brought Shin'un to the Konoha team's quarters and encouraged him to spend his free time around town.
• Shin'un asked Nara Shikahito about the giant puppet prototype, and Nara Shikahito revealed that Shin'un had submitted the original intelligence report.
• Shin'un recalled capturing three puppeteers and learning about giant puppets' weakness, but admitted he had not read the full report.
• Nara Shikahito described the prototype's mysterious appearance three years earlier and handed Shin'un the classified dossier.

Shin'un read the intelligence file on the Giant Puppet Prototype and learned that it had been found inside a crater that suddenly appeared near Windmill Village. He suspected the crater might be connected to five other mysterious craters and planned to seek the classified report about them.

• Shin'un sat down with tea and began reading the Giant Puppet Prototype intelligence file, noticing that he himself had supplied the first piece of information.
• The file reported that a crater had appeared beside Windmill Village in Konoha Year 34, swallowing part of the village and leaving 221 villagers missing.
• The surviving village chief sought help in Sunagakure, and the Third Kazekage sent Kazama Saori and then Chiyo to investigate the crater and secure its remaining villagers.
• Chiyo identified a gigantic steel puppet in the crater, moved it elsewhere, and later named it the Giant Puppet Prototype while seeking funds to make giant puppets.
• Shin'un read that five other mysterious craters had been found and that the 79-meter puppet had an unknown turbine-like device in its chest.
• Shin'un resealed the file, suspected the other craters might also have appeared with something, and decided to request the classified file called "Giant Craters from the Sky."

Shin'un wandered into a red-light district and fled after the women crowded around him, then asked Nara Shikahito about the final negotiations with Sunagakure. He learned that Sunagakure had accepted twelve of Konoha’s thirteen conditions, leaving Shin'un confident that the giant puppet prototype would be handed over.

• Shin'un left Konoha's quarters to explore town and accidentally wandered into its red-light district.
• The women outside the establishments crowded around Shin'un and offered him their services, but he used the Body Flicker Technique to escape.
• Shin'un returned to the quarters and asked Nara Shikahito whether Sunagakure had agreed to all thirteen conditions.
• Nara Shikahito explained that Sunagakure had accepted twelve conditions but objected to sending hostages to Konoha.
• Shin'un concluded that the giant puppet prototype was certain to be handed over and planned to inspect it after the transfer.

Shin'un reviewed reports about mysterious craters and wondered what had been found in five of them besides the giant puppet prototype. After the negotiations ended, he left with Nara Shikahito and the Konoha group, anticipating the prototype’s arrival in a month.

• Shin'un studied the report on six enormous craters and noted that it revealed little about what had been found inside five of them.
• Nara Shikahito announced the negotiations were over, and reminded Ebizo that Konoha expected Sunagakure’s first reparations installment in one month.
• Nara Shikahito told Shin'un that a thousand Sand Ninja prisoners would be returned with the first installment, while he would remain in the Land of Rain for at least six more months.
• Shin'un confirmed that the giant puppet prototype would be part of Sunagakure’s first installment and said he was eager to examine it.
• Shin'un gave the order to move out, leading the Konoha group toward the Land of Rain while anticipating the prototype’s arrival in a month.

Shin'un intercepted a Sunagakure scouting team and escorted them toward Konoha’s supply inspection site. The supplies had not yet arrived, but Nara Shikahito’s newly built storage compound was ready to receive them.

• A Konoha sensor detected a six-person Sunagakure scouting team approaching and Shin'un ordered the troops to prepare to meet them.
• A Sunagakure sensory ninja spotted Shin'un and identified him as the Konoha Lightning Lord, prompting her commander to order the supply convoy to hurry.
• Shin'un appeared suddenly before the fair-faced Sunagakure Jonin, who reached for a kunai before realizing he was surrounded by Konoha ninja.
• Shin'un questioned the Sunagakure Jonin about the supplies and learned that the transport convoy was following the scouting squad.
• A Konoha Chunin reported that Nara Shikahito had assembled the troops, and Shin'un said he would lead the Sunagakure team to the inspection site.
• Nara Shikahito’s temporary storage compound, with more than a dozen warehouses, was ready to begin receiving supplies.

Konoha received Sunagakure’s first shipment of supplies in exchange for a thousand Sand Ninja prisoners, and Shin'un inspected the arriving Giant Puppet Prototype. The chapter ended with him identifying one of its parts as a steel finger.

• Nara Shikahito and Shin'un watched more than a hundred wagons of Sunagakure supplies arrive at the Konoha depot.
• Nara Shikahito allowed a Sunagakure jonin to visit the thousand Sand Ninja prisoners while Konoha inspected the shipment.
• Nara Shikahito told Shin'un that Shimura Danzō had subjected the prisoners to brutal conditions and that more than sixty had mysteriously disappeared.
• Nara Shikahito told Shin'un that his transfer orders had arrived, since he would no longer need to remain in the Land of Rain after the prisoner exchange.
• Shin'un used Lightning Body Flicker to reach warehouse eight and examined a huge component beneath a wagon's tarp.
• Shin'un recognized the cylindrical, dark-blue component as a steel finger.

Shin'un inspected the Giant Puppet Prototype components stored in Sunagakure’s warehouse and discovered they came from the Jaeger Gipsy Danger. He concluded that the giant crater in Windmill Village had brought the Jaeger to the Shinobi World and wondered what the other five known craters might bring.

• Shin'un told the warehouse supervisor that Sunagakure had not kept the Giant Puppet Prototype shipment secret, then asked to inspect its components.
• Shin'un examined the stored parts and recognized the familiar lettering “Madeina” on a gear linkage shaft.
• Shin'un found more inscriptions, including “Jaeger,” “Shatterdome,” and “Gipsy Danger,” confirming the prototype was from another world.
• Shin'un returned to his tent and reasoned that the Windmill Village crater had brought Gipsy Danger to the Shinobi World.
• Shin'un wondered what the other five known giant craters would bring to the Shinobi World.

Shin'un attended the handover of a thousand Sunagakure prisoners, then joined Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Yūichi's team as they prepared to return to Konoha. The group set out for the village, where Tsunade planned to investigate a strange contagious illness.

• Nara Shikahito and Shin'un watched as a Sand Ninja Jonin led the thousand prisoners back to Sunagakure.
• Nara Shikahito told Shin'un he would remain in the Land of Rain for six months or more, and Shin'un used the Body Flicker Technique to return to the Konoha camp.
• Yūichi told Shin'un that Orochimaru had made him sit still and read books as punishment.
• Orochimaru agreed to leave once Shin'un reported that the prisoners had departed, and Tsunade said she needed to investigate a strange contagious illness in Konoha.
• Orochimaru, Shin'un, Tsunade, and the others used the Body Flicker Technique to head back to Konoha.

Shin'un returned to Konoha with his group and noticed a cluster of coughing people in a caravan from the Land of Hot Water. After learning that the gate guard Watamura had also taken leave to visit Konoha Hospital, Shin'un suspected the illnesses might be connected.

• Shin'un and the others reached Konoha after years away, and Tsunade, Orochimaru, and the rest headed into the village.
• At the gate, Shin'un noticed several people in a Land of Hot Water caravan coughing while the other caravans showed no similar signs.
• Yūichi told Shin'un that Orochimaru had gone to see the Hokage, Tsunade had rushed to Konoha Hospital, and the others had gone home.
• While registering at the gate, Shin'un learned that Jonin Watamura had taken leave because he felt unwell and had gone to Konoha Hospital.
• Shin'un left with Yūichi and privately considered the coincidence between the caravan's coughing travelers and Watamura's illness.

Hirakawa Shin'un and Uchiha Yūichi returned to Konoha and met with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who offered them rewards and encouraged them to join the Anbu. After agreeing to join, Shin'un asked about a contagious illness in the village, and Hiruzen dismissed it as a new flu strain, leaving Shin'un suspicious.

• Hirakawa Shin'un and Uchiha Yūichi reported back to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who praised their battlefield performance and offered them a reward of their choice.
• Hiruzen gave Shin'un and Yūichi three days off and asked about their plans after returning to Konoha.
• Hiruzen invited both ninjas to join the Anbu, and Yūichi agreed to join after Shin'un said he would.
• Hiruzen said he would summon them in three days to discuss the details of joining the Anbu.
• Shin'un asked Hiruzen about the contagious illness, and Hiruzen said the hospital had identified it as a new strain of flu.
• Shin'un left the office troubled by Hiruzen's claim that the illness was ordinary flu.

Shin'un returned to Konoha and reunited with his parents before visiting Hiruzen Sarutobi to request training in Sealing Jutsu and the Chakra Sensing Technique. He learned that a strange airborne disease had appeared in the village and that Hiruzen had postponed deciding whether to impose a lockdown until he received Tsunade’s report.

• Shin'un returned to his family's flower shop, where Toyoko Hirakawa and Shinkaku Hirakawa welcomed him home.
• After spending the evening with his parents, Shin'un woke the next morning and headed to the Hokage Building to discuss his training needs.
• Tsunade gave Shin'un disposable medical masks and warned him that a strange disease was spreading through the air.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that he had argued with Tsunade over whether to lock down Konoha and would decide after reviewing her report the next day.
• Shin'un requested systematic Sealing Jutsu instruction, but Hiruzen said Orochimaru had taken the village's sealing books and told him to study with his teacher.
• Shin'un then requested the Chakra Sensing Technique from the Scroll of Seals, and Hiruzen agreed to have a copy delivered the next day.