Arc 5The Riverlands Campaign
Hongshi helped Konoha pursue Sasuke, defeat Otogakure’s forces, and awaken Naruto and Gyokucha’s Adamantine Sealing Chains. The story then shifted to the Land of Rivers, where Sakura and her team dealt with Raiga Kurosuki while Kairyū’s group began organizing a ninja village and reconciling the miners with the Kurosuki Clan.
- Sakura and Tenten defeated Jirobo and Sakon and Ukon, then caught up with the pursuit team as Kakashi, Naruto, Guy, and Rock Lee continued after Sasuke.
- Guy and Rock Lee fought Kimimaro and Jūgo, and Ainz rescued Rock Lee, took Jūgo into the Nuclear Ninja Village, and left Sakura and Tenten to pursue Orochimaru with the others.
- Kakashi and Naruto confronted Orochimaru and Sasuke at the Valley of the End, where Sasuke defeated Naruto before Orochimaru took him away and Hongshi treated Naruto’s injuries.
- Konoha’s punitive force attacked Otogakure’s forces, and Hongshi trapped Naruto and Gyokucha with reincarnated Sound Ninja until they awakened their Adamantine Sealing Chains.
- Naruto and Gyokucha defeated the reincarnated Sound Ninja, and Hongshi brought Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki into Naruto’s sealed space before leading Konoha’s force to Otogakure.
- Hongshi and Rock Lee accepted a mission to the Katabami Gold Mine with Sakura and Naruto, where they learned that Raiga Kurosuki and the Kurosuki Clan had taken over the mine.
- Sakura fought Raiga while Naruto, Rock Lee, and the miners carried out their escape, but Kairyū and his companions intervened and captured the guards as the miners escaped.
- Kairyū’s group proposed recruiting the Kurosuki Clan to protect the mine and help establish a ninja village, and the miners gradually grew less hostile after receiving Mining Type One equipment and seeing Raiga and Ranmaru help.