Chapter Summaries

Kakashi joined Might Guy’s underwater battle against the Three-Tails and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to absorb its attacks. Tobi arrived to capture the beast while Might Guy continued attacking it.

• Kakashi dove into the sea to help Might Guy fight the Three-Tails.
• Tobi watched Kakashi leave, and White Zetsu reported that Uzumaki Hane was fighting Orochimaru at his base.
• Tobi declared that Kakashi no longer mattered to him and said he wanted to destroy the world before diving into the sea to capture the Three-Tails.
• Might Guy struck the Three-Tails repeatedly, but it hit him with a tail and fired a beam at him.
• Kakashi appeared before Might Guy and absorbed the beam with his Mangekyō Sharingan, then urged Might Guy to defeat the Three-Tails quickly.
• Kakashi absorbed another beam as Might Guy kicked the Three-Tails away, and their underwater fight continued.

Kakashi and Might Guy fought the Three-Tails, but Tobi intervened after Guy knocked the beast unconscious. The Three-Tails escaped while Tobi pursued it, and Kakashi regrouped with Naruto, Sakura, and Sai on shore as they set out to find Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee.

• Kakashi shielded Might Guy from the Three-Tails' attack, and Guy opened the Seventh Gate and struck the beast with Daytime Tiger.
• After the Three-Tails fell unconscious, Tobi appeared and kicked the exhausted Might Guy away, leaving Kakashi to catch him.
• Tobi attacked Kakashi, but the Three-Tails suddenly fled; Tobi chose to pursue the beast instead of continuing the fight.
• Kakashi carried the unconscious Might Guy ashore and met Naruto, Sakura, and Sai, who had been searching for him.
• Kakashi told them that Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee were missing, and they agreed to search for them.

Kakashi led the injured Might Guy and the others to regroup while Yamato’s team captured Rinji. Tobi left with the Three-Tails to seal it, Guren and Yukimaru departed, and Sasuke freed Suigetsu and set out to recruit Jūgo and Karin.

• Kakashi reassured Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten that Might Guy would recover, then led the group to find Yamato and the others without explaining his worry about Tobi and the Three-Tails.
• Yamato’s team defeated Rinji’s bats, bound him with wood, and left a Wood Clone to guard and interrogate him before continuing their search.
• Tobi told White Zetsu that he had captured the Three-Tails and left with him to find a safe place to seal it, choosing not to confront Guren and Yukimaru.
• Yukimaru recognized the Three-Tails’ chakra with Tobi, but Guren declined to pursue him, and the two left together.
• Sasuke freed Suigetsu from a laboratory cylinder and told him they would recruit Jūgo and Karin next.
• Suigetsu briefly pointed at Sasuke’s temple, but backed down when Sasuke turned his Sharingan on him, then followed him out.

Uzumaki Hane returned to the coast to look for the Three-Tails, while Kakashi’s teams searched the forest for Tobi. Hane found no trace of the beast and unexpectedly reunited with Naruto and Sakura.

• Uzumaki Hane found a scroll in a hidden room in Orochimaru’s base and left to search for the Three-Tails.
• Might Guy woke up, and Kakashi continued searching with him despite his weakness.
• Kakashi’s group reunited with Yamato’s group, then split into pairs to search for Tobi and leave signals for backup.
• Uzumaki Hane returned to the coast but found only wreckage where the Three-Tails had been.
• Kakashi and Sai learned from a confidential report that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru, but decided to focus on finding the Three-Tails.
• Uzumaki Hane encountered Naruto and Sakura while searching along the coast.

Uzumaki Hane told Naruto and Sakura that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru but refused to return to Konoha, and the three resumed searching for Tobi. In Konoha, Tsunade and Jiraiya reflected on Orochimaru’s death before deciding to go for a drink together.

• Uzumaki Hane met Naruto and Sakura on the coast and learned that Tobi had captured the Three-Tails.
• Uzumaki Hane told Naruto and Sakura that he had found Orochimaru’s base, where Sasuke had killed Orochimaru.
• Uzumaki Hane said Sasuke did not intend to return, and Naruto vowed to bring him back while expressing relief that he was safe.
• Uzumaki Hane, Naruto, and Sakura set out together to search for Tobi and stop the Akatsuki from sealing the Three-Tails.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya discussed Orochimaru’s death in the Hokage’s office and agreed to go for a drink.

After failing to find Tobi, Uzumaki Hane returned to the village and joined Naruto in seeking help to bring Sasuke back. Tsunade then sent Hane to support Jiraiya, who had gone to investigate the Akatsuki's base in Amegakure.

• Uzumaki Hane and Naruto visited Tsunade, and Naruto explained that he was worried Sasuke had not returned despite Orochimaru's death.
• Naruto suggested targeting Uchiha Itachi to find Sasuke, while Tsunade and Kakashi discussed the difficulty of capturing Akatsuki members alive.
• Kakashi asked for time to prepare a search for Uchiha Itachi, and Tsunade agreed to leave the task to him.
• Tsunade told Uzumaki Hane that Jiraiya had gone to infiltrate the Akatsuki's base and asked Hane to support him.
• Uzumaki Hane agreed, and Tsunade revealed that the Akatsuki's base was in Amegakure.

Uzumaki Hane joined Jiraiya on the way to Amegakure, while Kakashi led a separate team to search for Uchiha Itachi. At Amegakure’s outskirts, Hane warned Jiraiya that the village’s rain might be used to detect intruders, but they decided to proceed cautiously.

• Uzumaki Hane left Tsunade and said goodbye to Yamano Koromo before setting out to support Jiraiya.
• Uzumaki Hane met Jiraiya at a tavern, and they traveled together toward Amegakure.
• Kakashi led Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Yamato, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba out of the village to search for Uchiha Itachi using Ninja Dogs.
• Jiraiya prepared to infiltrate Amegakure inside a summoned toad, but Uzumaki Hane warned that the rain could expose them to surveillance.
• Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya decided to enter Amegakure carefully despite the risk of facing a powerful opponent.

Naruto and Hinata encountered Kabuto Yakushi, who gave Naruto Orochimaru’s Akatsuki intelligence and escaped after revealing his plan to merge with Orochimaru and confront Sasuke. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and Uzumaki Hane infiltrated Amegakure, where they suspected their presence had already been noticed.

• Naruto, Hinata, Yamato, and Shino confronted Kabuto Yakushi as he followed Naruto and Hinata through the forest.
• Kabuto gave Naruto a booklet of Orochimaru’s intelligence on the Akatsuki and confirmed that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru.
• Kabuto revealed his Orochimaru-merged body, escaped Yamato’s wood technique, and said he would deal with Sasuke before meeting Naruto again.
• Yamato and Shino continued searching for signs of Uchiha Itachi, while Naruto and Hinata resumed their search for Sasuke.
• Jiraiya and Uzumaki Hane emerged from a frog in Amegakure and entered the village after noticing that the rain had stopped.
• Jiraiya suggested that he and Uzumaki Hane split up to gather intelligence faster.

Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure and captured two patrol ninja to question them about Pain. After learning that Pain had killed Hanzō, Jiraiya sent Hane back to Konoha and went to find Pain, where Konan confronted him.

• Jiraiya persuaded Uzumaki Hane to split up and went into a shop, while Hane secretly followed him.
• Jiraiya summoned a toad that transformed into a sake shop, and he and Hane used it to trap two Amegakure ninja.
• Jiraiya questioned the captives about their leader, then learned that Pain had killed Hanzō but gained no information about Pain's abilities.
• Jiraiya ordered the toad to send Hane back to Konoha and continued on alone to seek Pain.
• Konan appeared in front of Jiraiya after he sensed someone nearby.

Jiraiya confronted Konan and Pain in Amegakure, discovered that Nagato was Pain, and summoned Toad Ken as the battle escalated. Elsewhere, Uzumaki Hane attacked Konan as she fled, while Sasuke sensed Orochimaru and rushed into the forest alone.

• Jiraiya recognized Konan, fought her paper attacks, and questioned her about Nagato and Yahiko.
• Pain appeared, revealed that Yahiko had died long ago, and broke free of Jiraiya’s hair before summoning giant creatures to attack him.
• Jiraiya summoned Toad Ken and began absorbing Natural Energy, while the three-headed dog split into three creatures.
• Uzumaki Hane escaped the toad’s belly, struck Konan from behind, and burned away her paper wings before she re-formed them and attacked him.
• Sasuke sensed Orochimaru nearby and rushed into the trees, leaving Karin, Jūgo, and Suigetsu behind.

Sasuke confronted Naruto, Yamato, Shino, and Hinata after sensing Orochimaru’s presence, and refused Naruto’s plea to return to Konoha. The battle escalated until Sasuke’s wire-guided shuriken struck Gamakichi, leaving Naruto alarmed.

• Sasuke arrived and demanded to know where Orochimaru was, while Yamato explained that Kabuto had fused with Orochimaru’s power.
• Naruto urged Sasuke to come back, but Sasuke drew his sword and challenged him, prompting Yamato, Shino, Hinata, and Naruto to attack.
• Sasuke countered their techniques, escaped Yamato’s wooden cage, and traded blows with Naruto without either gaining the upper hand.
• Sasuke used fire techniques against Yamato, Shino, and Hinata while Naruto summoned Gamakichi and Gamatatsu and launched a water cannon at him.
• Sasuke avoided the water cannon and redirected his wire-guided shuriken toward Naruto and the toads; Gamakichi shoved Gamatatsu clear but was struck and began bleeding.

Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya fought Pain’s summoned creatures and Konan atop the building. Hane burned three of the giant dogs but was pinned down by the survivors and Konan, while Jiraiya and Toad Ken faced the bull and the invisible chameleon.

• Toad Ken battled the splitting giant dogs along the wall and reached the rooftop, where Uzumaki Hane was fighting Konan.
• Hane burned Konan’s paper attacks and wounded her, but dodged the giant chameleon’s tongue and a giant bird before Gamaken crushed the bird.
• Jiraiya joined Hane, and Pain surrounded them with Konan, the giant chameleon, and five giant dogs.
• Hane used Great Eruption to engulf the five dogs, burning three while two continued attacking him alongside Konan.
• A giant bull and the chameleon’s tongue knocked Toad Ken from the rooftop, while Hane struggled to fend off the remaining dogs and Konan’s paper attacks.

Naruto, Yamato, and Shino cornered Sasuke with clones, wood strips, and insects, but Sasuke broke free by awakening his Cursed Seal wings. Elsewhere, Toad Ken defeated Pain’s giant chameleon, and Jiraiya entered Sage Mode before discovering that Pain had summoned two more Rinnegan-wielders.

• Gamakichi shoved Gamatatsu out of the giant Shuriken’s path and was wounded, while Yamato restrained the Shuriken with wood strips.
• Naruto sent his Shadow Clones after Sasuke as Shino’s insects and Yamato’s wood strips pressured him, but Sasuke used fire and lightning attacks to destroy many of them.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones trapped Sasuke with Yamato’s wood strips, but Sasuke’s Cursed Seal spread and his wings burst out, breaking his restraints.
• Toad Ken pulled Pain’s invisible giant chameleon down with him, made it visible, and defeated it before collapsing.
• Pain summoned two more people with Rinnegan eyes as Jiraiya entered Sage Mode with the two great sages of Mount Myōboku; Jiraiya realized there were three Rinnegan-wielders, and one charged at him.

Jiraiya fought Pain’s summoned Paths and discovered that the Preta Path could absorb his attacks, while Uzumaki Hane battled Konan and the giant animal summons above them. After Hane fell into the battlefield, he and Jiraiya faced the three Pains together as the fight was about to escalate.

• Pain summoned two more Rinnegan-wielding figures, and Jiraiya struck the Human Path before testing the Preta Path’s ability to absorb his flames.
• Uzumaki Hane fought Konan and the giant bull and dogs, destroying the summons with magma attacks and collapsing the building beneath him.
• Jiraiya attacked the Preta Path with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but it absorbed the technique, and the Human Path blocked Jiraiya’s counterattack.
• Magma poured down from above as Uzumaki Hane fell into the battlefield, and Jiraiya landed beside him.
• The Animal Path addressed Uzumaki Hane, and Hane and Jiraiya prepared to fight the three Pains side by side.

Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya fought the Paths of Pain while Naruto's team battled Sasuke. The fights continued with Yamato wounded and Naruto preparing a Rasengan as he charged Sasuke.

• Uzumaki Hane warned Jiraiya that the Pains shared their vision, then attacked Human Path while Jiraiya targeted Animal Path.
• Uzumaki Hane caught the giant bear's paw, burned its face with lava, and defeated it with a lava hound.
• Jiraiya used Fukasaku's oil and his hair to bind Preta Path, then struck Animal Path with a Rasengan.
• Sasuke activated his Cursed Seal and destroyed Naruto's Shadow Clones before knocking Naruto into a tree.
• Sasuke evaded Yamato's Wood Release and stabbed him in the shoulder with his sword.
• Naruto charged Sasuke with four Shadow Clones, while two clones attacked and the others formed a Rasengan.

Jiraiya fought four Pain bodies until Uzumaki Hane intervened, while Naruto and Sasuke clashed with Rasengan and Chidori. The chapter left Naruto wounded after Sasuke stabbed him in the chest.

• Animal Path Pain and Asura Path Pain struck Jiraiya, who counterattacked with help from Fukasaku and Shima.
• Jiraiya battled the four Pain bodies with Sage Art techniques but was surrounded.
• Uzumaki Hane destroyed a summoned centipede with Great Eruption and rushed to help Jiraiya.
• Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya attacked Human Path Pain from opposite sides.
• Naruto sent Shadow Clones and a Big Ball Rasengan at Sasuke, who countered with Chidori.
• Sasuke evaded Naruto's next Rasengan and stabbed him in the chest with his sword.

Sasuke stabbed Naruto and injured Hinata before Shino and Sai forced him to retreat while Sakura treated Naruto. Elsewhere, Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya battled the six Pains, learning that they were collectively called Pain, and were caught in an explosion after the Pains survived Hane’s lava attack.

• Sasuke stabbed Naruto and kicked Hinata into a tree when she charged at him.
• Shino and Sai intervened, and Sakura began treating Naruto as Sasuke escaped without attacking again.
• Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya attacked Human Path Pain, but Deva Path and the other Pains countered them.
• Jiraiya recognized Deva Path as Yahiko and learned that the six bodies together were Pain.
• Uzumaki Hane blasted the charging Pains with Great Eruption, but they escaped overhead and fired missiles at him and Jiraiya.

Uzumaki Hane and Jiraiya fought the six Pains, quickly taking down several with surprise attacks. As Naraka Path tried to restore Asura Path, Hane struck at him despite Deva Path’s attempt to repel him.

• Asura Path fired missiles at Hane and Jiraiya, but Jiraiya evaded the blasts and attacked from above, burning Asura Path with a fire blast.
• Jiraiya pierced Human Path with Fukasaku’s Tongue War Slash and smashed Animal Path into the ground with a Big Ball Rasengan, before Deva Path hurled him into a crater.
• Asura Path revealed his six arms and bladed tail, but Hane endured his attacks and pierced his chest with Hell Hound.
• Deva Path slammed Hane into a crater, and Asura Path’s fallen body fired a missile that exploded around him.
• Naraka Path summoned the King of Hell to repair Asura Path, but Hane emerged from the explosion and attacked Naraka Path with Hell Hound as Deva Path tried to repel him.

Uzumaki Hane battled Deva Path Pain and Pain’s summoned beasts, using lava attacks to destroy the rhinoceros and the two-headed dog. He then turned his assault on Animal Path Pain, knocking him backward and pursuing him.

• Uzumaki Hane exchanged attacks with Deva Path Pain, who blasted him away with a powerful force.
• Uzumaki Hane struck Deva Path Pain with a lava hound, but Pain repelled him and tried to stab him with a black rod.
• Uzumaki Hane burned out the three-headed dog’s eye and impaled its head with a lava javelin.
• A summoned rhinoceros charged through the dog, splitting it into two, but Uzumaki Hane destroyed the rhinoceros with Great Eruption.
• Uzumaki Hane pulled the two giant dogs into a lava pit and buried them in magma.
• Uzumaki Hane dodged Animal Path Pain’s black rod, kicked him flying, and charged after him.

Jiraiya fought the Human Path and Preta Path, trapping the Human Path in a summoned frog before battling the Preta Path. After Jiraiya struck the Preta Path with a massive Rasengan, the Asura Path appeared behind him and pierced his chest; elsewhere, Uzumaki Hane clashed with the Deva Path and was blasted backward.

• Jiraiya landed a Rasengan on the Human Path, but the Human Path grabbed his foot and pierced his shoulder with a black rod, disrupting his Chakra.
• Fukasaku blasted the Human Path away while Shima removed the broken rod, and Jiraiya tore apart the Preta Path's arm and trapped him in a swamp.
• The Human Path rescued the Preta Path, but Jiraiya's summoned frog swallowed the Human Path and returned to Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya used Frog Kata and Sage Art: Goemon before smashing the Preta Path with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, but the Asura Path pierced Jiraiya's chest from behind.
• Uzumaki Hane attacked the Naraka Path and threw lava javelins at the Deva Path and Animal Path, but the Deva Path repelled the attack and blasted him backward.