As the chapter opens, we see a crowd of Konoha civilians running from the madness and destruction. One little girl (or boy, it's really hard to tell thanks to Kishi's art style) is hit on the head and trips. No, wait. It's not a bump, it's a bun. Whatever. Anyway, Sakura swoops in and suddenly decides to be useful for once, killing the giant centipede that was chasing them. She heals the child and then Iruka swoops in, telling her, to her horror, that Akatsuki is invading.

Ya know, news sure travels slow around this NINJA VILLAGE.

Back at the mansion, Tsunade is arguing with the elders about whether to bring back Naruto, who they argue Pein's target and probably still to weak to take him on anyway. They raise a good point, but logic be darned. Tsunade has superstrength and a short fuse and she's gonna use 'em. She lets 'em have it, since they "can't treat him like a child forever." Of course, that doesn't do anything at all to the fact that throwing him into the fray is like handing the nine tails to Pein unconscious in a box. She then goes on to convince her advisers that leaving the fate of the village in the hands of the entire graduating class of ONLY THREE OF THEM ARE COMPETENT NINJA is the most logical thing in the world. The sad part is it works.

Cut to the interesting part; Kakashi repeatedly failing at attacking Pein. Cut away just as fast to explain that the Pein's Chakra Receivers are reacting to each other. Finally, we get to watch Danzo kill the messenger frog who was supposed to report to Naruto and Fukusaku. Why? Because he's a jerk. Also, the story needs more complexity or something. I don't really care. I'm pretty sure we already determined the fact that Danzo's a jerk a while ago. Anyway, the end.