Recaps

Shunren and Kakashi fought Kurogane with coordinated attacks, but Shunren’s Railgun failed to stop the Steel Release user. Kurogane’s spear pierced Shunren’s chest, and Kakashi pulled him free, leaving Shunren bleeding and demanding a bandage.

• Shunren used Mind Link to tell Kakashi to stay back and cover him with Ninjutsu while he faced Kurogane.
• Kakashi combined Water and Lightning Release to paralyze Kurogane, but Kurogane escaped with Earth Release and dodged most of Shunren’s frost arrows.
• Shunren fired a Railgun coin that blew off Kurogane’s frozen arm, but the injury also freed Kurogane from the arrow’s slowing effect.
• Kurogane hurled a Steel Release spear at Shunren, and Kakashi’s Water Formation Wall failed to stop it from piercing Shunren’s chest.
• Kakashi cut the spear and pulled it through Shunren’s chest, while Shunren told him to bandage the wound and Kakashi admitted he did not know how.

Shunren and Kakashi were left nearly powerless after fighting Kurogane and the Stone Ninja, so Shunren projected the Bloodthirsty Bead as a last resort. The bead began draining the blood of everyone nearby, and after Shunren's blood landed on it, it erupted in scarlet light.

• Kurogane's two Stone Ninja companions arrived as Shunren and Kakashi ran out of strength, leaving the pair facing three Jonin.
• Kurogane ordered his companions to stand back and approached Shunren, while Shunren used his last Chakra to activate Yin Release: Projection.
• A pale purple Bloodthirsty Bead appeared above Shunren's palm and began pulling at his blood, while Kakashi collapsed unconscious and Kurogane continued toward him despite bleeding from his face.
• Shunren spat blood onto the Bloodthirsty Bead, which absorbed it and erupted in scarlet light.

Shunren used the Bloodthirsty Bead to survive Kurogane’s attack and turn the tide against the Stone Ninja. As two Jonin attacked him, the bead’s power began to fade, leaving Shunren fighting both at once.

• The Bloodthirsty Bead shielded Shunren from Kurogane’s Steel Release attack and pierced Kurogane’s chest, absorbing his blood essence to restore Shunren’s strength and Chakra.
• Two Stone Ninja Jonin attacked Shunren with steel daggers and a crushing pincer strike, but the bead’s barrier blocked them and rapidly healed his injuries.
• Shunren projected Kanshou and Bakuya using the bead’s power, then realized the bead was cracking and his time was limited.
• Shunren saw through the Jonin’s attempt to dispel his Genjutsu and clashed with one of them using his twin swords.
• The second Jonin appeared behind Shunren and attacked, so Shunren sent the Bloodthirsty Bead flying at him.

Shunren fought two Stone Ninja Jonin with the Bloodthirsty Bead and projected equipment, killing one of them before his power ran out. He collapsed while the remaining Jonin approached him with a steel blade.

• Shunren used the Bloodthirsty Bead to fight the two Stone Ninja Jonin, but their coordinated attacks and his draining strength put him under pressure.
• Shunren projected Ezreal's equipment, evaded an ambush with Arcane Shift, and wounded one Stone Ninja with Essence Flux.
• Shunren froze one Stone Ninja with Ashe's Enchanted Crystal Arrow and shattered him with Getsuga Tensho.
• The Bloodthirsty Bead and Zangetsu broke apart, leaving Shunren drained and without his weapons.
• The surviving Stone Ninja Jonin walked toward the collapsed Shunren with a steel blade.

Shunren collapsed after fighting the Stone Ninja, but White Zetsu revived him and took his eyes for Madara. He woke with bandaged eyes beside Shizune and denied Minato’s suggestion that he had defeated three Jonin.

• After Shunren collapsed, the last Stone Ninja prepared to kill him, but the supposedly dead Kurogane stabbed the man from behind and killed him.
• White Zetsu revealed himself, took Shunren’s eyes as a gift for Madara, and merged into his body to restore him with Yang Release power.
• Shunren regained consciousness with bandages over his injured eyes as Shizune stayed beside him.
• Shunren realized Madara had taken his eyes and branded a curse seal on his heart in exchange.
• When Minato praised him for defeating three Stone Ninja Jonin, Shunren denied doing so, and Kakashi said he and Shunren had only injured one Jonin.

Minato reported his mission to the Third, and Danzo argued that Konoha should confront the Stone Ninja while maneuvering to claim Shunren for Root. The Third revealed that the Uchiha clan head had already visited Shunren at the hospital, where the chapter ended with the Uchiha crest appearing before him.

• Minato reported that he had defeated the Stone Ninja armored unit, and Danzo pushed for a hardline response to the border incursion.
• Danzo praised Minato for mastering the Second Hokage's forbidden technique, while the Third continued to favor Minato as a future leader over Danzo's candidate, Orochimaru.
• Danzo told the Third that Shunren had awakened the Sharingan and claimed he had intended to recruit him into Root.
• The Third explained that Shunren had Uchiha ancestry and revealed that the Uchiha Clan head had visited him at the hospital.
• The Uchiha Clan crest appeared before Shunren at Konoha Hospital.

Uchiha Shunren accepted the Uchiha Clan’s offer to become a core disciple in exchange for access to its training resources. After blocking outside surveillance, he summoned the Bloodthirsty Bead and called out to Zetsu.

• Uchiha Kyosho, Tekka, Fugaku, and Yashiro visited Shunren in the hospital, where Tekka confirmed that Shunren had awakened the Sharingan.
• Kyosho offered Shunren a place as a core disciple, and Shunren agreed after Fugaku explained the clan’s training resources.
• Tekka gave Shunren three scrolls as a welcoming gift.
• Shunren used a counter-sensing technique to block surveillance by the Third and Danzo.
• Shunren used Yin Release: Projection to summon the Bloodthirsty Bead, endured its effects, and called for Zetsu.

Shunren forced White Zetsu out of his body with the Bloodthirsty Bead and destroyed him. In the hospital, Kurenai told Shunren that Inoichi had survived a vicious Genjutsu but remained unconscious, and she helped Shunren go for a walk.

• Shunren used the Bloodthirsty Bead to force White Zetsu out of his body and drain his life force.
• The Bloodthirsty Bead restored Shunren's lost blood and strengthened him slightly, and he crushed it after killing White Zetsu.
• Kurenai visited Shunren with food and told him that Inoichi had survived emergency treatment but might not wake up.
• Shunren reassured Kurenai that Inoichi would recover and asked her to walk with him.
• Kurenai stopped Shunren from using Mind's Eye and helped him up.

Shunren and Kurenai rested outside Konoha Hospital before Uchiha Mangshan and his lackeys provoked Kurenai into a genjutsu battle. As Kurenai and Mangshan fought, the lackeys turned their attention to Shunren.

• Shunren recalled how Uchiha Fushan had taken Hezi's eyes to protect her Sharingan and wondered whether the Uchiha Clan had cared for her.
• Uchiha Mangshan and his two lackeys mocked Shunren, but Kurenai confronted them and challenged Mangshan.
• Kurenai and Mangshan revealed that they were both Genin and exchanged insults before forming the Seal of Confrontation.
• Kurenai used Genjutsu: Mirage Technique, and Mangshan countered with Genjutsu Crow, beginning a genjutsu battle.
• Mangshan's lackeys noticed Shunren and asked the blind boy if he wanted to play with them.

Shunren and Kurenai defeated Mangshan and his two lackeys, but Mangshan retaliated with a Fire Style attack after they turned to leave. Shunren used Genjutsu to terrify Mangshan into submission, and the chapter ended with Mangshan crying after they had gone.

• Shunren beat Mangshan's two lackeys while Kurenai won a Genjutsu contest against Mangshan.
• Shunren and Kurenai mocked Mangshan and began to leave, prompting him to attack them from behind with Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique.
• Kurenai tried to push Shunren out of the way, but the fireball struck an illusion and vanished as Shunren appeared behind Mangshan with a sword at his neck.
• Mangshan admitted he was wrong, then Shunren used another Genjutsu to make him believe he had been cut in half.
• Shunren and Kurenai left, and Mangshan found blood at his neck before collapsing and crying.

After recovering enough to return home, Shunren awakened his fully developed three-tomoe Sharingan and considered whether to remove Madara Uchiha’s curse seal, but decided to wait. He examined three scrolls given by the Uchiha and found their techniques more valuable than he expected.

• Shunren returned to the outskirts of the Uchiha settlement and uncovered his eyes, revealing a fully developed three-tomoe Sharingan.
• Shunren realized Madara Uchiha had likely placed a curse seal on his heart, but chose not to break it and risk alerting Madara.
• Shunren examined the first scroll, which contained the B-rank Genjutsu: Bubble Technique.
• Shunren read about Genjutsu: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change, a technique that could reflect an enemy’s Genjutsu, and recognized how much the Sharingan could enhance it.
• Shunren inspected the Uchiha Style Swordsmanship scroll and found that its advanced section was missing, while judging all three gifts generous.

Shunren visited the Uchiha training dojo and accepted a challenge from Uchiha Yuta, the brother of Mangshan. Yuta trapped him in a Genjutsu, but Shunren exposed the illusion and released himself.

• Shunren found every training platform in the Uchiha dojo occupied and decided to leave.
• Uchiha Yuta threw a Kunai at Shunren and challenged him to fight over Shunren's recent treatment of Mangshan.
• Shunren entered Yuta's platform and attacked him with Konoha Whirlwind.
• Yuta appeared to seize Shunren's hand, force him through Ninjutsu seals, and burn him with Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique.
• Shunren revealed that the fight had been a Genjutsu and used Release to end the illusion.

Shunren fought Yuta with Uchiha Style Swordsmanship, using the duel to practice with Kanshou and Bakuya despite being at a slight disadvantage. Yuta grew impatient with Shunren’s defense and activated his Sharingan.

• Shunren and Yuta broke each other’s Bubble Technique Genjutsu and drew their swords for a duel.
• Yuta and Shunren exchanged matching sword techniques, then Shunren countered Yuta’s Placed Hand by drawing Kanshou and Bakuya.
• Yuta used Body Flicker Technique, struck Shunren with a punch, and kept pressing him with sword attacks while Shunren defended with both blades.
• Yuta realized Shunren was using the duel to practice swordsmanship and became frustrated when he could not break through Shunren’s defense.
• Yuta concentrated Chakra in his eyes and activated his two-tomoe Sharingan.

Shunren fought Yuta, whose Two-Tomoe Sharingan and Uchiha sword techniques overwhelmed him and forced him to give up both swords. Yuta used the Sharingan Sword Manipulation Technique to send a wire-controlled blade at Shunren’s neck, and Shunren finally activated his Sharingan.

• Yuta dismissed Shunren as an unworthy opponent, but Shunren charged him with both swords.
• Yuta used Uchiha Style: Sound Vibration to break through Shunren’s guard, cut his clothes, and punch him back.
• Yuta used a thrown sword and the Body Flicker Technique to disarm Shunren twice, trapping each of Shunren’s blades and forcing him to retreat.
• Shunren used Yin Release: Projection after losing both swords, but Yuta threw a wire-attached blade toward him.
• Yuta controlled the spinning sword with his Sharingan and redirected it toward Shunren’s neck, prompting Shunren’s eyes to turn red.

After Shunren copied Yuta’s advanced sword technique and admitted he had used their duel for practice, Yuta demanded a fair rematch. Shunren wielded Elucidator and defeated Yuta, leaving their rivalry unresolved.

• Shunren revealed that he had awakened the Mitsudomoe Sharingan and explained that he had stood still to copy Yuta’s final sword technique.
• Yuta realized Shunren had treated him as a training partner and attacked, but the platform’s Chakra shield protected Shunren after declaring him defeated.
• Shunren apologized, then stepped off the platform and returned so the barrier would recognize him as a new challenger.
• Yuta demanded a fair rematch, and Shunren projected Elucidator to gain a boost to his strength and speed.
• Shunren and Yuta fought for ten minutes before the barrier protected Yuta and declared Shunren the winner.

After becoming a recognized Uchiha core disciple, Shunren received a new residence and went to choose servants. He recognized Hezi, a blind former ninja with a child, and offered to take her in after the Servants' House rejected her.

• The Uchiha recognized Shunren as a core disciple, moved him to the central district, and granted him a large residence and monthly allowance.
• Shunren visited the Servants' House to find help with his household and learned that most available servants were young girls from the settlement.
• Hezi pleaded with Yamada to hire her, but he rejected her because her eyes had been gouged out.
• Shunren recognized Hezi as the woman who had once treated his injuries and offered to take her and her child in as his servants.

Shunren took in Hezi and her daughter Izumi, whose Uchiha identity and potential he recognized. When Kurenai visited, she learned why Hezi lived with him and told him that Inoichi had awakened and Tsunade planned to take Shizune away from the village.

• Shunren brought Hezi and her daughter home, and Hezi became his servant.
• Shunren recognized Izumi as a future Uchiha character and noted her tear mole.
• Kurenai visited Shunren and mistook Izumi calling him Daddy as evidence that he had a family.
• Shunren explained Hezi and Izumi's situation, and Kurenai condemned the Uchiha Clan for mistreating Hezi.
• Kurenai told Shunren that Inoichi had awakened and that Tsunade planned to take Shizune away from the village.

Shunren and Kurenai visited the recovering Inoichi, who learned what had happened during his unconsciousness and told them Shizune was leaving. They raced to see Shizune off, and Shunren used Yin Release to create a Bamboo-Copter and flew with Kurenai toward the gate.

• Shunren and Kurenai visited Inoichi at Konoha Hospital, and Shunren transferred the events of the mission into his mind.
• Inoichi praised Shunren for completing the mission but explained that he would need another week before he could move normally.
• Inoichi told Shunren and Kurenai that Shizune was leaving that day and asked them to see her off.
• At Konoha's gate, Shizune admitted to Tsunade that she regretted leaving without saying goodbye to her companions, and Tsunade comforted her.
• Shunren created a Bamboo-Copter with Yin Release, lifted Kurenai into his arms, and flew toward the gate.

Shizune prepared to leave Konoha with Tsunade, but Kurenai and Shunren arrived to say goodbye. After a tearful parting with her teammates, Shizune left with Tsunade, while Shunren welcomed her to return to Team 8.

• Tsunade urged Shizune to say goodbye to her teammates before leaving Konoha.
• Shunren flew in carrying Kurenai, and they landed beside Tsunade and Shizune.
• Kurenai embraced Shizune and reproached her for planning to leave without telling her teammates.
• Tsunade recognized Shunren as Uchiha Shunren, and he apologized after she caught him staring at her chest.
• Shunren told Shizune she would always be welcome back on Team 8, and she and Kurenai cried as they parted.

After Inoichi recovered, the Third assigned Tenzen to join Team 8, and the team met him at the training grounds. Kurenai began a spar with Tenzen, but the new member revealed that he was a medical-nin.

• Shunren left the Uchiha compound after Hezi and Izumi saw him off.
• Inoichi introduced Tenzen as Team 8's new member, and Kurenai and Shunren introduced themselves.
• Kurenai challenged Tenzen to a spar, but he insisted that he was poor at actual combat.
• Kurenai and Tenzen took their places and began the match.
• Tenzen drew medical tools from his pouch and told the team that he was a medical-nin.

Tenzen joined Team 8, which the Third Hokage sent on a secret B-rank mission to deliver a classified message to the border forces. As the team traveled through the Land of Fire, Shunren grew suspicious of Tenzen’s behavior, and Inoichi detected an approaching ally who was probably Anbu.

• Kurenai defeated Tenzen with the Tree Binding Technique, and Tenzen surrendered before officially joining Team 8.
• The Third assigned Team 8 a B-rank mission to deliver a top-secret message to Konoha’s border forces.
• Inoichi and Kurenai reassured nervous Tenzen as the team left Konoha, but Shunren noticed that Tenzen’s behavior seemed strange.
• Inoichi sensed an approaching chakra signature, then identified the target as one of their own after making contact with the Mind Transmission Technique.

Team 8 was assigned to deliver Konoha’s top-secret northeastern army deployment map, and the Cloud Ninja devised a plan to intercept it. Three elite Cloud Ninja used a long-distance space-time technique to arrive behind Konoha’s army group, where they began recovering from the dangerous transport.

• Konoha’s High Command entrusted Team 8 with delivering the northeastern army group’s deployment map to the front line.
• The Cloud Ninja learned that the map would reach Konoha’s front in three days and planned to seize it for an intelligence advantage.
• Yotsuki Teki, Roishi, and Kazumori used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to transport themselves behind Konoha’s army group.
• Kazumori and Roishi suffered severe injuries from the journey, while Teki’s Lightning Release Armor protected him from most of the damage.
• Roishi activated an Electromagnetic Barrier to block Konoha’s sensory ninja, and Kazumori began healing the group and replenishing his Chakra.

Team 8 encountered three powerful Cloud Ninja, and Inoichi stayed behind so Shunren, Kurenai, and Tenzen could continue the mission with the confidential scroll. Inoichi fought to delay the attackers, but Roishi trapped him in layered Genjutsu while Yotsuki Teki and Kazumori moved beyond his sensory range.

• Inoichi detected three powerful enemies nearby, handed the mission scroll to Shunren, and ordered Team 8 to continue without him.
• Roishi, Yotsuki Teki, and Kazumori reached Inoichi, who used counter-sensing to conceal his teammates’ escape.
• Yotsuki Teki and Kazumori attacked Inoichi, while Roishi disrupted his senses and helped land a Shuriken in his back.
• Inoichi escaped Yotsuki Teki’s lightning charge with a Substitution Technique, then hid while the Cloud Ninja searched for him.
• Yotsuki Teki threatened to use the Heavenly Transfer Technique, prompting Inoichi to reveal himself and confront Roishi.
• Roishi blinded Inoichi with Lightning Illusion Flash Pillar and trapped him in four layers of Genjutsu as Yotsuki Teki and Kazumori moved out of sensory range.

Shunren’s team was ambushed by Cloud Ninja Yotsuki Teki and Kazumori, while their supposed companion Tenzen revealed herself as the Cloud Anbu agent Gei and handed over the confidential scroll. Shunren fought Yotsuki Teki to protect Kurenai, and his thrown sword was closing in on the Cloud ninja’s neck when the chapter ended.

• Yotsuki Teki and Kazumori appeared before Shunren’s team using the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and Shunren told Kurenai to take Tenzen and the scroll onward while he stayed behind.
• Tenzen walked over to the Cloud Ninja, revealed herself as the Cloud Anbu agent Gei, and admitted that she had supplied them with the team’s location and mission information.
• Gei handed the confidential scroll to Kazumori, who prepared to send it to headquarters, while Yotsuki Teki and Gei planned to kill Shunren and Kurenai.
• Shunren used Yin Release: Projection to summon Kanshou and Bakuya and sent Kurenai a message that calmed her.
• Yotsuki Teki charged Shunren and caught his swords and wrist, but Shunren escaped and hurled a blade toward Yotsuki Teki’s neck with Uchiha Style Swordsmanship: Flying Arrow Slashing Kill.

Shunren used Elucidator to boost his attributes and battled Yotsuki Teki, whose Lightning Release Armor and speed overwhelmed him. After absorbing lightning through his sword, Shunren fired a Railgun at Yotsuki Teki.

• Shunren projected Elucidator onto his back to increase his strength and agility, then narrowly dodged Yotsuki Teki's charges.
• Shunren activated his Sharingan and wounded Yotsuki Teki's Lightning Release Armor with Kanshou and Bakuya.
• Yotsuki Teki intensified his lightning and struck Shunren, who predicted his movements and threw both swords to cut his arm.
• Shunren drew Elucidator and used Sound Vibration to wound Yotsuki Teki's fist, but Yotsuki Teki then electrified the ground with Lightning Release: Earth Flow.
• Shunren planted his foot on Elucidator and absorbed the ground's lightning before firing a Railgun at Yotsuki Teki.