Recaps

Shunren began his work as a Konoha Military Police Force squad leader and selected patrol missions that would let him train while searching for suspicious chakra. He left his subordinates to their own activities and planned to patrol both inside and outside the village.

• Six members of Shunren’s squad doubted their new ten-year-old leader until he appeared without them noticing and revealed his squad-leader armband.
• Shunren assessed his subordinates’ abilities and told them he would not interfere with their activities or rely on them for missions.
• Shunren reviewed mission scrolls for apprehending criminals, patrolling the village, and patrolling outside it.
• Shunren chose the two patrol missions so he could practice the Body Flicker Technique and sense abnormal Chakra fluctuations.

Shunren tested the range of his Mind’s Eye while capturing a group of retired ninja, then sensed a fight involving prominent clans on his way back to Konoha. He found Furuta Akimichi confronting Might Duy and Might Guy over an alleged attack during the Chunin Exams, and Furuta swung at Duy.

• Shunren tracked down and defeated the thieves, using the One-Handed Blade to cut through one thief’s Lightning Release barehanded.
• Shunren used the Mind Transmission Technique to leave the captured thieves’ cleanup to his subordinates, then returned to Konoha.
• Shunren sensed a disturbance near the prominent clans and found Furuta Akimichi accusing Might Guy of injuring Daiji during the Chunin Exams.
• Daiji claimed that Guy had attacked him after he had spared Guy in the Forest of Death, while Guy and Might Duy insisted the accusation was false.
• Furuta ignored Duy’s attempt to talk and swung a fist at him.

Might Duy stopped Furuta Akimichi’s attacks and overpowered him in a Taijutsu clash, even after opening the Second Gate. As Furuta prepared to swallow the Akimichi Clan’s forbidden Spinach Pill, Shunren reached for his iron ruler and unleashed a killing-intent technique.

• Might Duy caught Furuta Akimichi’s punch and blocked his enlarged strikes with Taijutsu while encouraging Might Guy.
• Furuta Akimichi used Human Bullet Tank, but Might Duy opened the Second Gate and stopped the attack with his bare hands.
• Might Duy sent Furuta Akimichi tumbling and asked to end their clash, but Furuta became enraged.
• Daiji Akimichi tried to stop his father from taking the Spinach Pill, while Shunren reached for his iron ruler.
• Shunren used White Fang Style: Blade of Killing Intent.

Shunren used his killing intent to knock Furuta Akimichi unconscious, then forced Might Duy into a fight. Duy opened the Sixth Gate to counter Shunren’s sword assault, and their battle continued with both unleashing rapid attacks.

• Shunren overwhelmed Furuta Akimichi with killing intent, causing him to collapse unconscious.
• Shunren claimed the Konoha Military Police Force was arresting Might Duy, then attacked when Duy obediently tried to comply.
• Might Duy caught Shunren’s Heavy Black Iron Ruler strike with his hands, prompting Shunren to switch to his swords.
• Shunren and Might Duy exchanged swift attacks, and Duy opened the Fifth Gate to evade Shunren’s airborne slash.
• Shunren unleashed Raging Spirit Rending Slash as Might Duy opened the Sixth Gate and countered with Morning Peacock.

Shunren sparred with Might Duy, then kept a low profile as Orochimaru returned to Konoha and took an interest in him. When Shunren sensed a strange presence inside the Military Police Force headquarters, he discovered an apparent prisoner being tortured and went to investigate.

• Shunren sparred with Might Duy, stopped before either used their full strength, and gave him a medical scroll as compensation.
• Shunren continued patrolling and practicing, earning recognition from the Konoha Military Police Force while rumors spread about his willingness to challenge powerful clans.
• Orochimaru returned to Konoha, having learned about Shunren from Danzo and become interested in his Sharingan and Yin Release skills.
• A girl in a vermilion kimono used Genjutsu to infiltrate the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters and was taken to the interrogation room.
• Shunren sensed Chakra in the interrogation room, initially stayed at his desk, then went to investigate after detecting signs of torture.

Shunren exposed Orochimaru’s disguise in the Konoha Military Police Force and followed him into the woods for a fight. After learning Orochimaru had already used Living Corpse Reincarnation, Shunren opened the battle with a powerful Getsuga Tensho.

• Shunren found Konoha Military Police Force members stabbing a girl and cut her body in two, then dispelled the Genjutsu controlling them.
• The girl’s body reassembled, and Shunren recognized her as Orochimaru, who revealed he had come to test him.
• Shunren realized Orochimaru had locked onto his presence and went with him to an open stretch of woods.
• Shunren asked about Living Corpse Reincarnation and learned Orochimaru had used it on his first experimental body, while being unable to reincarnate again for three years.
• Orochimaru drew the Kusanagi Sword and charged Shunren, who unleashed a Getsuga Tensho to begin their fight.

Uchiha Shunren fought Orochimaru, who was impressed by Shunren’s power and pressed him with summons and strange body techniques. Shunren was swallowed by Orochimaru’s sea of sword-spitting snakes, leaving his fate unclear.

• Shunren struck Orochimaru with Getsuga Tensho, injuring his hands and sending him flying.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to trap Shunren, then attacked him with the Kusanagi Sword as Shunren tried to escape.
• Shunren used sword techniques, a dagger, Shunpo, and Arcane Shift to counter Orochimaru’s attacks, but Orochimaru evaded them with his abnormal body.
• Orochimaru summoned a sea of black snakes that spat swords, and Shunren raised an ice pillar with First Dance: White Moon to avoid them.
• Orochimaru fired a giant sword from his mouth, forcing Shunren into the sea of snakes, which swallowed him.

Shunren used the Bloodthirsty Bead and Sode no Shirayuki to fight Orochimaru, who tested the limits of both weapons. Orochimaru grabbed the bead with his Five Elements Seal, but it resisted the sealing technique, leaving him startled.

• Orochimaru unleashed a sea of snakes that overwhelmed Shunren, who summoned the Bloodthirsty Bead to protect himself with a crimson barrier.
• Orochimaru attacked the barrier with giant snakes, and Shunren froze the surrounding snakes and earth with Sode no Shirayuki.
• Shunren used his Sharingan and White Fang Style to wound Orochimaru, but Orochimaru escaped his frozen body with the Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique.
• Orochimaru circled Shunren and reached for the Bloodthirsty Bead, while Shunren intensified its crimson light.
• Orochimaru caught the bead with his bare hand and used the Five Elements Seal, but the bead resisted the seal and stirred his blood and vitality.

Shunren survived his battle with Orochimaru, who revealed that he would need a new body in one year. Shunren left determined to surpass Orochimaru before then, while Orochimaru looked forward to claiming him as his next vessel.

• The Five Elements Seal collapsed, and Orochimaru praised Shunren for exceeding his expectations.
• Shunren asked when Orochimaru would next use Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Orochimaru answered that it would be in one year.
• Shunren said he would surpass Orochimaru within that year, but refused Orochimaru's offer of a Cursed Seal.
• Orochimaru dismissed the Triple Rashomon as Konoha forces approached, and Shunren left without lowering his guard.
• Orochimaru suspected his current body had begun rejecting him and said he would wait for Shunren as his next vessel.

After Orochimaru’s attack forced Shunren to abandon his gradual training, he resolved to leave Konoha on another journey. At Naka Shrine, Fugaku’s clan debated joining the allied hunt for the Third Raikage and considered Shunren as an elite candidate.

• Shunren recalled how Orochimaru had nearly captured him and concluded that he needed to grow stronger by taking a long trip.
• At Naka Shrine, Fugaku asked the Uchiha leaders whether the clan should join the plan to hunt the Raikage.
• The Uchiha debated the operation’s potential war merit and heavy casualties, while Fugaku rejected sending many clan members.
• Tekka suggested Shunren as a candidate, and Fugaku noted that Shunren already served in the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Yashiro argued that Fugaku could order Shunren to participate, but the other Uchiha recognized that Shunren’s strength made him difficult to command casually.

The Uchiha debated how to persuade Shunren to join the battle, but he arrived at their compound requesting an audience. At the Hokage building, Danzo and the Third discussed exploiting the battle to weaken the Uchiha and target Shunren, while Danzo revealed plans to cultivate Shisui’s Sharingan.

• Fugaku and the Uchiha elders discussed how to recruit Shunren, then received word that he had come to see them.
• Danzo told the Third that the Uchiha had taken the bait and discussed weakening the clan; the Third cautioned him against acting rashly during the war.
• The Third mentioned visiting a descendant of Kagami, and Danzo proposed raising Shisui alongside Root children who would be sacrificed to awaken his Sharingan.
• Danzo and the Third exchanged their lists of Uchiha taking part in the battle and noted that Shunren was among them.
• Danzo called Shunren’s participation a chance to arrange his death in an apparent accident, while the Third wondered whether the Uchiha had persuaded him to join.

The Third Raikage questioned his commanders about the war, reinstated Tenzen under her old name, and put her in charge of intelligence on Konoha. At the Hokage Building, Danzo revealed that Konoha had obtained the Cloud Ninja’s battle plans and sent Shunren and the Uchiha to act on them.

• Yotsuki Teki told the Third Raikage that Orochimaru had been recalled to Konoha, angering the Raikage.
• Roishi reported that a captured Yamanaka resisted interrogation, and the Third Raikage ordered the prisoner sealed in the Amber Purifying Pot and other captured enemies executed.
• Kazumori objected to executing the prisoners, but the Third Raikage dismissed him when his coughing worsened.
• The Third Raikage confirmed that Tenzen had been a Cloud Ninja spy in Konoha, restored her place as a Cloud ninja, and assigned her to gather intelligence on Konoha.
• Danzo told the Uchiha that Konoha had obtained the Cloud Ninja’s battle plans, while the Third praised Shunren and Danzo urged him to return safely.

The Raikage’s Cloud Ninja swept through Stone Ninja positions in the Land of Frost, while Ōnoki, Konoha, and the Mist Ninja prepared a joint ambush against him. The Konoha and Mist forces met, and Shunren faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist again.

• The Raikage dismissed Yotsuki Teki’s warnings and led a thousand Cloud Ninja into the Land of Frost, destroying nearly seventy percent of the Stone Ninja strongholds within days.
• Ōnoki obtained the Cloud Ninja battle plan and ordered Kitsuchi to lead six thousand Stone Ninja through a secret tunnel to help trap Third A.
• The Mist Ninja sent more than two thousand fighters, including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, to avenge the Third Mizukage, while Konoha prepared its own forces.
• Konoha and Mist Ninja forces joined up, and Juzo Biwa, Kushimaru Kuriarare, and Suikazan Fuguki confronted Shunren over their previous encounter.
• Shunren blocked Juzo Biwa’s greatsword with the Heavy Black Iron Ruler and activated his Sharingan as the other Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist gathered against him.

Uchiha Shunren repelled the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and revealed he had copied their sword techniques. He used the threat of doubling their blades’ destructive power to deter both the Mist and Konoha contingents, then agreed to proceed with the plan against the Raikage.

• Munashi Jinpachi and Jinin Akebino knocked the Heavy Black Iron Ruler from Shunren’s hands, but Shunren retreated and fought off attacks from Raiga Kurosuki and Kushimaru Kuriarare.
• Juzo Biwa noticed Konoha’s contingent was not intervening and taunted Shunren about being unwelcome in his village.
• Shunren projected seven copies of the Mist swordsmen’s weapons and revealed that he had copied their sword techniques during their previous fight.
• Shunren threatened to use the copied blades alongside the originals, warning that their combined power could kill the surrounding ninja.
• Munashi Jinpachi stopped Juzo Biwa from acting rashly, and Shunren dispersed the projected blades before everyone returned to the plan to deal with the Raikage.

The Raikage personally led the Cloud Ninja to capture a Stone Ninja stronghold in the Land of Frost while Tenzen secretly recorded his combat abilities. In Konoha, the Third and Danzo arranged to share the gathered intelligence, while Kitsuchi waited for orders at the Stone Ninja headquarters as the Cloud advance neared the Land of Earth.

• The Raikage rejected calls for reinforcements and attacked a Stone Ninja stronghold himself, breaking through its layered Earth Release walls with Hell Stab.
• The Cloud Ninja followed the Raikage and overwhelmed the Stone Ninja defenders while Tenzen secretly recorded the Raikage's strength, speed, and techniques.
• The Third ordered Danzo to send the intelligence to Matsumoto and the others, and to share half of it with the Mist Ninja and Stone Ninja.
• Danzo and the Third discussed withholding intelligence from the Uchiha, with Danzo saying he had not sent them false information.
• Kitsuchi learned that the Cloud Ninja had captured nearly all the Land of Frost strongholds and told his troops to stand by until they had enough intelligence to limit their losses.

Shunren discovered that Konoha had deliberately falsified intelligence about the Third Raikage and decided he could no longer trust Konoha. Meanwhile, Konoha, Mist, and Stone forces united to attack the Cloud Ninja, though their leaders already plotted against one another.

• Shunren read Konoha’s intelligence on the Third Raikage and recognized that it understated the Raikage’s strength, speed, stamina, and defense.
• Shunren concluded that Konoha High Command had altered the intelligence to set him up and abandoned hope of cooperating with Konoha.
• Konoha’s two thousand ninja, the Mist Ninja’s two thousand, and the Stone Ninja’s six thousand joined forces under Kitsuchi’s command.
• Sarutobi Matsumoto, Suikazan Fuguki, Juzo Biwa, and Kushimaru Kuriarare revealed their hostile intentions toward Kitsuchi and Shunren.
• Kitsuchi ordered the allied forces to surround and kill the Third Raikage and slaughter the Cloud Ninja without taking prisoners.

Kitsuchi challenged the Third A to a duel to keep the Raikage occupied while the Stone Ninja's allies prepared to infiltrate the Cloud Ninja camp. The Raikage accepted the challenge, and Shunren volunteered to join the infiltration team, which aimed to kill the Cloud Ninja sensory ninja and clear the way for a combined assault.

• Kitsuchi emerged from the Stone Ninja stronghold and challenged the Third A to a one-on-one fight.
• The Raikage attacked Kitsuchi with overwhelming speed and strength, but Kitsuchi evaded his blows with Earth Release techniques and an Earth Clone.
• Kitsuchi proposed a fair duel, and the Raikage accepted, unaware that the challenge was meant to draw his attention away from the wider battle plan.
• The plan called for Kitsuchi to hold the Raikage while Konoha and Mist Ninja infiltrated the Cloud Ninja camp and assassinated its sensory ninja.
• Suikazan Fuguki, Kushimaru Kuriarare, and other Mist Ninja joined the infiltration mission, while Shunren volunteered for Konoha and planned to avoid a prolonged fight with the Raikage.

Shunren led the Uchiha in a joint infiltration of the Cloud Ninja camp, where they eliminated the guards and wiped out the sensory division. When he discovered the Mist Ninja team had been detected, he hurried to help and found Tenzen facing Suikazan Fuguki without raising an alarm.

• Shunren and Suikazan Fuguki agreed to divide the Cloud Ninja camp’s gates and infiltrate separately.
• Shunren used Mind’s Eye and a sensory barrier to guide the Uchiha past sentries while hiding their presence from the Cloud Ninja.
• Shunren’s team killed the guards at the sensory division’s tent, then Shunren slaughtered the Cloud Ninja inside.
• Shunren noticed the Mist Ninja team’s operation had failed and led his group toward them.
• Suikazan Fuguki was shocked that the Cloud Ninja woman Tenzen had detected his sensory technique, while Tenzen silently watched the Mist Ninja and their destroyed target.

Tenzen, a Konoha spy disguised as a Cloud Ninja, fought Suikazan Fuguki and Kushimaru Kuriarare after they uncovered her deception. Suikazan identified her as the Wandering Miko and ordered her to remove her disguise.

• Kushimaru attacked Tenzen with Nuibari, but she healed from his wounds and revealed pale skin beneath her Cloud Ninja appearance.
• Tenzen tried to counter Kushimaru with chakra scalpels and an explosive tag, but Suikazan spotted her plan and Kushimaru trapped her hand with the Water Prison Technique.
• Tenzen used a smoke bomb to flee the tent, but Suikazan struck her back with Samehada.
• Suikazan recognized Tenzen as Konoha's Wandering Miko after seeing her healed face, and told her to take off her skin.

Tenzen, the Konoha spy whose real identity was Yakushi Nonō, faced execution by Suikazan Fuguki until Shunren intervened. Shunren recognized Nonō and tried to save her, but Fuguki wounded him with a feint, leaving them poised to fight.

• Tenzen realized Konoha had left him uninformed about its ambush and believed it might have knowingly exposed him to death.
• Shunren entered the tent and stopped Suikazan Fuguki from killing Tenzen, recognizing him as Yakushi Nonō.
• Shunren tested Nonō with his Mind Transmission Technique and inferred that she could access his mental network.
• Suikazan Fuguki attacked Nonō, then redirected Samehada toward Shunren when he moved to protect her.
• Shunren took a wound to his shoulder, counterattacked with a projected Kanshou, and used his Sharingan to copy Fuguki's Samehada technique.

Shunren fought Suikazan Fuguki and Kushimaru Kuriarare, then set aside their feud when the Cloud camp came under attack. At the front, Kitsuchi revealed his ambush against the Third A by summoning thousands of Stone Ninja, and the Raikage prepared to face them alone.

• Nonō healed Shunren’s shoulder while Suikazan Fuguki realized Shunren had copied his sword technique and warned Kushimaru not to use swords.
• Shunren cut apart Fuguki’s Water Dragon Bullet with a forged Samehada, and Fuguki ordered Kushimaru to fight with Ninjutsu instead.
• Shunren used Nuibari to kill the approaching Cloud Ninja, then agreed to postpone fighting Fuguki and Kushimaru as the battle around the camp took priority.
• A Cloud Ninja reported to Third A that the camp had been attacked and its sensory unit wiped out.
• Kitsuchi used Rising Earth Excavation to turn a torrent of rocks into thousands of Stone Ninja, while Third A dismissed them as ants.

The Third Raikage faced a combined army of Stone Ninja, Konoha, and Mist Ninja, who had trapped the Cloud forces in the Land of Frost. As the Raikage charged into their attack, Shunren prepared to use the Bloodthirsty Bead and Yin Release: Projection against him.

• The Raikage deduced that the Stone Ninja had gathered troops from the Land of Grass and ordered the Cloud Ninja to retreat while he covered them.
• Kitsuchi revealed that Konoha and the Mist Ninja had joined the Stone Ninja, with elite clans blocking the Cloud Ninja's retreat routes.
• The Raikage unleashed his Chakra and killing intent, frightening the assembled forces as Shunren watched and revealed the Bloodthirsty Bead.
• Kitsuchi ordered the hunt for the Raikage, and the combined army charged.
• The Raikage rushed into the army under Lightning Release Chakra Mode, crushing and electrocuting the ninjas who attacked him.

The Raikage fought through a vast allied army as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the Uchiha joined the assault to drain his Chakra and study his abilities. After deflecting a pair of flying swords aimed at his neck, he suspected a powerful Dōjutsu user was hiding nearby.

• The ninja army bombarded the Raikage with Shuriken and Ninjutsu, forcing him to maintain his Lightning Release Chakra Mode as he charged through their ranks.
• Kitsuchi withdrew to the rear for treatment, and Juzo Biwa and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist entered the fight.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen attacked with five Water Dragon Bullets, and the Raikage smashed through four before the fifth struck his back.
• Uchiha Kunai carrying Explosive Tags forced the Raikage to dodge, and he realized the enemy was trying to exhaust his Chakra while gathering intelligence.
• Two flying swords targeted the Raikage's neck, but he deflected them and suspected a hidden Uchiha Dōjutsu user.

Shunren and the allied forces tried to wear down the Raikage, but he fought for eighteen hours without showing clear exhaustion and forced the Mist and Stone Kekkei Genkai ninja into battle. After a point-blank explosion appeared to injure his ankle, Shunren warned the Uchiha not to attack, but more than twenty charged anyway.

• Shunren repeatedly threw Kanshou and Bakuya at the Raikage while conserving his chakra, and the Raikage deflected every attack.
• Jinin Akebino complained about the prolonged battle, while Suikazan Fuguki, Munashi Jinpachi, Juzo Biwa, and Yuki Kan discussed escalating the fight; Juzo stopped Munashi from attacking their allies.
• After fighting for eighteen hours and killing more than two thousand ninja, the Raikage charged at the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to force them into action.
• Yuki Kan used Ice Release to slow the Raikage, then Mist, Stone, and Konoha Kekkei Genkai ninja attacked with water, lava, and explosion techniques.
• A Stone Ninja detonated Explosion Release: Minefield beneath the Raikage, and an Uchiha called for everyone to attack after spotting an apparent ankle injury.
• Shunren warned the Uchiha not to attack, but more than twenty Uchiha charged the Raikage.

The Raikage lured the Uchiha and Hozuki into attacking, then overwhelmed them with his speed and Lightning Release. Shunren rescued the wounded Uchiha and evaded the Raikage, then used Yin Release: Projection as the Raikage pursued him.

• The Uchiha and Hozuki attacked the Raikage, believing his apparent injury had weakened him.
• The Raikage countered with Lightning Release, paralyzing the Hozuki and rushing the retreating Uchiha.
• The Raikage used Three-Finger Nukite to pierce seven Uchiha and injure the rest.
• Shunren struck the Raikage with his Heavy Black Iron Ruler, then retreated while carrying away the fallen Uchiha.
• The Raikage pursued Shunren, who evaded his punch with an afterimage and activated Yin Release: Projection.