Chapter Summaries

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.

Shunren fought Yotsuki Teki, a powerful Cloud Ninja who wielded the Raikage’s secret Black Lightning technique. Their strongest attacks clashed, leaving Shunren badly injured and out of chakra while Yotsuki Teki recovered enough to move freely.

• Shunren’s Railgun attack was stopped by Yotsuki Teki’s Black Lightning leopard, and Teki praised the technique.
• Shunren recognized that Teki was far stronger than an ordinary Jonin and summoned Zangetsu with Yin Release: Projection.
• Teki used his Lightning Release to move at extreme speed, but Shunren combined Mind’s Eye with his Sharingan to briefly lock onto him.
• Shunren struck with Getsuga Tensho, and Teki countered with Lightning Release: Black Panther, producing a massive explosion.
• The clash injured Teki and left Shunren gravely wounded, out of chakra, and unable to stand; Teki recovered and praised Shunren for pushing him so far.

Inoichi took control of the exhausted Shunren to rescue Kurenai and bluff Yotsuki Teki, but Gei exposed his deception. The Cloud Ninja withdrew with the letter while Inoichi left before losing control of Shunren’s body.

• Gei declared Kurenai defeated, and Yotsuki Teki moved to finish off the exhausted Shunren.
• Inoichi took over Shunren’s body with the Mind Body Switch Technique, rescued Kurenai, and used the Mind Body Disturbance Technique to deflect Yotsuki Teki’s punch.
• Inoichi bluffed that he might be controlling a Shadow Clone, making Yotsuki Teki hesitate despite Inoichi’s dwindling Chakra.
• Gei claimed he could sense Inoichi’s Chakra and exposed the bluff, leaving Inoichi unable to keep up the act.
• Yotsuki Teki decided the Cloud Ninja had completed their mission and withdrew with the letter, while Inoichi left before his control of Shunren failed.

After waking from the failed mission, Shunren and Kurenai learned that the stolen confidential letter scroll had been fake and that their team had unknowingly served as bait in Konoha’s deception of the Cloud Ninja. Shunren realized Konoha High Command had concealed the danger and left them to bear the blame, and he ended the chapter deeply resentful of the village.

• Inoichi told Shunren and Kurenai that their mission had succeeded because delivering the fake letter scroll to the Cloud Ninja was the real objective.
• Kurenai asked why the village had hidden the truth, and Inoichi explained that he had received secret instructions from Anbu before the team departed.
• Shunren inferred that Konoha High Command had kept them ignorant so they would protect the fake scroll convincingly and draw the Cloud Ninja into seizing it.
• Shunren recalled how close he had come to dying against Yotsuki Teki and realized Konoha had knowingly exposed Team 8 to the elite enemy force.
• Inoichi noticed Shunren’s anger, while Shunren concealed his resentment and grew disgusted with Konoha.

After returning to Konoha, Shunren discovered that the village had blamed him for Team 8's failed mission. When Danzo pressed him to accept the disgrace for the village, Shunren negotiated for techniques from the Scroll of Seals.

• Team 8 returned to Konoha and heard villagers accusing Shunren of causing the mission's failure.
• Inoichi promised to explain the truth to Hiruzen and defend his disciple.
• At the Hokage Building, Danzo tried to silence Inoichi and told Shunren to make a sacrifice for Konoha.
• Shunren asked for the Scroll of Seals in exchange for accepting the blame.
• After Hiruzen and Danzo rejected the full scroll, Shunren requested the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and Konoha-Style Kenjutsu: Advanced Section.

After accepting sole responsibility for a failed mission, Shunren secured two techniques from Konoha and returned to face the Uchiha leadership’s criticism. Fugaku then invited him to help guide Itachi and offered a political alliance, leaving Shunren and Fugaku poised to use each other for their own ambitions.

• Shunren accepted blame for the mission’s failure in exchange for the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and Konoha-Style Kenjutsu from Konoha High Command.
• Shunren returned to the Uchiha compound and endured a reprimand from Fugaku, Tekka, and Yashiro, while avoiding revealing the whole truth about the mission.
• After Tekka and Yashiro left, Fugaku invited Shunren to visit his home and mentioned that his son Itachi had just turned one.
• Shunren recognized that Fugaku wanted him to guide Itachi and support Fugaku’s bid to become clan head, and he praised Fugaku’s prospects.
• Fugaku promised to reward Shunren with access to Uchiha secret techniques if Shunren supported him, and Shunren pretended to accept while viewing the arrangement as mutual exploitation.