Chapter Summaries

Jin extorted one billion from Iwagakure and kept Ōnoki in Kusagakure as a hostage until the payment arrived. After Ōnoki and Kitsuchi left, Jin prepared to travel to Kumogakure to abduct the Two-Tails’ new Jinchūriki, while his clone warned him that Hono Uchiha was ill.

• Jin demanded one billion in Land of Fire banknotes from Ōnoki to settle the dispute, and Ōnoki agreed.
• Jin insisted that Ōnoki remain in Kusagakure as a hostage while Kitsuchi and a female ninja went to fetch the money and ninjutsu scrolls.
• Kitsuchi delivered the payment in less than three days, and Jin let Ōnoki and Kitsuchi leave Kusagakure.
• Jin said he wanted to learn the Light-Weight Rock Technique after watching Ōnoki fly away.
• Jin told his clone he was going to Kumogakure to abduct the Two-Tails’ new Jinchūriki, and the clone reminded him that Hono Uchiha had fallen ill.

Yugito Nii endured the village’s hatred and daily abuse after Matatabi was sealed inside her, while trying to grow stronger and honor Lady Yugito. A masked stranger named Jin approached her with an offer to take her somewhere she would be admired, as three corpses hung in the darkness nearby.

• Children beat Yugito Nii in the street while villagers watched and cheered, until Shirushi drove them away and offered to help her.
• Shirushi explained that the village’s hatred came from past Tailed Beast rampages, and Yugito Nii recalled that Lady Yugito had died after facing the same malice.
• That night, Yugito Nii caught and roasted a fish outside Kumogakure, then resolved to live strongly in Lady Yugito’s place.
• Jin appeared beside Yugito Nii and invited her to a place where no one would bully her and many people would admire her.
• Three dried-up corpses hung from a tree in the darkness near Jin and Yugito Nii.

Jin brought Yugito Nii from Kumogakure to the Land of Rain, where he promised she would be safe and ordered Hanzō to care for her. Back in Konoha, Jin learned that Uchiha Kagami’s illness had worsened and began considering the coming clan leadership struggle.

• Yugito Nii agreed to go with Jin, and he used darkness to take her away from Kumogakure as the Third Raikage, A, arrived to find the surveillance squad dead and the Jinchūriki missing.
• Jin brought Yugito Nii to the Land of Rain and promised her a safe home where no one would bully her.
• Hanzō learned that Yugito Nii was the Two-Tails' Jinchūriki and worried that Kumogakure would retaliate, but Jin told him to care for her as a future fighting force.
• Jin returned to Konoha and absorbed several days of memories from his Flesh Clone.
• Jin learned that Uchiha Kagami’s illness was worsening and decided it was time to prepare to contend for the clan head position.

At the Uchiha clan meeting, Fugaku asked Jin to share Research and Development Department resources with the clan, but Jin rejected the demand and exposed the Conservatives’ hypocrisy. Hono ended the meeting and ordered Jin to stay behind.

• Hono attended the meeting despite his severe illness as the Uchiha gathered in increasingly divided Radical and Conservative factions.
• Fugaku asked Jin to use Research and Development Department resources to nurture Uchiha ninja, but Jin refused and challenged the Conservatives to contribute funding themselves.
• A Conservative member claimed Jin had an obligation to support the clan, and Jin trapped him in a genjutsu until Fugaku broke it.
• Jin accused the Conservatives of coveting a village-protected department and called their conduct radical, prompting Hono to rebuke the factional bickering.
• Hono ended the meeting and told everyone to leave except Jin.

Uchiha Kagami walked through the clan compound with Jin and asked what Jin wanted to protect and how he would lead the Uchiha. Jin said he would leave Konoha and abandon the ninja life, while Kagami decided he would not let Jin become clan head.

• Uchiha Kagami walked through the compound with Jin and said the clan members were what he wanted to protect.
• Jin told Kagami that he considered himself the only thing he wanted to protect.
• Jin said he would leave Konoha, give up being a ninja, and let the Uchiha live elsewhere.
• Jin argued that Konoha's hostility toward the Uchiha stemmed from the village leadership and Tobirama Senju's legacy.
• Kagami angrily declared that he would never allow Jin to become clan head, and the two parted on bad terms.

Jin spent a peaceful day with Might Duy, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina, learning that Minato and Kushina planned to leave the Research and Development Department for new roles. That night, Jin confronted a Root member and invoked the Tongue Restriction Seal.

• Might Duy and Might Guy practiced hand-walking in the street while villagers cheered them on.
• Might Duy invited Jin and his son to a barbecue restaurant, where Minato Namikaze and Kushina joined them and awkwardly denied they were dating.
• Minato Namikaze told Jin that he planned to focus on missions, while Kushina planned to become a Medical Ninja.
• Jin emerged from the shadows that night and confronted a kneeling Root member, then activated the Tongue Restriction Seal.

Fugaku Uchiha agreed to investigate Uchiha Jin after a Root ninja told him Jin had sold ninjutsu to Mifune of the Land of Iron. Jin revealed he had arranged the meeting and asked Hiruko to stop Fugaku from returning to the village.

• A Root ninja warned Fugaku Uchiha that Jin might take control of the Uchiha Clan and told him Jin had sold two ninjutsu to Mifune for one hundred million Land of Fire banknotes.
• The Root ninja gave Fugaku a mission to leave the village and search for evidence, and Fugaku left that night after deciding he could not let Jin become clan head.
• Jin discussed Orochimaru's Soul Splitting Technique with Kiyoshi Hyuga and Hiruko at home.
• A Root ninja reported to Jin that Fugaku had left the village, and Jin erased the ninja's memory of their meeting.
• Jin asked Hiruko to prevent Fugaku from returning, and Hiruko asked whether he could absorb Fugaku's Kekkei Genkai.

Uchiha Jin explained to Kiyoshi Hyuga why the Hokage could interfere in the Uchiha succession, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō discussed preventing Jin from becoming clan head and Root’s response to Kusagakure selling stolen ninjutsu. As Uchiha Kagami prepared to name a successor, Jin’s agents murdered him before he could finish.

• Jin told Kiyoshi Hyuga that Hiruzen Sarutobi could use covert pressure to influence the Uchiha clan head succession.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō agreed that Jin must not become clan head, then discussed Kusagakure selling ninjutsu from Konoha and other villages.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to send Root to eliminate Kusagakure and recover the techniques, restoring Root’s authority.
• Uchiha Kagami, near death, asked for paper and began writing an appointment using the clan head seal.
• Two medical staff members subdued Kagami, and one whispered that Lord Jin sent his regards as Kagami died.

After Uchiha Kagami died, Uchiha Jin used Kagami’s final wish to secure the clan leadership, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō arrived and challenged the succession by raising suspicion about Kagami’s death. The chapter left the Uchiha divided over whether to examine Kagami’s body.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō learned that Fugaku Uchiha had left the village on a valid long-term mission and suspected Uchiha Jin had arranged it.
• An Anbu reported that Uchiha Kagami had died and that the Uchiha Clan had gathered at his home.
• Uchiha Jin offered condolences to Kagami’s family and promised to arrange the funeral and support Kagami’s children.
• Uchiha Kō read Kagami’s final wish appointing Uchiha Jin as the new clan head, effectively deciding Jin’s succession.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō interrupted the gathering, and Danzo questioned whether Jin had caused Kagami’s death.
• A Conservative Faction Uchiha called for an examination of Kagami’s body, prompting Uchiha Kō to angrily object.

The Uchiha Clan demanded an autopsy to clear Jin, and Mikoto Uchiha concluded that Uchiha Kagami died from old injuries. After Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi left, Fugaku Uchiha reached the Land of Iron and encountered Hiruko, who intended to stop him.

• Uchiha Kō agreed to an autopsy, but Uchiha Kōha objected to Danzo's Root ninjas conducting it and accused Danzo of framing Jin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left the Uchiha to handle the matter, and Mikoto Uchiha examined Uchiha Kagami's body with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Mikoto Uchiha reported that Uchiha Kagami's old injuries had obstructed his lungs and caused his sudden death.
• Jin asked Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi to leave, and both departed the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Fugaku Uchiha reached the border of the Land of Iron, where Hiruko confronted him and said Jin wanted him to stay there forever.

Uchiha Fugaku fought Hiruko and forced him to the ground, but Hiruko refused to reveal Uchiha Jin’s plans. Fugaku began to suspect Jin was trying to remove him from the clan so he could become Clan Head, perhaps by targeting the gravely ill Uchiha Kagami.

• Hiruko attacked Fugaku, who used his Sharingan, fire techniques, and steel wire to counter him.
• Fugaku summoned a bright yellow skeletal giant and defeated Hiruko, then demanded that he reveal Jin’s objective.
• Hiruko refused to betray Jin despite Fugaku’s interrogation.
• Fugaku connected the plot to Root and Uchiha Kagami’s grave illness, suspecting Jin wanted him gone to seize the Clan Head position.
• Fugaku feared Jin might harm Kagami and vowed to kill him if he did.

Uchiha Jin presided over Uchiha Kagami’s funeral while privately admitting he had arranged Kagami’s death. Three days later, Jin waited at Nanka Shrine for the clan-head succession ceremony as Fugaku’s absence worried both the Uchiha conservatives and Konoha’s leaders, until an angry voice called Jin’s name.

• Jin read Uchiha Kagami’s achievements at the funeral and watched as the clan buried him.
• After the mourners left, Uchiha Hachidai asked Jin whether he had killed Kagami, but Jin denied it.
• Jin privately admitted he had caused Kagami’s death because Kagami had stood in his way.
• Three days later, the Uchiha gathered at Nanka Shrine for Jin’s clan-head succession ceremony, while Fugaku remained absent.
• Jin waited for Fugaku to arrive as the Conservative Faction and Konoha’s leaders grew anxious.
• An angry voice called Uchiha Jin’s name, and Jin smiled as the person arrived.

Fugaku Uchiha confronted Jin over the Great Elder’s death and challenged him to a decisive fight for control of the Uchiha Clan. Jin manipulated Fugaku’s doubts until Fugaku offered to obey him if he lost, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo as the battle began.

• Fugaku Uchiha returned with the injured Hiruko and demanded to know where the Great Elder was, and Jin claimed Elder Hono had died.
• Fugaku accused Jin of murdering the Great Elder and challenged him to fight, so Jin led him outside Konoha.
• Fugaku attacked Jin with his sword, but Jin blocked the strike and kicked him away with the Monstrous Strength Technique.
• Jin denied killing the Great Elder and said Hiruko had acted on his own, making Fugaku question his accusations.
• Fugaku proposed that the loser accept the winner’s terms, and Jin agreed as Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

Jin overwhelmed Fugaku Uchiha in battle with his giant Heavenly Demon, destroying Fugaku’s Susanoo and leaving him defeated. Jin returned to Nanka Shrine with Fugaku and declared that he would become the Uchiha clan head, challenging the clan to object.

• Jin summoned the nearly hundred-meter-tall Heavenly Demon and faced Fugaku’s armored Susanoo.
• Fugaku charged Jin repeatedly, but the Heavenly Demon knocked him down and drained his Chakra.
• Fugaku unleashed flaming blades and struck at Jin, but Jin shattered the blades and broke through the Susanoo.
• Jin’s final blow sent Fugaku crashing into a crater and left him motionless.
• Jin brought Fugaku to Nanka Shrine and declared that he would become clan head, asking the Uchiha Clan Members who agreed or objected.

Uchiha Jin presided over his first clan meeting and rejected both factions’ proposals as vague and impractical, ordering them to present written plans once a year instead. After the meeting, he rewarded two of Uchiha Kagami’s medical attendants, who had secretly joined Jin’s side, with scrolls containing his Chakra Inner Cultivation method.

• Uchiha Jin watched the Radical and Conservative Factions argue over whether to seize the Hokage position or seek understanding with Konoha.
• Jin asked whether marrying Tsunade would form an alliance with the Senju Clan, then dismissed the idea because he thought she was too violent.
• Jin challenged both factions to explain how their proposals would work and criticized their lack of concrete plans.
• Jin ended monthly clan meetings and ordered each faction to prepare a plan to present once a year.
• After the meeting, Uchiha Kagami’s two medical attendants reported to Jin, who rewarded them with scrolls of his Yin-Yang Polarity Great Method.

Jin spent a leisurely afternoon with Kushina and Minato, discussed his strength and the Third Layer of Chakra Inner Cultivation, then received intelligence from Yakushi Nonō. The chapter left him considering Danzo’s plan to move against Kusagakure.

• Jin relaxed in his yard with Kushina and Minato, who explained that they were resting after work and a mission.
• Minato asked Jin how strong he had become, and Jin said he could easily kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and might approach Madara Uchiha’s strength after completing the Third Layer of Chakra Inner Cultivation.
• Kushina and Minato left after recalling something they needed to do, and Jin grumbled that they were avoiding being a third wheel.
• Yakushi Nonō appeared and told Jin that Danzo was preparing to make a move against Kusagakure.
• Jin wondered whether Danzo would go himself.

Jin had his Flesh Clones install an Ōtsutsuki Byakugan in his forehead, enduring a painful operation before using his authority to arrange for a clone to remain in Konoha. He then prepared to travel to the Land of Rain.

• Jin told Yakushi Nonō she could leave Root if she ever wanted to, then dismissed her.
• Jin entered his underground laboratory and asked his Flesh Clones to install the Byakugan and connect its ocular nerves.
• The clones operated on Jin without anesthesia while eating hot pot, and Jin later healed the surgical wound with black flames.
• Jin chose Clone Number Two to stay in Konoha after the other two clones vanished to avoid the assignment.
• Jin opened a Teleportation Gate to the Land of Rain and walked through it.

Jin moved to the Land of Rain and uncovered Madara Uchiha’s presence in Kirigakure, prompting Madara to decide to kill him. Meanwhile, Danzo sent Root on a mission to destroy Kusagakure, unaware that its members viewed him strangely.

• Jin arrived at New City and learned that the Five Great Nations’ ninja villages had been seeking Konoha’s ninjutsu through Kusagakure.
• Jin used his Byakugan to locate and crush a White Zetsu, then sent a message to Madara Uchiha.
• Jin traced Madara to Kirigakure, where Madara decided to lure Jin to the Land of Water and kill him.
• Danzo ordered more than half of Root to destroy Kusagakure, unaware that his subordinates were watching him with strange expressions.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan discussed the new Medical Ninja Corps recruitment, and Nagato declined to join while Shiranoka volunteered. Jin appointed Shiranoka to command the Medical Corps, leaving her stunned by the responsibility.

• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan read the Medical Ninja Corps recruitment notice, and Yahiko urged Nagato to apply because of his Pill Refining skills.
• Konan showed off her new Explosive Tags, prompting a jonin to seize and detonate them before paying her for the loss.
• Nagato declined to join the Medical Corps and told Shiranoka they would rely on her to treat their wounded.
• Shiranoka chose the Medical Ninja recruitment and was summoned to the Daimyo's Estate, where Jin asked about her training.
• Jin appointed Shiranoka commander of the Medical Corps because her medical ninjutsu was the strongest in the Land of Rain, leaving her bewildered.

Shiranoka became Legion Commander of the newly established Medical Corps and recruited a thousand Medical Ninjas, while Jin revealed to Hanzō that he intended to use the coming war to drive progress in the shinobi world. The Corps began forming in the Land of Rain, where most recruits were women, and a bespectacled youth looked forward to the shinobi world.

• Shiranoka told Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato that Mr. An had appointed her Legion Commander of the Medical Corps and tasked her with recruiting a thousand Medical Ninjas.
• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato asked to join Shiranoka's Corps, and Shiranoka agreed on the condition that they learn medical ninjutsu.
• Jin told Hanzō that the Medical Corps would let them enter the shinobi battlefield and argued that war and suffering would push the shinobi world to advance.
• The Land of Rain quickly formed the Medical Corps, recruiting many volunteers, about seventy percent of whom were women.
• Yahiko questioned the gender imbalance, Konan threatened him with an Explosive Tag, and Jonin Kinoki took it away.
• A bespectacled youth watched the recruits and said the world of shinobi was something to yearn for.