Chapter Summaries

Jin learned that his Deduction Golden Finger had entered a harder phase, but its expanded knowledge access let him generate techniques more easily. Meanwhile, Jiraiya agreed to lead Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina on a dangerous B-rank mission to investigate and assassinate a suspected village spy.

• Jin reviewed the Golden Finger's new functions and realized he could access knowledge absorbed from others, though he had lost instant mastery and advancement through others.
• Jin tried to deduce a way to fuse Hashirama Cells without awakening the Sharingan, but the system could not provide a solution with the knowledge available.
• While harvesting rice with Minato Namikaze and Jin, Kushina demanded higher-level missions, and Jiraiya agreed to take the team on one.
• At Konoha's mission hall, Jiraiya accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi's B-rank mission to investigate a suspected village spy and assassinate the target if the suspicion proved true.

Jin, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina investigated Yamada Ichiro and confirmed he was a spy when he fled at night. Jin warned Kushina and Minato Namikaze just before hidden attackers emerged from underground, revealing that the mission had been a trap targeting Kushina.

• Jiraiya assigned Minato Namikaze and Kushina to gather information while Jin and Jiraiya watched Yamada Ichiro's house.
• Minato Namikaze reported that Yamada Ichiro was a kind but friendless old man who had recently been swindled, and Jin insisted the man was suspicious.
• Yamada Ichiro fled his house at night, exposing himself as a ninja, and Jiraiya left the pursuit to Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina.
• The three pursued Yamada Ichiro, who spotted them after they made noise and then triggered explosions as they surrounded him.
• Jin signaled Minato Namikaze and Kushina to run, but figures burst from the ground, exposing a trap aimed at Kushina.

Jin, Kushina, and Minato were used as bait in a Konoha trap, and Jin fought one of the three pursuers left behind. After surviving the Chunin’s tricks, Jin poisoned him and won the fight.

• Jiraiya, Shikuro Aburame, and Yufang Hyuga ambushed the ninjas pursuing Jin, Kushina, and Minato, revealing that Konoha had set a trap around Kushina.
• Jin realized the mission had made them bait, then told Kushina and Minato to each fight one of the three pursuers who remained.
• Jin attacked a Chunin, but an Earth Clone and Explosive Tag injured him before the enemy trapped him with Earth Style techniques.
• Jin used Genjutsu: Tree Binding Death to wound the Chunin, escaped another Explosive Tag with Soru, and learned that the enemy was a battle-hardened fighter.
• Jin revealed that his kunai had been coated with Orochimaru’s snake venom, and the Chunin collapsed after his antidote failed.

Minato Namikaze defeated an enemy ninja with his newly created wind-based technique, aided by Uchiha Jin. They then witnessed Kushina overpower another opponent with a Tailed Beast Bomb, and the chapter ended with the Third Hokage arriving before her.

• Minato Namikaze evaded a wind-style ninja's attacks and unveiled Dancing Gale Rapid Wind Howl! Four Styles, a technique combining the Four Styles with wind-nature Chakra.
• The enemy wore Minato Namikaze down, but Uchiha Jin killed him with Spirit Gun before he could strike Minato.
• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin discussed Minato's technique and worried about Kushina, whom they recognized as the strongest of their group.
• Kushina chased an enemy ninja using her golden Jinchūriki form and a fox-shaped Chakra claw as he fled toward a weak point in Konoha's barrier.
• Kushina drained her Chakra and some of Kurama's to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb, destroying the fleeing ninja and collapsing her transformed state.
• The Third Hokage and other figures arrived as Kushina celebrated her strength.

Kushina discussed her control of the Nine-Tails with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who forbade her from using Tailed Beast Bombs in the village. As tensions with other villages grew, Hiruzen ordered Jiraiya to prepare his students for the front lines and rejected Shimura Danzō's attempt to claim Kushina and Uchiha Jin.

• Kushina complained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Nine-Tails had strengthened its seal and was withholding Chakra, and Hiruzen confirmed she could control it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi banned Kushina from using Tailed Beast Bombs in the village and sent her back to her teammates.
• Uchiha Jin told Minato Namikaze he was too weak and invited him to the secret base for training the next day.
• Jiraiya reported that the captured shinobi's brains had been destroyed, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered him to prepare his students for deployment to the front lines in spring.
• Shimura Danzō demanded control of Kushina and then Uchiha Jin, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused unless Jin agreed to go willingly.

Jin met the distressed Kiyoshi Hyuga, who asked him to develop a way to remove the Caged Bird and pledged himself in exchange. Jin then taught Minato Namikaze a powerful wind-based kunai technique, leaving Minato impressed by its destructive power.

• Jin found Kiyoshi Hyuga training alone in the snow and defeated him in a brief fight.
• Kiyoshi explained that the Hyuga Main Branch had assigned him to guard Hyuga Hiashi and that his parents had died protecting Main Branch members.
• Kiyoshi asked Jin to develop a ninjutsu to remove the Caged Bird and offered everything he had in return.
• Jin considered the challenge and the method suggested by Deduction, while Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze arrived.
• Jin renamed Minato's Four Styles technique Steel Tempest and demonstrated Steel Cutting Flash, a wind blade that carved a path through the forest.

Uchiha Jin taught Minato Namikaze and Kushina the difficult Steel Cutting Flash before Jiraiya announced that the team would train separately over winter and head to the front lines in spring. Kushina reunited with Tsunade, while Jin went to find Orochimaru and encountered hostile visitors in the Forest of Death.

• Uchiha Jin teased Kushina, then taught Minato Namikaze the A-rank Steel Cutting Flash as Kushina tried to learn it too.
• Jiraiya took Minato Namikaze away for winter training and said Kushina and Jin had suitable teachers; he told them the team would go to the front lines after spring began.
• Kushina returned home and found Tsunade drunk, learning that Tsunade had come back to stay for a while.
• Uchiha Jin headed to Orochimaru's hidden laboratory through the Forest of Death and confronted people waiting for him in a tree.

Uchiha Jin fought three masked operatives who claimed to have orders from the Hokage and tried to capture him. Exhausted and surrounded by insects, he jumped toward the swarm as the pursuit continued.

• Three masked operatives surrounded Uchiha Jin in the Forest of Death and demanded that he come with them on the Hokage's orders.
• Jin recognized the operatives as likely Root agents and fought off their attacks, including a water clone, a water blade, and a sea of insects.
• Jin used a Great Fireball, Soru, shuriken, and Spirit Gun to escape the operatives' traps and destroy two insect clones.
• The female ninja repeatedly blocked Jin while the orange-haired Yamanaka and the Aburame pursued him, and Jin realized his stamina was running low.
• Jin taunted the female ninja, then jumped toward the sea of insects as she prepared to attack.

Jin used the Six Paths Immortal Thief to absorb the Kikaichū swarm’s chakra, overpowering and knocking out three Root ninjas. After his temporary power faded, Orochimaru revealed he had watched the fight in hopes of making Jin awaken the Sharingan.

• Jin fell into the insects, but his Six Paths Immortal Thief drained their chakra and brought him back out in a surge of red chakra.
• Jin used Geppo and overwhelming speed to knock out the female Root ninja and then the orange-haired man and Ming, leaving all three alive.
• Orochimaru appeared and admitted he had watched the battle, hoping its life-or-death danger would awaken Jin’s Sharingan.
• Jin threatened Orochimaru for standing by, but Orochimaru pointed out that Jin’s temporary chakra would soon run out.
• Jin’s red chakra dissipated, and he explained that the Six Paths Immortal Thief could briefly open all Eight Gates by absorbing a vast supply of chakra.

After studying three Root operatives, Uchiha Jin discovered that their seals let them use ninjutsu by damaging their bodies, then spent four months training under Orochimaru. Having reached Special Jonin-level ability, Jin prepared to leave and gave Orochimaru an Undying Seal Technique scroll while promising to take revenge for the training.

• Jin brought three Root operatives to Orochimaru's base, where he learned their Basic Inner Cultivation and body imprints enabled ninjutsu at the cost of bodily damage.
• Orochimaru said he would handle the operatives and told Jin to call him Teacher Orochimaru.
• Four months later, Jin completed a test against Shuriken and Explosive Tags without opening his eyes, and Orochimaru judged him capable of fighting at Special Jonin level.
• Jin summoned Little White to retrieve a scroll, then gave Orochimaru the Undying Seal Technique as a thank-you gift and vowed to take revenge for his training.

Jin, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina assembled as Team 7 and set out on a reconnaissance mission near the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Fire. After Kushina and Minato Namikaze showed off their Summoning Animals, Jin revealed Little White by having it bite Kushina.

• Jin met Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze at the abandoned training ground and demonstrated his improved speed and swordsmanship.
• Kushina arrived with a dramatic landing, then sparred with Jin using her Monster Strength Punch.
• Jiraiya explained that Team 7 would guard against a surprise attack from Hidden Rock and conduct reconnaissance at the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Fire.
• As Team 7 traveled from Konoha, Kushina summoned Katsuyu and Minato Namikaze summoned a toad to show off their Summoning Animals.
• Kushina mocked Jin for supposedly lacking a Summoning Animal, so Jin ordered Little White to bite her nose.

Jiraiya and his team discovered a massacred border village and rescued a girl who had hidden in a well, but they refused to abandon their mission to help her seek revenge. As they continued onward, Jin and Kushina argued over whether Ninja were merely tools, leaving Kushina determined to prove him wrong.

• Jiraiya, Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina investigated a blood-soaked village and found its people murdered and its valuables stolen.
• The team rescued a girl hiding in a well, and she said three Iwagakure Ninja had attacked the village and begged for help taking revenge.
• Jin told the girl they could not help without a paid mission, and Jiraiya apologized before the team left her behind to protect their mission and hidden outposts.
• Kushina accused Jin of being heartless, and he argued that Ninja were tragic tools while questioning whether she was qualified to be one.
• Kushina rejected Jin's view, vowed to prove him wrong, and punched a tree in half.

Jiraiya brought Team 7 to a concealed Konoha outpost and assigned Kushina restrictions on using the Nine-Tails' power. The next morning, Minato accepted a scouting mission for the team, while tensions between him, Kushina, and Jin remained unresolved.

• Jiraiya led Jin, Kushina, and Minato into a hidden outpost, where the ninjas saluted him as their commander.
• Jiraiya sent Jin and Minato away, encouraged Kushina to pursue her dream of becoming Hokage, and ordered her not to use the Nine-Tails' power unless her life was in danger.
• Hizashi Hyuga introduced himself to Jin, challenged him to spar sometime, and explained that the team would earn military merit through missions.
• After resting overnight, Jin, Kushina, and Minato met at the mission station, where Minato accepted a mission to scout a village suspected of sheltering Rogue Ninja.

Uchiha Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina investigated a village at a strategic border junction after reports of rogue ninjas, but the villagers’ unusual friendliness made Jin and Minato suspect the village was hiding something. Their nighttime search revealed nothing until Kushina used her detection technique and sensed enemy ninjas beneath them.

• Uchiha Jin, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina arrived at the village and were greeted by an unusually enthusiastic crowd.
• The Village Chief said rogue ninjas had appeared nearby months earlier but vanished after Konoha ninjas investigated.
• Uchiha Jin and Minato Namikaze suspected the villagers’ friendliness was suspicious, while Kushina initially dismissed their concerns.
• The three searched the village rooftops at night but found nothing unusual.
• Kushina used Mind's Eye of the Kagura and detected enemy ninjas beneath them.

Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and Jin split up to escape an Iwagakure ambush, and Minato killed Sansho after a brief fight. Kushina turned back to protect her companions but was caught in the girl's Dust Release attack.

• Chudo ordered Sansho and the girl to pursue the three fleeing Konoha genin along separate routes.
• Minato Namikaze stopped to face Sansho, wounded him with a Kunai, then killed him with Steel Cutting Flash.
• Kushina stopped by a stream, rejected the idea of abandoning her companions, and headed back toward the battlefield.
• The girl confronted Kushina and used Dust Release: Land of Dust to cut her with fine particles.

Kushina defeated the girl using a Dust Release-like technique, while Jin was overwhelmed by Chudo’s relentless Earth Release attacks. Jin escaped being crushed by detonating a Spirit Gun beneath the earth, but emerged badly injured and faced Chudo again.

• Kushina evaded the girl’s dust by hiding in a stream, then used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to locate her hiding place and knocked her unconscious.
• The girl told Kushina that Chudo was fighting Minato Namikaze and that her teacher had gone after Uchiha Jin, prompting Kushina to end the fight quickly.
• Chudo ambushed Jin and forced him onto the defensive with a sequence of Earth Release techniques, eventually trapping him in churning earth and sand.
• Jin opened the Gate of Opening and detonated a Spirit Gun beneath the earth, blasting his way out but leaving himself severely injured.
• Jin peered at Chudo through his fingers with scarlet eyes.

Jin awakened his Sharingan and fought Chudo through a series of traps and powerful earth techniques. Minato Namikaze and Kushina arrived to help, and Team 7 regrouped and overwhelmed Chudo with a coordinated attack.

• Jin recovered from his severe burns with Six Paths Immortal Thief, then used his new Sharingan to see through Chudo's Earth Clone Jutsu and evade his attacks.
• Jin destroyed Chudo's traps and fought back with Flame Breathing, but Chudo trapped him beneath a massive boulder with his Great Sealing Technique.
• As Jin prepared to use the Reverse Summoning Technique, Minato Namikaze and Kushina arrived and forced Chudo to stop supplying Chakra to the boulder.
• Jin escaped from the shattered boulder, and Team 7 attacked Chudo together, with Kushina filling in whenever he knocked Jin or Minato Namikaze back.
• Kushina's Heavenly Foot of Pain obscured the battlefield, but Jin and Minato Namikaze struck Chudo with a Flame Tiger and Steel Cutting Flash that swallowed him.

After Jin exposed the Village Chief’s betrayal, Konoha forces arrived and massacred the village. Back at the outpost, Jin exchanged his newly created ninjutsu for battle merits, while Kushina remained shaken by the events.

• Jin, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze confronted the Village Chief, and Jin accused him of selling Konoha’s whereabouts to Iwagakure.
• The Village Chief admitted that his village had traded intelligence to survive, and Jin told him that betrayal would bring a price.
• Konoha ninja arrived at dawn and began killing everyone in the village.
• Jin brought scrolls of newly created ninjutsu to the outpost to exchange for battle merits, and the clerk said they needed evaluation back in the village.
• Jin learned that Kushina was still shaken, though she and her teammates had been promoted to chunin after defeating a jonin.

As Konoha struggled to respond to simultaneous attacks from Iwagakure and Sunagakure, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to send Orochimaru to open a front in the Land of Rain. After hearing the news, Might Duy weighed his family’s needs against his desire to protect the village and told his wife he wanted to go to the front lines.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers discussed the war’s two fronts and the threat of opening another front in the Land of Rain.
• Shimura Danzō proposed sending the Uchiha to Sunagakure, but Hiruzen Sarutobi chose Orochimaru to lead a team to the Land of Rain.
• Might Duy heard that Orochimaru would head to the Land of Rain while collecting his wages for moving goods.
• Might Duy considered the expenses of raising Might Guy and enjoyed dinner with his wife and newborn son.
• Might Duy told his wife he wanted to protect the village, provide a better life for his family, and go to the front lines.

Orochimaru prepared to lead Konoha’s remaining forces to the front lines when Might Duy asked to join them. After Duy unexpectedly demonstrated a successful Transformation Jutsu, Orochimaru recognized his connection to Uchiha Jin and decided to test his strength himself.

• Orochimaru gathered Konoha’s remaining ninja, including many young graduates, and prepared to lead them out.
• Might Duy demanded to join the front lines, despite another jonin warning that he lacked ninjutsu talent and had a newborn at home.
• Duy formed seals clumsily and successfully used the Transformation Jutsu, turning into an exact copy of Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru sensed traces of Basic Inner Cultivation and asked Duy whether he knew Uchiha Jin; Duy praised Jin.
• Orochimaru said Duy would need to prove his strength and chose to test him himself.