Chapter Summaries

Ōnoki considered how Iwagakure could survive Konoha’s growing strength and ordered an alliance with Sunagakure and Amegakure while seeking aid from other villages. Kumogakure chose to wait and rebuild, while Madara Uchiha appeared in the Mizukage’s office, watching events unfold.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure shinobi to retreat if Sakumo Hatake appeared on the battlefield, then asked them who could restrain him.
• Ōnoki decided Iwagakure should form an alliance with Sunagakure and Amegakure and request aid from Kumogakure and Kirigakure.
• Third Raikage A declined to join the war, deciding Kumogakure needed more time to recover its strength.
• Madara Uchiha emerged from the shadows in the Third Mizukage’s office and picked up a Konoha document about the White Fang.

Madara Uchiha discussed the threat posed by Konoha’s growing strength and ordered Basic Inner Cultivation sent to other villages to counter it. In the Land of Rain, Hanzō declared war on Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure after their battles devastated his country.

• Black Zetsu reported that Konoha’s White Fang had become strong enough to challenge Madara Uchiha, and Madara dismissed Uchiha Jin and Fugaku Uchiha as potential successors.
• Black Zetsu warned that Basic Inner Cultivation had made Konoha too powerful for the other villages to oppose.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to distribute Basic Inner Cultivation to the other villages in Kirigakure’s name.
• Hanzō used Ibuse’s poisonous mist to drive back the ninja of Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure in the Land of Rain.
• Hanzō killed an injured Konoha Ninja who invoked the White Fang and declared war on the three great ninja villages.

Jiraiya explained to Minato Namikaze and Kushina how his strength compared with Sakumo Hatake, while Jin trained against White Fang. White Fang received orders from the Hokage to give up command of the Land of Rivers defensive line to Tsunade and return to the village, leaving him concerned that Sunagakure would attack once he departed.

• Jiraiya told Minato Namikaze and Kushina that Sakumo was more dangerous in a fight to the death and suggested Minato could learn from him.
• Jin repeatedly attacked White Fang but could not land a hit until White Fang briefly let his guard down, then Jin escaped a counterattack.
• An Anbu member delivered the Hokage's order for White Fang to hand command of the Land of Rivers defensive line to Tsunade and return to the village.
• Jin suggested they rebel, but White Fang ordered him to return to the village with him.
• White Fang worried Sunagakure would attack after he left the defensive line.

Uchiha Jin left the camp with White Fang, survived Tsunade’s furious reaction to his teasing, and traveled with White Fang while considering how to advance his Basic Inner Cultivation. They reached a city, where White Fang planned to visit courtesans and Jin appeared to be plotting to tell on him.

• White Fang led Uchiha Jin away from camp, then deliberately let Tsunade catch Jin staring at her, prompting her to smash the ground with a punch as Jin fled.
• Jin confronted White Fang for setting him up, and the two argued and fought as they continued through the forest.
• Jin asked why White Fang had brought him along, and White Fang said there was no such thing as a small-time Uchiha before joking about reading people’s hearts.
• Jin reflected on White Fang’s example of using willpower to manipulate Chakra and considered how it might help him complete the difficult Third Layer of Basic Inner Cultivation.
• Jin and White Fang reached a city and rented separate rooms; White Fang announced he planned to drink with courtesans, while Jin smiled as if planning to report him.

Jin followed White Fang at night hoping to gather evidence, but White Fang caught him and returned to Konoha to an ecstatic welcome. Jin went home and found his house overrun with ninja cats, forcing Little Meow to chase them off and clean up.

• Jin followed Little White's directions while tracking White Fang, but White Fang revealed Jin's marked clothing and sent him back to sleep.
• White Fang and Jin reached Konoha, where the guards announced White Fang's return and a crowd carried him through the gates.
• Jin avoided the welcoming crowd and reflected that Hiruzen Sarutobi remained in power, then headed home.
• Jin found his house filled with cats and seized Little Meow, ordering it to clear them out and restore the room by the next day.
• Little Meow frightened the ninja cats into fleeing by warning them that Jin ate cat meat, then agreed to clean up after Little White threatened to eat it.

Uchiha Kagami summoned Uchiha Jin and asked him to support Fugaku and preserve the Uchiha Clan after Kagami’s death. Jin rejected the assumption that Fugaku should lead and asked why he could not become clan head.

• Fugaku Uchiha arrived at Jin’s house and told him that the Great Elder wanted to see him.
• Jin followed Fugaku to Uchiha Kagami’s courtyard and mocked Kagami while he fished.
• Kagami asked Jin what he thought of the village, and Jin called it a system that restricted ninja and used the Will of Fire to control them.
• Kagami admitted his lifespan was nearing its end and pleaded with Jin to help Fugaku preserve the Uchiha Clan.
• Jin asked why Fugaku had to be clan head and why he could not take the position himself.

Uchiha Jin challenged Uchiha Kagami’s defense of clan tradition and rejected the clan’s claim on his loyalty, prompting Kagami to warn Fugaku that Jin might need to be killed. Afterward, Jin learned Kirigakure had killed an orphan’s parents and gave Uchiha Hachidai a Stone Breathing scroll before Hachidai left for the Kirigakure front.

• Jin accused Kagami of demanding change from Konoha while preserving the Uchiha Clan’s own hereditary rule and treating clan members as expendable.
• Kagami warned Fugaku that Jin could either strengthen or destroy the Uchiha Clan, then told him to kill Jin if the chance arose.
• Jin found Hachidai comforting a girl whose parents had been killed by Kirigakure ninja, and learned Hachidai would soon accompany the Young Clan Head to the Kirigakure front.
• Jin gave Hachidai a Stone Breathing scroll suited to his Earth affinity and swordsmanship, and told him to stay alive.

Hachidai began studying the Stone Breathing techniques Uchiha Jin had given him and urged Fugaku to accept Jin as a member of the clan. At White Fang’s public commendation ceremony, Sakumo Hatake received an armband and the title of Konoha’s White Fang, then asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to let Jin view the Forbidden Scroll.

• Hachidai read the Stone Breathing scroll and told Fugaku that he should not reject Jin, while Fugaku apologized for his difficulty as clan head.
• Residents gathered for White Fang’s commendation ceremony, discussing their worries about the war and praising Sakumo Hatake.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi presented Sakumo with an armband and declared him Konoha’s White Fang.
• Sakumo thanked Hiruzen and requested that Uchiha Jin be allowed to view the Forbidden Scroll, causing Hiruzen’s smile to freeze.

Uchiha Jin used White Fang and Tsunade’s support to force Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him view the Forbidden Scroll. Mitokado Homura brought Jin to the Hokage Residence basement and gave him one hour to study the scroll in a dim corridor.

• White Fang named Uchiha Jin as the person who should receive access to the Forbidden Scroll, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitant because Jin was an Uchiha.
• White Fang revealed that Tsunade had also agreed to support Jin’s application, and Hiruzen reluctantly approved it.
• Jin demanded to view the scroll immediately, and Hiruzen ordered Mitokado Homura to take him there.
• Mitokado Homura brought Jin to the Hokage Residence and warned him that the scroll was a village secret and that Anbu would monitor him.
• Mitokado Homura gave Jin the Forbidden Scroll and limited his study time to one hour in the dim basement corridor.

Uchiha Jin secretly copied the Forbidden Scroll after rapidly reading it, then studied its techniques while planning to improve Basic Inner Cultivation. Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to kill Jin, but Hiruzen refused and ordered him placed under full surveillance.

• Uchiha Jin used his Sharingan to read the Forbidden Scroll before Mitokado Homura ended his viewing time and escorted him out.
• Jin used the Camera Technique to write the scroll’s contents onto a blank scroll and focused on its Fūinjutsu.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elder advisors, arguing that Jin could use the Forbidden Scroll as a reference to develop new jutsu.
• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen kill Jin, but Hiruzen refused and ordered that Jin be kept under full surveillance.
• Danzo warned Hiruzen that he would regret the decision, then left the office.

Jin considered how to improve Basic Inner Cultivation and used the Forbidden Scroll’s ideas to deduce a Yin attribute method focused on strengthening the Sharingan. The deduction revealed that hostile forces had obtained powerful Konoha ninjutsu, leaving Jin worried about the consequences and considering how to involve the entire ninja world in his research.

• Jin weighed the risks of choosing an attribute for Basic Inner Cultivation and focused on Yin Release because it could complement his Sharingan and might later support multiple attributes.
• Jin used the Golden Finger to deduce Yin attribute Chakra inner cultivation, creating a complex three-layer Fūinjutsu that could be converted from Basic Inner Cultivation.
• Jin noticed the deduction had drawn on forbidden and powerful techniques, including Izanagi, Susanoo, Dust Release, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Jin concluded that hostile forces had obtained his ninjutsu and feared that Hiruzen Sarutobi would blame him if other villages gained Basic Inner Cultivation.
• Jin realized that even knowledge from across the ninja world barely sufficed for the Yin attribute method and considered having the entire ninja world research Chakra inner cultivation.

Jin named his newly developed chakra-based inner cultivation technique the Heavenly Demon Art and considered how to combine Yin Release, the Sharingan, and techniques from the Forbidden Scroll. Uchiha Hachidai visited to say farewell before leaving for the Land of Hot Water, where Jin questioned him about Kirigakure and the local cults.

• Jin named his new cultivation technique the Heavenly Demon Art and planned to develop it gradually, while considering combining the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, Shadow Imitation Jutsu, Sharingan, and Flying Thunder God.
• Uchiha Hachidai visited Jin to say he was leaving for the Land of Hot Water the next day.
• Jin asked Hachidai about Kirigakure, and Hachidai said its shinobi were elusive while Konoha's forces mostly fought strange Cult Ninja.
• Hachidai warned Jin that Cult Ninja were unpredictable and dangerous without intelligence about their techniques.
• Jin asked about the Jashin Cult, but Hachidai had never heard of it, so Jin asked him to pass along any information he found.

Jin’s brief rest ended when White Fang assigned him an S-rank mission to investigate Kumogakure. Meanwhile, Fugaku arrived at the Land of Hot Water base and learned that Kirigakure ninja had been appearing more often.

• Nobi brought Jin a bento and asked for his autograph, but Jin vanished with the food and left him furious.
• Jin spotted White Fang, tried to turn back, and was intercepted in an alley.
• White Fang told Jin they had received an S-rank mission to investigate Kumogakure and promised to bring him back safely.
• Fugaku led the Uchiha Clan Members to their hidden base in the Land of Hot Water.
• An Uchiha Clan Member warned Fugaku that Kirigakure ninja had been appearing more frequently.

Fugaku Uchiha took a mission to locate a Kirigakure squad that had wiped out Konoha ninja in the Land of Hot Water. He and his companions found evidence that the Kirigakure ninja had returned to a nearby inn and killed seven more people, then headed to the final site investigated by Konoha.

• Fugaku, Hachidai, and Uchiha Shin accepted the mission to find the missing Kirigakure squad.
• Sarutobi Fuji gave Fugaku the mission report and warned that Kirigakure might enter the Second Great Ninja War.
• The three examined the first battle site and found only dried blood, with no lingering ninjutsu traces.
• Fugaku, Hachidai, and Uchiha Shin searched a nearby hot spring inn and found seven corpses hanging in the storeroom.
• Hachidai concluded that the Kirigakure ninja had returned to the inn, and Fugaku led the group toward the third location.

Hachidai, Uchiha Shin, and Fugaku investigated the third ninja disappearance site and discovered signs of Kirigakure’s involvement. They were ambushed by Rain Ninja and Kirigakure forces, who planned to weaken Konoha before entering the war.

• Hachidai explained that Kirigakure’s brutal culture made it especially dangerous, as the three hurried toward the third disappearance site.
• Hachidai found traces of the Hiding in Mist Technique and identified it as a foundational technique of Kirigakure’s Assassination Squad.
• Hachidai offered Fugaku and Uchiha Shin copies of Basic Inner Cultivation, which could enhance their Sharingan.
• The three followed the trail through a canyon toward the sea, where they realized it led toward the Land of Lightning.
• A trap collapsed the ground and surrounded the three with Rain Ninja and Kirigakure forces.
• The enemies revealed they were baiting Konoha squads to weaken its forces, then ordered their fighters to kill the Uchiha trio.

Uchiha Hachidai fought through the Hidden Mist’s assassination unit while searching for Fugaku Uchiha. He identified and struck Hakuki, but Hakuki escaped by turning into water, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Uchiha Hachidai killed a mist ninja who attacked him from behind by trapping him in genjutsu and cutting his throat.
• Hachidai used Stone Breathing to repel three attackers and ran through the fog to find Fugaku Uchiha.
• Hakuki confronted Hachidai and shattered the stone axes and hammers protecting him with a lightning-fast strike.
• Hachidai counterattacked with Stone Breathing and Earth Release: Great Earth River, exposing the hidden mist shinobi and trapping Hakuki in mud.
• Hachidai struck Hakuki with Wheel of Judgment, but Hakuki turned into water and escaped the blow.

Fugaku Uchiha fought Kirigakure's assassination unit inside a dense mist, killing Enki and several other mist ninja while countering their genjutsu and attacks. After Kirigakure unleashed multiple Water Dragon Bullet Techniques at once, Fugaku defended himself with Dragon Flame Protection Technique, and the mist ninja wondered whether they had killed him.

• Fugaku Uchiha blocked shuriken in the mist, killed a mist ninja with his Sharingan, and resisted Enki's seductive voice-based genjutsu.
• Fugaku used Genjutsu: Mirror Heaven and Earth Transfer to appear before Enki, but another mist ninja interrupted his strike with Water Release: Water Dragon Fang.
• Fugaku concealed himself with genjutsu, caught up to Enki, and killed her with a blade through the chest.
• Kirigakure's mist ninja attacked Fugaku with weapons and a massive Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but he destroyed the water dragon with Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique.
• Fugaku killed a mist ninja who acted as bait, then countered several simultaneous water dragons with Fire Release: Dragon Flame Protection Technique as the mist ninja wondered whether he had survived.

Fugaku and Uchiha Shin fought Shiki and the Kirigakure mist ninja, but Shiki poisoned and immobilized Fugaku. Uchiha Shin sacrificed himself to save Fugaku, who awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and faced the advancing enemies.

• Fugaku reunited with Uchiha Shin in the mist, and they learned Hachidai was still missing while Shiki controlled corpses to attack them.
• Fugaku and Uchiha Shin burned and cut down the corpses, but Shiki made two explode and poisoned Fugaku with their blood.
• Shiki immobilized Fugaku with the Human Manipulation Technique and prepared to kill him.
• Uchiha Shin took the kunai meant for Fugaku, urged him to drink the antidote, and detonated his Explosive Tags while clutching Shiki, but Shiki escaped as water.
• Fugaku drank the antidote, saw Shiki taunt him with Uchiha Shin's death, and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as the mist ninja charged.

Fugaku awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and slaughtered the Kirigakure force that had cornered Hachidai, but he asked Hachidai to keep his new power secret and wrestled with the cost of Shin’s death. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Fuji learned that Kirigakure had invaded the Land of Hot Water and declared war.

• Hachidai struggled to survive Hakuki and the mist ninja’s attacks as the fog thickened around them.
• Fugaku appeared in Susanoo, revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan, and killed the Kirigakure ninja while sparing Hachidai.
• Fugaku told Hachidai to keep his Mangekyō secret and mourned Shin, whose death had brought him the power.
• Sarutobi Fuji received reports of Kirigakure forces entering the Land of Hot Water, destroying Konoha outposts, and wiping out Konoha ninja.
• Sarutobi Fuji concluded that Kirigakure had declared war.

Uchiha Jin traveled through the Land of Iron with White Fang, dismissing the samurai while developing a Shuriken Gun. Their journey ended with news that Kirigakure had declared war.

• White Fang explained that he had brought Jin through the Land of Iron to broaden his horizons while Konoha monitored Kumogakure.
• Jin criticized the Land of Iron's samurai and showed White Fang a Shuriken Gun that fired Chakra-wrapped shuriken.
• White Fang recognized the weapon's potential despite its limitations and watched Jin demonstrate it.
• White Fang received a message from Konoha and learned that Kirigakure had declared war.