Chapter Summaries

Minato Namikaze battled Sarutobi Kiwami in the jonin exam, revealing that he had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and disabling both of Sarutobi Kiwami’s arms. Jin began his match against Inuzuka Kon with Little Meow and Little White, and their battle erupted.

• Minato Namikaze dodged Sarutobi Kiwami’s attacks while Kushina watched from a tree and stayed out of the fight.
• Sarutobi Kiwami used a powerful Fire Release technique despite the exam’s restrictions, so Minato Namikaze vowed to make him unable to fight.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear behind Sarutobi Kiwami and cut off both of his arms.
• Jin summoned Little Meow and Little White to face Inuzuka Kon and his dog, and the animals’ strange exchange briefly confused the fighters.
• Jin and Inuzuka Kon began their battle as they watched the flames from Minato Namikaze’s fight in the distance.

Inuzuka Kon and Kigamaru attacked Uchiha Jin with their enhanced Fang Over Fang techniques, while Jin’s summoned Little White and Little Meow fought to stop them. After the summons were defeated and Jin’s Shadow Clone was destroyed, Jin emerged from Kon’s shadow and prepared to face him directly.

• Inuzuka Kon and Kigamaru used Fang Over Fang to attack Jin, and Little White shielded him while Little Meow tried to claw the spinning pair.
• Kon and Kigamaru switched targets repeatedly, knocking Little White and Little Meow unconscious until both summons vanished in smoke.
• Jin advised Kon to try the next Jonin Exam, but Kon angrily charged with Kigamaru using Tornado Blade.
• Jin blocked the attack with Dark Wall, but Kon shattered the barriers and struck what appeared to be Jin, which vanished as a Shadow Clone.
• Jin emerged from Kon’s shadow and said the gap between them was too great as Kon and Kigamaru transformed into tornadoes again.

Uchiha Jin defeated Inuzuka Kon and Kigamaru during the Jonin Exam, then joined Minato Namikaze and Kushina as they searched for their targets. After Aburame Fujine tried to steal Kushina’s number plate, the three pursued and surrounded her.

• Jin trapped Inuzuka Kon and Kigamaru in darkness, forced them to surrender, and knocked them unconscious.
• Two female ninja retrieved Inuzuka Kon’s number plate and identified Jin, Might Duy, and Minato Namikaze as certain to pass the exam.
• Jin reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kushina, and the three searched for their targets before resting in a cave at night.
• Aburame Fujine’s insects tried to steal Kushina’s number plate, but Kushina caught and crushed them, exposing the theft attempt.
• Kushina ordered Jin and Minato Namikaze to pursue Aburame Fujine, and the three surrounded her in the forest.

Kushina’s attempt to make a name for herself in the Jonin Assessment stalled when Aburame Fujine surrendered, but the next morning Kushina defeated her target. The chapter left Kushina celebrating until Jin revealed he already had a number plate.

• Aburame Fujine surrendered and discarded her number plate, frustrating Kushina, who had wanted to fight and showcase her strength.
• Jin, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze rested in a new hiding place, then set out again the following morning to find their targets.
• The trio found Kushina’s target fighting Uchiha Kōha, and Kushina charged in to attack the bald ninja.
• Jin told Uchiha Kōha to leave, and Kōha withdrew while Kushina fought and defeated her target.
• Kushina returned with a number plate and celebrated completing the assessment, but Jin showed her a number plate of his own and mocked her.

Uchiha Jin revealed that he had secretly obtained his mission tag at the start of the Forest of Death, leaving Minato Namikaze as the last member of their team to complete the exam. Minato tracked down Kurama Sansai, who surrendered but agreed to fight him for her freedom.

• Jin told Kushina and Minato that he had swapped his target's number tag for a stone using the Flying Thunder God Technique as soon as they entered the forest.
• Kushina got angry that Jin had kept his success secret, while Minato stopped her from attacking him and turned to completing his own mission.
• Minato released an Aburame tracking bug, and the team followed it to Kurama Sansai after she took a number tag from an unconscious Hyuga ninja.
• Sansai noticed the bug and its tracking powder, but Jin, Kushina, and Minato soon surrounded her.
• Sansai surrendered, and Jin offered her a chance to leave if she defeated Minato in a one-on-one fight; she accepted.

Minato Namikaze fought Kurama Sansai, whose genjutsu and Haki kept him on the defensive. After narrowly surviving her illusions and counterattacks, Minato said he had discovered her weakness, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Kurama Sansai and Minato Namikaze began their fight while Uchiha Jin and Kushina watched from a distance.
• Kurama Sansai used Armament Haki and layered genjutsu to mislead Minato, but he repeatedly escaped her attacks with substitutions and genjutsu releases.
• Minato countered with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu and Steel Cutting Flash, while Kurama Sansai evaded his strikes and kept him at a disadvantage.
• Kurama Sansai trapped Minato with Stone Ambush Kill, but he escaped with a shadow clone and struck back with a Rasengan.
• Minato and Kurama Sansai exchanged further attacks, and Minato announced that he thought he had figured out her weakness.

Minato Namikaze defeated Kurama Sansai by adapting to her disorienting Genjutsu and using the Flying Thunder God Technique. After Sansai surrendered, Uchiha Jin and Kushina joined them.

• Kurama Sansai trapped Minato Namikaze in Infinite Hell, scrambled his senses, and wounded him with Kunai and Shuriken.
• Minato Namikaze revealed the Flying Thunder God Technique, surprising Uchiha Jin and Kushina as he evaded Sansai's attacks.
• Minato Namikaze closed his eyes and reconstructed his sense of spatial orientation, allowing him to strike Sansai and overcome her Genjutsu.
• Minato Namikaze held a Kunai to Sansai's neck, and she surrendered by handing over her number tag.
• Uchiha Jin praised Minato Namikaze and comforted Kurama Sansai, who corrected him when he mistakenly called her Clouds.

After the survival phase of the jōnin examination, Orochimaru announced that only eighty-eight of 923 candidates had passed and led them into the comprehensive examination. Uchiha Jin finished his test and left, drawing Orochimaru’s interest in Hiruko.

• Uchiha Jin, Kushina, and the other survivors returned from the seven-day wilderness examination as Orochimaru announced that eighty-eight candidates had passed.
• Orochimaru privately acknowledged that Might Duy had passed only because he had arranged for someone to take his number-three tag.
• Orochimaru led the candidates to the comprehensive examination, prompting Kushina to worry about an unprepared written test.
• Uchiha Jin submitted his paper to Hiruko, praised him, and suggested they discuss things together sometime.
• Uchiha Jin casually called Hiruzen Sarutobi “Old man” before leaving, while Orochimaru wondered what Hiruko might bring to the village.

Jin officially became a Jonin and agreed to serve as Orochimaru’s research assistant. He recruited Kiyoshi Hyuga for his squad, then joined Kushina and Minato for a chaotic barbecue meal.

• Orochimaru gave Jin his Jonin certificate and explained his new authority to form a squad and choose missions.
• Jin invited Kiyoshi Hyuga to join his squad and agreed to work as Orochimaru’s research assistant.
• Jin, Kushina, and Minato competed fiercely over barbecue meat until a little girl named Red called them losers.

Uchiha Jin teased Kushina after she failed the jonin exam and became a Special Jonin, then was summoned to an Uchiha clan meeting. He arrived at Naka Shrine, where the clan members tested his presence with their Sharingan, and the meeting began with him standing apart in the corner.

• Jin revealed that he had passed the jonin exam, while Minato Namikaze told him that Kushina had failed and become a Special Jonin.
• Jin mocked Kushina, dodged her Monster Strength Punch with Soru, and fled as she chased him around Minato Namikaze.
• Two Uchiha Clan Members summoned Jin to meet with Uchiha Kagami, and Jin left Kushina and Minato Namikaze to go with them.
• At Naka Shrine, Jin met the gathered Uchiha ninjas and answered their pressure with his three-tomoe Sharingan and a dark aura.
• Uchiha Kagami declared that Jin could attend the clan's internal meetings as a jonin, and the Uchiha meeting began with Jin leaning against a wall.

At an Uchiha clan meeting, members argued over how to raise the clan’s standing in Konoha, exposing a divide between doves and hawks. Fugaku revealed his dovish stance, and Uchiha Jin publicly mocked him, leaving the clan in uproar.

• The Uchiha clan discussed Police Force business before Hono Uchiha shifted the meeting to improving the clan’s standing.
• A proposal to open the Police Force to other villagers split the clan, and Hono Uchiha stopped the argument from straying from the main issue.
• The doves advocated closer ties with villagers and the Hokage, while the hawks resisted and called for an Uchiha to become Hokage.
• Hono Uchiha asked Fugaku whether he could compete for Hokage, and Fugaku said the position required recognition from everyone, showing his dovish leanings.
• Uchiha Jin called Fugaku stupid and criticized his reliance on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s words, then predicted Fugaku would destroy the clan if he became its head.
• The Uchiha members angrily denounced Jin for insulting their young clan head.

Uchiha Jin exposed Fugaku Uchiha’s Anbu membership and challenged whether Fugaku was fit to lead the clan. Jin declared that he wanted to become clan head and compared his abilities to Madara Uchiha, leaving Hono Uchiha and the clan to consider their choice.

• Uchiha Jin confronted Fugaku Uchiha and revealed that Fugaku had joined the Anbu, forcing Fugaku to face accusations of acting against his own clan.
• Hono Uchiha said he had sent Fugaku into the Anbu as a spy for the Uchiha Clan, turning the clan members’ anger toward Jin.
• Jin asked Hono whether Fugaku was still suited to be clan head, prompting Hono to reconsider Fugaku’s abilities.
• Jin announced that he wanted to become clan head, and Hono rejected the proposal before admitting Fugaku was inferior in ability.
• Jin compared himself to Madara Uchiha and urged the clan to make the right choice.

Jin challenged Fugaku Uchiha’s leadership and later chose Hiruko as a teammate, confronting him with knowledge of his forbidden research. Hiruko had refused Jin’s request when Jin revealed that he knew about the Chimera Technique, leaving their arrangement unresolved.

• Jin explained why he blamed Fugaku Uchiha for the Uchiha Clan’s failures and the future massacre.
• After the clan meeting, Fugaku confronted Jin, who said he intended to seize the clan-head position rather than accept it as a gift.
• Jin asked Kiyoshi Hyuga about finding teammates and Byakugan research, then told him to invite Hiruko.
• Jin asked Hiruko to form a team, but Hiruko refused because he resented being associated with Jiraiya’s disciple.
• Jin revealed that he knew Hiruko was researching how the Chimera Technique could fuse other people’s Kekkei Genkai.

Uchiha Jin forced Hiruko into joining his squad after revealing his Wood Release and overpowering him with darkness. Jin brought Hiruko and Kiyoshi Hyuga to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru recognized Hiruko.

• Hiruko considered killing Uchiha Jin but backed down when Jin revealed his Wood Release and warned that only a few people knew about it.
• Jin told Hiruko he wanted the shinobi world to keep progressing, but Hiruko refused to join him after sensing the bloodshed his ambition would require.
• When Hiruko tried to leave, Jin used his darkness to capture him and made him a teammate.
• Jin and Kiyoshi Hyuga accompanied Hiruko to the Hokage Building, where Jin arranged their squad records and learned Hiruko had no Elite Jonin assignment.
• Jin led the squad to Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru greeted Hiruko and Hiruko reflected on Jin’s strength and his connection to Jiraiya.

Jin, Orochimaru, and Hiruko discussed ways to fuse the soul and body through Chakra while conducting research in Orochimaru’s laboratory. Their work was interrupted when Shimura Danzō arrived to recruit Orochimaru for experiments on Hashirama Cells, and Orochimaru insisted that his team accompany them.

• Jin examined Orochimaru’s experiments to fuse souls with Chakra and suggested using Chakra to connect the body and soul.
• Hiruko proposed forming a Kekkei Genkai by using Chakra as a bond between the soul and body, and the three researchers discussed their ideas and Hiruko’s Chimera research.
• Jin settled into a routine of visiting Orochimaru’s laboratory, training, and practicing with Minato Namikaze as his strength steadily grew.
• Shimura Danzō entered the laboratory and told Orochimaru that he had prepared test subjects for Hashirama Cell experiments.
• Orochimaru agreed to begin the experiments but insisted that Jin, Hiruko, and Kiyoshi Hyuga were indispensable assistants, so Danzō led the group away together.

Orochimaru, Hiruko, and Uchiha Jin used Root-captured ninja from various villages as human test subjects, advancing their research until a shortage of captives and new mission assignments forced them to pause. Jin gained access to several newly developed techniques and wondered whether Hiruko's Chimera Technique could eventually help him reach Kekkei Mōra.

• Orochimaru inspected the captive ninja with Shimura Danzō and Jin before Danzo left the experiments in Orochimaru's hands.
• Orochimaru and Hiruko experimented on the captives, developing techniques and making progress on Hashirama Cells, soul research, and the Chimera Technique.
• Orochimaru's and Hiruko's research stalled after they used up the captives, while Jin continued working on combining Flying Thunder God with his Dark Walker Technique.
• Orochimaru returned from seeking more captives and told Jin that new mission assignments meant they could no longer research in peace.
• Jin reviewed the Great Snake Summoning Technique, Living Corpse Reincarnation, and Chimera Technique, and hoped Hiruko would develop it enough to absorb Kekkei Genkai.

Jin led Hiruko and Kiyoshi Hyuga out of Konoha to take an A-rank mission to eliminate rogue ninjas, while planning to delay their return to the village. As the team traveled, Kiyoshi threatened Hiruko for disrespecting Jin.

• Jin declined Orochimaru’s offer to accompany the team, saying they needed to get used to working together.
• Jin chose the A-rank mission to eliminate rogue ninjas and led Hiruko and Kiyoshi Hyuga out of Konoha.
• Jin said the team would complete the mission and then delay its return to the village for ten days or half a month.
• Hiruko accused Jin of doing something behind Konoha’s back, and Kiyoshi Hyuga activated his Byakugan and threatened to kill Hiruko if he kept disrespecting Jin.

Uchiha Jin, Kiyoshi Hyuga, and Hiruko continued their mission to track rogue ninjas after Kiyoshi defeated Hiruko in a fight. They ambushed the targets in a canyon, where Jin and Kiyoshi swiftly killed the mercenaries, then spotted a masked man identified as Mr. Kakuzu on the cliff above.

• Kiyoshi Hyuga attacked Hiruko, shattered his Stone Dragon Devouring Technique with Revolving Heaven, and sent him flying with an expanded version of the technique.
• Jin bound Hiruko with tangible darkness, stopped the fight, and told him they would carry out the mission; Kiyoshi apologized for attacking a companion.
• Jin, Kiyoshi, and Hiruko tracked the rogue ninjas to a village where the men had been killed and the valuables looted, then followed their route to a canyon.
• More than ten mercenaries revealed themselves on the canyon cliffs and attacked the trio, but Jin killed them with dark tentacles while Kiyoshi struck down their leader.
• Jin looked to the top of the cliff and addressed a masked man as Mr. Kakuzu.

Uchiha Jin recruited Kakuzu to manage the money for his planned organization, which would sell ninja techniques from the Five Great Nations. He chose the Land of Rain as the group’s first base, despite Kakuzu’s warning about Hanzō the Demigod.

• Kakuzu arrived late after collecting bounties, and Uchiha Jin gave him a briefcase containing five hundred million ryō to manage.
• Jin told Kakuzu that the organization would earn money, manage funds, and distribute money to build a network for selling ninja techniques.
• Jin revealed his goal of selling every ninja technique held by the Five Great Nations, alarming Kakuzu, Hiruko, and Kiyoshi Hyuga with the danger of provoking the villages.
• Kakuzu decided to join Jin’s plan because selling the techniques could make them enormous sums of money.
• Jin chose the Land of Rain as their first base because it was strategically located and protected from outside ninja by Hanzō’s presence.
• Kakuzu warned Jin that Hanzō’s poison made him a dangerous opponent, and Jin suggested Hanzō might become a companion.

Uchiha Jin and his companions crossed the devastated Land of Rain, avoiding a group of young trainees hidden nearby before reaching an impoverished market. There, Jin told a desperate father that his missing child had been taken by ninja, leaving the man grateful but giving him no clear lead.

• Uchiha Jin’s group spotted Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko hiding in a paper shell, but left without approaching them.
• Jiraiya found the three trainees and scolded them for their poor concealment before promising them grueling training.
• Uchiha Jin, Kakuzu, Hiruko, and Kiyoshi Hyuga reached a remote market, where Kakuzu paid the entry fee.
• Uchiha Jin’s group sat at a ramen stall, and the owner asked whether they had seen his missing young son.
• Uchiha Jin told the father that ninja had taken the child, and the man thanked him tearfully.