Chapter Summaries

Hanma turned the Uchiha clan gathering into a battle, declaring that he would face the clan’s elites alone. After swiftly defeating Uchiha Shin, he faced Setsuna’s organized formation as the fight continued.

• Tekka, Fugaku, Uchiha Shin, and Setsuna joined the gathering’s battle, while Minato told Kushina that none of them would win.
• Hanma announced that he would fight the Uchiha elites alone, and the crowd cheered as the fighters prepared.
• Uchiha Shin challenged Hanma, but Hanma seized him, repeatedly slammed his head into the ground, and kicked him unconscious into the stands.
• Hanma praised Setsuna for organizing the fighters, and Setsuna ordered everyone to focus as they prepared to continue the fight.

Hanma faced Setsuna and the Uchiha elites in a clan leadership sparring match, seeking to prove his overwhelming strength and establish his authority. After surviving their combined attacks by transforming into a monstrous, black-gold form, he defeated Setsuna’s Susanoo and left the other Uchiha too intimidated to continue.

• Setsuna activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, then ordered Fugaku, Tekka, and the other Uchiha to attack Hanma with a coordinated shuriken formation.
• Hanma evaded the shuriken and demonstrated his immense strength by throwing a kunai that Setsuna’s Susanoo had to block for Fugaku.
• The Uchiha surrounded Hanma with the Uchiha Flame Formation and unleashed powerful Fire Release techniques, while Setsuna struck the formation with Yasakani Magatama.
• Hanma emerged from the flames transformed into a towering black-gold figure, revealing that Shukaku’s chakra had helped him break past human physical limits.
• Hanma moved faster than the Three Tomoe users could see and shattered Setsuna’s Susanoo sword before suplexing its skeletal form into the arena floor.
• Setsuna accepted Hanma’s offer to step aside, and the other Uchiha declined his offer to continue sparring until next time.

Hanma turned his defeat of the young Uchiha into a show of strength and leadership, praising them before the clan. The gathering then shifted to a demonstration by Obito, whose Great Fireball impressed everyone.

• Hanma approached Fugaku and the other young Uchiha, then praised their skills and promised to protect them as they grew into future clan leaders.
• Hanma encouraged the clan members to cheer for Fugaku, Tekka, Yashiro, and Yakumi, winning the young Uchiha’s admiration.
• Hanma thanked Setsuna and publicly greeted the clan with him, presenting their cooperation as a handover between generations.
• Hanma invited other Uchiha boys to demonstrate their skills, and Obito eagerly stepped onto the platform.
• Obito performed a powerful Great Fireball Jutsu, impressing the clan; Hanma suspected Konan’s guidance had helped him develop so quickly.

Hanma won the Uchiha Clan’s support by promising aid to struggling families and making ninjutsu freely available. The clan members urged him to hold his inauguration ceremony immediately.

• Hanma gave Obito his clan leader’s haori and said he hoped Obito would become the future clan leader.
• Hanma distributed promises of compensation and training funds for widows, orphans, injured ninja, and children who could not afford training.
• Hanma announced that Uchiha clan members could freely register to receive C-rank, D-rank, and some B-rank ninjutsu.
• The Uchiha members praised Hanma and, at Fugaku’s direction, called for his clan leader inauguration ceremony to begin at once.

Hanma explained the Uchiha Clan’s grievances with Konoha’s Military Police Force and warned against seizing power without considering the consequences. He laid out a new path for the clan, and the Uchiha rallied behind him as their Clan Head.

• Hanma thanked Elder Setsuna and explained how Tobirama Senju’s Military Police Force isolated the Uchiha from the battlefield and damaged their standing among Konoha’s people.
• Hanma warned that the Third Hokage and his allied clans would resist an Uchiha takeover, and that a civil war could leave Konoha vulnerable to other villages.
• Hanma announced that the Military Police Force would be reduced to guarding against spies, freed Uchiha would return to normal missions, and an elite squad would carry out operations benefiting the clan.
• Hanma promised to pursue fair treatment and a future Hokage position for the Uchiha, then led the clansmen in proclaiming their support for a greater Uchiha.
• Uchiha Shin declared that he recognized only Hanma as Clan Head, and Hanma shook his hand as the meeting ended.

Uchiha Madara reflected on how Hanma’s reforms had transformed the Uchiha Clan and disrupted his plans, while Hanma’s apparent interest in the Tailed Beasts raised further concerns. Madara considered seeking the Box of Paradise in Kusagakure to restore his youth, as forces gathered there to compete for it.

• Uchiha Madara learned from White Zetsu that uchiha ryousuke had become clan head and Hanma’s aid, open ninjutsu, and mission opportunities had won the Uchiha Clan’s support.
• Uchiha Madara realized the Uchiha’s growing unity and sense of belonging had undermined his plan to find a successor shaped by clan conflict and darkness.
• Uchiha Madara grew suspicious that Hanma had taken much of Shukaku’s Chakra and might have plans involving the Tailed Beasts.
• Uchiha Madara weighed limiting Nagato’s power against searching for a way to restore his own youth, then focused on Kusagakure’s Box of Paradise.
• Uchiha Madara recognized that Hanma and other forces were also targeting the Box of Paradise, turning Kusagakure into a gathering point for a major contest.

Hanma read Orochimaru’s letter about his foothold in Kirigakure and advised him to wait before approaching the Kaguya Clan, while explaining the village’s clan conflicts to Minato. Minato then showed Hanma a new jutsu he had developed, and Hanma insisted on naming it the Rasengan.

• Hanma read Orochimaru’s report that he had sheltered persecuted Yuki Clan members in Kirigakure and planned to contact the Kaguya Clan.
• Hanma explained to Minato how the Third Mizukage’s suspicion and repression could drive Kirigakure’s bloodline clans into conflict, and compared their situation to Konoha’s Uchiha.
• Hanma wrote back advising Orochimaru to wait until Konoha stabilized, when Uchiha members could travel to Kirigakure under the cover of missions.
• Minato told Hanma that his fight with the Two-Tails Jinchuriki had exposed his weak offensive power and demonstrated a chakra sphere he had developed from studying the Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Minato called his new jutsu the Vortex Rasengan Super Storm Eight Style, but Hanma cut him off and declared its name was Rasengan.

Minato demonstrated the Rasengan to Hanma and sought advice on improving its power, but they found that increasing its size or adding Wind Release brought problems with defense and backlash. Hanma suggested Minato pursue a new Chakra-based Kekkei Genkai, leaving Minato excited by the possibility.

• Minato showed Hanma his Rasengan, and Hanma let him test it against his unusually durable arm.
• Minato enlarged the Rasengan, but Hanma judged that its greater size expanded its impact without improving its fundamental destructive power.
• Minato revealed his Wind Release: Rasengan and explained that its backlash and instability prevented him from safely throwing it.
• Hanma warned that stabilizing an elemental Rasengan would require another Chakra source or a body tough enough to withstand the backlash.
• Hanma described Chakra-based Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Tōta, encouraging Minato to create a new release, and Minato became eager to try.

Hanma warned Minato about the dangers of developing a Kekkei Genkai as Minato outlined his plans to create abilities that would let him fly, resist damage, and unleash a powerful Chakra beam. With Hanma offering rare materials and intelligence to support his research, Minato began imagining a path toward defeating even Tailed Beasts and Ōnoki.

• Hanma explained the risks of fusing Chakra attributes and urged Minato to approach Kekkei Genkai research cautiously.
• Minato said he wanted to develop flight and greater movement speed, then considered using the Hozuki Clan's Water Transformation Technique to resist physical damage.
• Hanma offered Shukaku's flesh, Hozuki Clan intelligence, and access to other secret techniques and resources for Minato's research.
• Minato proposed fusing his Fire, Lightning, and Wind Chakra into a Kekkei Tōta beam, while using the Flying Thunder God Technique against ordinary Jonin.
• Hanma cautioned Minato about the danger and casting speed of Kekkei Tōta, then encouraged him to keep refining his approach.
• Minato imagined transforming his body into Chakra and defeating powerful enemies, and began thinking about killing Ōnoki.

Third considered Kusagakure's request for help as the Five Great Villages prepared to investigate the Box of Paradise. With Konoha's strongest shinobi unavailable, Danzo proposed sending Uchiha Ryousuke and revealed his intention to inherit the Nine-Tails' power, which Third ultimately approved.

• Third and Mitokado Homura reviewed Mui's plea for aid, noting that Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure had already dispatched shinobi to Kusagakure.
• Third rejected sending Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo because they were away, while Orochimaru had left the village.
• Danzo entered the meeting and urged Konoha to send uchiha ryousuke, calling the Box of Paradise crisis a farce.
• Danzo declared that he would ask Uzumaki Mito to let him inherit the Nine-Tails' power and become its jinchuriki.
• Third agreed to Danzo's plan, prioritizing control of the Nine-Tails over the mission to Kusagakure.

Uchiha Madara attacked Hozuki Castle to obtain the Box of Paradise and learned how it could be opened, while seeking a way to restore his youth. He sent Uzumaki Kana to Nagato and arranged to lure ninja from the Five Great Nations to the box, leaving White Zetsu disguised as Mui and the Kusagakure Ninja.

• Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Mui and the Kusagakure Ninja at Hozuki Castle, then tested the Box of Paradise with Fire Release and found it unharmed.
• Uchiha Madara used Genjutsu and the Rinnegan to learn that opening the box required a special formula and Tailed Beast-level Chakra, and that Kusagakure had built Hozuki Castle to gather sacrifices.
• Uchiha Madara sought the box as a possible means to restore his aging body and discovered that Hozuki Castle's prisoners held too little Chakra to open it.
• Uchiha Madara found the abused Uzumaki Kana and ordered White Zetsu to take her to Nagato, where she could stay.
• Uchiha Madara decided to use the Box of Paradise as bait for ninja from the Five Great Nations, while White Zetsu replaced Mui and the slain Kusagakure Ninja.
• Uchiha Madara looked toward Konoha and wondered whether the youngster who practiced taijutsu would come to Hozuki Castle.

Hanma negotiated with the Third Hokage over a mission to Kusagakure, using the request to press for support for the Uchiha Clan’s reforms. He then set out to claim the Box of Paradise as fighting broke out near Hozuki Castle.

• The Third Hokage asked Hanma to travel to Kusagakure and help seal the Box of Paradise, but Hanma objected that he had clan matters to handle.
• Hanma offered to send an elite Military Police Force unit instead and raised the force’s reforms and the village’s recent security problems.
• The Third Hokage praised the Uchiha Clan’s contributions and said Lushan would form a specialized security squad to ease the Military Police Force’s burden.
• Hanma arranged matters within the clan and headed to Kusagakure, determined to obtain the Box of Paradise despite wondering why the timeline had shifted.
• Shinobi from several great nations fought outside Hozuki Castle, though none had yet seen the Box of Paradise.

At Hozuki Castle, representatives of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure gathered to compete for Kusagakure’s Six Paths Treasure, while Uchiha Madara watched from above. Hanma arrived and killed Suikazan Fuguki with his bare hands, taking Samehada and leaving the other ninja stunned.

• Yotsuki A and Kitsuchi argued over Kumogakure and Iwagakure’s claims to the Six Paths Treasure as Kirigakure’s Suikazan Fuguki, Munashi Jinpachi, and Kushimaru Kuriarare arrived.
• Chiyo and Rasa arrived for Sunagakure, and the gathered representatives prepared to fight over the treasure.
• Uchiha Madara watched the gathering from Hozuki Castle and had Uzumaki White Zetsu transform into Mui’s appearance.
• Hanma arrived, prompting Yotsuki A, Dodai, and Chiyo to pull back as the others assessed him.
• Suikazan Fuguki mistook Hanma for a wandering ninja and attacked him with Samehada, but Hanma caught the sword barehanded and killed Fuguki.
• Hanma picked up Samehada and told the stunned ninja that he had only wanted to say hello.

Hanma subdued Samehada and killed Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi, taking their swords and sealing their bodies. As the remaining shinobi watched him collect the spoils, they began considering a temporary alliance against him.

• Hanma endured Samehada’s resistance, forced it to submit, and accepted its Chakra.
• Hanma charged Kushimaru Kuriarare, whose steel wires failed to harm him, and killed him with Samehada.
• Munashi Jinpachi attacked Hanma with Exploding Blade Shibuki, but Hanma survived the blast and Samehada beheaded him.
• Hanma collected the swords and sealed the three Kirigakure shinobi’s bodies, planning to sell them at the Bounty Brokerage.
• The other shinobi watched Hanma calmly gather his spoils and considered forming a temporary alliance.

Hanma drove the other villages away after killing three Kirigakure ninja, then entered Hozuki Castle and found its prisoners gone. A hooded man revealed ripple-patterned eyes, and Hanma recognized Uchiha Madara as his greatest threat yet.

• Hanma defended his killing of the Kirigakure ninja as self-defense while the other villages feared his strength and questioned Konoha's intentions.
• Yotsuki A and Dodai withdrew Kumogakure from the mission, and Kitsuchi and Taiseki led Iwagakure away.
• Chiyo retreated with Rasa after Hanma taunted them, leaving Hanma as the only representative of the Five Great Hidden Villages at Hozuki Castle.
• Hanma entered the empty castle and found the Box of Paradise with a hooded man sitting on top of it.
• The hooded man revealed ripple-patterned eyes, and Hanma recognized Uchiha Madara.

Hanma confronted Uchiha Madara at Hozuki Castle, where Madara had taken control of the Box of Paradise and planned to use Hanma as a sacrifice. Their battle began with Madara using the Rinnegan to pull Hanma toward him, but the clash escalated as Madara summoned Susanoo and unleashed Shinra Tensei.

• Hanma realized Uchiha Madara had orchestrated the events at Hozuki Castle and likely put Mui and the prisoners into the Box of Paradise.
• Hanma taunted Madara about his decayed appearance, while both men assessed each other's strengths and weaknesses.
• Madara decided to use the Rinnegan to defeat Hanma quickly and seal him inside the Box of Paradise.
• Madara used Banshō Ten'in to pull Hanma in, but Hanma resisted the gravitational force with his physical strength.
• Hanma charged at Madara, who formed a Susanoo skeleton and unleashed Shinra Tensei.

Hanma broke free of Madara’s Rinnegan techniques by unleashing his Inner Form and overwhelmed him in close combat. Madara escaped by sacrificing his arm and replacing it with a White Zetsu limb, then declared the warm-up over.

• Madara trapped Hanma between alternating Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei, but Hanma endured the crushing pressure.
• Madara used the Naraka Path to try to drain Hanma’s Chakra, but it failed to absorb any.
• Hanma transformed into his towering Inner Form, shattered the force prison, and seized Madara before he could retreat.
• Hanma battered Madara and tore apart his Susanoo skeleton, while Madara’s White Zetsu protection was blasted away.
• Madara severed his own arm to escape Hanma’s grip, then grafted on a White Zetsu arm.
• Madara tested his new arm and announced that the warm-up was over.

Hanma and Uchiha Madara continued their brutal fight, each recovering while Madara defended himself with the Rinnegan. After Hanma absorbed Chakra from Madara’s severed limb, he unexpectedly awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, leaving Madara and Black Zetsu bewildered.

• Uchiha Madara formed a powerful Shinra Tensei shield while he and Hanma traded insults and assessed each other’s strength.
• Madara healed behind his shield and questioned how Hanma’s taijutsu had injured him, while Hanma recovered from the Rinnegan’s attacks.
• Hanma drew Chakra from Uchiha Madara’s severed limb, but a surge of cold, sinister Chakra struck him and black blood streamed from his eyes.
• Hanma awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and declared himself a true Uchiha again.
• Black Zetsu wondered whether Indra had two reincarnations, while Uchiha Madara stared in shock as Hanma laughed.

Hanma survived Uchiha Madara’s devastating Shinra Tensei by fighting with Black Receivers and using Shukaku’s Chakra to heal his injuries. With Madara exhausted and Hanma restored to peak condition, Hanma launched another assault.

• Uchiha Madara unleashed Shinra Tensei and sent hundreds of Yin-Yang Release Black Rods flying at Hanma.
• Hanma dodged most of the Black Receivers, pulled two from his body, and used them as weapons before mimicking the Hyuga Clan’s Rotation with a staff technique.
• Madara’s Shinra Tensei shattered Hozuki Castle, but Hanma emerged alive from the dust.
• Shukaku’s Chakra repaired Hanma’s wounds and restored his strength, surprising Madara, who recognized the Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Hanma saw that Madara was exhausted and charged at him again.

Hanma battered Uchiha Madara, who escaped his finishing blow with Limbo: Border Jail. Realizing he could not win through attrition, Madara summoned four Limbo Clones and prepared to decide the fight with one strike.

• Hanma shattered Madara's Susanoo-clad Wood Golem and struck him with a devastating kick.
• Madara switched places with Limbo: Border Jail to escape Hanma's follow-up slam, though he was badly injured.
• Hanma recognized Madara's Rinnegan technique and judged that his own youth and stamina gave him an advantage in a prolonged fight.
• Madara realized that Hanma's strength had ruined his plan to win through attrition and decided to finish the battle in one blow.
• Madara summoned four Limbo Clones around Hanma and shouted, "Box of Paradise, open!"