Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kiyoshi developed a Chakra-powered Water Vapor Propulsion Technique that boosted his speed and sparked ideas about flight and powered armor. He ended the day planning to research it further at home, while his Body Flicker Jutsu improved through practice.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi built a Chakra casing that launched a rock thirty meters into the air with water-vapor propulsion.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi attached the propulsion device beneath his feet and increased his Body Flicker Jutsu speed by twenty percent.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi considered developing the technique for flight, powered armor, and other uses, but decided to focus on improving its shell and achieving flight.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi practiced combining the technique with Body Flicker Jutsu until his speed matched Ninjutsu-type Body Flicker Jutsu and he reduced the required hand seals to three.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned home and began researching the technique.

Uchiha Kiyoshi studied the Propulsion Technique and developed a theory that chakra Shape Transformation could be cultivated through broader materialization, denser forms, and longer-lasting matter. He focused his research on making the technique’s shell harder by combining earth materialization, Shape Transformation, and the hard attribute, planning to test the approach in training.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi set aside his Body Flicker research and studied the Propulsion Technique because flight could greatly improve his survival.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that materializing chakra into matter could make the Propulsion Technique’s shell easier to reinforce than chakra alone.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi theorized that deeper Shape Transformation involved materializing different forms of matter, increasing their density, and extending their duration.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi chose to test whether denser, earth-transformed chakra combined with the hard attribute could create a shell as hard as steel.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi noted that the same method might strengthen Earth Spear and improve the ninja tools he created.

Uchiha Kiyoshi successfully tested the Water Vapor Propulsion Technique, greatly increasing his movement speed and allowing him to fly. He identified its high Chakra consumption and difficult aerial control as problems to improve as he continued training.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used the Water Vapor Propulsion Technique with the Body Flicker Jutsu and moved fifty meters in less than 0.2 seconds.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tested sustained propulsion while running and found he could move quickly in multiple directions with greater control than the Body Flicker Jutsu.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi checked for nearby ninja and unusual Chakra before beginning his final test.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used thrusters on his feet, legs, and waist to rise ten meters, stabilize himself, and practice moving through the air.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi learned to walk in the air, then landed when his Chakra supply fell to one-third and noted the technique's high consumption and control issues.

Uchiha Kiyoshi reviewed his abilities, identified Genjutsu as his main weakness, and planned his training before returning to the front lines. Over the next few days, he followed that plan while continuing to practice the Body Flicker Jutsu and Propulsion Technique.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi reviewed his notes on the Propulsion Technique and worked out how to use foot thrust for different kinds of aerial movement while conserving Chakra.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi assessed his Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Secret Jutsu, and Sharingan, concluding that Genjutsu was his clearest weakness.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided to spend three hours a day training Ninjutsu, including an hour of Genjutsu practice, and to learn the other Ninjutsu he had collected.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi followed his training plan over the next few days while practicing the Body Flicker Jutsu and Propulsion Technique daily.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was summoned to the Hokage's office, where the Third Hokage and Danzo questioned him about an attack on Root. Kiyoshi denied involvement, clashed with Danzo, and left disappointed in the Third Hokage's indecisiveness.

• An Anbu ninja summoned Uchiha Kiyoshi from the Ninth Training Ground to the Hokage's office.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi found the Third Hokage handling official business while an injured Danzo waited nearby.
• The Third Hokage said Root had been attacked by a former Root ninja and that Uchiha Kiyoshi had been the last person to meet him.
• Danzo accused Uchiha Kiyoshi of knowing about or directing the attack, but Kiyoshi denied it and criticized Danzo's handling of Root.
• The Third Hokage ended the questioning and dismissed Uchiha Kiyoshi, who left disappointed in his indecision.

After Danzo accused Uchiha Kiyoshi of threatening Konoha, Kiyoshi visited Nawaki’s grave and returned to training. When he discovered Root and Anbu ninjas surveilling him, he killed the Root ninja and claimed the man was a spy disguised as Anbu.

• Danzo blamed Kiyoshi and the Uchiha Clan for the Root’s losses, but the Third Hokage rebuked him and ordered him to focus on managing Root.
• Kiyoshi visited Nawaki’s grave, left flowers, and spent more than two hours there before going home to rest.
• The next morning, Kiyoshi trained at the Ninth Training Ground under seven times gravity and became deeply absorbed in the Body Forging Technique.
• Kiyoshi sensed two ninjas watching him and recognized one as a Root member whose mask he had seen near Nawaki before his death.
• Kiyoshi killed the Root ninja with a kunai and told himself he would claim the man was a spy disguised as an Anbu ninja.

After Uchiha Kiyoshi killed a Root ninja sent by Danzo to monitor him, the Third Hokage punished Danzo, and Kiyoshi continued training. Uchiha Fugaku and Minato Namikaze visited to check on him, and Kiyoshi challenged both to a spar.

• The Anbu ninja retrieved the Root ninja's corpse and reported the incident to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage suspended Danzo and ordered an investigation after deciding Danzo had crossed a line by secretly monitoring Uchiha Kiyoshi.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi absorbed the gains from his Body Forging Technique practice and continued his training without further trouble.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Minato Namikaze visited Uchiha Kiyoshi, who claimed the dead Root ninja had been a foreign spy in disguise.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi proposed a one-on-two spar, and Uchiha Fugaku and Minato Namikaze accepted.

After winning a fight, Uchiha Kiyoshi planned his next research project: improving his Clone Secret Jutsu so a clone could refine its own Chakra. Meanwhile, Danzo learned his Root ninja had been killed and blamed Uchiha Kiyoshi, while Hiruzen considered releasing Danzo soon because Root was needed for the postwar period.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi realized his current training had reached a plateau and decided to eventually develop a powerful Ninjutsu of his own.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi revisited his Clone Secret Jutsu and chose to experiment with using Nourishing Origin Art to let a clone refine Chakra.
• Danzo learned that Uchiha Kiyoshi had killed the Root ninja sent to watch him and accused Uchiha Kiyoshi of framing Root.
• Hiruzen enjoyed the quiet while Danzo was confined and noted that Uchiha Kiyoshi had been training without causing trouble.
• Hiruzen planned to release Danzo after he had reflected, since Root would be needed for postwar intelligence and other duties.

Uchiha Kiyoshi investigated whether clones could generate Chakra and discovered that Spiritual Energy could connect to his soul. He used a Shadow Clone inside a prepared body to create and fuse energies into a new kind of Chakra, though its further capabilities remained untested.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi found that exercise accelerated the recovery of Spiritual Energy after it had been depleted.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi theorized that a Shadow Clone could replace a soul by using Spiritual Energy to connect with his own soul.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi extracted Spiritual Energy from Chakra and confirmed that it formed a connection to his soul, with more Spiritual Energy extending its range.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi prepared a clone body from an ape-like beast and sealed a Shadow Clone inside it with the Five Elements Seal.
• The Shadow Clone exercised in the clone body and produced Spiritual Energy, then fused it with Physical Energy to create Chakra that circulated without dissipating.

Uchiha Kiyoshi’s improved Clone Secret Jutsu let his Rain Country clone produce Secondary Chakra, extending its operating time and allowing it to use the Shadow Clone Technique. After receiving the clone’s findings, Uchiha Kiyoshi looked forward to testing the technique with a full-strength clone.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi confirmed that a Shadow Clone could control newly fused Secondary Chakra with a significantly different signature, then named the two types of Chakra Origin Chakra and Secondary Chakra.
• Unable to find a fresh corpse in Konoha, Uchiha Kiyoshi sent the improved Clone Secret Jutsu to his Rain Country clone to test despite the risk of exhausting its remaining Origin Chakra.
• The Rain Country clone broke down part of its Origin Chakra, refined Secondary Chakra, and built up about five hundred Ka, extending its estimated operating time from under half a month to around three months.
• The clone used the Shadow Clone Technique to create a Secondary Shadow Clone and confirmed that dispelling it returned its memories, though the memory impact could overwhelm the clone’s limited Origin Chakra.
• The Rain Country clone tested other techniques and sent its findings to Uchiha Kiyoshi, who was excited by the results and resolved to investigate how to reduce the memory impact.

Uchiha Kiyoshi trained his flight technique and worked to develop Wind Nature before returning to the front lines. After a Shadow Clone succeeded in splitting a leaf, he mastered the basic conversion of Chakra into Wind Nature and prepared to practice Wind Release Ninjutsu.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi practiced flying at the Ninth Training Ground and decided to focus on Ninjutsu before his recuperation ended.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi trained Wind Nature with five Shadow Clones, but struggled to cut through a leaf.
• One of Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Shadow Clones split a leaf in two, and Uchiha Kiyoshi continued training until he could do so reliably.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi developed the basic ability to convert Chakra into Wind Nature Chakra and began preparing to practice four Wind Release Ninjutsu.

Uchiha Kiyoshi learned that the fighting against Sunagakure had intensified and that poison and puppet forces were causing heavy Konoha casualties. After Uchiha Kai warned him about the front and Danzo, Kiyoshi planned to obtain a corpse from Root before leaving the village and continued studying Wind Release.

• A masked member of Uchiha Kai’s Guard Squad summoned Uchiha Kiyoshi to the Clan Head’s Residence.
• Uchiha Kai told Uchiha Kiyoshi about Konoha’s severe front-line losses from Sunagakure’s poison and Puppet Corps, and warned him to be cautious.
• Uchiha Kai warned Uchiha Kiyoshi that Danzo might be preparing another move after Root’s recent losses.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi considered taking a living corpse from Root to create a clone, and planned to act shortly before leaving the village to reduce the chance of retaliation.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reviewed Wind Release Ninjutsu and organized small Chakra cycles for future technique development.

Uchiha Kiyoshi went to exchange the merit he had earned on the front lines for Ninjutsu before returning to battle, confronting the Third Hokage and Danzo over his distrust of them. The Third approved an exchange for one S-Rank and two A-Rank techniques, but Kiyoshi pushed to access the Scroll of Seals.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi prepared to return to the front lines by practicing Wind Release, planning to leave a clone in Konoha, and deciding to spend his accumulated merit on Ninjutsu.
• A Mission Office Shinobi brought Uchiha Kiyoshi's extensive merit record to the Third Hokage, who summoned him to discuss the exchange.
• Danzo arrived at the Hokage's Office and objected to Uchiha Kiyoshi before Kiyoshi openly mocked Danzo's accusations and explained that he wanted to spend his merit before it could be taken away.
• The Third Hokage agreed to let Uchiha Kiyoshi exchange his merit for one S-Rank and two A-Rank Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi asked whether his merit was enough to exchange for a technique recorded in the Scroll of Seals.

After Danzo blocked Uchiha Kiyoshi from taking a Forbidden Technique, Kiyoshi chose Water Release Ninjutsu, secretly experimented with Secondary Chakra using a Root ninja’s body, and returned to the battlefield. He was assigned to a team with Hatake Sakumo, whom he regarded as an ally against Danzo.

• Danzo refused to let Uchiha Kiyoshi choose a Forbidden Technique, so Kiyoshi left the Hokage Building with four Water Release scrolls.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi secretly killed a Root Jonin, healed the body, and sealed a Shadow Clone inside it to research Secondary Chakra.
• The clone’s experiments showed that its Secondary Chakra limit depended on the clone’s Chakra and the body’s quality, reaching three thousand Ka.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi trained for a day, then left Konoha, dealt with several Sand Village squads, and reached the front lines.
• Orochimaru assigned Uchiha Kiyoshi a place to stay and teamed him with Hatake Sakumo.

Uchiha Kiyoshi and Hatake Sakumo became friends while carrying out missions together and led a seven-day operation that devastated Sunagakure’s puppet squads. They returned to the Konoha front exhausted, celebrated by their fellow shinobi as the “Blood-Eyed Asura” and the “Konoha White Fang.”

• Uchiha Kiyoshi and Hatake Sakumo agreed to work together and fought side by side against Sunagakure’s puppeteers.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi collected the defeated puppeteers’ puppets and searched their bodies for valuables after missions.
• Konoha assigned Uchiha Kiyoshi and Hatake Sakumo to a cleanup operation targeting puppet squads across multiple battlefields.
• Sand Village puppeteers began calling Hatake Sakumo the “Konoha White Fang” and Uchiha Kiyoshi the “Blood-Eyed Asura.”
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and Hatake Sakumo eliminated more than thirty percent of the puppet squads on the Sand Frontline in seven days, evaded enemy fighters sent to intercept them, and returned to the Konoha front to rest.

After helping Hatake Sakumo destroy thirty percent of the Sand Village’s Puppeteers, Uchiha Kiyoshi received Orochimaru’s cultivation notes and began planning to fake his death and disappear. Danzo decided to scheme against him, while the Third Hokage foresaw the danger but was unlikely to intervene.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi and Hatake Sakumo returned from the front after inflicting severe losses on the Sand Village’s Puppeteers, and Orochimaru gave Uchiha Kiyoshi his elemental cultivation notes.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to fake his death and vanish from the village’s attention, hoping to avoid political struggles and eventually prevent Hatake Sakumo’s tragic fate.
• Danzo learned that Uchiha Kiyoshi had become known as the Blood-Eyed Asura and decided to eliminate him, convincing himself that he was protecting Konoha.
• The Third Hokage read the intelligence about Uchiha Kiyoshi and struggled with the situation, but Uchiha Kiyoshi expected him to stay silent if Danzo acted.

Uchiha Kiyoshi and Hatake Sakumo defeated a Sand Village squad before receiving orders to rescue two groups of Konoha Shinobi. Suspecting Danzo had arranged a trap, Kiyoshi sent a Shadow Clone to carry out the mission with a lifelike duplicate corpse while he prepared to fake his death.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi met Hatake Sakumo and set out south to search for Sand Village squads.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi defeated a Jonin and three Special Jonin, while Hatake Sakumo killed two Puppeteers.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi received Konoha's order to rescue two groups of Shinobi, including a group of clan geniuses, and he and Hatake Sakumo split up.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi created a Shadow Clone, gave it a near-perfect duplicate corpse, and sent it to carry out the rescue mission while he handled his preparations.

Uchiha Kiyoshi discovered Danzo’s ambush plan and selected the Sunagakure puppeteer Tetsuya as a suitable opponent to impersonate. After forcing Tetsuya to reveal all fifteen of his puppets, Kiyoshi killed him and left with the chance to take his place.

• The Third Hokage confronted Danzo over his actions against the Uchiha, while Danzo defended suppressing the clan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Shadow Clone headed toward the supposed rescue, while his real body scouted nearby and found numerous powerful ninja gathered for an ambush.
• Kiyoshi overheard Tetsuya’s squad discuss their mission and learned that Tetsuya was Ebizo’s disciple, while Chiharu and his wife were pursuing Sakumo.
• Kiyoshi ambushed Tetsuya’s squad, killed two Sand Village ninja, and deliberately pressured Tetsuya into summoning all fifteen puppets.
• Kiyoshi bypassed Tetsuya’s puppets, killed him with a kunai, and prepared to impersonate him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Shadow Clone joined a Konoha mission to destroy a Sand Village supply station and set its granary ablaze, but a large ambush pinned him down. He fought on while conserving the clone’s limited strength.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi treated Tetsuya’s fatal throat wound in a cave while preparing for his Shadow Clone to reach the battlefield.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Shadow Clone arrived to find Konoha Shinobi battling Sand Village guards and learned their mission was to destroy the supply station.
• The Shadow Clone promised to destroy the supplies, killed an approaching Sand Village Chunin, and rushed toward the granary.
• A Sand Village ambush of more than thirty shinobi, including an Elite Jonin and three Jonin, confronted the Shadow Clone near the granary.
• The Shadow Clone combined Great Fire Annihilation with Great Breakthrough and set the granary ablaze.
• The Shadow Clone dodged incoming attacks and countered with Fireball Jutsu and thrown kunai while conserving Chakra.

Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Shadow Clone fought off the Sand Village forces until Tetsuya arrived, then the two staged a battle that drew the fighting toward the Supply Station. Uchiha Kiyoshi ended the chapter by shrouding the battlefield in flames, hiding what happened next.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Shadow Clone used Genjutsu, Earth Spikes, kunai, and Fire Release to kill more than twenty Sand Village ninja while avoiding the remaining fighters.
• The original Uchiha Kiyoshi turned Tetsuya’s body into a clone, refined Secondary Chakra, and rushed toward the battlefield with Sand Village reinforcements.
• Tetsuya joined the fight and pretended to attack Uchiha Kiyoshi, while the two secretly steered the battle toward the Supply Station.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Wind Release to cripple the Sand Village puppets, especially Tetsuya’s, as the Puppeteers watched their puppets get destroyed.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, engulfing the battlefield in flames and blocking everyone’s view.