Chapter Summaries

Daren Yi persuaded Neji Hyuga and Hyuga Hiashi that the Shamate Organization had to prepare for the Otsutsuki Clan’s return, then explained Neji’s trial for joining. Neji left with no specific task yet, while Daren Yi revealed he could use the organization’s emotional connections to send aid from afar.

• Daren Yi described the Mythic War, the coming Otsutsuki invasion, and the need for the Shamate Organization to defend the planet, prompting Neji Hyuga to vow to fight.
• Hyuga Hiashi matched Daren Yi’s account against the Hyuga Clan’s records and grew frightened, while Daren Yi reassured him that older warriors would face the strongest Otsutsuki.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked about Neji’s trial, and Daren Yi explained that Severing Mortal Desires required settling one’s ties to the power one came from before joining the organization.
• Daren Yi said Shisui Uchiha had passed only half his trial alone, advised Neji to reflect on his own path, and told him to call for help by chanting his honorific name.
• Neji Hyuga recognized the online rumors about the Ancestor of Shamate as potentially true, while Daren Yi resolved to make his boasts of salvation and reincarnation real.

Daren Yi invited his online friends to an offline gathering and brought Izumi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha to the Hyuga grounds. He left Hiromi Sarutobi questioning why Konoha’s residents no longer seemed willing to report the Uchiha survivors to the village.

• Daren Yi accepted Neji Hyuga’s invitation to meet at the Hyuga House and told the group he would bring Sasuke Uchiha and Izumi Uchiha.
• Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha discovered that their merged Mind Worlds let them communicate silently, but Izumi kicked him away after sensing his thoughts and fled into her room.
• Daren Yi, Izumi Uchiha, and Sasuke Uchiha walked openly toward the Hyuga Clan grounds wearing conspicuous Uchiha Clan Crests.
• Hiromi Sarutobi recognized the Uchiha survivors and asked passersby about them, but they showed no interest in reporting them to the village or Lord Third Hokage.
• Hiromi Sarutobi sat dejectedly by the roadside after his attempts to question the residents failed.

Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha attended a gathering of Konoha’s young clan heirs and civilians, where Neji Hyuga announced a plan to demand a public investigation into Hiruzen Sarutobi. The group prepared to assemble outside the Hokage Building the next morning, and Rock Lee committed to joining them to learn the truth.

• Daren Yi and his companions entered the Hyuga Compound as Hiromi Sarutobi watched, and the Konoha 11 welcomed Sasuke Uchiha and learned that Izumi Uchiha had also survived the Uchiha Clan Downfall.
• Shikamaru Nara explained that Naruto was roaming the village, defending the Third Hokage against rumors and insisting there had been a misunderstanding.
• Neji Hyuga announced that the Hyuga Clan had chosen to call on the Shamate Group to gather at the Hokage Building at eight the next morning and request a transparent investigation led by Kakashi Hatake.
• Neji told Shikamaru that Hiashi had named him a candidate for future Clan Head and imprisoned the elders who opposed the decision.
• Rock Lee finished three thousand push-ups, resolved to attend the gathering, and said he wanted to see the truth for himself.

Ino Yamanaka and the other children agreed to help uncover the truth about the Uchiha Clan and clear the Third Hokage's name. As Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled with suspicion and a growing crisis, Naruto Uzumaki returned to his lonely home after another day defending him.

• Tenten, Sakura Haruno, Choji Akimichi, Kiba Inuzuka, and Ino Yamanaka agreed to take part in uncovering the truth, with Ino also hoping to win Sasuke's favor.
• Hiromi Sarutobi reported his discovery to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who dismissed him and was left grieving over the rumors against him.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura warned Hiruzen that the Hyuga Clan had called for an all-out Jonin Meeting about Kakashi Hatake and that villagers were petitioning for the truth.
• Hiruzen decided not to interfere yet and planned to identify the people behind the chaos before confronting the presumed mastermind.
• Naruto Uzumaki returned home exhausted, threw out his spoiled noodle cups, ate instant noodles, and went to sleep alone.

Naruto was drawn into a dream in which he witnessed Konohagakure seven years in the past and learned that he was the Fourth Hokage and Kushina’s child. The revelation left him overwhelmed by suffocation and despair.

• Daren Yi used genjutsu to guide Naruto into a dream-within-a-dream.
• Naruto realized he was in a past version of Konohagakure, where no one could hear or touch him and he could not move far from Kushina.
• Naruto watched Kushina greet Sasuke’s mother and admire newborn Sasuke.
• Kushina revealed that her own child would be named Naruto, and Naruto connected this to his identity as her son.
• Naruto’s mood collapsed as he recalled the rumors about his parents and struggled to breathe in despair.

Daren Yi entered Naruto Uzumaki’s dream by using his Mangekyō Sharingan and kept the Nine-Tails from interfering while he maintained the shared vision with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. Naruto watched his parents’ happy past unfold, then desperately tried to warn them as Kushina’s delivery approached.

• Daren Yi confronted the Nine-Tails in Naruto’s Sealing Space and persuaded it to withdraw its Chakra from Naruto.
• Daren Yi connected to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s Chakra to sustain and refine the shared dream.
• Naruto Uzumaki watched Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki share affectionate, happy moments and grieved over the tragedy he knew was coming.
• Naruto ran around the dream scenes, shouting warnings to his parents, but Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki could not hear him.
• As Kushina Uzumaki’s delivery began, Naruto desperately searched the cave outside Konohagakure for the source of danger.

Minato Namikaze faced a series of impossible choices after Naruto's birth, rescuing his son first while Kushina Uzumaki lost the Nine-Tails. After fighting the Masked Man, Minato and Kushina chose to sacrifice themselves while preserving the Nine-Tails, their chakra, and a future for Naruto.

• When the Masked Man threatened newborn Naruto, Kushina urged Minato to save their son, and Minato rescued Naruto before returning to find Kushina dying after the Nine-Tails had been extracted.
• The Masked Man summoned the Nine-Tails to attack Konohagakure, and Minato left Kushina and Naruto to confront the beast and its summoner.
• Naruto followed Minato and watched him battle the Nine-Tails, use the Flying Thunder God Barrier to divert its Tailed Beast Bomb, and drive off the Masked Man.
• Kushina bound the Nine-Tails with her Adamantine Sealing Chains and told Minato she would die with it, while wishing to see Naruto grown up.
• Minato used the Reaper Death Seal to divide the Nine-Tails, sealing the Yang half in Naruto and the Yin half with himself, and placed his and Kushina's chakra inside their son before preparing to die with her.

Naruto Uzumaki relived a childhood in a memory-based genjutsu, enduring Konohagakure’s hatred while following Kushina Uzumaki’s advice to study and persevere. Daren Yi revealed the illusion’s nature and offered to explain why he had helped Naruto, beginning their conversation over ramen.

• Naruto Uzumaki concealed his emotions and visited Konohagakure’s public library, where villagers insulted him and staff checked that he had no access to ninjutsu books.
• Naruto spent the day reading Ninja World History and remembered Kushina Uzumaki whenever he finished a book.
• Daren Yi froze the world and revealed that Naruto had been living inside his Genjutsu: Memory Kill, a dream that lasted at most seven months but felt like years.
• Naruto asked Daren Yi who he was and why he had helped him, and Daren identified himself as the Ancestor of Shamate.
• Daren Yi changed the library into Ichiraku’s ramen shop and invited Naruto to eat while he explained what had happened.

Naruto met the Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space and responded to him with admiration rather than fear. Daren Yi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue the Nine-Tails and trap him in a sensory-deprivation genjutsu.

• Naruto saw the Nine-Tails and said he looked cool, while the Nine-Tails grew confused by Naruto's lack of fear.
• The Nine-Tails sensed Daren Yi's immense negative emotions and desires and recoiled, realizing he was no ordinary person.
• Daren Yi proposed that the Nine-Tails cooperate with Naruto and protect him in exchange for Daren Yi not bullying him.
• Daren Yi used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make the Nine-Tails raise his head and look directly into his eyes.
• Daren Yi cast Genjutsu: Sensory Deprivation Black Room, leaving the Nine-Tails trapped in darkness without his senses.

Daren Yi forced the Nine-Tails to acknowledge him and negotiated for Kurama to cooperate with and protect Naruto Uzumaki, promising eventual freedom. Meanwhile, a huge crowd gathered in Konohagakure to demand an investigation, with the Hyuga Clan organizing the demonstrators.

• Daren Yi showed the Nine-Tails that he could imprison its consciousness, frightening the fox into praising him.
• Daren Yi proposed that the Nine-Tails cooperate with Naruto and protect him in exchange for a promise not to control or bully him, and later to set him free.
• Daren Yi claimed he could bring Naruto back if extracting the Nine-Tails killed him, then gave a cryptic account of his identity.
• Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi struggled through the enormous crowd gathered to petition for an investigation.
• Hyuga Branch Family Ninjas directed the demonstrators and prevented trampling, while Kiba Inuzuka complained that adults had taken over the organizing.

Daren Yi, Izumi Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and their allies arrived in Konoha as a crowd gathered to support their campaign against the village’s corrupt leadership. At the Hokage Building, the Nara Clan’s attempt to stay neutral collapsed when the young representatives demanded a public Full Jonin Meeting.

• Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha walked hand in hand through the crowd alongside Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, and Hinata Hyuga.
• Kiba Inuzuka rallied the young powerhouses to eradicate Konoha’s cancer, and the group shouted their support for Konoha and the Will of Fire.
• Inoichi Yamanaka questioned Shikaku Nara about letting the children act, and Shikaku argued that their clans could not oppose the force behind the movement.
• Shikaku Nara counted the attending jonin and declared that enough were present for a Full Jonin Meeting, whose resolutions could eventually compel the Hokage.
• A chunin reported that the crowd demanded the meeting be held publicly and broadcast, naming clan heirs, surviving Uchiha members, and civilian-born young geniuses as representatives.
• Shikaku Nara realized the Nara Clan could no longer avoid taking a clear position.

Hyuga Hiashi’s petition to put Kakashi Hatake’s trial before the village passed with overwhelming support, and the gathered leaders convened publicly to question Daren Yi’s Shamate group. Izumi Uchiha confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the clan’s massacre and displayed her immense power, before Daren calmed her by drawing her into his arms.

• Hyuga Hiashi urged the jonin to let the whole village oversee Kakashi Hatake’s trial, and the vote passed by a wide margin.
• The clan heads and youngsters gathered in the plaza, where Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the Konoha 11 about their bonds as members of Shamate.
• Hiruzen welcomed Izumi Uchiha as a surviving Uchiha, but Izumi activated her Mangekyō Sharingan and Shamate Sage Mode and accused him of failing to protect her clan.
• The assembled jonin were stunned by Izumi’s strength, while Sasuke Uchiha proudly celebrated his clan’s power.
• Daren Yi drew Izumi into his arms, and she deactivated her powers and settled against him, leaving the clan heads speechless.

Naruto Uzumaki questioned Kakashi Hatake at his public hearing and asked him to reveal Naruto’s identity to Konohagakure. Kakashi exposed Naruto as Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki’s son, then accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of mistreating him out of resentment toward Minato.

• Naruto Uzumaki asked Kakashi Hatake whether he knew him, and Kakashi apologized for failing him.
• Naruto told Kakashi that he understood his grief and asked him to publicly reveal Naruto’s true identity.
• Kakashi agreed despite the Council Elders’ protests and announced that Naruto was the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Kakashi recounted how Minato and Kushina sacrificed themselves to save Konohagakure, while the village came to hate Naruto as the Nine-Tails’ incarnation.
• Kakashi accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of resenting Minato and deliberately keeping Naruto isolated and under his control.

Izumi Uchiha revealed that the Uchiha had tried to help Minato Namikaze during the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, turning the crowd against Hiruzen Sarutobi when they learned Naruto Uzumaki was Minato’s son. Hiruzen attacked Naruto, then concluded that Naruto had secretly orchestrated a vast alliance among Konoha’s clans, while Naruto and the others were left stunned by his deductions.

• Izumi Uchiha recounted how Fugaku Uchiha’s rescue attempt had been stopped by Hiruzen Sarutobi’s written order, and how Naruto had been left to bear the blame for the Nine-Tails.
• The villagers and ninja learned Naruto Uzumaki was Minato Namikaze’s son and turned their anger on Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu against Naruto, but Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra shielded him from harm.
• Naruto confronted Hiruzen over his hatred and asked whether he had feared killing the Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accused Naruto of secretly coordinating with the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans and building alliances through the Shamate Organization, then speculated about a plan for Naruto to become Hokage.

Naruto rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s accusation that he sought power for recognition, awakened a cooperative Nine-Tails Mode, and ended their conflict as the village celebrated. His bold claim to stand at the summit alarmed rival villages and inspired Gaara to pursue his own path.

• Naruto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he wanted to become Hokage to prevent children from growing up as orphans, then asked Kurama for help and Chakra.
• Kurama agreed to lend Naruto Chakra, and Naruto emerged in Nine-Tails Mode with the beast’s cooperation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi surrendered, and Naruto promised the Nine-Tails would protect people before declaring that he would stand at the summit.
• The Fourth Raikage vowed to settle Minato Namikaze’s unfinished appointment with Naruto, while Ōnoki ordered a bounty on Naruto and gave him a title.
• Gaara watched the broadcast and decided that he could win the support of his village by defeating and killing its Kage.

As Shimura Danzō fled after becoming an enemy of Konohagakure, Daren Yi and Izumi Uchiha intercepted him and struck while he was overwhelmed by their hidden identities and schemes. Daren Yi left Danzō mentally incapacitated as Izumi unleashed a purple, emotion-powered fire attack on his Root guards.

• Shimura Danzō fled through the woods with Root guards, cursing Hiruzen, Naruto, the Uchiha, and the other clans for his downfall.
• Daren Yi, Izumi Uchiha, and Sasuke Uchiha blocked Danzō's path, and Danzō tried to recruit Daren by promising to help him and Izumi live together.
• Daren Yi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Danzō convinced that Daren was another hidden Uchiha contingency.
• Daren Yi used an illusion and an emotional attack to collapse Danzō's mind, then returned with him in a vegetative state.
• Izumi Uchiha activated Shamate Sage Mode and unleashed Arrogance Great Fire Annihilation, while the Root guards' arrogance prevented them from dodging.

Daren Yi captured Shimura Danzō after using Sage Mode Fire Release to kill the Root ninja, then taught Sasuke his ruthless approach to fighting. Itachi Uchiha emerged from hiding, and Sasuke clung to Daren Yi as his grief and hatred toward Itachi surged again.

• Daren Yi burned the Root ninja with Sage Mode Fire Release and captured Shimura Danzō before he could use the Reversed Four Symbols Seal.
• Daren Yi mocked the incapacitated Danzō, while Sasuke watched and concluded that his clan’s fighters should rely on deception and ambushes.
• Daren Yi gave Sasuke advice on exploiting opponents’ emotions and using trickery in battle, and Izumi Uchiha watched them fondly.
• Itachi Uchiha stepped out of hiding and objected that the Uchiha Clan did not fight as Daren had described.
• Daren Yi asked Itachi whether he had come to see Sasuke, and Itachi felt pained when Sasuke clung to Daren instead of him.
• Sasuke gripped Daren Yi’s hand and leg to steady himself, then forced out Itachi Uchiha’s name as his despair and hatred returned.

Itachi Uchiha learned from Sasuke Uchiha that his father had planned to protect the clan, but Itachi’s surprise attack had killed the Uchiha before the truth could be revealed. Sasuke vowed to kill his brother when he grew strong enough, while Itachi was left shattered by guilt and grief.

• Itachi Uchiha questioned whether his supposed love for Sasuke had truly been for Sasuke’s sake and asked why their father had not told him the truth before dying.
• Sasuke Uchiha explained that Itachi had already helped Root and Obito Uchiha slaughter the clan by the time their father realized what had happened.
• Sasuke revealed that their father had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and had chosen to die without fighting as atonement for the clan and as his final tenderness toward Itachi.
• Sasuke promised to kill Itachi himself once he was strong enough and ordered him to live with the pain of his actions until then.
• Itachi Uchiha broke down over killing his parents and clansmen as Daren Yi used the Great Waterfall Technique to summon rain.

Daren Yi took Sasuke Uchiha and the Konoha 11 to a Root Organization base after promising Sasuke he could become a better clan head than Fugaku. Using his Mangekyō Sharingan, Daren Yi took control of Root, and the group entered the base, where they found rows of numb experimental subjects in nutrient tanks.

• Sasuke vowed to witness Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi's fate on behalf of the fallen Uchiha, and Daren Yi told him he could surpass Fugaku as clan head.
• Daren Yi met Neji Hyuga and the Konoha 11 near a Root base, while a Hyuga ninja reported that Root personnel had split into two groups.
• Daren Yi used his Mangekyō Sharingan and a genjutsu before Root ninjas emerged, knelt, and addressed him as Lord Danzo.
• Daren Yi ordered Root to lead the group to the base and hand its affairs over to the Hyuga Clan's ninjas.
• The Konoha 11 entered the base and saw experimental subjects confined in nutrient tanks, staring at them without emotion.

Daren Yi brought a group of young ninjas through Root’s core laboratory, where they witnessed human experimentation and learned how Danzo’s researchers were trying to reproduce Kinoe. After Hinata connected the village’s hidden darkness to Naruto’s struggle against it, Daren and Izumi left the shaken group with a new understanding of the world they would face.

• Daren Yi and the young ninjas entered Root’s core laboratory and saw children and other test subjects being used in deadly experiments.
• A medical ninja reported that the experiments had failed to create another Kinoe and claimed Orochimaru or Hiruzen Sarutobi had withheld or obstructed crucial information.
• Daren ordered the Hyuga Clan ninjas to take over the researcher’s work, and they dragged him away for interrogation.
• Daren asked the young ninjas to face the darkness they had witnessed, and Hinata recovered first, thinking of Naruto’s fight against it.
• Daren and Izumi exchanged smiles, and Izumi decided to give Hinata a little extra care in the future.