Chapter Summaries

Shin confronted Black Zetsu, who had attacked Mito and brought tailed-beast Jinchuriki to Konoha. After containing the beasts and moving the fight away from the village, Shin wounded Black Zetsu with an attack combining his Mangekyo abilities.

• Shin arrived where Black Zetsu had attacked Mito, finding Kushina, Chiyuki, Cocoon, and two elderly Hyuga there.
• Shin attacked Black Zetsu and drove him toward Konoha's training grounds, where Black Zetsu summoned the King of Hell and the Three-Tails and Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shin divided his elemental Chakra among four clones and used the Four Red Yang Formation to confine the two tailed beasts.
• Shin used Magatsukami to intercept Black Zetsu at the Uzumaki Clan Grounds and tried to draw the fight away from Konoha.
• Shin attacked Black Zetsu with a Senjutsu-infused Susanoo, cutting him with an attack that used Amatsukami and Magatsukami.

Shin drove Black Zetsu to retreat, then returned to Konoha and learned from Cocoon that Tobirama had speculated an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan bearer might still exist. Cocoon’s revelation stirred his desire to restore the Uchiha Clan to prominence, while Shin prepared to head for the war’s front lines.

• Shin and Black Zetsu fought over the tailed beasts until Black Zetsu summoned a three-headed hound and escaped.
• The Third Hokage learned from Mito that the Hidden Mist had attacked Konoha and that Shin had returned, but Shin used his Scientific Combat Department authority to avoid being ordered to stay.
• Shin ended Mito’s lecture and resolved to go to the front lines to end the war, while Hashirama carried Madara toward Konoha and the two prepared to settle their disagreement with a fight.
• At Konoha Hospital, Cocoon examined Shin’s Mangekyō Sharingan and told him that Madara’s corpse had vanished and that Tobirama had concluded an Eternal Mangekyō wielder might still exist.
• Cocoon considered Shin’s Mangekyō a chance to lead the Uchiha Clan back to the pinnacle of the ninja world.

Shin accepted Chiyuki’s Mangekyō Sharingan in a transplant, hoping to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo. As the preserved ocular power in her eyes connected to him, he began to understand the power’s true nature.

• Cocoon explained that willingly offering overlapping Mangekyō Sharingan could be the key to awakening the Eternal Mangekyo, and Chiyuki agreed to give Shin her eyes.
• Chiyuki told Shin that losing and finding love again was part of the Uchiha path, and Shin accepted her gift without guilt.
• In the Great Toad Sage’s dream, the Sage of Six Paths defended leaving the future open to possibilities and said he had given Shin Yin and Yang powers to keep him from drawing strength from hatred.
• Cocoon performed the transplant, and Shin’s original Mangekyō lost its luster as Chiyuki’s gray eyes were placed in his sockets.
• Yin power preserved and replicated the ocular power in Chiyuki’s eyes, and Shin began to grasp the truth behind the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Shin reconnected his original eyes and discovered how his new Mangekyo abilities worked, realizing that keeping Nao alive depended on defeating Black Zetsu before his eyes became Rinnegan. Meanwhile, Hashirama and Madara visited Konoha, and Shin ran into Kushina and her companions on the way to the expanded Shopping Street.

• Shin transplanted his original eyes and used Amatsukami and Magatsukami, learning that his abilities depended on a special space reflecting the Ninja World.
• Shin realized that Nao's life depended on his Mangekyo powers and wondered how he could defeat Black Zetsu without awakening the Rinnegan.
• Mito sensed Hashirama and Madara's Chakra signatures vanish, while the two men discussed Konoha's Hokage and made a bet about the next one.
• Madara and Hashirama went to the Uchiha-led Shopping Street after debating whether an Uchiha would ever become Hokage.
• At daybreak, Shin met Kushina and her four companions at the Shopping Street entrance, heard her mention a frightening bad guy, and walked with them toward the ramen shop.

Shin returned to Konoha’s Grass Country camp, reunited with Chiken, and was promptly beaten by Nao over the dream he had created for her. As the camp settled for the night, Chiken and Meitoku discussed Shin’s plan to handle the Hyuga elders, hinting at a thaw in the Uchiha-Hyuga rivalry.

• Shin invested in Teuchi’s ramen shop, and Minato accepted the deal on Teuchi’s behalf.
• Minato asked Shin to teach him instant movement, so Shin gave him the Flying Thunder God scroll.
• Shin flew the Hagoromo to the Grass Country camp, where Chiken greeted him with an enthusiastic hug.
• Nao confronted Shin over the dream he had created, and Shin escaped through the cabin window before she pinned him down and punched him.
• Chiken brought Meitoku to his tent for drinks, and Meitoku said Shin would handle the Hyuga elders.

Meitoku and Chiken recognized that Shin was building toward Uchiha rule over Konoha, and Chiken promised the Hyuga a place beside them. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu targeted the Taketori Clan, while Shin prepared experimental serums to pursue a future that could save Nao and most of the ninja world.

• Meitoku told Chiken that Shin was the only choice for the next Hokage and revealed his hope of ending the Hyuga’s Caged Bird Seal.
• Chiken understood Shin’s political plans and promised Meitoku that the Hyuga Clan would have a place when the Uchiha ruled Konoha.
• Black Zetsu decided to target the Taketori Clan to create a more powerful Shikotsumyaku.
• Shin created an unstable serum combining Taketori traits with his cells and considered whether to use it on Nao.
• Shin ran 14,000,605 simulations involving a Wood Release test subject, temporarily weakening his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in the process.
• Shin chose to pursue the future he had found and packed away sixteen red serums and sixteen pale blue serums.

Shin tested a serum-enhanced Wood Release procedure on Nawaki, leaving him with a grotesquely enlarged right arm, then began the same treatment for Nao. The chapter ended with Nao blindfolding Shin and bringing them into an increasingly intimate moment.

• Uchiha Mumei examined altered photographs and decided never to provoke Shin again.
• Shin forced Nawaki into the isolation chamber and stimulated his body with Chakra to activate the serum.
• Nawaki emerged with an oversized right arm, and Shin explained that the serum had amplified its tissues.
• Nao initially refused the procedure, but Shin explained that her serum used his cultured cells, and she asked him to proceed.
• Nao tied a ribbon over Shin's eyes and told him not to peek or remove it.

Shin and Nao discussed how to keep her safe from Black Zetsu and decided to go to the moon, while Shin prepared another safeguard. The chapter ended after Shin spent three hours recovering enough Chakra to carry out the procedure, as Nao warned him not to look at or think about anything he shouldn’t.

• Nao restrained Shin and told him not to run away from what had happened between them.
• Shin explained that he feared the cost of failure, and he and Nao discussed how defeating Black Zetsu required power beyond the Rinnegan.
• Shin realized they could go to the moon, where Nao could live safely, and he and Nao went into an isolation chamber to add another safeguard.
• Nawaki waited outside the chamber and complained that Shin was taking too long, while Mamba and Anko overheard and mistakenly speculated about what the pair were doing.
• Shin spent three hours recovering his Chakra, then denied using Sage Mode or imagining anything when Nao teased him.
• Nao warned Shin not to look at or think about what he shouldn’t, leaving him flustered.

Shin helped Nao undergo the serum treatment that fused Hyuga and Kaguya powers, transforming her appearance and height. After Nao confronted him about Kaguya, Shin identified her as the progenitor of Chakra and the root of the ninja world’s current chaos.

• Nao endured half an hour of agony in the isolation chamber while Shin supplied his Chakra.
• Nao emerged transformed, taller and more striking, and admired her new appearance in the mirror.
• Nao asked Shin who Kaguya was and whether he liked her, and Shin denied liking her before explaining Kaguya’s role.
• Nawaki slept outside the room while Anko and Mamba waited for the pair to emerge.
• Anko and Mamba were stunned by Nao’s transformation, and Mamba resolved to spend the night fulfilling his wife’s demands.

Shin trained Nao and Nawaki after their serum enhancements, testing their new abilities in a fierce sparring match. He defeated both of them in the first round, then announced that the official second round was beginning.

• Shin criticized Nawaki’s weak Wood Release while praising Nao’s enhanced strength and techniques.
• Shin fought Nao and Nawaki, using Sage-powered attacks as they countered with their enhanced abilities.
• Shin defeated Nao with Genjutsu and a kunai, then threw Nawaki and knocked him down with a sealing technique.
• Nao entered Elemental Chakra Mode as Shin prepared his weapons and began the second round.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade received a Dongfeng Series Missile in the Rain Country and decided not to use the strategic weapon in the war. Shin distributed the other missiles as safeguards against Black Zetsu, then led Team One toward the Earth Country, where Nawaki and Nao agreed to his plan.

• The Hagoromo dropped an airdrop crate near Jiraiya, and Orochimaru explained that its Dongfeng Series Missile could defeat the Four-Tails using its Chakra as fuel.
• Orochimaru warned that the missile required the Four-Tails' high-temperature Chakra, and he, Jiraiya, and Tsunade decided to keep the technology secret and avoid using it in the Rain Country war.
• Team One delivered a missile to Sakumo in the Land of Hot Water, but he refused to use it despite Shin's reassurance that it was meant for powerful enemies.
• The Third Hokage received another missile, vowed never to use it, and hid it in a scroll containing mysterious books.
• Shin piloted the Hagoromo toward the Earth Country, and Nawaki and Nao agreed to his plan after Shin denied that he was seeking revenge.

Shin ambushed Ōnoki over Iwagakure and unleashed a devastating attack, while Nao and Nawaki intercepted Roshi’s escort and captured him. The chapter left Iwagakure under attack and Roshi in Konoha’s hands.

• Roshi learned that Iwagakure’s sealing team could not restore his ability to circulate Tailed Beast Chakra, and he was sent to a new residence.
• Ōnoki attacked the descending Hagoromo, but Shin absorbed and reflected his Dust Release with the Uchiha Gunbai, then revealed the aircraft had been a Transformation Technique decoy.
• Shin confronted Ōnoki and spread hellfire across Iwagakure, declaring that Konoha could not be challenged freely.
• Nao and Nawaki blocked Roshi’s escort, and Nao killed the sealing team members with her vibration-based attacks.
• Nao confronted Roshi, but Nawaki knocked him unconscious and carried him away.

Shin used his Complete Body Susanoo to destroy Iwagakure, leaving Ōnoki alive and vowing revenge. After leaving Earth Country with Nao and Nawaki, Shin reflected on his goal of changing the ninja world while the group dealt with the injured Roshi.

• After receiving word that the mission was complete, Shin decided not to destroy Iwagakure until later, but Ōnoki trapped him and ordered the Stone Ninja to attack.
• Shin revealed his Susanoo, dispelled Ōnoki's Dust Release, and transformed it into its Complete Body form above Iwagakure.
• Shin used the Susanoo to destroy the Tsuchikage Tower, raze Iwagakure, and kill countless Stone Ninja while warning survivors not to challenge Konoha again.
• Pinned beneath the rubble, Ōnoki vowed to devote his life to making Shin suffer as he had made Iwagakure suffer.
• After leaving Earth Country, Shin chose to let Ōnoki live, then scolded Nawaki for dragging the bloodied Roshi as he traveled with Nao.

Shin and Team One faced Iwagakure’s desperate counterattack, which Ōnoki had bolstered with civilians to exploit the Allied forces’ reluctance to harm them. As the massive force closed on the border, Shin resolved to fight and received Chiken’s support for his ambitions and the Uchiha Clan’s future.

• After resting for nearly a week, Shin restored his Sharingan to the Three-Tomoe state and learned that Iwagakure’s forces were approaching the border.
• Nao detected the approaching enemy, and Shin estimated that as many as fifteen thousand were coming as Team One prepared for battle.
• Ōnoki sent thirty thousand people, including many civilians, in an all-out counterattack against the ruins of Iwagakure.
• Shin recognized that the civilians were being used for psychological warfare, but declared that Konoha had not started the war and gripped the Gunbai and Sword of Kusanagi: Heavenly Flow.
• Chiken told Shin that the Uchiha Clan would support him and revealed that he had already dealt with the Old Fossil, while Meitoku warned Shin that he would have to become the Ninja World’s savior to win Nao’s hand.
• The more than thirty thousand Stone Ninja came within five hundred meters of the border.

Shin led the Allied Forces to victory over the Stone Village forces, using overwhelming power while trying to stir surviving civilians to resist war and their leaders. After the battle, the Third Hokage reproached him over the civilian deaths and Konoha’s reputation, and Shin reflected on how much the Hokage had changed.

• Shin charged into the Stone Ninja formation with Nao and Nawaki following, and he cut through the enemy ranks with his sword and ninjutsu.
• Shin entered Sage Mode and engulfed the battlefield in flames, then used Lightning Release to kill Stone Ninja as civilians fled.
• Nao and Nawaki fought with the Allied Forces while Shin continued attacking; the three-day battle ended with an Allied Forces victory and heavy Stone Village casualties.
• The Third Hokage called to praise Shin’s performance but reproached him over civilian deaths and damage to Konoha’s reputation.
• Shin ended the call, removed his bloodless trench coat, and reflected on the Third Hokage’s growing concern with reputation and appearances.

Shin joked with Nao about unifying the shinobi world, and their teasing revealed that their childhood friendship was becoming something more. Meanwhile, Sakumo rested after repeated Kumogakure attacks as Hi struggled with orders to invade and the loss of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Shin burned the Land of Fire Daimyo’s letter and told Nao that only one country needed to remain in the shinobi world.
• Nao teased Shin by pulling his cheeks, and they laughed together before recognizing their growing feelings for each other.
• Sakumo’s forces endured three Kumogakure assaults overnight, leaving him exhausted and suspicious that something had happened within the enemy village.
• Hi received the Third Raikage’s order to destroy the Land of Hot Water and considered Konoha responsible for taking Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

Black Zetsu continued fusing the Taketori clan’s Shikotsumyaku into the Third Mizukage while Team One flew toward Takigakure. An elderly man secretly watched the village’s ninja boast about fighting Konoha, then slipped underground after taking a mysterious call.

• Black Zetsu used the Rinnegan to extract another skeleton from a Taketori clansman and watched over the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Shin, Nao, and Nawaki boarded the Hagoromo and flew toward Takigakure with rocket ammunition.
• Shin scolded Nawaki for using ammunition recklessly, and Nawaki complained that Nao was allowed to use it freely because her family had money.
• Several Waterfall Ninja dismissed reports of Uchiha Shin’s strength and claimed Takigakure had geniuses who could match him.
• An elderly man secretly observed the Waterfall Ninja, took a mysterious phone call, and slipped underground without a trace of attachment to Takigakure.

Team One tested its rocket launchers over Takigakure, where Nawaki accidentally hit an abandoned shack and Shin lost his composure. After the team left, Takigakure's leader blamed Konoha for the attack and decided to summon Kaoru, hoping the Seven-Tails could help them fly an aircraft.

• White Zetsu judged Takigakure's young ninja as selfish and considered wiping them out while watching from above the waterfall.
• Shin announced Team One's nineteenth S-rank mission as Nawaki fired rockets that mostly missed their targets.
• Nao gave Nawaki her rocket launchers, and his final volley destroyed a tiny abandoned shack, leaving Shin stunned.
• Shin shook Nawaki and demanded to know whether he had cheated, while Nawaki struggled to breathe.
• Takigakure's leader concluded that Konoha ninja had attacked from an aircraft and ordered Kaoru to be brought to him.

Kaoru was ordered to patrol Takigakure’s skies after the village suffered an attack, while Sakumo and Hi prepared to fight in the Land of Hot Water. As their duel began, pregnant Shizune felt an ominous premonition and prayed for Sakumo’s safe return.

• Takigakure’s leader assigned Kaoru to patrol the skies and shoot down any unidentified flying objects after she mistook the attack’s aftermath for fireworks.
• Kaoru flew over the craters and found metal fragments but could not understand what had caused the destruction.
• Sakumo met Hi outside the camp, and the two shared drinks before preparing to fight over the Land of Hot Water.
• Sakumo and Hi drew their weapons and began their duel beneath the moonlight.
• Shizune dropped a plate, cut her finger, and worried about Sakumo while waiting for him to return.

Sakumo defeated Hi in their prolonged duel but chose to let him live, and Hi abandoned his identity as a Kumogakure ninja to return to his child. In the Raikage Tower, the Third Raikage considered who would inherit the Eight-Tails and identified Hi’s five-year-old child as a leading candidate.

• Sakumo and Hi fought for hours, each sustaining serious injuries as they struggled to outlast the other.
• Hi used a Lightning Clone to catch Sakumo off guard, but Sakumo struck Hi in the chest and ended the duel.
• Sakumo sheathed his blade and told Hi to live for his child instead of finishing him off.
• Hi decided that Kumogakure’s ninja Hi was dead and left for the Land of Lightning to live as a father.
• The Third Raikage read Bee’s medical report and considered candidates for the next Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, placing Hi’s five-year-old child at the top of his list.