Chapter Summaries

After Meitoku disapproved of Shin and Nao’s relationship, Nao stood by Shin and insisted on handling their affairs herself. Shin then gave Meitoku a sealing technique that could end the Caged Bird Seal’s harm, and promised to visit after the war.

• Nao arrived at the camp with Nawaki and Kaoru, while Tsunade left after confirming Jiraiya was safe.
• Meitoku grew jealous as Shin and Nao spent time together, then stormed out after Nao rebuked him for throwing a rice bowl at Shin’s milk.
• Shin misunderstood Meitoku’s anger and apologized, but Meitoku clarified that he had not approved of Shin and Nao’s relationship.
• Nao stepped in front of Shin and told Meitoku that she would resolve their relationship with Shin herself.
• Shin gave Meitoku a scroll containing a sealing technique that could protect the Byakugan without side effects, and promised to visit after the war.
• Meitoku accepted the scroll, and Nao thanked Shin before taking his hand.

Shin confronted Black Zetsu in Amegakure, where Hanzo turned against the man who had manipulated him and joined Shin in battle. Back at the Grass Country headquarters, Nao equipped the allied forces with Shin’s replicated weapons and explained why he could not supply them indefinitely.

• Rain Ninja and Stone Ninja invaded the Grass Country, forcing Shin to teleport between battlefields with little rest.
• Shin brought his complete Susanoo to Amegakure, where Hanzo attacked him as a Two-Tails Jinchuriki and Black Zetsu summoned the Three-Tails and Six-Tails.
• Black Zetsu pierced Hanzo with black rods, but Hanzo resisted his control and joined Shin in driving Black Zetsu beyond Amegakure.
• Shin revealed he had called taijutsu specialists and continued fighting Black Zetsu as the Tailed Beasts forced him to manifest his Susanoo.
• Nao distributed replicated weapons and protective equipment to the allied forces and explained to Nawaki that the items would disappear if Shin lost his ocular power.

Nao, Nawaki, and Kaoru realized the Rinnegan wielder was collecting the tailed beasts and resolved to stop him. Shin used a sustained hydrogen bombardment and then lightning against the Third Mizukage, while hundreds of Konoha shinobi arrived near Amegakure to witness the devastated battlefield.

• Nao guessed that the Third Mizukage planned to gather the tailed beasts and gain power like Kaguya’s, so she, Nawaki, and Kaoru agreed he could not be allowed to escape alive.
• Jiraiya and roughly eight hundred Konoha shinobi reached the ruins near Amegakure, where they saw Hanzo incapacitated, Shin inside Susanoo, and the Third Mizukage controlling two tailed beasts.
• Shin endured Black Zetsu’s attacks and unleashed a hydrogen explosion that repeatedly blasted the crater for more than two minutes.
• The explosion melted the black rods in Hanzo’s body, and Hanzo lost consciousness before he could warn anyone.
• Shin guided lightning from a cumulonimbus cloud toward Black Zetsu’s position, then raised his hand again as the bolt illuminated the battlefield.

Uchiha Shin fought Black Zetsu and the tailed beasts, using lightning and Susanoo to exhaust his opponent and prevent his escape. As Konoha’s forces joined the battle, Shin and Tsunade attacked Black Zetsu, whose Rinnegan powers remained dangerous.

• Black Zetsu summoned Isobu and Six-Tailed Saiken, while Hanzo blocked several lightning bolts before the attack ravaged him and the Third Mizukage’s corpse.
• Shin fought the two tailed beasts with his third-form Susanoo until Konoha’s Sannin and main force arrived, then used complete Susanoo to suppress the beasts and force Black Zetsu to release them.
• Black Zetsu offered to withdraw Kirigakure and Amegakure from the war, but Shin rejected the deal and struck him down before warning Konoha’s ninjas not to let Black Zetsu touch them.
• Tsunade led the taijutsu fighters against Black Zetsu while the remaining Konoha ninjas engaged the tailed beasts, and Shin’s group blocked Black Zetsu’s attacks.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke and other ninjas repeatedly struck Black Zetsu’s neck during his cooldown, widening the crack in his defenses as rain poured down.

Black Zetsu transformed his body and revived Hanzo, forcing Shin to spend his strength containing the growing threat. As Sand ninja reinforcements arrived, Nao, Nawaki, and Tsunade confronted Black Zetsu while Shin recovered, and Black Zetsu prepared to attack them in a new armored form.

• Black Zetsu revealed his Asura Path machinery and fired missiles at Shin and Shinnosuke, but Nao and Nawaki intervened and struck him down.
• Tsunade took Nawaki away to treat his injured hand while Black Zetsu repaired his neck, attacked the Konoha ninja, and used the King of Hell to revive Hanzo with Rinnegan.
• Hanzo summoned Ibuse, and Shin blew away its poisonous mist before using clones and the Sword of Kusanagi to restrain the King of Hell and protect Saiken.
• Chiken stopped the exhausted Shin from continuing the fight and told him that the war was not his alone, so Shin closed his Sharingan and began recovering Chakra.
• Black Zetsu noticed the arriving Sand ninja led by Mamba, transformed into a machine encased in Shikotsumyaku bone, and charged at Nao, Nawaki, and Tsunade.
• Nao and Nawaki broke Black Zetsu's chakra-restricting rods, and he spread his bones into spiked armor.

Nao, Nawaki, and Tsunade worked together to overwhelm Black Zetsu, but he unleashed the Nine-Tails' Chakra and began forming a Chibaku Tensei. Shin called for everyone to focus their attacks on the sky as the battlefield began to rise.

• Black Zetsu used Banshō Ten'in to pull Nao and Nawaki toward him, but their attacks broke his black rods, and Tsunade drove him into the ground.
• Nao shattered Black Zetsu's bone spikes while Tsunade and Nawaki continued their assault, and Black Zetsu blasted them away with Shinra Tensei.
• Nao cut off Black Zetsu's hands as his barrier shattered, and Tsunade struck his chest and sent him skidding across the ground.
• Black Zetsu released the Nine-Tails' Chakra, healed his injuries, and formed new hands from machinery and bone spikes.
• Black Zetsu created six black spheres that began lifting the earth, and Shin urged everyone to attack them in the sky.

Black Zetsu summoned meteors to crush the Allied Forces while Shin fought him in the sky, using Magatsukami to wound his monstrous body. Shin was blasted out of the air and fell beneath Black Zetsu’s barrage of black rods, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Black Zetsu’s Planetary Devastation drew six huge meteors toward the Allied Forces, who rallied their attacks while Shin prepared to confront him.
• Shin shattered a meteor and flew toward Black Zetsu, who unleashed Super Shinra Tensei and attacked with bone spikes.
• Shin used Magatsukami to evade Black Zetsu’s attacks and repeatedly slash and stab him.
• Black Zetsu’s shockwave blasted Shin away, and Shin used Magatsukami to replicate attacks against Black Zetsu as they fell.
• Black Zetsu survived the attacks, aimed black rods at Shin, and sent a faster barrage after him as the ninja below watched in fear.

Shin and Black Zetsu survived their battle, which left Black Zetsu retreating and Shin badly wounded. Nao rescued Shin and removed the black rods while Meitoku, Chiken, and Shūzai ended up brawling nearby.

• Shin and Black Zetsu fell from the sky after their fight, each recognizing the other's tenacity as Black Zetsu summoned a giant bird to escape.
• Nao leaped to catch Shin, while Tsunade kept Nawaki from rushing after him and the others watched from the ground.
• Black Zetsu reflected on Team One's strength and withdrew, while Shin considered who might be able to stop him from escaping.
• Nao carried Shin to the ground and gently removed the black rods lodged in his body as his wounds began to heal.
• Meitoku and Chiken argued over Nao and Shin, then fought until Shūzai tried to separate them and was kicked in the face.
• Shin sat up with Nao's help, saw all three clan heads fighting, and asked Nao if he was seeing things.

After the battle with Black Zetsu, Shin recovered in a field hospital and worked with Orochimaru on serum research and a plan for signal satellites. Their discussion of what a child with Nao might inherit embarrassed her and led Shin to accuse Orochimaru of proposing unethical experiments, leaving Shin and Nao alone in an awkward exchange.

• The Allied Shinobi Forces ended their battle with Black Zetsu in a draw, suffering many injuries but relatively few deaths.
• Shin warned Orochimaru that combining Taketori Clan serum with Hozuki Clan abilities could cause a conflict, and Orochimaru discussed the need for cells that could neutralize the side effects.
• Orochimaru showed Shin a report on using black rods to build signal satellites, and they excitedly discussed ways to transmit signals across the Ninja World.
• Shin speculated that a child with Nao might inherit powerful combinations of the Sharingan and Byakugan, making Orochimaru eager to investigate their genetics.
• Shin accused Orochimaru of wanting to create an embryo from their biological material, pushed him out of the room, and then awkwardly insisted to Nao that he had not meant anything by the discussion.

Black Zetsu chose a young Taketori Clan woman’s body and declared herself the strongest in the ninja world. In Konoha, Hashirama and Madara discussed their plans for unifying the ninja world, while Shin remained confined to the hospital under Orochimaru’s watch.

• Black Zetsu possessed a Taketori Clan girl, enjoyed the differences of her body, and proclaimed herself the strongest in the ninja world.
• Reanimated Hashirama and Madara compared the ninja world to wolves, sheep, and grass, then discussed a unified nation and the failure of the Will of Fire.
• Hashirama suggested that he and Madara could still unite the ninja world, and Madara smiled.
• Orochimaru refused to let Shin leave the hospital until he had verified Amatsukami’s formula.
• Shin tried to escape in a black trench coat, but Orochimaru watched him through the door and sent him back to bed.

Nao hid her embarrassment after Shin’s display, while Kaoru and Nawaki ate in the hospital cafeteria and Nawaki decided the Senju Clan should dominate livestock and food production. After recovering, Shin planned to train against Black Zetsu by learning from the Third Raikage, while the Third Raikage faced worsening trouble with the Eight-Tails in Kumogakure.

• Nao blushed and hid her face outside Shin’s hospital room, privately wishing that only she could see him.
• Kaoru devoured the cafeteria’s food and desserts, and Nawaki concluded that the Senju Clan should control the ninja world’s livestock industry.
• After half a month of recovery, Shin considered how to defeat Black Zetsu and decided to seek the Third Raikage’s taijutsu and speed.
• An unseen figure recorded notes about Shin and kept a distance of three hundred meters from him.
• The Third Raikage visited his ill brother Bee, who urged him to resolve the Eight-Tails problem before Gyūki emerged while he slept.

After arranging for Sakumo to accept his help in the Land of Hot Water, Shin planned to secretly infiltrate Kumogakure under a new role-playing identity. Nao caught him sneaking out, and he tried to talk his way past her while Nawaki and Kaoru watched.

• Hi reflected on how the Third Raikage’s punishment and his son’s naming as Killer Bee had crushed him.
• Shin persuaded the depressed Sakumo to accept his support in the Land of Hot Water, then realized Sakumo had ended the call before he could object.
• At Grass Country headquarters, Shin planned to use his Scientific Combat Department position to assign himself a secret mission to infiltrate Kumogakure.
• Late at night, Shin burrowed away from the hospital, but Nao confronted him with Nawaki and Kaoru beside her.
• Shin claimed he wanted to hunt Kumogakure’s dark-skinned monster and tried to reassure Nao, then admitted he would not swear an oath that might keep him from seeing her again.

Shin outfitted Team One as S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team and assigned them roles for a two-pronged investigation into the T-Virus. The helicopter entered the Land of Lightning, where Shin released red matter across the region.

• At three in the morning, Team One boarded a helicopter and changed into tactical outfits, with Shin and Nawaki bickering as they dressed.
• Nao and Kaoru emerged in their costumes, and Shin used his powers to adjust Nao's appearance and disguise her in a different outfit.
• Shin transformed the team's appearances to look ten years older and assigned himself as Albert Wesker, Nao as Ada Wong, Nawaki as Chris Redfield, and Kaoru as Rebecca Chambers.
• Shin ordered Nawaki and Kaoru to investigate the T-Virus in the Land of Lightning while he and Nao went to Kumogakure, warning everyone not to reveal their true strength.
• After the helicopter entered the Land of Lightning, Shin pressed a remote-control button, opening a gap beneath it and releasing red matter across the region.

Shin and Nao watched Alpha Team spread the Taketori Clan’s berserk factor over the Land of Lightning while discussing the newly produced Shikotsumyaku serum. Meanwhile, Nawaki and Kaoru entered the capital under cover, and Kaoru ordered Nawaki to close their inn-room door.

• Shin explained that the substance dispersed over the Land of Lightning was the Taketori Clan’s berserk factor and said he would not use it on civilians.
• Nao teased Shin as Ada Wong, then placed several scrolls in his little treasury for safekeeping.
• Nawaki and Kaoru approached the Land of Lightning’s capital, where Nawaki worried about Kaoru’s interest in the virus.
• Kaoru and Nawaki passed the checkpoint and checked into an inn near the Daimyo Estate, pretending to be a couple.
• Kaoru went into Room 103, got onto the bed, and told Nawaki, “Chris, close the door.”

Shin and Nao infiltrated Kumogakure and prepared disguises and equipment for their mission. As they helped each other conceal their Byakugan and Sharingan, their mutual attraction surfaced, leaving them sharing an unspoken understanding.

• Shin and Nao slipped past Kumogakure's guards using invisibility, while Shin's genjutsu confused the guards in the capital.
• Shin gave Nao communications gear, a grappling gun, and electric gloves, then used Magatsukami to conceal the veins around her eyes when she activated her Byakugan.
• Nao placed contact lenses over Shin's Sharingan, and the two grew flustered as they examined each other at close range.
• Nao rubbed Shin's eyes to check that the contacts would not harm them, then turned away, leaving Shin puzzled by her changing demeanor.
• Shin and Nao exchanged synchronized replies, smiled, and silently recognized their shared feelings.

Nao hunted in Kumogakure with a serum designed to mutate ordinary ninja, while Shin remained wary of her unexpected advances. She injected her guarded prime target, but the Cloud ANBU detected no trace and left without discovering what had happened.

• Nawaki mistook Kaoru’s invitation for something more, got kicked in the face, and resolved to focus on making money.
• Shin recalled how Nao had pulled him onto the bed, then used Magatsukami to escape before she could turn the tables on him.
• Nao assembled a sniper rifle and prepared miniature serum bullets, seeking ordinary ninja as targets for Team One’s experiment.
• Nao used five bullets before locating her dark-skinned, combed-back prime target under heavy guard.
• After nightfall, Nao injected the target with a miniature bullet and slipped away.
• Ti and the Kumogakure ANBU searched the rooftop for Chakra residue, found nothing, and left as Eve returned to protecting her assigned person.

Shin used implanted memories to turn Cloud Ninja into unwitting allies while Nawaki and Kaoru carried out his operation in the Land of Lightning. In Kumogakure, the Third Raikage believed his son was safe, unaware that the serum was mutating young A as a woman recorded the experiment from nearby.

• Nao used her Byakugan to confirm that the serum was affecting the primary target and suspected his identity was significant.
• Shin planted false memories in Cloud Ninja, presenting himself as Albert Wesker from Umbrella Corporation and claiming he was investigating the incident.
• Nawaki and Kaoru discussed the civilians targeted by the operation and waited in Room 103 for unrest to begin.
• Ti reported to the Third Raikage, who checked on his son and dismissed Eve's discovery as a false alarm.
• The serum invaded young A's cells and caused them to mutate for about ten minutes while he slept.
• A short-haired woman recorded the experiment in a red notebook and left the observation point five kilometers from A's home.

Shin destroyed a serum accelerant that would have caused A to go berserk and doomed Kumogakure, then looked forward to the mutated infected attacking in a few days. Meanwhile, Nawaki and Kaoru posed as members of S.T.A.R.S. to gain entry to a wealthy courtyard, where Kaoru quickly won the owner's trust.

• Shin saw that A would fail to withstand the serum in most futures and destroyed a vial of accelerant developed by his future self.
• Nawaki paid for Kaoru's food, then followed his improved senses to a wealthy household with Kaoru.
• Two servants tackled Kaoru, who mistook them for zombies, while Nawaki subdued them and watched her try to cover up her mistake.
• Kaoru knocked out the other servants and introduced herself and Nawaki as members of the Special Tactics and Rescue Service responding to a bioweapon virus leak.
• The courtyard owner welcomed them inside and favored Kaoru as the virus expert, leaving Nawaki frustrated that she had beaten him to his hoped-for reward.

Kaoru explained the biohazard virus to Minister Fukude, who tried to obtain the serum and learn about Alpha Team. Nawaki gave Fukude one serum under strict secrecy, then returned to Room 103, where someone was sobbing beneath a blanket.

• Kaoru explained the virus to Fukude while Nawaki drank tea and bragged about knowing Keisuke.
• Fukude asked how to eliminate the virus, and Nawaki showed him the pale blue serum.
• Nawaki refused to sell the serum, arguing that they needed to stop the source of the infections instead.
• Kaoru left in anger, and Nawaki privately gave Fukude the serum while warning him to keep it secret and not target Alpha Team.
• Nawaki returned to Room 103 and saw a heaving blanket on the bed as faint sobbing came from beneath it.

Kaoru realized Shin’s plan would use the T-Virus to destabilize the Land of Lightning, while Shin and Nao prepared to frame Kumogakure and Kirigakure for its spread. Five days later, Young A collapsed, and the Third Raikage began investigating the virus as Shin’s controlled Cloud Ninja staged a misleading account of a monster attack.

• Kaoru cried after understanding that Shin’s operation would experiment on civilians and ninja and leave the Land of Lightning in chaos.
• Shin and Nao discussed infecting Young A and making Wesker appear, then planned to implicate Kumogakure and Kirigakure in leaking the T-Virus.
• Five days later, the Third Raikage learned that Young A’s condition was connected to mass riots among civilians in the Land of Lightning.
• Several Cloud Ninja controlled by Shin told the Third Raikage a staged story about a hairless monster and a mysterious man.
• Ti promised to uncover the truth within three days, while the Third Raikage entered Young A’s hospital ward.