Chapter Summaries

The Third Hokage checked that Shamu had not manipulated Naruto and gave him money for Ninja Academy. Meanwhile, Sasuke became Shamu’s apprentice and was soundly defeated during his first test, ending the chapter as Shamu questioned his training.

• The Third Hokage visited Naruto, asked what Shamu had told him, and gave him 5,000 ryo for living expenses.
• Fugaku urged Sasuke to serve Shamu tea, formally making Sasuke Shamu’s apprentice before leaving to oversee clan rebuilding and recruitment.
• Shamu tested Sasuke in the courtyard, easily avoiding his Shuriken and blocking his Uchiha-Style Taijutsu.
• Sasuke used Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, but Shamu went around the flames and struck him on the neck.
• Shamu criticized Sasuke’s fighting and asked where he had gone wrong, while Sasuke lowered his head without answering.

Shamu left Tsunade and Dan Katō’s wedding to investigate Moryo’s broken seal after Minato sensed Obito near the Land of Demons. Obito headed for the Miko’s palace, where Shion had foreseen Taraho’s death and the guards could not stop the intangible intruder.

• Tsunade and Dan Katō thanked Shamu at their wedding, where he learned Dan and Fugaku had once fought together.
• An Anbu reported that Moryo’s seal had been broken and the Miko was injured, so Minato told Shamu that Obito was nearby.
• Shamu accepted Minato’s Flying Thunder God Kunai and flew toward the Land of Demons to stop Obito.
• Obito studied Yomi’s memories, learned how Moryo’s soul and body had been sealed separately, and traveled toward the Miko’s palace.
• Shion told Taraho that she had foreseen his death and said Moryo had been destroyed, though she did not know why danger remained.
• Obito approached the Miko’s palace in his intangible state, passing through the guards’ attacks as they cried out in alarm.

Obito reflected on his defeat by Shamu and recognized that he needed allies and a faction of his own. In Konoha, Shamu explained the ways to prevent Mangekyō Sharingan blindness and told Itachi that Fugaku planned to give him his eyes, while Shamu had other plans for Sasuke.

• Obito concluded that Shamu likely possessed Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and had thoroughly outmatched him in the Kamui Dimension.
• Obito recognized his arrogance and decided he needed to build a faction rather than act alone.
• Itachi woke in his room, and Shamu discussed the Uchiha Clan's growing influence and his plans to use it to pressure the Third Hokage.
• Shamu explained that Hashirama's cells or a blood relative's Mangekyō Sharingan could prevent the loss of Mangekyō vision.
• Shamu told Itachi that Fugaku intended to give him his eyes, and Itachi agreed to follow Shamu's plans for him and Sasuke.

Shamu’s two Shadow Clones trapped the Cloud Village forces in a forest of bone spears and ice mirrors, killing many before Yugito’s Tailed Beast Ball opened a path for retreat. The Hidden Mist Village scouts saw the battle’s outcome and began reassessing the village’s hidden strength.

• The Raikage ordered the Cloud Village shinobi to break through Shamu’s expanding bone forest, while Shamu’s Shadow Clone struck them from among the spears.
• Shamu’s remaining Shadow Clone activated a Cursed Seal and created a spreading field of ice mirrors, attacking Cloud Village shinobi alongside the first clone.
• Yugito transformed into the Two-Tails and fired a Tailed Beast Ball through the bone forest, then collapsed from her injuries as Shi treated her.
• The Raikage ordered a retreat when the bone spears and ice crystals began regenerating, and the Cloud Village forces withdrew after losing nearly a hundred shinobi.
• Mei Terumi and distant scouts watched the two Shadow Clones emerge as the bone forest and ice crystals collapsed, and they reconsidered the Hidden Mist Village’s strength.

Sasuke learned that Indra’s departure had restored the painful side effects of his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Shamu encouraged him to keep training and urged Naruto to grow stronger. After Shamu left to bring Mikoto to Konoha, Hyuga Sora secretly overheard Naruto reveal that Minato was his father and that Shamu had saved him, giving Sora valuable intelligence to sell.

• Shamu explained that Sasuke’s Mangekyō side effects had worsened because Indra’s soul was gone, and Sasuke accepted that Naruto was currently stronger.
• Shamu told Sasuke that Yoya had also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, encouraged Sasuke to pursue strength, and urged Naruto to improve his Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Shamu left for the Land of Radiance to bring Mikoto to Konoha, while Naruto and Sasuke discussed whether Shamu or Minato was stronger.
• Hyuga Sora used his Byakugan to observe the group and overheard Naruto identify Minato as his father and Shamu as Minato’s rescuer.
• Sora realized the information about Minato’s resurrection could be highly valuable on the intelligence market.

Shamu warned the Raikage that Obito planned to revive the Ten-Tails and would bring an army of at least a hundred thousand to declare war at the Six Kage Summit. He showed the Raikage evidence of the Sky Ninja aerial fortress, and the chapter ended after Kumogakure’s delegation inspected it and Shamu revealed that Yugito had been revived as an Uchiha.

• Shamu explained that the Tailed Beasts came from the Ten-Tails and warned that Obito intended to destroy the Shinobi World with an army of at least a hundred thousand.
• Shamu gave the Raikage photographs and data about the Sky Ninja aerial fortress and offered to take Kumogakure’s delegation there for an inspection.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to transport the Raikage, Dodai, Yukubi, and others to the fortress, and Shamu followed using the same technique.
• The Raikage learned that Shamu could use Flying Thunder God and asked whether he could defeat Obito, but Shamu deferred the explanation until the Six Kage Summit.
• The Raikage asked about Yugito, and Shamu said she had died but had been revived and registered as Uchiha Yugito; he also confirmed that Gaara and Fu had been revived.
• Shamu explained that reviving Killer B was impossible because his body was not intact, and Dodai, Yukubi, and the others returned after inspecting the fortress.

Shamu tested his new ocular techniques in the Dream Realm and awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then slept until the third day. After meeting Naruto and Sasuke on Konoha Main Street, Shamu heard Naruto explain that something seemed to disrupt his Chakra whenever he tried to use ninjutsu.

• Fugaku visited Shamu after sensing a surge of ocular power, and Shamu said Sky Rift had shown him a long vision and might never activate again.
• Fugaku ordered Yohei to forbid the Uchiha from discussing the disturbance, while Shamu returned to bed exhausted from testing his techniques in the Dream Realm and completing his Sharingan's ascent.
• Shamu slept until noon on the third day, then went to Konoha Main Street for food.
• Naruto and Sasuke visited the Chinese Cuisine Store after Naruto ranked last in ninjutsu, and Sasuke tried Naruto's stinky tofu and eagerly ate it.
• Shamu arrived with candied hawthorn skewers, praised Sasuke for placing first, and encouraged Naruto after learning he struggled with Chakra control.
• Naruto told Shamu that something seemed to disrupt his Chakra extraction and Transformation Technique, especially during tests.

Obito watched Konoha’s defenders contain the Corpse Puppets, then used the invasion to probe the Uchiha Clan Grounds. He confronted Itachi there, intending to discover what Shamu had arranged to protect the clan.

• Hyuga Yuto ordered his exhausted forces to withdraw after most civilians had evacuated and Konoha had confined the Corpse Puppets.
• Obito watched the defense from a rooftop before leaving through Kamui, while Black Zetsu and Disornas animated an Iwa rogue ninja’s corpse and headed toward the fighting.
• The Uchiha clan sheltered calmly as patrolmen used Ninja Crows, Ninja Cats, and a detection barrier to monitor the grounds.
• Iori used the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring Uchiha Itachi back after the clan detected Obito’s arrival.
• Obito entered the Uchiha Clan Grounds openly, and Itachi waited for him near the Uchiha Hospital as Obito sought to test Shamu’s preparations.

Shamu found Kimimaro alone by a lakeside and recruited him as a companion, changing the course of his life. After learning about Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku and inherited bone techniques, Shamu planned to take him to Orochimaru for help with the dangers of his bloodline.

• Kimimaro nearly destroyed a lone flower before Shamu stopped him and invited him to join his companions.
• Shamu introduced Kimimaro to Kurita Kyoko, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Haku, and Kimimaro accepted their companionship.
• Shamu gained Dance of the Larch and Combat Intuition after recruiting Kimimaro.
• Shamu tested Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku and learned that its combat dances had appeared in Kimimaro’s mind without anyone teaching him.
• Shamu concluded that Kimimaro’s bloodline carried dangerous ancestral traits and planned to send him to Orochimaru for research.

The Third Hokage and Danzo agreed to remove Root from the Military Police Force after complaints mounted, while the Uchiha reopened their shops. Alarmed by the Uchiha’s sharply reduced mission work, the Third Hokage ordered new monthly mission quotas and penalties that could cut their income.

• The Third Hokage ordered Danzo to withdraw Root from the Military Police Force and offered the former Root Base to satisfy the Hyuga First Elder’s demand for an honorary elder position.
• Danzo accepted the move in exchange for a blank appointment letter, and Root’s Military Police officers were dismissed as villagers celebrated the Uchiha shops reopening.
• Utatane Koharu told the Third Hokage that the Uchiha had reduced mission work because many were having children for Shamu’s childbirth incentives and others had shifted into business.
• The Third Hokage set monthly mission quotas for Jonin, Special Jonin, and Chunin, with lower commission status and out-of-village assignments as penalties for failing to meet them.
• The Third Hokage expected the quotas either to push Uchiha shinobi into more missions or to force Fugaku to negotiate, giving him a chance to target the Uchiha food business.

Shamu ended his fight with Nagato and began explaining what he knew about the Rinnegan. He claimed the eyes had originated with the Uchiha Clan and started telling Konan and Nagato about the Otsutsuki.

• Shamu confronted Pain about the Rinnegan and suggested their appearance in Nagato was part of a conspiracy.
• Konan stopped the fight from continuing, and Shamu discovered that his Sand Cushion had collapsed into loose sand.
• Shamu pulled the Naraka Path out of the sand and ordered Pain to use it to revive the other Paths.
• Shamu set out iced tea for himself and Konan, then listed the Six Paths’ abilities and revealed his knowledge of Chibaku Tensei and Shinra Tensei’s cooldown.
• Shamu claimed the Rinnegan first appeared in the Uchiha Clan and began telling Nagato and Konan about the Otsutsuki.

In the Land of Iron, Uchiha Shamu hired Tsunade to train medical ninjas and treat two injured Uchiha, but she hesitated to return to Konoha. Shamu told her the Uchiha Clan had moved outside the village and hinted that he had another reason for bringing her back.

• Shamu approached the drunken Tsunade and waited for her to sober up before discussing a commission.
• Shamu introduced himself as the Uchiha Deputy Clan Head and asked Tsunade to train twenty medical ninjas and treat two injured Uchiha.
• Tsunade quoted a cost of five million per trainee per year, and Shamu offered a hundred and twenty million in advance.
• Tsunade agreed to go with Shamu, then changed her mind because she did not want to return to Konoha.
• Shamu explained that the Uchiha Clan had moved its grounds five kilometers outside Konoha and gave Shizune money to arrange lodging.

Yoya and Yugito clashed at sea after Yugito refused to change the Cloud Village’s demand for payment. Yoya fought Yugito’s partial Tailed Beast transformation but was badly injured and rescued by his Uchiha clansmen.

• Yugito refused Yoya’s request to negotiate and insisted that the fleet pay for half the goods before leaving.
• Yoya and Yugito jumped into the sea and fought away from the ships, with Yoya using lightning-enhanced speed and his Sharingan against Yugito’s claws and agility.
• Yoya struck Yugito with Thunderclap, but she transformed into the Cat Demon and blasted him with flames.
• Yoya hit Yugito’s leg with Lightning Spear, then was struck by her fireball and a cat-claw blow that sent him crashing into the merchant ship.
• Two Uchiha Clan members pulled Yoya from the water and treated his broken ribs, puncture wounds, and burns.

Shamu warned Sasuke, Naruto, and the Uchiha leaders against letting extreme or arrogant thoughts control them, while revealing why Future Sasuke had lost strength. The chapter ended with Shamu, Future Sasuke, and Itachi preparing to visit Orochimaru to discuss Urashiki and Boruto’s Karma.

• Little Sasuke rejected the idea that Indra could influence his choices, and Shamu urged him not to turn friendship with Naruto into a contest.
• Shamu told Naruto that Asura’s Chakra might explain his softheartedness, and Naruto resolved to become more decisive about killing.
• Shamu told Future Sasuke that his strength had declined because he had fired Indra’s Chakra away in Indra’s Arrow, not because he had grown old.
• Shamu warned the Uchiha leaders that extreme thinking and arrogance had led to disasters, citing the Uchiha Clan’s losses and Obito and Madara as examples.
• Shamu called Future Sasuke and Itachi to go with him to Orochimaru’s place to discuss Urashiki and the Karma in Boruto’s hand, while Boruto stayed behind to talk with Naruto.

Shamu discussed exposing Obito and changing the Uchiha leadership with Fugaku, who agreed to step down and let Shamu take over. Shamu then asked Hizashi for help and revealed Fugaku’s coming resignation, leaving Hizashi surprised but reassured that Fugaku was not dying.

• Shamu told Fugaku that Obito had attacked Kakashi and that Kakashi had seen Obito’s face, then explained his plan to expose Obito and counter Konoha’s leaders.
• Fugaku approved Shamu’s plans and agreed to let him handle clan affairs, while offering to mobilize the Uchiha himself.
• Shamu invited Hizashi to his home and offered to clear the Uchiha’s grievance over Hyuga Kaito’s actions if Hizashi helped him.
• Shamu told Hizashi that Fugaku would soon step down and that Shamu would become the Uchiha clan head.
• Hizashi mistakenly suspected Fugaku was dying, but Shamu clarified that Fugaku simply no longer wanted the position.

Nagato and Konan decided to confront Obito while pretending to cooperate, and Obito learned that Shamu had exposed his identity and announced a bounty on him. When Nagato challenged him, Obito tested Nagato’s attitude, but Pain rejected his proposal to target Shamu and ordered Akatsuki to lie low.

• Nagato told Konan he would contact Obito and question him about his identity while continuing to build strength.
• Obito tested Susanoo in the Kamui Dimension, then met Zetsu near the Land of Fire.
• Zetsu told Obito that the Uchiha had exposed him and removed him from the clan registry, while Shamu had placed a three-hundred-million bounty on him.
• Nagato and Konan confronted Obito through their shared cave gathering, and Pain mocked him for posing as Uchiha Madara.
• Obito proposed testing Shamu when he became Uchiha clan head, but Pain refused and ordered Akatsuki to remain dormant.

Tsunade assessed the Uchiha's injured shinobi and arranged for Shizune to perform surgery under her guidance. Shamu showed Tsunade the new Uchiha hospital, leaving her to plan its facilities as she considered Danzo's possible connections to Obito and the spread of Wood Release.

• Tsunade reassured the Uchiha with minor injuries, then let Shizune examine Oura and Rikuto, whose severe wounds had left them fearing permanent disability.
• Shamu told Tsunade that Obito had attacked Fugaku and Kakashi, and that Obito and his companion both used Wood Release.
• Tsunade suspected Danzo might have experimented with Wood Release and become connected to Obito, and said she would seek confirmation from the Third Hokage.
• Shizune reported that Oura and Rikuto's damaged nerves were not completely severed, so they could be surgically reconnected; Tsunade agreed to guide her through the operations.
• Shamu arranged for Keimei to gather medical supplies and brought Tsunade to the new four-story hospital, offering her its rooms to equip and organize.

Danzo escaped Konoha Prison with Zetsu’s help after agreeing to expose Sarutobi Hiruzen’s secrets and weaken Konoha. Sai witnessed the escape while searching for his missing brother Shin and fled into the sky.

• Sai surveyed Konoha Prison from above while searching for his missing brother, Shin.
• Zetsu told Danzo that Root had been purged and offered to help him escape if he helped weaken Konoha.
• Danzo agreed to reveal damaging information about Sarutobi Hiruzen, and White Zetsu merged with his right arm.
• Two Hyuga guards entered Danzo’s cell after hearing his screams, and Danzo killed them with Wood Release.
• Danzo burst out through the prison grounds as guards rushed to stop him.
• Sai saw Danzo escape, then used Super Beast Imitating Drawing to fly away.

Shamu oversaw Fugaku and Itachi’s recovery as Itachi awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Fugaku’s cloned eyes awakened again. He then brought Yoya to the Uchiha underground laboratory to serve as the subject of an experiment.

• Orochimaru transplanted cloned eyes into Fugaku, who regained his sight and thanked him.
• Shisui removed Itachi’s bandages, revealing his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and its enhanced ocular power.
• Fugaku’s eyes suddenly hurt, and his vision cleared as he awakened his eyes again.
• The Third Hokage heard that Fugaku and Itachi had regained their sight but believed their eyes were ordinary, easing his concern about an Uchiha rebellion.
• Shamu learned that Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu had grown stronger, then ordered Shisui to bring Yoya to the laboratory.
• Shamu announced that Yoya would be the test subject, leaving Yoya sweating with fear while Keimei smiled at his brother’s discomfort.

Itachi and Shisui prepared to lead the Uchiha clansmen on another mission, leaving Sasuke reluctant to part from his brother. Before they departed, Shamu arranged for Fugaku to visit Izumi’s home after Itachi returned, while Itachi remained oblivious to the marriage plans.

• Sasuke asked Itachi to stay and train with him, but Itachi told him to keep practicing taijutsu and avoid using Chidori until he mastered it.
• Shamu gave Shisui the mission booklet and warned him to use Reverse Summoning to call for help if they encountered Obito.
• Izumi told Itachi she wanted to go with him, and he promised to return soon.
• Shamu told Izumi he would have Fugaku visit her home after Itachi returned, and Izumi accepted the arrangement.
• Izumi told Itachi she would wait for him, while he failed to realize what Shamu had arranged.
• Itachi, Shisui, and the Uchiha clansmen departed from the clan grounds.