Chapter Summaries

Danzo received a Hashirama-cell arm embedded with ten Sharingan, while Genitsu began creating a summoned beast with the Nine Mask Svāhā Technique. He successfully made and bound a Hashirama Minilla, then sealed it in a coffin as he prepared to develop more artificial beasts.

• Orochimaru completed Danzo’s arm surgery, and Danzo warned Genitsu that Orochimaru planned to defect.
• Genitsu bought experimental equipment from the Cat Clan and cautioned Kazue to guard against soul attacks.
• Genitsu used Planet Godzilla’s G-Cells and Hashirama Cells to create a new organism, with experiment eleven producing a viable fusion.
• Genitsu grew the fused cells into a gray, instinct-driven Minilla and imprinted it with Nine Mask Svāhā formulas and the Ao Mask.
• Genitsu activated the technique to control Minilla, then used Godzilla Wood Release to place it in a marked coffin.

Kabuto and Yamato enrolled at the Ninja Academy and quickly distinguished themselves alongside Itachi, while Genitsu secretly strengthened Yamato’s Wood Release. As Konoha’s leaders worried about missing ninjas, Orochimaru prepared to steal Genitsu’s or Kazue’s body, and Genitsu began investigating Chakra Reincarnation after Mikoto Uchiha became pregnant.

• Genitsu brought Kabuto and Yamato to enroll at the Ninja Academy, where they defeated students who challenged them and impressed Itachi with their strength and studies.
• Fugaku warned Itachi not to be distracted by Genitsu’s power, while Shisui argued that Genitsu’s influence could restrain the Uchiha clan and guide it forward.
• Genitsu trained Kabuto in Medical Ninjutsu and secretly reinforced Yamato’s Wood Release by transplanting Hashirama Cells into him.
• Kabuto, Yamato, and Itachi became known as the strongest students of their year, and Minato praised their potential while investigating mysterious disappearances and asking about Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru continued abducting ninjas for his experiments and planned to use the Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique to take Genitsu’s body, with Kazue as an alternative target.
• After Mikoto Uchiha became pregnant, Genitsu considered how Chakra Reincarnation might use bloodline as a coordinate and wondered whether fate or Chakra itself chose Naruto and Sasuke.

Kushina and Mikoto were both pregnant, prompting Konoha to prepare for the danger of Kushina giving birth while Minato investigated disappearances that suggested human experimentation. Genitsu planned to alter Indra and Asura’s reincarnated Chakra after Naruto and Sasuke were born, while Orochimaru continued his experiments in pursuit of immortality.

• Kushina and Mikoto met while shopping, and Kushina congratulated Mikoto on her pregnancy as she quietly suspected she was pregnant too.
• The Third Hokage warned Minato about the risks of Kushina’s delivery, and they discussed shinobi disappearing inside Konoha and Genitsu’s influence among the younger generation.
• Minato trained Shiranui Genma, Namiashi Raidō, and Iwashi Tatami in the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Genma decided to ask Genitsu for another technique.
• Genitsu gave Genma a scroll containing Super Vibration Wave and warned him not to attempt White Hot Light, which could kill him.
• Genitsu prepared to experiment on Indra and Asura’s Chakra after Naruto and Sasuke were born, while Orochimaru tortured a living subject and vowed to attain immortality.

Orochimaru prepared to defect from Konoha and marked Anko with the Heaven's Curse Mark after she refused to follow him. He then ambushed Kazue to seize her Mangekyō Sharingan, but she defended herself with Susanoo as Orochimaru escalated his attack.

• Orochimaru emerged from his laboratory and reaffirmed his alliance with Danzo, who warned him not to reveal their connection.
• Orochimaru told Anko he planned to leave Konoha and invited her to join him, but she refused and tried to stop him.
• Orochimaru bit Anko and placed the unstable Heaven's Curse Mark on her before leaving her unconscious.
• Orochimaru chose to target Kazue for her Mangekyō Sharingan and followed her into a secluded area.
• Kazue confronted Orochimaru and used Susanoo to break free of his snakes while gripping his Kusanagi Sword.
• Orochimaru summoned a White Phosphorus Snake and lunged at Kazue to devour her body.

Orochimaru attacked Kazue in Konoha, but she fought him off with Susanoo and escaped his attempt to take her body using Izanagi. Orochimaru fled after the Third Hokage pursued him, leaving Konoha in turmoil as Shiranui Genitsu realized he had targeted Kazue.

• Kazue used her second-form Susanoo to battle Orochimaru’s White Phosphorus Snake, destroying the surrounding streets and alarming Konoha’s villagers and ninja.
• Orochimaru swallowed Kazue, but she used Izanagi to reappear and cut the White Phosphorus Snake into pieces; the serpent regenerated and fled.
• The Third Hokage arrived, while Fugaku ordered the Uchiha to evacuate civilians and watched over Kazue as the other ninja pursued Orochimaru.
• Kazue told the Third Hokage that Orochimaru had attacked her and revealed that the White Phosphorus Snake was his true body.
• The Third Hokage and Enma pursued Orochimaru, but the serpent vanished in smoke, and the Third Hokage let him escape.
• Shiranui Genitsu heard the commotion and realized that Orochimaru had gone after Kazue first.

After Orochimaru failed to take Kazue’s eyes and defected, Genitsu sealed Anko’s curse mark and secretly followed Danzo’s order to help Orochimaru escape. He found Orochimaru in a hideout among the Iburi Clan, where the snake-like fugitive revealed his need for a new body.

• Genitsu learned that Kazue had defeated Orochimaru, then found Anko unconscious with Orochimaru’s Heaven’s Curse Mark and sealed it.
• The Third Hokage declared Orochimaru an S-rank rogue ninja, while Jiraiya left to try to bring his former comrade back.
• Danzo praised Kazue’s victory and secretly ordered Genitsu to help Orochimaru escape, giving him their communication codes.
• Genitsu tracked Orochimaru to a hideout and used his technique to force the Iburi Clan members out of their mist forms.
• Orochimaru emerged from the cave in a badly damaged body and told Genitsu that he valued the Iburi Clan’s power.

Genitsu confronted Orochimaru in the hideout, killed the Iburi Clan with his Radiation Realm, and fought through Orochimaru’s countermeasures. After summoning Hiruko by mistake, Genitsu summoned the Azure-Type Summoning Beast, leaving Orochimaru astonished by its power and his apparent research.

• Genitsu gave Orochimaru Danzo’s escape-route scroll, then revealed he intended to kill him instead of helping him escape.
• Genitsu used the Radiation Realm to kill the Iburi Clan as they attacked, while Orochimaru escaped the mist and struck Genitsu with a Five Elements Seal that barely disrupted his Chakra cloak.
• Orochimaru revealed a protective fluid that weakened radiation, but Genitsu’s White Hot Light forced him to defend himself with Triple Rashomon and flee the collapsing cave.
• ANBU and Jiraiya noticed the battle and rushed toward it as Genitsu summoned Hiruko by mistake, then dismissed him.
• Genitsu opened a coffin containing the Azure-Type Summoning Beast, which held Manda’s jaws open and pierced its mouth with Wood Release.
• Orochimaru recognized the creature as a living Companion Beast fused with Hashirama Cells and coveted Genitsu’s research and body.

Genitsu defeated Manda and faced Orochimaru’s attempt to take over his body with the Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique. Planet Godzilla shattered Orochimaru’s spiritual world and swallowed him, leaving Genitsu alive.

• Genitsu and Ao’s summoned beast restrained Manda, and Genitsu used Particle Cutting to sever the giant snake and force it to flee to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru delayed Ao’s summoned beast with Snake Arms Explosion, then used his final Snake Substitution to evade Genitsu and reveal his White Phosphorus Snake true body.
• Orochimaru swallowed Genitsu and tried to devour his soul inside the spiritual world created by the Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique.
• Genitsu revealed he had expected Orochimaru’s body-stealing attempt and summoned Godzilla, whose presence broke apart the fragile spiritual world.
• As Genitsu prepared to destroy Orochimaru’s soul, Godzilla sucked Orochimaru in and ate him, then went back to sleep.

Genitsu returned to Konoha after defeating Orochimaru and reported that Orochimaru’s White Phosphorus Snake body had been destroyed, while secretly knowing Orochimaru could still revive through his Curse Mark contingencies. After receiving Rashomon from Minato as a reward, Genitsu calmed Kazue when she nearly attacked the Hokage Building, then brought living Orochimaru cells to Danzo at Root’s base.

• Genitsu told Jiraiya and the arriving ANBU that Orochimaru had used a body-stealing technique, sealed the White Phosphorus Snake’s remains, and said Orochimaru might still be alive.
• News of Orochimaru’s apparent death spread through Konoha and the Shinobi World, leaving the Third Hokage and others shocked.
• Minato accepted the sealed remains and rewarded Genitsu with permission to learn one Forbidden Technique; Genitsu chose Rashomon and memorized it.
• Tsunade punched through the Hokage Building as she passed Genitsu, but she withdrew after he acknowledged her complicated feelings about Orochimaru.
• Kazue nearly activated Susanoo outside the Hokage Building, but Genitsu calmed her; Minato later discussed her loyalty to Genitsu with Tsunade.
• Genitsu told Danzo he had brought back living Orochimaru cells after handing the White Phosphorus Snake’s remains to Minato.

Genitsu dealt with the aftermath of Orochimaru’s death as Jiraiya and Tsunade left Konoha, while Danzo planned to recruit Hiruko for forbidden experiments. After fighting alongside Kazue and Guy on a border mission, Genitsu received a summons from the Akatsuki leader, who appeared ready to gather the organization’s core members.

• Genitsu gave Danzo Orochimaru’s remaining tissue, then returned home and learned Kazue had beaten Kabuto and Yamato after they repeated Anko’s insults.
• Kazue gave Genitsu Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword, and he told her to keep it for her Susanoo while warning her to limit her use of its third stage.
• Jiraiya left Konoha to travel and gather writing material, and Tsunade later departed with Shizune, leaving the village without two of its Sannin.
• Danzo sent Root shinobi to find Hiruko in the Land of Earth and lure him with Orochimaru’s tissue, while Genitsu expected them to be outmatched.
• Genitsu, Kazue, and Guy defeated enemy shinobi together on a border mission, and Guy introduced them to his summoned turtle.
• Genitsu received a Void Ring message summoning the Akatsuki’s core members and suspected Nagato had prepared the Six Paths of Pain.

Akatsuki gathered to begin its invasion of Amegakure, though Deva Path Pain first made its members paint their nails to give the organization a distinctive appearance. As the assault began from several directions, Hanzo prepared to fight, unaware that the red-haired wielder of the Rinnegan was not among the attackers.

• Deva Path Pain assembled Akatsuki and ordered its core members to wear nail polish before launching the attack on Amegakure.
• Void, Obito, Kisame, Zetsu, Konan, and Deva Path Pain painted their nails, then Deva Path Pain assigned their routes and ordered them to kill Hanzo and the village's resisters.
• Akatsuki attacked Amegakure from multiple directions while the rain ninja, accustomed to Hanzo's strict rule, scrambled to defend the village.
• Hanzo heard reports of masked attackers and, reassured that none had red hair, organized the village's defenses and set out to kill an enemy.
• Hanzo chose to head for the north side of Amegakure, where Void was attacking.

Akatsuki launched a full assault on Amegakure, and Void used Wood Release to devastate the northern sector while the other members overwhelmed the village. As Rain shinobi rallied around Hanzo, he entered Void’s forest and confronted him, where Void prepared to attack.

• Void attacked Amegakure’s northern gate, pierced the guards with a thorny vine, and killed the shinobi who rushed to defend it.
• Void’s Deep Forest Emergence overwhelmed Amegakure’s northern forces, destroying the gate and wall as the black forest spread through the area.
• Akatsuki’s other members attacked across Amegakure, while Deva Path Pain ordered Human Path to search for Hanzo and told Konan to keep gathering intelligence.
• Hanzo surveyed the invading forces, tried to avoid Void, and was spotted by a fleeing Rain ninja whose shout drew the surviving shinobi toward him.
• Hanzo entered the black forest and demanded to know why Void was attacking his village; Void identified Hanzo and began expanding the forest again.

Void used Wood Release to overwhelm Hanzo, survived Ibuse’s poison, and wounded the demigod before Akatsuki surrounded him. Deva Path Pain confronted Hanzo and began their fight, declaring himself the one who carried rice (a god).

• Void unleashed Deep Forest Emergence, forcing Hanzo to retreat through Amegakure and summon Ibuse.
• Hanzo ordered Ibuse to use Poison Mist Spray, killing several Amegakure ninja and apparently dissolving Void, but Void regenerated from a tree unharmed.
• Void wounded Hanzo with thorny vines, and Hanzo tried to flee as the Akatsuki members closed in around him.
• Deva Path Pain arrived with the other five Pains and confronted Hanzo, while Akatsuki members watched from nearby.
• Deva Path Pain declared that he would bring peace to Amegakure and introduced himself as the one who carried rice (a god).

Pain defeated Hanzo with the Six Paths’ abilities, but Hanzo released his deadly poison sac as he died. Pain responded by using Planetary Devastation to contain the spreading poison, leaving Akatsuki and Amegakure amid a massive upheaval.

• Pain challenged Hanzo, and the Six Paths attacked him with summoned beasts, weapons, and distinct Rinnegan abilities.
• Hanzo destroyed the Human Path and poisoned the Preta Path, but Deva Path Pain overwhelmed him with Shinra Tensei.
• Pain’s Naraka Path restored the Human Path, and Hanzo’s poison failed to stop Deva Path Pain from defeating him.
• As Hanzo died, he tore out his poison sac and released its lethal contents, threatening Akatsuki and Amegakure.
• Konan warned Deva Path Pain against using a powerful technique, but he formed a Chakra sphere and cast Planetary Devastation.

Pain used Planetary Devastation to destroy Amegakure and establish the Akatsuki’s rule, while Konoha investigated the sealed-off Land of Rain. Genitsu began considering how to help Kakashi gain power, and the chapter ended with him anticipating the growing threats surrounding the Shinobi World.

• Deva Path Pain used Planetary Devastation to form a small moon from Amegakure’s land, then ordered the Akatsuki to take control of the village and lock down the Land of Rain.
• Pain planned to recruit rogue ninja including Sasori of the Red Sand, Kakuzu, and Hiruko, while Obito said he would conceal the name Madara Uchiha.
• Minato received reports that investigators sent into the Land of Rain had vanished, then selected Rin Nohara and Asuma Sarutobi for the Twelve Guardian Ninja and assigned Kakashi to protect Kushina.
• A noble boy tried to recruit Kakashi by throwing money around Konoha, but Kakashi ignored him and went to Genitsu for help becoming stronger.
• Genitsu discussed Bloodline Limits and Tailed Beast Chakra as possible paths to power, then told Kakashi to carry out his mission protecting Kushina.
• Kakashi saw Yamato use Wood Release, promised to keep it secret, and left; Genitsu later reflected on drawing Kakashi to his side and on the Ōtsutsuki threats facing the Shinobi World.

Genitsu obtained Sasuke’s genetic material, promised to accept him as a disciple when he turned three, and used his cells to create a second Minilla. He returned to guiding Kabuto and Yamato, while his plans for the remaining summoning beasts continued.

• Genitsu visited Fugaku’s home, praised infant Sasuke, and agreed to take him as a disciple when he turned three.
• Genitsu collected Sasuke’s hair, skin flakes, and blood, then encountered Kazuma and a troublesome child being confronted by the Konoha Police Force.
• Genitsu failed 36 attempts to combine Sasuke’s cells with G-Cells before succeeding on the 47th and creating a Sharingan Minilla.
• Genitsu marked the new Minilla’s mask with White, summoned the Azure-type Minilla, and placed the second creature in a White coffin.
• Genitsu returned to Konoha and guided Kabuto as he studied a fleshy bud from Hiruko’s Chimera Technique.

Rin joined the Twelve Guardian Ninja and left Konoha, prompting Obito to abandon his remaining attachment to the village and plan an attack around Kushina’s childbirth. Obito, Void, and Pain prepared to target Konoha and capture Minato, while Kakashi remained unaware that Obito had extracted Kushina’s due date from him.

• Rin said goodbye to Obito at the Memorial Stone before leaving for the Land of Fire’s capital with Asuma and Chiriku.
• Obito told Genitsu he would target the Nine-Tails, and Genitsu explained the risks of acting against Kushina and Nagato’s trust.
• Obito used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Kakashi and learn that Kushina’s due date was October tenth.
• Obito proposed attacking during Kushina’s childbirth and capturing Minato alive so he could control him and weaken Konoha.
• Pain approved the operation, assigned Obito and Void to go to Konoha, and decided to follow as backup.

As Kushina gave birth, Obito infiltrated the delivery room, killed Biwako and the medical ninja, and abducted Kushina after Minato saved newborn Naruto. Elsewhere, Void tried to reach Naruto but was confronted by Aburame Shibi, then revealed Wood Release as their fight began.

• Genitsu met Kawamiya and Iruka for a barbecue, then invited Kawamiya to join him on a patrol mission.
• Minato and the Third Hokage guarded Kushina during childbirth as the Nine-Tails struggled against its seal.
• Obito entered the delivery room, killed Biwako and the medical ninja, and seized Naruto to force Minato to hand over Kushina.
• Minato saved Naruto from an explosive tag, but Obito abducted Kushina; Minato pursued him while the Third Hokage ordered Konoha locked down.
• Void infiltrated the village to obtain Naruto's genes and Chakra, but Aburame Shibi's insects detected and intercepted him.
• Void unleashed thorny vines and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence against Aburame Shibi.

Void unleashed Wood Release against Konoha, and Genitsu arrived to confront him while the village’s defenders watched. As Genitsu and Void staged a hidden battle, the Nine-Tails appeared in Konoha, drawing Pain and his group’s attention.

• Void used Wood Release to overwhelm Aburame Shibi and the Konoha ninja, then survived Shibi’s insect-based explosion by emerging from a tree.
• Void expanded the forest with Deep Forest Emergence, prompting the Third Hokage to summon Enma and prepare to enter the battle.
• Genitsu arrived and attacked Void with White Hot Light, then engaged him in a fierce fight as the other ninja evacuated.
• Inside the forest, Genitsu and his clone Void secretly faked their battle while planning to take the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and Asura’s genes and Chakra after Obito acted.
• The Nine-Tails appeared in Konoha, and Deva Path Pain watched from a nearby forest with five others.

The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha under the control of a masked man, while Danzo confined the Uchiha clan and accused Kazue of controlling it. As the village faced destruction, Genitsu confronted the Nine-Tails and began his complete Godzilla Transformation.

• The Third Hokage and Konoha ninja tried to restrain the rampaging Nine-Tails, whose Sharingan eyes led them to suspect Kazue.
• Danzo ordered the Uchiha clan to stay inside their compound, and Kazue denied controlling the Nine-Tails while agreeing not to act without Genitsu's order.
• Minato redirected the Nine-Tails' first Tailed Beast Ball and identified the masked attacker as Madara Uchiha, but Obito appeared and failed to capture him.
• The Third Hokage joined the battle against the Nine-Tails as Genitsu arrived in Partial Godzilla Transformation and told the others to stand down.
• When the Nine-Tails prepared another Tailed Beast Ball, Genitsu decided his current form was insufficient and activated Complete Godzilla Transformation.