Chapter Summaries

Asuka discussed marriage and the Senju with Itachi, then listened as Madara questioned Konoha’s Will of Fire and hinted that permanent peace was possible. After weeks of training, Asuka received sudden news that Ryoichi had died.

• Asuka told Itachi competing views on marriage and explained that the Senju formed families to strengthen Konoha.
• Madara told Asuka that Konoha had strayed from its founders’ purpose and asked whether he had considered permanent peace.
• Asuka called permanent peace a false proposition, and Madara claimed it could be achieved before sending him to train his Sharingan.
• Asuka spent nearly a month training under Madara, improving his ocular power and learning two ninjutsu.
• A black Ninja Cat appeared before Asuka and told him that Old Man Ryoichi had died.

After believing Ryoichi had been murdered, Asuka rushed to his home and discovered that Ryoichi had survived by using Izanagi. Asuka claimed his reward and awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, leaving Ryoichi stunned.

• Asuka heard that Ryoichi had died and raced from the hospital to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, alarming Konoha’s negotiators and prompting Minato to send someone to the clan.
• At Ryoichi’s house, Asuka found him with a sword in his back and was told it was suicide, so he carried the body upstairs to revive him.
• Ryoichi suddenly grabbed Asuka, who mistook him for a zombie and attacked until Ryoichi revealed he had used Izanagi to survive.
• Asuka explained that he possessed a revival technique and was close to awakening the Mangekyo, then claimed his system reward.
• Asuka’s eyes began to bleed and hurt before his Three-Tomoe Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyo, astonishing Ryoichi.

Uchiha Asuka revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities to Ryoichi, demonstrating that he could manipulate bodies and enhance his medical ninjutsu. After Ryoichi left, he told Asuka that Cousin had died and gone to the Pure Land, while keeping Cousin’s entrusted matters to himself for now.

• Uchiha Asuka explained that his right-eye ability, Okuninushi, let him manipulate bodies inside a defined space, and he demonstrated it by separating and reattaching Ryoichi’s head and finger.
• Uchiha Asuka revealed that his left-eye ability, Oomagatsumi, expanded Okuninushi’s range, allowed him to switch places with objects in the space, and amplified his Medical Ninjutsu.
• Ryoichi warned Uchiha Asuka not to overuse his Mangekyō Sharingan because it could lead to blindness, then left to tell the others he was alive.
• Uchiha Asuka wondered whether his new strength let him cut through the Raikage’s Strongest Shield.
• Ryoichi returned and told Uchiha Asuka that Cousin had died an hour earlier and gone to the Pure Land, then decided to handle Cousin’s funeral before revealing the matters entrusted to him.

After Uchiha Madara died, Asuka and Ryoichi revived him using Asuka’s life force, cutting short his journey through the Pure Land. News that Mikoto was having a difficult labor made Asuka realize something might have gone wrong with Indra.

• Ryoichi recalled Madara’s history with the Uchiha clan and gave Asuka a Three-Tomoe Sharingan that he said was Madara’s coming-of-age gift.
• Asuka replaced his own eye with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and used a forbidden technique to revive Madara, giving him three months of life force.
• Madara woke up in his old body, learned only two hours had passed, and tried to attack Asuka and Ryoichi before his back gave out.
• A clansman told Asuka that Mikoto was having a difficult labor, and Asuka feared that something had gone wrong with Indra.

Asuka investigated Mikoto’s difficult labor and discovered that her unborn child’s Chakra was connected to her own. He cleared the delivery room and performed a startling new Medical Ninjutsu, leaving Nonō shaken and wondering whether to tell Danzo.

• Asuka arrived at the Medical Department and learned that Mikoto’s labor had stalled because her unborn child had Chakra connected to Mikoto’s.
• Asuka entered the delivery room, examined Mikoto, and ordered the other Medical Ninjas out, keeping Nonō with him.
• Asuka restrained Mikoto and used his new Medical Ninjutsu to remove her pregnant belly while keeping her alive.
• Asuka told Nonō to prepare hot water and keep his technique secret, while Nonō wondered whether she should inform Danzo.

Uchiha Asuka used his Mangekyo ability to separate Mikoto from her abdomen and force Indra's Chakra into Sasuke before reassembling the women. He left Mikoto and Nonō furious, while Mikoto questioned Asuka's claim to be a gentleman.

• Nonō examined the injured Mikoto as Asuka realized Indra's Chakra was intertwined with the chakra surrounding the fetus.
• Asuka cut open Mikoto's abdomen and borrowed Nonō's abdomen, then removed Mikoto's original abdomen from his Semi-circular Space.
• Mikoto's chakra dissipated, and the chakra around the fetus merged into Sasuke before Asuka restored the original abdomens and delivered the newborn.
• Asuka placed Sasuke beside Mikoto, removed the cloth and gag, and left while Mikoto tried to bite him.
• Nonō dressed Mikoto and defended Asuka, but Mikoto angrily accused him of having no reason to encourage her divorce.

Asuka tested a mysterious system reward that led him to encounter Tsunade, then used his Mangekyo Sharingan to trigger her fear of blood. After he apologized for exploiting her phobia, Tsunade punched him into the sky.

• Asuka considered using a system reward meal to get Uchiha Madara to eat, then crushed the scroll for a mysterious encounter.
• Asuka left his house after the encounter failed to happen indoors and recognized Tsunade approaching.
• Tsunade asked Asuka about the bookstore items and his Medical Ninjutsu, but he denied any involvement.
• Asuka used his Mangekyo Sharingan, Okuninushi, to bring Tsunade close and smear blood on her nose, triggering her fear.
• Asuka apologized to Tsunade, who pretended to accept before punching him into the sky.

After returning to the Police Force, Asuka found a report accusing Orochimaru and brought it to the Hokage Building, where he learned that identical reports had already been mass-mailed. The assembled leaders hesitated over what to do, so Asuka declared he would kill Orochimaru and headed for the exit with a chair to pawn for a weapon.

• Asuka returned to the Police Force, greeted his fellow Uchiha, and faced a pile of reports and paperwork.
• Asuka found a report about Orochimaru, judged its evidence stronger than his own, and took it to the Hokage Building.
• Minato told Asuka that the report was the nineteenth identical letter, apparently sent through a mass mailing.
• Asuka asked Utatane Koharu whether he should lead a team to arrest Orochimaru, but she told him to wait.
• Asuka invoked the Will of Fire, declared Orochimaru an enemy of the Uchiha, and set out to kill him despite having no weapon.
• Asuka carried a chair toward the exit, planning to pawn it for a sword.

Asuka and the Konoha leaders debated the accusations against Orochimaru, while Danzo argued that the mass delivery of letters pointed to a conspiracy. Uchiha Madara learned that Spiral Zetsu had arranged to distribute twenty thousand copies, and Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Danzo about their knowledge of Orochimaru’s experiments before Danzo left to deal with him.

• Asuka invited Hyuga Hiashi into the Hokage’s office, where Hiashi delivered another letter of accusation and Danzo questioned whether the accusations were true.
• Danzo described how identical letters had appeared in homes and reached village leaders, suggesting someone had secretly distributed them, while Asuka urged him to arrest Orochimaru.
• Asuka proposed that an outraged person acting on the Will of Fire had written the letters, then brought Kakashi into the office.
• Uchiha Madara learned that Spiral Zetsu had prepared twenty thousand copies of the accusation and planned to distribute them in batches.
• Danzo declared that he would kill Orochimaru, but Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted him about the village’s darkness and asked how much he had known about the human experiments.
• Danzo admitted he had suspected Orochimaru’s experiments and claimed he had only provided funding, then left the office.

Danzo led Konoha ninjas to confront Orochimaru over human experimentation, while Uchiha Asuka and his clan ate as they waited. Orochimaru emerged from a water jar and challenged the accusation, and Danzo’s suspicious efforts to stop him from speaking made the assembled ninjas doubt his motives.

• Danzo brought Uchiha Asuka, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade, and other Konoha ninjas to Orochimaru’s secluded lakeside home and stalled outside a water jar he claimed was the entrance.
• Uchiha Asuka summoned fried chicken and Luosifen, then shared the food with the Uchiha clansmen while the group waited.
• Danzo sensed movement in the jar and used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to scatter the water as Orochimaru emerged.
• Orochimaru greeted the gathered ninjas and argued that human experimentation was not unheard of in Konoha, pointing to the Second Hokage’s forbidden jutsu.
• Danzo accused Orochimaru of experimenting on villagers and repeatedly interrupted him as he tried to speak, prompting the Uchiha group to suspect that something was wrong.

Orochimaru used the discovery of his experiments as a chance to leave Konoha, and Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tsunade fought him while Asuka provided a ridiculous running commentary. Danzo unexpectedly rescued Orochimaru, and Tsunade gave Asuka a Summoning Contract in exchange for keeping Orochimaru from being transferred back.

• Orochimaru cut his Konoha forehead protector and declared he was leaving, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tsunade to attack him.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, but the battle drove the summon away as the Konoha ninja watched from a distance.
• Asuka handed out food and narrated the battle, then caught Tsunade when she was sent flying and threw her back into the fight.
• Asuka described Hiruzen and Tsunade cornering Orochimaru, but Danzo suddenly rescued Orochimaru and blocked Hiruzen from pursuing.
• Tsunade asked Asuka not to transfer Orochimaru back and gave him a Summoning Contract; Asuka agreed to return it the next day.

After Konoha’s battle against the traitors, Tsunade mourned Orochimaru’s fall and met Uchiha Asuka at a tavern. After Tsunade passed out drunk, Asuka used his Mangekyō ability to remove the alcohol from her stomach and carried her toward Shizune’s house.

• Kumogakure’s ninja watched Konoha’s forces march southwest and worried that the village’s latest turmoil might affect them.
• Tsunade reflected on Orochimaru’s past and struggled to understand how her former comrade had turned to human experiments.
• Uchiha Asuka asked Tsunade how she had deduced that he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and she cited his new techniques, sunglasses, and Mikoto’s evasiveness.
• Tsunade told Asuka she planned to leave Konoha the next day, then drank until she collapsed at the tavern.
• Asuka carried Tsunade toward Shizune’s house, used Okuninushi to remove the alcohol from her stomach, and restored her before continuing on.

Uchiha Mikoto prepared a celebratory dinner, but a thief stole every dish and even the plates while she played with Sasuke. Asuka shared a system-provided feast with Uchiha Ryoichi and Uchiha Madara, who recognized Asuka’s key and offered to search for the Mysterious Box of Uchiha Secrets.

• Uchiha Mikoto cooked a large dinner for her family and covered the dishes while she waited for Uchiha Itachi and Fugaku to return.
• Uchiha Mikoto discovered that someone had stolen all the food and plates while she played with Sasuke.
• Uchiha Itachi returned, and Uchiha Mikoto served him plain porridge while the Uchiha clansmen discussed the brazen theft.
• Asuka hosted Uchiha Ryoichi and Uchiha Madara for a system-provided feast, and the three shared a warm dinner.
• Uchiha Madara recognized the key on Asuka’s wall, learned it had belonged to Asuka’s grandfather, and offered to find the Mysterious Box of Uchiha Secrets.

Spiral Zetsu explained that Madara had unexpectedly recovered and was staying in Konoha while pursuing the Eye of the Moon plan. After Madara and his relatives unearthed Izuna’s buried box and read his letter, Madara showed unexpected gentleness to a little girl whose ice cream he had ruined.

• Spiral Zetsu told Black Zetsu that Madara’s life force had flourished again and that Madara had been digging near Naka Shrine with Uchiha Ryoichi and Uchiha Asuka.
• Madara, Ryoichi, and Asuka searched around Naka Shrine for hours before finding the buried box Izuna had left behind.
• Madara gave Ryoichi the Uchiha Flame Formation sealing technique and read Izuna’s letter, renewing his resolve to create a peaceful genjutsu world.
• Madara accidentally knocked a little girl’s ice cream onto his pants, then apologized and gave her money for a replacement.
• Ryoichi, puzzled by Madara’s kindness, asked Asuka to punch him and remembered that Asuka had broken his window ten years earlier.

Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen handled Konoha’s postwar paperwork while the village still had no leads on the missing enemies. At Konoha Hospital, Mabui sought treatment for her supposed trauma over fried chicken, and Yu Yan’s unusual flower-growing remedy left her stunned when a chicken emerged from the soil.

• Minato told Sarutobi Hiruzen that there were still no leads on the missing enemies as they worked through a large pile of documents.
• Mabui visited Konoha Hospital with Hokage-approved permission and asked Yu Yan to treat her for distress over buying fried chicken that tasted like her family’s chickens.
• Yu Yan admitted she had only begun studying psychology the day before, and Asuka later examined Mabui and suggested distracting her with a potted flower and discounted fried chicken.
• Yu Yan took Mabui and Anko to Asuka’s home and gave Mabui a flowerpot containing seeds, telling her to water it and watch it grow.
• That evening, Mabui watered the pot and watched a chicken head emerge from the soil, leaving her both amazed by the supposed treatment and horrified by the impossible way the chicken appeared.

Asuka took the chick Mabui had grown and left her to test its effects, then received an Anbu summons. His captain told him the village had ordered Orochimaru's capture or death before announcing him as a rogue ninja.

• Asuka sneaked into Mabui's room to retrieve the chick, but Mabui insisted she had grown it and offered to compensate him.
• Asuka gave the chick to Mabui and told her to test its effects, warning that it was priceless and that he would return after calculating its value.
• Two days later, Asuka received an Anbu summons and went to the rooftop of the Konoha Medical Department.
• Asuka's captain told him the village had ordered Anbu to capture or kill Orochimaru before Konoha publicly declared him a rogue ninja.

Sarutobi Nanaka took Asuka on a mission to pursue Orochimaru in the Rain Country, while Danzo’s operative and Kakashi tried to recruit Asuka to their own teams. In the Rain Country, Konan and Pakura prepared to recruit Orochimaru together.

• Asuka greeted Guy and Kakashi without keeping his Anbu identity secret, prompting Nanaka to scold him as she led him away.
• A dog-masked Anbu praised Asuka and tried to recruit him, while Kakashi also invited him to join his team; Asuka declined both offers.
• Nanaka and Asuka set off for the Rain Country to meet companions pursuing Orochimaru, and Nanaka said she and Shinnosuke had postponed trying to have children.
• Konan showed Pakura detailed intelligence about Konoha and confirmed that her group planned to recruit Orochimaru.
• Pakura agreed to help Konan recruit Orochimaru, and Konan insisted they would do it together.

Uchiha Asuka’s team traveled toward the Rain Country, where they were attacked by an unknown young man who turned out to be pursuing the Inuzuka clanswoman. As she fought him, Asuka told Nanaka an absurd legend about the Rain Country’s first daimyo, leaving her convinced that a traveling bookseller had swindled him.

• Uchiha Asuka rested with Shukaku and the team’s dogs while Nanaka and the other jonin kept watch during their journey to the Rain Country.
• An unknown young man threw kunai at the group, then emerged from the bushes and asked whether a puddle of urine belonged to the Inuzuka clanswoman.
• The Inuzuka clanswoman called the young man a pervert and attacked him with Big White using Fang Over Fang.
• Uchiha Asuka guessed that the young man came from the Rain Country and told Nanaka a bizarre legend about its first daimyo being born from a puddle of urine.
• Nanaka rejected Asuka’s story and concluded that the traveling bookseller who had sold it to him was untrustworthy.

Rain ninja Daigou Yutian tried to take an Inuzuka clanswoman home as his wife so they could join Akatsuki, but her Konoha teammates intervened. Surrounded by powerful Konoha ninja, Yutian realized he was unlikely to deliver his money to the organization that day.

• Daigou Yutian dodged the Inuzuka clanswoman's Fang Over Fang attacks and pleaded with her to marry him.
• Asuka and the other Konoha ninja watched as the exhausted clanswoman continued attacking Yutian.
• Yutian announced that he planned to take the clanswoman home, but the Akimichi clansman used Multi-Size Technique to loom over him.
• Yutian tried to retreat, only to find the woman and her Shadow Clones blocking his way.
• Asuka appeared beside Yutian, revealed his Sharingan, and teased him for trying to steal a Konoha wife.

Daigou Yutian tried to escape capture, but Uchiha Asuka stopped him and Sarutobi Nanaka ordered him kept alive. A day later, Konan and Pakura found Orochimaru and tried to recruit him, ending with Konan igniting thousands of explosive tags as pursuers approached.

• Daigou Yutian used a life-draining speed ninjutsu to break through the Konoha team's encirclement, but Asuka used Okuninushi to intercept him and kick him into the Akimichi giant's grasp.
• Sarutobi Nanaka ordered the captured Rain Ninja kept alive, rejected Asuka's suggestion to let the Inuzuka clanswoman take revenge, and told the team to resume pursuing Orochimaru after the interrogation.
• Orochimaru considered secretly controlling a country to fund his research, then heard Konan and Pakura arrive and offer the Akatsuki organization's support for his dream of immortality.
• Orochimaru refused to join, so Pakura chose to fight while Konan raised a mass of paper as pursuers drew near.
• Konan ignited nearly ten thousand sheets of paper, which Orochimaru recognized as explosive tags.