Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chen confronted the Twelve Guardian Ninja after accusing them of conspiring with Sunagakure shinobi against the Daimyo. He killed two of them and overwhelmed the rest with weapons and rapid movement, leaving Ryoma alarmed by his speed.

• Uchiha Chen accused the Twelve Guardian Ninja, including Ryoma, of working with Sunagakure and threatened to expose their crimes to Konoha.
• Uchiha Chen killed one ninja with a Kunai that pierced his blade and head, then killed another after trapping him in a Genjutsu.
• Ryoma ordered a subordinate to alert Hokun and prepare a jutsu while the remaining ninja attacked Uchiha Chen with Shuriken and Kunai.
• Uchiha Chen countered the weapons barrage with a storm of Shuriken that suppressed the eight Guardian Ninja.
• Uchiha Chen vanished and reappeared around the encircled ninja, prompting Ryoma to wonder if another Fastest Shinobi in the World was emerging.

Uchiha Chen defeated most of the Twelve Guardian Ninja and chased Ryoma into a trap, where four remaining ninja unleashed a powerful Lightning Release technique. Chen countered with Kirin from a Shadow Clone, and the clash shook the Daimyo’s Capital, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen to suspect Chen was responsible.

• Uchiha Chen used a range of techniques to kill five Guardian Ninja and force Ryoma and two others to retreat.
• Chen chased the fleeing ninja despite Minato’s warning, killed two of them, and confronted Ryoma, who revealed he had been a Water Clone.
• Four Guardian Ninja surrounded Chen and combined their lightning into a compressed sphere for their secret technique.
• Chen summoned Kirin with a Shadow Clone, and the two S-rank Lightning Release techniques collided in a massive explosion.
• The blast shook the Daimyo’s Capital, while Sarutobi Hiruzen learned the Chakra fluctuation had occurred nearby and suspected Chen was involved.

After completing their mission, Chen, Minato, and Nawaki lingered in the Daimyo's Capital until Orochimaru ordered them back to Konoha. As the village celebrated the end of the war, Tsunade brought Kushina to the gate to meet the returning team.

• Chen and Minato discussed extending their stay in the Daimyo's Capital, but Nawaki's repeated flatulence ended their hot spring visit.
• Chen's group learned that Ryoma had escaped and that Karura and Pakura had fled; the damaged capital and the missing Guardian Ninja stirred rumors of an assassination plot.
• The Daimyo requested Konoha Lightning as his protector, but the Third Hokage rejected the demand, while Orochimaru repeatedly ordered Team One to return.
• Two days later, news that the Land of Rain had surrendered and the Demigod had sought peace lifted Konoha's wartime gloom.
• Tsunade told Kushina she was taking her on a mission, teased her about waiting for someone, and revealed that Orochimaru had said the team would return that day.
• Kushina waited with Tsunade at Konoha's gate as four figures emerged through the morning mist.

After Uchiha Chen reported his mission, Konoha’s leaders debated how to respond to the Daimyo’s dealings with Sunagakure without risking his wartime support. They decided to send the Uchiha Clan to guard the Daimyo and prepare an ambush for a secret exchange.

• Uchiha Chen left the office after giving the leaders a detailed account of his mission.
• Shimura Danzo argued that the Daimyo knew about the scheme, while Homura Mitokado and Sarutobi Hiruzen warned against openly confronting him during the war.
• Utatane Koharu proposed monitoring the Daimyo, supplying guards, and secretly arranging a deal with Sunagakure so Konoha could ambush the sand shinobi.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other leaders chose the Uchiha Clan for the guarding assignment, reasoning that the Daimyo had requested famous protectors.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered someone to summon Uchiha Yama.

After returning safely to Konoha, Uchiha Chen discovered Kushina had poorly repaired his furniture and tried to sleep, but an Anbu messenger brought him a promotion and a special reward. The chapter left Chen as a newly appointed Special Jonin with permission to choose one Ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals.

• Uchiha Chen returned home and found that Kushina had cleaned the place but secretly glued a chair back together, which broke when he sat on it.
• Uchiha Chen went to bed, but an Anbu ninja arrived with a Scroll from the Hokage.
• Uchiha Chen opened the Scroll and found a Special Jonin registration card and two new Jonin Flak Jackets.
• Uchiha Chen discovered a second Scroll granting him permission to select one Ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals as a reward for his service in the Land of Rain.

Uchiha Chen examined the techniques available to him from the Scroll of Seals and chose Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags. After receiving its training scroll, he left to find an open place to practice.

• Uchiha Chen opened the list of techniques he was allowed to study from the Scroll of Seals.
• He considered Rashomon, Flying Thunder God, and Spirit Transformation Jutsu, but decided not to choose them.
• Uchiha Chen selected Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and received a scroll explaining how to train and make its modified Explosive Tags.
• He put the scroll away and headed for an open training area, considering Hokage Rock.

Uchiha Chen visited Orochimaru’s underground research laboratory and learned about his experiments with body modification. The chapter ended with Orochimaru preparing to take a large blood sample from Chen to study the Sharingan and Byakugan.

• After Police Force officers stopped Uchiha Chen from testing his Ninjutsu on Hokage Rock, he decided to visit Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Chen traveled to Orochimaru’s underground laboratory near Konoha Prison and entered after a snake opened the stone door.
• Orochimaru continued experimenting on a ninja corpse, testing whether Chakra could control a body after its joints were removed.
• Orochimaru explained that he was researching Softening Modification so bodies could extend, contract, and twist freely.
• Uchiha Chen hinted that he had a bold idea about Orochimaru’s research, but Orochimaru asked for Chen’s blood to study the Sharingan and Byakugan.
• Orochimaru produced a syringe about four times the size of a normal hospital syringe, startling Uchiha Chen.

Orochimaru drew blood from Uchiha Chen, then invited him to a Taijutsu match to test his Softening Joints. Chen's speed and strength pushed Orochimaru into using a bizarre, inhumanly flexible fighting style.

• Orochimaru drew blood from Uchiha Chen and asked him to spar so he could test the effects of Softening Joints.
• Orochimaru set rules for the fight, allowing Chen to use the Sharingan but forbidding Genjutsu and highly destructive techniques.
• Chen attacked at great speed, and he and Orochimaru exchanged dozens of blows until Chen shattered one of Orochimaru's Kunai.
• Orochimaru dodged Chen's knee and Kunai by twisting his body and bending his neck at impossible angles.

Uchiha Chen fought Orochimaru to test Joint Softening, then endorsed Human Experimentation as a way to strengthen Konoha. His suggestion that Orochimaru become Fourth Hokage left his teacher considering how to protect his research from opposition.

• Uchiha Chen and Orochimaru sparred for several minutes, with Orochimaru using Joint Softening in their taijutsu.
• A Shadow Clone ended the bout and gave Orochimaru the recorded data to study.
• Orochimaru said Joint Softening had probably reached its limit and asked Uchiha Chen what he thought about Human Experimentation.
• Uchiha Chen argued that Human Experimentation could strengthen Konoha but said the Third Hokage would oppose it.
• Uchiha Chen suggested Orochimaru become Fourth Hokage, and Orochimaru resolved that no one would stop him from learning every Ninjutsu and seeking the world's truths.

Uchiha Chen's attempt to treat a few friends to barbecue turned into a packed tavern after Nawaki invited students from across the Academy. At the gathering, Mikoto told Chen that the Police Force had summoned them to a Clan Gathering at Naka Shrine.

• Uchiha Chen arrived at the tavern and learned from Shikaku that Nawaki had invited numerous students with promises of free barbecue and unlimited drinks.
• Uchiha Chen fainted from shock, then recovered and reluctantly welcomed the packed crowd to eat and drink for free.
• Uchiha Chen reflected on his battlefield earnings and Minato's likely inheritance before Mikoto asked where he had been that evening.
• Mikoto told Uchiha Chen that the Police Force had summoned them to Naka Shrine on the fifteenth for a Clan Gathering.
• Uchiha Chen reacted with surprise when he heard the gathering would take place at Naka Shrine.

Uchiha Chen reasoned that he had little reason to prioritize the Uchiha Clan and chose to focus on building his reputation and strength in Konoha. At a lavish gathering, he tried to dodge the bill by impersonating Tsunade, but the real Tsunade caught him in the act.

• Uchiha Chen recalled that he and Mikoto had awakened their Sharingan a year earlier, and that the Third Hokage had kept the news secret until the clan opened its gatherings to them.
• Uchiha Chen concluded that he could not control the Uchiha Clan and would focus on his standing in Konoha while improving his strength.
• After the gathering lasted three hours, Nawaki and Minato grew suspicious when Uchiha Chen tried to leave, and Shikaku's group guarded the exits.
• Uchiha Chen transformed into Tsunade and told the restaurant owner to put the gathering's bill on Nawaki's tab.
• The real, ten-year-old Tsunade caught Uchiha Chen as he prepared to leave and asked whether he had ever seen a fist the size of a red bean bun.

Tsunade told Uchiha Chen she wanted him to propose assigning a Medical Ninja to every team at the next Jonin Meeting. After giving him a forehead touch as a reward, she left, and Chen worried it might bring him bad luck.

• Tsunade explained that she had disguised herself as a child to avoid being recognized while walking with Uchiha Chen.
• Tsunade asked whether Chen's team needed another member and suggested it needed a Medical Ninja to treat injuries on missions.
• Tsunade recalled that most of her former classmates had died and said she wanted reforms to reduce ninja casualties.
• Tsunade asked Chen to propose the Medical Ninja plan at the next Jonin Meeting so she could gauge its reception.
• Tsunade touched Chen's forehead with hers before leaving, and Chen feared her forehead kisses might be cursed.

Uchiha Chen found Teacher Nishimura meeting Might Duy in a grove and mistook their post-training massage for an affair. Nishimura explained that Duy needed money to open a shop, leaving Chen stunned by the gap between the shop’s ten-million-ryo cost and the one thousand ryo he still lacked.

• Uchiha Chen went out early for breakfast and spotted Teacher Nishimura in a grove with someone in his arms.
• Chen overheard Nishimura offer half a month’s salary and assumed he was having an affair with another man.
• Chen revealed himself and recognized the other man as Might Duy.
• Nishimura explained that he and Duy had run five hundred laps and were massaging their sore muscles.
• Nishimura introduced Duy as his best friend and said Duy needed one thousand ryo to open his ten-million-ryo shop.

Uchiha Chen proposed opening a weapon shop with Teacher Nishimura and Dai to help them escape poverty while building ties with Dai. After they agreed to find suppliers, Nishimura asked Chen to visit the Ninja Academy and speak with a troublesome student.

• Uchiha Chen realized Dai was borrowing money from Teacher Nishimura and decided to help him.
• Uchiha Chen proposed that he, Nishimura, and Dai open a weapon shop on Konoha's Commercial Street, with their families running it.
• Uchiha Chen said he had enough funds and could arrange a storefront, while Nishimura and Dai would find suppliers.
• Dai agreed to the plan, moved by Chen's offer to help him and his family.
• Nishimura asked Chen to visit the Ninja Academy, meet his students, and talk sense into a troublesome child before hurrying away with Dai.

Uchiha Chen and Mikoto attended the clan’s ancestor-worship ceremony at Naka Shrine, where Chen wondered about the Uchiha’s history and future. After the ceremony, Fugaku led them into the clan’s hidden meeting chamber, where they found the Sage of Six Paths’ Stone Tablet.

• Uchiha Chen and Mikoto traveled to Naka Shrine along the Naka River, and Chen reflected on the river’s history of meetings, bloodshed, and loss.
• Uchiha Fugaku greeted Chen and Mikoto at the shrine and led them inside for the ritual.
• Chen noticed that the last memorial tablet belonged to Uchiha Shimada and wondered who had led the clan after Madara left.
• Uchiha Yama led the clan members in ancestor worship, and Chen suspected the clan head’s ceremonial fan was a replica of Madara’s.
• Fugaku led Chen and Mikoto through the concealed passage beneath the shrine into a secret chamber containing the Sage of Six Paths’ Stone Tablet.

At a secret Uchiha Clan gathering, Uchiha Yama formally named Fugaku the Young Clan Head and appointed Uchiha Chen a Konoha Police Force Squad Leader. After Uchiha Yama announced plans to lead clan elites to the Daimyo's Capital, Fugaku invited Chen to go with him.

• Fugaku told Uchiha Chen that he would be officially recognized as the Young Clan Head after awakening his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yama formally established Fugaku as the Young Clan Head, and Fugaku accepted the Uchiha Fan.
• Uchiha Yama announced that he would lead clan elites to the Daimyo's Capital to protect the Daimyo and monitor the Hidden Sand Village.
• Uchiha Yama granted Uchiha Chen special approval to join the Konoha Police Force as a Squad Leader.
• Fugaku invited Uchiha Chen to accompany him to the Daimyo's Capital.

Uchiha Chen spent a quiet evening at Mikoto’s home, where they shared tea, food, and talk beneath the moonlight. Mikoto confessed her feelings, and Chen answered with a poetic declaration.

• Mikoto invited Uchiha Chen inside for a late-night snack, and he fixed her bedroom light while she cooked.
• Uchiha Chen and Mikoto ate egg fried rice, teased each other about his cooking, and shared tea by the window.
• Uchiha Chen warned Mikoto that the Uchiha clan could suffer heavy losses protecting the Daimyo, and explained Shimura Danzo had proposed the mission.
• Mikoto leaned against Uchiha Chen’s shoulder, said she liked him, and asked whether he liked her.
• Uchiha Chen stroked Mikoto’s head and told her, “Tonight’s moon is beautiful.”

Uchiha Chen visited Yura’s grave with wine from Mito’s courtyard and found Nawaki mourning there. As Chen prepared to leave for the coming war, Nawaki spoke of a peaceful future and named the daughter he hoped to have, while Chen proposed she marry his future son, Shisui.

• Dai reflected on his weapon shop’s success and hoped his future son would become the Chunin he never became.
• Uchiha Chen secretly took Hashirama’s wine from Mito’s courtyard and drank it at a secluded grave, where the scent made a crow tipsy.
• Uchiha Chen visited Yura’s grave, brought chrysanthemums, and found Nawaki there; he told Nawaki that he would soon leave for the battlefield.
• Nawaki admitted that he hated war and asked whether the peaceful future Chen had described could really be achieved, and Chen encouraged him to believe in it.
• Nawaki said he hoped to marry and have a daughter named Senju Yura, and Uchiha Chen proposed that she marry his future son, Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Chen and Nawaki encountered Yakushi Nonoyu, a girl Chen had met on a mission, and invited her to dinner after bringing her into the Senju Clan Grounds. The reunion left Nawaki realizing Nonoyu was the thief who had stolen his backpack.

• Nawaki invited Uchiha Chen to his house, but Chen refused and agreed to teach Nawaki and Minato the Rasengan the next day.
• Uchiha Chen, Nawaki, and a crow headed back toward the village, and Chen invited the crow to come with him.
• Uchiha Chen recognized a girl he had met on a mission and invited her to eat with him; she introduced herself as Yakushi Nonoyu.
• Kushina welcomed Nonoyu and offered to let her stay for dinner.
• Nawaki returned from changing clothes and recognized Nonoyu as the thief who had stolen his backpack.

Uchiha Chen learned that Nonō was struggling to survive after Chiyo’s death and arranged work for her at Uncle Dai’s weapon shop. He viewed Nonō and other people he had helped as valuable allies for his future ambitions, while suspecting that Root had been involved in Chiyo’s death.

• Nonō ate a large meal at Kushina’s home, and Uchiha Chen explained that Konoha’s orphan relief funds did little to help outsiders like her.
• Nonō told Uchiha Chen and the others that Chiyo had brought her to Konoha, enrolled her in the Ninja Academy, and later died on a mission.
• At Kushina’s request, Uchiha Chen offered Nonō spare-time work at Uncle Dai’s weapon shop, and Kushina took her to find clothes.
• Uchiha Chen and Nawaki discussed Chiyo’s death and suspected she had been an Anbu or Root ninja; Uchiha Chen believed Root was more likely.
• While playing shogi with Nawaki, Uchiha Chen considered the future potential of Nonō and his other allies, then wondered whether Root was still involved.