Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gin overwhelmed the two unusual clones 001 and 009, then prepared to investigate what made them different from the mass-produced ones. Uchiha Madara stopped him after the Ashura Card resonated with 001, suggesting the clones were connected to Hashirama Senju’s soul.

• Uchiha Gin interrupted Uchiha Madara’s power awakening, then left Uchiha Izuna and Uchiha Madara to rest while he confronted 001 and 009.
• Uchiha Gin crushed 001’s mask and shattered 009’s sword with Black Hole Break, leaving 009 wounded and 001 at his mercy.
• Uchiha Gin questioned 001 about how he and 009 differed from ordinary clones, and 001 said he learned from absorbing knowledge while 009 liked to grin.
• Uchiha Gin suspected their differences might be spiritual and began squeezing 001, but Uchiha Madara urged him to stop.
• Uchiha Madara placed the Ashura Card against 001, and it glowed, leading Uchiha Gin to conclude that the two clones were likely connected to Hashirama Senju’s soul.

Isshiki slaughtered the mind-controlled Clones and fought Uchiha Hikari, overpowering her with his abilities despite her Endless Blade. As Isshiki tried to capture her, an unknown figure intervened with Kamui and challenged him from the Viewing Platform.

• Isshiki used Daikokuten to rain Black Rods on the Clones, killing them and leaving Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru shaken.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru chose to stay and help Uchiha Hikari, who armed herself with the Endless Blade and attacked Isshiki.
• Uchiha Hikari wounded Isshiki’s cheek, but he recovered and pressured her with repeated strikes until a Black Rod grazed her and he began drawing her into Daikokuten.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru attacked Isshiki, but he immobilized them with Black Rods and continued trying to capture Uchiha Hikari.
• A figure on the Viewing Platform used Kamui to absorb Isshiki’s incoming Black Rods, then mocked him for attacking women and children.

Uchiha Gin joined the fight against Isshiki, rescuing Uchiha Hikari and using Kamui, Wang Liang’s guidance, and a mysterious Mutated Byakugan to overcome Isshiki’s defenses. The chapter ended with Gin piercing Isshiki through the chest and declaring himself the ninja who flooded his dam.

• Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna removed the Black Rods from Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, while Izuna recognized Orochimaru as Happy Yuan Yuan.
• Uchiha Gin stopped Hakurei Reimu from joining the battle, left her to watch two sealed Hashirama Clones, and teleported to Uchiha Hikari.
• Uchiha Gin mocked Isshiki’s Otsutsuki appearance, then used Kamui to evade and absorb Isshiki’s Black Rods before sending them back at him.
• Wang Liang gave Uchiha Gin Isshiki’s location, allowing Gin to land a surprise punch that forced Isshiki back into his original form.
• Uchiha Gin phased through Isshiki’s attacks and struck at him, while an unfamiliar Byakugan pressure interrupted Isshiki’s Sukunahikona.
• Uchiha Gin pierced Isshiki through the chest with his arm and revealed the glowing Mutated Byakugan beneath his mask.

Uchiha Gin defeated Isshiki and spared Number Four after Tsunade pleaded for him, then Reimu examined the Clones’ fragile, incomplete souls. Reimu began explaining the parts of a soul, leaving Gin doubtful about her sudden spiritual lecture.

• Isshiki tried to escape Uchiha Gin’s grasp, but Gin used the Spiritualization Technique to beat Isshiki’s separated consciousness.
• Tsunade asked Gin to spare Number Four, whom she regarded as her grandfather, and Gin used Life Energy to keep him alive.
• Uchiha Madara tested Number Four with the Ashura Card and found that he, like 001 and 009, had Hashirama content.
• Hakurei Reimu warned Gin that his seals were nearly extinguishing 001 and 009’s fragile souls, so Gin adjusted the seals and restored their awareness.
• Reimu found that Number Four’s incomplete soul was close to dispersing, and Tsunade used her healing power to stabilize his condition.
• Reimu explained that the heart was a soul’s manifestation and began describing the soul’s component spirits.

Uchiha Gin and the others dealt with the Clones, sealed Number Four’s Karma, and escaped before the Rain Ninja arrived, leaving Amegakure to blame Iwagakure for the island’s disturbances. Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya returned toward Amegakure while Uchiha Hikari and Reimu went back to Hakurei Shrine, where Miroku reunited with Reimu and Gin served dinner.

• Reimu explained the four souls to Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Gin identified the captured Clones as fragments of Hashirama Senju’s soul before handing them over to Madara.
• Uchiha Gin sealed Jigen’s Karma on Number Four with Four Symbols Seals, then left to prepare dinner.
• Uchiha Madara and Izuna collected the Chakra Pills and erased the battlefield, while the Rain Ninja commander blamed Iwagakure and reported the supposed conspiracy to Hanzo.
• Uchiha Hikari flew Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya away on her Susanoo Aircraft, and she accepted Tsunade’s invitation to a meal.
• Uchiha Hikari and Reimu returned to Hakurei Shrine, where Miroku threw herself into Reimu’s arms before Uchiha Gin called them to eat sweet and sour fish.

At Hakurei Shrine, Uchiha Gin and his companions shared dinner and prepared to spend the night, while Reimu grew suspicious of Gin's sealing technique. Reimu entered Gin's bath to repay his Gold Brick with a priestess’s service, leaving him bracing for an unexpectedly painful treatment.

• Miroku nearly choked while eating, and Reimu reminded her that she had eaten the frog Suwako, whom Miroku had considered her friend.
• After dinner, Uchiha Hikari asked Gin about Reimu’s attention and worried whether Madara could handle the Clones; Gin assured her that his Ten Directions Seal could restrain them.
• Gin realized Reimu might have recognized something about his sealing technique and resolved to silence her, but Miroku soon led him to a private guest room.
• Reimu entered Gin’s bathroom while he was bathing, and Gin mistook her visit for a room mix-up before she explained that she meant to repay his Gold Brick.
• Reimu ordered Gin to sit down and began scrubbing his bare back so roughly that he cried out in pain.

Uchiha Gin frightened Reimu after she realized he had sealed three powerful beings, then bribed her into swearing to keep the secret. Reimu’s attempt to repay his offerings with a dog collar ended in an embarrassing scene witnessed by Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri.

• Reimu realized Uchiha Gin had sealed three powerful beings and panicked, believing he would kill her to protect the secret.
• Uchiha Gin scared Reimu into tears, then calmed her by offering a mountain of gold in exchange for her silence.
• Reimu swore to guard Uchiha Gin’s secret and accepted the gold as offerings, then returned wearing her priestess outfit and a dog collar to repay him.
• Reimu said her master Yukari Yakumo had died sealing the monsters in the gap, and Uchiha Gin offered more gold for her master’s send-off.
• Reimu fell awkwardly in front of Uchiha Gin, waking the others; Miroku found them, and Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri appeared behind her.

Uchiha Gin’s group left Hakurei Shrine after Reimu and Miroku received a mysterious scroll and Gin checked the seal on Nagato. Before meeting Tsunade and the others, Gin reunited Nagato’s and Konan’s families, whose arguments over treating him to a meal brought a large group to the restaurant.

• Little Miroku woke to find Reimu missing, then discovered Reimu watching Hikari whip Gin for a secret deal involving a dog collar and gold brick.
• Hikari ended Gin’s punishment when Chiri arrived with breakfast, and Gin told Reimu and Miroku that his group was leaving Amegakure.
• After Gin’s group departed, Miroku opened the storage scroll Gin had secretly given her, releasing a dazzling golden light that engulfed her and Reimu.
• A toad delivered Jiraiya’s meeting details, and Gin visited Masahiko’s shop to inspect the Ten Directions Seal on Nagato’s hand.
• Konan’s parents arrived with their infant, and they and Masahiko’s family argued over who would treat Gin to a meal until Hikari ordered them to share a table.
• At the barbecue restaurant, Jiraiya complained about the large group Gin had brought, and Gin told him he should pay for the meal.

Uchiha Gin reunited with Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru in the Rain Country, where he learned they had been ordered to inflame tensions between Amegakure and its neighbors. After leaving them with the Rasengan scroll and heading home, he crossed paths with Uchiha Madara, who avoided greeting him and decided to establish a base in the Rain Country.

• Uchiha Gin treated Whirlpool Masahiko, Konan's Father, and the disguised Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru to a meal, while Jiraiya became interested in the restaurant's boss lady.
• Whirlpool Masahiko and Konan's Father got drunk together, and Uchiha Gin asked Jiraiya to look after their families if war reached the Rain Country.
• Uchiha Gin realized that Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru had received Root orders to drive a wedge between Amegakure and Iwagakure, but they had secretly been avoiding the mission.
• Uchiha Gin gave Jiraiya a scroll detailing the Rasengan's training method, then left the restaurant with Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri.
• Uchiha Madara watched Uchiha Gin depart without greeting him, fearing that contact would put his cousin in danger from Jigen.
• Uchiha Madara rejected Izuna's suggestion to use Wave Country as their base and chose the Rain Country instead.

Uzumaki Miro rushed Kushina to the Ninja Academy, where she accidentally landed on Minato and injured him. Minato insisted on facing Kushina in practical combat, and their match began with him dodging her powerful attacks.

• Kushina woke Uzumaki Miro by punching him and demanded that he pair her with Minato for practical combat in exchange for keeping his spending on Yuan Yuan secret.
• Minato waited for Kushina at the Academy gates while his friends teased him, then Uzumaki Miro sprinted toward school carrying Kushina and accidentally flung her through the gate onto Minato.
• Kushina brushed off Minato’s concern, and Uzumaki Miro later paired the two for combat; Minato insisted on fighting despite his injury.
• During the earlier matches, Shikaku defeated Choza with traps, and Inoichi fainted after using the Mind Body Switch Technique on Shibi.
• Kushina attacked Minato with a powerful punch, but he dodged it, and Uzumaki Miro ordered a student who called her the Blood-Red Tomato to report to his office.

Minato fought Kushina in a training match, using his speed and resolve to withstand her Adamantine Chains. He unexpectedly triggered a spatial technique and appeared in front of her, winning the match as Hiruzen and Danzo watched and discussed candidates for the Nine-Tailed Knight system.

• Kushina chased Minato around the training ground while Miro, Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza watched.
• Minato stopped retreating, threw a wooden kunai, and caught Kushina off guard, but she revealed her Adamantine Chains and forced him onto the defensive.
• Hiruzen delayed signing Danzo's list of Shimura candidates and suggested adding Minato after seeing his talent; Danzo reported that Hanzo had begun acting against Iwagakure.
• Kushina cornered Minato with her chains and refused to let him surrender, prompting him to regain his resolve.
• Minato sensed a mysterious door and threw his kunai toward it, then vanished in a golden flash and reappeared before Kushina with the kunai at her forehead, winning the match.

Minato awakened a rare space-time talent, and Uchiha Gin offered to teach him the Flying Thunder God Technique in exchange for daily training with his dummy. The other children asked for secret techniques too, and Gin prepared contracts for them to sign.

• After hearing how Kushina had beaten Minato, Uchiha Gin asked about the door Minato had seen and identified his talent as space-time.
• Shikaku told Minato that the village’s Book of Seals might contain space ninjutsu, and Gin revealed that he had helped compile it.
• Gin described the steep price of learning an S-Rank Forbidden Technique, then offered to teach Minato the Flying Thunder God Technique if he trained with Gin’s dummy for an hour each day.
• Minato signed Gin’s contract and received a scroll titled “Flying Thunder God Technique: From Beginner to Buried.”
• Gin refused to reveal the Book of Seals’ other space-time technique, which he said had been created by the same person as the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• The other children asked Gin for secret techniques, and he prepared contracts for them to sign, excluding Kushina because she already knew Adamantine Chains.

Uchiha Gin learned that Senju Hi Shin’s younger sister, Senju Itama, had discovered her male clone, Tobirama Senju, and helped Hi Shin devise a cover story and plan for Tobirama’s return to Konoha. The chapter ended with Hi Shin and Tobirama preparing to take Gin to meet Itama, despite his protests about another Flying Thunder God trip.

• Uchiha Gin was teleported from a pachinko parlor to Senju Hi Shin’s laboratory, where she told him Senju Itama might expose her secret.
• Senju Hi Shin revealed that she had used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to split her soul and create a living Tobirama Senju clone, paying the Death God with some of Kurama’s source Chakra.
• Uchiha Gin refused to use a memory-altering technique and negotiated for Senju Hi Shin to teach Orochimaru human science in exchange for helping her.
• Uchiha Gin suggested explaining Tobirama as a scientifically resurrected father and having him return to Konoha to address the village’s problems.
• Senju Hi Shin and Tobirama prepared to take Uchiha Gin to meet Senju Itama, and Tobirama offered to use his Flying Thunder God technique after Gin tried to refuse.

Uchiha Gin and Senju Hi Shin brought Senju Itama to Tobirama Senju’s grave, where Tobirama revealed that Hi Shin had revived him in a new body. Tobirama then announced his return to Hiruzen and Danzo, leaving them stunned as he confronted his former disciples about what had happened to Konoha.

• Uchiha Gin, Tobirama Senju, and Senju Hi Shin arrived near Konoha’s memorial tablet, where Senju Itama was praying at Tobirama’s grave.
• Uchiha Gin pulled Tobirama’s gravestone from the ground and told Senju Itama that her second brother was waiting nearby.
• Tobirama Senju revealed himself to Senju Itama, and she learned that Hi Shin had returned his soul from the Pure Land and placed it in a living body.
• Tobirama Senju disguised himself as a deliveryman and confronted Hiruzen and Danzo in the Hokage’s Office, defeating the Anbu with Flying Thunder God.
• Senju Hi Shin explained that Tobirama’s revival had weakened his soul and claimed credit for the procedure, while Danzo abandoned his hopes of reviving his grandfather.
• Tobirama Senju declared that he would restore the Senju Clan’s glory, but Hi Shin reminded him that they still owed money before he turned to reprimand Hiruzen and Danzo.

Tobirama Senju gathered Konoha’s leaders, revealed his resurrection, and ordered them to keep it secret while funding Senju Hi Shin’s research. At the Jonin meeting, he returned before the clan representatives and declared that he had never left.

• Tobirama Senju confronted Hiruzen, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Torifu Akimichi, then questioned Danzo about Root’s funding and records.
• Tobirama Senju ordered the leaders to conceal his resurrection and present his survival as a recovery from a coma, while Hiruzen arranged secret funding for Senju Hi Shin’s research.
• Tobirama Senju told the leaders he would attend the next day’s Jonin meeting as a rehired advisor and correct the village’s course.
• Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Lucha arrived at the meeting, where Hiruzen introduced Tobirama Senju as a heavyweight guest.
• Tobirama Senju entered the meeting hall, surprised the clan representatives, and declared, “I'm back. I never left!”

News of Tobirama Senju’s resurrection spread through the ninja villages, prompting leaders and clans to assess the danger and their past dealings with him. Uchiha Setsuna ended the chapter by secretly presenting Tobirama with a gift in the Hokage’s Office.

• Ōnoki and Ai received reports confirming Tobirama Senju had appeared in Konoha and ordered further investigations, while Ai tried to keep the news from his senior brothers.
• At a Ninja Clan Alliance meeting, Hiruzen assured the elders that Tobirama Senju would not pursue the past, and Danzo’s father promised to fund Root after Tobirama threatened its budget.
• Uchiha Setsuna told his clan not to rebel and promised to handle the village’s response, while Uchiha Gin reassured Uchiha Lucha that Tobirama would keep his limits.
• Uchiha Setsuna visited Tobirama Senju in the Hokage’s Office and slipped him a heavy scroll as a token of sincerity.

Tobirama Senju received evidence against the Konoha Police Force and secret dealings by Konoha’s leaders, while Senju Hi Shin discovered Uchiha Setsuna’s lavish gift was a huge golden pig. A week later, Tobirama began his reckoning at the jonin meeting by naming the Sealing Squad first, catching Hiruzen and Mitokado Homura off guard.

• Uchiha Setsuna offered Tobirama Senju a gift and evidence of the higher-ups’ illegal dealings while defending the Konoha Police Force against accusations.
• Senju Hi Shin opened Setsuna’s gift, revealing a huge golden pig, and Tobirama tore up the evidence against the Police Force.
• Uchiha Setsuna met Hiruzen at a massage parlor, where Hiruzen blamed Danzo for the accusations and asked Setsuna to let the Police Force bear the fallout.
• Hiruzen and Danzo discussed keeping leverage over Setsuna and transferring the Police Force’s funding to Root after Tobirama’s meeting.
• At the jonin meeting, Uchiha Gin challenged Mitokado Ki’s prediction that the Uchiha would be targeted, then Tobirama announced his investigation and named the Sealing Squad first.

Tobirama Senju exposed corruption and mismanagement across several Konoha departments, while Hiruzen searched for the mole who had revealed the secrets. The meeting ended as Tobirama raised a blurry photograph and hinted that the Anbu had a conduct problem.

• Tobirama Senju confronted Mitokado Ki over the Sealing Squad’s inflated roster and funding, then exposed its outsourced barrier work; Uchiha Setsuna’s Police Force arrested Ki.
• Mitokado Homura tried to defend Ki, but Tobirama Senju moved on to the Medical Department and revealed that Utatane Koharu had repackaged Wave Country first-aid kits as Konoha-made products.
• Tobirama Senju praised Torifu Akimichi’s clear procurement accounts, while Hiruzen grew suspicious that someone had exposed the other officials’ corruption.
• Danzo showed Tobirama Senju a ledger proving he had used Hi Shin’s withheld pay and rewards to repay her debts to Wave Country Bank, earning Tobirama’s gratitude.
• Tobirama Senju called the Anbu to account and presented a blurry photograph, asking whether a conduct problem counted as an issue.

Tobirama Senju confronted Hiruzen with evidence that Anbu members had repeatedly visited a massage parlor, and Hiruzen faced accusations before Danzo helped challenge the authenticity of an incriminating photograph. The meeting ended with the parlor ordered to close and Uchiha Setsuna appointed to oversee village supervision, setting him against Hiruzen’s faction.

• Tobirama Senju exposed photographs of Anbu members visiting Hiruzen’s massage parlor, and Hiruzen first blamed individual members before admitting it was an Anbu contact point.
• Tobirama Senju presented a photograph showing Hiruzen receiving an indecent service, but Danzo arranged for Hiruko to test it, revealing that the image had been altered.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Hiruzen to rectify the Anbu base and assigned Uchiha Setsuna to supervise the operation and report back.
• Hiruzen and Danzo concluded that Uchiha Setsuna had betrayed their faction by leaking information, while Hiruzen resolved to avoid giving Tobirama Senju further grounds to act against them.
• After the meeting, Tobirama Senju dismissed the Anbu guards and asked Kagami Uchiha for his opinion before assigning Uchiha Setsuna to oversee village supervision.
• Uchiha Setsuna dropped to his knees and pledged that the Konoha Police Force would purge the village of parasites and restore its prosperity.

Uchiha Setsuna’s crackdown won him a Supervisory Elder appointment from Tobirama Senju, while Uchiha Gin encouraged the children to share candy despite their clans’ warnings. Hiruzen and his allies then challenged Senju Hi Shin’s position as a Tailed Beast Knight, and Tobirama discovered that Danzo’s proposed replacement list appeared to be a Shimura Clan genealogy.

• Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu complained about the crackdown’s consequences, while Danzo urged them to tolerate Uchiha Setsuna because Tobirama Senju backed him.
• Tobirama Senju appointed Uchiha Setsuna Supervisory Elder, prompting Setsuna to pledge his loyalty and intensify his inspections.
• Uchiha Gin read Old Uncle’s letter about business ventures in Wind Country, Earth Country, and Rain Country, then told Uchiha Lucha not to invest recklessly in Rain Country property.
• At the training ground, Uchiha Gin encouraged Yamanaka Inoichi, Nara Shikaku, and Choza Akimichi to eat candy despite their families’ warnings, while the children teased one another before graduation.
• Hiruzen and his allies proposed that Senju Hi Shin step down as a Tailed Beast Knight, and Danzo presented a list of candidates that Tobirama Senju recognized as a Shimura Clan genealogy.