Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gin helped Hagoromo Shintaro subdue Kinkaku and Ginkaku, then led the Hagoromo survivors toward the Land of Lightning. Along the way, he encouraged the brothers to target Tobirama Senju, whom they vowed to defeat.

• Kinkaku surrendered after Uchiha Gin’s trick left him humiliated, and Ginkaku helped him cover himself as the brothers fled the arena.
• Hagoromo Shintaro admitted that he had let Kinkaku and Ginkaku test Uchiha Gin’s strength and asked the Uchiha group to assist the survivors.
• Uchiha Gin organized the Hagoromo Clan survivors for the journey, placing women and children in the middle and assigning clones to guard the group.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku told Uchiha Gin they wanted revenge on the Senju Clan, and Gin explained that their father and the Hagoromo elites had fallen to Hashirama Senju.
• Uchiha Gin persuaded the brothers that Tobirama Senju was a more manageable target and offered to teach them how to beat White Hair.

Uchiha Gin distracted Kinkaku and Ginkaku with a strategy lesson before sensing Senju pursuers and going to meet them alone. He confronted their burned captain, Senju Koji, who demanded to know where Uchiha Fenghuo was, then spat blood in anger when Gin failed to recognize him.

• Uchiha Gin taught Kinkaku and Ginkaku tactics for fighting Tobirama Senju and collected their tutoring fee.
• Uchiha Gin sensed Senju pursuers and left a Wood Release clone with the relocation party while he went to intercept them.
• Uchiha Gin used his Mutated Byakugan to watch the approaching Senju group and wondered how they had tracked the Hagoromo Clan without a Sensor Ninja.
• Senju Koji's men found Uchiha Gin reclining in their path, and he infiltrated their ranks but was quickly exposed as an Uchiha.
• Senju Koji demanded to know where Uchiha Fenghuo was, but Uchiha Gin failed to recognize him, making Koji spit blood in anger.

Uchiha Gin defeated Senju Koji and his squad, then learned that the Senju forces were tracking the Hagoromo Clan with help from the Uzumaki Clan. After discovering that Uzumaki Mito was with Senju Tobirama’s camp, he returned to the evacuation convoy distracted by thoughts of her.

• Senju Koji confronted Uchiha Gin, demanded to know where Uchiha FengHuo was, and revealed that Uzumaki sensors helped the Senju track the Hagoromo Clan.
• Uchiha Gin defeated Senju Koji with genjutsu and Wood Release, killing the eighteen other Senju clansmen who attacked him.
• Uchiha Gin interrogated Senju Koji and learned that Young Master Tobirama had camped in the valley to the southeast with twenty Uzumaki clansmen led by Lady Uzumaki Mito.
• Uchiha Gin ordered Senju Koji to kill himself, then returned to the Hagoromo Clan’s evacuation convoy.
• Uchiha Hikari noticed Uchiha Gin was distracted and asked whether he was thinking about women.

Uzumaki Mito and Tobirama Senju pursued the Hagoromo Clan remnants, but their search led them to a battlefield where the Senju squad had been slaughtered. Mito recognized a familiar aura there and wondered why the trafficker was nearby.

• Tobirama Senju argued with Uzumaki Mito over the Whirlpool Clan’s help, and a report arrived that the remaining Hagoromo Clan forces had been found.
• Mito agreed to guide Tobirama Senju and the Senju elites, then left to gather the Whirlpool Clan members after the mission.
• Uchiha Hikari accused Uchiha Gin of thinking about other women, and a falling fist struck him as he swore he was not.
• Tobirama Senju discovered that Mito had been leading them in circles, so she resumed the pursuit and sensed traces of battle ahead.
• Mito and Tobirama Senju reached the site where Uchiha Gin had killed the Senju squad, and Mito recognized a familiar aura she associated with a trafficker.

Tobirama Senju investigated the deaths of eighteen Senju clansmen and pursued the Hagoromo Clan, while Uzumaki Mito secretly followed the trail to Uchiha Gin. She found him touching a young girl and, after hearing his reckless oath, attacked him with a bolt of justice from the sky.

• Tobirama Senju learned that an unknown attacker had drained eighteen Senju clansmen of their Chakra and life force, and that Senju Koji had been forced by Genjutsu to crush his own heart.
• Uzumaki Mito sensed no Uchiha Dojutsu Power at the scene but detected an aura resembling Hashirama Senju's life force-filled technique, leading Tobirama Senju to suspect someone had stolen his brother's methods.
• Tobirama Senju ordered the Senju to continue pursuing the Hagoromo Clan, and Uzumaki Mito reluctantly led them toward Uchiha Gin's trail.
• Uzumaki Mito left the Senju group and watched Uchiha Gin from afar as he touched a young girl, then heard him swear that lightning should strike him if he thought about other women.
• Uzumaki Mito lost her temper and charged at Uchiha Gin, calling him a human trafficker.

Uchiha Gin was caught between Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Mito as they fought with their giant techniques. After realizing he could control Hikari’s Susanoo, he escaped its cockpit and prepared to stop the battle.

• Uzumaki Mito attacked Uchiha Gin from above, and Uchiha Hikari summoned her Cherry Blossom Susanoo to defend him.
• Uzumaki Mito formed an Adamantine Sealing Chains colossus, and the two giants clashed, with Uchiha Gin saving Ginkaku from being swept into a gorge.
• Uchiha Hikari enlarged her Susanoo and traded blows with Uzumaki Mito, while Uchiha Chiri, Kinkaku, and Ginkaku watched from the battlefield.
• Uzumaki Mito used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and discovered that Uchiha Hikari, not Uchiha Gin, controlled the Susanoo.
• Uchiha Gin found that his Dojutsu Power could pass through Hikari's Susanoo and opened a door in it to escape, intending to break up the fight.

Uchiha Gin transformed his Wood Human Technique into a cyan giant and stopped Uchiha Hikari and Uzumaki Mito’s battle. He subdued Hikari’s Dark Personality, but as he turned toward Mito, Chiri warned that White Hair had arrived.

• Gin told Chiri to evacuate the civilians, then fashioned a wooden Transformation Device and charged toward the battlefield.
• Gin transformed into a towering cyan Wood Man, causing Hikari and Mito to stop fighting and turn their attention to him.
• Hikari attacked Gin with her Susanoo’s Firewood Chopping Knife, but Gin caught it, turned it into a teaching pointer, and bound her Susanoo with branches.
• Gin struck Hikari’s Susanoo with the teaching pointer until her Dark Personality retreated and her Susanoo collapsed.
• Gin returned Hikari to the ground and turned toward Mito, while Chiri shouted that White Hair was coming.

Uchiha Gin reunited with Uzumaki Mito after defeating her Golden Colossus, while Uchiha Hikari reacted jealously to their closeness. The reunion was interrupted when Tobirama Senju arrived with Senju forces and accused Gin of abducting Mito.

• Uzumaki Mito dispelled her Golden Colossus, and Uchiha Gin revealed himself and caught her when she fainted.
• Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Gin exchanged belated introductions as Uchiha Hikari grew jealous and Mito teased her as Gin's younger sister.
• Uzumaki Mito warned Uchiha Gin that Tobirama Senju was pursuing them and urged him to leave.
• Tobirama Senju arrived with Senju elites, saw Gin reaching toward Mito and Hikari's Uchiha eyes, and shouted for Gin to release Mito.

Uchiha Gin negotiated with Tobirama Senju to spare the remaining Hagoromo Clan in exchange for their permanent withdrawal from the Fire Country. Tobirama agreed to let them go but said he did not trust the Uchiha, leaving the terms unresolved.

• Uchiha Gin and Tobirama Senju recognized each other, while Uzumaki Mito pretended to be Gin's hostage to keep the Senju Clan from capturing her.
• Uzumaki Mito told Uchiha Gin that her father wanted her to marry Hashirama Senju and that she wanted to become the Uzumaki Clan Leader instead.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku arrived, recognized Tobirama Senju as the man who had attacked their clan, and Kinkaku chose not to fight him before he was ready.
• Uchiha Gin offered Tobirama Senju a trade: spare the Hagoromo Clan's women and children, and Gin would release Uzumaki Mito.
• Kinkaku swore that the Hagoromo Clan would leave the Fire Country forever, and Tobirama Senju agreed to spare them but said he did not trust the Uchiha.

Uchiha Gin stayed behind with Uzumaki Mito while the others escaped, and his self-inflicted wound changed Tobirama Senju’s opinion of him. Although Tobirama unexpectedly offered to let Gin go, Gin kept Mito hostage and gave her an unexplained item to help her become Clan Leader.

• Uchiha Gin volunteered to stay behind with Uzumaki Mito so the Hagoromo Clan and his companions could escape, then stabbed himself to prove to Tobirama Senju that he was not a clone.
• Tobirama Senju reflected on Gin’s past actions and began to see the curly-haired Uchiha differently, while Gin reassured his worried companions and sent them after the Hagoromo convoy.
• After Gin accidentally struck an artery, he healed himself with the Mystical Palm Technique, and Tobirama Senju asked whether other Uchiha had curly hair like his.
• Uzumaki Mito asked how Gin planned to escape, and Tobirama Senju said Gin could leave immediately if he released her, but Gin suspected a trap and continued holding her.
• Uzumaki Mito declared that she was determined to become Clan Leader, so Uchiha Gin searched his System Bag and secretly gave her an item he thought might help.

Uchiha Gin parted from Uzumaki Mito and the Senju, then reached the Fire Country border with the Hagoromo Clan. As Kinkaku and Ginkaku prepared to join the Land of Lightning, Gin suspected the Yotsuki Clan escorts had designs on him.

• Uchiha Gin gave Uzumaki Mito a healing pendant, and she imagined becoming clan leader and marrying him.
• Tobirama Senju let Uchiha Gin go, learned his name, and returned with his clan to the Senju Clan Land, where Hashirama Senju was to become clan leader.
• Uchiha Gin rejoined his group, and Hagoromo Shintaro introduced them to Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and the Yotsuki Clan ninja who would escort the Hagoromo Clan.
• Kinkaku told Uchiha Gin that the Hagoromo Clan would join the Land of Lightning and that Gin's escort mission was complete.
• Uchiha Gin realized Kinkaku feared trouble from Fire Country ninja entering the Land of Lightning and suspected the Yotsuki Clan might try to keep him there.

Uchiha Gin accepted the Amber Purifying Pot from Kinkaku and Ginkaku, then learned that the Hagoromo Clan guarded the Sage of Six Paths’ personal weapon, the Sword of Kusanagi. The sword remained in a sealed land that only those with sufficiently pure Six Paths blood could enter.

• Kinkaku and Ginkaku offered Uchiha Gin their clan’s Six Paths Ninja Tools as thanks for his help.
• Uchiha Gin chose the Amber Purifying Pot and let the brothers keep the other four artifacts.
• Kinkaku stopped Uchiha Gin from leaving and revealed that the Hagoromo Clan guarded the Sage of Six Paths’ personal sword.
• Kinkaku explained that the sword was called the Sword of Kusanagi, or the Sword of Wishes, and was said to have helped create the world.
• Kinkaku said only descendants with sufficiently pure Six Paths blood could enter the sealed land and glimpse the sword.

Uchiha Gin received a scroll revealing the location of the Sage of Six Paths’ sealed Divine Artifact, then took Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri to enjoy the hot springs in the Land of Hot Water. There, Hikari told Chiri about the Mangekyō Sharingan and warned her of its cost.

• Kinkaku gave Uchiha Gin an ancient scroll containing the sealed land’s location and departed with Ginkaku and the Hagoromo Clan survivors for the Land of Iron.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku agreed that becoming leaders in the Land of Lightning would fulfill Gin’s expectations of them.
• Uchiha Gin, Uchiha Hikari, and Uchiha Chiri traveled to the peaceful Land of Hot Water and checked into a hot spring inn.
• While bathing, Uchiha Chiri asked Uchiha Hikari how she had become so powerful, and Hikari explained that the Mangekyō Sharingan surpassed the Three Tomoe.
• Uchiha Hikari showed Chiri the Mangekyō Sharingan and warned her that awakening it had caused her great pain and loss.

Uchiha Gin sneaked into the mixed bathing area and was captured by a group of enormous women, while Uchiha Hikari explained her Mangekyō Sharingan to Uchiha Chiri. The chapter ended as the women sensed Gin’s chilling Chakra and the two Uchiha realized he was nearby and unclothed.

• Uchiha Gin learned through his Wood Clones that the Hagoromo Clan had been welcomed as honored guests in the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Gin slipped into the mixed bathing area and was grabbed by a woman resembling Bo Gang, then confronted by several more like her.
• Uchiha Gin’s Sharingan turned scarlet as his cold Chakra spread through the bath and the Bo Gang women noticed the temperature dropping.
• Uchiha Hikari told Uchiha Chiri that Uchiha Gin had given her his Mangekyō Sharingan to prevent her from losing her sight.
• Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri sensed a rising cold Chakra and realized that the unclothed Uchiha Gin was nearby.

Uchiha Gin awakened a blank Mangekyo Sharingan at the hot spring and loaded Tsukuyomi, then inherited Uchiha Yao’s Wang Liang eye technique in place of Amaterasu. He hid the awakening from Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri by inventing a peeping culprit, while a white-haired man elsewhere sneezed and avoided returning to Konoha.

• After frightening off the Demon Bo Gangs with his Sharingan, Uchiha Gin discovered his tomoe had vanished and realized he had awakened the Mangekyo.
• Uchiha Gin activated his Mangekyo and used the Tsukuyomi Skill Card, giving his eyes a shuriken pattern and access to Uchiha Itachi’s Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.
• Uchiha Gin’s right-eye Amaterasu was replaced by Wang Liang, Uchiha Yao’s eye technique, which could create a shadow clone and merge with its master.
• Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri found Uchiha Gin at the hot spring, and he stopped them from touching him while they examined him.
• Uchiha Gin told Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Chiri that a white-haired man in a red vest had been spying on bathers, and they believed him.
• Decades later, a white-haired man sneezed while wandering away from Konoha to avoid military training.

Uchiha Gin returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds with Hikari and Chiri, where he found heightened security and learned from Tajima that the mission had ended safely. Tajima praised Gin’s report and let him keep the Amber Purifying Pot, while Gin’s teasing left their conversation on a suggestive note.

• On the ride home, Hikari sensed a resonance between her Mangekyo and Gin’s eyes, and Gin covered it with an excuse about her growing taller.
• Gin, Hikari, and Chiri reached the clan gate, showed their mission identification to a newly returned guard, and entered the unusually quiet, heavily patrolled Clan Grounds.
• Gin guessed that trouble on the front lines might be drawing the clansmen back, then reported to Tajima and handed over his edited mission report and the Amber Purifying Pot.
• Tajima read the report, praised Gin for escaping Tobirama Senju, and returned the Divine Artifact because the Hagoromo Clan’s artifacts did not suit him.
• Gin kept the Amber Purifying Pot and teased Tajima about his familiarity with the Hagoromo Clan Leader’s wife.

Uchiha Tajima told Uchiha Gin that Madara had been decisively defeated by Hashirama Senju, the new Senju Clan Leader, as the war between the clans resumed. The battle ended with Hashirama capturing Madara in his Wood Human Technique and draining his chakra.

• Uchiha Gin asked Uchiha Tajima about Madara's defeat after learning that the Senju Clan had named Hashirama Senju its new Clan Leader and prepared for war.
• Uchiha Tajima revealed that Hashirama had beaten Madara in one move, prompting Uchiha Gin to ask what had happened.
• Hashirama Senju led the Senju forces in an attack on the Uchiha camp, and Uchiha Madara challenged him to fight.
• Uchiha Madara dodged Hashirama's Wood Release branches and charged, but Hashirama used the Wood Human Technique to seize him.
• Tobirama Senju urged Hashirama to kill Madara, while Hashirama's Wood Release drained Madara's chakra and left him exhausted.
• Uchiha Madara accused Hashirama of having held back, and Hashirama replied that he had only been playing around with him.

Uchiha Tajima rescued Madara from Hashirama and faced the Senju brothers alone, revealing a golden technique powered by his recovered Sharingan. The chapter ended with Tajima destroying Hashirama’s Wood Dragon and challenging the Senju Clan to believe in light.

• Izuna arrived to save Madara, fought Tobirama, and was forced to retreat after Tobirama blocked his attack.
• Hashirama captured Madara with the Arhat Wood Man and tried to explain that he had become Clan Leader, but Madara refused to listen.
• Uchiha Tajima arrived, severed the Wood Man’s arm with a flash of golden light, and ordered Izuna to carry Madara back to camp.
• Tajima confronted Hashirama and Tobirama while they noticed his unusual, powerful presence.
• Hashirama sent a Wood Dragon after Tajima, who used his recovered Sharingan to summon a golden blade that annihilated it.

Uchiha Tajima unveiled his Susanoo and fought Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, testing the Senju leader with powerful attacks. Hashirama survived Tajima’s charged beam, and Tajima acknowledged him as leader of the Senju Clan.

• Uchiha Tajima summoned his Fourth Stage Susanoo and bombarded Hashirama Senju’s Wood Man with Yasaka Beads.
• Tobirama Senju attacked with Water Severing Wave, but Tajima’s Light Shield absorbed the technique.
• Uchiha Tajima and Hashirama Senju clashed with their giant constructs while Tobirama ordered the Senju clansmen to retreat.
• Uchiha Tajima charged his Light Shield by absorbing Hashirama’s Wood Dragons, then fired a five-colored beam at the Wood Man.
• Hashirama Senju blocked the beam with Fivefold Rashomon and redirected its weakened remainder into the sky.
• Uchiha Tajima acknowledged Hashirama Senju as the Senju Clan leader after Hashirama survived the attack.

Uchiha Tajima enlisted Uchiha Gin to stage a fake death and restore Madara’s confidence after his defeat by Hashirama Senju, hoping to awaken Madara and Izuna’s Mangekyo. Uchiha Gin agreed to create the elaborate ruse, and Uchiha Tajima promised to supervise it.

• Uchiha Gin finished Uchiha Tajima’s paperwork while Uchiha Tajima recounted how he had escaped from two opponents.
• Uchiha Tajima told Uchiha Gin that Madara had become dispirited after losing to Hashirama Senju and asked him to help Madara regain his confidence.
• Uchiha Tajima gave Uchiha Gin the Mangekyo Awakening Guide and explained that he wanted to use a staged sacrifice to spur Madara and Izuna into awakening their eyes.
• Uchiha Gin protested that he would not sacrifice himself, but Uchiha Tajima clarified that he meant a fake death.
• Uchiha Gin agreed to act and create the script, while Uchiha Tajima appointed himself producer and supervisor.