Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen and Kiyoshi Minazuki fought a ninjutsu duel in the forest, with Gen using Zhurong to amplify his Fire Release and force Kiyoshi onto the defensive. As Kiyoshi struggled to hold back the flames with ice walls, Wusheng moved in to catch him off guard.

• Kiyoshi used Minazuki Ice Heart to resist genjutsu, then evaded Gen’s explosive tags and shuriken before countering with Water Release.
• Kiyoshi used a water clone and an explosive tag to escape Gen’s underground ambush, then spread Hidden Mist across the forest.
• Gen countered the mist with Fire Release: Ash Dust Concealing Technique, while Kiyoshi defended against the scorching ash with water and wind techniques.
• Gen sank into the earth and circled behind Kiyoshi, then combined his Great Fire Annihilation with Zhurong’s flames.
• Kiyoshi raised successive ice walls to hold back the amplified fire, while Gen ordered Zhurong to keep burning and Wusheng to sneak around and attack.

Uchiha Gen defeated Kiyoshi Minazuki and joined his team in supporting Konoha’s forces across the battlefield. After half an hour of fighting, Yagura ordered the Hidden Mist Ninjas to retreat behind a wall of fog, leaving some fighters trapped in the melee.

• Wusheng’s Kusanagi Blade pierced Kiyoshi Minazuki’s ice wall, and the golden flames engulfed him as Zhurong absorbed the fire.
• Uchiha Gen watched Kurenai Yuhi kill a Hidden Mist Chunin under genjutsu, then directed Kurenai to support the left side while he took the right.
• Uchiha Gen used genjutsu and the Kusanagi Blade to kill a Kaguya Clan ninja who had been fighting Hyuga Tokuma.
• Uchiha Gen gathered Kurenai, Hayama Shirakumo, and Hyuga Tokuma, then led them toward the fiercest fighting at the edge of the forest.
• Uchiha Gen and his team joined the battle in the muddy open area, where Konoha’s forces fought Hidden Mist’s ninjas and their leaders.
• Yagura ordered a retreat after Konoha gained the advantage, and Hidden Mist’s ninjas escaped into fog while some remained entangled in the fighting.

After Konoha drove Mist from the Land of Fire, Kirigakure switched to scattered attacks, turning the front into a prolonged melee. As Yagura sent ANBU to find a Three-Tails jinchuriki and Madara Uchiha arranged for Black and White Zetsu to guide them, Uchiha Gen used a solo mission to prepare for his future.

• Konoha defeated Mist again, forcing its forces onto the peninsula between the Land of Fire and the Land of Whirlpools.
• Mist's leaders split their main force into small units and attacked supply lines, towns, and Konoha camps across the Land of Fire.
• The Land of Fire's daimyo pressured Hiruzen Sarutobi and protested to the Land of Water's daimyo, who ordered Yagura to stop the town attacks and return two-thirds of the seized money.
• The daimyo sent the recovered money to Konoha as military funding, and Hiruzen Sarutobi used half of it to produce war supplies.
• After the fighting spread for more than a month, Yagura sent two ANBU detachments with the Three-Tails vessel to find a jinchuriki, while Madara Uchiha sent Black and White Zetsu to guide them.
• Uchiha Gen took a solo mission and used the wartime opportunity to prepare for his future.

Uchiha Gen intercepted a Hidden Mist squad, then disguised himself as one of its members to ambush Uchiha Yuichi and capture him. He took the unconscious Yuichi to a prepared safe house, intending to find another one-tomoe Sharingan to study during the war.

• Uchiha Gen used tree Homies and shuriken Homies to ambush three Hidden Mist Ninja, then drained their souls and lifespans and burned their bodies.
• Uchiha Gen reclaimed the souls and lifespans from his temporary Homies, disguised himself as a Hidden Mist Special Jonin, and went north of Konoha's frontline camp.
• Uchiha Yuichi spotted the disguised Uchiha Gen and ordered his three Genin subordinates to prepare for battle.
• Uchiha Gen defeated Yuichi and his subordinates, while the three Genin escaped as Yuichi fell unconscious.
• Uchiha Gen decided he needed another one-tomoe Sharingan for his research and carried Yuichi to a safe house.

Uchiha Gen confined Uchiha Yuichi in a mountain cave and arranged for wooden Homies to care for him, hoping to conduct his research without killing him. After returning to the frontline camp, Gen secured another solo mission, and Uchiha Sen was abducted, deepening the clan’s anger as they searched in vain.

• Uchiha Gen bound Uchiha Yuichi in a prepared cave and created two wooden Homies to feed him and keep the hideout clean.
• Uchiha Gen warned the Homies to stay silent and keep Yuichi alive, then sent Zhurong and Wusheng to clear the mountain of wild beasts.
• Uchiha Gen planned to stage Yuichi’s rescue from Kirigakure after his experiment, hoping to spare Yuichi and possibly gain loyal subordinates.
• Uchiha Gen returned to the frontline camp, turned in his mission, and asked Orochimaru to arrange a solo mission for him.
• Uchiha Sen was abducted by a Kirigakure Jonin, prompting Uchiha Clan ninja, including Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Gen, and two elders, to search for the missing men without success.

Yagura learned that Kirigakure’s plan to capture the Three-Tails had failed, though the Jinchuriki Rin Nohara was dead, and ordered his forces to withdraw and defend the Land of Whirlpools. At a Konoha commanders’ meeting about Rin’s death, Orochimaru proposed deploying the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki against the Hidden Mist.

• Yagura learned that Wood Release had killed most of the Anbu in both squads and that Rin Nohara had died after throwing herself into Kakashi Hatake’s Chidori.
• Yagura ordered Kirigakure’s forces to withdraw from the Land of Fire and gather to defend the Land of Whirlpools, refusing to transfer the young Six-Tails Jinchuriki Utakata.
• Tsunade convened a meeting with Orochimaru, Shikaku Nara, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze to discuss Rin’s death.
• Orochimaru called Rin a hero, condemned the Hidden Mist’s actions, and proposed deploying the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in retaliation.

Orochimaru persuaded Minato and the others to deploy Kushina against the Hidden Mist, with strict limits on how much of the Nine-Tails’ power she could use. Uchiha Gen then visited the devastated Kakashi and learned how Mist forces had overwhelmed Team 7 and taken Rin.

• Orochimaru argued that Kushina’s power could end the war quickly, and Minato agreed to let her join the battle.
• Tsunade set Kushina’s limit at the power of five tails, and the group sent a highly classified joint application to Konoha.
• Gen visited Kakashi at the field hospital, where Shisui said Kakashi had remained withdrawn since waking two days earlier.
• Shisui explained that two Mist ANBU squads and many infiltrated Hidden Mist Ninja had overwhelmed him and Kakashi and taken Rin.
• Gen reassured Shisui that the force they faced would have been difficult for almost anyone to overcome, then left him to keep supporting Kakashi.

Kushina secretly joined Konoha’s Hidden Mist front and devastated the Mist camp with ten Tailed Beast Balls, turning the battle in Konoha’s favor. As the Hidden Mist forces began retreating, Kushina gathered Chakra for another attack.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders agreed to send Kushina to the front, and she left Konoha under secret escort.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Kushina into the frontline camp without alerting Mist’s spies.
• Yagura gathered the Hidden Mist forces for battle, while Konoha prepared to attack before the remaining Mist ninja could return.
• Kushina and Minato appeared near the Mist camp, and Kushina fired ten Tailed Beast Balls that devastated the camp.
• Tsunade urged Konoha’s ninja to crush Mist, and the energized forces charged as Yagura ordered an immediate retreat.
• Kushina grew another tail and gathered Yin and Yang Chakra as the Hidden Mist Ninja fled.

Kushina’s Tailed Beast Balls devastated the Hidden Mist camp, and Konoha forces pursued the retreating Mist Ninjas. Uchiha Gen caught Hozuki Yuzo and gained the advantage in their fight as they neared the ocean.

• Kushina suppressed the Nine-Tails with Minato’s help, and Tsunade treated her while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Minato went after the Mist Ninjas.
• Konoha forces stormed the ruined camp, and Uchiha Gen warned his team to stay focused as they pursued the retreating enemy.
• Uchiha Gen sent Kurenai Yuhi, Hyuga Tokuma, and Hayama Shirakumo to fight nearby Mist Ninjas while he continued alone.
• Uchiha Gen caught Hozuki Yuzo, recognized his Hozuki Clan Water Transformation, and used a flaming Kusanagi Blade to pressure him.
• Hozuki Yuzo’s Water Release-enhanced sword was badly damaged, and he began seeking a chance to escape as they approached the ocean.

Uchiha Gen killed Hozuki Yuzo, confirmed seawater did not weaken him, and pursued the fleeing Hidden Mist Ninja into the Land of Whirlpools. After the pursuit crippled Mist’s forces, Konoha’s ninja at camp believed the war would soon end.

• Uchiha Gen disrupted Hozuki Yuzo’s attacks, used the Sharingan to catch him in genjutsu, and killed him with the Wind Flame Sword.
• Uchiha Gen tested the seawater and found it caused him no weakness, then followed the fleeing Hidden Mist Ninja along the coast.
• Uchiha Gen spotted three Mist ninja hiding by a cliff and drove them out with Exploding Tags.
• The three Mist ninja attacked Uchiha Gen with Water Release, but he evaded them and killed two with Great Fire Annihilation before extracting the survivor’s soul and lifespan.
• Konoha’s pursuit of Mist continued into the Land of Whirlpools until nightfall, leaving many Mist ninja dead.
• At the temporary camp, Konoha’s ninja discussed the battle and expected the war to end soon.

After the Third Great Ninja War ended with a peace treaty, Uchiha Gen stayed behind under the pretense of border duty to secretly retrieve Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen. He left the mountain on Zhurong’s back with the two captives, while disposing of the wooden Homies who had helped him.

• Yagura negotiated peace with Konoha, and both sides agreed to withdraw from the Land of Whirlpools without reparations as the Third Great Ninja War ended.
• Uchiha Gen asked Orochimaru for two days off and used a Shadow Clone to conceal his journey to the mountain cave.
• Uchiha Gen drugged Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen, put them under genjutsu, and had two wooden figures carry them outside.
• Uchiha Gen ordered Zhurong to burn the cave, then placed Yuichi and Sen on the fire dragon’s back.
• Uchiha Gen extracted the souls and lifespans of the two wooden figures, bound their bodies together, and watched Zhurong burn them to ashes.
• Uchiha Gen rode Zhurong into the sky with Yuichi and Sen as captives.

Uchiha Gen flew back to the forest near Konoha with two captives, made the wooden figures Moki and Mokuni to guard them, and prepared a hidden cave for his experiments. After rewarding himself with a night out and a day in town, he returned to the frontline camp, where Orochimaru summoned him.

• Uchiha Gen flew Zhurong to the forest near Konoha and hid two captives in a cave, where he hypnotized them and created Moki and Mokuni to guard them.
• Uchiha Gen outfitted the cave with restraints and supplies, set Exploding Tag traps around its entrance, and instructed Moki and Mokuni before flying away.
• Uchiha Gen visited the Pink Blossom pleasure house, ate and drank, bathed, and spent the night at an inn.
• Uchiha Gen spent the next day enjoying the nearby town before returning to Konoha's frontline camp.
• Orochimaru sent someone to summon Uchiha Gen soon after he arrived at camp.

Uchiha Gen agreed to assist Orochimaru with immortality research, and the next day Orochimaru brought him to a hidden laboratory filled with human and animal specimens. Orochimaru explained that he secretly funded the experiments; he and Gen then continued deeper into the lab.

• Uchiha Gen agreed to help Orochimaru with experiments and spent his free time researching the Wind Flame Sword and Exploding Flame Shot.
• Orochimaru summoned Uchiha Gen to meet him at two in the afternoon and led him to a concealed entrance in the forest.
• Orochimaru showed Uchiha Gen a hidden laboratory stocked with animal and human specimens, including mutated human-animal hybrids.
• Orochimaru explained that the lab studied the fusion of animal and human bodies, focused on long-lived snakes, and had been funded with money skimmed from Konoha's research budget.
• Orochimaru said he could use Summoning Beasts to move the laboratory, leaving Uchiha Gen astonished at how much work the snakes were made to do.

Uchiha Gen warned Orochimaru not to use people from Konoha or the Land of Fire as experimental subjects, and offered to help him obtain others. Gen then learned Medical Ninjutsu and assisted with Orochimaru’s research until news arrived that reinforcements would soon relieve the front-line ninja.

• Uchiha Gen told Orochimaru that using people from the village or the Land of Fire for experiments could ruin his reputation, and offered the Uchiha Clan’s money or his own help to find subjects.
• Orochimaru accepted Gen’s offer and tasked him with learning laboratory procedures and Medical Ninjutsu.
• Gen began assisting with Orochimaru’s experiments and learned a C-rank Medical Ninjutsu in less than five days.
• Over the following weeks, Gen studied medical theory and research methods, becoming familiar with the laboratory equipment and procedures.
• News spread that the first batch of ninja returning to the village would soon arrive to relieve the front lines.

After returning to Konoha, Uchiha Gen was welcomed by Mikoto Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha, then learned that the elders had blocked his promised promotion to squad captain. He concealed his resentment, accepted the deputy position, and agreed to join the others for dinner and training.

• The returning ninja reached Konoha ahead of schedule and waited outside the gates until Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with a welcoming party.
• Uchiha Gen returned alone to the Uchiha Clan Estate, where Mikoto Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha welcomed him on Fugaku Uchiha's behalf.
• Mikoto Uchiha explained that the elders had limited Uchiha Gen to squad vice-captain in the Military Police Force, and Shisui Uchiha agreed that he and Gen needed more experience.
• Uchiha Gen hid his anger, accepted the deputy position, and decided to remember the slight while avoiding a confrontation with the elders.
• Mikoto Uchiha invited Uchiha Gen to dinner, and Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha arranged to train with him at Training Ground Three.

Uchiha Gen discussed why wars happened with Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, arguing that conflicts over resources and interests were their underlying cause. The chapter ended with Itachi asking whether Gen knew how to prevent war.

• Uchiha Gen returned home, changed clothes, and headed to the training grounds, where clan members greeted him warmly.
• Uchiha Gen met Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha and said he had come to chat rather than train.
• Shisui Uchiha asked why wars existed, and Uchiha Gen said hatred was a surface excuse while resource struggles were fundamental.
• Uchiha Gen described ideological conflicts, territorial disputes, political objectives, and historical grievances as other causes of war.
• Shisui Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha reflected on Gen's explanation, and Itachi asked whether he had a way to prevent war.

Uchiha Gen explained Konoha’s founding history to Shisui and Itachi, describing Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju’s competing ideals and how their clans allied to establish the village. He left them considering why Madara, despite Hashirama’s support, could not have become Hokage.

• Uchiha Gen said Madara Uchiha had pursued peace through unifying the ninja world, while Hashirama Senju sought peace through a village under one country.
• Uchiha Gen explained that the two clans’ losses and their wish to keep children off battlefields led the Uchiha and Senju to join forces and found Konoha.
• Uchiha Gen told Shisui and Itachi that the Uchiha had chosen the name Konoha and that Hashirama had wanted Madara to become Hokage.
• Uchiha Gen explained that Hashirama’s popularity and Madara’s domineering reputation made Madara unlikely to win the Hokage election.
• Shisui explained the Hokage election system to Itachi, and Uchiha Gen asked whether Hashirama could have refused the office and insisted that Madara take it.

Uchiha Gen explained to Shisui and Itachi why Hashirama Senju became First Hokage, why Madara Uchiha left Konoha, and how their rivalry ended. He then argued that the Uchiha Clan owed the Senju Clan a debt while remaining one of Konoha’s two founding clans, and began to explain why the Senju could not have founded Konoha without the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Gen explained that Hashirama Senju had to become First Hokage because he alone had the support needed to keep Konoha stable, while Madara Uchiha believed the position rightfully belonged to him.
• Uchiha Gen said Tobirama Senju’s interference and a rumor that Madara had killed his younger brother drove Madara to leave Konoha, though the records said his brother had agreed to the eye transplant before he died.
• Uchiha Gen recounted that Madara captured the Nine-Tails and fought Hashirama, who defeated him, and suggested Madara had wanted to defeat his lifelong rival rather than destroy Konoha.
• Uchiha Gen told Shisui and Itachi that the Uchiha Clan stood just below the Senju in Konoha and bore some responsibility for Hashirama’s death, while also emphasizing the Uchiha’s role as a founding clan.
• Uchiha Gen asked Shisui and Itachi whether they wanted to know why the Senju could not have founded Konoha without the Uchiha, and they eagerly agreed.

Uchiha Gen explained to Shisui and Itachi why cooperation between the Senju and Uchiha had been essential to founding Konoha, and argued that the Uchiha deserved to rise to the top. The boys embraced his dream, and Itachi said he had found the meaning of his life.

• Uchiha Gen explained that the Senju and Uchiha had set an example by working together, reassuring other clans that Konoha would be built on cooperation rather than annexation.
• Shisui described how a Senju-led Konoha without Uchiha cooperation would have left other clans insecure and vulnerable to internal conflict, earning Uchiha Gen's praise.
• Uchiha Gen argued that either the Senju or the Uchiha would have faced ruin if one clan had destroyed the other, because the remaining clans and nobles would unite against the victor.
• Uchiha Gen reminded Shisui and Itachi that the Uchiha had been Konoha's second-strongest founding clan, and asked them to support a dream of making the Uchiha great again.
• Shisui pledged to support Uchiha Gen's dream, and Itachi declared that he had found the meaning of his life.

Uchiha Gen encouraged Shisui and Itachi to pursue the greatness of the Uchiha, Konoha, and the ninja world, arguing that unification could bring peace. He named producing an Uchiha Hokage as their first goal, and Itachi became awestruck by Gen’s supposed foresight.

• Uchiha Gen taught Shisui and Itachi to value their dreams, cherish time, and balance effort with rest.
• Gen argued that the wars after the village system’s founding showed that Hashirama’s approach had failed, and proposed unifying the ninja world to bring lasting peace.
• Shisui and Itachi embraced Gen’s goals and declared themselves his comrades.
• Gen set their first objective as producing a Hokage from the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui explained how Gen had arranged for himself and Shisui to become Minato’s and Orochimaru’s disciples, leaving Itachi impressed by Gen.