Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen explained why he could not lend Shisui the scattered historical materials, then proposed a plan to secure Setsuna Uchiha’s release from prison. He privately intended the move to weaken both the clan elders and Fugaku Uchiha, leaving his revenge underway.

• Uchiha Gen warned Shisui and Itachi not to share what they had learned about the Uchiha clan’s history, then explained that his research came from many materials he had borrowed from Orochimaru.
• Shisui and Itachi continued training before joining Uchiha Gen for dinner at Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha’s home.
• After dinner, Uchiha Gen suggested that Fugaku seek Setsuna Uchiha’s release when the new Hokage took office, using the clan’s wartime contributions and a show of loyalty to support the appeal.
• Shisui and Mikoto Uchiha approved the strategy, while Uchiha Gen privately planned to use Setsuna’s return to dilute the power of Fugaku and the two elders.

Uchiha Gen warned Fugaku Uchiha that Setsuna Uchiha’s release could shift power within the clan, then cautioned Orochimaru that Hiruzen Sarutobi might choose Minato Namikaze for Fourth Hokage. Orochimaru refused to interfere and accepted that the outcome might free him to focus on his research and pursue Dan Katō’s Spirit Transformation Technique.

• Uchiha Gen suggested that releasing Setsuna Uchiha could make him Grand Elder and weaken Fugaku Uchiha’s authority, while pressuring Fugaku to help Mikoto Uchiha’s father.
• Fugaku Uchiha agreed to Gen’s nominal position in the Military Police Force and predicted Orochimaru would become Fourth Hokage, while Gen and Shisui discussed becoming Orochimaru’s disciples.
• The next morning, Uchiha Gen warned Orochimaru that Hiruzen Sarutobi might nominate Minato Namikaze, but Orochimaru forbade Gen from acting to influence the selection.
• Orochimaru said losing the Hokage position might leave him more time for his research and help him obtain Dan Katō’s Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen joked about their rebellious natures and laughed together as Anko Mitarashi arrived, curious about their conversation.

Uchiha Gen tested Anko’s confidence by sending a Shadow Clone to spar with her, and she lost decisively. After Gen healed her, Anko recovered her spirits and asked Orochimaru to guide her training before she and Gen left together.

• Anko told Uchiha Gen that Kurenai had invited him to a class reunion at Barbecue Q, then challenged him to assess her training.
• Gen sent a Shadow Clone to fight Anko at a training ground while he stayed behind and discussed ninjutsu with Orochimaru.
• Anko returned dusty and slightly injured after losing to Gen’s clone in taijutsu, genjutsu, and ninjutsu.
• Gen used Medical Ninjutsu to heal Anko, who was dismayed to learn that he knew it too.
• Anko asked Orochimaru to guide her training and make her a new plan, then left with Gen.

Uchiha Gen attended a classmates’ barbecue gathering with Anko, where he charmed Uzuki Yugao and encouraged the grieving Kakashi. The reunion continued as Guy joined them and turned the meal into a celebration of youth and meat.

• Uchiha Gen and Anko arrived at Barbecue Q and greeted their classmates at the gathering.
• Uchiha Gen teased Uzuki Yugao, invited her to practice swordsmanship at the Uchiha Clan Estate, and sat beside her, making Hayate Gekko jealous.
• Guy arrived with a grieving Kakashi, and Uchiha Gen encouraged Kakashi to keep living for Rin and Obito.
• Guy praised Uchiha Gen’s understanding of youth, and Gen joked that their barbecue meat would be eaten if Guy kept crying.

After a barbecue, Kurenai Yuhi persuaded the group to continue socializing, and Uchiha Gen shared extensive training advice while Asuma Sarutobi waited for his turn. The others left before Asuma could speak, leaving him alone at the intersection; an author’s note followed.

• Uchiha Gen and Uzuki Yugao prepared to leave for their planned movie, but Kurenai Yuhi and Anko Mitarashi invited everyone to have tea and share training advice.
• The group found a tea house, where its members took turns discussing their training experiences.
• Uchiha Gen gave detailed advice on taijutsu, genjutsu, and ninjutsu, tailoring his explanations to the others.
• The tea house closed, so the group continued listening as they walked across Konoha’s commercial street.
• Everyone hurried home before Asuma Sarutobi could give his own advice, leaving him alone at the intersection.
• Asuma Sarutobi lit a cigarette and walked away, while an author’s note said the chapter had been selected for a third round and the full attendance bonus would be missed.

Uchiha Gen resumed his routine, welcomed Uzuki Yugao to his home, and sparred with her before they heard that Minato Namikaze had been chosen as the next Hokage over Orochimaru. After Yugao fled in embarrassment, Gen disguised himself as an adult and set off, apparently intending to get Orochimaru a drink.

• Uchiha Gen left the village to restock food for the two Uchiha prisoners and clear away traces of traps and explosions.
• Uzuki Yugao visited Uchiha Gen, and they shared mulberry juice before sparring while he coached her swordsmanship.
• Uchiha Gen and Uzuki Yugao heard that the Daimyo had approved Minato Namikaze as Hokage and that a Jonin confidence vote had been scheduled.
• Uzuki Yugao took Uchiha Gen's hand to comfort him, then let go and fled when he teased her about her glove.
• Uchiha Gen disguised himself as an adult in an alley, apparently to buy alcohol for Orochimaru.

Uchiha Gen and Anko prepared dinner for Orochimaru, then Gen asked his teacher to help him acquire equipment for human research. Orochimaru admitted he was considering leaving Konoha after Minato became Hokage, leaving Gen to suspect his teacher’s departure might be imminent.

• Uchiha Gen found Orochimaru absent, and Anko arrived, upset that their teacher had not been chosen as the Hokage’s disciple.
• Uchiha Gen and Anko bought ingredients and cooked oden for Orochimaru, who returned after speaking with Danzo.
• The three ate and drank together, and Anko became drunk while Uchiha Gen helped her to a guest room.
• Uchiha Gen asked Orochimaru to help him obtain equipment to study the human body, and Orochimaru warned him to keep the research secret.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Gen that he was considering leaving Konoha because Minato’s administration would restrict his experiments and funding.

Uchiha Gen urged Orochimaru not to sever his ties with Konoha, arguing that he could pursue immortality without abandoning his allies and reputation. Their discussion turned to the possibility of ninja ruling the world, and Orochimaru agreed to seriously consider Gen’s advice while planning to acquire research equipment.

• Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru discussed funding their research by taking wealth from corrupt nobles and merchants.
• Gen called ninja cheap tools and suggested they should rule the world, startling Orochimaru into checking for eavesdroppers.
• Orochimaru warned Gen to hide his dangerous ideas, while Gen argued that Orochimaru should stay in Konoha for his sake and Anko’s.
• Gen urged Orochimaru to pursue immortality without abandoning his bonds and reputation, and Orochimaru agreed to consider the suggestion.
• Orochimaru promised to price the equipment Gen needed, and Gen stayed overnight at Orochimaru’s home.

Uchiha Gen attended Minato Namikaze’s Jonin confidence vote but skipped his succession ceremony to continue experiments with Orochimaru. That evening, Orochimaru gave him a scroll containing the Spirit Transformation Technique, which Gen eagerly began studying.

• Uchiha Gen gave Orochimaru a list of needed research equipment and returned to the clan grounds, where clan members and Fugaku Uchiha offered condolences.
• Uchiha Gen attended Minato Namikaze’s Jonin confidence vote, where Hiruzen Sarutobi introduced and supported Minato, who won the confidence of nearly two-thirds of the Jonin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi held Minato Namikaze’s succession ceremony the next morning, and Minato accepted the Hokage Cloak before Konoha’s people.
• Uchiha Gen skipped the ceremony and worked with Orochimaru until evening, when Orochimaru gave him scrolls containing advanced snake-based ninjutsu and the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Uchiha Gen studied the S-rank Spirit Transformation Technique and learned that it could separate the spirit from the body for sensing, travel, possession, and other uses, but left the body defenseless.

Uchiha Gen realized how the Spirit Transformation Technique could combine with the Soul-Soul Fruit to let him project, split, and strengthen his soul while avoiding the technique’s usual risks. After studying it through the night, he successfully projected part of his soul, tested its range, and returned home before resting.

• Uchiha Gen considered how the Soul-Soul Fruit could protect his body and heal soul injuries caused by the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Uchiha Gen recognized that soul-splitting, possession, and the technique could help him travel farther and harvest souls and lifespans.
• Uchiha Gen studied the technique through the night and concluded that he could learn it once he understood its principles.
• Uchiha Gen used hand seals to project one-third of his soul and passed through walls to explore outside his home.
• Uchiha Gen returned his soul to his body at sunrise, made breakfast, and went to sleep.

Uchiha Gen spent half a month training before asking Fugaku Uchiha for leave to handle personal business for Orochimaru and departing Konoha. Minato Namikaze approved the irregular departure record without pursuing it, and Uchiha Gen headed into the snowy wilderness.

• Uchiha Gen trained in the clan compound, sparred with Uzuki Yugao, and then asked Fugaku Uchiha for leave to leave the village for Orochimaru’s business.
• Fugaku Uchiha approved the leave without docking Uchiha Gen’s salary, and Uchiha Gen later told Orochimaru he planned to leave the village.
• Uchiha Gen assisted Orochimaru with experiments, prepared for his trip, and set out from Konoha after eating ramen the next morning.
• Two Chunin at the gate hesitated over Uchiha Gen’s stated reason for leaving, but let him pass after learning his rank and connections.
• Minato Namikaze received the departure record, marked it “Noted,” and did not pursue the rule violation.

Uchiha Gen rescued two children from Poison Serpent Gang traffickers and chose the gang as his target. He destroyed the gang’s headquarters, freed its prisoners, and sent its treasury to Orochimaru before returning to his inn.

• Uchiha Gen followed three Poison Serpent Gang members who had drugged and abducted two children, then killed them and rescued the children and their unconscious father.
• Uchiha Gen learned the gang was already among his potential targets and waited near its headquarters until the middle of the night.
• Uchiha Gen used his A-rank genjutsu, Nirvana Blood Naraku, to terrify the gang members, then harvested their souls and lifespans.
• Uchiha Gen freed the people held in the gang’s secret prison and collected a suitcase of money from the treasury.
• Uchiha Gen summoned giant pythons to carry the gang’s remaining wealth to Orochimaru, then returned to his inn to rest.

Uchiha Gen learned that rumors about the Poison Serpent Gang’s destruction were spreading through Shirai Castle while Konoha sent an investigative squad to uncover the truth. He had already left the castle and planned to hunt rogue ninjas for their souls and lifespans.

• Uchiha Gen overheard wealthy guests discussing the Poison Serpent Gang’s unexplained deaths and the rumors that ghosts or divine punishment were responsible.
• News of the gang’s destruction spread through Shirai Castle as rival gangs prepared to seize its businesses and residents celebrated its fall.
• The Shirai Castle Lord’s Manor concluded that a person had destroyed the gang and asked Konoha to investigate.
• Minato Namikaze sent an investigative squad of five clan ninjas, who found blood-red feathers among the dead but few other clues.
• Uchiha Gen avoided detection with preparations to conceal his identity and left Shirai Castle before Konoha’s ninjas arrived.
• Uchiha Gen decided to target rogue ninjas for their stronger souls and soul Chakra, with the black market as his likely hunting ground.

Uchiha Gen used black-market greed to lure rogue ninja and samurai into ambushes, earning the underworld name Night Angler after killing more than two hundred. After a long campaign that brought his total kills above a thousand, he headed back to Konoha when Orochimaru reported that his research equipment was ready.

• Uchiha Gen entered the Baishi Town black market as a wealthy, inexperienced-looking Shadow Clone and drew would-be attackers after him.
• Uchiha Gen used Earth Release and Sharingan genjutsu to incapacitate the ninja and samurai who ambushed him outside town.
• Uchiha Gen's real body trapped the remaining attackers in Genjutsu: Nirvana Blood Naraku, then severed the legs of those who broke free and killed the survivors.
• Uchiha Gen repeated his black-market hunts across the Land of Fire, and the name Night Angler spread after more than two hundred rogue ninja, missing-nin, and samurai died.
• Orochimaru sent word that the research equipment was ready, so Uchiha Gen began a slow return to Konoha while restraining his killing intent after surpassing a thousand kills.

Uchiha Gen met with Orochimaru at the research base, where they discussed funding, Danzo’s ambitions, and research into the Spirit Transformation Technique and immortality. Orochimaru revealed a soul-transfer idea inspired by the Second Hokage’s incomplete work, and Gen asked whether he could solve it.

• Uchiha Gen met Orochimaru at the research base and learned that eighty million ryo remained from the equipment purchases.
• Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru agreed to split the remaining money, and Orochimaru explained that Danzo’s loss of Konoha funding had strained his research.
• Uchiha Gen challenged Orochimaru about his lingering ambitions to become Hokage and refused to let him study his soul or body.
• Orochimaru said that his Spirit Transformation Technique training had inspired a new approach to immortality.
• Orochimaru explained that he and the Second Hokage had considered transferring a soul into another body, and that the Second Hokage had left behind an incomplete technique.
• Uchiha Gen asked Orochimaru whether he was confident he could figure out the soul-transfer technique.

Uchiha Gen helped Orochimaru find a way to develop Living Corpse Reincarnation using cloned bodies, then returned to the Military Police Force to cancel his leave. Fugaku Uchiha invited him to Setsuna Uchiha’s home for a meal the next day.

• Orochimaru described the soul-transfer problems blocking his Living Corpse Reincarnation research, and Uchiha Gen suggested using cloned bodies grown from Orochimaru’s own cells.
• Orochimaru accepted the idea, discussed whether souls had limited lifespans, named the technique Living Corpse Reincarnation, and left to begin experiments with Uchiha Gen’s research-equipment list.
• Uchiha Gen went to the Military Police Force and canceled his leave with Fugaku Uchiha so he could return to work and keep his pay.
• Fugaku Uchiha explained his recent good fortune, including Setsuna Uchiha’s release, Shisui’s entry into Anbu, and his wife’s pregnancy.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Gen that Setsuna Uchiha had invited him to dinner the next day, and Uchiha Gen agreed to go.

Uchiha Gen animated cleaning tools and research instruments into Homies, then secretly transported the instruments to the cave where Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen were hidden. He returned to his body at dusk during a brief gap in Konoha’s sensory barrier.

• Uchiha Gen animated his cleaning tools and ordered Zhurong and Wusheng to supervise them.
• Uchiha Gen sent half his soul out of Konoha and animated the experimental instruments at his concealed research base.
• Uchiha Gen ordered the instrument Homies to carry themselves and used Soul Sense to guide them through the forest.
• Uchiha Gen took over Moki and Mokuni’s bodies, knocked Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen unconscious, and brought the instruments into their cave.
• Uchiha Gen reclaimed the instrument Homies’ souls and lifespans, then returned to his body during the sensory barrier’s shift-change gap.

Uchiha Gen visited Setsuna Uchiha’s family for lunch, then renovated his secret cave into a research base. He prepared four rogue ninja bodies for experiments that might reveal a new path for the Sharingan’s evolution.

• Itachi Uchiha invited Uchiha Gen to lunch, and they discussed Shisui Uchiha’s role in reconnecting Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Gen joined Setsuna Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, and Itachi for lunch and conversation before heading home.
• Uchiha Gen returned to his secret cave, renovated it, and set up separate research spaces for Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen.
• Uchiha Gen sent four portions of his soul to Baishi Town and killed four rogue ninja by destroying their consciousness, leaving their souls intact.
• Uchiha Gen returned to Konoha with the four bodies, ready to begin experiments after Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen had been starved for several days.

Uchiha Gen used a staged experiment to test whether the loss of an important bond could evolve the Sharingan, and both Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan after their siblings were killed. Gen received the laboratory data and began analyzing it, hoping to find a way to help the two prisoners.

• Uchiha Gen connected to the secret research base and had Puppet One attach monitoring instruments to Uchiha Yuichi.
• The puppets used genjutsu to make Yuichi overlook flaws in a staged scene where a girl presented as his younger sister was killed.
• Yuichi's grief caused his one-tomoe Sharingan to evolve into a Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and he vowed revenge before Puppet One knocked him unconscious.
• Puppet One repeated the experiment on Uchiha Sen using a boy presented as his younger brother, and Sen's Sharingan also evolved to two tomoe.
• Uchiha Gen received the collected data and began reviewing and analyzing it.

Uchiha Gen discovered that he could use the Soul-Soul Fruit to imitate the soul fluctuations that produced the special Chakra behind Sharingan evolution, and successfully advanced his eyes to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. After celebrating, he left with Zhurong and Wusheng to mark the occasion at an upscale restaurant.

• Uchiha Gen analyzed his test report and soul perceptions until he identified the special Chakra and soul resonance involved in Sharingan evolution.
• Uchiha Gen retrieved four soul fragments and imitated the unique fluctuations in his soul’s occipital lobe, succeeding on his seventh attempt.
• Uchiha Gen’s eyes evolved from Two-Tomoe to Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and he confirmed the result in a mirror.
• Uchiha Gen celebrated his success, considered pursuing Mangekyō and Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and resolved to gather more souls to meet the high Soul Power cost.
• Uchiha Gen sorted the Chakra gained from the evolution, changed into a stylish outfit, and left with Zhurong and Wusheng for Konoha’s commercial street.