Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen reunited with Anko, Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao, treated them to barbecue, and gave them training. After seeing how well their skills complemented one another, he proposed becoming their Jonin team leader.

• Uchiha Gen met Anko, Kurenai Yuhi, and Uzuki Yugao in Konoha and learned they had gathered to celebrate Anko becoming a Chunin.
• Uchiha Gen treated the three girls to barbecue and asked what they had been doing lately.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Uchiha Gen for advice, and Kurenai and Anko joined her for an afternoon of training.
• Uchiha Gen taught the three girls and sparred with them, noticing that their abilities complemented one another.
• Uchiha Gen proposed becoming the girls' Jonin team leader, leaving all three stunned.

Uchiha Gen secured permission to form a team with Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Anko while seeking support from allies and the Hokage. Minato Namikaze approved the transfer, making Gen a team-leading Jonin and winning the Uchiha Clan’s support.

• Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Anko agreed to join Uchiha Gen’s team after he promised to arrange their transfers.
• Uchiha Gen asked Mikoto Uchiha to raise the proposal with Kushina Uzumaki, and Mikoto agreed to help.
• Uchiha Gen persuaded Kakashi Hatake to put in a good word by giving him Tale of the Gutsy Ninja, then gained Shisui Uchiha’s support when he returned.
• Kushina Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, and Shisui Uchiha each spoke to Minato Namikaze in support of Uchiha Gen.
• Minato Namikaze investigated Kurenai Yuhi’s and Uzuki Yugao’s views, approved the transfers, and appointed Uchiha Gen a team-leading Jonin.
• The Uchiha Clan celebrated Gen’s new appointment and pledged wholehearted support to Minato Namikaze.

Uchiha Gen celebrated his new squad with Kurenai, Anko, and Yugao over hot pot, then gave each girl an eye-sealed genjutsu as a life-saving trump card. The evening ended with the girls feeding him in exchange for his protection, while the squad planned to build their teamwork before taking A-rank missions.

• Uchiha Gen invited Kurenai, Anko, and Yugao to his home for a hot pot celebration.
• Uchiha Gen said the girls should practice together on C-rank and B-rank missions before attempting A-rank missions, and appointed Kurenai to lead when he was absent.
• Uchiha Gen used the Uchiha Clan’s Transcription Seal to place a different A-rank genjutsu in each girl’s eyes.
• Uchiha Gen explained that each genjutsu required the target’s eyes and the phrase “Gen is a handsome guy!” to activate.
• Kurenai, Yugao, and Anko took turns feeding Uchiha Gen during the meal, then helped clean up and went home together.

Uchiha Gen moved two captive Uchiha to a hidden base near the Land of Whirlpools and prepared for his Mangekyō Sharingan plans. On New Year’s Day in Konoha Year 51, he planned to leave the village to gather Soul Power before the Nine-Tails’ Rampage.

• Uchiha Gen used the Spirit Transformation Technique to control two wandering Chunin and have them retrieve Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen from the secret research base.
• Uchiha Gen rewarded Moki and Mokuni by extending their lifespans, then told them to stay near the research base until they could appear before the world.
• Uchiha Gen sealed the research base and returned to the village, while the two puppets transported the captives across the border to an abandoned Orochimaru base.
• The puppets prepared the abandoned base and bought supplies so the captives’ eventual escape would not point directly to Konoha.
• A year later, Uchiha Gen joined Konoha’s New Year’s celebrations and resolved to leave the village afterward to gather Soul Power for his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Gen celebrated New Year with his team and told them he would leave Konoha for several months, then arranged for Orochimaru to cover his real purpose. The chapter ended with Gen preparing a New Year’s dinner for Orochimaru after hearing his blunt account of the Third Hokage’s behavior.

• Uchiha Gen barbecued with Anko, Kurenai, and Yugao, praised their teamwork, and warned Anko to follow her teammates during missions.
• Uchiha Gen said Orochimaru had assigned him a task that would take him away from Konoha for six to nine months, and promised to teach the women B-rank or better ninjutsu if they maintained a high mission completion rate.
• Uchiha Gen asked Fugaku Uchiha for leave, then visited Orochimaru’s research base and invited him to a New Year’s dinner with their fellow disciple.
• Uchiha Gen told Orochimaru he planned to travel and asked him to cover for him; Orochimaru agreed and criticized the Third Hokage’s conduct toward women.
• Uchiha Gen went to cook at Orochimaru’s home, planning to contact him later with a Summoning Beast and making sure to include egg dishes and apples.

Uchiha Gen traveled to Whirlpool Capital to find a powerful faction he could use to recruit ninja and samurai for his plans. After learning that the Fujita Family controlled much of the city’s grain and prohibited-goods trade, he chose them as his target.

• Uchiha Gen flew from Konoha to the Land of Whirlpools on Zhurong and approached Whirlpool Capital.
• Uchiha Gen disguised himself as a burly samurai and entered the city without attracting trouble.
• Uchiha Gen checked into the World Hotel and used his Sharingan to hypnotize attendant Kondo Ikumi.
• Kondo Ikumi revealed that the Fujita Family controlled more than a third of the Land of Whirlpools’ grain and prohibited-goods industries.
• Uchiha Gen decided to target the Fujita Family and use its wealth and influence to recruit wandering ninja and samurai.

Uchiha Gen infiltrated the Fujita Family manor and used genjutsu to make Fujita Saiyo believe he was the family’s hidden benefactor backed by Kirigakure. He ordered Saiyo to secretly acquire people for human experimentation, setting the operation’s limit at one-seventh of daily deaths and disappearances.

• Uchiha Gen spent the day observing Whirlpool Capital and reflected on how ninja villages benefited from the ongoing bandit problem.
• After nightfall, Uchiha Gen infiltrated the Fujita Family manor and hypnotized a servant to confirm the location and learn Fujita Saiyo’s routine.
• Uchiha Gen used his Sharingan to alter Fujita Saiyo’s memories and establish himself as the family’s hidden patron.
• Uchiha Gen ordered Fujita Saiyo to secretly gather people for human experimentation without alerting other ninja villages or driving people away from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Fujita Saiyo proposed taking one-tenth of daily deaths and disappearances, and Uchiha Gen raised the limit to one-seventh while prioritizing rogue ninja, missing-nin, samurai with Chakra, and strong-bodied people.

Uchiha Gen arranged for the Fujita Family to capture more than twenty rogue ninja, wandering ninja, and samurai, then harvested their souls and lifespans. He left the bodies burned and scattered their ashes before returning home.

• Uchiha Gen told Fujita Saiyo to lure in strong targets carefully and keep them alive for human experiments.
• Fujita Saiyo gathered more than twenty rogue ninja, wandering ninja, and samurai for a banquet, where the Fujita Family drugged them.
• Uchiha Gen had the unconscious captives transported to the outskirts, where the Fujita Family’s thugs searched them and left.
• Uchiha Gen trapped the captives in Genjutsu: Nirvana Blood Naraku and used the Soul-Soul Fruit to harvest their souls and lifespans.
• Uchiha Gen summoned Zhurong to burn the corpses, scattered the ashes with Wind Release, and left to return home.

Uchiha Gen rescued Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen from Mist’s secret research base and destroyed the facility and evidence. He left with them for the Whirlpool Capital, planning to return them to Konoha through the Uchiha Clan’s channels.

• Uchiha Gen sent a letter to Fugaku Uchiha, and the clan decided he would rescue the captured Uchiha and arrange their return through the clan’s own channels.
• Uchiha Gen staged a battle outside the research base, leaving corpses and wounds to disguise what had happened.
• Uchiha Gen broke into the base, found Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen, and freed them from their chains.
• Uchiha Gen summoned a white python to carry the weakened men out, then planted Exploding Tags and destroyed the research base and the corpses.
• Uchiha Gen and the two rescued Uchiha headed to the Whirlpool Capital to rest before returning to Konoha.

Uchiha Gen returned to Konoha after an unsuccessful attempt to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving his Three-Tomoe Sharingan partially changed. He welcomed the grateful families of Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen, then caught up with Shisui and Itachi, who told him that Itachi’s little brother Sasuke had been born.

• Uchiha Gen used most of his Soul Energy trying to evolve his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but stopped when it showed no new pattern and only its tomoe had begun to connect.
• Uchiha Gen left the Land of Whirlpools, returned to Konoha, and resumed his usual routine at home.
• The families of Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen visited Uchiha Gen to thank him, and he welcomed them into his house.
• Uchiha Gen watched Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Sen leave happily with their families, then continued his quiet evening at home.
• Shisui and Itachi visited Uchiha Gen, and Itachi told him that his younger brother Sasuke had been born on July 23rd.

Uchiha Gen advised Shisui on the political purpose of his Anbu position and urged him to seek greater influence. The next morning, Gen visited Mikoto Uchiha and met baby Sasuke, while Itachi caught himself imagining Gen and his mother as a couple.

• Uchiha Gen learned that Shisui had remained an Anbu squad leader and explained why he needed to gain influence and prepare to protect the Fourth Hokage's authority.
• Shisui understood Gen's advice and promised to work harder before leaving with Itachi Uchiha.
• Uchiha Gen visited Mikoto Uchiha the next morning and brought her two boxes of supplements.
• Mikoto Uchiha let Gen hold baby Sasuke, who stopped himself from crying when Gen distracted him and Mikoto came into view.
• Itachi Uchiha thought Gen and Mikoto looked like a perfect match, then hurriedly rejected the outrageous idea.

Uchiha Gen rewarded his three junior teammates for their successful missions by teaching them B-Rank techniques, then spent several days settling back into Konoha. The chapter ended as a frog-shaped visitor reached Minato Namikaze and Kushina’s home late at night.

• Uchiha Gen let Itachi accompany him to the training ground, where he praised Kurenai, Anko, and Yugao for their 98 percent mission completion rate.
• Uchiha Gen gave Kurenai the genjutsu Shiranui, Anko the Fire Release: Ash Dust Concealing Technique, and Yugao the Nintaijutsu Vacuum Sword.
• Uchiha Gen demonstrated the two techniques and explained how to use them, while Itachi and the three girls watched and praised him.
• Uchiha Gen guided Itachi in training, visited Orochimaru’s home for a meal, and spent the next few days wandering around Konoha.
• At 10:30 p.m. on October 9, a lifelike frog hopped to Minato Namikaze and Kushina’s front door and pressed the doorbell with its head.

Minato received a mysterious warning that a masked enemy would attack Konoha and target the Nine-Tails, and he brought the information to Hiruzen Sarutobi. They agreed to prepare for the threat, but the chapter ended before they settled on a plan.

• Minato found a glowing-eyed green frog at his door and pulled a scroll from its mouth warning of an attack on Konoha the following night.
• Minato showed the scroll to Kushina, then decided to treat the warning as genuine and alert Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Minato traveled to Hiruzen Sarutobi's residence while a white figure secretly followed him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed that they should prepare for the attack and asked Minato what he intended to do.

Minato investigated the leak of Kushina’s delivery information, tightened security, and had suspected associates screened, but the inquiries found nothing. On October 10, White Zetsu told Obito that Konoha had changed the delivery site and reinforced its guards, leaving Obito baffled about how his plan had been exposed.

• Minato and Hiruzen ordered Anbu and Interrogation Force shinobi to investigate the leak and arranged stronger protection for Kushina’s delivery.
• Minato questioned Kushina about her acquaintances, then sent Shisui to ask Mikoto questions while he handled Kakashi himself.
• Shisui found no reason to suspect Mikoto, and the overnight reviews uncovered no suspicious behavior among the medical shinobi or Kushina’s acquaintances.
• At dusk on October 10, White Zetsu informed Obito that Konoha had changed the delivery location and greatly increased its guards.
• Obito rejected the idea that his plan had leaked and suspected White Zetsu’s clones, but White Zetsu denied having told them.

Obito Uchiha planned to exploit the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s delivery, while Uchiha Gen waited to see whether Konoha could stop him. When the Nine-Tails began rampaging through Konoha, Gen sent a Shadow Clone to search for the Book of Seals and prepared to join the crisis.

• Obito Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to disguise clones as Kirigakure spies and draw Konoha’s Anbu away during the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s delivery.
• Obito Uchiha visited Rin Nohara’s empty grave before vanishing into the void.
• Uchiha Gen watched Konoha from his roof, then went inside to sleep, expecting the Nine-Tails might appear that night.
• The Nine-Tails emerged in Konoha around eleven and began roaring and destroying the village.
• Uchiha Gen created a Shadow Clone and sent it to search the Hokage Residence and the Hokages’ homes for the Book of Seals, prioritizing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Gen returned to his bedroom and changed into combat gear as the Nine-Tails’ rampage awakened people across Konoha.

As the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, Fugaku Uchiha ordered the Military Police Force to evacuate villagers, while Uchiha Gen urged him to send the clan’s Jonin to fight and earn the village’s goodwill. Gen then learned Orochimaru was away, and the chapter ended with Shimura Danzō listening to a report at Root’s underground base.

• Konoha’s Chunin and Jonin rushed to confront the Nine-Tails while directing Genin to evacuate civilians.
• Fugaku Uchiha rallied the Military Police Force and assigned squads to protect Uchiha clansmen and villagers.
• Uchiha Gen persuaded Fugaku to send Uchiha Jonin into battle so the clan could help defend Konoha and gain goodwill.
• Fugaku agreed and told Gen to gather the Military Police Force’s Jonin, but Gen revealed Orochimaru was away at a secret research base.
• Shimura Danzō listened to a subordinate’s report in Root’s underground base.

Shimura Danzō ordered Root to keep the Uchiha from joining the Nine-Tails battle after Sharingan-like pupils were seen in the beast’s eyes, while the Uchiha Jonin prepared to fight. Uchiha Gen challenged Fugaku’s decision to obey Danzo, and the chapter ended as an angry voice spat in protest.

• A Root shinobi reported that the Nine-Tails’ pupils had briefly resembled the Sharingan, and Danzō ordered Root to investigate the Military Police Force and forbid Fugaku from approaching the battlefield.
• Danzō gathered Root and waited for the Nine-Tails to be weakened, hoping to intervene later and regain his former positions.
• Uchiha Gen assembled twenty-two Uchiha Jonin, and Fugaku led them toward the Nine-Tails after urging them to fight for the clan’s honor.
• A Root shinobi blocked the Uchiha and relayed Danzō’s order, citing the Sharingan traces in the Nine-Tails’ eyes.
• Gen asked whether any Uchiha were absent, and Fugaku argued that the attacker was likely a descendant of Madara Uchiha rather than a member of their clan.
• Fugaku and the other Uchiha hesitated when the Root shinobi demanded obedience to Danzō, just as an angry spit rang out.

Uchiha Gen challenged Danzo’s authority and persuaded Fugaku Uchiha and the clan’s Jonin that the Military Police Force should join the fight against the Nine-Tails. After explosions struck the Uchiha Clan Estate, Fugaku led the clan toward the battle as the Nine-Tails continued its attack on Konoha.

• A Root ninja attacked Uchiha Gen, who trapped him with the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique and revealed his evolved Three-Tomoe Sharingan to Fugaku Uchiha.
• Uchiha Gen argued that Danzo had no authority to order the Military Police Force and urged Fugaku to join the fight, laying out reasons for the Uchiha to confront the Nine-Tails.
• The Uchiha Jonin and Shisui supported Uchiha Gen’s proposal, and Fugaku Uchiha began to agree.
• Small Tailed Beast Balls struck near the Uchiha Clan Estate, prompting Fugaku Uchiha to order the clan to move out.
• Uchiha Gen followed the Uchiha forces toward the battle while the Nine-Tails continued bombarding Konoha.

Uchiha Gen and the Uchiha jonin joined Konoha’s defense against the Nine-Tails, buying time with coordinated attacks and genjutsu as reinforcements arrived. Hiruzen Sarutobi reached the battlefield and diverted a Tailed Beast Ball away from the village, though its blast still sent a powerful shockwave into Konoha.

• Fugaku led twenty-two Uchiha jonin in a Fire Release attack, and the Nine-Tails’ counterattack killed two Konoha ninja and devastated the ruins.
• At Uchiha Gen’s suggestion, the Uchiha jonin used Genjutsu Sharingan together to briefly affect the Nine-Tails and save some Konoha ninja, but casualties mounted as the beast targeted them.
• Danzo heard reports of Uchiha Gen and Fugaku’s remarks, denounced the Uchiha, and ordered Root to monitor the battle every three minutes so he could use the crisis to regain power.
• The Hyuga, Ino-Shika-Cho, Aburame, Inuzuka, Sarutobi, Shimura, and other clans arrived, and Hiruzen Sarutobi joined the fight as the Nine-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Hiruzen used Earth Release to make the Nine-Tails stumble, sending its Tailed Beast Ball into the forest outside Konoha, where it exploded and unleashed a shockwave into the village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha Ninja fought to drive the Nine-Tails away while Minato Namikaze stopped its Tailed Beast Ball from striking Hokage Rock. Minato then overwhelmed Obito in a brief fight, but Obito escaped using Kamui, leaving Minato uncertain about his identity and abilities.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Monkey King Enma and used the Adamantine Staff with the Konoha Ninja to push the Nine-Tails toward the village outskirts.
• The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Ball at Hokage Rock, but Minato Namikaze absorbed it with a sealing technique and redirected its blast far away.
• Obito emerged from a spatial vortex to attack Minato, but Minato sensed him and escaped Obito's Kamui with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato struck Obito with Flying Thunder God Second Stage and Big Ball Rasengan, leaving Obito badly injured and stunned.
• Minato seized Obito by the throat and pierced his mask and forehead with a Flying Thunder God Kunai, but Obito vanished and reappeared before escaping through Kamui.
• Minato watched Obito disappear and wondered whether he was connected to Madara Uchiha and how he had survived the attack.