Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen suspected a plot when a disguised White Zetsu summoned him to Red Moon Lake, so he arranged a trap with Orochimaru. Obito Uchiha ambushed him, but Gen revealed that he had anticipated the attack, leaving both sides facing off.

• A disguised White Zetsu tried to force Uchiha Gen to meet an envoy alone, but Gen recognized the suspicious demand and agreed to go after deciding to lure out Obito Uchiha.
• Uchiha Gen traveled to Red Moon Lake that night and waited until the appointed time before meeting the disguised White Zetsu.
• White Zetsu attacked as Gen took the scroll, and Obito Uchiha emerged through a spatial vortex and struck what he believed was Gen with the Uchiha Gunbai.
• The struck body exploded, revealing it had been a Shadow Clone, while Uchiha Gen's true body and Orochimaru emerged from concealment to confront Obito.
• Obito Uchiha asked how Gen had detected the trap, and Gen refused to explain.

Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru confronted Obito, who claimed to be Madara Uchiha, and attacked him with coordinated techniques. Obito escaped their flames by sinking beneath the ice and emerging on shore, where the master and disciple pursued him.

• Obito threatened to capture Uchiha Gen, while Orochimaru challenged him and questioned whether he was truly Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru attacked together, but their blades and venomous snakes passed through Obito when he used his intangibility.
• Obito countered with Wood Release, creating a towering tree that forced Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru to retreat.
• Uchiha Gen summoned Zhurong, whose flames were amplified by the pair's Wind Release and overwhelmed Obito's wooden defenses.
• Obito turned intangible and escaped beneath the ice, then emerged on the shore as Zhurong absorbed the flames.
• Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru tracked Obito and charged across the floating ice toward him.

Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru fought Obito at Red Moon Lake, but he unleashed Wood Release: World of Trees Descent and forced them into the air on Zhurong. They burned down the forest Obito had created, and when Obito prepared to leave, Uchiha Gen revealed that Black Zetsu had arrived.

• Obito attacked Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru with Fire Release, but their combined Water and Wind technique overcame his flames.
• Zhurong absorbed its own flames and fired a blast of natural fire that sent Obito crashing into the snow and injured him.
• Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen attacked Obito with shuriken and flaming sword energy, but he escaped through a spatial vortex and used Wood Release: World of Trees Descent.
• Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru escaped the advancing trees on Zhurong, and Obito complained that the dragon made the fight difficult.
• Obito threatened to leave unless they came down, so Uchiha Gen, Orochimaru, and Zhurong burned the forest with Fire and Wind Release.
• Obito decided to withdraw, but Uchiha Gen said Black Zetsu had arrived, prompting Obito to agree to try again.

Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru detected Black Zetsu joining Obito and agreed to fight their enemies separately. Gen feigned defeat under Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu, then grabbed Obito’s wrist and struck at his neck with a chakra-infused Kusanagi Blade.

• White Zetsu merged with Black Zetsu and moved toward him while Obito and his allies planned to separate Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Gen sensed a strange new soul approaching and warned Orochimaru that the enemy had reinforcements.
• Gen and Orochimaru agreed to take the initiative, with Gen facing Obito and Orochimaru facing Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.
• Obito threatened the Konoha camp, so Gen and Orochimaru descended from the cliff on Zhurong and accepted the separate matchups.
• Obito attacked Gen with his Gunbai and trapped him in a Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu, then reached for his eyes.
• Gen snapped out of the act, seized Obito’s wrist, and slashed toward his neck with the Kusanagi Blade.

Uchiha Gen defeated Obito Uchiha’s attempt to kill him and took the Uchiha Gunbai, then rejected Obito’s invitation to help create peace through the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Obito withdrew after warning that he would approach Gen again, leaving Gen worried that his growing attention could endanger Nagato’s group.

• Uchiha Gen struck Obito Uchiha with a knee, then cut a branch so the Uchiha Gunbai fell toward the flames before catching it as Obito escaped with Kamui.
• Uchiha Gen showed Obito that Wusheng could disrupt his genjutsu and claimed his resistance came from a secret technique or Kekkei Genkai developed with Orochimaru’s help.
• Obito asked Uchiha Gen to join his plan for permanent peace, but Gen condemned him for unleashing the Nine-Tails on Konoha and called him a madman.
• Obito said he would return when the time was right and left the Uchiha Gunbai with Gen before escaping through a spatial vortex.
• Uchiha Gen declared he would never join Obito while he could survive in Konoha, then worried that Obito might manipulate Nagato’s group through their bonds.

Uchiha Gen returned to Konoha with White Zetsu’s corpse and the Uchiha Gunbai after defeating the enemy at Red Moon Lake. Obito planned to target Gen on the Hidden Mist Front, while Gen reached Konoha in time to report before the Uchiha Clan’s monthly meeting.

• Uchiha Gen had Zhurong absorb the flames at Red Moon Lake, then sealed White Zetsu’s corpse and took the Uchiha Gunbai back toward camp with Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Gen told Orochimaru he would return to Konoha to deliver a report and the gunbai, timing his trip to attend the Uchiha Clan’s monthly meeting.
• Obito Uchiha explained to Black Zetsu and White Zetsu that he had given up the gunbai while hoping to recruit Uchiha Gen, and described Gen’s living fire creature Zhurong and talking blade Wusheng.
• Obito Uchiha planned an operation against Uchiha Gen on the Hidden Mist Front and agreed to wait before sending White Zetsu to infiltrate Konoha again.
• Uchiha Gen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Konoha quickly, relaxed in a nearby town, then entered the village looking exhausted and headed to the Hokage Building to submit his report.

Uchiha Gen reported his mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who praised him and promised him an S-rank ninjutsu after the war. Danzo learned of Gen's second Kekkei Genkai but backed down when Hiruzen warned him against targeting Gen or Orochimaru; Gen then headed to a gathering in the Uchiha Clan Estate.

• Uchiha Gen presented Hiruzen Sarutobi with a report about his and Orochimaru's defeat of a mysterious enemy and recovery of the Uchiha gunbai.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Gen's achievements and promised he could choose an S-rank ninjutsu from the Book of Seals after the war.
• Danzo read the report, cursed the Uchiha, and questioned Gen's second Kekkei Genkai.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Danzo not to cause trouble for Gen and Orochimaru, and Danzo relented.
• Uchiha Gen returned to the Uchiha Clan Estate and headed toward the clan's plaza for a gathering.

Uchiha Gen returned to the clan meeting and revealed that he and Orochimaru had driven off the true culprit behind the Nine-Tails' Attack. He presented the recovered Uchiha Gunbai, and Setsuna Uchiha began telling the clan about Madara Uchiha.

• Uchiha Gen told Fugaku and the gathered clansmen that the true culprit behind the Nine-Tails' Attack had tried to lure him into an ambush, but he and Orochimaru had driven the attacker back.
• Uchiha Gen handed Fugaku the Uchiha Gunbai, which he had recovered from the attacker.
• Setsuna Uchiha recognized the gunbai as a treasured symbol of the clan and described its legendary ability to reflect ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Gen claimed that he had seen the gunbai reflect an attack and said Orochimaru had nearly suffered for it.
• Shisui asked Setsuna who Madara Uchiha was, and Setsuna began recounting his memories of him.

Setsuna Uchiha recounted a sympathetic account of Madara Uchiha’s history, strengthening the clan’s pride and unity. Fugaku Uchiha then proposed rewarding Uchiha Gen for his service, and the clan’s leaders began discussing what to give him.

• Setsuna Uchiha described Madara Uchiha as a tragic hero who had been pushed out of Konoha and had attacked it to seek justice.
• Fugaku and the Uchiha higher-ups supported Setsuna Uchiha’s account, and the clansmen accepted it, increasing their pride and cohesion.
• Fugaku Uchiha proposed richly rewarding Uchiha Gen, and the clan agreed without objection.
• Uchiha Gen modestly accepted the decision and apologized for nearly disrupting the clan’s rule that everyone should prosper.
• Fugaku and the three elders began discussing a suitable reward for Uchiha Gen.

Uchiha Gen received generous rewards from the clan and warned its members that the true culprit was targeting Sharingan users. He proposed teaching a forbidden technique to help them survive, but the clan leaders rejected the idea before he returned to the front lines.

• Fugaku Uchiha granted Uchiha Gen full access to the clan's Ninjutsu Library and Scroll Repository, along with elder-level business dividends.
• Uchiha Gen warned the clan that the true culprit likely wanted to replace a damaged eye and urged Sharingan users to stay vigilant and avoid going alone.
• Shisui condemned the true culprit, and Fugaku promised to discuss protective measures with the elders.
• Uchiha Gen secretly wrote down a forbidden technique and argued that Three-Tomoe Sharingan Jonin should learn it to deny their eyes to the enemy.
• Fugaku and the elders decided not to teach the technique, and Uchiha Gen left for the front lines with Shisui and Itachi seeing him off.

After harvesting the souls and lifespans of rogue ninja in the Land of Whirlpools, Uchiha Gen stumbled upon Konan and Sasori of the Red Sands fighting and became their new target. He battled them with his Sharingan, Wind Flame Sword, and Wusheng as Sasori used the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand.

• Uchiha Gen visited Whirlpool Capital, then revealed his identity when rogue ninja tried to rob him and used genjutsu to defeat them before extracting their souls and lifespans.
• Uchiha Gen heard explosions and found Konan and Sasori of the Red Sands fighting in a forest clearing, where Sasori had summoned the Third Kazekage.
• Konan and Sasori noticed Uchiha Gen’s Konoha forehead protector and attacked him together.
• Uchiha Gen unleashed the Wind Flame Sword, melting parts of Sasori’s Iron Sand wall, and used Wusheng to deflect Konan’s paper shuriken.
• Sasori of the Red Sands controlled the Third Kazekage to launch waves of Iron Sand needles at Uchiha Gen.

Uchiha Gen fought Konan and Sasori of the Red Sands, then defeated Sasori and held a sword to his neck. He demanded compensation for their attack, leaving Konan to ask what he wanted.

• Uchiha Gen blocked Sasori of the Red Sands's attacks with Wusheng and countered Konan's paper explosives with Fire Release.
• Sasori of the Red Sands and Konan attacked together, but Uchiha Gen endured their assault and said he had only been playing around.
• Sasori of the Red Sands tried to poison Uchiha Gen with hidden needles, but the target was an earth clone, and Uchiha Gen appeared behind him and held a sword to his neck.
• Uchiha Gen questioned Konan about her concern for Sasori of the Red Sands, then demanded compensation for being attacked.
• Konan asked Uchiha Gen what compensation he wanted and warned him not to make an outrageous demand.

Uchiha Gen forced Konan and Sasori of the Red Sands to surrender their belongings before releasing Sasori, then revealed he knew Sasori’s identity and threatened to desecrate his parents’ souls. The chapter ended with Gen declaring that the ninja world was filthy and that he would use equally filthy methods against Sasori.

• Konan agreed to give Uchiha Gen her Black and Red Cloud Robe, pale blue paper flower, and the money she carried as compensation for Sasori’s release.
• Sasori of the Red Sands handed over his banknotes after Uchiha Gen teased him, and Gen used Wind Release to collect the robe, flower, and money.
• Uchiha Gen removed the Kusanagi Blade from Sasori’s neck and let him return to Konan, warning him not to target other Uchiha.
• Uchiha Gen identified Sasori as Chiyo’s grandson and threatened to have Orochimaru use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to torment Sasori’s parents.
• Sasori and Konan reacted with anger and killing intent, but Uchiha Gen overwhelmed them with his own terrifying aura and said he fought filth with filth.

Uchiha Gen persuaded Sasori to stop targeting innocents and offered him a chance to reunite with his parents, while Konan rejected his offer to meet someone from her past. Back at the Mist camp, Hōzuki Mangetsu proposed a plan to draw Gen away from Konoha and surround him.

• Sasori threatened to turn Uchiha Gen into a human puppet, but Gen challenged his puppet skills and offered to let him see his parents if he won their next fight.
• Sasori agreed that he would only make enemies into puppets and would stop harming innocent people.
• Uchiha Gen offered Konan a chance to see someone she missed, but she declined and left with Sasori.
• Uchiha Gen changed into an Akatsuki robe, returned to the Konoha camp, and removed the robe before entering.
• At a Mist camp meeting, Suikazan Fuguki asked the gathered leaders how to kill Uchiha Gen, and Juzo Biwa and Kisame suggested drawing him out of the camp.
• Hōzuki Mangetsu proposed sending a small force toward Konoha's rear to bait Gen while the main force staged a feint to pin down Konoha's troops.

Suikazan Fuguki persuaded the Mist leaders to launch a plan to draw Uchiha Gen and Orochimaru apart, then secretly began preparing an attack on Konoha’s rear. A week later, Gen devised a possible way to transfer the Lightning Blade Kiba’s abilities to Wusheng and started testing it.

• Suikazan Fuguki won the Mist leaders’ support for splitting their forces and targeting Uchiha Gen, then assigned Wanyue as captain and Tang as vice-captain of the smaller unit.
• Fuguki named the operation Wildfire, and the Mist forces began secretly implementing it while conducting counterespionage.
• The smaller unit concealed its strength by taking a circuitous route through the Land of Waves and the Land of Tea toward the rear of Konoha’s frontline camp.
• Konoha remained unaware of the plan, while Uchiha Gen continued his routine and improved his combat strength and military skills.
• After a week, Gen devised a tentative method to transfer the Lightning Blade Kiba’s abilities to Wusheng and began an experiment after lunch.

Uchiha Gen transferred the Lightning Blade Kiba’s formulas into Wusheng, giving the Kusanagi Blade lightning powers. When the Hidden Mist began a two-front operation, Gen led a unit to protect Konoha’s supply transfer station, where he discovered an unexpected concentration of Hidden Mist forces and could not understand why they had not attacked.

• Uchiha Gen split Wusheng’s soul and had it draw the Lightning Blade Kiba’s formulas into itself, then restored the formulas and Wusheng’s soul to the Kusanagi Blade, granting it lightning abilities.
• Orochimaru and Uchiha Gen agreed that Konoha would meet the Hidden Mist’s attacks on both the front and rear, and Gen selected a unit to guard the supply transfer station.
• Uchiha Gen used the Spirit Transformation Technique to uncover a Hidden Mist ambush along the route and led his unit around it toward the transfer station.
• Gen sensed additional Hidden Mist Ninja near the station, including five Jonin and eight Special Jonin, and hurried his unit to the station before the enemy arrived.
• After finding the transfer station intact, Gen discovered that the Hidden Mist forces had gathered near Lion Head Mountain instead, leaving him puzzled about why they had not attacked.

Uchiha Gen infiltrated the scattered Mist squad and silently killed ten Jonin and Special Jonin, leaving Flying Thunder God marks behind. After the Mist sensory Ninja detected the sudden losses, Hōzuki Mangetsu ordered the remaining forces to assemble, and Gen prepared to attack them together.

• Uchiha Gen chose to infiltrate the Mist positions alone rather than bring the Konoha Ninja into the fight.
• Uchiha Gen used the Spirit Transformation Technique to possess isolated Mist Jonin, mark trees with Flying Thunder God, and kill them with staged assassinations.
• Uchiha Gen killed ten Mist Jonin and Special Jonin while avoiding the paired Chunin and the sensory Ninja.
• Kondo Kunihiko and Sakata Junichi sensed that ten Chakra signatures had disappeared and reported it to Hōzuki Mangetsu.
• Hōzuki Mangetsu ordered nearby Mist Ninja to join up before assembling, and the Mist forces responded to signal flares.
• Uchiha Gen sensed the Mist Ninja gathering and prepared to attack them together.

Uchiha Gen confronted the remaining Mist squad at Lion Head Mountain after eliminating ten of its strongest members. He fought off their opening attacks and scattered Flying Thunder God kunai as the battle began.

• Uchiha Gen appeared at the western foot of Lion Head Mountain, and the Mist sensory ninjas identified his Kage-level Chakra.
• Hōzuki Mangetsu learned that Uchiha Gen had killed ten Jonin and Special Jonin, then gathered the remaining Mist ninjas to prepare for battle.
• Uchiha Gen landed before the Mist squad and claimed he had surrounded them alone, prompting Hōzuki Mangetsu to order an attack.
• Uchiha Gen used Vacuum Sword to deflect the squad's barrage of shuriken and kunai, while Zhurong burned another wave of weapons.
• Uchiha Gen struck at five Jonin with lightning, then released Wusheng and threw eight Flying Thunder God Kunai toward the Mist ninjas.

Uchiha Gen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to cripple the Hidden Mist Ninja and pursued them after they fled. Hōzuki Mangetsu’s group turned to fight while their chunin scattered to carry intelligence back, but Gen prepared to pursue them all.

• Uchiha Gen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to sever the arms of ten Hidden Mist Ninja, prompting Hōzuki Mangetsu to order a retreat.
• Uchiha Gen summoned his eight sentient kunai, extracted the souls and lifespans of the eight abandoned chunin, and used the Spirit Transformation Technique to locate the fleeing group.
• Hōzuki Mangetsu led the Hidden Mist Ninja west and sent clones east to mislead Gen, but Gen sensed the real group and caught up on Zhurong.
• Hōzuki Mangetsu and the other jonin agreed to stay and fight while the chunin scattered to return with intelligence.
• Uchiha Gen smiled as the chunin fled and began forming hand seals.

Uchiha Gen used the Spirit Transformation Technique to kill seven Mist Chunin, then fought five Mist Jonin from the sky with Zhurong and Wusheng. As the Mist Jonin summoned a giant clam to fill the battlefield with illusionary mist, Gen spotted Kaguya Tsuyoshi recovering and prepared to strike while his Thunder Kirin continued gathering power.

• Uchiha Gen split his soul into seven parts and killed seven Mist Chunin before returning to his body.
• Uchiha Gen and Zhurong evaded the Mist Jonin’s attacks, then began an aerial bombardment with Zhurong and Wusheng.
• The five Mist Jonin defended themselves with ice, water, bone, and water-beam techniques while trading ninjutsu with Uchiha Gen.
• Kaguya Tsuyoshi ran low on Chakra, so Hōzuki Mangetsu told him to recover and summoned a giant clam whose mist concealed and distorted the battlefield.
• Uchiha Gen sensed Kaguya Tsuyoshi hiding to recover and prepared to take him out while the Thunder Kirin gathered strength.