Chapter Summaries

Masahiko helped Hinata return to the Hyuga compound, then aided Obito as he prepared for the Fifth Hokage selection. The village chose Obito, Kakashi, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and Hiashi as candidates, with the final vote set for after the New Year.

• Masahiko brought Hinata home and coached her to tell Hiashi that Toneri had left first so he would understand Masahiko's intentions.
• Obito learned that he had failed a comprehensive Ninja Academy test and faced a month-long study list; Masahiko suggested Shadow Clones and arranged for Rin to supervise him with a stick.
• By October, Kushina's pregnancy was progressing healthily and Obito had endured months of study under Rin's supervision.
• Konoha selected Obito, Kakashi Hatake, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and Hyuga Hiashi as Hokage candidates, assigning them responsibilities before a vote after the New Year.
• Masahiko recognized Hiruzen's plan to train Obito and distribute village duties, while Sakumo, Hiashi, and Nawaki were slated to fill vacant Elder Council seats.
• At Fat Sheep Casino, Tsunade and Jiraiya declined to run, and Masahiko concluded that Obito's chance of becoming Fifth Hokage was secure.

Masahiko prepared a New Year reunion dinner in the Land of Whirlpools and announced plans for Nagato to become the First Whirlpool Kage. Fat Cat summoned him away from the feast to Konoha for a meal with Tenten, where Masahiko threatened to eat the cat instead.

• On New Year's Day, Masahiko prepared a reunion feast while Naruto, Sasuke, and Obito continued improving through their training.
• Masahiko served Kushina special soup and hoped her unborn child would be a healthy girl, then urged Nagato and Konan to marry and named Nagato the First Whirlpool Kage.
• Masahiko teased Sara about finding a husband and having a child before Naruto interrupted his speech to ask when they could eat.
• Fat Cat summoned Masahiko to Konoha, where Tenten offered him fish, and Masahiko declared that he would rather eat a fat cat.

Masahiko returned Fat Cat after swallowing it, then went to Konoha for the final vote for Fifth Hokage and visited the ailing Kagami. Orochimaru revealed that Shisui had been taken by a dark-blue-haired female ninja, leaving Masahiko wondering if he knew who she was.

• Masahiko regurgitated Fat Cat in blue flames, and the group resumed their reunion dinner after he warned Kushina not to eat the cat while pregnant.
• Nagato's declaration as Uzukage was recognized across the ninja world, and Masahiko returned to Konoha for the final vote for Fifth Hokage.
• At Kagami's home, Masahiko learned that Kagami had passed the Uchiha clan leadership to Fugaku and worried about his declining health.
• Orochimaru disguised himself as Inaho and told Kagami he wanted his Mangekyō Sharingan preserved in exchange for information about Shisui.
• Orochimaru said a long dark-blue-haired female ninja had taken Shisui, and Masahiko wondered if she was the person he suspected.

Masahiko learned that Uchiha Chiru had trapped Shisui in a genjutsu after being revived, and kept Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan while promising Orochimaru a favor. Obito became the Fifth Hokage, and Masahiko gained 500 Witness Points for altering the Naruto storyline.

• Orochimaru told Masahiko and Kagami that a revived, one-eyed Uchiha woman had trapped Shisui, and Masahiko recognized her as Uchiha Chiru.
• Masahiko kept Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan and promised Orochimaru a favor in return for the information.
• Obito excitedly told Masahiko that the final vote had made him the Fifth Hokage, then went to find Kakashi and Rin.
• At Obito’s inauguration, Masahiko spotted Orochimaru disguised as Uchiha Inaho and watched Hiruzen introduce the new Hokage.
• Masahiko witnessed Obito’s inauguration and received 500 Witness Points for changing the main storyline.

Masahiko took Naruto out of school for a month after his promotion exam and unexpectedly set off with Kushina and the others aboard his spaceship. The chapter left Obito stunned to learn that the heavily guarded, pregnant Kushina had flown away from Konoha.

• Masahiko spent two months training Naruto and introduced himself to Naruto's classmates at the Ninja Academy.
• Naruto lost to Sasuke in the promotion exam, while Masahiko watched the battles and written test.
• Masahiko asked Iruka for a month of leave for Naruto, then returned home with him.
• Masahiko revealed his spaceship and took Kushina, Minato, Tsunade, Kimimaro, Haku, Karin, and Naruto aboard for a trip.
• An Anbu informed Obito that Masahiko had flown away with Kushina, and Obito argued with the disguised Kakashi in the Hokage's Office.

Masahiko brought Kushina, Minato, Tsunade, and the children to a moon castle, where Kushina gave birth to a daughter named Uzumaki Yuexia. After two months on the moon, the family returned to Konoha, while Masahiko prepared to make new arrangements and add points.

• Masahiko and the others settled into the moon castle and prepared for Kushina's delivery.
• On March 8th, Kushina gave birth to a girl with white newborn hair, and Masahiko named her Uzumaki Yuexia.
• Masahiko sent the children away before he and Tsunade joined Minato and Kushina with the baby.
• The family stayed on the moon for two months before Masahiko took them back to Konoha in May.
• Masahiko said he would send Karin, Kimimaro, and Haku to the Land of Whirlpools and began planning his next arrangements.

After reaching level ten in Yin Release, Masahiko lost consciousness and relived his childhood from the perspective of his newborn self. His memories reached the start of his first war against the Uchiha, where he was expected to face the genius Uchiha Chiru, and he realized he could not leave the vision yet.

• Masahiko added 500 points to Yin Release, and the Soccer Ball Path Sphere split into two smaller black spheres before he passed out.
• Masahiko awoke in a black-and-white mental space and watched his own birth as the son of Uzumaki Hideo.
• Masahiko observed his childhood memories, including discovering his Attribute Panel, training, and clashing with his eldest brother and fellow clan members.
• Uzumaki Hideo told Masahiko that the clan was mobilizing for war against the Uchiha and asked him to defeat Uchiha Chiru.
• Masahiko recognized that his memories of the war had changed his outlook, but he could not escape the mental space.

Masahiko recalled how a battlefield genjutsu and his own accidental Seduction Technique derailed his youth, leading him to abandon serious training and suffer years of disappointment. He finally regained hope after Mito was born, but his present memories of Uchiha Chiru left him feeling his mindset might collapse again.

• The Uzumaki and Uchiha clans fought, and young Masahiko faced Uchiha Chiru while the Uchiha used Izanagi on the battlefield.
• After hearing that Shizuma had died, Masahiko hesitated, met Chiru’s Sharingan, and fell into her genjutsu.
• Masahiko involuntarily used the Seduction Technique on Chiru, triggering chaos as the Uchiha attacked him and the Uzumaki defended him.
• Chiru slashed Masahiko, and he lost consciousness after seeing his father wounded; he woke three days later beside his injured father and brother, while the Uzumaki had won.
• Masahiko asked to marry Chiru, then abandoned most training and focused on the Three Body Jutsu and Shuriken Throwing Technique; he later learned Chiru had died and became disheartened when mastering the techniques brought little progress.
• Mito’s birth renewed Masahiko’s hope, and he eventually became a Standard Jonin; in the present, he sighed over his memories and tried to reassure himself that better days lay ahead.

Masahiko woke from a long dream, ate, and resumed sleeping at Kushina’s house while Yin Release continued transforming. After it finished, he shaved both legs to even out his thinning right-leg hair, leaving Kushina startled when she came to call him for lunch.

• Masahiko woke from his dream ravenously hungry, checked that nothing had happened outside, and visited Kushina and the little princess.
• Masahiko asked Kushina to wake him for dinner, but Naruto and Kushina failed to wake him and tried unsuccessfully to pull out one of his leg hairs.
• Masahiko spent the following days eating and sleeping until Yin Release completed its transformation in early November of Konoha Year 56.
• Masahiko noticed that the hair on his right leg had thinned and concluded that Yin Release had made him smarter by developing his right brain.
• Masahiko shaved both legs with Wind Release Chakra, and Kushina slipped in to call him for lunch and commented on his white legs.

Masahiko discovered that his Mental Space could preserve the souls of the dead, and he concluded that the Afterlife was a similar space controlled by the Sage of Six Paths. He returned to Konoha ready to use his discovery to protect souls he hoped to revive, but learned that Kagami Uchiha was critically ill.

• Masahiko explored his Mental Space and found he could create scenery and empty replicas of people and places within it.
• Masahiko tested whether souls could survive in the Mental Space, first with animals and then with humans, and found they could endure there for centuries.
• Masahiko expelled his test subjects’ souls and discovered that shinobi souls were taken by the Afterlife, while civilian and animal souls vanished.
• Masahiko inferred that the Afterlife was likely formed from the Sage of Six Paths’ Mental Space and resolved to preserve Hashirama and Mito’s souls for a future revival.
• Masahiko returned to Konoha and learned that Kagami Uchiha was critically ill.

Masahiko tried to bring Kagami’s soul into his Mental Space after Kagami died, but the Six Paths interfered and triggered repeated spiritual attacks across Konoha. The chapter ended with Kagami in the Mental Space as Masahiko confronted the Six Paths and invited him to stay as King Yama.

• Masahiko judged that Kagami was near death, arranged for his final wishes, and helped him speak with his friends and the Uchiha clan.
• Kagami died after Masahiko stopped sustaining him, and Masahiko tried to draw his soul into the Mental Space.
• A powerful spiritual attack knocked out people around Konoha, so Masahiko told Obito to evacuate the unconscious while Nawaki organized the village’s defenses.
• Minato carried Kushina, the little princess, and Naruto away from Konoha as the spiritual impacts continued.
• The attacks stopped after half an hour, and Masahiko explained to Kagami that the Six Paths had tried to snatch him away before confronting him in the Mental Space.

Masahiko defeated the Sage of Six Paths in his Mental Space but failed to obtain the souls he wanted, then established Kagami as its first permanent resident. After returning to his body, Masahiko discovered that Uchiha Yun Chu had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• The Sage of Six Paths escaped Masahiko's Mental Space by threatening the souls held in the Afterlife.
• Masahiko explained his Mental Space to Kagami and made him its first permanent resident, restoring Kagami's youthful appearance.
• Masahiko left Kagami in the teahouse and returned to his body, reflecting on how his consciousness had nearly separated from it.
• Masahiko found Obito absent and wondered whether he should remove the Sharingan from Kagami's corpse himself.
• Uchiha Yun Chu entered with a headache, and Masahiko told him he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

After Uchiha Yun Chu awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, Masahiko retrieved Kagami’s eyes and checked on Kushina’s family, where Naruto had caught a cold after being left outside without proper clothes. At Ichiraku Ramen Shop, Masahiko noticed another suspicious coincidence involving Teuchi and left wondering about him.

• Uchiha Yun Chu awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan but refused to dig out Kagami’s eyes, so Masahiko removed and sealed them himself.
• Masahiko visited Kushina and learned Minato had taken the family to a barren mountain to escape a danger he sensed in Konoha.
• Naruto woke up shivering with a cold, and Masahiko treated him while Kushina promised to get him Ichiraku ramen.
• Masahiko went to Ichiraku Ramen Shop, where Teuchi said he had just returned from buying ingredients outside the village.
• Teuchi gave Masahiko four bowls of ramen without asking for payment, deepening Masahiko’s suspicion that their repeated encounters were no coincidence.

Masahiko asked Shikaku for advice about his suspicions that Ichiraku Ramen owner Teuchi was secretly powerful, but Shikaku thought he was overthinking things. Outside the ramen shop, Kushina brought Masahiko good news from the Land of Whirlpools, leaving him eager to hear more.

• Masahiko visited Shikaku and played shogi, then asked for advice about Teuchi's suspicious behavior.
• Masahiko explained why Teuchi seemed unusual, and Shikaku suggested Teuchi might be teasing him or that Masahiko was overthinking it.
• Masahiko left Shikaku's home and stopped outside Ichiraku Ramen, still suspecting Teuchi might be Otsutsuki Ichiraku.
• Kushina found Masahiko outside the shop and said she had wonderful news from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Masahiko guessed that the news had finally arrived and said he had thought the people involved would delay until he died.

As Nagato and Konan prepared to marry, Masahiko became convinced that Teuchi’s cooking was extraordinary and planned to investigate him. Teuchi vanished, leaving a letter claiming evil forces had driven him away, and Masahiko realized Teuchi had forged the letter he had received about Sara.

• Nagato told Masahiko that he and Konan had set their wedding for December 31st, with Minato officiating.
• Masahiko sat in Ichiraku Ramen and concluded that Teuchi’s cooking might have reached level 10.
• Matsumoto arrived and told Sara and Masahiko that Teuchi had disappeared, leaving him the Konoha Ichiraku Ramen shop and claiming evil forces had threatened him.
• Sara noticed Teuchi’s letter resembled a letter Masahiko had received about her illness, and Masahiko realized Teuchi had written both.
• Masahiko decided to chase Teuchi and punish him for the deception.

Masahiko searched unsuccessfully for the Rinnegan thief and Teuchi, then learned Mito and Hashirama’s Impure World Reincarnation bodies were nearing their limits. When Hashirama’s soul departed, Masahiko drew the Sage of Six Paths into his Mental Space along with it.

• After Nagato and Konan’s wedding, Masahiko launched a hunt for Teuchi, but months of searching failed to find either fugitive.
• Masahiko killed Moryo in the Land of Demons with All-Killing Ash Bones and gained 150 Witness Points.
• In mid-May of Konoha Year 57, Masahiko closed the Fat Sheep Casino as Hashirama’s summoning sacrifice neared its limit, and he told Mito about his Mental Space.
• A mysterious presence controlled Hashirama and made him attack Masahiko, but Masahiko restrained him while Mito and Tsunade watched.
• Hashirama’s body crumbled and his soul entered Masahiko’s Mental Space, where Masahiko also dragged in the Sage of Six Paths during another mental assault.

In the Mental Space, Masahiko learned why the Sage of Six Paths maintained the Afterlife and uncovered the truth about Kaguya’s change and his own connection to the past. He accepted that another version of himself had traveled back a thousand years, leaving him to wonder how to face that other self.

• Masahiko refused the Sage of Six Paths’ offer of Hashirama Senju’s soul alone, and the Sage explained that the Afterlife sustained the moon’s seal on Kaguya.
• The Sage said Kaguya’s attendant Aino died and that her death had changed Kaguya, then revealed that another Masahiko had influenced the events of the past.
• Masahiko realized that the other Masahiko was likely Teuchi, his own time-traveling self, and reasoned that he had saved Aino and fathered descendants of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.
• Masahiko accepted Sara as his daughter but complained that his other self had traveled a thousand years back without becoming the Sage of Six Paths’ father.

Masahiko learned more about his other self, retrieved several souls from the Sage of Six Paths, and spent three days catching up with them in his Mental Space. After returning to his body, he had Tsunade replace his eyes with Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then tried to nourish them with Chakra.

• Masahiko rejected the Sage of Six Paths’ demand to eliminate his other self and asked him to return Hashirama, Tobirama, Nanako, and other souls.
• The Sage of Six Paths said Uchiha Chiru’s soul had been summoned by someone else and Hitomi Uzumaki’s injured soul needed five to ten years to recover.
• Masahiko dismissed the Sage of Six Paths and told Kagami that too many souls in the Mental Space would make it difficult to maintain everyone’s consciousness.
• Masahiko spent three days chatting with the restored souls, then told Mito and Tsunade he had retrieved Hashirama, Kenji, Iko, Nanako, and others.
• Masahiko gave Tsunade Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan and asked her to replace his eyes.
• Masahiko saw that his new Mangekyō Sharingan had severely negative values on his Attribute Panel and began directing Chakra toward them.

Three years later, Masahiko witnessed Naruto's graduation and arranged Team 7, then used the occasion to earn Witness Points by making Naruto and Sasuke share their first kiss. Back at Kushina's home, he revealed that he had fully nourished his right eye into a Six Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, while his left eye remained unfinished.

• Masahiko received Witness Points for Naruto's graduation after the Ninja Academy orientation began.
• Iruka assigned Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to Team 7, and Masahiko revealed that he had arranged the teams himself.
• Masahiko kicked Naruto into Sasuke, causing their first kiss and earning him more Witness Points.
• Masahiko returned to Kushina's home, where Yuexia and Kushina teased him about keeping his eyes narrowed.
• Masahiko opened his right eye to reveal a fully nourished Six Tomoe Rinne Sharingan and said he could contend with Kaguya once both eyes were ready.

Masahiko disguised himself as Kakashi to alter Team 7’s first meeting and test whether the system would reward changes to the main storyline. The system awarded him Witness Points, confirming that his plan could work.

• Naruto returned bruised after another duel with Sasuke, while Yuexia kept quiet about what had happened.
• Masahiko waited outside the Ninja Academy and pulled Kakashi into his Eight Trigrams Space so he could impersonate him.
• Masahiko arrived late as Kakashi and told Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura that he loved all three of them.
• Masahiko revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and introduced himself as the Copy Ninja Sharingan Kakashi, also known as the Konoha Technician.
• The system recognized Masahiko’s altered Team 7 assembly and awarded him 50 Witness Points.