Chapter Summaries

Masahiko discovered that his blood had given Orochimaru strange guidance and linked the Dark Akatsuki leader’s actions to Black Zetsu collecting his blood. He allowed Orochimaru to go to Konoha to attack Hiruzen under close watch, then returned to Jiraiya, wondering whether he had caused the events himself.

• Masahiko questioned Orochimaru about the guidance from his blood, learning that it had slightly increased Orochimaru’s strength and repeatedly urged him to recruit Kaguya Kimimaro.
• Masahiko realized Black Zetsu had collected his blood and suspected it had caused the Dark Akatsuki leader to awaken and target people connected to him, including Orochimaru’s parents.
• Masahiko agreed to settle his debt to Orochimaru and allowed him to attack Hiruzen, provided he did not attack Konoha and Masahiko watched from nearby.
• Orochimaru suggested that five milliliters of Masahiko’s blood might produce only five instructions, and Masahiko decided to observe what happened.
• Masahiko appeared beside Jiraiya in Konoha and said Orochimaru’s defection seemed to have happened because of him.

Masahiko watched the opening match of the third stage of the Chunin Exams after discovering Jiraiya had placed a huge bet on Naruto. Tenten defeated Temari with astonishing speed, revealing a talent for space-time techniques.

• Masahiko learned Jiraiya had bet nearly 200 million, half on Naruto winning the championship, and felt confident Naruto would lose to Tenten.
• Masahiko and Kushina's family took front-row seats at Konoha Stadium, while Orochimaru arrived disguised as the Fourth Kazekage.
• The screen randomly selected Tenten and Temari for the first match, and Tenten attacked with a barrage of ninja tools that Temari's fan scattered.
• Tenten vanished and reappeared on Temari's shoulders, pinning her with a sharp object at her neck.
• Shiranui Genma declared Tenten the winner, and Kushina realized Tenten had talent in space-time techniques.

The tournament’s draws and matches continued, with Naruto, Sakura, Shino, and Sasuke winning while several opponents lost or failed to appear. The next draw paired Otsutsuki Toneri against Hyuga Hinata, leaving Masahiko convinced the matchmaking was rigged.

• Tenten defeated Temari, and her teacher Might Guy and Rock Lee loudly celebrated until Tenten sent her fat cat after Lee.
• Dosu Kinata failed to appear for his match against Nara Shikamaru, giving Shikamaru a win without a fight.
• Naruto Uzumaki defeated Kiba Inuzuka with hand-to-hand attacks, and Haruno Sakura narrowly beat Yamanaka Ino.
• Shino Aburame defeated Kankuro but was carried away injured, while Sasuke Uchiha narrowly beat Hyuga Neji after revealing his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kushina pointed out the remaining contenders, and the next draw matched Otsutsuki Toneri against Hyuga Hinata.

Toneri and Hinata fought a drawn-out match that Hinata lost when she ran out of stamina, while Rock Lee lost to Gaara after opening the Fifth Gate. Masahiko healed Lee, then received a warning that the Fourth Kazekage was suspicious and prepared to keep an eye on him.

• Masahiko advised Toneri not to let Hinata win, and Toneri and Hinata began a slow Gentle Fist match as Naruto shouted encouragement from the stands.
• Hinata ran out of stamina after nearly half an hour, ending the match in Toneri’s favor.
• Rock Lee opened the Fifth Gate and pierced Gaara’s defenses, but his injuries left him unable to continue, so Gaara won.
• Masahiko healed most of Rock Lee’s injuries while Karin refused to help, and Naruto insisted he was still the strongest.
• After the first day of the Sparring Match ended, Masahiko received a letter from Sakumo warning that the Fourth Kazekage appeared suspicious and resolved to keep an eye on him.

At the Chunin Exams, Naruto faced Sakura and won after she showed her abilities, while Shikamaru surrendered to Tenten after her chakra broke his technique. The next match paired Sasuke with Uchiha Hoshino, leaving Masahiko eager to see Sasuke face the pain of Chidori.

• Masahiko noticed something wrong with the Fourth Kazekage, while Kushina and Minato kept watch on him.
• Naruto faced Sakura, who used genjutsu, taijutsu, and Medical Ninjutsu before surrendering.
• Shino surrendered to Gaara after a one-sided match.
• Shikamaru trapped Tenten with his Shadow Imitation Technique, but her red chakra broke it and he surrendered.
• The match board paired Sasuke Uchiha with Uchiha Hoshino, and Masahiko anticipated Sasuke would experience Chidori.

Sasuke fought Hoshino in the arena until Kabuto’s genjutsu and Orochimaru’s attack disrupted the match. Orochimaru was trapped inside a Four Red Yang Formation, where his attempt to summon the First and Second Hokage failed, leaving him facing Konoha’s assembled S-rank ninja.

• Hoshino used her unusual tiptoe taijutsu to overwhelm Sasuke before they exchanged Fire Release attacks.
• Kabuto cast a genjutsu over the stadium, putting the spectators to sleep as the Fourth Kazekage seized Hiruzen and Sasuke and Hoshino were taken from the arena.
• Kushina, Minato, Nawaki, and Dōzan repelled the attackers at the arena’s corners while Hiruzen’s plan enclosed Orochimaru in a Four Red Yang Formation.
• Obito brought Konoha’s S-rank ninja into the barrier as Orochimaru summoned three coffins, but the First and Second Hokage failed to appear.
• Masahiko revealed that Hashirama and Tobirama were unavailable and hoped Orochimaru would survive.

Masahiko watched Konoha’s forces battle Orochimaru inside the Four Red Yang Formation while the Sound Four were captured. A massive white Giant Cat appeared at Konoha’s western edge, and Masahiko rushed to investigate.

• Orochimaru summoned thousands of snakes inside the barrier, while Masahiko pretended to wake from a genjutsu in the stands.
• Jiraiya arrived, helped defeat the Sound Four, and asked Minato to let him enter the barrier.
• Orochimaru used Sage Art—White Rage, but Konoha’s ninja counterattacked and began overpowering him and the Fourth Kazekage.
• Kimimaro asked to spar with Konoha’s ninja after the battle, and Masahiko agreed.
• Karin sensed an enormous Chakra fluctuation as a white Giant Cat more than a hundred meters tall rose at Konoha’s western edge, and Masahiko flashed away to investigate.

Masahiko treated Tenten after Shisui, controlled by genjutsu, attacked Konoha, while Fat Cat fought and defeated him. Masahiko then confronted the Six Paths of Pain and recognized Uchiha Chiru, whom he had not seen in nearly 117 years.

• Fat Cat broke free of Shisui's genjutsu and fought his Susanoo after Neji rescued the unconscious Tenten.
• Masahiko healed Tenten, learned that a female ninja had drained her Chakra, and sensed Uchiha Chiru and six others nearby.
• Masahiko persuaded Fat Cat to stop attacking Shisui by promising her a share of the remaining profits, and she knocked Shisui unconscious.
• Masahiko left Fat Cat to watch Tenten and Shisui, then went to face the Six Paths of Pain outside Konoha.
• Masahiko ignored the Deva Path and addressed Uchiha Chiru, remarking that they had not met in nearly 117 years.

Uzumaki Masahiko confronted Uchiha Chiru and the Six Paths of Pain, then entered Chiru’s Mangekyō genjutsu, where she revealed the location of their enemy’s real body. Back in the real world, Chiru’s eyes went blind and Masahiko discovered that Time Wheel had turned him into an eleven-year-old.

• Masahiko sensed that the enemy’s real body was hiding beyond his perception, while Uchiha Chiru revealed her Mangekyō Sharingan and declared her grudge against him.
• Chiru used Time Wheel to pull Masahiko into a recreation of their childhood duel, where they fought as eleven-year-olds.
• Chiru revealed that the enemy’s real body was on a barren mountain more than twenty kilometers northwest of their location, then asked Masahiko to defeat her in the genjutsu.
• Masahiko let Chiru slash him, causing the genjutsu space to collapse and returning his consciousness to his real body.
• Chiru confirmed the genjutsu had succeeded, and both of her eyes went blind as Masahiko realized that Time Wheel had turned him eleven again.

Masahiko defeated Deva Path and rescued Uchiha Chiru, then tracked Pain's main body to a sealed hiding place. The seal's destruction revealed Madara, leaving Masahiko face-to-face with him.

• Uchiha Chiru attacked Pain, but Deva Path used Banshō Ten'in to pull her in; Masahiko took a black rod through the chest while saving her.
• Masahiko sensed the tailed-beast Chakra inside Deva Path, located Pain's main body, and destroyed the remaining Six Paths with Repel.
• Masahiko sent Chiru's soul to the Mental Space, where she met Mito and the others, while Kagami recognized her.
• Masahiko reached a mountain, broke through its barrier and explosive trap, and uncovered a sealed underground clod after recognizing the northern trail as a decoy.
• Masahiko shattered the seals, and the clod exploded to reveal Madara, who asked where the child had come from.

Masahiko defeated Madara after returning to his youth, then went back to Konoha and learned that Orochimaru had apparently died in the stadium battle. A system notification confirmed that Masahiko had significantly altered the Konoha Crush Plan, leading him to conclude Orochimaru was still alive.

• Masahiko and Madara fought after Madara recognized Masahiko’s Rinnegan, and Masahiko overwhelmed him with a Wood Style attack.
• Madara appeared in the Mental Space, where Hashirama passed through the walls around Madara’s villa to find a new gambling partner.
• Masahiko watched Rin organize relief work in Konoha’s ruined western district before heading to the stadium.
• Masahiko revealed his youthful appearance to Kushina, Kimimaro, Karin, Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Minato, who eventually accepted that he had returned to childhood.
• Jiraiya told Masahiko that Orochimaru had run into the Four Red Yang Formation and died, but Masahiko doubted the report.
• A system notification awarded Masahiko Witness Points for significantly altering the Konoha Crush Plan, and he concluded Orochimaru was not dead.

Masahiko learned that Orochimaru had founded Otogakure and sent Jiraiya to investigate whether he had survived. In the Mental Space, Chiri revealed that the Uchiha who had hidden her was named Tianzi, and Masahiko recognized him as Kaguya’s husband before preparing to recount his own past.

• Inoichi Yamanaka and Ibiki reported that the captured ninjas belonged to Otogakure and that Orochimaru had sent an unidentified agent into Konoha.
• Masahiko told Jiraiya to investigate Otogakure and warned him that Hidan had an immortal body and could use curses.
• Hiruzen learned from Masahiko that Orochimaru had not intended to kill him and that the western residential district had been damaged in a fight between a cat and Uchiha Shisui.
• Masahiko visited Kushina’s home and entered the Mental Space, where Chiri said her former captor was named Tianzi.
• Masahiko recognized Tianzi as Kaguya’s husband and began preparing to tell the others about his past.

In the mental space, Masahiko admitted his youthful feelings for Chiri and asked her to meet Madara about transferring ocular power. Back at Kushina’s home, Naruto discovered that Masahiko had become an eleven-year-old and the family adjusted to their ancestor’s new appearance.

• Masahiko told Tobirama, Mito, and Chiri that he had developed an ultimate move after falling for Chiri as a boy, and Chiri teased him about being in puberty again.
• Masahiko learned that Chiri had held Tajima as a baby and asked her to meet Madara to discuss transferring ocular power.
• Naruto came home exhausted, found the sleeping Masahiko on his bed, and was kicked twice before Kushina explained that the boy was his ancestor.
• Masahiko woke and teased Kushina about trying to pull his leg hair, while Naruto admitted he had reached for Masahiko’s eyebrow.
• Kushina went to check on Yuexia, and Masahiko followed, pleased that he now looked more like Naruto’s older brother.
• Yuexia accepted that Masahiko was her ancestor in an older brother’s body, and Masahiko resolved to be careful around pretty girls while he was in puberty.

Masahiko failed to gain Witness Points from Kimimaro’s spar with Gaara, then returned to Konoha and collected a large reward for the Chunin Exams storyline. After arranging for the exam’s winnings to be distributed, he prepared to leave for several months of training.

• Kimimaro defeated Gaara in a spar at the Land of Fire and Land of Wind border, but Masahiko gained no Witness Points.
• Masahiko asked Haku to lead Team 11 temporarily while he went to train, and Kimimaro left to spar with Might Guy.
• In the Mental Space, Madara demanded that Masahiko recover Izuna’s soul from the Afterlife before helping transfer ocular power.
• Masahiko visited Hiruzen, who officially concluded the interrupted Chunin Exams and named the candidates whose promotions had been decided.
• Masahiko received 400 Witness Points for the Chunin Exams storyline and ordered Hiruzen to distribute half his casino winnings to Konoha’s western residential district, while keeping refunds off the table.

Masahiko upgraded his Lightning, Water, and Earth attributes, explored his new spaces, and trained his new abilities by destroying deserted islands. He ended by lifting an island near the Land of Whirlpools into the sky with Wood Style and declaring it his new residence.

• Masahiko spent 1,500 Witness Points to open spaces for Lightning, Water, and Earth, greatly increasing his Ninjutsu and Chakra.
• Masahiko inspected the three new spaces and found an endless sea, a vast desert, and a lightning-filled realm.
• Masahiko spent weeks mastering Yomotsu Hirasaka and Amenotejikara, learning that both abilities consumed substantial power.
• Masahiko tested his upgraded techniques on deserted islands and began calling himself an Island-Destroying Ninja.
• Masahiko used Sage Art—Wood Style—Deep Forest Emergence near the Land of Whirlpools to raise an island roughly three hundred meters above the sea and proclaimed it his new residence.

After completing the Sky Island and returning to the Land of Whirlpools, Masahiko went back to Konoha and reunited with Kushina, Rin, and the others. He helped Rin through childbirth, and Obito and Rin welcomed a son named Uchiha Akira.

• Masahiko returned to the Land of Whirlpools, where Nagato told him Konoha had sent Uchiha Shisui to the Akatsuki Organization; Masahiko chose Kisame as the Land of Whirlpools' representative.
• Masahiko learned it was November 10, returned to Konoha, and found Hiruzen acting as Hokage while Obito stayed home with Rin, whose due date was near.
• Masahiko found Rin and Kushina at the Uchiha Clan Compound and learned Rin was due to give birth the next day; he promised to handle her meals afterward.
• On November 11, Rin gave birth to a healthy boy with Masahiko, Minato, and Obito reassuring her and Obito.
• Masahiko chose the boy's name, Uchiha Akira, while thinking of the future Obito would have without the mask and hatred.

After caring for Rin for a month, Masahiko learned that Orochimaru may have been hiding a major secret connected to the Power of Destiny. He proposed turning the Sound Four’s planned prison break into a special Chunin Exam, hoping to draw Orochimaru out and set Naruto and Sasuke on a collision course.

• Masahiko learned that Sunagakure had destroyed Otogakure and that Jiraiya had left Konoha to publish his novel and look for Tsunade.
• At the Konoha Orphanage, Kabuto told Masahiko that Orochimaru had rescued him from Danzo and taken him on as a subordinate.
• Masahiko realized Orochimaru may have recruited Kabuto for reasons beyond intelligence and suspected Orochimaru was investigating the Power of Destiny.
• Obito told Masahiko that the Sound Four were imprisoned after repeatedly attempting to escape, and Masahiko suspected Hidan knew something important about Orochimaru.
• Masahiko proposed releasing the Sound Four so five teams of Konoha Genin could pursue them as part of a special Chunin Exam.

Masahiko broke into the Konoha Maximum Security Prison and freed the Sound Four, while Obito sent fifteen young ninja to pursue them as an A-rank mission and special Chunin Exam. Shikamaru led the pursuit squad northwest, unaware that Masahiko had orchestrated the setup.

• Masahiko knocked out the prison guards, used genjutsu to defeat Yuhi Shinku, and reached the Sound Four.
• Masahiko returned Tayuya's flute, bent open the cell bars, and ordered the Sound Four to come with him.
• Obito told Naruto and fourteen other children that they had to pursue the four escapees, with promotion or demotion depending on their performance.
• Obito named Shikamaru captain and Neji and Sasuke vice-captains, then sent the squad northwest after the escapees.
• Naruto's group left to pursue the Sound Four, while Shino Aburame wondered why nobody had called on him.

Masahiko led the Sound Four toward a hidden base, then stayed behind to delay Konoha’s pursuit squad while secretly helping the fugitives escape. Shikamaru recognized the masked man’s strange behavior and split the squad, leaving six children to confront him as the others chased the Sound Four.

• Masahiko told the Sound Four that Otogakure had been destroyed and claimed he was taking them to Orochimaru’s northern base, but then revealed a nearby secret base hidden behind a formation.
• As the Sound Four struggled to remember the formation’s steps, Konoha’s pursuit squad arrived, and Masahiko urged the fugitives to flee north toward the Valley of the End.
• Masahiko knocked back Rock Lee and Hoshino, then kicked Naruto and warned him not to reveal his identity; Naruto redirected the squad toward the fleeing Sound Four.
• Masahiko also sent Sasuke flying with a kick, while Neji, Hinata, Toneri, and Kiba noticed that the masked man had no visible Chakra flow or scent.
• Shikamaru ordered Toneri, Tenten, Rock Lee, Neji, Sasuke, and Hoshino to surround Masahiko while he led the others after the Sound Four, and Masahiko praised their teamwork.

Masahiko tested the children during the Chunin Exams while disguised as an opponent, then revealed himself and promoted the candidates. The pursuit team defeated the Sound Four under Shikamaru’s direction, and the chapter ended with Shino arriving after missing the entire exam.

• Masahiko fought Tenten, Rock Lee, Neji, Sasuke, Hoshino, and Toneri, withstanding their attacks without moving from his spot.
• Masahiko revealed that he was their examiner and promoted Tenten, Rock Lee, and Toneri to Chunin, then explained the exam while treating Rock Lee’s injuries.
• Masahiko took the six children through a black hole to check on the other exam, where Shikamaru’s tactics had helped the Konoha team defeat the Sound Four.
• Masahiko announced that the remaining children had become Chunin, and Naruto’s guilty reaction made Sasuke furious.
• Shino arrived late from the south, and Naruto asked why he had come from that direction.