Chapter Summaries

Nara Kaikei spoke with Kokuō about freeing the Five-Tails from Han and arranging a forest home for it, then used Han to learn Boil Release. He fused Water and Fire nature chakra into a new mask and mastered his fourth Kekkei Genkai, Boil Release.

• Nara Kaikei mastered Illusion Technique: Lacquer Eye and entered Han's spiritual world to speak with Kokuō.
• Nara Kaikei reassured Kokuō that he had temporary control over Han's disposal and discussed ways to free the Five-Tails from its seal.
• Kokuō agreed that it would prefer a forest habitat, and Nara Kaikei promised access to the Nara Clan's forest and nearby mountains and water.
• Nara Kaikei removed some of Orochimaru's poison, opened a small gap in Minato Namikaze's Four Symbols Seal, and used Lacquer Eye to make Han extract Chakra.
• Kokuō instructed Nara Kaikei in using Boil Release, and Nara Kaikei successfully produced Boil Release Chakra through Han.
• Nara Kaikei fused Water Release and Fire Release chakra into a Nature Mask: Boil and mastered Boil Release as his fourth Kekkei Genkai.

Nara Kaikei mastered Boil Release and questioned Five-Tails Kokuō about the origins of constitution-based Kekkei Genkai. He captured and defeated a White Zetsu, then learned the B-Rank scroll he earned contained the False Planting Technique.

• Nara Kaikei mastered Boil Release and continued developing a Kekkei Genkai by fusing Yin Release and Earth Release.
• Five-Tails Kokuō told Nara Kaikei that constitution-based Kekkei Genkai might involve Yin-Yang Release.
• Nara Kaikei restored Han's seal and identified the captive creature as White Zetsu.
• White Zetsu absorbed Nara Kaikei's shadow bindings and escaped into a pit, but Nara Kaikei kicked it back out and sealed its consciousness.
• Nara Kaikei completed the B-Rank mission and opened a scroll containing the False Planting Technique.

Nara Kaikei unlocked and tested the B-Rank [False Planting Technique], then combined it with [Shadow Stealth Jutsu] and modified it to use natural energy from the atmosphere as well as the earth. After returning to Konoha’s camp following the victory in the Land of Grass, he reunited with his team and gained a point in Precision from eating a rice ball.

• Nara Kaikei unlocked [False Planting Technique] from White Zetsu’s scroll and tested how it concealed his presence and blocked Chakra sensing.
• Nara Kaikei combined [False Planting Technique] with [Shadow Stealth Jutsu], confirming that even White Zetsu’s clone could not sense him directly.
• Nara Kaikei modified [False Planting Technique] to draw natural energy from the atmosphere as well as the earth, then began working on integrating it into [Shadow Stealth Jutsu].
• Nara Kaikei learned that Konoha’s frontline forces and Minato Namikaze’s group had returned, then rode a [Shadow Creature] back to camp with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and White Zetsu.
• Nara Kaikei received cheers from the victorious Konoha ninja and reunited with Uchiha Shisui, Hyuga Kiyoshi, and Shizune.
• Nara Kaikei ate a rice ball from Hyuga Kiyoshi and gained one point in Precision.

Nara Kaikei learned that his squad would soon return to Konoha, while Minato Namikaze continued investigating the suspected Uchiha Madara. At a secret meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that Kagami Uchiha had been revived and proposed sending Minato and Nara Kaikei to investigate once they found the mastermind’s location.

• Hyuga Kiyoshi ate a mountain of rice balls as she saved room for the food she wanted after the squad returned to the village.
• Nara Kaikei met Minato Namikaze, who said he had searched for the suspected Uchiha Madara and had been ordered to investigate the Land of the Falls.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu discussed Konoha’s victory over Iwagakure and its capture of Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the elders that Kagami Uchiha had returned from the Pure Land through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and identified Uchiha Madara as the suspected mastermind.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed sending Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei to confront the mastermind after Minato confirmed his location.

Uchiha Madara learned that Konoha was searching for him after Kagami Uchiha's operation failed, and he ordered Tobi to gather intelligence and establish a base in the Land of the Falls. Nara Kaikei advanced his research before learning that Minato Namikaze had located Madara and that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted the two of them to confront him.

• Uchiha Madara discussed possible candidates for his plans, questioned Tobi about White Zetsu spores and intelligence, and ordered it to establish a base in the Land of the Falls.
• Nara Kaikei left a Shadow Clone at camp and completed an A-rank Boil Release Chakra Manufacturing Method scroll while continuing his Shadow Stealth Jutsu research.
• Nara Kaikei received his Shadow Clone's message that Minato Namikaze had discovered Uchiha Madara's approximate location in the Land of the Falls.
• Nara Kaikei learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted him and Minato Namikaze to form a two-man team to fight Uchiha Madara.

Nara Kaikei received an S-Rank mission to investigate Uchiha Madara with Minato Namikaze and kill him if his identity was confirmed. At the waterfall hideout, Madara controlled the revived Kagami Uchiha, who attacked Minato and forced him to escape a White Zetsu ambush.

• Nara Kaikei read Minato Namikaze’s report and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s mission scroll, then set out for the Land of the Falls with Kosuke the Toad.
• Minato Namikaze hid near the waterfall and sensed Kagami Uchiha’s chakra inside it.
• Uchiha Madara had a White Zetsu insert a Special Kunai into Kagami Uchiha and took control of his body.
• Kagami Uchiha emerged from the waterfall and swept the surrounding forest with Water Release: Water Severing Wave.
• A White Creature grew from Minato Namikaze’s body, but Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape and realized his sensing kunai had been taken.

Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei fought Kagami Uchiha, who was controlled by Uchiha Madara, as they tried to reach the waterfall cave where Madara was hiding. After Wood Release blocked their approach, Minato engaged Kagami while Kaikei attacked from the air, and Kagami revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Weeping Marsh, leaving the battle escalating across the river.

• Minato Namikaze identified the White Creature's stealth and Chakra-absorbing abilities as Kagami Uchiha flooded the area and covered the forest with a chakra-laced Mist Technique.
• Nara Kaikei arrived on the [Shadow Creature] with Minato Namikaze and flew toward the waterfall, dodging Kagami Uchiha's water attacks.
• Wood Release burst from behind the waterfall and forced Kaikei to retreat, revealing that the cave entrance was defended by a powerful unseen enemy.
• After the mist dispersed, Kaikei attacked Kagami from the air while Minato used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to approach him at close range.
• Kagami Uchiha evaded their attacks by diving underwater, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and used Weeping Marsh to create whirlpools that pulled water and nearby objects into the depths.

Kagami Uchiha used his Mangekyō abilities to unleash enormous waterspouts and take flight as a flock of crows, forcing Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei to adapt. Nara Kaikei’s explosive attack revealed Kagami’s Susanoo, leaving it hovering above the river.

• Kagami Uchiha unleashed vast waterspouts that drove Minato Namikaze into the forest and forced Nara Kaikei to evade from the air.
• Nara Kaikei deduced that Kagami’s immense Water Release depended on prepared Chakra, while Minato Namikaze returned to help restrain him.
• Kagami used Yata no Karasu to reform from black crows and fly toward Nara Kaikei.
• Nara Kaikei bound Kagami with [Shadow Gathering Technique] and detonated his Explosion Release Explosive Tags, but a Chakra arm burst from the flames and knocked him toward the river.
• Minato Namikaze reached Nara Kaikei as Kagami emerged inside a bright yellow Susanoo.

Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei struggled to find a way through Kagami Uchiha’s flying Susanoo until Kaikei’s enhanced Boil Release punch broke open its armor. The Susanoo recovered, and Kaikei prepared to fight again while Minato agreed to seal Kagami if Kaikei could expose him.

• Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei saw that their attacks barely affected Kagami Uchiha’s Susanoo, which quickly repaired the damage from Kaikei’s Spiral Shadow Kill Cannon.
• Kagami Uchiha dove at Minato and Kaikei, but both dodged as his Susanoo crashed into the water.
• Nara Kaikei sent a Shadow Clone at the Susanoo, and the clone struck its chest with a punch combining Chakra Enhanced Strength and Boil Release.
• Kaikei’s punch shattered the Susanoo’s chest armor, but the Shadow Clone dispersed after exhausting its Chakra.
• Kaikei asked Minato to seal Kagami if he could break the Susanoo apart, and Minato promised to do so as Kaikei released the Yin Seal formula.

Nara Kaikei unveiled the Black Warrior, overwhelmed Kagami Uchiha’s Susanoo, and exposed Kagami to a finishing seal. The chapter ended as Minato Namikaze struck Kagami with the Four Symbols Seal.

• Nara Kaikei transformed into the Black Warrior and blocked Kagami Uchiha’s Susanoo charge with a shadow shield.
• Nara Kaikei restrained Susanoo with the Shadow Grip Technique and battered its head with the Spiral Shadow Kill Cannon.
• Nara Kaikei destroyed Susanoo’s head, exposed Kagami Uchiha, and blasted Kagami’s head apart with another cannon shot.
• The Black Warrior threw Kagami’s headless body toward Minato Namikaze as Kagami began regenerating.
• Minato Namikaze rushed in and used the Four Symbols Seal on Kagami Uchiha.

Kagami Uchiha regained control after Minato Namikaze sealed him, and the two sealed his abilities further before joining Nara Kaikei to investigate the waterfall. Inside a hidden cave, they found Uchiha Madara, who identified himself as a ghost of the Uchiha Clan.

• Kagami Uchiha apologized to Minato Namikaze and explained that Uchiha Madara had controlled his body.
• Minato Namikaze placed a Contract Seal and a Four Limbs Heavy Seal on Kagami Uchiha.
• Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze headed to the waterfall while Kagami Uchiha left on an ink eagle.
• Minato Namikaze entered the waterfall first and fought a White Zetsu inside the cave.
• Nara Kaikei joined Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha Madara revealed his identity.

Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze fought Uchiha Madara and White Zetsu Tobi in a cave, and Kaikei killed Madara before Tobi escaped underground. The chapter ended the Kannabi Bridge storyline, while an author’s note explained the fanfic’s timeline and its connection between Kagami Uchiha and Uchiha Madara.

• Nara Kaikei resisted Uchiha Madara’s genjutsu and reflected it back on him, then struck him with Yin Release bullets.
• Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze attacked Madara and White Zetsu Tobi, while Tobi used Wood Release to shield Madara.
• Minato Namikaze’s attack appeared to hit Madara, but Madara transformed into crows using Yata no Karasu.
• Nara Kaikei trapped the crows in a shadow net and killed Madara with three shadow bullets.
• White Zetsu Tobi sank into the ground and escaped, and Nara Kaikei called Madara’s death their gain.
• The author explained that the fanfic linked Madara’s transplanted Sharingan to Kagami Uchiha and outlined the timeline behind that plotline.

After killing Uchiha Madara, Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei searched his cave and discovered scrolls of Uchiha and Uzumaki techniques along with the S-Rank Flame Fan. Kaikei suspected the corpse was a disguise and the cave only a temporary base, then asked whether Kagami Uchiha was still outside.

• Minato Namikaze confirmed Uchiha Madara was dead and searched the cave while Nara Kaikei examined the corpse, finding no spiritual consciousness in it.
• Minato Namikaze showed Kaikei scrolls containing Uchiha Fire Release and Uzumaki sealing techniques, and said Madara was likely involved in Uzushio Village's destruction.
• Kaikei used his system to learn the B-Rank and A-Rank jutsu recorded in the scrolls.
• Minato Namikaze found a giant war fan among Madara's tools, and Kaikei's panel identified it as the S-Rank Flame Fan, which absorbed and reflected chakra as wind nature.
• Kaikei suspected the cave was only a temporary base and asked Minato Namikaze whether Kagami Uchiha was still outside.

Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze confirmed Uchiha Madara’s death, learned the [Flame Fan] was an Uchiha heirloom, and agreed it should go to Shisui. Kagami Uchiha asked to remain with Shisui and revealed that Madara’s left Mangekyō Sharingan had once been his; after reporting to Hiruzen Sarutobi, the team received orders to return to the village with Madara’s corpse and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki while Kagami awaited further instructions.

• Kagami Uchiha identified the [Flame Fan] as an Uchiha treasure, and Nara Kaikei proposed giving it to Shisui, which Kagami approved.
• Kagami Uchiha said he wanted to stay with Shisui for a while, and Nara Kaikei and Minato Namikaze agreed.
• Nara Kaikei realized Uchiha Madara had used Kagami Uchiha’s left eye and learned the eye held a Mangekyō Sharingan technique called “Yata no Karasu.”
• Minato Namikaze sent a report to Hiruzen Sarutobi describing the mission, the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Wood Release.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Minato Namikaze, Nara Kaikei, and the other six ninjas to return to the village with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and Uchiha Madara’s corpse, while Kagami Uchiha awaited orders.

At a secluded forest base, Nara Kaikei inspected Kagami Uchiha’s recovered Mangekyō Sharingan while Kagami reunited with Uchiha Shisui and warned him against learning Impure World Reincarnation. Minato Namikaze removed Kagami’s remaining seals, but Kagami’s soul did not return to the Pure Land, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Minato Namikaze brought Kagami Uchiha and Uchiha Madara to Nara Kaikei’s former research base, where he removed Kagami’s Four Limbs Heavy Seal and left to fetch supplies and Uchiha Shisui.
• Kagami Uchiha removed Uchiha Madara’s left eye, and Nara Kaikei inspected the Mangekyō Sharingan before returning it to Kagami.
• Uchiha Shisui arrived and reunited with Kagami Uchiha, who privately told him about the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Stone Tablet beneath Naka Shrine.
• When Uchiha Shisui revealed he hoped to study Impure World Reincarnation, Kagami Uchiha warned him never to learn the jutsu and reminded him to put Konoha before the Uchiha Clan.
• Minato Namikaze returned and released Kagami Uchiha’s Four Symbols Seal and Contract Seal, but Kagami’s soul did not depart for the Pure Land.

Kagami Uchiha remained in the world because his Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu had not been released, and the group planned to return him to Konoha in disguise. After Shisui Uchiha uncovered and escaped a White Zetsu spore, Nara Kaikei claimed his mission reward and obtained the forbidden Cellular Regeneration Jutsu.

• Kagami Uchiha learned that the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu remained active, and Minato Namikaze sent a message to Hiruzen Sarutobi for instructions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Kagami Uchiha to hide his identity and return to Konoha with Nara Kaikei and the others, while Kagami gave Shisui Uchiha the Flame Fan.
• Minato Namikaze warned that White Zetsu spores might be hidden inside Shisui Uchiha and Obito, and Shisui found a spore that expanded into a White Zetsu before Minato beheaded it.
• Minato Namikaze left to inspect his team, and Nara Kaikei sent Shisui Uchiha to deliver a mission scroll to Orochimaru.
• Nara Kaikei received an S-Rank Ninja Scroll containing the Cellular Regeneration Jutsu.

Kaikei examined the S-Rank Cellular Regeneration Jutsu and planned to improve it before his team returned to Konoha with Minato’s squad and their captured materials. At Kikyo Mountain, Hiruzen welcomed them and praised Kaikei, completing the Konoha Founder mission and earning him another S-Rank Ninja Scroll.

• Kaikei studied Cellular Regeneration Jutsu, recognized its life-draining and cell-absorbing effects, and added improving it to his research plans.
• At Kaikei’s request, Shisui brought Han and White Zetsu to the group, then went to fetch Hyuga Kiyoshi and Shizune.
• Hyuga Kiyoshi inspected everyone with his Byakugan, found another White Zetsu spore on Obito, and Minato removed it.
• Kaikei and Minato led the group back toward Konoha on two Ink Eagles, carrying White Zetsu corpses, Madara’s body, and Han.
• At Kikyo Mountain, Hiruzen welcomed the returning shinobi, and Kagami revealed himself before Hiruzen praised Kaikei and Minato.
• Hiruzen’s praise completed Kaikei’s S-Rank Konoha Founder mission and awarded him an S-Rank Ninja Scroll.

Hiruzen Sarutobi burned Uchiha Madara’s corpse and helped Kagami Uchiha release the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, but Kagami chose to remain and protect Konoha. Nara Kaikei obtained a chakra-absorption sealing technique and demanded custody of Han and the Five-Tails, while Hiruzen insisted the village would decide the beast’s fate.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Kagami Uchiha Tobirama Senju’s scroll so he could learn to release the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, then discussed Uchiha Madara’s apparent death with Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi burned Uchiha Madara’s corpse to ashes, while Nara Kaikei opened an S-Rank Ninja Scroll and gained the Sealing Technique: Seal Absorption.
• Kagami Uchiha released the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu but chose to remain in the living world because he was worried about Konoha and Shisui.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered giving Kagami Uchiha a new identity and assigning him to a special squad, then told Minato Namikaze and Nara Kaikei to return home.
• Nara Kaikei claimed the captured White Zetsu and Han as spoils and declared that he wanted the Five-Tails, but Hiruzen Sarutobi said the village would decide its fate at a special meeting.

Nara Kaikei returned to Kikyo Castle, reunited with Yakushi Nonō, and set up a hidden research base. The next morning, he received an S-Rank Ninja Scroll containing the Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique.

• Nara Shikano revealed he had been waiting at Kikyo Orphanage for the Five-Tails and rushed off to confront the Third Hokage.
• Nara Kaikei reassured Yakushi Nonō that he intended to deter conflict with the Third Hokage, then left with her for the new research base.
• Nara Kaikei arranged his specimens and equipment in the underground base and concealed it with One-Thread Light Arrays.
• Nara Kaikei spent the night with Yakushi Nonō and gained 63 Sage Wisdom.
• The S-Rank Support the Frontline mission was completed, and Nara Kaikei opened its reward scroll to learn the Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique.

Nara Kaikei studied the S-Rank Wood Dragon Technique and used its principles to advance his own Shadow Stealth Jutsu. After spending time with Yakushi Nonō and the children at Kikyo Orphanage, he learned that his Shadow Clone had completed the technique, which the panel recognized as S-Rank.

• Nara Kaikei discovered that Wood Release could carry non-elemental jutsu within its structure and considered applying the idea to his shadows with Sealing Technique.
• Nara Kaikei left Shadow Clones to work in his underground Research Base while he slept beside Yakushi Nonō.
• Nara Kaikei returned to Kikyo Orphanage with Yakushi Nonō and met Chiyo, who called them Mommy and Big brother.
• Nara Kaikei praised Yakushi Kabuto's Sage Clan Guiding Technique practice and gave him his battle-worn sunglasses.
• A Shadow Clone's research produced the S-Rank Shadow Stealth Jutsu, which concealed the user from sight and Chakra sensing and enhanced Nara Kaikei's Ninjutsu and Sage Wisdom attributes.