Chapter Summaries

Shuichi advised Fugaku about the risks of the village’s plans, then met young Uchiha Itachi and agreed to help him make friends. He took Itachi to a training ground and proposed a difficult ninja game to test his abilities.

• Fugaku thanked Shuichi for helping him understand the potential consequences of the village’s plans for the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi returned home, greeted Shuichi, and heard Fugaku ask him to guide his son.
• Shuichi agreed to help Itachi with his difficulty connecting with other children and invited him to the training ground.
• Shuichi explained that a challenging ninja game could attract other children and offered to compare Itachi’s skills with his own at age five.
• Shuichi challenged Itachi to begin the game, saying that one exchange could reveal another ninja’s heart.

Shuichi tested Itachi’s reflexes with a fast-paced ball game, then took him to Hokage Rock to share stories about Konoha’s origins. He began explaining the village’s founding and the First Hokage’s goal of protecting children from war.

• Shuichi formed an earthen field and taught Itachi a ball game, then increased the challenge as Itachi quickly mastered it.
• Itachi and Shuichi played until they were exhausted, and Shuichi judged their abilities at about equal to his own when he was five.
• Shuichi offered to tell Itachi remarkable stories, and Itachi followed him to Hokage Rock.
• Shuichi explained that Uchiha Madara named Konoha Village and that the First Hokage established the Hokage leadership.
• Shuichi told Itachi that the village was founded to keep children off battlefields and encourage people to regard village companions as family.

Shuichi prepared for the Nine-Tails' possible rampage by developing and testing his own Flying Thunder God formula, but the technique consumed most of his Chakra when transporting a large summon. He set up surveillance across Konoha and, unable to find Kushina Uzumaki, concluded she had likely left through a secret passage and that the birth was imminent.

• Shuichi told Itachi that war would persist but that civilization could progress, then sent him home before dinner.
• After completing a mission, Shuichi returned home and prepared his Flying Thunder God spell formulas and kunai for the possible Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• Shuichi tested the technique by transporting himself and a large snake, succeeding but using more than three-quarters of his Chakra.
• Shuichi planned to use a Shadow Clone and adapt his summoning strategy if the Nine-Tails appeared, while preparing himself for battle.
• Shuichi used bird-shaped surveillance points to monitor Konoha, but he could not find Kushina Uzumaki and suspected she had left through a secret passage.

Shuichi and Konoha’s forces responded when the Nine-Tails suddenly appeared and attacked the village. Shuichi restrained the beast and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to begin moving it elsewhere, leaving the fight underway.

• Fugaku, Itachi, and other Konoha residents sensed the Nine-Tails’ ominous Chakra, and Fugaku left to report to the Security Department.
• The Nine-Tails appeared in Konoha, leveled nearby houses, and fired a Tailed Beast Ball toward Hokage Rock, which Minato’s Space-Time Barrier swallowed.
• Hiruzen, Fugaku, Shikaku, and other Konoha forces organized the defense and evacuation of civilians.
• Shuichi stopped the Nine-Tails from crushing the assembled ninjas, then trapped it in a swamp and slashed it with Wind Release.
• Shuichi obtained Samehada, reinforced the swamp with a Shadow Clone, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique with two clones while standing on the Nine-Tails’ back.

Shuichi fought the Nine-Tails after transferring it away from Konoha, until Minato arrived and moved it elsewhere. As Shuichi and the Third Hokage rushed after them, the Hokage revealed that Shuichi might have to become the Nine-Tails’ next Jinchuriki if no other solution worked.

• Shuichi used Samehada to replenish his Chakra, then attacked the Nine-Tails with water techniques and severed two of its tails with a Wind Blade.
• Minato’s Contract Seal freed the Nine-Tails from its controller, and Shuichi disrupted its attempt to fire a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Minato arrived, transferred himself and the Nine-Tails away, and asked Shuichi to tell the Third Hokage about the attacker.
• Shuichi told the Third Hokage that Minato had moved the Nine-Tails and that he had recorded footage of the culprit; the two then hurried after Minato.
• The Third Hokage explained that Shuichi might be Konoha’s only suitable candidate to bear the Nine-Tails, and Shuichi agreed to become its Jinchuriki if necessary.

Shuichi and the Third Hokage watched Minato seal the Nine-Tails into Naruto, then Shuichi carried the infant back to Konoha. The chapter left Konoha’s leaders and intelligence ninja preparing to examine Shuichi’s recorded images to learn how the attack happened.

• Shuichi and the Third Hokage reached the Barrier and watched Minato use the Reaper Death Seal to weaken and restrain the Nine-Tails.
• After Kushina’s chains loosened, Minato stopped the Nine-Tails from attacking Naruto and prepared to seal it into the infant.
• Minato used the Eight Trigrams Seal to make Naruto the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki, and Shuichi offered to take the child to safety.
• Shuichi carried Naruto to Konoha while the Third Hokage and other ninja recovered Minato and Kushina’s bodies and explained Minato’s sacrifice to the village.
• Shuichi presented his Ink Birds and Ink Monsters to Konoha’s leaders, and Yamanaka Inoichi prepared to examine the recorded images.

Shuichi showed Konoha's leaders footage of Minato fighting the masked attacker, revealing the enemy's space-time abilities and a possible weakness. After the village ordered an investigation into the evidence he recovered, the leaders decided to keep Samehada in Konoha for the time being.

• Shuichi showed the Konoha group footage of Minato confronting the masked attacker and escaping his warped-space technique.
• The Third Hokage deduced that the attacker could not move while intangible and had to become corporeal to absorb people or objects.
• Nara Shikaku recorded the attacker's appearance and abilities while the leaders recognized his recovered white hand as likely connected to the First Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered an examination of the hand, a tally of the casualties, and secrecy about the attacker, then sent the ninja to handle the aftermath.
• Shuichi left to check on Kakashi and Kurenai, while Mitokado Homura and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to keep Samehada rather than return it to Kirigakure soon.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Shuichi helped Konoha return to normal and told Asuma that Biwako had died. In a cave, Obito and Black Zetsu discussed their losses and decided to avoid confronting Shuichi directly while Nagato remained weak.

• Shuichi reached a civilian shelter, told the villagers the Nine-Tails had been dealt with, and informed Asuma that Biwako had died.
• Asuma ran out in grief, and Shuichi gave Ishikawa Tatsuki a marked kunai so he could call for support.
• Shuichi reached the Forest of Death, confirmed the young ninja were safe, and told the guards to take down the Barriers.
• Shuichi visited the other Barrier sites while Obito returned to a cave and discussed the attack with White Zetsu and Black Zetsu.
• Obito and Black Zetsu recognized Shuichi as a major threat and chose to rely on Nagato rather than confront Shuichi directly.

After the Nine-Tails' Rampage, Konoha investigated the attacker, altered the Security Department’s structure, and held a funeral for Minato and the others. Shuichi warned Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan could become a target of public anger, and Fugaku decided to document missing Uchiha ninja to submit to the village.

• Black Zetsu and Obito agreed on a long-term plan to strengthen Nagato and recruit allies in Kirigakure.
• The Anbu Medical Unit reported that the attacker’s severed hand resembled the First Hokage’s cells and might be capable of Wood Release.
• Danzo urged surveillance of the Uchiha, but Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected the accusation without evidence, and Konoha leaders decided to restructure the Security Department.
• Konoha held a funeral for Sarutobi Biwako, Namikaze Minato, and Kushina Uzumaki atop the Hokage Building.
• Shuichi warned Uchiha Fugaku that rumors linking the clan to the Nine-Tails' Rampage could provoke villagers against them.
• Fugaku decided to list Uchiha ninja who had disappeared since Konoha’s founding and submit the information to the village.

Shuichi shared a drink with Jiraiya, who planned to leave the village to investigate the person behind the Nine-Tails attack. After surveying the ruined district, Shuichi was summoned to accompany the Hokage to a meeting at the Daimyo's Mansion.

• Shuichi joined Jiraiya at a tavern, where they talked about the Nine-Tails attack and Jiraiya's plans to gather intelligence outside the village.
• Jiraiya urged Shuichi not to let his growing power blind him, while Shuichi avoided asking about the Child of Destiny.
• Shuichi left Jiraiya with the bill and walked through the village to survey the district destroyed by the Nine-Tails.
• Shuichi considered the ruined district a suitable, quiet location before an Anbu summoned him to accompany the Hokage to a meeting at the Daimyo's Mansion.

After the Fourth Hokage died, Konoha’s leaders met to choose who would guide the village through the crisis. Danzo nominated himself, but the meeting backed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s return as Hokage, leaving Danzo’s ambition thwarted again.

• At the Daimyo's Mansion, Shiji Shinden praised Shuichi for helping spare Konoha and the Land of Fire from greater losses.
• Danzo nominated himself as Fifth Hokage and argued that Konoha needed a forceful leader to deter its enemies.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered to return as Hokage, and Utatane Koharu challenged Danzo over his absence during the Nine-Tails' attack.
• Mitokado Homura argued that Hiruzen’s experience would help the village recover faster, and Nara Shikaku and the Anbu captains supported Hiruzen.
• Shuichi reflected on Danzo’s overlooked work for the village as the meeting’s support for Hiruzen left Danzo’s Hokage ambition defeated.

After the Daimyo approved Sarutobi Hiruzen’s return as Hokage, Konoha’s Jonin met to address the Nine-Tails attack and prepare the village for renewed conflict. Shuichi strengthened his abilities and set out on a mission to the Land of Rivers to eliminate Leaf Ninja Village.

• Shiji Shinden approved Sarutobi Hiruzen’s return as Hokage, and Konoha’s Jonin confidence vote passed smoothly.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen convened a Jonin Meeting, where the ninja studied intelligence on the Masked Man and discussed strengthening Konoha’s barrier.
• Konoha’s leaders reviewed the Nine-Tails attack’s casualties and damage, arranged reconstruction and compensation, and assigned ninja to wartime missions.
• Shuichi asked Sarutobi Hiruzen about the reconstruction area, then accepted a high-priority mission the next day.
• Shuichi used his latest skill points to increase his reaction and thinking speed before leading his team toward the Land of Rivers to eliminate Leaf Ninja Village.

Shuichi and his two teammates raided Leaf Ninja Village in the Land of Rivers, where he wiped out its gathered fighters with a flamboyant new technique. He left the village’s self-proclaimed leaders dead and decided to abandon the technique after its costly display.

• Shuichi, Aburame Shihei, and Hyuga Akiha traveled to the Land of Rivers to eliminate the Leaf Ninja Village faction.
• Akiha used her Byakugan to confirm that about forty enemy fighters were gathered in the village, including its leaders.
• Shuichi sent explosive Ink Birds into houses at the village’s edge, prompting the enemy to rally around the self-proclaimed Leaf Kage.
• Shuichi transformed to resemble Namikaze Minato and mocked the Leaf Kage before attacking with marked Kunai and a Flashbang.
• Shuichi used his flickering Kunai technique to kill the gathered enemies, then admitted it consumed too much Chakra and said he had prepared it to offer incense for Minato.

After Shuichi’s team looted the defeated Leaf Ninja Village’s enemies, they headed toward another target in the Land of Rivers. There, Haiga’s forces fought a local faction until Pakura and a Sunagakure squad arrived, leaving Haiga’s side facing a new threat.

• Shuichi, Hyuga Akiha, and Aburame Shihei searched the village, collected nearly three million ryo, divided the spoils, and set off for their next target.
• Haiga used Dark Release to absorb the enemy’s combined ninjutsu, then ordered his forces to attack and claim the territory.
• As Haiga’s opponents neared defeat, their leader fired a signal flare, prompting both sides to halt and await reinforcements.
• Pakura attacked Haiga’s forces with Scorch Release, killing several ninja whose bodies were charred and shriveled.
• Shinnosuke arrived with Sunagakure ninja, and Pakura explained that Haiga’s Dark Release absorbed chakra but could not handle her Scorch Release.
• Baki proposed that the squad attack Ryoma, demand his fortune, and kill him if he refused.

Shuichi intervened when Sunagakure pursued a Root team that had kidnapped Haiga, and he stopped the confrontation by demanding compensation from Sunagakure. Shinnosuke asked what terms Shuichi wanted, leaving the two sides at a tense negotiation.

• Shinnosuke ordered Pakura and the Sunagakure Ninjas to attack Haiga's forces, and Pakura wounded Haiga with Scorch Release.
• Three masked Konoha operatives ambushed Pakura, paralyzed Haiga, and carried him away, prompting the Sunagakure group to pursue them.
• A kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God Technique stopped the fleeing operatives, and Shuichi revealed himself on a nearby hill.
• A Root ninja explained that Danzo had ordered Haiga's capture, while Shinnosuke asked Shuichi to let the Sunagakure group leave.
• Shuichi agreed that the villages were allies but demanded compensation for the Konoha Ninjas' distress, and Shinnosuke asked what he wanted.

Shuichi demanded that Sunagakure agree to another Joint Chunin Exam and surrender its mission spoils as compensation. After Pakura attacked him, Shuichi overwhelmed the Sunagakure team and left Shinnosuke and Pakura barely able to kneel as he approached with a kunai.

• Shuichi demanded that Sunagakure cooperate with Konoha to hold another Joint Chunin Exam within two years, threatening to report that Rasa had agreed and warning that he could delay Shukaku's revival.
• Shuichi demanded all the money carried by the Sunagakure team, and Hyuga Akiha used her Byakugan to expose their hidden cash.
• Pakura refused to hand over her earnings and attacked Shuichi and Akiha with Scorch Release: Great Blazing Flame Bullet.
• Shuichi countered Pakura's fireball with Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, then used a Shadow Clone and Lightning Water Dragon Bullet to defeat the team.
• Shuichi approached the kneeling Shinnosuke and Pakura with a kunai and asked whether he should kill them all.

Shuichi intimidated Sunagakure into surrendering its money, then wiped out Ryoma's group with his squad and headed back toward Konoha. In Tanzaku Town, he used his X-ray vision to win big at a casino alongside Tsunade, who confronted him as he left.

• Shinnosuke offered Shuichi the Sunagakure squad's money and information about Ryoma's group in exchange for their lives, and Shuichi let them leave after ordering them to report to Rasa.
• Shuichi led his squad to defeat Ryoma's group and seize its accumulated wealth, then calculated their take at eighteen million ryo.
• Shuichi and his teammates reached Tanzaku Town, where Shuichi transformed himself and entered a casino.
• Shuichi learned that Tsunade had been losing every bet and used his X-ray vision to win a large payout on triples.
• Tsunade called out to Shuichi as he left the casino, and he greeted her while complimenting her gambling skills.

Shuichi warned Tsunade about the Nine-Tails attacker and gave her White Zetsu cell research, then returned to Konoha and sought to buy land in the area destroyed by the Nine-Tails. The chapter ended with him asking the village administration to let him build a new home there.

• Shuichi bought Tsunade food and drinks, shared intelligence about the Nine-Tails attack, and gave her a Scroll containing information about White Zetsu cells.
• Shuichi returned to Konoha with his squad and reported the Chunin Exam and his meeting with Tsunade to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Shuichi visited the Administration Building and asked to buy land in the area destroyed by the Nine-Tails so he could build a new home.

Shuichi bought a large plot in Konoha’s Nine-Tails-damaged district and arranged for a lavish villa to be built there. After the Daimyo funded the construction team, Shuichi used Earth Release to raise a villa model and help the builders refine the design.

• Shuichi claimed more than a third of the damaged district, paid for the land, and told the administrator it would secretly serve as a village training ground and defensive base.
• Shuichi designed a villa and contacted Inoue Danza to obtain materials and a construction team.
• The Daimyo covered the construction expenses and assigned Wada’s team to build Shuichi’s house.
• Shuichi showed Wada the blueprints and used Earth Release: Magnificent Villa Technique to create a villa model for the team to inspect.

Shuichi added a Flying Thunder God mark to Konoha’s Barrier, then settled a dispute between the Security Department’s two divisions over who should handle a suspected genjutsu user. The chapter ended with him revealing that he was the sole member of the Third Division and its self-proclaimed super Captain Commander.

• Shuichi visited the Barrier Team and added a Flying Thunder God Technique formula beside Minato’s mark, joking that the technique meant flying into the sky and pulling out a gun.
• Shuichi found Nakano and Uchiha Ryouya arguing over which Security Department division should arrest a suspect accused of using crude genjutsu to steal money.
• Shuichi learned that the suspect’s status as a ninja was uncertain and that confusion over the newly established divisions had caused the dispute.
• Shuichi ordered both divisions to interrogate the suspect and promised to report the case to the Hokage so both sides would receive equal credit.
• Shuichi showed Nakano and the Uchiha members his identification card, revealing that he was the sole member of the Third Division and calling himself its super Captain Commander.