Chapter Summaries

Biwa Jūzō and Kisame fought Yamato, Haku, and Jugo in the mist while Ryu guided them with his Red Eye. As Yamato prepared to risk using his powerful Wood Release, Orochimaru summoned the First and Second Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation and sent them toward the battle.

• Ryu used his Red Eye phantoms to guide Biwa Jūzō and Kisame through the dense Hidden Mist Technique.
• Biwa Jūzō and Kisame battled Yamato, Haku, and Jugo until Haku and Jugo were knocked down and Yamato was left heavily suppressed.
• Yamato considered using the Wood Golem Technique to protect the injured Haku and Jugo, despite the danger of losing control of his Curse Mark.
• Orochimaru refused Kabuto's request to reinforce the Sound Four personally and used Impure World Reincarnation to revive the First and Second Hokage.
• Orochimaru sent the revived Hokage rushing toward the Mist Squad.

Orochimaru tested his improved Impure World Reincarnation by sending the First and Second Hokage against the Mist team, but the team escaped. He decided to visit Konoha personally to discuss an alliance, while dismissing Danzo as a potential partner.

• Ryu spotted two approaching enemies whose chakra felt ancient and immense, and the Mist team identified them as the First and Second Hokage when they attacked with Wood Release and the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Biwa Jūzō ordered Kisame and Ryu to flee, and the three Mist ninja escaped the reanimated Hokage's techniques.
• Lotus abandoned his fight with Kimimaro and warned him that avoiding Shikotsumyaku could let him live past thirty, but Kimimaro rejected the idea of becoming useless to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru judged that the Mist team had escaped because his restrictions had weakened the reanimated Hokage, then dispelled Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto he would go to Konoha to discuss an alliance and dismissed Danzo because Root had been dissolved.

The Sound Four returned to Orochimaru after clashing with the Mist Team, and Orochimaru announced he would visit Konoha for alliance negotiations. In Konoha, Hyuga Kagami encouraged Rin as she struggled with her training under Tsunade.

• Yamato apologized to Orochimaru for the Sound Four’s performance, but Orochimaru told them to prepare to accompany him on a diplomatic visit to Konoha.
• Kabuto warned Orochimaru that Konoha was on high alert, but Orochimaru said he wanted to see the Third Hokage.
• Ryu suspected Biwa Jūzō had led the Mist Team into a trap, but Jūzō insisted the figures resembling the First and Second Hokage could not have been real.
• Hyuga Kagami reassured Rin about her difficult medical-ninjutsu training under Tsunade and told her Tsunade would not dismiss her.

Hyuga Kagami prepared to transplant First Hokage Cells into Shisui, first replacing his Mangekyō Sharingan with Blaze’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to improve his chances of surviving. As Shisui lay ready for surgery, Hyuga Kagami hoped to learn whether the fusion could make the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan evolve into the Rinnegan.

• Hyuga Kagami met Shisui and Itachi at the hidden former laboratory and told Itachi to guard the operation.
• Hyuga Kagami led Shisui underground to the equipped operating room and explained the surgery’s stages and risks.
• Hyuga Kagami showed Shisui the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan that Blaze had willingly given him.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Shisui about the dangers of First Hokage Cells and said he would operate without anesthetic.
• Shisui composed himself and lay on the operating table as Hyuga Kagami prepared to begin the surgery and test whether the eyes could evolve into the Rinnegan.

Hyuga Kagami transplanted Uchiha Ryota's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan into Shisui, then began injecting fusion fluid and implanting First Hokage Cells to test what was required to evolve the Rinnegan. The cellular-level transplant triggered severe pain and fleshy growths across Shisui's body as the operation continued.

• Hyuga Kagami explained that his experiment would determine whether Rinnegan evolution required an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan fused with First Hokage Cells or the chakra of Indra Ōtsutsuki and Asura Ōtsutsuki.
• Hyuga Kagami transplanted Uchiha Ryota's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan into Shisui, who found the eyes unusually familiar and activated them successfully.
• Hyuga Kagami prepared the unstable fusion fluid and infused it into Shisui, whose veins bulged as he endured intense pain.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Shisui to use his ocular power, then began implanting First Hokage Cells for a cellular-level transplant.
• Shisui cried out as the implanted cells took effect, and fleshy buds began emerging from his body.

Hyuga Kagami struggled to stop Shisui from losing control after the First Hokage Cells caused his body to erupt into rapidly growing trees. Itachi concealed the underground disaster from an Anbu squad while Hyuga Kagami tried to stabilize Shisui with Tenseigan chakra.

• Hyuga Kagami saw flesh buds appear beneath Shisui's skin and injected him with a second vial of fusion fluid as Shisui began to lose control.
• Shisui's vital signs and cellular activity surged, and branches burst through his skin, rapidly filling the operating room with trees.
• Itachi heard a tremor underground, burned the trees that broke through the ground with Great Fire Annihilation, and told the arriving Anbu squad he had been practicing.
• Itachi stayed above ground to keep others away from the operating room, believing Hyuga Kagami would succeed.
• Hyuga Kagami entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode and poured chakra into Shisui, realizing Obito may have survived his transplant because of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Hyuga Kagami urged Shisui to merge his ocular power with the rampaging First Hokage Cells, and Shisui eventually subdued them. Shisui’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan began changing, and he told Hyuga Kagami that his eyes felt unfamiliar despite his increased ocular power.

• Hyuga Kagami realized Shisui had to use his ocular power to fuse with the First Hokage Cells rather than resist them.
• Hyuga Kagami continued supplying chakra and using a Truth-Seeking Orb to contain the spreading trees as the cells invaded his hand.
• The trees withered, Shisui’s body returned to normal, and the cellular activity readings began to settle.
• Hyuga Kagami observed distortions and thickening in Shisui’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan patterns as Shisui’s chakra gathered toward his brain.
• Shisui asked whether he had succeeded, and Hyuga Kagami confirmed that he had.
• Shisui clutched his eyes and told Hyuga Kagami that his ocular power had grown stronger but felt unfamiliar.

Hyuga Kagami analyzed why Shisui's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan had begun but failed to evolve into Rinnegan, then confirmed that Shisui survived the transplant. He left Shisui in Itachi's care and began considering the attributes and source material for his next clone.

• Hyuga Kagami had Shisui rest after the transplant and monitored his unstable condition.
• Hyuga Kagami considered whether the failed Rinnegan evolution lacked Indra Ōtsutsuki's chakra, Uchiha Ryota's body, or enough chakra overall.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and First Hokage Cells alone could not evolve the Rinnegan and chose not to pursue it at the expense of his Kekkei Mōra Project.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui left the underground operating room, and Itachi was relieved to see Shisui safe.
• Hyuga Kagami told Itachi to stay with Shisui while he avoided using chakra, and asked Shisui to record changes in his eyes.
• Hyuga Kagami returned home and considered the attributes and source material for his next clone.

Hyuga Kagami weighed which elemental clone to develop next before taking part in Konoha’s alliance ceremony security detail. He recognized Orochimaru among Otogakure’s delegation and began considering whether the Kaguya Clan descended from Ōtsutsuki Hamura.

• Hyuga Kagami considered developing an Earth, Wind, or Lightning Release clone, but could not decide whether to pursue Dust Release.
• A few days later, Hyuga Kagami’s Team 7 helped guard Konoha’s alliance ceremony as delegations from four allied villages arrived.
• Kurenai questioned the presence of so many foreign ninja, while Hayate and Yugao explained the alliance’s strategic purpose.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized Orochimaru disguised as Otogakure’s leader, accompanied by Yamato, Haku, Jugo, and Kimimaro.
• Seeing Kimimaro prompted Hyuga Kagami to connect the Kaguya Clan’s Shikotsumyaku to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and consider whether the clan inherited Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s Sage Body.

Hyuga Kagami considered Kimimaro as a source of Kaguya Clan cells while the Oto ninja group visited Konoha. Kakashi trained obsessively and found fresh flowers at Rin’s grave, where an unseen figure watched him.

• Hyuga Kagami recognized Kimimaro’s potential and considered using his cells to develop a Wind Clone Technique.
• Orochimaru, disguised among the Oto ninja, exchanged looks with Hyuga Kagami while Anko boasted about Konoha to him.
• Hyuga Kagami reasoned that combining cells from several clans could give his clones the Sage Bodies and Sage Eyes of Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura.
• Kakashi trained intensely after realizing his weakness during the raid on Amegakure.
• Kakashi visited Rin’s grave and found fresh flowers, while an unknown figure watched him from the woods.

Obito attacked Kakashi at Rin's grave to reclaim his left Sharingan, but Kakashi escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique and fought back. After Obito trapped Kakashi and nearly took his eye, Kakashi escaped an explosive lightning clone, struck from underground, and fled again, realizing Obito wanted his Sharingan.

• Obito watched Kakashi at Rin's grave and decided to reclaim his left eye.
• Kakashi sensed an attack, escaped Obito's space-time technique with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and tried to signal the village.
• Obito tore off Kakashi's arm and told him he had no interest in disrupting the alliance ceremony.
• Obito restrained Kakashi with trees and reached for his Sharingan, but Kakashi's bound body exploded as a lightning clone.
• Kakashi attacked Obito from underground, phased through him, escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and asked if Obito wanted his Sharingan.

Obito cornered an exhausted Kakashi and nearly pulled him into Kamui, but Kakashi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye and used the same space-time technique. They both vanished into the Kamui dimension, where they faced each other at close range.

• Obito assessed Kakashi's depleted chakra and realized all of Kakashi's Flying Thunder God kunai were confined to the training ground.
• Obito attacked Kakashi with an iron chain while intangible, and Kakashi teleported behind him to strike with Chidori.
• Obito phased through Kakashi's attack, grabbed him, and activated Kamui as Kakashi struggled to stay upright.
• Kakashi opened his Mangekyō Sharingan and unexpectedly used a Kamui identical to Obito's.
• Both men were transported into the Kamui dimension while still gripping each other.

Obito reclaimed his left eye from Kakashi and learned that its Kamui specialized in offense, while his right eye specialized in defense. As Konoha prepared for an alliance ceremony, Sasuke watched the gathered clans and dismissed Hyuga Neji as unimpressive.

• Obito knocked Kakashi unconscious, removed his left eye, and transplanted it back into his own socket.
• Obito discovered that his left-eye Kamui could attack targets from a distance, unlike his right-eye Kamui, which let him phase and required contact to transport others.
• Obito spared Kakashi and returned him to the training ground, vowing to make him suffer through guilt and despair.
• The Third prepared to begin Konoha's alliance ceremony with nearby ninja villages, while Shimura Danzō was notably absent.
• Sasuke attended with Fugaku and saw Uchiha Izumi among Tsunade's disciples and Hyuga Neji among the arriving Hyuga Clan.
• Sasuke told Fugaku that Neji did not seem impressive.

At Konoha’s alliance ceremony, Sasuke eagerly accepted Kimimaro’s public challenge to show off his strength. The match began with Sasuke preparing a Fire Release jutsu while Kimimaro remained calm.

• Sasuke boasted to Fugaku that he would become the Ninja Academy’s top student and asked why Itachi had not attended the ceremony.
• Sasuke noticed the Otogakure delegation, and Kimimaro challenged him after spotting the Uchiha crest on his clothes.
• Anko tried to stop the boys, but Orochimaru and Fugaku agreed to let them spar before the gathered clans.
• Anko set the match rules and started the fight; Sasuke retreated and began forming hand seals for a Fire Release jutsu as Kimimaro stood unmoved.

During the alliance ceremony, Sasuke challenged Otogakure’s Kimimaro and was quickly overwhelmed despite demonstrating his Great Fireball Technique. Kimimaro continued beating Sasuke as the gathered clans and leaders watched, while Naruto shouted encouragement from a nearby rooftop.

• Sasuke used the Great Fireball Technique against Kimimaro, impressing the assembled villagers and ninjas.
• Kimimaro evaded the fireball with the Body Flicker Technique and struck Sasuke from behind.
• Kimimaro used the Body Flicker Technique again and punched Sasuke into the ground, stunning the crowd and Anko.
• The Third Hokage learned from the Shadow Guard captain that Kimimaro was an Otogakure ninja believed to carry the Kaguya Clan bloodline.
• Sasuke charged Kimimaro again, but Kimimaro dodged his punch and kneed him in the abdomen.
• Naruto leaped into the air from a distant rooftop and yelled for Sasuke to fight back.

Sasuke awakened his Sharingan during his humiliating defeat by Kimimaro, then challenged him again but was beaten down just as easily. Kimimaro stood over the injured Sasuke, questioning how much the Sharingan could really do.

• Kimimaro lost interest in fighting Sasuke and turned away, but Sasuke forced himself up and demanded another chance.
• Overcome by shame and anger, Sasuke awakened his one-tomoe Sharingan, startling the spectators and drawing Orochimaru's predatory interest.
• Sasuke confidently attacked, believing the Sharingan would let him read Kimimaro's movements, but Kimimaro moved too fast for him to react.
• Kimimaro swept Sasuke to the ground, knocked out one of his teeth, then punched him in the chest and sent him flying.
• As Sasuke writhed on the ground, Kimimaro wondered aloud whether the Sharingan was really only this much.

Sasuke challenged Kimimaro to a sparring match and awakened his Sharingan, but Kimimaro defeated him with ease. Sasuke left with a promise to return in three years and reclaim the Uchiha Clan's honor.

• Sasuke rose despite his injuries, activated his Sharingan, and struck Kimimaro with a stronger Great Fireball Technique that he dodged effortlessly.
• Kimimaro kicked Sasuke down again, then returned to Orochimaru and called Sasuke weaker than expected.
• Fugaku stopped Sasuke from charging again and urged him to accept that a single loss proved nothing.
• Sasuke declared that he would defeat Kimimaro in three years and reclaim the honor he had lost.
• Fugaku praised Sasuke after he returned to the Uchiha group, and Sasuke asked why his Great Fireball Technique could not hit anyone.

The alliance ceremony established a coalition led by Konoha, while Kimimaro’s defeat of Sasuke drew attention to Otogakure’s strength. Afterward, Sasuke told Naruto that Kimimaro was a great enemy of the Uchiha Clan, but Naruto headed off to eat ramen and left Sasuke insisting that Shisui could not lose to him.

• Fugaku explained to Sasuke that the Great Fireball Technique was often used to probe opponents rather than kill them.
• After Kimimaro’s impressive performance, Hyuga Kagami decided he would try to obtain Kimimaro’s cell samples.
• Chiyo, Ryūran, Shengmu, and Orochimaru joined the Third Hokage in signing the alliance contract, formally establishing the coalition.
• Sasuke left the celebrations alone, and Naruto came over to ask why he had not fought back against Kimimaro.
• Sasuke showed Naruto his Sharingan and described Kimimaro as the Uchiha Clan’s great enemy.
• Naruto headed to Ichiraku Ramen, while Sasuke protested that Shisui could not have lost to Kimimaro.

After the alliance celebration, Neji visited Hyuga Kagami to discuss his rivals and the Hyuga Clan’s strength. Their conversation was interrupted when Guy reported that Kakashi had been ambushed and his Sharingan stolen.

• Neji brought dinner to Hyuga Kagami and asked whether he was inferior to Kimimaro and Sasuke after watching their spar.
• Hyuga Kagami told Neji that Kimimaro and Sasuke currently surpassed him, but urged him not to lose heart.
• Neji asked whether the Byakugan and Hyuga Clan were inferior to the Sharingan and Uchiha Clan, and Hyuga Kagami challenged him to defeat him and become the strongest Hyuga first.
• Hyuga Kagami refused to train Neji until he graduated from the Ninja Academy and warned that he had to take first place to become his disciple.
• Guy arrived and told Hyuga Kagami that Kakashi had been found unconscious after an ambush, and that his Sharingan had been stolen.

Kakashi recovered after an attacker stole his Sharingan and told Hyuga Kagami and the others that the Akatsuki member used Kamui, a Mangekyō Sharingan dōjutsu. The group realized the attacker was likely Obito, while Guy asked how Kakashi had learned the technique’s name.

• Anbu found Kakashi unconscious after his Sharingan was stolen and secretly took him to Konoha Hospital for Tsunade to treat.
• Hyuga Kagami suspected Obito had attacked Kakashi, and he and Guy went to find Shisui.
• Sasuke told Itachi and Shisui that he had awakened his Sharingan while losing a fight to Kimimaro from Otogakure.
• Hyuga Kagami, Guy, Shisui, and Itachi visited Kakashi, who asked whether different Mangekyō Sharingan could possess the same dōjutsu.
• Kakashi said an Akatsuki member with space-time ninjutsu and Wood Release had stolen his eye and used Kamui, leading Shisui to conclude Akatsuki had another Mangekyō wielder besides Shinichi.
• Guy asked Kakashi how he had learned the name Kamui.