Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi investigated the trouble at Drunken Jiangcao Gold Mountain after learning that rogue ninja had taken control of the mine and its villagers. When Fire Fly’s group engaged Raiga Kurosuki and his men, Hikari rushed to their aid and drove Raiga into hiding with her Mangekyo Sharingan technique.

• Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi stopped at the Life Curry House, where Granny Sansho told them that ninja had taken over Drunken Jiangcao Gold Mountain and terrorized the town.
• Natsuhi spotted Fire Fly’s red signal flare, and Hikari left before finishing her meal, asking Granny Sansho to prepare more curry for their return.
• Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi reached an abandoned village, where Fire Fly and three Hoshinin were fighting Raiga Kurosuki and his rogue ninja.
• Raiga Kurosuki attacked with Lightning Release, but Hikari blocked the lightning with Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi and clashed with him.
• Raiga recognized Hikari’s Sharingan, retreated into the Hidden Mist Technique, and concealed himself.

Uchiha Hikari confronted Raiga Kurosuki in the mist and overwhelmed his Lightning Style attacks with powerful Fire Style and Susanoo. Raiga was left battered on the ground as Hikari approached.

• Raiga Kurosuki hid in the mist and wondered whether the attackers were Hidden Leaf shinobi, then realized they were Hoshigakure shinobi facing Uchiha Hikari.
• Uchiha Hikari sent Natsuhi to support Fire Fly and the others, then challenged Raiga Kurosuki to fight her alone.
• Raiga Kurosuki attacked with Lightning Burial: Banquet of Lightning and used the Lightning Blade Kiba to form Lightning Armor.
• Uchiha Hikari unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame, vaporizing the mist, while Raiga Kurosuki countered with Lightning Style: Lightning Dragon Tornado.
• Uchiha Hikari’s dark-red skeletal Susanoo struck Raiga Kurosuki through his Lightning Armor, smashing him into the ground and leaving him coughing up blood.

Uchiha Hikari defeated and killed Raiga Kurosuki, then forced the Kurosuki Clan to submit to Hoshigakure. After freeing the mountain's oppressed miners and villagers, she and her companions stopped at Life Curry House for a meal.

• Hikari used Susanoo to overpower Raiga Kurosuki and severed his arm despite his desperate Lightning Style attack.
• Raiga offered to submit, but Hikari killed him and took both Lightning Blade Kiba.
• Hikari showed the Kurosuki Clan Raiga's head and ordered them to join Hoshigakure or die; they chose to submit.
• Fire Fly oversaw the Kurosuki Clan's relocation and freed the miners and villagers on Jiangcao Gold Mountain.
• Hikari, Natsuhi, and two injured Hoshinin arrived at Life Curry House, where Granny Sansho served them curry rice.

Uchiha Hikari arranged the Kurosuki Clan’s relocation and traveled to the Land of Fire, where memories of her clan drew her to its ruined old grounds. She headed for Konoha with an orange Ninja Cat, insisting to herself that she only wanted to check on Menma.

• Uchiha Hikari ate the Curry of Life with relish, then arranged rooms for the wounded Hoshigakure shinobi.
• Uchiha Hikari met Kurosuki Bunta at the Kurosuki Clan’s stronghold and agreed to spare Raiga Kurosuki’s pregnant wife and unborn child.
• Fire Fly supervised the Kurosuki Clan as they disguised themselves as an ore caravan and set out for the Land of Stars, while Natsuhi returned with them.
• Uchiha Hikari traveled east to the ruined Uchiha clan grounds, where an orange Ninja Cat approached her and improved her mood.
• Uchiha Hikari picked up the cat and headed toward Konoha, while Menma sensed a chill at Ichiraku Ramen and searched for White Zetsu.

Uchiha Hikari entered Konoha disguised as Natsuhi and searched for Menma while observing the village and its Uchiha police force. She finally spotted Menma with Naruto and Hinata, and their eyes met.

• Uchiha Hikari entered Konoha with a caravan and registered under Natsuhi's name.
• Uchiha Hikari left the caravan and watched Uchiha officers confiscate Saga Tota's stall after repeated violations.
• Uchiha Hikari changed out of her cloak and walked openly through the village, learning where the Konoha Military Police Force and Uchiha compound were located.
• Uchiha Hikari spotted Naruto, Menma, and Hinata on the street, and Menma turned to look at her.

Menma and his friends shared a meal before he took Hinata home, while Uchiha Hikari waited by the Naka River and cried over Menma's deception. Izumi Uchiha comforted Hikari with Three-color Dango, then left Menma to coax her as she thought of Itachi.

• Menma, Naruto, and Hinata competed at Ichiraku Ramen, where Hinata ate twenty bowls and Naruto ate ten.
• Menma walked Hinata home with Naruto, and the three friends joked together on the way.
• Izumi Uchiha found Uchiha Hikari crying by the Naka River and offered her Three-color Dango.
• Hikari told Izumi her name, and Izumi introduced herself and shared the food without pressing her about her tears.
• Menma arrived and apologized for deceiving Hikari, who remained angry as he tried to comfort her.
• Izumi left the pair and, while holding the orange cat, thought about Itachi.

Menma comforted Uchiha Hikari over her age, heard that she had killed Raiga Kurosuki, and discussed recovering technology from Soragakure's ruins. He then brought her into an illusion depicting Izumi Uchiha witnessing Itachi Uchiha slaughtering members of the Uchiha clan.

• Menma shared dango with Uchiha Hikari and reassured her that he would not despise her for being centuries old.
• Uchiha Hikari told Menma she had killed Raiga Kurosuki and sent the remaining Kurosuki clansmen back to the Land of Stars with Fire Fly and Natsuhi.
• Menma discussed sending people to collect technology from Soragakure's ruins in the Land of Rivers.
• Menma showed Uchiha Hikari the Book of Vermilion Moon and transported them into an illusion of the Uchiha compound.
• Menma and Uchiha Hikari watched Izumi Uchiha helplessly witness Itachi Uchiha attack a child beside two murdered elders.

Menma explained to Uchiha Hikari the political tensions and choices behind the Uchiha Clan Downfall Night, including Shisui’s death and Itachi’s role. Hikari intervened to save Izumi from another cycle and marked her with Imprinted Tsukuyomi, telling her to strengthen her Sharingan to find the answer.

• Menma described how Konoha’s mistrust of the Uchiha, the clan’s growing calls for rebellion, and Danzō’s plan led Itachi and Obito to slaughter the clan while Hiruzen allowed it.
• Menma explained that Danzō ambushed Shisui after learning of Kotoamatsukami, and Shisui chose suicide to avoid a conflict between the village and his clan.
• Hikari condemned Shisui and Itachi’s choices, then asked Menma about Izumi, who was repeatedly reliving the clan’s downfall in the illusion.
• Hikari told Menma she wanted Izumi, received his permission, and descended into the clan grounds to cut her way to her.
• Hikari killed the young Itachi who was about to kill Izumi and asked whether Izumi wanted to change what had happened.
• Hikari placed the power of Imprinted Tsukuyomi in Izumi and told her to strengthen her Sharingan because she could not yet bear despair.

Itachi Uchiha began his Anbu duty monitoring the Uchiha clan, learning that the village’s suspicions had intensified after the Nine-Tails Incident and Shisui Uchiha’s encounter with a mysterious Uchiha. As he watched the compound, he spotted the exhausted, limping Izumi Uchiha and wondered what had happened to her.

• Kakashi led Itachi Uchiha to the Anbu surveillance room and assigned him to monitor the Uchiha compound.
• Kakashi explained that the Nine-Tails Incident and Shisui Uchiha losing a Sharingan had deepened the village’s suspicion of the clan.
• Kakashi ordered Itachi to report every abnormality to the village, leaving Itachi torn between his clan and the village.
• Itachi activated his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and began studying surveillance footage of the Uchiha compound.
• Itachi saw Izumi Uchiha arrive at the clan gate looking pale, exhausted, and slightly limping, and Kakashi asked whether he had noticed something.

Uchiha Hikari and Menma visited Fugaku Uchiha’s home, where Hikari defeated him with her Mangekyō Sharingan. After Fugaku recovered, she claimed he should call her his great-great-great-great-grandmother.

• Itachi Uchiha reported that surveillance around the Uchiha clan grounds showed no unusual activity, while Kakashi reminded him to stay alert.
• Uchiha Hikari and Menma watched the exhausted Izumi Uchiha return to the clan grounds, then decided to visit Fugaku Uchiha’s family.
• Mikoto Uchiha welcomed the masked Menma and Uchiha Hikari into the house, where Sasuke Uchiha watched them with curiosity.
• Fugaku Uchiha recognized Menma’s mask and challenged Hikari, but she trapped him in her Tsukuyomi World and overpowered his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• After Fugaku regained consciousness, Uchiha Hikari told him that, by seniority, he should call her his great-great-great-great-grandmother.

Uchiha Hikari and the masked Menma confronted Fugaku about the Uchiha clan’s worsening conflict with Konoha and urged him to abandon the village. Their visit left Fugaku shaken by their knowledge of the Nine-Tails Incident, while Hikari revealed her name as she departed.

• Uchiha Hikari claimed to be Fugaku’s great-great-great-grandmother, stunning Fugaku and Mikoto with her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Menma condemned Fugaku’s leadership and warned that remaining in Konoha would lead the Uchiha clan to extermination.
• Hikari declared that she and Menma would eventually take the remaining Uchiha away from Konoha to seek a future for the clan.
• Fugaku challenged their motives, defended his efforts to protect the clan, and questioned whether Hikari had caused the Nine-Tails Incident.
• Menma hinted that he knew the true mastermind behind the Nine-Tails Incident, while Hikari criticized the Uchiha for explaining themselves to Konoha.
• As Menma and Hikari prepared to leave, Fugaku asked Hikari’s name, and she identified herself as Uchiha Hikari.

After Uchiha Hikari and Asura visited Fugaku’s home, Fugaku struggled with their revelations about the Uchiha clan’s fate and the Nine-Tails Incident. He kept the visit secret from the village and clan, but Itachi quietly left to seek Shisui’s advice.

• After Hikari and Asura vanished, Fugaku wondered whether an unknown Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan had caused the Nine-Tails Incident and debated whether to report the encounter.
• Fugaku spent the night searching his clan’s records for Uchiha Hikari and fearing that the Uchiha might suffer the same fate as Kirigakure’s exterminated clans.
• When Itachi returned from an Anbu mission, Sasuke told him that two strange visitors had come, and Fugaku identified them as Asura and Uchiha Hikari.
• Fugaku told Itachi not to report the encounter or tell anyone in the clan, and Itachi pretended to agree despite his doubts.
• After breakfast, Itachi left a Shadow Clone at home and hurried to visit his close friend for advice.

Itachi Uchiha sought Shisui’s advice about hiding Uchiha Hikari and Asura’s visit from the village, then reported the matter to Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen praised Itachi’s judgment and ordered him to investigate the pair’s connections to the Uchiha while the village secretly increased its clan surveillance.

• Itachi told Shisui Uchiha about Uchiha Hikari and Asura’s visit to Fugaku and Fugaku’s request to keep it secret.
• Shisui urged Itachi to report the powerful outsiders to Hiruzen, arguing that the village needed to investigate them to protect both Konoha and the clan.
• Itachi reported the visit to Hiruzen and stressed the danger posed by Uchiha Hikari and Asura.
• Hiruzen praised Itachi’s judgment and considered whether the pair’s actions offered a new explanation for the Nine-Tails Incident.
• Hiruzen ordered Itachi to secretly investigate the pair’s ties to the Uchiha and increase surveillance of the clan without provoking panic or conflict.

In Konoha 55, Menma continued developing the Land of Stars while Orochimaru invited him to see the results of his latest research. Menma discovered Orochimaru had cloned single-tomoe Sharingan and found Shin Uchiha, a boy able to accept transplanted organs and Kekkei Genkai, but Orochimaru had yet to name his price.

• Menma stabilized Gota's condition after half a year of treatment and planned to let more Iburi Clan members receive the serum gradually.
• Menma visited Karin, Kimimaro, and Haku, told them they would attend the Land of Stars' Ninja Academy next year, and considered having Uchiha Hikari and Kakuzu train Kimimaro.
• Uzumaki Fuka gave Menma a secret letter from Orochimaru, who invited Asura to discuss two new research results.
• Menma entered Orochimaru's underground base and saw that Orochimaru had successfully cultured single-tomoe Sharingan.
• Orochimaru showed Menma Shin Uchiha, whose body could accept transplanted organs and Kekkei Genkai without rejection, and proposed developing a clone vessel using Hashirama Cells and White Zetsu cells.
• Menma recognized Shin's potential for experiments and asked Orochimaru what he wanted in exchange.

Menma negotiated with Orochimaru over cloned cells, Byakugan, and White Zetsu while steering him toward the Rinnegan and Akatsuki. After Orochimaru offered to improve the Impure World Reincarnation, Menma left considering whether he could use it to speak with Namikaze Minato.

• Orochimaru asked Menma about the Rinnegan, and Menma confirmed its power while warning him to be cautious and suggesting he could test its holder himself.
• Orochimaru asked about the Byakugan, and Menma warned him about Danzo before offering to trade cloned Byakugan for technology.
• Menma traded for Shin Uchiha's cloned cells and cloning technology, gave Orochimaru another White Zetsu, and told him to use it sparingly.
• Orochimaru offered to make another deal if he could improve the Impure World Reincarnation, and Menma considered using it to summon Namikaze Minato.
• Menma departed, and Orochimaru guessed that the person Asura wanted to revive was the Fourth Hokage.

Menma advanced research into cloned Sharingan and Kekkei Genkai while reviewing plans for the Land of Stars’ Ninja Academy and shinobi army. He found the name Kabuto on the admissions list for the academy.

• Menma gave his Shadow Clones Shin's cloned cells and the Cloned Sharingan research scroll, ordering them to study transplantation and advance Sharingan cultivation.
• Menma returned to his Star City home, where Uchiha Hikari shared food and gave him Uzumaki Fuka’s academy admissions and staffing list.
• Menma reviewed plans to teach thirty-seven children in three age-based classes before they qualified to join the Land of Stars’ shinobi army.
• Menma saw that the list included Kabuto, an orphan from Kumamoto Castle in the Land of Stars.

Yakushi Kabuto began spying on the Land of Stars under orders from Danzō, while Menma learned of his presence and considered how to protect Yakushi Nonō and recruit Kabuto. Menma remained hidden above the academy as Kabuto returned to bed, unaware that he had been watched.

• Yakushi Kabuto recalled his recent mission in Sunagakure and Danzō's orders to infiltrate the Land of Stars and investigate its Uchiha and the Asura factory.
• Kabuto spotted a fleeting figure he thought was Menma, searched the academy grounds, and returned to the dormitory without finding anyone.
• Menma watched Kabuto from above and concluded that Danzō had begun paying attention to the Land of Stars and Uchiha Hikari.
• Menma decided he could not let Yakushi Nonō remain hidden in Iwagakure and considered recruiting her and Kabuto for the Land of Stars.

Menma used Uchiha Hikari’s Imprinted Tsukuyomi to make the controlled Iwagakure jonin Gari investigate Yakushi Nonō. Gari identified a possible alias for her and learned she had been sent to the Land of Rain border, giving Menma a lead on her whereabouts.

• Menma reviewed the fabricated records that gave Yakushi Kabuto a legal identity as Kumamoto Kabuto in the Land of Stars and considered keeping him there.
• Menma asked Uchiha Hikari to activate the Imprinted Tsukuyomi on Gari and investigate Yakushi Nonō’s movements in Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Hikari remotely took control of Gari while he was training genin, and the other Iwa-nin noticed nothing unusual.
• Gari discreetly asked his acquaintance Yoshikawa about Suzuhara Ai, a wandering medical ninja suspected of being Yakushi Nonō.
• Yoshikawa told Gari that Suzuhara Ai had gone with a medical team to support the border near the Land of Rain, and Uchiha Hikari relayed the intelligence to Menma.

Menma sent Gari to retrieve Suzuhara Ai, but Hiruko ambushed and captured him before he could reach her. After examining the abandoned battlefield, Menma recognized Hiruko and used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to search for him.

• Menma ordered Gari to bring Suzuhara Ai back from the Land of Earth and left to meet them.
• Gari traveled southeast through the Land of Earth toward the border of the Land of Rain under Uchiha Hikari's control.
• A strange beast and a bandage-wielding white-haired ninja attacked Gari, and the attacker absorbed his Explosion Release with Dark Release.
• The attacker bound and captured Gari, leaving Uchiha Hikari unable to control him.
• Menma arrived at the battlefield, identified the attacker as Hiruko, and opened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

Menma tracked down Hiruko and confronted him over the Chimera Technique. As their summoned beasts fought, Menma blocked Hiruko’s escape and demanded the technique.

• Menma used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to locate Gari and rushed toward him.
• Hiruko encountered Menma, whom he recognized as Asura, while carrying the unconscious Gari toward his base.
• Menma revealed his interest in Hiruko’s Chimera Technique, prompting Hiruko to order his Chimera Beast to attack and flee with Gari.
• Menma summoned the Black Tortoise, which clashed with the Chimera Beast in a battle of water and fire.
• Hiruko tried to escape through a mountain crevice, but Menma appeared in his path and demanded the thing he wanted.