Chapter Summaries

Sasuke learned more about Yugimaru’s possible connection to Yagura and his untested ability to control tailed beasts. He then offered Karin a choice of teacher, leaving her to decide whether she preferred a man or a woman.

• Kabuto Yakushi told Sasuke that Yugimaru might have inherited an ability connected to the Three-Tails and explained that its full scope was unknown.
• Sasuke pointed out that Yugimaru was related to Yagura, and Kabuto admitted he could not confirm the connection.
• Sasuke recalled Guren’s loyalty to Orochimaru and considered trying to subdue her later.
• Sasuke told Karin he planned to find her a teacher from the Uzumaki Clan and asked whether she preferred a man or a woman.
• Karin questioned what kind of teacher he meant, then asked Sasuke to choose for her.

Sasuke and Kabuto Yakushi used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Mito Uzumaki and ask her to teach them Uzumaki sealing techniques. Mito learned how Konoha and the Uchiha had changed, and the chapter left her shocked by the news.

• Kabuto Yakushi prepared a sacrifice infused with Hashirama Cells, and Sasuke used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Mito Uzumaki.
• Mito recognized the forbidden jutsu and demanded to know who had summoned her and why.
• Sasuke explained that he wanted Mito to teach them about the Uzumaki Clan and its Fuinjutsu.
• Mito tried to resist, but sensed Hashirama's Chakra in the jutsu and in Sasuke.
• Sasuke told Mito that the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated and that he was its last survivor in Konoha.
• Sasuke recounted Konoha's succession of Hokage and the deaths of Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi, leaving Mito stunned.

Mito Uzumaki met Karin, learned she was the last of her family, and agreed to teach her the Uzumaki clan's knowledge. She asked Sasuke to take her to the Land of Whirlpools, where they arrived to find it overtaken by ruins and nature.

• Karin met Mito Uzumaki and told her that her father had died during migration and that her mother was gone.
• Mito embraced Karin, apologized for the clan's failure to protect her, and agreed to teach her clan knowledge.
• Sasuke proposed cooperation between the Uchiha and Uzumaki clans, and Mito asked to visit the Land of Whirlpools.
• Sasuke, Karin, and Mito traveled to the Land of Whirlpools and saw its ruined settlements swallowed by vegetation.

Sasuke surveyed the ruined Land of Whirlpools with Karin as Mito Uzumaki recalled its past, while his projects in the Land of Waves continued. To expand his work without exhausting his Chakra, he relied on Reanimated Ninja for transporting earth and stone.

• Mito Uzumaki showed Karin the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools and recalled leaving her homeland to become Konoha's Jinchuriki.
• Sasuke's plantation in the Land of Waves continued developing under hired managers despite his frequent absences.
• Mineral deposits helped Sasuke raise a new island near the Land of Waves, but he needed more land and elevation.
• Sasuke and Sasori's Chakra Battery research had made progress, though storing and transferring Chakra still caused significant losses.
• Sasuke assigned the work of gathering and transporting earth, sand, and stone to Reanimated Ninja.

Sasuke developed a plan to keep those summoned through Impure World Reincarnation willing to work by offering them benefits and ways to satisfy their needs. He and Sasori began experimenting with prosthetic puppet bodies to restore the reanimated dead’s senses, but the results remained crude, especially for touch.

• Sasuke found that controlling reanimated personnel with Shadow Clones imposed too much Chakra and mental strain, so he chose to give them some autonomy.
• Sasuke planned to offer the reanimated dead wages, homes, vacations, financial support, and entertainment to encourage them to keep working.
• Sasuke pursued prosthetic bodies combined with the Human Puppet technique to restore the reanimated dead’s five senses.
• After eight or nine rounds of experiments, Sasori tested the prosthetic puppets and found the sensations unimpressive, while Sasuke agreed that the materials limited the feedback.
• Sasuke identified touch, particularly sensations in the oral cavity, as the main problem still to solve.

After studying Inorganic Reincarnation, Sasuke developed prosthetic bodies for Impure World Reincarnations and prepared to use them in a larger construction project. The chapter left him pursuing freshwater collection and testing methods for developing the Land of Whirlpools.

• Sasuke resumed laboratory research after returning to the original Timeline and began exploring new Chakra technology based on Inorganic Reincarnation.
• After two months of work, Sasuke produced the first prosthetic body devices and tested them on himself and Impure World Reincarnation laborers.
• Sasuke's third-generation simulated human organ prosthetic bodies, made mainly from Uzumaki Remains, entered official use.
• Sasuke integrated Uzumaki Clan Human Puppets into the reincarnated ninjas, increasing their Chakra capacity and reducing losses.
• Sasuke used construction in the Land of Waves to test plans for the Land of Whirlpools and to explore collecting freshwater from mountains and rainfall.

Sasuke continued building an artificial island off the Land of Waves while Inari sought him out for help with his studies. The island project was progressing far more slowly than Sasuke had hoped, and he left its expansion underway as Inari prepared to meet him again.

• Inari searched for Sasuke during his extra months of study, then finally found him inspecting construction by the shore.
• Inari asked Sasuke about questions from his books, and Sasuke told him to return at eight the next morning.
• Inari asked what to call Sasuke, who told him to use the name Fan instead of revealing the Uchiha name.
• Sasuke considered giving Inari test papers and modest guidance, hoping he would eventually develop his family's skilled trade.
• Sasuke assessed the five Impure World workers' efforts and saw that their loads of rocks and gravel had made only a tiny point above the sea.
• Sasuke concluded that building the island into a towering Mount Fuji would take far longer than expected.

Inari took a placement test at Sasuke’s plantation, where Sasuke assessed his results and offered him a major construction job. The chapter ended with Sasuke asking Inari to decide whether he would lead the design and construction of a bridge across the sea.

• Inari arrived at the plantation and completed a seven-hour placement test under a Crow’s supervision.
• Sasuke’s Shadow Clone checked Inari’s ten test papers and found that he handled easy questions well but struggled with difficult ones, especially chemistry.
• Sasuke asked Inari about his current inn project in the Land of Waves and his plans after it finished.
• Sasuke offered Inari a job as foreman designing and building a roughly two-and-a-half-kilometer bridge, with plans and budgets due before next February.
• Inari worried that workers would not listen to him because he was still a child, and Sasuke told him to think carefully before refusing.

Sasuke accepted Inari as a disciple and taught him how to begin refining Chakra, while warning him that becoming stronger could bring danger to his family. He left Inari with a cultivation routine, sword practice, and instructions to report back in two weeks.

• Inari chose to take on the bridge mission despite recognizing how difficult the work would be.
• Sasuke explained Chakra refinement and told Inari to live as an ordinary person if he lacked the talent to cultivate.
• Sasuke gave Inari textbooks and a wooden sword, assigned him daily practice, and told him to report his progress in two weeks.
• Inari asked whether he had passed the test to become Sasuke's disciple, and Sasuke accepted him while telling him to call him Sensei in public.

Sasuke gave Sasori a custom prosthetic body as a New Year’s gift, letting him experience realistic sensations and eat like an ordinary person in front of his parents. Sasori tested the body, discussed his failed Spirit Transformation training, and questioned Sasuke about the factories near his parents’ home.

• Sasuke left Inari to continue developing at his own pace after the boy showed only average talent and learned to extract Chakra.
• Sasuke limited his use of Impure World Reincarnation because he lacked enough prosthetic bodies and wanted to avoid attracting the Akatsuki Organization’s attention.
• Sasuke gave Sasori a custom prosthetic body that recreated much of a real body’s sensations, including eating.
• Sasori tested the body and said Spirit Transformation Jutsu had failed because his remaining core could not withstand the damage of leaving his body.
• Sasori asked Sasuke about factories near his parents’ home, and Sasuke said their wastewater was discharged westward, away from the nearby river.

Sasuke’s group prepared for a New Year’s trip, while Mito learned more about Sasuke’s hidden operations and joined the plans. They set out for the Land of Tea before continuing to the Land of Hot Water.

• The staff discussed caring for Kimimaro’s six newborn Clones and chose to keep them in Incubation Tanks until after the nursing stage.
• Sasuke brought four more Incubation Tanks containing children with Byakugan eyes to the base.
• Mito learned that Orochimaru was temporarily dead and that Sasuke used his name as cover while avoiding Konoha.
• Kabuto worried about including Mito in the group’s meals, but Sasuke told him to treat her like an ordinary person.
• The group chose to spend New Year’s Eve in the Land of Tea and planned to visit the Land of Hot Water afterward.

Sasuke took his companions shopping and then introduced Mito Uzumaki to a prosthetic body that let her taste food. He discussed using Impure World Reincarnation to secure the manpower needed to rebuild the Land of Whirlpools.

• Sasuke gave each companion a scroll containing 1,000,000 Ryo and reminded them to keep a low profile while shopping.
• Sasuke invited Karin to choose fabrics with him, but Suigetsu joined them with Kidomaru and Jugo, and the group went to find Kabuto and the others.
• At dinner, Mito Uzumaki used her new prosthetic body to eat in front of everyone, and Sasuke explained that it could taste food.
• Suigetsu questioned how the prosthetic body worked, and Karin attacked him with senbon after he teased her.
• Mito questioned Sasuke about the prosthetic body and whether he planned to use Impure World Reincarnation again, and Sasuke asked how many people and how much time rebuilding the Land of Whirlpools would require.

Sasuke established monthly compensation and mission pay for his partners, though Jugo and Suigetsu said they did not want money. Suigetsu then challenged Sasuke to a swordsmanship match for one of the ninja swords, leaving Sasuke to agree under restrictions.

• Sasuke proposed a monthly base salary of 500,000 Ryo and separate pay for missions.
• Jugo and Suigetsu declined compensation, but Sasuke insisted he had to pay them.
• Suigetsu asked Sasuke to move the plan forward so he could get the remaining ninja swords sooner.
• Kabuto Yakushi explained that he had agreed to investigate nonclassified information, and Suigetsu joked that Kabuto should charge him an intelligence fee.
• Suigetsu challenged Sasuke to a swordsmanship match, wagering that Sasuke would give him a sword if he won and agreeing to work for Sasuke if he lost.
• Sasuke accepted the match after Suigetsu banned Lightning Style, genjutsu, and Sharingan.

Sasuke gave Yugimaru an allowance and continued investigating how to develop sage techniques without relying on a Sage Region. He left the chapter planning to test an artificial Sage Region despite its many drawbacks, hoping to avoid the lasting influence of Ryūchi Cave.

• Sasuke arranged payments for the Edo Tensei workers and gave Yugimaru an allowance until he reached genin level.
• Sasuke sent greetings to Tsunade and Naruto through Fish Cake, but did not answer Naruto's indirect questions about Orochimaru's bases.
• Sasuke tested cultivating at Rōran and the Gelel Ore Vein and found their Natural Energy less effective than that of a Sage Region.
• Sasuke decided to avoid using Ryūchi Cave to charge Sage Chakra because its influence seemed to leave a lasting mark on the body.
• Sasuke planned to use Cursed Seal and Human Puppet techniques to create an isolated room with concentrated Natural Energy, though the method would be costly and inefficient.

Sasuke searched the Land of Earth for Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and found him living in seclusion in a border village. He asked Roshi to use Lava Release for a large construction project, but Roshi balked at the scale of the work.

• Sasuke traveled to the Land of Earth to find Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Sasuke learned in Iwagakure that Roshi lived in seclusion somewhere in the country.
• Sasuke searched the Land of Earth for more than half a month and found Roshi working a field in a border village.
• Sasuke asked Roshi to take a construction job using Lava Release to melt the ground.
• Roshi examined Sasuke's plans and objected to the size of the one-square-kilometer work area.

Sasuke visited Roshi to ask whether the Four-Tails would help with construction on the Artificial Island. He entered Roshi’s Mental Space to speak with the tailed beast directly, leaving Roshi more curious about who Sasuke was.

• Sasuke explained the Artificial Island project and asked Roshi whether the Four-Tails could help fuse its materials with Lava Release.
• Roshi said he lacked no money but might accompany the Four-Tails if the beast wanted to go.
• Sasuke entered Roshi’s Mental Space to speak directly with the Four-Tails.
• Roshi was surprised that Sasuke could enter the spiritual world and became more curious about his identity.

Sasuke confronted Four-Tails and negotiated over the seal binding him to Roshi. Four-Tails recognized Sasuke’s Chakra and asked him to release the seal, but Sasuke left the offer conditional.

• Sasuke offered Four-Tails a banana, provoking him into attacking with Chakra.
• Sasuke withstood Four-Tails’ Chakra and asked him to name his terms.
• Four-Tails recognized Sasuke’s Chakra as connected to both Indra and Asura, then asked him to destroy the seal.
• Sasuke warned that releasing Four-Tails would kill Roshi, who said he would accept that fate if Four-Tails wanted freedom.
• Sasuke said he would consider releasing the seal, but refused Four-Tails’ attempt to provoke him.

Sasuke tried to recruit the Four-Tails and Roshi to create a volcanic eruption in the Land of Earth, but the Four-Tails initially refused. The Four-Tails agreed to help for 8,000,000 Ryo, unaware that Matatabi’s payment had been shared with her Jinchuriki.

• Sasuke showed the Four-Tails a mountain model and asked him to create a volcano that would erupt from the ground.
• The Four-Tails challenged Sasuke’s assumptions about reaching underground magma and refused to help at first.
• Roshi said the task would be difficult without the Four-Tails’ Chakra and noted that the Four-Tails seemed to have partly agreed.
• Sasuke offered 4,000,000 Ryo, and the Four-Tails interrupted to demand 8,000,000 Ryo.
• The Four-Tails agreed to work with Roshi for 8,000,000 Ryo, planning to split the payment equally and keep it secret from Matatabi.

Sasuke took Roshi away from the Land of Earth after confirming that the Four-Tails accepted their arrangement. They departed by air on Sasuke’s specially crafted black bird, while Sasuke left a Shadow Clone behind to conceal Roshi’s absence.

• Sasuke asked Roshi when he could leave, and Roshi paused to lament that he would miss tending his vegetable patch.
• Roshi packed a few changes of clothes at home and asked Sasuke how they would travel.
• Sasuke shaped Iron Sand and ink around the Second Kazekage’s Human Puppet to create a flying black bird.
• Sasuke set up a Heavenly Needle mark and planned to leave a Shadow Clone behind to make the Land of Earth believe Roshi had not left.
• Sasuke flew off with Roshi, gradually increasing their speed as Roshi adjusted to the high-altitude ride.

Sasuke transformed Crow into a fast, enclosed flying craft and carried Roshi toward the Land of Tea, where they shared fruit and talked with the Four-Tails. The journey continued south in comfort, with Roshi still curious about Sasuke’s advanced technology.

• Sasuke summoned metal and glass parts and incorporated them into Crow to form a glass-canopied craft.
• Sasuke accelerated the craft past 200 kilometers per hour while Roshi marveled at its speed and comfort.
• Sasuke offered Roshi fruit and explained that the Land of Tea had fresh fruit throughout the year.
• Roshi picked a strawberry as the Four-Tails spoke from within him and claimed he had always had fruit in Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• The Four-Tails extended a Chakra claw to take a banana and insisted he was not craving Sasuke’s fruit.