Chapter Summaries

Mingren killed Suikazan Fuguki after breaking through his water prison and enduring the Thousand Feeding Sharks. After absorbing Fuguki’s Negative Emotions, Mingren’s strength reached 20, and he began adapting to his dramatically increased power.

• Mingren carved a path through the Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave and charged toward Suikazan Fuguki as Fuguki unleashed the Thousand Feeding Sharks.
• Mingren slashed Fuguki repeatedly, fatally wounding him while Pakura watched in disbelief.
• Mingren split Fuguki’s head and pierced his chest to ensure he was dead, causing the water techniques to collapse.
• Mingren absorbed Fuguki’s Negative Emotions, raising his strength to 20 and experiencing the effects of amplified negative thoughts.
• Mingren considered the dangers of spreading Dark Chakra and tested his new power, finding that a single step carried him several hundred meters.

Mingren subdued Pakura after she tried to attack Suiren, then asked her to become his subordinate and help rescue Asuka in Amegakure. He promised her a chance to take revenge on Sunagakure’s leaders and Kirigakure, and Pakura questioned why he wanted her despite opposing Bloodline Theory.

• Mingren cut apart Pakura’s Scorching Release Fireball before it could hit Suiren.
• Pakura charged Mingren, who overpowered her and pinned her down until her rage subsided.
• Mingren invited Pakura to join him, promising she could take revenge after helping rescue Asuka and reclaim Amegakure.
• Mingren explained that Pakura’s standing in Sunagakure could let her enter Amegakure and rescue Asuka while he fought the enemy forces there.
• Pakura asked why Mingren wanted her as a subordinate if he opposed Bloodline Theory, and he replied that Guren had told her about it.

Mingren convinced Pakura that he had no bloodline and explained his ambition to overthrow the existing order and prove ordinary people could defeat bloodline wielders. He took Pakura toward the Land of Water at supersonic speed, determined to make his name known throughout the Ninja World.

• Mingren told Pakura he opposed Bloodline Theory and planned to announce that a bloodline-free ninja had defeated her.
• Mingren explained that he intended to overthrow the existing order and prevent tragedies like Pakura’s from happening again, and Pakura agreed to go with him for revenge.
• Mingren decided to take Samehada and Thunder Sword Fang back to sell them, while Suiren escaped the valley to report what had happened to her village’s leaders.
• Mingren carried Pakura away at supersonic speed and left Shennong planning to seek the Eight Inner Gates and the Zero-Tails Scroll.
• During the journey toward the Land of Water, Mingren’s high-speed travel startled people across the sea, and he told Pakura he wanted his name known throughout the Ninja World.

Kirigakure's leaders learned that Amakawa Mingren had killed Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki, while Karatachi Yagura left to claim the newly reborn Three-Tails. Mingren returned to Amegakure with Pakura and Guren, and Pakura headed into the village to confront Konoha's representative, Uchiha Ryūka.

• Suiren reported Mingren's speed, his defeat of Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki, and his warning against invading the Land of Rain to Kirigakure's leaders.
• Karatachi Yagura argued that Amegakure could produce a fighter like Might Duy, then left after learning the Three-Tails had been reborn.
• Asuka remained under house arrest in Amegakure and told Ryu that Mingren would never forgive his betrayal.
• Mingren arrived near Amegakure with Pakura and Guren, and Guren reported that Uchiha Ryūka was Konoha's representative.
• Pakura walked openly toward Amegakure to meet Uchiha Ryūka.

Mingren infiltrated Amegakure while Pakura went to confirm Asuka’s safety, and the two prepared to carry out their separate parts of the plan. Mingren confronted Ryu, whose Swift Release Kekkei Genkai signaled the start of their battle, while Asuka faced Pakura at the tower.

• Mingren swam through Amegakure’s waterways using Hanzo’s map as Pakura entered the Central Tower without raising suspicion.
• Pakura reached the top floor, where Sunagakure shinobi tried to stop her from acting rashly, and found Asuka watching her with hostility.
• Mingren killed two guards, then encountered Ryu ordering an Amegakure Ninja to be taken away and incapacitated the two escorts.
• Ryu welcomed Mingren and activated his Swift Release Kekkei Genkai after Mingren refused to hear his explanation.

Pakura checked on Asuka while Mingren defeated Ryu, the Swift Release user, and left a message intended to draw out Uchiha Ryūka. Ryūka arrived at the office and found the bodies and writing on the wall.

• Pakura asked Asuka if she had been hurt, and a Konoha Ninja explained that Asuka had only been kept under house arrest.
• Ryu attacked Mingren with Swift Release, but Mingren caught his wrists and crushed them.
• Mingren killed Ryu with a single blow to the head.
• Mingren moved the bookshelf, wrote a message on the wall, and left to draw out Uchiha Ryūka.
• Uchiha Ryūka arrived with others, found the bodies and unconscious Amegakure Ninja, and read the writing on the wall.

Uchiha Ryūka was lured out of Amegakure while Pakura began an operation to rescue Hanzo’s granddaughter, and the Land of Rain’s Daimyo dealt with the fallout from Amegakure falling beyond his control. Ten kilometers outside the village, Mingren waited for Ryūka and prepared to face his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Ryūka left Amegakure after finding a taunting message about his wife, Uchiha Kiyomi.
• Pakura observed Ryūka’s departure, then attacked Asuka and began the rescue operation from inside the Central Tower.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Water confronted the Daimyo of the Land of Rain about the stolen ninja swords, and the latter admitted he no longer controlled Amegakure.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Rain learned that Hanzo remained missing and that his loyal ninja had hidden him.
• Mingren waited outside Amegakure and reviewed what Guren had told him about Ryūka’s extreme-speed Mangekyō ability, deciding he could outlast its ocular techniques.

Mingren fought Uchiha Ryūka in a one-on-one duel, but Ryūka’s Mangekyō abilities let him withstand Mingren’s opening attack and outpace him. The chapter ended with Mingren assessing Ryūka’s greater speed as their battle continued.

• Uchiha Ryūka arrived to fight Mingren, driven by hatred over his wife’s death and the attacks on his son, Shisui Uchiha.
• Mingren struck first at extreme speed and sent Ryūka crashing through rocks, trees, and an earthen slope.
• Ryūka emerged unharmed, activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, and slashed Mingren with a chakra-enchanted Katana.
• Mingren and Ryūka exchanged supersonic sword strikes, racing hundreds of meters as the sounds of their clashes followed behind them.
• Mingren concluded that he was stronger than Ryūka, but Ryūka surpassed him in movement and attack speed.

Mingren and Uchiha Ryūka fought through an abandoned town as Ryūka’s speed overwhelmed Mingren’s technique, while Mingren’s strength and rapid healing kept him in the battle. In Konoha, Fugaku Uchiha revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan to the clan and warned that its power would bring blindness and the village leadership’s envy.

• Mingren and Uchiha Ryūka reached the abandoned town where Uchiha Kiyomi had died and continued their fight through its streets.
• Uchiha Ryūka’s speed gave him the advantage in their exchanges, but Mingren’s strength made Ryūka’s arms go numb and his body quickly healed from wounds.
• Fugaku Uchiha gathered the clan’s ninja in the Naka Shrine Underground Chamber and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Shisui saw Fugaku’s eyes and realized that Fugaku possessed the same power he secretly had.
• Fugaku told the clan that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan could bring a person to Kage level, but its use caused blindness and drew the village leadership’s envy.

Fugaku Uchiha worried that Uchiha Ryūka’s Mangekyō Sharingan would bring disaster on the clan, while Shisui Uchiha decided to reveal that he had one too. In Amegakure, Asuka rallied the village against the invading Sunagakure and Konoha forces as Pakura broke with Sunagakure, while Orochimaru watched Mingren and Uchiha Ryūka’s fight.

• Fugaku Uchiha feared that Ryūka’s Mangekyō Sharingan would provoke the village and put the clan in danger, and Shisui Uchiha decided to tell him about his own Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Pakura found Asuka in the damaged Tower and asked what she would do next; Asuka chose to stay and resist the invaders.
• Asuka lit a signal flare and called Amegakure’s ninja to counterattack the Sunagakure and Konoha forces.
• Pakura cut her Sunagakure forehead protector and joined the battle as a rogue ninja, while Asuka entered the fight.
• Orochimaru watched Mingren and Uchiha Ryūka battle at supersonic speed, and Ryūka struggled to understand his opponent’s power.

Amakawa Mingren battled Uchiha Ryūka, whose Mangekyō genjutsu and acceleration let him wound Mingren despite being overwhelmed by strength. Mingren broke Ryūka’s weapon and suspected his other eye had a defensive ability, while Ryūka began manifesting Susanoo; the chapter then explained that his right eye could decelerate negative effects on himself.

• Uchiha Ryūka used Mangekyō genjutsu to briefly stun Amakawa Mingren and slash open his chest.
• Mingren unleashed a storm of attacks, overwhelmed Ryūka’s defense, and shattered his blade.
• Ryūka emerged apparently unharmed, leading Mingren to suspect that his other Mangekyō ability had prevented the damage.
• Mingren taunted Ryūka about his wife, enraging him and prompting a faint Susanoo-like Chakra phantom to appear.
• The narration revealed that Ryūka’s left eye accelerated his actions while his right eye decelerated negative effects affecting him.

Mingren deduced that Ryūka’s Dojutsu slowed the damage he suffered, then overwhelmed him with relentless attacks. He pinned Ryūka and continued battering him, leaving their fight still underway.

• Mingren inferred that Ryūka’s Dojutsu delayed the effects of his wounds and attacked him with hundreds of rapid slashes.
• Mingren threatened to kill Shisui Uchiha if Ryūka fled, provoking Ryūka into a fistfight.
• Mingren’s greater strength battered Ryūka despite his ability to slow his injuries, while Dark Chakra healed Mingren.
• Mingren smashed Ryūka through a ten-story building, locked down his arms, and began repeatedly headbutting him.

Mingren killed Uchiha Ryūka after his eye technique failed, gaining more Strength and Dark Chakra. Orochimaru discussed the fight with Aburame Shikuroo, who had arrived to investigate Ryūka’s movements.

• Mingren smashed Uchiha Ryūka into the ground, and Ryūka’s injuries erupted when his eye technique failed, killing him and increasing Mingren’s Strength to 23.
• Mingren assessed his greater speed and Chakra reserves, then left the crater.
• Orochimaru watched Mingren depart and concluded that he had greatly underestimated Mingren’s abilities.
• Aburame Shikuroo appeared and told Orochimaru he had been ordered to investigate Uchiha Ryūka after his return from Amegakure.
• Orochimaru pointed Shikuroo toward Ryūka’s remains, and Shikuroo looked them over.

Orochimaru and Aburame Shikuroo examined Uchiha Ryūka’s remains, while Fugaku Uchiha learned that Shisui Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Fugaku explained the eyes’ cruel awakening condition and urged Shisui to keep it secret as the Uchiha Clan faced suppression from Konoha’s high command.

• Aburame Shikuroo arrived at the crater, heard Orochimaru describe the dojutsu backlash, and collected Uchiha Ryūka’s remains to prove his death.
• After the clan meeting, Shisui Uchiha told Fugaku Uchiha that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha inspected Shisui’s eyes and praised his talent, then explained that his own Mangekyō had awakened when a friend died protecting him.
• Shisui Uchiha blamed himself for failing to save Yuji, but Fugaku reassured him that Amakawa Mingren had been too powerful for him to face.
• Fugaku Uchiha warned Shisui to keep the Mangekyō’s awakening condition secret and told him to grow stronger amid the Uchiha Clan’s oppression.

Shisui Uchiha concealed his Mangekyō and was ordered by Fugaku to join the Police Force after passing the next Chunin Exam, while Mingren grew stronger and Amegakure reclaimed its sovereignty. The chapter ended with a series of thunderous explosions approaching the village as Pakura warned that Konoha and Sunagakure might send troops.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Shisui Uchiha to conceal his Mangekyō and pass the next Chunin Exam before joining the Police Force.
• Itachi woke and met Shisui Uchiha at home, while Fugaku decided to train Shisui personally after he joined the Police Force.
• Mingren tested his growing strength and learned to propel himself through the air by releasing concentrated Dark Chakra from his feet.
• Pakura and Asuka led Amegakure's forces to defeat or capture the enemy, reclaiming the village's sovereignty with help from Chuan's forces.
• Pakura warned Asuka that Konoha and Sunagakure might send troops, and thunderous explosions sounded in the distant sky.

After Amakawa Mingren helped retake Amegakure, Asuka became its acting leader while he planned to seize control of the Land of Rain and resist Konoha and Sunagakure. Meanwhile, the allied forces learned that Uchiha Ryūka was dead and began to recognize Mingren as a greater threat than they had expected.

• Amakawa Mingren landed on Amegakure’s wall after the village had been retaken, and Asuka took charge of its reconstruction as acting leader.
• Mingren told Pakura that he had defeated Uchiha Ryūka and reassured Yamada that he would fight any reinforcements from Konoha and Sunagakure.
• Mingren told Pakura he planned to control the entire Land of Rain and reveal her betrayal to the people at the next village-wide speech.
• Aburame Shikuroo returned with Uchiha Ryūka’s mangled remains, while Orochimaru claimed Ryūka had already been defeated when he arrived.
• Danzo and Utatane Koharu realized they had underestimated Amakawa Mingren’s strength.

Danzo and Koharu worried about the Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Danzo left for Konoha as Chiyo contacted Rasa about Pakura. At New Year, Mingren reassured Guren, then Asuka addressed Amegakure’s people as its young acting leader.

• Danzo and Koharu questioned Chiyo about Pakura’s actions, and Chiyo asked for time to contact Rasa.
• Danzo ordered ANBU to report to Hiruzen and investigate the Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan before deciding to return to Konoha himself.
• As the New Year bells rang, Mingren told Guren she had done well and directed her to continue researching the Dark Chakra Jutsu and Dark Container with him.
• The next morning, Asuka addressed Amegakure’s ninjas and civilians, who cheered and accepted her as their young acting village leader.

Mingren exposed Sunagakure’s betrayal of Pakura and had her declare that he had defeated her despite having no bloodline. Obito Uchiha watched the speech, then met with Nagato and Konan to plan Akatsuki’s recruitment and pursuit of their goals.

• Mingren told Amegakure’s civilians and ninjas that Sunagakure had betrayed Pakura, turning their hatred of her into sympathy and anger at their rulers.
• Pakura declared her hatred for Sunagakure’s leadership and revealed that Mingren, a man without a bloodline, had defeated her Scorching Release.
• Mingren spotted Obito Uchiha in the crowd, but Obito disappeared before Mingren could confront him.
• Obito met Nagato and Konan in Akatsuki’s old hideout, where Nagato agreed to gather the Tailed Beasts and pursue Obito’s plan.
• Nagato sent Konan to recruit Sasori of the Red Sands and planned to subdue Kakuzu and turn Yahiko into Pain.
• Obito decided to approach Mingren about joining Akatsuki, while Nagato also considered recruiting him and taking control of Amegakure.

Sunagakure’s leaders learned that Pakura had gone to Kirigakure before appearing in Amegakure, but refused to believe Amakawa Mingren had defeated her without a bloodline. The chapter left Konoha’s leaders beginning to discuss the same intelligence.

• Rasa and the Sunagakure elders confirmed that Pakura had traveled to Kirigakure before reaching Amegakure and speculated that she had hidden her true strength.
• The Sunagakure elders dismissed reports that Amakawa Mingren had defeated Pakura and killed Uchiha Ryūka without a bloodline.
• Rasa and the elders ordered the returned Sand Village Ninjas dealt with and spread a claim that Pakura had been controlled by enemy Genjutsu.
• Rasa told the elders that Sunagakure would accept Konoha’s proposal to join forces against Iwagakure, but Chiyo arrived and resigned, followed by Ebizo.
• Mitokado Homura told Konoha’s leaders that Amakawa Mingren had definitely hidden his strength.

Konoha’s leaders planned to pressure Iwagakure into a ceasefire while using the Uchiha Clan at the vanguard to expose their Mangekyō Sharingan, and they moved to weaken Amegakure by cutting off its funding. Mingren developed his Dark Void Palm as Amegakure resumed its recovery, while Hanzo remained unconscious and Mingren hinted that he was waiting for an opponent to act.

• Mitokado Homura said Sunagakure had agreed to join Konoha in pressuring Iwagakure into a ceasefire, and Danzo proposed sending Fugaku Uchiha and the Uchiha Clan to the vanguard to reveal their Mangekyō abilities.
• Danzo ordered the Daimyo of the Land of Wind and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to pressure the Daimyo of the Land of Rain to cut off Amegakure’s funding, and he assigned Aburame Shikuroo to threaten the daimyo if necessary.
• Shennong returned to Amegakure as Chuan and the other loyal Amegakure Ninja brought Hanzo back, while Mingren trained underwater and refined his Dark Void Palm.
• Shennong told Mingren that Hanzo remained unconscious and questioned whether Hanzo’s Granddaughter should continue on her current path, but Mingren said he had a plan for her.
• Mingren and Shennong went to the conference room, and Mingren indicated that he was waiting for his opponent to make a move.