Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Sōgetsu treated Uchiha Fugaku with his Mental Healing Method, giving him a dream of rescuing Konoha as the Fourth Hokage. Fugaku then told Sōgetsu that Lord Hokage wanted to assign him to the Anbu, and Sōgetsu agreed to go.

• Fugaku’s healing session ended after he dreamed of saving Konoha from Iwagakure, and Sōgetsu charged him fifty thousand ryo for the trial treatment.
• Fugaku considered paying for more sessions but declined because they cost one hundred thousand ryo each.
• Fugaku told Sōgetsu that Lord Hokage intended to transfer him to the Anbu, with the Uchiha Police Force as an alternative.
• Sōgetsu agreed to join the Anbu, and Fugaku left after reminding him that he would always be a member of the Uchiha Clan.
• Sōgetsu saw that his third psychologist side quest was complete and that his next quest required him to treat or fulfill the wishes of at least one hundred people.

Uchiha Sōgetsu brewed and drank the Sequence 6 Hypnotist potion, surviving its effects and gaining new abilities and physical enhancements. After advancing, he received the extraordinary item Lie, which he planned to use for his Anbu work.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu confirmed he had gathered the ingredients for the Hypnotist potion and secured his room with ninjutsu traps.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu brewed the potion from a Mind Dragon's pituitary gland, an Enchanting Bell Tree Fruit, and the remaining ingredients.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu drank the potion and resisted the pull of the Collective Unconscious Sea as his consciousness drifted through it.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu completed his advancement to Sequence 6, gaining Golden Scales, enhanced physical abilities, and three hypnosis-related powers.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu received the extraordinary item Lie, transformed the silver mask into a ring, and put it on for future Anbu operations.

Sōgetsu encountered Obito, learned that Hatake Sakumo had died by suicide, and visited the Third Hokage to join the Anbu. He left after the Hokage assigned Elephant to show him around, while Danzo’s hostility toward him remained unexplained.

• Sōgetsu met Obito, who wanted to try Wish Fulfillment, and offered him a discounted price for a later visit.
• Sōgetsu used Psychological Suggestion on two villagers and learned that Hatake Sakumo had committed suicide.
• Sōgetsu decided to accelerate his plans before the Third Great Ninja War and went to the Hokage Building.
• The Third Hokage praised Sōgetsu’s mission record and approved his joining the Anbu, while Danzo showed him open hostility.
• Sōgetsu left the office after the Third Hokage said Elephant would show him around.

Uchiha Sōgetsu joined the Anbu as Owl and learned that its members were mourning Hatake Sakumo. In a dream within the Church of Bones, he welcomed Hatake Sakumo into the Twilight Hermit Society after Sakumo agreed to join him.

• Elephant escorted Sōgetsu to Anbu headquarters, where he registered as Owl and listed Medical Ninjutsu and Psychological Therapy as his specialties.
• Sōgetsu offered an Anbu registrar Wish Fulfillment Therapy for 100,000 ryō per session, but the registrar refused.
• Elephant and Lin Jiao mourned Hatake Sakumo and worried over whether his death had truly been suicide, while Elephant warned Lin Jiao to remember his duty as Anbu.
• Sōgetsu returned to the Uchiha Residence, lit a candlestick, and entered a dream in the Church of Bones.
• Sōgetsu asked Hatake Sakumo whether he would continue down his path after seeing his fate, and Sakumo agreed to join the Twilight Hermit Society.

Orochimaru was drawn from his laboratory into a mysterious Divine Kingdom, where Uchiha Sōgetsu claimed he had been chosen by a god and challenged him to accept fate. The encounter ended with Hatake Sakumo holding a blade to Orochimaru’s throat, despite Orochimaru believing White Fang was dead.

• Orochimaru’s Wood Release experiment failed, turning the test subject into a wooden sculpture, and he recorded that he needed at least one hundred more test subjects.
• After falling asleep in his laboratory, Orochimaru was engulfed by black mist and awakened inside a Church of Bones.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu introduced himself as Adam, the King of Angels, and told Orochimaru that he had been chosen as a messenger in the Divine Kingdom.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu argued that accepting an unchangeable fate could bring happiness, while Orochimaru rejected the idea and tried to leave.
• A figure appeared behind Orochimaru and held a short blade to his throat, and Orochimaru recognized him as Hatake Sakumo, whom he thought was dead.

Uchiha Sōgetsu revealed that Hatake Sakumo had returned as a spiritual body and invited Orochimaru to become an Agent of the Twilight Hermit Society. Orochimaru accepted in exchange for knowledge about souls, and the chapter ended with him inspecting the Society’s seemingly real meeting hall and wondering what secrets it held.

• Hatake Sakumo held a blade to Orochimaru’s neck, and Uchiha Sōgetsu explained that Sakumo’s physical body had died while his spiritual body remained.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu offered Orochimaru a choice to become the Master’s Agent and gain revelations of fate, and Orochimaru accepted in return for knowledge about souls.
• Orochimaru offered Konoha’s Kekkei Genkai, the Scroll of Seals, and the First Sage’s cells, but Uchiha Sōgetsu refused them on the Master’s behalf.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu named the organization the Twilight Hermit Society and described its goal of guiding history and awakening The First Creator.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu formed a bronze meeting table and chairs inside the Church of Bones, and Orochimaru concluded the realistic sensation was not genjutsu.

In the Church of Bones, Sōgetsu revealed Orochimaru’s grim future and asked whether he had the courage to defy fate. Orochimaru pledged his loyalty in exchange for the chance to escape that destiny, allowing Sōgetsu to begin his long-prepared plan.

• Sōgetsu used his Sequence 6 presence to intimidate Orochimaru and White Fang, then allowed them to speak freely.
• White Fang told Orochimaru that Sōgetsu had predicted his suicide and Kakashi’s future death in battle in Konoha.
• Orochimaru asked Sōgetsu to reveal his fate, and Sōgetsu said he would lose the Fourth Hokage position, his Teacher, his friendships, and his dream, though he would remain alive.
• Orochimaru concluded that White Fang’s fate had changed through Sōgetsu and asked whether he could defy fate.
• Orochimaru pledged his loyalty and life to Sōgetsu in exchange for breaking free from fate’s shackles.

After using Hermes' Brass Candlestick to draw Orochimaru into a dream and warn him about the Third Hokage and Danzo, Sōgetsu endured the item's hostile side effect and went to Konoha Hospital to treat Tsunade. During the session, he secretly tested Psychological Suggestion on her.

• Orochimaru woke from Sōgetsu's dream, took Adam's warning seriously, and altered his Scroll to request death-row prisoners for his Wood Release research.
• Sōgetsu explained that Hermes' Brass Candlestick consumed Spirituality and caused people within a kilometer to feel hostility toward its holder, then went to sleep.
• Sōgetsu woke and hurried to Konoha Hospital while people along the way gave him hostile looks.
• Sōgetsu met Tsunade, who agreed to treatment after saying she had won big the previous night.
• Sōgetsu used his power to enter Tsunade's mental sea and secretly planted a Psychological Suggestion.

After using a dangerous mental suggestion on Tsunade, Sōgetsu left the hospital exhausted and became the subject of gossip. A Root agent then tried to interrogate him in the Forest of Death, where their probing fight escalated when an Aburame Clan ninja revealed his insect swarm.

• Sōgetsu used up much of his Spirituality planting a Psychological Suggestion in Tsunade's mind and warned himself not to risk it again.
• Morita misread Sōgetsu's exhausted exit from Tsunade's office and promised to spread his supposed romance with her.
• A Cat-face Anbu summoned Sōgetsu to the Forest of Death and accused him of using Genjutsu under Uchiha Fugaku's direction.
• Sōgetsu recognized the agent as a Root operative serving Danzo and countered his attack with a Shadow Clone and shuriken.
• The Cat-face Anbu reappeared from a treetop and unleashed a swarm of insects, identifying himself as a member of the Aburame Clan.

Uchiha Sōgetsu fought Aburame Ryoma, who was ordered by Danzo to kill him and frame the Uchiha Clan for rebellion. After Ryoma seemed to trap Sōgetsu, the scene revealed that the battle had been an illusion, leaving Ryoma unsure when Sōgetsu cast his genjutsu.

• Aburame Ryoma unleashed a huge swarm of Kikaichū, identified himself to Sōgetsu, and threatened to execute him under Danzo's orders.
• Ryoma declared that Sōgetsu would be framed as an Uchiha conspirator, and Sōgetsu used Fire Style to burn through the insect swarm before trying to escape.
• Ryoma stopped Sōgetsu with Insect Arm, but Sōgetsu ensnared him with shuriken wires and struck him with Dragon Fire Technique.
• Ryoma appeared to survive as an insect clone, then trapped Sōgetsu in Insect Swamp and prepared to take his Sharingan.
• Sōgetsu revealed that Ryoma had been caught in genjutsu, leaving Ryoma to wonder when the illusion began.

Uchiha Sōgetsu used his mental abilities to overwhelm Aburame Ryoma and make him feel safe enough to defect from Danzo. Ryoma submitted to Sōgetsu, who promised to give him the security he wanted.

• Aburame Ryoma fled from Uchiha Sōgetsu, but Sōgetsu used Frenzy to inflict severe mental pain on him.
• Sōgetsu approached Ryoma and used Intimidation, making him hallucinate a dragon and beg for mercy.
• Sōgetsu calmed Ryoma and told him that people lived to seek security.
• Sōgetsu offered Ryoma security in exchange for loyalty, and Ryoma submitted to him.

Aburame Ryoma rejected Danzo’s authority after Danzo ordered him to keep monitoring Uchiha Sōgetsu. Uchiha Fugaku used Danzo’s attempted attack to draw Sōgetsu closer to the clan and invited him to a meeting at Naka Shrine the next day.

• Danzo reprimanded Aburame Ryoma for failing to handle Sōgetsu but waived punishment and ordered him to continue monitoring Sōgetsu without acting rashly.
• Aburame Ryoma left the Root Division resolved to serve Sōgetsu and clear obstacles for him.
• Sōgetsu returned to the Uchiha Residence and met Fugaku and his pregnant wife, Mikoto.
• Fugaku learned that Danzo had targeted Sōgetsu and promised to demand an explanation from the Hokage.
• Fugaku invited Sōgetsu to attend the Uchiha clan meeting at Naka Shrine the next day, while Sōgetsu recognized Fugaku’s plan to turn him against the Hokage’s faction.

Sōgetsu used a genjutsu to give Obito an elaborate, painful romance fantasy while secretly planting a psychological suggestion in his mind. Obito left dazed, and Sōgetsu completed the Adolescent Troubles side quest and received a Fate Doll.

• Obito visited Sōgetsu and paid him to help fulfill his wish involving Rin.
• Sōgetsu put Obito under the Genjutsu: Wish Fulfillment and crafted a tortured romance dream for him.
• While Obito was under the genjutsu, Sōgetsu opened his Mind-Body Gate and planted a weak Psychological Suggestion in his mind.
• Obito staggered away in a daze after the treatment, and Sōgetsu checked his completed quest and received a Fate Doll.

Sōgetsu visited Naka Shrine with Uchiha Fugaku, who revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan and urged him to help restore the Uchiha Clan. Sōgetsu sensed Black Zetsu spying from the wall and attacked it with a Great Fireball.

• Sōgetsu met Uchiha Fugaku in an underground chamber beneath Naka Shrine.
• Fugaku explained the Uchiha Clan's troubled standing in Konoha and revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan as a power beyond the Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Fugaku showed Sōgetsu the stone tablet and said it recorded the Uchiha Clan's secrets and the method for awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sōgetsu used Spiritual Vision and discovered Black Zetsu hiding inside the wall and watching them.
• Black Zetsu considered using Sōgetsu's talent to advance its plan to revive Mother, but Sōgetsu formed hand seals and launched a Great Fireball at it.

Uchiha Sōgetsu exposed Black Zetsu spying beneath the Uchiha shrine, and Uchiha Fugaku fought him but failed to stop his escape. Black Zetsu fled outside Konoha, where he ran into Jiraiya.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu alerted Uchiha Fugaku to Black Zetsu hiding inside the shrine wall and suggested he might be Danzo’s spy.
• Uchiha Fugaku attacked Black Zetsu with powerful Fire Style and taijutsu, while Sōgetsu tracked and intercepted him.
• Black Zetsu escaped the shrine and fled through the Uchiha Clan grounds as Fugaku pursued him with a barrage of Fire Style techniques.
• Black Zetsu escaped into the ground after Fugaku’s Great Fire Annihilation, and Fugaku told Sōgetsu to keep the incident secret.
• Black Zetsu rested in a tree outside Konoha and vowed to have Madara kill Sōgetsu, but Jiraiya appeared and ordered him to come along.

Sōgetsu told Orochimaru that an immortal being from the Mythical Era was near Konoha, sending him after the injured Black Zetsu. Black Zetsu escaped Jiraiya but ran into Orochimaru, who approached with clear intent to capture him.

• Sōgetsu appeared to Orochimaru in a dream and promised information about immortality in exchange for a price to be revealed later.
• Sōgetsu directed Orochimaru five kilometers east of Konoha, identifying a being from the Mythical Era as the answer he sought.
• Jiraiya fought Black Zetsu and pierced many of his scattered droplets with Needle Jizo, though Black Zetsu escaped after losing two-thirds of his mass.
• Black Zetsu vowed revenge on Uchiha Sōgetsu, then encountered snakes and realized Orochimaru had found him.

After reporting on the previous night’s battle, Uchiha Sōgetsu received an S-Rank mission from the Third Hokage to investigate Warring States-era seals. He accepted the assignment and headed for the Konoha Gate to meet the person assigned to accompany him.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu spent the night writing an ANBU report about the battle in the Uchiha Clan compound.
• The Third Hokage asked Uchiha Sōgetsu how he had discovered the intruder, and he claimed his Sharingan and Chakra perception had helped him.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu read reports from Jiraiya and Orochimaru and suggested the intruder was a spy seeking the Uchiha Clan’s Kekkei Genkai and hoping to provoke conflict in Konoha.
• The Third Hokage showed Uchiha Sōgetsu the Warring States Sealing History Scroll and tasked him with checking its listed seals for dangerous individuals who might still be alive.
• The Third Hokage assigned someone to accompany Uchiha Sōgetsu, who accepted the S-Rank mission and set out to meet them at the Konoha Gate.

Danzo failed to persuade Hiruzen to hand Uchiha Sōgetsu over, while Sōgetsu met Tsunade at the Konoha Gate and learned she would accompany him on a mission involving a Scroll of sealed dangerous figures. Black Zetsu returned to Uchiha Madara badly injured after his failed trip to Konoha.

• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen hand Uchiha Sōgetsu over for questioning, but Hiruzen refused and ordered him not to interfere.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu met Tsunade at the Konoha Gate and learned Hiruzen had sent her to assist with his mission.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Sōgetsu that some people sealed in the Scroll were members of the Uchiha and Senju clans, and said her illness had improved after his treatment.
• Black Zetsu returned to Uchiha Madara in a badly damaged state and recounted what had happened in Konoha.

Uchiha Sōgetsu and Tsunade traveled to Tanzaku Town before heading to the Forest of the Dead, where Tsunade went gambling and Sōgetsu encountered the wandering monk Jigen. Sōgetsu suspected Jigen had noticed him despite his Psychological Invisibility, while Jigen left uneasy about the boy.

• Tsunade convinced Uchiha Sōgetsu to stop in Tanzaku Town, claiming they needed clothes for a disguise, and he agreed to stay for no more than a day.
• They reached Tanzaku Town near sunset, checked into a hot spring hotel, and Tsunade hurried off to a casino.
• Sōgetsu explored the town and noticed that some of its visitors were ninja, possibly rogue ninja or spies.
• Sōgetsu collided with a monk who introduced himself as Jigen, then realized the monk had noticed him while he was using Psychological Invisibility.
• Jigen looked back after leaving and wondered why Sōgetsu's gaze had seemed unusual.

Uchiha Sōgetsu gathered Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo in the Church of Bones and warned them that hidden forces were stirring toward war. He assigned Sakumo to investigate and ordered Orochimaru to collect Byakugan, revealing that it and the Sharingan shared the Sage of Six Paths’ bloodline.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu returned to the hotel, prepared his room, and used Hermes' Brass Candlestick to summon Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu warned that the Shinobi World’s long peace was ending and that shadowy figures were working to obstruct the will of the 'Lord.'
• Hatake Sakumo volunteered to investigate because people believed he was dead, and Uchiha Sōgetsu accepted his offer.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu tasked Orochimaru with collecting as many Byakugan as he could within his means.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu revealed that the Byakugan and Sharingan both came from the Sage’s bloodline, exciting Orochimaru and alarming Hatake Sakumo.