Recaps

Jin infiltrated Danzo's hidden Root laboratory and found Sai and Shin imprisoned among grotesque experiments. He offered to take the brothers in under the Uchiha, but a creature in a Cultivation Tank suddenly stirred.

• Jin slipped past the ravine's Chakra barriers and entered Root's hidden base.
• Jin evaded Explosive Tags and poisoned Senbon by sending them into Kamui, then opened the sealed Metal Gate.
• Jin discovered Sharingan, Byakugan, and cultivated flesh in the laboratory's tanks, along with Sai and Shin locked in cages.
• Sai gave his name and said he wanted to live, while Shin stirred at the sound of Sai's plea.
• Jin broke open the cages with Adamantine Chains and used his healing field on the boys, but a creature suddenly erupted inside a Culture Tank.

Jin defeated Experiment Zero in the Laboratory and discovered highly pure Wood Release Cells hidden beneath a Culture Tank. He suspected the cells came from Hashirama and turned his attention toward the other tanks.

• Experiment Zero broke out of its Culture Tank and attacked Jin while Sai and Shin stayed inside their cages.
• Jin used Kamui to tear off Experiment Zero’s massive arm, then repelled the monster into another Culture Tank.
• Experiment Zero fired a Sharingan beam at Jin, who redirected it into the monster and defeated it.
• Jin found drops of highly pure Wood Release Cells beneath the shattered tank, and the system began analyzing them.
• Jin wondered whether the cells came from Hashirama and looked toward the other Culture Tanks with a chilling gleam.

Jin collected High Purity Wood Release Cells from the collapsing Laboratory, triggering a painful surge of life force in his body. He rescued Sai and Shin from the ruins, brought them outside into the sunlight, and left to gather Root’s remnants in Konoha.

• Jin used his Nine-Tails power to pull apart the culture dishes and uncover the Wood Release Cells.
• The Stitched Monster erupted in a destructive self-detonation, shaking the Laboratory and bringing down its ceiling.
• Jin touched the First Generation Cells, reached 30% analysis progress, and endured the cells’ painful effects as they strengthened his body.
• Shin rushed back to Sai, but Jin rescued both brothers from a falling boulder and carried them outside.
• Sai and Shin saw the morning sun and rejoiced, while Jin left to gather Root’s remnants in the village.

Jin arrived at the Yamanaka clan house using the Flying Thunder God Technique and forced Yamanaka Inoichi to agree to cooperate with the Uchiha. He then accused the Yamanaka Clan of trying to assassinate him, just as a kunai flew from inside the house.

• Yamanaka Inoichi presented Fugaku with a chest of decaying financial records and tried to send the Uchiha away.
• Fugaku stayed silent as the Uchiha waited for his decision and Yamanaka Inoichi prepared to leave.
• Jin appeared using the Flying Thunder God Technique, astonishing Fugaku and the gathered Uchiha.
• Jin used Banshō Ten'in to seize Yamanaka Inoichi by the throat until Inoichi promised to cooperate.
• Jin confronted Inoichi about an alleged assassination attempt, and a yellow-haired girl rushed out of the house as a kunai flew toward him.

Jin left the Yamanaka Clan after failing to copy traits from Ino and Inoichi, then forced his way into the Aburame Clan compound to investigate its mission accounts. He neutralized the clan’s insect swarm and unleashed Nanoscale Poison Insects, leaving the Aburame Clan stunned and afraid.

• Ino attacked Jin to defend Inoichi, but Jin knocked her down and reminded Inoichi that he was a child too.
• Jin failed to copy traits from Ino and Inoichi, then left the Yamanaka compound.
• Aburame Shibi ordered his clan to stall the Uchiha Clan while it demanded ten years of mission-reward and compensation records.
• Jin and the Uchiha Clan broke through the Aburame compound’s gate, and Jin demanded that Shibi cooperate with the investigation.
• Shibi unleashed his Kikaichū, but Jin’s Perception Domain lowered their poison resistance and caused the insects to die from one another’s poison.
• Jin sent his Nanoscale Poison Insects against the weakened swarm, devastating the Aburame Clan’s insects and leaving its members stunned.

Jin led the Uchiha in crushing the Aburame Clan after accusing them of trying to assassinate him and provoke unrest. He ordered the clan’s assets and Root members seized, then headed to the Nara Clan to secure the Uchiha’s position in the Leaf.

• Jin ordered the Uchiha to take down the Aburame Clan, and the Second Elder charged into their main hall.
• Jin overwhelmed Aburame Shibi and stopped the Aburame from resisting as the Uchiha attacked with Fire Style.
• The Uchiha destroyed the Aburame compound and crushed all resistance in less than five minutes.
• Jin ordered the Second Elder to inventory the clan’s assets and arrest Root members, threatening execution for anyone who concealed information.
• Jin’s nanoscale insects exposed a hidden Root mask, and Uchiha members subdued the disguised ninja.
• Jin left for the Nara Clan, believing the father and son could help solidify Uchiha power in the Leaf.

Yamanaka Inoichi warned Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza that Uchiha Jin had devastated the Aburame Clan and threatened the Yamanaka Clan. Jin arrived seeking the Nara Clan’s help with Konoha’s financial reform, exposed hidden corruption in the accounts, and left Shikaku weighing whether his clan’s knowledge could guide a new order.

• Yamanaka Inoichi told Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza that Uchiha Jin was terrifying and the Aburame Clan was finished.
• Uchiha Jin arrived at the Nara grounds and asked Shikaku to help the Konoha Financial Management Committee expose parasites in Konoha’s finances.
• Shikaku warned Jin that reform required a map of Konoha’s connections as well as a sharp blade.
• Jin examined Shikaku’s account books and identified concealed diversions involving Root, Utatane Koharu, and the Aburame Clan.
• Jin asked Shikaku whether the Nara Clan’s network map revealed the old order’s flaws or the true veins of a new Leaf.

Uchiha Jin pressured Nara Shikaku into joining his new regime as Konoha’s Finance Advisor, and Shikaku handed over a sealed record of the village’s financial corruption. As Jin rested after setting events in motion, he received the God-Tier Entry Six-Six Smooth Sailing.

• Jin offered Shikaku the choice of helping expose Konoha’s financial parasites or being destroyed alongside their secrets.
• Shikaku accepted the Finance Advisor position and gave Jin the True Flowchart documenting twenty years of abnormal financial movements.
• Shikaku told Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza to have their allied clans cooperate fully with Uchiha.
• Sasuke hurried toward the Ninja Academy after pretending not to care about being late, while Jin watched him go.
• Jin lay down to rest and received the God-Tier Entry Six-Six Smooth Sailing after changing the fate of the clan massacre for six years.

Obito and Itachi were ambushed by poisoned needles and nano poison insects emerging from the Kamui Dimension, forcing Obito to flee without using his space again. After Jin received a new enhancement-point ability, he found Naruto practicing the Clone Technique and encountered a mysterious white-haired man.

• Poisoned needles and nano poison insects burst from the Kamui Dimension, and Obito realized Kakashi had planted them there.
• Itachi attacked with Fire Style, but Obito warned him that the insects would explode if exposed to fire; some insects bit Obito and slowed him with poison.
• Itachi studied Obito's brief moment of vulnerability and suspected the masked man was not the real Uchiha Madara before Obito grabbed him and fled.
• Jin received the Six-Six Smooth Sailing ability, which granted enhancement points he could use to strengthen traits.
• After resting, Jin heard someone practicing outside the clan grounds and found Uzumaki Naruto struggling with the Clone Technique.
• A white-haired man appeared behind Jin in a tree and teased him for spying.

Jin met Jiraiya, copied his Mount Myōboku Toad Contract trait, and used it to reverse summon himself to Mount Myōboku. Jiraiya was left shocked and suspected Fukasaku and Shima had acted behind his back.

• Jiraiya recognized Jin and remarked on his energy field, Sharingan, and influence over Leaf.
• Jin asked Jiraiya about Senjutsu, prompting Jiraiya to explain Mount Myōboku and the Toad Sage Art.
• After talking with Jiraiya for ten minutes, Jin successfully copied the Mount Myōboku Toad Contract trait.
• Jin performed Reverse Summoning and vanished in a burst of golden light, swallowed by a colossal toad silhouette.
• Jiraiya realized Jin had reverse summoned himself to Mount Myōboku and wondered whether Fukasaku and Shima had helped him.

Uchiha Jin arrived at Mount Myōboku and absorbed Natural Energy without toad oil, causing his body to begin petrifying as it underwent a strange transformation. Sage Fukasaku recognized Jin as an Uchiha and tested him with a torrent of toad oil, curious whether he could withstand the first step of Mount Myōboku’s Senjutsu training.

• Jin arrived at Mount Myōboku, where several little toads mistook him for an unusually ugly toad and argued about what he was.
• Jin inhaled Natural Energy without using toad oil, and his feet began to turn to stone.
• Jin planted a Flying Thunder God mark and activated his Mangekyo and Wood Release Cells, allowing the Natural Energy to trigger a painful transformation in his body.
• Sage Fukasaku watched Jin absorb Natural Energy and briefly mistook him for a descendant of Minato before Jin introduced himself as Uchiha Jin.
• Sage Fukasaku told Jin that Uchiha were not allowed on Mount Myōboku and said he was not the one of destiny.
• Sage Fukasaku dropped a mass of toad oil onto Jin to test whether he could endure the first step of Senjutsu training.

Jin endured Sage Fukasaku’s harsh Senjutsu training as toad oil and a massive waterfall flooded him with Natural Energy. After copying and activating the Toad Sage Mode trait, he stabilized his balance and appeared to enter Sage Mode beneath the waterfall.

• Jin used Kamui to divert most of the toad oil, then struggled to balance the Natural Energy surging into his body.
• Jin began to show signs of Frog Transformation, while Sage Fukasaku realized he had reached the first step of Senjutsu training without instruction.
• Sage Fukasaku redirected a massive waterfall toward Jin and urged him to find balance amid the overwhelming pressure and Natural Energy.
• Jin copied Sage Fukasaku’s Toad Sage Mode trait and activated it, stabilizing the Natural Energy and dispelling the signs of petrification.
• Jin straightened beneath the waterfall and developed the orange markings and slit pupils of Sage Mode, astonishing Sage Fukasaku.

Jin’s Sage Power transformed his techniques and eyes, drawing the Great Toad Sage’s attention and earning him recognition at Mount Myōboku. The Great Toad Sage called him the Eye of Change but refused Jin’s request to talk before going to sleep.

• Jin activated Sage Toad and found that his Chakra had become Sage Power.
• Jin used Sage Art: Great Fireball Technique, scorching Mount Myōboku’s waterfall and alarming Sage Shima.
• Jin activated his Mangekyo, and his Sage markings spread as a huge vortex of Natural Energy formed above him.
• Sage Fukasaku prepared to stop Jin from absorbing too much Natural Energy, but the Great Toad Sage told him to wait.
• The Great Toad Sage called Jin the Eye of Change and said Mount Myōboku’s contract could not bind him or reveal his destiny.
• Jin asked to speak with the Great Toad Sage for ten minutes, but the Great Toad Sage announced he was going to sleep.

Jiraiya loosened the seal on Naruto to help him control his chakra, but Naruto lost control to the Nine-Tails. The chapter left Jiraiya facing Naruto’s four-tailed rampage after underestimating how much power would emerge.

• Jin left Mount Myōboku, and the Great Toad Sage declared that Jin was extraordinary and that the Shinobi World would soon become unsettled.
• Sage Fukasaku ordered the toads to prioritize Jin’s summoning contract and give him their full support.
• Jiraiya approached Naruto after seeing him eat poorly prepared fish and realized the boy was going hungry.
• Jiraiya offered to help Naruto learn the Clone Technique and loosened the seal on Naruto’s stomach.
• Naruto erupted with Nine-Tails chakra, rampaged, and grew four tails as Jiraiya realized he had gone too far.

Uchiha Jin returned to Konoha as Naruto’s Four-Tails transformation produced a Tailed Beast Bomb aimed toward the village. Jiraiya summoned Gamakichi to block it, but just as Gamakichi’s shield shattered, Jin appeared in front of him.

• Fugaku sensed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and gathered Uchiha clan members to defend the Uchiha District, while Sarutobi Hiruzen stayed in bed and hoped the crisis would undermine Uchiha Jin’s support.
• Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi recognized the Nine-Tails’ power and rushed toward the village outskirts as clans began responding.
• Uchiha Jin returned by Reverse Summoning and found Naruto transformed into the Four-Tails, fighting Jiraiya.
• Naruto formed a Tailed Beast Bomb, so Jiraiya summoned Gamakichi to shield him and the nearby village.
• The bomb shattered Gamakichi’s shield and began melting his vest, but Jin appeared before him and told him not to sell himself short.

Uchiha Jin used his Mangekyō Sharingan to divert the Four-Tails Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb and then subdued him with Adamantine Sealing Chains. After Naruto lost consciousness, Jin called out to the Nine-Tails and threatened to enter its mind when it stayed silent.

• Jiraiya tried to contain the Four-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb with his Lion Dance Technique, but the hair restraints snapped.
• Jin opened a space-time vortex with his Mangekyō Sharingan and made the Tailed Beast Bomb disappear.
• Nara Shikaku organized the arriving shinobi into a defensive line and ordered sealing, medical, and Earth Release teams to prepare.
• Jiraiya recognized Jin’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, and the Four-Tails Naruto trembled at their sight.
• Jin used the chains to suppress Naruto, caught him as he collapsed, and called for the Nine-Tails to come out.

Uchiha Jin stopped Naruto’s enormous Tailed Beast Bomb with a silent field of repulsion, leaving the Leaf shinobi stunned. He then decided to enter Naruto’s mind and find Kurama.

• Naruto’s transformation advanced to five tails, and he formed an even more powerful Tailed Beast Bomb aimed at Jin and the Leaf outskirts.
• Jiraiya prepared to deflect the attack, Fugaku readied Susanoo, and Shikaku worried that the village defenses would fail.
• Jin stepped toward the Tailed Beast Bomb and used repulsion and disintegration to collapse it without harming Naruto or causing an explosion.
• Jiraiya, Fugaku, Shikaku, and the Leaf shinobi stared in shock at Jin’s power, while Naruto froze in confusion.
• Jin watched Naruto’s forehead and said he would enter and find Kurama.

Jin entered Naruto’s inner world, where he confronted and restrained the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Sealing chains. After overpowering Kurama, Jin revealed that he possessed the fox’s Chakra, leaving Kurama shocked.

• Jin used Adamantine Sealing and Mangekyo ocular power to enter Naruto’s mind and find the Nine-Tails in a sea of scarlet Chakra.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Jin with its malice, but Jin’s “Hearts Turned Toward the Light” trait let the assault pass through him.
• Jin summoned scarlet Adamantine Sealing chains that bound the Nine-Tails and suppressed its Chakra.
• Jin slapped the struggling Nine-Tails with an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and taunted it while it failed to break free.
• Jin revealed two fox-like Chakra tails, and the Nine-Tails demanded to know how he had gained its power.
• Jin said there was more and manifested another scarlet Chakra tail.

Jin suppressed Kurama inside Naruto’s mental space and copied the Tailed Beast Cloak trait. Outside Konoha, Jiraiya tried to reach the injured Naruto, but Fugaku and other village leaders stopped him; the chapter ended as Jin said Naruto did not need to return to the village.

• Jin restrained Kurama with his three tails, warned him to behave, and copied the Tailed Beast Cloak trait.
• Jin left Kurama bound by Adamantine Sealing chains, while Kurama called after him to remove them.
• Jiraiya rushed toward Naruto and Jin, but Uchiha Fugaku blocked his way.
• Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, Yamanaka Inoichi, and others joined Fugaku to keep Jiraiya back while the Medical Team treated Naruto.
• The Medical Team leader reported that Naruto’s muscles had been corroded and urged that he be taken to the village, but Jin said there was no need.

Jin refused to let the Medical Team take the gravely burned Naruto back to the Leaf, insisting he could treat him himself. He used a warm, healing form of Tailed Beast Chakra to restore Naruto in minutes, leaving the gathered shinobi stunned.

• The Medical Team's Squad Leader tried to take Naruto for treatment, but Jin repeatedly stopped him and said Naruto did not need to return to the Leaf.
• Jin told the others he would treat Naruto himself, despite Shikaku and the Medical Team's Squad Leader doubting his ability.
• Jiniraiya recognized the crimson Chakra from a rumor that Tailed Beast Chakra could heal, though he had never seen the claim confirmed.
• Jin covered Naruto with a warm crimson Chakra cloak, and new skin rapidly grew over Naruto's burned body.
• Naruto was fully healed in less than three minutes, astonishing the Medical Team and the gathered Leaf shinobi.

Jin healed Naruto’s external injuries, shocking the Third Hokage and the gathered Leaf shinobi before leaving Naruto’s remaining care to the Medical Team. With the crisis settled, Shikamaru, the others, and Fugaku confronted Jiraiya about why he had returned to the village.

• The Third Hokage watched Jin heal Naruto and was stunned that Jin had powerful healing abilities.
• Yamanaka Inoichi felt relieved that he had followed Nara Shikaku’s advice, while the Medical Squad Leader feared Jin’s judgment.
• Akimichi Choza worried Jin might kill the Medical Squad Leader, but Shikaku stopped him from intervening.
• Jin told the Medical Squad Leader that he had healed Naruto’s external injuries and left the child’s nutrition and further care to the Medical Team.
• After the others began leaving, Shikamaru, the others, and Fugaku asked Jiraiya why he had returned, and Jiraiya claimed he had come to gather material.

Jin exposed the theft of Naruto's inheritance and promised to recover it and create a foundation to protect orphans' funds. Jiraiya agreed to observe Jin and told him about a mysterious new leader in Amegakure and a strange pale man, whom Jin suspected was a White Zetsu.

• Fugaku, Shikamaru, Choza, and Inoichi cornered Jiraiya at the village entrance, but a Uchiha elder arrived with evidence that the Shimura and Mitokado families had embezzled the Fourth Hokage's inheritance.
• Jin told Jiraiya that Minato had trusted the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Kakashi to protect Naruto, and said the child had instead been treated like a fox demon.
• Jin promised to reclaim the stolen inheritance and establish a Legacy Foundation to manage and distribute orphans' funds.
• Jiraiya asked to observe Jin, and Jin agreed.
• Jiraiya told Jin that Amegakure had a mysterious new leader and that he had spotted a strange pale-skinned man nearby.
• Jin suspected that Jiraiya's pale-skinned stranger was a White Zetsu and realized Jiraiya was close to uncovering the Akatsuki.

After watching Uchiha Jin’s display of power, Sarutobi Hiruzen worried that he had no way to stop him. Jin agreed to accompany Jiraiya to Amegakure, leaving Konoha’s reforms in trusted hands as he set out to seek Orochimaru and investigate Obito’s influence.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the crystal ball go dark and wondered whether Jin had shown all of his abilities.
• Jin agreed to travel with Jiraiya in exchange for a future favor, intending to look for Orochimaru and find opportunities to copy abilities in Amegakure.
• Jiraiya warned Jin that Amegakure felt watched and that a pale, inhuman figure seemed to be observing or guarding the village.
• Fugaku and the members of the Konoha Financial Committee warned Jin that leaving could endanger him and disrupt the reforms.
• Jin left Shikaku, Fugaku, Inoichi, and Choza instructions to pursue the reforms and deal harshly with corruption while he was away.
• Jin told Jiraiya he had long looked forward to visiting Amegakure.

Jin agreed to leave for Amegakure with Jiraiya and healed Shisui before introducing him to Sai. The three formed an uneasy new group as Jin prepared to depart the next morning.

• Jiraiya told Jin they would leave for Amegakure the following morning.
• Jin visited Shisui and used Three Feet Before Me to heal his legs and restore his right eye, which had come from Danzo.
• Jin introduced Shisui to Sai, and the two greeted each other with competing fake smiles.
• Sai called himself Uchiha Sai and addressed Shisui as Uncle Shisui, leaving Jin and Shisui baffled.
• Jin left Shisui and Sai to get acquainted and prepared to set out for Amegakure.

Jin traveled with Jiraiya toward Amegakure, discovered Pain’s chakra-sensing rain, and used a new enhancement point to upgrade his Phantom Trace trait. The chapter ended when Jiraiya triggered Jin’s explosive afterimages and they uncovered a strange white figure eating behind a fallen tree.

• Jin left Konoha with Jiraiya and several days later reached the border of the Land of Rain.
• Jin and Jiraiya sensed chakra in the rain, and Jin identified it as Pain’s Rain Tiger at Will Technique.
• Jin scattered purple Nanoscale Poison Insects through the rain to extend his sight and hearing.
• Jin spent an Epic Enhancement Point to upgrade Phantom Trace into the Legendary Trait Phase Rush.
• Jin demonstrated Phase Rush, and Jiraiya touched one of the afterimages, triggering explosions that knocked down a tree and revealed a strange white figure eating.