Recaps

Rasa agreed to ally with Orochimaru and attack the Leaf in three days, hoping to improve Sunagakure’s fortunes. Meanwhile, Jin’s reconstruction work at the Forest of Death continued, with Yugito tending the kiln under his relentless supervision.

• Rasa agreed to travel with Orochimaru to the Leaf in three days and help bring about its collapse.
• Orochimaru told Rasa that A and Ōnoki had infiltrated the Leaf, and promised that they would attack from both sides.
• After two weeks, reconstruction at the Forest of Death had advanced, and the shinobi working there had adapted to the heat and their new clothes.
• Yugito kept feeding flames into the brick kiln, replenished by a Tailed Beast Cloak that appeared for eight hours each day.
• When a brick cracked, Jin’s black Chakra stung Yugito, and she protested that he was blaming her unfairly.
• Jin claimed he lost his temper only with people close to him, leaving Yugito flustered and blowing harder into the kiln.

Jin learned that Rasa would visit the Leaf with Orochimaru, while Naruto’s remark about Gaara briefly caught the boy’s attention. As the delegation entered the village, Gaara grew furious at the villagers’ whispers and challenged Naruto to come out and die.

• Nara Shikaku told Jin that the Kazekage had agreed to visit the Leaf in five days, and Jin left the welcome arrangements to the Hokage in name only.
• Yugito warned Jin that the Raikage and the old Tsuchikage seemed to be plotting, and Jin privately reflected that he had allowed information to reach the Kazekage to draw Orochimaru to the Leaf.
• At Mount Kikyo, Rasa met Orochimaru and his Otogakure shinobi, then continued toward the Leaf with Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara.
• The Third Hokage welcomed Rasa’s delegation at the Leaf’s gates, where Naruto called attention to Gaara’s dark circles and Gaara referred to him as Yellow Hair.
• As villagers whispered about the delegation, Gaara became enraged and shouted at Naruto to come out and die.

During the Leaf and Sunagakure peace talks, Gaara erupted outside the village and attacked Sasuke after Naruto and Sasuke confronted him. As Jin watched, Naruto challenged Gaara to stop using sand to wrap people and prove his strength.

• Hiruzen and Rasa met to discuss an alliance while each considered their own interests, and Orochimaru watched from the reception room.
• An explosion outside drew the leaders’ attention as Gaara confronted the villagers and demanded that the “Yellow Hair” come out.
• Naruto answered Gaara’s insult, and Sasuke stepped forward to fight him while Naruto and Rock Lee stayed nearby.
• Gaara’s sand shoved Temari and Kankuro aside, then engulfed Sasuke and stuffed his mouth with sand.
• Naruto angrily challenged Gaara to stop wrapping people up and fight with strength.

Naruto's anger at Gaara's attack on Sasuke triggered a red Chakra cloak, and he struck Gaara hard enough to interrupt Sasuke's sand burial. Sasuke freed himself and attacked Gaara with a Great Fireball Technique, but Gaara countered with sand and sent a giant arm toward them.

• Naruto provoked Gaara by threatening to beat him, and Gaara tightened the sand around Sasuke.
• Naruto's rage awakened a red Chakra cloak, while the Nine-Tails helped him keep some control.
• Naruto charged Gaara and knocked him away, interrupting the sand burial and freeing Sasuke.
• Sasuke broke free, called Gaara the Rock Gourd Kid, and hit him with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Gaara blocked the fireball with sand, then shaped quicksand into a giant arm and reached for Naruto and Sasuke.

Rock Lee unleashed the Eight Gates and overwhelmed Kankuro’s puppets, while Temari’s wind attack collided with Sasuke’s fireball and sent Sasuke crashing into a wall. Sasuke lay injured, realizing that Temari had sent him flying.

• Kakashi told Yamato to prepare to restrain Naruto and Sasuke, but Jiraiya arrived and asked them to let the fight continue.
• Rock Lee opened the first two Eight Gates and used the Front Lotus to smash Kankuro’s crow puppet into the ground.
• Temari used Wind Style: Scythe Weasel to attack Lee and Sasuke with razor-sharp wind blades.
• Sasuke countered Temari’s wind with a Great Fireball, but the collision’s scorching gust swept him into a wall.
• Sasuke lay injured and realized that Temari had sent him flying.

Naruto's red Chakra and Gaara's Shukaku Chakra threatened to send both of them into a rampage, while Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that Rasa and Orochimaru had prepared to attack Konoha. As the Konoha Crush Plan began, Jin watched from afar and vowed that Orochimaru would not leave.

• Naruto charged Gaara, but Gaara blocked his punch with the Shield of Shukaku as Shukaku's Chakra surged around him.
• Kankuro and Temari recognized that Gaara was going berserk, while Anbu raised a barrier to contain the damage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the Fourth Kazekage's amusement and realized that Rasa and Orochimaru had brought forces to attack Konoha.
• Orochimaru ordered the Sound Four to retreat and told Rasa to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Rasa called on Orochimaru to attack as well.
• Orochimaru activated his prepared barrier, and Jin watched from afar as the Konoha Crush Plan began, vowing to stop Orochimaru from leaving.

Orochimaru and Fourth Kazekage Rasa attacked the Third Hokage, while Jin kept Kakashi and the others from intervening and left the fight to Sarutobi Hiruzen. The chapter ended with a cry announcing that someone had finally come to fight Kurama.

• Uchiha Fugaku noticed the disturbance at the Hokage Building and left to investigate, while the Raikage and Ōnoki continued mining at the Forest of Death.
• Orochimaru and Rasa’s attack tore apart the Hokage Building’s rooftop, and Orochimaru revealed his true face to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Rasa explained Sunagakure’s hardships and blamed Konoha’s control of resources and missions for forcing his hand.
• Jin stopped Kakashi, Yamato, and the others from intervening and ordered them to watch the village while Sarutobi Hiruzen handled the fight.
• A piercing voice rang out in the street, declaring that it could finally beat up Kurama.

Uchiha Jin intervened after Shukaku emerged from Gaara and threatened Sasuke. He smashed Shukaku’s head with one punch, then caught Sasuke and told the beast it was too noisy.

• Shukaku fully emerged from Gaara’s body after sensing Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra and challenged the Nine-Tails to fight.
• Shukaku seized Sasuke and threatened to crush him when no one answered his taunts.
• Uchiha Jin appeared in a blur and smashed Shukaku’s head apart with a single punch.
• Jin caught Sasuke as Shukaku flew backward and told Shukaku, “Too noisy.”

Jin overwhelmed Shukaku, whose Chakra was being drained by a black chain, but Shukaku reverted to Gaara before Jin could strike him. Gaara awakened and prepared to go on a killing spree.

• Jin smashed half of Shukaku’s head with one punch, stunning Temari and Rasa as the Third Hokage kept fighting.
• Shukaku recovered enough to speak and tried to claim that he and Jin were brothers because of Kurama.
• Jin stepped on Shukaku’s face and used Double Kamui to swallow his attack, then summoned a black chain that made Shukaku’s Chakra sluggish.
• Shukaku turned back into Gaara just before Jin’s chain could hit him.
• Gaara woke up, saw Jin, and declared that he would go on a killing spree.

Jin stopped Gaara’s attack and repeatedly slapped him until the bloodthirsty boy agreed to talk. Jin’s attempt to copy Gaara’s traits failed, and Jin dismissed the conversation anyway.

• Gaara challenged Jin, Naruto, and the others, intent on proving he could overpower Shukaku.
• Temari and Kankuro watched in disbelief as Gaara advanced, while Naruto and Sasuke reacted to his challenge against Jin.
• Jin appeared in front of Gaara and knocked out four of his teeth with a punch.
• Gaara tried to attack Jin with sand, but Jin slapped him repeatedly and made him agree to a chat.
• Jin saw Gaara’s traits, including One-Tail Jinchuriki and Absolute Defense, but his attempt to copy them failed.
• Jin told Gaara to forget the chat, and Gaara breathed a sigh of relief.

Jin defeated Gaara by striking through his Absolute Defense with a mysterious black chain and gained the Insomniac trait. As he considered his next target, Shukaku sensed something was wrong inside Gaara’s sealing space and heard Jin appear behind it.

• Gaara rose into the air behind his sand defense and taunted Jin, while Shukaku watched in disbelief.
• Jin summoned a pitch-black chain that struck Gaara through his Absolute Defense and knocked him from the sky.
• Temari cried out as she saw Gaara fall, while Kankuro stood stunned.
• Gaara tried to protect himself with Absolute Defense, but Jin repeatedly lashed him with the chain until he spat blood and was defeated.
• Jin obtained the Insomniac trait and considered whether to target the Jinchuriki’s tailed beast instead.
• Inside the sealing space, Shukaku sensed a strange presence and confidently claimed it could defeat Jin, only for Jin to speak from behind it.

Jin entered Shukaku’s sealed mental world and beat the One-Tail despite Shukaku’s attempts to defend himself. The chapter ended with Jin repeatedly punching Shukaku, who begged him to stop.

• Jin appeared in Shukaku’s mental world and punched him, smashing apart part of his head.
• Shukaku realized he was in his own mental world and attacked Jin with Wind Release: Void Bullet.
• Shukaku’s wind bullets passed through Jin, and Jin suggested it was because he was only a thought.
• Shukaku dismissed Jin and told him to leave, but Jin decided he enjoyed trading punches.
• Jin unleashed a barrage of physical blows on Shukaku, who cried out and begged him to stop.

Jin beat the One-Tail Shukaku into submission, then let it demonstrate its Magnet Release while he analyzed its traits. Shukaku secretly used the conversation to prepare a sealing technique and trapped Jin inside a golden-sand pyramid.

• Jin pummeled Shukaku in the sealing space until it begged him to talk.
• Shukaku offered to demonstrate Magnet Release, shaping golden sand into a nine-tailed fox.
• Jin analyzed Shukaku and discovered traits including Sealing Master and Desert Layer Great Burial.
• Shukaku transformed the sand into a pyramid and unleashed Desert Layer Great Burial Seal on Jin.
• Shukaku celebrated after the pyramid trapped Jin and taunted him to strike back.

Uchiha Jin acquired Magnet Release Mastery while trapped inside Shukaku’s sealing pyramid, then used the ability to take control of the sealing sand and escape. The chapter ended with Shukaku kneeling and apologizing to Jin.

• Shukaku mocked Jin and boasted that his sealing pyramid would keep him imprisoned for life.
• Jin received the Epic Trait Magnet Release Mastery after talking with One-Tail Sand Shukaku for ten minutes.
• Jin sensed that he could control the gold sand and drew Shukaku’s black sealing sand away from the pyramid.
• The sealing runes vanished, and the weakened pyramid cracked apart and collapsed.
• Jin emerged unharmed with the black sand circling above his hand, while Shukaku dropped to his knees and apologized.

Jin subdued Shukaku with black chains that caused it immense pain and forced it to submit. After making Shukaku call him Master, Jin left, but he reappeared just as Gaara thought he was gone.

• Shukaku begged Jin to stop hurting it and offered to talk for as long as he wanted.
• Jin used black chains to overwhelm Shukaku and suppress its power, causing it to scream in pain.
• Shukaku shrank into a small, clay-pot-wearing form and begged Jin not to attack it again.
• Jin made Shukaku call him Master, and Shukaku accepted the title and apologized.
• Jin left, and Gaara was relieved to see him gone until Jin suddenly appeared again.

Gaara resumed his murderous rage after Jin disappeared, but Jin abruptly reappeared and subdued him with a gentle head pat. Meanwhile, Rasa and the Third Hokage remained locked in a fierce battle, and Rasa noticed Jin petting Gaara.

• Gaara recovered from his beating and threatened to kill everyone present, alarming Temari, Kankuro, Sasuke, and Naruto.
• Jin suddenly appeared before Gaara, whose killing intent vanished as he bent down submissively.
• Jin patted Gaara's head and called him a good boy, leaving the gathered Leaf and Sunagakure ninja stunned.
• Rasa unleashed a flood of gold dust against Enma and the Third Hokage, who countered with Enma's strength and combined fire and wind techniques.
• Rasa spotted Gaara kneeling while Jin ruffled his hair and wondered whether Gaara had mistaken Jin for his father.

Orochimaru betrayed and killed Rasa, then summoned two reanimated figures to face Sarutobi Hiruzen. As the Third Hokage reacted to the figures, Jin finally headed toward the Hokage Building.

• Rasa lost control of his gold dust after seeing his son submit, and the Third Hokage pressed his attack.
• Orochimaru appeared behind Rasa and pierced his heart, killing him and revealing that he had planned to take Rasa’s gold dust and corpse.
• The Sunagakure ninja could not reach Rasa through the barrier, while Orochimaru told Sarutobi Hiruzen they could now have their reunion.
• Orochimaru summoned two coffins with Impure World Reincarnation, and Sarutobi Hiruzen stood rigidly when their occupants appeared.
• An Anbu ninja realized Jin was heading toward the Hokage Building and felt relieved that he had arrived.

Orochimaru summoned the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, during the battle in the Leaf. Hashirama’s aura shattered the barrier, and he turned his attention to the Uchiha boy below the rooftop.

• Kimimaro blocked Uchiha Jin from approaching Orochimaru, while Jin watched the coffins on the rooftop.
• The coffins opened and their overwhelming aura silenced the fighting and left the shinobi frozen with fear.
• Senju Hashirama emerged from one coffin and recognized Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Senju Tobirama emerged from the other and scrutinized Orochimaru and Uchiha Sasuke.
• Orochimaru welcomed the two Hokage, and Hiruzen recognized his former teachers and regretted the circumstances of their return.
• Hashirama spoke to Tobirama, shattering the barrier and knocking four of the Leaf’s Anbu unconscious.
• Hashirama looked down from the rooftop at the boy wearing the Uchiha clan crest.

The First and Second Hokage’s overwhelming presence shattered Orochimaru’s barrier and gravely injured four of the Sound Five. As the gathered shinobi reacted to their return, Gaara held back from confronting Jin after Shukaku warned him to wait.

• The First and Second Hokage’s pressure shattered the barrier and left Kidomaru, Tayuya, Sakon Ukon, and Jirobo badly injured, while Kimimaro remained unharmed.
• Kimimaro wondered whether Jin had protected him and began to see the Uchiha boy as a possible friend.
• Kakashi and Yamato recognized the silver-haired figures as the First and Second Hokage, while Nara Shikaku identified the jutsu as Impure World Reincarnation.
• Might Guy opened the Eight Gates instinctively after seeing the returned Hokage.
• The Sunagakure shinobi reacted to the Kazekage’s death, and Gaara stopped himself from approaching Jin after Shukaku told him to wait.

Fourth Raikage A and Ōnoki sensed a tremendous chakra in Konoha and recognized it as Senju Hashirama’s, abandoning their plan to attack the village and deciding to investigate. Hashirama noticed a boy speaking with Kimimaro, while Tobirama identified the boy as an Uchiha and disappeared.

• Fourth Raikage A dropped a granite block when a powerful chakra swept over the construction site, and Ōnoki sensed it too.
• Raikage A guessed that Orochimaru and Konoha had set them up, but Ōnoki recognized the chakra as Senju Hashirama’s.
• Ōnoki warned Raikage A that Hashirama’s return could reshape the balance of power, and the two agreed to visit Konoha with Yugito.
• Hashirama surveyed the damaged streets and frightened ninjas, then noticed a boy speaking with Kimimaro.
• Tobirama spotted the Uchiha crest on the boy’s clothes, called him an evil Uchiha brat, and vanished in a shimmer of light.

Hashirama and Tobirama confronted the aftermath of the attack on Konoha, and Tobirama questioned Hiruzen about the Fourth Hokage’s death and the deaths of Danzo and the others. As Orochimaru denied killing them, Jin copied a trait from Kimimaro and received Bloodline Disease.

• Hashirama restored Tobirama’s visible form and admired how much Konoha had grown before reacting with surprise that the Fourth Hokage had succeeded him.
• Hashirama asked why the village was burning, and Hiruzen explained that the Fourth Hokage had died sealing the Nine-Tails.
• Tobirama demanded to know why Hiruzen had survived the Fourth Hokage and pressed him about Danzo, Koharu, Homura, and the others.
• Hiruzen revealed that Danzo and the others were dead, prompting Tobirama to suspect Orochimaru had killed them.
• Orochimaru denied killing them and gestured toward Jin, while Jin successfully copied Bloodline Disease from Kimimaro.

Jin fused Bloodline Disease (Black) and Insomniac (Black) into the Yin Release trait Tormentor, then faced Tobirama’s sudden attack. The chapter ended as Tobirama’s Water Severing Wave targeted Jin and Jin prepared to counter with a Black Rod.

• Jin fused Bloodline Disease (Black) and Insomniac (Black), gaining Yin Release - Tormentor (Black).
• Jin reassured Kimimaro about his bloodline disease, while Tobirama noticed Jin and accused him of being an Uchiha brat.
• Yamato wondered whether to help Jin, but Kakashi and Might Guy discussed the danger of confronting Tobirama.
• Tobirama locked his killing intent onto Jin and attacked with Water Release · Water Severing Wave.
• Hashirama held back from intervening, while Orochimaru eagerly watched the attack unfold.
• Jin calmly prepared to stop Tobirama, threatening to stick a Black Rod in his head again.

Uchiha Jin dodged Tobirama’s Water Severing Wave with a space-time technique and appeared behind him, revealing that he had learned Flying Thunder God. Tobirama attacked Jin with Flying Thunder God and the Thunder God Sword, while Jin faced him with a smile.

• Jin admired Tobirama’s rock-cutting water technique and considered using Impure World Reincarnations as an inexhaustible labor force.
• Jin vanished from the path of Tobirama’s Water Severing Wave, which struck Kimimaro and wounded his shoulder.
• Tobirama sensed spatial fluctuations and realized Jin had used a space-time technique to appear behind him.
• Tobirama recognized Jin’s technique as Flying Thunder God and attacked with three marked kunai, sending one toward Orochimaru.
• Tobirama teleported to the rooftop kunai and swung his Thunder God Sword at Jin, who stood behind him smiling.

Jin used his power over light to survive Senju Tobirama’s attack and then hurled him through the Hokage Building. Tobirama recovered and began forming hand signs again, believing Jin’s ability would soon stop working.

• Tobirama attacked Jin with the Thunder God Sword, but the blade passed through Jin’s body after he transformed into light.
• Jin struck Tobirama with a Yin Release-covered hand and threw him through several beams in the Hokage Building.
• Orochimaru wondered whether Impure World Reincarnation had weakened Tobirama and resolved to improve the technique.
• Hashirama moved to help his brother, but Tobirama stopped him and rapidly repaired his body.
• Tobirama recognized Jin’s ability as light-based and began forming hand signs, predicting that the power would soon fail.

Senju Tobirama used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique to blind the Leaf and Sunagakure, but Jin countered the darkness with his Yin Release: Tormentor ability. Tobirama’s technique collapsed, and the onlookers saw him kneeling on a rooftop in agony.

• Senju Tobirama spread the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique across the Hokage Building and nearby streets, leaving even Kakashi and Might Guy unable to see or sense their surroundings.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and the other children cried out in the darkness while Temari realized how overwhelmingly powerful the Leaf could be.
• Senju Tobirama taunted Jin and prepared to attack him, believing the darkness had rendered his eyes useless.
• Jin activated Yin Release: Tormentor (Black) and used his chakra to locate Tobirama in the darkness and inflict soul-deep pain.
• Tobirama screamed and lost control of the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, and the darkness receded to reveal him kneeling on a rooftop with both hands clutching his head.