Chapter Summaries

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.

Uchiha Jin's power left Senju Tobirama writhing in pain despite his Impure World body, stunning the gathered shinobi and prompting Orochimaru to suspect the attack targeted the soul. As the Fourth Raikage and Ōnoki witnessed Tobirama's defeat, Orochimaru became interested in Jin's eyes.

• Senju Tobirama screamed in agony as Jin's power affected him through his Impure World body, and Orochimaru suspected it attacked the soul.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Anbu reacted in shock as Tobirama remained kneeling in pain.
• Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage arrived, and A recalled Kumogakure's hard-won battle against Tobirama and realized Jin might outmatch an entire nation.
• Ōnoki tried to reassure A by saying Jin had even overpowered Uchiha Madara.
• Orochimaru studied Jin's black eyes and began coveting their power.

Uchiha Jin’s altered Yin Release overwhelmed Senju Tobirama, who began preparing the Reaper Death Seal while Hashirama stepped in to hold Jin off. Hashirama cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique across the Hokage Building, leaving Jin surrounded by a kilometer-wide darkness.

• Uchiha Jin approached the kneeling Tobirama and considered whether his Yin Release could counter soul-related abilities, including the Reaper Death Seal.
• Senju Tobirama urged Hashirama to use the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and began forming seals for the Reaper Death Seal.
• Senju Hashirama recognized Tobirama’s technique but chose to let him prove his honor, then turned to face Jin.
• Hashirama’s aura shook the Leaf, astonishing Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage A, Nara Shikaku, and the villagers watching.
• Hashirama apologized to Jin and cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, spreading darkness across the Hokage Building and a kilometer-wide area.

Uchiha Jin used his domain and Nanoscale Insects to perceive and counter Senju Hashirama’s Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, while the darkness left Ōnoki, the Raikage, and Nara Shikaku believing Jin was trapped. Hashirama charged Jin with a powerful punch, but Jin looked up and asked whether Hashirama had just looked at him.

• Uchiha Jin used his Mangekyo, Byakugan, domain, and Nanoscale Insects to sense the darkness Hashirama had spread around the Leaf.
• Ōnoki concluded that Hashirama’s technique had taken away Jin’s sunlight and left him vulnerable, while the Raikage struggled to feel his own body.
• Nara Shikaku feared Jin’s defeat would end the reforms, until Jin’s voice rang through the darkness and challenged Hashirama’s technique.
• Hashirama gathered purple Chakra, rushed behind Jin, and prepared to strike him with Monster Strength.
• Hashirama said he wanted to speak with Jin but would not spare anyone who made an enemy of the Leaf, then swung his fist as Jin asked if he had just looked at him.

Uchiha Jin used his abilities to evade Hashirama's punch and disrupt Tobirama, then asked Hashirama for a conversation. He openly claimed he needed sunlight to survive, leaving Tobirama baffled by their candor.

• Hashirama admitted he had looked at Jin, and Tobirama realized Jin might be using a gaze-based ability and warned his brother to move.
• Hashirama struck at Jin with Monster Strength, but his fist passed through Jin and smashed a crater into the ground.
• Jin released his nanoscopic insects to devour the darkness and secretly used Yin Release: Tormentor to disrupt Tobirama's hand seals and Chakra flow.
• Jin moved in front of Hashirama and asked him to talk for ten minutes, and Hashirama agreed after asking whether Jin's ability needed sunlight.
• Jin said he needed sunlight and claimed he could not survive without light, leaving Tobirama bewildered by their exchange.

Uchiha Jin’s conversation with Senju Hashirama failed to copy any of Hashirama’s powerful traits, so Jin abruptly started a fight. Hashirama blocked Jin’s Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, and Jin escalated by forming Tailed Beast Bombs.

• Jin saw Hashirama’s list of mostly gold traits and tried chatting with him instead of fighting.
• Tobirama questioned Hiruzen about Jin’s habit of chatting, while Shikaku reflected on Jin’s apparent confidence and relaxed his guard.
• The system failed to copy Hashirama’s traits after Jin spoke with him for ten minutes, and Jin asked whether Hashirama counted as dead or alive.
• Jin stopped chatting and attacked Hashirama with the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, but Hashirama blocked it with the Wood Release: Ranked Board Technique.
• Jin formed multiple Tailed Beast Bombs, surprising Hashirama with the young shinobi’s power.