Chapter Summaries

After demonstrating his powerful new technique, Minagawa Uchiha received news that Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu were plotting to provoke a war between Konoha and the other Great Shinobi Villages. Minagawa welcomed the chance to plunge the Ninja World into chaos.

• Minagawa Uchiha resolved to conserve Chakra and use controlled body reinforcement as his standard attack after testing his destructive technique.
• Tsunade questioned Minagawa about his strength, acknowledged his superiority, and demanded to leave the Kamui World so she could eat.
• Minagawa and Tsunade returned to the Hokage Building, but Minagawa hurried home after receiving intelligence through the Spore Technique.
• A White Zetsu spy told Minagawa that Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu planned to provoke a war between Konoha and the other Four Great Shinobi Villages.
• Minagawa concluded that Obito wanted to exploit the turmoil to begin capturing Tailed Beasts and welcomed the coming chaos.

Minagawa Uchiha learned about Obito Uchiha’s new Mangekyo Sharingan abilities and considered using the coming conflict to bring the Land of Fire under Konoha’s rule. Over the following month, Konoha reorganized its ninja training and workforce under Minagawa’s reforms.

• White Zetsu reported that Obito Uchiha wielded Amaterasu and a space-time Dōjutsu that let him shift locations, and Minagawa Uchiha questioned him about how it worked.
• Minagawa Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to continue his assignments and report when the other ninja villages planned to act.
• After Jiraiya and Minagawa Uchiha took advisory roles, Kabuto Yakushi and Tamaki Hyuga were promoted and assigned to the Anbu.
• Minagawa Uchiha developed Konoha’s reforms, dividing its ninja into Combat Ninjas and Medical Ninjas and expanding the Ninja Academy into combat and utility classes.
• Uchiha Fugaku changed graduation standards and training, while Konoha shifted away from four-person teams and began supporting its ninjas’ living expenses.

Minagawa Uchiha learned that the Fire Country Daimyo was conspiring with other nations and persuaded Uchiha Fugaku to seize control of the country during the coming war. After setting the plan in motion, Minagawa asked to leave the village briefly, promising to return soon with a surprise.

• Minagawa Uchiha learned that Kumogakure and Sunagakure were preparing to attack Konoha, while Ōnoki secretly mobilized Jonin and Kirigakure remained hostile to Obito Uchiha.
• Minagawa Uchiha learned that the Fire Country Daimyo had sent envoys to other nations and decided to eliminate the daimyo and replace his government during wartime.
• Minagawa Uchiha presented Uchiha Fugaku with a plan to assassinate the envoys, take control of the Daimyo's Mansion, and frame the other shinobi villages for killing Fire Country officials.
• Uchiha Fugaku praised Minagawa Uchiha and ordered the Anbu to carry out the mission.
• Minagawa Uchiha asked Uchiha Fugaku for permission to leave the village, and he promised to return soon with an unexpected surprise.

Minagawa Uchiha traveled to the Land of Bears to take the Star from Hoshigakure and planned to use its power before pursuing his plans for Karin and Orochimaru. At the poison-mist canyon outside Hoshigakure, he met Natsuhi and began asking her about the Star.

• Minagawa Uchiha left Konoha after reflecting on the village’s recent upheaval and planned to visit the Land of Bears, the Land of Grass, and the Land of Rice.
• Minagawa Uchiha decided to obtain the Star, then collect Karin and later meet Orochimaru, whom he hoped to bring back to Konoha and control.
• Minagawa Uchiha traveled to the Land of Bears and found the poison-mist-covered canyon outside Hoshigakure.
• Natsuhi warned Minagawa Uchiha not to enter the poisonous mist, then grew wary after noticing his Konoha forehead protector.
• Minagawa Uchiha identified Natsuhi and explained that Konoha had heard about her theft of the Star, while Natsuhi demanded to know his intentions.

Minagawa Uchiha persuaded Natsuhi to reveal where Hoshigakure kept the Star, then entered the training room to confront Akaboshi and his companions. He dispersed their Star-powered chakra attack with a blue-coated fist and wondered whether the Star's chakra could be useful.

• Natsuhi hesitated to surrender Hoshigakure's treasure until Minagawa Uchiha appealed to her fear that her son might share his father's fate.
• Natsuhi told Minagawa Uchiha where the Star was stored, and he crossed the poisonous mist to reach it.
• Minagawa Uchiha found Akaboshi and two other ninjas training with the Star and decided to kill them.
• Akaboshi sent Night Hawk and Death Burial to attack Minagawa Uchiha with pale purple chakra beasts.
• Minagawa Uchiha shattered the chakra beasts with a blue-coated fist and considered the Star's power.

Minagawa Uchiha defeated Akaboshi and his men, took Hoshigakure’s star, and continued toward the Land of Grass. Obito Uchiha and Zetsu learned of the theft and began questioning why Minagawa had sought the star.

• Minagawa Uchiha dispersed Akaboshi’s Chakra Beast and killed Akaboshi and his two men.
• Minagawa Uchiha confirmed that the star absorbed Nature Energy, took it from the altar, and stored it in the Kamui World.
• Minagawa Uchiha carved the three men’s crimes onto the altar to protect Natsuhi, then left Hoshigakure.
• Minagawa Uchiha traveled through the Land of Birds and the Land of Rain to the Land of Grass, where he rested in the Kamui World.
• Obito Uchiha and Zetsu learned that Minagawa Uchiha had stolen Hoshigakure’s star and wondered what made it worth seeking.

Black Zetsu feared that Minagawa Uchiha could use the Hashirama Cells and an intact Ten-Tails Fragment to awaken the Rinnegan, so he manipulated Obito Uchiha into targeting him. In the Kamui World, Minagawa began fusing the fragment into his body and entered his cells to observe the evolution.

• Black Zetsu recognized the Star as an intact Ten-Tails Fragment and worried that Minagawa Uchiha could combine it with the Hashirama Cells to meet the conditions for awakening the Rinnegan.
• Obito Uchiha dismissed the Star as a weak cultivation aid, and Black Zetsu suggested that Minagawa might be investigating the Akatsuki Organization in the Land of Rain.
• Obito Uchiha decided to eliminate Uchiha Itachi and confront Minagawa Uchiha, claiming he could counter Minagawa's space-time ability.
• Minagawa Uchiha trained, ate breakfast, and prepared himself before pressing the Ten-Tails Fragment against his chest.
• Minagawa Uchiha swallowed the fragment under the Kamui World's influence and began observing the fusion of his cells with the Divine Tree Cells.

After completing his fusion with the Ten-Tails Fragment, Minagawa Uchiha went to Kusagakure and found Uzumaki Karin being abused for her healing ability. He decided to take her to safety and left the village with her before anyone noticed.

• Karin exhausted herself refining Chakra, then prepared to offer her arm for the healing bites she had learned to endure.
• Minagawa Uchiha, newly recovered from the hunger caused by his Ten-Tails Fragment fusion, entered the room and recognized Karin as an Uzumaki.
• Karin drew a kunai when Minagawa approached, but fainted after he revealed that he knew her clan identity.
• Minagawa carried Karin out of Kusagakure without confronting the Grass ninja, so he would not risk setting off a war early.

Minagawa Uchiha rescued Karin from Kusagakure, won her trust with food, and set off with her toward the Land of Rice to recruit Orochimaru for Konoha. Karin grew comfortable enough to bicker with him and let him carry her as they traveled.

• Karin woke in the wilderness, recognized Minagawa Uchiha, and initially hid from him in fear.
• Minagawa Uchiha explained that Konoha had sent him to rescue her, and Karin chose to believe him and ate the rabbits he had cooked.
• Karin argued with Minagawa Uchiha while they ate, then eagerly declared rabbit her new favorite food.
• Minagawa Uchiha told Karin they were near the border of the Land of Iron and the Land of Rice and were going to recruit Orochimaru.
• Karin asked about Orochimaru and his inventions as they walked, then said she could not walk anymore, so Minagawa Uchiha carried her.

Minagawa Uchiha went to Sound Village to meet Orochimaru and explained that his strength came from more than his Uchiha bloodline. He left Orochimaru intrigued by his ideas about Chakra and the foundations of ninjutsu.

• Minagawa Uchiha left Karin at an inn in the Land of Rice and traveled to Sound Village.
• Fuma Ran confronted Minagawa Uchiha, then recognized he was not there to cause trouble and agreed to announce his arrival to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru appeared and questioned Minagawa Uchiha about the source of his power.
• Minagawa Uchiha said that although Uchiha blood gave him a strong starting point, he had surpassed Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui through other means.
• Minagawa Uchiha told Orochimaru that Chakra lay at the root of ninjutsu and asked whether he had truly studied it thoroughly.

Minagawa Uchiha persuaded Orochimaru to refocus his research on Chakra’s underlying nature and invited him to return to Konoha. Orochimaru agreed to go back with the Sound Village after making arrangements, eager to pursue research with Konoha’s resources and Minagawa’s help.

• Minagawa Uchiha explained that studying Chakra’s essence was more valuable than trying to learn every ninjutsu or Kekkei Genkai, and Orochimaru accepted the advice with gratitude.
• Orochimaru offered to share his research with Minagawa Uchiha, but initially avoided answering the invitation to return to Konoha.
• Minagawa Uchiha told Orochimaru that the Third Hokage’s group had stepped down, Orochimaru’s charges had been cleared, and Konoha would provide him a laboratory if he stopped experimenting on innocent people.
• Orochimaru weighed Konoha’s resources and the chance to see old friends, then agreed to return and bring the Sound Village after making arrangements.
• Minagawa Uchiha offered help from himself and Tsunade, prompting Orochimaru to grow more eager to conduct research in Konoha.

Minagawa Uchiha brought Orochimaru into a realistic dream world and revealed the history of the Divine Tree, Chakra, and Nature Energy, while secretly altering Orochimaru's regard for life. Orochimaru recognized that Minagawa's knowledge did not fit his supposed background and asked him to reveal his origins.

• Minagawa Uchiha agreed to merge Sound Village into Konoha and used his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to bring Orochimaru into a dream beneath a giant tree.
• Minagawa Uchiha demonstrated the dream world's realism and secretly planted reverence for life in Orochimaru's consciousness.
• Minagawa Uchiha explained the Divine Tree, the origins of Chakra, and the significance of Nature Energy to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru became wary of the Sage of Six Paths and tried unsuccessfully to break the genjutsu, then accepted that Minagawa Uchiha held control.
• Orochimaru asked Minagawa Uchiha to explain his origins, questioning how a teenager who had never left the village could know so much.

Minagawa Uchiha convinced Orochimaru that he had been reborn from the future by revealing Orochimaru’s plans for the Konoha Crush and Sasuke. He left Orochimaru angry and curious about Jiraiya’s Child of Prophecy, hoping to drive him to investigate Chakra and Nature Energy.

• Minagawa Uchiha claimed he had come from the future and invited Orochimaru to help become a Savior of the Ninja World.
• Orochimaru tested Minagawa by asking what his future self had done, and Minagawa described the Konoha Crush Plan and Orochimaru’s confrontation with the Third Hokage.
• Minagawa revealed that Orochimaru had tried to take Sasuke’s body but had been defeated and absorbed by him.
• Orochimaru believed Minagawa’s account but became angry at the claims that Sasuke was a fated Savior and demanded to know who Jiraiya’s Child of Prophecy was.
• Minagawa used the prophecy to provoke Orochimaru into pursuing deeper research into Chakra and Nature Energy.

Minagawa Uchiha and Orochimaru agreed to strengthen Konoha, unite the Ninja World, and eventually counterattack the Otsutsuki Clan. Orochimaru brought the Sound Village back to Konoha, where his former companions welcomed him with laughter.

• Minagawa Uchiha and Orochimaru planned to develop Konoha, unite the Ninja World, and prepare for a counteroffensive against the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Orochimaru ordered the Sound Village to pack its supplies and merge with Konoha, and the village emptied in one night.
• Minagawa Uchiha and Orochimaru led the Sound Village back to Konoha and reached its gates by noon.
• Uchiha Fugaku, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and others waited to welcome Orochimaru, while Tsunade teased Jiraiya about his feelings for him.
• Jiraiya retched at Orochimaru's arrival, making the group laugh before Orochimaru and the Sound Village entered Konoha.

Konoha prospered under Minagawa Uchiha’s leadership, but its expansion alarmed the other nations and led the Four Great Shinobi Villages to form an alliance against the Land of Fire. Minagawa learned of the coming war and feared Uchiha Itachi would not survive his flight from Akatsuki.

• Orochimaru and Tsunade helped Konoha expand its industries, medicine, farmland, and workforce, bringing the village wealth and popular support.
• Konoha used Anbu operations and genjutsu to neutralize the Daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire, while other nations grew wary of Konoha’s rising power.
• The Daimyo of the major nations warned their Kage about the threat from the Land of Fire, and the Four Great Shinobi Villages agreed to attack together.
• Minagawa Uchiha learned that White Zetsu had been monitoring him and Konoha on Obito Uchiha’s orders, leaving them unable to gather intelligence on Obito’s side.
• A wounded crow delivered news that Uchiha Itachi was still fleeing, and Minagawa Uchiha suspected he would not make it back to Konoha.

After Itachi sent a bloodstained message from the Akatsuki Organization, Uchiha Fugaku struggled to focus on the coming war and asked Minagawa Uchiha to lead the preparations. Minagawa announced the allied villages’ invasion in three days and assigned Konoha’s forces, leaving himself to face the Cloud Ninja alone.

• Minagawa Uchiha delivered Itachi’s bloodstained message to Uchiha Fugaku and warned that Itachi might not return.
• Uchiha Fugaku accepted that he could not organize the war meeting and asked Minagawa Uchiha to preside over it.
• Minagawa Uchiha had Kakashi summon the legion commanders and Advisors to the Hokage’s Office.
• Minagawa Uchiha announced that the Four Great Shinobi Villages would attack the Land of Fire in three days.
• Minagawa Uchiha assigned Konoha’s legions to confront the Stone, Sand, and Mist Ninja, defend the village, and secure the Land of Fire, while declaring that he would face the Cloud Ninja alone.

Minagawa Uchiha insisted on facing Kumogakure alone, despite Jiraiya and Tsunade arguing that the Cloud Ninja were too powerful to confront without reinforcements. Orochimaru supported the plan and chose to remain in Konoha to oversee development, while Kabuto knew Minagawa’s confidence came from his true Rinnegan and his evolving Kamui World.

• Minagawa Uchiha announced that he would face the Cloud Ninja alone, drawing objections from Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others.
• Jiraiya recommended sending forces from the Sand and Mist fronts to help Minagawa, while Tsunade warned that Cloud experts could hold him back as the rest advanced.
• Orochimaru backed Minagawa’s deployment plan and asked to stay in Konoha with Kabuto Yakushi to maintain the village’s development.
• Tsunade and the others berated Orochimaru for avoiding the expedition, while Kabuto smiled knowingly.
• Kabuto knew Minagawa’s confidence rested on his naturally awakened Rinnegan, which had evolved the Kamui World and granted him limited access to its World Power.

Minagawa Uchiha explained the limits of using Nature Energy to strengthen the Kamui World, then used his Rinnegan to end objections to his military plans. In the Kamui World, he offered Hyuga Hiashi a path to awaken the Tenseigan in exchange for reforming the Hyuga Clan and helping Kaguya Kimimaro.

• Minagawa Uchiha stopped drawing on the Ninja World's Nature Energy to sustain the Kamui World, wary of draining the planet and slowing his own tempering.
• Minagawa Uchiha suppressed the conference room with his Rinnegan, then ordered the gathered forces to deploy and assigned Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi to remain behind.
• Minagawa Uchiha took Orochimaru, Hyuga Hiashi, Kaguya Kimimaro, and Hatake Kakashi into the Kamui World and told Hyuga Hiashi that Kimimaro suffered from a severe Bloodline Disease.
• Minagawa Uchiha explained that the Kaguya Clan's Shikotsumyaku could evolve into All-Killing Ash Bones and the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan into the Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Hiashi eagerly asked how to awaken the Tenseigan, and Minagawa Uchiha offered to explain in return for abolishing the Caged Bird and the main- and Branch-Family division, and helping cure Kimimaro.
• Hyuga Hiashi agreed to follow Minagawa Uchiha's arrangements if the Hyuga Clan could advance its bloodline.

Minagawa Uchiha and Orochimaru helped Kimimaro and Hyuga Hiashi transplant each other’s cells to alleviate their bloodline conditions. Minagawa then assigned Kakashi a secret mission to assassinate the Fire Daimyo and officials, framing another country so Konoha could take control during the war.

• Minagawa Uchiha explained that exchanging cells might ease Kimimaro’s Bloodline Disease and help evolve Hiashi’s Byakugan, and the two underwent the transplants.
• Orochimaru declined Minagawa’s offer of transplanted Kekkei Genkai, saying he would instead study Chakra and Nature Energy.
• After planning to get examined at Orochimaru’s laboratory, Hiashi and Kimimaro left for the front lines, while Kakashi stayed behind with Minagawa.
• Minagawa ordered Kakashi to kill the Fire Daimyo and every official, then frame another country; after considering his beliefs and Konoha’s history, Kakashi accepted.
• Minagawa set a deadline before the war and proposed that Anbu assassinate the other nations’ Daimyos and officials once the conflict began.

Minagawa Uchiha restored Kakashi's left eye while Obito Uchiha prepared to confront him during the war. The other nations learned that the Fire Country Daimyo and his officials had been killed, and their daimyo concluded that Konoha was responsible.

• Minagawa Uchiha used Yin-Yang Release to restore Kakashi's left eye, and Kakashi thanked him.
• Obito Uchiha learned that Uchiha Itachi had escaped detection and decided to deal with Minagawa Uchiha himself.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito Uchiha to take him along, and Obito agreed before learning that Minagawa Uchiha was facing Kumogakure alone.
• White Zetsu notified the Akatsuki Organization to begin moving, while Obito Uchiha headed for the Land of Hot Water with Black Zetsu attached to him.
• A crow watched Obito Uchiha leave, while the daimyo and leaders of the major nations received news that the Fire Country Daimyo and his officials had been killed.
• The daimyo of the other nations suspected that Konoha had killed the Fire Country Daimyo and his officials.