Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Jin explained to Kakashi Hatake and the others how Konoha’s leaders had used Sakumo Hatake’s legacy to secure power and why Kakashi was expected to become Hokage. The squad was left reeling, while Nara Kazama wondered why Jin had chosen to reveal this to them.

• Uchiha Jin told the squad that his Uchiha business would not put them in danger and promised not to send his team to die.
• Kakashi Hatake questioned why Hiruzen Sarutobi had placed him under Minato Namikaze if Sakumo Hatake’s son was considered an enemy.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Hiruzen had brought Kakashi into the Hokage faction to absorb Sakumo’s followers and consolidate control over Konoha’s powerful departments.
• Uchiha Jin predicted that Kakashi would eventually become Hokage because Sakumo’s supporters would demand it, but only after the Uchiha and Hyuga clans were destroyed and the Sarutobi clan secured its position.
• After Uchiha Jin left to rest, Minato’s squad reacted with shock, and Nara Kazama tried to understand why Jin had revealed the village’s secrets to them.

Nara Kazama explained how powerful clans and village leaders profited from war by diverting frontline supplies and exploiting funding from the Daimyo, leaving Minato Squad shaken by the corruption. Kakashi rejected the idea of becoming Hokage, while Obito challenged Kazama’s account by pointing to his and Rin’s places on Minato-sensei’s team.

• Rin Nohara asked why Shisui and the others were unsurprised by Jin’s claims, and Hyuga Aya and Nara Kazama said clan exploitation was normal.
• Nara Kazama described how Leaf Village clans had divided frontline supplies and explained how village leaders profited from wars regardless of victory or defeat.
• Kakashi Hatake said he wanted no part in becoming a Hokage who served a corrupt village, then left to rest by the mountain hollow.
• Obito argued that Kazama’s explanation did not account for how an Uchiha and a civilian like him and Rin Nohara had joined Minato-sensei’s team.

Nara Kazama explained that Konoha had given Kakashi special treatment while treating Obito and Rin as expendable, leaving them shaken. After Minato learned why the squad was subdued and spoke with his students, the group reached Kannabi Bridge and prepared to wait for Minato to bring back the Defense Map.

• Nara Kazama told Obito and Rin that Kakashi’s status came from Sakumo Hatake’s legacy, while their own team assignments served the Hokage faction’s interests.
• Obito and Rin fell silent as Kazama’s explanation matched the harsh treatment they had witnessed in Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin explained the situation to Minato, who accepted that his students needed to understand reality and then spoke privately with Kakashi and the others.
• Three days later, Uchiha Jin led the group to Kannabi Bridge and ordered them to conceal themselves, rest, and prepare defenses while they waited for Minato’s Defense Map.

Uchiha Jin received the village’s real S-rank mission: steal the Stone Village Frontline’s overall deployment map, a task Minato recognized as a likely attempt to get Jin killed. Jin refused Minato’s offer of help and asked him to check on Might Duy, learning that Duy had returned to the Frontline Camp and was being kept there.

• Minato joined Uchiha Jin after obtaining the defense map for the Kannabi Bridge mission.
• Minato handed Jin a scroll with the Hokage’s order to steal the Stone Village Frontline’s overall offensive and defensive deployment map.
• Minato warned Jin that the mission was extremely dangerous and offered to help him escape if needed.
• Jin declined Minato’s help, telling him to focus on protecting Obito and Rin Nohara and to ask the Frontline Camp about Might Duy.
• Minato told Jin that Might Duy had returned from a mission the previous day and that Shikaku Nara had kept him at the Frontline Camp.

Uchiha Jin revealed to Minato Namikaze that Might Duy was a hidden powerhouse and arranged to recruit him after the mission. Before leaving to face the village’s deadly trap, Jin received a special kunai from Minato.

• Uchiha Jin explained that Might Duy had mastered the Eight Inner Gates and could defeat Kage-level opponents with the Gate of Death.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to keep Duy’s strength secret and asked Jin to treat the kind Genin well.
• Uchiha Jin announced his departure and told Shisui to lead the group, with Kakashi assisting him.
• Uchiha Jin asked Kazama and Obito to protect Rin and Aya as the others voiced their concern for his safety.
• Minato Namikaze stopped Uchiha Jin and gave him a specially made kunai for use in especially dangerous situations.

Uchiha Jin left with Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God kunai and headed toward the enemy camp, where he expected a fierce battle. Minato prepared his team to destroy Kannabi Bridge that night and gave Kakashi, Shisui, and Obito kunai so he could rescue them if needed.

• Minato Namikaze gave Uchiha Jin a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai, and Jin left for the enemy camp.
• Rin Nohara, Kakashi Hatake, Shisui, Nara Kazama, and Hyuga Aya worried about Jin and urged the team to finish their mission quickly.
• Minato Namikaze set the operation to destroy Kannabi Bridge for that night and gave Flying Thunder God kunai to Shisui, Obito, and Kakashi.
• Minato Namikaze ordered Obito to protect Rin, and Obito solemnly agreed.
• Uchiha Jin traveled through the forest at an unhurried pace, expecting a fierce battle at the enemy camp.

Uchiha Jin reached the Stone Village headquarters and rested before planning to scout it, but thousands of ninjas surrounded him in the night. He recognized an overwhelming force led by Stone and Cloud Village’s strongest fighters, and realized the village higher-ups had arranged a direct attempt to kill him.

• Uchiha Jin traveled to Stone Village’s true headquarters near the borders of the Land of Earth, the Land of Grass, and the Land of Waterfall.
• Uchiha Jin decided to rest before scouting the headquarters, believing the mission would fail and the Defense Map would be inaccessible.
• Uchiha Jin used Observation Haki to detect thousands of ninjas approaching from every direction and stepped outside to face them.
• Uchiha Jin recognized Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Kurotsuchi, Roshi, Han, Kitsuchi, and Akatsuchi among the Stone Village forces.
• Uchiha Jin spotted the Cloud Village AB Combination, including Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and Yugito Nii, and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for the attack.

Uchiha Jin faced a force of three thousand Stone and Cloud ninja, including Ōnoki and four Jinchuriki, after Ōnoki warned them about the Mangekyo Sharingan. As the assembled ninja mocked Jin for standing his ground, Ōnoki declared that the Uchiha had to be eliminated, and Jin laughed at the army before him.

• Ōnoki warned Kurotsuchi, the Fourth Raikage, and Killer B that Jin's Mangekyo and its genjutsu posed a serious threat, especially to Jinchuriki.
• The assembled Stone and Cloud ninja looked down on twelve-year-old Uchiha Jin for waiting instead of fleeing their overwhelming force.
• Ōnoki floated above the crowd and proclaimed that the Mangekyo must be eradicated, offering Jin a chance to leave last words for Konoha.
• Ōnoki blamed the Uchiha's supposed evil Kekkei Genkai to justify using his forces against Jin.
• Jin laughed as he faced the gathered ninja, his defiance undiminished.

Uchiha Jin taunted the allied force led by Ōnoki, then unleashed Conqueror's Haki and incapacitated most of the three thousand Stone Village ninjas. He began forming the seals for Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation while the leaders realized their unconscious troops were in danger.

• Uchiha Jin mocked the hostile ninjas and challenged them to attack.
• Ōnoki, Roshi, Han, Killer B, the Fourth Raikage, Kurotsuchi, and the other ninjas charged at Uchiha Jin together.
• Uchiha Jin activated Conqueror's Haki, knocking out most of the three thousand Stone Village ninjas and leaving ordinary Jonin struggling to stay conscious.
• Ōnoki recognized that the technique was not Mangekyō power and feared Uchiha Jin would use a large-scale attack against the helpless troops.
• Uchiha Jin began forming hand seals for Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

Uchiha Jin unleashed a vast sea of fire against Stone Village’s elite force, then faced Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage’s AB Combination as they attacked him together. He activated Kaido’s enhanced Azure Dragon scale armor to test whether it could withstand their strongest techniques.

• Uchiha Jin’s flames engulfed the forest across a radius of twenty kilometers, while the surviving Stone Village ninjas used Water Release to protect their unconscious comrades.
• Ōnoki carried the unconscious Kurotsuchi into the air and ordered Roshi and Han to take her to the Frontline Camp and rescue other Stone Village ninjas.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release: Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu at Uchiha Jin as Roshi and Han retreated with Kurotsuchi.
• The Fourth Raikage and Killer B powered up and rushed Uchiha Jin from opposite sides with the Liger Bomb.
• Uchiha Jin activated Kaido’s Body and covered himself in Azure Dragon scales as the Particle Style and Liger Bomb struck him simultaneously.

Uchiha Jin overwhelmed the Fourth Raikage and Killer B with his taijutsu and survived the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb unharmed. He activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and used Void on the wounded Fourth Raikage, whose body began to disintegrate.

• Uchiha Jin sent Killer B flying, then shattered the Fourth Raikage’s Lightning Armor and wounded him with Yari.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails, rescued the Fourth Raikage, and blasted Uchiha Jin with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Ōnoki arrived as the explosion devastated the valley, and the three watched in shock when Uchiha Jin emerged unharmed.
• Uchiha Jin activated his Mangekyo and used Void on the Fourth Raikage, causing his flesh to collapse around his wounds.

Uchiha Jin used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control Killer B and turn him against the wounded Fourth Raikage, while Ōnoki tried to stop him. Killer B broke free, but he and the Fourth Raikage fled anyway, leaving Ōnoki alone to face Uchiha Jin.

• Ōnoki attacked Uchiha Jin with Particle Style while Killer B charged, but Jin used his Mangekyō genjutsu to seize control of Killer B.
• Uchiha Jin ordered Killer B to attack the Fourth Raikage, and Ōnoki buried Jin under a Super Heavy Rock Technique to weaken his control.
• The Fourth Raikage called for Killer B to wake up, and Killer B broke free of the genjutsu just before reaching him.
• The wounded Fourth Raikage told Killer B to retreat, and Killer B carried him away at full speed.
• Ōnoki watched the Cloud Village pair flee and realized he had been left to face Uchiha Jin alone.

Uchiha Jin and Ōnoki ended their confrontation by negotiating after Jin weighed the risks of fighting Stone Village. Ōnoki handed over Stone Village’s plans, leaving the two to discuss what Jin might gain from an alliance.

• Ōnoki dispelled his Super Heavy Rock Technique and proposed talking with Uchiha Jin, pointing out Jin’s conflict with Konoha’s leadership.
• Jin decided not to fight because his defensive ability was running out and his Mangekyō techniques consumed too much power.
• Jin demanded Stone Village’s defensive and offensive plans before they negotiated further.
• Ōnoki gave Jin a Sealing Scroll containing the plans and said Stone Village no longer intended to continue the war.

Uchiha Jin rejected Ōnoki’s offer to join Stone Village and demanded the Light-Weight Rock Technique in exchange for ending the slaughter. Ōnoki refused at first, but Jin threatened to destroy the frontline headquarters, leaving him to reconsider.

• Uchiha Jin asked Ōnoki what Stone Village would offer to make him stop the slaughter.
• Ōnoki offered to accept the Uchiha into Stone Village and grant them a high position, but Jin refused to abandon Leaf Village.
• Uchiha Jin demanded the Light-Weight Rock Technique, which Ōnoki called a treasured foundation of Stone Village and refused to hand over.
• Uchiha Jin threatened to destroy the frontline headquarters and warned Ōnoki that Stone Village could take twenty years to recover.
• Ōnoki recalled the devastation caused by Jin’s Conqueror’s Haki and fell silent, looking somberly at him.

Uchiha Jin obtained the Light-Weight Rock Technique from Ōnoki and proposed a ninja-tool trade between the Uchiha and Stone Village. Ōnoki accepted the deal, leaving the two sides to arrange its details through their merchants.

• Ōnoki recorded the Light-Weight Rock Technique on a scroll and gave it to Uchiha Jin.
• Uchiha Jin offered Stone Village a two percent discount on ninja tools from the Uchiha Merchant Caravan.
• Ōnoki agreed to buy the tools and asked how the trade would work.
• Uchiha Jin said the Uchiha would deliver goods only beyond the Land of Fire Border and left the remaining arrangements to Ōnoki.
• Uchiha Jin and Ōnoki shook hands and agreed to cooperate.

Uchiha Jin secured Stone Village’s cooperation after a fierce battle, then used Minato’s Flying Thunder God to meet him and report the mission’s outcome. Minato learned that Ōnoki had agreed to withdraw, while Jin worried about the Uchiha’s precarious position and the greater danger posed by Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu.

• Uchiha Jin and Ōnoki agreed to cooperate, and Ōnoki considered using the secret deal as leverage against the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin left Ōnoki and headed toward Kannabi Bridge, concerned about Minato’s situation and the threat from Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu.
• Uchiha Jin used Minato’s Flying Thunder God to summon Minato, who arrived ready to fight before realizing the battle was over.
• Uchiha Jin told Minato that Stone Village and Cloud Village had sent a huge force, including Ōnoki, two Jinchuriki, A, Killer B, and three thousand elites.
• Minato was shocked to hear that A had been seriously injured, Killer B had fled with him, Stone Village had suffered heavy casualties, and Ōnoki had agreed to withdraw.

Uchiha Jin assured Minato Namikaze that Obito had survived and was likely taken by White Zetsu for Uchiha Madara’s plans. Jin then realized Rin Nohara was also in danger, but Minato froze when asked where she was.

• Uchiha Jin speculated that Stone Village might withdraw after losing three thousand elite troops, and Minato Namikaze agreed the battle might soon end.
• Minato told Jin that Obito’s team had been crushed by a boulder, leaving Obito buried underground and presumed dead.
• Jin said White Zetsu had likely taken Obito and explained that Uchiha Madara could keep him alive with Hashirama Cells and other means.
• Minato asked how they would rescue Obito, but Jin argued that Obito was not in need of rescue and that Madara intended to use him.
• Jin warned that Madara would target Rin Nohara and asked Minato where she was, leaving Minato frozen.

Uchiha Jin and Minato Namikaze returned to Kannabi Bridge to find Rin Nohara missing and learn that a Stone Village ninja had taken her. They decided to rest and plan a rescue, leaving Kakashi determined to bring Rin back.

• Minato Namikaze took Uchiha Jin back to Kannabi Bridge, where they found Kakashi alone and Rin Nohara gone.
• Kakashi said a Stone Village ninja had used the Invisibility Technique to capture Rin shortly after Minato left.
• Uchiha Jin learned that Shisui Squad had split off from Minato Squad and concluded Shisui could handle the Stone Village ninja pursuing them.
• Uchiha Jin urged Minato Namikaze and Kakashi to rest while they worked out where Rin was being held, reasoning that the Stone Village had plans for her.
• Minato Namikaze reassured Kakashi that Rin was likely safe for now, and Kakashi vowed to bring her back.

Uchiha Jin told Minato Namikaze that Rin Nohara would return on her own as part of Uchiha Madara’s plan to make Obito witness her death at Kakashi’s hands. While they waited, Minato staged an investigation to keep Kakashi and the watching White Zetsu unsuspecting, but Kakashi grew increasingly restless.

• Minato Namikaze persuaded Kakashi to rest while he and Uchiha Jin kept watch.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Uchiha Madara needed Rin Nohara to die at Kakashi’s hands to drive Obito into despair and awaken his Mangekyo.
• Minato Namikaze sent Anbu to investigate Stone Village’s Frontline Camp as a cover, while Uchiha Jin watched five White Zetsu without revealing that he had detected them.
• On the third morning, Kakashi left to gather firewood, and Minato Namikaze worried that he might rush into the Stone Village camp.
• Uchiha Jin reassured Minato Namikaze that Uchiha Madara was even more anxious than they were.

Kakashi reflected on how Sakumo Hatake had secretly prepared him for a future in the village before Rin Nohara appeared and revealed that the Three-Tails had been sealed inside her. Rin begged Kakashi to kill her before she could be forced to unleash the beast on Leaf Village.

• Kakashi recalled how Uchiha Jin had helped him understand that Sakumo Hatake’s choices had been made for the village and had paved Kakashi’s path toward becoming Hokage.
• Kakashi mourned Obito’s death and Rin’s capture, still struggling to leave the shadows of his grief behind.
• Kakashi sensed someone approaching, drew his short Tachi, and realized the person was Rin Nohara.
• Rin told Kakashi that the Three-Tails had been sealed inside her and that her captors intended to make her release it in Leaf Village.
• Rin explained that a Cursed Seal prevented her from killing herself and begged Kakashi to kill her for the village’s sake.