Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Aya told Uchiha Jin, Shisui, and Nara Kazama that a Hyuga Main Family member who had her parents executed wanted her as a concubine, and she accepted because she feared for her younger sister. After Kazama explained that the team had no way to stop the Hyuga Clan, Shisui asked Jin to help Aya.

• Uchiha Jin encouraged Hyuga Aya to explain what troubled her.
• Hyuga Aya revealed that a Hyuga Main Family member had killed her parents and now wanted her as a concubine, leaving her to accept for her younger sister's sake.
• Shisui condemned the Hyuga Clan and asked Nara Kazama for a way to help Aya.
• Nara Kazama said the team could not interfere with the Hyuga Clan's affairs, and a long-term mission would only delay Aya's fate.
• Hyuga Aya said she had accepted her fate, while Uchiha Jin remained silent and weighed the risks.
• Shisui told Uchiha Jin that he wanted to help Aya.

Uchiha Jin proposed several dangerous ways to free Hyuga Aya from the threat of the Caged Bird by secretly causing a Hyuga Main Family member’s death. The group considered the risks, while Aya remained undecided and Shisui fell silent.

• Shisui asked Uchiha Jin to help Hyuga Aya, and Jin reluctantly considered the problem.
• Uchiha Jin proposed framing the Hyuga Main Family member, disguising themselves as enemies to kill him, or luring him out of Konoha and selling his corpse on the black market.
• Shisui warned that Jin’s plans were dangerous, while Hyuga Aya weighed whether she could risk her life to pursue them.
• Kazama Nara recognized that he had been limiting his thinking to Konoha’s rules and reflected on his own blind spot.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Aya’s problem could not be solved without risk and that the Hyuga Clan must not connect the Main Family member’s death to her.

Hyuga Aya gave up on Uchiha Jin’s dangerous plan, but Shisui chose to help her despite the risks. Before they could decide what to do, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen surrounded the group, and Jin stepped in front of Shisui.

• Hyuga Aya decided not to risk making everyone Rogue Ninjas for her sake.
• Shisui vowed to help Aya and said he would never abandon his friends.
• Aya sensed seven powerful Mist ninja approaching and warned the others to prepare.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen appeared and surrounded the group, leaving Shisui worried about how to protect his teammates.
• Uchiha Jin stepped forward and lay down in front of Shisui.

Uchiha Jin stopped hiding his strength and faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to protect his squad. His Great Fire Annihilation overwhelmed their Water Release, while Shisui attacked Raiga Kurosuki from behind and nearly struck him down.

• Uchiha Jin ordered Shisui to attack from behind and told Nara Kazama and Hyuga Aya to focus on protecting themselves.
• Shisui accepted Jin's lead, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen prepared to kill the Leaf squad before the Jinchuriki arrived.
• Munashi Jinpachi charged, and Uchiha Jin unleashed Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation, overwhelming the swordsmen's Water Walls.
• Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Raiga Kurosuki and strike with his Tachi.
• Raiga Kurosuki barely blocked Shisui's attack with Lightning Blades: Fangs, realizing he had nearly been killed.

Uchiha Jin killed five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen in under a minute, then pursued the two survivors to keep his strength from being exposed. He caught Jinin Akebino and began a fierce close-quarters fight while Shisui, Kazama, and Hyuga Aya pursued Suikazan Fuguki.

• Uchiha Jin killed Raiga Kurosuki and Kuroki Daiwa with Yari after evading their attacks with Six Powers techniques.
• Uchiha Jin killed Munashi Jinpachi, Kushimaru Kuriarare, and Jinin Akebino, leaving only Suikazan Fuguki and Jinin Akebino alive.
• Jinin Akebino and Suikazan Fuguki fled, and Uchiha Jin ordered Shisui to stop them, Kazama to use the Shadow Secret Jutsu, and Hyuga Aya to activate her Byakugan.
• Uchiha Jin and his companions pursued the two Mist Village shinobi, with Hyuga Aya's Byakugan tracking them through their attempts to hide.
• Uchiha Jin caught Jinin Akebino and shattered his Earth Style: Earth Wall with Iron Body: Cannonball.
• Uchiha Jin and Jinin Akebino exchanged nearly thirty blows as Jinin Akebino fought desperately with Kubikiribōchō.

Uchiha Jin and Shisui killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and destroyed the evidence, then Jin decided to claim that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and used Susanoo. The chapter left him preparing to reveal his strength rather than keep hiding it.

• Uchiha Jin broke Jinin Akebino’s body with Iron Body Fist while Shisui pinned down Suikazan Fuguki.
• Shisui killed Suikazan Fuguki, and Uchiha Jin killed Jinin Akebino, wiping out the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Uchiha Jin destroyed both corpses and collected Samehada, Kubikiribōchō, and the Hiltless Ninja Sword as the team erased the battlefield evidence.
• Shisui asked Uchiha Jin how he would explain the battle and his strength to the village.
• Uchiha Jin decided they would say that he had awakened the Mangekyo under threat of death and defeated the swordsmen with Susanoo.

Uchiha Jin and his companions agreed to conceal how he defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen by attributing his victory to his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan. Jin exhausted his Chakra to make the story convincing, and Shisui told the arriving Leaf Village ninja what had supposedly happened.

• Shisui worried the Uchiha Clan and village leaders would investigate Jin's Mangekyō Sharingan, while Nara Kazama and Hyuga Aya helped him consider an explanation.
• Nara Kazama suggested crediting Shisui with the victory, but Jin rejected the plan because it would put Shisui in danger of being exploited.
• Jin said his Mangekyō Sharingan was close to awakening, reassuring Shisui, Hyuga Aya, and Nara Kazama that he could take responsibility for the story.
• Jin unleashed a full-power Great Fire Annihilation, exhausted his Chakra, and collapsed into Shisui's arms.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the arriving Leaf Village ninja asked what had happened, and Shisui claimed Jin awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, used Susanoo, and killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

Shisui, Nara Kazama, and Hyuga Aya confirmed that Uchiha Jin had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with Susanoo. The Uchiha celebrated, while Leaf Village’s Jonin worried about the political fallout during wartime, and Fugaku placed Jin under the highest level of protection.

• Shisui reported that Uchiha Jin had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to kill the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Nara Kazama and Hyuga Aya vouched for Shisui, and Shisui presented the seven ninja swords as proof.
• Uchiha Fugaku inspected the swords, confirmed they belonged to Mist Village, and accepted that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had been killed.
• The Uchiha cheered over Jin’s Mangekyō, while the other Leaf Village Jonin worried that the news could deepen political tensions during wartime.
• Uchiha Fugaku brought the unconscious Jin to the Uchiha camp and assigned three elite squads to guard his tent around the clock.

After hearing that Uchiha Jin had awakened the Mangekyo, Shikaku Nara questioned Nara Kazama about how it happened. He decided to stop investigating Jin and have Kazama build a friendship with him, leaving the Nara Clan prepared for either the Hokage faction or the Uchiha to prevail.

• Nara Kazama told Shikaku Nara that Uchiha Jin had awakened the Mangekyo after their squad was driven into a desperate situation.
• Shikaku Nara questioned Kazama about the awakening but could not identify what seemed wrong with the account.
• Shikaku Nara ordered Kazama to stop investigating Jin and instead become his true friend, offering the clan’s support.
• Nara Kazama understood that Shikaku was preparing the Nara Clan for the Uchiha’s possible rise and agreed.
• After Kazama left, Shikaku Nara decided to wait for the Hokage to seek his advice and reflected on Kazama’s role in preserving the clan’s stability.

Shikaku Nara sent Hiruzen Sarutobi a report about the front and Uchiha Jin, then agreed with Uchiha Fugaku’s plan to attack the Mist camp at dawn. Fugaku later faced pressure from Uchiha clan members to send the unconscious Jin back to the clan grounds, leaving Jin’s recovery and loyalties unresolved.

• Shikaku Nara wrote Hiruzen Sarutobi a detailed letter about the frontline, especially Uchiha Jin, and sent Nara Saeki to deliver it.
• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Shikaku Nara, and they agreed to attack the Mist camp at dawn and seize the Mist forces in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Fugaku returned to his room and asked the Uchiha Jonin whether Jin had woken up or awakened the Sharingan; they said he had not.
• Uchiha Tsuru relayed Uchiha Setsuna’s request to return Jin to the clan grounds, and the assembled Uchiha urged Fugaku to protect him there.

Uchiha Fugaku agreed to wait for the Konoha higher-ups’ decision about Uchiha Jin, despite the clan Jonin’s objections, while the elders were left to protect Jin. In the Hokage’s office, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that an Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and feared the clan’s growing power.

• Uchiha Fugaku told the clan Jonin that he had reported Uchiha Jin’s situation to the Konoha higher-ups and that an answer should arrive within two days.
• The Uchiha Jonin reluctantly agreed to protect Uchiha Jin, dissatisfied that Fugaku had deferred to the village leadership.
• Uchiha Fugaku chose not to confront the Konoha higher-ups, believing defiance would deepen the rift between the village and the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read a letter in his office and realized that an Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled how Uchiha Obito’s Sharingan awakening had transformed him into a threat even Minato Namikaze could not handle.

Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Uchiha Jin had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and considered how to handle a powerful Uchiha with no ties to Leaf Village. Danzo demanded Root take control of Jin, but Hiruzen refused, warning that mistreating him could drive him to defect.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read the report about Uchiha Jin’s Mangekyō Sharingan awakening and worried that Jin had no bonds in Leaf Village to restrain him.
• Danzo entered Hiruzen’s office and demanded that Root take Uchiha Jin for control or elimination.
• Hiruzen refused to let Root interfere and explained that Root’s methods could provoke Jin to defect and threaten Leaf Village.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen of weakness and argued that they should use every means to kill Jin quickly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s proposal to eliminate Uchiha Jin and ordered the Uchiha squad’s return after the frontline stabilized, while granting several promotions. At camp, Uchiha Jin upgraded his Sharingan to Mangekyō and discovered its destructive eye powers and the fused ability Heavenly Domain.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to eliminate Uchiha Jin, but Hiruzen forbade him from acting and insisted on handling the matter himself.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered negotiations with the Mist Village, assigned Shikaku Nara to take command after conditions stabilized, and authorized the Uchiha Clan’s return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted Uchiha Jin to Special Jonin, Uchiha Shisui to Jonin, and Nara Kazama and Hyuga Aya to Chunin.
• At the Land of Whirlpools camp, Uchiha Jin used his Yin Style breakthrough to upgrade his Sharingan and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Jin learned that his left eye could tear apart souls, his right eye could tear apart bodies, and their fusion granted Heavenly Domain and Word Manifestation.
• Shisui, Aya, and Kazama entered as Uchiha Jin examined his new abilities.

Uchiha Jin reassured Shisui about lying by comparing him to the honest Might Duy, then revealed that Duy was far stronger than his Genin rank suggested. He explained Duy’s Eight Inner Gates technique, leaving Nara Kazama, Shisui, and Hyuga Aya stunned by Duy’s hidden strength.

• Uchiha Jin told Shisui that his honest nature would make him convincing when he needed to lie.
• Uchiha Jin mentioned Might Duy, prompting Nara Kazama and Hyuga Aya to dismiss Duy as an unsuitable ninja.
• Uchiha Jin rebuked them and said Duy could overwhelm them with a single kick and seriously injure Jin himself.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Duy had mastered the Eight Inner Gates and could rival an Elite Jonin by opening the sixth gate.
• Uchiha Jin said Duy never used his strength to demand better treatment from the Hokage.

Shisui, Nara Kazama, and Hyuga Aya worried that Uchiha Fugaku would discover Jin had not awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan when he came to see him. Jin reassured them by revealing that his Mangekyō had just awakened, leaving the three stunned.

• Shisui warned that Fugaku would likely visit Jin that night and discover the truth about his Mangekyō.
• Kazama and Aya agreed that the village might become more wary of Jin if it learned his strength exceeded what his supposed status could explain.
• Jin told his companions that his Mangekyō had awakened and opened his Sharingan to show them its new pattern.
• Shisui, Kazama, and Aya stared in shock at Jin's Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Jin explained that the Sharingan came from cultivating Yin Style and taught Shisui a Meditation Method he had invented as an explanation for awakening his Mangekyo. After hearing about the Leaf Village’s negotiations with Mist Village and his squad’s promotions, Jin learned they would return home once the talks ended.

• Shisui asked Jin how he awakened the Mangekyo without suffering intense stimulation, and Jin explained his theory about Yin Style and the Sharingan.
• Jin described a Meditation Method for cultivating Yin Style, and Shisui resolved to practice it.
• Nara Kazama and Hyuga Aya praised Jin, who then asked what had happened while he was unconscious.
• Kazama reported that the Leaf army had entered the Land of Water and set up a forward camp, while Koharu Utatane led negotiations with Mist Village.
• Kazama told Jin that he and Aya had been promoted to Chunin, Shisui to Jonin, and Jin to Special Jonin, and that the squad would return to Leaf Village after negotiations concluded.

Uchiha Jin explained why Hiruzen Sarutobi had made him a Special Jonin and predicted that he would be kept out of the war. He planned to recover in the village and resolve Hyuga Aya’s family matter, while Shisui and Nara Kazama prepared for likely reassignment to another battlefield.

• Uchiha Jin said the Special Jonin rank limited his influence by denying him the Jonin Council voting rights and opportunities to build ties with other clans.
• Jin predicted that Hiruzen Sarutobi would keep him in the village to recuperate, while Shisui, Hyuga Aya, and Nara Kazama would likely be sent to fight in the Land of Grass.
• Jin warned Shisui and Nara Kazama that Cloud Village was strong and asked them to protect Aya.
• Jin said he would use his time in the village to settle Aya’s matter with the Hyuga clan.
• Nara Kazama cautioned Jin about being caught between the Uchiha and Konoha’s leaders, while Aya said her clan would not act before the war ended and its grounds were heavily defended.

Uchiha Jin agreed to help Hyuga Aya escape the Hyuga Clan’s control and planned to hide her connection to a Main Family member’s death before she returned to Leaf Village. After Shisui and the others left, Uchiha Fugaku visited Jin and began discussing the importance of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Jin asked Hyuga Aya to describe the Hyuga Clan’s defenses and copied her information with his Sharingan.
• Shisui offered to help Jin after the war, but Jin insisted Aya’s situation had to be resolved before she returned to Leaf Village.
• Jin explained that the Hyuga Clan could punish Aya without cause if it linked her to a Main Family member’s death.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived, and Shisui and the others left them alone.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Jin that the Mangekyō Sharingan was too important to the clan.

Uchiha Jin revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Fugaku, who offered him major clan rights, wealth, and leadership of the Konoha Guard Force. Jin accepted after weighing how the promotion could support his plan, and Fugaku explained why he had informed the village about Jin’s Mangekyō.

• Uchiha Jin activated his Mangekyō Sharingan for Fugaku, who confirmed it and praised the Uchiha’s respect for strength.
• Fugaku offered Uchiha Jin an elder’s position, voting rights, a share of clan business dividends, main-branch status for his family, and leadership of the Konoha Guard Force.
• Uchiha Jin initially refused the offers because he wanted to avoid responsibility and becoming tied to the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku insisted that clan rules entitled Jin to the benefits and that accepting them did not require joining Fugaku’s faction, though Jin would have obligations to the clan.
• Uchiha Jin considered Nara Kazama’s plan and accepted Fugaku’s offer.
• Fugaku explained that he had informed the village about Jin’s Mangekyō and said that becoming a clan Elder meant Jin would automatically give up his status as a ninja.

Uchiha Jin accepted Fugaku’s support and decided to postpone choosing a side in the Uchiha conflict while enjoying his new status as an Elder. After the war ended, he traveled back to Konoha with his squad and teased the four-year-old Itachi.

• Fugaku explained that the village could not order Uchiha Elders around and gave Jin a lavish reward for awakening his Mangekyo before leaving.
• Jin weighed his growing ties to the Uchiha and Shisui against his wish to avoid responsibility, and resolved to deal with the clan’s future later.
• Koharu Utatane negotiated an end to the war, with Mist Village set to send a delegation to Konoha a week later to sign a ceasefire agreement.
• Jin returned to Konoha with his squad and was surprised to find four-year-old Uchiha Itachi traveling with them.
• Jin pinched Itachi’s chubby cheeks, leaving the displeased child with a darkened expression.