Chapter Summaries

Shiyu tricked Danzo into believing he had stolen Shiyu’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then fused the First’s bloodline with several clan bloodlines while imprisoned. Hiruzen Sarutobi later told him that Amegakure had declared war on Konoha and asked him for help.

• Shiyu summoned Slug Sage, who divided into little slugs and carried out Shiyu’s plans while he remained in prison.
• Danzo came to take Shiyu’s Mangekyō Sharingan, but Shiyu used genjutsu and a clone eye to make him believe he had succeeded, while secretly taking the First’s bloodline from Danzo.
• Shiyu learned from Slug Sage that Kakuzu was ready to set out, Xiao Xing was training at Shikkotsu Forest, and the third part of his plan was nearly ready.
• Shiyu began fusing the First’s bloodline with the Aburame, Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi bloodlines, and the fusion strengthened his body and chakra before he fell asleep.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Shiyu that Xiao Xing had disappeared, Lady Mito had died, and Kushina had become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Amegakure had declared war on Konoha and asked Shiyu to help because the Sannin were guarding the border and Minato was away on another mission.

Shiyu negotiated his release from Konoha Prison in exchange for helping Danzo negotiate a ceasefire with Amegakure, securing a seventy-ninja escort and access to the First and Second Hokage’s remains. After secretly absorbing their bloodlines and strengthening his team, he departed for the mission with Danzo.

• Shiyu demanded the profits from his agreements with Sunagakure and Iwagakure, a self-selected ninja team, and permission to see the First and Second Hokage’s remains; Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to consider the profits, allowed seventy ninja, and approved the visit.
• Shiyu stopped time and absorbed the bloodlines from the First and Second Hokage’s remains before leaving the secret location with the Anbu.
• Shiyu assembled seventy elite ninja from Konoha’s clans, raised their chakra levels, and absorbed the excess bloodline power in their bodies.
• Shiyu covered his eyes as they began to evolve, then met with Danzo and the Third Hokage to receive the Amegakure mission.
• Shiyu agreed to let Danzo handle negotiations and to deal with any fighting as the group prepared to leave for Amegakure.

Shiyu and Danzo traveled to Amegakure to negotiate with Hanzo, each still plotting to kill the other. The meeting began with Hanzo surrounding the Konoha delegation, and Shiyu wondered whether the reason for Hanzo’s war declaration differed from what he had suspected.

• Shiyu and Danzo led their separate squads from Konoha toward Amegakure while hiding their hostility from the ANBU observers.
• Shiyu noticed that his eyes were changing as they evolved, but they remained too itchy for comfort and had not yet awakened the Rinnegan.
• The delegation crossed into the Land of Rain and reached Amegakure, where Shiyu stayed alert and tested Danzo by asking him to undo his seal.
• Hundreds of Amegakure shinobi surrounded Shiyu and Danzo in the reception hall as Hanzo appeared behind a screen to begin negotiations.
• Shiyu mocked Hanzo, while Danzo apologized and identified Shiyu as Hiruzen Sarutobi’s disciple.
• Hanzo asked Danzo if he knew why he had declared war on Konoha, and Shiyu wondered if events were not as he had expected.

Shiyu uncovered Hanzo’s real aim: he wanted Konoha’s help destroying the Akatsuki. After Shiyu defeated Hanzo’s elite guards with Taijutsu, Hanzo offered him an alliance and then assigned him to destroy the organization alone.

• Hanzo threatened Shiyu after Shiyu challenged him, and Danzo stood aside as Hanzo’s guards surrounded him.
• Shiyu secretly freed himself from the Five Elements Seal and used Taijutsu to defeat the attacking Amegakure shinobi.
• Hanzo stopped his guards and offered to make Shiyu his student, but Shiyu refused and said he aimed to become the strongest in the Shinobi World.
• Hanzo revealed that he had wanted help destroying an organization, then decided Shiyu should do it alone.
• Hanzo named the organization Akatsuki.

Shiyu negotiated with Hanzo and Danzo, then went to find Akatsuki, hoping to absorb Nagato’s power. He gained Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato’s attention by invoking their shared connection to Jiraiya, but admitted Hanzo had sent him to kill them.

• Hanzo asked Shiyu to help destroy Akatsuki in exchange for restoring the alliance with Konoha, while Danzo refused to remove Shiyu’s Five Elements Seal.
• Shiyu left, intending to find Akatsuki and later kill Danzo, and sought Nagato’s bloodline power for his eyes.
• Shiyu found an Akatsuki member and revealed Hanzo’s hidden guards by attacking them, convincing the member to take him to the organization’s leaders.
• Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato met Shiyu in a guarded room, and Shiyu introduced himself as Jiraiya’s student and their junior.
• Shiyu asked them to dismiss their hidden ambushes, then acknowledged that Hanzo had sent him to kill them.

Shiyu revealed Hanzo’s plot to make him and the Akatsuki kill each other, then joined the organization and urged its leaders to retreat and build their strength. After Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan agreed to lend him their hands, Shiyu accelerated his eye evolution and increased their chakra reserves.

• Shiyu told Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan that a Konoha ninja had stolen his eyes and that Hanzo planned to use their fight to destroy both sides.
• Shiyu said he believed in the Akatsuki’s ideals and joined the organization, while Yahiko welcomed him.
• Shiyu rejected Yahiko’s idea of reasoning with Hanzo and argued that the Akatsuki should leave the Land of Rain to survive and grow stronger.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan agreed to lend Shiyu their hands, and Shiyu awakened their potential, increasing their chakra reserves as his eye evolution accelerated.

Shiyu demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, then joined the Akatsuki in a plan to confront Hanzo and Danzo. As they prepared a surprise attack, countless Amegakure shinobi appeared in their path.

• Shiyu vowed to kill Danzo and capture Hanzo, then challenged Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to test their strength.
• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan attacked Shiyu, but he deflected their ninjutsu and used clones to get behind them.
• Shiyu explained his counterattack and urged the Akatsuki to relocate, but Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan insisted on fighting alongside him.
• Shiyu assigned the Akatsuki to face Danzo's forces while he confronted Hanzo, and Yahiko rallied the group to protect their comrades.
• Shiyu and the Akatsuki set out to launch a surprise attack on Hanzo, but countless Amegakure shinobi appeared before them.

Shiyu and the Akatsuki fought Hanzo’s ambush, but the battle left the Akatsuki with casualties and Shiyu facing Hanzo alone. Shiyu lured Hanzo into Ibuse’s poison cloud, where he remained unharmed and broke Hanzo’s kusarigama chain with a powerful kick.

• Hanzo ambushed Shiyu and the Akatsuki with Amegakure forces, and both sides summoned their beasts.
• Shiyu summoned the Slug Sage and Garaga, while Yahiko led Nagato, Konan, and the Akatsuki into battle against Hanzo’s men.
• Hanzo triggered Explosive Tags beneath Shiyu’s side, killing Yataro, Yoshimitsu, and several other Akatsuki members.
• Shiyu sent the Slug Sage to protect the Akatsuki, removed his blindfold, and rode Garaga away to draw Hanzo from the main battle.
• Hanzo pursued Shiyu with Ibuse and flooded the area with poison gas, but Shiyu stayed unharmed and taunted him from within the cloud.
• Shiyu used shuriken feints to confuse Hanzo, then struck from the side and snapped the chain of Hanzo’s kusarigama.

Shigure defeated Hanzo in a duel and learned that Danzo had fled toward Konoha. He brought Hanzo back to the battlefield, where Amegakure’s forces surrendered to the Akatsuki Organization.

• Shigure evaded Hanzo’s poisoned kusarigama attacks, blocked his Water Release with Earth Walls, and struck him with a sealing technique.
• Shigure summoned the Dragon Fang Blade and Meteorite Blade, then defeated Hanzo with a single iaido strike.
• Hanzo told Shigure that Danzo had fled toward Konoha, and Shigure spared him so he could be handed over to the Akatsuki Organization.
• Shigure announced Hanzo’s defeat to the battlefield and brought Hanzo before the Amegakure forces.
• Amegakure’s guards surrendered and the Akatsuki Organization bound the captured ninja.
• Shigure asked the Akatsuki Organization what they planned to do with their prisoners.

Yahiko pleaded with Hanzo to give the Akatsuki a chance, and Shiyu helped persuade Hanzo to abandon his hostility and make peace with them. After fulfilling his promise to Yahiko, Shiyu learned which way Danzo had gone and set off to pursue him.

• Yahiko asked the defeated Hanzo to work with the Akatsuki for peace in Amegakure, while Nagato urged Yahiko to avenge their fallen comrades.
• Hanzo seized Konan and threatened to kill her, but Yahiko and the Akatsuki laid down their weapons and continued to appeal to him.
• Shiyu challenged Hanzo to reconsider his convictions, and Hanzo dropped his weapon and asked to die with dignity.
• Hanzo tried to commit seppuku, but Yahiko stopped him, healed his wounds, and made peace with him.
• Shiyu learned from Hanzo which way Danzo had gone and left to pursue him.

Shiyu pursued Danzo through the rain, trying to stop him from killing or using Shiyu’s guards as bait. He finally confronted Danzo in a basin, where Danzo revealed that he had allied with Kumogakure and surrounded Shiyu.

• Shiyu declined Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan’s offer to accompany him and set off after Danzo alone.
• Shiyu rescued Iguchi from a mind-control technique and learned that Danzo was using the guards to delay him; Shiyu then saw another guard killed by an explosive tag.
• Shiyu saved more than a dozen guards but found others dead before catching up with Danzo’s men and killing a ninja disguised as Danzo.
• Shiyu found Danzo in a basin, where Danzo held the surviving guards under genjutsu and revealed that Konoha and Kumogakure ninja had surrounded Shiyu.
• Danzo told Shiyu that he had considered him Konoha’s greatest threat from the beginning, and Shiyu challenged his judgment.

Shiyu confronted Danzo, revealed he had anticipated Danzo’s schemes, and overwhelmed him and his forces in battle. Danzo was left on the verge of death as Shiyu drove his meteor blade down to kill him.

• Danzo confessed that he had plotted against Shiyu, stolen his eye, staged the Amegakure war, and taken control of Konoha Bank.
• Shiyu revealed that he had deliberately let Danzo act, that the stolen eye was only an ordinary Sharingan, and that he had moved Konoha Bank’s assets and defeated Hanzo.
• Danzo threatened Shiyu with hostages and attacked with Root, Kumogakure’s forces, and the Dream Eater Beast, but Shiyu protected his guards and countered their assaults.
• Shiyu used Flying Thunder God and a Great Ball Rasengan to critically injure Danzo, then dissolved the Dream Eater Beast and cut off the combined forces with acid.
• Shiyu kicked Danzo aside and plunged his meteor blade down toward him.

Shiyu killed Danzo and moved to subdue his remaining followers, but a mysterious Otsutsuki woman appeared and revived Danzo with Kamitakamusubi: Izanagi. She then summoned two powerful warriors to fight Shiyu, promising to reveal her name if he won.

• Shiyu killed Danzo, and most of Danzo's and Kumogakure's shinobi surrendered while a few prepared to resist.
• The Otsutsuki Woman emerged from a portal, revealed she had previously helped Shiyu, and used Kamitakamusubi: Izanagi to revive Danzo.
• Danzo attacked the Otsutsuki Woman, but she made his shuriken vanish and forced everyone except Shiyu to the ground.
• The Otsutsuki Woman raised two warriors from the ground with Inorganic Reincarnation and challenged Shiyu to defeat them.

Shiyu recognized the resurrected Uchiha Tajima and Izuna, then learned his teammates were fighting the Third Raikage and Two-Tails on the Kumogakure front. Forced by the Otsutsuki Woman to fight the pair, Shiyu wounded them with his techniques, but Izuna protected them both with Susanoo.

• Shiyu identified the resurrected Uchiha as Madara's father, Uchiha Tajima, and his brother, Uchiha Izuna, and told them about Madara and the village's treatment of the Uchiha Clan.
• The Otsutsuki Woman revealed that Shiyu's teammates were fighting the Third Raikage and the Two-Tails on the northeastern front, and demanded that he defeat Tajima and Izuna before he could go save them.
• Tajima and Izuna attacked Shiyu with Fire Style, but Shiyu's Water Severing Wave wounded them while his Shikotsumyaku protected him from their flames.
• Tajima and Izuna closed in with the Body Flicker Technique, but Shiyu cracked the ground with Painful Sky Leg and struck Izuna with Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique.
• Izuna activated Susanoo to shield himself and Tajima from the acid, forcing Shiyu to face the pair behind its armor.

Shiyu overwhelmed Izuna and Tajima with Sage techniques and the Seventh Gate, but they survived his finishing attack by using Izanagi. The battle continued, with Izuna and Tajima each having sacrificed an eye to alter their fate.

• Shiyu used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade Izuna’s Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi while struggling against Izuna’s Susanoo.
• Shiyu fused with the Slug Sage, released his Yin Yang Seal, and opened the Sixth Gate to attack Izuna’s Susanoo with Morning Phoenix.
• Shiyu used Sage Art: White Rage Technique to impair Izuna and Tajima, then opened the Seventh Gate and struck them with Day Bear.
• The Otsutsuki Woman revealed that the battle was not over when Izuna and Tajima appeared before Shiyu again.
• Izuna explained that he and Tajima had each sacrificed an eye to use Izanagi, and Tajima praised Shiyu.

Shiyu defeated the reincarnated Izuna and Tajima in a swordsmanship test, and Izuna gave him his ocular powers before disappearing. The Otsutsuki Woman erased the incident from Danzo’s and the others’ memories, while Shiyu prepared to leave for the Kumogakure battlefield.

• Tajima and Izuna challenged Shiyu to a sword fight, and Shiyu wounded them with his sword techniques.
• Izuna and Tajima combined their powers to awaken Izuna’s Complete Body Susanoo, but Shiyu shattered it with his three Shattered Blade strikes.
• Izuna and Tajima accepted defeat and began to disappear, and Izuna gave Shiyu a gift that caused his eyes to evolve.
• The Otsutsuki Woman explained that she had changed Danzo’s and the others’ memories, and Shiyu insisted on going to the Kumogakure battlefield.
• The Otsutsuki Woman said she had promised Shiyu one more thing.

Kagura Otsutsuki teleported Shiyu and his guards to the Kumogakure-Konoha battlefield, where he learned about the battle’s heavy losses and Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon. Shiyu told Jiraiya he planned to leave Konoha after rescuing his friends, then prepared to fight to end the battle and save them.

• Kagura Otsutsuki warned Shiyu against killing Danzo and teleported him and his guards to the battlefield.
• Shiyu arrived among the Konoha forces and claimed that Konoha’s main force would soon join them, prompting Kumogakure’s ninja to retreat.
• Jiraiya told Shiyu that Team Seven was assigned to reconnaissance under Gray Fang and Hizashi, and that Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannon had changed the battle.
• Shiyu told Jiraiya he intended to leave Konoha after rescuing his friends, and Jiraiya revealed that they were serving in the reconnaissance unit.
• Jiraiya urged Shiyu to win the battle for his friends, and Shiyu asked whether the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails had appeared.

Shiyu joined Jiraiya on the battlefield and proposed holding out against Kumogakure while the Surprise Attack Unit cut off its supplies. He confronted the Third Raikage and revealed that he had killed the missing Kumogakure force, then challenged the Raikage to stop the war if Shiyu defeated him.

• Shiyu told Jiraiya he could defeat the Third Raikage and recommended that Konoha hold its ground until Kumogakure's supplies ran out.
• When Kumogakure attacked, Shiyu led Konoha ninja in creating a vast Earth Flow Wall and unleashed Great Fire Destruction from its top.
• The Third Raikage used Hell Stab to crack the wall, and Shiyu descended with Flying Thunder God to confront him.
• Shiyu stopped the Third Raikage by taking a Kumogakure commander hostage and asked about the missing eight thousand Kumogakure ninja.
• Shiyu admitted that he had killed the missing ninja and asked whether defeating the Third Raikage would end the war.

Shiyu challenged the Third Raikage to a duel, fighting through the Raikage’s Lightning Release techniques with Flying Thunder God and powerful sword strikes. The chapter ended as Shiyu’s strongest attack collided head-on with the Raikage’s One-Finger Nukite, leaving the winner unknown.

• Shiyu broke free from Dodai’s Lava Release: Rubber Ball and demonstrated his strength by shattering the ground near the Earth Wall.
• Shiyu and the Third Raikage agreed to fight for the fate of their armies, with the loser’s side withdrawing.
• The Third Raikage attacked with Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Black Lightning, while Shiyu used Flying Thunder God to evade him.
• Shiyu drew the Dragon Fang Blade and struck the Third Raikage with Dragon Scale God Shatter and Dragon Bone God Split, disrupting his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• The Third Raikage used One-Finger Nukite as Shiyu launched Dragon Fang God Slash Annihilation, and their attacks collided in a huge crater.

Shiyu defeated the Third Raikage and then faced the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki after Kumogakure withdrew. The Jinchuriki transformed into Matatabi, and Shiyu used water techniques to exploit the beast's aversion to water.

• Shiyu reopened the Third Raikage's old wound with Shattered Blade: Three Dragon Gods, forcing the Raikage to his knees.
• The Third Raikage revealed that the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki was his remaining trump card and promised to withdraw Kumogakure if Shiyu defeated her.
• The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure to retreat while Shiyu stayed to face the yellow-haired Jinchuriki.
• The Two-Tails' Jinchuriki attacked Shiyu with flame techniques and claw strikes, but Shiyu blocked her attacks and slammed her into the ground by her flaming tail.
• The Jinchuriki transformed into Matatabi and attacked with a fireball, so Shiyu countered with Water Style: Super Great Waterfall Technique.
• Matatabi interrupted Shiyu's hand seals to prevent another water jutsu, but Shiyu surrounded himself with Water Style: Water Wall, making the Two-Tails recoil in disgust.