Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Dan defeated Hamed in one blow and forced him to publicly pledge two years of peace between Kumogakure and Konoha. Later, Dan reassured Tsunade about his eyes and seemed ready to propose, but he knelt to look under the bed for something he had dropped.

• Uchiha Dan used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to send Hamed into the path of Susanoo's sword and knock him unconscious.
• After healing Hamed, Uchiha Dan reminded him of their wager, and Hamed publicly pledged that Kumogakure would not wage war on Konoha for two years.
• Konoha's people cheered, while Uchiha Dan and Tsunade took satisfaction in Hiruzen Sarutobi's dark reaction.
• Tsunade asked whether Dan's eyes were all right, and he assured her they would recover within two days.
• Dan stood and lowered himself to one knee, but then peered under the bed and said he thought something had fallen there.

Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned his past abuses of power but insisted he had done nothing wrong, while Shimura Danzō strengthened his private force in Root. The chapter ended with Danzō greeting Hiruzen, who had suddenly come to see him.

• Uchiha Dan and Tsunade playfully argued before tumbling onto the bed together.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Uzumaki Mito’s warning and doubted whether he could still change his ways.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected his doubts and defended using village resources to benefit the Sarutobi Clan.
• Shimura Danzō continued building Root and commanded seventeen elite operatives with coordinated abilities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly appeared before Shimura Danzō, who greeted him coldly.

Shimura Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly discussed how to counter Tsunade, while Uchiha Dan spied on them and then traveled to Kumogakure. The Third Raikage consoled Hamed after learning that his mission had failed to damage Tsunade's standing.

• Shimura Danzo blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for failing to eliminate Uchiha Dan and envied the Uchiha Clan's power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Shimura Danzo that Tsunade's growing influence threatened them both, and they held a secret meeting for three hours.
• Shimura Danzo decided to support Hiruzen Sarutobi against Tsunade while secretly waiting for a chance to become Hokage.
• Uchiha Dan learned of their plans through a clone, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to Kumogakure.
• Hamed reported his mission to the Third Raikage, who said Uchiha Dan's concealed strength was to blame and sent Hamed to rest.

Uchiha Dan captured Hamed and delivered him to Orochimaru for study, then drugged Fukai and loosened the seal on the Eight-Tails to take a piece of its tail. The Third Raikage sensed the Eight-Tails' chakra surge as Dan disappeared.

• Hamed returned home and found Uchiha Dan waiting for him.
• Hamed tried to escape, but Uchiha Dan trapped him with Heavenly Restraint and transported him to Konoha's underground laboratory.
• Orochimaru greeted the helpless Hamed as a new test subject.
• Uchiha Dan drugged Fukai, loosened the seal on the Eight-Tails, and cut off the tip of one of its tails.
• The Third Raikage sensed a powerful wave of the Eight-Tails' chakra in his office.

The Third Raikage fought the rampaging Eight-Tails while Uchiha Dan searched the Raikage’s Office and found evidence of White Zetsu infiltrating Kirigakure. Dan decided to investigate Madara Uchiha’s plans and made arrangements to keep Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō from causing trouble while he was away.

• The Third Raikage ordered the shinobi to evacuate civilians and faced the Eight-Tails alone, eventually cutting off one of its tails as the battle escalated.
• Uchiha Dan left the fight and searched the Raikage’s Office, where he found a scroll describing White Zetsu infiltrators and the Third Mizukage’s strange behavior in Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Dan suspected Madara Uchiha was behind the White Calamity of Mist and decided to investigate Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Dan returned to the Konoha Research Institute, gave Orochimaru one of the Eight-Tails’ horns, and arranged to limit Hiruzen Sarutobi’s and Shimura Danzō’s influence during his absence.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Hatake Sakumo for his recent missions despite his personal dislike of him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi manipulated Hatake Sakumo into leading surveillance on the Uchiha Clan while secretly assigning Anbu to watch Sakumo. The chapter ended with Shimura Danzō warmly welcoming Orochimaru to Root.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Hatake Sakumo and blamed Uchiha Dan for their recent street confrontation, prompting Sakumo to voice his resentment toward Dan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Hatake Sakumo to lead a squad in monitoring the Uchiha Clan, and Sakumo agreed.
• After Hatake Sakumo left, Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that the Anbu assigned to assist him would actually keep watch on him.
• Shimura Danzō greeted Orochimaru with delight when he arrived at Root.

Shimura Danzō tried to recruit Orochimaru to research the Sharingan, offering him stolen eyes and promising support. Orochimaru pretended to be tempted so he could secure resources for the research he was conducting with Uchiha Dan, and left Danzō ready to fund the work.

• Orochimaru told Shimura Danzō that Hiruzen Sarutobi had scolded him for failing to notice Uchiha Dan's strength, while privately maintaining the explanation he had given Hiruzen.
• Shimura Danzō offered Orochimaru ten pairs of Sharingan, including Kagami Uchiha's Three Tomoe pair, and urged him to study their power.
• Orochimaru privately dismissed Danzō's claims and remembered that Uchiha Dan had already let him examine Sharingan and had asked him to obtain more research funding.
• Orochimaru acted interested in joining Danzō's effort to destroy Uchiha Dan and study his eyes, while warning that the research would take a long time.
• Shimura Danzō agreed to wait, and Orochimaru pointed out that the research would also require equipment and funding.

Orochimaru agreed to support Uchiha Dan’s research plans but insisted that Dan leave the institute and return every three days. At the Hokage’s office, Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Tsunade to the front lines and sent Dan to investigate the White Calamity of Mist in Kirigakure.

• Shimura Danzō promised to support Orochimaru, who requested that Uchiha Dan be removed from the research institute.
• Orochimaru asked Dan to return every three days to continue their research, and Dan agreed while preparing to deal with another matter.
• Dan joined Tsunade at the Hokage’s office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi presented reports of rising tensions with Sunagakure and Amegakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Tsunade to treat wounded shinobi, prepare antidotes, and manage the front-line situation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Dan to Kirigakure to find the missing intelligence agent and investigate the White Calamity of Mist.

Uchiha Dan accepted a mission to Kirigakure after realizing Hiruzen Sarutobi intended to send him and Tsunade away so he could weaken her supporters and damage her reputation. Dan reassured Tsunade that he had a plan, then arranged for Minato to accompany her to the border while Kushina remained in Konoha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Uchiha Dan and Tsunade a difficult mission, and both agreed to go.
• Dan told Tsunade that Hiruzen planned to undermine her allies and might provoke a border crisis to blame her for war or force her to accept humiliating compensation.
• Dan assured Tsunade that he had prepared a counterplan and said he would focus on Kirigakure while keeping his movements private.
• Dan decided to take Minato along, while Minato told Kushina she could not leave Konoha yet because she was being protected as a future Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Minato told Kushina to graduate and keep Grandma Mito company if she disliked staying at the Ninja Academy, and Kushina accepted.

Namikaze Minato graduated early and prepared to leave for the battlefield with Tsunade, while he reassured Kushina that their separation would be brief. Uchiha Dan gave Uchiha Fukuyama and Hatake Sakumo Flying Thunder God seals for emergencies, then departed east toward the Land of Water as Tsunade took Minato northwestern-bound.

• Namikaze Minato passed the early graduation assessment and became a Genin.
• Kushina tearfully resisted being separated from Minato, who promised he had nearly mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and made a pinky promise to return soon.
• Uchiha Fukuyama and Hatake Sakumo agreed to cooperate against Hiruzen Sarutobi while presenting their disagreements as a show.
• Uchiha Dan gave Uchiha Fukuyama and Hatake Sakumo metal plates marked with Flying Thunder God seals so they could summon him in an emergency.
• Tsunade escorted Namikaze Minato toward the northwestern border, while Uchiha Dan led three ninja east toward the Land of Water.

Uchiha Dan traveled to the Land of Fire’s coast with three Root operatives who secretly planned to poison him, but he saw through their clumsy act and played along. After Yoshioka Hikaru reported a hidden rogue-ninja base, Dan decided to investigate it before continuing the mission.

• Uchiha Dan reached the coastal border after a peaceful day of travel with Noda Shizuka, Hayakawa Mei, and Yoshioka Hikaru.
• Noda Shizuka served Dan poisoned roast rabbit while the three operatives tried to conceal their plan, and Dan ate it without showing suspicion.
• Yoshioka Hikaru returned from scouting and reported finding a wanted rogue ninja and a hidden base.
• Uchiha Dan agreed to deal with the rogue ninjas before heading to the coast, delighting the three operatives.

Uchiha Dan uncovered a Root ambush and revealed that he had never been affected by the poison his attackers used. After breaking their formation, he trapped the seven Root ninjas and began capturing them alive for Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Dan entered an underground chamber with Hayakawa Mei, Yoshioka Hikaru, and Noda Shizuka, where four Root ninjas trapped them in a Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Hayakawa Mei and Yoshioka Hikaru revealed their betrayal and attacked Uchiha Dan, but he said their poison was his own creation and escaped the formation.
• Uchiha Dan kicked one of the formation’s maintainers away, destroyed the barrier, and raised a larger one around himself and the seven Root ninjas.
• Uchiha Dan said he would remove the Root ninjas’ Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals and have Orochimaru brainwash them into serving him.
• Uchiha Dan used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to disorient one attacker, then immobilized him with his Water Release: Heavenly Prison Technique.

Uchiha Dan defeated seven ninja attackers and sent them to Orochimaru for experiments, then reflected on the mystery of Tobirama Senju’s death after finding poison in his body. The chapter left Dan convinced that Kinkaku and Ginkaku could not have killed Tobirama by themselves and that the poison held the key to what really happened.

• Uchiha Dan used his Mangekyō Sharingan, Flying Thunder God Technique, and genjutsu to incapacitate the seven attackers.
• Uchiha Dan sent the seven ninja to Orochimaru with instructions to remove their Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals and test a brainwashing technique on them.
• Orochimaru read Dan’s letter and accepted that the captives were meant for research, despite grumbling about Dan ordering him around.
• Uchiha Dan recovered a vial of poison that he and Orochimaru had developed and recognized it as poison extracted from Tobirama Senju’s body.
• Uchiha Dan reasoned that Tobirama’s abilities and the strength of his entourage made Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s supposed victory implausible, and recalled that an autopsy had revealed the truth.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō’s poison plot against Uchiha Dan failed, leaving Hiruzen terrified by a vial that appeared in his office. Danzō learned that Dan had survived and that their attackers had vanished, but he still believed the poison should have worked.

• Uchiha Dan recalled how Tobirama Senju and his disciples had been poisoned and revealed that he had made both the poison and its antidote.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi spent the day fearing Dan’s retaliation and saw the poison vial appear on his desk, though nothing happened.
• Shimura Danzō entered the office and asked Hiruzen when they would begin the next stage of their plan.
• Danzō privately planned to exploit the chaos after Dan’s death, eliminate Hiruzen and Tsunade, and seize the Hokage position.
• Hiruzen told Danzō that Dan was alive and the seven attackers had gone silent, and Danzō refused to believe it.

Uchiha Dan used a hidden Flying Thunder God mark to listen as Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō discussed their failed attempt to poison him and their next plan involving Tsunade. He left for the Land of Water to investigate Madara Uchiha, while a fierce battle unfolded near Kirigakure.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Shimura Danzō that Uchiha Dan had survived their poisoning attempt and showed him a vial of silver powder Dan had left in the Hokage's office.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Shimura Danzō that Dan could return at any time, and they decided to pursue their plan concerning Tsunade instead.
• Uchiha Dan listened to their conversation through an improved Flying Thunder God Curse Mark planted on Hiruzen Sarutobi and resolved to keep them living in fear.
• Uchiha Dan left for the Land of Water using Flying Thunder God Curse Marks he had placed there, intending to learn what Madara Uchiha was doing.
• A group of ninja fought fiercely about ten miles from Kirigakure.

Uchiha Dan, disguised as Biwa Tsukishima, treated wounded ninja after Hoshigaki Yumi defeated their attackers and learned from Tsukishima’s memories that White Zetsu had infiltrated Kirigakure. The Third Mizukage had blocked a village-wide search, leaving Genji and the elders to investigate the impostors in secret.

• Hoshigaki Yumi trapped four enemies with her Water Release techniques, and her allies knocked them unconscious as she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Uchiha Dan revealed that he had replaced Biwa Tsukishima shortly before the battle and used the aftermath to absorb Tsukishima’s memories.
• Dan learned that the White Calamity began after Kirigakure’s failed campaign against the Land of Whirlpools and that White Zetsu impostors had returned among the survivors.
• Genji discovered that White Zetsu had also replaced other ninja and civilians throughout Kirigakure.
• The Third Mizukage opposed a village-wide search and ordered Genji and the elders to investigate the infiltrators secretly.

Uchiha Dan treated the unconscious Kurotsuchi Ryo while learning about the growing standoff in Kirigakure over the White Calamity of Mist. He recognized that Hoshigaki Yumi resembled Mei Terumi and prepared to take the recovered ninjas back to the village, where the danger and mistrust continued.

• Genji and the elders faced resistance from people apparently controlled by genjutsu, while the Third Mizukage obstructed their investigation and left Kirigakure on the brink of civil war.
• Uchiha Dan finished treating the injured ninja and wondered whether Hoshigaki Yumi could be Mei Terumi's mother.
• Hoshigaki Yumi caught Uchiha Dan staring at her and warned him to stop or she would gouge out his eyes.
• Kurotsuchi Ryo woke with a blade at his neck, realized he had attacked Hoshigaki Yumi under genjutsu, and apologized.
• Hoshigaki Yumi said she would take Kurotsuchi Ryo back for examination and told the group to head for Kirigakure before dusk with their intelligence.

Uchiha Dan returned to Kirigakure disguised as Biwa Tsukishima and clashed with Biwa Juzo, who tried to attack him. Dan beat Juzo in public and was stopped by Kirigakure's public-order ninjas.

• Uchiha Dan used his Super Mirror Transformation Technique to imitate Biwa Tsukishima and returned to the Biwa clan compound.
• Biwa Juzo ambushed Uchiha Dan with a kunai and a large blade, but Dan caught the kunai and cut the blade in half.
• Biwa Juzo threatened to kill Biwa Tsukishima and left, blaming him for their parents' deaths and coveting the Kubikiribōchō.
• Uchiha Dan caught up with Biwa Juzo and repeatedly punched him, claiming he was teaching his little brother a lesson.
• Kirigakure's public-order ninjas separated the brothers, and their leader questioned Uchiha Dan while Biwa Juzo glared at him.

Uchiha Dan confronted Biwa Juzo with the truth about their parents’ deaths, then cut ties with him and declared he would claim Kubikiribōchō. While planning to acquire Kirigakure’s chakra weapons and Chakra Metal, Dan remained wary of Madara Uchiha’s surveillance network and mysterious lack of response.

• Uchiha Dan reminded Biwa Juzo that their parents died on a dangerous mission taken to buy Juzo a replica of Kubikiribōchō, and revealed that their parents had asked him to care for his brother.
• Biwa Juzo’s buried guilt resurfaced, but he quickly turned his pain into anger toward Uchiha Dan.
• Uchiha Dan disowned Juzo, warned him against another assassination attempt, and announced that he would take Kubikiribōchō.
• Uchiha Dan considered Kirigakure’s chakra weapons, Chakra Metal, and its sources valuable targets for his plans.
• Uchiha Dan assessed the White Zetsu surveillance across Kirigakure and wondered why Madara Uchiha had ordered them to remain hidden instead of acting.

After Tsukishima publicly confronted Juzo, Hoshigaki Yumi had him tested for signs of the white monsters, while Dan, impersonating Tsukishima, withdrew to be alone. The next morning, Dan went to Kirigakure’s selection for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, where candidates would compete to become the first wielders of the village’s new Ninja Blades.

• Hoshigaki Yumi heard that Tsukishima had beaten Juzo and revealed the truth about their past, so Genji sent her to investigate.
• Yumi’s ninja examined Dan, who was impersonating Tsukishima, and found no sign that he was a white monster or under the Spore Technique or genjutsu.
• Dan told Yumi he wanted to be alone and went home, leaving her unsettled by Tsukishima’s unfamiliar behavior.
• The next morning, Dan headed to the training ground for Kirigakure’s official selection of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Kirigakure held the selection for candidates who had trained with replica blades, while Samehada remained missing and the village had only six new Ninja Blades.