Chapter Summaries

Minamoto Takuya completed his confrontation with his fading counterpart and returned to the True Waterfall with his ocular power strengthened. He controlled a Kumogakure ninja to preserve access to the waterfall, then returned to his Laboratory.

• Minamoto Takuya and "Minamoto Takuya" discussed surviving Gaara's explosion, and the original explained how his seals and Dark Release had protected him.
• "Minamoto Takuya" faded away after telling Minamoto Takuya that he must walk the rest of the road alone, confident that he would erase the painful memories.
• At the True Waterfall, Minamoto Takuya awoke with strengthened Three Tomoe Sharingan and found a controlled Kumogakure ninja nearby.
• Minamoto Takuya implanted a seal in the Cloud Ninja and used Genjutsu to give him false memories of failing the True Waterfall trial.
• The Cloud Ninja left Turtle Island believing he had failed, while Minamoto Takuya returned to his Laboratory.

Minamoto Takuya tested the Spirit Transformation Technique on subjects and learned to precisely erase memories, though the procedure caused extreme pain and many deaths. He used it on himself to sever the memory of Sasuke Uchiha, survived the agony, and lay in the ruined chamber shaken by fear.

• Minamoto Takuya reasoned that the Spirit Transformation Technique could excise sealed memories more completely than the Memory Seal and began testing it on experimental subjects.
• After repeated experiments killed most of his subjects, Minamoto Takuya confirmed that he could erase a specific memory precisely and almost instantly.
• Minamoto Takuya rested, then chose to remove his memories in stages, beginning with the memory of Sasuke Uchiha.
• Minamoto Takuya used the Spirit Transformation Technique to sever the memory and suffered unbearable soul-deep pain, thrashing around until he wrecked the chamber.
• Minamoto Takuya survived the operation but lay bloodied in the ruins, overcome by fear of the pain he had endured.

Minamoto Takuya excised five painful memories, then spent weeks recovering and focusing on physical training while his mental strength healed. At Anbu Headquarters, he reviewed signs that the Uchiha Clan’s relations with Konoha’s villagers were growing tense again.

• Minamoto Takuya released the seal on his memories of Sasuke Uchiha and endured further procedures to excise the remaining memories.
• Minamoto Takuya cleaned himself up after the ordeal, suspended training while his mind recovered, then resumed physical training several days later.
• Minamoto Takuya’s Wood Clone reviewed Anbu reports at Headquarters and saw that Kakashi Hatake had become the Anbu Deputy Captain overseeing the Special Operations Division.
• Minamoto Takuya read an Intelligence Division report describing renewed clashes between Uchiha clansmen and Konoha villagers.

Minamoto Takuya examined reports of growing unrest among Uchiha clansmen and wondered whether Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan had emboldened the radicals. At a Hokage meeting, the leaders debated how to respond, with Minato Namikaze’s efforts at reconciliation threatened by calls for renewed surveillance.

• Minamoto Takuya considered how individual Uchiha misbehavior could damage the clan’s reputation and speculated about Shisui Uchiha awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minamoto Takuya judged that Fugaku Uchiha’s choices would determine the clan’s future, while remaining indifferent to whether the Uchiha survived.
• Minato Namikaze reviewed an Anbu report showing that Uchiha radicals were worsening tensions despite Fugaku Uchiha’s promises to restrain them.
• Minato Namikaze convened Minamoto Takuya, Kakashi Hatake, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to discuss the unrest.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura argued against trusting the Uchiha, while Kakashi Hatake defended clansmen who supported Konoha.
• Mitokado Homura proposed returning to limited contact and strict surveillance, and Minamoto Takuya privately agreed with his risk assessment.

Minamoto Takuya argued against isolating the Uchiha Clan during a meeting with Minato Namikaze and the two advisors, urging trust alongside vigilance. Minato Namikaze kept the current policy unchanged, leaving the conflict unresolved but the advisors’ opposition slightly softened.

• Minato Namikaze brought Minamoto Takuya and Kakashi Hatake into a meeting where Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura opposed the Uchiha Clan.
• Minamoto Takuya invoked Hashirama Senju’s founding ideals and argued that most Uchiha had stayed loyal to Konoha even when Madara Uchiha rebelled.
• Mitokado Homura insisted that the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan and the possibility of a few dangerous members justified continued vigilance.
• Minamoto Takuya argued that Minato Namikaze could contain any crisis and suggested that Shisui Uchiha, grandson of Kagami Uchiha, might lead the clan toward change.
• Minato Namikaze decided to maintain the current policy toward the Uchiha Clan without changes, and Kakashi Hatake welcomed the decision.

Minamoto Takuya won the advisors’ reluctant agreement to let the Uchiha Clan’s situation be investigated, while Minato Namikaze revealed that Shisui Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. The chapter ended with Minamoto proposing that Shisui become clan leader, though Minato said the village could not interfere directly in Uchiha succession.

• Minato Namikaze ordered Minamoto Takuya to investigate the Uchiha Clan with Fugaku Uchiha’s cooperation, and assigned Kakashi Hatake to assist.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu left after reluctantly accepting the plan to preserve stability and review the clan’s internal situation.
• Kakashi Hatake offered to strengthen surveillance and intelligence gathering, then left the Hokage Office troubled by the conflict between his loyalty to Obito Uchiha and his duty to the village.
• Minamoto Takuya warned Minato Namikaze that the Uchiha disturbances likely had an organized cause, and Minato disclosed that Shisui Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minamoto Takuya suggested making Shisui the Uchiha Clan’s leader, but Minato Namikaze said he could not interfere in the clan’s succession.

Fugaku Uchiha offered Minamoto Takuya lists of Uchiha clansmen and elders for Anbu surveillance, signaling his willingness to cooperate with Konoha. Minamoto proposed that Uchiha Itachi join the Anbu, while Fugaku weighed the danger of his clan viewing the compromise as betrayal.

• Minato Namikaze reflected on Konoha's burden and the need to resolve the Uchiha conflict at its roots.
• Fugaku Uchiha gave Minamoto Takuya a list of unstable clansmen and said he would keep unsupervised troublemakers occupied within the clan grounds.
• Fugaku handed over a second scroll detailing Uchiha elders and asked for Anbu monitoring, accepting covert village oversight of the clan.
• Minamoto considered Uchiha Itachi's abilities and history, then suggested that Fugaku allow his son to join the Anbu.
• Fugaku welcomed the possibility of Itachi joining and affirmed that his cooperation was for Konoha, while privately fearing his clan would condemn it as betrayal.

Fugaku Uchiha committed to cooperating with Minato Namikaze and the Anbu, while Minamoto Takuya arranged for Uchiha Itachi to join as an Anbu Intelligence Division Captain. Itachi reported for duty and learned he had been chosen to lead a sensitive mission monitoring the Uchiha Clan.

• Fugaku Uchiha decided to accept village scrutiny and coordinate with the Anbu, hoping the Uchiha Clan could avoid its tragic fate and regain strength.
• Minamoto Takuya judged that Fugaku’s cooperation had begun a preliminary deployment, then resolved to raise his publicly displayed strength and finalize Itachi’s Anbu appointment.
• Minato Namikaze approved Itachi joining the Anbu and agreed to test whether he qualified to become a Captain; Itachi passed and was appointed Intelligence Division Captain.
• Itachi reported to Minamoto Takuya, who warned him that his exceptional promotion could provoke resentment and that holding the position would be difficult.
• Minamoto Takuya told Itachi that an urgent mission required him to lead the Anbu’s supervision of the Uchiha Clan, and Itachi questioned whether his clan identity made him unsuitable.

Minamoto Takuya sent Uchiha Itachi to lead the Anbu mission inside the Uchiha Clan Grounds, while weighing the clan’s unrest and his own plans to grow stronger. Elsewhere, Obito Uchiha revealed that he had fomented the Uchiha conflict to weaken Konoha and planned to let the crisis unfold.

• Minamoto Takuya assigned Uchiha Itachi to lead the Anbu mission, and Itachi accepted the task despite knowing his clansmen might call him a traitor.
• After Itachi left, Minamoto Takuya considered who was behind the Uchiha unrest and why Fugaku Uchiha had sided with the village.
• Minamoto Takuya decided to postpone seeking power on the moon until he had strengthened himself through Sage Mode training, the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Hashirama Cells.
• Obito Uchiha watched the Uchiha Clan Grounds and planned to keep the Akatsuki Organization hidden while it gathered money, intelligence, and strength.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that he had stoked the Uchiha unrest and intended to exploit the coming conflict to weaken Konoha and eliminate its powerful figures.

Minamoto Takuya began learning Sage Mode by observing Jugo’s controlled transformation and reproducing the process through Spirit Transformation Technique. After a day of practice, he returned to the Orphanage with Jugo and Haku, where they shared a meal with Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto Yakushi.

• Minamoto Takuya returned to Snow Ninja Village to focus on mastering Sage Mode while his forces searched for Four-Tails Sun Wukong and Six-Tails Utakata.
• Minamoto Takuya used Spirit Transformation Technique to observe Jugo entering Sage Mode while Jugo retained control of his body.
• After watching Jugo’s demonstration, Minamoto Takuya took control of Jugo’s body and successfully reproduced the fusion of Chakra and Natural Energy.
• Minamoto Takuya swallowed Kabuto Yakushi’s improved Ration Pill and continued practicing Sage Chakra regulation until nightfall.
• Minamoto Takuya returned to the Orphanage with Jugo and Haku, where Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto Yakushi joined them for dinner.

Minamoto Takuya mastered balancing Sage Chakra within Jugo’s body and sealed Jugo’s ability to absorb Natural Energy at the boy’s request. He taught Jugo how to undo the seal, and they returned to the orphanage with Jugo relieved and newly cheerful.

• Minamoto Takuya spent months training in Jugo’s body until he could stabilize Sage Chakra without a barrier.
• Minamoto Takuya offered to seal Jugo’s Natural Energy-absorbing constitution, and Jugo insisted that he wanted the power removed.
• Minamoto Takuya sealed Jugo’s constitution but taught him how to undo the seal if he needed to protect someone.
• Jugo thanked Minamoto Takuya, and they returned to the orphanage together.
• Yakushi Nonō noticed Jugo’s improved mood, while Haku recognized that both Jugo and Minamoto Takuya had achieved their goals.

Minamoto Takuya absorbed Natural Energy and injected his Cursed Seal, using what he had learned from Jugo to survive the transformation and activate an imperfect Sage Mode. After demonstrating how the new power strengthened his Mysterious Peacock Method, he resolved to refine his Sage Mode into perfection.

• Minamoto Takuya sensed Natural Energy more easily than before and briefly formed Sage Chakra, confirming that his body could access Sage Mode.
• Minamoto Takuya injected his Cursed Seal near his heart and used a Sealing Formula to contain its power before releasing its restraints.
• Minamoto Takuya endured the Cursed Seal spreading across his body and balanced the influx of Natural Energy to activate an imperfect Sage Mode.
• Minamoto Takuya sealed off further Natural Energy absorption, examined his transformed appearance, and tested the power by forming realistic purple-black wings with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Minamoto Takuya recognized the irregular Sage Mode patterns as signs of what he needed to improve and continued his pursuit of perfect Sage Mode.

Minamoto Takuya, the Collector, confronted Roshi to take the Four-Tails’ chakra and demonstrated the strength of his Perfect Sage Mode. Roshi escalated to Half-Tailed Beast Transformation, and the chapter ended as Takuya met his magma attack with an Ice Release-coated fist.

• Roshi recognized the Collector and refused to surrender the Four-Tails’ chakra.
• Roshi used Lava Release: Chakra Mode and charged Takuya, but Takuya’s Sage Mode punch sent him crashing through stone pillars into a rock wall.
• Roshi emerged in Half-Tailed Beast Transformation, and Takuya realized his chakra reserves were nearly equal to Roshi’s transformed reserves.
• Roshi attacked with Lava Release: Scorching Stream Rock Technique and followed with Lava Release: Undersea Needle Technique, while Takuya evaded the fireballs.
• Takuya coated his right arm in Ice Release and met Roshi’s magma fist in a clash of extreme cold and heat.

Minamoto Takuya tested his Sage Art Ice Release against Roshi and the Four-Tails, freezing the transformed beast before restraining it with Sage Art Adamantine Sealing Chains. With the Four-Tails subdued, he prepared to collect its Chakra.

• Minamoto Takuya overwhelmed Roshi’s Lava Release with Sage Art Ice Release, and Roshi transformed into the Four-Tails Sun Wukong to survive the attack.
• The Four-Tails unleashed Lava Release attacks, but Minamoto Takuya flew clear and used Sage Art: Ice Release: Ice Age to freeze the beast and its surrounding magma.
• Minamoto Takuya stopped supplying Sage Chakra, allowing the Four-Tails to shatter its ice prison.
• Minamoto Takuya bound the freed Four-Tails with Sage Art: Adamantine Sealing Chains, suppressing its resistance.
• Minamoto Takuya prepared to collect the Four-Tails’ Chakra.

Minamoto Takuya extracted part of the Four-Tails’ origin chakra, possessed Roshi to study Lava Release, and captured the unconscious Jinchuriki. He planned to trade Roshi to Ōnoki for Five-Tails chakra, then considered capturing Ōnoki alive to learn Dust Release, but recognized that stopping the Tsuchikage from killing himself would be the chief obstacle.

• Minamoto Takuya used Sealing Jutsu - Chakra Severing Technique to permanently extract part of the Four-Tails’ origin chakra, causing the beast to collapse and leaving Roshi unconscious.
• Minamoto Takuya used the Spirit Transformation Technique to enter Roshi’s body, studied its Lava Release chakra, and returned to his own body with a better grasp of the Kekkei Genkai.
• Minamoto Takuya decided to keep Roshi as leverage and planned to demand a portion of Five-Tails Kokuō’s chakra from Ōnoki in exchange for the Jinchuriki.
• Minamoto Takuya rejected the idea that Ōnoki would trade Iwagakure’s Dust Release secrets for Roshi and considered stealing the records or capturing Ōnoki to examine his memories.
• Minamoto Takuya concluded that capturing Ōnoki alive would be difficult because the Tsuchikage might choose to kill himself rather than be taken prisoner.

Minamoto Takuya brought the captured Four-Tails Jinchuriki Roshi to Iwagakure and demanded that Ōnoki hand over some of the Five-Tails' chakra in exchange for Roshi. Ōnoki agreed under the threat of Minamoto Takuya's overwhelming power, leaving the exchange yet to take place.

• Minamoto Takuya reflected that his main goals were making Sage Mode permanent and studying chakra-nature fusion, then flew toward Iwagakure with the unconscious Roshi bound in Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Minamoto Takuya hovered over Iwagakure and unleashed his chakra, terrifying the village's ninja as he called on Ōnoki to bring the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ōnoki recognized Minamoto Takuya's mask and left his office to face him, telling Kitsuchi that he would become the Fourth Tsuchikage if Ōnoki did not return.
• Minamoto Takuya threatened Roshi with the chains and offered to return him intact in exchange for part of the Five-Tails' chakra.
• Ōnoki accepted Minamoto Takuya's deal, submitting to his demand.

Minamoto Takuya restrained Han and entered the Five-Tails’ seal space, where he bound Kokuō and extracted its chakra. As Ōnoki attacked him with Dust Release, Minamoto Takuya revealed that he had anticipated the strike and baited Ōnoki into making it.

• Ōnoki returned with Han, who agreed to the deal, and Minamoto Takuya restrained him with golden chains.
• Minamoto Takuya released the unconscious Roshi to Ōnoki, then began forcing his way into Han’s seal space.
• Minamoto Takuya bound Kokuō with Sage Art: Adamantine Sealing Chains and used the Chakra Severing Technique to extract the Five-Tails’ chakra.
• Ōnoki saw Minamoto Takuya concentrating on Han and launched Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World at him.
• Minamoto Takuya sensed Ōnoki’s movements with Mind’s Eye of the Kagura and revealed that he had deliberately left an opening as bait.

Minamoto Takuya absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release and demonstrated enough power to threaten Iwagakure with destruction. Ōnoki finally agreed to surrender Iwagakure’s Dust Release teachings and secret technique scrolls.

• Minamoto Takuya absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release beam and countered with a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, deliberately steering it past Ōnoki and the unconscious Roshi to destroy a distant mountain.
• Minamoto Takuya extracted and sealed Han’s Five-Tails chakra, then returned the unconscious Han to Ōnoki.
• Minamoto Takuya demanded the complete Dust Release training method and core principles, along with the Light-Weight Rock Technique and Earth-Style: Added-Weight Rock Technique scrolls.
• When Ōnoki refused, Minamoto Takuya summoned four Rasenshuriken aimed at Iwagakure and warned that the village could become history.
• Ōnoki yielded and agreed to Minamoto Takuya’s demands to save Iwagakure.

Minamoto Takuya forced Ōnoki to surrender Iwagakure’s secret techniques, including the complete method for Dust Release, after taking the Four-Tails and Five-Tails’ chakra. News of Iwagakure’s defeat spread across the Shinobi World, leaving the other villages alarmed and Minato Namikaze determined to protect Kushina and Naruto.

• Ōnoki surrendered three scrolls to Minamoto Takuya, including the complete method for cultivating Dust Release.
• Minamoto Takuya took the scrolls and flew away, leaving Ōnoki to reckon with Iwagakure’s losses and the Collector’s identity.
• Reports of the Collector’s assault on Iwagakure spread throughout the Shinobi World.
• Rasa realized Sunagakure had been fortunate not to provoke the Collector when he visited.
• Fourth Raikage A reacted with anger and disbelief to the report but suppressed his desire for revenge.
• Minato Namikaze worried that the Collector might target Kushina Uzumaki or Namikaze Naruto and vowed to protect them.

Minato Namikaze suspected Collector might have secretly taken Nine-Tails Chakra, while Mei Terumi and Ao considered whether Collector could weaken Yagura. Obito Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to investigate Collector and continued preparing to use dissatisfied Uchiha against Konoha.

• Minato Namikaze recalled Collector's earlier visit to Konoha and worried that he had already taken Nine-Tails Chakra, possibly connecting him to Madara Uchiha.
• Mei Terumi and Ao discussed Kirigakure's Blood Mist rule and reasoned that Collector might target Yagura and weaken their resistance's chief obstacle.
• Obito Uchiha questioned Zetsu about Collector's power and learned that they had no reliable intelligence on his whereabouts or origins.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu argued that Collector's actions had not yet obstructed the Moon's Eye plan, but Obito ordered White Zetsu to monitor him.
• Obito Uchiha asked about the Uchiha Clan, and Black Zetsu gave him a list of dissatisfied members they could recruit to weaken Konoha.