Recaps

Shinji demonstrated his Takamagahara Dojutsu to Kakashi, showing how it could create realistic environments and opponents. Kakashi tested it against a simulated Hiruko and realized it could help Konoha prepare to fight the Akatsuki Organization.

• Shinji trapped Kakashi in Takamagahara and explained that he could control its surroundings, matter, and time.
• Shinji demonstrated that Takamagahara could create lifelike opponents, including a simulated Hiruko whose abilities he could adjust.
• Kakashi fought the simulated Hiruko in a recreation of the site of Hiruko’s first invasion of Konoha.
• Kakashi asked Shinji to stop the fight and praised the simulation’s realism.
• Kakashi said that making Takamagahara available to everyone could greatly increase Konoha’s combat strength.

Kakashi tested Shinji's Takamagahara and reported its realistic combat simulations and accelerated internal time to Konoha's leaders. Tsunade approved a small trial, placing Kakashi in charge of recruiting volunteers to assess the technique.

• Shinji explained that time inside Takamagahara passed at one-quarter the rate of the real world and said the technique's Dojutsu cost was manageable.
• Kakashi went to the Hokage Building and told Tsunade and the senior officials that Takamagahara could help Konoha prepare for its decisive battle against the Akatsuki Organization.
• Kakashi recounted his realistic fight against Hiruko and said the experience helped him confirm Hiruko had weaknesses he could investigate further.
• Hiashi confirmed with the Byakugan that Kakashi was not under a genjutsu and appeared physically normal.
• Tsunade approved a small-scale trial of Takamagahara and assigned Kakashi to recruit volunteers, while the Third and Tsunade told him to assess the technique and coordinate with Shinji.

Kakashi asked Shinji to let village shinobi use Takamagahara for combat exercises against simulated Akatsuki members, and Shinji agreed in exchange for permission to rebuild the Konoha Military Police Force. Tsunade approved the request, and Kakashi assembled the first group of volunteers to enter Takamagahara.

• Kakashi told Shinji that Tsunade offered to recognize his squad's independence and promote him to Jonin if he opened Takamagahara for training.
• Shinji demanded permission to rebuild the Konoha Military Police Force as an additional condition.
• Tsunade agreed, deciding that preparing for the Akatsuki threat took priority over concerns about the future force.
• Kakashi told Shinji that the village had accepted his demand, surprising Shinji, who had intended to use it to bargain and appear devoted to Uchiha traditions.
• Kakashi gathered Kurenai, Asuma, Might Guy, Shizune, Anko, and Hayate as the first volunteers to experience Takamagahara.

Kakashi brought a group of Jonin into Shinji’s Takamagahara so they could investigate its abilities for the Hokage and the advisory Elders. Shinji separated them for individual combat drills, leaving them facing opponents tailored to their experience and personal history.

• Kakashi told the Jonin to examine Takamagahara using their specialties and led the first group to Shinji.
• Shinji activated Takamagahara, and the Jonin found themselves on a vast stone platform beneath a gigantic phantom Sharingan.
• The Jonin chose individual combat drills, and Shinji transported each of them to a separate platform with an assigned opponent.
• Asuma faced two Akatsuki members, Kurenai faced a fake Itachi Uchiha, Shizune faced Kabuto Yakushi, and Anko faced Orochimaru.
• Kakashi faced Hiruko again, Might Guy faced Kakashi, and Hayate faced Ranmaru while Shinji watched the battles and wondered if he was being mean.

Shinji tested the Jonin with hypothetical enemies in Takamagahara, and their defeats revealed how dangerous foes such as Kakuzu, Hidan, Itachi, Kabuto, Orochimaru, and Ranmaru could be. Tsunade ordered the Jonin to report on the experience, while Kakashi explained that Shinji’s simulations were most accurate for people he had personally fought.

• Shinji ended Takamagahara, and the Jonin returned from their simulated battles shaken by their losses.
• Asuma, Kurenai, and Shizune questioned their opponents’ strength, and Shinji said Kakuzu and Hidan had been weakened, Itachi had been weakened by about thirty percent of his dojutsu power, and Kabuto had not been weakened.
• Kakashi thanked Shinji before the Jonin went to the Hokage Office, where Might Guy said his simulated Kakashi had been at least ninety-five percent similar to the real one.
• Tsunade ordered the Jonin to submit detailed reports by the next day, then asked Kakashi about the simulations.
• Kakashi explained that Shinji’s familiarity determined how accurately he could recreate someone, and that his most accurate simulations were of Hiruko, Ranmaru, and Shinnō, whom he had fought before.

Tsunade's High Command debated opening Shinji's 'Takamagahara' to Konoha's ninjas, despite the strain it would put on his Mangekyō Sharingan. Kakashi delivered Shinji his appointment as captain of the rebuilt Konoha Military Police Force and the village's request to use his Dojutsu for training, leaving Shinji stunned by the sudden news.

• An ANBU operative asked whether Shinji should be invited to the High Command meeting, and Tsunade said his appointment was not yet official.
• Kakashi reported that 'Takamagahara' created more realistic opponents when Shinji knew them, limiting its usefulness for analyzing the Akatsuki Organization.
• The Third, Shikaku, and Mitokado Homura proposed using 'Takamagahara' to train Konoha's ninjas, while Utatane Koharu questioned the risk to Shinji's Dojutsu.
• Utatane Koharu and Kakashi accepted the plan to ask Shinji to spend his Mangekyō's power for the village's benefit.
• Kakashi brought Shinji the official order rebuilding the Konoha Military Police Force, his appointment as captain, and the request to provide 'Takamagahara' to all Konoha Ninja.

Shinji took command of the rebuilt Konoha Military Police Force and began using its old headquarters, while rumors spread that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Sasuke learned of Shinji’s appointment, helped restore the headquarters, and asked how Shinji had persuaded the village to allow it.

• Shinji explained to Nameless, Haku, and Karin that the Military Police Force was currently only an empty shell and told them they would answer only to him.
• News of Shinji’s appointment as captain spread through Konoha, along with rumors that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sasuke asked Sakura whether Shinji was in trouble, then reacted with shock when she told him the Military Police Force had been rebuilt.
• Sasuke visited the headquarters, saw his classmates cleaning it, and helped Shikamaru and Kiba move an old cabinet before going upstairs to find Shinji.
• Sasuke asked Shinji how he had managed to rebuild the Military Police Force, and Shinji told him he would find out soon.

Shinji prepared to use Takamagahara on a large gathering of Konoha Ninja, while Sasuke feared the strain would blind him and rushed to stop him. Shinji activated the ability early, drawing everyone in the venue into its world as he called it the answer to Sasuke’s question.

• Sasuke volunteered to join the Konoha Military Police Force, and Shinji appointed him a squad leader who could recruit a team.
• The Hokage Building announced that Shinji’s Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Takamagahara, would be available for Konoha Ninja to use for training.
• Konoha Ninja gathered at the village’s largest venue, where Shinji and Kakashi prepared for a large-scale demonstration of Takamagahara.
• Sasuke and Shinji’s former classmates worried that using the ability on so many people would exhaust Shinji’s Dojutsu, and Haku urged Sasuke to talk him out of it.
• Sasuke reached the stage and warned Shinji that the technique could make him go blind, but Shinji activated Takamagahara early and pulled everyone in the venue into its world.

Shinji brought Konoha Ninja into Takamagahara and assigned them opponents for training, including Itachi for Sasuke, Hiruko for Karin, and Ranmaru for Haku. He urged Shion to prepare to face Moryo, leaving her to decide when she was ready.

• Shinji let Sasuke choose Itachi as his opponent, and Takamagahara recreated the Uchiha Clan Compound on the Night of the Massacre for their fight.
• Shinji chose Hiruko as Karin's opponent so she could practice fighting without holding back her abilities.
• Shinji set Ranmaru against Haku, intending to push Haku toward mastering the Clear World through Breathing Techniques.
• Shinji told Shion she would eventually have to face Moryo, but said he would wait until she was ready.

Shinji used Takamagahara to arrange training opponents for the Konoha Ninjas while Nameless marked all 923 entrants with Yachihoko. When the Konoha Ninjas returned to the arena after only a little over ten minutes, their exhaustion suggested they had experienced far more training time inside Takamagahara.

• Shinji reflected that Shion could reach near-Six Paths power by facing and overcoming her dark side, so he had arranged no special training for her.
• Nameless told Shinji she had marked all 923 Konoha Ninjas in Takamagahara and believed her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan could mark tens of thousands.
• Shinji created Shisui Uchiha as Nameless's sparring opponent, then gave his drunken Rock Lee the sixth gate and fought him.
• Darui, Ringo Ameyuri, Kurotsuchi, Ryūsetsuna, and Chiyo discussed Takamagahara while watching the arena from a rooftop.
• The Konoha Ninjas suddenly regained consciousness in the arena, exhausted despite only a little over ten minutes having passed outside.
• Darui concluded that Takamagahara likely controlled the flow of time.

Konoha’s young ninjas discussed what they had learned in Takamagahara, while Haku and Karin compared their difficult fights. Sasuke asked Shinji whether the simulated Itachi had been strengthened, and Shinji realized the version he created was actually weaker than the real Itachi.

• The Konoha ninjas emerged from Takamagahara amazed by its realism and the difference between time inside and outside.
• Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Tenten, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Rock Lee reflected on their experiences and talked among themselves.
• Haku told Karin that he had barely held off Ranmaru, while Karin said she had beaten Hiruko four times and lost to him three times.
• Kakashi remained unable to find a way past Hiruko without using Kamui, and Sasuke said Itachi had defeated him ten times.
• Sasuke asked Shinji if the simulated Itachi had been boosted, and Shinji realized he had created a weaker version that had not used Itachi’s sacred weapons or Izanami.

Shinji continued using Takamagahara to strengthen Konoha’s shinobi as the village prepared for war, while Sasuke and Nameless struggled with the gap between their opponents and the versions they faced. After Shion resolved to try again, Tsunade and the village elders reviewed the training reports, and the Third volunteered to enter Takamagahara.

• Sasuke questioned how Itachi had defeated him so easily, and Shinji explained that even Mangekyō Sharingan users could differ greatly in strength.
• Kakashi thanked Shinji for helping the village, but Shinji insisted the training would continue at the same time the next day.
• Nameless told Shinji that the Shisui Uchiha in Takamagahara had defeated her, and Shinji explained Shisui’s death and why the version she fought was stronger.
• Shinji reassured Shion after she failed to face Moryo and invited her to try again the next morning.
• Tsunade and the advisers read reports praising the gains Konoha shinobi made in Takamagahara, and the Third volunteered to enter it himself.

Takamagahara’s popularity spread through Konoha as more ninja gathered to experience the combat-training genjutsu. Shinji used the opportunity to mark them while training against a stronger Rock Lee, and Kurotsuchi proposed that the visiting ninja approach him directly for access.

• Ninja across Konoha discussed how they wanted to use Takamagahara, while a plainly dressed figure listened from a tavern before leaving.
• Neji, Kimimaro, and other ninja joined the crowded venue, where Shinji noticed the Third had also come to try Takamagahara.
• Shinji activated Takamagahara and created clones to give the participants their chosen opponents; Neji and Kimimaro chose Yakumo, while the Third chose Orochimaru.
• Shinji summoned a drunk Rock Lee in the Seventh Gate, Gate of Wonder state and fought him to improve his own combat skills.
• Darui, Ringo Ameyuri, and Kurotsuchi watched from nearby buildings, and Kurotsuchi suggested asking Shinji directly to let them participate.

Tsunade kept Konoha on high alert while Shinji used Takamagahara, and Guren left the village to report that Orochimaru’s scattered subordinates had no safe way to rescue him. As the group prepared to flee, Kabuto Yakushi arrived and attacked them with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.

• Tsunade monitored the giant arena and maintained heightened security while nearly a thousand Konoha Ninja experienced Takamagahara.
• After Takamagahara ended and Konoha lifted its lockdown, Guren left the village and met Orochimaru’s gathered subordinates in a secluded forest.
• Guren warned the group that Konoha was too well defended for them to rescue Orochimaru, and the subordinates began arguing and preparing to scatter.
• Kabuto Yakushi arrived, taunted the group, and declared that he would kill them.
• Kabuto Yakushi used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, sending sharp stone spears surging toward the group.

Kabuto Yakushi gathered Guren and Jugo after killing the survivors, then learned from Guren that Konoha was on high alert because of Shinji Uchiha's Takamagahara. He decided to wait for a better chance to rescue Orochimaru, with Kimimaro secretly positioned inside Konoha.

• Kabuto Yakushi killed the survivors who had challenged him, while Jugo stopped a wounded shinobi from escaping and silenced him.
• Kabuto Yakushi asked Guren what she had learned in Konoha, and she described Takamagahara and Konoha's heightened alert.
• Kabuto Yakushi considered the danger of attacking Konoha while its defenses were ready and resolved to wait for an opportunity.
• Jugo asked about Kimimaro, and Kabuto Yakushi confirmed that Orochimaru had planted him as a spy in Konoha.
• Guren warned that they did not know where Orochimaru was held and that a premature rescue attempt would be suicidal; Kabuto Yakushi said he knew the location but would wait for the right moment.

Obito and Zetsu assessed the threat posed by Shinji's Takamagahara and decided to accelerate Akatsuki's operations. In Konoha, Tsunade agreed to grant limited access to allied villages while the village prepared countermeasures, as Shinji and Nameless continued secretly marking Konoha shinobi.

• Obito and Zetsu discussed Shinji's Takamagahara and its potential to help Konoha prepare for Akatsuki, then left to bring their operations forward.
• Tsunade and the elders decided to offer limited Takamagahara quotas to Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure.
• Tsunade told Shizune to inform Jiraiya about Takamagahara so he could decide whether Naruto, Yakumo, and the others should return to train.
• Tsunade urged Kakashi and the others to quickly develop tactics against Akatsuki's members, while the elders considered the strain Takamagahara placed on Shinji's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji and Nameless exchanged reports and confirmed that Nameless had secretly marked two thousand Konoha shinobi with Takamagahara.

Ranmaru trained against Kakuzu and Hidan while Scorpion, Deidara, and Hiruko watched, and Obito called the Akatsuki members to a meeting. Konan told them to keep a close eye on Shinji Uchiha, leaving the members questioning why the young survivor mattered.

• Ranmaru fought Kakuzu and Hidan as part of his combat training, while Scorpion, Deidara, and Hiruko observed.
• Ranmaru used falling rocks to bury himself and his opponents, then climbed free as Obito appeared and praised his growth.
• Obito summoned the Akatsuki members to a meeting after receiving new information from Konoha.
• Nagato appeared as Deva Path and began the meeting, and Konan told everyone to watch Shinji Uchiha.
• The Akatsuki members reacted with confusion and surprise at being told to watch the young Uchiha survivor.

Xiaonan told the Akatsuki that Shinji Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and revealed the dangerous abilities of his Mangekyō Dojutsu, Takamagahara. The group realized Shinji might have recorded information about several of them and agreed to target him, while Obito promised to choose the right time to act.

• Xiaonan announced that Shinji Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and the Akatsuki members argued over his threat and Hiruko's past failures.
• Xiaonan revealed that Shinji's Takamagahara could simulate settings and opponents and control time, and Zetsu explained that it could have recorded information about several Akatsuki members.
• Juzo Biwa and the others recognized that Takamagahara could let the Five Great Shinobi Villages develop counters to their abilities.
• Hiruko, Hidan, Scorpion, Kakuzu, and Deidara called for Shinji to be eliminated and argued over who would claim his body and eyes.
• Xiaonan warned that attacking Shinji might provoke a war before the Akatsuki were ready, and Obito said he would handle intelligence and choose the right opportunity.
• Moryo insisted on joining the trip to Konoha to retrieve the Miko, while Hiruko held back his objections.

Shinji and Nameless expanded their low-cost Infinite Tsukuyomi plan by marking elite ninja through Takamagahara, but Shinji concluded they would need far more Chakra to approach the Ten-Tails’ power. The chapter left Shinji considering how to recruit or mark ninja from the Great and smaller villages.

• Nameless used Yachihoko to mark nearly six thousand Konoha Ninja, along with a few elite ninja from other villages who had entered Takamagahara.
• Shinji and Nameless calculated that the plan would need Chakra approaching the Ten-Tails’ reserves, likely requiring far more than thirteen thousand five hundred ninja.
• Shinji reassured himself that Nameless’s Yachihoko could mark more targets because her Dojutsu had improved after she fused with First Hokage cells.
• Shinji expected Konoha’s rotating groups to raise the number of marked ninja to around ten thousand and anticipated that other villages would request more Takamagahara spots.
• Shinji considered targeting smaller ninja villages, whose members might not notice if Nameless forcibly marked them.

Shinji planned to expand Nameless’s chakra-marking network and watched Konoha ninja improve through Takamagahara. Kimimaro reported that Guren had recruited him for a plan to rescue Orochimaru, prompting Shinji to consider freeing the Fourth Hokage’s soul to obtain the other half of the Nine-Tails.

• Shinji estimated that marking ninja from the minor villages, the Land of Iron, and a few exceptional individuals could bring him the chakra of at least twenty thousand ordinary Konoha ninja, but worried whether his body could withstand it.
• Shinji held another Takamagahara session and observed Sasuke, Nameless, Karin, and Haku improving through combat practice, while Shion remained unable to overcome her fear.
• Kimimaro told Shinji that Guren had asked him to stand ready to help rescue Orochimaru, though she had shared no details of the plan.
• Shinji doubted that Orochimaru’s remaining followers could break him out of Konoha and realized Orochimaru might be able to free the Fourth Hokage’s soul from the Shinigami and recover the other half of the Nine-Tails.

Shinji used a blood clone and a staged patrol to slip out of Konoha while keeping the village’s watchers focused on him. With Karin’s help, he located Orochimaru’s hidden allies in a remote forest and met Kabuto Yakushi, Jugo, and Guren at their cave.

• Shinji sent Haku and Karin outside Konoha, then patrolled the village with Nameless to distract the ANBU monitoring him.
• Shinji used the red dragon to switch places with his blood clone and leave the village unseen.
• As leader “A,” Shinji ordered Karin to search for suspicious people near Konoha, and she detected several powerful chakra signatures in a remote forest.
• Shinji went to the forest with Haku and Karin providing backup and followed the signs of a recent slaughter to a cave.
• Kabuto Yakushi, Jugo, and Guren emerged from the cave, and Guren asked how Shinji had found them.

Shinji confronted Kabuto Yakushi, Jugo, and Guren and offered to help rescue Orochimaru in exchange for the half of the Nine-Tails sealed inside the Fourth Hokage. With no way to fulfill the demand themselves, Kabuto decided to reach Orochimaru by having Kimimaro join Konoha’s newly restarted Military Police Force.

• Shinji told Kabuto Yakushi, Jugo, and Guren he would help rescue Orochimaru if they gave him the half of the Nine-Tails inside the Fourth Hokage.
• Kabuto explained that the Nine-Tails half was sealed in the Reaper Death Seal and said Orochimaru might be able to help, but Shinji left before they could discuss it further.
• Jugo confirmed that no suspicious figures remained in the forest, while Kabuto warned that refusing the deal could endanger them and Orochimaru.
• Kabuto proposed having Kimimaro join Konoha’s Military Police Force so they could find a way to contact Orochimaru.

Shinji surveyed the area around Konoha while Karin and Haku kept watch, and Karin warned him that an elusive Chakra was approaching. Obito ambushed and sent A into Kamui Space, then fled to gather allies before A could escape.

• Shinji stayed outside Konoha to search for anyone else hiding nearby while maintaining his Naobi link with Karin.
• Karin sensed a strange, intermittent Chakra approaching Shinji and warned him through Naobi.
• Obito spotted A and decided to attack him to learn the identities of A's group.
• Obito appeared behind A, touched his shoulder, and used Kamui to pull him into Kamui Space.
• Obito left on foot to gather allies and attack A in Kamui Space, postponing his plans against Shinji.

Karin and Haku found that the lord’s Chakra signature had vanished and hurried toward its last known location. There, they encountered Kabuto Yakushi, Guren, and Jugo, and the fight left the group stunned by Karin and Haku’s strength.

• Karin repeatedly sensed for the lord but could not detect his Chakra signature, while the Chakra signature that had approached him retreated.
• Jugo heard from a sparrow that a strange figure was outside the forest, so Kabuto Yakushi, Guren, and Jugo went to investigate.
• Kabuto Yakushi recognized Haku and decided the group had to attack him and Karin to keep Konoha from learning their whereabouts.
• Haku dodged Guren’s Crystal Style attack and struck her from behind, shattering the crystal she formed to protect herself.
• Jugo entered State Two and attacked Karin, but Karin met his punch head-on and sent him crashing into a tree.

Haku and Karin pursued the attacker who had taken Shinji while Kabuto, Guren, and Jugo avoided a fight and prepared to relocate. Inside Obito’s Kamui Space, Shinji explored the dimension and hoped that experiencing Kamui would help him awaken the space-time power of his Rinnegan.

• Karin identified Kabuto, Guren, and Jugo as unrelated to her target, then continued the pursuit while Haku held them off.
• Kabuto recognized Haku and Karin as Shinji Uchiha's subordinates, and he told Guren and Jugo to find another hideout and contact Orochimaru.
• Guren left for Konoha after Kabuto warned that the rebuilt Konoha Military Police Force could make her undercover work more difficult.
• Karin told Haku that the target was fleeing the Land of Fire, but she still could not sense the leader's chakra.
• Shinji explored Obito's Kamui Space and considered whether studying Kamui could help him discover the space-time Dojutsu hidden in his Rinnegan.