Chapter Summaries

Shinji learned that Tsunade had ordered ANBU to monitor Kurama Yakumo, then tested how far Ido could travel from her. The test revealed that Ido weakened beyond a limited range, and Shinji considered ways to strengthen Yakumo and Ido.

• Ido reported that Tsunade had assigned ANBU to watch Yakumo’s estate, and Shinji warned her that Spirit Bodies could be countered.
• Shinji sent Ido away from Konoha to test her limits, and she began weakening as she moved farther from Yakumo.
• Ido returned and reported that her Spirit Body weakened with distance from Yakumo, while Shinji estimated its maximum range at about twenty-five to thirty kilometers.
• Shinji considered transplanting his Red Eyes and White Zetsu Cells into Yakumo to strengthen her and potentially allow Ido to exist independently.

Shinji kept Yakumo’s recovery secret while she rejected training with him and prepared to prove herself. At the training ground, Sasuke used his Sharingan to defeat Naruto and Sakura, prompting Jiraiya to consider how urgently Naruto needed to grow stronger.

• Shinji sent Ido back to the Kurama Clan estate, postponed Yakumo’s surgery, and continued secretly sustaining her recovery with Karin’s Yang Release Chakra.
• Yakumo refused Shion’s invitation to train with her and Shinji, wanting to compete with Shinji and restore her pride.
• Sasuke rejected Naruto and Sakura’s request to train together, used a genjutsu on Sakura, and knocked Naruto away when they failed to withstand his attacks.
• Kakashi and Jiraiya watched the students train, and Kakashi told Jiraiya that Shinji ranked first, followed by Kimimaro, Neji, and Sasuke.
• Jiraiya reflected on Naruto’s poor academy grades and concluded that strengthening him quickly had become urgent because Akatsuki was targeting Jinchuriki.

Yakumo broke Sasuke’s genjutsu on Sakura, prompting Sasuke to challenge her to a genjutsu contest supervised by Iruka. Sasuke’s genjutsu failed repeatedly against Naruto, and Yakumo prepared to try next with Ido’s help.

• Yakumo released Sasuke’s genjutsu and woke Sakura, earning praise from the students.
• Sasuke challenged Yakumo to a genjutsu contest, and Iruka agreed to supervise after they promised to be careful.
• Shinji suggested Naruto as the target, and Yakumo and Sasuke accepted.
• Sasuke tried several genjutsu on Naruto, but none of them worked.
• Yakumo prepared to cast her genjutsu and asked Ido to help her enter Naruto’s inner world.

Ido entered Naruto’s inner world to cast genjutsu but fled after encountering the Nine-Tails. When Sasuke challenged Shinji to try his genjutsu on Naruto, Shinji knocked Naruto unconscious and called it a “physical type” of genjutsu.

• Ido invaded Naruto’s inner world and discovered the Nine-Tails behind an iron gate.
• The Nine-Tails’ Chakra spread toward Ido, forcing her to flee and leaving Yakumo frightened by the experience.
• Iruka declared Sasuke and Yakumo’s genjutsu contest a draw and ended the gathering.
• Sasuke challenged Shinji to use genjutsu on Naruto, and Shinji accepted.
• Shinji struck Naruto on the back of the neck, knocked him unconscious, and joked that his physical genjutsu had put Naruto to sleep.

Shinji decided to exploit Mizuki’s resentment to lure him into a trap and reassure Konoha that it was closing in on the spy who exposed Naruto’s whereabouts. The chapter ended with Shinji confronting Mizuki in his home while disguised as an Akatsuki member.

• Jiraiya warned Kakashi to watch the Uchiha students because the Akatsuki Organization had targeted them.
• Shinji realized village surveillance had forced him to suspend his plans involving Karin, Kimimaro, Neji, and Yakumo.
• Shinji decided to bait Mizuki with the promise of power and expose him as a spy to ease Konoha’s suspicions.
• Shinji told Meiqiu to stop selling Akatsuki intelligence after the Five Great Shinobi Villages began watching them, and he urged Meiqiu to investigate the Ketsuryūgan instead.
• Mizuki returned home resentful of the young geniuses at the Ninja Academy, and Shinji appeared in an Akatsuki disguise and threatened to reveal his connection to Orochimaru.

Shinji recruited Mizuki to help the Akatsuki Organization by tempting him with a Kekkei Genkai and directing him to manipulate Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals. The next morning, Mizuki planted the idea in Naruto, setting the plan in motion.

• Shinji offered Mizuki a Kekkei Genkai in exchange for serving the Akatsuki Organization, then showed him a pair of Red Eyes.
• Shinji told Mizuki to persuade Naruto to steal the Scroll of Seals, and Mizuki agreed after learning he could defect to the Akatsuki Organization if exposed.
• Shinji left Mizuki's home, intending for Konoha to catch Mizuki and Naruto together and expose Mizuki as an Akatsuki spy.
• At the training ground, Sasuke defeated Naruto and criticized him and Sakura for being weak.
• Mizuki treated Naruto's injuries and suggested that the Scroll of Seals contained powerful ninjutsu Naruto could learn to defeat Sasuke.

Naruto learned from Mizuki that the Scroll of Seals was kept at the Third Hokage’s home and stole it while the Third Hokage watched through a crystal ball. Naruto opened the scroll in a grove and found the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

• Naruto told Sakura about the Scroll of Seals, and her doubts only strengthened his resolve to learn from it.
• After students learned that Sasuke wanted a new teammate, Naruto asked Mizuki where the Scroll of Seals was kept.
• Naruto broke into the Third Hokage’s home and found the Scroll of Seals while the Third Hokage watched him with the Telescopic Technique.
• The Third Hokage ordered the ANBU to monitor Naruto without intervening, and the squad leader sent an ANBU to ask for further instructions after Naruto carried the scroll away.
• Naruto opened the Scroll of Seals in an unoccupied grove and spotted the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Shinji implanted false memories in Mizuki to make him appear to have been an Akatsuki spy and concealed Mizuki’s memories of Orochimaru. Mizuki found Naruto with the Scroll of Seals and tried to take it, but ANBU surrounded them and arrested him.

• Shinji trapped Mizuki in a repeating dream that made him believe he had long served the Akatsuki Organization and sealed away his memories connected to Orochimaru.
• Mizuki regained consciousness and searched near the Hokage’s residence for Naruto, planning to take the Scroll of Seals and defect if Naruto had stolen it.
• Mizuki found Naruto studying the Scroll of Seals, confirmed it was genuine, and snatched it from him.
• Mizuki tried to knock Naruto unconscious and escape with the scroll, but more than a dozen ANBU surrounded them.
• An ANBU told Mizuki that he was under arrest.

Inoichi uncovered that Mizuki was an Akatsuki Organization spy who had endangered Naruto, but a Sharingan seal destroyed the memories that might have revealed more. Mizuki was sent to Konoha's maximum-security prison, where he still boasted of his Akatsuki affiliation.

• Mizuki denied wrongdoing during ANBU interrogation and hoped the Akatsuki Organization would rescue him.
• The Third Hokage ordered Inoichi to investigate Mizuki's mind after Kakashi suspected he was a spy.
• Inoichi found memories of Mizuki meeting a Red Cloud-clad figure and passing information about Naruto to the Akatsuki Organization.
• Inoichi discovered that the Sharingan's Dojutsu had sealed parts of Mizuki's memories and reported that Mizuki was the spy they had been seeking.
• With the Third Hokage's permission, Inoichi tried to break the seal, but it destroyed itself along with the memories it protected.
• A few days later, Mizuki entered Konoha's maximum-security prison and told the guards and prisoners that he was a member of the Akatsuki Organization.

Naruto met Jiraiya, who encouraged him to train and demonstrated the Rasengan after Naruto worried Sasuke would replace him. Shinji indirectly convinced Sasuke to keep his teammates, then focused on restarting his plans to strengthen himself once the village stopped investigating.

• Naruto sat alone at night, worried Sasuke would replace him, and told Jiraiya about his failed attempt to learn from the Scroll of Seals.
• Jiraiya shared that he had once been a weak student, urged Naruto to train, and showed him a powerful spinning jutsu that shattered a tree before fleeing with him.
• Shinji concluded Mizuki’s transfer meant his plan had likely worked while supervising Shion’s training the next morning.
• Shinji went with Sakura and the others to see Sasuke, then walked away after asking whether Sasuke planned to change teammates.
• Sasuke shouted that he would not change teammates and vowed to win next time, while Yakumo realized Shinji had provoked him into reconsidering.
• Shinji left, intending to resume his Rinnegan and Tenseigan plans once the village stopped investigating and to build his strength before the next crisis.

Jiraiya trained Naruto in the Three Body Technique, and Naruto made rapid progress through his persistence. After learning about the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique in the Scroll of Seals, Naruto attempted it and astonished Kakashi and Asuma by creating a huge number of solid clones.

• Jiraiya brought Naruto to a training ground and discovered that Naruto could not perform the basic Clone Technique.
• Naruto practiced all day and successfully performed the Clone Technique, then mastered the Three Body Technique over the following days with Jiraiya's guidance.
• Naruto told Jiraiya about the Scroll of Seals and insisted on learning the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to get stronger before Sasuke changed teammates.
• Kakashi and Asuma watched Naruto train, and Asuma doubted that Naruto could protect himself against the Akatsuki Organization.
• Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to fill the training ground with solid copies of himself, shocking Kakashi and Asuma.

Naruto mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and Jiraiya began teaching him the Rasengan while the Third Hokage watched. The Hokage also ordered the investigation into Akatsuki’s village contacts to continue, narrowing surveillance amid ANBU shortages.

• Naruto demonstrated his mastery of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya began training Naruto to use the Rasengan, but Naruto struggled to understand it.
• The Third Hokage ordered Kakashi to keep monitoring Mizuki in the maximum-security prison for signs of a response from Itachi Uchiha.
• Kakashi reported that Sasuke Uchiha, Shinji Uchiha, Kimimaro, Haku, Karin, and Kurama Yakumo remained under surveillance; the Third Hokage ordered Sasuke’s surveillance maintained and the others’ reduced.
• Kakashi told the Third Hokage that Danzo’s subordinates were secretly investigating Ninja Academy teachers, and the Hokage allowed the investigation to continue.

Shinji resumed his plan to restore Karin’s completely damaged Mangekyō Sharingan, hoping to use her as a subject for advancing to the Rinnegan. After the transplant, Karin sensed a faint familiarity from the eyes, and Shinji prepared to test whether her restored eyes could lead to an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Shinji discovered that Konoha had relaxed its surveillance of Karin and several others, while Kurama Yakumo still had to undergo daily examinations at Konoha Hospital.
• Shinji visited Karin and reviewed her records, finding that her Chakra had increased as she fused with White Zetsu Cells, though she still could not produce Wood Release by fusing Chakra properties.
• Karin told Shinji she had practiced living without using her eyes so the transplant would not draw suspicion.
• Shinji transplanted the completely damaged Mangekyō Sharingan into Karin, and she sensed a slight familiarity from the eyes.
• Shinji planned to use Karin’s restored Mangekyō Sharingan to test fusion into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and, ultimately, advancement to the Rinnegan, with the Susanoo Lamp as a backup.

After returning home, Shinji learned from Meiqiu that the Chinoike Clan lived in Hell Valley and had begun fighting among themselves after the Uchiha Clan stopped guarding them. Shinji considered the clan and its Ketsuryūgan as a possible lead for his dojutsu research.

• Shinji reviewed the village’s investigation after Mizuki’s exposure and planned to keep its attention away from the students while advancing his Rinnegan plan.
• Shinji summoned Meiqiu, who reported discovering the Chinoike Clan in Hell Valley, in the Land of Hot Water.
• Meiqiu explained that the Uchiha Clan had defeated and exiled the Chinoike Clan to Hell Valley after the Land of Lightning’s daimyo’s wife hired them.
• Meiqiu said the Uchiha stopped patrolling Hell Valley after their clan was wiped out, and the Chinoike Clan began fighting among themselves after gaining freedom.
• Meiqiu described the Ketsuryūgan’s ability to control blood and the Blood Pool, and Shinji resolved to investigate Hell Valley.

Shinji traveled to Hell Valley with Yugito Nii to observe the Chinoike Clan and acquire their Ketsuryūgan. After Miyoshi survived the clan’s bloody infighting, Shinji confronted him and revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, leaving Miyoshi shocked to recognize an Uchiha.

• Shinji left the village and met Yugito Nii in the Land of Hot Water before they headed to Hell Valley.
• Shinji and Yugito Nii watched Chinoike clansmen battle among the blood-rich hot spring pools while Shinji assessed the Ketsuryūgan’s abilities.
• Miyoshi defeated the five clansmen surrounding him and carried an unconscious young girl out of Hell Valley.
• Shinji and Yugito Nii landed in front of Miyoshi, and Shinji hesitated to attack after seeing the girl and the fallen clansmen.
• Miyoshi cast a genjutsu on Shinji, but Shinji broke it with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, prompting Miyoshi to identify him as an Uchiha.

Shinji defeated the Chinoike survivors in Hell Valley and forced Oyakuro En to agree to serve him, though he secretly intended to let him escape. After Oyakuro left with Chiyo, Shinji collected eight complete pairs of Ketsuryūgan from the fallen.

• Oyakuro recognized Shinji as an Uchiha, and Shinji assessed the Ketsuryūgan that had broken through his genjutsu immunity.
• Oyakuro tried to seize Yugito Nii as a hostage, but she wounded him while cloaked in Tailed Beast Chakra.
• Shinji offered to spare Oyakuro if he worked for him, and Oyakuro agreed to serve him.
• Shinji let Oyakuro leave with Chiyo, while Oyakuro resolved to stay near the Land of Hot Water and answer Shinji's summons.
• Shinji had Yugito keep watch and harvested eight complete pairs of Ketsuryūgan from the Chinoike corpses.

Shinji tested the Ketsuryūgan’s power in Hell Valley’s Blood Pool and confirmed that it amplified techniques there. He then forced two pairs of Ketsuryūgan to fuse with his Susanoo Lamp, leaving the Susanoo with a more powerful crimson pair in its second eye sockets.

• Shinji replaced the Red Eyes in his Susanoo with Ketsuryūgan and tested their power in the Blood Pool.
• Shinji found that the Blood Pool strengthened his Water Wall and reasoned that Hell Valley boosted the Chinoike Clan’s combat ability.
• Shinji assessed the Ketsuryūgan and confirmed that controlling them gave him a greater Dojutsu boost than controlling Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji used Susanoo Lamp to fuse two pairs of Ketsuryūgan, overcoming their resistance with his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji’s Susanoo opened its eyes with a more crimson pair of Ketsuryūgan in its second eye sockets.

Shinji fused the Ketsuryūgan with the Susanoo Lamp, unlocking stronger blood control and discovering a tougher clone technique. After another fusion barely improved the eyes, he questioned whether the Ketsuryūgan had reached its limit or whether his method was wrong.

• Shinji tested his newly fused Ketsuryūgan and found that he could make a Blood Pool boil just by looking at it.
• Shinji used his blood while forming a Shadow Clone, then discovered the clone could bleed and withstand injuries that would normally dispel a Shadow Clone.
• Shinji named the enhanced clone a Blood Clone and concluded that only someone with an enhanced Ketsuryūgan could create one.
• Shinji assessed the new Ketsuryūgan as stronger than the Tomoe Sharingan but weaker than the Mangekyō Sharingan, then considered whether further fusion could strengthen them.
• Shinji fused another pair of Ketsuryūgan into the enhanced pair, but the improvement was barely noticeable, leaving him uncertain about the eyes’ potential and his method.

Shinji fused two enhanced pairs of Ketsuryūgan into a Super Blood Dragon Eye, discovering that the Susanoo Lamp could only forcibly fuse dojutsu below the Mangekyō Sharingan’s level. As he prepared to leave with the Red Eye, he sensed it resonating with the Super Blood Dragon Eye.

• Shinji decided to fuse two ordinary pairs of Ketsuryūgan into a second enhanced pair, then rested after completing the fusion.
• Shinji confirmed that wielding two enhanced pairs did not increase his dojutsu power more than wielding one pair.
• Shinji used the Susanoo Lamp to fuse the two enhanced pairs, enduring resistance that pushed the technique close to its limit.
• Shinji examined the resulting Super Blood Dragon Eye and found that it could activate Blood Pool ninjutsu without Hand Seals, but its dojutsu remained below Mangekyō Sharingan level.
• Shinji packed away the remaining Ketsuryūgan and wielded the Red Eye, then sensed it resonating with the Super Blood Dragon Eye.

Shinji discovered that the Super Blood Dragon Eyes and enhanced Red Eyes resonated because their Chakra natures were compatible, and he planned to fuse them after recovering and preparing. He returned to the village and arranged to use Karin's and Haku's Chakra in three days.

• Shinji realized the Super Blood Dragon Eyes and enhanced Red Eyes resonated, then confirmed that ordinary Ketsuryūgan did not produce the same effect.
• Shinji concluded that fusing the two peak eyes might create a qualitative leap, but postponed the attempt because he was exhausted and the procedure could destroy both pairs.
• Shinji gathered the Blood Pool clan members' bones, left the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in the Land of Hot Water, and returned to the village.
• Shinji secretly tested the eyes and found that the Super Blood Dragon Eyes contained some Water Release Chakra, while the enhanced Red Eyes contained some Earth Release Chakra.
• Shinji told Karin and Haku to be ready to provide their Chakra in three days, and both agreed.