Chapter Summaries

After being questioned about the escape from a secret Root facility, Shinji protected Sasuke from suspicion and celebrated with his classmates. Neji left the barbecue gathering after Hinata thanked him, and Shinji thought about the Caged Bird Tenseigan.

• An ANBU questioned Shinji about the mysterious man, his summoned cat, and whether Sasuke had betrayed him, and Shinji denied that Sasuke had used him.
• The ANBU revealed that Sharingan had been stolen from the secret facility and said Sasuke was being held in the Hokage Building.
• Shinji and Neji left the ANBU Building and were met by classmates who thanked them for saving everyone.
• Shion suggested celebrating with barbecue, and Shinji and Neji were pulled along by their classmates.
• Hinata thanked Neji, but he rejected her thanks and left after hearing classmates discuss the Hyuga Clan's main and branch families.
• Shinji watched Neji leave and thought of the Caged Bird Tenseigan.

Orochimaru praised Sasuke Uchiha’s resolve and Sharingan but dismissed Shinji Uchiha as powerless without awakened eyes, while ordering Kabuto to give Sasuke a little stimulus. Danzo secretly ordered surveillance on Sasuke and arranged for a disguised attacker to kill Shinji, leaving Shinji in danger.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto that Sasuke’s resolve and Sharingan had impressed him, while Shinji’s alertness had also caught his attention despite lacking the Sharingan.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to arrange a stimulus for Sasuke so he would not waste his talent at the Ninja Academy.
• Danzo argued against provoking Sasuke at the Hokage Office, then privately ordered Root to monitor Sasuke and killed a subordinate over the missing Sharingan.
• Danzo decided to target Shinji, learned Root had reconstructed the Forest of Death attacker’s appearance, and ordered a disguised operative to bring him Shinji’s head.

Shinji worried that Konoha might investigate him over the Root Base incident, while Sasuke and Neji reflected on their defeat by the mysterious figure. As Shinji considered how to gain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Tenseigan, the mysterious figure appeared again behind them.

• Shinji left the barbecue restaurant and worried that Konoha might use a mind probe on Sasuke and then investigate him.
• Shinji met Sasuke, who said the village had released him because it still needed him to deal with the Nine-Tails.
• Shinji and Sasuke encountered Neji by the river, and the three discussed the mysterious figure's strength.
• Shinji privately considered using Meiqiu's discoveries, Sasuke's future Mangekyō Sharingan, and Neji's Byakugan to pursue stronger dojutsu.
• Shinji sensed killing intent and spotted the mysterious figure in a nearby tree, startling Sasuke and Neji.

Shinji, Sasuke, and Neji fought a Root shinobi disguised as the mysterious figure, and Shinji realized the village was allowing Danzo’s attack to go unchecked. As the Root shinobi pursued Shinji through a grove, an unseen thread severed his head.

• Shinji recognized that the attacker was a Root shinobi rather than Orochimaru, and Sasuke and Neji joined the fight.
• The three held their ground together, but the Root shinobi wounded Shinji and knocked Sasuke and Neji aside before chasing Shinji into a grove.
• Shinji saw two ANBU watch without intervening and concluded the village leadership was tacitly permitting Danzo’s attack.
• Shinji threw his last Kunai at the Root shinobi, who deflected it and continued after him.
• An unseen thread severed the Root shinobi’s head as he passed through the grove.

Shinji defeated a Root ninja who had impersonated the mysterious man and attacked him, Neji, and Sasuke. After getting their wounds treated, Shinji returned home and summoned Meiqiu in secret.

• Shinji explained that he had killed the fake mysterious man by trapping him with Spider Silk, while Neji and Sasuke reacted with disbelief.
• Two ANBU arrived and claimed their duty was only to protect Sasuke; Shinji and Neji knew they had been nearby during the fight but had not intervened.
• Sasuke questioned the ANBU about the attacker, then Shinji, Neji, and Sasuke went to the hospital for treatment.
• Neji warned Shinji that the attack seemed to have targeted him, and Shinji reassured him before they parted ways.
• Shinji checked his apartment for surveillance, went into the bathroom, and summoned Meiqiu.

Meiqiu brought Shinji nineteen pairs of Sharingan stolen from Danzo’s secret vault, though more than a dozen jars were missing. Shinji used Reverse Summoning to reach the Forest of Death and activated Susanoo in a cave to examine the old jars.

• Meiqiu told Shinji how Danzo’s traps destroyed his Shadow Clone and how he escaped Root with the Sharingan jars.
• Shinji counted nineteen pairs of Sharingan and learned that more than a dozen newer jars were missing from the vault.
• Shinji decided the old jars might contain valuable Mangekyō Sharingan, but could not identify them by sight.
• Shinji gave Meiqiu his blood and ordered him to reverse-summon him to the Forest of Death.
• Shinji created a Shadow Clone to guard his apartment, then let Meiqiu summon his real body to the forest.
• Shinji dismissed Meiqiu, checked a cave for surveillance, and activated Susanoo to begin examining the old jars.

Shinji opened ten old cans of Sharingan, enduring pain as he used the Susanoo Lamp to inspect each pair. The final can held Mangekyō Sharingan with a blood relation to him, likely Chiri Uchiha’s, and in better condition than the others, though its left eye was blind.

• Shinji released his control of Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō and placed the eyes in a new nutrient canister before testing the first can’s decayed Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The second can contained Mangekyō whose right eye had lost its Dojutsu after its owner used Izanagi, while its left eye had also suffered severe damage.
• Shinji found more decayed Three-Tomoe Sharingan and another pair of Mangekyō with no remaining Dojutsu, then realized the damaged Mangekyō owners had used Izanagi.
• After opening the remaining cans, Shinji found that the tenth pair of Mangekyō had a blood relation to him and was in better condition than the other pairs, despite its blind left eye.

Shinji discovered that one usable pair of Mangekyo belonged to his grandmother, Chiri Uchiha, and considered how to restore the permanently blinded eyes without wasting the rare pairs he had collected. He identified her surviving Dojutsu, Naobi, while the purpose of her lost Magatsu remained unknown.

• Shinji recognized Chiri Uchiha's Mangekyo and found that it had been preserved better than the other pairs.
• Shinji considered using the Power of All Things or White Zetsu Cells to restore the blinded Mangekyo, but feared the risks of First Hokage cells.
• Shinji rejected fusing eyes from different pairs because the process could destroy a scarce pair of Mangekyo and chose to wait while he could still control Fugaku Uchiha's pair.
• Shinji learned that Chiri Uchiha's lost left-eye Dojutsu was called Magatsu and that her right-eye Dojutsu, Naobi, enabled spiritual communication with marked Spirit Bodies within a hundred kilometers.
• Shinji wondered whether Naobi could support remote meetings and what effect Magatsu had possessed.

Shinji considered how to preserve his damaged Mangekyo Sharingan and wondered whether Karin’s Uzumaki vitality could help nourish transplanted eyes or even enable their evolution. He then asked Iruka for permission to learn Medical Ninjutsu.

• Shinji told Haku he had slept poorly and discussed the unresolved attack on him.
• Shinji realized Karin might be a suitable host to nourish Mangekyo Sharingan because of her Uzumaki constitution and healing Chakra.
• Shinji theorized that combining a powerful Sage Body with Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan might produce the Power of All Things and evolve the eyes into the Rinnegan.
• Haku interrupted Shinji’s thoughts, and Shinji decided that any experiments involving Karin would require her consent and benefit her too.
• After class, Shinji asked Iruka if he could learn Medical Ninjutsu.

Shinji asked Iruka to help him learn Medical Ninjutsu, hoping to prepare for future Sharingan transplants, while considering Sasuke and Neji as possible future attendants. The Third approved Shinji’s internship at Konoha Hospital and ordered Kakashi to get close to him and watch for resentment toward the village.

• Shinji asked Iruka to submit an application for him to learn Medical Ninjutsu, and Iruka agreed.
• At the training ground, Shinji watched Neji train and Sasuke practice throwing kunai with his Sharingan, and considered recruiting them as attendants.
• Shinji recalled the suspicious detour Karin had led him through during the recent invasion and wondered whether her sensing had failed or something else had happened.
• Iruka reported Shinji’s application to the Third, who discussed Danzo’s actions with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
• The Third approved Shinji’s internship at Konoha Hospital and decided Kakashi should approach Shinji and monitor him for hostility toward the village.

Shinji studied Medical Ninjutsu under Kaoru Kusa and rapidly learned the Mystical Palm Technique, experimenting with healing a fish’s severed head. Meanwhile, Kimimaro joined Naruto and Sasuke’s class and challenged Sasuke.

• Shinji reported to Konoha Hospital and met Kaoru Kusa, who gave him Human Anatomy Atlas to study.
• Shinji spent a week reading anatomy and Medical Ninjutsu books, then answered Kaoru’s questions about them.
• Kaoru demonstrated the Mystical Palm Technique, and Shinji quickly learned to use it.
• Shinji severed a fish’s head and experimented with directing its healing, but the fish remained dead.
• Mizuki introduced Kimimaro to Naruto and Sasuke’s class, and Kimimaro challenged Sasuke.

Kimimaro challenged Sasuke at the Ninja Academy and easily knocked him down, provoking Sasuke into using the Great Fireball Technique before Kimimaro struck him again. Meanwhile, Shinji advanced quickly in medical training, and Kaoru Kusa arranged for him to assist with surgery starting the next day.

• Sasuke charged Kimimaro, but Kimimaro kicked him to the ground and taunted him about Itachi sparing his life.
• Sasuke lost his temper and launched the Great Fireball Technique at Kimimaro during their spar.
• Kimimaro used the Body Flicker Technique to get behind Sasuke and punch him across the field, shocking the students and teachers.
• Shinji impressed Kaoru Kusa with his rapid progress in Medical Ninjutsu and precise Chakra control.
• Kaoru Kusa told Shinji he would assist with surgery and learn organ transplantation and repair starting the next day.
• Kakashi visited the lab and asked Kaoru Kusa how Shinji was doing, and she called him a genius.

Shinji learned that Kimimaro had defeated Sasuke and suspected Orochimaru had sent him to provoke Sasuke into growing stronger. He secretly marked Haku and Karin with Naobi, then summoned their Spirit Body projections and asked Karin to consider nourishing his damaged Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Haku warned Shinji that Kimimaro might target him or Neji after defeating Sasuke, and Shinji suspected Orochimaru was using Kimimaro to spur Sasuke on.
• Shinji remained wary of Danzo despite the recent disappearance of assassination attempts and Root shinobi, and he secretly marked Haku and Karin with Naobi at the academy.
• Shinji activated Naobi that night and brought Haku and Karin’s Spirit Body projections to a virtual meeting space, where he explained how it worked and announced weekly information exchanges.
• Haku reported practicing the Nintaijutsu Rapid Speed, while Karin reported training her Mind’s Eye of the Kagura.
• Shinji dismissed Haku and asked Karin to consider letting his partially damaged Mangekyō Sharingan be transplanted into her so they could be nourished; he promised to protect her eyes and grant her one request if she agreed.
• Karin asked for time to decide, and Shinji gave her a week before ending the meeting.

Shinji spent a week practicing organ transplant surgery while the Ninja Academy’s students intensified their training after Kimimaro defeated Sasuke repeatedly. Karin agreed to receive a half-damaged Mangekyo transplant in exchange for Shinji’s help saving her mother, whom Kusagakure was holding over her.

• Shinji considered how White Zetsu Cells and Deidara might help restore damaged Mangekyo, then studied medical textbooks and worried about the limits of his eyes.
• Shinji trained in organ transplant surgery with Kaoru Kusa, performing more than a hundred operations on animals.
• Kimimaro repeatedly defeated Sasuke, prompting Sasuke, Neji, and other students to train harder while Kimimaro stopped challenging his rivals.
• Shinji summoned Haku and Karin with Naobi and learned that no ghosts had been detected since their previous fight.
• Karin agreed to undergo the Mangekyo transplant after Shinji explained the surgery and how she could conceal her changed pupils.
• Karin asked Shinji to save her mother and revealed that Kusagakure was using her mother to force her to work for them.

Karin revealed that Kusagakure had planted her in Konoha to make her a future Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, with Orochimaru likely involved. Shinji arranged for her to hide her eyes, then transplanted a Mangekyo Sharingan into her and promised to help rescue her mother.

• Karin told Shinji that Kusagakure had arranged her meeting with Jiraiya and forced her to distract the ANBU guarding Naruto.
• Karin recalled that Kusagakure wanted her to become a Jinchuriki, and Shinji deduced that they planned to kill Naruto and have Konoha choose her to host the Nine-Tails.
• At Shinji's instruction, Karin wore dark-tinted goggles, and Mizuki questioned her about them after class.
• Shinji secretly entered Karin's apartment and transplanted a Mangekyo Sharingan into her, warning her not to activate it casually.
• Shinji kept Karin's removed eyes and promised to arrange help for her mother.

Four Lower Moon demons reached Amegakure, where Muzan Kibutsuji confronted Pain and announced he had come to claim his life. In Konoha, Shinji sparred with Sasuke and saw how quickly Sasuke was improving before the Lamp warned that the plane had been invaded.

• Lower Moon One, Muzan Kibutsuji, led three other demons into Amegakure to find the Akatsuki leader.
• Pain descended in front of the demons, and Muzan revealed his identity and declared his intention to kill him.
• Sasuke asked Shinji to spar after Kimimaro had been beating him regularly at the Ninja Academy.
• Shinji defeated Sasuke in a hard-fought taijutsu match, and Neji later beat Sasuke using Gentle Fist.
• The Lamp informed Shinji that the plane had been invaded and told him to prepare to repel the invasion.

Muzan Kibutsuji fled Amegakure after Shinji overwhelmed the demons, but Shinji caught him in the forest. Shinji considered the value of Muzan’s near-immortality before releasing him and using Amaterasu.

• Muzan fled Amegakure, recognizing that the strange-eyed shinobi had crushed him and the other demons with overwhelming power.
• Deidara pursued Muzan on a giant white bird, while Haku and Karin went after another demon fleeing in a different direction.
• Shinji trapped Muzan in a skeletal hand and realized the demon’s cells might grant him a lifespan of at least ten thousand years.
• Shinji questioned whether immortality was worthwhile when it meant avoiding sunlight and surviving on flesh and blood.
• Shinji released Muzan and activated Amaterasu.

Shinji killed Muzan Kibutsuji with Amaterasu, then met Deidara and learned that demons had attacked the Outer Ring. After arranging for Deidara to obtain White Zetsu cells, Shinji hurried to find Haku and Karin, while the invasion ended and the rift closed.

• Amaterasu burned Muzan Kibutsuji to dust, and Shinji concluded that the demon had lost the Demon King's power.
• Shinji met Deidara, asked about the Outer Ring, and secretly marked Deidara's Spirit Body with Naobi.
• Shinji asked Deidara to discreetly obtain White Zetsu cells and arranged to contact him at a town near Konoha.
• Deidara told Shinji that four demons with Lower Rank markings had attacked the village, and one had used a tree-controlling Blood Demon Art that resembled Wood Release.
• Shinji told Deidara not to reveal his existence to the Outer Ring, then hurried after Haku and Karin as the invasion was repelled and the rift closed.

Shinji found Haku and Karin after they defeated Gyokko, then gave them the spoils of war while choosing to strengthen his authority over the Lamp. As the group prepared to return, the Lamp detected a safe Space Rift.

• Shinji found Haku and Karin exhausted beside a pool, where they told him they had defeated a badly injured demon they identified as Lower Moon Three.
• Shinji recognized the demon as Gyokko and reassured them that he was dead after Karin could no longer sense him.
• The Lamp produced Water Nature Chakra Affinity and a Water-and-Earth Chakra fusion technique, which Shinji gave to Haku and Karin respectively.
• Shinji rejected the Lamp’s Shinobi World reward and received 25 Merit Points, bringing his total to 76.
• As Shinji prepared to head back, the Lamp detected a safe Space Rift, surprising him.

Shinji entered the Space Rift to investigate the Lantern Bearers and found himself in a devastated trading ground where other Lantern Bearers gathered. A brawny, eyepatched man told him the Overlord was threatening the place, leaving Shinji facing the danger beyond the shattered sky.

• Shinji decided to enter the Space Rift, confirmed he could return, and set rules to avoid disturbing the other world.
• Shinji arrived in a scorched wasteland beneath a cracked sky and discovered a Lantern filled with a small amount of Embers.
• Shinji approached seven black-robed figures and a wounded, eyepatched man who was smoking a cigar.
• The man identified the seven figures as Lantern Bearers and explained that they traded Embers.
• The man pointed to the shadow beyond the sky and said the Overlord had its eye on the place.