Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Jin confronted Shimura Danzō after revealing that their cooperation had been real but that he had never intended to make Danzō Hokage. As Danzō relied on Izanagi to survive, Jin began revealing the Uchiha Clan’s secret counter-technique, Izanami.

• Uchiha Jin told Shimura Danzō that he had intended to work with him against Sarutobi Hiruzen but would never have helped him become Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō tried to bargain for his life by challenging Uchiha Jin to kill him within five minutes, but Jin said the gathered Clan Heads also wanted Danzō dead.
• Uchiha Jin identified Izanagi as Danzō’s reason for believing he could survive their fight and mocked him for using the Uchiha Clan’s secret technique against its Clan Head.
• Shimura Danzō recalled learning Izanagi’s seals from Kagami Uchiha and obtaining Kagami’s Sharingan after Kagami died on a mission with him.
• Uchiha Jin formed seals and announced that he would show Danzō Izanami, another secret Uchiha technique.

Uchiha Jin used a crow and Genjutsu to evade Shimura Danzō’s attacks and suggested that Danzō had already fallen under Izanami. The two resumed their fight, with Danzō uncertain what had happened and Jin promising they had plenty of time.

• Shimura Danzō watched Uchiha Jin form hand seals, suspecting he was preparing Izanami, but Jin instead summoned a crow.
• Uchiha Jin and Shimura Danzō clashed with their swords, and Danzō noticed a Sharingan in the crow’s eye before the fighters struck each other.
• After both men vanished and reappeared, Shimura Danzō seized Uchiha Jin and tried to trap him with the Inner Four Symbols Seal, but Jin revealed that Danzō was holding a crow while he stood beyond the seal’s reach.
• Shimura Danzō realized he had been caught in an ordinary Genjutsu after making eye contact with the crow, then used Izanagi to survive another attack.
• Uchiha Jin told Shimura Danzō that he had already seen Izanami, leaving Danzō unsettled as he wondered whether the crow had revived with him.
• Uchiha Jin charged Shimura Danzō again, and Danzō immediately activated Izanagi.

Uchiha Jin trapped Shimura Danzō in Izanami, forcing him to relive a cycle he could not escape. In the real world, Jin explained that Danzō would only awaken if he recognized his mistakes, abandoned his bid for the Hokage Position, and became merciful.

• Uchiha Jin and Shimura Danzō clashed repeatedly as crows and Sharingan appeared in the looping events.
• Shimura Danzō tried to dispel what he suspected was a Genjutsu, but the surroundings never changed.
• After dozens of repetitions, Shimura Danzō realized he was trapped in Izanami while his Sharingan still showed that he had not used up Izanagi.
• Nara Shikaku asked Uchiha Jin about Izanami, and Jin explained that the technique countered Izanagi by trapping its target in a cycle until they changed their mindset.
• Uchiha Jin said Shimura Danzō would not wake unless he recognized his mistakes, gave up the Hokage Position, and became merciful.

Uchiha Jin planned to keep Shimura Danzō alive long enough to disgrace him before killing him, while Nara Shikaku worked to ensure Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage. The Uchiha Military Police Force took Danzō into custody as the village prepared to investigate his crimes.

• Nara Shikaku learned how Izanami could force its victims to change their thoughts and asked Uchiha Jin how the Uchiha Clan would handle Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Jin said the Uchiha Clan would gather evidence, expose Danzō's crimes, and kill him only after destroying his reputation.
• Nara Shikaku urged that Minato Namikaze's election as Fourth Hokage proceed, fearing the Uchiha Clan might exploit the turmoil.
• Uchiha Jin assured Shikaku that the Uchiha Clan supported Minato and revealed that its apparent friendliness with Danzō had been coordinated with the Third Generation and others.
• Uchiha Jin sent the Konoha Military Police Force to take Danzō into custody and left the rest of the election aftermath to Shikaku.

Uchiha Jin and Yakushi Nonō took over Root’s secret bases after Shimura Danzō’s coup failed, and Jin asked Nonō to help secure Root’s intelligence network. Nonō explained that many of its operatives resented Danzō and had served for Konoha or under coercion, leaving her prepared to reclaim the system.

• After Shimura Danzō was arrested, Uchiha Jin and the Military Police Force sealed Root’s bases and gathered evidence of his crimes.
• Yakushi Nonō led Jin and the Uchiha through Root’s final village base and described its role in training intelligence personnel, spies, researchers, and interrogators.
• Jin asked Nonō to help take control of Root’s intelligence system before its agents defected or endangered Konoha’s own network.
• Nonō explained that Root’s intelligence operatives were not generally loyal to Danzō because he treated them as disposable tools.
• Nonō revealed that some agents had served Konoha while others, including herself, had been forced to serve after Danzō seized their vital points.

Jin and Yakushi Nonō arranged to take control of Root's Intelligence System and rescue its children, while discussing how to care for them and support the Konoha Orphanage. After Jin proposed making the orphanage an official Administrative Division, an Anbu Ninja arrived with Minato's request for Jin to meet him.

• Yakushi Nonō agreed to help Root's Intelligence System members and said she wanted to make amends to those she knew.
• Jin led the Military Police Force in rescuing hundreds of children from the Root Base and worried about placing them in the Konoha Orphanage.
• Yakushi Nonō said she would assess the children and return those from Ninja Clans to their families, and urged Jin to seek support from Minato.
• Jin proposed formally incorporating the Konoha Orphanage into the Administrative Division, and Yakushi Nonō said Rin could help manage it.
• An Anbu Ninja told Uchiha Jin that Minato requested his presence, and Jin left the Root Base.

Minato Namikaze gathered Uchiha Jin and Konoha’s leaders on Hokage Rock, where Tsunade attacked Jin and accused the Uchiha Clan of colluding with Shimura Danzō. Jin defended his actions and demanded evidence, while Minato tried to calm the confrontation; the meeting remained unresolved as Minato said there were other matters to discuss.

• Minato Namikaze assembled the Konoha Sannin and several clan heads atop Hokage Rock to meet Uchiha Jin.
• Tsunade attacked Jin, but he avoided her strikes through Elementalization and stopped her next attack by throwing blood toward her.
• Jiraiya intervened to protect Tsunade, and Jin threatened to arrest them for attacking the head of the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Tsunade accused Jin and the Uchiha Clan of conspiring with Shimura Danzō, citing Sarutobi Hiruzen’s account and Orochimaru’s role in keeping Jiraiya away.
• Jin denied the allegations, explained that the Military Police Force had detained Shimura Danzō and was collecting evidence, and argued with Tsunade until she punched Jiraiya off Hokage Rock.
• Minato Namikaze asked everyone to settle down, and Jin asked whether the meeting had been called only for the confrontation before Minato said they had other matters to discuss.

Uchiha Jin signed the recommendation letter for Minato Namikaze, who planned to secure the daimyo’s appointment and convene a Jonin Meeting. Jin then revealed that the Military Police Force had uncovered evidence of Shimura Danzō’s crimes and agreed to discuss three urgent matters with the assembled leaders.

• Nara Shikaku presented the recommendation letter, and Uchiha Jin signed it for Minato Namikaze.
• Minato Namikaze said he would meet the daimyo that night and hold a Jonin Meeting the next afternoon.
• Minato Namikaze noted that Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were still receiving treatment and could not attend the meeting.
• Uchiha Jin said the Military Police Force had taken over Root’s secret bases and found evidence of Shimura Danzō’s crimes.
• Uchiha Jin identified three matters that needed immediate village assistance, and he agreed to discuss them with everyone present.

Uchiha Jin told Konoha’s gathered leaders that the Military Police had rescued over a thousand children from Root and that their placement needed urgent attention. He described Root’s brutal training and began revealing its inhumane special programs, leaving their full details for what came next.

• Nara Shikaku gathered everyone and announced that Uchiha Jin would explain urgent matters uncovered during the raid on Root’s bases.
• Uchiha Jin said the Military Police had rescued more than a thousand children, including Root trainees and victims of human experimentation, and called for a decision on their placement.
• Uchiha Jin explained that the children could not safely be housed at the Konoha Orphanage because they had serious psychological problems and the orphanage lacked staff.
• Tsunade questioned why Root-trained children would have psychological problems, and Uchiha Jin said their training was more than ten times harsher than training in the clans.
• Uchiha Jin said Root’s special programs for children were insane and inhumane, then began to explain their significance.

Uchiha Jin briefed Konoha’s leaders on Root’s brutal training, the rescued children’s condition, and the locations of Shimura Danzō’s secret bases. Minato Namikaze approved plans to care for the children, dismantle Root’s bases while screening its ninjas, and put Yakushi Nonō in charge of Root’s intelligence system.

• Uchiha Jin explained that Root trained children to kill, subjected them to live combat and team eliminations, and forced bonded teammates into mutual killing; he said thirty percent of the rescued children had completed emotional-eradication training and all had seen blood.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that many rescued children belonged to Konoha’s clans, prompting the clan heads to denounce Shimura Danzō and Aburame Shimike to react with particular anger over his clan’s exploitation.
• Uchiha Jin proposed settling the children near Konoha Orphanage with support from Konoha Hospital and the Konoha Military Police Force; Nara Shikaku and Minato Namikaze approved the plan.
• Uchiha Jin reported Root’s secret bases across the Land of Fire and other nations, and proposed raids and surrender offers; Minato Namikaze approved screening Root ninjas, and Nara Shikaku agreed to provide elite ninja support.
• Uchiha Jin proposed giving Yakushi Nonō authority to take over Root’s intelligence system; Minato Namikaze authorized her, then said he would seek an appointment letter from the daimyo.

After the coup, Jiraiya questioned Uchiha Jin about his connection to Minato and the prophecy of the Child of Prophecy. Jin revealed that he and Minato were close allies, then challenged Jiraiya’s understanding of Gamamaru’s prophecy, leaving him and Tsunade unsure what to believe.

• Jin sent Nara Shikaku and the other clan heads to deal with Root while he stayed behind with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya brought the group to a tavern, where Tsunade accused him of pursuing the owner, Yukiko, without intending to take responsibility.
• Jiraiya asked Jin whether he and Minato were closer than they appeared, and Jin said they were comrades and brothers who shared a goal of changing the world.
• Jin told Jiraiya that Gamamaru had taught the Sage of Six Paths senjutsu and guided him to turn against his mother, Kaguya.
• Jin said Gamamaru’s prophecy was incomplete rather than false, but claimed the Child of Prophecy had brought no change to the Ninja World.

Uchiha Jin told Jiraiya that the Child of Prophecy’s future was only one possible path and argued that Uzumaki Naruto’s peace brought no lasting transformation to the Ninja World. He left Jiraiya reconsidering Naruto’s role after reframing his actions as stopping five other attempts to change the world.

• Uchiha Jin described ways to glimpse or travel through time, then said the future branched according to people’s choices.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that the Child of Prophecy would be born in Konoha next year and become Jiraiya’s disciple after Jiraiya returned from traveling the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Jin argued that Naruto’s strength had brought only temporary peace and that Naruto had made no lasting changes to the world’s system.
• Jiraiya questioned whether Naruto might create change later, but Uchiha Jin said Naruto’s time as a major variable would pass and someone else would take his place.
• Uchiha Jin said Naruto had changed the world five times by stopping Nagato and the Akatsuki Organization, Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Second Pillar, and Otsutsuki Toneri.

Uchiha Jin warned Jiraiya not to obstruct Minato and argued that Konoha's elders had to be removed for the village to change. He revealed that in the original timeline Sarutobi Hiruzen returned as Hokage, allowed the Uchiha clan to be wiped out, and later died fighting Orochimaru while Jiraiya watched.

• Jiraiya questioned whether the Child of Prophecy could bring peace, but Uchiha Jin told him the future had changed and Naruto no longer had the same role.
• Uchiha Jin urged Jiraiya not to become an obstacle to Minato, and Jiraiya admitted he felt he was holding the younger generation back.
• Tsunade confronted Uchiha Jin about his apparent attempt to use Shimura Danzō to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• Uchiha Jin pointed out that Konoha's clans had stood by during the fight, then argued that the village would be better without the four elders.
• Uchiha Jin recounted that Sarutobi Hiruzen had returned as Hokage in the original timeline, permitted the Uchiha massacre, and later fought Orochimaru as Jiraiya watched from the sidelines.

Uchiha Jin defended his account of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s political schemes and the Uchiha Clan’s destruction against Jiraiya’s disbelief. Orochimaru agreed that Sarutobi Hiruzen’s death could be fitting, and Jin began to show Jiraiya the future he had seen.

• Jiraiya rejected Jin’s claims that Sarutobi Hiruzen had sacrificed the Hyuga Clan Head, destroyed the Uchiha Clan, and would be attacked by Orochimaru while Jiraiya stood aside.
• Jin argued that Sarutobi Hiruzen could turn the village against the Hyuga Clan and destroy the Uchiha through political manipulation rather than force.
• Jin described how Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō exploited the Uchiha’s loyalty, isolated its Mangekyō users, and enabled a massacre within the clan compound.
• Jin suggested that Jiraiya might let Orochimaru kill Sarutobi Hiruzen after years of disappointment, and Orochimaru said he thought that ending would be fitting.
• Jin’s eyes turned scarlet as he told Jiraiya to look at the future he had seen.

Uchiha Jin showed Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru a vision of the Hyuga Clan being pressured by Konoha's leaders into sacrificing Hizashi Hyuga to prevent war with Kumogakure. He then explained the Nine-Tails Rampage and revealed that Root and Anbu had blocked the Uchiha from helping Minato.

• Uchiha Jin showed Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru the meeting where Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura pressured Hyuga Hiashi to accept responsibility for killing the Kumogakure envoy leader.
• Hyuga Hiashi prepared to sacrifice himself, but Hizashi Hyuga took his place and died as the Hyuga Clan scapegoat.
• Uchiha Jin condemned Konoha's leaders for forcing the Hyuga Clan to compromise, while Orochimaru remarked that the scheme fit Sarutobi Hiruzen's style.
• Jiraiya asked Uchiha Jin about the Nine-Tails Rampage, and Uchiha Jin explained that Minato died sealing the Nine-Tails after fighting a mysterious man.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that Root and Anbu had blocked the Uchiha Clan inside its compound, preventing them from reinforcing Minato.

Uchiha Jin showed Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru a possible future in which the Uchiha Clan was manipulated into rebellion and exterminated, then revealed that his own survival proved the future could change. He continued with scenes of Orochimaru’s defection and the Konoha Crush, leaving Jiraiya stunned to see that he had been fighting outside the village while Sarutobi Hiruzen faced Orochimaru alone.

• Uchiha Jin described how the Uchiha Clan was marginalized, how Uchiha Shisui was betrayed by Shimura Danzō, and how Uchiha Itachi later massacred the clan to save Second Pillar.
• Uchiha Jin explained that he had died in the future he showed them but had avoided that fate, then unleashed his aura and declared that his existence proved the future could change.
• Uchiha Jin showed Tsunade a future in which Orochimaru experimented on a corpse, fled Konoha after Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted him, and later launched the Konoha Crush during the Chunin Exam.
• Jiraiya asked where he had been during Orochimaru’s battle with Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Uchiha Jin showed him fighting a Three-Headed Giant Snake outside Konoha with Gamahiro.
• Jiraiya realized that his future self had been unable to reach Sarutobi Hiruzen, leaving the Hokage to face Orochimaru alone.

Uchiha Jin showed Jiraiya and Tsunade the night Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina died protecting Naruto, then revealed how Naruto was mistreated and isolated as a child. The chapter left Naruto alone in his cold apartment, eating stale bread to quiet his hunger.

• Tsunade criticized Jiraiya for exaggerating his struggle against the Three-Headed Giant Snake, and Jiraiya wondered why Uchiha Jin had let Sarutobi Hiruzen die.
• Uchiha Jin showed Jiraiya and Tsunade the Nine-Tails’ rampage, where Uzumaki Kushina restrained the beast and Minato Namikaze prepared to seal it.
• Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina shielded infant Naruto from the Nine-Tails and gave him final advice before they died.
• Young Naruto was shunned by villagers, and a grilled-fish seller refused to serve him despite his offering money.
• Naruto wandered hungry until evening, bought near-spoiled food from a small shop, and returned to his drafty apartment to eat hardened bread.

Uchiha Jin revealed how Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō handled Naruto after Minato and Kushina died. Tsunade and Jiraiya learned that Hiruzen had rejected Danzō’s plan to turn Naruto into a weapon, but Jin claimed Hiruzen instead made himself Naruto’s only source of support to keep control of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Tsunade shattered the illusion and asked Uchiha Jin whether the blond child was Kushina’s son, and Jin confirmed that Naruto was Minato and Kushina’s child.
• Jin told Jiraiya that Naruto was named after a character in one of Jiraiya’s novels, and Jiraiya realized how badly Hiruzen had failed his disciple’s orphaned son.
• Jin condemned Hiruzen for concealing Naruto’s parentage while letting the village know he was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, leaving Naruto impoverished and ostracized.
• When Tsunade asked why Hiruzen had treated Naruto that way, Jin said Shimura Danzō had proposed training Naruto as a weapon for Root, but Hiruzen rejected the proposal.
• Jin explained that Hiruzen let Naruto live alone from age three, after which rumors turned the village against him, and then positioned himself as Naruto’s only source of affection and support to retain control of the Jinchuriki.

Uchiha Jin explained how Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other Konoha elders had manipulated village opinion, while Tsunade learned that her hemophobia had kept her from becoming Fifth Hokage. Uchiha Jin helped her face blood and proposed using Izanami to treat the illness at its source.

• Uchiha Jin described how Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Konoha elders had blocked Tsunade's Medical Ninja reforms while preserving the Third Hokage's reputation.
• Tsunade asked why she had not returned to Konoha after Minato Namikaze's death, and Orochimaru and Uchiha Jin explained that her hemophobia had likely prevented her from becoming Fifth Hokage.
• Uchiha Jin exposed his bleeding palm, and Tsunade managed to face the blood without collapsing, though she asked him to stop when she reached her limit.
• Uchiha Jin offered Izanami as a way to treat Tsunade's heart knot and hemophobia at their source.

Uchiha Jin offered to cure Tsunade’s hemophobia if she stayed out of the village’s affairs, but Tsunade refused and used the Daimyo’s marriage proposal to gain leverage. She demanded that Jin cure her without asking her to abandon Konoha.

• Tsunade refused Uchiha Jin’s offer to treat her hemophobia because she did not trust his account of Izanami.
• Uchiha Jin proposed curing Tsunade if she refrained from interfering with the village’s actions, angering her.
• Tsunade questioned Jin about his plans with Minato Namikaze, but he declined to explain.
• Tsunade reminded Jin that the Daimyo’s proposed marriage alliance involved him, and Jin reacted with displeasure.
• Tsunade demanded that Jin cure her hemophobia so they could be even.