Chapter Summaries

Kitahara Kaede and his teammates returned to Konoha after completing their mission and kept their encounter with Root secret. At the Hokage Building, they met Naruto’s newly formed Team 7 before heading off to celebrate.

• Kitahara Kaede’s squad returned to Konoha, submitted Suzuki Ryujin’s head, and concealed their fight with Root.
• The team completed the mission paperwork and learned their payment would arrive within a month.
• Soten Genryu offered to treat Kitahara Kaede and their teammate to barbecue to celebrate their return.
• Kitahara Kaede’s squad ran into Naruto’s Team 7 outside the Hokage Building.
• Naruto proudly showed Kitahara Kaede his Genin headband and introduced Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi.
• Kitahara Kaede and his teammates exchanged farewells with Team 7 and left for the Yakiniku Restaurant.

Danzo ordered Root to watch Kitahara Kaede after a squad went missing, while Kaede returned home and welcomed Uzumaki Naruto for dinner. Naruto showed Kaede that he had learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, leaving Kaede relieved that events were still following the expected course.

• Aburame Ryoma reported that a Root squad had gone missing, and Danzo ordered him to keep watch on Kitahara Kaede.
• Kitahara Kaede returned to his family home and helped Kitahara Yoshiko with the housework.
• Uzumaki Naruto visited after a trash-collecting mission, and Kitahara Yoshiko invited him to dinner.
• Uzumaki Naruto ate several bowls of food and nearly cried at Kitahara Yoshiko's kindness.
• Uzumaki Naruto demonstrated the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to Kitahara Kaede, who felt relieved that Naruto had learned it as expected.

Kitahara Kaede celebrated Uzumaki Naruto’s graduation by identifying his Wind nature and teaching him Wind Release: Great Breakthrough. Naruto struggled to perform the technique, so Kaede suggested using multiple shadow clones to accelerate his training.

• Kitahara Kaede had Uzumaki Naruto test his Chakra nature and learned that Naruto had Wind nature.
• Kitahara Kaede demonstrated Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, clearing Naruto’s shadow clones from the courtyard.
• Kitahara Yoshiko scolded Kitahara Kaede for testing ninjutsu at home, so he took Naruto to a nearby Training Ground.
• Kitahara Kaede taught Naruto the hand seals and Chakra flow for Great Breakthrough, but Naruto struggled because the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox affected his Chakra.
• Kitahara Kaede suggested that Naruto use multiple shadow clones to train more quickly.

Kitahara Kaede learned the Shadow Clone Technique from Uzumaki Naruto and trained him in Wind Release: Great Breakthrough before recording the day's events in his diary. The diary's readers reacted to its claims about Naruto's Chakra, while Uchiha Itachi began reading a copy in an Akatsuki base.

• Kitahara Kaede accepted Uzumaki Naruto's offer to exchange lessons and learned the Shadow Clone Technique after seeing its hand seals once.
• Kitahara Kaede dismissed his clone, losing more than half his Chakra, then trained Uzumaki Naruto until Naruto barely mastered Wind Release: Great Breakthrough late at night.
• Kitahara Kaede wrote in his diary that Naruto had enormous Chakra reserves and that the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique suited him unusually well.
• Hatake Kakashi read the update, realized Naruto had roughly a hundred times his Chakra, and resented being used as a measure of Chakra.
• Second Pillar read the diary's claims about Naruto, while Uchiha Itachi examined a copy after returning from an Akatsuki mission.

Uchiha Itachi read Kitahara Kaede’s mysterious diary and learned that Orochimaru planned to attack Konoha and target Sasuke. Itachi resolved to find a way to warn the village despite Akatsuki’s surveillance.

• Uchiha Itachi opened the diary, recognized that Kitahara Kaede knew classified information about Uzumaki Naruto, and read about Orochimaru’s Konoha Crush Plan.
• Uchiha Itachi concluded that Konoha was vulnerable to Orochimaru’s planned invasion and decided he needed to send a warning back to the village.
• Uchiha Itachi watched a video of Hatake Kakashi confronting Orochimaru and realized Orochimaru had targeted Sasuke.
• Uchiha Itachi considered tracking Orochimaru by the unfamiliar village symbol on his headband but hesitated because Akatsuki closely monitored him.
• The author explained that Uchiha Itachi and the Uchiha Clan conflict were being portrayed from a neutral perspective rather than as a simple judgment of good or evil.

Uchiha Itachi read Kitahara Kaede’s Diary and learned that Kaede had awakened the Sharingan, leading him to believe Kaede carried Uchiha blood. Future footage and warnings about a Fourth Shinobi World War and Danzo’s actions convinced Itachi he had to stay alive to protect Konoha, Sasuke, and the Uchiha legacy.

• Uchiha Itachi saw that Kitahara Kaede had awakened the Sharingan and concluded that Kaede had Uchiha ancestry.
• Uchiha Itachi watched future footage of himself using Tsukuyomi with Kisame Hoshigaki and Hatake Kakashi, and accepted the Diary’s predictions as true.
• Uchiha Itachi read about a Fourth Shinobi World War and feared for Konoha and Sasuke, renewing his resolve to live.
• Uchiha Itachi learned that Danzo had sent Root Squad to hunt Kitahara Kaede and worried that the Uchiha legacy would lose another potential heir.
• Uchiha Itachi read that Danzo would become Hokage and wondered what would happen to the Third Hokage.

Uchiha Itachi considered how Danzo could become the 5.5th Hokage and feared that Pain might destroy Konoha, so he chose not to act rashly. Hatake Kakashi inferred that Danzo was later stripped of the Hokage title after fleeing the Five Kage Summit, while Second Pillar learned that he would kill Danzo in the future.

• Uchiha Itachi grew furious at Danzo's Hashirama Cells and Sharingan implants but calmed himself and decided to proceed cautiously.
• Uchiha Itachi suspected that Pain's destruction of Konoha might explain Danzo becoming the 5.5th Hokage and the Fifth Hokage's likely death.
• Hatake Kakashi read the Diary and concluded that Danzo had briefly served as Hokage before being stripped of the title for fleeing the Five Kage Summit.
• Second Pillar saw the Diary's claim that he would kill Danzo and realized he would avenge his clansmen.

Second Pillar and Uchiha Itachi read a diary entry describing Sasuke’s future battle with Danzō and his reckless use of Amaterasu. Itachi worried that Sasuke would waste his Mangekyō’s power and resolved to warn him, while Second Pillar was left embarrassed by the “Sunny Sasuke” nickname.

• Second Pillar celebrated the chance to kill Danzō sooner, while Itachi wondered why the Five Kage had united against Sasuke.
• The diary described Sunny Sasuke fighting Danzō and using Amaterasu so recklessly that even passing dogs would be struck.
• Second Pillar blushed at the teasing and reflected on the gap between his current abilities and Itachi’s strength.
• Kakashi recognized the joke behind Sunny Sasuke and recalled that the diary had mocked him as Hatake the 50/50.
• Itachi realized Sasuke would awaken Amaterasu but feared his Mangekyō would go blind from overuse, so he resolved to find a way to warn him.

Uchiha Itachi watched footage of Shimura Danzō confronting Obito Uchiha, who claimed to be Uchiha Madara, and learned the extent of Obito’s Kamui abilities. The footage left Itachi wary of Obito and already considering how to fight him.

• Uchiha Itachi watched a video showing Shimura Danzō and two Root members intercepted on a Great Bridge.
• Obito Uchiha appeared and reminded Danzō of the Uchiha incident, provoking Second Pillar’s grief and anger.
• Danzō ordered Yamanaka Fu and Yamanaka Torune to attack while he removed the seal on his right arm.
• Obito Uchiha used his intangibility and Kamui to absorb Yamanaka Fu and Yamanaka Torune, defeating them with ease.
• Uchiha Itachi and Hatake Kakashi analyzed Obito’s abilities, and Itachi began considering how to keep him at a distance and counter him.

Uchiha Itachi and Hatake Kakashi analyzed Obito Uchiha’s body modifications, phasing ability, and suspected role in the Uchiha Clan massacre as they considered how to defeat him. Obito entered the Kamui Dimension, where Sasuke demanded to be released, leaving Kakashi to wonder how anyone could escape its separate spaces.

• Uchiha Itachi saw Obito Uchiha shed his decaying arm after it touched Yamanaka Torune’s Phosphorus Destroying Insects and concluded that Obito had undergone inhuman body modifications.
• Uchiha Itachi suspected Obito had manipulated Sasuke and planned to use a Transcription Seal to trigger Amaterasu, but he worried Obito could evade it by phasing.
• Hatake Kakashi connected Obito, Danzō’s Root, and Akatsuki to the Uchiha Clan massacre and wondered whether Konoha’s leadership had authorized Root’s involvement.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension after dealing with Shimura Danzō’s subordinates, and Sasuke demanded to be let out.
• Hatake Kakashi recognized Yamanaka Torune and Yamanaka Fu as Danzō’s trusted confidants and feared Obito could trap him in a separate space until he starved.

Uchiha Itachi and Hatake Kakashi read Kitahara Kaede’s comments about Sasuke’s future, including his family and the next generation. Itachi felt relieved that Sasuke survived and had a daughter, while Sasuke reacted angrily to hearing that he would stab Uzumaki Karin.

• Uchiha Itachi watched Second Pillar and Uzumaki Karin appear and wondered whether Karin was Sasuke’s future girlfriend.
• Kitahara Kaede’s comment revealed that Uzumaki Boruto idolized Second Pillar and that Uchiha Sarada idolized Uzumaki Naruto.
• Uchiha Itachi inferred that Uchiha Sarada was Sasuke’s future daughter and felt relieved that Sasuke would survive, marry, and have a child.
• Uchiha Itachi worried that Sasuke would not have enough children to continue the Uchiha Clan’s line.
• Hatake Kakashi found the children’s mutual admiration amusing and frowned at the revelation that Second Pillar had stabbed Uzumaki Karin.
• Second Pillar blushed with anger after hearing praise for his looks followed by criticism of his future actions.

Second Pillar faced Shimura Danzō, who revealed an arm covered in Sharingan and prepared to use Izanagi. Outside the scene, Second Pillar watched his future self reveal a Mangekyō Sharingan like the one he had seen before.

• Obito Uchiha released Second Pillar and left Shimura Danzō outside as a chance for him to take revenge.
• Shimura Danzō removed his bandages, revealing numerous Sharingan transplanted onto his right arm.
• Uchiha Itachi recognized Danzō’s hand seals as the forbidden technique Izanagi, which sacrificed a Sharingan to turn death and other misfortune into favorable outcomes.
• Shimura Danzō attacked Second Pillar, but the scene shifted to show Second Pillar’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Second Pillar outside the scene was astonished to see his future self wield the same kind of Mangekyō eyes he had seen before.

Second Pillar awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and fought Shimura Danzō, while the onlookers questioned the hidden truth behind Itachi’s defection. Danzō repeatedly revived through Izanagi, and the battle continued with Second Pillar using Amaterasu.

• Second Pillar admired his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, while Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi recognized its immense power.
• Second Pillar killed Shimura Danzō with Susanoo, and Danzō’s dying words revealed that Itachi had betrayed Konoha after exposing a secret.
• Uchiha Itachi and Hatake Kakashi wondered who had told Second Pillar the truth about Itachi, with Itachi suspecting Uchiha Madara.
• Shimura Danzō repeatedly returned after Susanoo killed him, and Uchiha Itachi identified his survival technique as Izanagi.
• Second Pillar unleashed Amaterasu against Shimura Danzō, while Uchiha Itachi criticized his exhausting combat choices.

Uchiha Sasuke fought Shimura Danzō and discovered that Danzo’s repeated resurrections were powered by the Sharingan implanted in his arm. After Danzo trapped Sasuke with a Cursed Seal and prepared to kill him, Uchiha Itachi’s Dojutsu Power erupted, drawing Nagato’s attention.

• Shimura Danzō survived Sasuke’s attacks repeatedly as Sharingan on his arm closed, revealing the source of his resurrections.
• Sasuke and Danzo exchanged attacks, and Danzo planted a Cursed Seal on Sasuke while Sasuke used himself as bait.
• Danzo dismissed Sasuke’s Genjutsu as inferior to Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and criticized Sasuke’s reckless fighting style.
• Danzo kicked Karin aside, took Sasuke’s sword, and prepared to kill Sasuke while provoking him about Itachi.
• Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan erupted as Danzo raised the sword, and Nagato sensed the sudden burst of Itachi’s Dojutsu Power.

Second Pillar unleashed Susanoo and fought Shimura Danzō, whose Sharingan, Wood Style, and Izanagi let him survive repeated attacks. Obito Uchiha explained how Izanagi worked as Second Pillar weakened, leaving Danzō's motives and the danger to Naruto exposed.

• Second Pillar broke through the Cursed Seal and used Susanoo to attack Shimura Danzō, who diverted an arrow with Wood Style.
• Uzumaki Karin recognized that Danzō had dropped his invincible technique, but Second Pillar struck too late to stop him from using Izanagi again.
• Obito Uchiha deduced that Danzō had gained Wood Style by using Hashirama Senju's cells and that he was also targeting the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
• Hatake Kakashi realized Naruto was in danger, while Second Pillar continued fighting despite the strain from using Susanoo and Amaterasu.
• Obito Uchiha explained that Izanagi could turn the user's injuries and death into dreams and make advantageous outcomes real.

Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Sasuke learned how Izanagi worked as the battle with Shimura Danzō continued. Sasuke realized he had to exhaust Danzo’s remaining Sharingan before he himself ran out of strength, and charged at Danzo demanding to know how many Uchiha he had killed for the arm.

• Obito Uchiha explained that Izanagi could turn unfavorable outcomes into favorable ones, but using it consumed a Sharingan after a period of time.
• Shimura Danzō revealed that only four Sharingan remained on his arm and that he had been holding back to save strength against Uchiha Madara.
• Shimura Danzō summoned the Dream Eater, which helped pin Sasuke’s Susanoo while Danzo attacked with Wind Release.
• Sasuke wounded the Dream Eater with Fire Style and struck Danzo down, but Sasuke was exhausted and could no longer sustain Susanoo.
• Uzumaki Karin counted the duration until another Sharingan closed and Danzo revived, helping Sasuke and the others understand Izanagi’s timing.
• Sasuke kept attacking to force Danzo to consume his remaining Izanagi time, then demanded to know how many Uchiha Danzo had killed to obtain his arm.

Sasuke defeated Shimura Danzō by using Genjutsu to make him misjudge how many Sharingan remained active, and Uchiha Itachi recognized how much Sasuke had grown. As the video exposed secrets about Danzō and Itachi, Hatake Kakashi resolved to train harder, while Obito Uchiha announced that it was time to reclaim Shisui's eye.

• Second Pillar pierced Shimura Danzō, who expected Izanagi to save him but discovered that Sasuke had already closed every Sharingan on his right arm.
• Obito Uchiha explained that Sasuke had used brief Genjutsu and a barrage of attacks to make Danzō misjudge the duration of Izanagi and lose his remaining eyes.
• Uchiha Itachi praised Sasuke's clever tactics and felt reassured that Sasuke had grown strong enough to lead the Uchiha Clan back to glory.
• Hatake Kakashi considered the dangers facing his team and decided to train seriously and study the Hatake Family Sword Style.
• Obito Uchiha said that Shisui's eye should be reclaimed from where it had been buried, shocking Uchiha Itachi, Hatake Kakashi, and Second Pillar.

The video showed Sasuke defeating Danzo after learning that Shisui’s eye was in Danzo’s possession, while Itachi and the others reacted to the revelations. Danzo died without sealing anyone, and the video ended.

• Sasuke remembered Shisui’s death and questioned how his eye had ended up with Danzo, while Itachi confirmed Danzo’s role in Shisui’s death.
• Danzo’s Sharingan were ruined, causing the Hashirama Cells’ Wood Style to emerge, and he revealed his final Sharingan after waiting for Shisui’s eye to recover.
• Danzo seized Karin as a hostage, but Sasuke struck through her with a modified Chidori Stream and hit Danzo as well.
• Sasuke left Karin on the ground and pursued Danzo, who could no longer use Izanagi.
• Danzo tried to use the Reaper Death Seal, but sealed only a bridge before the video ended.

Second Pillar, Hatake Kakashi, and Uchiha Itachi reacted with horror to a future Sasuke's cruelty, while Itachi resolved to use Kotoamatsukami to protect Sasuke from that path. Kitahara Kaede drew and fused with the Initial Uzumaki Clan Sage Body, awakening Yang Release and undergoing a dramatic increase in power.

• Second Pillar rejected his future self's treatment of Uzumaki Karin, and Hatake Kakashi judged that Sasuke had crossed a moral line.
• Uchiha Itachi blamed Uchiha Madara for Sasuke's corruption and decided to leave behind a Kotoamatsukami safeguard to protect Konoha.
• After the diary failed to update, Kitahara Kaede drew the Initial Uzumaki Clan Sage Body from the Light Screen Roulette.
• Kitahara Kaede claimed the reward, felt his chakra and physical strength surge through a painful transformation, and fainted.
• Kitahara Kaede woke the next morning with doubled chakra, Yang Release, and a continuing transformation, then concluded that Uzumaki Naruto's physique surpassed his new body.

After fusing with the Uzumaki Clan’s Basic Sage Body, Kitahara Kaede’s chakra reserves doubled and his Sharingan evolved into a Three-Tomoe Copy Eye. He tested the new ability by copying a Chunin’s Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, leaving him eager to learn more ninjutsu.

• Kitahara Kaede estimated that his chakra reserves could reach Kage Level within a month and resolved to build his strength before facing threats such as Danzo.
• He put on black contact lenses and went to a public training ground to copy ninjutsu and taijutsu with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Kitahara Kaede watched a Chunin practice the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and copied it with his Copy Eye.
• He tested the technique beside a river, where his fireballs sent mist into the air, and was pleased with the result.