Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kei planned to build a power-sharing alliance with Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya by placing them in control of Konoha’s key departments, while preparing reforms that would strengthen Namikaze Minato’s position. Minato approved Kei’s Jonin recommendations and revealed that the Ino-Shika-Cho clans had chosen to support him, and Kei advised him to keep them only partly informed for now.

• Uchiha Kei told Hyuga Aya and Imai Kenta that he wanted them to become three major power holders with him, overseeing the Medical Department and Mission Department alongside the Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Kei explained that the three of them would divide power while supporting Namikaze Minato, and told Imai Kenta to recruit Konoha Ninjas according to their Ninja rank.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Kei that the Anbu transition was underway and that he was expected to take over as Anbu Captain.
• Namikaze Minato gave Uchiha Kei approval files for Hyuga Aya, Imai Kenta, Uchiha Kawa, and Uchiha Ryuei to be assessed for Jonin rank.
• Namikaze Minato told Uchiha Kei that Nara Shikaku had inferred his plans and that the Ino-Shika-Cho clans had chosen to support him.
• Uchiha Kei advised Namikaze Minato to let the Ino-Shika-Cho clans learn only part of the plan so they would speculate without misunderstanding his intentions.

Uchiha Kei received four Jonin certificates, discussed Hyuga Aya’s research and warned her against dangerous experiments, then prepared to test Imai Kenta’s improved abilities in a spar. Their fight showed how much Kenta had grown, but Kei’s Susanoo and superior combat skills left him clearly outmatched.

• Namikaze Minato told Uchiha Kei that construction of the new Military Police Force building was being prepared and asked him to consult with the construction team.
• Hyuga Aya explained that Imai Kenta’s chakra reserves had increased by a third, while his control remained unstable, and she discussed possible ties between the Hyuga Clan and other clans.
• Uchiha Kei warned Hyuga Aya not to risk more dangerous experiments after she had secretly used the First Hokage’s cells to gain Senjutsu.
• As Konoha Year 48 ended, Uchiha Kei reflected on the changes he had made and on the baby boom following Konoha’s victory in the war.
• Imai Kenta attacked Uchiha Kei with speed, clones, and a Water Style sword technique, but Kei countered him with his Sharingan, Susanoo, and superior skill.
• Imai Kenta accepted that he could not defeat Uchiha Kei and decided to use the match as training.

After defeating Imai Kenta in a spar, Uchiha Kei discussed Kenta’s abilities and the challenges of mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique. Kei then pressed Hyuga Aya for the Hyuga Clan’s decision on a captain for the Fourth Division, warning that he would choose someone himself if they delayed.

• Uchiha Kei defeated Imai Kenta, and Hyuga Aya assessed their abilities from her notes on the fight.
• Uchiha Kei told Imai Kenta that his speed and reflexes needed techniques like the Flying Thunder God Technique, which Kenta said he could not yet master.
• Uchiha Kei and Imai Kenta discussed their work arrangements and the new Military Police Force headquarters and divisions.
• Uchiha Kei asked Hyuga Aya who the Hyuga Clan would assign to lead the Fourth Division, and she said she did not expect to be chosen and preferred her headquarters role.
• Uchiha Kei told Hyuga Aya to warn her Clan Head that he would appoint someone he trusted if the clan did not decide soon, and said he would not accept someone like Hyuga Sora.

Uchiha Kei formally brought Uchiha Obito back into Konoha’s service and learned that Kirigakure’s Third Mizukage had used Rin in an experiment involving the Three-Tails. Obito agreed to keep his cover and help Kei by reporting the plans he knew, while Kei prepared to pass the intelligence to Minato.

• Uchiha Kei reflected on Imai Kenta’s potential and on how the Military Police Force’s mediation squads had improved its standing in the village.
• Uchiha Obito visited Uchiha Kei, removed his mask, and signed two copies of documents confirming their arrangement.
• Uchiha Kei gave Obito Rin’s forehead protector and told him that Hyuga Aya had repaired Rin’s body and preserved it in a Life Support Pod.
• Uchiha Obito revealed that Genji’s records had linked Kirigakure’s Third Mizukage to an experiment involving the Three-Tails and Rin.
• Uchiha Kei told Obito not to expose himself or act against Kirigakure prematurely, and Obito agreed to stay on his original plan.
• Uchiha Kei asked Obito to write a report on the plans he knew so Kei could submit it to Minato as intelligence for Konoha.

Uchiha Kei gave Namikaze Minato evidence of Obito’s plans to ruin Kirigakure and revealed how he had discovered Obito’s identity and brought him back from hatred. Minato agreed to keep the matter secret while Kei continued investigating the unknown Uchiha who had attacked Konoha.

• Uchiha Kei presented Namikaze Minato with Obito’s report detailing plans to intensify Kirigakure’s Blood Mist policies and weaken the village.
• Minato recognized the handwriting on the report, and Kei revealed a covert Police Force appointment document bearing a familiar name.
• Minato invited Kei to dinner, and they agreed not to tell Kakashi about the sensitive matter yet.
• At Minato’s home, Kei met Kushina and saw the sleeping Namikaze Naruto, whose name Minato said he had chosen by secretly rigging a draw.
• Kei showed Minato a Genjutsu of how he found Rin’s curse talismans, confronted Obito, and helped restore his conscience.
• Minato accepted that Obito needed to face redemption but told Kei to investigate the unidentified Uchiha behind the attack without reaching a premature conclusion.

Kei and Minato planned a gradual reform of Konoha’s ninja system while using the Mist Shinobi to divert attention. Kei tested the newly created Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Hyuga Aya arrived with evidence of a clan that might correspond to the Hyuga Clan.

• Minato and Kei agreed to gradually control the number of Jonin, strengthen their influence, develop the Chunin and Genin systems, and bring the Nara Clan into the reform effort.
• Aya found a booklet about the Kaguya Clan in the Hyuga Clan library and began investigating its past ties to the Hyuga Clan.
• Kei removed Uchiha Shuu’s eyes and killed him when Iori could not bring herself to handle his body.
• Aya cleaned the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan for Kei and said she had found records of a clan once closely connected to the Hyuga Clan.
• Kei and Aya set aside her discovery to test the abilities of the newly created eyes.

Uchiha Kei replaced one eye with Uchiha Shuu’s underdeveloped Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, tested its power, then restored his own eyes and experimented with sealing Amaterasu into them. The experiment ended with the black flames vanishing in an unexplained way, leaving Uchiha Kei unsure where they had gone.

• Uchiha Kei decided against sending Uchiha Obito to abduct Kimimaro from the Kaguya Clan because it could expose Obito and jeopardize his plans.
• Hyuga Aya removed Uchiha Kei’s eyes, and he implanted one of Uchiha Shuu’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan eyes and took control of its power.
• Uchiha Kei used the eye’s Amaterasu, then asked Hyuga Aya to examine him before he replaced the other eye and gave the Eternal Mangekyo eyes to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Hyuga Aya escorted Iori away from the Uchiha territory and told her she did not need to change herself or blame herself for what had happened.
• Uchiha Kei restored his own eyes and used Transcription Seal to release Amaterasu, but the black flames circled him and vanished without a trace.

Uchiha Kei gave Uchiha Fugaku the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and planned to let the Third deepen his attempt to recruit Uchiha Shisui, creating an opportunity to undermine him. Later, Hyuga Aya presented research linking the Hyuga and Kaguya clans, prompting Kei to consider whether Kaguya Clan cells could aid his experiments.

• Uchiha Kei visited Uchiha Fugaku, learned that the Third’s people had been approaching Uchiha Shisui, and proposed letting the Third continue while Fugaku guided Itachi.
• Uchiha Kei handed Uchiha Fugaku a scroll containing the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, which Fugaku accepted while hoping he would never need to use it.
• Uchiha Kei returned home and decided to research a Genjutsu that could precisely erase or seal away Iori’s memories.
• Uchiha Kei went to his underground laboratory, where Hyuga Aya showed him documents detailing the historical ties between the Hyuga and Kaguya clans.
• Uchiha Kei considered whether Kaguya Clan cells might improve his experiments, then wondered whether he would have to capture Kimimaro himself.

Uchiha Kei convinced Namikaze Minato to approve a mission to the Land of Water, where he planned to contact the Kekkei Genkai Clans amid growing unrest in Kirigakure. After arriving with Hyuga Aya and Imai Kenta, Kei revealed that Kirigakure's leadership was being manipulated and that its campaign against the clans was an act of revenge.

• Uchiha Kei persuaded Namikaze Minato to authorize his trip to the Land of Water, presenting contact with the Kekkei Genkai Clans as a chance to benefit Konoha.
• Uchiha Kei briefed Uchiha Fugaku on the plan and asked him to support Namikaze Minato if a rescue became necessary, then told his parents he was leaving for secret training.
• Uchiha Kei, Hyuga Aya, and Imai Kenta reached a secluded port in the Land of Water and received a map and intelligence from a Konoha Anbu Ninja.
• Imai Kenta inferred that the Land of Water was closing its borders, and Hyuga Aya questioned whether that could provoke a backlash from the Kekkei Genkai Clans.
• Uchiha Kei confirmed that Kirigakure's elite policies were involved, said its leadership had likely been taken under control, and explained that the campaign was an act of revenge.

Uchiha Kei and his team approached Kirigakure, where heightened security forced them to seek help from Konoha’s hidden Anbu. As Kei went to meet them, Black Zetsu informed Uchiha Obito that Kei had entered the village.

• Hyuga Aya spotted Kirigakure Anbu brutally searching outsiders, and Imai Kenta reported that the village’s barrier would make an unnoticed entry difficult.
• Hyuga Aya suggested using Konoha’s Anbu network in Kirigakure, and Kei decided to contact the spies while sorting out which ones answered to the Fourth Hokage.
• Kei, Aya, and Kenta put on cloaks and masks and traveled to the meeting point southwest of Kirigakure’s main gate.
• Kei warned the team to avoid fights and to watch for White Zetsu and Black Zetsu as they approached the three Anbu agents waiting in the forest.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Obito that Uchiha Kei was in Kirigakure, and Obito learned that Kei had come to meet Konoha spies.

Uchiha Kei uncovered Orochimaru’s influence over Konoha’s undercover Anbu in the Land of Water and struck a deal with him to pursue the Kekkei Genkai Clans. The chapter ended with them agreeing to cooperate, with Orochimaru gathering intelligence on the Anbu and Kei approaching the clan leaders.

• Obito learned that Uchiha Kei had arrived in Kirigakure and ordered Black Zetsu to investigate him without alerting him, while secretly hoping to warn Kei that he had been discovered.
• Kei met three undercover Anbu, exchanged verification scrolls with them, and realized their leader’s questions revealed someone else was directing them.
• Kei confronted Orochimaru, who revealed himself as the force behind the Anbu and confirmed that he was watching the Land of Water’s Kekkei Genkai Clans.
• Kei and Orochimaru agreed to target the Yuki Clan and the Kaguya Clan, with Kei offering Orochimaru test subjects in exchange for a share of the results.
• Orochimaru agreed to identify the undercover Anbu in the Land of Water, while Kei took responsibility for meeting the clan leaders.

Uchiha Kei and his team entered Kirigakure to pursue their mission among the Kekkei Genkai clans, then Uchiha Kei met Uchiha Obito in the Kamui Dimension to plan a staged confrontation that would protect their secret cooperation. Obito learned that Namikaze Minato already knew about him and anxiously asked what his teacher had said.

• Uchiha Kei, Hyuga Aya, and Imai Kenta entered Kirigakure using the identities of three dead Anbu and settled into a remote house.
• Uchiha Kei told Hyuga Aya and Imai Kenta they would visit the Kekkei Genkai clans in person to uphold their agreement and avoid raising suspicion.
• Uchiha Obito appeared in Uchiha Kei's room and brought him into the Kamui Dimension to discuss their plans.
• Uchiha Kei explained that Obito should act like his sworn enemy and arrange a small staged confrontation so Black Zetsu would not suspect their ties to Konoha.
• Uchiha Kei asked Obito to provide Anbu and shinobi operation records so they could plan the performance, then explained that he had told Namikaze Minato about Obito.
• Uchiha Obito reacted with alarm and asked Uchiha Kei what Namikaze Minato had said.

Uchiha Kei and his team infiltrated the Kaguya Clan’s remote settlement to approach its Clan Head, Kaguya Shigemei. After uncovering the clan’s coup plans and silently bypassing its guards, they confronted Shigemei.

• Uchiha Kei explained that the Kaguya Clan’s isolation reflected its belligerence, while recalling how Uchiha Obito had given him valuable techniques and knowledge.
• Uchiha Kei, Imai Kenta, and Hyuga Aya entered the Kaguya Clan’s territory in daylight and silently subdued several groups of guards.
• Uchiha Kei searched a Kaguya Ninja’s memories and learned that the clan was considering a coup against Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Kei used the Temple of Nirvana Technique to put the guards near the Clan Head’s residence to sleep.
• Kaguya Shigemei, who was planning to seize control of Kirigakure and the Land of Water, noticed three masked figures standing before him.

Uchiha Kei confronted Kaguya Shigemei and proposed supplying the Kaguya Clan with equipment for its planned coup in exchange for political and economic concessions. Kaguya Shigemei considered Kei’s terms as Kei warned him that other suppliers could betray the clan.

• Kaguya Shigemei attacked Uchiha Kei, who quickly subdued him and then released him.
• Kaguya Shigemei recognized Uchiha Kei and learned that he had come to discuss cooperation.
• Uchiha Kei revealed that he knew Kaguya Shigemei hoped to become Mizukage and explained why Konoha had approached him instead of the Mizukage.
• Uchiha Kei deduced that the Kaguya Clan lacked the equipment needed for its coup, and Kaguya Shigemei’s silence confirmed it.
• Uchiha Kei offered equipment in exchange for payment at delivery, an alliance treaty, abolished tariffs, and one-third of missions from three surrounding islands.
• Kaguya Shigemei called the terms greedy, and Uchiha Kei urged him to consider the risks of dealing with other merchants.

Uchiha Kei explained that he planned to profit from the doomed Kaguya Clan coup while secretly coordinating with Uchiha Obito and taking Kimimaro. A message he sent to Konoha left Namikaze Minato and Nara Shikaku stunned, though the chapter ended before revealing its contents.

• Uchiha Kei told Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya that the Kaguya Clan was bound to lose and that no one would uncover their deal.
• Uchiha Kei explained that Uchiha Obito could sabotage the coup, letting Konoha sell surplus weapons and giving Orochimaru a chance to take people amid the chaos.
• Uchiha Kei sealed a message and sent it toward Konoha by hawk.
• Namikaze Minato reflected on how Uchiha Kei had organized the Military Police Force and waited for news from him.
• Nara Shikaku delivered Uchiha Kei's letter to Minato, who read it and then handed it to Shikaku, leaving them both visibly surprised.

Nara Shikaku inferred that Uchiha Kei and Namikaze Minato had a hidden plan involving the Kaguya Clan and prepared contingencies for its failure. In Kirigakure, Kei’s team considered how the Kaguya Clan might treat Kekkei Genkai users, identified a watched household with a young boy to investigate, and learned their presence had been exposed; Kei assured his teammates they could return safely.

• Nara Shikaku burned Uchiha Kei’s letter, concluded Minato had approved Kei’s plan, and resolved to prepare for several possible outcomes.
• Uchiha Kei, Imai Kenta, and Hyuga Aya discussed their visit to the Yuki Clan and decided not to approach any more clans.
• Uchiha Kei suggested the Kaguya Clan might suppress anyone who awakened a Kekkei Genkai, and Hyuga Aya recalled a closely watched household with a young boy.
• Uchiha Kei told Hyuga Aya and Imai Kenta that the Anbu had exposed them and confirmed his informant was connected to the group behind the Nine-Tails attack.
• Uchiha Kei said they would return safely and told his teammates to back him up.

Uchiha Kei received Orochimaru’s intelligence on Konoha’s operatives in the Land of Water and prepared to stage a clash as Kirigakure closed in on him. After warning the Kaguya and Yuki clans, he told Uchiha Obito to draw their enemies toward him and use the opportunity to strike at Genji, leaving the plan poised to escalate.

• Uchiha Kei met Orochimaru in the forest, received a scroll identifying Konoha’s intelligence operatives across the Land of Water, and offered him two opportunities to pursue the Kaguya Clan; Orochimaru chose to act soon.
• Uchiha Kei wrote warnings to the Kaguya Clan and Yuki Clan, then Uchiha Obito informed him that messenger hawks had exposed his location to Kirigakure’s Anbu and Black Zetsu.
• Uchiha Kei told Uchiha Obito to follow their plan and suggested he return to Konoha in disguise to pay his respects to Rin.
• Uchiha Kei learned that Genji likely knew he was in Kirigakure and asked Uchiha Obito to lure their pursuers toward him while the Mizukage’s people stayed back, giving the Mizukage a chance to act against Genji.
• Kaguya Shigemei burned Uchiha Kei’s letter and decided the Kaguya Clan could let Uchiha Kei take one or two captives, while considering the imprisoned mother and child, including Kimimaro.
• Cou read Uchiha Kei’s letter at the Yuki Clan compound and began weighing how to protect his clan and respond to the Land of Water’s future.

Minato and Shikaku prepared a secret sale of Konoha’s surplus weapons while worrying about Uchiha Kei’s silence in Kirigakure. Kei launched his plan to attack the Kaguya Clan, unaware that Obito and Black Zetsu were watching and intended to use Genji’s forces against him.

• Shikaku gave Minato a list of surplus weapons and planned to conceal their sale through mission records and Military Police Force requisitions.
• Minato learned that neither Kei nor the Anbu in Kirigakure had sent news, then felt Kei’s chakra calling to him.
• Kei briefed Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya on their attack against the Kaguya Clan and told them to treat Kaguya and Kirigakure Ninja as enemies.
• Ao reported to Genji that the Mizukage’s Anbu had found signs of mysterious spies, and Mei Terumi delivered the Mizukage’s order to leave the Fuyū to Genji.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched Genji’s forces gather, intending to let them fight Kei before intervening, but Black Zetsu recognized Kei’s group’s outfits and cursed them.

Uchiha Kei and his team attacked the Kaguya Clan to capture Kimimaro, while Imai Kenta drew the clan’s forces away with Water Style. As Ao and Mei Terumi arrived with Kirigakure forces, Ao identified the attackers as two groups, including Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Kei, Hyuga Aya, and Imai Kenta wore spiral masks to conceal themselves as they approached the Kaguya Clan’s compound.
• Imai Kenta unleashed a torrent of water against the compound and drew many Kaguya Ninja toward him.
• Uchiha Kei killed the defenders near his target, learned that Kaguya Kohei’s family included Kimimaro and Kaguya Ran, and headed for their house with Hyuga Aya.
• Ao and Mei Terumi led Genji Faction forces toward the compound, and Ao used his Byakugan to survey the attackers.
• Ao recognized one attacker as an Uchiha and revealed that Orochimaru was among the other group.

Orochimaru forced Kaguya Shigemei to hand over children from the Kaguya Clan while Uchiha Kei’s team escaped with Kimimaro. Uchiha Kei prepared to face the approaching Kirigakure forces and draw out the Fourth Mizukage, leaving his teammates to cover the flanks.

• Orochimaru slipped through the Kaguya Clan’s defenses, poisoned the guards, and demanded that Kaguya Shigemei give him several children.
• Kaguya Shigemei agreed to Orochimaru’s demand after Orochimaru threatened his people and ambitions.
• Imai Kenta escaped the Kaguya ninja pursuing him and regrouped with Uchiha Kei and Hyuga Aya, who had taken Kimimaro from a Wooden House.
• Uchiha Kei explained that Kimimaro had not awakened his Kekkei Genkai and said the team’s mission was essentially complete.
• Uchiha Kei sent Hyuga Aya and Imai Kenta to cover the flanks while he prepared to face the approaching Kirigakure forces.
• Uchiha Kei waited for the Kirigakure Ninja, planning to provoke Uchiha Obito into bringing the Fourth Mizukage into the fight.