Chapter Summaries

Ao led Mist Shinobi to confront the mysterious attacker at the Kaguya Clan compound, where Uchiha Kei fought alone against their force. After slaughtering many Mist Shinobi and unleashing a massive Fire Style, Kei remained surrounded as Ao warned his troops that he was coming.

• Ao met Kaguya Shigemei, who said Orochimaru had threatened him and taken young Kaguya Clan members while masked men pursued the same goal.
• Ao spotted Uchiha Kei and ordered the Mist Shinobi to attack him, while Kei prepared to face them with his Ninja Sword and Sharingan.
• Uchiha Kei moved through the Mist Shinobi ranks, killing dozens without being struck and detonating an Explosive Tag among them.
• Uchiha Kei used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, while Black Zetsu urged Obito to send the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails against him.
• Ao and the Mist Shinobi countered with Water Formation Wall, creating dense vapor, but Ao saw Kei advancing and ordered everyone to spread out.

Uchiha Kei fought through Kirigakure’s forces and, when they surrounded him, unleashed Susanoo. Mei Terumi rallied the Mist Shinobi to attack, but Kei froze just as Susanoo drew its sword.

• Uchiha Kei charged into the Mist Shinobi through the fog with Great Dragon Fire Technique and killed many of them, prompting Ao to order Wind Style users to clear the mist.
• Mei Terumi challenged Kei and reminded Ao that Kirigakure could not let him escape after he had killed their people and taken a village bloodline.
• Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya defeated the Mist Shinobi on their flank, rescued the Kaguya Clan brat, and decided to move closer to support Kei.
• Ao led a renewed charge as more Kirigakure Ninja converged on Kei, who unleashed his Mangekyo and formed a towering Susanoo that hurled the attackers away.
• Mei Terumi rallied the Mist Shinobi to spread out and attack Susanoo, while Kei prepared to strike with its sword and then suddenly froze.

Uchiha Kei used his Susanoo and its newly revealed Amaterasu-coated sword to devastate Kirigakure’s forces, while Ao and Mei Terumi tried to assess his abilities. The battle paused as Kei waited for the Fourth Mizukage and prepared to test whether Amaterasu worked outside his Susanoo.

• Uchiha Kei discovered that the Black Flame he had sealed with a Transcription Seal had become part of his Susanoo’s Ninja Sword, then used the Susanoo to withstand the Mist Shinobi’s attacks.
• Uchiha Kei slashed through the battlefield, killing numerous Mist Shinobi and spreading black flames that divided the survivors.
• Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu discussed bringing the Fourth Mizukage into the battle and worried about Kei’s growing power.
• Ao noticed an unusual source of chakra within the Fourth Mizukage, then barely escaped Kei’s sword strike as the black flames engulfed the battlefield.
• Ao and Mei Terumi saw the masked stranger approach after Kei’s Susanoo disappeared, and Ao described the differences between Kei’s giant and normal forms.
• Uchiha Kei listened to Ao’s assessment and waited to test whether Amaterasu still worked in his normal form.

Uchiha Kei tested the Amaterasu flames on his sword while battling Ao, Mei Terumi, and the Mist Shinobi in the Land of Water. Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku arrived to support him, and the battle continued with Ao and Mei Terumi still opposing Kei.

• Uchiha Kei infused his Ninja Sword with black chakra and Amaterasu, then burned a Mist Shinobi and advanced on Ao.
• Mei Terumi interrupted Kei’s attack with her Boil Release, while a Mist Shinobi stabbed a Shadow Clone that exploded and scattered the attackers.
• Ao mistook Kei’s tactics for a weakness and rallied the Mist Shinobi to attack, but Kei protected himself with Susanoo Ribs and set several enemies ablaze.
• Namikaze Minato met Uchiha Fugaku at the Uchiha residence, and the two disguised themselves before teleporting to Kei’s location.
• Uchiha Kei fought through the Mist Shinobi with his black-flamed sword, but Ao cracked his Rib Armor with a chakra attack before Mei Terumi kicked Ao away.

Uchiha Kei slaughtered the isolated Mist Shinobi squad while Mei Terumi and Ao tried to stop him. Ao, gravely wounded, urged Mei Terumi to escape and report Uchiha Kei’s abilities to the Fourth Mizukage, who had entered the battlefield.

• Uchiha Kei attacked Mei Terumi with Susanoo and Qieyu, killing several Mist Shinobi who shielded her.
• Uchiha Kei trapped the Mist Shinobi in a Water Prison and used Chidori to cut down more of the isolated squad.
• Mei Terumi and Ao attacked Uchiha Kei, but he kicked Mei away and broke Ao’s right hand before continuing his assault.
• Ao charged between Uchiha Kei and Mei Terumi, took a sword strike, and told Mei to escape southwest while he held Uchiha Kei back.
• Mei Terumi agreed to inform the Fourth Mizukage about Uchiha Kei and vowed to keep him in the Land of Water.

Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya made their way across the devastated battlefield to regroup with Uchiha Kei, while Orochimaru watched the battle and coveted the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan. Uchiha Kei faced the wounded Ao, who recognized his voice as belonging to the young man who had nearly killed Mei Terumi.

• Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya saw the destruction Uchiha Kei had caused and worried that the Mist Shinobi's main forces and the Fourth Mizukage were converging on him.
• Hyuga Aya and Imai Kenta decided to disguise themselves as Mist Shinobi with the Transformation Jutsu so they could reach Uchiha Kei.
• Orochimaru watched Uchiha Kei's battle, envied his Mangekyō Sharingan, and wondered how its power could be obtained and understood.
• Ao confronted Uchiha Kei despite his serious wound and warned him not to take another step.
• Ao heard Uchiha Kei's unmasked voice and recognized it as belonging to the young man who had nearly killed Mei Terumi.

Uchiha Kei killed Ao after revealing that Karatachi Yagura was being controlled, then confronted the Fourth Mizukage and freed the Three-Tails from the Genjutsu. As the Three-Tails’ flood surged around him, Kei declared that he would bring the battle to its finale.

• Uchiha Kei told Ao that Karatachi Yagura was controlled by Genjutsu, and Ao recognized the strange chakra binding the Mizukage.
• Uchiha Kei killed the wounded Ao with Qieyu and Amaterasu, then removed Ao’s Byakugan to give to Hyuga Aya.
• Uchiha Obito lost control of Karatachi Yagura during the fight, while Black Zetsu warned Obito not to approach Uchiha Kei.
• Uchiha Kei fought Karatachi Yagura, overcame his Water Mirror Technique and Wind Style, and took control of him.
• Uchiha Kei broke the Genjutsu within Karatachi Yagura and summoned the Three-Tails, then climbed onto its head as a flood of water surged toward him.

Uchiha Kei controlled the released Three-Tails and unleashed a devastating attack on Kirigakure’s forces, leaving the Mist Shinobi struggling to survive. As the battle escalated, Kei prepared to continue his assault and wondered whether Namikaze Minato was nearing the battlefield.

• Mei Terumi reached the Mist Shinobi main force and saw the Three-Tails released, realizing the Fourth Mizukage had likely been defeated.
• Kaguya Shigemei and the Kekkei Genkai clan heads feared Uchiha Kei’s strength and resolved to conceal their meeting with him.
• Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya hurried toward the battlefield while carrying Kimimaro in a scroll, and Aya warned Kenta to avoid Kei’s attacks.
• Uchiha Kei stood atop the Three-Tails, controlled Isobu, and formed a Tailed Beast Bomb as the Mist Shinobi forces prepared to defend themselves.
• Genji ordered the Mist Shinobi to spread out and close in, but the Tailed Beast Bomb killed dozens and injured or killed many more with its blast.
• Uchiha Kei made the Three-Tails launch a torrent of water into the shattered Mist Shinobi formation.

Uchiha Kei devastated the Mist Shinobi forces with the Three-Tails and defeated the three surviving Ninja Swordsmen before Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku arrived. Kei arranged for Minato to meet Uchiha Obito, and the chapter ended as someone attacked Obito from behind.

• Uchiha Kei controlled the Three-Tails as it slaughtered the Mist Shinobi, then fought Biwa Juzo, Suikazan Fuguki, and Raiga Kurosuki when the three surviving Ninja Swordsmen ambushed him.
• Uchiha Kei wounded Raiga Kurosuki and used his Susanoo to knock Biwa Juzo and Suikazan Fuguki away, while noticing that his Susanoo had absorbed some of the Three-Tails' chakra.
• Uchiha Kei headed toward Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya, then Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku arrived using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Kei offered to arrange a meeting between Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Obito, and Uchiha Fugaku went to bring Kei's teammates to safety.
• Uchiha Kei sent a message to Uchiha Obito through the chakra linking them, and Obito agreed to meet Minato while withholding a request to kill Black Zetsu.
• A figure appeared behind Uchiha Obito and thrust a Kunai toward his chest.

Uchiha Kei and his companions returned from the Land of Water, where Kei explained his dealings with the Three-Tails and defended his actions to Namikaze Minato. Minato briefly confronted Uchiha Obito and sent him a message of forgiveness, leaving Obito wounded but secretly moved.

• Namikaze Minato brought Uchiha Kei, Hyuga Aya, Imai Kenta, and the unconscious Kimimaro back to the Uchiha compound using the Nine-Tails' chakra.
• Uchiha Kei considered using the remaining Three-Tails chakra for an experiment and said he might seek out Kazuma afterward.
• Uchiha Kei told Namikaze Minato that the Fourth Mizukage had allowed him to use the Three-Tails, and Minato warned that Kei's actions against Kirigakure could provoke a war.
• Namikaze Minato appeared beside Uchiha Obito and stabbed him with a marked Kunai, but Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension while Minato left to deal with the Three-Tails.
• Black Zetsu offered to remove Minato's seals, while Obito received Minato's message that he still considered him his student and hoped to meet him again in Konoha.

Uchiha Kei reported on his Kirigakure operation and persuaded Namikaze Minato to let him keep Kimimaro under strict conditions. He then challenged Minato’s hopes for peace, arguing that the imbalance between nations made cooperation difficult and proposing either a common enemy or unification as solutions.

• Uchiha Kei gave Namikaze Minato his report on the Kirigakure operation, and Minato counted it as three S-rank missions.
• Uchiha Kei proposed keeping Kimimaro and training him himself, and Minato agreed on the condition that Kimimaro be transferred to Anbu if his Kekkei Genkai awakened.
• Namikaze Minato asked Uchiha Kei whether the Ninja World could ever achieve peace, and Kei urged him to focus first on Konoha’s problems and interests.
• Uchiha Kei explained that the nations’ unequal resources and benefits fueled conflict, making mutual understanding and fairness difficult to achieve.
• Uchiha Kei proposed that a shared, overpowering enemy could force the nations to cooperate, and Minato suspected he meant Obito or the people behind him.
• Uchiha Kei offered unification and fair resource distribution as another path to peace, then left Minato to consider his arguments.

Uchiha Kei returned to Konoha, met Nara Shikaku, and went to the laboratory to see Hyuga Aya and the unconscious Kimimaro. He told Aya he had prepared a special gift for her, but had not yet revealed what it was.

• Uchiha Kei met Nara Shikaku outside the Hokage's Office, and Shikaku suggested they meet to talk.
• Uchiha Kei decided to help Imai Kenta build ties with the Nara Clan and support the Senju Clan's influence over the Mission Department.
• Uchiha Kei went to the underground laboratory and found Hyuga Aya beside the still-unconscious Kimimaro.
• Uchiha Kei told Hyuga Aya he had prepared an emergency backup for her, a gift that only she could use.

Uchiha Kei gave Hyuga Aya Ao’s Byakugan as a fallback and discussed Kimimaro’s future and his own plans for the Third Hokage. After returning to Konoha, Kei learned that the Hyuga Clan’s dispute over Military Police Force squad captains had resumed and demanded a decision within three days.

• Uchiha Kei gave Hyuga Aya Ao’s Byakugan and asked her to keep it as a fallback in case she could use an eye from the Main Family.
• Uchiha Kei explained Namikaze Minato’s agreement about Kimimaro, then said he would take the boy to the Uchiha Clan and explore ways to awaken his Kekkei Genkai.
• Uchiha Kei considered using Orochimaru as a contingency against the Third Hokage and reassured Hyuga Aya that he would protect her claim to the Medical Department.
• Hyuga Aya told Uchiha Kei that the Hyuga Clan’s Elders and Clan Head still disagreed over candidates for Military Police Force squad captain positions.
• Uchiha Kei told Hyuga Aya to demand a satisfactory choice from the Hyuga Clan within three days or end the selection process.

After learning that Uchiha Kei had devastated Kirigakure’s forces, Namikaze Minato and Nara Shikaku considered the scale of the operation and whether its secrecy was secure. Nara Shikaku planned to use Konoha’s shared misfortune with Kirigakure as a reason to offer condolences.

• Uchiha Kei gave the Hyuga Clan three days to decide whether to support him, then returned to Konoha.
• Anbu reports revealed that Uchiha Kei had killed at least three hundred Mist Shinobi, wounded over a thousand, and controlled the Three-Tails during the operation.
• Nara Shikaku questioned Namikaze Minato about the report, and Minato explained that Kei’s account had understated the destruction.
• Nara Shikaku asked whether the operation and Uchiha Obito’s role had been kept secret, and Namikaze Minato assured him that Obito could be trusted to leave no trace leading to Konoha.
• Nara Shikaku said he would reach out to Kirigakure with condolences, presenting Konoha and Kirigakure as fellow victims.

Nara Shikaku visited Uchiha Kei to discuss the fallout from his actions in Kirigakure, Konoha’s security, and how to receive clans that might defect. Kei then visited the laboratory, where Kimimaro began adjusting to his new life and Hyuga Aya reported that the Hyuga Clan’s decision might involve a Branch Family member.

• Nara Shikaku showed Uchiha Kei an Anbu report detailing the casualties and broader damage Kei had caused Kirigakure, and they discussed hunting Mist Shinobi spies.
• Nara Shikaku advised Kei to stay in Konoha and keep a low profile until Kirigakure’s spies were dealt with, while Kei recommended giving any arriving clans equal rights without special treatment.
• After Nara Shikaku left, Uchiha Kei went to the laboratory to check on Kimimaro and ask Hyuga Aya about the Hyuga Clan’s decision.
• Uchiha Kei questioned Kimimaro, told him the Kaguya Clan Head had arranged for him to start a new life in Konoha, and used his Sharingan to knock him unconscious.
• Hyuga Aya told Uchiha Kei that Kimimaro’s body showed signs of the Kaguya Clan’s Kekkei Genkai and that a member of the Hyuga Branch Family might be involved in the clan’s decision.

Uchiha Kei and Hyuga Aya discussed who might lead the Fourth Division and reviewed Kei’s progress with the serum. Aya confirmed his body integration had reached sixty percent and said he could increase his dosage, with enough serum and stored cells to continue.

• Hyuga Aya told Uchiha Kei she had declined a possible Fourth Division captaincy and would remain at headquarters handling administrative work.
• Kei and Aya speculated that only one Hyuga Branch Family member might be capable of commanding the division and controlling its Main Family members.
• Aya examined Kei with her Byakugan and found his integration level had reached sixty percent and his chakra had nearly doubled since he left Konoha.
• Aya said Kei’s chakra density had increased and advised him to raise his serum dosage because his body was adapting well.
• Aya estimated Kei would use his remaining serum within a month but reassured him that plenty of Uchiha Shuu’s cells remained in storage.
• Kei thanked Aya for giving him peace of mind, leaving her puzzled by his recent remarks.

Uchiha Kei returned to the Military Police Force, appointed Hizashi Hyuga, and ordered his captains to formalize civil-affairs enforcement while preparing to pursue Kirigakure spies. News of Kirigakure’s destruction diverted Konoha’s attention from the Nine-Tails incident and disrupted the Third’s plans against Namikaze Minato, so Sarutobi Hiruzen considered targeting the Uchiha instead.

• Uchiha Kei reviewed the Military Police Force’s proposals and decided to expand civil-affairs enforcement gradually while preparing an operation against Kirigakure spies.
• Hyuga Aya introduced Hizashi Hyuga as the Hyuga Clan’s choice for a position in the Military Police Force, and Uchiha Kei welcomed him as a subordinate.
• Uchiha Kei assigned his squad captains to develop civil regulations and operational guidelines, and told them to watch for Kirigakure spies.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurenai, Asuma, and Iruka discussed the attack on Kirigakure and connected it to the Nine-Tails incident, while Kakashi cautioned them to distinguish Konoha’s Uchiha from the outcasts responsible.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura abandoned their plan to undermine Namikaze Minato after the Kirigakure incident shifted public attention.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed cutting off Namikaze Minato’s support by targeting the Uchiha, including the Uchiha in Konoha.

Uchiha Kei met with Namikaze Minato and Nara Shikaku to discuss reforms for Konoha’s ninja benefits after the Kirigakure incident shifted public attention. Kei approved their proposal but suggested changing promotion exams to support ninjas with exceptional talent in specialized fields.

• Kei considered how he could counter Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami if Shisui tried to use it against him.
• Public discussion of the Kirigakure incident spread through Konoha, benefiting the Uchiha while villagers confused Kei with the rogue Uchiha responsible for the attack.
• Minato told Kei that the uproar created an opportunity to advance reforms, and Kei agreed that they should improve benefits for Chunin and Genin.
• Shikaku presented the proposed benefits plan, and Kei approved it while recommending stricter Genin promotion requirements and more missions.
• Kei proposed making examinations less strict and giving more opportunities to ninjas with exceptional talent in specialized areas.

Uchiha Kei proposed giving specialists better training and resources, then worked with Hyuga Aya on an experiment using Kimimaro’s cells. The chapter ended with Uchiha Shisui meeting a representative of the Third at a ruined temple.

• Uchiha Kei persuaded Namikaze Minato and Nara Shikaku to replace the Special Jonin system with better support for specialists.
• Uchiha Kei returned to the laboratory, where Hyuga Aya reported on Imai Kenta’s serum progress and Kimimaro’s active genes.
• Hyuga Aya explained Kimimaro’s situation to him, and Uchiha Kei planned to find him a home with Uchiha Tesho and Uchiha Uruchi.
• Hyuga Aya began an in vitro experiment combining her cells with Kimimaro’s blood cells while Uchiha Kei observed.
• Uchiha Shisui went to a ruined temple after receiving a message from people serving the Third, where an aged voice asked if he had arrived.

Sarutobi Hiruzen recruited Uchiha Shisui for a dangerous Root mission, warning that it could make him a traitor to his clan. He left Shisui weighing Konoha’s safety against his loyalty to the Uchiha, while ordering a Curse Mark to keep the mission’s secrets.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen privately told Uchiha Shisui that an Uchiha had caused the Nine-Tails Incident and killed his wife.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that he led Root, a hidden division that eliminated threats to Konoha, and warned Shisui that its mission could endanger him and alienate his clan.
• Uchiha Shisui hesitated between the Third and the clan that had raised him, then asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to explain the mission plainly.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned whether Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Kei could control the Nine-Tails and pointed out that Uchiha Kei had been absent during the Kirigakure incident.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said he would place a Curse Mark on Uchiha Shisui to prevent him from revealing certain secrets and told him Konoha’s future was in his hands.