Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Shisui reported to the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō, who questioned his Mangekyō Sharingan and debated whether he posed a threat. After leaving the Hokage Building, Shisui spotted Might Guy training and recognized the method as one used by Guy’s late father, Might Duy.

• A Hokage Anbu summoned Uchiha Shisui to the Hokage’s Office to report on his work.
• Shimura Danzō asked Shisui whether he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shisui confirmed it.
• After Shisui left, Shimura Danzō urged the Third Hokage to bring him into Root, but the Third Hokage refused.
• The Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō suspected Shisui’s calm demeanor concealed instability and debated the source of his Mangekyō.
• Shisui walked through Konoha, saw Might Guy training, and recognized the punishing routine as Might Duy’s method.

Uchiha Shisui gave Might Guy a taijutsu scroll written by another world's Might Duy, and Guy accepted it as his father's inheritance. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Toru infiltrated Root and confronted Shimura Danzō, leaving Danzo's subordinates immobilized by their own Cursed Seals.

• Uchiha Shisui gave Might Guy a scroll of martial arts techniques written by the Might Duy of another world, and Guy believed it was his father's keepsake.
• Sarutobi Toru explored Root, found its barriers and Cursed Seals outdated, and decided the organization had decayed.
• Sarutobi Toru reached Shimura Danzō's office, where Danzo was ordering Root to investigate Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sarutobi Toru restrained Danzo's subordinates through their Cursed Seals and criticized Danzo's decline.
• Shimura Danzō demanded to know who Sarutobi Toru was and what connection he had to Hatake Sakumo.

Sarutobi Toru confronted Shimura Danzō, rejected his attempt to recruit him, and judged that Danzo had abandoned Konoha’s interests for his ambition to become Hokage. Toru killed him in the Root Base, hoping he might still be remembered as a hero of Konoha.

• Sarutobi Toru told Shimura Danzō that he had secretly learned to use the Cursed Seal and listened as Danzo offered Root’s resources in exchange for help becoming Hokage.
• Toru mocked Danzo’s ambition and challenged his claim that he acted for Konoha, prompting Danzo to attack with Vacuum Great Ball.
• Toru casually dispersed the attack and explained that he had come to uphold Konoha’s tradition of disciples killing their teachers.
• Danzo tried to activate the Ten-Directional Seal, but Toru revealed that he knew Root’s secrets and warned him against such tricks.
• Danzo attacked Toru with a Wind Release-coated Ninja Sword, but the blade barely pierced his flesh.
• Toru told Shimura Danzō goodbye and pierced his chest with a lightning-charged hand.

Sarutobi Toru witnessed Danzo die by seppuku, then stole Root’s secret records and hid as Konoha’s forces approached. Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived to reinforce Root, but its ninja accused him of being the invader and launched a sudden attack that left him immobilized and in grave danger.

• Danzo returned after his apparent death, revealed he had a transplanted Sharingan, and then committed suicide in front of Sarutobi Toru.
• Sarutobi Toru confirmed Danzo was truly dead, stole Root’s archived documents, and hid inside the Reincarnation Warehouse when Root’s ninja called for help.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Anbu to reinforce Root after learning that an invader had bypassed its defenses and mastered its Cursed Seals.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Anbu arrived at Root Base, where the ninja claimed Danzo had fallen and identified Hiruzen as the invader.
• A Nara Clan Root ninja immobilized Sarutobi Hiruzen with the Shadow Imitation Technique as an Aburame Clan ninja and two others attacked him, while Root ninja blocked the Anbu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped a fight between Anbu and Root after Root shinobi accused him of ordering Shimura Danzō’s suicide. He promised to investigate Danzō’s death, subdued the remaining resistance, and set out with Orochimaru to lead the way.

• Enma saved Sarutobi Hiruzen from Root’s attack, and Hiruzen used the Adamantine Staff to stop the Anbu and Root shinobi from fighting.
• Orochimaru arrived and asked what had happened, while Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded an explanation from Root.
• A Root shinobi accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of undoing Root’s protections and ordering Shimura Danzō to commit seppuku.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen denied ordering Danzō’s death and swore to uncover the truth, persuading most Root shinobi to lower their weapons.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru prepared to lead the investigation into Danzō’s death.

Sarutobi Hiruzen searched Root for the intruder, found Danzo dead, and appointed Orochimaru its acting leader. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Toru examined Root’s records and suspected Danzo’s experiments might be connected to the Konoha White Fang’s death six years earlier.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru searched Root but found no sign of the intruder, then discovered Shimura Danzō’s corpse in his office.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Root’s records, barriers, and seals inspected and assigned the Inuzuka and Aburame clans to track the killer.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen placed Orochimaru in charge of Root as acting leader, delighting Orochimaru and easing his desire to defect.
• Sarutobi Toru read Root’s records in the Reincarnation Warehouse and noticed that its experiments had changed six years earlier.
• Sarutobi Toru connected the timing to the Konoha White Fang’s suicide and wondered whether the Third Hokage had been involved.

Sarutobi Toru dismissed the theory that Hatake Sakumo had been murdered and turned his attention to locating Orochimaru to obtain his research. As he tried to leave Root’s base, Namikaze Minato confronted him, and Toru revealed that he was a Konoha ninja and Shimura Danzō’s disciple.

• Sarutobi Toru reasoned that Hatake Sakumo’s stubborn character and Konoha’s circumstances made the rumor-driven suicide and murder theories unlikely, then decided to watch him more closely.
• Sarutobi Toru planned to use Root’s intelligence and research materials and seek out Orochimaru, hoping to recruit him as a valuable tool.
• Sarutobi Toru left the Reincarnation Warehouse and considered sending Uchiha Shisui’s Clone to locate Orochimaru and place a Flying Thunder God Mark on him.
• Sarutobi Toru knocked out the Anbu who spotted him while he tried to leave Root’s base.
• Namikaze Minato confronted Sarutobi Toru at Root’s main gate, and Toru admitted he was a Konoha ninja and Shimura Danzō’s disciple, adding that Danzō had taken his own life.

Sarutobi Toru fought Namikaze Minato, overwhelming the Fourth Hokage candidate with his speed, strength, and defense. As Minato began to tire, Sarutobi Hiruzen intervened, and Sarutobi Toru challenged him over his title as the Strongest Hokage.

• Namikaze Minato confronted Sarutobi Toru and attacked him with Flying Thunder God kunai.
• Sarutobi Toru deflected Minato’s kunai and activated Speed Chakra Mode to counter his rapid teleportation attacks.
• Minato continued fighting for more than ten minutes but could neither damage Sarutobi Toru nor afford to be hit by him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen blocked Sarutobi Toru’s advance with his Adamantine Staff.
• Sarutobi Toru mocked Sarutobi Hiruzen’s claim to the title of Strongest Hokage.

Sarutobi Toru fought Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato, overwhelming them with his speed and toughness until Orochimaru ambushed him with the Yellow Springs Swamp. The three shinobi sealed him beneath earth and boulders, but Orochimaru warned that they should check who they had actually caught.

• Sarutobi Toru mocked Sarutobi Hiruzen, then caught the Adamantine Staff with his bare hands and dodged Hiruzen’s attacks.
• Sarutobi Toru used his speed to press Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Namikaze Minato joined the fight with Flying Thunder God attacks.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Minato struggled to hurt Sarutobi Toru as he grew faster and began to suppress them both.
• Orochimaru trapped Sarutobi Toru with the Yellow Springs Swamp, allowing Hiruzen to strike him into the swamp.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru dried and covered the swamp with boulders, and Minato sealed the ground.
• Orochimaru cautioned Hiruzen that they needed to identify the person they had caught.

Sarutobi Toru escaped the Root Base using Flying Thunder God, while Konoha searched for him and organized elite patrols. Uchiha Shisui attended a briefing about the attack and focused on making contact with Orochimaru, who was already interested in his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sarutobi Toru escaped the sealed underground area with Flying Thunder God and washed the swamp mud off at a riverbank.
• Hyuga ninja found no one beneath the sealed ground, prompting Konoha to keep Anbu, the Sealing Squad, and the Barrier Division on alert.
• Uchiha Shisui left the Uchiha compound and followed an Anbu messenger to the Hokage Building.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen briefed Konoha's leaders on the Root Base attack and ordered elite squads to patrol the village's surroundings.
• Uchiha Shisui dismissed the search efforts because his main body had already left Konoha and considered approaching Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru remained interested in Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan and wanted to make contact with him.

Orochimaru recruited Uchiha Shisui for Root, but Sarutobi Toru interrupted them and knocked Shisui unconscious. Toru confronted Orochimaru about his ambitions and concluded that Orochimaru sought immortality, leaving him poised to question him further.

• Orochimaru asked Uchiha Shisui to join Root, and Shisui declined for the time being, saying he needed his clan head's approval.
• Sarutobi Toru appeared behind Orochimaru, while another Toru used a Shadow Clone and the Flying Thunder God Technique to knock Uchiha Shisui unconscious.
• Orochimaru recognized Toru's techniques and speculated that the mysterious attacker had ties to Konoha.
• Toru challenged Orochimaru about his loyalty to Konoha and said Orochimaru's greatest desire was immortality.

Sarutobi Toru revealed the flaws he foresaw in Orochimaru’s planned Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique and baited him with experimental notes about souls. Orochimaru became absorbed in the notes, while Konoha called off its search for the attacker and concealed the incident.

• Sarutobi Toru told Orochimaru that changing bodies would damage his soul and eventually exhaust its lifespan.
• Sarutobi Toru gave Orochimaru experimental notes on souls and instructed him to channel Chakra into a seal to contact him.
• Sarutobi Toru vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique as Uchiha Shisui pretended to wake up.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Shisui that the attacker had retreated, then returned with him to report to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage called off the search and ordered the ninja to keep the incident secret.
• Orochimaru hurried away with the notes, and Uchiha Shisui watched him leave with a meaningful smile.

Orochimaru studied Sarutobi Toru’s research on the soul but chose to investigate it himself before seeking help. Sarutobi Toru sent his Uchiha Shisui clone to locate Uchiha Madara’s base, where Shisui encountered Uchiha Obito at Kannabi Bridge.

• Orochimaru confirmed that forcibly taking over another body wore down the soul, but hesitated to contact Sarutobi Toru and tried to decipher the research on his own.
• Sarutobi Toru searched for White Zetsu at Uchiha Madara’s likely base in the Land of Grass and decided to send his Uchiha Shisui clone ahead to investigate.
• Uchiha Shisui traveled on foot to Kannabi Bridge, near the suspected base, and reflected on Obito’s death and the pointless sacrifice of his mission.
• Uchiha Obito appeared behind Uchiha Shisui and mocked his claim that Obito’s death had not been worth it.

Uchiha Shisui exposed Uchiha Obito’s attempt to recruit him and unsettled him by questioning the logic of the Kannabi Bridge mission. When Obito tried to trap Shisui in genjutsu, Shisui countered with his Mangekyō and used Kotoamatsukami to overwhelm him.

• Uchiha Shisui questioned why Obito and Hatake Kakashi had risked their lives during the Kannabi Bridge mission when Namikaze Minato could have completed it himself.
• Uchiha Shisui identified the masked man as Uchiha Obito, but Obito insisted he was Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Shisui mocked Obito’s inability to use Susanoo and said his Three Tomoe Sharingan was enough to handle him.
• Uchiha Obito cast a binding genjutsu on Uchiha Shisui and challenged him to fight with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Shisui revealed his Mangekyō and used long-lasting Kotoamatsukami to overwhelm Uchiha Obito’s mind.

Uchiha Shisui tracked Obito and Tobi to their underground base after marking them with Flying Thunder God. He confronted Obito as the shaken teenager recommitted himself to the Moon Eye Plan, then hinted that he knew how to find the base.

• Shisui's feint let him cut down a White Zetsu, while Tobi escaped with Obito underground; Shisui revealed he had placed Flying Thunder God Marks on both of them.
• Shisui tracked the pair until they separated, then teleported to their underground base after confirming they had not fused again.
• Black Zetsu encouraged the exhausted Obito to continue the Moon Eye Plan for Rin, and Obito regained his resolve.
• Shisui appeared beside Obito and teased him about wanting to create a world with Rin in it.
• Obito angrily admitted his plan and signaled to Tobi, but Shisui asked how Obito thought he had found the base.

Uchiha Shisui used Flying Thunder God to expose the truth about Nohara Rin’s heart seal and take Tobi from Obito and Black Zetsu. Sarutobi Toru turned Tobi into a seed and absorbed his powerful chakra, gaining greatly enhanced vitality and healing.

• Uchiha Shisui revealed that Nohara Rin had a Cursed Seal on her heart, provoking Black Zetsu to attack him.
• Uchiha Obito cut Black Zetsu in half, but Black Zetsu recovered and urged Obito to pursue the Moon Eye Plan.
• Uchiha Shisui used Flying Thunder God to take Tobi away, leaving Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu wondering what he intended.
• Tobi attacked Sarutobi Toru, who endured the wooden spikes and transformed Tobi into a white seed.
• Sarutobi Toru absorbed the seed’s Pure Yang Release Chakra and gained powerful regeneration and healthier skin.

Sarutobi Toru strengthened White Zetsu Tobi with Sage Art Chakra and turned him into powerful biological armor, gaining a major advantage in the Parallel World. In Konoha, Orochimaru’s attempt to evolve the soul through Yin Release techniques ended in failure, leaving him to reconsider his method.

• Sarutobi Toru stored White Zetsu Tobi’s seed and found that Sage Art Chakra, unlike ordinary Chakra or Wood Release cells, greatly enhanced him.
• Tobi emerged as a peak Kage-level fighter with a goofy personality but no memories, and Sarutobi Toru realized he could help people learn Sage Mode.
• Sarutobi Toru absorbed Tobi as biological armor, suppressed his animal traits, and combined their Chakra to gain access to the Wood Golem Technique and Flying Thunder God teleportation.
• In Konoha’s Root laboratory, Orochimaru’s prisoner test subject died during an experiment to evolve the soul.
• Orochimaru concluded that the Spirit Transformation Technique and the Yamanaka Clan’s Mind Secret Technique only trained the soul passively and could not make it evolve.

Orochimaru failed to derive a soul-cultivation method from Sarutobi Toru’s incomplete records, so the two began exchanging research on immortality. Their discussion left them considering the Pure Land and the Sage of Six Paths’ possible preparations for threats from the Otsutsuki.

• Orochimaru summoned Sarutobi Toru after conceding that the experimental data was insufficient to reveal a soul-cultivation method.
• Sarutobi Toru proposed that Orochimaru become his research partner, and Orochimaru accepted in exchange for access to their findings.
• Sarutobi Toru shared an incomplete Dao Scripture cultivation method while receiving Orochimaru’s incomplete Living Corpse Reincarnation and improved Eight Branches Technique.
• Over the next month, Sarutobi Toru and Orochimaru exchanged ideas and identified Sage Mode, immortal souls, and Kekkei Mora as possible paths to immortality.
• Sarutobi Toru and Orochimaru discussed whether the Sage of Six Paths created the Pure Land as a contingency against the Otsutsuki.

Orochimaru and Sarutobi Toru discussed Kekkei Mora and Sage cultivation, and Orochimaru proposed researching ways to calm Natural Energy. Meanwhile, Uchiha Obito grew more distant from Black Zetsu, and Konan arrived to meet Pakura in the Land of Rain.

• Orochimaru studied Sarutobi Toru’s research on Kekkei Mora and became interested in the Otsutsuki origins of several famous Ninja clans.
• Sarutobi Toru told Orochimaru to seek knowledge from the White Snake Sage and suggested looking for the Libra family in Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru proposed creating a region where Natural Energy was calm, giving Sarutobi Toru a new research direction.
• Uchiha Obito increasingly acted alone and became harder for Black Zetsu to locate, while keeping his Flying Thunder God-marked Uzumaki mask in the Kamui dimension.
• Pakura watched the rain in the Land of Rain with her brainwashed subordinates as Konan arrived on white wings.

Pakura challenged the Akatsuki Organization’s leader while Nagato watched with Uchiha Obito, who revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been transplanted by Uchiha Madara. Nagato was left shaken as he realized his dreams and the deaths of his comrades might have been shaped by a plan to revive Madara.

• Konan asked Pakura whether she had decided to join the Akatsuki Organization, and Pakura mocked Nagato for hiding behind his Puppets.
• Six black-cloaked figures arrived, and Pakura realized Pain had completed the Six Paths of Pain.
• Nagato questioned Uchiha Obito about why he had helped restore his body and legs, and Obito removed his mask.
• Obito told Nagato that Uchiha Madara had transplanted the Rinnegan into him so he could serve as a tool for Madara’s resurrection.
• Nagato reconsidered the origin of his Rinnegan and feared that the dreams he had shared with Yahiko and Konan had grown from Madara’s deception.