Chapter Summaries

Akaseki tested Hell Yama King’s abilities and learned that it could repair injuries, detect lies, and share vision, but could not fight directly. He brought it to meet Jiancheng, Lanyu, and Fugaku, where Lanyu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to glimpse the strange summon.

• Hell Yama King explained that it could restore injured flesh if all the parts remained, seize the tongue of anyone who lied during interrogation, and share vision with Akaseki.
• Akaseki learned that Hell Yama King could not directly attack in the human world unless he first subdued a target, and that its summoned form grew with his strength.
• Akaseki left his house with Hell Yama King following invisibly and met Uchiha Jie and Uchiha Yang, who were waiting to take him to Fugaku and Jiancheng.
• At Jiancheng’s gathering with Fugaku and Lanyu, Akaseki revealed that he had contracted with another creature from the Avici Realm.
• Lanyu used his Mangekyō Sharingan and saw Hell Yama King, mistaking its visible front for a summoned head, while Akaseki described its healing and interrogation abilities.

Akaseki explained the Hell Yama King’s abilities and oversaw Fugaku’s Rashomon Trial, which Fugaku passed in its first stage but failed in its second. He later tested the Hell Yama King’s invisibility with Minato and discovered it could act as invisible surveillance, then agreed to go find Kushina.

• Akaseki told Jiancheng and Lanyu that the Hell Yama King could interrogate people and heal physical injuries, and Jiancheng urged Fugaku to seek a contract.
• Akaseki began Fugaku’s Rashomon Trial; Fugaku passed the first stage but failed the second because he could not abandon the person he wanted to save.
• Fugaku woke with his Sharingan newly advanced to two tomoe, and Lanyu explained that Jiancheng had hoped he would reach three tomoe.
• Akaseki met Minato, told him about the Hell Yama King, and asked him to test its invisibility with Sensory Ninjutsu.
• Minato detected the spatial rift and, with the Thousand Worlds Awareness Technique, heard the Hell Yama King’s voice; Akaseki concluded it could serve as invisible surveillance.
• Akaseki agreed to go with Minato to find Kushina.

Akaseki visited Kushina and exposed the Hell Yama King, prompting Sarutobi to adjust security around her. The chapter ended with Sarutobi reporting Kagami’s death to the Uchiha clan and announcing that he would call a Jonin meeting to declare war on Amegakure.

• Akaseki and Minato waited for Kushina, and Akaseki later learned Sealing Techniques from her after dismissing the Hell Yama King.
• Akaseki criticized the Anbu for failing to detect the Hell Yama King, and Sarutobi ordered sensory ninja to guard Kushina.
• Danzo urged Sarutobi to use Uchiha forces for dangerous surprise raids, but Sarutobi rejected the proposal.
• Ox reported that Kagami had been ambushed by Rain Ninja and that Namiashi and Kamizuki were missing.
• Sarutobi told Jiancheng and the Uchiha elders that Kagami had died after being trapped by the Three Feathers of Amegakure and Ebizo.
• Sarutobi announced that he would convene a Jonin meeting and declare war on Amegakure.

After Kagami died in a mission against Rain Ninja and Sand Ninja, Konoha prepared to declare war on Amegakure and the Uchiha Clan organized for combat. Shengshen awakened his Sharingan after Lanyu told him his father was dead, while Akaseki and his teammates trained as they awaited orders.

• Akaseki learned from Fugaku that Kagami had died in battle, and Fugaku said Konoha would soon declare war on Amegakure.
• Lanyu told Shengshen that Kagami would never return, prompting the seven-year-old to awaken his Sharingan before fainting.
• Jiancheng announced at the Uchiha Clan meeting that Konoha would declare war on Amegakure in three days and that the Uchiha would join the fighting.
• Jiancheng ordered adult clan members to form combat squads, while members under sixteen and Akaseki’s original team awaited missions.
• Akaseki, Ranwu, and Might Duy trained together while Konoha issued no orders to their team.

On New Year’s Day, Akaseki and Ranwu helped Might Duy’s wife Kayo through a dangerous childbirth using the Hell Yama King’s precise healing ability. They saved both mother and child, and Akaseki named the baby Might Guy before he and Ranwu left.

• Akaseki sparred with Might Duy at the Third Training Ground as Konoha’s war with Amegakure continued.
• A neighbor told Duy that Kayo had gone into labor, and Akaseki and Ranwu hurried with him to the Might family home.
• Ranwu found Kayo in a life-threatening difficult delivery, so Akaseki summoned the Hell Yama King to perform a bloodless cesarean section.
• The Hell Yama King safely delivered the baby and healed Kayo, and Duy reunited with his wife and child.
• Duy asked Akaseki to name the child, and Akaseki chose Might Guy in hopes that Konoha’s comrades would return in triumph.
• Akaseki and Ranwu left the family home, and Ranwu privately worried that the name’s meaning left out the return part of the wish.

Konoha sent Akaseki, Ranwu, Minato, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Inuzuka Tsume, and Shibi Aburame to support Tsunade’s medical unit in the Land of Rain. After Akaseki led them to the station ahead of schedule, Tsunade formally welcomed them as Chunin and their war mission began.

• Sarutobi ordered the six Chunin to join the medical unit in the Land of Rain, where Ranwu’s sister Tsunade was in command.
• Akaseki declared himself captain for the journey and set a fast route and schedule for the group.
• Akaseki led the team into the Land of Rain on January 7, and they arrived at the medical station the next day.
• A Hyuga Clan Chunin checked the group’s password and identity before allowing them into the station.
• Tsunade praised the group’s early arrival, told them she would treat them as Chunin rather than young Chunin, and accepted their report.

Tsunade assigned Ranwu and Akashi Uchiha to Dan Katō’s field emergency aid squad, which had been strained by poison-related casualties. After describing their abilities, the pair joined the squad as it prepared to put their medical skills to use.

• Tsunade assigned Minato Namikaze and Inuzuka Tsume to patrol, Shinnosuke Sarutobi and Shibi Aburame to support, and Ranwu and Akashi Uchiha to field emergency aid.
• Dan Katō explained that the squad treated casualties too badly injured or poisoned to be transported, and that Amegakure’s poison had stretched its teams thin.
• Ranwu said she specialized in Water Style and had learned the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique, prompting Dan Katō to welcome her as a capable medical ninja.
• Akashi Uchiha described his secret technique, which could stitch damaged tissue and organs together but could not replace missing parts or restore lost function.
• Dan Katō said Ranwu and Akashi were exactly what the squad needed and told them to rest for the day.

Team Five responded to a distress signal and found three injured Konoha ninja, including a poisoned Jonin and a kunoichi who had lost an arm. While Ranwu treated the poison, Konoha Kuno sent Akaseki and Mokume to search for the severed arm, revealing that Dan Katō had detected Rain Ninja nearby and intended to lure them into an ambush.

• Dan Katō assigned Jonin Konoha Kuno to lead Akaseki and Ranwu as Team Five, then sent them to answer an emergency treatment signal fifty kilometers away.
• Konoha Kuno led Team Five through dangerous terrain and warned Akaseki and Ranwu that the distress call might be a trap.
• Team Five found Tachibana Hikari, Inagaki Shūichi, and their poisoned captain, Kazami Shōji, concealed inside a tree; Ranwu began treating Kazami.
• Akaseki offered to suture Tachibana's severed arm and identified it as an injury from a Rain Ninja's chain blade.
• Konoha Kuno ordered Akaseki and Mokume to search for the arm while their clones guarded the injured ninja and Ranwu.
• Mokume revealed that Dan Katō had discovered Rain Ninja nearby and that their departure would draw more enemies toward them.

Ranwu and Akaseki helped Dan Katō expose and kill the Rain Ninja ambushing them while Ranwu continued detoxifying Kazami. Afterward, Akaseki used sealing techniques to silence Kazami’s screams and bind his legs during treatment.

• Ranwu began drawing poison from Kazami, but an ambush forced her and the others to respond as Rain Ninja illusions appeared around them.
• Dan Katō secretly used the Spirit Transformation Technique to kill the hidden Rain Ninja by striking their internal organs, while Akaseki and Ranwu helped reveal their positions.
• Ranwu used a harmless purple mist as a cover while the remaining Rain Ninja fled and were killed; Akaseki recovered the enemy bodies and a giant salamander corpse.
• Ranwu resumed treating Kazami, and Akaseki offered to ease the pain with sealing techniques.
• Akaseki used the Silence Seal on Kazami’s mouth and the Binding Foot Seal on his legs, explaining that the seals would keep him quiet and stop him from running off.

Akaseki’s Squad Five saved Kazami from poisoning and restored Tachibana’s severed arm, while Konoha’s forces wiped out the Rain Ninja squad with no deaths. Two months later, as the front advanced, the Medical Unit relocated and left Squad Five behind to care for recovering patients, where Mokume hoped they would soon return to Konoha.

• Ranwu removed the last traces of poison from Kazami, and Akaseki released him from his restraints.
• Akaseki used the Hell Yama King to reattach Tachibana’s severed arm, and she discovered she could move it again.
• Dan Katō’s long-range support helped Konoha defeat all nine Rain Ninjas, while the wounded Konoha shinobi were expected to recover.
• Over two months, Squad Five deployed nineteen times, saving twenty-four lives and preventing eleven severe disabilities, though two missions failed because help arrived too late.
• Dan Katō announced that the Medical Unit would move to the Wetlands, leaving Squads Four and Five behind to care for the wounded.
• Mokume said they might return to Konoha in two weeks, and Akaseki suspected that his hopeful remark could foreshadow trouble.

Akaseki and his companions celebrated Zhenpan’s newborn son, Obito, while discussing the war’s shifting front and the coming relocation. After a routine patrol, Akaseki, Minato, and Tsume returned to the convalescent station, but the other patrol team did not come back.

• Akaseki and Ranwu visited the patrol squad, where Zhenpan revealed that his son Obito had been born a month earlier and Minato had agreed to train him.
• Akaseki learned that Zhenpan and the others would remain at the temporary station while the emergency and retrieval squads were disbanded and the remaining wounded received care.
• Minato explained that Konoha’s advance through the Wetlands had slowed because of difficult terrain and the risk of clashing with Sunagakure.
• On March 15, Akaseki, Minato, and Tsume completed a smooth patrol east of Quiet Mist Mountain and returned to the convalescent station.
• An hour later, the other patrol team had still not returned.

Akaseki, Minato, Claw, and Ranwu searched for the missing patrol squad but were ambushed by Sunagakure’s miniature puppet traps. After recognizing Ebizo’s handiwork, they realized an enemy with superior sensory abilities had tracked them and set the trap, leaving them to retreat cautiously.

• Kunugi Mokume sent Akaseki, Minato, Claw, and Ranwu to search for Zhenpan, Shinnosuke, and Shibi, ordering them to return before ten.
• As the group searched, Kuromaru detected danger, and Akaseki spotted tiny puppets firing hair-thin senbon and leaping at them with explosive tags.
• Minato summoned a toad tongue that swept away the twelve exploding puppets, then identified them as trigger-based self-sustaining puppets from Sunagakure.
• Akaseki recognized the puppet design as Ebizo’s work and sent a warning to Kunugi Mokume through Tanuki Treasure.
• Minato deduced that an enemy had learned their movements and had sensory abilities beyond his, so Akaseki urged the group to retreat without panicking.

Akaseki Squad tracked the enemy puppets to a swamp and launched a surprise attack, discovering that Ebizo was among the Sand Ninja. The battle began with Akaseki’s Mirror Clones slipping past the enemy puppets to attack their controllers.

• Akaseki waited while Minato sensed approaching puppets, then sent Mirror Clones to burn the cockroach-like puppets with Flame Dragon Hurricane.
• Minato detected the enemy’s position, and Akaseki Squad rushed toward them despite the puppets’ attempts to lure them elsewhere.
• Minato located six enemies in a swamp and identified three as Jonin and three as Chunin, though he could not find Shinnosuke and the others.
• Minato threw kunai and shuriken to mark the concealed enemies, and Akaseki struck their positions with Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• The Sand Ninja revealed two large puppets and a puppet armor piloted by Ebizo, while the three Chunin’s puppets destroyed Akaseki’s three Mirror Clones.
• Each destroyed Mirror Clone split into two clones behind the Chunin’s puppets; one cut their Chakra Threads while another attacked a puppeteer.

Akaseki’s team discovered that Ebizo’s Sand Ninja had captured Zhenpan while targeting Shinnosuke, and the two sides agreed to exchange hostages. Just as Zhenpan reached Akaseki, he suddenly turned on him with a kunai.

• Minato captured Hudaici after Akaseki’s Mirror Clone killed two Sand Ninja Chunin.
• Shibi emerged from the swamp with the unconscious Shinnosuke and revealed that Zhenpan had been captured while helping them escape.
• Akaseki demanded that Ebizo exchange Hudaici for Zhenpan, and Shinnosuke urged Ebizo to accept.
• Ebizo revealed Zhenpan inside a confinement puppet, and the two sides began exchanging hostages.
• Minato warned Akaseki as Zhenpan reached him, then Zhenpan suddenly tried to stab Akaseki with a kunai.

Ebizo’s attempt to capture the Akaseki Squad turned Zhenpan into a human puppet, forcing Akaseki to kill his comrade and awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Minato struck Ebizo with a summoned toad hand as the Sunagakure Jonin retreated, while Akaseki’s poison wound left him dizzy.

• Zhenpan attacked Akaseki under Ebizo’s control, and Ebizo transformed him into a half-beast human puppet with his heart replaced by a sealing core.
• Zhenpan briefly regained control and asked Akaseki to bring Obito’s name home, so Akaseki cut his own poisoned shoulder and awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Akaseki dodged Zhenpan’s attack and beheaded him, ending his suffering as Ebizo ordered a retreat.
• Minato used a sealing formula on Hudaici to summon a toad hand that struck Ebizo and shattered his armored puppet, injuring his eye.
• The Sunagakure Jonin fled, Minato attacked Hudaici with Gale Palm, and Ranwu withdrew to help the poisoned Akaseki, who began to feel dizzy.

After recovering from the battle with Sunagakure, Akaseki returned to Konoha and visited Zhenpan’s family, promising to help his son Obito. Meanwhile, Hiruzen and Danzo investigated the spy and argued over the treatment of foreign orphans and Akaseki, leaving Danzo’s hostility toward the Uchiha and Akaseki unresolved.

• Ranwu told Akaseki that Konoha had won the battle at a cost of one Chunin, while Sunagakure lost two Chunin and a Jonin, and Ebizo lost an eye.
• After returning to Konoha, Akaseki visited Zhenpan’s wife Ruyi and mother, told them he had been present when Zhenpan died, and promised to help Obito with the Sharingan.
• Clan Head Jiancheng summoned Akaseki and instructed him to copy the remaining ninjutsu and Genjutsu he could learn.
• Hiruzen and Danzo confirmed that an Anbu member who was a war orphan from the Land of Rain had leaked information, and Hiruzen allowed Root to train foreign-country orphans under restrictions.
• Danzo accused Akaseki of killing a clansman to evolve his Sharingan and urged Hiruzen to eliminate him, but Hiruzen defended Akaseki and rejected the proposal.

Akaseki watched Hong Yan’s disastrous attempt to correct his spoiled family in Teach by Example, then awakened Water Style Chakra transformation through a trial hydration device. He trained with Ranwu and Might Duy before copying ninjutsu from Jiancheng, who promised access to Water Style techniques once Clan Elder Lanyu returned.

• Akaseki watched Hong Yan’s family cause trouble at a hotpot restaurant and attack Zhang Group president Zhang, costing Hong Yan his job and his family their house loan and Xiao Nan’s school placement.
• Akaseki used the Hydration Moisture Device and saw his Water Style Chakra awakening progress reach 6.01%.
• Akaseki practiced Taijutsu with Ranwu and Might Duy, then hydrated himself again and raised his Water Style awakening progress above twelve percent.
• Jiancheng let Akaseki copy Fire Style, Wind Release, and Lightning Style ninjutsu, while Akaseki asked to learn Water Style techniques.
• Jiancheng told Akaseki that Clan Elder Lanyu, who had Water Style Chakra transformation, was expected to return within a few days.

Jiancheng taught Akaseki about the Uchiha Clan’s inherited ninjutsu and revealed the forbidden technique Izanagi, which could deny death at the cost of a Sharingan. Akaseki suspected that a mysterious old man had used a delayed Izanagi activation, possibly combined with sealing techniques, to return from the dead.

• Jiancheng explained that Akaseki’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan and all five Chakra transformation talents made him a safeguard for the clan’s ninjutsu inheritance.
• Jiancheng warned Akaseki to be cautious in battle and taught him Izanagi and Izanami, forbidden techniques usable with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Jiancheng explained that Izanagi could turn unfavorable reality into an illusion, but permanently blinded the eye used to activate it.
• Akaseki asked whether Izanagi could resurrect the dead, and Jiancheng confirmed it could deny the reality of the user’s death if preparations and safety afterward were ensured.
• Akaseki wondered whether Madara Uchiha and the mysterious old man had used sealing techniques to delay Izanagi’s activation after death.

Akaseki learned how the Sacred Spire represented Izanagi and began studying basic sealing techniques while considering ways to use seals with his forbidden technique. Jiancheng then taught him Izanami, explaining that it trapped an opponent in a repeating stretch of time.

• Akaseki visited Kushina with Minato and demonstrated that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan could copy basic sealing techniques; Kushina taught him some while her struggle with the Nine-Tails briefly alarmed the Anbu guard.
• Akaseki combined basic sealing techniques with C-rank ninjutsu and discovered that Izanagi appeared in the Sacred Spire as a passive effect that let him take back his moves for three turns at the cost of a rare card.
• Akaseki's evening routine featured Hong Yan's disastrous dinner with Manager Wang, ending with Wang storming out after the family's arguments and mishaps.
• Akaseki asked Jiancheng whether one Izanagi could restore the eye blinded by using another, but Jiancheng said it could not restore a Sharingan blinded by overexertion.
• Jiancheng taught Akaseki Izanami, explaining that it returned an opponent to a previous state and sealed that stretch of time into their consciousness, trapping them in an endless loop.

Akaseki learned how Izanami worked and discovered his dojutsu reserves were far greater than a typical Three-Tomoe Sharingan user's. After experiencing the ending of Teach by Example, he woke with progress in Yin Style.

• Jiancheng taught Akaseki that Izanami trapped a target until they accepted reality and let go, and that only the target could escape it.
• Akaseki decided to research combining sealing techniques with Izanagi so it could activate automatically after his death.
• Jiancheng began teaching Akaseki the clan's Fire Style, Lightning Style, and Wind Release techniques, then realized Akaseki could copy seven A-rank techniques before needing a break.
• Akaseki followed an intensive training routine and reached the ending of Teach by Example on April 6, where Hong Yan died after Xiao Nan unplugged his monitoring equipment to charge her phone.
• Hong Yan's family faced legal consequences, and Akaseki noticed that Hong Yan's emotions finally aligned with his own.
• Akaseki woke and examined himself, confirming that his Yin Style had progressed.