Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Rou began at the ninja academy in an SSS class taught by Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Itachi. After impressing them by memorizing an accelerated lesson on chakra, she prepared for Shisui to lead her afternoon practical class.

• Uchiha Rou found her SSS class assignment and joined Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Itachi, who said they would teach and accompany her on missions.
• Shimura Danzō welcomed Uchiha Rou, announced the academy’s rules, and dismissed the students to their classrooms.
• Uchiha Obito used his space-time ability to take Uchiha Rou, Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Itachi to her private SSS classroom.
• Uchiha Obito taught Uchiha Rou about chakra, covering three days of material in one morning.
• Uchiha Rou answered Obito’s questions fluently, then thanked Uchiha Itachi for lunch with a kiss on the cheek.
• Uchiha Shisui decided to teach Uchiha Rou’s afternoon practical class himself.

Uchiha Rou began combat training with Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, who planned to build her physical condition while teaching her ninjutsu and genjutsu. Itachi brought her into a genjutsu space and showed her how he could transform its scenery with his Sharingan.

• Uchiha Obito left to meet Rin after Uchiha Rou urged him not to keep her waiting.
• Uchiha Shisui explained that Rou's Three-Tomoe Sharingan had awakened beyond what her body could handle, and he and Uchiha Itachi divided up her training.
• Uchiha Itachi used his Mangekyo Sharingan to bring Rou into a genjutsu space before Shisui could cast one.
• Uchiha Rou explored Itachi's illusion of a flower sea and asked how genjutsu could restrain an enemy.
• Uchiha Itachi changed the illusion into a barren landscape beneath a red moon and began teaching Rou how the Sharingan altered its scenery.

After Uchiha Itachi taught Uchiha Rou genjutsu, Uchiha Shisui trained her in combat and discovered the extent of her strength and Wood Release. The three left for yakiniku after Rou’s training, inviting Obito and his wife to join them.

• Uchiha Itachi ended the genjutsu lesson, and Uchiha Shisui took over to train Uchiha Rou in combat skills.
• Uchiha Rou used shuriken, chakra threads, and powerful taijutsu to challenge Uchiha Shisui, surprising him and Uchiha Itachi with her strength.
• Uchiha Rou unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Uchiha Shisui used his Phantom Body Flicker Technique to cut through the attacking vines.
• Uchiha Rou combined her Wood Release with Fire Release, creating a flaming forest that Uchiha Shisui eventually escaped using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Uchiha Itachi offered to treat Uchiha Rou to yakiniku, and the three headed to the Akimichi Clan Yakiniku Restaurant after inviting Obito and his wife.

Uchiha Rou completed her training task and went to the Akimichi Yakiniku Restaurant with Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui, where they met Akimichi Choza. The chapter ended with Itachi using his Mangekyō Sharingan to grill meat for Rou, who eagerly enjoyed it.

• A teacher explained why Uchiha Rou, Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Itachi had left school early, then encouraged the other students by telling them about Namikaze Minato.
• Uchiha Obito told Rin that Rou had exceptional talent and had reached chunin-level combat ability despite little training, and they decided to visit the yakiniku restaurant.
• Akimichi Choza recognized Rou as his master Uchiha Kō's daughter and welcomed her, Itachi, and Shisui to a private room.
• Itachi told Choza that he, Shisui, and Obito were Rou's instructors and had brought her to celebrate her completed training task.
• Itachi grilled beef for Rou using his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Rou praised the meat as delicious.

Uchiha Itachi helped Uchiha Rou learn to grill meat after she became discouraged by her first failed attempt, then praised her to Uchiha Kō as they brought her home. Tsunade took the phone from Uchiha Kō at the end of the chapter.

• Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin joined Uchiha Rou, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Shisui for a meal at the Akimichi Clan Yakiniku Restaurant.
• Uchiha Rou tried grilling meat by herself, but the grill flared up and left her embarrassed and dejected.
• Uchiha Itachi learned from Uchiha Shisui what had happened, then gently guided Uchiha Rou through grilling meat until she succeeded.
• Uchiha Itachi brought Uchiha Rou blueberry sparkling water, while Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Obito ordered drinks for themselves and Nohara Rin.
• Uchiha Itachi called Uchiha Kō and praised Uchiha Rou’s abilities and quick learning, and Uchiha Kō entrusted her training to Itachi, Shisui, and Obito.
• Tsunade took the phone from Uchiha Kō as he was about to continue speaking.

Uchiha Itachi took Uchiha Rou shopping with Uchiha Shisui after Tsunade gave permission, doting on her while she tried to repay his generosity. A Kumogakure spy then attacked Rou, but Itachi stopped him and Hizashi Hyuga’s Military Police Force arrested him without revealing Rou’s family background.

• Tsunade gave Uchiha Itachi permission to take Uchiha Rou shopping for two hours, and Uchiha Shisui reluctantly joined them.
• Uchiha Itachi bought Uchiha Rou clothes, jewelry, and food, while Rou worried about his expenses and insisted on buying things for him in return.
• A Kumogakure spy disguised as a Konoha ninja charged at Uchiha Rou, and Uchiha Itachi shielded her with Susanoo and seized the attacker.
• Uchiha Itachi told Hizashi Hyuga that the attacker was a Kumogakure spy and asked him to keep Rou’s family background secret.
• Hizashi Hyuga identified the attacker as a spy and had the Military Police Force arrest him, then told the gathered crowd to disperse.

After Uchiha Itachi stopped a Kumogakure spy from trying to capture Uchiha Rou, Uchiha Kō questioned him about how he identified the spy. The Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure agents to kill the prisoner, and Uchiha Kō sent Itachi to counter the attempt.

• Hizashi Hyuga apologized to Uchiha Rou, then had the captured Kumogakure spy taken away.
• Uchiha Rou returned to the Hokage Villa with Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Kō summoned Itachi to his study.
• A messenger told Third Raikage A that the spy had failed to capture Uchiha Rou and was imprisoned in Konoha.
• Third Raikage A ordered other Kumogakure moles to kill the spy before Konoha could hold the village responsible.
• Uchiha Itachi explained how he recognized the spy, and Uchiha Kō instructed him to arrange a response to the planned assassination.

Uchiha Itachi carried out Uchiha Kō's plan to expose Kumogakure's spies after a spy tried to abduct Uchiha Rou. He obtained their intelligence network's records and sent a warning to the Raikage, while Ma Liu escaped Konoha with his life.

• Uchiha Rou worried about Uchiha Itachi's late-night mission, while Uchiha Kō reassured her and joked with Tsunade about her future husband.
• Uchiha Itachi watched the captured spy Tu Feiyuanwu through surveillance and saw Ma Liu arrive to free him.
• Ma Liu killed Tu Feiyuanwu and dissolved his body, then encountered Uchiha Itachi and surrendered the notebook listing Kumogakure's spies.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the Konoha Military Police Force revealed that they had anticipated Ma Liu's arrival and taken precautions.
• Uchiha Itachi spared Ma Liu and ordered him to tell the Raikage that Konoha would wage war if Kumogakure targeted Uchiha Kō's daughter or anyone from another clan again.
• Ma Liu fled Konoha, vowing never to work as a spy again.

Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku led a purge of Kumogakure spies in Konoha, and tavern owner Kawaki Kumo agreed to become a double agent to protect his family. Uchiha Kō then explained to Itachi how Kawaki could help mislead Kumogakure and influence its villagers.

• Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku began a nighttime purge of Kumogakure spy hideouts, and the Military Police Force captured tavern owner Gōimaru, whose real name was Kawaki Kumo.
• Kawaki Kumo offered to identify his accomplices in exchange for being declared dead, and Uchiha Kō agreed while ordering him to become a double agent.
• With Kawaki Kumo's help, the Uchiha captured all thirty Kumogakure spies, and Kawaki accepted his new role in Konoha.
• Kawaki Kumo and the Uchiha team captain spoke about his choice to protect his family, then went to share a drink.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Kō that spies could be turned into sources of false intelligence, and Uchiha Kō suggested Kawaki's accounts of Konoha might affect Kumogakure's suffering villagers.

Uchiha Kō dealt with Tsunade catching him hiding cigarettes, then approved Uchiha Itachi’s mission report and considered the coming conflict between Kumogakure and Iwagakure. The chapter ended with Uchiha Kō making two love bentos for Uchiha Rou, who planned to take one to Itachi.

• Tsunade caught Uchiha Kō smoking, and Uchiha Itachi exposed the cigarettes hidden in Kō’s slipper with genjutsu.
• Tsunade sent Uchiha Itachi away and dragged Uchiha Kō into the bedroom; the next morning, Kō decided not to delay Itachi’s Kage-level certification after reading his report.
• Uchiha Kō approved Itachi’s plan and predicted that the Third Raikage’s death would lead to war between Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Kō decided he would personally protect Iwagakure if war broke out, while preventing it from easily annexing Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Rou asked Uchiha Kō to make two love bentos, one for herself and one for Uchiha Itachi, and he prepared them.

After Uchiha Itachi delivered Uchiha Kō’s warning to Kumogakure, the Third Raikage named his son the Fourth Raikage and charged alone into Iwagakure to relieve pressure on his village. He reached Iwagakure’s gates and began fighting its forces, intent on taking as many enemies with him as he could.

• Uchiha Rou left for school with the lunch her father, Uchiha Kō, had made for her.
• Ma Liu reported that Uchiha Itachi had caught him after he killed Tu Feiyuanwu and delivered a warning against another attack on Uchiha Kō’s family.
• The Third Raikage dismissed Ma Liu, then named his son the Fourth Raikage and ordered him to devote himself to Kumogakure.
• The Third Raikage charged alone toward Iwagakure, killing anyone who tried to stop him on the way.
• The Third Raikage destroyed Iwagakure’s gates with One-Finger Nukite, and Ōnoki attacked him with Dust Release.
• The Third Raikage used an Iwagakure ninja to block Ōnoki’s Dust Release long enough to escape its range.

The Third Raikage A attacked Iwagakure and killed six thousand shinobi before dying, sacrificing himself to protect Kumogakure. After receiving Kabuto Yakushi’s report, Uchiha Kō agreed to let him continue spying in Iwagakure and gave him Flying Thunder God kunai for emergencies.

• The Third Raikage A used lightning through Iwagakure’s mudflow to paralyze and kill thousands of shinobi while Kabuto Yakushi secretly watched.
• Ōnoki tried to stop A with Dust Release, but A kept slaughtering Iwagakure’s forces and blocked the village entrance as the casualties reached four thousand.
• After Ōnoki’s Dust Release fatally wounded him, A fought on until six thousand Iwagakure shinobi had died, then collapsed and was killed by the remaining soldiers.
• Ōnoki inspected A’s corpse with Dust Release, causing Black Zetsu to flee, then ordered the battlefield cleared.
• Kabuto Yakushi delivered his battle report to Uchiha Kō, who offered him a chance to leave his undercover mission, but Kabuto chose to return to Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Kō gave Kabuto Yakushi Flying Thunder God kunai for emergencies, and Kabuto left to visit his adoptive mother at the orphanage.

After the Third Raikage died fighting Iwagakure, leaders across the ninja world honored his sacrifice and Uchiha Kō and Tsunade recognized him as a hero. In Kumogakure, Young Lord A learned that his father had been killed by Ōnoki and collapsed in grief.

• Uchiha Kō, Ōnoki, Hayashi, Granny Chiyo, Ebizo, and Karatachi Yagura reflected on the Third Raikage’s sacrifice and respected his devotion to Kumogakure.
• Karatachi Yagura and the leaders of the other nations raised cups of wine in honor of the Third Raikage.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Kō whether the Third Raikage had been a hero, and Uchiha Kō said he admired and respected him despite opposing his actions.
• Young Lord A waited at Kumogakure’s entrance for news of his father, then demanded that a scout tell him what had happened.
• The scout reported that the Third Raikage had killed six thousand Iwagakure Ninja before Ōnoki killed him with Dust Release, and Young Lord A collapsed after spitting blood.

Uchiha Rou brought breakfast to school and shared sweets with Uchiha Itachi, while Uchiha Shisui prepared to teach her genjutsu. The chapter left Itachi happily eating Uchiha Kō’s matcha cake and wondering why Kō had never made him sweets before.

• Young Lord A returned to Kumogakure, where doctors found no serious injuries and the ninja clans relaxed after hearing he would recover once he woke.
• Uchiha Rou brought breakfast to school for herself and Uchiha Itachi, and Itachi explained that Obito and his teacher had gone on a mission related to Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Shisui followed Rou and Itachi, remembering his promise to teach Rou genjutsu and deciding to keep an eye on Itachi’s growing closeness with her.
• Itachi’s hand on Rou’s shoulder convinced many students that they were a couple, while Rou remained unaware of their assumptions.
• Rou offered Itachi the sweets in her lunchboxes by claiming her teeth hurt, and Itachi agreed to eat them without telling her father.
• Itachi tasted Uchiha Kō’s matcha cake, praised it as delicious, and felt upset that Kō had never made such sweets for him before.

Uchiha Rou shared her father's desserts with Uchiha Itachi before Uchiha Shisui took over their lesson. In Kumogakure, Young Lord A accepted his father's death and prepared to become the Fourth Raikage, while Darui brutally secured the Anbu's support.

• Uchiha Rou told Uchiha Itachi that Uchiha Kō had recently invented the desserts, then fed him pudding until they finished the food in the bento.
• Uchiha Shisui took over Uchiha Itachi's lesson, and Itachi sat beside Uchiha Rou and listened for mistakes.
• Young Lord A learned that the Third Raikage had died, appointed Darui as his personal guard, and set his succession ceremony for seven days later so he could mourn his father.
• Darui told Young Lord A that Kumogakure's major clans supported his ascension and explained that the Third Raikage's final battle had bought the village years of stability.
• Darui killed the Anbu captain who challenged his authority, then secured the Anbu's submission to Young Lord A's coming succession.

Darui consolidated support in Kumogakure for A to become the Fourth Raikage, while Uchiha Rou met Itachi’s younger brother Sasuke on the way to school. Sasuke boasted about his abilities and rejected Rou’s offer to look after him, leaving Itachi bracing for a clash between them.

• Darui assigned the Anbu their missions, gathered the ninja clans’ support for A, and told the Anbu to serve the new Fourth Raikage.
• A thanked Darui for his work and privately considered him a capable subordinate who could be entrusted with major responsibilities.
• Uchiha Rou met Sasuke while he was walking with Uchiha Itachi, and Itachi made Sasuke greet her as his big sister.
• Rou offered to look after Sasuke, but Sasuke bragged that he had mastered the Great Fireball Technique and said he did not need her help.
• Itachi saw that Rou was angry and worried that she and Sasuke would soon clash.

Uchiha Rou sparred with Sasuke Uchiha at the training grounds and easily countered his attacks. The fight was still underway when Rou grabbed Sasuke by the wrist.

• Uchiha Rou sensed Sasuke Uchiha's weak chakra reserves and agreed to spar with him at the training grounds.
• Uchiha Itachi stopped Sasuke from fighting at the school gate and followed Rou inside with him.
• Sasuke rested before challenging Rou, while Itachi apologized to her for his brother's behavior.
• Rou dodged Sasuke's attack, blocked his kick, and tossed him a hundred meters across the training ground.
• Rou cut down Sasuke's shuriken and blocked his Great Fireball Technique with a Water Formation Wall.
• Sasuke charged at Rou with a kunai, and Rou sidestepped and grabbed his wrist.

Uchiha Rou easily defeated Sasuke and Itachi warned him to assess opponents before fighting, then agreed not to increase Sasuke’s training after learning he had befriended Naruto. Sasuke joined Uchiha Rou and Itachi for Uchiha Shisui’s lesson, where he eagerly took notes on Shisui’s advanced techniques.

• Uchiha Rou disarmed Sasuke and tossed him aside, ending their spar when Itachi intervened.
• Itachi reprimanded Sasuke for recklessly challenging Rou and threatened to triple his training workload.
• Sasuke told Itachi about his new friend Naruto, and Itachi agreed to keep his training schedule unchanged if Sasuke learned to assess danger.
• Sasuke apologized to Uchiha Rou and joined her and Itachi in the classroom to observe the academy.
• Uchiha Shisui taught advanced shuriken and ninjutsu techniques, and Sasuke diligently recorded the lesson.

Uchiha Rou attended Uchiha Shisui’s lesson, spotted her father at the Hokage Building, and began practical combat training with Uchiha Itachi. The fight ended with Rou pulling Itachi out of the ground after he tried to ambush her.

• Uchiha Rou impressed Second Pillar with her excellent memory, even though she had not taken notes during Uchiha Shisui’s lesson.
• Uchiha Rou saw Uchiha Kō enter the Hokage Building and watched the guards salute him, but she only guessed that he was a high-ranking official.
• Uchiha Itachi changed the subject by reminding Uchiha Rou that they had practical combat training after lunch.
• Uchiha Rou attacked Uchiha Itachi with Mountain-Crushing Fist and Great Fire Annihilation, but he evaded both with substitution techniques.
• Uchiha Itachi tried to use the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique from underground, but Uchiha Rou struck beneath herself with Heavenly Foot of Pain.
• Uchiha Rou held back her strength, helped Uchiha Itachi out of the ground, and complained that his clothes were dirty.

Uchiha Rou sparred with Uchiha Itachi, impressing Sasuke with her Wood Release and chakra reserves before their training ended in a draw. Sasuke then struggled in a spar with Uchiha Shisui and broke down crying, so Itachi took him home.

• Uchiha Rou freed Uchiha Itachi from the ground, and they resumed their spar as Sasuke watched.
• Uchiha Rou used Wood Release to trap and destroy Itachi's Crow Clone, then matched his Great Fireball until they stopped and called the spar a draw.
• Uchiha Shisui offered to spar with Sasuke, mistook him for a substitute or clone, and easily caught him when Sasuke failed to evade his Body Flicker Technique.
• Uchiha Itachi told Sasuke to train properly and promised to teach him with everything he had, while Uchiha Rou encouraged him.
• Sasuke cried after feeling that Itachi no longer doted on him, and Itachi apologized before taking him home.