Recaps

Kazuhiko revealed his Kamui Mangekyō to save Tsunade, killing Orochimaru and severely injuring the Fourth Raikage. The Raikage faced a retreat as C warned him that the Mangekyō could control the Nine-Tails.

• Killer B broke free of the genjutsu and began forming a Tailed Beast Ball while Orochimaru attacked Tsunade from behind.
• Kazuhiko used Kamui to remove Orochimaru’s head and save Tsunade from the snake and Sword of Kusanagi.
• Kazuhiko used Kamui again against the Fourth Raikage, who narrowly dodged but lost a chunk of his shoulder.
• C identified Kazuhiko’s eye technique as a Mangekyō Sharingan that distorted space, while Tsunade and Shisui reacted with shock.
• Kazuhiko admitted he had revealed his Mangekyō to eliminate Orochimaru and protect Tsunade, then said his chakra was nearly depleted.
• C urged the Fourth Raikage to withdraw, warning him that the Mangekyō could control the Nine-Tails.

After Kazuhiko drove off the Kumogakure forces and badly injured the Fourth Raikage, he considered the rewards and the secrets he could expose when he returned to Konoha. Tsunade questioned his choices and Mangekyo awakening, and Kazuhiko said he had awakened it because of her.

• Kazuhiko deactivated his Sharingan after the battle, suffering lasting damage to his vision, while the retreating Kumogakure forces left him with new trait draws and favorability changes.
• Kazuhiko concluded Orochimaru had survived and that Orochimaru and Danzo had secretly collaborated, giving him evidence to use against Danzo in Konoha.
• Kazuhiko noticed Gyuki's lowered favorability and decided he would try to contact Kurama inside Naruto Uzumaki after returning to the village.
• Tsunade asked why Kazuhiko had abandoned a chance to kill A in order to save her, and Kazuhiko said he liked her.
• Tsunade ordered Orochimaru's corpse sealed and sent to Konoha's Interrogation Department, then asked how Kazuhiko had awakened the Mangekyo so quickly.
• Kazuhiko told Tsunade that love could strengthen an Uchiha's Sharingan and said he had awakened his Mangekyo because of her.

After Uchiha Kazuhiko killed Orochimaru and wounded the Fourth Raikage, Konoha’s leaders debated how to reward and restrain him. The chapter left the Hyuga confident that their clan could still overcome the Uchiha if conflict arose.

• A report reached Sarutobi Hiruzen that Kazuhiko had killed Orochimaru, severely wounded A, and forced Kumogakure to retreat.
• Danzo urged the leaders to restrict Kazuhiko, while Sarutobi Hiruzen approved a major reward alongside increased surveillance and limits on Kazuhiko’s missions.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu supported restraints, and Danzo secretly resolved to take Kazuhiko’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hizashi Hyuga questioned whether the Hyuga could defeat Kazuhiko, but Hyuga Hiashi argued that the clan’s overall strength would prevail.

News of Uchiha Kazuhiko’s power spread across the hidden villages and the black market, prompting other nations to treat him as a major threat. As his bounty rose to 120 million ryo, a bounty hunter decided to pursue him.

• Ōnoki classified Uchiha Kazuhiko as an S-rank high-risk target and ordered Iwagakure shinobi to retreat rather than fight him.
• Chiyo convened Sunagakure’s leaders, ordered close monitoring of Konoha, and suggested they try to recruit Kazuhiko if an opportunity arose.
• Obito studied reports of Kazuhiko’s space-time dojutsu and considered meeting his old classmate in person.
• The Bounty Exchange placed Kazuhiko at the top of the new generation rankings with a bounty of 120 million ryo and publicized details of his abilities.
• A man at the Bounty Exchange saw the bounty notice and left, declaring that he was coming for Kazuhiko.

After Konoha’s successful operation against Kumogakure, Kazuhiko pressed his romantic pursuit of Tsunade, and she eventually returned his kiss before Shizune interrupted them. Later that night, Tsunade came back to find Kazuhiko waiting in her room.

• Tsunade told the Jonin that Konoha would hold its position and keep pressuring Kumogakure until it negotiated.
• Kazuhiko stopped Tsunade from leaving the war room and kissed her; when she punched him, he accepted the blow and kissed her again.
• Tsunade embraced Kazuhiko and kissed him back, but Shizune interrupted to summon her to treat poisoned shinobi.
• Tsunade left with Shizune, while Kazuhiko waited awake in Tsunade’s room.
• Tsunade returned exhausted, sensed Kazuhiko inside, and entered the dark room where he was waiting.

Kazuhiko and Tsunade grew intimate after he reassured her about their relationship, and he then tested powerful new entries from a Jonin ten-pull. He ended the chapter undergoing a dramatic physical transformation after equipping Tailed Beast-Level Chakra.

• Kazuhiko and Tsunade kissed, but she stopped him and said their age difference and family ties made them unsuitable.
• Kazuhiko told Tsunade he loved her and wanted to be together despite others’ opinions, and she embraced him and returned his kiss.
• Kazuhiko drew ten entries, including Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Tailed Beast-Level Chakra.
• Kazuhiko equipped Lightning Release Chakra Mode and found it greatly enhanced his speed, defense, and reactions.
• Kazuhiko used the entry to improve Phantom Body Flicker, then equipped Tailed Beast-Level Chakra and felt his body grow stronger and larger.

Kazuhiko completed his transformation, permanently locked in Phantom Body Flicker, and discovered that Mangekyō Life Succession doubled his chakra reserves. After reuniting with Shisui’s successful Anbu squad, he returned to the border stronghold and reported to Tsunade.

• Kazuhiko permanently locked in Phantom Body Flicker and found that his physical strength had greatly increased, though his chakra was only 3.4 Kakashi.
• He equipped Dojutsu: Life Succession, which doubled his chakra to 6.8 Kakashi and expanded his perception range to nearly five kilometers.
• Kazuhiko decided to pursue permanent locks for Storm Release and Lightning Release Chakra Mode, then sensed Shisui’s squad returning after destroying a Kumogakure logistics unit and capturing its supplies.
• Kazuhiko told Shisui that false intelligence had left his own mission without a target, and the two squads returned together to the border stronghold.
• Shisui was astonished when Kazuhiko estimated he could maintain around fifteen Phantom Body Flickers, and Kazuhiko credited his progress to Mangekyō Sharingan changes.
• Kazuhiko and Shisui reported to Tsunade, who told Kazuhiko to rest and said she would be waiting in her room.

Fugaku showed Kazuhiko and Shisui the Uchiha’s preserved Sharingan and asked them to investigate the disappearance of two squads, which he suspected was a covert attempt to steal their eyes. Kazuhiko accepted the mission to infiltrate Kumogakure in exchange for learning Izanagi, then returned to Tsunade’s room.

• Fugaku told Kazuhiko and Shisui that Iwagakure’s orders treated Kazuhiko like the Fourth Hokage and showed them the clan’s stored Sharingan and a headless corpse.
• Fugaku explained that two Uchiha squads had vanished with all six members dead and their Sharingan missing, and suspected someone had stolen the eyes.
• Fugaku tasked Kazuhiko and Shisui with investigating in Kumogakure if the clan’s search found no clues, offering Izanagi as their reward.
• Kazuhiko considered the risks of infiltrating Kumogakure and retrieving the Sharingan, noting that only the Fourth Raikage and Killer B could threaten him and Shisui.
• Kazuhiko returned to Tsunade’s room and pulled her inside to kiss and embrace her.

Hyuga Ichiro and Tsunade grew closer as Tsunade recognized his dramatic increase in strength and accepted that he had won their bet. After learning that Fugaku planned to send Ichiro on a mission into Kumogakure, Tsunade arranged support and promised to help conceal his departure.

• Tsunade returned Hyuga Ichiro's advances, and he told her his physical abilities and chakra had greatly improved.
• Hyuga Ichiro said he could now defeat Tsunade, reminding her that she had lost their bet, and she warned him to keep their relationship secret.
• Hyuga Ichiro told Tsunade that Fugaku suspected Kumogakure had captured two Uchiha squads and stolen six Sharingan.
• Tsunade realized Hyuga Ichiro was being sent to infiltrate Kumogakure and urged him to take Shisui and Hyuga Ichiro with him.
• Hyuga Ichiro said he would leave the next night, and Tsunade granted him permission to cross the border and promised to conceal the mission.

Kazuhiko, Shisui, and Hyuga Ichiro infiltrated the Land of Lightning to investigate the missing Sharingan and the deaths of Uchiha squads. They entered Kumogakure through a weak point in its defenses and reached the western workshop district, where powerful barriers blocked Kazuhiko’s perception.

• Hyuga Ichiro told Kazuhiko and Shisui that Tsunade had erased their departure records and that he could assist for only three days.
• The trio searched the coastal cliffs where Uchiha Ueda’s squad had last appeared, but found no chakra traces.
• Kazuhiko led the group across the Land of Lightning toward Kumogakure and used the mountain thunderclouds to detect chakra and locate a route past its checkpoints.
• Kazuhiko guided the trio through the western workshop district’s unstable barriers, while Hyuga Ichiro used his Byakugan to avoid underground traps.
• As they reached the village’s forbidden-technique area, heavy Lightning Release barriers blocked Kazuhiko’s perception, and he turned to Hyuga Ichiro for help.

Kazuhiko, Shisui, and Hyuga Ichiro investigated Kumogakure’s forbidden experimental area and found evidence that the village had captured Uchiha ninja for their Sharingan. They discovered the eyes had been moved to Kumogakure’s heavily guarded forbidden area on Thunder Peak.

• Hyuga Ichiro used the Byakugan to find traces of several Kekkei Genkai, including Uzumaki and Hyuga chakra, inside Kumogakure’s laboratory.
• Kazuhiko and Shisui ambushed and killed two Kumogakure Anbu, then disguised themselves as the guards and entered the experimental zone.
• Kazuhiko identified fresh Uchiha chakra traces in the laboratory, confirming that Kumogakure had captured Uchiha squads to take their Sharingan.
• Kazuhiko found traces from all six pairs of Sharingan but learned they had been moved from the laboratory.
• Shisui concluded that the Sharingan had been transferred to Kumogakure’s forbidden area on Thunder Peak.