Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru dismissed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s objections to researching the First Hokage’s corpse and credited Genkawa with helping him become Hokage. In Kumogakure, Genkawa waited for the village’s ninjutsu scrolls while fishing, until an unseen visitor approached and attacked him.

• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Genkawa would probably never return to Konoha and argued that the village needed to strengthen its power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi objected to Orochimaru’s experiments on the First Hokage’s corpse, warned that Orochimaru would regret them, and left the Hokage’s office.
• Orochimaru continued his work, remarking that being Hokage was convenient and that he had Genkawa to thank for it.
• Genkawa Uchiha stayed in an unoccupied house in Kumogakure and spent several days fishing while he waited for A to gather the village’s ninjutsu scrolls.
• An unknown person crept up behind Genkawa as he fished, and Genkawa addressed the visitor without turning around.
• The visitor stopped behind Genkawa and threw a kunai at the back of his head.

Genkawa Uchiha caught Yugito Nii’s disguised approach and argued with her about fishing after she brought him a fish. Yugito Nii remembered Raikage A’s order to win Genkawa over, then sat beside him as he continued fishing.

• Yugito Nii threw a kunai at Genkawa Uchiha, but he recognized her because his Stereo Sensor detected her chakra.
• Yugito Nii revealed herself and asked what Genkawa was doing by the river, then pulled a fish from the water with her kunai and offered it to him.
• Genkawa rejected the fish and defended fishing as a matter of patience and atmosphere, prompting Yugito to recall Raikage A’s order to keep him in the village by winning him over.
• Yugito Nii offered Genkawa the fish again, but he refused and cast his line; she sat on a nearby rock beside him in silence.

Genkawa Uchiha settled into a comfortable daily routine with Yugito Nii while continuing his fruitless fishing trips. The Raikage, A, delivered Kumogakure’s accumulated ninjutsu and sealing techniques, and his brief farewell to Yugito Nii left Genkawa suspecting there was more between them.

• Yugito Nii prepared Genkawa Uchiha’s meals and cared for him while he fished without catching anything.
• Yugito Nii massaged Genkawa Uchiha’s shoulders as he teased her.
• The Raikage, A, arrived with more than ten Kumogakure ninja carrying six chests of the village’s ninjutsu and sealing techniques.
• Genkawa Uchiha inspected the scrolls and told the Raikage, A, that Kumogakure had recognized reality and satisfied him.
• The Raikage, A, told Yugito Nii to handle the rest, and Genkawa Uchiha sensed unspoken meaning in their exchange.

Genkawa Uchiha studied Kumogakure’s accumulated scrolls and used their knowledge to develop multiple techniques at a training ground. After obtaining some of Matatabi’s chakra, he created a tiny dark-red object that he believed was the origin of the Otsutsuki clan’s God Tree.

• Genkawa Uchiha spent more than half a month reading the scrolls Raikage A had sent him, while Yugito Nii brought him meals.
• Genkawa Uchiha began training outside Kumogakure and developed multiple techniques, drawing the attention of villagers watching from afar.
• Yugito Nii told Raikage A that Genkawa Uchiha had asked for some of Matatabi’s chakra and that she had given it to him.
• Raikage A told Yugito Nii to watch Genkawa Uchiha closely, while she wondered why she had wanted to conceal things for him.
• At the training ground, Genkawa Uchiha examined a tiny, dark-red piece of matter floating above his palm and said the Otsutsuki clan’s God Tree had probably begun with it.

Genkawa Uchiha tested an imitation God Tree Seed and resolved to keep refining it until he could create power that would let him endure forever. He decided he needed chakra from more Tailed Beasts and asked Yugito Nii to have Killer B brought to him for Gyuki's chakra.

• Genkawa Uchiha examined and ate his imitation God Tree Seed, finding that it modestly increased his chakra but could grant ordinary people broad chakra affinities and physical changes.
• Genkawa Uchiha reaffirmed his goal of creating an existence capable of rivaling or surpassing the God Tree through his own power.
• Genkawa Uchiha decided he needed more Tailed Beast chakra and planned to visit other villages to obtain it.
• Yugito Nii met Genkawa Uchiha at Kumogakure's entrance with dinner, and he ate grilled fish with her.
• Genkawa Uchiha asked Yugito Nii to tell A to send Killer B to him so he could obtain some of Gyuki's chakra, and she agreed to inform the Raikage.

Orochimaru accepted a White Zetsu corpse from Obito Uchiha, who claimed he wanted Konoha to grow stronger. After months of secrecy in Kumogakure, Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii left the village, leaving behind a diary that Raikage A began to read.

• Obito Uchiha brought Orochimaru a White Zetsu corpse to aid his research into Hashirama Cells, then left without naming what he wanted in return.
• Genkawa Uchiha extracted some of Gyuki's chakra from Killer B and restricted access to his training ground, where he worked for more than four months.
• Raikage A questioned Yugito Nii about Genkawa's activities, and she said he was still developing a new technique.
• An Anbu reported that Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii had left Kumogakure and presented Raikage A with the diary they had left behind.
• Raikage A read the diary's opening line, “I'm Kumogakure's daddy,” then ordered Killer B brought to him and began reading further.

Raikage A discovered from Genkawa Uchiha’s diary that Genkawa had left Kumogakure with Yugito Nii and planned to seek the Three-Tails’ chakra in Kirigakure. After sailing there for half a month, Genkawa and Yugito faced an attack by Kirigakure ninjas as their ship neared the coast.

• Raikage A read Genkawa Uchiha’s diary and learned that he had taken Yugito Nii away and intended to target the Three-Tails.
• Killer B admitted he had not kept watch on Genkawa, and Raikage A ordered Anbu to gather intelligence on Kirigakure instead of sending pursuers.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii sailed toward Kirigakure, where Genkawa hoped to obtain the Three-Tails’ chakra and disrupt Obito Uchiha’s control of Karatachi Yagura.
• After half a month at sea, Genkawa and Yugito spotted Kirigakure’s misty coast and saw masked ninjas approach their ship.
• The Kirigakure ninjas charged the ship after their leader ordered them to kill everyone aboard, and Yugito prepared to fight.

Yugito Nii defeated the Kirigakure rogue ninjas attacking the merchant ship, while Genkawa Uchiha learned they had mistaken it for a supply vessel. The captured rogue realized that his attack had led Kirigakure Anbu to the scene.

• Yugito Nii charged the Kirigakure ninjas and swiftly defeated many of them in the fog, leaving several dead and others wounded.
• Yugito Nii captured a middle-aged rogue ninja and brought him to Genkawa Uchiha.
• Genkawa Uchiha used his Sharingan to make the rogue explain that his group opposed Kirigakure's Bloody Mist Policy and had attacked because they mistook the ship for a supply vessel.
• Genkawa Uchiha pointed out three ships carrying Kirigakure Anbu emerging from the fog, and the captured rogue reacted in shock.

Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii watched Kirigakure Anbu capture the rogue ninja, then confronted them after the Anbu attacked. Genkawa immobilized the attackers with a shadow technique, and Karatachi Yagura appeared, leaving Genkawa questioning why the Mizukage had ordered an attack despite recognizing him.

• Kirigakure Anbu arrived by ship and captured the wounded rogue ninja and collected the bodies.
• Genkawa Uchiha asked the cat-masked Anbu whether they had deliberately lured the rogue ninja, then claimed he and Yugito Nii were only visiting Kirigakure.
• A fox-masked Anbu attacked Genkawa Uchiha, but Yugito Nii knocked away his kunai.
• The cat-masked Anbu ordered the others to kill Genkawa Uchiha, and Yugito Nii blocked their attacks.
• Genkawa Uchiha linked the Anbu's shadows and immobilized them, then called out the person on the last ship.
• Karatachi Yagura appeared, and Genkawa Uchiha asked why he had attacked despite recognizing him.

Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii encountered Karatachi Yagura and Kirigakure Anbu aboard a merchant vessel, where the Anbu attacked despite recognizing Genkawa. After Yugito subdued them, Genkawa sent her to confront the strangely silent Mizukage, and their fight began as she entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation.

• Genkawa Uchiha questioned why Karatachi Yagura's Kirigakure Anbu attacked him despite recognizing him, while Yagura watched in silence.
• Yugito Nii swiftly defeated the attacking Anbu without killing them and shielded Genkawa from their attacks.
• Genkawa asked Karatachi Yagura whether he still had a sense of self, but Yagura drew his Coral Staff instead of answering.
• Genkawa sent Yugito to confront Yagura and told her to use the technique he had taught her.
• Yugito entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and faced Yagura as the merchant vessel lurched and she launched forward.

Yugito Nii fought Karatachi Yagura while Genkawa Uchiha discovered that Sharingan genjutsu was controlling him. After Yugito Nii subdued Yagura, he transformed into the giant Isobu, leaving Genkawa Uchiha wondering whether he had become the villain.

• Karatachi Yagura used Water Mirror Jutsu to create a copy of Yugito Nii, but she outmaneuvered it with her Fire Style Chakra Mode and destroyed it.
• Genkawa Uchiha used his Byakugan to discover foreign Sharingan genjutsu chakra controlling Karatachi Yagura and realized the Kirigakure Anbu were controlled as well.
• Yugito Nii attacked Karatachi Yagura, and the two clashed in Partial Tailed Beast Transformation as their battle battered the ships and sea.
• Yugito Nii used her teleportation technique to reach Karatachi Yagura and pierce his neck with Two-Tails chakra, suppressing his transformation and briefly clearing his eyes.
• Karatachi Yagura roared and transformed into Isobu, prompting Genkawa Uchiha to wonder if he had become the villain.

Genkawa Uchiha freed Karatachi Yagura from the genjutsu controlling him, then began extracting some of Isobu’s chakra. Kirigakure’s leaders and forces arrived to find Genkawa standing over their weakened Mizukage, leaving his intentions open to suspicion.

• Genkawa Uchiha told Yugito Nii to stand down and approached the fully transformed Isobu as it prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Genkawa used his Mangekyō and chakra needles to remove the genjutsu controlling Isobu and Karatachi Yagura, ending the transformation and catching Yagura as he fell.
• Karatachi Yagura woke and asked Genkawa why he had come to Kirigakure; Genkawa said he wanted some of Isobu’s chakra and began extracting it from Yagura.
• Kirigakure’s old man, young woman, and ninja arrived through the fog and saw Genkawa drawing pale red chakra from their weakened Mizukage.
• Genkawa glanced at the newcomers and joked that he was not good at showing off on purpose.

Genkawa Uchiha extracted some of Isobu’s chakra from Karatachi Yagura while Kirigakure ninja attacked him, forcing Yugito Nii to hold them off. Karatachi Yagura briefly regained awareness but fainted before he could respond.

• Kirigakure ninja charged Genkawa Uchiha as he drew Tailed Beast chakra from Karatachi Yagura, and he told Yugito Nii to hold them back.
• Yugito Nii blocked the attacks with a wall of Fire Style chakra and fought the Kirigakure ninja without killing them.
• Mei Terumi attacked Yugito Nii with Lava Style and Boil Style techniques, but Yugito avoided both.
• Genkawa Uchiha recognized Mei Terumi and Genji while continuing to extract chakra from Karatachi Yagura.
• Karatachi Yagura seemed to regain awareness, then fainted before he could speak.

Genkawa Uchiha froze the sea and most of the Kirigakure forces after they attacked to reclaim the unconscious Karatachi Yagura. He sealed the chakra he had extracted and prepared to leave with Yugito Nii, but Genji stopped him.

• The Kirigakure ninja grew furious when Karatachi Yagura lost consciousness and attacked Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii with renewed desperation.
• Yugito Nii fought back as the attackers pressed in, until Genkawa Uchiha told her to fall back.
• Genkawa Uchiha used Ice Style: Ice Age, freezing the sea and turning the surrounding Kirigakure ninja into ice sculptures.
• Mei Terumi survived by raising a Lava Style barrier, while Genji and his two guards protected themselves with techniques but were partly trapped in ice.
• Genkawa Uchiha sealed the pale red chakra he had taken from Karatachi Yagura, then left with Yugito Nii.
• Genji stopped Genkawa Uchiha and told him he could not leave, prompting Genkawa to question whether he was serious.

Genkawa Uchiha explained that he had freed Karatachi Yagura from eye-based control and extracted Tailed Beast chakra to develop ninjutsu. Genji accepted his explanation and allowed him to take more chakra, leaving Mei Terumi and the others stunned.

• Mei Terumi and Genji confronted Genkawa Uchiha among the frozen Kirigakure shinobi, and Genji asked why he had come to Kirigakure.
• Genkawa Uchiha healed Karatachi Yagura and explained that eyes like his Mangekyō Sharingan had controlled the Mizukage and likely enabled the Bloody Mist Policy.
• Karatachi Yagura confirmed Genkawa Uchiha's account by silently nodding to Genji.
• Genji asked why Genkawa Uchiha had extracted Tailed Beast chakra, and Genkawa said he wanted it to develop ninjutsu.
• Genji trusted Genkawa Uchiha and permitted him to extract more Tailed Beast chakra from Karatachi Yagura, astonishing the others.

Genji persuaded Karatachi Yagura to let Genkawa Uchiha extract more Tailed Beast chakra, presenting it as repayment for saving him and a consequence of his past failures. Genkawa began the extraction while Genji revealed Kirigakure had already suspected something was wrong with Yagura and had used Ao to investigate.

• Karatachi Yagura, Mei Terumi, Genkawa Uchiha, and Yugito Nii reacted with surprise and barely contained laughter when Genji asked for another Tailed Beast chakra extraction.
• Genji rebuked Karatachi Yagura for being controlled and causing trouble for Kirigakure, then argued that Yagura should repay Genkawa Uchiha for saving him.
• Karatachi Yagura accepted the request and lay down on a wooden board, while Genkawa Uchiha questioned whether the extraction could kill him.
• Genji admitted Kirigakure had secretly been testing Yagura and said Ao had used his Byakugan to notice that something was wrong.
• Genkawa Uchiha dismissed Genji's concern about Ao's Byakugan, then placed his hand on Karatachi Yagura's lower abdomen and began extracting chakra.

Genkawa Uchiha extracted more Tailed Beast chakra from Karatachi Yagura and rejected Genji’s invitation to stay in Kirigakure. After he left, Genji regretted losing the chance to acquire his bloodlines and suggested Mei Terumi marry him, enraging her.

• Genkawa Uchiha completed a second extraction of Tailed Beast chakra from Karatachi Yagura and sealed it in a scroll.
• Genji invited Genkawa Uchiha to stay in Kirigakure, but Genkawa distrusted his motives and walked away with Yugito Nii.
• Genji watched Genkawa Uchiha leave and lamented that Kirigakure had missed a chance to benefit from his Byakugan and Sharingan.
• Genji suggested that Mei Terumi unite with Genkawa Uchiha to bring his bloodlines to Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi angrily rebuked Genji and cursed Genkawa Uchiha as he disappeared into the mist.

Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii left Kirigakure and traveled by ship toward the Land of Fire, where Genkawa set Sunagakure as their next destination. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha decided to use his backup plan and took Madara Uchiha’s corpse from its coffin, sealing it into a scroll before leaving the cave with Zetsu.

• Genkawa Uchiha left Kirigakure with Yugito Nii and joked that he had to escape before the old man tempted him with a woman.
• Genkawa Uchiha paid a cargo ship captain to take them to an island, then continued west by passenger ship.
• Genkawa Uchiha and Yugito Nii reached a port in the Land of Fire, where Genkawa named Sunagakure as their next stop.
• Obito Uchiha learned that his plans in Kirigakure had been disrupted and agreed to use his backup plan despite Black Zetsu’s warning.
• Obito Uchiha opened a coffin in a hidden chamber, sealed Madara Uchiha’s corpse into a scroll, and left the cave with Zetsu.

Orochimaru oversaw the creation of short-lived clones in his laboratory before meeting Obito Uchiha, who offered White Zetsu bodies in exchange for the improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. Orochimaru agreed, and Obito left to prepare for a coming conflict involving Madara Uchiha and Genkawa.

• Orochimaru reviewed the cloning project and ordered his researchers to prepare three vessels, each with an estimated lifespan of ten years.
• Orochimaru dismissed the researchers and met Obito Uchiha in a secluded room beneath the laboratory.
• Obito Uchiha presented two White Zetsu corpses and asked for Orochimaru's improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu so he could revive Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru agreed to provide the jutsu when needed, but asked what Obito intended to do after reviving Madara.
• Obito said he intended to defeat Genkawa, and Orochimaru remarked that he could revive the First and Second Hokage in response.
• Obito disappeared into the shadows, warning that the Ninja World would soon change, while Orochimaru returned to watch the clone in its container.

Obito Uchiha used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Madara Uchiha with a Special-Model White Zetsu, secretly seeking Madara’s power. Madara learned that it was the fifty-second year of Konoha and asked whether his plan had been thrown into disorder.

• Obito Uchiha learned that the Byakugan-wielding man he was tracking had stopped in a town in the Land of Fire, but decided to proceed with Madara Uchiha’s revival.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu brought the Special-Model White Zetsu to Madara Uchiha’s corpse and prepared the Impure World Reincarnation ritual.
• Obito Uchiha performed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and drove a special kunai into the forming body, saying that he needed Madara’s power.
• Madara Uchiha revived in a Reanimated Body, asked what year it was, and learned it was the fifty-second year of Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha asked Obito Uchiha whether the plan he had arranged had been completely thrown into disorder.