Chapter Summaries

Genya defeated and gravely wounded Rasa, then took Pakura toward the Dragon Vein in Rōran. Back in Sunagakure, Gaara spared Rasa but attacked Kankuro, while Obito arrived at Rōran to seek power from Mukade.

• Genya broke free from Rasa’s Gold Dust Grand Burial, shattered his defenses, and wounded him with a Lightning Spear as Rasa fled toward Sunagakure.
• Genya retrieved his scroll and left with Pakura for the Dragon Vein in the ancient city of Rōran.
• Rasa returned to his office gravely wounded, and Gaara left to summon medical ninja instead of killing him.
• Gaara threw Kankuro into a wall after Kankuro grabbed him, then warned him not to provoke him again.
• Obito arrived at the ruins of Rōran, where Mukade greeted him as Lord Madara.

Obito, posing as Uchiha Madara, searched for the Dragon Vein with Mukade and ordered Biwa Juzo to kill Kakashi’s team. The two groups clashed in the ruins of Rōran, where Obito confronted Kakashi and alluded to Rin’s death.

• Obito recruited Mukade as a guide to the Dragon Vein and ordered Biwa Juzo to eliminate Kakashi and the other Konoha ninja.
• Biwa Juzo killed a giant mutated scorpion, and Obito’s group set out to attack Kakashi’s team.
• Kakashi, Gekko Hayate, and Yamato fought through a swarm of giant ants, then faced Obito, Biwa Juzo, and Mukade after Yamato blocked their Water Dragon Bullet.
• Kakashi questioned Obito about his Sharingan, and Obito claimed to be Uchiha Madara before dismissing Kakashi and referring to Rin’s death.

Genya and Pakura arrived at the ruins of Rōran and helped turn the confrontation with Obito’s group into a standoff. After Obito escaped, Genya revealed Obito’s identity and Madara’s role in Rin’s death to Kakashi; the chapter ended as the group prepared to search for the Dragon Vein, with Genya claiming he had a way to find it.

• Obito, Biwa Juzo, and Mukade fought Kakashi, Yamato, and Gekko Hayate, gaining the upper hand until Genya and Pakura arrived.
• Genya identified the masked man as Uchiha Obito, and Obito used Kamui to escape with Biwa Juzo and Mukade.
• Genya told Kakashi that Madara had saved Obito and orchestrated Rin Nohara’s death, prompting Kakashi to vow to bring Obito back to Konoha.
• After resting for more than two hours, the group set out to find the Dragon Vein, and Genya said he had a method to locate it.

Genya tracked the Dragon Vein beneath Rōran and arrived as Mukade absorbed its power, turning against Obito and Biwa Juzo. Genya destroyed Mukade’s puppet and attacked the giant form empowered by the Dragon Vein, with his Five Elements: Super Wheel-Karma Rasengan striking where Mukade’s real body was.

• Genya used Wood Release roots to locate the Dragon Vein and discovered Obito and his companions heading toward it.
• Obito and Biwa Juzo fought the Silver-Scaled Giant Lizard while Mukade absorbed the seal and Dragon Vein’s power into his spider puppet.
• Mukade betrayed Obito and Biwa Juzo, defeated the guardian lizard, and attacked them; Obito saved Biwa Juzo with Kamui.
• Genya’s group arrived, and Genya used Susanoo to destroy Mukade’s spider puppet before Mukade rebuilt it with Dragon Vein power.
• Mukade pulled Genya into a desert whirlpool, but Genya escaped and struck the puppet’s head with Five Elements: Super Wheel-Karma Rasengan.

Genya defeated the Dragon Vein at Rōran and absorbed its power, raising his Wood Release to level 5. Obito escaped after confronting Kakashi, while Biwa Juzo was killed on Genya’s orders.

• After Mukade died, the Dragon Vein emerged from its seal, and Genya sent the others away before attacking it in Sage Mode.
• Genya used Wood Release, Susanoo, and combined fire and wind techniques to overpower the Dragon Vein, then drained its chakra and unlocked three Wood Release secret techniques.
• Genya spotted Obito and Biwa Juzo hiding in the ruins and wounded them with a lightning spear, revealing Obito’s face to Kakashi.
• Obito accused Kakashi over Rin’s death and invited him to help create a world where Rin existed, but Genya attacked as Obito tried to escape.
• Obito escaped with Kamui, and Genya ordered Gekko Hayate to kill the injured Biwa Juzo, who was beheaded.

Akatsuki prepared to hunt the Tailed Beasts after Obito reported that Uchiha Genya had defeated him and taken the Dragon Vein, while Asuma completed Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Mode training and was ordered to bring the White Snake Sage one hundred human offerings. Asuma encountered Kurenai Yuhi on a mission and revealed himself to her.

• Rasa told Granny Chiyo that Konoha's Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Genya, had defeated him, and vowed that Sunagakure would not let it go.
• Obito told the Deva Path that Uchiha Genya had taken the Dragon Vein, prompting Akatsuki to summon its members and begin organizing Tailed Beast missions.
• The Deva Path divided Akatsuki into teams and assigned Sasori and Deidara to seek out the Konoha rogue ninja Hiruko.
• Asuma endured Ryūchi Cave’s venomous training, gained Sage Mode, and agreed to find one hundred living offerings for the White Snake Sage.
• Kurenai Yuhi and her Genin were ambushed by venomous snakes, but Tsunade’s antidote pills helped them recover.
• Asuma appeared before Kurenai Yuhi in a transformed, snake-like state and told her he had missed her.

Asuma attacked Kurenai Yuhi and her team after transforming through his newfound power, but Might Guy drove him off. Back in Konoha, Genya arranged housing for Pakura and learned from Kurenai and Guy that Asuma had become a threat with strength above elite Jonin level.

• Asuma tried to take Kurenai Yuhi to Ryūchi Cave and attacked the fleeing Genin, but Kurenai defended them until Might Guy arrived and kicked him away.
• Asuma urged Might Guy to join his revenge against Konoha, but Guy refused, and Asuma escaped into the forest in snake form.
• Genya returned to Konoha with his Wood Release raised to level 5, while Kakashi withdrew into solitude over Obito's revelation about Rin.
• Genya asked Fugaku to help house Pakura, and Yukino agreed to let her settle near the Uchiha.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Might Guy reported Asuma's attack to Genya, who suspected a connection to Orochimaru or Ryūchi Cave; Guy estimated Asuma was stronger than an elite Jonin.

Genya ordered Kakashi to search for Dragon Veins so he could grow stronger, then used the Five Elements Unseal on Naruto to reach the Nine-Tails. The chapter ended as Genya entered the dim space inside Naruto.

• Genya warned Kurenai that he would kill Asuma if he found him and would not tolerate betrayal.
• Tsunade told Genya that the poison affecting a Genin likely came from Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode, though she did not know the cave’s location.
• Might Guy comforted Kakashi at the cemetery and gave him the latest volume of Icha Icha Paradise.
• Genya planned to seek Dragon Veins for energy and tasked Kakashi with having the Anbu search for them.
• Genya called Naruto aside and used the Five Elements Unseal to make contact with the Nine-Tails.

Genya confronted the Nine-Tails and warned him about the Akatsuki, while Rasa negotiated an alliance with Iwagakure and Gaara fought Han to a draw. The chapter ended with Hiruko ambushing Chukichi to take his kekkei genkai.

• Genya revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to the Nine-Tails, tore apart its genjutsu attack, and warned it that the Akatsuki sought the Tailed Beasts; the Nine-Tails was left thinking as Genya departed.
• Rasa brought Gaara and Baki to Iwagakure to negotiate an alliance with Ōnoki, who demanded Sunagakure surrender half of a list of its ninja; Rasa agreed.
• Han challenged Gaara to a spar, and the two Jinchuriki fought evenly until Shukaku nearly went berserk and Rasa sealed it with Gold Dust.
• Hiruko ambushed Chukichi's scouting team, killed its other three members, and demanded that Chukichi come with him to become his third kekkei genkai target.
• Hiruko attacked Chukichi with Storm Release: Laser Circus, but Chukichi absorbed the ninjutsu with Dark Release.

Hiruko acquired Chukichi’s Dark Release and set out to capture Gari, while Genya ordered Konoha to reinforce its borders amid rising tensions. On his way to the Land of Earth, Hiruko was found by Sasori and Deidara, refused Akatsuki’s invitation, and escaped their first attack with Swift Release before counterattacking.

• Hiruko extracted Chukichi’s genes and gained the Dark Release Kekkei Genkai, then decided to capture Gari and pursue Kakashi’s Sharingan.
• Shikaku informed Genya that Sunagakure and Iwagakure had increased border provocations, and Genya ordered Shisui and Kaguya Chokū to lead Anbu patrols with permission to kill attackers.
• Sasori and Deidara encountered Hiruko while searching for him and invited him to join Akatsuki, explaining that Orochimaru had revealed his existence.
• Hiruko refused to join Akatsuki, and Deidara attacked him with Clay Bombs; Hiruko dodged with Swift Release and countered with Storm Release: Thunder Cloud Inner Wave.

Hiruko escaped Deidara and Sasori after overwhelming them with Storm Release and explosive feathers. Meanwhile, Shisui led a disguised Anbu team in ambushing Sunagakure ninja and framing Iwagakure, while Gaara urged the Sand ninja to massacre Konoha shinobi.

• Hiruko used lightning and his Giant Bird’s explosive feathers to drive Deidara and Sasori away, then Sasori reported the encounter to Lord Deva Path.
• Shisui and three elite Anbu disguised themselves as ordinary Konoha shinobi and waited for Sunagakure ninja to attack.
• Dosu and his men ambushed Shisui’s team, but Shisui trapped the attackers in genjutsu, killed Dosu, and ordered his team to make the scene look like Iwagakure’s work.
• Baki investigated the dead Sunagakure ninja and rejected the suggestion that Iwagakure was responsible, while Gaara called for Konoha shinobi to be killed.
• Shisui’s team continued hunting Sunagakure ninja and framing Iwagakure, leading Baki to suspect that Iwagakure’s alliance might be a deception.

Hyuga Hiashi asked Nami to appeal to Genya on behalf of the Hyuga clan, and Genya assured her he would not make things difficult for Hiashi if he acted carefully. In the Land of Rivers, Shisui’s squad fought Gaara, whose sand defense cracked after their coordinated attacks.

• Gaara grew increasingly unstable as Baki urged him to return to the village, but Gaara left after warning Baki to stay out of his business.
• Hiashi asked Nami to explain the Hyuga clan’s situation to Genya, and Nami reluctantly agreed to try.
• Nami raised Hiashi’s situation with Genya, who told her to reassure Hiashi that he would not make things difficult for him if he handled matters carefully.
• Shisui and his squad encountered Gaara after killing Sunagakure reconnaissance teams in the Land of Rivers.
• Shisui’s squad coordinated sword, water, and explosive-tag attacks, weakening Gaara’s sand shell and provoking his threat to bury them.

Shisui fought Gaara and the awakened One-Tail Shukaku, then escaped after waking Gaara and ending the transformation. At the Konoha-Iwagakure border, Kaguya Chokū began a high-speed attack against Gari.

• Shisui used Sage Mode to wound Gaara, whose anger led him to awaken Shukaku with the Feigning Sleep Technique.
• Shukaku overpowered Shisui's Susanoo, forcing Shisui to abandon it and rush toward Gaara.
• Shisui slapped Gaara awake, causing Shukaku to turn back into sand, then fled while exhausted.
• Kaguya Chokū traded taunts with Gari as their border battle continued without a clear victor.
• Kaguya Chokū formed a spinning drill of bone on his arm and leaped toward Gari at high speed.

Hiruko rescued Gari from Kaguya Chokū and fled toward Mount Sumeru to harvest his bloodline. Back in Konoha, Shisui collapsed after overusing his Mangekyō, and Genya convinced Tsunade to study his cells after proving his strength in a fight.

• Kaguya Chokū overwhelmed Gari with Sage-enhanced Shikotsumyaku, but Hiruko absorbed his attack with Dark Release and escaped with Gari on a giant bird.
• Hiruko planned to extract Gari's bloodline and later lure Kakashi to his laboratory using the Puppet Technique he had planted on him.
• Genya gave the returning Anbu five days off, but Shisui collapsed from the strain of fighting Shukaku with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tsunade explained that Shisui's overused eye might recover only after years, and warned that further heavy use could make him go blind.
• Genya proposed using his cells to strengthen the Uchiha and restore Shisui's eye, then challenged Tsunade to test his strength at Shikkotsu Forest.
• Genya easily blocked and defeated Tsunade, who admitted she had underestimated him and agreed to help research his cells.

Genya kissed Tsunade after she provoked him, then escaped to Konoha, where Jiraiya’s challenge ended with his arrest. The next day, Genya avoided Tsunade at the hospital and visited the recovering Shisui.

• Genya kissed Tsunade and fled Shikkotsu Forest, leaving her furious and exhausted.
• Genya met Jiraiya at Naruto and Sasuke’s training ground and agreed to a fight that night.
• Yashiro and the Uchiha Military Police arrested Jiraiya for provoking the Hokage and sentenced him to five days in prison.
• Genya visited Shikkotsu Forest, noticed the damage Tsunade had caused, and converted chakra from his Shadow Clones into Sharingan energy points.
• Genya went to Konoha Hospital, learned from Shizune that Tsunade was resting at home, and visited the awakened Shisui.

Genya studied how to restore Shisui's ruined Mangekyo and enlisted Hyuga Hiashi to help guide his chakra into the eye. With Shisui's consent, Genya began the risky treatment, entering Sage Mode and using Wood Release to send fine tendrils into Shisui's chest.

• Genya questioned Shisui about the different abilities of his two Kotoamatsukami eyes.
• Genya spent seven days and nights studying laboratory records for a way to restore Shisui's ruined Mangekyo.
• Tsunade heard about Genya's efforts from Shizune, while Jiraiya teased her about Genya and was thrown into a river.
• Genya realized he needed a Hyuga to track and guide his chakra, so he asked Hiashi for help.
• Genya and Hiashi visited Shisui in the hospital, and Shisui agreed to the risky attempt to restore his eye.
• Genya entered Sage Mode and began the treatment by sending tiny Wood Release tendrils through Shisui's skin into his chest.

Genya restored Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan and proposed using Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to try to awaken Itachi’s Mangekyo. He then approached Tsunade about studying his powerful cells, hoping they could help strengthen the Uchiha.

• Genya and Hiashi spent hours channeling Sage Mode chakra through Mushu into Shisui’s damaged eye until his Mangekyo Sharingan recovered.
• Shisui reunited with his family, then tested his restored eyes by manifesting his Susanoo at the Uchiha training ground.
• Genya suggested that Shisui use Kotoamatsukami to create an illusion of despair and awaken Itachi’s Mangekyo; Itachi agreed to try, pending preparations with Fugaku.
• Genya visited Tsunade with bananas, and she recognized that he wanted her to study his unusually powerful cells.
• Genya intended Tsunade’s research to help strengthen the Uchiha and reduce the risk of blindness from Mangekyo use.

Genya helped Shisui use Kotoamatsukami to create an alternate life for Itachi, allowing him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Itachi began training to develop its ocular powers, while the method remained experimental and Shisui’s eyes appeared unharmed.

• Tsunade took Genya to Konoha Hospital’s underground laboratory, where Ayako drew a large tube of his blood for research.
• Fugaku asked Genya whether Shisui’s genjutsu could help Itachi awaken the Mangekyō, and Genya said it was theoretically possible.
• At Naka Shrine, Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to make Itachi experience an alternate life spanning more than twenty years, including the Uchiha massacre and his death.
• After the genjutsu ended, Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, thanked Genya and Shisui, and apologized to Fugaku for the crimes he had committed in the illusion.
• Shisui felt he had overused his eyes, but Genya found that they appeared unharmed, and the group kept the experimental awakening method secret.
• During later training, Itachi struggled with the Mangekyō’s strain, and Shisui advised him to train steadily and learn to awaken its ocular powers through experience.

Genya oversaw the serum research, interrupted Naruto and Sasuke’s training when Naruto’s Nine-Tails power overwhelmed Sasuke, and then returned to the Uchiha compound. The chapter ended with someone violently knocking on his door after he had spent time with Yugito.

• Itachi reunited with Izumi, and the two went out together for Three-Color Dango while Shisui teased him.
• Tsunade told Genya that his highly active cells could help produce a body-strengthening serum, and Ayako drew more of his blood.
• Genya met Jiraiya, then watched Naruto and Sasuke spar as Sasuke used his newly awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Naruto’s Nine-Tails chakra gave him two tails, and Genya restrained and beat him before absorbing some of the chakra.
• Genya returned to the Uchiha compound, spent time with Yugito, and heard someone violently knock on the door.

Hiruko declared war on the five great hidden villages and controlled Kakashi, prompting Genya to send Itachi and a team to retrieve him. At Mount Sumeru, Itachi's group encountered Sasori and Deidara fighting Kumogakure shinobi led by Darui.

• Hiruko announced that he had taken four Kekkei Genkai and planned to claim Kakashi's to become an immortal shinobi and start the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Genya ordered Nami to recall Kakashi, then argued with Ōnoki and Rasa during an alliance meeting and refused to accept blame for Hiruko's actions.
• A messenger bird reported that Kakashi had attacked his teammates and vanished, so Genya sent Itachi, Hyuga Sora, Inuzuka Hana, and Pakura to bring him back.
• Genya gave Itachi a Flying Thunder God-marked wooden kunai as a way to reach him if the team faced danger.
• Itachi led the team to the Jinlun Mountain Range, where they found Sasori and Deidara fighting Darui, Samui, and Adaka from Kumogakure.