Chapter Summaries

Shin trapped Senju Tobirama in a barrier and used his knowledge of the Flying Thunder God Technique to outmaneuver and bind him. As Shin moved to kill Tobirama, the barrier broke and vines stopped his kunai just short of Tobirama’s heart.

• Shin decided to kill Senju Tobirama while keeping his identity and abilities concealed.
• Tobirama tried to counter Shin’s attacks with water techniques and the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Shin anticipated his movements.
• Shin pursued Tobirama while sealing chains spread across the battlefield and eventually bound him to a tree.
• Shin revealed the Whirlpool Mask beneath his robe and plunged a kunai toward Tobirama’s heart.
• The barrier shattered, and vines wrapped around Shin’s arm, stopping the kunai an inch from Tobirama’s heart.

Senju Hashirama and the Root ninja Yan reached a Yin-Yang Release barrier, which Yan broke with an Ancient Ninjutsu. They arrived as Shin prepared to stab Senju Tobirama, and Hashirama attacked him, but Shin slipped free of the restraints.

• Yan guided Senju Hashirama through the forest to a barrier surrounding the area near Tobirama.
• Hashirama's Wood Style attacks failed to damage the barrier, and Yan explained that only Yin-Yang Release or Senjutsu could break it.
• Yan used Yin-Yang Release and Ancient Ninjutsu Hand Seals to shatter the barrier.
• Hashirama found Senju Tobirama bound by golden chains as Shin raised a Kunai to stab him, and Hashirama restrained Shin with Wood Style.
• Shin escaped the vines and Hashirama's wooden hand, while Hashirama reached Tobirama and demanded to know who Shin was.

Shin, disguised as Owl, confronted Hashirama and Tobirama, blaming Hashirama’s Tailed Beast Peace Plan for starting the war. He chose to fight rather than abandon his plan to kill Tobirama, and the chapter ended with the two men clashing in a Wood Style battle.

• Shin sensed a mysterious Root ninja, whose presence briefly overwhelmed him before the ninja vanished without Hashirama or Tobirama noticing.
• Hashirama freed Tobirama and demanded to know who Shin was, while Tobirama identified him as Owl and accused him of leaking the supply route and provoking the war.
• Shin blamed Hashirama’s Tailed Beast Peace Plan for the war and hoped the accusation would make Hashirama question himself and clear suspicion from Shin’s identity.
• Hashirama invited Owl to Konoha, but Shin decided he would kill Tobirama even if he had to fight Hashirama.
• Hashirama and Shin used identical Wood Style techniques against each other, and Tobirama recognized Shin as the one who had attacked the Hozuki Clan and framed Hashirama.

Shin used Wood Style and Intangibility to outmaneuver Senju Hashirama and reach the weakened Senju Tobirama. After binding Hashirama with the Heavenly Seal, Shin killed Tobirama, who fell wondering if this was how he would die.

• Shin and Senju Hashirama fought with Wood Style as Senju Tobirama struggled to recover from the chakra-suppressing energy in his body.
• Senju Hashirama trapped Shin with a Wood Dragon, but Shin escaped with Intangibility and struck Hashirama with Wood Style: Cutting Technique.
• Senju Hashirama caught what he thought was Shin, only for the black-robed figure to vanish as a Shadow Clone.
• Shin bound Senju Hashirama with the Heavenly Seal and rushed toward Senju Tobirama before the sealing technique wore off.
• Senju Tobirama tried to delay Shin with Water Style, but Shin used Forest Binding to pin him down and cut him with a Kunai.
• Senju Tobirama collapsed and died while Shin's sealing technique held Senju Hashirama in place.

Hashirama unleashed his full Sage Mode power against Shin after believing Tobirama had fallen, forcing Shin to flee into the Kamui Dimension. Hashirama’s golden Wood Dragon followed him through space, but Shin stopped and destroyed it with his Eternal Mangekyo and Yin-Yang Release.

• Hashirama broke free of Shin’s chains and pinned him beneath five Gates of the Great God.
• Hashirama summoned the True Buddha Transformation Technique and sent its golden Wood Dragon after Shin.
• Shin escaped through a spatial vortex into the Kamui Dimension, believing he had taken Tobirama out.
• Hashirama’s Wood Dragon tore through space and pursued Shin into the Kamui Dimension.
• Shin slowed time, struck the dragon with a phantom sword, and dissolved it into chakra.
• Shin praised Hashirama’s attack as his cloak and Whirlpool Mask shattered.

After Tobirama died from a wound to the heart, Hashirama resolved to sacrifice his life to bring him back. A masked shinobi called Yan secretly revived Tobirama with an unknown technique, and Hashirama found his brother alive when he returned.

• Shin put on a black robe and a new Whirlpool Mask after completing his plan.
• Hashirama rushed to Tobirama and found him dead from a Kunai wound through the heart.
• Yan explained that ordinary medical ninjutsu could not save Tobirama and described several resurrection techniques.
• Hashirama chose Water Creation Jutsu, willing to die, but Yan told him to leave while he worked.
• Hashirama sensed a powerful chakra surge, then returned to find Yan gone and Tobirama's heart beating again.

Shin intercepted the First Tsuchikage and Gagada after suspecting someone had manipulated events to bring Hashirama to the battlefield. When they attacked him, Shin unleashed the Sword of Time, leaving their fate unclear.

• Shin sensed a surge of life chakra and concluded that the ninja accompanying Hashirama was connected to the unexpected events.
• The First Tsuchikage and Gagada flew toward the battlefield, discussing Mū’s future as the next Tsuchikage.
• Shin appeared before them and confronted the First Tsuchikage for deliberately revealing his information.
• Gagada taunted Shin, and the First Tsuchikage and Gagada attacked with Dust Release and C4: Garuda.
• Shin swung the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, erasing their ninjutsu and leaving the First Tsuchikage and Gagada staring at him in terror.

Shin killed the First Tsuchikage and Gagada with the Sword of Time, then ended the Kirigakure front with a devastating assault. Meanwhile, Hashirama helped Konoha drive Iwagakure back, and he called for the war to end quickly so they could expose the organization behind the attacks.

• Shin used the Sword of Time to age the First Tsuchikage and Gagada to dust.
• Shin ordered an all-out assault on Kirigakure, personally clearing the mist and defeating its resistance with his Complete Body Susanoo.
• The First Mizukage retreated with his trusted subordinates, and Kirigakure withdrew from the Land of Fire after losing nearly half its shinobi.
• At the Iwagakure front, the Inuzuka Clan Head met Hashirama, who brought Tobirama back and led a counterattack that forced Iwagakure to retreat.
• The Nara Clan Head told Hashirama that Ino-Shika-Cho had been intercepted, and Hashirama insisted the war had to end so Konoha could uncover the hidden organization.

Hashirama, Shin, and Madara drove Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure into surrender, bringing the First Shinobi World War to an end. As the fighting concluded, Shin learned that Tobirama was alive and suspected someone had revived him.

• Hashirama pursued Iwagakure into its territory and forced Mū to sign a costly surrender treaty.
• After Hashirama sent word that the Land of Wind front was in danger, Shin led a small group to help defeat the First Kazekage and force Sunagakure to surrender.
• Shin learned that Tobirama was supporting Hashirama, despite having stabbed him through the heart, and wondered whether a resurrection technique had brought him back.
• Shin joined Hashirama and Madara at the Kumogakure Battlefield, where their combined forces drove the First Raikage into retreat.
• Hashirama, Madara, and Shin defeated Kumogakure and forced the First Raikage to sign a humiliating treaty, ending the six-month war.

After Konoha returned from the war, Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama investigated the mysterious Yan and the organization connected to Owl. Tobirama suspected that someone in Konoha's High Command had leaked Hashirama's confidential Tailed Beast Peace Plan, leaving only five people as suspects.

• Konoha distributed war rewards and spent a month settling the spoils before returning to an uneasy calm.
• Senju Tobirama reported that no Root member used the codename Yan and that he had received no warning before the Tsuchikage ambushed him.
• Senju Tobirama connected the red-cloud organization to Owl and identified the resurfaced Takigakure shinobi Kakuzu, but Senju Hashirama said the information offered no lead to Owl.
• Senju Tobirama warned Senju Hashirama not to trust Yan, while Hashirama believed Yan might be a friend who shared their desire for peace.
• Senju Tobirama reasoned that Owl learned of the secret Tailed Beast Peace Plan through one of the five people who had seen it: Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, the Hyuga Clan Head, the Nara Clan Head, or Uchiha Shin.

Tobirama persuaded Hashirama to have Root secretly watch Uchiha Shin, while Shin learned that Root was also searching for a mysterious shinobi codenamed Yan. The chapter left Shin planning to approach Madara as tensions with the Senju grew.

• Tobirama argued that Uchiha Shin was the likeliest suspect in the Owl incidents, but Hashirama insisted that Shin was a trusted comrade.
• Hashirama agreed to let Root observe Shin for no more than a month, while forbidding surveillance of the Uchiha Clan.
• Hyuga Tamamo gave Shin Anbu and Root records that revealed Root was searching for a shinobi called Yan.
• Hyuga Tamamo told Shin that Root shinobi had been following him, and Shin admitted to himself that he had already noticed.
• Shin decided to sound out Madara as the rift with the Senju deepened.

Shin visited Uchiha Madara on a rainy day after deciding he would leave Konoha once he stopped Hashirama's Tailed Beast Peace Plan. He hinted that spies were following him, and Madara noticed them.

• Shin considered Hashirama's idealistic plan to distribute the Tailed Beasts and concluded that he would leave Konoha after stopping it.
• Shin walked through Konoha in the rain and felt reluctant to leave the village he had helped build.
• Shin arrived at Uchiha Madara's quiet estate and followed him inside for tea.
• Shin hinted that he had something important to discuss but could not speak freely because spies were following him.
• Madara looked toward the people Shin indicated and snorted.

Uchiha Madara confronted Root shinobi who had been spying on Shin, then discussed the war and the future of peace with him. Shin urged Madara to commit to his plan, but the chapter ended with Madara still weighing its chances of success.

• Uchiha Madara exposed three Root shinobi and learned that Hashirama had ordered them to follow Shin.
• Madara beat the Root shinobi and sent them back to demand an explanation from Hashirama.
• Shin told Madara he had noticed the spies five days earlier, then asked what he thought of the war.
• Madara and Shin compared their plans for peace, contrasting their visions with Hashirama's plan to divide the Tailed Beasts and balance the villages.
• Shin asked Madara whether he had decided about the plan they had discussed before, and Madara asked how likely it was to succeed.

Shin and Madara prepared for a possible conflict with the Senju after Root spied on them, while Shin warned Mito that they might have to leave Konoha. Hashirama regretted authorizing the surveillance and went to seek Madara, as Shin traveled to the Akatsuki base to prepare for trouble beyond the village.

• Madara agreed to join Shin in preparing for conflict with the Senju, and they decided to wait until Madara's left eye had healed before acting.
• Mito told Shin that Tobirama had asked the Uzumaki Clan about a chakra-suppressing golden chain seal and that their home was being watched; Shin warned her they might have to leave Konoha, and she promised to follow him.
• Hashirama learned that Shin had visited Madara and that Madara demanded an explanation, then regretted ordering Root to spy on them.
• Hashirama learned that Madara had gone to the back hills and set out to speak with him before the situation became irreversible.
• Shin used Space-Time Ninjutsu to reach the Akatsuki base and began preparing for a possible crisis outside Konoha.

Shin visited Akatsuki’s underground base and learned that all five Hashirama-cell test subjects had died after their cells became unstable. The laboratory presented him with No. 1 Serum, a diluted serum refined from Senju Hashirama’s cells.

• Shin arrived at the Akatsuki base and asked Akabane Koromo about the search for Yan, but she reported that the available information was too vague to find him.
• Shin asked Akabane Koromo how Akatsuki would fare if the Uchiha and Konoha came into conflict, and she said the organization could provide support but the Uchiha would remain the main force.
• Shin asked Elder Shui about the five Hashirama-cell test subjects, and Elder Shui reported that they had all died after their cells fused further with their bodies and caused cellular collapse.
• Shin allowed the laboratory more time to improve its experiments and asked whether it had developed the serum he requested.
• Elder Shui showed Shin No. 1 Serum, a diluted genetic serum refined from Senju Hashirama’s cells.

Shin secured a dangerous cellular-activity serum and planned to give it to Uchiha Madara to help restore his blind eye as tensions between the Uchiha and Senju rose. Meanwhile, Senju Hashirama tried to explain Tobirama’s death to Madara, but Madara doubted his account.

• Shin designated the effort to stimulate Otsutsuki Hufu as Experiment Zero and restricted activation authority to himself.
• Shin returned to Konoha with Serum No. 1, intending to use it to aid Madara’s eye recovery, and set out for Madara’s residence.
• On the cliff above Konoha, Madara demanded an explanation from Hashirama and rejected his attempt to call the conflict a misunderstanding.
• Hashirama told Madara that Tobirama had died in the war, then named the mysterious instigator and killer as Owl.
• Hashirama said a mysterious Root ninja had revived Tobirama, and Madara interrupted to ask if Hashirama had a fever.

Hashirama failed to stop Madara from leaving Konoha after Madara condemned the village and revealed his interpretation of the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet. Madara later met Shin, who gave him a serum intended to treat his damaged eye, and Madara injected it.

• Hashirama told Madara that Shin had seen his Tailed Beast Peace Plan, but Madara rejected Hashirama’s suspicion and insisted he would never doubt his brother.
• Madara accused Hashirama and Konoha of betraying the Uchiha, declared the village a mistake, and left despite Hashirama’s pleas.
• Madara explained that the Uchiha stone tablet described a path to true peace, then departed without answering Hashirama’s calls.
• Shin found Madara at his residence and heard that his conversation with Hashirama had gone badly.
• Shin gave Madara a syringe of No. 1 Serum to treat his eye, and Madara injected the entire dose.

After Madara injected the diluted No. 1 Serum, his left eye began recovering, and he and Shin planned to leave Konoha with the Uchiha. They decided to hold a clan meeting soon, while Madara hoped to fight Hashirama and obtain his cells if Konoha tried to stop them.

• Madara's eyes changed after he injected the serum, and he estimated that his left eye would fully recover within three days.
• Madara decided that he and the Uchiha needed to leave Konoha and announced that he would convene a clan meeting within two days.
• Shin warned Madara that some Uchiha might refuse to leave and that their departure could provoke a war, but Madara vowed not to abandon any clansman who followed him.
• Madara and Shin planned to leave Konoha rather than destroy it, though Madara said he would fight if Konoha tried to stop them.
• Madara said he wanted to face Hashirama at full strength and obtain Hashirama's cells before moving into the shadows.

Shin and Madara prepared to confront Hashirama at the future Valley of the End, while Shin made contingency plans for a possible upheaval in Konoha. He sent Uzumaki Mito and the maid away to safety, promising to reunite with them.

• Shin told Madara he had obtained Hashirama's cells years earlier, and Madara chose a valley near Konoha as the place to settle things with Hashirama.
• Shin ordered Hyuga Tamamo to assess Anbu and clan forces, purge Hokage faction agents, and copy Konoha intelligence to Xin City while leaving spies behind.
• Shin instructed Akabane Koromo to prepare Akatsuki's arrangements and organized the relocation of Uzumaki Mito and the maid.
• Shin told Mito that an arranged accident would make her and the Anbu escorts disappear en route to the Uzumaki clan and take them to a safe new home.
• Mito and the maid departed, and Mito promised Shin she would wait for his return.

Shin prepared to take the Uchiha’s interests and intelligence network out of Konoha while Tobirama grew alarmed at the Anbu’s secrecy and Madara’s Clan Meeting. Madara announced that the Uchiha were leaving Konoha, leaving the clan poised for a major break with the village.

• Shin reflected on the Anbu’s evacuation preparations and decided to move quickly, while keeping Uchiha agents embedded in Konoha.
• A Root informant told Tobirama that Mito had left the village and the Anbu had been purging Root’s informants.
• Tobirama learned that Madara had convened the Uchiha Clan behind a barrier and ordered the Senju to prepare for combat as he went to find Hashirama.
• Madara gathered the Uchiha jonin and elders, and Shin arrived late at the meeting.
• Madara announced that the Uchiha were leaving Konoha.