Chapter Summaries

Tokuma Hyuga and the Konoha shinobi struggled against Shimura Danzō’s Wood Release, but Danzō broke their defenses and trapped several of them. Tokuma protected two companions with Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation, while Danzō fixed his attention on taking Tokuma’s Byakugan.

• Tokuma Hyuga directed the Konoha shinobi to use Wind Release and Earth Style, letting them hold back the saplings and form a rocky barrier.
• Shimura Danzō used Earth Flow Split to tear apart the barrier and expose the group.
• Danzō attacked with Wood Release techniques, ensnaring several shinobi with vines and gradually surrounding the rest with wooden stakes.
• Tokuma used Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation to deflect the wooden attacks and shield two companions, though several more shinobi were captured.
• Danzō coveted Tokuma’s Byakugan and considered taking it for his empty left eye socket.

Shisui fought Nagato as Nagato shed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s Ten-Tails Life Essence and unleashed increasingly powerful repulsion. Shisui was driven away from the Life Essence, where Nagato’s hidden plan began to take shape as a human arm emerged from the mass.

• Shisui trapped Nagato inside an Ice Release prison, but the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path smashed its way out.
• A human arm gouged out Nagato’s remaining Rinnegan and swallowed it, awakening a powerful aura in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path expelled its Ten-Tails Life Essence until only its wrinkled outer shell remained, and Shisui rushed toward the resulting pile.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to push Shisui back, but Shisui formed his Perfect Susanoo and continued toward the Life Essence.
• Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, forcing the Perfect Susanoo hundreds of meters away as the Ten-Tails Life Essence began changing.
• Shisui saw the Ten-Tails Life Essence shrink, and a human arm emerged from within it.

Nagato emerged from the Ten-Tails Life Essence in a reborn body and unleashed Super Shinra Tensei against Shisui. Shisui’s Complete Body Susanoo broke through the repulsive force with its Spiral Bone Sword and charged toward Nagato.

• The Ten-Tails Life Essence transformed and shrank until Nagato emerged with a restored body and a Rinnegan and Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Nagato explained that he had planned to strengthen his body by merging with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, but Shisui had forced him to revive early.
• Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, and its repulsive force drove Shisui’s Complete Body Susanoo backward.
• Shisui flew his Susanoo toward Nagato and thrust its spinning Spiral Bone Sword into the repulsive force, while the clash overwhelmed the distant Konoha ninja and changed Danzō’s ambitions.
• The Spiral Bone Sword tore through Super Shinra Tensei, and Susanoo surged forward with its attack aimed at Nagato.

Nagato used the new Rinnegan ability in his fused body to stop Shisui's Susanoo sword, then detonated a Tailed Beast Bomb against Susanoo. Shisui's armor survived after he repaired its damage, but he began to seriously reassess Nagato's strength.

• Nagato used Explosive Rotation Heavenly Wheel to halt Shisui's Spiral Bone Sword and said his new body had awakened an unexpected Rinnegan ability.
• Nagato formed and launched a Tailed Beast Bomb, revealing that he had inherited the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's chakra and physical power.
• Nagato detonated the Tailed Beast Bomb before it reached Susanoo, sending a shockwave across the battlefield and knocking Konoha ninja into the air.
• Shisui's Susanoo emerged from the explosion apparently unharmed, though Shisui had rapidly repaired its damaged chakra armor.
• Shisui began seriously assessing the power of Nagato's body, which had fused with the remnant of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Shisui used Kōringon to weaken Nagato and Shivama to grievously wound him, overwhelming Nagato despite his Rinnegan summons and powers. Driven by despair and resentment as he fled, Nagato awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye and questioned whether it could rival the Rinnegan.

• Shisui used Kōringon to drain some of Nagato’s power, and Nagato summoned nine Six Paths beasts to test him.
• Shisui’s Susanoo pierced and repelled the summoned beasts, then charged Nagato with its Spiral Bone Sword.
• Nagato used Super Shinra Tensei and Explosive Turning Heavenly Wheel to stall Shisui’s attack, but Shisui separated from Susanoo and reached him.
• Shisui used Shivama to break down parts of Nagato’s body into Ten-Tails Life Essence as Nagato fled in pain.
• Nagato’s resentment and despair triggered the awakening of a Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye, which he compared with his Rinnegan.

Nagato awakened Kamui in his left Mangekyō Sharingan and used it to break through Shisui’s Susanoo, but Shisui evaded the attack and caught Nagato with Kotoamatsukami. Nagato awoke inside an illusion as a child, with his powers gone and his parents nearby.

• Nagato discovered that his left Mangekyō Sharingan held Kamui and attacked Shisui, tearing through Susanoo’s outer barrier and skeletal defense.
• Shisui used Body Flicker to evade Kamui, then continued attacking while Nagato’s left eye ached from the technique’s strain.
• Shisui blocked Nagato’s kunai counterattack and recognized the Mangekyō pattern as Obito Uchiha’s, while Nagato admitted he had eaten Obito and taken his eye.
• Shisui activated Kotoamatsukami: Radiance and forced Nagato into an illusion despite his formidable spiritual power.
• Nagato awoke in his childhood room with a child’s body and no chakra, then heard footsteps outside and thought of his parents.

Nagato relived his childhood with his parents and resolved to protect them after realizing two Konoha ninja would threaten their lives. Unable to awaken the Rinnegan, he killed the intruders with a carefully prepared trap and hid their bodies, then headed back to town before dawn.

• Nagato woke in his childhood body, reunited with his parents, and chose to enjoy a picnic with them rather than pursue the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Nagato trained for three months but failed to find a reliable way to awaken the Rinnegan, while secretly preparing to protect his family.
• Nagato moved his parents to town and set a trap in their old house for two Konoha ninja who arrived searching for food.
• The Konoha ninja attacked mannequins on the bed, triggering explosions that destroyed the house and apparently killed them.
• Nagato dug up and buried the two ninja in the forest, concealed the evidence, and returned toward town before dawn.

Six-year-old Nagato awakened the Rinnegan when Shimura Danzō threatened his parents and fought to save them. After Nagato's summoned Hellhounds forced Danzō to dismiss Baku, Nagato prepared to continue the battle with Chameleon still hidden.

• Nagato found Konoha Anbu attacking his town and discovered Shimura Danzō holding his parents at swordpoint.
• Nagato awakened the Rinnegan and used Shinra Tensei to blast away two Anbu, leaving Danzō as his opponent.
• Danzō recognized Nagato's Rinnegan and considered exploiting his family, while Nagato promised his parents he would save them.
• Nagato summoned Hellhound and an invisible Chameleon, while Danzō summoned Baku and used its suction to pull Nagato and Hellhound toward him.
• Hellhound split into multiple copies as Danzō attacked, overwhelming Baku until Danzō dismissed it with Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Nagato saw a chance to fight Danzō with the Hellhounds, hidden Chameleon, and one remaining use of his ocular power.

Danzō overcame Nagato’s Hellhound and invisible chameleon, then pressed his attack as Nagato’s chakra ran out. Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to stop him, leaving Nagato collapsed and recognizing how much he had come to crave the power of the Rinnegan.

• Danzō used Earth Release to trap the giant Hellhound in a swamp, while Nagato’s chakra reserves dwindled.
• Danzō struck the invisible chameleon with a wind blade, followed its bleeding tongue to its position, and knocked it out of invisibility with Vacuum Great Sphere.
• Danzō created two shadow clones and attacked Nagato with Dance of the Crescent Moon.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, exhausting his remaining chakra and collapsing.
• Nagato looked at the statue and realized he had become attached to the power the Rinnegan gave him.

Nagato drained his life force to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and save his parents from Danzō, who chose not to attack and later returned to his village. More than three months later, Nagato cared for his recovering parents and shared a meal with Xiao Qing, hoping to live quietly with them.

• Nagato let the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorb his remaining chakra and struck at Danzō, but Danzō evaded the statue’s blow and hid nearby.
• Nagato found his injured parents, treated them, and carried them away on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while Danzō decided against attacking him.
• Danzō returned to his base and planned to have Root Division investigate the Rinnegan so he could use its power to pursue the Hokage position.
• More than three months later, Nagato served fish soup to his recovering parents, though summoning the statue had left him white-haired, wrinkled, and prematurely aged.
• Xiao Qing visited Nagato’s home, accepted a bowl of soup, and ate with Nagato and his parents.

Root ninja sent by Shimura Danzō attacked Nagato’s village while searching for his Rinnegan. Nagato rescued Xiao Qing from the assault, but after discovering her parents’ bodies, he killed two Root pursuers and urged her to flee with him.

• Danzō’s Root unit descended on the village and began slaughtering its residents.
• Nagato arranged for his parents to escape with Chameleon, then went with Xiao Qing to find her parents when she refused to leave without them.
• Nagato and Xiao Qing reached her burning home and found her parents dead, their throats slit by Root ninja.
• Two Root ninja recognized Nagato’s Rinnegan and attacked him and Xiao Qing with kunai.
• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to send the kunai back and kill both attackers.
• Nagato pulled the grieving Xiao Qing away from her parents’ bodies and told her to flee with him before more enemies arrived.

Nagato tried to escape with Xiao Qing after rescuing her from the Root Division, but Shimura Danzō's ambush trapped him between pursuing and waiting forces. When Danzō's men began torturing Nagato's parents, Nagato offered his Rinnegan in exchange for their safety.

• Nagato used Shinra Tensei to repel Root Division attackers, knocked Xiao Qing unconscious, and carried her away from the village.
• Shimura Danzō investigated the battlefield, recognized the traces of Nagato's Rinnegan, and led most of his forces in pursuit.
• Nagato found his parents captured by Root Division ninjas and was surrounded from the front and rear by them and Danzō.
• Danzō's men stabbed Nagato's parents with kunai to force him to surrender, while Nagato recalled how he had lost them in his previous life.
• Nagato offered his eyes to save his parents, but they urged him to run.

Nagato tore out his Rinnegan and handed them to Shimura Danzō in exchange for his parents’ safety. Danzō secured the eyes, but Nagato was left blind and still waiting for him to release his parents.

• Nagato gouged out both of his eyes and offered the Rinnegan to Shimura Danzō so his parents would be spared.
• Shimura Danzō’s history and ambition were recounted, including his rivalry with Hiruzen Sarutobi and his rise as the leader of Root Division.
• Two Root Division ninja took the Rinnegan from Nagato and handed them to Shimura Danzō.
• Shimura Danzō stored each eye in a prepared glass test tube and declared that the Sage Eyes were his.
• Nagato, supported by Xiaoqing, asked Shimura Danzō to release his parents.

Danzō betrayed Nagato, killed his parents and Xiao Qing, and had Nagato killed, but Shisui later trapped Nagato in a Mangekyō genjutsu while trying to steal his bloodline. Nagato broke free and awakened an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye, leaving Shisui facing a newly empowered opponent.

• Danzō ordered Root shinobi to kill Nagato, his parents, and Xiao Qing after taking Nagato's Rinnegan.
• Root shinobi killed Nagato's parents and Xiao Qing, then stabbed Nagato through the heart; Nagato died consumed by grief and resentment.
• Shisui controlled Nagato with genjutsu and used Eye Technique: Yamata to begin plundering his bloodline.
• Nagato resisted the genjutsu, forcing Shisui to stop the technique, and then broke free of the illusion.
• Nagato thanked Shisui for letting him see his parents again but also blamed him for making him relive their deaths.
• Nagato's left eye evolved into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shisui recognized the transformation.

Nagato's left Kamui Sharingan evolved into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and he demonstrated its devastating spatial attack against Shisui. Nagato recognized Kamui's power as greater than the Rinnegan's Shinra Tensei, while Shisui avoided being struck.

• Nagato's left Mangekyō Sharingan transformed into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and he felt its increased ocular power.
• Nagato used Kamui's offensive spatial distortion, but Shisui escaped with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Shisui realized the enhanced Kamui could tear through even a Complete Body Susanoo's defenses.
• Nagato marveled at Kamui's power and concluded it exceeded the Rinnegan's Shinra Tensei.

Shisui overwhelmed Nagato with his ocular techniques, but Nagato escaped into the Kamui Dimension using the other ability of his Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan. Shisui could not reach him there and eventually stopped waiting, while the Konoha ninja watched Shisui's display of strength.

• Nagato used Super Shinra Tensei to destroy Shisui's Phantom Body Flicker clones, but Shisui attacked him from atop his Complete Body Susanoo and used Shivama to break down his body.
• Nagato failed to escape Shivama with the Body Flicker Technique, then used Kamui to disrupt Shisui's lock and countered the Susanoo's Spiral Bone Sword with Shinra Tensei.
• Shisui attacked Nagato from behind with Shivama, but Nagato pulled himself into the Kamui Dimension and avoided the attack.
• Shisui realized he could not enter the Kamui Dimension, while Shimura Danzō and Tokuma Hyuga watched the battle and the Konoha ninja were impressed by Shisui.
• Nagato examined his Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan inside the dimension, and Shisui eventually stopped waiting for him to return.

Shisui Uchiha caught Shimura Danzō in a Mangekyō Sharingan illusion after Danzō tried to flee. The chapter then shifted into an extensive account of genjutsu and its techniques.

• Shisui Uchiha noticed Shimura Danzō watching the battle and turned his attention toward him.
• Shimura Danzō fled, but Shisui Uchiha vanished instead of pursuing him.
• Four Shisui Uchihas appeared around Shimura Danzō and attacked, but Danzō dispelled them with Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere.
• Shimura Danzō saw Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō pattern on a golden moon and realized he had been trapped in an illusion.
• The chapter explained genjutsu, ways to resist it, and a range of techniques, including Infinite Tsukuyomi, Kotoamatsukami, and Tsukuyomi.

Shisui killed Shimura Danzō by burning away his consciousness with Kotoamatsukami: Radiance, then used Yamata to erase Danzō’s body and claim his bloodline. The system raised Shisui’s Hagoromo Otsutsuki bloodline development to 43% and granted him Shivama’s Destruction and Proliferation abilities.

• Shisui’s genjutsu overwhelmed Danzō, whose body was engulfed in flames while his consciousness burned away.
• Tokuma Hyuga reported that the squad had suffered no fatalities and only minor injuries, and Shisui ordered them back to Konoha.
• Shisui activated Yamata and made Danzō’s body and soul vanish.
• The system announced Shisui’s increased bloodline development and awarded him Shivama’s abilities, updating his status panel.

Shisui returned to Konoha and reunited with Konan, promising to stay with her and make up for his absence. As Konan welcomed him home with a meal, Shisui hinted that he wanted something else before eating.

• Shisui hurried home after returning to Konoha and caught Konan as she ran into his arms.
• Shisui reflected on Konan's past hardships, her Paper Style abilities, and his failed attempts to learn them.
• Shisui promised Konan that he would stay with her and do whatever she wanted for a while.
• Konan told Shisui she had prepared food for him, and he teased her about wanting something else first.

Shisui reunited with Konan, then discussed Nagato’s strength and the history of shinobi with Itachi and Sasuke. He left the brothers with a lesson about how shinobi’s patience and endurance had allowed them to replace the samurai, before Konan called everyone to breakfast.

• Shisui and Konan reunited at home and spent the night together.
• Minato heard Tokuma Hyuga’s report that Shimura Danzō was dead and that Nagato had escaped with an unfamiliar Mangekyō Sharingan ability.
• Itachi and Sasuke visited Shisui, and Itachi asked whether Obito Uchiha had been captured.
• Shisui told the brothers that he had seen Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan on Nagato, prompting Itachi to suspect Nagato had defeated Obito.
• Shisui explained the history of samurai and shinobi, contrasting Bushido with the shinobi’s ability to endure, conceal their strength, and strike when the moment was right.
• Konan brought breakfast and told Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke to continue their discussion another time.