Chapter Summaries

In winter Kirigakure, Shisui ordered Danzo to begin the extermination of the Kaguya Clan while preparing for his own performance with Yagura. Kidomaru, Tayuya, Jirobo, Sakon, and Ukon joined a Kirigakure Anbu squad for their first mission against the clan.

• Shisui ordered Danzo to begin the operation against the Kaguya Clan that night.
• Danzo left to carry out the extermination while Shisui planned his next move with Karatachi Yagura.
• Tayuya prepared a new secret weapon Shisui had given her, and Kidomaru gathered the former Sound Four for their mission.
• Karatachi Suirō reprimanded Kidomaru and the others for arriving late, then warned the Anbu about the Kaguya Clan's combat style.
• Karatachi Suirō ordered the Anbu squad to move out for the mission.

Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura and his aide Shimura Danzō ordered Kirigakure Anbu to attack the Kaguya Clan compound, assigning the Three Ninja Swordsmen to lead the assault. The attack began after the clan’s sentries sounded the alarm, and Suikazan Fuguki opened with a powerful Water Release technique.

• Suikazan Fuguki, Raiga Kurosuki, and Biwa Juzo learned that they had been summoned for a secret mission.
• Karatachi Yagura and Shimura Danzō gathered Kirigakure’s forces near the Kaguya Clan compound and assigned the Three Ninja Swordsmen to lead the operation.
• Suikazan Fuguki divided the Anbu into groups and led them toward the compound while Danzō stayed behind with Yagura.
• The Kaguya Clan’s sentries spotted the approaching Anbu and raised the alarm.
• Suikazan Fuguki ordered the Anbu to attack and used Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave to overwhelm the compound’s outer defenses.

Kirigakure Anbu used Water Release to overwhelm the Kaguya Clan’s defenses as Suikazan Fuguki and Raiga Kurosuki attacked their commander and fighters. The Kaguya Clan member facing Fuguki escaped a lightning strike, and Fuguki resumed his attack with Samehada.

• Suikazan Fuguki flooded the battlefield with Exploding Water Colliding Wave, and Kirigakure Anbu followed with water techniques that killed and wounded Kaguya Clan ninja.
• The Kaguya Clan commander rallied his fighters by promising their chief and elite were on the way.
• Fuguki attacked a Kaguya Clan member with Samehada, which absorbed chakra through his opponent’s bone sword.
• Raiga Kurosuki slaughtered Kaguya Clan ninja with lightning techniques and intervened in Fuguki’s duel with a lightning strike.
• The Kaguya Clan member dodged Raiga’s strike, and Fuguki charged after him again.

Shimura Danzō intervened in Suikazan Fuguki’s fight with a Kaguya Clan warrior and ordered Fuguki to spare him for the Mizukage’s mission. Fuguki refused and attacked Danzō, only to discover he had been caught in the Sharingan’s genjutsu as Danzō began another technique.

• The Kaguya Clan warrior’s bone attacks failed to stop Suikazan Fuguki, who used Samehada to bite and drain him.
• The Kaguya Clan warrior tried to injure Samehada with bone spurs but could not escape its grip.
• Shimura Danzō arrived and ordered Fuguki to release the Kaguya Clan warrior, explaining that he was a target the Mizukage wanted alive.
• Fuguki refused Danzō’s orders, and Danzō provoked him by insulting his ambition and ability.
• Fuguki swung Samehada at Danzō, then realized the apparent attack had taken place inside a Sharingan genjutsu.
• Danzō used Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique on Fuguki.

Shimura Danzo, posing as Uchiha Madara, took control of the mission and left Suikazan Fuguki incapacitated. As the Kaguya Clan and Anbu forces clashed, Danzo secretly entered the clan prison and introduced himself to the imprisoned boy.

• Danzo ordered the mission to continue after defeating Suikazan Fuguki, and Biwa Juzo and Raiga Kurosuki decided to obey him.
• Taketori Nihi arrived with Kaguya Clan elites, killed a clansman who questioned him, and Raiga and Biwa charged at him.
• Tayuya, Jirobo, Ukon, and Kidomaru prepared to fight the Kaguya Clan, with Kidomaru urging the squad to work together against lone Chunins.
• Danzo slipped away from the battlefield and entered the Kaguya Clan prison, where he told the imprisoned boy, "My name is Uchiha Madara."

Taketori Nihi fought Raiga Kurosuki and Biwa Juzo with his Shikotsumyaku, answering their attacks with increasingly powerful bone techniques. He revealed the Dance of the Clematis, destroyed Raiga Kurosuki’s Lightning Dragon, and shattered Biwa Juzo’s Kubikiribōchō.

• Raiga Kurosuki and Biwa Juzo attacked Taketori Nihi from both sides, but he endured their strikes and unleashed a barrage of bone spikes.
• Taketori Nihi charged Raiga Kurosuki with the Dance of the Willow, while Raiga counterattacked with lightning techniques and Biwa Juzo hurled the Kubikiribōchō.
• Taketori Nihi used the Dance of the Clematis to pull his spine from his back and wield it as a bone whip.
• Taketori Nihi’s bone whip bound and strangled Raiga Kurosuki’s Lightning Dragon, causing it to explode.
• Taketori Nihi formed a spinning Bone Spear and shattered Biwa Juzo’s Kubikiribōchō.

Shisui used Eye Technique: Yamata to plunder Shikotsumyaku from a Kaguya Clan captive, raising his own development to 22%. He suspected that combining the Shikotsumyaku with his Indra Bloodline could restore his bloodline toward its Otsutsuki origins, then turned to the five remaining captives.

• Shisui held six Kaguya Clan elites captive in a guarded underground chamber and chose Taketori Sankyu, whose Shikotsumyaku was least developed, as his first target.
• Shisui used Eye Technique: Yamata to break down Taketori Sankyu and purify the bloodline essence, terrifying the other captives.
• Shisui’s Shikotsumyaku development rose from 10% to 22%, though he could only control some bones inside his body.
• Shisui noticed that his stronger Shikotsumyaku seemed to feed chakra back to his left eye and help restore its ocular power.
• Shisui theorized that combining the Indra Bloodline with Shikotsumyaku might return his bloodline toward its Otsutsuki origins.
• Shisui began using Eye Technique: Yamata on the five remaining Kaguya Clan captives.

Tayuya fought the Kaguya Clan alongside Jirobo, using her Doki to help Sakon and Ukon bring down several enemies. After a Kaguya elite threatened Tayuya from behind, Kidomaru restrained him with hidden chakra threads, leaving the team safe for the moment.

• Jirobo raised an Earth Release stone barrier to block the Kaguya Clan's bone bullets and urged Tayuya to attack.
• Tayuya summoned one Doki and controlled it with her flute, but its first strike failed to defeat a Kaguya elite.
• Sakon and Ukon struck the Kaguya fighters together, and Tayuya directed the Doki to hit one enemy hard enough to injure several others.
• A Kaguya elite approached Tayuya from behind and thrust a bone sword at her while Jirobo was unable to intervene.
• Kidomaru immobilized the attacker with chakra-reinforced threads hidden around the battlefield and warned his teammates not to lower their guard.

Raiga Kurosuki used his final attack, Thunder Burial, against Taketori Nihi, but Nihi emerged unharmed and Raiga died. With the battle still underway, the surviving Kirigakure Anbu lost hope of defeating the Kaguya Clan without the Mizukage or the Mizukage Aide.

• Doki smashed a Kaguya Clan member trapped in spider silk, killing him after the strange teamwork had already defeated two Kaguya Clan elites.
• Raiga Kurosuki and Biwa Juzo attacked Taketori Nihi together, but Nihi overpowered them with his bone weapons.
• Raiga Kurosuki sacrificed himself, summoning Thunder Burial as Taketori Nihi's bone spear pierced him and engulfing them both in lightning.
• The lightning cleared to reveal Raiga Kurosuki gone and Taketori Nihi unhurt, leaving Kiba abandoned in the ground.
• The Kaguya Clan remnants celebrated Nihi's survival while the remaining Kirigakure Anbu saw little hope of victory without the Mizukage or the Mizukage Aide.

Taketori Nihi reached Kage Level and revealed his Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Bone Beast while fighting Danzō, who was using the name Uchiha Madara. Danzō summoned Baku and launched a combined Wind Style attack, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Taketori Nihi dismissed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and was struck from behind by a Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere.
• Danzō identified himself as Uchiha Madara and offered to spare the Kaguya Clan if Taketori Nihi surrendered, but Taketori Nihi refused.
• Taketori Nihi transformed into the bone-armored beast form he called Dance of the Bone Beast and charged Danzō.
• Taketori Nihi tore through Danzō's Pressure Damage and blocked his Wind Release shuriken with a bone umbrella created by Shikotsumyaku: Tsukumogami.
• Danzō summoned Baku, used its suction to restrain Taketori Nihi, and attacked with Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves.

Taketori Nihi and Danzo fought through a series of lethal attacks, with Danzo using Izanagi to survive twice before Nihi escaped his sealing technique. As Nihi unleashed Dance of the Seedling Fern, Danzo chose to risk his remaining Sharingan rather than retreat.

• Taketori Nihi blocked Danzo's attacks with bone umbrellas, then struck him with Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets, but Danzo used Izanagi to reappear and attack with Wood Release.
• Taketori Nihi wounded Danzo with Dance of the Clematis: Vine and pierced him with bone spikes, but Danzo survived again and immobilized him with Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal.
• Taketori Nihi shed his bone armor to break free of the sealing markings, leaving Danzo without a clear opening to use genjutsu.
• Taketori Nihi unleashed Dance of the Seedling Fern, forcing Danzo to choose between retreating and using Izanagi again.
• Danzo recalled how he had once hesitated and lost the Hokage Position to Hiruzen Sarutobi, then declared he would not back down and activated Izanagi.

Shisui arrived on the battlefield disguised as Uchiha Shimada and used his Mangekyō dōjutsu, Kōringon, to suppress Taketori Nihi’s Shikotsumyaku. Nihi fell into a trance under the dōjutsu’s illusion, leaving Shisui poised to take his bloodline.

• Shisui appeared beside Danzo and stopped him from sacrificing another eye to activate Izanagi.
• Shisui disguised his voice and claimed to be Uchiha Madara’s father, Uchiha Shimada.
• Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and prevented Taketori Nihi from forcing his Shikotsumyaku to its limits.
• Shisui used Kōringon to suppress Nihi’s bloodline and draw him into an illusion of a golden figure.
• Nihi lost himself in the trance and forgot the battlefield, his identity, and his Shikotsumyaku.

Shisui defeated Taketori Nihi, captured the surviving Kaguya Clan members, and used Eye Technique: Yamata to kill the clan leader and steal his bloodline. The chapter left the Kaguya survivors under Kirigakure’s control and Shisui planning to train a gifted young clan member.

• Shisui left Taketori Nihi incapacitated and ordered Danzo to capture him and spare Kaguya Clan members who surrendered.
• Danzo bound Taketori Nihi and announced that the clan could surrender, prompting most of its members to give up.
• Karatachi Yagura declared that the Kaguya Clan had rebelled and that its leader and most rebels had been killed, while Anbu suppressed rumors.
• Shisui told Taketori Nihi that he would preserve the clan’s survivors and train a gifted young member to lead them.
• Shisui used Eye Technique: Yamata on Taketori Nihi, killing him and taking the Shikotsumyaku bloodline.

Shisui endured the cost of using Yamata to extract all of Taketori Nihi’s Shikotsumyaku essence, then absorbed it and gained a new Susanoo-enhancing ability. His Shikotsumyaku development reached 79%, and he concluded that transplanting Hashirama Senju Cells was essential to his future growth.

• Shisui struggled to break down Taketori Nihi’s bones with Yamata, draining his ocular power and chakra, and drank his last Hashirama Cell reagent to recover.
• Shisui pushed through a second bout of exhaustion and extracted all of Taketori Nihi’s bloodline essence into a scarlet bead.
• Shisui absorbed the essence, which strengthened his bones, marrow, blood, and body from within.
• Shisui’s Shikotsumyaku development passed 60%, awakening Dance of Susanoo, and eventually settled at 79%.
• Shisui noticed that his chakra reserves had grown to three times those of an average Kage and considered training in stronger ninjutsu.
• Shisui decided that transplanting Hashirama Senju Cells was a hurdle he would need to overcome to become stronger.

Shisui tested how Shikotsumyaku: Dance of Susanoo changed his Susanoo, discovering that its bone armor and weapons greatly increased its power while reducing its chakra cost. He theorized that his Indra Bloodline and Shikotsumyaku resonated through Yin and Yang Release, and wondered whether developing both could lead him to the Rinnegan without Hashirama Cells.

• Shisui summoned Susanoo's third form and found that Shikotsumyaku had replaced its skeletal frame with white bones and added a layer of bone armor.
• Shisui created a Bone Spiral Sword and Bone Shield, with the Yata Mirror's spiritual form covering the shield.
• Shisui tested the Bone Spiral Sword and Ninety-Nine Style, easily piercing and destroying a hillside with far less chakra than before.
• Shisui reasoned that his Indra Bloodline and Shikotsumyaku contained complementary Yin and Yang Release chakra that strengthened Susanoo and reduced its energy cost.
• Shisui wondered whether developing both bloodlines further could let him reach the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and eventually the Rinnegan without Hashirama Cells.

Shisui recruited Kimimaro, who accepted being used as a weapon in Shisui’s service. After joining the other children, Kimimaro faced Sakon and Ukon in a test of his abilities, and their fight continued with the brothers drawing kunai.

• Shisui told Kimimaro that he had ordered the attack on the Kaguya Clan, and Kimimaro asked to serve as a useful tool.
• Shisui accepted Kimimaro as his weapon and introduced him to Tayuya, Sakon, Ukon, and the others.
• Tayuya teased Kimimaro, while Sakon and Ukon challenged him to prove his strength.
• Kimimaro blocked Sakon’s attack with bone-covered arms and countered the brothers’ kicks with the Dance of the Willow.
• Sakon and Ukon jumped away from Kimimaro’s bone spikes and drew kunai to continue the fight.

Shisui welcomed Kimimaro into his group after the boy proved his strength, and Kimimaro’s early recruitment increased Shisui’s Shikotsumyaku development enough to unlock Bone Spirit Life. Danzō then reported that the Shimura, Mito, and Utatane clans had rebelled against the Fourth Hokage, leaving Shisui asking what Hiruzen Sarutobi thought of their plan.

• Kimimaro fought Sakon and Ukon, impressed the group, and joined them under squad leader Kidomaru.
• Shisui ordered the five to learn the Telepathy Technique and received a system reward that raised his Shikotsumyaku development and unlocked Bone Spirit Life.
• Shisui considered whether Bone Spirit Life could animate the skeletal Susanoo.
• Danzō arrived and told Shisui that the Shimura Clan had joined the Mito and Utatane clans in rebellion.
• Danzō explained that the clans wanted the Fourth Hokage removed and Hiruzen Sarutobi restored to power, and Shisui asked what Hiruzen thought.

Shisui prepared to return to Konoha after placing Kirigakure and Danzo under his control, while the leaders of the Shimura, Mito, and Utatane Clans plotted to remove Minato Namikaze as Hokage. The chapter left their motion to depose Minato and restore Hiruzen Sarutobi supported by the gathered clans.

• Shisui questioned Danzo about Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and the shinobi clans, and learned that Minato had convened a Hokage Conference.
• Shisui told Danzo to manage Kirigakure and its remaining kekkei genkai clans, then rejected Danzo's request to spare the Shimura Clan.
• Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Ketsuzo met with allied minor-clan leaders to discuss their loss of power.
• Shimura Ketsuzo proposed deposing Minato Namikaze and restoring Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage, and the gathered clans voted in favor.

Shimura Ketsuzo proposed using an enemy attack during Kushina Uzumaki’s childbirth to draw Minato Namikaze away and release the Nine-Tails, impressing Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura. When they demanded to know who he had contacted, Ketsuzo agreed to take them to meet the mysterious person behind the plan.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu concluded that Hiruzen Sarutobi was waiting for them to challenge Minato Namikaze’s authority.
• Shimura Ketsuzo suggested exploiting Kushina Uzumaki’s childbirth to break her seal and release the Nine-Tails, drawing praise from the other clan leaders.
• Ketsuzo explained that he planned to lure Minato away with an enemy invasion on the day Kushina gave birth.
• Homura and Koharu warned that conspiring with an enemy could doom their clans and demanded to know whom Ketsuzo had contacted.
• Ketsuzo agreed to take Homura and Koharu to meet the mysterious person.

Shisui brought the Five toward Konoha, promised them it would become their home, and shared his dream of living alongside them. In Konoha, Shimura Ketsuzo led Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to meet a mysterious cloaked lord, leaving the two elders astonished.

• Kidomaru reported that Shisui and the Five had reached the border of the Land of Fire.
• Tayuya asked whether Konoha would become their home, and Shisui promised it would.
• The Five bickered playfully, then told Shisui they wanted to become strong tools for his dream.
• Shisui said his dream was to keep living alongside the Five and see what happened next.
• Shimura Ketsuzo escorted Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to a mysterious cloaked man, whose identity shocked them.