Chapter Summaries

Yahiko revealed his Rinnegan to Konoha’s elders and offered to help them regain power by killing Minato Namikaze, in exchange for their assistance in taking the Nine-Tails. Meanwhile, rumors spread that Hiruzen Sarutobi would return as Hokage, and Asuma Sarutobi pressed his father about them.

• Yahiko revealed the Rinnegan and declared himself God’s representative, promising the clan leaders power if they helped him create chaos in Konoha.
• Yahiko offered to kill Minato Namikaze and demanded that the elders let him take the Nine-Tails, but Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura objected to losing Konoha’s deterrent.
• Asuma Sarutobi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that rumors about Hiruzen returning to the Hokage position were spreading and asked whether he would let them continue.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi avoided answering Asuma and calmly poured him tea.

Hiruzen advised Asuma to let rival clans challenge Minato’s faction while the Sarutobi Clan waited to benefit, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura accepted Yahiko’s demand for the Nine-Tails. Shisui returned to Konoha and reunited with his friends, unaware that Nagato was targeting the Nine-Tails inside Kushina.

• Hiruzen explained to Asuma that the Sarutobi Clan was losing influence, and Asuma concluded they should let the Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans act first.
• Hiruzen told Asuma to watch the three clans, expecting them to make a move against Minato’s faction.
• Yahiko demanded the Nine-Tails in exchange for helping the clans regain control, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed but refused to help until Minato was dealt with.
• Shisui returned to Konoha with the Five, where Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and Itachi greeted him.
• Shisui asked Kakashi about Minato and Kushina, and Kakashi described Minato’s heavy workload and the rumors challenging him.

Shisui rebuked Obito for craving dangerous missions and urged him to stay humble and protect his friends, then returned to the Uchiha compound with Itachi and the Five. In Amegakure, Nagato told Konan that a deal had been made to exchange the Nine-Tails Fox for his help killing Minato Namikaze.

• Kakashi told Shisui that Kushina was healthy and expected to give birth in about two months.
• Obito asked Shisui to teach him more jutsu and complained that his team only received easy missions, so Shisui confronted him about the danger he and his teammates had faced at Kannabi Bridge.
• Rin apologized for Obito, and Shisui told Obito to stay humble, improve himself, and protect those beside him; Obito promised to remember his words.
• Shisui took Itachi and the Five toward the Uchiha compound, while Tayuya marveled at Konoha's food and friendly people.
• Nagato left his control device and told Konan that they had agreed to give him the Nine-Tails Fox in exchange for his help killing Minato Namikaze.

Nagato explained to Konan that he intended to pursue Yahiko’s dream through force, despite her concern that his weakened body could not withstand a battle with Minato Namikaze. The story then shifted to Fugaku Uchiha’s home, where Fugaku asked Shisui for guidance amid tensions in the Uchiha Clan and Konoha.

• Nagato told Konan that his Six Paths Puppets had defeated Hanzo and that Akatsuki now ruled the Land of Rain, while the organization had become oppressive under his control.
• Konan warned Nagato that Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique could threaten his frail body, but Nagato insisted he would carry on Yahiko’s dream and create a warless world.
• Nagato and Konan promised to remain by each other’s side after Yahiko’s death.
• At Fugaku Uchiha’s home, Fugaku welcomed Shisui and asked him to advise the clan amid village rumors and conflict between the Hawk and Dove Factions.
• Shisui modestly accepted Fugaku’s praise as Itachi listened, ready to learn from him.

Shisui advised Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan should wait and see, then found renewed purpose in protecting the kindness Mikoto showed the orphaned children. The next day, he reviewed the Military Police Force’s recruitment progress and expanded its efforts by recruiting Ninja Academy students through Itachi and the Uchiha children.

• Shisui explained the factions’ motives to Fugaku and concluded that the Uchiha Clan should stay put and wait.
• Mikoto welcomed Jirobo and the other orphans to her home, and Shisui asked them to protect her in return for her kindness.
• The five children promised to stand up for Mikoto, and Shisui’s doubts about his path faded as he watched them.
• Shisui listened to Uchiha Inabi’s report that recruitment had improved after the Military Police Force began targeting Ninja Academy students.
• Itachi promoted the Military Police Force reserves among his classmates, while Shisui trained Uchiha students to spread recruitment slogans.

Shisui Uchiha reorganized the Konoha Military Police Force and prepared to hand it over to Itachi Uchiha after hearing about successful recruitment. He then went to the Hokage Building, where Minami Uchiha began discussing the clan's support for Minato Namikaze and Shisui's eyes.

• Uchiha Inabi reported that forty-one people had joined the Military Police Force reserve, including students from the Hyuga and Aburame clans.
• Shisui told Uchiha Inabi to reduce the Military Police Force's ten divisions to five, assign Kimimaro and the others to train with them, and place Kidomaru in the central division.
• Shisui told Itachi Uchiha that the force would gradually be handed over to him, and Itachi agreed to take care of it.
• Shisui went to the Hokage Building and was greeted by Minami Uchiha, who revealed that Elder Tenwa had told the clan something about Shisui's eyes.

Shisui Uchiha met with Minato Namikaze and offered the Uchiha Clan’s support as Minato faced pressure from village elders. After dinner with Minato and Kushina, news of Shisui’s visit spread among Konoha’s leaders, leaving them to consider what the alliance meant.

• Shisui met Minato in the Hokage Building and discussed the rumors and political pressure surrounding Minato’s administration.
• Shisui offered the Uchiha Clan’s support, and Minato thanked him while saying he could handle the situation for now.
• Minato praised the Uchiha Clan’s contributions to Konoha, and Shisui thanked him for treating the clan fairly.
• Shisui joined Minato for dinner and met Kushina, whose seal remained secure despite her approaching childbirth.
• News of Shisui’s visit to Minato’s home spread among Konoha’s upper ranks the next day.

Mikoto Uchiha gave birth to Sasuke Uchiha, and Fugaku named him in honor of Sasuke Sarutobi. Shisui sensed a mysterious chakra enter the newborn and gave Itachi his Sharingan training notes for Sasuke.

• Fugaku waited with Shisui and Itachi as Mikoto went into labor, then hurried to see his newborn son.
• Fugaku named the baby Sasuke Uchiha, and Itachi eagerly welcomed his younger brother.
• Shisui recalled seeing a mysterious purple light enter Sasuke at birth and concluded that Indra's reincarnated chakra was a seed that could raise its host's potential over time.
• Shisui held Sasuke but could no longer sense the special chakra, then gave Itachi his Sharingan training notes as a gift for Sasuke.

Shisui attended Fugaku's celebration for his newborn son while learning that Obito had mastered the Rasengan. As Naruto was born, Nagato and Konan began their plan to attack Konoha and capture the Nine-Tails.

• Shisui briefly greeted the Hawk and Dove Factions at Fugaku's home, then asked Obito about his Rasengan training.
• Obito told Shisui he could already perform the Rasengan, and Shisui invited him to demonstrate it later before sending him inside to visit his teacher's child.
• Nagato received word that Kushina would give birth within days and decided to attack Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails, with Konan agreeing to support him.
• Naruto was born in Konoha, and Shisui sensed Asura's reincarnation chakra enter the baby, though no one else noticed it.
• Nagato, Konan, and Nagato's Six Paths watched Konoha from a nearby hillside and prepared to begin their attack.

Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain invaded Konoha after the Barrier Team delayed reporting an aerial breach, while Minato was with Kushina and their newborn son. The Six Paths split up to attack the village and search for information, and the chapter ended as Preta Path absorbed three Anbu Ninjas’ Fire Release techniques.

• The Barrier Team detected Animal Path entering Konoha’s airspace, but its captain delayed alerting Minato and sent the Anbu to investigate instead.
• Animal Path landed inside the village and summoned the other five Six Paths Puppets, after which they divided into a diversion team and a search team.
• Asura Path, Animal Path, and Preta Path attacked Konoha with missiles and summoned beasts while Deva Path, Human Path, and Naraka Path searched for information.
• Human Path extracted a captured Konoha Ninja’s soul and searched through his memories.
• Three Anbu Ninjas from the Sarutobi Clan attacked Asura Path and Preta Path with Fire Release techniques, but Preta Path absorbed all three and revealed his unusual Rinnegan.

The Asura Path and Preta Path overwhelmed Konoha’s Anbu with missile attacks, fire absorption, and a devastating laser cannon. Elsewhere, Minami Uchiha joined the fight against the Animal Path and Naraka Path, recognizing the danger of their eyes.

• The Asura Path fired explosive arms at three Anbu, who survived the blasts and tried the Sarutobi Clan’s Great Flame Technique against the Preta Path.
• The Preta Path absorbed the flames, and the Asura Path launched tracking missiles at the three Anbu.
• An Anbu countered the missiles with the Great Dragon Fire Technique, but the Asura Path killed all three with his Head Laser Cannon and destroyed a Konoha street.
• Four more Anbu confronted the Animal Path and Naraka Path, and Minami Uchiha activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Minami Uchiha warned the other Anbu that the enemies’ eyes were dangerous.

Minami Uchiha and the Anbu fighters battled the Animal Path’s summoned beasts, discovering that fire techniques could damage the Remote Centipede while ordinary attacks could not. The giant bull kept charging as Jianping’s insects began to attack it.

• Minami Uchiha burned the Remote Centipede’s head with a Great Fireball, while Feng and Yan’s sword attacks barely scratched its armor.
• The summoned bull rammed Feng through a building, and Minami wounded the Remote Centipede with Dragon Flame Jutsu, prompting the Animal Path to unsummon it.
• The bull charged Minami, smashed through her Earth-Style Wall, and continued its attack.
• Jianping released a swarm of beetles that settled across the bull and began using Insect Devour.

The Animal Path and its summoned beasts overwhelmed Minami Uchiha, Jianping, Yan, and Feng, while Deva Path Pain questioned Yan about Konoha’s leaders. Pain ordered the Human Path to extract Yan’s soul and search her memories for the Fourth Hokage and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

• The Animal Path summoned away the giant bull and the beetles attached to it, leaving Jianping too weak to fight.
• A hidden Chameleon trapped Minami Uchiha and Jianping with its tongue, and Yan could neither cut through it nor free them before they died.
• Deva Path Pain confronted Yan, declared that he had come to make her understand pain, and seized her by the throat.
• Pain used Bansho Ten'in to pull Feng into a black receiver, killing him in front of Yan.
• Pain ordered the Human Path to extract Yan’s soul and search her memories for the Fourth Hokage and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Six Paths Puppets attacked Konoha, and Minato Namikaze left the hospital to lead the defense after assigning Shisui Uchiha to protect Kushina and their newborn. Minato arrived at the battlefield, where his students had also gathered, as villagers looked to the Fourth Hokage for help.

• Human Path discovered Minato Namikaze and his wife’s location, and Nagato sent Animal Path ahead while the other Six Paths Puppets continued their rampage.
• The Barrier Team Captain learned that six enemies were attacking and that seven Anbu had already been killed, then finally reported the invasion to Minato Namikaze.
• Minato ordered the Anbu, Chunin, and other shinobi to mobilize, and asked Shisui Uchiha to guard Kushina and the baby.
• Shisui offered to summon the Konoha Military Police Force as Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the battlefield.
• Minato found Kakashi, Obito, and Rin at the scene, warned them to stay out of the fight, and was greeted by villagers who believed the Fourth Hokage would save them.

Minato Namikaze analyzed the Asura Path and Preta Path, then used his speed to strike the Asura Path with a Rasengan. Nagato watched through the Paths as the attack damaged the Asura Path’s mechanisms.

• Minato learned that four other enemies were scattered through Konoha and that the two opponents before him had different abilities.
• Minato deduced that the Asura Path specialized in mechanical attacks while the Preta Path absorbed ninjutsu, and Nagato used the absorbed chakra to support the Six Paths Puppets.
• Nagato sensed an unfamiliar force within Minato as Minato charged the two Paths.
• Minato threw shuriken, and the Asura Path intercepted them with homing missiles.
• Minato appeared beside the Asura Path and struck him with a Rasengan, damaging the mechanisms inside his body.

Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take down Asura Path and discovered that his enemies might be puppets controlled by Nagato. Asura Path transformed into his six-armed Asura Form, and Minato’s Anbu separated him from Preta Path, leaving him trapped and sinking in a muddy river.

• Minato used a disguised Flying Thunder God kunai to surprise Asura Path and slam him headfirst into the ground.
• Minato attacked Preta Path, but his kunai could not pierce the puppet-like body, leading him to suspect the Six Paths were controlled puppets.
• Asura Path emerged in his six-armed Asura Form and attacked Minato with a steel saw blade extending from his waist.
• Minato ordered his Anbu to occupy Preta Path while he dealt with Asura Path, and the Anbu used Earth Style to separate the two puppets.
• Preta Path absorbed the earth bullets aimed at him, but the separated Asura Path was struck repeatedly and began sinking into the muddy river.

Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan to destroy the Asura Path and Preta Path, forcing Nagato to reconsider confronting him. Meanwhile, the remaining Six Paths Puppets gathered at Konoha Hospital and prepared to capture Kushina and the Nine-Tails.

• Minato used a Flying Thunder God Mark to strike the trapped Asura Path with a Rasengan, destroying its head and laser emitter.
• Minato teleported to the Preta Path using another mark and destroyed it with a Rasengan before it could absorb the attack.
• Nagato told Konan that Minato had destroyed two puppets, then prioritized capturing the Nine-Tails over fighting the Fourth Hokage.
• The Animal Path reached Konoha Hospital and summoned the Deva Path, Naraka Path, and Human Path.
• The Deva Path sensed the Nine-Tails' chakra leaking through Kushina's weakened seal, and the four paths prepared to capture her and leave Konoha.

Shisui organized the Konoha Military Police Force to defend Kushina and Naruto while he went to confront the Six Paths Puppets. At the hospital, Deva Path Pain and the Animal Path’s summons overwhelmed the defenders, leaving the enemy free to advance.

• Shisui sensed the Six Paths Puppets approaching, and Inabi reported that four had appeared outside the hospital.
• Shisui ordered Inabi and Itachi to protect Kushina and her child, then used Body Flicker to join the fight.
• Tayuya, Kidomaru, Kimimaro, and the other Military Police Force members prepared to face the enemy summons.
• Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei to hurl the defenders into the air, injuring more than ten of them.
• The Animal Path sent Hellhound and Yatagarasu into the crowd; Yatagarasu crushed a Great Fireball, while Hellhound split into smaller beasts that attacked the defenders.

Shisui Uchiha confronted Nagato’s Six Paths Puppets outside Konoha Hospital to protect the Fourth Hokage’s family. After the Puppets pinned him with their attacks, Shisui awakened Susanoo, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Nagato demanded that Shisui let the Six Paths Puppets pass, while Shisui feigned ignorance of their target inside the hospital.
• Shisui used the Phantom Body Flicker Technique and Rasengan to strike all four Puppets, but they quickly recovered from their injuries.
• Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to drive Shisui back while Human Path restrained him and reached to extract his soul.
• Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan manifested a skeletal Susanoo that broke the Chameleon’s tongue and freed him.
• Shisui surrounded the skeleton with green chakra and unleashed Susanoo.

Shisui Uchiha revealed a living, bone-enhanced Susanoo and fought Deva Path Pain’s Six Paths Puppets. After surviving a powerful Shinra Tensei, Shisui unleashed Susanoo’s third form, drawing attention from Nagato and the Uchiha Clan.

• Black Zetsu watched Shisui’s bone-enhanced Susanoo and wondered how he had achieved a form unknown even to Indra and Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Shisui crushed the giant Chameleon in Susanoo’s skeletal hand until it burst apart.
• Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei to send Shisui flying, but Shisui stayed in the fight.
• Shisui expanded Susanoo into its third form, a towering armored giant powered by his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Nagato acknowledged the Sharingan’s strength, while Setsuna Uchiha, Kohaku Uchiha, Uchiha Tenwa, and Fugaku Uchiha sensed Shisui’s chakra.
• Fugaku decided to trust Shisui’s instruction and not intervene without a signal.