Recaps

Uchiha Shingen relied on his comfortable Konoha Military Police Force job and a daily check-in device to grow stronger, while saving his attribute points for his Chakra and Sharingan. As his squad prepared for its shift, he heard that the young prodigy Shisui had been assigned to join them and worried that meeting a prominent character would bring trouble.

• Uchiha Shingen introduced himself as a thirteen-year-old transmigrant who hoped to live safely with his secure job in the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Shingen checked in at the force's entrance and received an attribute point, then reviewed his status panel and decided to save his points for his Chakra or Sharingan.
• Uchiha Shingen took a rice ball and read the night-shift patrol records before his squad gathered to talk.
• Uchiha Shingen's colleagues said that Shisui had joined the force, praised his talent, and noted that the clan leader had assigned him to their squad.
• Uchiha Shingen wondered whether Shisui's arrival meant he was about to get caught up in dangerous events.

Uchiha Shisui joined the Konoha Military Police Force under squad leader Uchiha Shingen, hoping to help ease tensions between the village and the Uchiha. Shingen's hands-off rules unsettled Shisui, who ended the chapter watching a thief at work while waiting to see what his captain would do.

• Uchiha Shisui reported for duty to Uchiha Shingen, having chosen the Police Force over the Hokage Direct Anbu because of Shingen's reputation for improving its standing.
• Uchiha Shingen brought Shisui to patrol South District 4 and explained that the squad had one rule: don't meddle in other people's business.
• Shisui regretted turning down the Anbu after hearing Shingen's rule, while Tezaku told him he would understand its value later.
• Uchiha Shingen kept Shisui beside him, read Make-Out Hell during patrol, and teased the embarrassed recruit.
• Shisui spotted a thief stealing cash from civilians, but Uchiha Shingen told him their job was to keep the peace, not catch thieves.

Shisui impulsively apprehended a pickpocket, but the thief framed him as an Uchiha abusing a sick war veteran, turning the crowd against the Police Force. Uchiha Shingen defused the public scandal and taught Shisui to consider consequences, then revealed he still intended to pursue the thieves.

• Shisui tackled a pickpocket, who coughed blood and accused him of persecuting a former Konoha soldier while the stolen money disappeared.
• Uchiha Shingen apologized to the crowd, paid the thief compensation, and publicly accepted responsibility for the Police Force's mistake.
• After the crowd dispersed, Shisui thanked Uchiha Shingen and asked why his attempt to help had gone so badly.
• Uchiha Shingen questioned Shisui about the consequences of his actions and explained that public perception and outcomes mattered to the Police Force.
• When Shisui asked whether they would let the pickpockets escape, Uchiha Shingen grinned and said they would let the kunai fly for a while.

Shisui caught the pickpocket and hoped the case would help ease distrust between Konoha and the Uchiha, while Uchiha Shingen stayed unconvinced. At Root, Danzo learned that an operation had failed and reflected on Shisui’s potential as a weapon against the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Shingen sent Shisui after the thief, and Shisui decided that catching him could help clear the Uchiha’s name.
• Shisui returned with the bound pickpocket and most of the stolen money, then asked Uchiha Shingen to announce the investigation’s results.
• Uchiha Shingen let Tezaku and the others handle the interrogation and left when his workday ended.
• A Root ninja reported to Danzo that the operation had failed, though Root had removed every trace of its involvement.
• Danzo recalled Shisui’s talent and Kagami Uchiha’s Will of Fire, and considered the boy a potential weapon against the Uchiha.

Danzo ordered Uchiha Shingen placed under surveillance after learning he was influencing the Police Force, while Shisui struggled to repair the Force’s reputation. Shingen’s advice gave Shisui a new way to think about his work—and left him curious about Make-Out Hell.

• Danzo rejected Aburame Ryoma’s suggestion to eliminate Shingen and ordered his subordinate to monitor him as a possible recruit.
• Shingen filed a report on the arrested thief and his suspicions, then left further investigation to Uchiha Yakumi.
• Shisui posted an account of the thief’s arrest, but civilians ignored it and continued spreading hostile rumors about the Police Force and the Uchiha.
• Shingen gave Shisui a rice ball and explained that people believed what they had already decided, advising him to follow proper procedures and preserve the thief’s chance to be good.
• Shisui interpreted Shingen’s advice as his ninja way and began wondering whether to secretly buy Make-Out Hell, prompting Tezaku to tell Shingen not to fill the boy’s head with nonsense.

Uchiha Shingen shared the credit for resolving the crisis with Shisui, who mistook Make-Out Hell for a guide to becoming Hokage. Shisui met its author, Jiraiya, at a bookstore and repeated Shingen’s harsh critique, leaving Jiraiya furious.

• Tezaku suggested Uchiha Shingen might be promoted, so Shingen shared the credit with Shisui and the other officers to avoid advancing.
• Shisui decided Make-Out Hell must contain wisdom about the Will of Fire and went to buy it after work.
• The shopkeeper refused to sell the adults-only book to Shisui, who realized Shingen had used the Transformation Technique to buy it.
• Shisui bumped into Jiraiya, recognized him, and learned that he had written Make-Out Hell.
• Jiraiya asked what Shingen thought of the book, and Shisui relayed Shingen’s criticism until Jiraiya angrily confronted him.

Jiraiya confronted Uchiha Shingen about his criticism of Make-Out Hell, but Shingen's detailed writing advice won Jiraiya's admiration. Jiraiya offered to travel and write with him, and Shingen reconsidered when he heard they would split the royalties.

• Jiraiya waited outside the bookstore and confronted Uchiha Shingen, saying Shisui had told him about Shingen's complaints about Make-Out Hell.
• Uchiha Shingen tried to praise the illustrations, then admitted the book's plot and writing needed improvement.
• Uchiha Shingen gave Jiraiya an extended critique of Make-Out Hell and suggested adding emotional and moral conflict.
• Jiraiya took notes, became impressed with Uchiha Shingen, and invited him to leave the Police Force and write with him.
• Uchiha Shingen declined until Jiraiya mentioned splitting the royalties, prompting him to ask about the offer.

Uchiha Shingen agreed to coauthor a book with Jiraiya, prompting his subordinates to speculate about the meeting while Danzo interpreted it as a secret political deal. The chapter ended with Danzo convinced that Hiruzen planned to bring the Uchiha under his control.

• Jiraiya offered Uchiha Shingen a share of the royalties from a new book, and Shingen enthusiastically accepted.
• Uchiha Shingen and Jiraiya spent several days discussing their book while Shingen left his patrol duties to his subordinates.
• Shisui worried about Shingen's meetings with Jiraiya, but Tezaku argued that Shingen had a larger plan and suggested reporting the matter to Yaowei.
• Danzo's Root Jonin received reports about Shingen and Jiraiya's book discussions, but Danzo rebuked them and claimed Hiruzen had made a deal with the Uchiha.

Danzo misinterpreted a report about Jiraiya and Uchiha Shingen as proof that the Third Hokage was secretly trying to control the Uchiha, prompting both men to investigate the matter. Meanwhile, Shingen kept checking in for work and earned enough Attribute Points to upgrade his Chakra or Sharingan.

• Danzo accused the Third Hokage of secretly cooperating with the Uchiha, but the Hokage denied knowing what he meant and ordered the Hokage Direct Anbu to investigate Jiraiya and Uchiha Shingen.
• Danzo ordered Root to increase its surveillance of Shingen and alert him when Shingen was alone so Danzo could recruit him.
• Shingen noticed the increased surveillance but ignored it after two days and continued going to work.
• Shingen's 180 consecutive check-ins earned him three bonus Attribute Points, bringing his reserve to seven and allowing him to upgrade either his Chakra or Sharingan.

Uchiha Shingen upgraded his Sharingan to the Three-Tomoe stage and improved his taijutsu, bringing his evaluation to Jonin level while keeping his new strength hidden. His routine stayed unchanged until Danzo angrily confronted a Root ninja over failing to decipher his conversations with Jiraiya or approach him alone.

• Uchiha Shingen upgraded his Sharingan to Three-Tomoe and experienced its sharper dynamic vision and perception.
• Uchiha Shingen used his remaining skill points on Taijutsu Mastery, raising it to level three and earning an A evaluation as an ocular-jutsu-specialized Jonin.
• Uchiha Shingen decided not to test his new abilities, choosing to keep them secret and preserve a trump card as war tensions rose.
• Uchiha Shingen continued his ordinary routine of working, slacking off, talking with Jiraiya, and enjoying dinner at home.
• Danzo berated a kneeling Root ninja for failing to decipher Uchiha Shingen and Jiraiya's encrypted conversation or find a chance to speak with Uchiha Shingen alone.

Danzo ordered his subordinates to investigate Jiraiya’s connection to Uchiha Shingen and to make Shingen disappear if necessary. Meanwhile, Shisui passed the Chunin Exams and, after Shingen refused his challenge, disguised himself and pursued him.

• Danzo dismissed the idea that Jiraiya had returned to Konoha merely to write, decided he was acting on Hiruzen’s orders, and commanded an investigation into Uchiha Shingen.
• Uchiha Shingen learned that Shisui had taken the Chunin Exams and was surprised that he had been fast-tracked.
• Jiraiya failed to appear in South District 4, so Uchiha Shingen spent the afternoon relaxing at a teahouse.
• Shisui returned as a Chunin and challenged Uchiha Shingen to a fight, but Shingen refused and headed home.
• Shisui bought a fox mask, disguised himself in a cloak, and secretly pursued Uchiha Shingen to force him to fight.

The Third Hokage learned that Danzo had intensified his surveillance of Uchiha Shingen and feared he might provoke the Uchiha into rebellion. As Jiraiya rushed to investigate, Shisui secretly attacked Shingen to test his strength.

• The Third Hokage questioned Jiraiya about Uchiha Shingen and considered whether he could help ease tensions between the village and the Uchiha.
• Jiraiya warned that Shingen was unlikely to cooperate, while the Third Hokage feared Danzo would act against him.
• Hokage Direct Anbu reported that Danzo had intensified surveillance of the Uchiha and that Root ninja had been spotted, so Jiraiya went to investigate with them.
• Shisui followed Shingen, activated his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and thrust a kunai at him.

Uchiha Shingen overwhelmed Shisui in a nighttime fight, revealing his Jonin-level strength before discovering that masked Root members had surrounded them in the Uchiha heartland. Their silence during the battle made Shingen realize something was wrong with the clan.

• Shisui attacked Uchiha Shingen, but Shingen seized him and countered with powerful Taijutsu.
• Shingen revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and overpowered Shisui's Great Fireball with his own.
• Shingen struck Shisui down and injured him before recognizing him and warning him not to act so recklessly.
• Masked figures emerged from the darkness, and Shingen suspected they were Root.
• Shingen realized the Uchiha shinobi should have heard their fight, but no one had come.

Uchiha Shingen and Shisui were trapped by Danzo’s Root forces in a genjutsu-and-barrier ambush, but both refused Danzo’s offer to join him. Jiraiya appeared to protect them, forcing Root to withdraw while Danzo questioned Hiruzen’s intentions toward the Uchiha.

• Shingen and Shisui realized they had been transported to an abandoned district by a genjutsu reinforced with barrier ninjutsu.
• Danzo emerged with Root shinobi and offered Shingen a position, but Shingen refused and asked to leave.
• Danzo asked Shisui to join him, but Shisui refused and said he would serve in the Anbu under the Hokage.
• Danzo raised his hand to signal an attack, but Jiraiya appeared beside Shingen and warned Danzo not to take his pen pal.
• Danzo lowered his hand, Root withdrew, and Jiraiya claimed he and Shingen were only pen pals.

After Jiraiya rescued Uchiha Shingen and Shisui from Danzo’s men, Shingen realized he needed to become stronger if he wanted to live freely. At the Uchiha compound, Fugaku learned Shingen had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan at thirteen and recognized his potential, while questioning whether he was loyal to the clan.

• After Danzo and his men left, Shisui and Uchiha Shingen recovered from the ordeal, and Shingen decided he needed to train harder.
• Uchiha Shingen negotiated a ten-percent increase in his royalties with Jiraiya, then said that Konoha-Uchiha tensions were for important people to handle.
• Jiraiya warned Uchiha Shingen that news of his Jonin-level strength at thirteen would make him well known.
• Jiraiya escorted Uchiha Shingen and Shisui to the Uchiha compound, where Fugaku welcomed them and led them to the Police Force building.
• After hearing what happened, Fugaku was surprised that Uchiha Shingen had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan at thirteen and considered him a future pillar of the clan, provided he was loyal.

Fugaku Uchiha reassured Uchiha Shingen that the clan would support him, then gave him and Shisui clan techniques. As they parted after midnight, Fugaku received a summons to an emergency meeting at the Hokage Building.

• Fugaku Uchiha hinted that the Three-Tomoe Sharingan could evolve further, then questioned Uchiha Shingen about his time with Jiraiya.
• Shisui admitted he had followed Uchiha Shingen’s advice to seek the secret of becoming Hokage and had introduced him to Jiraiya.
• Fugaku Uchiha concluded that Jiraiya had only been discussing writing with Uchiha Shingen and promised the Uchiha Clan’s support.
• Uchiha Shingen requested the Sword Leap Flame Technique, and Fugaku Uchiha gave him that scroll and several others; Shisui also requested secret Fire Release Ninjutsu.
• Shisui asked Fugaku Uchiha not to punish Uchiha Shingen, and Fugaku agreed to let the matter go.
• Uchiha Shingen and Shisui left the residence after midnight, and Fugaku Uchiha received a summons to an emergency meeting at the Hokage Building.

Uchiha Shingen studied the ninjutsu scrolls Fugaku had given him and became excited by the Shadow Clone Technique’s ability to return clones’ memories and experience. After Jiraiya told him Danzo’s surveillance had been stopped, Shingen felt bitter about the weak response and heard Jiraiya invite him to travel and work on their project.

• Uchiha Yakumi praised Shingen’s talents, while Fugaku decided Danzo had to answer for targeting Shingen and Shisui and went with Yakumi to the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Shingen studied Sword Leap Flame and the other scrolls, then discovered that Shadow Clone Technique clones could return their memories and training experience to him.
• Uchiha Shingen stayed up all night reading and went to his Police Force post exhausted the next morning.
• Jiraiya told Uchiha Shingen that the Hokage had rebuked Danzo and called off Root’s surveillance of the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Shingen felt bitter that Danzo had received only a mild reprimand, and Jiraiya invited him to travel the Shinobi World and create their masterpiece.

Uchiha Shingen rejected Jiraiya’s offer to leave Konoha but asked him to become his teacher, trading writing ideas for training. After agreeing, Jiraiya took Shingen outside the village to assess his abilities, and Shingen prepared reluctantly to fight.

• Uchiha Shingen refused to leave Konoha and asked Jiraiya to train him instead of taking twenty percent of the royalties.
• Jiraiya agreed to teach Shingen after Shingen proposed a new story about Shirako, the hot spring inn proprietress.
• Jiraiya worked on the story while Shingen rested, then Shingen planned to prioritize Sword Leap Flame, genjutsu, and Shadow Clone training.
• After his Police Force shift, Shingen left Konoha with Jiraiya to train outside the village.
• Jiraiya asked Shingen to show his full abilities, and Shingen complained that he would rather avoid a boring fight.

Uchiha Shingen fought Jiraiya in a test, using a series of feints and a Sharingan genjutsu to catch what he thought was Jiraiya off guard. Jiraiya revealed that Shingen had only defeated a Shadow Clone, then began explaining the importance of intelligence in battle.

• Uchiha Shingen attacked Jiraiya with a Great Fireball concealing a barrage of flame-wreathed shuriken.
• Jiraiya blocked the attack with an Earth Wall, while Shingen concealed himself and then used Sharingan genjutsu to immobilize him.
• Shingen struck Jiraiya's shoulder, but the target burst into mist as a Shadow Clone, and Jiraiya grabbed Shingen from underground to end the fight.
• Shingen admitted defeat in tactics and combat, while Jiraiya praised his skill and began reviewing his fatal mistake: neglecting intelligence.

After Jiraiya’s advice on intelligence and firepower, Uchiha Shingen prioritized building his Chakra and abilities while training under him. Shingen developed Earth Release and tested using Shadow Clones to train separately, but his clones objected to doing the work while he relaxed.

• Jiraiya explained that knowing an opponent’s abilities could help Shingen avoid reckless tactics, while warning that ninjutsu and Chakra had limits.
• Shingen decided to prioritize raising his Chakra, improving his Sharingan and Release techniques, and learning the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Shingen trained intensively with Jiraiya in Chakra control, Fire Release, Taijutsu, and combat experience, and developed Earth Release.
• After training, Shingen created two Shadow Clones and assigned Little Left to practice Taijutsu and Little Right to practice Sword Leap Flame.
• Little Left and Little Right objected to training while Shingen lounged around.

Uchiha Shingen tried to make his Shadow Clones train in his place, but their memories and exhaustion made the plan backfire. Meanwhile, Danzo reconsidered his rivalry with Hiruzen and planned to use Uchiha Setsuna to disrupt Hiruzen’s efforts.

• Uchiha Shingen arranged a training schedule with Little Left and Little Right, but they trained for four hours and their accumulated fatigue knocked him unconscious.
• Jiraiya found Uchiha Shingen among the rubble and scorch marks, assumed he had overworked himself, and worried about the pressure on him.
• Danzo learned that Jiraiya and Uchiha Shingen’s conversations had not been part of a plot with Hiruzen, and his Root shinobi struggled to hide their amusement.
• Danzo concluded that Jiraiya’s protection made attacking Uchiha Shingen too risky and resolved to persuade him instead of using force.
• Danzo decided to create another concern for Hiruzen and asked Aburame Ryoma whether Uchiha Setsuna’s sentence was nearly over.

Danzo ordered Aburame Ryoma to arrange Setsuna Uchiha’s early release, hoping to use him to pressure Hiruzen. As Fugaku Uchiha feared the former Uchiha elder’s return could threaten the clan’s fragile path toward peace, Danzo arrived at Setsuna’s cell and spoke of hope.

• Danzo dismissed Aburame Ryoma’s warning about Setsuna Uchiha and ordered him to arrange Setsuna’s release within the month.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Yakumi discussed Shingen Uchiha becoming Jiraiya’s student and the chance it offered to mend relations between the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Fugaku sensed a threat beyond the possibility of war and feared Setsuna Uchiha’s return could endanger the clan’s future.
• Fugaku declared that anyone who stood in the Uchiha’s way would pay with their life, then went with Uchiha Yakumi to see Shingen.
• Danzo entered the deepest level of Konoha’s High-Security Prison and addressed Setsuna Uchiha, saying that hope could be terrifying.

Danzo visited Setsuna Uchiha in prison and offered to release him, prompting Setsuna to realize he was being recruited for a new alliance between the Uchiha and Konoha's leadership. Meanwhile, Jiraiya took Uchiha Shingen to a barbecue, where he reunited with Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, Rin, and Obito.

• Danzo confronted Setsuna Uchiha, who guessed that Tobirama Senju was dead and Hiruzen Sarutobi had taken power.
• Danzo said he had come to release Setsuna, and Setsuna deduced that Danzo intended to use him to bring the Uchiha and Konoha High Command together.
• Setsuna laughed at the prospect of the Uchiha falling for the same deception again, and his laughter echoed through the prison.
• Jiraiya took Uchiha Shingen to a barbecue and insisted that Shingen was his student, while Shingen tried to negotiate a writing-related trade.
• Uchiha Shingen and Jiraiya arrived at Minato's table, where Obito recognized Shingen and greeted him as an old friend.

Uchiha Shingen reunited with Obito, Rin, and Kakashi over dinner, where his strength became the focus of conversation. After initially refusing to spar with Kakashi, Shingen agreed when Jiraiya offered Earth Release ninjutsu as a reward, and they planned to fight after dinner.

• Obito bragged about becoming a Chunin, and Rin and Kakashi teased him while Uchiha Shingen joined in.
• Minato told Uchiha Shingen that Inuzuka Gaku still blamed himself for failing to protect him during their battle against Iwagakure, and Shingen reassured him that Gaku had done his best.
• Jiraiya praised Uchiha Shingen's strength, while Kakashi said Shingen's dangerous aura made him uncomfortable.
• Minato suggested that Kakashi spar with Uchiha Shingen, but Shingen refused because he saw no benefit in fighting.
• Jiraiya offered Uchiha Shingen Earth Release ninjutsu if he won, and Shingen accepted the spar after dinner.

Obito challenged Uchiha Shingen in the Forest of Death but was stopped by Shingen’s Sharingan genjutsu, prompting Kakashi to step forward. As Kakashi prepared to fight, Minato and Jiraiya discussed his strength and the burden he carried after his father’s death, while Jiraiya warned that Minato himself might need to take Shingen down.

• Obito insisted on challenging Uchiha Shingen, and Team Minato went with Shingen to the Forest of Death after dinner.
• Obito charged Shingen with a kunai, but Shingen trapped him with the Uchiha Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
• Rin helped Obito break free, and Obito warned Kakashi that Shingen was dangerous.
• Kakashi drew his short sword and approached Shingen, while Minato reflected on Kakashi’s talent and his struggle to change his mission-first outlook.
• Jiraiya told Minato that he might have to fight Shingen himself.