Recaps

Madara confronted Danzo and the Uchiha, but Setsuna refused to join his plan to cast the world into an eternal dream. Setsuna and Fugaku revealed their Mangekyō and fought Madara, who began regaining his former power as Fugaku glimpsed a devastating future.

• Madara intimidated the Root ninja and condemned Danzo as inferior to Tobirama's successor.
• Setsuna rejected Madara, explaining that he had chosen reality over an eternal dream after a question from a brat made his answer clear.
• Madara attacked with Susanoo, and Setsuna and Fugaku revealed their own Mangekyō Sharingan and answered with Susanoo.
• Setsuna's lightning spear pierced Madara's Susanoo and exploded beyond Konoha, prompting Danzo to withdraw with Root.
• Madara praised Setsuna and challenged Fugaku, then began rapidly regaining his strength despite Zetsu's warning.
• Fugaku saw a vision of a winged Susanoo splitting the earth and mountains with a single slash.

Uchiha Madara overwhelmed Setsuna Uchiha and Fugaku with his Complete Body Susanoo, but his temporary power failed before he could finish them. Meanwhile, Shingen and his allies freed the Two-Tails from Madara’s genjutsu and sealed it back inside Yugito, while Shingen worried about Setsuna’s fate.

• Madara manifested his Complete Body Susanoo and drove the Two-Tails to flee, while A, Minato, and Shingen saw the giant from the arena.
• Shingen asked Minato and A to cover him as he tried again to disrupt Madara’s genjutsu, while Setsuna and Fugaku faced Madara’s devastating attacks.
• Setsuna and Fugaku used their ocular abilities to evade Madara and keep him occupied, but his Susanoo dispersed when the White Zetsu cells sustaining his body reached their limit.
• Madara retreated after warning Setsuna that his body had little time left, and Setsuna collapsed after coughing up blood.
• A restrained the Two-Tails, Minato helped Shingen undo Madara’s genjutsu, and A sealed the beast back inside Yugito.
• Shingen worried that Setsuna might be in trouble as the fires continued to spread through Konoha.

After the Two-Tails' rampage, Danzo tried to seize Uchiha Shingen, but Fugaku, Minato, and Nara Shikaku stopped him and arranged an official investigation. Shingen returned to the devastated Police Force headquarters, reflected on the coming war, and discovered that his abilities and evaluation had improved.

• Danzo surrounded Uchiha Shingen and demanded that he join Root or be taken by force, while A offered him a place in Kumogakure and Minato defended him.
• Fugaku arrived with a crimson Susanoo and threatened Root, then Nara Shikaku invoked the Third Hokage's authority and forced Danzo to withdraw.
• Nara Shikaku escorted Minato, Uchiha Shingen, and the Kumogakure squad to the Hokage Building to give statements; Fugaku told Shingen that Elder Setsuna was injured but alive.
• On the way through Konoha's ruins, Minato warned Shingen that a major war was approaching, and Shingen said he wanted to protect his ordinary life in the Police Force.
• After questioning that lasted until dawn, Uchiha Shingen returned to the Police Force ruins and saw his panel report a new attribute point, increased Fire Release and Ninja Tool Mastery, and an A+ evaluation.

After learning that Uchiha Madara had returned for him and realizing the danger of Madara’s plan, Uchiha Shingen prioritized awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan. The Third Hokage promoted Shingen and Kakashi to Jonin, then offered Shingen compensation for helping build Minato’s reputation; Shingen asked to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Uchiha Shingen decided to save his attribute points for awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan after considering the power of the complete Susanoo he had witnessed.
• Uchiha Yakumi told Uchiha Shingen that Uchiha Madara had come to Konoha for him, and Shingen connected Madara’s actions to a plan involving the Tailed Beasts and a vast genjutsu.
• Uchiha Shingen visited the unconscious Setsuna Uchiha and learned that Setsuna had come to regard him as family.
• Kakashi escorted Uchiha Shingen through Konoha’s destruction, where villagers promoted Minato Namikaze as the village’s hero and prospective Fourth Hokage.
• The Third Hokage promoted Uchiha Shingen and Kakashi to Jonin and offered Shingen one condition as compensation for crediting Minato with resolving the Chunin Exam crises.
• Uchiha Shingen requested the Flying Thunder God Technique despite the Third Hokage’s warning about its difficulty.

Kakashi asked the Third Hokage whether missions or comrades mattered more, then decided to seek a powerful technique so he could protect both. As Uchiha Shingen struggled to learn the Flying Thunder God, Ōnoki prepared to invade the Land of Fire, but Iwagakure’s Five-Tails went berserk and began destroying the village.

• Kakashi asked the Third Hokage whether a ninja should prioritize missions or comrades, and the Hokage answered that the choice depended on the wishes of those being saved.
• Uchiha Shingen told Kakashi to ask his own heart, and Kakashi returned to the Hokage Building to request a powerful technique so he could choose both.
• Uchiha Shingen studied the Flying Thunder God scroll and resolved to master the space-time ninjutsu, while his Shadow Clones trained with it over the following days.
• Garura returned to Iwagakure grievously wounded and reported that the Explosive Corps’ mission against Konoha had succeeded, prompting Ōnoki to prepare for war.
• As Iwagakure’s Jonin gathered to discuss the invasion, Kokuō went berserk and smashed the Tsuchikage Building and the mountain behind it.

Orochimaru released the Five-Tails in Iwagakure, while Konoha prepared for war after his report revealed the danger of the Iwagakure Explosive Corps. The Third Hokage began positioning Minato as his successor, but the chapter ended with Minato questioning the village’s compromises and learning why the Third Hokage kept Danzo and Root in place.

• Orochimaru watched the Five-Tails devastate Iwagakure, then escaped before Iwagakure Anbu arrived.
• The Third Hokage asked Minato whether he supported revenge against Iwagakure, then offered to help him become Hokage.
• The Third Hokage received Orochimaru’s report that he had released the Five-Tails in Iwagakure, and he brought Minato to a meeting where Konoha’s leaders began preparing for war.
• Fugaku Uchiha challenged Danzo over his attempt to seize the Uchiha during the Chunin Ninja Exams, but the Third Hokage settled the dispute with a warning and concessions.
• Minato questioned why Danzo faced no serious punishment, and the Third Hokage explained that Root restrained Danzo and helped keep the Uchiha in check.

Minato learned that the Third Hokage intended to groom him as Hokage, while Danzo recruited Orochimaru to oppose him with promises of valuable research. As Konoha settled into a tense lull, Uchiha Shingen resumed his Police Force duties and struggled to learn the Flying Thunder God before Minato introduced him to Yahiko.

• Minato told the Third Hokage he wanted Shingen's help bringing peace to Konoha, and the Third warned that Danzo would back Orochimaru as Minato's rival.
• Orochimaru returned from Iwagakure after the Five-Tails' attack, then agreed to Danzo's offer after Danzo promised him Tobirama's research notes.
• Shingen became chief captain of South District 4 and assigned office paperwork to his assistant Shisui while he relaxed at work.
• Shingen continued training in the Flying Thunder God but made no progress and decided to ask Minato for advice.
• Minato met Shingen outside the Police Force with Jiraiya and Yahiko, whom Jiraiya introduced as Shingen's senior brother.

Uchiha Shingen, Minato, and Jiraiya hosted Yahiko before he returned to Amegakure, where the Akatsuki pursued its goal of ending war through mutual understanding. After Shingen warned that Yahiko’s ideal was naive, Minato offered him a simplified teleportation technique in exchange for help if he became Hokage, and Shingen agreed to assist when needed while staying in the Police Force.

• Jiraiya took Yahiko, Minato, and Uchiha Shingen to a barbecue restaurant, where Yahiko explained that he and Nagato and Konan had founded the Akatsuki to end war and help people live in peace.
• Uchiha Shingen privately considered Yahiko another protagonist-like figure and joked that he might someday freeload in Amegakure; Yahiko welcomed him and teased that the Akatsuki needed talented people.
• Yahiko left Konoha with the Amegakure team, calling Jiraiya and his disciples family and resolving to continue pursuing peace with the Akatsuki.
• Minato asked whether Yahiko’s ideal could succeed, and Uchiha Shingen argued that mutual understanding could not erase the hardships and grudges between strangers, though he hoped Yahiko would keep his original resolve.
• Minato offered Uchiha Shingen his Flying Thunder Formation Technique, a simplified long-distance teleportation method, in exchange for Shingen helping him if he became Hokage.
• Uchiha Shingen negotiated to remain in the Police Force while helping as a guard or with the Anbu at critical moments, and Minato accepted.

Uchiha Shingen studied Minato’s Flying Thunder Formation Technique notes, trained his clones, and raised his Chakra to level six, greatly improving his reserves and control. His quiet office life ended when Mei Terumi was detained at a bookstore and claimed she was already his woman, leaving Shingen bewildered as the Third Hokage and Minato confronted him.

• Minato gave Uchiha Shingen his Flying Thunder God training notes, including the Flying Thunder Formation Technique, and told him that Kakashi was also learning the original technique.
• Shingen assigned Shisui’s new recruit, Uchiha Tekka, the office work, then used his clones to study and divide up training in the Formation Technique and the Remnant Flame Sword.
• Over the following days, Shingen’s clones improved their teleportation training while the Remnant Flame Sword reached a Chakra-related bottleneck, so Shingen spent three attribute points to raise his Chakra by one level.
• Shingen’s Chakra nearly doubled and his control improved, making the Remnant Flame Sword more stable and powerful, while he relaxed in his office and left testing to his clones.
• Shisui told Shingen that Anbu had detained Mei Terumi at the South District 4 bookstore after she claimed she had entered because of him.
• Shingen found Minato and the Third Hokage accusing him of making thirteen-year-old Mei his woman; Mei cried after Shingen said he liked curvy women, and Shicang arrived with Kisame.

After Kirigakure’s team left Konoha, Yagura recruited Zabuza, Kisame, and Mei Terumi to help end the Bloody Mist Village. Uchiha Shingen advanced his Flying Thunder Formation Technique, but the Third Hokage soon ordered him and Kakashi to escort Minato to the Land of Iron for peace talks with Kumogakure.

• The Third Hokage realized Mei Terumi had fallen for Uchiha Shingen, while Shingen escaped before the Hokage could act on his thoughts about Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi left Konoha with Yagura, Zabuza, and Kisame, and Yagura called on them to join a revolution against the Bloody Mist Village.
• Jiraiya and Shisui teased Shingen about Mei Terumi, and Shingen helped Jiraiya develop ideas for his next book.
• Shingen’s Shadow Clone training showed that the Flying Thunder Formation Technique could reliably transport him to a seal at home.
• The Third Hokage told Shingen that Minato would negotiate a new peace treaty with Kumogakure in the Land of Iron, and assigned Shingen and Kakashi to guard him.

Shingen prepared to accompany Minato and Kakashi to peace talks in the Land of Iron, then visited the recovering Setsuna and learned more about Madara and Mangekyō Sharingan. As the team set out, the Third Raikage received evidence of a Five-Tails rampage in Iwagakure and suspected Konoha had also caused past jinchūriki incidents.

• The Third Hokage ordered Shingen, Minato, and Kakashi to attend peace talks in the Land of Iron, and Minato warned that Kumogakure might betray the agreement.
• Shingen visited the unconscious Setsuna, who woke and warned him to flee if he ever encountered Madara and to conceal his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Setsuna explained that Mangekyō Sharingan awakening required intense mental stimulation, while Shingen privately believed the Check-in Device might let him awaken it without suffering.
• Shingen checked in at the Police Force headquarters, then joined Minato and Kakashi as they departed for the Land of Iron.
• Anbu delivered intelligence about the Five-Tails rampaging in Iwagakure, and the Third Raikage concluded that Konoha might have caused that incident and Yugito's rampage.

Kumogakure learned that Buruibi’s death had been orchestrated and planned to use Iwagakure’s anger against Konoha while preparing for peace talks. Meanwhile, Sasori transferred himself into a White Zetsu body and prepared to target the Konoha delegation, leaving Uchiha Shingen unaware of the danger as he returned to the Police Force.

• Dodai and Killer B learned that Buruibi’s death was no accident, and the Third Raikage agreed to provoke Iwagakure while pursuing A and Yugito’s rescue.
• Sasori moved his core into a White Zetsu, regained a living body, and realized White Zetsu cells could make Human Puppets stronger than their originals.
• Madara learned that Uchiha Shingen, Minato Namikaze, and Hatake Kakashi would join Konoha’s peace-talk delegation, and he allowed Sasori to go after them.
• Uchiha Tezaku joked about his superiors as Uchiha Shingen appeared, took Tezaku’s rice ball, and warned him that the people above him were watching.

Minato, Kakashi, and Uchiha Shingen traveled to the Land of Iron for peace talks and met Mifune’s samurai delegation at Three Wolves Castle. With the Third Raikage delayed, the Konoha team settled in to wait as Shingen prepared to resume his training.

• Uchiha Shingen used the Flying Thunder Formation Technique to rejoin Minato and Kakashi, then considered how its long activation time limited its usefulness.
• Mifune, Chūkai, and Rikaku awaited Konoha’s delegation at Three Wolves Peak, where Rikaku recognized Shingen and sensed his strength as a swordsman.
• Mifune welcomed Minato, Kakashi, and Shingen and told them the Third Raikage would arrive several days late.
• Rikaku challenged Shingen’s assumption that samurai could not use chakra, and Shingen argued that ninja were tools of war rather than its cause.
• Minato suspected Kumogakure’s delay might be deliberate, while Shingen planned to assign Shadow Clones to train in Fire Release, sword techniques, and the Flying Thunder Formation.

Uchiha Shingen confronted his growing battle hunger by training his swordsmanship in the Land of Iron, while Minato and Kakashi watched his condition with concern. After the Third Raikage’s delegation arrived following a fight with Sasori, Killer B attacked Shingen at the Raikage’s command, leaving their confrontation poised to begin.

• Uchiha Shingen told Minato he wanted to become strong enough to protect the peaceful life he desired, then went out into the blizzard to train with Kotetsu.
• Minato and Kakashi discussed Shingen’s awakening battle instincts and agreed to monitor him, while Minato sent a report back to Konoha.
• Shingen realized that his restlessness came from fear and feeling too weak, then continued practicing until his swordsmanship grew smoother and sharper.
• Mifune watched Shingen train and praised his swordsmanship, while the Konoha delegation and the Land of Iron waited several days for Kumogakure’s peace delegation.
• The Third Raikage, Killer B, and Dodai arrived after battling Sasori and his powerful puppets on the way to Three Wolves Mountain.
• The Third Raikage ordered Killer B to demonstrate Kumogakure’s hospitality, and Killer B activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and attacked Shingen with his Seven Ninja Blades.

Uchiha Shingen fought Killer B on Three Wolves Peak, enduring the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki’s overwhelming speed and strength before using his Hazy Moon Secret Sword to disrupt Killer B’s rhythm and land a counterattack. The battle shifted toward an even contest, leaving the Third Raikage and the other observers stunned as Killer B struggled to keep the advantage.

• Killer B overwhelmed Uchiha Shingen with his Seven Ninja Blades and sent him flying into the snow while Mifune insisted the battle was part of the peace negotiations.
• Shingen emerged badly wounded, recognized Killer B’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode and suspected he was the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, then charged back into the fight.
• Shingen used the Hazy Moon Secret Sword to disrupt Killer B’s combat rhythm, and Killer B narrowly avoided a fatal slash by sacrificing a piece of an octopus-like tentacle.
• Killer B resumed his assault, but Shingen countered his attacks, used another illusion to create an opening, and kicked him into a distant snowbank.
• The Third Raikage and Dodai watched in shock as the fight turned from one-sided to an apparent contest, with Killer B being overpowered.

Uchiha Shingen’s duel with Killer B escalated when Shingen’s Remnant Flame Sword badly wounded him, but the Third Raikage intervened and stopped the blade. The Third Raikage then declared Shingen a threat and challenged Konoha to sacrifice him for peace with Kumogakure.

• Dodai urged the Third Raikage to abandon negotiations and eliminate Uchiha Shingen, while Minato and Kakashi debated whether to stop the fight.
• Killer B activated Tailed Beast Chakra Mode and charged Shingen with a Lariat, but Shingen met him with Kotetsu’s Remnant Flame Sword.
• The sword cut through Killer B’s chakra cloak and arm, then pierced his chest despite Eight-Tails taking control and trying to defend him.
• Killer B knocked Shingen into a cliff, but Shingen recovered and raised his blade to strike again.
• The Third Raikage caught the Remnant Flame Sword with one hand, then called Shingen a future threat and suggested Konoha trade him for Kumogakure’s friendship.

Minato rejected the Third Raikage’s demand to hand over Uchiha Shingen, and the Raikage launched an attack that exposed his overwhelming speed, defense, and strength. As Minato fought him and Kumogakure Anbu attacked Uchiha Shingen and Kakashi, Mifune intervened, but the Third Raikage threatened to kill him too.

• Minato refused to surrender Uchiha Shingen and accused the Third Raikage of Kumogakure’s history of sabotaging peace talks.
• The Third Raikage attacked, and Minato used Flying Thunder God to save Uchiha Shingen and Kakashi from his lightning-fast charge.
• Minato scattered Flying Thunder God Kunai and struck the Third Raikage with a Rasengan, but the Raikage took it without injury and shattered the ground with a counterattack.
• Dodai led Kumogakure Anbu against Uchiha Shingen and Kakashi, who fought back as the peace talks turned into a battle.
• Mifune ordered the fighting to stop, but the Third Raikage threatened to kill him if the Land of Iron intervened.

The Land of Iron joined the battle after the Third Raikage insulted its neutrality, while Uchiha Shingen and Minato struggled to overcome the Raikage’s defenses. The chapter ended with Shingen unleashing a new technique, Remnant Flame Sword-East: Rising Sun Blade, in one last attempt to break through.

• Mifune ordered the Land of Iron’s samurai to attack, and they joined Konoha in fighting Dodai’s Kumogakure forces.
• Dodai trapped Kakashi in a Rubber Ball, but Kakashi escaped with Flying Thunder God and wounded Dodai with Lightning Cutter.
• Uchiha Shingen left Kakashi and the samurai to support Minato against the Third Raikage.
• Mifune used Iaido to cut through the Raikage’s lightning armor and wound his body, but Minato teleported him away before the Raikage could strike back.
• Uchiha Shingen transformed his Ninja Blade and announced Remnant Flame Sword-East: Rising Sun Blade.

Uchiha Shingen used Rising Sun Blade to shatter the Third Raikage’s defenses and grievously wound him, though the technique badly burned Shingen in return. The Eight-Tails then destroyed Three Wolves Peak with a Tailed Beast Ball, and Mifune vowed to expose Kumogakure’s actions and visit Konoha.

• Uchiha Shingen charged the Third Raikage and struck him with Rising Sun Blade, vaporizing his lightning armor and inflicting a devastating chest wound.
• The Third Raikage retreated, while Uchiha Shingen’s uncontrolled chakra erupted into a massive fire lotus; Kakashi, Dodai, Mifune, and the others watched in shock.
• Minato recognized that Shingen had been badly burned, then prepared to capture the injured Third Raikage before sensing the Eight-Tails gathering a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Minato rescued Uchiha Shingen, Mifune, and nearby samurai, while Kakashi teleported Chūkai and Rikaku away from the blast.
• The Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball devastated Three Wolves Peak, and Mifune decided to publicize Kumogakure’s actions and visit the Third Hokage.

After the battle at Three Wolves Peak left the Land of Iron devastated, the Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure to prepare for war against Konoha. Sasori negotiated with Madara over White Zetsu, questioned Madara’s plan to control Uchiha Shingen, and then decided to go to Rōran.

• Minato promised Mifune that Konoha would share responsibility for the destruction at Three Wolves Peak, then returned to Konoha with Uchiha Shingen for treatment.
• The Third Raikage rejected compromise with Konoha and ordered Kumogakure’s forces to march, expecting Ōnoki’s troops to attack from another direction.
• Sasori returned to Madara badly wounded, explained that he had tested the Third Kazekage Human Puppet against the Kumogakure squad, and negotiated for White Zetsu in exchange for ten years of service.
• Sasori warned Madara that Uchiha Shingen could not be controlled, but White Zetsu reported that Shingen had severely wounded Killer B and the Third Raikage with the Remnant Flame Sword.
• After Madara defended his choice of Shingen, Sasori said he needed to leave for Rōran for ten days to several months.