Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Shingen accepted Setsuna Uchiha as his teacher after learning he would pass on his secrets, and Setsuna revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan technique, Virudhaka. After the Uchiha Clan Meeting ended peacefully, Orochimaru decided to investigate Shingen, while Danzo waited at Root for news.

• Uchiha Shingen accepted Setsuna Uchiha as his teacher in exchange for learning his inheritance and secret techniques.
• Setsuna Uchiha demonstrated Virudhaka, which altered the flow of time around objects and could also affect his own body.
• Uchiha Shingen asked Setsuna Uchiha to give him his eyes before he died, provoking Setsuna to roar at him.
• Orochimaru learned that the Uchiha Clan Meeting had ended without a clash and decided to speak with Uchiha Shingen and report to the old man.
• Danzo waited at the Root base for the outcome of the Uchiha Clan Meeting.

Danzo misread Setsuna Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha’s private meeting as a violent breakdown in negotiations and believed his plan to inflame Uchiha tensions was succeeding. Fugaku explained to Uchiha Yakumi that the Third Hokage had released Setsuna and that Fugaku intended to use the elder’s presence to secure benefits for the clan.

• Danzo received a report that the Uchiha Clan Meeting had ended without injuries or an apparent confrontation, but he ordered Root to investigate further.
• A Root shinobi reported that Setsuna Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha had spoken privately and left Naka Shrine separately, each taking a young prodigy with them.
• Danzo concluded that negotiations had failed and that Fugaku had conceded Uchiha Shingen to Setsuna, then sent Root to search for evidence.
• Root found warped kunai and holes in Naka Shrine’s outer wall, and Danzo took them as proof that Setsuna and Fugaku had fought.
• Uchiha Yakumi questioned Fugaku about leaving Shingen with Setsuna, and Fugaku revealed that the Third Hokage had released Setsuna early.
• Fugaku told Yakumi that Setsuna could help the clan gain more benefits and that he intended to keep the elder’s influence in his own hands.

Uchiha Yakumi showed Fugaku Uchiha the book Shingen and Shisui were reading, leaving Fugaku scandalized by Make-Out Hell. Setsuna moved into Shingen’s home, then a fire destroyed the mansion Setsuna had promised as his inheritance, and Shingen realized the old man had tricked him.

• Uchiha Yakumi told Fugaku that Shingen trained through a Shadow Clone while spending his time with Jiraiya and writing books.
• Uchiha Yakumi brought Fugaku a copy of Make-Out Hell, and Fugaku read it before condemning Shingen and Shisui’s reading habits.
• Setsuna moved into Shingen’s house with two servants after Shingen agreed to become his disciple.
• Uchiha Toma told Shingen that Setsuna’s former home was the only valuable inheritance he had left.
• A fire reduced Setsuna’s mansion to ruins, and Shingen accused Setsuna of deliberately destroying the inheritance before Setsuna taunted him.

Uchiha Setsuna gave Uchiha Shingen Kotetsu, the sword once wielded by Uchiha Izuna, and agreed to teach him despite realizing Shingen was Jiraiya’s student. After Shingen experienced the blade’s illusion-like power, Setsuna explained how it reflected its owner’s abilities and began teaching him about genjutsu.

• Uchiha Setsuna admitted he had burned down his old house to frame Uchiha Shingen and amuse himself.
• Uchiha Setsuna gave Uchiha Shingen Kotetsu as a welcome gift and offered to teach him, then tried to take it back after realizing Shingen was Tobirama Senju’s great-great-grandstudent.
• Uchiha Shingen took Kotetsu upstairs and experienced an illusion showing the sword’s past victims and a silver-haired man.
• Uchiha Setsuna explained that Kotetsu gradually took on traits of its owners’ abilities.
• Uchiha Shingen realized that concealment was central to genjutsu and explained why ocular genjutsu was unreliable against equally matched, wary opponents.

Uchiha Shingen trained with Setsuna Uchiha to learn the Hazy Moon Secret Sword, a sword style that combined swordsmanship and genjutsu. After a night of being repeatedly fooled and knocked down, Shingen began to grasp the technique, only for Setsuna to reveal he had already prepared a training scroll.

• Setsuna Uchiha offered to teach Uchiha Shingen the Hazy Moon Secret Sword, which he also called the Illusion Sword Technique.
• Uchiha Shingen attacked Setsuna, but Setsuna used genjutsu to disarm him and then struck him through a second illusion.
• Uchiha Shingen charged again with his Sharingan active, saw numerous sword strikes, and was hit by the real one and knocked back.
• Uchiha Shingen repeatedly attacked and was sent flying throughout the night, gradually grasping the technique's principles.
• As dawn neared, Setsuna Uchiha gave the exhausted Uchiha Shingen a training scroll and admitted he had forgotten to hand it over earlier.

Uchiha Shingen trained in the Hazy Moon Secret Sword under Uchiha Setsuna, prompting Jiraiya to fear Setsuna was drawing his student away. Jiraiya warned the Third Hokage that Shingen was too important to be treated as merely his student or a squad leader.

• Uchiha Shingen took the Hazy Moon Secret Sword scroll and left Uchiha Setsuna behind, then began training in the style with a Shadow Clone each day.
• Uchiha Shingen grew so exhausted from his training that he repeatedly fell asleep while on duty with Jiraiya.
• Uchiha Setsuna told Jiraiya that Shingen had agreed to inherit his legacy, and the two clashed over who could guide him better.
• Uchiha Shingen sensed the tension between Jiraiya and Uchiha Setsuna, asked Shisui if anything was wrong, and went back to sleep when he heard there was no serious issue.
• Jiraiya went to the Hokage Building and told the Third Hokage that Shingen had decided to inherit Uchiha Setsuna's legacy.
• Jiraiya warned the Third Hokage that Shingen was far more important than just his student or a Konoha Military Police Force squad leader.

The Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru discussed how to guide Uchiha Shingen and responded to Kirigakure’s proposal to restart the Joint Chunin Ninja Exams. Later, Shingen found that training with three Shadow Clones strained his body, though his progress suggested he could improve faster through training as well as attribute points.

• The Third Hokage and Jiraiya agreed they needed to win Shingen’s loyalty but rejected teaching him forbidden techniques or Senjutsu for now.
• Orochimaru offered to train Shingen, then delivered Kirigakure’s proposal to resume the Joint Chunin Ninja Exams; the Third Hokage decided to wait and watch for signs of trouble.
• Jiraiya offended Orochimaru by invoking his past as a teacher, and the Third Hokage later urged Jiraiya to let Orochimaru help Shingen.
• Shingen dispersed his three Shadow Clones after training and found himself too exhausted to continue.
• Shingen checked his status, saw he had three attribute points, and realized training had reduced the points needed to improve his taijutsu.

Uchiha Shingen poured three attribute points into Taijutsu, reached Level 4, and discovered that his strength and swordsmanship had dramatically improved. After Setsuna Uchiha mistook his progress for the result of extra training, Shingen faced his teacher in the Forest of Death, ready to test his new strength.

• Uchiha Shingen raised Taijutsu Mastery to Level 4, grew stronger, and practiced the Hazy Moon Secret Sword and Sword Leap Flame with Kotetsu in the courtyard.
• Setsuna Uchiha spotted the sword marks Shingen had left and assumed his disciple had been training relentlessly, then made him drink restorative soup the next morning.
• Uchiha Shingen worked his Police Force shift with greater stamina and looked forward to repaying Setsuna Uchiha for their earlier training sessions.
• Uchiha Shingen met Setsuna Uchiha in the dark Forest of Death and suddenly charged, bringing down a Kasagiri at him.

Uchiha Shingen overwhelmed Setsuna Uchiha during their training, then learned that Konoha would host the Joint Chunin Ninja Exams. Orochimaru asked Shingen to enter as a Genin so he could help Konoha deter other villages, promising to promote him directly to Jonin afterward.

• Uchiha Shingen used his enhanced physical strength to overpower Setsuna Uchiha in a fierce sword fight that lasted through the night.
• Setsuna Uchiha told Uchiha Shingen to practice the Hazy Moon Secret Sword on his own, and the two bickered on their way back to the Uchiha compound.
• At the Konoha Military Police Force, Shisui told Uchiha Shingen that Konoha would hold the Joint Chunin Ninja Exams, and they worried that the village's Genin were too inexperienced.
• Orochimaru approached Uchiha Shingen and explained that Konoha needed him to compete after Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure issued invitations.
• Orochimaru said Hiruzen was erasing Shingen's Chunin Exam records so he could enter as a Genin and be promoted directly to Jonin after the exams.

Orochimaru revealed that Konoha was sending Kakashi and Shisui through the Chunin exam as part of their Jonin assessments, and Uchiha Shingen agreed to join them. Meanwhile, Kumogakure and Kirigakure prepared their own formidable representatives for the joint exam, leaving Kisame and Zabuza confronting a mysterious arrival.

• Orochimaru told Uchiha Shingen that Kakashi and Shisui were also undergoing the Jonin process, and Uchiha Shingen agreed to take part in the Chunin exam.
• The Third Raikage ordered Samui, Darui, and Yugito to represent Kumogakure and pursue an overwhelming victory, while sending A to assess Konoha's strength.
• Kisame hurried through Kirigakure and encountered Zabuza, who attacked him with a savage sword strike.
• Kisame blocked Zabuza's attack, and the two exchanged threats until a newcomer shouted for them to stop.
• Kisame and Zabuza recognized the newcomer and reacted with shock.

The Third Mizukage sent Mei Terumi, Kisame, Zabuza, and Yagura to Konoha to pose as genin in the joint Chunin Exams and display Kirigakure’s strength. Meanwhile, Sunagakure struggled to respond to the Third Kazekage’s disappearance without revealing its vulnerability.

• Yagura captured Kisame and Zabuza with coral and brought them to the Mizukage Building.
• The Third Mizukage assigned Mei Terumi, Kisame, Zabuza, and Yagura to join the Chunin Exams as Kirigakure genin, with Shikura leading them.
• The Third Mizukage said he expected other villages, including Konoha, to send stronger ninja to compete as genin.
• Sunagakure learned that the Third Kazekage had vanished, and Ebizo suggested Sasori might be involved.
• Chiyo rejected the possibility that Sasori had attacked the Kazekage, while Ebizo asked how Sunagakure should answer Konoha’s exam invitation without exposing the disappearance.

Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to conceal the Third Kazekage’s disappearance, strengthen its defenses against the Land of Earth, and search for Scorpion. In Konoha, the Third Hokage and Orochimaru prepared for the Chunin Exams and discussed Orochimaru possibly taking Uchiha Shingen as a disciple, while Uchiha Shingen received his Genin appointment letter.

• Chiyo decided the joint Chunin Exams would proceed and sent Pakura to participate, while Ebizo agreed that the villages would not follow the rules.
• Chiyo ordered the Third Kazekage’s disappearance concealed, recalled Rasa from the front lines, and assigned half her guards to search for Scorpion.
• Orochimaru warned the Third Hokage that Kirigakure’s Karatachi Yagura was a Jonin disguised as a Genin, and the Third Hokage complained that Kirigakure was shameless.
• Orochimaru gave the Third Hokage the completed Genin files for Uchiha Shingen and two others, and the Third Hokage assigned Orochimaru to reinforce the Iwagakure front.
• The Third Hokage suggested that Orochimaru try taking Uchiha Shingen as a disciple, and Orochimaru accepted the idea.
• Uchiha Shingen sat beside a bookstore in South District 4 and examined his Genin appointment letter.

Uchiha Shingen trained for the upcoming Chunin Exams while reviewing Jiraiya’s manuscript, but his routine changed when he was reassigned from South District 4 to guard Konoha’s gates. He accepted the post after learning his benefits and hours would stay the same, and Shisui and Kakashi joined him as subordinates.

• Setsuna Uchiha mocked the genin appointment notice and blamed the Uchiha’s concern for saving face for their past defeats.
• Uchiha Shingen read Jiraiya’s manuscript and continued preparing for the Chunin Exams, training four Shadow Clones across several disciplines.
• Over half a month, Uchiha Shingen gained two attribute points and improved his ninja tool, sword, and combat skills.
• Uchiha Yakumi told Uchiha Shingen that the Patriarch had reassigned him to Konoha’s gates to study the Chunin Exam competitors.
• Uchiha Shingen accepted the reassignment after confirming his benefits and hours would remain unchanged, and Shisui and Kakashi agreed to serve under him.
• The next day, Uchiha Shingen, Shisui, and Kakashi began their new posts as Konoha’s gate guardians.

Kakashi, Shisui, and Uchiha Shingen guarded Konoha’s gate when Minato arrived with Obito and Rin, reuniting Team Minato. Their reunion was interrupted when Minato sensed a group approaching with unmistakable killing intent and suspected they were from Kirigakure.

• Kakashi criticized Uchiha Shingen for neglecting his gate-guard duty, while Shisui explained that Shingen’s experiences in the Police Force had made him wary of taking initiative.
• Obito teased Kakashi about being a Genin while he and Rin were Chunin, and Kakashi greeted Minato.
• Minato spoke with Uchiha Shingen and hoped Kakashi’s time around him would broaden Kakashi’s perspective.
• Minato sensed several figures approaching Konoha’s gate with heavy killing intent and suspected they were from Kirigakure.

Kirigakure’s squad, led by Yagura, confronted Konoha at its gates, but Uchiha Shingen recognized their challenge as a test rather than an attack. As the standoff eased, a newly arrived group of ninja shouted “White Fang,” abruptly changing the situation.

• Minato and Kakashi watched as Yagura, Zabuza, Kisame, and Mei Terumi arrived at Konoha’s gates and challenged the Konoha ninja with their killing intent.
• Yahiko and three Amegakure ninja arrived, but Yahiko chose to watch the standoff rather than intervene.
• Uchiha Shingen dismissed the threat as a test and said Kirigakure would not attack while the green-haired, purple-eyed Yagura was present.
• Yagura restrained Zabuza and warned him and Kisame that Uchiha Shingen, not Kakashi, was Konoha’s true trump card.
• Yagura’s squad withdrew its killing intent, but another group of ninja arrived and roared, “White Fang!”

Pakura attacked Kakashi with Scorch Release, but Uchiha Shingen stopped her with a blade at her throat before Kakashi could strike her with Lightning Release. The confrontation ended with Kakashi and Shingen exchanging remarks while Pakura remained at Shingen’s mercy.

• Pakura rushed Kakashi with a Scorch Release fireball, and the heat evaporated moisture around her.
• Kakashi blocked Pakura’s attack with Earth Release and retreated as both groups took fighting stances.
• Pakura unleashed Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder, splitting her fireball into six and filling the area with scorching wind.
• Uchiha Shingen vanished from his chair and appeared with his blade at Pakura’s throat, stopping her attack.
• Kakashi dispersed the Lightning Release gathering in his hand after Shingen warned him that killing Pakura would cause trouble.
• Kakashi complained that Shingen had waited to intervene, and Shingen explained he had acted to prevent Kakashi from killing her.

Uchiha Shingen ended the confrontation with Ye Cang, leaving the visiting genin wary of Konoha’s strength. Yahiko’s group entered Konoha, while a hooded figure recognized Shingen’s sword as Izuna’s keepsake.

• Uchiha Shingen sheathed his sword and ended the dispute with Ye Cang, warning that the fighting could continue once the Chunin Exams began but no one could die there.
• Kisame, Zabuza, Shicang, and Yagura discussed Uchiha Shingen and Kakashi’s abilities, while Yagura ordered Kisame and Zabuza to keep Mei Terumi away from men.
• Yahiko rejected his companions’ claims that Konoha had disguised Jonin as genin and urged them to learn from the strength of Konoha and Sunagakure’s genin.
• Yahiko’s group entered Konoha after he reflected on his complicated feelings toward the village and Jiraiya.
• A hooded figure watched Uchiha Shingen and recognized his sword as Izuna’s keepsake.

Madara entered Konoha with Sasori, whom he recruited after identifying him as the missing-nin who had killed the Third Kazekage. Uchiha Shingen sensed something unusual about Madara, then ended his shift as a group from Kumogakure appeared on the horizon.

• Madara discussed his failing body and his search for a successor with Black Zetsu, then noticed Uchiha Shingen watching him.
• Sasori, disguised as a Kusagakure Genin, bumped into Madara, who exposed his identity and recognized him as a dangerous fighter.
• Madara overwhelmed Sasori with his presence and invited him to work together; Sasori followed him through Konoha's gates.
• Uchiha Shingen told Minato he had sensed something strange, while Minato left with Obito and Rin after judging Shingen a leading contender in the exams.
• The commotion at Konoha's gates died down, and Shingen napped through the afternoon before packing up to leave work.
• Five Kumogakure shinobi appeared on the horizon, led by a burly, dark-skinned man with a short beard.

Uchiha Shingen and his comrades returned to Konoha after meeting the Kumogakure squad, while Setsuna Uchiha encountered the returned Madara at Naka Shrine. Madara revealed his interest in Shingen and provoked Setsuna into awakening the second form of his Susanoo before disappearing.

• Shingen, Shisui, and Kakashi joked about Yugito and Shingen's supposed romantic interest as they returned to Konoha.
• Setsuna went to Naka Shrine, where a hooded man revealed himself as Madara.
• Madara challenged Setsuna's faith in Konoha's peace and suggested that the village's system had only made wars more brutal.
• Setsuna realized Madara had come for Shingen and tried to defend him.
• Madara told Setsuna that Shingen's modest dream could produce powerful ocular abilities if it were destroyed.
• Setsuna awakened the second form of his Susanoo and attacked, but Madara vanished, challenging him to try to stop him.

Fugaku learned from Setsuna that Uchiha Madara had returned and was targeting Shingen, prompting him to report the warning to the Third Hokage. The village leaders reviewed the Uchiha’s urgent report, but Danzo doubted Madara remained a serious threat and questioned the Uchiha’s motives.

• Fugaku arrived at Naka Shrine and found Setsuna shaken after an encounter with Uchiha Madara.
• Setsuna warned Fugaku that Madara had come for Shingen and urged him to suspend the joint Chunin Exams so Shingen would not be harmed.
• Setsuna said Konoha could not defeat Madara and left the shrine in his wheelchair.
• Fugaku accepted that Setsuna’s warning was likely true and ordered Medicinal Flavor to prepare a report for the Third Hokage.
• Several hours later, the Third Hokage, Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu read the Uchiha’s report about Madara’s return.
• Danzo dismissed the threat because of Madara’s age and suggested the Uchiha might be acting suspiciously.