Chapter Summaries

After Konoha’s victory ended the Third Shinobi World War, Shiro prepared a new plan while Nagato’s Akatsuki faced an unexpected visit from Orochimaru. Nagato and Orochimaru began fighting in Amegakure, leaving the chapter on the brink of a larger confrontation.

• Shiro warned Danzo against further interference, then remained on the Kirigakure battlefield while Azu worked to locate a target for his plan.
• Kumogakure surrendered after the Raikage saw Konoha’s formidable forces, and the Third Shinobi World War ended with Konoha gaining compensation, intelligence, and Shukaku.
• Nagato questioned Kakuzu about attacking Kakashi, but Kakuzu concealed Zetsu’s role and left with Meichuan; Hiruko soon departed as well.
• Orochimaru infiltrated Amegakure and attacked Nagato, who sent Konan away and confronted him.
• Nagato used the Asura Path’s weapons against Orochimaru, who transformed into white snakes to escape the barrage as the hunt began.

Orochimaru attacked Nagato in Kirigakure, hoping to study his Rinnegan and defeat him, while Nagato prepared a sealing trap and counterattack. Nagato destroyed Orochimaru’s snake swarm and tore out the attacking Orochimaru’s soul, but the battlefield encounter revealed that both sides had gained important information.

• Orochimaru swallowed the Asura Path’s corpse and briefly awakened its Rinnegan, learning that its power offered useful insights but was not suitable for his intended fusion.
• Orochimaru attacked Nagato with white snakes while Nagato fought back and secretly had the Animal Path prepare a Five Seal Barrier around them.
• Nagato activated Shinra Tensei and Core Earth Exploration, then used Chibaku Tensei to gather the exposed snakes into a sphere.
• Orochimaru evaded Nagato’s perception, stabbed him with the Kusanagi Sword, and planted a Cursed Seal, but Nagato used the Human Path to rip out and devour Orochimaru’s soul.
• Nagato absorbed the Cursed Seal’s Chakra through the Preta Path but suffered from its Natural Energy, while the main-body Orochimaru on the Lightning Country battlefield felt the soul’s loss and reflected on Nagato’s unusual abilities.

Obito learned that Rin had died and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, revealing that his eyes held Kamui and Izanagi. Madara sent him away with a White Zetsu and the Eye of the Moon Plan, while preparing to face the approaching God Organization.

• Madara warned Obito that their hideout had been exposed and Black Zetsu brought in Rin's corpse.
• Obito refused to accept Rin's death at first, then took her body into his space-time dimension and heard Black Zetsu's account of what happened.
• Obito blamed Minato for saving Kakashi instead of Rin and asked Madara about powers beyond the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito revealed that his right eye's ability was Kamui and his left eye's ability was Izanagi, which could rewrite reality.
• Madara explained his plan to Obito through an illusion and sent him away in a specially made White Zetsu to avoid the God Organization.
• Obito left with Black Zetsu, while Madara stayed behind to prepare for the God Organization's arrival.

Shiro left the Konoha camp to confront Uchiha Madara, whose remaining strength was limited but still dangerous. Their battle began with Madara’s Wood Clones facing Shiro’s Shadow Clones, and Shiro’s unexpected counter forced Madara to reveal Susanoo.

• Shiro and Ayue continued studying how Ayue’s Mystic Eyes resonated with transplanted Mystic Eyes and began developing the Mystic Eye Hawk Plan.
• After a crow reported that Madara’s location had been found, Shiro left the Workshop and flew toward the site, preparing for Madara’s possible abilities.
• Shiro met Uchiha Madara above a sea of trees and asked about Uchiha Obito, while both men cautiously sized each other up.
• Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s power to form Wood Clones, and Shiro answered with Shadow Clones equipped with projected Noble Phantasms.
• A Shadow Clone withstood a Wood Clone’s punch and struck back, forcing Madara to bring out Susanoo.

Shiro used his Shadow Clones to test Noble Phantasms against Madara’s Wood Clones, disrupting Susanoo with amplified sound while gathering data on its structure. Shadow Clone Number Two defeated its opponent with a lance, while the other battles continued.

• Shadow Clone number one dodged Wood Clone number one’s Susanoo attacks and used a castle, Blood Maiden, and the Magic Flute to unleash amplified sound that disrupted Susanoo.
• Shiro attached a Mystic Code to the horn and began collecting data on Susanoo while the sound kept Wood Clone number one from attacking effectively.
• Madara watched Shadow Clone Number Two exchange taijutsu with Wood Clone Number Two and recognized that Reinforcement Magecraft strengthened the Shadow Clone’s defense.
• As Shadow Clone Number Two began to lose ground, it drew Trap of Argalia and grazed Wood Clone Number Two’s shoulder with the lance.
• Wood Clone Number Two’s legs lost feeling and it fell, allowing Shadow Clone Number Two to strike off its head.

Madara and Shiro’s clones clashed as they tested each other’s abilities, and Madara’s Wood Clone uncovered Shiro’s unfamiliar illusion magecraft. After both sides received the gathered intelligence, Madara dispelled the remaining clones and the battle moved toward a more serious confrontation.

• Madara and Shiro received intelligence from their defeated clones as the fighting between their remaining clones intensified.
• Shiro’s Shadow Clone No. 3 combined Wind Release and Fire Release, but Madara’s Wood Clone countered with Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• The Shadow Clone used Type-Moon illusion magecraft to create leaf-based illusions that the Sharingan could not see through, but Madara’s Wood Clone identified and shattered them.
• Madara’s Wood Clone dispersed after overusing his Sharingan, while Shiro learned that ocular power had disrupted his Shadow Clone.
• Madara realized his Sharingan no longer deterred Shiro, dispelled his remaining shadow clones, and lost the chance to use Izanami as Shiro vanished among the leaves.

Shiro and Madara fought at full strength after Madara’s Izanami failed, with Shiro using projected Noble Phantasms to counter Madara’s defenses and healing. Shiro emerged from Madara’s combined Wood and Fire Release attacks unharmed, revealing powerful resistance to fire, earth, and lava.

• Madara’s Izanami failed to alter Shiro’s thinking, and his Wood Clones destroyed Shiro’s Shadow Clones while Madara replaced his Sharingan and began the Rejuvenation Technique.
• Shiro revealed Gae Dearg and Gae Buidhe, then charged Madara and fought him with the two spears.
• Shiro used Void Walker to evade Madara’s war fan, and Gae Dearg cut through Madara’s Susanoo and wounded his shoulder.
• Madara put away his weapons and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence with Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame to surround Shiro with a massive blaze.
• Shiro walked out of the flames unharmed, and his Status Panel showed strong resistance to flames, earth, and lava.

Shiro used his newly acquired divinity and magecraft to withstand Madara’s attacks while probing his abilities. Madara revealed his complete Susanoo, and Shiro began preparing a Noble Phantasm intended to counter it.

• Shiro explained that his E-rank divinity came from the Four-Tails and helped him survive Madara’s Fire Release alongside Reinforcement Magecraft.
• Madara attacked with Wood Release, and Shiro fought his Wood Clones and wood dragon while gathering information.
• Shiro summoned five wood dragons, then clashed with Madara directly and struck him with a powerful punch.
• Madara revealed Susanoo: Majestic Attire and then manifested his complete Susanoo after realizing Shiro had been probing him.
• Shiro’s red spear failed to pierce the complete Susanoo, so he summoned Tobi and began projecting another Noble Phantasm.

Shiro fought Madara’s Perfect Susanoo with the projected golem Adam, using Noble Phantasms and a coordinated strike to damage it. Madara’s Susanoo disintegrated when the technique’s time limit expired, but his body turned to ash before Shiro could reach it, leaving the world’s factions free to advance their plans.

• Shiro spent two Command Spell strokes to project Adam, which matched Madara’s Susanoo in strength and rapidly regenerated from its wounds.
• Madara summoned a Wood Dragon to pressure Shiro, who maneuvered across Adam and lured Madara into defending against a feint.
• Shiro used his final Command Spell to destroy the Wood Dragon with detonated Noble Phantasms, then had Adam smash Susanoo and cut off its four arms.
• Madara’s genjutsu failed against Shiro, and Madara repaired Susanoo and flew away from Adam’s attacks.
• Madara’s Perfect Susanoo disintegrated as its time limit expired, and Shiro rushed toward him before Madara’s body crumbled to ash.
• Madara’s death ended the Legend of the Hunt II plan and cleared the way for Shiro, Orochimaru, Nagato, Obito, and the great sacred lands to pursue their plans.

Obito learned that Madara had lost to Shiro and chose to pursue his own plans, beginning with contacting Akatsuki. Shiro recovered from the battle while planning Minato’s rise to Hokage and considering a team of his own, as the allied forces neared Konoha.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that Madara had lost to Shiro, prompting Obito to question Zetsu’s claims about God Organization and forbid him from speaking of Shiro that way again.
• Obito decided to seek out Akatsuki and first find a place to master his newly awakened power, while Black Zetsu offered him Azure Dragon’s ring.
• Shiro coughed up blood after Madara’s death, met Orochimaru, and learned that Orochimaru had found white creatures but no research data in the basement.
• Orochimaru supported Shiro as they left for his Workshop, and Shiro gave him Madara’s blood to see whether Madara could be reincarnated.
• A week later, Shiro traveled with the allied clan forces toward Konoha and planned to advance Minato’s appointment as Hokage and form his own team.

Shiro helped steer the welcoming ceremony’s public praise toward Minato, then visited the recovering Kakashi, who asked to be trained so he could bring Obito back himself. The chapter ended with Shiro considering the difficulty of facing Obito and Fugaku secretly studying the Uchiha stone tablet.

• Shiro used the welcoming ceremony and the Third Hokage’s Anbu support to direct public attention toward Minato, while his own promotion was left unannounced.
• Shiro visited Kakashi in Konoha Hospital after the surgery and told him he had not brought Obito back and that they would meet as enemies.
• Kakashi asked Shiro to teach him how to become strong enough to bring Obito back by his own means, and Shiro told him to recover first.
• Shiro considered Obito’s uncertain Mangekyo Sharingan abilities and the challenges Kakashi would face in trying to catch up.
• Fugaku examined the Uchiha clan’s stone tablet with his Mangekyo Sharingan and felt relieved that he had kept his true strength hidden.

Shiro received a promotion, a Jonin Squad captaincy, and land for the Emiya Clan, while his teammates received rewards for their war service. Kakashi rejected Minato’s offer to become an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and the village’s first major postwar meeting began as wartime affairs wound down.

• Shiro reassured Makoto that he would handle the rumors surrounding Kakashi and listened as Makoto urged him to support Kakashi and the Uchiha.
• The Third Hokage promoted Shiro to Elite Jonin and appointed him captain of the Jonin Squad, while Shisui was promoted to Chunin and Soji received a chance to choose a ninjutsu after an exam.
• Ayue saved her reward for later, and Team Shiro thanked Shiro before celebrating and discussing their training.
• Minato told Kakashi he could handle the matter of Obito and Rin himself, but ordered him to remain in the hospital while he recovered.
• Minato offered Kakashi the chance to become an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, but Kakashi declined, and Minato left him to rest.
• The village completed its postwar affairs, and its first major meeting after the war began.

Shiro attended a major Konoha meeting as the jonin representative after forcibly ending the rumors about Kakashi and exposing the truth about Sakumo's mission. He proposed recruiting Uchiha into the Jonin Squad, and when the leaders resisted, he demanded an open assessment in which candidates had to survive one of his arrows; the Third Hokage had yet to decide.

• Shiro used the Police Force to detain people spreading rumors about Kakashi and publicly revealed Sakumo's classified mission, killing Root members who tried to erase the information.
• Danzo's faction and Uzumaki Tiezhu's faction argued over whether Police Force authority should return to the Uchiha, while the Third Hokage allowed the debate to continue.
• Shiro interrupted the argument and proposed filling Jonin Squad vacancies with powerful Uchiha members, but several attendees objected by citing the Second Hokage's policy.
• The Third Hokage hesitated over Shiro's proposal, and Danzo accused Shiro of putting his authority above the village before offering Root candidates.
• Shiro rejected Danzo's offer and proposed an assessment open to all Konoha ninja, declaring that candidates could prove their strength by surviving one arrow from him.
• The attendees fell silent and looked to the Third Hokage, who continued smoking without giving a decision.

Shiro persuaded Konoha’s leaders to approve special Jonin promotions and establish a village Research Department, with Orochimaru as its head and Shiro as deputy. The meeting ended with the Third Hokage announcing that he would step down and asking everyone to name a successor.

• The Third Hokage agreed to assess Jonin candidates through Shiro’s roster, and the council approved special promotions for the listed candidates.
• Fugaku helped settle the Police Force dispute, keeping its authority with the Uchiha while gradually transferring some core powers to other clans.
• Shiro proposed a village Research Department and recommended Orochimaru to lead it, after arguing that Konoha needed to develop new techniques and research capabilities.
• The Third Hokage created the Research Department, appointed Orochimaru as its head and Shiro as deputy, and considered moving part of the Anbu research section into it.
• The Third Hokage announced that he had decided to step down as Hokage and invited the meeting attendees to name candidates.

The Third Hokage announced that he would step down, and Konoha’s leaders and Jonin selected Minato Namikaze as his successor. With Minato’s position established and the inauguration still ahead, Shiro prepared to face a new challenge.

• The Third Hokage announced his resignation and invited the gathered leaders to name candidates, shocking Danzo and the others.
• Shiro declared that he had no interest in becoming Hokage, and Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade also narrowed the field of candidates.
• The Third Hokage summoned Konoha’s Jonin to vote, while Shiro and Minato secretly discussed Minato’s likely succession and Kakashi.
• The Jonin voted overwhelmingly for Minato, and the Third Hokage and advisory elders approved him as the next Hokage.
• The meeting ended with Minato’s inauguration still to come, while Shiro faced a new challenge.

During the month after Minato became Fourth Hokage, Konoha established a Research Department and Tsunade overcame her hemophobia, while Shiro continued experimenting and planned a dangerous way to make Kakashi stronger. Shiro agreed to help Kakashi pursue that path and revealed that Rin’s soul was inside an Automatic Scribe, though he could not promise to revive her.

• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan to quiet opposition within the Uchiha clan, while the Third Hokage stepped down from any advisory role and helped Minato take control of Konoha.
• Orochimaru and Shiro established a Research Department, and they supplied it with a scroll of ninjutsu for study as Tsunade remained in the village after curing Jiraiya’s Frog Transformation Reaction and her own hemophobia.
• Shiro, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Ayue, and Shizune conducted another failed experiment on a prisoner, then decided to seek new samples through the Anbu.
• Kakashi told Shiro he wanted to join the Anbu, but Shiro warned that his training plan could erase his soul; after Kakashi insisted, Shiro agreed to prepare it and gave him a book to activate with Chakra.
• Shiro told Kakashi that Rin’s soul was inside the Automatic Scribe, explained that he could not currently revive her, and described the two revival methods he had planned for Kakashi.

Shiro brought Kakashi to a sealed training ground where Kakashi had to fight a copy of himself to grow stronger. After the copy revealed its consciousness and the stakes of their contest, Shiro sealed the barrier and left Kakashi to decide who would prevail.

• Shiro led Kakashi through the forest to a training ground and explained that tearing away its talisman would trap him with a copy that could only be beaten by surpassing himself.
• Kakashi chose the dangerous trial, tore off the talisman, and began fighting his mirror image with matching ninjutsu and swordsmanship.
• Shiro poured an unknown substance onto the barrier, making the mirror image stronger and revealing that it had its own consciousness.
• Shiro stopped the mirror image from killing Kakashi and explained that it was the other side of Kakashi, created first to revive him and now to make him stronger.
• The mirror image said only one of them could exist and described their contest as a king-and-mount struggle, while Shiro said the choice was theirs and sealed the barrier.
• Kakashi picked up his blade, charged it with lightning, and prepared to continue fighting the mirror image.

Kakashi fought Mirror Image while injured and near defeat, then heard Sakumo’s voice and landed the decisive strike. Shiro healed Kakashi as Sakumo appeared beside him, and they discussed the limits of bringing the dead back to life.

• Shiro worried that Kakashi might not discover the hidden edge needed to defeat Mirror Image.
• Kakashi’s injuries worsened during their duel, and Mirror Image prepared a faster, immediate attack.
• Sakumo’s voice steadied Kakashi’s Chakra, and Kakashi pierced Mirror Image before collapsing.
• Mirror Image dispersed, and Shiro found Sakumo beside him after the barrier disappeared.
• Shiro healed Kakashi and told Sakumo that reviving Rin would require the Rinnegan, while Sakumo could not be revived by the method he had used to summon him.

Shiro explained the Underworld and Kakashi’s dangerous training to Sakumo and then to the recovering Kakashi. Kakashi accepted the risks and prepared to continue training after his injuries healed, while Shiro left to handle Research Institute matters.

• Shiro told Sakumo that the fire-world was a passage to the true Underworld, explained Rin’s disappearance, and said he had used Impure World Reincarnation to keep her soul from losing control.
• Kakashi woke in the hospital after his successful surgery, and Shiro assured him that Sakumo’s intervention during the trial had not been arranged by Shiro.
• Shiro explained that Kakashi’s training would help him resist Mangekyo Sharingan genjutsu and eventually double his Chakra and physical abilities, though the Underworld substance inside him could assimilate him if it was not suppressed.
• Kakashi accepted the danger and asked when he could train again; Shiro said he could resume once his injuries healed and arranged for him to return home that night.
• Shiro left the hospital for the Research Institute to handle its affairs before formally turning his attention to missions.

Keiko asked Kushina and Minato to help find Shiro a suitable secretary, while Kakashi began training with Mirror Image and Sakumo’s guidance. Obito tested his control over the White Zetsu inside him, visited Rin, and prepared to join Akatsuki; a week later, Shiro was away on a mission while his research work continued through a Shadow Clone Technique.

• Keiko asked Kushina to have Minato help find a suitable secretary for Shiro, and invited Kushina and Minato to dinner for Kakashi’s discharge.
• Kakashi summoned Mirror Image, who attacked him, and Sakumo guided Kakashi into using the White Fang Sword Technique.
• Obito used Izanagi to expel and control the White Zetsu inside him, repaired Rin’s body, and altered the White Zetsu’s memories before leaving Kamui Space.
• Black Zetsu gave Obito Azure Dragon’s ring, and Obito decided to join Akatsuki while ordering continued surveillance of Konoha and its Jinchuriki.
• A week later, Kakashi’s training was progressing, Nara Shikaki had become Shiro’s secretary, and the Research Department had made several breakthroughs.
• Shiro went on a mission with Shisui and the others, leaving his research to a Shadow Clone Technique.