Chapter Summaries

Shisui, Soji, and Ayue investigated a string of disappearances in a border town while Shiro supervised their first independent mission. Ayue traced the missing people to two enemy bases, and the trio prepared to attack the stronger one using assassination tactics.

• Shisui, Soji, and Ayue traveled to the town and met with the lord, who gave them detailed intelligence about the disappearances.
• Shisui and Soji examined the latest crime scene while Ayue used analysis and magecraft to detect Chakra signatures.
• Ayue traced the signatures to enemy locations and identified a second base holding many of the missing children.
• Ayue and the others secretly set out the next day, sending Xiao Yu and the Dragon Tooth Soldiers to one base while the trio targeted the stronger base.
• Shisui, Soji, and Ayue chose assassination tactics against the second base, where a Chunin, five Genin, and several ninja apprentices were stationed.

Shisui, Soji, and Ayue infiltrated a hidden cave and fought their way toward its core, where they discovered the slaughter of children and rescued the survivors from immediate danger. The two brothers in charge revealed Mystic Eyes that could immobilize Shisui and Soji, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ayue concealed herself in a bounded field and sent Volumen Hydrargyrum into the cave while Shisui and Soji infiltrated separate passages.
• Soji silently killed three guards, and Ayue's silver liquid restored their bodies and erased the evidence; Shisui used his Sharingan and sealing techniques to disable five guards at the granary.
• Ayue's Volumen Hydrargyrum cleared most of the cave, and Shisui, Soji, and Ayue gathered outside the core before charging in after hearing children scream.
• Shisui and Soji found corpses of children throughout the chamber and a wounded girl bound on a platform, then killed the remaining attackers below it.
• The elder brother used Mystic Eyes to immobilize Shisui and Soji, but Ayue's silver ripple deflected the younger brother's Shuriken and gave them time to break free.

Ayue, Shisui, and Soji struggled against two brothers wielding powerful Mystic Eyes while trying to protect the captured children. After the elder brother changed eyes, several dead children rose with Mystic Eyes, leaving Shisui and Soji facing a worsening battle and their first independent mission apparently failed.

• Shisui and Soji broke free of the elder brother’s Stasis-type Mystic Eyes, but the younger brother used his Flame Burning Mystic Eyes to keep them at bay.
• Shisui used a Sharingan genjutsu and a crow clone to evade the elder brother’s Mystic Eyes, while Soji broke free and the fight reached a stalemate.
• The brothers changed their plan, and the elder brother gouged out his eye as the younger brother used flaming short blades to eliminate Shisui’s clones and hold off both opponents.
• Ayue entered the Mystic Eyes’ consciousness space, found more than a dozen pairs of eyes, and prepared to seize control of the newly lit pair before another will disrupted her.
• The elder brother activated his Mystic Eyes, and several child corpses stood up with bright Mystic Eyes in their sockets, forcing Shisui and Soji to retreat back to back.

Shisui and Soji defeated the men controlling the children, while Ayue confronted Shiro over his decision not to intervene sooner. After the dying girl gave her Mystic Eyes to Ayue, Shiro left the remaining mission to his students and ordered an investigation into the Jashin Cult.

• Shisui and Ayue used their abilities to overcome the brothers and destroy the puppets, then discovered the bound girl still alive.
• Ayue angrily demanded an explanation from Shiro, who said intervening would have led to a larger operation and that he had sent them to resolve the incident instead.
• The girl asked Shiro to spare her Mystic Eyes as a gift for Ayue, then died; Shiro promised to bury her in the Workshop and used Gray Snake to destroy the other Mystic Eyes.
• Shiro told Shisui to finish the mission and meet him outside the city, while Ayue accepted the girl's gift.
• While moving in stealth, Shiro told Gray Snake to investigate the Jashin Cult.

Shisui, Ayue, and Xiao Yu completed their mission by returning the children and evidence to the city lord, then regrouped with Shiro at Position Three. Shiro asked the three to prepare for future work investigating similar cases, and they flew back together as he discussed Ayue’s barrier.

• Ayue recovered, and Shisui and Soji gathered evidence before setting out with her and the children.
• Shisui, Ayue, and Xiao Yu presented the city lord with the evidence and corpses, and he took responsibility for investigating the accomplices.
• Shisui and the others left the city and returned to Position Three, where Shiro examined Ayue’s barrier.
• Shiro asked the three little ones to prepare to investigate similar cases and advised them to seek suitable techniques at the Research Department.
• Shiro and the three little ones rode a flying bird back while Shiro explained the barrier’s shortcomings to Ayue.

Obito approached Kirigakure’s Third Mizukage under the name Uchiha Madara and proposed cooperation, using his Mangekyo Sharingan abilities to withstand the Mizukage’s attacks. He invoked Emiya Shiro as their common threat, leaving the Mizukage alarmed by Shiro’s growing strength.

• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed taking action in Kirigakure and securing power for their plans with the Akatsuki.
• Obito entered the Mizukage’s office and claimed to be Uchiha Madara, then crushed an Anbu with Susanoo as proof.
• The Third Mizukage attacked Obito, shattered his first Susanoo, and discovered that Obito could phase through attacks and rebuild it.
• Obito told the Mizukage he had come to cooperate and named Emiya Shiro as an opponent he could not ignore.
• The Mizukage recalled Shiro’s feats and realized the young ninja was already capable of fighting Madara, filling him with urgency and despair.

Shiro completed the ninjutsu improvement work Shikaki had accumulated before meeting Fugaku, who secretly asked him to research changing how the Uchiha awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan so the clan could shed its reputation for evil. Shiro said he would need Orochimaru’s help, and Fugaku eagerly accepted.

• Shiro returned to the Research Department and spent three days completing the accumulated ninjutsu improvements.
• Shiro met Fugaku, who indicated that he wanted help with the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Fugaku explained that the Uchiha needed to change the way their eyes awakened to cast off their reputation as evil and integrate into Konoha.
• Shiro told Fugaku that he could not handle the research alone and proposed involving Orochimaru.
• Fugaku welcomed the proposal after Shiro assured him that Orochimaru could be trusted.

Obito negotiated with the Third Mizukage, offering Kirigakure the Two-Tails in exchange for intelligence and access to missions under revised terms. The Third Mizukage led him to a laboratory to seal the beast into a young Uzumaki girl, while Obito vanished into Kamui.

• The Third Mizukage objected to Obito’s demand for free mission authority and negotiated a deal allowing Obito to submit commissions for review while paying half the fee.
• Obito revealed that he had captured the Two-Tails and agreed to let Kirigakure seal it into a Jinchuriki.
• The Third Mizukage led Obito through Kirigakure’s laboratory, where Obito saw experimental facilities and learned more about developing his Kamui dimension.
• The Third Mizukage presented a young red-haired Uzumaki girl as the prepared Jinchuriki vessel and claimed she could withstand even the Nine-Tails.
• Obito disappeared in a Kamui vortex, leaving the Third Mizukage to recognize that his suspicions about Obito’s identity were correct.

Shiro brought Orochimaru into his borrowed Reality Marble to discuss research into the Uchiha Sharingan with Fugaku. Fugaku revealed that he had supplied his own eyes, numerous Sharingan samples, and clan members’ corpses, leaving Shiro and Orochimaru stunned by his willingness to sacrifice so much.

• Fugaku agreed to let Shiro pursue research into the Sharingan, accepting that the Uchiha might need to adapt as the clans lost influence.
• Shiro contacted Orochimaru, who initially declined to help until Shiro mentioned the Sharingan’s Eye of Heart's Reflection.
• Shiro transported Fugaku and Orochimaru into Unlimited Blade Works, where Orochimaru recognized the Reality Marble and asked to study Shiro’s Projection.
• Shiro and Orochimaru outlined research into emotionally triggered Sharingan awakenings and Mangekyo eyesight damage, but Orochimaru warned they needed enough samples.
• Fugaku presented his own Sharingan, three pairs of each one-to-three-tomoe Sharingan, and numerous corpses for the research, promising to find more if needed.

Obito brought the Two-Tails to Kirigakure so the Mizukage could seal it into a cultivated girl, but the girl’s body began to fail during the procedure. A mysterious golden radiance saved her and secretly freed her from Kirigakure’s control, while Obito left to pursue his plans for Kamui.

• Obito controlled the Two-Tails long enough to bring it out of the Kamui space, and the Mizukage ordered Kirigakure’s sealing squad to begin the procedure.
• The Two-Tails began merging into the little girl, but her imperfect body started collapsing under the pressure of its chakra.
• The Mizukage panicked and ordered the researchers to save the girl, while Obito watched without intervening.
• A golden radiance appeared in the girl’s spiritual world, restored her body, suppressed Matatabi, and took over Kirigakure’s control formula.
• The radiance left a protective mark and departed without Obito or the Mizukage noticing what had changed.
• Kirigakure placed the girl back in her container for examination, and Obito left through the Kamui space to prepare for his plans.

Fugaku entrusted Shiro and Orochimaru with a dangerous Sharingan research project using Uchiha corpses, while Shiro considered how to advance Kakashi’s training. The chapter ended with Sakumo urging Shiro to let Kakashi pursue the chance to save Obito, even if it meant accepting a terrible risk.

• Fugaku gave Shiro and Orochimaru his Mangekyo Sharingan and Uchiha corpses for their research, and they chose the Dragon Vein as the laboratory.
• Shiro and Orochimaru left the Reality Marble to arrange handovers for their Research Department duties and report their plans to Minato.
• Kakashi confronted Shiro about the mask he had designed, then asked for the next stage of his training.
• Shiro withheld a dangerous training method with severe side effects and gave Kakashi a scroll of ninjutsu development exercises instead.
• Sakumo told Shiro that Kakashi should be allowed to take the risk of pursuing Obito if no other option remained, and Shiro agreed to prepare for it.

Obito trained by hunting wandering ninja and established a crude laboratory in the Kamui dimension, hoping to strengthen himself through research. Nagato investigated doubts about the Rinnegan while secretly supporting Hiruko’s experiments, as Zetsu’s plans shifted toward finding a way to obtain some of the Nine-Tails’ and One-Tail’s chakra despite Emiya Shiro’s protection.

• Obito met Black Zetsu, discussed Nagato’s plans and Kirigakure, and asked for research talent and intelligence on capable Chunin.
• Obito hunted wandering ninja for training but found that their limited ninjutsu made them poor sources of techniques, so he continued practicing while postponing hunts for missing-nin.
• Obito opened a crude laboratory in the Kamui dimension, but struggled to find researchers with the talent needed to conduct experiments.
• Nagato suspected the Rinnegan and its origins were tied to transplantation, then supported Hiruko’s research into Kekkei Genkai to avoid drawing Zetsu’s suspicion.
• Zetsu prioritized finding preparations to obtain some of the Nine-Tails’ and One-Tail’s chakra, since Emiya Shiro protected both beasts.

Shiro and Orochimaru received Minato’s approval to investigate the Uchiha and began studying Mangekyo Sharingan problems, while Shiro gave Sara a ninjutsu scroll for the children of Rōran. Fugaku then told Shiro that Hikari was marrying Uchiha Yue, and Shiro asked why the Minamoto clan had allowed it.

• Shiro briefed Minato on the Uchiha matter, received broad authority for himself and Orochimaru, and then left to avoid Minato’s marriage talk.
• Shiro and Orochimaru researched Mangekyo Sharingan ocular power and vision problems, solved the vision issue, and agreed to work separately while sharing data.
• Sara asked to teach the children ninjutsu, and Shiro gave her a basic Ninjutsu Scroll and told her he would answer their questions.
• Fugaku told Shiro that Hikari was marrying Uchiha Yue, surprising Shiro because he had expected the Minamoto clan to keep Hikari from marrying out.
• Fugaku mentioned Minamoto Gardenia’s young son, Minamoto Kaze, and Shiro asked what had led the Minamoto clan to approve Hikari’s marriage.

Shisui, Ayue, and Soji prepared to assault a laboratory filled with magical beasts, while Obito followed intelligence to the same location. The chapter ended with both sides readying for the coming battle.

• Shisui and the others learned that the enemy’s patrols and linked formulas made infiltration impossible, so Shisui chose a direct assault.
• Ayue mapped the laboratory and said her Dragon Tooth Soldiers could handle the failed magical beasts but not the successful ones.
• Shisui ordered Ayue to prepare the Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Tuantuan as the team readied its tools and summoned beasts.
• Obito received a scroll identifying the mission site, killed the ninja he had been fighting, and traveled there using Kamui.
• Ayue, Shisui, and Soji finished preparing for battle as Obito arrived near the laboratory and spotted the monsters.

Shiro learned that Minamoto Kaze had been chosen by the powerful Fafnir summoning clan, and suspected the creature’s appearance was connected to Naruto and Sasuke. Back in Konoha, he visited his former teammates’ graves, then met Mizuki, who revealed she had received her Jonin promotion assessment and agreed to treat him to a meal.

• Fugaku told Shiro that a winged dragon summoning clan called Fafnir had chosen two-year-old Minamoto Kaze, and its chakra had surpassed Manda’s.
• Shiro suspected Fafnir’s appearance and the recent rituals were aimed at Naruto and Sasuke, and decided to speak with Minato and investigate Minamoto Kaze.
• Shiro returned to Konoha, used a displacement gate to reach the Memorial Stone, and mourned Blue Feather and Chosuke while reflecting on his guilt and changed attachments.
• Mizuki joined Shiro at the memorial, and they left together after discussing Hikari and Shiro’s brother’s upcoming wedding.
• Mizuki told Shiro she had received her Jonin promotion assessment, and she agreed to treat him to a meal.

Shisui, Soji, and Ayue attacked the monster-making facility, with Tuantuan clearing a path to its core as they struggled against powerful Magic Beasts. Obito recruited the middle-aged researcher and stayed to watch, while the researcher hinted that something unusual was about to happen.

• Shisui ordered Soji and Ayue to wait until the Dragon Tooth Soldiers drew the monsters away, then launched their attack.
• Soji cut down the pursuing humanoid monsters, while Ayue summoned Tuantuan and used the Multi-Size Technique and Human Bullet Tank to clear a route.
• The three children reached the core area, where Soji and Shisui struggled against Magic Beasts and Ayue tried to analyze their weaknesses.
• Shisui discovered that the Magic Beasts had a powerful second layer of control that his Sharingan could not override.
• Obito approached the middle-aged researcher, offered him work and research materials, and agreed to watch the battle with him.

Shiro and Mizuki shared a meal, and Mizuki reflected on her feelings before deciding their circumstances made a relationship impossible. Shiro then visited the Minamoto clan as Emiya clan head to investigate Xiao Feng, hoping to confirm the situation and reassure the family.

• Mizuki apologized for letting Shiro pay for an expensive meal before her graduation exam, and Shiro dismissed the debt as unimportant.
• Mizuki parted from Shiro and decided to distance herself because her status and his standing made a relationship impractical.
• Shiro sensed that his mother, Keiko, was at the Minamoto home and chose to visit in his own capacity rather than involve her in clan secrets.
• A Minamoto guard led Shiro past the training grounds to a reception room, where the Minamoto clan head was waiting.
• Shiro asked to see Xiao Feng and promised to resolve the matter without endangering the Minamoto clan.

Ayue, Shisui, and Soji fought through the monsters and killed the researcher, ending the creatures’ coordinated assault. Just as they relaxed, a Wyvern burst from underground and pierced Soji through the heart.

• Ayue identified the monsters’ weakness, letting Shisui, Soji, and the others kill them with strikes that broke through their defenses.
• As the group pushed toward the core, Soji burned through his limited Chakra while Shisui increased his attacks to ease the pressure on him.
• Soji and Shisui launched a combined assault on the remaining powerful monsters, while Ayue and Xiao Yu targeted and killed the researcher with her Mystic Eyes.
• The humanoid monsters stopped attacking, and Obito escaped with the middle-aged man after sensing an unexpected danger.
• A Wyvern erupted from beneath the exhausted Soji and pierced his heart, leaving Shisui and Ayue stunned.

Shiro discovered that the Dragon Kind behind the Minamoto clan’s new summoning contract might target Minato and Kushina’s child, whom prophecy identified as the Child of Prophecy. He warned Minato and Tiezhu that the Night of the Nine-Tails plan needed to account for this threat, while Minato reaffirmed that the child could still take the Uzumaki surname.

• Shiro confirmed that Minamoto Kaze’s summoning contract was with Dragon Kind from the Type-Moon world and hurried to discuss the discovery with Minato.
• Shiro brought Minato and Tiezhu into a protected barrier and explained that the Dragon Kind’s hidden patron targeted people who could significantly affect the Shinobi World’s future.
• Shiro said the Child of Prophecy would likely be influenced from birth and identified Minato’s unborn child as a likely target.
• Shiro revealed that Minato and Kushina’s child had a ninety percent chance of having yellow hair, suggesting the child could be the Child of Prophecy.
• Tiezhu worried that the child taking the Uzumaki surname would be unfair to Minato, but Minato said he was willing to keep their original agreement.

After Soji was killed, Shisui awakened Mangekyo Sharingan and used Amaterasu with Ayue’s Mystic Eye to destroy the Wyvern. Gray Snake rescued the exhausted children, while Obito took the middle-aged experimenter to Kamui space, where he agreed to work under the name Yue.

• The Wyvern pierced Soji’s heart, and his death drove Shisui to awaken Mangekyo Sharingan and unleash Amaterasu.
• Ayue immobilized the Wyvern with her Mystic Eye, allowing its black flames to burn it to ashes.
• Shisui and Ayue summoned Gray Snake, who protected them and Soji before transporting them away from the battlefield.
• Obito brought the middle-aged experimenter to Kamui space and explained that he had rescued him from the consequences of attacking Shiro’s students.
• The experimenter agreed to begin research into accelerating bodily development and told Obito to call him Yue.