Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu discovered that the sealed scroll taught Storm Release and explained how to use the yin release chakra crystal he had found. He suspected the crystal came from Black Zetsu, sealed both it and the scroll for safekeeping, and remained cautious about forces beyond his strength.

• Kangetsu pressed the black scroll and watched its dark coating recede, revealing a blue scroll.
• Kangetsu read that the scroll described Storm Release and identified the black gemstone-like object as a yin release chakra crystal.
• Kangetsu suspected Black Zetsu had left the crystal and reasoned that it could explain Madara's Storm Release and Black Zetsu's control over him.
• Kangetsu sealed the crystal and Storm Release material with five-element ninjutsu, put the scroll away, and looked toward the sunlight.

Kangetsu led fifty children to the Mission Hall to turn in a mission after slaughtering their targets. Their grisly display stunned everyone, who feared Kangetsu and the children.

• Uchiha Meigetsu, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Madara found Kangetsu covered in blood, and Uchiha Madara sent Uchiha Izuna to fetch their parents while he and Uchiha Meigetsu followed Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu led the fifty children to the Mission Hall, where their cold expressions and killing intent silenced everyone.
• Kangetsu asked the mission counter to verify their mission, while the children laid out fifty headless corpses and stacked the heads into a pyramid.
• The hall’s onlookers marveled at the children’s brutality and feared Kangetsu, recalling that he had killed two people there over a disagreement.

Kangetsu realized his desire to protect the Uchiha Clan had given him a sense of purpose, and his Sharingan evolved to three tomoe. After dealing with the bodies in the Mission Hall, he declared that he would take the Ino-Shika-Cho mission.

• Kangetsu resolved to strengthen and protect the Uchiha Clan, claiming the Ino-Shika-Cho mission for himself.
• Kangetsu's two-tomoe Sharingan evolved into a three-tomoe Sharingan.
• Kangetsu told Inoue to collect the payment, keep the Hagoromo Clan young master's head, and burn the other corpses.
• Kangetsu left the Mission Hall and warned everyone not to compete with him for the Ino-Shika-Cho mission.
• Powerful onlookers dismissed Kangetsu as an arrogant brat but said they liked the way he killed.

Kangetsu bathed after returning from the battlefield, while his family worried over the blood on him and the people he had killed. He accepted his family and resolved to survive so he could protect the warmth he had found in his heart.

• Kangetsu stepped into a tub, turning its water red with blood, and called for more water.
• Uchiha Eiko asked Uchiha Madara about Kangetsu, and Madara blamed himself for being unable to help his younger brother.
• Eiko accused Uchiha Tajima of sending six-year-old Kangetsu into a lesson that had turned him into a killer.
• Kangetsu reassured his parents that killing was part of a ninja's life and promised to stay alive to protect what he cared about.
• Kangetsu embraced his feelings for Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Eiko, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Meigetsu.

Kangetsu gathered the fifty people from his mission and ordered them to use their funds to buy ingredients for Military Ration Pills and chakra-conducting ore. After Inoue questioned the purchases, Kangetsu showed him a blade as an example of the ore’s purpose.

• Kangetsu declared that he would personally train his subordinates after criticizing their inability to withstand killing intent.
• Kangetsu met his fifty subordinates in a forest clearing, where Inoue reported they had about three thousand ryo.
• Kangetsu ordered the group to buy ingredients for Military Ration Pills and acquire mines containing chakra-conducting ore.
• Inoue asked why they needed the supplies and called the ore trash, then apologized when Kangetsu confronted him.
• Kangetsu said the purpose of the ingredients had to remain secret and pointed to a blade to explain the ore.

Kangetsu ordered his subordinates to keep his secrets and assigned Inoue, Jingxia, and Watanabe to teach the others ninjutsu. Inoue discovered that the scroll Kangetsu gave him contained advanced chakra training that could greatly strengthen their team.

• Kangetsu sealed fifty people with a formula that would kill them if they revealed his secrets.
• Kangetsu ordered Inoue to teach the contents of his scroll and said he would resume the mission the next morning.
• Kangetsu gave Watanabe a scroll and ordered Jingxia and Watanabe to teach the Clone Technique and Three Body Technique.
• Jingxia and Inoue praised Kangetsu’s strength, and the others affirmed their loyalty to him.
• Inoue read the scroll’s lessons on nature and shape transformation for five chakra natures and realized they could make his team much stronger.

Kangetsu avoided using his overwhelming spiritual power because his body could not withstand it, and focused on strengthening himself instead. While strolling near the river where Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had met, he reflected on the clans’ foolishly honorable approach to war.

• Kangetsu’s soul had grown extraordinarily powerful, with hidden green lightning strengthening it, but using genjutsu could make his fragile body turn to ash.
• Kangetsu decided to keep strengthening his body until he could break the shackles his soul had placed on it.
• Kangetsu recognized the river where Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had met, shared by the Uchiha, Senju, and Hagoromo clans.
• Kangetsu considered poisoning the river and mocked the clans for favoring open battle over schemes.
• Kangetsu recalled Uchiha Tajima and Senju Butsuma targeting each other’s sons and condemned their plans as foolish.

Kangetsu’s fifty subordinates completed chakra nature training and received chakra weapons as they traveled toward the Ino-Shika-Cho. After learning that they were only a few kilometers away, Kangetsu ordered everyone to halt.

• Kangetsu observed that his fifty subordinates had likely mastered chakra nature training and equipped themselves with chakra weapons.
• Kangetsu praised Uchiha Inoue, who confirmed that his chakra had a fire nature and thanked Kangetsu for teaching them ninjutsu.
• Kangetsu asked how far they remained from the Ino-Shika-Cho.
• Inoue said they would reach the Ino-Shika-Cho in about ten minutes, and Kangetsu ordered everyone to halt.

Kangetsu distributed his improved Military Ration Pills to the group as they hurried toward the Ino-Shika-Cho's small village. After Inoue praised the pills for improving their chances of survival, Kangetsu told them to focus on killing the enemy quickly.

• Inoue took a Military Ration Pill and felt his alertness, strength, and chakra recover and increase.
• Jingxia, Watanabe, Inoue, and the others reacted with surprise to the pills, and Kangetsu urged them to stay alive to see what came next.
• Kangetsu led the group toward the Ino-Shika-Cho's small village, with the others following.
• Inoue asked whether the herbs and supplies he had bought were used to make the pills, and Kangetsu confirmed they were Military Ration Pills.
• Inoue praised the pills for improving their chances of survival, but Kangetsu said they should focus on killing the enemy as quickly as possible.

Kangetsu and Inoue arrived at a town protected by a barrier, where Kangetsu identified its Four Clans and questioned why they needed the Uchiha Clan’s help. Nara Isshin welcomed them and said the town faced serious trouble.

• Kangetsu stopped a shuriken at the town’s barrier and warned Inoue to be cautious around Barrier Ninjutsu.
• A member of the Onmyoji Clan formed hand seals and opened a doorway through the barrier.
• Kangetsu recognized the Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, and Onmyoji Clans and questioned what enemy had forced them to hire the Uchiha Clan.
• Nara Isshin introduced himself as the town’s mayor, thanked Kangetsu for coming, and bowed while explaining that the clans faced serious trouble.

Kangetsu entered the Four Clans’ peaceful town and told Nara Isshin that clans should protect such a haven instead of sending children to war. Nara Isshin recognized Kangetsu as someone who understood his ideals, leaving him feeling he had found a kindred spirit.

• Nara Isshin led Kangetsu into the town built by the Four Clans.
• Kangetsu admired the peaceful town and said the clans lacked the strength to defend the life they had created.
• Kangetsu condemned powerful clans for sending children to battle and treating them as sacrifices in adult struggles.
• Nara Isshin recalled how other clans had rejected his strategies and forced his people toward combat.
• Nara Isshin felt that Kangetsu understood him in a way no one else had.

Nara Isshin revealed the Ishikura Clan's numbers and abilities, but Kangetsu accepted the mission despite the odds. Kangetsu then hinted that he wanted something priceless in return, and promised his request would greatly benefit Isshin.

• Nara Isshin told Kangetsu about the Ishikura Clan's Light Rock and Heavy Rock Techniques and its force of roughly three Jonin, over a hundred Chunin, and over a thousand Genin.
• Kangetsu accepted the mission, surprising Nara Isshin, who had expected him to refuse.
• Inoue warned Kangetsu that their fifty people were too weak to face the Ishikura Clan directly.
• Kangetsu explained that battles could be won with strategies and methods other than head-on combat, and said he would seek additional compensation.
• Nara Isshin said his clan was not wealthy, but Kangetsu replied that he wanted something priceless that would benefit Isshin greatly.

Kangetsu asked the Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, and Onmyo clans to join him, promising them a safe home on Uchiha land and his protection. He left them with his pledge to grow strong and safeguard their future.

• Kangetsu said he wanted children to live peacefully instead of training and fighting.
• Kangetsu asked the Four Clans to join him, arguing that they could overcome the hatred between their clans and powerful clans like the Uchiha.
• Kangetsu proposed building a town for the Four Clans on unused Uchiha land and promised they would be safe there.
• Kangetsu vowed that he and his brothers would protect the clans, even if he died.
• Kangetsu stood and delivered his promise, leaving everyone in the room stunned.

Kangetsu gave the Akimichi Clan medical formulas and Military Ration Pill ingredients, and assigned the Yamanaka Clan to learn medical ninjutsu. He tasked the Nara Clan with devising strategies to defeat their enemies as they prepared to fight the Ishikura Clan.

• Kangetsu handed Akimichi Cho medical formulas and first-aid methods, asking his clan to produce medicines and learn the techniques.
• Kangetsu gave Akimichi Cho ingredients for the Military Ration Pill and asked the clan to begin producing it for the fight against the Ishikura Clan.
• Kangetsu gave Yamanaka Ino a scroll describing three medical ninjutsu techniques and told the Yamanaka Clan to learn them before teaching them to the Akimichi Clan.
• Kangetsu told the Yamanaka Clan to keep focusing on the Mind Body Switch Technique to gather intelligence on the battlefield.
• Kangetsu tasked Nara Isshin and the Nara Clan with using any schemes or tactics necessary to kill their enemies.

Kangetsu prepared his guards and four exhausted men for the fighting that began that day. After rewarding four Onmyo Clan members with barrier techniques, he gave the men powerful Military Ration Pills, leaving them astonished by their effects.

• Kangetsu dismissed the barrier and gave the Four Violet Flames Formation and Four Red Yang Formation scrolls to four Onmyo Clan members, appointing them his personal barrier ninja.
• Onmyo Tian, Onmyo Di, Onmyo Xuan, and Onmyo Huang pledged to protect Kangetsu with their lives.
• Kangetsu went to the meeting room with Jingxia and Watanabe and found four men exhausted from staying awake all night.
• Kangetsu gave the four Military Ration Pills and warned that their condition could get them killed on the battlefield.
• The pills restored the men’s energy, and Akimichi Cho marveled at their strength and predicted they would greatly improve the group’s combat power.

Kangetsu prepared a surprise attack to wipe out the Ishikura Clan, using planted Explosive Tags to target the clan and its three jonin. He ordered his forces to ready a shuriken barrage, and the assault was about to begin.

• Kangetsu watched the Ishikura Clan’s basin from cover with his Sharingan activated.
• Inoue reported that their men had infiltrated the clan and planted Explosive Tags, including along the routes of its three jonin.
• Kangetsu decided to strike just after noon, when the Ishikura Clan would be drowsy and less alert.
• Kangetsu told Yamanaka Ino to have everyone take a Military Ration Pill and launch a dense shuriken barrage after hearing two explosions.

Kangetsu launched a surprise attack on the Ishikura Clan, using staged explosions to target its weaker members, Jonin, and Chunin before ordering his forces to rain weapons into the basin. The attack continued as hundreds of shuriken and kunai descended on the clan.

• Yamanaka Ino told Kangetsu that everyone had been notified and Ding had prepared everything.
• Kangetsu ordered Inoue to detonate the explosives near the weaker members first, then those by the Jonin, and finally those by the Chunin.
• Inoue detonated the prepared explosives, sending enormous flames rising from the basin.
• Jingxia detonated the explosives near the Jonin, and further blasts struck the Chunin's area.
• Kangetsu ordered his subordinates to throw their shuriken and kunai, then used the Multiple Shadow Clone-Shuriken Technique to multiply his own weapons.

Kangetsu ordered the attack on the Ishikura Clan and promised rewards to those who distinguished themselves, then set out to face the clan’s jonin. He left Inoue worried about his safety, while Kangetsu trusted what his Shadow Clone had already learned about the enemy.

• Kangetsu warned his followers not to rely on luck and promised to reward those who distinguished themselves with spared women.
• Kangetsu explained that the Four Clans could improve their bloodlines through intermarriage, and his followers thanked him and pledged their loyalty.
• Kangetsu ordered the attack and told Inoue to take him to the Ishikura Clan jonin.
• Inoue warned Kangetsu about the danger and gathered fighters and Onmyo Clan members to protect him.
• Kangetsu headed into the basin, confident because his Shadow Clone had already observed the jonin and assessed his abilities.

Kangetsu fought the injured Ishikura elder, using his wind-enhanced Black Blade to overpower the man’s sword. After dodging a thrown blade with the Substitution Technique, Kangetsu prepared to continue the fight.

• Kangetsu charged the Ishikura elder and clashed blades, cutting the man’s black sword in two while injuring his own hand.
• Kangetsu taunted the elder about the Explosive Tags that had weakened him, and the elder vowed to kill him despite his injuries.
• The elder threw his broken sword at Kangetsu and attacked with his fists.
• Kangetsu used the Substitution Technique to evade the sword, which struck a log instead.

Kangetsu used the Water Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Ishikura Kameda, then formed a Rasengan despite his limited chakra. He launched his attack as Inoue and the others watched in astonishment.

• Kangetsu used the Water Body Flicker Technique to swap places with a pool of blood beside Ishikura Kameda.
• Kangetsu appeared behind Kameda as Kameda declared himself invincible.
• Kangetsu formed a Rasengan, which he could use only once because of his limited chakra reserves.
• Kangetsu shouted "Rasengan!" under Inoue and the others' astonished gazes.