Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu reflected on the Uchiha Clan’s treatment of women and resolved that strength determined who held power. After Ishikura Kameda’s body was handed to the Yamanaka Clan members for memory probing, Kangetsu led his men onward and cut down everyone he encountered.

• Kangetsu praised the two Yamanaka Clan members for their Medical Ninjutsu and told Inoue to give them Ishikura Kameda’s body to investigate his memories.
• Inoue obeyed Kangetsu and divided his men, leaving half behind while the rest followed him.
• Kangetsu advanced with his black blade, killing those in his path despite having run out of chakra.
• Kangetsu’s killing intent strengthened his body, and he used his Killing Fist and swordsmanship to overwhelm his enemies with fear before striking them down.

After the Four Clans defeated Shizang, Kangetsu returned to Kangetsu Town and reassured its residents that they had won. He learned that the battle had brought few casualties and enough resources to rival those of a mid-tier clan, though the Four Clans themselves remained unranked.

• Kangetsu arrived in Kangetsu Town and had Inoue tell the residents that the Four Clans had won the war.
• The residents celebrated their victory, while Kangetsu doubted that lasting peace and safety had arrived.
• Kangetsu asked Nara Isshin what the Four Clans had gained from the battle.
• Nara Isshin reported that only a few people were wounded, one was seriously injured, and nobody had died.
• Nara Isshin listed the captured women, silver, grain, military supplies, and iron ore, saying the resources matched those of some mid-tier clans.
• Kangetsu reflected that the Four Clans were still unranked because their fighting strength was too weak.

Kangetsu returned to the Uchiha Clan with more than fifty people, including members of the Onmyo, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans. He sent Watanabe to handle the mission paperwork and led the others toward his home.

• Kangetsu reached the Uchiha Clan gates, where the gatekeeper was astonished by his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and opened the gates.
• Kangetsu entered the clan grounds with his returning companions and the selected members of the three clans.
• The guards let Kangetsu's group pass, then hurried to report their arrival to the Uchiha security chief.
• Kangetsu ordered Watanabe to handle the mission paperwork and led everyone else toward his home.

Kangetsu returned home and reunited with his family, while Tajima left to visit an Uchiha elder. The chapter left Madara and Izuna frustrated by their inability to protect Kangetsu, and Tajima heading out alone.

• Inoue and the others vanished after pledging to carry out Kangetsu’s mission, leaving Tajima amazed by their technique.
• Kangetsu told Eiko that he was hungry, and she hurried to prepare his favorite food.
• Kangetsu urged Madara and Izuna to work harder so that he would not have to protect his older brothers.
• Kangetsu acknowledged Tajima’s greeting coldly and walked past him.
• Tajima told Madara and the others to go home, then left to visit an Uchiha Clan elder.

Kangetsu joined his family for dinner, sharing a rare moment of warmth with them. Afterward, Uchiha Tajima met him in the backyard and asked about the people Kangetsu had brought back.

• Meigetsu called Kangetsu to dinner, and the twins went together.
• Uchiha Eiko served Kangetsu his favorite foods, and he thanked her.
• Kangetsu ate beside Uchiha Madara with the family.
• Kangetsu went to the backyard and called out to his father.
• Uchiha Tajima appeared and asked Kangetsu about the people he had brought back.

Uchiha Tajima begged Kangetsu to stop going on missions, fearing he would lose another child, but Kangetsu refused and remained determined to grow stronger. Kangetsu went to bed, leaving Uchiha Tajima alone with his grief and confusion.

• Uchiha Tajima tried to persuade Kangetsu to give up his missions because the battlefield was too dangerous for a six-year-old.
• Kangetsu was moved by his father's love but said he would keep taking missions to become stronger and protect his family and convictions.
• Kangetsu's Sharingan reverted to black pupils, and he went to his room for the night.
• Uchiha Tajima watched Kangetsu leave, sighed, and silently disappeared into the darkness.

Kangetsu headed to the Elder Pavilion to report that he had brought four chakra-using clans under his control. His family set out to join him, unaware that he had already left without breakfast.

• Inoue told Kangetsu that Uchiha Tajima had already spoken to the elders after Kangetsu's instructions.
• Kangetsu left for the Elder Pavilion with Inoue and the others to report on the over three thousand people from the Four Clans.
• Meigetsu told Uchiha Eiko that Kangetsu had skipped breakfast and left in a hurry.
• Uchiha Tajima guessed Kangetsu had gone to the Elder Pavilion and suggested that he and Eiko go help him.
• Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Meigetsu asked to come, and Uchiha Tajima agreed to take them along.

Kangetsu demanded that the five Uchiha elders authorize housing the Four Clans under his command in the Uchiha Clan Compound, then declared that he would take control of the clan regardless of their approval. When one elder attacked him, Kangetsu charged with the Black Blade and a thrown kunai, determined to kill.

• Kangetsu demanded the elders' written authorization to move the Four Clans into the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• The five elders refused and tried to leave, but Kangetsu threatened them and asserted that the Uchiha Clan would ultimately be under his control.
• The elder in the middle charged Kangetsu with a kunai, holding it cautiously as he lunged.
• Kangetsu drew the Black Blade, threw a kunai, and charged the elder, who dodged rather than deflecting it.

Kangetsu killed an elder who opposed his decision and forced the four remaining elders to submit. After they agreed to his plan, he left the clan grounds as the dead elder's body burned.

• Kangetsu cut down the elder with the Black Blade after the man refused to yield.
• Kangetsu threatened the four remaining elders, and they fell to their knees in fear.
• Kangetsu ordered Inoue to collect the dead elder's Sharingan and burn his corpse.
• Kangetsu asked how the elder had died, and the four elders claimed an enemy had killed him.
• Kangetsu asked the elders what they thought of his decision, and they agreed that his subordinates could live on the Uchiha Clan's grounds.
• Kangetsu stepped over the burning corpse and left, unconcerned that the clan guards would soon arrive.

Uchiha Tajima ordered the Uchiha guards to gather the clan, seize its servants, and search the homes of five elders. Kangetsu sensed a new aura over the clan and headed to Uchiha Plaza with Uchiha Madara and the others, while Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Eiko prepared to follow.

• Uchiha Tajima ordered the guards to summon the clan and servants to the plaza, bring the Elder Pavilion members there, and search the five elders' homes.
• Kangetsu sensed a new aura over the Uchiha Clan and wondered whether his warning had led to events unfolding early.
• Kangetsu told his group to go to Uchiha Plaza and invited Uchiha Madara and two others to come along.
• Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Eiko praised Kangetsu's leadership and set off to summon the elders.

Kangetsu watched Madara take Izuna and Meigetsu to their parents, then ordered Inoue to build support for him while planning to kill the four arriving elders. Uchiha Eiko silenced Shuno after he commented on Kangetsu’s killing intent and praised her sons.

• Madara took Izuna and Meigetsu to join their parents, leaving Kangetsu behind.
• Kangetsu ignored Tajima’s gesture and considered his responsibilities to the faction behind him.
• After Inoue reported that the four remaining elders had arrived, Kangetsu told him to stir up support and said the elders must die.
• Shuno remarked to Tajima on Kangetsu’s killing intent, and Eiko rebuked him.
• Shuno apologized and praised Eiko’s sons, but Eiko swung a fist at him and told him to shut his mouth.

Kangetsu exposed the elders’ role in the deaths of Uchiha children and condemned the clan for ignoring the loss of its young. He declared that he would not let his subordinates stay trapped in the clan’s cycle of death, then drove a Rasengan into the seized gold.

• Kangetsu told Uchiha Tajima to use genjutsu to uncover the truth and approached the ordinary people.
• The surviving elder confessed, and the Uchiha turned their anger toward him.
• Kangetsu ordered the crowd to be quiet and stood atop the gold seized from the five elders’ homes.
• Kangetsu blamed the dead elders and the clan’s neglect for the children’s deaths, warning that the Uchiha would perish if its children kept dying.
• Kangetsu formed a Rasengan, declared that he would not let his subordinates remain in the clan’s cycle of death, and drove it into the gold.

Kangetsu ordered Watanabe to kill the servants at Uchiha Plaza and told Inoue to prepare the Elder Pavilion as his base for taking control of the Uchiha Clan. Watanabe and ten men began slaughtering the servants, leaving the crowd frozen in shock.

• Kangetsu ordered Watanabe to return to Uchiha Plaza with ten men and kill the ordinary people there.
• Kangetsu told Inoue to contact Jingxia, Isshin, and the others and direct them to move quickly to the Elder Pavilion.
• Kangetsu said Uchiha Eiko could handle the clan's powerful members and told Inoue to prepare for everyone to move in together.
• Watanabe arrived at Uchiha Plaza with ten of Kangetsu's subordinates and ordered them to kill the servants.
• Watanabe and his men slaughtered the servants as the crowd watched in shock.

Kangetsu received reports that his rebuilt territory, institutions, and personal forces were ready, leaving him free to focus on growing stronger. He asked Nara Isshin to select opponents for him.

• Isshin reported that the Uchiha home had been rebuilt, its guard force and barrier were operating, and the Akimichi and Yamanaka organizations and Ninja Academy were developing.
• Inoue reported that the Anbu and Kangetsu's personal guard had been established with carefully selected Uchiha and members of the Four Clans.
• Kangetsu said he had nothing left to worry about behind him and wanted to keep growing stronger.
• Kangetsu signaled Nara Isshin to select opponents, since the strongest person he had killed so far had been an Ishikura Clan jonin.

Kangetsu ordered an attack to wipe out the Dongcheng Clan so the Uchiha Clan could secure its territory. Despite Uchiha Tajima’s worries, Kangetsu led Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Meigetsu, and Uchiha Izuna on the mission, while Uchiha Shuno followed to protect them without intervening unless their lives were in danger.

• A Uchiha explained that defeating the Dongcheng Clan would secure the Uchiha Clan’s borders and that the clan’s strongest member was only an ordinary Chunin.
• Kangetsu ordered his personal troops and Inoue’s guards to mobilize and wipe out the Dongcheng Clan.
• Uchiha Tajima confronted Kangetsu and urged him not to risk his life, but Kangetsu insisted he would be safe and continued toward the gates.
• Kangetsu invited Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Meigetsu, and Uchiha Izuna to join the mission for experience, and all three agreed.
• Uchiha Tajima told Uchiha Shuno to watch over the four boys and protect them, but not to intervene unless their lives were in danger.

Kangetsu discovered that the Dongcheng Clan had an unusually large population because its women became pregnant easily. He ordered an attack designed to capture the women and bring them to the Uchiha Clan, leaving his troops ready to carry out his plan.

• Kangetsu surveyed the Dongcheng Clan village and was shocked to find more than twenty thousand people.
• Inoue explained that the Dongcheng Clan's women had an exceptionally high chance of becoming pregnant.
• Kangetsu changed the attack plan, ordering explosive-tagged kunai followed by a lighter volley of ordinary kunai.
• Kangetsu rebuked Inoue for questioning his orders, and the assembled clansmen submitted.
• Kangetsu declared that the Dongcheng Clan's women should be captured and brought to the Uchiha Clan to increase its population.

Kangetsu ordered Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu to kill a hundred people each as the Uchiha slaughtered the Dongcheng Clan. He continued the attack and told a grieving Dongcheng man that he killed simply because he enjoyed it.

• Kangetsu ordered Inoue to protect Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu and make each of them kill a hundred people.
• Madara and Izuna stabbed a dying man, while Meigetsu began to cry after striking his victim.
• Uchiha Shuno watched Kangetsu's brutal actions and called him ruthless.
• Kangetsu swept blood from his Black Blade toward the enemy and confronted a Dongcheng man who demanded to know why the Uchiha were slaughtering his clan.
• Kangetsu told the man that he had no reason beyond enjoying the slaughter and described the world as one where people kill each other.

Kangetsu led the massacre of the Dongcheng Clan and ordered more than six thousand women captured for the Uchiha Clan. As he escorted them home, his Sharingan faded, but his heart had grown colder after the slaughter.

• Kangetsu told Uchiha Madara and the others that the slaughter would become their life, then heard Inoue report that they had captured more than six thousand women.
• Kangetsu ordered everyone back to the clan grounds with the captured women.
• Uchiha Shuno watched the blood-soaked aftermath and questioned whether someone as young and ruthless as Kangetsu could have been raised by the Uchiha Clan.
• Kangetsu led the slow journey home, imagining how the women would increase the Uchiha Clan's population.
• Kangetsu sheathed the Black Blade as his Sharingan faded, while his cold gaze turned toward the horizon.

After nine years of carefully chosen missions, Kangetsu had gained combat experience and reached the late stage of hidden force with the Killing Fist Technique, raising his chakra reserves to the early Jonin level. He remained far from Jonin strength, which depended on combat ability and experience as well as chakra.

• Nara Isshin gathered ten wise men from the Nara Clan to select opponents suited to Kangetsu, helping him win steadily without taking reckless challenges.
• Kangetsu spent nine years facing dangers and killing opponents around his level, emerging safely through his cautious approach.
• Kangetsu advanced to the late stage of hidden force through the Killing Fist Technique, improving his physique and easing his shortage of chakra.
• Kangetsu's peak chakra reserves reached the early Jonin level, though his powerful spiritual energy still made chakra extraction dangerous.
• Kangetsu remained short of Jonin strength because chakra reserves alone did not determine a ninja's combat ability.

Kangetsu stopped two Uchiha from killing Senju Kawarama and invoked their shared war against the Hagoromo Clan to justify sparing him. He left intending to meet Senju Hashirama, while warning the Uchiha not to disobey him.

• Kangetsu struck a boy who called him a demon, then demanded that two Uchiha explain themselves.
• Kangetsu recognized the boy as Senju Kawarama and recalled that Madara had already met Hashirama.
• Kangetsu spared Kawarama, saying the Uchiha and Senju should postpone their conflict until they defeated the Hagoromo Clan.
• Kangetsu threatened the kneeling Uchiha and walked away with his followers.