Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu’s forced union of the Uchiha and Dongcheng clans had grown the Uchiha population to sixty thousand, with forty thousand loyal to him in Scarlet City. As Senju Hashirama approached, Kangetsu prepared to fight, and Hashirama met him with hatred over his younger brother’s presumed death.

• Kangetsu’s actions had caused the Uchiha population to rise to sixty thousand, including forty thousand people concentrated in Scarlet City and loyal to him.
• Kangetsu sheathed his Black Blade and continued onward with Inoue and the others, while a Uchiha clansman ordered two kneeling men to follow.
• Kangetsu spotted approaching figures, and Inoue ordered the group to prepare for battle as they took up positions.
• Kangetsu recognized Senju Hashirama among the approaching men and watched him closely, hand on the Black Blade.
• Hashirama focused on Kangetsu with hatred and killing intent, believing Kangetsu had killed his younger brother, Senju Kawarama.

Kangetsu recognized the danger of confronting Senju Butsuma and Tobirama Senju, so he ordered his group to withdraw. He reflected on the Hagoromo Clan’s Storm Release and suspected Black Zetsu had created the clan as part of a larger game.

• Kangetsu felt a faint sense of danger as his killing intent rose and ordered Inoue and the others to suppress theirs.
• Kangetsu warned Senju Hashirama to keep his eyes open and led his group past him.
• Kangetsu recognized Senju Butsuma and Tobirama Senju among the approaching figures and ordered an immediate withdrawal.
• Kangetsu recalled that the Hagoromo Clan used Storm Release and that its training materials included a chakra crystal belonging to Black Zetsu.
• Kangetsu concluded that Black Zetsu had likely created the Hagoromo Clan and prepared numerous contingencies for his game.

Kangetsu returned to Scarlet City and heard Isshin report on its growth, education, forces, research, medical care, and improved mission survival. After reviewing the city’s progress, Kangetsu dismissed everyone except Isshin.

• Kangetsu entered Scarlet City and was greeted respectfully by its residents.
• Nara Isshin reported that the city’s school had trained children in basic ninjutsu and battlefield skills.
• Isshin said Scarlet City and the Four Clans had sixty thousand people, including twenty thousand combatants trained in basic ninjutsu.
• Isshin reported on the new Ninjutsu Research Institute, the Yamanaka medical hospital, and weapons and Military Ration Pills produced by the Akimichi Clan.
• Isshin said the Uchiha Clan had completed far more missions over nine years while suffering fewer than one-tenth as many deaths as before.
• Kangetsu ordered everyone to leave except Isshin.

Kangetsu learned that Madara and Hashirama were growing stronger at an alarming rate and suspected that Indra and Asura had awakened. He returned to his former home, where Uchiha Eiko embraced him and reproached him for staying away.

• Nara Isshin told Kangetsu that Madara and Hashirama were improving unusually quickly.
• Kangetsu suspected that Indra and Asura had awakened and sent Nara Isshin away.
• Kangetsu ordered Watanabe to come home with him and left for his former estate.
• Kangetsu arrived home during dinner, alarming the servants and drawing Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Eiko, and Uchiha Madara to him.
• Uchiha Eiko hugged Kangetsu and asked why he had gone so long without visiting her.

Kangetsu visited Uchiha Madara and gave him notes on combining three chakra natures, urging him to use the powerful chakra within him. Kangetsu agreed to go tomorrow after sensing Uchiha Tajima waiting in the shadows, while Madara remained behind to ponder.

• Kangetsu and Uchiha Madara destroyed humanoid puppets in the room where Kangetsu had first killed someone.
• Uchiha Madara challenged Kangetsu over his lifelong killing, and Kangetsu told him he was too weak to catch up.
• Kangetsu gave Uchiha Madara a scroll containing ideas for combining Water Style, Lightning Style, and Fire Style.
• Kangetsu told Uchiha Madara to make use of the powerful chakra inside him, then left Madara silently pondering.
• Kangetsu told the figure in the shadows that he would go tomorrow because Uchiha Madara was his brother, and Uchiha Tajima withdrew without approaching him.

Kangetsu gathered his people and prepared for a confrontation after sensing Uchiha Tajima and the others approaching. He waited in a grove, then left Uchiha Madara to go ahead as he moved toward a nearby river.

• Kangetsu told Uchiha Tajima he knew the location and would go ahead, then ordered Inoue and the others to assemble because he wanted to kill.
• Kangetsu cut down a large tree with his Black Blade, and an Akimichi Clan member caught and lowered it with Expansion Jutsu.
• Kangetsu sat on the stump and waited until Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Meigetsu, and Uchiha Izuna arrived.
• Kangetsu told Uchiha Tajima it was time, and Uchiha Tajima told Uchiha Madara to go on his own.
• Kangetsu leaped onto a large tree and looked toward a nearby river.

Kangetsu launched an attack on the Senju clan and trapped Senju Butsuma inside a barrier, then struck at Tobirama Senju and Senju Kawarama with his Black Blade. He immobilized the two with Chidori Current and asked if they wanted to die.

• Kangetsu summoned four followers who formed the Barrier-Four Violet Flames Formation around him.
• Kangetsu charged at Tobirama Senju as Senju Butsuma ordered the Senju clansmen to attack.
• Tobirama Senju and Senju Kawarama joined forces to block Kangetsu's Black Blade.
• Kangetsu unleashed Chidori Current, shocking Tobirama Senju and Senju Kawarama.
• Kangetsu asked Tobirama Senju and Senju Kawarama if they wanted to die.

Kangetsu fought Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara before Senju Hojima intervened to save Senju Kawarama and Tobirama Senju. Kangetsu killed Hojima and Kawarama, while Tobirama escaped with hatred for Kangetsu.

• Senju Hashirama charged Kangetsu, but Uchiha Madara intercepted him to protect his little brother.
• Senju Hojima pulled Senju Kawarama and Tobirama Senju away from Kangetsu's Black Blade.
• Kangetsu used Chidori Sharp Spear to pierce Senju Hojima and one of the boys he held.
• Senju Hojima hurled Tobirama Senju away, but Kangetsu killed Hojima and Senju Kawarama.
• Tobirama Senju fled with murderous hatred for Kangetsu, who warned him that he would die if he continued.

Kangetsu ended the battle by releasing the Senju Clan rather than risk his subordinates’ lives, claiming the Senju owed him a favor. He left with his men as the bitter Senju survivors returned to their clan.

• Kangetsu ordered the Four Violet Flames Formation lowered despite Uchiha Tajima’s confusion.
• Kangetsu explained that he would spare his subordinates from the losses of fighting desperate Senju warriors, even if it meant letting more enemies live.
• Kangetsu told Senju Butsuma that he was sparing the Senju Clan and that they owed him a favor.
• Kangetsu returned toward the Uchiha Clan with Inoue and his other subordinates, while the resentful Senju survivors headed home.

Kangetsu gathered Scarlet City's leaders and fighters to plan an attack on the Hagoromo Clan. He ordered them to slaughter the clan without leaving any survivors.

• Kangetsu sent Inoue to summon Isshin and the others to the conference room.
• Isshin reported that the leaders and powerful fighters of Scarlet City had assembled.
• Kangetsu ordered Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang to seal the conference room with Barrier Ninjutsu and kill any intruders.
• Kangetsu announced that Scarlet City would attack the Hagoromo Clan and leave no survivors.

Kangetsu reassured the meeting that the Military Ration Pill formula he planned to give the Senju Clan was only a weakened version, while Nara Isshin outlined the need to destroy the Hagoromo Clan’s four defensive bases. Kangetsu ordered Isshin to contact his father and summoned him and the others to his home in Scarlet City, then demanded secrecy.

• Nara Isshin questioned whether the Uchiha should give the Senju Clan the Military Ration Pill formula because it supported Scarlet City’s economy.
• Kangetsu explained that the formula would eventually be deciphered and that the version for the Senju Clan would produce pills only half as effective as theirs.
• Nara Isshin said he would send someone to negotiate with the Senju Clan and noted that the Uchiha would need to destroy all four Hagoromo Clan bases.
• Kangetsu told Nara Isshin to inform his father and invite him and the others to Kangetsu’s home in Scarlet City.
• Kangetsu ordered everyone to keep the meeting secret and threatened to kill anyone who revealed what they had discussed.

Kangetsu decided to attack the Hagoromo Clan before Black Zetsu could use it to provoke a war and drive the Uchiha and Senju to grow stronger. Black Zetsu, meanwhile, planned to awaken the Rinnegan through Uchiha Madara and free his mother.

• Uchiha Tajima questioned whether the Uchiha could wipe out the powerful Hagoromo Clan, but Kangetsu insisted their feud would only worsen and that the clan had grown vulnerable.
• Kangetsu reasoned that Black Zetsu had discarded the Hagoromo Clan after finding Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, the reincarnations of Indra and Asura.
• Kangetsu suspected Black Zetsu had arranged for the Hagoromo Clan to kill important Uchiha and Senju, including children, to fuel the brothers' hatred and growth.
• Kangetsu chose to strike the Hagoromo Clan first so he could strengthen himself and protect his brothers from Black Zetsu's schemes.
• Black Zetsu told a stone statue that he had found his elder brother's descendants again and would bring back the Rinnegan to free his mother.

Kangetsu attended a meeting of Uchiha Clan fighters to discuss attacking the Hagoromo Clan. The meeting began with Nara Isshin reporting that the Senju Clan had agreed to a temporary alliance against the Hagoromo Clan.

• Kangetsu took a Military Ration Pill and headed to Scarlet City's meeting room, where the Uchiha Clan's powerful fighters had gathered.
• Kangetsu took the head seat and told Nara Isshin to begin.
• Uchiha Eiko punched Uchiha Shuno after he fell asleep and started snoring during the meeting.
• Nara Isshin reported that the Senju Clan had agreed to temporarily ally with the Uchiha Clan to wipe out the Hagoromo Clan.

Kangetsu explained why the Uchiha Clan should not rely on monopolizing Military Ration Pills and argued that its hidden Medical Ninjutsu was a greater advantage. Nara Isshin outlined the Uchiha-Senju plan to attack the Hagoromo Clan, leaving the Uchiha excited for the campaign and its promised share of the spoils.

• Kangetsu warned that other clans could copy the Military Ration Pill formula and unite against the Uchiha Clan, as they might against the Uzumaki Clan.
• Kangetsu said the Uchiha Clan's concealed Medical Ninjutsu gave it an advantage that Military Ration Pills could not match.
• Uchiha Shuno praised Kangetsu's cleverness, while Uchiha Eiko and Uchiha Tajima reacted approvingly.
• Kangetsu signaled Nara Isshin, who described the agreement for the Uchiha Clan to attack the Hagoromo Clan from the west and south while the Senju Clan attacked from the north and east.
• Nara Isshin said the Uchiha Clan would receive seventy percent of the spoils after the Hagoromo Clan was defeated, and the Uchiha's fighting spirit surged.

Kangetsu demonstrated how concentrating chakra strengthened the Great Fireball Technique, impressing Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu. After their parents left, he began teaching his three brothers to control their chakra as they breathed out the technique.

• Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu greeted Kangetsu excitedly when he arrived.
• Kangetsu explained that concentrating chakra made the Great Fireball Technique more powerful and demonstrated it over the lake.
• Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu praised Kangetsu and asked him to teach them.
• Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Eiko left to prepare a meal, leaving Kangetsu with his three brothers.
• Kangetsu told Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu how to condense their chakra as they exhaled to increase the technique's power.

Kangetsu taught Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Meigetsu Fire Style and considered the unusual chakra abilities each might develop. As the three practiced the Great Fireball Technique, Kangetsu felt both uncertainty and hope about their futures.

• Kangetsu taught his brothers Fire Release Ninjutsu, including the Great Fireball Technique.
• Kangetsu recalled that Uchiha Madara had an advanced ninjutsu scroll and might combine lightning-, water-, and fire-nature chakra.
• Kangetsu had prepared Scorch Style for Uchiha Izuna, who possessed lightning and fire chakra natures.
• Kangetsu recognized that Uchiha Meigetsu's fire, wind, and earth chakra natures could potentially lead to Dust Release.
• Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Meigetsu repeatedly practiced the Great Fireball Technique as Kangetsu watched with uncertainty and hope.

Kangetsu and his squad were ambushed by the Hagoromo Clan, whose leader, Hagoromo Takemitsu, confronted them. Kangetsu ordered his squad to seek a chance to retreat, but the chapter ended as Takemitsu countered their barrage with Storm Release-Laser Scatter.

• Kangetsu deflected a blue beam with his Black Blade but was thrown into a tree by its impact.
• Inoue and the others gathered around Kangetsu as dozens of Hagoromo Clan members emerged.
• Kangetsu identified the attackers as the Hagoromo Clan and silently warned his squad to look for a chance to retreat.
• Kangetsu and his squad launched a barrage of cloned kunai and shuriken at the attackers.
• Hagoromo Takemitsu used Storm Release-Laser Scatter and sent blue laser beams into the air.

Kangetsu and his group fled from Hagoromo Takemitsu, who pursued them with powerful attacks. Kangetsu stayed behind to shield Inoue and the others, then ordered them to retreat after taking the impact of Hagoromo Takemitsu’s lasers.

• Hagoromo Takemitsu discovered that Inoue and the others he had struck were Shadow Clones and continued chasing Kangetsu’s group.
• Inoue proposed splitting up so the others could distract Hagoromo Takemitsu while Kangetsu escaped, but Kangetsu refused.
• Hagoromo Takemitsu attacked the fleeing group with Storm Release-Laser Circus, and Kangetsu used Chidori Stream Light to buy time for them to escape with the Substitution Technique.
• Kangetsu stayed behind and used Chidori Current to withstand the lasers, then landed ahead of Inoue and the others and ordered them to retreat.

After Uchiha Jingxia was killed, Kangetsu covered the retreat with a great fire technique and then confronted Hagoromo Koze at sea. Kangetsu swallowed all his Military Ration Pills and prepared to fight with a surge of chakra despite the fatal cost.

• Hagoromo Koze blasted a hole through Uchiha Jingxia's chest, and Jingxia fell.
• Kangetsu unleashed Great Fire Annihilation and ordered Inoue to take Jingxia's body as they retreated toward the sea.
• Hagoromo Koze emerged from the flames with burns and pursued Kangetsu, who vowed to avenge Jingxia.
• Kangetsu swallowed every Military Ration Pill he had while Watanabe warned that doing so could cost him his life.
• Kangetsu's body turned red as his chakra surged, stunning Hagoromo Koze.

Kangetsu opened five of the Eight Inner Gates and used his amplified power to attack Hagoromo Takemitsu. After Kangetsu blasted him into a reef, he appeared behind him and spoke.

• Kangetsu opened five gates, causing his chakra and physical power to surge.
• Kangetsu charged across the sea and appeared beside Hagoromo Takemitsu.
• Kangetsu struck Hagoromo Takemitsu in the abdomen and sent him crashing into a reef.
• Hagoromo Takemitsu coughed up blood and suffered a severe back injury.
• Kangetsu appeared behind Hagoromo Takemitsu and asked if he was looking for him.