Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Soujin learned that Uchiha Hayato had killed Soujin’s parents to provoke him into awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, but Soujin rejected the path his grandfather had chosen for him. Later, Kushina gave birth to a boy and a girl, and Shiraha named them Taichi and Hikari.

• Uchiha Soujin killed Uchiha Hayato after breaking free of his genjutsu, then vowed to lead the Uchiha Clan without following anyone else’s path.
• Uchiha Soujin told Uchiha Fugaku that Uchiha Hayato had engineered his parents’ deaths to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Fugaku explained the path to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Soujin said he would not attack Chiho or pursue the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Uchiha Fugaku promised to suppress the scandal and explain matters to her.
• Kushina gave birth to a boy with Divine Tree bloodline traits and a girl with White Phosphorus Serpent bloodline traits, and Shiraha used Magic Power to restore their skin colors.
• Kurama reluctantly held the babies while Nohara Rin offered to help care for them, and Shiraha named them Taichi and Hikari before joking that he had once considered naming the boy Yagami Iori.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Konoha elders debated where to transfer the Nine-Tails Chakra and how to handle the Uchiha Clan after Minato Namikaze was incapacitated. Hiruzen chose to seal the Chakra at the Fire Temple for now, while Danzo maneuvered to recruit Uchiha talents into Root and obtain Uchiha Issei's Purifying Rope.

• Danzo proposed making Ashina, Naruto, or Karin vessels for the Nine-Tails Chakra, but Hiruzen and the other elders rejected using them or Nawaki for now.
• Hiruzen decided to extract the Nine-Tails Chakra from Kinkaku and Ginkaku and seal it at the Fire Temple while Konoha recovered and searched for a suitable vessel.
• Hiruzen suggested improving the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu as a last-resort way to summon the First Hokage and their teacher, and the elders agreed not to disturb them unless necessary.
• Danzo urged the elders to restrict the Uchiha Clan's political influence, divide the clan, and recruit a limited number of young Uchiha into the Anbu and Root.
• Danzo recommended Shisui for recruitment and Uchiha Issei for Root, and Hiruzen realized Danzo wanted to obtain Issei's Purifying Rope.

Sasori and Kakuzu encountered Konoha’s Sarutobi brothers in the Fire Capital as Konoha secured permission to seal the Nine-Tails Chakra at the Fire Temple. Shiraha learned of the plan and considered using that chakra later, but his planning was interrupted when Kurama accidentally flattened a hill with a Tailed Beast Ball while watching Taichi and Hikari.

• Sasori complained about the Infinite Ring organization’s money-making missions while Kakuzu recorded the bounties on Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Sarutobi Asuma.
• Sarutobi Asuma suspected Sasori and Kakuzu were dangerous, but Sarutobi Shinnosuke told him to focus on their mission to guard the daimyo.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke won the Fire Country Daimyo’s approval to seal the Nine-Tails Chakra at the Fire Temple after promising safeguards, including leaving Asuma behind as a guard.
• Shiraha received a report about Konoha’s plan and considered using the stored Nine-Tails Chakra to create False Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for Taichi and Hikari in the future.
• Kurama’s small Tailed Beast Ball flattened a distant hill, and Kushina ordered him to return after he admitted he had fired it while looking after the children.

Two years later, Shiraha studied the Purifying Rope and the Naruto world's unusual connection between Chakra and souls, while Obito recruited Chiho to undermine Konoha and target Kushina. Chiho secretly planned to protect Kushina and bring the Uchiha Clan to Shiraha, while Yakushi Kabuto was stabbed by Yakushi Nonō after she failed to recognize him, and a mysterious man arrived as Kabuto lost consciousness.

• Shiraha examined energy taken from the Purifying Rope and concluded that powerful souls could persist in the Naruto world, while resolving to strengthen himself before Madara's possible return.
• Obito met Chiho to obtain intelligence on Konoha and ordered her to investigate Minato's guards and the village barrier as part of his plan to weaken Konoha.
• Obito and the Zetsu discussed using Kirigakure against the Uzumaki Clan, manipulating Chiho, and helping Itachi awaken his eyes.
• Chiho told Kurohamaru that she was pretending to cooperate with Obito so she could protect Kushina, and admitted she hoped to unite the Uchiha Clan with Shiraha in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Yakushi Kabuto returned to Iwagakure searching for Yakushi Nonō, but she stabbed him after he revealed himself and she insisted he was not Kabuto.
• As Kabuto collapsed and lost consciousness, he heard a gentle man's voice say that he was late but had still arrived in time.

Shiraha rescued Nonō and Yakushi Kabuto after Danzo manipulated them into fighting each other, then urged Nonō to leave Root and join the Uzumaki Clan. Kabuto chose to return to Konoha to protect the orphanage children and seek revenge, while Shiraha gave him a way to get help if he faced danger.

• Nonō explained that Danzo had ordered her to kill a foreign spy before leaving Iwagakure, and Shiraha confirmed that the injured ninja was Yakushi Kabuto.
• Shiraha concluded that Danzo had switched Kabuto’s photographs to make Nonō mistake him for someone else and force them to fight.
• Nonō realized Danzo had nearly made her kill her adopted son, and Shiraha offered her a position as director of the Land of Whirlpools Hospital.
• Kabuto woke, reassured Nonō, and decided to return to Konoha to protect the orphanage children and make Danzo pay.
• Shiraha warned Kabuto of the danger, then gave him a scroll listing people who could protect him if he encountered trouble in Konoha.

Yakushi Kabuto left Nonō and returned toward Konoha, where he fought off Root operative Shin before Orochimaru offered him protection and help against Danzo. Meanwhile, Shiraha learned that Kirigakure had advanced toward the Land of the Sea and began preparing to respond, while the Nine-Tails volunteered to join the fight.

• Yakushi Kabuto said goodbye to Nonō, who joined the Land of Whirlpools Hospital after Shiraha welcomed her.
• Kabuto reached Root's outpost and told Shin that he had completed his mission, but Shin attacked him and revealed that Danzo had ordered Kabuto's death.
• Kabuto fought Shin with Chakra Scalpel until Orochimaru intervened and killed Shin with his giant serpent and Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
• Orochimaru told Kabuto about Danzo's deception and offered to take him as a subordinate; when Kabuto asked about revenge against Danzo and Konoha, Orochimaru promised to help.
• Shiraha learned that Kirigakure had sent troops toward the Land of the Sea and began planning a response.
• The Nine-Tails asked to join the coming fight, but Shiraha told it to stay and look after Taichi and Hikari.

Konoha decided to send a Uchiha-led force to support the Uzumaki Clan against Kirigakure, while Akatsuki agreed to dispatch Wood Spirit and Obito to make contact and disrupt Kirigakure's forces. As Kirigakure's troops moved toward the Land of Whirlpools, Pakura set out for Kirigakure unaware that Rasa had arranged for her to die there.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen convened Konoha's jōnin to discuss the Uzumaki Clan's request for aid, and Chiho argued that Konoha had to defend its ally's credibility.
• Danzo urged Konoha to avoid another war, but Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned the Uchiha Clan to lead an allied force to the Land of Whirlpools.
• Shiraha approached Chiho after the meeting, but she rejected him and told him to address her as Senior or Lady.
• Wood Spirit persuaded Akatsuki to accept the mission, and Nagato approved sending Wood Spirit and Obito to aid the Uzumaki Clan and create chaos behind Kirigakure's lines.
• Rasa publicly sent Pakura to Kirigakure as an envoy, while secretly conspiring to have her killed there.
• Kirigakure began moving its troops toward islands near the Land of Whirlpools Peninsula, bringing the conflict close to open war.

Ōnoki decided Iwagakure would cautiously probe the Demon Country’s Serpent Spirit Corporation while avoiding a direct confrontation with Yagami Shiraha and Kushina Uzumaki. On the Land of Whirlpools’ coast, Kurama led three giant snakes toward Kirigakure’s infiltrators, who were climbing a cliff under cover of fog.

• Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s leaders weighed whether to intervene in Kirigakure’s war against the Uzumaki Clan, but Kitsuchi warned that attacking Kirigakure could expose Iwagakure to Sunagakure and other enemies.
• Ōnoki identified the Demon Country’s Serpent Spirit Corporation as a potential source of strategic medicines and Medical Ninjutsu scrolls, and he ordered Iwagakure to test the company and observe Konoha’s and the Uzumaki Clan’s reactions.
• Ōnoki cautioned that if the Uzumaki Clan controlled the company, Iwagakure should not provoke Yagami Shiraha and Kushina Uzumaki while they still had a clan to protect.
• White Serpent asked Garaga and Verta why Shiraha had summoned them, and Garaga explained that their presence would intimidate the Third Mizukage.
• Kurama ordered Garaga, Verta, and White Serpent not to fight without his permission, then led them toward the coast after hearing Kirigakure’s forces approach.
• Kirigakure ninja climbed a steep coastal cliff through the fog, then saw Kurama and the three enormous snakes emerge above them.

Kurama drove Kirigakure’s invasion force back with a devastating Tailed Beast Ball, while Shiraha prepared to face another landing party with a hidden Sorcery Array. The Kirigakure ninja began suffering mysterious symptoms on the beach, revealing that Shiraha’s trap had taken effect.

• Kurama scattered the Kirigakure ninja attacking the cliff and warned them not to enter the Land of Whirlpools again.
• Kurama destroyed Kirigakure’s island forward base with a Tailed Beast Ball, prompting the surviving forces to retreat.
• Kurama shrank into a Mini Nine-Tails Fox and left with the White Serpent to check on Shiraha’s battlefield, leaving Garaga and Verta to guard the coast.
• Shiraha refused to ambush the landing force early, explaining that a Sorcery Array would weaken the Kirigakure ninja and reduce his side’s casualties.
• After several hundred Kirigakure ninja landed and approached Shiraha’s position, they began itching, losing sensation, struggling to breathe, vomiting, and going blind as the array’s radiation particles took effect.

Shiraha crushed Kirigakure’s invasion with the Radiation Wizard Array and Kurama’s Tailed Beast Ball, then used the aftermath to force Kirigakure into a costly settlement. While searching the Land of Water for bloodline clans, he rescued Pakura from a Kirigakure ambush, as Uchiha unrest in Konoha grew and Danzō opposed concessions.

• Shiraha’s Radiation Wizard Array weakened the Kirigakure troops, allowing the Uzumaki and Uchiha forces to defeat them and capture more than a hundred survivors.
• Kurama destroyed an island with a Tailed Beast Ball, and Shiraha later sent the captured Kirigakure ninjas home, where their illness forced Kirigakure to pay for medicine and sign a ceasefire treaty.
• Shiraha traveled through the Land of Water to seek bloodline clans and witnessed Kirigakure ninjas poison and ambush Pakura, whom he rescued with Wood Release.
• Uchiha clansmen returning from the war began considering leaving Konoha to join the Uzumaki Clan, and Shisui reported their growing discontent to Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi favored resolving the Uchiha conflict through dialogue, while Danzō rejected concessions and warned Hiruzen he would regret wavering.

Shiraha and Pakura found Haku in a remote village after villagers forced his father to attack Haku’s mother for his Ice Release. They rescued Haku and buried his parents together, then Shiraha named Pakura “Doctor” as the organization continued its mission to change the Land of Water.

• Pakura reflected on how Sunagakure had used and discarded her, while Shiraha continued searching the Land of Water for an Ice Release survivor.
• Shiraha and Pakura heard a commotion in a village and found Haku’s father attacking Haku’s mother because Haku had shown signs of a bloodline ability.
• Pakura stopped Haku’s father, and Shiraha took Haku and his dying mother away from the villagers.
• Haku’s mother asked Shiraha and Pakura to care for Haku, then died after telling him not to blame his father.
• Shiraha and Pakura buried Haku’s mother, then returned to find his father had hanged himself and buried him beside her.
• Shiraha told Pakura their organization would cure the sick world and gave her the codename “Doctor.”

Shiraha took Haku in and planned to send him to the Land of Whirlpools, then intervened as the Kaguya Clan was annihilated by Kirigakure and brought Kimimaro home. He encountered Orochimaru and Jugo by the stream, where Orochimaru greeted his former student.

• Shiraha and Pakura returned to Haku, and Shiraha asked whether Haku would become a tool for killing; Haku said he wanted to be useful, but Shiraha promised to send him to the Land of Whirlpools for training instead.
• Shiraha told Pakura that the Uzumaki Clan would take in bloodline ninjas and planned to rescue Kimimaro after the Kaguya Clan attacked Kirigakure.
• The Kaguya Clan charged Kirigakure and was slaughtered; Kimimaro survived after retreating, then wondered what purpose his life had without his clansmen.
• Shiraha found Kimimaro beside a stream, offered him a home and a reason to live, and Kimimaro agreed to follow him.
• Orochimaru arrived with Jugo and greeted Shiraha, who recognized the immense Natural Energy surrounding the boy.

Shiraha and Orochimaru negotiated over Kimimaro’s blood and Jugo, with Shiraha offering to help repair the damage to Orochimaru’s soul caused by the Living Corpse Reincarnation. The chapter ended with Orochimaru accepting Shiraha’s offer and receiving the Companion Serpent Meditation Method through their Chakra connection.

• Orochimaru considered Kimimaro’s value to his research and introduced Jugo as a surviving orphan of the Libra Clan.
• Shiraha asked Kimimaro’s permission to trade some of his blood, and Kimimaro agreed to the blood draw.
• Shiraha rejected Orochimaru’s offer of Jugo’s blood and demanded that Jugo accompany him for a full examination.
• Shiraha revealed that Orochimaru’s reincarnation technique had weakened his soul and offered a way to restore it in exchange for borrowing Jugo.
• Orochimaru accepted the deal, and Shiraha connected their Chakra and gave him the Companion Serpent Meditation Method.

Shiraha welcomed Haku and Jugo into the Uzumaki Clan, then broke through to the third layer of the Colossus Skill and discovered it could purify his bloodline. Meanwhile, Miroku learned that Iwagakure had detained a caravan in the Earth Country and moved to halt trade and warn the Land of Whirlpools.

• Orochimaru accepted Shiraha's blood and agreed to the deal, then told Jugo to accompany Shiraha for a month.
• Kodama sent Haku to live and train with Shiraha, and Shiraha brought Haku, Jugo, and Kimimaro back to the Uzumaki Clan.
• Shiraha broke through to the third layer of the Colossus Skill and discovered that it had raised his bloodline purity while revealing a mysterious key core and a General-level limit.
• Shiraha considered the Colossus Skill a possible path to higher levels and planned to test his strengthened body against Kushina.
• Miroku learned that Iwagakure had detained a Demon Country caravan as alleged contraband, suspended medicinal trade with the Earth Country, and ordered the intelligence sent to the Land of Whirlpools.

Shiraha completed his examination of Jugo and began planning a potion to help people absorb and control Natural Energy, then received word that Iwagakure was making a move in Demon Country. In Konoha, Shisui met Itachi and joined Issei and Hyuga Hideto at the Dango Shop, while two masked shinobi watched them from a rooftop.

• Shiraha woke Jugo from the laboratory chamber, explained that his research was nearly complete, and promised to develop a potion to ease his uncontrollable Natural Energy.
• Shiraha learned that Iwagakure wanted a share of the situation in Demon Country, told Miroku not to worry, and notified Kodama to handle it unless Ōnoki acted personally.
• Shisui returned to the Uchiha Compound amid growing criticism from his clansmen and met Itachi, who asked him to practice shuriken together.
• Shisui took Itachi to the Dango Shop, where they joined Issei and Hyuga Hideto, and Issei studied Itachi's remarkable shinobi talent.
• Two masked shinobi hid on a rooftop across from the Dango Shop and watched Shisui, Itachi, Issei, and Hyuga Hideto.

Shiraha’s meetings with Hideto, Shisui, and Itachi fueled Danzo’s suspicions that the Uchiha and Hyuga might be joining forces, though Hiruzen resisted acting against them. As Konoha prepared for Hinata’s third-birthday banquet and a Kumogakure delegation arrived, Shiraha learned that Shion had been kidnapped and set out to find her.

• A Root Ninja reported that Uchiha Issei, Hyuga Hideto, Shisui, and Itachi had met, prompting Danzo to warn Hiruzen that the Uchiha and Hyuga might be conspiring.
• Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s accusation and cautioned against interfering with the Hyuga, while Danzo said he would handle the matter.
• Shiraha took Shisui aside after Hideto left, disappointing Itachi, who had hoped to train with Shisui.
• Konoha prepared for Hinata’s third-birthday banquet as Kumogakure sent a delegation to strengthen its alliance with the village.
• Shiraha learned that Shion had disappeared, confirmed through their bloodline connection that she was alive, and resolved to locate her while struggling to contain his killing intent.

After Shion was kidnapped, Shiraha rushed to Demon Country while Orochimaru revealed that he had rescued her and learned she was Shiraha’s daughter. Shion stayed with Orochimaru in Water Mist City, and Shiraha set out to find her as Kakuzu and Sasori realized how badly they had failed.

• Kushina comforted Shiraha after he learned Shion had been kidnapped, and he left for Demon Country to search for her.
• Orochimaru explained how he had rescued Shion from suspected Iwagakure ninja, then discovered she was Shiraha and Miroku’s daughter.
• Shion persuaded Orochimaru to carry her to Water Mist City, where he sent a message and considered whether her bloodline could help him use Shiraha’s power without being controlled.
• Shiraha met Miroku at the Priestess Palace, learned she had offered a bounty for Shion’s safe return, and left to search north near Earth Country.
• Kakuzu and Sasori encountered Shiraha at the palace, and Sasori asked whether Shiraha was the Dragon King.

At Hinata Hyūga’s birthday banquet, Kumogakure’s delegation plotted to steal the Byakugan and abduct Naruto and Karin. The attempted kidnappings were stopped, but the discovery that the dead infiltrator was delegation leader Kawashima Kamiya left Konoha facing a major crisis.

• Factions sought Shion after Priestess Miroku offered a hundred-million-ryo reward, while Danzo lacked the resources to investigate the Demon Country.
• At Hinata’s birthday banquet, Kawashima Kamiya considered abducting Naruto and stealing Hinata’s Byakugan for Kumogakure.
• Two Kumogakure Jōnin attacked Uzumaki Ashina and tried to abduct Naruto and Karin, but Kakashi and Uchiha Issei caught and killed them.
• Kakashi found Ashina unconscious in an alley and brought her to the hospital as Konoha’s Anbu discovered the attackers belonged to the Kumogakure Delegation.
• Hyuga Hiashi killed an intruder attempting to abduct Hinata and discovered the dead man was Kawashima Kamiya, the delegation leader.

Hyuga Hiashi killed Kawashima Kamiya after finding him attempting to kidnap Hinata, while Kumogakure also attacked Uzumaki Ashina, Naruto, and Karin. As Konoha's leaders debated the escalating crisis, the Kumogakure envoys demanded that Konoha surrender Hiashi or Kakashi and Issei before they departed.

• Hyuga Hiashi killed Kawashima Kamiya during an attempted kidnapping of Hinata, and the Kumogakure envoys accused the Hyuga of murder.
• An Anbu Ninja reported that Kumogakure Jonin had attacked Uzumaki Ashina, Naruto, and Karin; Kakashi rescued Naruto, and Issei rescued Karin.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō discussed the crisis with Hiashi and Hyuga elders, while the elders opposed compromising with Kumogakure.
• Kakashi and Issei described the attack, and Issei argued that Kumogakure was using the incident to pressure Konoha and that Konoha should not fear war.
• Chiho, Shisui, and Fugaku arrived as the Kumogakure envoys demanded that Konoha hand over either Hiashi or Kakashi and Issei.

Konoha's leaders accepted Hizashi Hyuga's offer to die in place of Hiashi, hoping to satisfy Kumogakure and avert war. Afterward, Chiho challenged Fugaku's leadership, while Issei left to tell his main body that Hizashi could test the seal-breaking formula.

• Chiho, Shisui, Fugaku, Hiruzen, and Danzo rejected Kumogakure's demands, but Hiruzen hesitated over the risk of war and Danzo pushed for a hard response.
• Hizashi offered to die in Hiashi's place, explaining that he wanted freedom from the Caged Bird Seal and believed his death could prevent war.
• Hizashi incapacitated Hiashi, and Danzo ordered the Anbu to tell the Kumogakure envoys that Konoha would provide an explanation.
• Hiruzen and Danzo left the Hyuga estate, and Danzo suggested that Kakashi's closeness to Issei might be suspicious.
• Chiho criticized Fugaku's indecisiveness and implied she should lead the Uchiha, while Issei told Shisui he would support her and went to inform his main body about Hizashi.