Chapter Summaries

Terumi Mei and the other Kage weighed their positions as the Five Kage Summit approached, while Shōji focused on his plans beyond the meeting. The summit officially began in a tense chamber, where Shōji offered a ceasefire in exchange for conditions on Kumogakure and A immediately challenged Iwagakure’s account of the war.

• Terumi Mei consulted Ao after Shōji and Fourth Raikage A visited her, and she decided Kirigakure should wait to learn the other Kage’s positions.
• Shōji put the summit aside as a temporary delaying tactic and planned to complete his Wood Release experiment before pursuing a journey to the moon.
• Mifune arranged separate entrances and seating for the Five Kage, who entered the conference room amid palpable tension.
• Mifune declared the Five Kage Summit officially begun, and Shōji spoke first, offering a ceasefire and the return of occupied Land of Lightning territory if Kumogakure accepted Iwagakure’s conditions.
• Fourth Raikage A slammed the table and blamed Iwagakure for the conflict, civilian deaths, Kumogakure casualties, and attacks on its Tailed Beasts.

At the Five Kage Summit, Shōji rejected attempts to frame Kumogakure’s defeat as a misunderstanding and insisted that it pay for starting the war. After A demanded the return of Kumogakure’s captives and tailed beasts, he finally acknowledged defeat and offered compensation, making their return Kumogakure’s final condition for a ceasefire.

• A argued that the war had resulted from shinobi carrying out their employers’ missions, and Sarutobi Hiruzen and Rasa urged both sides to restore the prewar situation.
• Shōji rejected the idea that the war was a misunderstanding and warned A that Iwagakure could continue fighting until Kumogakure was destroyed.
• A challenged Shōji, and Mifune intervened to calm the Raikage and Tsuchikage and keep the summit focused on negotiations.
• Shōji said Iwagakure would end the war and return occupied territory and frontline strongholds only if Kumogakure paid appropriate compensation.
• A demanded the return of Kumogakure’s captured shinobi and the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, but Shōji refused and threatened further destruction if Kumogakure kept resisting.
• A acknowledged Kumogakure’s defeat and offered compensation, while insisting that the captured shinobi and the Jinchuriki Yugito and Killer B be returned as Kumogakure’s final condition.

At the Five Kage Summit, Shōji pressured Fourth Raikage A to accept Iwagakure’s terms, while the other Kage intervened to avert a fight. A agreed to admit defeat and pay reparations in exchange for Kumogakure reclaiming its occupied territory and ransoming its captured ninja, though Iwagakure kept the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails.

• A erupted in anger at Shōji’s refusal to return Kumogakure’s tailed beasts and captured ninja, and the Kage and their guards prepared for combat.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen argued for compromise, but Shōji insisted the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails were Iwagakure’s spoils of war and left A with the choice to accept or fight.
• As A considered a desperate attack, Terumi Mei proposed returning the captured Kumo Ninja, and Rasa and Sarutobi Hiruzen urged both sides to negotiate.
• Shōji agreed to return the captured Kumo Ninja in exchange for reparations, and A accepted the terms.
• Shōji and Terumi Mei’s concealed coordination was revealed, and the negotiations concluded with Kumogakure acknowledging responsibility for the war, paying reparations, and arranging the return of its territory and captured ninja.

After the Five Kage Summit, Shōji left with Shisui and Akatsuchi to begin a plan to capture and control the Fourth Raikage, while Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure formed an alliance against Iwagakure. On his way back to Kumogakure, A was confronted by Uchiha Obito, who used Kamui to evade his attack and proposed an alliance.

• Mifune welcomed the summit’s peaceful conclusion as the Five Kage prepared to leave the Land of Iron.
• Shōji told Shisui and Akatsuchi that he planned to target and control the Fourth Raikage, a plan Onoki had approved.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Rasa, and A formed a three-village alliance and discussed coordinating their villages against Iwagakure.
• A returned toward Kumogakure with C while ordering Samui to relay his instructions to the frontline forces.
• Obito ambushed A, phased through his lightning-fast attack with Kamui, and asked A to stop so they could discuss becoming allies.

Obito approached the Fourth Raikage to propose an alliance against Uchiha Shōji, offering secret Uchiha intelligence as proof of his sincerity. The Fourth Raikage became willing to cooperate but demanded to know Obito’s true motive before agreeing.

• The Fourth Raikage rejected Obito’s offer and condemned him for betraying Minato, while Obito provoked him by mocking Kumogakure’s defeat by Uchiha Shōji.
• The Fourth Raikage stopped C from attacking, demanded that Obito remove his mask, and listened as Obito proposed joining forces against Shōji.
• Obito gave the Fourth Raikage a scroll containing information about the Mangekyō Sharingan, its abilities and costs, and the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• After reading the scroll, the Fourth Raikage acknowledged Obito’s sincerity but said the intelligence alone was not enough to earn his trust.
• The Fourth Raikage offered to represent Kumogakure in an alliance if Obito explained why he wanted to act against the Uchiha Clan and Uchiha Shōji.

Obito persuaded the Fourth Raikage to ally with him against Uchiha Shōji, while secretly planning to use Kumogakure and the other great villages as pawns. After Obito left, Shōji’s group confronted the Raikage and demanded to see the intelligence scroll.

• The Fourth Raikage questioned Obito’s motives, and Obito claimed he wanted Shōji’s Sharingan and the Uchiha Clan’s inherited ninja tools.
• Obito demonstrated Wood Release, convincing the Fourth Raikage that he was genuinely opposed to Shōji, and the two agreed to cooperate.
• The Fourth Raikage offered to help Obito obtain Shōji’s eyes and the Uchiha tools, while also asking for help securing Tailed Beasts.
• Obito left after discussing supplies and future contact, intending to use Kumogakure as a pawn in his plan with Nagato and Akatsuki.
• C warned the Fourth Raikage that Obito could not be trusted, but the Raikage said he could still use Obito’s information against Shōji.
• Shōji, Shisui, Akatsuchi, Killer B, and Uzumaki Reina appeared before the Raikage and C, and Shōji demanded to see the scroll as his group surrounded them.

Shōji defeated and controlled the Fourth Raikage, then discovered that Obito had revealed Uchiha secrets to Kumogakure. Shōji and Shisui altered the Raikage’s and C’s wills, leaving both men obedient to Shōji.

• C offered to sacrifice himself so the Fourth Raikage could escape, but A refused to retreat and confronted Shōji.
• Shōji revealed that he controlled Killer B and intended to unite the world under Iwagakure, then fought A using Sage Mode and defeated him.
• Shōji took control of A while Reina healed his wounds, and Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to alter C’s will.
• Shōji searched A’s mind and read Obito’s scroll, discovering that Obito had disclosed the Uchiha Clan’s highest secrets to the Fourth Raikage.
• Shōji and Shisui altered A’s will, released their genjutsu, and watched A and C kneel before Shōji in obedience.

Shōji used Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to turn the Fourth Raikage A and C into unwitting assets for Iwagakure, while Obito remained unaware that his plans had been exposed. Back in Konohagakure, Sarutobi Hiruzen covered up Danzo’s latest operation and asked Jiraiya to help bring Tsunade home and investigate Obito.

• Shōji confirmed that Shisui had altered A and C’s wills, giving A the identity of an Iwagakure shadow guard called Celestial Pivot and making C believe he was a longtime spy.
• Shōji sent A and C back toward Kumogakure, then returned to Iwagakure with Shisui, Akatsuchi, Killer B, and Uzumaki Reina while Obito continued planning in ignorance.
• Rasa planned to test whether Sunagakure’s new One-Tail Jinchuriki could be used, while Terumi Mei focused on restoring Kirigakure and finding a Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Root members had infiltrated restricted areas and ordered the captured Root member handed to Mitokado Homura while suppressing the incident.
• Jiraiya challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen for continuing to indulge Danzo, but Hiruzen defended his decision and said Homura would monitor Danzo.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Jiraiya to persuade Tsunade to return and investigate Obito, while insisting that an organization supported Obito’s actions.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya planned how to investigate the mysterious organization, while Danzo pushed ahead with experiments to master Orochimaru's improved Impure World Reincarnation. The other villages and Akatsuki adjusted their plans in response to Uchiha Shōji and Iwagakure's growing power, leaving Nagato and Konan weighing Obito's strategy.

• Jiraiya decided to investigate cross-border trade and illegal industries for clues about the organization, while Hiruzen remained confident he could manage the threats facing Konoha.
• Danzo ordered Root to repeat its failed Impure World Reincarnation experiments, hoping to summon powerful shinobi and use their strength to seize the Hokage position.
• After the Five Kage Summit, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure began pursuing Chakra Armor research and ways to counter Iwagakure's growing military power.
• Nagato and Konan received Obito's intelligence about Uchiha Shōji and discussed how Iwagakure's power affected Akatsuki's Tailed Beast Capture Plan.
• Nagato told Konan that Obito had contacted Kumogakure and planned to visit Sunagakure, while Konan questioned whether Obito's proposal could be trusted.

Nagato and Konan agreed to trust Obito’s plan while preparing Akatsuki’s supplies, unaware of Black Zetsu’s intentions. Shōji returned to Iwagakure, revealed that he had controlled the Fourth Raikage, and began planning Iwagakure’s campaign to unify the shinobi world, leaving Kitsuchi to oversee preparations for the eventual attack on Sunagakure.

• Nagato reassured Konan that Obito would cooperate until the Tailed Beast Capture Plan reached its final stage, and told her to coordinate with Kumogakure and prepare supplies.
• Shōji returned to Iwagakure with Shisui, Akatsuchi, Reina, Killer B, and others after withdrawing his forces and releasing the captured Kumo Ninja in accordance with the agreement.
• Ōnoki welcomed Shōji and learned that the plan had succeeded, then joined Shōji, Shisui, and Kitsuchi for a private briefing.
• Shōji told Kitsuchi that the Fourth Raikage was under their control and explained the plan to unify the shinobi world, with Sunagakure as the tentative first target.
• Shōji said the campaign would wait at least half a year while Iwagakure built Chakra Armor and new weapons, and tasked Kitsuchi with supervising production and incorporating the Snow Ninja Village.

Shōji delegated Iwagakure’s equipment preparations, warned Ōnoki that Obito planned to cooperate with three major villages, and ordered secret preparations for a coming war. After handling village affairs, Shōji left the Wood Release experiment pending while Obito’s leaked Mangekyō secrets enraged the Uchiha elders.

• Shōji gave Kitsuchi responsibility for coordinating with the Snow Country and advancing production of weapons and Chakra Armor, while Shisui returned to the Uchiha compound to prepare for the Wood Release cell transplantation experiment.
• Shōji told Ōnoki that Obito was using intelligence from the controlled Fourth Raikage to seek cooperation with Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha, and that Akatsuki had some connection to Obito.
• Ōnoki agreed that Iwagakure needed to investigate Akatsuki’s roots in the Rain Country and prepare for the threat, leaving Shōji in full control of the village.
• Shōji ordered Yakushi Kabuto to coordinate secret strategic preparations, assigning Miki’s squad and either Inaho or Yashiro to help him.
• Shōji worked late to clear urgent village affairs, while Fugaku, Sōgen, and the other Uchiha grew furious after Shisui told them Obito had revealed secrets of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Shōji and the Uchiha elders began the clan’s Wood Release cell implantation experiment, but Shōji agreed to let Shisui be the first test subject. The chapter ended as Fugaku injected Shisui with the second dose, which was intended to counteract the cells’ devouring effect.

• After becoming Fourth Tsuchikage and Uchiha clan head, Shōji arrived at the secret laboratory where Fugaku, Sōgen, Genran, Chie, and Shisui had prepared the experiment.
• Shōji explained that Wood Release cells might strengthen his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, but Fugaku and the elders insisted that Shisui undergo the procedure first.
• Shōji agreed, instructed the elders to support Shisui and record every change, and Shisui confirmed he was ready.
• Fugaku injected Shisui with the first dose, while Chie used her healing technique to help relax his body.
• After Shisui reported that his muscles had relaxed, Fugaku injected the second dose to neutralize the Wood Release cells’ devouring effect.

Shisui endured a Wood Release cell transplant that successfully replenished and strengthened his Mangekyō Sharingan’s Dōjutsu Power. Shōji then began his own transplant experiment, despite the elders’ concerns, seeking further evolution and the power to confront Uchiha Obito.

• Fugaku injected Shisui with refined Wood Release cell essence while Chie treated him and Sōgen and Genran monitored the instruments.
• Shisui’s body convulsed as the cells clashed with his own, but his power and the earlier medicine gradually restrained and broke them down.
• After about an hour, Shisui reported that his Mangekyō Sharingan felt full of Dōjutsu Power, and Shōji confirmed it exceeded its previous limits.
• The elders celebrated Shisui’s successful transplant, and Shōji announced that he would undergo the procedure next to strengthen himself against Uchiha Obito.
• Despite the elders’ warnings that Shōji already possessed Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Shōji insisted and lay on the operating table as Fugaku prepared his injection.

Shōji survived the Wood Release cell transplant and felt his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan begin evolving toward the Rinnegan. As he prepared for war, the Fourth Raikage secretly passed the Three-Village Alliance’s intelligence to him, leaving Shōji in position to make his next move.

• Shōji endured the Wood Release cell injection, and his own cells gradually overwhelmed and absorbed the foreign cells.
• Shōji felt his eyes begin evolving toward the Rinnegan, while Shisui briefly glimpsed a purple glow in his pupils.
• Shōji assured Fugaku, Shisui, Sōgen, Genran, and Chie that the experiment had succeeded and asked the Elders to organize the data with help from Kabuto and Reina.
• The Fourth Raikage followed Shōji’s orders and secretly relayed intelligence from Kumogakure, Konohagakure, and Sunagakure to Shōji.
• Shōji prepared to launch a war after his eyes fully evolved, as the shinobi world entered early spring.

Shōji prepared for a future journey to the moon while completing his first graduation ceremony as Tsuchikage. He arranged teams and guiding Jōnin for the graduates, including his younger siblings, and the ceremony began with Yang, Saki, and Haku awaiting their assignment.

• Shōji decided that he would travel to the moon to seek the Giant Tenseigan and a possible way to remove Neji Hyuga’s Caged Bird Seal, bringing Shisui and Killer B as helpers.
• Shōji agreed to let Uchiha Yang and Uchiha Saki graduate early, and Haku graduated with them after mastering Ice Release.
• Shōji assigned Bunya as the trio’s guiding Jōnin and spent several days arranging teams for the other graduates.
• On March 12, the graduates gathered at Iwagakure Ninja Academy for the ceremony, where Yang, Saki, and Haku discussed who would lead their team.
• Shōji appeared on the podium in ceremonial attire, drawing excited attention from the graduates and younger students, including Sasuke, Neji, and Karin.

At Iwagakure’s graduation ceremony, Shōji welcomed the new genin and arranged their squad leaders, including Bunya for Yang, Saki, and Haku. He then revealed to Shisui that he planned to take him to the moon, leaving Shisui overwhelmed by what he learned about the Sage of Six Paths, the Uchiha, and the Hyuga.

• Shōji delivered a graduation speech warning the new genin about the hardships and dangers of shinobi life before declaring the thirty-fifth class graduated.
• Shōji asked Uchiha Ichijō to lead a squad as part of his effort to integrate the Uchiha into Iwagakure.
• Shōji appointed Bunya as the guiding Jōnin for Yang, Saki, and Haku, and Bunya accepted the assignment.
• Shisui returned from intelligence-gathering missions in Kumogakure and asked Shōji why he had summoned him.
• Shōji told Shisui that he planned to take him to the moon and explained the Uchiha’s connection to the Sage of Six Paths, the moon’s inhabitants, the Hyuga, and the Sharingan’s potential evolution.
• Shisui asked for time to process the revelations, overwhelmed by the information.

Shōji revealed more of his plans to Shisui and prepared a secret trip to the moon with Shisui and Killer B, while arranging for Iwagakure to run smoothly in his absence. Before leaving, he saw Yang and Saki off on their first mission, then departed as other shinobi leaders pursued their own plans.

• Shōji told Shisui that he sought the bloodline of Hamura's descendants on the moon, and Shisui agreed to join the mission while keeping its secrets.
• Shōji reported his departure to Ōnoki and arranged village affairs through Kabuto, Kitsuchi, Reina, Akatsuchi, Ido, and others.
• Shōji warned Yang and Saki to follow their captain Bunya's orders on their first mission, and encouraged Yang to earn recognition by his own name.
• Shōji met Shisui and Killer B outside Iwagakure, and the three secretly left for the spatial passage leading to the moon.
• While Shōji traveled, Obito planned to contact Rasa, Jiraiya set out to find Tsunade, and other leaders continued preparing their own moves.

Shōji, Shisui, and Killer B traveled through a hidden spatial passage to the moon, where they found a vast, Earth-like world and an artificial sun. Shōji led them toward a town inhabited by Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s descendants to learn whether their civil war had begun.

• Shōji summoned Byakugyoku, who guided him, Shisui, and Killer B to the concealed passage to the moon.
• Shisui used his Mangekyō Sharingan to see through the pool’s genjutsu and identify the spatial passage, then agreed to follow Shōji without demanding his secrets.
• Shōji, Shisui, and Killer B crossed the passage, avoided golden lights that could trigger genjutsu, and reached a cavern on the moon.
• Killer B swiftly killed the giant crabs that attacked the group inside the cavern.
• Shōji showed Shisui and Killer B the moon’s forest, lake, and artificial sun, and explained that Ōtsutsuki Hamura had created much of the place.
• Shōji led Shisui and Killer B toward the descendants’ town to check whether a full-scale war had begun.

Shōji, Shisui, and Killer B searched the abandoned lunar town and uncovered signs of the conflict among Hamura’s descendants, while Ōtsutsuki Tendō prepared to defend the Giant Tenseigan. Hamura’s lingering soul drew the intruders toward an underground burial ground, where Gyūki recognized his chakra.

• Shōji confirmed that the lunar town had been abandoned after a bloody battle and sent Shisui and Killer B to search its ruins for records and sealed areas.
• Ōtsutsuki Tendō learned that three intruders had entered the town, ordered his puppets to attack, and went to prepare the Giant Tenseigan as a safeguard.
• Hamura deliberately revealed his chakra to Shōji’s group, hoping they would help stop Tendō and the distorted plans of his descendants.
• Shōji sensed the presence and called Shisui and Killer B to regroup; Gyūki took control of Killer B’s body after recognizing Hamura’s chakra.
• Shōji led Shisui and Gyūki into an underground chamber, where they found a vast graveyard holding the bodies of Hamura’s lunar descendants.

Shōji met Ōtsutsuki Hamura in the lunar graveyard and learned that Hamura and Hagoromo were dead but could persist as souls in the Pure Land, which they could not control. Hamura asked Shōji to stop his descendants’ plan to crash the moon into Earth, and Shisui and Killer B saw the Giant Tenseigan’s destructive power.

• Shōji called on Ōtsutsuki Hamura to reveal himself, and Hamura appeared before Shōji, Shisui, and Killer B.
• Gyūki asked whether the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had broken free of its seal, and Hamura confirmed it had been summoned into the shinobi world eight or nine years earlier.
• Shōji asked whether Hamura and Hagoromo were dead and whether Ōtsutsuki Kaguya could be killed; Hamura explained that the brothers’ souls endured in the Pure Land and said Kaguya could only be sealed.
• Hamura revealed that his descendants had formed a Giant Tenseigan from their clansmen’s blood and Byakugan and planned to propel the moon into Earth.
• Hamura showed Shōji, Shisui, and Killer B memories of the Giant Tenseigan’s power, shocking Shisui and Killer B.