Chapter Summaries

Kiyoshi rescued Konan and reached the meeting where Hanzo and Danzo had trapped Yahiko and Nagato, while Akatsuki members rushed to help. Tsunade arrived and confronted Kiyoshi, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Kiyoshi killed the Amegakure ninja attacking Konan, then used poisoned ninjutsu to defeat the rest and detoxified her.
• Konan hired Kiyoshi to check on Yahiko and Nagato, and he carried her to Hanzo's meeting using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Idaten Kyusuke learned that Konoha's Anbu were near Hanzo and led Akatsuki members to help, but Kanzō blocked their way with a Water Release attack.
• Tsunade learned that Danzo was colluding with Hanzo, postponed her meeting with Iwagakure, and headed to the confrontation with Kurenai Yuhi and others.
• Hanzo forced Nagato to choose between killing Yahiko and letting Akatsuki members die, while Kiyoshi and Konan watched from a nearby hill.
• Tsunade arrived, called out to Kiyoshi, and he teleported down with Konan before she rebuked him for acting dangerously.

Kiyoshi joined Tsunade and the others in battle against Hanzo the Salamander, whose alliance with Shimura Danzō had collapsed. After defeating Hanzo with a sword technique he learned during their duel, Kiyoshi gained the gold Hanzo Slayer entry and its poison-resistance and swordsmanship benefits.

• Tsunade confronted Shimura Danzō, who withdrew with his Root ninja, leaving Hanzo the Salamander to face the Konoha and Akatsuki forces.
• Hanzo summoned Ibuse and attacked with poison while Tsunade, Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, and the others fought to protect their allies.
• Hanzo triggered a trap that engulfed Nagato in explosions, prompting him to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kiyoshi gave the group antidotes, entered Sage Mode, and punched Ibuse, then fought Hanzo and copied his swordsmanship with his Sharingan.
• Kiyoshi used his own Iai Slash to defeat Hanzo and received the gold Hanzo Slayer entry, which strengthened his poison resistance and sword skills.

Kiyoshi killed Hanzo, secured a branch from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and helped Akatsuki gain Konoha’s support in the Land of Rain. After Kiyoshi returned to Konoha, the political fallout reached the Hokage’s Office, where Hiruzen announced he would resign and select the Fourth Hokage.

• Kiyoshi defeated and killed Hanzo, prompting Kanzō to withdraw Amegakure’s forces and Akatsuki to celebrate its victory.
• Kiyoshi cut a branch from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and Nagato allowed him to take it as thanks for saving Akatsuki.
• Kiyoshi proposed that Akatsuki take over Amegakure, and Tsunade said Konoha would consider forming an alliance with the organization.
• Mei Terumi, Momochi Zabuza, and Yuri Ringo learned that Kiyoshi had killed Hanzo and left the Land of Rain.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Mabui to watch Konoha and Kiyoshi, while Hiruzen confronted Shimura Danzō over his secret dealings with Hanzo.
• Hiruzen told Shimura Danzō that he would resign as Third Hokage and begin selecting the Fourth Hokage, while Kiyoshi returned to his residence and said Hinatsuki was next.

Kiyoshi trained his Lava Release and began learning Pain Sky Leg while Konoha’s clans considered who might become the next Hokage after the peace treaty with Iwagakure. Ginka Hyuga visited Kiyoshi to deliver stolen Gentle Fist scrolls and obtain medicine, while Kiyoshi also sent pills for Hinatsuki Hyuga.

• Kiyoshi considered awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan and explored whether Rinnegan could help cultivate God Tree Fruit, but set the idea aside for now.
• Tsunade took Kiyoshi to a casino and promised to teach him Pain Sky Leg, while villagers discussed the peace treaty and the possible succession to the Hokage position.
• Hyuga Clan elders discussed the next Hokage and urged Ginka Hyuga to cultivate her connection with Kiyoshi; they also asked Hinatsuki Hyuga to seek treatment for Hiashi.
• Kiyoshi completed his Lava Release entry, tested its corrosive acid on an iron post, and began studying Pain Sky Leg while guiding Guren’s Crystal Release training.
• Ginka Hyuga delivered two Gentle Fist scrolls that she had obtained through Nobuhiko Hyuga and asked Kiyoshi for medicine to prevent pregnancy.
• Kiyoshi gave Ginka Hyuga red pills for Hinatsuki Hyuga and told her to pass them along.

Kiyoshi continued his coercive examination of Ginka Hyuga while visitors gathered outside, then studied Orochimaru’s early Cursed Seal research and advised Kurenai Yuhi on genjutsu. Days later, after testing the power of the Eight Gates Formation in the Land of Grass, Kiyoshi learned that Kumogakure had attacked the Land of Fire’s defensive line.

• Kiyoshi forced Ginka Hyuga to continue an examination as Nobuhiko Hyuga went to collect her and A Xia waited outside.
• Kurenai Yuhi arrived, encountered A Xia and Rin Nohara, and joined them inside while Kiyoshi examined Rin’s storage device and discussed Cursed Seal research.
• Kiyoshi taught Kurenai Yuhi the key points of Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death, gave her a genjutsu scroll, and asked Rin to stay behind.
• Ginka Hyuga left with Nobuhiko Hyuga to watch the fireworks despite claiming she felt unwell.
• Several days later, Kiyoshi used the fifth gate of the Eight Gates Formation to kick a lake’s water into the air in the Land of Grass.
• Mikoto warned Kiyoshi that Kumogakure had attacked the Land of Fire’s defensive line.

Kiyoshi joined Konoha’s western-front operation, met Shisui, and gave him a scroll with a hidden safeguard. As Konoha’s forces arrived, Mikoto brought Kiyoshi a bento instead of Fugaku, while Kumogakure’s forces asked whether Kiyoshi had come.

• Kiyoshi told Orochimaru he would soon have results on the Cursed Seal, then Hiruzen Sarutobi announced his retirement and Shimura Danzō’s removal from Root leadership.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Kiyoshi to lead units against Kumogakure, and Kiyoshi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Mikoto to the market for ingredients.
• Kiyoshi traveled with several hundred ninja to the western front, met Shisui, described the Uchiha as a clan of love, and gave him a Body Flicker Technique scroll containing a hidden safeguard.
• Fugaku tried to formalize his relationship with Mikoto, but she said the bento she had prepared was for Kiyoshi and left to deliver it.
• A Kumogakure ninja reported that Konoha’s reinforcements had arrived, and an alluring woman asked whether Kiyoshi Uchiha had come.

Kiyoshi explained that Kumogakure was using the Red Eye to interfere with the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan, then led a reconnaissance mission over the sea with Tsunade and several others. As Kiyoshi and Tsunade searched from the air, Obito visited Nagato in the Land of Rain and discussed Akatsuki’s difficulties.

• Yugito learned Kiyoshi Uchiha was commanding a unit and asked about Killer B’s forces and the Hyuga Clan’s support.
• Mikoto brought Kiyoshi a bento, and Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Kakashi gathered around him before Tsunade called him to a reconnaissance meeting.
• Kiyoshi told Tsunade and the assembled ninja that the Red Eye could use Chakra to create illusions that interfered with the Byakugan, then helped plan an operation to search for Kumogakure’s bases.
• Kiyoshi, Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, Hizashi Hyuga, and other Hyuga ninja set out across the sea to search for the hidden islands.
• After hours of finding nothing, Tsunade rode on Kiyoshi as he flew above the sea to scout farther afield.
• Obito appeared before Nagato in the Land of Rain and spoke about the difficulties Akatsuki faced in taking control of Amegakure.

Obito tried to steer Nagato toward expanding Akatsuki, deepening the rift between Nagato and Yahiko over the Land of Rain’s future. Meanwhile, Kiyoshi’s team infiltrated a Kumogakure island, where Kiyoshi defeated Toroi and gained a new Magnet Release trait.

• Obito gave Nagato a scroll outlining how to expand Akatsuki and urged him to remember how his parents died; Nagato hid it when Yahiko arrived.
• Kiyoshi spotted a Kumogakure island with ships and a large Chakra presence, so Tsunade led the group underwater toward it.
• Kumogakure’s Water Release squad exposed the infiltrators, and Kiyoshi countered their torrent with Lightning Water Dragon Bullet.
• Toroi attacked the group with magnetized shuriken, but Kiyoshi explained his technique, reversed control of the ninja tools, and killed Toroi.
• Kiyoshi fulfilled the requirement for Magnet Release Jonin (Purple) and comprehended the trait.

Kiyoshi killed Toroi, overwhelmed Dodai’s lava techniques, and forced Tsunade and the others to retreat while Yugito confronted him. As more Kumogakure ninja gathered, Kiyoshi entered Sage Mode and began cutting through them, leaving the battle on the island still raging.

• Kiyoshi’s new entry doubled his efficiency at converting Chakra into magnetism, and he dismissed Toroi’s Magnet Release as no threat to a true expert after killing him.
• Dodai attacked with Lava Release, but Tsunade, Asuma Sarutobi, and the Hyuga fighters struggled to defend themselves until Kiyoshi used Lava Release: Melting Wave to dissolve Dodai’s Shadow Clones and damage his Rubber Wall.
• Yugito arrived and challenged Kiyoshi, but he blocked her claws in Sage Mode and flung her across the ground.
• Kiyoshi told Tsunade to retreat with the others, then struck down the pursuing Kumogakure ninja with Sage Art: Lightning Release: Black Senbon, leaving Dodai gravely wounded.
• As Kumogakure reinforcements gathered, Kiyoshi killed several with a Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and taunted Yugito about her inability to control the Tailed Beast’s Chakra.
• Kiyoshi appeared behind the Red Eye ninja and gouged out both of his eyes.

Kiyoshi defeated Yugito after she went berserk, suppressed Matatabi with lightning gates, and took a piece of the Two-Tails’ Chakra. He then subdued Yugito with his Sharingan and left with her, while Killer B arrived to find her gone.

• Kiyoshi removed a Red Eye ninja’s eyes, killed him, and provoked Yugito into attacking.
• Yugito unleashed a barrage of blue fireballs, but Kiyoshi countered with a massive Water Formation Wall as Mabui and Dodai withdrew.
• Kiyoshi drove Yugito into the forest with a Lightning Whip, where she lost control and began forming Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Kiyoshi transformed the weather with Fire Release, pinned Matatabi down with lightning torii gates, and sealed one of her tails in a scroll.
• Kiyoshi gained the Battle with the Two-Tails trait, then disrupted Yugito’s Chakra and calmed her with his Sharingan.
• Kiyoshi carried Yugito away using a marked location, and Killer B arrived to find only craters and a puddle.

Kiyoshi returned to the camp alive with Yugito captured, turning Konoha’s crisis into a major advantage. After perfecting the Yin Seal and completing two golden entries, he asked Tsunade to take him to Shikkotsu Forest to learn Sage Arts.

• Kumogakure’s sensory ninja could no longer locate Yugito, so Killer B concluded she had been captured and ordered the news reported.
• At Konoha’s camp, Tsunade and the other ninja prepared to attack the island while Mikoto and the others feared Kiyoshi had died covering their retreat.
• Kiyoshi appeared in the meeting tent with Yugito, shocking the gathered ninja and prompting Tsunade to embrace him before ordering Yugito sealed.
• Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō saw Kiyoshi’s return, and Orochimaru began considering using Living Corpse Reincarnation to obtain a better body.
• Kiyoshi perfected the Yin Seal, completed the Medical Shadow and Sealing Shadow entries, and experienced a surge in vitality, Chakra, and Eye Power.
• Tsunade told Kiyoshi the village had rewarded him for capturing Yugito, and he asked her to take him to Shikkotsu Forest to learn Sage Arts.

After returning to Konoha, Kiyoshi accepted a mission to monitor Kushina and began using cloning research to arrange Hinata Hyuga’s birth. He later offered Hyuga Hiashi a way to have a child with Hinatsuki Hyuga, then sent everyone away and left Ginka Hyuga alarmed by what he intended to do.

• Kiyoshi returned to Konoha with Tsunade, greeted Uzuki Yugao and Hayate Gekko, and resolved to awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Hokage Advisors praised Kiyoshi, then asked him to watch over Kushina as Konoha considered deploying the Nine-Tails.
• Kiyoshi reviewed his cloning experiments and planned to use Hinatsuki Hyuga’s cells to create a body for Hinata Hyuga.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Kiyoshi about treatment for his condition, and Kiyoshi offered to help him and Hinatsuki have a child through cultivation instead.
• Kiyoshi prepared a room with Hinatsuki Hyuga inside and ordered the others to leave, prompting Ginka Hyuga to realize he intended to act on Hinatsuki.

Kiyoshi used Hinatsuki Hyuga’s supposed IVF operation to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, revealing two powerful abilities in his left eye. As Hinatsuki endured the ordeal and Hiashi waited outside, Kiyoshi wondered what power his still-unawakened right eye would hold.

• Kiyoshi explained that he intended to use Hinata Hyuga as a vessel to cultivate a Tenseigan and warned Yinhua Hyuga to keep others from observing the operation.
• Kiyoshi trapped Hinatsuki Hyuga in a genjutsu, used a technique that disrupted her control of her body, and pressured her into cooperating while Hiashi waited outside.
• Kiyoshi’s left eye awakened as a Mangekyō Sharingan, granting him Susanoo, which manipulated gravity and swallowed techniques.
• Kiyoshi discovered that his second left-eye ability, Yamata no Orochi, produced eight lightning-like serpents that could seal souls and nourish him with portions of those he killed.
• Kiyoshi continued the operation as Hinatsuki tried to endure and Hiashi anxiously awaited its success, then wondered what ability his right eye would awaken.

After successfully treating Hinatsuki Hyuga, Kiyoshi awakened a Yin Release entry and went with Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest to train in its Sage Mode. He began absorbing Slug Liquid under Tsunade’s watch, and red markings started to appear as his training progressed.

• Kiyoshi transplanted a cloned embryo into Hinatsuki Hyuga, and Hyuga Hiashi thanked him after the surgery succeeded.
• Kiyoshi reflected on his growing power before the Entry System granted him the Gold entry Yin Release Power.
• Tsunade told Kiyoshi they would visit Shikkotsu Forest that night to begin his Sage Mode training.
• Kiyoshi and Tsunade met the Slug Sage, who noted Kiyoshi’s unusual affinity for Natural Energy and provided Slug Liquid for his training.
• Kiyoshi applied Slug Liquid to his chest and balanced Natural Energy with his spiritual and physical energy while Tsunade watched over him.
• Red markings appeared on Kiyoshi’s forehead and around his eyes as the training continued.

Kiyoshi mastered Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode and gained new entries that strengthened his affinity with Natural Energy and vitality. After Tsunade watched over him overnight, he teased her before returning to the village, while the Slug Sage urged him to care for Tsunade in the future.

• Kiyoshi balanced Chakra, physical energy, and Natural Energy to master Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode, gaining the Slug Transformation (Purple) entry.
• Kiyoshi tested his new abilities by sensing living things, splitting into bloody water and reforming, healing quickly, and making nearby sprouts grow with his vitality.
• The next day, Kiyoshi gained the Child of Nature (Purple) entry after meditating overnight and considered how Natural Energy might develop his body further.
• Tsunade woke after resting beside Kiyoshi, realized he had covered her with his robe, and blushed when he teased her before leaving.
• The Slug Sage told Kiyoshi to take good care of Tsunade in the future, and Kiyoshi asked her to send him back.

Uzuki Yugao investigated the Hyuga Clan and mistook Hinazuki Hyuga’s suspected pregnancy for a religious ritual, while Kiyoshi took Kushina outside Konoha and later confronted Samui about Kumogakure’s ultimatum. The chapter ended with Samui offering to do anything Kiyoshi wanted in exchange for his help.

• The Slug Sage explained the contract, and Kiyoshi signed with Shikkotsu Forest before returning via Reverse Summoning.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura ordered Uzuki Yugao to monitor the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans, and she recorded Hinazuki Hyuga’s dry-heaving as possible morning sickness.
• Kiyoshi agreed to take Kushina outside Konoha, and Minato Namikaze departed for the front lines after Kushina’s agitation settled beyond the village barrier.
• At the Konoha Sushi Shop, Samodo urged Samui to ask Kiyoshi to delay breaking with Kumogakure, warning that her brother Atsui was also at risk.
• Samui told Kiyoshi about Kumogakure’s ultimatum and asked him to buy time, but he began to leave until she offered to do anything he wanted.

Kiyoshi secured the Kumogakure spies’ obedience and memorized their ninjutsu, then drew Mikoto closer and kissed her, stirring her Sharingan. The next day, he diagnosed Hinazuki Hyuga as pregnant, and Hiashi celebrated becoming a father.

• Kiyoshi made Samui and the Kumogakure spies agree to obey him, then memorized the contents of four ninjutsu scrolls as Samui read them.
• Mikoto saw Kiyoshi with Kushina and Tsunade, then went with him to buy ingredients and cook at her home.
• Kiyoshi kissed Mikoto, told her she should understand his feelings, and left her alone with her thoughts.
• Kiyoshi diagnosed Hinazuki Hyuga as pregnant, and Hiashi rejoiced that he would become a father.

Kiyoshi named Hiashi and Hinatsuki’s unborn daughter Hinata, then met the Daimyo of the Land of Demons and Miroku after they arrived in Konoha. While treating the Daimyo and replenishing Miko Chakra, Miroku noticed traces of Moryo’s aura and a strange, familiar quality in Kiyoshi’s Chakra.

• Kiyoshi told Hiashi that Hinatsuki was carrying a girl and suggested naming her Hinata, which Hiashi happily accepted.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Daimyo of the Land of Demons arrived in Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged Anbu protection for them.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Demons asked Hiruzen to summon Kiyoshi for treatment, while Kiyoshi planned to complete his Lightning Release Entry and later challenge the Fourth Raikage.
• Kiyoshi arrived at the temple where the Daimyo and Miroku were staying, gave the Daimyo medicine, and asked to speak privately with Miroku about Miko Fuinjutsu and Moryo.
• Miroku replenished the Chakra in Kiyoshi’s ritual blade and noticed Moryo’s aura within him, along with a strange Chakra that seemed connected to her own.

Kiyoshi researched Moryo with Miroku before returning to Konoha, where Orochimaru revealed his new body to Shimura Danzō. Miroku foresaw danger involving the Daimyo of the Land of Demons and Kiyoshi, then convinced Kushina that Kiyoshi was her destined partner; days later, Kiyoshi brought Kushina to the Kumogakure battlefield.

• Kiyoshi told Miroku that Moryo could not be destroyed and asked her to channel her Chakra into him for research.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire invited the Daimyo of the Land of Demons and Miroku to the theater, while Kiyoshi left using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Shimura Danzō visited Orochimaru and discovered that Orochimaru had used Living Corpse Reincarnation to take a new body; Orochimaru agreed to pursue more Sharingan and seek the Hokage position.
• Miroku dreamed that Kiyoshi stood beside the dying Daimyo of the Land of Demons and a bandaged ninja, then woke fearing the vision would soon come true.
• Miroku told Kushina that Kiyoshi was her destined partner, and Kushina left the Miko Temple confused about what that meant for Minato Namikaze.
• Kiyoshi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Kushina to the Kumogakure battlefield, where Shikaku Nara received him.

Kiyoshi led Kushina, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Duy to bring Iwagakure's defecting Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, back to the village. After awakening the Third Power entry by using Susanoo, Kiyoshi faced Roshi's Tailed Beast Bomb and prepared to summon Susanoo again.

• Shikaku Nara asked Kiyoshi to retrieve Roshi, offering Iwagakure reinforcements for Konoha, and Kiyoshi chose Kurenai, Asuma, Might Duy, and Kushina as his team.
• Roshi and his followers approached the border between Earth Country and the Land of Fire, where Kiyoshi's team intercepted them.
• Might Duy, Asuma, and Kurenai fought Roshi's followers while Kiyoshi battled Roshi using Moryo Chakra Mode and briefly manifested Susanoo to deflect magma fireballs.
• Kiyoshi gained the white Third Power entry, which increased his Chakra cohesion and offered advancement paths for mastering Susanoo's stages.
• Roshi began charging a Tailed Beast Bomb, and Kiyoshi announced that he no longer needed to evade before preparing to use Susanoo.