Chapter Summaries

Kiyoshi brought Kushina and Naruto to safety, then returned to confront the attack on Konoha as Shinno unleashed Zero-Tails and reanimated enemies. Facing the monster, Kiyoshi gained the Natural Sage Gold Entry and began undergoing a powerful transformation.

• Biwako Sarutobi delivered Naruto while Kiyoshi maintained Kushina’s seal, then Kiyoshi transported mother and child away from the battlefield.
• Obito and Deva Path Pain attacked Minato, Kakashi, and Konoha’s guards; Minato escaped Obito’s fire vortex while Kakashi and Yamato struggled against the masked man.
• Itachi sensed the smell of blood approaching Konoha and promised to protect the infant Sasuke.
• Shinno summoned Zero-Tails in Konoha, while reanimated Suikazan Fuguki attacked the Military Police Force and Fugaku, Hiruzen, and the Hyuga moved to respond.
• Kiyoshi arrived atop Hokage Rock, gained the Zero-Tails Disturbance Entry, and advanced Child of Nature into the Natural Sage Gold Entry.
• Kiyoshi’s new Natural Sage ability triggered a transformation that heightened his senses and flooded him with awareness of the surrounding natural world.

Kiyoshi Uchiha confronted Obito and the reincarnated ninja as the Akatsuki attacked Konoha, while Nagato searched for the Nine-Tails. Mikoto fought alongside Karin Uzumaki, then realized Karin was pregnant with Kiyoshi’s child and felt as though she had been cheated on.

• Minato Namikaze fought Deva Path Pain but was wounded by Asura Path Pain, while Obito captured Biwako Sarutobi and used genjutsu to question her about the Nine-Tails.
• Nagato located the Nine-Tails with the Rain Tiger at Will Technique, then brought the Six Paths of Pain to Konoha and sent them to attack as Obito arranged for Tobi to take Mio Nohara away.
• Obito attacked Mahiru Yuhi and Kurenai Yuhi, but Kiyoshi arrived, protected Kurenai, and treated Mahiru’s wounds before facing Obito and the reincarnated Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi identified the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Kiyoshi revealed his Sage Art Cloak and attacked Obito, whose Kamui Dimension was badly damaged by Kiyoshi’s lightning.
• Mikoto fought a reincarnated ninja until Karin Uzumaki restrained him with Adamantine Sealing Chains, then noticed Karin was pregnant and felt bitter about her connection to Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi defeated the attackers in the Zero-Tails Disturbance, protected Konoha, and oversaw its recovery. Nearly a year later, he confronted Hazuki Uchiha as she asked to leave the Uchiha Compound with Izumi.

• Kiyoshi overwhelmed Nagato's Pains and Shinno, while Obito escaped with the badly injured Nagato.
• Kiyoshi used Shinno to cast the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, extracted the souls of the reanimated ninja, and helped seal the Zero-Tails.
• Kiyoshi ordered Konoha's rescue and reconstruction, comforted Kushina, and gained public support after defending the village.
• After the reconstruction, Hazuki asked Fugaku Uchiha for permission to move away from the clan grounds with Izumi, who had befriended Itachi.
• Kiyoshi appeared at the Uchiha gathering, questioned Hazuki's plan to leave, and asked Izumi whether Itachi was the friend she had mentioned.

Kiyoshi visited the Uchiha gathering, spent time with Mikoto, and the chapter followed Itachi, Hinata, and Gaara’s families. It ended with Karura noticing that Gaara’s Sharingan might have awakened despite the lenses hiding his eyes.

• Kiyoshi saved Izumi, told Uchiha Tekka that he had used Sage Technique, and left Fugaku’s gathering after checking on the clan.
• Kiyoshi reunited with Mikoto, asked whether Itachi and Sasuke had shown any Kekkei Genkai, and questioned her progress with the Youth Preservation Technique.
• Itachi cared for Sasuke while Mikoto remained away, leaving Itachi puzzled when she did not return as expected.
• Hinata struggled to master the Gentle Fist Technique, and Hinazuki decided to ask Kiyoshi about her aptitude for other chakra natures.
• Gaara and Kankuro fought over a toy, and Karura noticed a red gleam in Gaara’s eyes before sensing his chakra turn cold and sinister.

Karura discovered that Gaara had awakened the Sharingan and warned him to keep it secret. Later, Kiyoshi attended Hanabi Hyuga’s full-month celebration, discussed Hinata’s training with Hinazuki Hyuga, and met with her privately before leaving the Hyuga compound.

• Karura removed Gaara’s protective eye film, recognized his One-Tomoe Sharingan, and told him to conceal his Kekkei Genkai from everyone, including Rasa, Kankuro, and Temari.
• After Konoha’s postwar reconstruction ended, Kiyoshi attended Hanabi Hyuga’s full-month celebration, where Hiashi Hyuga asked him to become Hanabi’s teacher.
• Kiyoshi assured Hiashi Hyuga that Hanabi could become extraordinary and agreed to teach her if she wished.
• After the banquet, Kiyoshi told Hinazuki Hyuga that Hinata’s talent lay in Chakra use and ninjutsu rather than physical strength, and promised she could surpass Hiashi Hyuga.
• Kiyoshi met privately with Hinazuki Hyuga, and Hiashi Hyuga later saw Hinazuki and the children asleep before heading back to his own room.

Kiyoshi gathered resources for his God Tree project, learned Shisui Uchiha’s Phantom Body Flicker Technique and Kotoamatsukami, and collected Shisui’s cells to attempt cloning his Mangekyō Sharingan. At Konoha Hospital, Uzuki Yugao worried that Bloodline Disease research was running out of funds, and Hayate Gekko offered to accompany her to ask Kiyoshi for more.

• Hinatsuki Hyuga cared for Hanabi while enduring her changed life with Kiyoshi and Hiashi Hyuga.
• Kakuyoku Fubuki reported that she had begun gathering Gelel Ore and searching for Shin Uchiha, and Kiyoshi ordered her to report any news.
• Kiyoshi asked Shisui Uchiha to teach him the Phantom Body Flicker Technique, quickly learned it, and persuaded Shisui to explain Kotoamatsukami.
• Kiyoshi appointed Shisui to lead a new Anbu Eighth Squad and collected hair follicle cells from him to use in cloning experiments.
• Kiyoshi planned to combine Shisui’s cells with Hashirama Cells and Shin’s Cells to test whether a clone could develop Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uzuki Yugao realized that Bloodline Disease research was nearly out of funds, and Hayate Gekko offered to accompany her to request more funding from Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi spent a date with Kurenai Yuhi in Tanzaku Street, then promised Uzuki Yugao medicine for Hayate Gekko’s illness. Meanwhile, Orochimaru took a White Zetsu body and agreed to revive Dan Katō for Obito’s plans against Kiyoshi.

• Kiyoshi finished training his Earth Release and took Kurenai Yuhi to Tanzaku Street, where they watched a movie and spent the day together.
• Kiyoshi approved Hayate Gekko’s transfer from Anbu to the Ninja Academy after Hayate chose to leave active service because of his illness.
• Kiyoshi told Uzuki Yugao he had developed medicine for Hayate and promised to give it to her, while she wondered how she could repay him.
• Orochimaru used Living Corpse Reincarnation to take a White Zetsu body enhanced with Hashirama Cells, but continued to covet Kiyoshi’s body.
• Obito asked Orochimaru to revive Dan Katō as part of a plan to gather powerful allies against Kiyoshi, and Orochimaru agreed.

Orochimaru resurrected Dan Katō and prepared to control him, while Kiyoshi spent the night with Kurenai Yuhi in Tanzaku Street and awakened his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. After returning to Konoha, Kiyoshi learned that Shin Uchiha had been captured and took Shin’s Mangekyo eyes for himself.

• Orochimaru explained Dan Katō’s resurrection and quietly prepared a talisman-tagged kunai to strengthen his control over him.
• Kiyoshi reunited with Kurenai Yuhi in Tanzaku Street, helped her improve her genjutsu, and spent the night with her while Asuma Sarutobi guarded the Daimyo nearby.
• Kiyoshi gained the Great Nurturing Plan trait and confirmed that his left eye had become an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Kiyoshi returned Kurenai Yuhi to her home, then learned from Kakuyoku Fubuki that Shin Uchiha had been found and detained by Anbu.
• Kiyoshi dismissed Shin Uchiha’s guards, recognized that Shin had awakened the Mangekyo, and removed both of his eyes.

Kiyoshi interrogated Shin Uchiha, learned the abilities of his Mangekyō Sharingan, and sent samples of Shin’s unusual cells to Rin Nohara and Tsunade for research. Later, Uzuki Yugao visited Kiyoshi to repay his help, and her offer left their conversation poised to continue.

• Kiyoshi used genjutsu to interrogate Shin Uchiha, learned that his eyes controlled marked objects and moved targets through an alternate dimension, then preserved the eyes and took Shin’s cells for study.
• Kiyoshi asked Rin Nohara to analyze Shin’s cells in secret, and she agreed.
• Kiyoshi brought Tsunade food at a casino, shared a meal with her, and persuaded her to research Shin’s cells after explaining his crimes and assuring her no innocent people would be involved.
• After a week of research, Kiyoshi received Uzuki Yugao, who thanked him for helping Hayate Gekko and offered herself as repayment.
• Kiyoshi said he would not exploit Uzuki Yugao’s gratitude, and she clarified that she wanted to repay him in a ninja’s way.

Uzuki Yugao cared for Hayate Gekko while struggling with what she had nearly done for Kiyoshi, and Kiyoshi continued shaping Naruto’s training and investigating his unusual potential. Kiyoshi officially became the Fourth Hokage, leaving Mikoto preparing to speak with him about their relationship.

• Uzuki Yugao visited Hayate Gekko, prepared his medicine, and concealed her exhaustion while Hayate promised himself he would give her the future she deserved.
• Minato Namikaze declined Naruto’s request to learn the Rasengan and offered him other techniques, while Kiyoshi and Kushina discussed Naruto’s talent and bloodlines.
• Kiyoshi extracted some of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and sealed it in a scroll for his experiments.
• Kiyoshi succeeded Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Fourth Hokage and promised to protect Konoha, as clan leaders considered the political changes ahead.
• Mikoto told Itachi to take Sasuke out because she wanted to speak with Kiyoshi about their relationship.

Mikoto sought reassurance from Kiyoshi about making their relationship public, but Kushina’s arrival left her unsettled, while Kiyoshi continued his experiments and schemes. The chapter ended with Toneri’s clan preparing for the world below and Orochimaru bringing the controlled Dan Katō to Konoha to collect DNA.

• Mikoto left Kushina’s home, and Naruto went to Minato Namikaze to continue learning ninjutsu while Minato wondered whether Kiyoshi was Naruto’s father.
• Kiyoshi tested rapidly multiplying flesh made from Shin Uchiha’s cells, then moved it to the Death God’s Alternate Dimension to cultivate it with Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Mikoto asked Kiyoshi about making their relationship public, and he reassured her that he had not forgotten before Kushina arrived and left Mikoto jealous and confused.
• Otsutsuki Toneri’s father warned him about powerful people in the world below and planned to find him a bride so he might awaken the Tenseigan.
• Orochimaru brought the controlled Dan Katō into Konoha to gather DNA from powerful people, while Dan Katō admitted he wanted to see Tsunade.

At Tsunade’s birthday celebration, she accepted Kiyoshi’s handmade necklace and kissed him while drunk, leaving Dan Katō devastated after he witnessed them. The story then shifted to winter, where Naruto defended a lost Hinata from bullies just as Kiyoshi arrived.

• Dan Katō and Orochimaru secretly gathered genetic material near Konoha’s Memorial Stone before passing the birthday celebration at Konoha BBQ Q.
• Tsunade received Shizune’s scalpel and Kiyoshi’s handmade necklace, while she rejected Jiraiya’s book, Make-Out Violence.
• After Jiraiya left, Tsunade kissed Kiyoshi, and Dan Katō watched from outside before Orochimaru observed his heartbreak.
• Kiyoshi took Tsunade home with Space-Time Ninjutsu, and Tsunade later wondered what he thought of her impulsive kiss.
• In winter, Hinata Hyuga lost her way and was mocked by three boys until Naruto stepped in to protect her.
• Kiyoshi arrived and confronted the boys for bullying his student.

Kiyoshi rescued Hinata from bullies, trained her in Lightning Release Gentle Fist, and continued considering how to strengthen his family and prepare for threats. As Itachi began the Academy, he met Izumi, while Kiyoshi watched over Mikoto and Sasuke and wondered how the future would unfold.

• Kiyoshi carried Hinata away from the bullies, advised her not to hold back against bad people, and told Naruto to discover the gift he had given him.
• At Training Ground Three, Hinata demonstrated Lightning Release Gentle Fist Hand, and Kiyoshi taught her how to improve it before taking her home.
• Obito told Orochimaru to finish gathering information on powerful shinobi before resurrecting them, and planned to build an enormous White Zetsu army.
• Years later, Itachi began at the Ninja Academy as Kiyoshi and Mikoto accompanied him and young Sasuke watched.
• After class, Itachi rejected Izumi's invitation to walk home together and hurried off to train with Shisui.
• Izumi spotted Kiyoshi, Mikoto, and Sasuke outside the Academy, and Kiyoshi noticed that she and Itachi had met.

Kiyoshi oversaw Konoha’s growing technology and cloning projects, then attended Hinata’s birthday banquet while watching for signs of Otsutsuki Toneri. As Toneri and his father crossed from the moon to Earth to meet Hinata, Kiyoshi sensed an arriving guest at the Hyuga Clan.

• Kiyoshi inspected the nearly completed Geothermal Generator, rewarded the researchers, and urged Ono Daisuke to verify its data.
• Rin Nohara reported progress on cloning Sharingan, and Kiyoshi considered using cloned Sharingan and Izanagi to sustain the God Tree’s growth.
• Kiyoshi accepted the Hyuga Clan’s invitation and attended Hinata’s birthday, where he gave her a gift and offered to take her to meet Naruto.
• Hyuga Hiashi and the other clan leaders praised Kiyoshi at the banquet, while Hinata received attention and listened to their conversation.
• Toneri and his father left the moon through the passage to Earth, intending to meet Hinata and obtain pure Byakugan.
• Kiyoshi sensed a guest approaching the Hyuga Clan banquet and turned toward the trees.

Kiyoshi tracked Toneri and Toneri's Father to the moon, captured the remaining Otsutsuki Branch Family, and used them as sacrifices to transform the Young Ten-Tails into the God Tree. Back in Konoha, he considered how to help Itachi make friends and decided to approach Izumi.

• At Hinata's birthday banquet, Toneri admired Hinata and considered taking her Byakugan, while Kiyoshi sensed Toneri and Toneri's Father watching from hiding.
• After the banquet, Kiyoshi followed Toneri and Toneri's Father through a hidden passage to the moon and gained the Moon Step trait.
• Kiyoshi found the Otsutsuki Branch Family in an underground hall, subdued them, marked the area with Flying Thunder God seals, and transported them to the Death God Space.
• Kiyoshi fed the dying Otsutsuki to the Young Ten-Tails, which grew into the God Tree and began cultivating a Chakra Fruit.
• Kiyoshi visited Mikoto and learned that Itachi had not made friends at school, then decided to earn Izumi's trust.

Kiyoshi obtained Hashirama’s remaining Wood Release techniques from Tsunade while Tsunade worried about her age and invited him to the Reincarnation Festival. Meanwhile, Itachi and Izumi faced trouble at the academy, and Izumi awakened her Sharingan while protecting him; Kiyoshi examined her at Konoha Hospital as Danzō began investigating Itachi.

• Shisui spoke with Itachi about the academy and wondered what relationship connected the Uchiha Clan to the village.
• Tsunade fretted that young people preferred younger women, then gave Kiyoshi Hashirama’s Wood Release scroll and agreed to attend the Reincarnation Festival with him and Shizune.
• Danzō learned that Itachi was being compared to Kiyoshi and ordered Root to investigate Itachi’s relationship with Kiyoshi.
• Izumo Tenma and two upperclassmen confronted Itachi and Izumi, and Izumi awakened her Sharingan while standing up to them.
• Itachi took the dizzy Izumi to Konoha Hospital, where Kiyoshi examined her and explained that her newly awakened Sharingan had consumed much of her Chakra.

Kiyoshi trained Izumi and Sasuke while Jiraiya investigated a new prophecy naming Naruto as the Child of Prophecy. The day before the Reincarnation Festival, Tsunade arrived at Kiyoshi’s home in a red qipao, claiming she had come to play cards.

• Kiyoshi explained to Izumi that physical strength and Yang Release could help balance her Sharingan, then gave her body-training advice.
• Jiraiya heard the Great Toad Sage prophesy that a black-haired Child of Prophecy tied to the Uzumaki Clan would face the God Tree, and he identified Naruto as a likely candidate.
• Kiyoshi demonstrated Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, flattened a mountain with the wooden Buddha, and prepared to train in Dust Release.
• Mikoto continued knitting a scarf for Kiyoshi, while Hazuki Uchiha welcomed Izumi home after Izumi told her about meeting Kiyoshi at Konoha Hospital.
• Kiyoshi sparred with Itachi, encouraged Sasuke to seek guidance, and discovered that Sasuke possessed all seven Chakra natures before offering to teach him lightning-release Nintaijutsu.
• Tsunade visited Kiyoshi the day before the Reincarnation Festival in a red qipao and challenged him to play cards.

Kiyoshi played Old Maid with Tsunade, kissed her before she fled, and assigned Samui’s squad to join Konoha’s Anbu and investigate Hoshigakure. During Konoha’s Reincarnation Festival, Yuri Ringo visited Kiyoshi and shared news from Kirigakure, while Uzuki Yugao reflected on the cost of Hayate Gekko’s recovery.

• Kiyoshi beat Tsunade at Old Maid, marked her hand with the score, and kissed her before she hurried home, leaving her unsure how to feel about him.
• Kiyoshi assigned Samui and her squad to Konoha’s Anbu, ordered them to investigate Hoshigakure and retrieve its meteorite, and placed a Cursed Seal on Samui.
• Yuri Ringo arrived in Konoha for the Reincarnation Festival and told Kiyoshi that Mei Terumi was pursuing the Fifth Mizukage position, Kaguya Kimimaro admired him, and Akatsuki had gone quiet.
• Kiyoshi offered Yuri Ringo divine water, then began forming hand seals as she looked on in surprise.
• Uzuki Yugao listened as Hayate Gekko discussed buying a house and thought about how Kiyoshi’s help had enabled his recovery.

Kiyoshi gained the Indra Chakra trait, greatly increasing his Yin Release, Eye Power, and Chakra reserves, and discovered he could eventually combine it with Ashura Chakra to obtain the Child of Six Paths trait. On the Reincarnation Festival, he joined a gathering with Kurenai Yuhi, Rin Nohara, and their friends, where the story left him defusing a contest between Kurenai and Rin by asking Mio Nohara to unwrap his tableware.

• Kiyoshi strengthened Yuri Ringo with the Bearer of Shark Teeth trait, then arranged for Uzuki Yugao to help her settle in Konoha.
• Mikoto finished knitting a long scarf for Kiyoshi, while Kushina chose to give him an A-rank Fuinjutsu she had created.
• Kiyoshi studied Naruto and Sasuke's cells, gained the Indra Chakra trait, and considered pursuing its advancement path toward Child of Six Paths.
• Kiyoshi sent Sunagakure a proposal to use the Earth Grasp Generator to restore the Wind Country's desert, then agreed to attend the Reincarnation Festival gathering with Kurenai Yuhi.
• Kiyoshi arrived at the izakaya and joined Rin Nohara, Kakashi, Asuma Sarutobi, Might Guy, Yamato, and the others; Kurenai and Rin both reached to unwrap his tableware, so he handed it to Mio Nohara instead.

Kiyoshi gave gifts to his companions, secretly held hands with Mikoto while Kushina was distracted, and received Kushina’s gift. After Sunagakure agreed to his proposal concerning Rōran, Kiyoshi planned a visit with Itachi and decided it was time to support Pakura as Kazekage.

• Kiyoshi gave Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara earrings, Mio Nohara a necklace, and Kakashi his research on Purple Lightning.
• Mikoto gave Kiyoshi a handmade scarf, then Kushina arrived with Naruto and presented him with a ninjutsu scroll; Kiyoshi cooked a feast for them.
• Rasa and Sunagakure’s leaders agreed to let Kiyoshi attempt to turn the desert around Rōran into an oasis in exchange for the land.
• Kiyoshi set a visit to Sunagakure for half a month later and planned to take Itachi so he could see life beyond Konoha.
• Kiyoshi told Mikoto he had official business, then decided to visit Pakura and support her bid to become Kazekage.