Chapter Summaries

Mingye tried to influence Fugaku over the name of his newborn son, then used Fugaku’s rejection to steer Sarutobi Hiruzen into discussing the Uchiha Clan’s political power. Meanwhile, Minato, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin attacked Rock Ninja on the battlefield, and the story left Hiruzen agreeing that Konoha needed to appease the Uchiha Clan.

• Mingye offered Fugaku the name Susanoo-no-Mikoto for his son, but Fugaku rejected it and chose Itachi instead.
• Kakashi and Obito killed Rock Ninja during an ambush, while Minato stopped the survivors from launching signal flares and warned his students about their careless attack.
• Rin stopped Kakashi and Obito from arguing, and Minato led his three disciples onward through the mission.
• Mingye told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Fugaku had insulted him and rejected the name Su Ming, prompting Hiruzen to reflect on the Uchiha Clan’s grievances and Konoha’s political system.
• Mingye argued that the Uchiha Clan lacked a trigger to rebel, and Hiruzen agreed that Konoha should stabilize and appease the clan.

Mingye and Sarutobi Hiruzen planned how to manage the Uchiha Clan and discussed the escalating war on several fronts. They focused on the Land of Grass and Kannabi Bridge as the breakthrough, while Minato Namikaze struggled to lead Kakashi, Obito, and Rin through battle.

• Mingye persuaded Sarutobi Hiruzen to enroll three-year-old Uchiha Itachi in the Academy and appoint Fugaku Uchiha commander of the Konoha Guard.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen recalled Uchiha Shisui from the Water and Fire battlefield and gave him an Anbu unit to manage; Mingye urged him to explain the decision to Jiraiya and protect Minato's standing.
• Mingye and Sarutobi Hiruzen reviewed the costly stalemates against Kirigakure and Sunagakure, then identified Iwagakure and Kannabi Bridge in the Land of Grass as Konoha's best opening.
• Minato Namikaze, ordered to destroy Kannabi Bridge and cut Iwagakure's supply route, decided to withdraw and regroup after Kakashi was wounded.
• Kakashi refused to withdraw, and Obito blamed him for disobeying Minato before Kakashi insulted Obito for freezing on the battlefield.

Minato Namikaze warned Kakashi about Chidori and explained how Hatake Sakumo’s suicide had shaped Kakashi’s strict devotion to rules. He split the team into two groups bound for Kannabi Bridge, leaving Obito with a better understanding of Kakashi’s pain.

• Kakashi and Uchiha Obito argued after their encounter with the Iwagakure ninja, and Nohara Rin tried to stop them.
• Minato Namikaze criticized Obito for losing his composure and warned Kakashi that Chidori’s speed and noise made it dangerous to use.
• Kakashi erupted over Minato Namikaze’s praise of team spirit, saying that it was because of team spirit that his father had died without honor.
• Obito admitted to Minato Namikaze that he felt useless beside Kakashi, and Minato explained that Kakashi’s father, Hatake Sakumo, had been a celebrated hero.
• Minato Namikaze told Obito that Hatake Sakumo had been condemned for abandoning a mission to save comrades and later committed suicide, which left Kakashi traumatized and fixated on rules.
• Minato Namikaze told Kakashi, Obito, and Nohara Rin to proceed in two groups and meet at the mountain outside Kannabi Bridge three days later.

Mingye negotiated with Ōnoki to help kill the Third Raikage in exchange for the Land of Iron’s resources. Meanwhile, Kakashi and Obito clashed over whether to rescue Rin after Iwagakure ninjas captured her, leaving Obito demanding that Kakashi not abandon their comrade.

• Mingye told Ōnoki that the Third Raikage planned to attack Iwagakure and offered to help kill him in exchange for access to the Land of Iron’s resources.
• Mingye admitted that he had profited from soaring grain prices, angering Ōnoki, then departed after Ōnoki accepted the deal.
• Ōnoki ordered his Anbu to investigate grain merchants and those interested in the Land of Iron’s metal.
• An Iwagakure ninja ambushed Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, and another Iwagakure ninja carried Rin away.
• Kakashi stopped Obito from pursuing Rin and insisted that they continue their mission to protect their battle plan.
• Obito argued that Kakashi should rescue Rin, reminding him that she had saved them before.

Obito and Kakashi clashed over whether to abandon the mission to rescue Rin, while Mingye watched and then headed toward the battlefield to see Minato Namikaze. As fighting between Konoha and the Rock Ninja intensified, Mingye learned that the Third Raikage had begun preparing a surprise attack on Iwagakure and was asked whether to join it.

• Obito urged Kakashi to save Rin, but Kakashi insisted that ninja must follow orders and treat feelings as unnecessary tools.
• Obito condemned Kakashi for abandoning his comrades, declared he would rescue Rin himself, and left; Kakashi departed in the opposite direction.
• Mingye and an Anbu ninja watched the argument, and Mingye ordered the Anbu to keep following Kakashi while he went to see the Yellow Flash.
• A battered group of fewer than thirty Konoha ninja held their position against a vastly larger Rock Ninja force, whose leader ordered another assault to reach his destination before nightfall.
• Mingye observed Minato Namikaze racing toward the battle and reflected that Minato's Flying Thunder God still had limits.
• An Anbu ninja reported that the Third Raikage had set out with three thousand ninja to attack Iwagakure and asked Mingye whether he would join the operation.

Mingye reflected on the limits of controlling heroes and sent Mu Qingyun to tell Ōnoki he would honor their appointment in five days. Minato Namikaze arrived at a besieged Konoha unit and routed the Rock Ninja force, while Uchiha Obito reached a cave and faced an enemy; Mingye then learned that A had set out with three thousand ninjas to attack Iwagakure.

• Mingye concluded that rebirth could not suppress true heroes and asked Mu Qingyun to tell Ōnoki he would meet him in the Land of Earth in five days.
• Mingye watched Obito pursue two elite jōnin toward a cave as strange black-and-white matter moved through the nearby forest.
• Minato Namikaze arrived to find four Konoha ninjas facing more than five hundred Rock Ninja and supplied them with special kunai.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill or rout the Rock Ninja in under ten minutes, then told the survivors they had won.
• Obito reached the cave, prepared to fight an enemy who approached from behind, and used a one-handed Great Fireball Technique seal sequence.
• A messenger told Mingye that A had departed with three thousand ninjas to launch a surprise attack on Iwagakure, and Mingye considered whether to join the battle.

Kakashi and Obito fought the Rock Ninja while Zetsu, controlling another body, interfered in the battle. After a cave collapse pinned Obito beneath a boulder, he decided to give Kakashi his Sharingan.

• Kakashi arrived to help Obito and killed one Rock Ninja, while Obito exposed another's position with a colored egg.
• Obito and Kakashi entered the cave, where Mingye controlled a Rock Ninja's body and fought Kakashi, injuring his eye.
• Obito attacked Mingye with a Rasengan and a fireball, but Mingye threw him and Kakashi into the cave and used Earth Style: Rock Lodging Destruction.
• Obito helped Kakashi evade falling rocks, but a boulder pinned half of Obito's body and left him gravely injured.
• Kakashi apologized to Obito, who told him he would give him his Sharingan.

Kakashi received Obito’s Sharingan and escaped the Iwagakure ninja with Rin, but Mingye revealed that Rin had been following his orders and warned her against loving Kakashi. As Mingye questioned her about the transplant, he learned that A and three thousand ninja were preparing to attack Iwagakure and considered whether to join them.

• Obito asked Rin to transplant his Sharingan into Kakashi and urged Kakashi to pursue their shared dream of becoming Hokage.
• Kakashi used his newly transplanted Sharingan to fight the Iwagakure ninja, rescued Rin, and fled while Obito was buried beneath falling rocks.
• As Iwagakure ninja surrounded Kakashi and Rin, Kakashi attempted to use Raikiri but collapsed; a Konoha ninja took Rin away to meet Mingye.
• Mingye confronted Rin about her feelings for Kakashi, reminded her that she had been ordered to let the Iwagakure ninja capture her, and threatened Kakashi to keep her obedient.
• Mingye asked Rin to describe the Sharingan transplant in detail, then received word that A and three thousand ninja were preparing a surprise attack on Iwagakure.

Mingye decided Rin had become a liability because of her feelings for Kakashi and ordered Mu Qingyun to help engineer her disappearance. Meanwhile, Fugaku Uchiha challenged Konoha’s leadership over Kakashi receiving Obito’s Sharingan, and Danzō arrived offering compensation while seeking influence after Orochimaru’s victory.

• Mingye reasoned that Obito’s surviving connection to his transplanted Sharingan explained why Kakashi could use it so quickly.
• Mingye ordered Mu Qingyun to leave the Land of Grass front, join the Kirigakure battlefield, and spread word that Rin was suitable to become a jinchūriki.
• Mingye rejected Mu Qingyun’s suggestions to spare Rin or eliminate Kakashi, explaining that Rin’s feelings made her an unsafe piece in his plans.
• Mingye allowed Mu Qingyun to speak privately with Rin but warned him that his opportunity would end when he entered the Kirigakure battlefield.
• Fugaku Uchiha confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Kakashi receiving Obito’s Sharingan, while Koharu Utatane urged him to accept the circumstances.
• Shimura Danzō entered and offered to cede thirty percent of the benefits from the Land of Rain victory as compensation for the Sharingan.

Mingye directed Fugaku Uchiha to keep feigning anger at Shimura Danzō while strengthening the Uchiha Clan’s independence, and a flashback showed how Mingye had recruited Fugaku. Meanwhile, the Third Raikage advanced into the Land of Earth as Mingye gave Ōnoki intelligence for an ambush, leaving the Third Raikage sensing an attack as a strange force struck from behind.

• Fugaku Uchiha questioned Mingye’s orders to make the Uchiha Clan more independent, and Mingye reassured him while telling him to maintain contact with Shimura Danzō.
• Twenty years earlier, Mingye tempted a jealous young Fugaku into vowing to become head of the Uchiha Clan.
• The Third Raikage’s forces landed secretly in the Land of Earth, and A questioned Yeyue’s unusual eagerness to prepare the troops.
• Mingye gave Ōnoki a scroll revealing where to ambush the Third Raikage, while an urgent report enraged Ōnoki over Iwagakure’s setbacks in the Land of Grass.
• The Third Raikage led three hundred elite jonin toward Iwagakure, sensed danger as torrential rain began, and was struck by a strange force from behind.

Yeyue betrayed the Cloud Ninja with a sealing attack but was killed by the Third Raikage, who stayed behind to hold off Iwagakure’s army and let his comrades retreat. After surviving three days of battle, the wounded A confronted Mingye, who tried to recruit him while they fought.

• Yeyue attacked the Third Raikage, then used a sealing technique that turned nearby Cloud Ninja to stone before the Third Raikage crushed his throat.
• Dodai received the Third Raikage’s order to withdraw the Cloud Ninja, while the Third Raikage stayed behind to block more than ten thousand Iwagakure ninja.
• Mingye asked Ōnoki for permission to meet Iwagakure’s Four-Tails and Five-Tails hosts alone, and Ōnoki agreed before leaving the battlefield.
• After three days and nights of fighting, the exhausted and wounded Third Raikage rested in a cave, where Mingye appeared and revealed that Yeyue had not been an Iwagakure ninja.
• The Third Raikage identified himself as A and attacked Mingye, who evaded his strikes and urged him to hear his intentions and become his comrade.

Mingye recalled capturing the Third Raikage and explained to Kakuzu that he was collecting Kage corpses to advance his research on Impure World Reincarnation. Ten years earlier, he had introduced Hiruko to the Five Poisons Chakra book while claiming its requirements made it impractical to use.

• Mingye defeated the exhausted, poisoned Third Raikage, sealed him in a coffin, and brought his corpse to his secret base.
• Kakuzu questioned Mingye about collecting Kage corpses, and Mingye explained that he was researching Impure World Reincarnation but had not perfected it.
• Mingye told Kakuzu that the technique could summon many souls without causing side effects to its caster, shocking him with its potential.
• Ten years earlier, Hiruko found a book titled Five Poisons Chakra in the Ninjutsu Pavilion and asked Mingye about it.
• Mingye described the book's technique and said its prerequisite of possessing all five chakra natures made it impossible for anyone to learn.

Hiruko rejected Mingye’s advice to rely on companions and resolved to become strong on his own, while ten years later his encounter with Kakashi hinted at a plan to take Kakashi’s abilities. As Konoha’s war with the Rock Ninja ended in a costly treaty, Mingye confronted Danzō over sacrificing comrades, and Jiraiya challenged Orochimaru as tensions within Konoha grew.

• Hiruko thanked Mingye for teaching him ninjutsu knowledge but privately vowed to become the strongest himself rather than depend on others.
• Ten years later, Hiruko ambushed Kakashi in the Land of Grass, touched his forehead, and vanished while expressing envy of him.
• Obito awoke on a wooden bed in the gap between life and death as an elderly white-haired man spoke to him.
• Mingye told Jiraiya that Orochimaru had returned and urged him to remain in Konoha until Hiruzen came back from the Land of Grass.
• After Hiruzen returned with a peace treaty that ended the Rock Ninja war, Danzō accused him of selling out Konoha, and Mingye exposed Danzō’s use of twelve ninja as bait.
• Mingye defended Konoha’s humane principles, while Jiraiya confronted Orochimaru, who warned that Jiraiya stood in the way of his ambitions.

Mingye and Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to protect Minato Namikaze’s reputation and weaken the Sand Ninja’s influence by striking a deal with the Land of Wind. After Minato left on a mission to the Land of Hot Water, Mingye stopped Kakashi from taking a mission with Rin until he reconsidered his distrust of comrades.

• Mingye warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that a fight between Minato Namikaze and Ōnoki could force Minato to retreat or die, damaging Konoha’s position and Minato’s standing.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Mingye that Anrokuzan had risen to power in Rōran after the king’s sudden death, while puppet materials continued to flow into the country in secret.
• Mingye proposed offering the Land of Wind favorable Konoha mission rates to draw support away from the Sand Ninja, and Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized the plan’s risks.
• Minato Namikaze departed for the Land of Hot Water and asked Kakashi to look after Rin.
• Mingye gave Kakashi and Rin a mission, but Kakashi asked to keep their team to two members, prompting Mingye to cancel the mission and tell Kakashi to reflect on his words.

Kakashi’s bond with Rin threatened Mingye’s plans, so Mingye ordered Kakashi and Rin sent to the Kirigakure battlefield while arranging surveillance of Kakashi and Mu Qingyun. In the Land of Rain, Yahiko met Mingye and admitted his past mistake, saying he had a plan for Akatsuki’s future.

• Kakashi remained consumed by remorse over his friend’s death, while Mingye ordered Rin and Mu Qingyun watched after learning about their feelings.
• Mu Qingyun confronted Rin about her attachment to Kakashi and gave her two days to decide whether to sever it, threatening to kill Kakashi himself if she did not.
• Mingye ordered that Kakashi must not die and planned to send him and Rin on a mission to the Kirigakure battlefield in three days, while assigning subordinates to monitor Kakashi and Mu Qingyun.
• After the Sand Ninja retreated, Yahiko left the cave despite Konan’s concern and met Mingye in the rain.
• Yahiko recognized that Mingye had helped Akatsuki to serve his own interests and admitted that hatred had blinded him to Hanzo’s value to the Land of Rain.
• Yahiko told Mingye that he understood his mistake and had already made a plan for the road ahead.

Uchiha Mingye challenged Yahiko’s hopes for peace, showing him the overwhelming power of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara and explaining why Hanzo and Shimura Danzō would oppose Akatsuki’s rise. Mingye gave Yahiko a pill and warned him that he was about to die, leaving Yahiko troubled by the political trap ahead.

• Mingye told Yahiko that Hanzo would never tolerate a rival voice or allow Akatsuki to share power in the Land of Rain.
• Mingye revealed that he was Uchiha Mingye, criticized Yahiko’s dream, and showed him a vision of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara fighting with world-shaking strength.
• Mingye said an inhuman old man had ambushed him and that he intended to kill that man, but he refused to identify him to Yahiko.
• Mingye handed Yahiko a pill and warned him that he was already about to die, then explained how Shimura Danzō could pressure Hanzo to destroy Akatsuki.
• Yahiko considered Mingye’s warning that Hanzo might use Akatsuki to negotiate peace with the great nations, while Mingye mocked Akatsuki’s lack of standing.

Mingye recruited Yahiko into his plan, then defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and forced Suikazan Fuguki to serve him. Fuguki later led Kirigakure ninja into an ambush against Kakashi and Rin Nohara, intending to capture Rin for a jinchūriki scheme.

• Yahiko swallowed Mingye’s pill and agreed to die as part of Mingye’s plan, while Mingye told him to protect Nagato and Konan by following the events ahead.
• Mingye attacked Juzo Biwa, Suikazan Fuguki, Jinin Akebino, and Munashi Jinpachi, killing Munashi, Juzo, and Jinin.
• Mingye defeated Suikazan Fuguki, spared him in exchange for his cooperation, and gave him a mission involving the other swordsmen’s weapons.
• Suikazan Fuguki led Kirigakure ninja to lie in wait for Kakashi and Rin Nohara, planning to capture Rin and turn her into a jinchūriki.
• Kakashi detected the ambush and readied Raikiri as Suikazan Fuguki charged at him with Samehada.

Mingye stopped Mu Qingyun from interfering with the plan to sacrifice Rin Nohara and killed him after declaring him expendable. He then forced Kisame Hoshigaki to drink a chakra-altering medicine and left him with a cultivation technique to control its effects.

• Suikazan Fuguki knocked Kakashi aside, while an aura pinned Rin Nohara in place and Mu Qingyun tried to rush to her.
• Mingye appeared, defeated Mu Qingyun, and explained that Kakashi had to survive for his plan while Rin could be sacrificed.
• Mu Qingyun tore free and attacked Mingye, but Mingye crippled him and burned him to ashes.
• Mingye ordered two Uchiha Clan ninja to watch Rin Nohara and prevent Kakashi from breaking through the Kirigakure defensive line.
• Mingye intercepted Kisame Hoshigaki, forced him to drink red medicine, and explained that it had transformed his chakra and required daily refinement and training.

Mingye ambushed Jiraiya while Suikazan Fuguki escaped overseas with Rin, forcing Jiraiya to enter Sage Mode and summon Fukasaku and Shima. The toad sages discovered Mingye beneath the ice and accused him of using human blood refinement to obtain Sage Method energy.

• Suikazan Fuguki absorbed Kakashi's Raikiri with Samehada, wounded him, and escaped with Rin before Jiraiya arrived and pursued them.
• Jiraiya was ambushed by a vast Water Release and ice attack, and Gamabunta was frozen before Jiraiya sent him back to the summoning realm.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and summoned Fukasaku and Shima, who recognized that their hidden enemy had merged with the world through Sage Method.
• Shima detected Mingye beneath the ice, wrapped him in her tongue, and tried to crush him, but Mingye remained unharmed.
• Fukasaku accused Mingye of using humans as vessels to refine Sage Method energy, and Mingye made the icy surface burst into flames.

Mingye defeated Jiraiya and set plans in motion for Kakashi to rescue Rin, then revealed to Kakuzu that he had killed Uchiha Izuna and agreed to work with him. Kakashi escaped with Rin from Kirigakure pursuers, but Rin insisted she could not return to Konoha.

• Jiraiya fought Mingye with Sage Art techniques until Fukasaku used the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring him back to Mount Myoboku.
• Mingye ordered a subordinate to treat Kakashi and tell him where to find Rin Nohara in about a week, then warned the subordinate to leave Kakashi immediately after the rescue.
• Kakuzu confronted Mingye about his disappearance during the Warring States Era, and Mingye admitted he had killed Uchiha Izuna to survive.
• Kakuzu accepted Mingye as his boss, saying he wanted money and would make sure he was never betrayed again.
• Kakashi fled through the forest with Rin while Kirigakure ninja pursued them, and Rin told him she could not return to Konoha.