Chapter Summaries

Jin escaped Yugito’s pursuit, directed Konoha’s squads to attack the scattered Kumogakure ninja, and returned to sabotage Kumogakure’s vault with Amaterasu. As Yugito arrived to guard the burning door, Jin stayed concealed nearby and waited for the flames to melt a hole through it.

• Jin hid beneath a Kumogakure corpse, then used clones and invisibility to escape Yugito and the surrounding ninja.
• After Yugito ordered a search, Jin sent clones to inform four Konoha squads of the enemy’s positions, and they launched ambushes that killed many Kumogakure ninja.
• Yugito received reports of heavy Kumogakure casualties and ordered the village forces to conduct a carpet search for Jin and his subordinates.
• Jin returned to the vault and used Amaterasu to set its steel door ablaze before slipping away under his Super Invisibility Technique.
• Yugito examined the flames, ordered the guards to remain at the vault until the Raikage returned, and Jin waited nearby for the melting door to open further.

Jin broke through the Raikage’s layered vault doors and used Spatial Teleportation to remove every gold brick, but he remained trapped inside the vault. His subordinates escaped toward Konoha with the treasure while White Wolf tracked Jin as the Raikage’s men opened the doors.

• Jin burned through the vault’s iron doors with Amaterasu and found a vast store of gold bricks.
• Jin wrapped the gold bricks in chakra and teleported them away, emptying the vault but leaving himself behind.
• White Wolf used his Byakugan to confirm the vault was empty, and the Raikage ordered his men to open the doors and capture Jin.
• Jin’s physical clone divided the gold bricks among his fifty-six subordinates and sent them toward Konoha under Red Rose and White Rose’s protection.
• Jin moved behind the vault doors as the Raikage’s men opened them, but White Wolf spotted him on the ceiling despite his invisibility.

Jin used the Kusanagi Sword to fight the Raikage while surrounded by Cloud ninja, but the Raikage and Yugito nearly trapped him. Jin escaped through the enemy ranks and fled toward the outskirts, while the Raikage ordered his forces to protect the daimyo in the Land of Lightning's capital.

• Jin drew the Kusanagi Sword and cut down a row of incoming ninja, prompting the Raikage to order a retreat.
• Jin attacked the Cloud forces with Fire Style and Wind Style techniques, then fought the Raikage at close range with the Kusanagi Sword.
• The Raikage caught Jin's sword between his palms, and their chakra clash continued until the Raikage's chakra ran out and Jin's flames struck his chest.
• Yugito charged at Jin, but Jin used the opening to slash through dozens of Cloud ninja and escape through a gap in their ranks.
• White Wolf directed the Cloud ninja to fire shuriken at Jin, who dodged them and called out that he would meet the Raikage again in the Land of Lightning's capital.
• The wounded Raikage ordered his forces to hurry to the capital and protect the daimyo.

Jin redirected the search for his group by drawing the Land of Lightning’s troops toward himself, then unleashed a devastating attack on their forces. After killing the deputy commander and scattering the army, he sent clones to pursue the retreating ninja.

• The Raikage woke in the hospital and ordered Kumogakure ninja to search toward Konoha and kill any Konoha ninja they found.
• Jin’s group recovered from a surprise battle inside the Land of Lightning army’s camp, and Jin directed them to escape toward Konoha while he stayed behind.
• Jin ambushed Kumogakure ninja and drained their chakra until he was fully restored.
• Jin challenged the Land of Lightning’s troops, killed hundreds of ninja, and split their deputy commander in two.
• The Land of Lightning’s troops fled, and Jin sent his clones to pursue them.

Jin’s forces massacred fleeing Land of Lightning troops before retreating when Yugito arrived with reinforcements and a Byakugan user exposed Jin’s invisibility. After returning to camp, Jin planned to confront the Hyuga Clan about the Caged Bird Seal, while the Raikage reconsidered the abduction of Hinata.

• Jin ordered his exhausted forces to retreat after learning that Yugito and a Byakugan user were pursuing them, then teleported them away with the gold bricks.
• Yugito discovered the Land of Lightning army’s casualties and learned that Otogakure and Akatsuki had destroyed its supply routes, so she returned to Kumogakure to report.
• The Raikage ordered the army to regroup and considered whether abducting Hinata had been a mistake, while withholding the secret that the Byakugan could counter Jin’s invisibility.
• At camp, Jin promised his forces rest and described plans for a castle, a town, and recruiting talented orphans.
• Jin told White he would return to Konoha to discuss the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal and would take the branch family with him if the clan refused to remove it.

Jin returned to Konoha to discuss removing the Hyuga branch house’s Caged Bird Seal, and the Third Hokage revealed its political origins. Jin agreed to become the Fifth Hokage in exchange for the secret, and an urgent report arrived from the eastern front.

• Jin ordered the gold bricks delivered to Meiko and asked Kimimaro to secure the castle before returning invisibly to Konoha.
• Jin teased the Third Hokage about the crystal ball and explained that a Byakugan user from the Land of Water had exposed his movements to the Raikage.
• Jin told the Third Hokage he wanted to resolve the Caged Bird Seal, and agreed to become the Fifth Hokage to learn its secret.
• The Third Hokage explained that the seal had been established to weaken the Hyuga Clan and preserve balance among Konoha’s clans.
• Jin proposed that the branch house separate into its own clan, and the Third Hokage declared that Jin alone could become the Fifth Hokage.
• An ANBU ninja delivered urgent military intelligence from the eastern front.

Jin agreed to reinforce Tsunade's eastern army after securing Konoha's promise to pay the fees for hiring Otogakure and the Akatsuki. He urged Hyuga Hiashi to abolish the Caged Bird Seal after revealing that foreign spies were abducting branch family members, but the Hyuga elders' dispute ended with Hiashi's impeachment.

• The Third Hokage ordered Jin to reinforce Tsunade's eastern army, and agreed that Konoha would pay the fees Jin had spent disrupting the Land of Lightning's supply lines.
• Jin told Hyuga Hiashi that the Byakugan could detect someone who turned invisible and asked him to persuade the elders to abolish the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hiashi agreed to challenge the clan rules, and confirmed with his Byakugan that he could locate Jin while Jin was invisible.
• A guard reported that spies from the other three great nations had abducted many branch family members, so Hiashi called the elders together.
• The branch family elders supported abolishing the seal, while the main family elders resisted and tried to activate the seals; one elder then impeached Hiashi as head of the main family.

Uchiha Jin offered to free the Hyuga branch family from the Caged Bird Seal in exchange for their independence and loyalty. He removed Neji’s seal and then began arranging to remove the seals from the entire branch family.

• Jin returned to Konoha, reunited with Hinata, and told her he would leave soon to support Tsunade’s eastern army.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Jin that the elders opposed changing the branch family’s status, and Jin went to meet Hizashi and the branch family elders.
• Jin offered to remove the Caged Bird Seals if the branch family became independent and supported him, and the elders asked for time to discuss his terms.
• Jin removed Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, and Neji confirmed that he could use his Byakugan freely.
• Hizashi told Jin that the branch family accepted his conditions, and Jin instructed him to gather everyone so their seals could be removed.

Jin freed the Hyuga branch family from the Caged Bird Seal, prepared Sasuke and Konoha's rookies for training, then led his forces into the Land of Water to attack its supply lines. He arrived near Tsunade's camp with captured supplies and went to scout the enemy.

• Jin removed the Caged Bird Seals from the Hyuga branch family, and Hizashi pledged the family's loyalty to him.
• Jin gave Sasuke an oversized shuriken and told him he could help rescue Itachi from Akatsuki once he grew stronger.
• Jin visited his friends and left training schedules and scrolls for the remaining eleven Konoha rookies.
• Jin teleported his forces into the Land of Water and assigned them to destroy three routes used by the enemy army's supplies.
• Jin's forces fought a Land of Water army of roughly a thousand, forced it to retreat, and seized its supplies and provisions.
• Jin brought his forces and the captured supplies near Tsunade's camp, then left to scout the Land of Water forces.

Jin infiltrated the Land of Water’s capital to steal its treasury, but discovered a plan to transplant Byakugan from a captured Hyuga and instead raided the dungeon. He rescued fifty young Konoha ninja and brought them to Tsunade’s camp, where he went to sleep in White’s tent.

• Jin overheard the Land of Water’s daimyo and Yagura discuss his abilities and order an immediate Byakugan transplant from a captured Hyuga ninja.
• Jin followed the messenger to an underground dungeon and killed the guards and reinforcements who tried to stop him.
• Jin freed more than fifty imprisoned children, including thirty girls and twenty boys, and promised to return them safely to Konoha.
• Jin used Spatial Teleportation to bring the rescued prisoners to Tsunade’s camp and told Tsunade to arrange their accommodations and return them to Konoha the next day.
• Jin ignored Tsunade’s directions, went to White’s tent, and fell asleep while lamenting that he had failed to steal the Land of Water’s gold.

Uchiha Jin took command of the Eastern Army after the Land of Water's forces withdrew, and he planned to disrupt their supply lines and battle plans. He left Tsunade and his allies in charge of the camp while he went to investigate the Land of Water and Kirigakure.

• Tsunade asked Jin why the Land of Water's forces had withdrawn, and he explained that they feared the newly arrived reinforcements and planned to destroy their supply line.
• Tsunade handed command of the Eastern Army to Jin, who summoned numerous clones to deter the enemy and sent White and the others to learn army management.
• Jin assigned Red Rose and White Rose to protect the army and help treat the wounded while Tsunade recovered.
• Tsunade returned and laughed at Kimimaro mistaking her for a fart, prompting Jin and the others to join in.
• Jin left to investigate the Land of Water and Kirigakure, telling the others he would return in about a week.

Jin infiltrated the Land of Water’s main camp, learned its leaders feared his abilities, and fought his way toward the capital. He left the surrounding army battered and challenged its survivors as reinforcements rushed to join him.

• Jin removed the Caged Bird seals from fifty Hyuga branch family members, then went to scout the Land of Water camp and relayed its layout to Tsunade.
• Jin overheard the Land of Water commanders discuss the rescued Hyuga children, the bounty on his Kusanagi Sword, and their orders to hold position.
• Jin revealed himself, announced he would speak with the daimyo, and fought through the army’s attacks using the Kusanagi Sword and ninjutsu.
• Jin mocked the soldiers surrounding him, while Red and White Rose, Kimimaro, and others led Uchiha war orphans and Hyuga shinobi toward him.
• Jin used Peak Collapse to raise and harden a massive earthen mound, then detonated it and challenged the surviving Land of Water forces.

Jin and Firecloud led Konoha’s counterattack against the Land of Water army, with Firecloud’s newly revealed Kage-level power devastating the enemy. Jin and Firecloud pursued the fleeing soldiers toward the border while Jin planned to complete his mission and take the Land of Water’s gold bricks.

• Jin ordered Konoha’s troops to attack and summoned Firebird, who had reached level 90 and revealed that she called herself Firecloud.
• Firecloud charged into the Land of Water army, burning hundreds of soldiers as Jin and his hundred-odd subordinates pursued the enemy.
• After chasing the retreating army for ten kilometers, Jin ordered his exhausted subordinates to stop while he and Firecloud continued the pursuit.
• Jin turned invisible and raced alongside Firecloud, who could still see him, and the two began competing to kill more Land of Water soldiers.
• Jin replenished his chakra with Infinite Radiance as he and Firecloud slaughtered their way toward the Land of Fire and Land of Water border.

After driving the Land of Water’s army from the Land of Fire, Jin planned to invade the Land of Water with Fire Phoenix and his troops. The chapter ended with Jin’s force marching overnight toward the border while Tsunade reflected on his remarkable impact on the war.

• Jin and Fire Phoenix pursued the Land of Water’s army across the border, and Fire Phoenix agreed to attack the Land of Water the next morning.
• Jin received a letter from the Hokage about peace negotiations with the Land of Lightning and decided to ignore the talks for now.
• Jin gathered his people, ordered them to prepare for an overnight march into the Land of Water, and told them to leave Tsunade uninformed.
• Tsunade learned that Jin’s force had driven back the Land of Water’s army and considered whether his troops could become the weapon that ended the war.

Jin launched an assault on Kirigakure while planning to claim territory, using Fire Phoenix and his allies to attack from outside as he slipped into the village. Inside, he confronted Hoshigaki Kujirako, who ordered Kirigakure’s forces to target Konoha’s chunin after Jin refused to halt the attack.

• Jin and his companions chose a small country between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire as a first territory, planning to trade it for land on the Land of Fire’s eastern coast.
• Jin assigned his allies to attack Kirigakure alongside Fire Phoenix while he entered the village to cause trouble and seek the Fourth Mizukage.
• Kirigakure’s guards raised the alarm, and Hoshigaki Kujirako ordered the elite jonin assembled and sent for the Fourth Mizukage and White Wolf.
• Jin revealed himself in the Mizukage’s office and demanded compensation before withdrawing, but Hoshigaki Kujirako said only the Fourth Mizukage could decide.
• After a report described Fire Phoenix’s strength and the attacking force, Hoshigaki Kujirako ordered Kirigakure’s forces to eliminate Konoha’s chunin ninja.

Jin infiltrated Kirigakure’s hidden treasury and teleported away its 2.3 billion ryo, but the Fourth Mizukage’s forces trapped him underground. Fire Phoenix arrived to help, and the Fourth Mizukage ordered his forces to retrieve a sealing scroll as the battle began.

• Jin slipped into the artificial hill and burned through six iron doors with Amaterasu to reach the treasury.
• Jin found 2.3 billion ryo in gold bricks and used Spatial Teleportation to send them away, but Kirigakure’s forces sealed the entrance while he remained inside.
• Jin tried to escape by digging through the steel floor as Kirigakure’s ninjas threatened to flood and poison the underground passage.
• Jin called Fire Phoenix for help, then lured her by telling her that the Fourth Mizukage and Three-Tails jinchuriki were there.
• Fire Phoenix attacked the Kirigakure forces, and the Fourth Mizukage and Hoshigaki Kujirako blocked her flames before ordering the lower-ranked ninjas to retreat and Kujirako to fetch a sealing scroll.

Jin tried to escape the treasury cave while Fire Phoenix battled Isobu and the Fourth Mizukage, but Kirigakure’s coordinated attacks drove Fire Phoenix away and left her surrounded. Jin burned through the steel gate with Amaterasu and sent reinforcements as Fire Phoenix called for help.

• Jin set three Kirigakure guards ablaze, then fought through the cave entrance as more ninjas arrived to block him.
• Jin created five elemental clones to hold the entrance, but Kirigakure quickly destroyed them while Isobu and the Fourth Mizukage attacked Fire Phoenix together.
• Jin urged Fire Phoenix to attack Kirigakure elsewhere, so she flew off and set fires across the area as the Fourth Mizukage pursued her.
• Isobu struck Fire Phoenix’s left wing, and Kirigakure ninjas surrounded her and attacked with Water Style techniques.
• Fire Phoenix warned Jin that she was in danger, and Jin sent nine solid clones with the Red and White Roses before using Amaterasu to burn through the steel gate.

Jin fought his way through Kirigakure’s forces and tried to rescue Fire Phoenix, but the Fourth Mizukage claimed to have sealed them both inside a spatial scroll. After Jin lost consciousness, the Mizukage celebrated his supposed victory, then learned the battle had cost the village heavily and left its treasury empty.

• Jin used his sword and ninjutsu to fight off Kirigakure’s attackers, then hid himself in mist and flew toward Fire Phoenix.
• Jin found Fire Phoenix defeated and launched a Tornado Cannon at the Fourth Mizukage as the Mizukage’s scroll fired a beam at her.
• The Fourth Mizukage believed Jin and Fire Phoenix had been sealed inside his scroll, while Jin briefly awoke before falling unconscious.
• The Fourth Mizukage told Whale Child to notify the four great nations and ordered his subordinates to tally Kirigakure’s losses.
• A ninja reported hundreds of casualties, damaged buildings, and nine million ryo in losses, then another reported that the treasury was empty.

White Rose led Jin’s subordinates and the stolen gold bricks toward Konoha while Kirigakure pursued them and blocked their route. At the crossing, they met Itachi and Kisame, who offered a secret ship route but had no immediate way to get the exhausted group to it safely.

• The Fourth Mizukage concluded that Jin had stolen Kirigakure’s gold and ordered every crossing sealed, while Red Rose reported that Jin had been captured and White Rose decided to take the gold bricks to Konoha.
• White Rose teleported Jin’s subordinates away from Kirigakure and led them toward Konoha, using Jin’s scrolls to evade the pursuing Kirigakure forces.
• After a day and night, White Rose’s exhausted group found the nearest crossing guarded by Land of Water forces and prepared to fight their way through.
• White recognized Itachi and asked him to help the group evade the pursuers; Itachi explained that Jin’s whereabouts were unknown.
• Kisame agreed to help after Itachi promised five sparring matches and revealed that a secret ship could carry only twenty-five people per trip.
• White Rose learned that the ship was eleven kilometers from the nearest mainland port and asked Kisame to find a safe way to reach a forest five kilometers away.

Kisame, Itachi, and their companions used Jin’s ninjutsu scrolls to break through Kirigakure’s encirclement and fight toward a forest where White Rose could teleport them out of the Land of Water. They left the battle still surrounded by growing enemy forces, while the Third Hokage worried about their fate from Konoha.

• Kisame agreed that the group had to rush toward the forest, and Kimimaro revealed that they carried hundreds of powerful ninjutsu scrolls.
• Kimimaro and White Rose organized the group into a circular formation, assigned guards, and used stamina-restoring scrolls to recover before moving out.
• Kisame led the formation through Kirigakure forces as their pursuers gathered into a large surrounding force.
• White Rose ordered the group to unleash successive waves of ninjutsu scrolls, killing many Kirigakure ninja and allowing the formation to advance.
• The Third Hokage read Tsunade’s report and feared that Jin and the others might be trapped, putting Konoha’s war effort and future at risk.