Chapter Summaries

Ren sent Utakata to Turtle Island with Shisui and two Uchiha, then moved to expand his influence in Konoha by offering ninjutsu in exchange for service to the Konoha Military Police Force. Hiruzen Sarutobi let the plan proceed, and Ren ended the chapter facing furious clan heads.

• Ren sent Shisui and two Uchiha Clan ninja with Utakata to Turtle Island, using a fabricated approval from the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Ren planned to win over Konoha's ninja by opening the Uchiha Clan's non-Sharingan ninjutsu in exchange for points earned through work for the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Ren and Qiyue published an article announcing the ninjutsu exchange program, and Hiruzen Sarutobi chose not to stop it.
• Konoha's ninja debated whether the offer was genuine and whether its requirements would be worth the chance to learn ninjutsu.
• Ren faced a group of furious clan heads after the article appeared.

Ren presented Konoha’s clan heads with a scroll listing hundreds of Uchiha ninjutsu and announced that all Konoha ninja could buy them after contributing to the Military Police Force. He offered allied clans the chance to purchase them directly, leaving the clan heads in an uproar.

• Small and mid-sized clan heads objected to Ren making ninjutsu available to civilian ninja and urged him to offer them only weak techniques.
• Ren circulated a scroll containing hundreds of techniques across all five nature transformations, alarming the clan heads with how many overlapped with their inherited ninjutsu.
• The head of the Ishitori Clan threatened to appeal to Hiruzen Sarutobi, while other clan heads expressed mixed opposition and loyalty to the Uchiha Clan.
• Ren declared that all the listed ninjutsu would be available for purchase to Konoha ninja who contributed to the Military Police Force, while allied clans could buy them directly.
• The clan heads erupted after Ren announced his offer.

Ren sold ninjutsu in bulk to Konoha’s clans, charging most clans prices that consumed much of their recent earnings while imposing a twentyfold price on clans still aligned with Hiruzen Sarutobi. As the military police proposal remained popular, Mizuki regretted becoming Orochimaru’s spy just before Ren’s announcement changed Konoha’s circumstances.

• Ren assured the clan heads that buying ninjutsu would strengthen their clans and keep civilian ninja from surpassing them.
• Ren set prices based on the clans’ recent earnings, then charged the Ishitori Clan and several other clans twenty times more because of their loyalty to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Ren directed interested clans to buy the scrolls at the Uchiha Clan Grounds and left to visit major clans.
• Small and medium-sized clans wholesale-bought ninjutsu, and Hiashi, the Yamanaka Clan, the Aburame Clan, and the Inuzuka Clan also purchased sets.
• Konoha ninja continued supporting Ren’s military police measure, while Mizuki regretted contacting Orochimaru and becoming his spy shortly before Ren’s announcement.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the idea of competing with Ren for Konoha’s ninjas, while Ren launched the Ninjutsu Pavilion to recruit them through paid bounty jobs. The plan left civilian ninjas earning points for affordable techniques as the Konoha Military Police Force prepared to blacklist anyone caught teaching ninjutsu privately.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the minor clan heads’ complaints and considered, then rejected, competing with Ren by offering more ninjutsu.
• The Konoha Military Police Force announced the Ninjutsu Pavilion, where Konoha ninjas could earn points by completing bounty jobs and exchange them for ninjutsu.
• Ren arranged for a leak claiming that the Shadow Clone Technique’s low price was meant to help ninjas grow stronger quickly.
• Civilian ninjas began taking jobs from the Konoha Military Police Force to earn ninjutsu, creating a rival to the Mission Department.
• Ren assigned Uchiha Clan ninjas to investigate private ninjutsu instruction and blacklist offenders’ families, relatives, descendants, and friends from bounty work.

Ren’s effort to recruit Konoha ninja continued as Sasori and Qingyue unveiled a chakra-based device for broadcasting information. Their tests confirmed that it could transmit sound across Konoha, leaving Ren with a working tool for spreading his message to the village.

• Ren received Qingyue’s message and hurried to the laboratory, where she and Sasori showed him their information-transmission device.
• Qingyue explained that the device spread chakra waves that recipients could connect to with a hand seal, using genjutsu to make them hear sound.
• Ren sent Shadow Clones around Konoha to test the device’s range and checked the chakra waves for safety.
• Qingyue activated the device, and Ren and the others heard a repeated greeting through the broadcast.
• Ren’s subordinates reported that multiple Shadow Clones received the message at the same time and that reception extended across Konoha to Kage Rock.

Ren launched the Konoha Military Police Force’s Voice of Konoha, a free broadcast channel that reached listeners through a hand seal and genjutsu. After calming the villagers and explaining the new service, he opened the first program with a song performed by Uchiha Shisui.

• Ren and Sasori and Qingyue tested the radio device, trained personnel, and added a listener-counting feature.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi investigated the widespread chakra fluctuations but could not determine how to connect to them.
• Ren announced that Voice of Konoha would begin broadcasting at seven that evening and explained how residents could tune in.
• Villagers across Konoha practiced the announced hand seal, while ninja cautiously tested the broadcast when it began.
• Ren watched the listener count drop as ninja reacted to his genjutsu, then reassured the audience and introduced the channel’s round-the-clock programs.
• Ren began the first official program with “Fireworks,” performed by Uchiha Shisui.

Ren introduced Uchiha Mo as the host of Voice of Konoha, then confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi, who demanded that Ren destroy the broadcast technique as a threat to the village. Ren refused and asserted that the Konoha Military Police Force, not the Hokage, protected Konoha.

• Ren ended his appearance on Voice of Konoha and introduced Uchiha Mo as the program's host.
• Uchiha Mo greeted Konoha's listeners and continued hosting as Ren left the station.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Ren, explaining that he considered Voice of Konoha a village-wide genjutsu and demanding its destruction.
• Ren refused Hiruzen Sarutobi's demand and defended the broadcast as a way to improve citizens' lives.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi invoked his authority as Hokage, but Ren claimed the Konoha Military Police Force had the right to act independently and told him to mind his position.

Yushu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over control of the Voice of Konoha, and the two traded veiled threats before agreeing to leave the matter to Yushu and the Konoha Military Police Force. They ended the meeting on cordial terms, each wary of the other's willingness to act ruthlessly.

• Yushu used his Mangekyō Sharingan and his standing as Konoha's wartime savior to force Hiruzen Sarutobi to back down and leave the matter to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned that he would intervene if Voice of Konoha harmed villagers, prompting Yushu to suspect he planned to sabotage the station with rumors.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to take a harder approach, but Yushu threatened him indirectly by comparing Voice of Konoha to his child and invoking Asuma and Konohamaru.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi abandoned the idea of playing dirty, and Yushu praised his guidance and predicted Konohamaru might become Hokage.
• Yushu and Hiruzen Sarutobi exchanged assurances, discussed other matters, and ended their tense meeting with mutual suspicion beneath their polite manner.

Ren struggled to find a sustainable chakra supply for the Voice of Konoha while Shisui and Utakata traveled with Yugito Nii and a Hidden Cloud ninja to Turtle Island for jinchuriki training. At the Waterfall of Truth, Utakata showed no visible response, leaving Shisui wondering if the waterfall was broken.

• Ren assigned clan members to guard Konoha and continued seeking a solution to the Voice of Konoha's constant chakra demands.
• Kabuto and Qingyue created a sealing container to store and release chakra, easing but not solving the radio station's supply problem.
• Shisui and Utakata traveled with Yugito Nii and a Hidden Cloud ninja to Turtle Island after Darui arranged the journey.
• Yugito led the group to the Waterfall of Truth and told Utakata to confront his dark side.
• Utakata stood before the waterfall for nearly ten minutes without any apparent change, and Shisui asked Yugito whether it was broken.

Shisui and Utakata tried the Waterfall of Truth, but neither produced a dark-side manifestation, so Yugito Nii concluded it was broken. Utakata then accepted Saiken's chakra and immediately became a perfect jinchuriki, shocking Yugito Nii.

• Yugito Nii urged Shisui to try the Waterfall of Truth, but nothing happened after he stood before it for several minutes.
• Yugito Nii reported that the Waterfall of Truth was broken and let Shisui and Utakata decide whether to continue training.
• Shisui chose to proceed, and Yugito Nii led him and Utakata into the sanctuary to take chakra from their tailed beasts.
• Utakata released his seal and met Saiken in the tailed-beast space, where Saiken agreed to lend him its chakra.
• Utakata took Saiken's chakra, calmed its violent aura, and formed a white tailed-beast tail, prompting Yugito Nii to exclaim that he was a perfect jinchuriki.

Utakata and Saiken accepted each other, allowing Saiken to enter the tailed beasts’ shared spiritual space and reconnect with Shukaku. Shukaku and Saiken examined Gyūki’s mark, then left without learning why it seemed subtly changed.

• Saiken joined the tailed beasts’ group chat after accepting Utakata, and Shukaku excitedly greeted him.
• Shukaku described his own confinement, while Saiken explained that he and Utakata had accepted each other.
• Shukaku asked Saiken to inspect Gyūki’s mark, which had disappeared after Ren killed Gyūki and harvested his soul, then returned days later.
• Saiken noticed a tiny difference in Gyūki’s mark but left to rest, and Shukaku concluded his suspicion was real before leaving the chat.

Utakata became a perfect jinchuriki after his training with Saiken, and he and Shisui returned to Konoha after parting with Yugito and Matatabi. Ren reviewed the mission report and considered how to bind ordinary people to Konoha through factory work, but he could not decide what products to make before visiting Kabuto.

• Utakata tested his new chakra arms and his ability to transform into Saiken, then confirmed to Shisui that he had become a perfect jinchuriki.
• Shisui and Utakata left Yugito and Matatabi and traveled back toward the Land of Fire.
• Ren read Shisui's mission report, inferred why the Waterfall of Truth had seemed broken, and waited for Shisui and Utakata to return.
• Ren planned to industrialize Konoha by opening a factory that would hire ordinary people, but rejected several product ideas because they failed his requirements.
• Ren visited the laboratory, found only Sasori and Qingyue there, and headed to check on Kabuto, who did not disappoint him.

Ren visited the orphanage and, after Kabuto identified a mixture that could accelerate plant growth, realized he should focus on basic needs and decided to build a fertilizer factory. Meanwhile, Deidara misread Ren’s encouragement as an instruction to add oil, and an experiment with glycerin left him badly injured but convinced he had succeeded.

• Ren arrived at the orphanage, where Kabuto was studying and Deidara was experimenting with explosives.
• Kabuto showed Ren a mixture made from widely available ores that he believed could speed up plant growth.
• Ren recognized the mixture as fertilizer, reconsidered his focus on advanced technology, and decided to build a fertilizer factory using ore from his Amber Purifying Pot.
• Ren praised Kabuto and encouraged Deidara before leaving, but Deidara misunderstood his words as an order to add oil.
• Deidara experimented with glycerin, causing an explosion that injured him, and Kabuto rushed to treat him.
• As he regained consciousness, Deidara declared that he had succeeded and that Ren had been right about adding oil.

Ren arranged for Kabuto to design single-mineral fertilizer equipment and decided to meet Minato before involving Naruto in new plans. Meanwhile, Naruto trained while rumors that he was the Fourth Hokage’s son began changing how villagers spoke about him, though he remained unsure what to believe.

• Ren returned to the clan compound, chose a site for a small fertilizer factory, and told Kabuto to design equipment for single-mineral fertilizers.
• Ren decided to wait for the fertilizer project to progress and planned to meet Minato before putting Naruto’s training on the agenda.
• Naruto trained while listening to the Voice of Konoha, repeatedly disconnecting it and angering the Nine-Tails when its music was cut short.
• Ren spread rumors in Konoha that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage’s son, and villagers began showing more curiosity and less disgust toward Naruto.
• Naruto noticed the rumors and began looking at Minato’s face on Kage Rock, but he did not know whom to ask whether they were true.

Ren visited Naruto and confirmed that the rumors about Naruto's father and the Demon Fox were true. Naruto had been trying to protect the happiness he had found, and the chapter ended with Ren revealing the truth despite knowing it could hurt him.

• Xuanyue warned the Anbu squad leader not to interfere with Ren's meeting with Naruto, and the leader reported it to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Ren found Naruto training and gently told him to stop pretending to smile like Sasuke Uchiha.
• Ren asked Naruto about the rumors, and Naruto said he had companions now and did not want to investigate his parents.
• Ren hinted that Naruto had found a clue about his father, prompting Naruto to ask whether the rumors were true.
• Ren told Naruto that the rumors about his father and the Demon Fox were all true.

Ren calmed Naruto after the Nine-Tails’ chakra erupted, reassuring him that he was still Naruto and that Ren believed in him. Naruto agreed to meet his father, and Ren brought him into the sealing space, where he called for Minato to appear.

• Naruto’s anger awakened the Nine-Tails’ chakra, but Ren used his Mangekyō Sharingan to suppress it while the Konoha Military Police Force kept the Anbu from intervening.
• Naruto asked whether he was the demon fox, and Ren reassured him that his identity and bonds mattered more than his connection to Kurama.
• Naruto promised he would never hurt people who cared about him, and Ren told him he believed in him.
• Ren asked Naruto if he wanted to meet his father, and Naruto eagerly agreed.
• Ren brought Naruto into the sealing space, where Naruto hid from the talking Kurama as Ren called for Minato.

Ren damaged Naruto’s seal to bring Minato out, then introduced Naruto to his father. Naruto rejected Minato for having abandoned him, leaving Minato forced to confront his failures as a father.

• Ren tore a corner from the seal’s talisman, prompting Minato to appear and stop him.
• Ren introduced himself to Minato and called Naruto over to meet his father.
• Minato warned Naruto that Ren was dangerous, but Naruto ran to Ren and resisted Minato’s attempt to hold him back.
• Naruto accused Minato of watching him suffer without helping and called him an unqualified father.
• Minato let go of Naruto as he accepted the truth of Naruto’s words.

Ren confronted Minato in Naruto’s sealing space and bargained for Minato’s sealing techniques and Flying Thunder God knowledge in exchange for caring for Naruto. After copying the information, Ren left Naruto to speak with his father and returned to the outside world pleased with what he had gained.

• The Nine-Tails laughed at Minato, while Naruto returned to Ren’s side and stood between Ren and his father.
• Minato threatened Ren, but realized he was only a chakra fragment and asked what it would take for Ren to let Naruto go.
• Ren demanded Minato’s sealing techniques, Flying Thunder God Technique, and insights, arguing that he was Konoha’s Military Police Force head and Minato was no longer Hokage.
• Minato first hid crucial parts of the techniques with seals, but then gave Ren the complete information after Ren pretended to have missed nothing.
• Ren urged Naruto to hear Minato’s explanation and left the sealing space, pleased to have obtained the techniques and knowledge.

Ren helped Naruto reconcile with Minato and arranged for Utakata to teach him how to become a perfect jinchuriki. He then gave Shisui the Flying Thunder God technique for special training, leaving Shisui grateful and concerned about Ren.

• Minato explained his faith in Naruto, and Naruto forgave him before Minato's chakra disappeared.
• Ren encouraged Naruto to train as a jinchuriki under Utakata, then left him motivated to succeed.
• Anbu discovered that the seal on Naruto had loosened, though Hiruzen Sarutobi could not determine why.
• Ren arranged for Saiken to recharge Voice of Konoha in exchange for an extra half-hour story program, then sent Utakata to teach Naruto.
• Ren persuaded Shisui to undergo special training and gave him a scroll containing the Flying Thunder God technique and Minato's insights.
• Shisui thanked Ren and accepted the scroll after Ren assured him it was safe.

Ren established a factory under a commercial organization affiliated with the Konoha Military Police Force and recruited villagers with the promise of high wages. After everyone applied, Kabuto began their onboarding training.

• Ren reviewed the progress of his associates and ventures, then Shisui learned the Flying Thunder God technique after another half month.
• Ren posted a few recruitment notices for the new factory and attracted several dozen villagers to apply.
• Ren introduced himself as Uchiha Yushu and promised factory workers wages of 10,000 ryo per week.
• Every applicant filled out a form, and Kabuto took over to train the new recruits.