Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Shinichi joined an Akatsuki meeting through the Phantom Lantern Body Technique, where Pain assigned recruitment missions and ordered Sasori to recover Orochimaru’s ring. Shinichi arranged to recruit Hiruko as his partner and left to seek him in the Land of Lightning.

• Uchiha Shinichi used the East ring to project his consciousness into the Akatsuki meeting.
• Pain assigned Itachi Uchiha, Zetsu, and Sasori to recruit Deidara, and Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki to recruit Hidan.
• Shinichi joked with White Zetsu while defending himself over Orochimaru’s defection, until Pain ordered them to be quiet.
• Pain ordered Sasori to hunt Orochimaru in the Land of Wind and recover his ring.
• Shinichi convinced Pain to let him recruit Hiruko as his partner, then left to look for him in the Land of Lightning.

Uchiha Shinichi found Hiruko in a cave in the Land of Lightning and defeated him with his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities. He offered Hiruko an Uchiha corpse in exchange for joining Akatsuki, and Hiruko reacted with renewed interest.

• Shinichi located Hiruko absorbing lightning in a cave and invited him to join Akatsuki.
• Hiruko refused and attacked Shinichi, using Storm Release, Dark Release, Swift Release, and Steel Release.
• Shinichi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, reversed time, severed Hiruko’s hand, and erased his lasers.
• Shinichi trapped Hiruko in a genjutsu and summoned Susanoo, leaving Hiruko defeated and shaken.
• Shinichi offered Hiruko the corpse of an Uchiha clansman if he joined Akatsuki, and Hiruko eagerly asked what he meant.

Shinichi brought Hiruko into Akatsuki, where the new recruits met the other members and nearly started a fight. Assigned to gather information on the Three-Tails with Hiruko, Shinichi left the cave planning to eliminate Yagura and free the Hidden Mist Village.

• Hiruko accepted Shinichi's offer to join Akatsuki and followed him from the cave as Hidden Cloud pursuers approached.
• Shinichi and the other Akatsuki members gathered in the Land of Rivers, where Deidara, Hidan, and Hiruko introduced themselves.
• Pain asked Sasori about Orochimaru, and Sasori reported that Orochimaru had escaped.
• Shinichi taunted Deidara and Sasori until the Akatsuki members prepared to fight, but Pain stopped them with Almighty Push.
• Pain assigned Shinichi and Hiruko to gather intelligence on the Three-Tails.
• Shinichi left the cave and planned to eliminate Yagura, free the Hidden Mist Village, and obtain its Water Release secrets.

Uchiha Shinichi and Hiruko infiltrated Hidden Mist to investigate its bloodline clans, especially the Hozuki Clan and Mei Terumi. After Shinichi was questioned by Mei and Ao while disguised as a civilian, he decided to control a Hidden Mist elder as another way into the village’s power structure.

• Shinichi and Hiruko evaded Hidden Mist patrols by erasing the ship’s passengers’ memories and concealing their chakra as they reached shore.
• Shinichi and Hiruko split up to investigate Hidden Mist’s bloodline clans, with Shinichi disguising himself as a civilian.
• Mei Terumi and Ao stopped Shinichi and checked his identity, but he used an impersonated fisherman’s memories to pass their inspection.
• Shinichi returned to an abandoned warehouse, released the fisherman from his genjutsu, and decided that controlling an elder could help him influence Hidden Mist.

Uchiha Shinichi infiltrated Third Elder Takao Asai’s residence and learned that Kirigakure’s elders were divided over a coup and the Fourth Mizukage. After Takao attacked him, Shinichi used High Heaven's Hunting Power to disable Takao’s Water Release and wound him.

• Shinichi created a Sixfold Manifestation sealing barrier around Takao Asai’s residence and slipped inside.
• Shinichi overheard Takao curse the First Elder’s plan to put Mei Terumi on the Mizukage’s seat and lament that his warnings to the Fourth Mizukage had been intercepted.
• Shinichi entered Takao’s study and offered to help preserve the Fourth Mizukage’s position, but Takao attacked him with Water Release.
• Shinichi and Takao traded Fire and Water techniques as their fight wrecked the study and filled it with steam.
• Shinichi activated High Heaven's Hunting Power, causing Takao’s Water Release to fail and allowing the Phoenix Sage Fire to strike him in the chest.

Shinichi hypnotized Third Elder Takao Asai, learned secrets about the Three-Tails and Hidden Mist, then used him to inflame tensions after Hiruko raided the Hozuki Clan ruins. The chapter ended with the elders divided and Shinichi secretly tracking Hiruko.

• Shinichi subdued Takao Asai with his Mangekyō Sharingan and questioned him about the Three-Tails, the bloodline-family massacres, and the Seven Ninja Swords.
• Takao Asai revealed that the Mizukage Building basement held bloodline corpses and secret techniques, while Shinichi learned that the Three-Tails, Isobu, was lazy and usually half-asleep.
• After hearing that Hiruko was desecrating graves at the Hozuki Clan ruins, Shinichi disguised himself as a guard and brought the controlled Takao Asai to the scene.
• Hiruko fought Mei Terumi using four Kekkei Genkai before escaping into the fog, and Shinichi created a Shadow Clone to pursue him.
• At an emergency elder meeting, Shinichi used Takao Asai to accuse Genji of concealing the Mizukage's condition, deepening the conflict within Hidden Mist.

Shinichi used his disguise as Third Elder Takao Asai to spread discord among the Hidden Mist elders and arrange an assault on the Mizukage Building. As Fujiwara Shinsuke appeared ready to inform Genji of the plan, Shinichi let him go, intending to use the betrayal to further his scheme.

• Shinichi met Hiruko, who reported that Hozuki remains might help him reproduce the Hydrification Technique, and ordered him to keep a low profile.
• Genji, Mei Terumi, and Ao discussed the spreading rumors and their inability to reach the Mizukage Building, then decided to keep watching for their hidden enemy to make a mistake.
• Obito Uchiha strengthened his control over the unconscious Yagura Karatachi and began considering a suitable vessel for sealing the Tailed Beasts.
• Disguised as Takao Asai, Shinichi told Matsumoto Kenichi and Fujiwara Shinsuke that Genji’s faction might be controlling the Mizukage and proposed rescuing him by force.
• Shinichi laid out an attack plan for midnight the following day; Matsumoto agreed to participate, while Shinichi noticed Fujiwara seemed likely to report the plan to Genji and allowed him to leave.

Genji’s faction learned that Takao planned to raid the Mizukage Building, while Shinichi, controlling Takao, led the coup attempt as Fujiwara Shinsuke secretly reported back to Genji. The attackers broke through the building’s guards, and the Fourth Mizukage appeared in the doorway.

• Fujiwara Shinsuke told Genji that Takao intended to launch a coup, and Ao confirmed that the Mizukage Building’s guards seemed to be controlled.
• Genji ordered Shinsuke to remain beside Takao and report back, while Mei Terumi and Shimada Isamu supported letting the raid proceed.
• Shinichi, disguised as an ANBU guard and controlling Takao Asai, rallied Takao’s shinobi to attack the Mizukage Building.
• Takao divided the assault between Matsumoto Kenichi’s frontal feint, Fujiwara Shinsuke’s flank team, and his own rear approach.
• The attackers battled the building’s unnaturally resilient guards and spiral-masked puppets, and Takao pretended to be wounded to spur his troops onward.
• Takao’s forces broke through the guards, but the Fourth Mizukage appeared at the entrance, leaving the attackers stunned.

Shinichi manipulated the clash at the Mizukage Building to convince Kirigakure’s factions that Yagura had been controlled by an Uchiha. Genji’s faction prepared to confront the Third Elder, while Shinichi, disguised as Takao Asai, positioned his side to profit from the conflict.

• Yagura attacked Takao Asai’s group with Water Release, and Matsumoto Kenichi fought an identical water-mirror copy before Shinichi ordered a retreat.
• Matsumoto Kenichi’s survivors concluded that Yagura was not acting normally, and Takao Asai claimed the Mizukage had been controlled by an evil force.
• Genji, Shimada Isamu, and Mei Terumi agreed to act against the crisis, and Mei volunteered to negotiate with the Third Elder alongside Ao and Fujiwara Shinsuke.
• Shinichi, disguised as Takao Asai, learned from Matsumoto Kenichi that Ao had identified Uchiha chakra in Yagura’s brain.
• Shinichi advised Matsumoto to let Genji’s faction handle the supposed Konoha enemy and wait to demand terms, while keeping his own forces ready.

Shinichi, disguised as Takao Asai, negotiated with Mei Terumi’s faction to join the effort to rescue the Mizukage while securing concessions for his faction. The sides agreed to assemble at the Mizukage Building at noon the next day, and Shinichi hinted that Hidden Mist’s power struggle was about to shift.

• Mei Terumi, Ao, and Fujiwara Shinsuke met with Takao Asai, and Ao said an outside force had controlled the Mizukage rather than the First Elder.
• Mei Terumi offered to join forces with Takao Asai’s faction to rescue the Mizukage, while Takao Asai accused Fujiwara Shinsuke of betraying him.
• Takao Asai demanded elder seats and Fujiwara Shinsuke’s removal, then accepted a concession to open ninjutsu training to civilians and place someone from his faction at the Ninja Academy.
• Takao Asai insisted the First Elder’s faction lead the rescue, and Mei Terumi agreed on the condition that Takao Asai participate personally.
• Matsumoto Kenichi arrived and eagerly agreed to rescue the Mizukage, after which Mei Terumi set the gathering for noon the next day.
• After the visitors left, Takao Asai told Matsumoto Kenichi that Hidden Mist’s skies were about to change and said Genji would not risk the infamy of assassinating the Mizukage.

Genji and Mei Terumi led Hidden Mist shinobi in an assault on the Mizukage Building to free Yagura, while Shinichi watched from the rear and confirmed that Obito Uchiha controlled him. Yagura unleashed the Three-Tails’ chakra against the attackers, leaving the battle in disaster as Mei Terumi’s attacks failed to penetrate his cloak.

• Genji ordered Kirigakure’s forces to surround the Mizukage Building and announced that they would rescue Yagura from genjutsu.
• Mei Terumi and Matsumoto Kenichi led the assault, but the controlled guards killed and wounded several Hidden Mist shinobi.
• Yagura emerged from the building and attacked the assembled forces with powerful Water Release techniques, including a Water Mirror that copied Mei Terumi’s Boil Release.
• Ao sensed the Three-Tails’ chakra surging through Yagura, and Genji ordered the shinobi to retreat.
• Yagura’s chakra cloak formed three tails, which smashed buildings and killed dozens of shinobi before his Water Iron Cannon pierced more victims.
• Mei Terumi attacked Yagura with Boil Release, but his chakra cloak deflected the acidic mist.

Genji organized the Hidden Mist ninja into a coordinated assault that briefly suppressed the Three-Tails while Shinichi raided the Mizukage Building archives. The Three-Tails broke free after Obito’s attempt to control it backfired, and Shinichi left as the village prepared to face the resulting tsunami.

• Genji coordinated Water, Fire, and Earth Release teams, slowing the Three-Tails and creating an opening for Mei Terumi to melt its shell with Lava Release.
• Shinichi admired Genji’s command, then slipped away from the battlefield and entered the Mizukage Building archives.
• Shinichi copied the Hidden Mist’s Book of Seals, secret techniques, and bloodline research with the Heavenly Secrets Spring, then found the supplies warehouse emptied by Obito Uchiha.
• The Three-Tails broke free and fired a Tailed Beast Ball toward Obito, whose explosion sent a tsunami surging toward the Hidden Mist Village.
• Genji ordered the ninja to form a combined Water Formation Wall against the tsunami as Shinichi disappeared into the shadows.

Shinichi witnessed the Three-Tails rampage through Hidden Mist as Yagura fought to regain control and the village forces subdued the beast. Just as Yagura accepted his responsibility and surrendered the Mizukage token, Obito attacked to take the Three-Tails, but Yagura broke free and recognized him as the one who had controlled him.

• Shinichi watched the Three-Tails devastate Hidden Mist, sent a Shadow Clone to alert Hiruko, and went to observe the battle.
• Yagura resisted the control inside Isobu, while Genji, Ao, Mei Terumi, Matsumoto Kenichi, and the village forces trapped and subdued the Three-Tails.
• Yagura returned to human form, apologized for his actions, and offered the Mizukage token to Genji.
• Matsumoto Kenichi and Mei Terumi urged Yagura to live and atone, revealing that he had secretly altered massacre orders and protected some bloodline children.
• Obito Uchiha appeared through a space-time vortex and chained Yagura, but Matsumoto Kenichi and Mei Terumi disrupted his attack.
• Yagura broke free of Obito's chain and recognized him as the Sharingan user who had controlled him.

Yagura sacrificed himself to keep the Three-Tails from Obito Uchiha, while Shinichi escaped Kirigakure with Hiruko. At sea, Shinichi agreed to trade Uchiha Clan corpses for Hiruko’s Hydrification Technique method, and they arranged to meet in one month.

• Yagura stabbed himself to prevent Obito Uchiha from taking the Three-Tails, and the beast’s chakra erupted before vanishing.
• Matsumoto Kenichi found Yagura’s bloodied Hidden Mist forehead protector, while Genji covered the body with his robe.
• Shinichi disguised Takao Asai’s corpse and left the ruins with Hiruko after confirming their mission was complete.
• Aboard a ship, Hiruko revealed that the Hydrification Technique could be cultivated and offered Shinichi its method in exchange for Uchiha Clan corpses.
• Shinichi accepted Hiruko’s Hozuki Clan essence and arranged to meet him in one month at an abandoned temple on the border of the Land of Fields.

Shinichi deduced and learned the Hydrification Technique without drinking Hiruko’s vial, then secretly prepared a trap for Hiruko using a preserved Uchiha corpse. After reaching port, Shinichi set out toward his next destination while Hiruko planned to steal his Sharingan.

• Shinichi used Heavenly Secrets Spring to deduce the Hydrification Technique and discovered that he could transform his arm into water and extend it to seize a seagull.
• Shinichi placed a dormant Sage Art: Yin-Yang Seal Seed inside a preserved Uchiha boy’s corpse, intending to use the body to trick Hiruko.
• Hiruko told Shinichi they were almost at port and reminded him to meet in the Land of Fields one month later.
• The ship docked, and Shinichi left the harbor while Hiruko vowed to take his Sharingan for the Chimera Technique.
• Shinichi sensed Hiruko watching him, then continued toward the mountains and the wider world beyond.

Pain held an Akatsuki meeting where Shinichi reported that Yagura and the Three-Tails had died, delaying the Tailed Beast plan. Later, Shinichi gave Hiruko a Sharingan scroll and set out with him to recruit a new member for Akatsuki.

• Obito appeared at the Akatsuki meeting as Tobi, and the other members reacted to his foolish act.
• Shinichi reported that Yagura had died during a coup in Hidden Mist and that the Three-Tails would take years to reform.
• Pain ordered Shinichi to monitor the Three-Tails' revival site and assigned Shinichi and Hiruko to evaluate and recruit new members.
• Konan voiced concern about Obito's hidden plans and the three Uchiha in Akatsuki, but Pain assured her he would protect her and fulfill Yahiko's ideal.
• After delaying for more than half a month, Shinichi met Hiruko in the Land of Fields and gave him a scroll containing a Sharingan.
• Shinichi told Hiruko he had already chosen a recruitment target, and they set off to complete their task.

Neji met the Sage of Six Paths in the Soul River and learned that a hidden transmigrator threatened another spacetime before the Second Ninja World War. Since Neji’s body was too powerful to travel, he agreed to send only his soul and received a Black Bagua Compass to help find the infiltrator.

• Neji was drawn into the Jade Jue and awoke above the Soul River, where he could see the Threads of Law surrounding the world.
• The Sage of Six Paths told Neji that an unidentified transmigrator had infiltrated a spacetime before the Second Ninja World War and was hidden among five possible people.
• The Sage of Six Paths warned that a transmigrator in another spacetime had gained Six Paths Power, nearly drained the Ninja World, and could hasten the God of the Ōtsutsuki’s awakening.
• The Sage of Six Paths explained that Neji could travel only as a soul because his body was too powerful, and that he would need to find a suitable vessel in the other spacetime.
• The Sage of Six Paths gave Neji a rune-covered black Magatama that transformed into a Black Bagua Compass.

Neji received the Primordial Bagua Diagram and was sent by the Sage of Six Paths into another time-space to confront a transmigrator. He arrived in Konoha Year Sixteen in the frail body of a war orphan and struggled to survive.

• Neji used the Six Paths Forging Verse to draw on the power of laws, and the Sage of Six Paths sent him through a vortex with the Compass to hunt a transmigrator.
• Neji woke in a sickly six-year-old body in Konoha, where a neglectful caretaker gave him a dusty half rice ball as his relief ration.
• Neji realized the body was weakened by hunger and war trauma, then used his powerful soul to stabilize and reshape it enough to survive.
• Neji went to an apothecary for herbs, spent his last coins, and drank the medicine he ground by the river.

Neji recovered from near-starvation by earning a place at the Akita Explosive Tag Workshop, where his knowledge and precision impressed its owners. Three months later, he was a skilled apprentice still struggling with his frail body and damaged lungs as he focused on rebuilding his health.

• Neji searched Konoha for work, then applied to the Akita Explosive Tag Workshop after hearing it needed apprentices.
• Neji passed Akita Tetsusai and Akita Kenjiro’s tests by identifying ingredients, making an explosive medium, and drawing a Fluorescent Talisman.
• Akita Kenjiro hired Neji, offered him meals and a place to sleep, and let him begin work at the workshop.
• Over the next three months, Neji improved his health and advanced to apprentice-level raw-material processing while secretly treating his damaged lungs.
• Neji purified saltpeter and told Kenta to focus on work rather than dream of becoming a ninja.

Neji advanced from workshop apprentice to apprentice manager while mastering Explosive Tag ingredients and Talisman Ink, and Old Akita discovered his chakra cultivation. Old Akita agreed to teach Neji the true Ninja Talisman Art in exchange for a future favor, while Neji’s study and cultivation deepened.

• Tetsusai promoted Neji to recording ingredient ratios and doubled his pay, giving him access to Explosive Tag formulas.
• Neji practiced Gentle Fist conditioning and True Qi cultivation while learning to prepare Talisman Ink under Old Akita, impressing him with a superior batch.
• After a year at Akita Workshop, Neji became apprentice manager and Old Akita tested him with a family Chakra Testing Talisman Paper.
• Neji revealed that he had been cultivating chakra, and Old Akita offered to teach him the true Ninja Talisman Art in exchange for a future favor.
• Old Akita taught Neji Sealing, Barrier, and simple Summoning Talismans, and Neji’s insight into the Dao refined his True Qi.