Recaps

Shisui Uchiha stopped Ao’s Hidden Mist team from infiltrating Konoha and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for authority to rebuild trust between the Uchiha and the village. After Naruto vandalized Hokage Rock and ran away, his mischievous expression vanished as he asked Kurama whether he could do it.

• Shisui Uchiha used his reputation and chakra to make Ao retreat with his Hidden Mist team at Konoha’s border.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Shisui’s mission and told him to take a few days off.
• Shisui asked Hiruzen for authority to work on rebuilding trust between the Uchiha and Konoha, and Hiruzen agreed to cover for him.
• Shisui threw a kunai at Naruto, who was painting Hokage Rock, and caught him when he fell.
• Naruto rejected Shisui’s help, ran away, and asked Kurama if he could do it.

Naruto and Kurama discussed how Shisui had noticed them, while Hiruzen Sarutobi continued monitoring the Uchiha. Shisui learned from Itachi that Fugaku Uchiha was considering a coup, and their conversation pushed Itachi further into distrust of his clan.

• Naruto returned to his apartment after Kurama said the malicious presence following him had withdrawn, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the ANBU to keep watching him and Shisui.
• Shisui went to meet Itachi, who left Sasuke waiting after tricking him with a forehead flick.
• At the waterfall, Itachi told Shisui that Fugaku Uchiha planned a coup and described the clan's growing resentment toward Konoha.
• Shisui decided he would try to erase the suspicions between the Uchiha and the village, potentially using Kotoamatsukami on one side.
• Shisui warned Itachi that someone in the Military Police Force was watching him and said he had been assigned to watch him, deepening Itachi's hatred and distrust.

Shisui agreed to use Kotoamatsukami to bring the Uchiha and the village together, but Danzo ambushed him to steal his Sharingan. Naruto, hidden nearby, seized Shisui’s stolen eye from Danzo and fled as Root pursued him.

• Hiruzen persuaded Shisui that the village would improve the Uchiha’s treatment, while Danzo secretly coveted Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami.
• Danzo confronted Shisui at the shrine, revealed that he intended to take Shisui’s Sharingan, and attacked him with Izanagi.
• Shisui knocked Danzo unconscious with genjutsu, but Danzo used Izanagi to reappear, beat him, and remove one of his eyes.
• Naruto emerged from hiding, struck Danzo’s hand with a Rasengan, grabbed Shisui’s Sharingan, and escaped as Root split up to chase him and Shisui.
• Naruto’s shadow snatched a real-looking Naruto from the stream near Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, and Kiba, and the ANBU watching him joined the pursuit.

Naruto used a Shadow Clone and a body swap to escape Root while hiding Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan inside himself, but Root’s attack struck his right eye. He unleashed the Nine-Tails’ chakra and entered the Three-Tails State.

• Naruto’s Shadow Clone carried his real body through the forest as he tried to evade Root’s pursuit.
• Naruto hid Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan inside himself while Root attacked the clone with weapons, poison smoke, and explosive tags.
• The Root captain ordered his squad to target Naruto’s feet, but two ANBU agents raised an Earth-Style Wall to protect him.
• Root blocked the ANBU agents and pursued Naruto’s Shadow Clone as it lunged toward a tree.
• Naruto opened his eyes and struggled in the clone’s grip, but a Root operative’s kunai struck his right eye.
• Naruto’s scream turned into a roar as the Nine-Tails’ chakra formed a red Three-Tails Cloak around him.

After Naruto handed control of his body to Kurama, the Nine-Tails overwhelmed the Root squad in the forest. Itachi Uchiha intervened with a Fireball Jutsu, blasting Naruto away as Shikamaru and the others arrived.

• Naruto pulled the kunai from his eye, then passed out and let Kurama take control of his body.
• Kurama charged the Root and ANBU operatives, knocking one Root ninja aside with a single blow.
• Three Root operatives trapped Naruto in a Three-Way Seal, but Kurama pierced the barrier and killed them with his tails.
• Kurama attacked the squad captain, while the two ANBU agents stood frozen and Shikamaru and the others arrived.
• Itachi Uchiha blasted Naruto away with a Fireball Jutsu, revealing his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Itachi suppressed the Nine-Tails Chakra leaking from Naruto and took the injured boy to the hospital, defying Danzo’s Root squad. After Shisui escaped Danzo’s ambush, Danzo blamed Hiruzen for his failure and resolved to proceed with a plan to wipe out the Uchiha Clan.

• Itachi entered Naruto’s sealing space and suppressed the Nine-Tails Chakra, but he sensed that the Nine-Tails had let him do so too easily.
• Shikamaru, Shino, and the other young ninjas rushed toward Naruto, but the ANBU and Root captain blocked them.
• The Root captain demanded Naruto, but Itachi carried the unconscious boy away with a Body Flicker and headed for the hospital.
• Shisui escaped the Root squads using Susanoo and Yasaka Magatama, while the surviving Root members reported back to Danzo.
• Danzo concluded that Hiruzen had outmaneuvered him and, with Shisui’s Sharingan out of reach, decided to wipe out the Uchiha Clan.

Naruto survived his injuries but lost his right eye, while Itachi discovered that Danzo had stolen Shisui’s right eye. Shisui gave Itachi his remaining eye and died by jumping from a cliff, leaving Itachi to pursue his own dark path for the village and his brother.

• Doctors saved Naruto, but they had to remove his right eye after it was pierced by a kunai.
• Itachi left Naruto at the hospital and hurried to a cliff, where he found Shisui waiting with his right eye missing.
• Shisui told Itachi that Danzo had taken his right eye and gave him his left eye, asking him to protect the village and the Uchiha Clan’s honor.
• Shisui jumped from the cliff, and Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as he watched him fall.
• Itachi returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds and vowed to follow his chosen path in the darkness for the village, Sasuke, and the Uchiha Clan.

Itachi reported Shisui’s death to Konoha’s leaders as the village’s tensions with the Uchiha simmered beneath a fragile calm. Three months after losing his right eye, Naruto left the hospital and reunited with his friends, then revealed that his eyepatch concealed a Sharingan.

• Itachi told Konoha’s leaders that Shisui’s death had crushed the Uchiha’s morale, while Danzo suggested ANBU announce it as suicide.
• The village put the Uchiha’s rebellion plans on hold, assigned Itachi to assassination missions with Kakashi, and gave someone else the task of monitoring the clan.
• Naruto spent three months recovering as villagers feared and shunned him, and Hinata and his friends visited him in the hospital.
• Naruto was discharged wearing an eyepatch, and Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata, Choji, and Second Pillar welcomed him before he invited them to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Naruto returned to his room that night, removed his eyepatch, and summoned a scarlet Sharingan into his palm.

Naruto prepared to transplant Shisui’s Sharingan, believing its power and his vast chakra reserves would help him grow stronger and learn ninjutsu. With Kurama’s chakra, he began forcing the eye into his right socket.

• Naruto decided Shisui’s Sharingan was a better shortcut than waiting years for Sasuke’s eyes to mature.
• Naruto planned to use the Sharingan’s insight and copying ability to correct his habits and accelerate his training.
• Naruto considered how the eye’s Kotoamatsukami: Radiance could help him break free of ANBU surveillance.
• Naruto asked Kurama to help, and red chakra reopened his healed eye socket.
• Naruto shoved Shisui’s Sharingan into the socket as Kurama’s chakra connected it to his nerves.

Naruto transplanted a Sharingan and awakened its Mangekyo, discovering that Asura’s Yang Release chakra could repair the damage it caused. He learned the eye’s abilities and limits, then began training to test his new vision.

• Naruto adjusted to the Sharingan’s sharper vision, struggled with the mismatch between his eyes, and found that his body could not keep up with what he saw.
• Naruto forced more chakra into the Sharingan and awakened the Mangekyo, whose heavy chakra drain and burning pain eased when Asura’s Yang Release chakra flowed into his eye.
• Naruto reasoned that Yang Release healed Mangekyo damage and formed a theory about how close relatives’ eyes could fuse into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Naruto gained access to Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami and discovered the potential for a powerful Susanoo, but found that his single eye and limited chakra prevented him from using it effectively.
• Naruto stayed awake from excitement, then covered his right eye with an eyepatch and began taijutsu training to test his new vision.

Naruto resumed training after three months in the hospital, using a Shadow Clone to attend Academy classes while he learned the Eight Gates Released Formation from Might Guy. Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered Naruto’s progress and considered arranging an early graduation so he could place guards around him.

• Naruto ran laps around Konoha, sent a Shadow Clone to attend class, and decided to reveal more of his abilities.
• Might Guy welcomed Naruto back, and Naruto asked him to teach the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Naruto trained with Guy and secretly learned basic ninjutsu while his Shadow Clone studied at the Academy.
• Naruto deliberately kept placing last in exams, though he knew Hiruzen’s ANBU were observing his real body.
• Hiruzen read the ANBU report, realized Naruto had opened the Second Gate and mastered Shadow Clones, and considered graduating him early.

Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Naruto early graduation in exchange for choosing jutsu from the Scroll of Seals, and Naruto agreed after bargaining for two. Naruto arrived at the sixth-year exam, where an upperclassman challenged his right to graduate early.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Naruto to graduate early, but Naruto's Shadow Clone refused until Hiruzen offered a choice from the Scroll of Seals.
• Naruto bargained with Hiruzen Sarutobi and accepted two jutsu in exchange for taking the graduation exam.
• Naruto stopped training with Might Guy and went to the ninja academy for the sixth-year exam.
• Naruto entered the examination room, where a spiky-haired student mocked him for trying to skip grades.

Naruto confronted Renno and his lackeys at the graduation exam, then overpowered an examiner who tried to punish him. He revealed that he had taken the exam as a Shadow Clone and demanded that the Third require three techniques for graduation.

• Renno and two lackeys blocked Naruto, but Naruto knocked all three unconscious with Leaf Great Whirlwind.
• Two examiners entered and demanded to know who had attacked the students, and Naruto admitted it.
• An examiner tried to seize Naruto, but Naruto blasted him into the wall with Wind Release: Gale Palm.
• Naruto asked what the exam tested, then told the examiners to tell the Third that he would not graduate unless it required three techniques.
• Naruto vanished in a puff of smoke, revealing that the examinees had been facing his Shadow Clone.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reprimanded two proctors for mistreating Naruto and arranged a team for him, while Naruto received a screened copy of the Scroll of Seals. As he searched it, Naruto spotted an unexpected ninjutsu and reacted with shock.

• Two proctors burst into Hiruzen Sarutobi's office and accused Naruto of attacking them and demanding ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi fired the proctors and instructed Headmaster Iwagami to choose Naruto's two strongest peers as teammates.
• An ANBU operative delivered Naruto his forehead protector and a scroll, telling him to select three ninjutsu before meeting his team at Training Ground Three.
• Naruto found that the scroll was a screened copy without the techniques he wanted and dismissed most of its contents.
• Naruto spotted an unexpected ninjutsu in a corner of the scroll and gripped it in shock.

Naruto found useful techniques listed in the Scroll of Seals and chose Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Adamantine Sealing Chains, and slug summoning from Shikkotsu Forest. He headed to the gathering place pleased, intending to pursue Shikkotsu Forest’s senjutsu rather than Mount Myoboku’s.

• Naruto spotted the A-rank Slug Summoning technique and learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had the Senju Clan’s contract scroll.
• Naruto chose slug summoning and asked the ANBU operative to bring him the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• The ANBU operative said he would bring the scroll and jutsus that night, then Body Flickered away.
• Naruto decided the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu suited his training, while Adamantine Sealing Chains could help him fight other Jinchuriki.
• Naruto rejected Mount Myoboku’s senjutsu because he distrusted Gamamaru and planned to pursue the senjutsu of Shikkotsu Forest.
• Naruto tied his forehead protector around his arm and cheerfully headed toward the training ground.

Naruto met his new teammates, Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha, and their supervising Jonin, Yamato, at the Third Training Ground. Yamato began an exercise to assess the newly graduated team, while Naruto was disappointed to learn failure would not send him back to the Academy for more training.

• Hana Inuzuka complained to Izumi Uchiha about waiting for their unknown teammate and supervising Jonin.
• Naruto appeared from a tree, and Hana and Izumi were pleased to learn he was their teammate.
• Naruto used a trace of the Nine-Tails' aura to make Haimaru cower, impressing Hana and Izumi with his strength.
• Yamato arrived, introduced himself as the team's supervising Jonin, and assigned them to find a hidden scroll containing the exercise mission.
• Naruto asked whether failing would make him repeat the Academy course, then showed disappointment when Yamato said it would not.

Naruto guided Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha through a tracking exercise in the Forest of Death, using his skills to teach them how to read clues. After saving Hana from a giant python and earning both girls’ admiration, he led them onward to the wilderness-survival portion of the exercise.

• Naruto let Hana and Izumi search for the mission scroll before pointing them to where Haimaru found it; the scroll sent them to track an escapee in the Forest of Death.
• Haimaru followed the target’s scent, but a giant python swallowed him, and Naruto cut the snake apart with Wind Release to rescue him.
• Naruto taught Hana and Izumi to interpret footprints, a cut branch, a damp stone, and trampled flowers as tracking clues.
• Naruto explained how fabricated clues could mislead pursuers, then shared his water with Izumi, who blushed after drinking from his bottle.
• Naruto led Hana and Izumi toward the next stage of the exercise, while the Nine-Tails complained that Naruto had used its scouting help to impress the girls.

Naruto Uzumaki flirted with Izumi Uchiha and Hana Inuzuka while they camped in the Forest of Death, but their evening was interrupted by a wounded female ANBU pursued by Root operatives. Naruto stepped in to confront the pursuers.

• Naruto used traces of residual chakra to guide the group and caught fish for dinner.
• Naruto cooked for Izumi and Hana, fed them fish and soup, and invited them to share his tent.
• Naruto made a shadow clone to keep watch, then heard kunai clash outside and led the girls to investigate.
• Naruto spotted a wounded female ANBU being pursued by three Root operatives and told Izumi and Hana to stay hidden.
• Naruto used Body Flicker to appear before the Root operatives and asked them to back down.

Naruto realized the confrontation between Root and Uzuki Yugao was a staged test of his loyalty, then declared his allegiance to Lord Hokage and charged at Root with the Gate of Life opened. The chapter ended as the three Root members reacted in shock.

• Naruto blocked three Root members from taking Uzuki Yugao and demanded proof that she was a traitor.
• A Root member recognized Naruto as a Jinchuriki, and Root offered to leave if he handed over the scroll.
• Naruto asked Kurama who was watching and learned that four observers and Captain Yamato were monitoring the scene.
• Naruto recognized the confrontation as a test modeled on one Hiruzen Sarutobi had used to judge Itachi Uchiha and Shisui.
• Naruto declared that he lived and died with Lord Hokage, opened the Gate of Life, and charged at the Root members.

Naruto tested his strength by opening the Gate of Life and fought three Root operatives with taijutsu, ninjutsu, and a Shadow Clone. After blasting two operatives away, he detonated his clone beside the female operative.

• Naruto opened the Gate of Life and attacked the three Root operatives with his nunchaku.
• Naruto summoned a Shadow Clone, which blocked the female operative's sword strike and overpowered her with its chakra.
• Naruto used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to blast the other two Root operatives away with a violent gust.
• Naruto's Shadow Clone grabbed the female operative and exploded beside her.

Naruto defeated three Root operatives with a combination of ninjutsu and prepositioned substitution logs, then used the fight to teach Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha about combat. He left Kakashi and Yamato speechless by claiming he needed to undress the unconscious female operative and examine the girls for injuries.

• Naruto used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and a Shadow Clone's self-destruction to take down three Root operatives.
• Naruto used a substitution log to evade the largest operative's Earth Release: Earth Spear and knocked him unconscious.
• Naruto explained his preparation and urged Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha to use any tactics necessary and beware of poisoned weapons.
• Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha praised Naruto, while Captain Yamato and Kakashi admired his actions and his apparent Will of Fire.
• Naruto proposed taking off the unconscious female operative's clothes to check for injuries and offered to examine Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha, leaving Kakashi and Yamato speechless.

Naruto and his teammates finished the second-stage camp after he helped defeat Root members and protect Uzuki Yugao. Hiruzen Sarutobi rewarded Naruto with three techniques, but Naruto remained suspicious of the Third Hokage and began studying the scrolls to strengthen himself.

• Yamato praised Naruto, Izumi Uchiha, and Hana Inuzuka, then raised a wooden mansion so they could stay at the camp overnight.
• Naruto took Izumi Uchiha and Hana Inuzuka for barbecue before returning to his rented house.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Naruto, praised his choices during the exercise, and gave him scrolls containing the promised techniques.
• Naruto signed the summoning contract and formed a connection with Sage Katsuyu of Shikkotsu Forest.
• After Hiruzen left, Naruto resolved to pursue strength and began studying the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Naruto reunited with Kiba and his friends while openly teasing Hana Inuzuka about being his brother-in-law, then focused on the need to train and grow stronger. Yamato met Naruto, Izumi, and Hana at the mission office and led them inside for a new assignment from the Third.

• Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, and Kiba discussed Naruto's absence from school before spotting him with Izumi and Hana.
• Naruto called himself Kiba's brother-in-law, leaving Kiba stunned as Hana blushed and bickered with Naruto.
• Naruto reflected on his need to train his taijutsu and Sharingan to overcome his reaction delay and survive stronger opponents.
• Yamato greeted Naruto, Izumi, and Hana at the mission office and said the Third had assigned them a suitable mission.

Naruto's team received a C-rank escort mission for a merchant traveling from the Land of Fields toward the Land of Grass, giving Naruto, Hana Inuzuka, and Izumi Uchiha their first chance to leave Konoha. Meanwhile, Obito urged the Six Paths of Pain to stage a coup in Amegakure and begin his plan for peace.

• Naruto bluntly questioned the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, about handling every mission himself, and Hiruzen took the remark in good humor.
• Hiruzen assigned Naruto's team a C-rank mission to escort a merchant caravan through the Land of Fire toward the Land of Grass.
• Naruto, Hana Inuzuka, and Izumi Uchiha bought supplies, registered their departure with Kamizuki Izumo and Izumo Kamizuki, and headed to meet the merchant.
• In Amegakure, Obito told the Six Paths of Pain that creating a world of peace required their help.
• Obito ordered the Six Paths of Pain to stage a coup at the Rain Shadow Tower and bring Amegakure's internal strife to an end.

Naruto’s team escorted a heavily guarded merchant caravan, and Naruto accepted a lavish gift while the uneventful journey gave him time to train Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha. As the caravan reached the halfway point, Haimaru detected nearby people, and attackers launched explosive-tag kunai from the forest.

• A merchant offered Yamato a gift, but Naruto took the box and discovered it contained three hundred thousand ryo.
• Naruto’s team traveled peacefully with the caravan while he trained Hana Inuzuka and Izumi Uchiha in chakra control.
• After half a month, Haimaru barked a warning, and Hana Inuzuka detected a recent human scent nearby.
• Attackers threw explosive-tag kunai from the forest, and Yamato ordered everyone to scatter before using Wood Release: Great Forest Technique.