Chapter Summaries

Ye used a perception-altering card to implant memories of a warm rural life with Madara, convincing him that Ye was his biological grandson. Madara embraced Ye as family and awarded him 5,000 Bloodline Approval Points.

• Ye pretended to resent the village’s surveillance while Madara tried to turn him against Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.
• Ye asked Madara if he had been lonely, then used a Rural Leisure Experience card to rewrite the cavern into a peaceful countryside scene.
• The card implanted vivid memories of Madara raising Ye as his grandson through the seasons.
• Madara’s resistance collapsed, and he asked Ye, “Is that you, my grandson?”
• Ye concealed his delight as Madara granted him 5,000 Bloodline Approval Points.

Ye kept Madara at a distance by calling him “Senior,” while secretly profiting from Madara’s regret and self-blame. Madara gave Ye his treasured Gunbai and scythe, but Ye still refused to call him Grandpa.

• Ye addressed Madara as “Senior,” earning 4,000 Extreme Regret Points and leaving Madara unable to discuss the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Madara repeatedly asked Ye to call him Grandpa, but Ye reminded him that Madara had said “Senior” was enough.
• Madara slapped himself and admitted that he had wronged Ye, earning 6,000 Extreme Self-Blame Points.
• Madara removed his life-support tubes and gave Ye his Uchiha Gunbai and scythe.
• Ye thanked Madara as “Senior,” causing Madara 8,000 Ultimate Heartbreak Points.

Ye gave Madara the Life Scroll to restore his vitality, and Madara chose to use it so he could protect Ye. The scroll returned Madara to his peak, leaving him ready to act as Ye’s powerful protector.

• Madara told Ye that he could not stay with him much longer, and Ye decided to use the Life Scroll on him.
• Ye called Madara “Grandpa Madara” and offered him the scroll, making Madara weep at being recognized as family.
• Madara sensed the scroll’s immense life energy and hesitated between keeping it for Ye and using it to become his support.
• Madara declared that he would use the scroll so no one could threaten Ye, then tore free his life-support tube.
• The scroll’s energy rejuvenated Madara, restoring his body, hair, strength, and chakra to their peak.

Madara regained his strength with the Life Scroll and, moved by Ye calling them family, punished himself for how he had treated him. When Ye revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, Madara realized Ye must have endured terrible loss while he was absent.

• Madara thanked Ye for giving him the Life Scroll, and Ye casually called them family.
• Overcome with guilt about abandoning Ye to Konoha, Madara slapped himself and earned Ye more points.
• Madara assigned the Third Mizukage as Ye’s guard, then struck himself again after realizing he had sent the Mizukage to capture Ye.
• Madara explained that only the Mangekyō Sharingan could control someone at Kage Level, and Ye revealed that he had awakened one.
• Madara recognized the suffering usually required to awaken the Mangekyō and silently grieved that Ye had faced it alone.

Ye gained Madara Uchiha’s forgiveness and inherited control of his underground forces, including the Third Mizukage and a White Zetsu army. Madara’s guilt and relief earned Ye a large number of system points as the chapter ended with Ye commanding a powerful new network.

• Madara Uchiha mistook Ye’s Mangekyō Sharingan for proof of deep suffering and promised never to abandon him again, earning Ye 500 Bloodline Guilt Points.
• Madara explained that Ye could reinforce his mark on the Third Mizukage, and Ye tested his control by ordering the Kage Level fighter to kneel.
• Madara’s guilt over Ye’s apparent restraint earned Ye 2800 Heartache Points.
• Madara summoned the White Zetsu, gave one to Ye as a control link, and Ye successfully directed the entire group to turn, squat, and stand.
• Madara handed Ye control of all the White Zetsu, and Ye’s sincere thanks earned him 3200 Satisfaction and Relief Points.

Ye revealed that Rin had learned Sealing Jutsu from Kushina Uzumaki, undermining Madara’s plan to use Rin’s death to awaken Obito’s Mangekyo. Madara instead planned to make Obito witness Rin awaken the Three-Tails’ power, and Ye watched as Obito carried the injured Kakashi toward the clearing where Rin lay unconscious.

• Madara confessed that he had planned to seal the Three-Tails inside Rin and make Obito witness her death to awaken his Mangekyo.
• Ye told Madara that Rin had studied Sealing Jutsu under Kushina Uzumaki for two and a half years and could briefly suppress the Three-Tails.
• Madara laughed with pride in Ye, then changed his plan to make Obito witness Rin awaken the Tailed Beast’s power and awaken his eyes through despair and hope.
• Madara took Ye to the clearing, where Rin lay unconscious with the Three-Tails’ seal glowing and its Chakra churning beneath her skin.
• Ye saw Obito approach the clearing carrying the bloodied Kakashi on his back.

Madara and the Third Mizukage replaced the real Rin with a White Zetsu double as Obito and Kakashi fought their way through Kirigakure ANBU to reach her. Kakashi stood ready to defend the apparently unconscious Rin, but the girl suddenly moved her fingers in the mud.

• Madara had a White Zetsu transform into a perfect copy of Rin, while the Third Mizukage carried the real Rin away.
• Ye recognized the White Zetsu attached to him as Tobi, who asked him what the urge to poop felt like.
• Obito carried the wounded Kakashi toward Rin, ignoring Kakashi's warning that Kirigakure ANBU had set an ambush.
• Obito and Kakashi fought the Kirigakure ANBU, killing several before Obito collapsed and crawled toward Rin.
• Kakashi reached Rin and reignited his Lightning Cutter to face the remaining six ANBU.
• The supposedly unconscious Rin curled her fingers into the mud.

Rin revealed that the Three-Tails had been sealed inside her and asked Kakashi and Obito to kill her before it could endanger Konoha. She then impaled herself on Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter, leaving Obito and Kakashi devastated.

• Rin woke in the clearing and saw the injured Obito and Kakashi surrounded by Kirigakure ANBU.
• Obito begged Rin to escape while Rin told Kakashi to take Obito and leave her behind.
• Rin revealed that the Three-Tails was sealed inside her and would erupt if she returned to Konoha.
• Rin asked Kakashi and Obito to kill her, but Obito refused and pleaded for another way.
• Rin charged into Kakashi’s Lightning Cutter, which pierced her chest as Obito watched helplessly.

Kakashi killed Rin when she threw herself in front of his Lightning Cutter, leaving him shattered and Obito devastated. Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and vowed to destroy the Shinobi World, while Ye and Madara watched the plan succeed.

• Kakashi stared at his bloodied hand after Rin died from the wound inflicted by his Lightning Cutter.
• Obito witnessed Rin's death and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan through his overwhelming despair.
• Ye and Madara observed from the treetops as the System Panel awarded Ye points for Kakashi and Obito's anguish.
• Obito crawled to Rin, gathered her body into his arms, and blamed himself for failing to protect her.
• Obito called the world hell and vowed to smash the Shinobi World to pieces, earning Ye eighty thousand Shinobi World Rejection Points.

Ye held the staged scene until Kakashi awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, while the real Rin regained consciousness and sealed the Three-Tails inside her. Rin then found Obito holding a dead lookalike of her and confronted him and Kakashi, leaving both men stunned.

• Ye ordered Tobi to keep the wounded White Zetsu actor in place for two more minutes while Kakashi continued to grieve.
• Madara confirmed that Kakashi had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, and Ye praised the quality of his ocular technique.
• Rin woke in the forest and used the Four Symbols Seal to suppress and imprison the Three-Tails' chakra.
• Rin followed Obito's crying and found him holding a dead girl who looked exactly like her, while Kakashi knelt nearby in shock.
• Rin asked who the dead girl was and whether she was herself, leaving Obito and Kakashi unable to make sense of her appearance.

Ye revealed that the dead Rin was a White Zetsu Clone and that the real Rin was safe, then told her to treat the injured Obito and Kakashi. Obito and Kakashi struggled to process what had happened as Ye promised to explain later.

• The White Zetsu Clone ran out of Chakra and reverted from Rin’s likeness into a plant-like body, shocking Obito, Kakashi, and the real Rin.
• Ye arrived and explained that the clone was a stand-in, the Rin by the tree was real, and the surrounding enemies had been cleared out.
• Obito recognized Ye and learned that he had survived the Mizukage, then cursed him before collapsing in the mud.
• Ye told Obito to get up and walk, but Obito demanded an explanation as his conflicting emotions overwhelmed him.
• Ye postponed explaining and asked Rin to treat the injured Obito and Kakashi.

Rin treated Obito and Kakashi after the battle, while Kakashi struggled with the trauma of striking what he believed was Rin. Ye left them to speak with Madara, who sent him back to Konoha with the Third Mizukage as his bodyguard before departing to retrieve an old possession.

• Rin reset Obito's broken legs and healed Kakashi, who recoiled when she touched his right hand and asked her to treat his left side instead.
• Ye told Rin, Obito, and Kakashi to wait while he went to handle cleanup, then met Madara in a nearby clearing.
• Madara told Ye to return to Konoha, complete his mission, and live normally while Madara retrieved an old possession.
• Madara ordered the Third Mizukage to protect Ye and eliminate threats to his life, then patted Ye's head before leaving toward the northwest.

Ye regrouped with Obito, Kakashi, and Rin, then tested Obito’s newly awakened Mangekyo against an Iwagakure squad before destroying Kannabi Bridge. As the group headed back toward Konoha, A Fei warned Ye that something was approaching fast.

• A Fei warned Ye that eight Iwagakure ninja were hiding ahead, and Ye led the group toward their ambush so Obito could test his Mangekyo.
• Obito used his Mangekyo three times during the fight, while Ye and Kakashi helped defeat the Iwagakure squad; Ye concluded that Obito could currently use the eye three times before it overwhelmed him.
• Obito said three shots were enough to save people, and the group continued toward Kannabi Bridge before dawn.
• Ye planted explosive tags and destroyed Kannabi Bridge, completing the mission as Obito, Kakashi, and Rin started back toward Konoha.
• A Fei urgently warned Ye that something was approaching very fast.

Minato Namikaze arrived after Ye and the others destroyed Kannabi Bridge, then sensed the hidden Third Mizukage and rushed the injured team toward Konoha's frontline camp. The group reached the Land of Fire's forest, where Ye ordered the Mizukage to infiltrate the village separately and wait for instructions.

• Ye told the Third Mizukage to hide underground and suppress his Chakra as Minato Namikaze arrived and checked that Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin were alive.
• Ye told Minato that Kannabi Bridge had been destroyed and the mission was complete.
• Minato sensed a strange Chakra fluctuation, but the Third Mizukage concealed himself underground and Minato dismissed his suspicion.
• Minato carried the injured team through a series of Flying Thunder God jumps toward Konoha's frontline camp.
• In the Land of Fire forest, Ye ordered the Third Mizukage to avoid Konoha's barrier, enter through an abandoned river channel, and await further orders.

Black Zetsu returned to the cave and discovered that Madara, the White Zetsu, Tobi, and the Third Mizukage had all vanished, leaving his plan in ruins. Ye and his team headed back to camp while Danzo learned that Ye had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Black Zetsu returned to Madara's cave and found it empty, with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path still standing but Madara and the others gone.
• Black Zetsu searched the cave for Madara and the Rinnegan, then collapsed in despair over the loss of his plan.
• Ye, Obito, Rin, Kakashi, and Minato traveled back toward camp, where Minato ordered everyone to undergo examinations.
• Ye realized Danzo might have learned about his Mangekyō Sharingan and anticipated Danzo's reaction.
• At Root headquarters, the surviving ninjas reported that their interception mission had failed and seven Root members had been lost.
• Danzo learned that Ye had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and reacted with shock.

Danzo learned that Uchiha Ye had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and arranged an ambush to seize his eyes. He left Root with orders to divert Minato and send Uchiha Ye’s injured team on a dangerous supply mission, while his own Hashirama Cells continued to erode his arm.

• Danzo examined his Sharingan-implanted arm and admitted that Orochimaru’s Hashirama Cell experiment remained unstable.
• Danzo learned that Minato was returning to Konoha and that Uchiha Ye’s team would likely receive several days of rest for their injuries.
• Danzo ordered Root to assign Minato’s Team a supply escort mission to the Frontline Seventh Supply Station by way of the Northeastern Mountain Road.
• Danzo directed Root to deploy two full-strength squads to ambush Uchiha Ye’s team and capture his Mangekyō Sharingan intact.
• Danzo ordered Minato called back to the front lines and arranged a commendation and reward for Uchiha Ye to distract the Uchiha Clan.

After the Kannabi Bridge mission, Ye and his teammates returned to Konoha for treatment while Danzo’s Root watched Ye, and Rin faced the danger of becoming the Three-Tails’ jinchuriki. As the team recovered, Ye urged Obito to stop delaying what he wanted to tell Rin.

• Minato brought Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin back to Konoha, where the Medical Corps rushed them to the hospital; Kakashi refused treatment for his right arm, and Root agents watched Ye.
• At the hospital, a medical captain praised Rin’s precise treatment of Obito’s broken legs and encouraged her to join the Medical Corps, while Kakashi and Ye refused further examination.
• That night, Ye learned Minato had gone to report the mission and ordered Tobi to keep the Mizukage hidden; he predicted Danzo would move against him soon.
• Kushina visited Ye and learned Rin had been made a Three-Tails jinchuriki, then examined Rin’s seal and warned that humans and Tailed Beasts could not easily coexist.
• Three days later, Obito persuaded Ye, Kakashi, and Rin to go to Konoha Commercial Street, where Ye mocked Obito for delaying his confession and warned him he might lose his chance; Obito finally resolved to act.

Ye and his team were ordered onto a dangerous supply escort route just after Minato was reassigned, and Ye recognized the mission as a trap set by Danzo to seize his eyes. After preparing a countermeasure with Tobi, the team entered the mountain road and was ambushed by Root operatives.

• A Chunin ordered Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin to report for an emergency mission before their hospital leave ended.
• The Mission Center assigned the team to escort medical supplies along the suspicious Northeastern Mountain Road, despite Kakashi questioning the route.
• Ye told Tobi to scout the road and position the Mizukage, while Tobi reported that two squads of Root elites were waiting near the thirty-seventh milestone.
• Ye led the team into the mountain pass and warned them that their attackers were Konoha’s own people.
• Root operatives detonated explosive-tagged kunai around the team and charged through the smoke.

Ye killed four Root elites with Amenominaka, while Rin released the first shackle of her seal and borrowed the Three-Tails’ power to fight back. Rin’s violent Tailed Beast Cloak transformation stunned Obito as the battle against Root continued.

• Kakashi froze when memories of Rin’s death made his hand spasm, and Root elites overwhelmed him while Obito used Kamui to save him from a sword strike.
• The Root commander sent three elites after Rin, forcing Obito to choose between protecting her and helping Kakashi.
• Ye activated Amenominaka and killed four Root elites, breaking Root’s encirclement and terrifying the remaining fighters.
• Root elites wounded Rin and attacked her, so Rin released the first shackle of the Four Symbols Seal and accepted the Three-Tails’ power.
• Rin transformed into a Tailed Beast Cloak, slammed one Root Jonin into a cliff, and killed two more Root ninja with her Chakra tail.

Ye let a Root commander escape with a recording that could provoke Danzo and the village leadership, while secretly having the Third Mizukage eliminate the other fleeing Root ninja. He stopped Rin’s Three-Tails rampage and helped her reinforce the seal before the team prepared to return to the village.

• The Root commander took the recording scroll and ordered the surviving Root ninja to retreat, while Ye deliberately let him escape.
• Ye ordered Tobi to direct the Third Mizukage to kill the fleeing Root ninja, and the Mizukage eliminated them in the forest.
• Rin’s Three-Tails Chakra surged out of control, but Ye used his Mangekyo to subdue Isobu inside her sealing space.
• Ye helped Rin steady herself as she renewed the Four Symbols Seal and restrained the Three-Tails.
• Ye told Kakashi, Obito, and Rin to rest before returning to the village, while the escaped commander headed back to report to Danzo.