Chapter Summaries

Ren introduced a soul-based Cursed Seal to protect the Great River Qi Refinement Method and used Consciousness Power to teach its first three levels to the Uchiha. As the clan began its transformation, the Akatsuki Organization reviewed Ren’s victory over Kumogakure and reconsidered the Uchiha’s threat and value to their plans.

• Ren reassured the Uchiha that the Great River Qi Refinement Method would be widely taught, then proposed protecting its secrets with a Cursed Seal.
• Ren used the Contract Ghost-Faced Yama Technique to bind practitioners against revealing the method, and Tekka, Nanami, the Great Elder, and other Uchiha accepted the seals.
• Ren transmitted the first three levels of the Great River Qi Refinement Method directly into the practitioners’ minds, helping them understand how to circulate Chakra.
• Reports of Ren’s victory over Kumogakure spread, drawing the attention of rogue groups and the Akatsuki Organization.
• Pain convened the Akatsuki to discuss how Ren’s ability to control Tailed Beasts affected their plan, while Orochimaru showed greed for the Uchiha’s Mangekyo and secret techniques.

Akatsuki discussed Uchiha Ren’s growing power and the danger of targeting his clan, while Zetsu revealed the abilities behind Ren’s victories. The chapter left the organization stunned by Ren’s apparent intangibility and unsure how he could be killed.

• Kakuzu proposed infiltrating Konoha to steal Sharingan, but Jūzō, Kisame, and Konan warned that the Uchiha were too dangerous to underestimate.
• Orochimaru explained how Uchiha Ren had reorganized the clan, purged Danzo, forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to step down, and led the Uchiha to defeat Kumogakure.
• Orochimaru revealed that Ren, Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi all wielded Mangekyō Sharingan and possessed Kage Level combat strength.
• Zetsu said he had witnessed Ren’s battle in the Land of Lightning and described Idaten, which let Ren outpace the Fourth Raikage.
• Zetsu revealed Ren’s second ocular technique, Intangibility, which let attacks pass through his body and left Hidan and Jūzō wondering how he could be killed.

Pain ordered Akatsuki not to provoke Uchiha Ren, but Orochimaru secretly recruited Kakuzu and Sasori to infiltrate Konoha and target Itachi Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan. The three agreed to proceed, planning to seize their prize and retreat if Ren appeared.

• Pain judged Uchiha Ren too dangerous to recruit or oppose and ordered Akatsuki members not to act against him without reassessing their plans.
• Orochimaru approached Kakuzu and proposed cooperating to steal Sharingan from Konoha’s Uchiha clan.
• Orochimaru revealed that Sasori had joined their team, and the three discussed Konoha’s defenses and their escape plans.
• Orochimaru identified Itachi Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan as his main target, while Kakuzu and Sasori considered the risks and rewards.
• Sasori agreed to go to Konoha with Orochimaru and Kakuzu to capture Itachi’s body or take his eyes.

Obito arranged for Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori to wear down Ren’s Mangekyo, seeing Ren’s rapid growth as a threat to the Tsukuyomi Plan. In Konoha, the Super Amazing City project gained momentum when the Uchiha revealed a durable pourable building material that could transform construction.

• Obito admitted that he had tempted Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori into going to Konoha to force Ren to use his Mangekyo repeatedly and risk blindness.
• Obito told Black Zetsu and White Zetsu that he could use Kamui to intervene and treated the Akatsuki members as expendable pawns, provided Nagato remained safe.
• Tsunade, Shikaku Nara, Mabui, and Nanami reviewed the five-hundred-million-ryo Super Amazing City plan and prepared to begin construction once the blueprints were finalized.
• An Uchiha clan member demonstrated a gray powder mixed with sand and water, forming a block that withstood repeated hammer strikes.
• Tekka told Ren the new material could change how Super Amazing City was built, while Mabui began recalculating the project’s resources and schedule.

Ren raised the Super Amazing City budget from five hundred million to five billion ryo and ordered its plans redesigned around reinforced concrete. He intended the city to become a durable commercial hub and a showcase that would attract concrete buyers from across the Shinobi World.

• Ren scrapped the original five-hundred-million-ryo plan and proposed investing five billion ryo in stages.
• Tsunade and Shikaku questioned the increase, while Ren explained that wooden buildings were too limited and vulnerable to fire for the city he envisioned.
• Mabui calculated that reinforced concrete would raise initial costs but improve fire resistance, durability, maintenance, and room for expansion.
• Tsunade and Shikaku agreed that the Hokage Tower would not oppose the investment, and Mabui began drafting a new budget as Nanami ordered expanded concrete trials.
• Ren directed the planners to redesign the main structures, roads, drainage, warehouses, and fire protection to higher standards.
• Ren said Super Amazing City would demonstrate concrete's advantages to merchants and visitors, drawing buyers to the Uchiha.

Ren secured approval for a five-billion-ryo investment in Super Amazing City and expanded recruitment, turning the project into a boom that drew workers and merchants to Konoha. Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori entered the bustling village, and Orochimaru began contacting his old informants.

• Ren persuaded Tsunade and Shikaku to approve the investment and organize the city's roads, security, labor, and merchant registration.
• Mabui expanded recruitment across the Land of Fire, and workers and merchants flooded Konoha as construction began.
• Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori entered Konoha and found the village thriving around Super Amazing City.
• Kakuzu learned that the Uchiha had invested five billion ryo and that the Land of Lightning owed them 678 billion ryo in reparations.
• Orochimaru visited his hidden contacts, who warned him that Konoha had changed.

Orochimaru learned that Ren had exposed Konoha’s past failures and forced Hiruzen Sarutobi from office, reopening old wounds about his own defection. As Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori discussed Konoha’s postwar finances, Orochimaru concluded that Ren took victory’s spoils and used them to reshape the order.

• Orochimaru received reports of Ren’s victories, revelations about Konoha’s leadership, and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s removal, and he recalled how the village had driven him toward defection.
• Kakuzu questioned why Konoha was not wealthy despite winning three Shinobi World Wars, and Orochimaru blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s reluctance to demand reparations.
• Kakuzu argued that inadequate reparations burdened ordinary ninja and allowed defeated nations to recover and fight again, while Sasori silently reflected on war’s lasting losses.
• Kakuzu praised Ren for demanding heavy reparations from Kumogakure, saying the payments would make it harder for the village to wage war again.
• Watching Super Amazing City’s construction, Orochimaru said Ren differed from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo because he took the benefits of victory and used them to reshape the order.

Kakashi sensed a sinister presence while attending a class reunion and followed three disguised figures into a secluded alley. He discovered that their leader was Orochimaru, who had come to Konoha with detailed knowledge of Kakashi and the village.

• Guy dragged Kakashi to a Ninja Academy class reunion at an old barbecue restaurant.
• Kakashi sensed a cold, sinister presence outside and spotted three suspicious figures passing by.
• Kakashi left the reunion and secretly followed the figures through Konoha's crowded streets.
• The three figures vanished after turning into a narrow alley, then appeared behind Kakashi and blocked his escape.
• Kakashi recognized Orochimaru, who identified Kakashi and recited details about his background.

Kakashi confronted Orochimaru, Sasori, and Kakuzu in a Konoha alley and realized the three S-rank rogues were targeting his transplanted Sharingan. Sasori’s hatred of Hatake Sakumo drove him to claim Kakashi as his prey, and the chapter ended with the three preparing to take Kakashi’s eye by force if necessary.

• Kakashi confronted Orochimaru, Sasori, and Kakuzu and identified them as three dangerous S-rank rogues.
• Orochimaru revealed that Kakashi’s Sharingan had been transplanted, prompting Kakuzu to consider its value and possible use.
• Sasori recognized Kakashi as Hatake Sakumo’s son and declared that Kakashi was his target because Sakumo had killed Sasori’s parents.
• Kakashi assessed his poor odds against the three rogues and realized his Sharingan’s Chakra drain made a prolonged fight especially dangerous.
• Kakuzu warned that a loud battle could draw Uchiha Ren and Konoha’s defenses, but Sasori insisted they could attack before reinforcements arrived.
• Sasori and Orochimaru agreed to take Kakashi’s Sharingan, or destroy it if they could not seize it.

Kakashi faced Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori in a sealed alley, using his Sharingan and a lightning-coated kunai to withstand the Third Kazekage puppet’s Iron Sand. He cut through the Iron Sand with his Chidori Blade as Sasori’s hatred of White Fang and Kakashi intensified.

• Kakashi resisted the three S-rank rogue ninja’s killing intent and formed a compressed lightning blade on his kunai.
• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage as a Human Puppet, revealing that he had killed him and turned him into a puppet.
• Sasori unleashed a storm of Iron Sand needles while Orochimaru blocked Kakashi’s retreat and Kakuzu watched.
• Kakashi used his Sharingan to dodge the Iron Sand and cut through needles with his lightning blade.
• Kakuzu recognized Kakashi’s technique as a Chidori Blade that disrupted the Iron Sand, while Orochimaru praised Kakashi’s skill.
• Sasori grew more hateful as the others praised Kakashi, whom he associated with White Fang.

Kakashi broke through Sasori’s Thousand Hands Manipulation with the Lightning Cutter, only to discover he had struck a puppet substitute. Sasori expanded the fight into an open battlefield and kept attacking as Kakashi’s chakra dwindled.

• Sasori unleashed Thousand Hands Manipulation, surrounding Kakashi with weapon-laden mechanical arms.
• Kakashi used the Lightning Cutter to destroy the puppet arms and charge at Sasori, while Orochimaru and Kakuzu retreated.
• Kakashi struck a puppet substitute instead of Sasori, who revealed his real body and resumed controlling the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.
• Sasori spread Iron Sand through the alley, destroying its walls and opening the area into a battlefield.
• Sasori attacked Kakashi with Iron Sand Giant Needles, and Kakashi dodged while growing increasingly exhausted.
• Sasori formed an Iron Sand Giant Pillar and smashed it sideways toward Kakashi.

Kakashi fought Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and Sasori until Sasori's Iron Sand World Method poisoned and immobilized him. Just as Sasori's Iron Sand was about to kill Kakashi, an unseen force stopped the attack and began wresting control of the battlefield from Sasori.

• Kakashi used the Lightning Cutter to split the descending Iron Sand Giant Pillar, but the effort left him badly weakened.
• Sasori unleashed the Iron Sand World Method, surrounding Kakashi with unpredictable Iron Sand attacks as Ren sensed the battle and hurried toward it.
• Kakashi dodged repeated volleys until an Iron Sand graze poisoned his arm and spread numbness through his body.
• Sasori aimed an Iron Sand Cone at Kakashi's forehead while Kakuzu demanded that the Sharingan be spared and Sasori invoked White Fang.
• The Iron Sand World Method suddenly froze in midair and began slipping from Sasori's control as Orochimaru sensed a powerful, stable Lightning Release approaching.

Uchiha Ren arrived on the battlefield and used Lightning Release to wrest control of Sasori’s Iron Sand, revealing how his electromagnetic technique worked. He formed the sand into charged projectiles and prepared to fire them at the Akatsuki members.

• Ren appeared amid the ruins and took control of Sasori’s Iron Sand, easing Kakashi’s predicament.
• Orochimaru identified Ren as the shinobi who had defeated the Fourth Raikage and forced Kumogakure to surrender.
• Ren revealed that his Lightning Release generated a precise electromagnetic field, allowing him to suppress the Third Kazekage puppet’s Magnet Release and sense the Akatsuki members hidden in the village.
• Black Zetsu explained to Obito that Ren’s control required extraordinary chakra control and spiritual perception.
• Sasori tried to reclaim the Iron Sand, but Ren dispersed the puppet’s remaining Magnet Release chakra and compressed the sand into lightning-coated pellets.
• Ren named his attack Super Electromagnetic Cannon and prepared to launch the projectiles.

Ren used a Super Electromagnetic Cannon to devastate Sasori and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, while Kakuzu, Orochimaru, and the hidden Akatsuki members assessed his technique. With Sasori crippled, Kakashi warned Ren that Orochimaru and Kakuzu remained dangerous and were targeting his Sharingan.

• Ren compressed and accelerated Iron Sand with an electromagnetic field, blasting through Sasori and destroying much of the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.
• Orochimaru analyzed the Super Electromagnetic Cannon, while Kakuzu, Obito, and Black Zetsu reacted to its power and precision.
• Ren considered the technique's limitations, including its long charge time and need for precise control and mind-sense targeting.
• Kakashi compared Ren's Lightning Release to his own and warned him about Orochimaru, Kakuzu, and their interest in the Sharingan.
• Kakuzu stared greedily at Kakashi's Sharingan as the remaining enemies focused on the eyes and Ren's abilities.

Ren sealed the chakra-draining Sharingan in Kakashi’s left eye with a protective Cursed Seal rather than taking it. Kakashi was freed from the eye’s constant burden, while the seal would destroy it if anyone tried to steal it.

• Ren recognized Kakashi’s Sharingan as Obito Uchiha’s eye, and Kakashi explained that Obito had given it to him at Kannabi Bridge.
• Kakashi said he would not resist if Ren decided to reclaim the eye, while Obito feared losing the other half of Kamui.
• Ren pressed a Cursed Seal onto Kakashi’s brow, suppressing the Sharingan until his left eye returned to normal.
• Ren explained that the seal stopped the eye’s daily chakra consumption and would destroy it if anyone tried to remove it.
• Kakashi felt the strain of carrying the eye lift, and Kakuzu’s expression darkened at the seal’s protection.

Ren explained how Kakashi’s Sharingan had drained his Chakra and hindered his growth, then sealed it and offered to teach him to control the Cursed Seal. Watching from the shadows, Obito struggled with Ren’s criticism of his gift, while Black Zetsu confirmed that Ren had detected them and warned that he was becoming a dangerous threat.

• Ren told Kakashi that the permanently active Sharingan had drained his Chakra and stalled his development, and proposed sealing it except when Kakashi needed its ocular techniques.
• Kakashi accepted Ren’s assessment and said that although Obito had entrusted him with the eye, he had chosen his own path afterward.
• Obito grew furious as Ren called his gift foolish and Kakashi agreed that the eye had held him back, but Black Zetsu urged him not to reveal himself.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Ren had scanned and confirmed their presence, and warned that Ren’s growing abilities made him an increasingly dangerous variable.
• Obito restrained his anger and stayed hidden because Ren had already discovered them.

Ren purged Sasori’s poison from Kakashi and revealed that he had deliberately spared Sasori’s core, hoping to recruit him for the Uchiha. Sasori reassembled himself and unleashed his Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets against Ren.

• Ren used his chakra to force Sasori’s poison out of Kakashi’s body, restoring Kakashi’s movement.
• Kakashi and Kakuzu watched as Ren’s chakra control impressed Orochimaru, who analyzed how Ren had expelled the poison.
• Ren told Kakashi that Sasori was still alive because Ren had avoided his Regeneration Core and wanted to recruit him to research puppet arts for the Uchiha.
• Sasori reassembled his damaged puppet body, learned Ren had spared him intentionally, and angrily confronted him.
• Sasori summoned over a hundred puppets with the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets.

Sasori unleashed the Performance of a Hundred Puppets against Uchiha Ren after rejecting his offer to recruit him. Ren left Kakashi out of danger and evaded the entire swarm without using the Sharingan, while Tsunade and Shizune rushed toward the battlefield.

• Tsunade and Shizune spotted a vast swarm of puppets in the sky, and Tsunade identified it as Sunagakure's pinnacle Puppet Technique before heading to the battlefield.
• Sasori accused Uchiha Ren of humiliating him and launched more than a hundred puppets at him.
• Ren pushed the recovering Kakashi beyond the puppets' killing range, then evaded the swarm's attacks with precise movement.
• Kakuzu, Orochimaru, and Kakashi watched as Ren dodged the Performance of a Hundred Puppets without activating the Sharingan.
• Sasori tightened the puppets' formation, but Ren slipped through the encirclement and landed on a broken stone pillar.

Ren faced Sasori’s refined attack with more than forty puppets without activating his Sharingan or using his known Mangekyo abilities. As Sasori’s encirclement closed in, Ren summoned Iron Sand to destroy the puppets, leaving Orochimaru and Kakuzu stunned.

• Orochimaru and Kakuzu watched Ren evade Sasori’s Performance of a Hundred Puppets and realized he was reading the puppets’ movements with his battlefield-wide sensory ability.
• Sasori withdrew the slower puppets and sent more than forty faster, deadlier puppets to seal every route around Ren.
• Sasori’s puppets attacked Ren from all directions, while Kakashi, Orochimaru, and Kakuzu expected him to reveal a Mangekyo ability.
• Ren stood still as black Iron Sand rose from the ground and formed a rotating barrier that shattered the puppets’ blades, chains, mechanisms, and cannon.
• Sasori, Orochimaru, and Kakuzu recognized the Iron Sand, which Ren had summoned without activating his Sharingan.

Ren used Iron Sand to infiltrate and disable Sasori’s Performance of a Hundred Puppets, leaving Sasori’s signature technique powerless against him. As Ren formed an enormous Iron Sand giant, Orochimaru and Kakuzu recognized how thoroughly Sasori had been countered.

• Ren explained that Sasori’s decision to surround him with puppets had played into Iron Sand’s ability to penetrate and jam their mechanisms.
• Ren sent fine Iron Sand into the puppets’ joints and mechanisms, disabling them despite Sasori’s continued control of his Chakra Threads.
• Orochimaru praised Ren’s Iron Sand precision as surpassing the Third Kazekage, while Kakuzu admitted Sasori had been completely countered.
• Ren withdrew the Iron Sand from the disabled puppets and shaped it into an enormous giant behind him.
• Orochimaru warned Kakuzu that Sasori’s finest Puppet Technique could not perform against Ren.