Recaps

Obito and Zetsu discussed using Kirigakure dissidents to deepen distrust between Konoha and the Uchiha, while Obito reaffirmed his plan to destroy the Uchiha Clan. In Konoha, Jiraiya stopped one attacker, and Gekko Hayate protected Naruto and Sasuke as the assault continued.

• Obito told Zetsu that the Kirigakure dissidents were meant to widen divisions and that he wanted Mei Terumi dead, while he remained wary of the Uchiha Clan.
• Jiraiya rescued a villager, then used Earth Release to stop a Kirigakure Ninja whose Water Release had wrecked nearby buildings.
• Gekko Hayate continued fighting Kirigakure Ninja while shielding Naruto and Sasuke, who hid behind a roadside stall.
• Hayate noticed Shuriken aimed at his back and at the children, then defeated his opponent with the Dance of the Crescent Moon.
• Hayate used the Body Flicker Technique to appear in front of Naruto and Sasuke and guard them from the incoming Shuriken.

Shinji Uchiha arrived in time to save Sasuke from the Kirigakure Ninja, but Naruto’s injuries caused the Nine-Tails’ Chakra to emerge. Shinji refused to let Hiruzen reinforce Naruto’s seal, and as the transformation grew more dangerous, Jiraiya summoned the toad sages and confronted him.

• Gekko Hayate fell after the Kirigakure Ninja struck him, and Naruto was knocked unconscious while trying to protect Sasuke.
• Shinji Uchiha severed the Kirigakure Ninja’s arm and captured him, while Shisui wounded the man’s other wrist.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi found Naruto beneath the rubble as dark-red Nine-Tails Chakra began leaking from him.
• Shinji stopped Hiruzen from reinforcing Naruto’s seal and urged the Nine-Tails to reveal its full power.
• Naruto transformed into a huge red fox with two tails, and Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima before challenging Shinji.

Shinji Uchiha arranged for Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, and Shisui to seal off the street with the Four Red Yang Formation so he could face the rampaging Nine-Tails. As the beast reached four tails, Tsunade learned that a huge battle had erupted in Konoha and recognized the barrier.

• Shinji ordered the Konoha forces to stand down and persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Fugaku, and Shisui to form the Four Red Yang Formation around him and Naruto.
• Shinji had Kei detain Mei Terumi, who was trying to escape, and send her to the Konoha Military Police Force for interrogation.
• Shinji provoked the Nine-Tails into releasing a third tail, then faced it after the shinobi evacuated the street and the four men raised the barrier.
• The Nine-Tails reached four tails and transformed Naruto into a dark-red fox while Shinji prepared to fight it inside the barrier.
• At a casino outside Konoha, Tsunade was gambling when Shizune arrived and reported the enormous crimson barrier and flames above the village.
• Tsunade recognized the Four Red Yang Formation and reacted in alarm.

Inside the Four Red Yang Formation, Shinji tested himself against Naruto’s Nine-Tails transformation and overwhelmed him with Shadow Clones and Rasenshuriken. As Naruto formed a Tailed Beast Bomb, Shinji calmly raised his hand to absorb its chakra, leaving the watching shinobi and Mei Terumi stunned.

• Naruto charged Shinji in his Nine-Tails transformation, but Shinji stopped him with one hand and threw him into the air.
• Shinji summoned hundreds of Shadow Clones and coordinated them to create nearly a hundred Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• The Rasenshuriken barrage struck the airborne Naruto, who responded by forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Shinji raised his palm and invited the Nine-Tails chakra, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Fugaku, and Shisui feared he would be killed.
• Mei Terumi questioned the Uchiha’s faith in Shinji, then grew furious when Ryuka and Uchiha Chiba teased her about her past with him.

Shinji Uchiha used his Perfect Susanoo to withstand and absorb the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bombs, shocking everyone watching. As the Nine-Tails’ power surged to five tails, Shinji decided to end the fight quickly before Naruto’s body was damaged.

• Mei Terumi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jiraiya watched in disbelief as Shinji raised a hand against the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb.
• The bomb overwhelmed Shinji’s spiraling Shuriken, but its explosion was drawn inward as the Four Red Yang Release Formation buckled around it.
• Shinji revealed a towering, dark-gold Perfect Susanoo and used it to absorb another Tailed Beast Bomb into his palm.
• Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Shisui, and Fugaku were stunned by Shinji’s power, while Jiraiya decided he had to return to Mount Myōboku.
• The Nine-Tails surged to five tails, and Shinji resolved to finish the fight before its power crippled Naruto.

Shinji trapped the Nine-Tails in the Heavenly Pillar Time realm and defeated it by cutting off five tails, completing his mission. He returned Naruto to the Four Red Yang Release Formation, where Hiruzen and the others still could not explain what had happened.

• Shinji used the Heavenly Jeweled Spear to draw himself and the Nine-Tails into the Heavenly Pillar Time realm, where he claimed control over the space.
• Shinji threatened the Nine-Tails and demanded five tails, then cut them off with Flowing Flame and absorbed them.
• The Nine-Tails lost control of Naruto's body, and Shinji received 500 Gold Coins for completing the challenge mission.
• Shinji checked on the sleeping little Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space, then decided Sasuke needed someone to toughen him up.
• Hiruzen asked Shisui what technique Shinji had used, but no one could explain it before Shinji reappeared holding the sleeping Naruto.

After Shinji challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over Konoha’s response to Kirigakure, he used the Flying Thunder God to pursue Obito Uchiha on Kage Rock. Shinji marked Obito but lost an arm to Kamui, and the two faced off as Obito weighed whether to attack.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed Naruto’s seal was intact, while Shinji dismissed questions about whether Konoha should go to war.
• Shinji told Hiruzen that the other villages would decide whether war began and vanished using the Flying Thunder God.
• Obito Uchiha hesitated to leave Kage Rock after witnessing Shinji’s strength and seeing Kakashi head toward Konoha Hospital.
• Shinji appeared before Obito and placed a Flying Thunder God mark on him, but Obito used Kamui to sever Shinji’s left arm.
• Obito and Zetsu attacked Shinji with Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs, while Shinji considered capturing Zetsu and offered to let Obito leave.
• Obito watched Shinji warily and weighed whether to gamble on attacking him to remove the Flying Thunder God mark.

Shinji Uchiha fought Obito Uchiha on Kage Rock, wounded him with Flowing Flame, and trapped him in the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique. Obito used Kamui to evade an unseen barrage as the battle continued.

• Obito Uchiha declared himself Madara and attacked Shinji Uchiha with a Great Fireball Technique, but Shinji's Shadow Clone and Flying Thunder God Kunai kept him at bay.
• Obito Uchiha blocked Shinji's Tachi with his Gunbai and drove him toward the cliff, then the two fought at high speed with weapons and techniques.
• Shinji Uchiha activated his Sharingan, exploited Obito Uchiha's forward momentum, and cut a wound across his abdomen.
• Shinji Uchiha cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, plunging Obito Uchiha into darkness, then taunted him over using Hashirama Senju's technique.
• Obito Uchiha heard weapons landing around him, ducked, and activated Kamui.

Shinji Uchiha fought Obito Uchiha and Zetsu near Kage Rock, using explosive tags, fire techniques, and Flying Thunder God to pressure Obito. As Konoha ninja approached, Obito and Zetsu struck Shinji with Wood Release, apparently tearing him apart.

• Obito Uchiha realized Shinji Uchiha understood how his Dōjutsu worked and called on Zetsu for help.
• Zetsu attacked Shinji with a Wood Release technique, but Shinji escaped, concealed the battlefield with dust and mist, and nearly stabbed Obito.
• Obito launched Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, while Shinji countered with fire techniques and destroyed Zetsu’s Wood Snake.
• Shinji used a fire dragon and Flying Thunder God Kunai to attack Obito, then feigned horror and stumbled as Konoha ninja approached.
• Obito unleashed Wood Release: Hellish Rampage, and Zetsu followed with Cutting Sprigs, shredding Shinji with wooden spikes.

Shinji Uchiha survived Obito Uchiha’s attack by using Izanagi, then struck back and escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique. He returned to Konoha with one eye blinded and hinted that he had uncovered important information for the village.

• Obito Uchiha and Zetsu fled Kage Rock, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kakashi Hatake, Shisui, and Fugaku to find Shinji’s bloodstained Uchiha crest.
• Shinji Uchiha ambushed Obito Uchiha in the Land of Rain, severed his arm, and revealed that he had used Izanagi to survive.
• Shinji taunted Obito, took back the Uchiha Gunbai, and vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique after completing two missions.
• Obito Uchiha decided he could not defeat Shinji alone and ordered Zetsu to move the plan forward by seeking Nagato and Akatsuki’s power.
• Shinji returned to Konoha, explained that Izanagi had blinded one eye, and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had uncovered important information for the village.

Shinji told Hiruzen that a masked man calling himself Madara Uchiha and a Wood Release user had attacked him, prompting Hiruzen to prioritize investigating the Akatsuki and assign Shinji more teammates. Shinji then visited the captured Mei Terumi, whose anger at his fabricated seduction rumor turned into shock when she saw his bandaged eye.

• Shinji described his attackers to Hiruzen, who suspected they were connected to the Akatsuki and ordered an investigation.
• Hiruzen assigned Shinji two additional team members to join Kakashi, while Shinji privately evaded Shisui's questions about his eye.
• Shinji asked Shisui to take him to Mei Terumi, who was being watched by the hostile Uchiha Linghua.
• Mei denied trying to seduce Shinji and began to declare herself a Kirigakure envoy, but she stopped when she saw his injured eye.
• Mei threatened to take Shinji down with her, and Shinji suppressed her chakra and teased her for imitating the Legendary Big Sheep.

Shinji Uchiha offered Mei Terumi a deal: he would help kill Karatachi Yagura and make her Mizukage in exchange for Kirigakure's seven Ninja Blades. Meanwhile, Tsunade rushed back to Konoha with Shizune and a band of creditors in pursuit.

• Shinji revealed that he knew Karatachi Yagura was under Genjutsu and offered to help Mei kill him and take the Mizukage's seat in exchange for Kirigakure's seven Ninja Blades.
• Mei questioned Shinji's knowledge and motives, but he told her to consider the deal and warned her not to escape.
• Shisui left the room after Shinji and Mei argued about their past encounters.
• Tsunade raced through Konoha's gate, and Shizune arrived behind her carrying Tonton and asking the guards to stop the pursuers.
• The One-Eyed Dragon and his bandits stopped outside Konoha and decided to wait for Tsunade to gamble again so she would have to repay her debts.

Tsunade returned to Konoha, where she discovered that Shinji Uchiha had become a celebrated figure and that the village had changed under the Military Police Force. She confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and demanded to know how the Nine-Tails had broken through its seal.

• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki watched as the bandits who had chased Tsunade left, while Shizune hurried after her.
• Tsunade sampled a vendor’s tender chicken and learned that the Fox Demon had appeared, but Shinji had trapped and defeated it using the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Tsunade observed the Military Police Force helping villagers and taking D-rank missions, then asked Shizune about Shinji’s rise to prominence.
• Tsunade entered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office, interrupted his meeting with Kei Uchiha, and sent Kei away to speak with Hiruzen privately.
• Tsunade demanded that Hiruzen explain how the Nine-Tails had broken through its sealing.

Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Tsunade to become Hokage because he feared he could no longer manage Shinji Uchiha’s power, but she rejected his appeal and left the choice open only if he died. Shinji then went to Konoha Hospital to visit the injured Gekko Hayate and encountered nurse Nara Ushimaru.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Tsunade that Shinji Uchiha’s power had made him feel helpless and asked her to become Hokage.
• Tsunade refused to inherit Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Will of Fire and suggested Shinji Uchiha could responsibly become Hokage.
• Tsunade told Hiruzen Sarutobi she might consider becoming Hokage if he died, then left his office.
• Shinji Uchiha reviewed the Kirigakure quests involving Mei Terumi, Karatachi Yagura, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen as he walked to Konoha Hospital.
• Shinji told Nara Ushimaru he had come to visit the injured Gekko Hayate, and she recognized Hayate.

Shinji visited the injured Gekko Hayate and urged him and Uzuki Yugao to consider the Konoha Military Police Force after criticizing how the village treated civilian-born ninja. Yugao decided to try out for the force, and Shinji's quest to save Hayate was marked complete.

• Shinji lied to a nurse by claiming he had met Hayate through Uzuki Yugao, prompting Shikaku Nara and Shikamaru Nara to overhear him and react.
• Shinji visited Hayate and Yugao at the hospital, thanked Hayate for saving Sasuke Uchiha, and explained that he had come on behalf of Konoha because Lord Hokage had not visited.
• Shinji suggested that Hayate had been assigned to greet the Kirigakure envoys because the higher-ups considered him expendable, and Yugao challenged Konoha's ideals.
• Shinji encouraged Hayate and Yugao to join the Konoha Military Police Force, then left the hospital.
• Yugao followed Shinji and asked to try out for the force instead of joining ANBU; Shinji told her she would need to defeat a Two Tomoe Uchiha ninja.
• Shinji received the reward for completing the quest to give Uzuki Yugao a happy ending by saving Gekko Hayate.

After leaving the hospital, Shinji ran into Tsunade, who noticed his unusual strength and took him to the Senju compound for an examination. There, Shinji revealed that his eye was unharmed and told Tsunade and Shizune he had fought the masked Uchiha he believed had unleashed the Nine-Tails.

• After a challenge to win Uzuki Yugao's heart appeared, Shinji dismissed it and continued on his way.
• Tsunade grabbed Shinji from behind, but he reacted with a series of attacks and sent her flying before recognizing her.
• Tsunade questioned Shinji about his Yang Release and dragged him to her home to examine him.
• At the Senju compound, Tsunade and Shizune noticed Shinji's bandaged eye, and Shinji revealed that it was not injured.
• Shinji used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to block White Zetsu's surveillance, then told Tsunade and Shizune he had fought a masked Uchiha and let him believe he had blinded Shinji.

Shinji searched the Senju archives for information about the Uchiha Ultimate Weapon, then challenged Tsunade to a spar to test his strength and learn from her. Their fight began in Tsunade’s courtyard and continued as she warned him that he would die if he failed to block her punch.

• Tsunade led Shinji and Shizune to a dusty warehouse containing the Senju Clan’s records, and Shinji began searching for references to the Uchiha.
• Shinji summoned over a thousand Shadow Clones to sort through the archives and find the records he needed.
• Tsunade offered to teach Shinji an application of Yang Release, but Shinji suggested they spar instead.
• Shinji provoked Tsunade by claiming Shimura Danzō was no match for him, and Tsunade attacked with a powerful kick.
• Shinji blocked Tsunade’s kick, caught her next strike, and hurled her away before she landed and charged again with a punch.

Shinji defeated Tsunade in a test of strength, then learned a new technique and searched her records for information about the Uchiha. Tsunade remained wary of his intentions, while Shizune wondered why he seemed so pressed for time.

• Shinji fought Tsunade at full strength and sent her crashing through the roof, proving he was stronger than her in her normal state.
• Tsunade warned Shinji that she would intervene if he did anything excessive, and Shinji suggested she become the Fifth Hokage; she refused.
• Shinji completed his challenge mission and learned a Yang Release technique that amplified strength at the point of impact.
• Shinji reviewed 178 records about the Uchiha, discovering that Madara Uchiha appeared nearly a hundred times.
• Tsunade told Shizune she suspected Shinji could engineer the Nine-Tails' attack and seize the Hokage position, while Shizune speculated that he was worried about finding a partner and continuing his family line.

Shinji forced Mei Terumi to accept his plan to return to Kirigakure and await his instructions, while Shisui clarified that she had already agreed. Later, the Third summoned Mitaraishi Anko, Uzuki Yugao, and Kakashi Hatake, and Anko told Yugao to go into the office.

• Shinji discovered what he had been seeking, returned to the Konoha Military Police Force, and found Mei Terumi asleep at her desk.
• Shinji attacked Mei Terumi when she failed to give him an answer, but Shisui revealed that she had already agreed to his proposal.
• Shinji ordered Mei Terumi to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi the next morning, return to Kirigakure, and wait for his word if war broke out.
• A messenger summoned Uzuki Yugao to the Hokage Building, where she found Mitaraishi Anko and Kakashi Hatake waiting outside the Third's office.
• After the Third called Mitaraishi Anko inside and spoke with her, Anko came out and told Uzuki Yugao that he wanted to see her.

Uzumaki Yugao accepted a mission with Kakashi and Mitarashi Anko, led by Shinji Uchiha, in exchange for a chance to join ANBU. Meanwhile, Tobi arrived as a trainee in the Akatsuki, where Uchiha Itachi warned that he was dangerous.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi recruited Uzumaki Yugao for Shinji Uchiha's mission and promised special approval for ANBU if she returned with a complete account.
• Yugao accepted the mission, and Kakashi told her and Anko to meet at the village gate the next morning.
• Shinji Uchiha set out with Yehuo, Kakashi, Anko, and Yugao, teasing Anko when he saw her waiting at the gate.
• Konan introduced Tobi as the Akatsuki's new trainee, and Tobi acted frightened while meeting the organization's members.
• Itachi warned Kisame not to underestimate Tobi, saying that Tobi seemed dangerous.

Itachi trapped Orochimaru in a genjutsu, cut off his arm, and urged him to seek Shinji Uchiha in Konoha if he wanted eternal life. Shinji received Itachi’s message through Chimaru, then got a separate note from Shisui that said “Root” and wondered about Danzo’s preparations.

• Orochimaru pursued Itachi and tried to capture him, but Itachi trapped him in a genjutsu and severed one of his arms.
• Itachi spared Orochimaru on the condition that he seek Shinji in Konoha, and warned that he would kill Orochimaru if he stayed in Akatsuki.
• Chimaru brought Itachi’s message to Shinji, who paid the cat with a gold coin before reading the note.
• Shinji burned Itachi’s message, then received a kunai-delivered note from Shisui bearing the word “Root.”
• Shinji wondered whether Danzo had completed his preparations before closing his eyes, then returned to camp.

Shinji and his companions were ambushed at camp, but the attackers turned out to be Root ninja asking him to take command. After learning Danzo’s plans and seeing Ryoma’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, Shinji removed it and asked the group to explain what had happened in the village.

• Shinji checked his system panel while he and his companions ate at the campfire.
• An explosion alerted the group to an attack, and Kakashi, Anko, and Nobihi rushed to investigate.
• Root ninja surrounded Shinji, but stopped when they recognized him and asked him to take command of Root.
• Shinji suspected the Root members had been sent by their clans and asked them to explain the situation in the village.
• Ryoma told Shinji that their leader and Orochimaru had conducted experiments on ninja, and Shinji identified Ryoma’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.
• Shinji used Yin-Yang Release to remove Ryoma’s seal, then asked the Root members to continue explaining.

Aburame Ryoma and fifteen other Root ninja asked Shinji Uchiha to help them escape Danzō's legacy, and Shinji persuaded them to form an independent organization. After they left for the Land of Grass, Shinji returned to camp, where Kakashi began asking him a question.

• Aburame Ryoma described Root's human experiments and pleaded with Shinji Uchiha to help the Root ninja leave their lives of guilt behind.
• Shinji suggested that the Root members become Missing-nin and create an independent organization to help the Shinobi World without harming Konoha.
• After Rokuyuki asked about the organization's plans, Shinji removed his Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal and directed the group to live in the Land of Grass until he found them a base.
• Ryoma agreed to follow Shinji, who gave the sixteen Root ninja blank masks and money before they quietly departed.
• Kakashi returned to camp empty-handed, Shinji urged Uzuki Yugao to eat, and Kakashi began asking Shinji something.

Kakashi questioned Shinji about the Masked Man and Root, while Shinji dismissed the possibility that the man was Obito. At Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage gave Jiraiya a new prophecy about a gentle boy with Red Eyes, leaving its meaning unknown.

• Kakashi asked Shinji about his father’s death and the Masked Man, then wondered whether the man could be Obito.
• Shinji told Kakashi that Root had asked him to return to the village and lead the organization.
• Jiraiya visited Mount Myōboku to ask whether the Great Toad Sage had dreamed a prophecy.
• The Great Toad Sage prophesied that a gentle boy with Red Eyes would bring something to the Shinobi World, then fell asleep before finishing.
• Jiraiya rejected the idea that Shinji would bring calamity, and the toads agreed to wait for the Great Sage to wake.

Tsunade investigated Shimura Danzō’s inexplicable condition and suspected Shinji’s Dōjutsu was involved, while Hiruzen learned Root members had left to target Shinji. Later, Jiraiya told Tsunade about a prophecy involving a gentle red-eyed boy and asked to make Shinji his disciple, prompting her to leave in disbelief.

• Tsunade questioned Hiruzen and the hospital staff about Danzō’s condition, concluding that Shinji had likely used Dōjutsu to affect him.
• Hiruzen learned from Yamato that Root members had left the village to harm Shinji.
• Tsunade recognized Jiraiya, punched him, and joined him and Shizune for a meal.
• Jiraiya shared the Great Sage’s incomplete prophecy about a gentle boy with red eyes and asked Tsunade what she thought of Shinji.
• Jiraiya asked whether Shinji would accept him as a disciple, and Tsunade stormed off, calling him a lunatic.